Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-03-09
NORTHWEST NOTES.

Smallpox has broke out at Victor,
Colo, and the town has been quhran-
tined.
L. A. Wright, chief Indian ageh ht for
the southern California indians, says
they are suffering greatly for W; int of
food and clothing
At Los Angles, Cal. under the di-
rection of Prof. T. S. c. Lowe, n series
of experiments are to be made at arti-
fetal rain-making.
Consolidation of the electric and
cable street railway lines of Denver
has been effected under the name of
the Denver City Tramway company.
The sale of the Colorado SIN citing
and Mining company's property at
Butte, Mont, to a New York company,
is announced. The price is s., ,5b0, 900.
Reports show that almond and cherry
trees in California are in BLOSSOM in
many places, fully month in advance
of the usual time, owing to the warm
weather.
There is fear of trouble at the Vul-
can coal mines near Gunnison, Colo,
ms the result of an effort of tho COM
pany to replace striking union miners
with non-union miners,
The Montana Legislature having
passed bin legaliziug prize fighting
under certain conditions, Butte has
offered S25 900 purse for the Fitz
simmons-J effries fight
1t is rumored that the Santa Fe has
secured control of the California g.
Nevada road in order to establish ter
minal that will afford more easy means
of access to San Francisco.
The claim OF Nevada for moneys ad-
vanced in aid Of the suppression of the
rebellion were referred back to the
secretary OF the treasury, with direc-
tions to report to congress at its next
session.
Senator Teirney's bill making gamb.
ling misdemcanor in Montana, and
providing penalties, graduated accord
ing as to whether the offense is com
mitted on the ground floor or upstairs,
and according to the population of the
town where it Is carried on, has passed
both houses of the Montana Legislature,
and will become law
A bill has passed the Colorado senate
which divides FL Paso county and
creates new county, to be known as
Teller county, which will include
the Cripple Creek mining district. This
division of Ell Paso county hhs been
vigorously opposed by the people of
Colorado Springs, and it is openly
charged that large fund wa raised
to buy votes against the measu re.
Charles Gown and Patrick Foster,
two men with unsavory regulations,
attacked DR. h. r. Vaughn, Denver
dentist, and almost beat him tb death
The injured man claims that one j. d.
Alkire hired the men to ass aassinate
him, and had it not been for the
screams of Vaughn's wife, who was
present when the attack was made,
the doctor would have been killed.
GOWN, Foster and Alkire are under
arrest.
Regarding the loss to stock occa-
stoned by the recent severe Weather in
Wyoming, reports are very conflicting,
but all agree that up to date losses
have been above the average, probably
as high as 10 per cent. Some sections
report cattle very weak and feed scarce,
while others report all cattle being
cared for, but fears of losses in March.
Sheep losses much heavier tn an cattle
losses, probably Is per cent to date.
All grades of cattle are scarce.
Five men and woman are buried
under an avalanche of snow which
came down Granite mountain, near the
Magma mine at White Pine, Colo,
The missing, who are supposed to be
dead are: Mrs. Margret Stout, Mi
chael Welch, James Jordan and three
men, whose names are unknown
These persons were all in the board
ing-house kept by Mrs. Stout, which
was crushed by the avalanche and car
ried with the snow down the gulch
John Sparks, the Nevada cattle king
says that as a result of the recent
heavy snowstorms there will be the
heaviest loss of live stock be tween the
Gulf of Mexico and the British lines
in the maine range belt, ever before
known. His acquaintance ii extensive
and he says its just simply terrible tc
contemplate. He says New hda is in
,, deed fortunate, for the loss Of stock il
that state will be comparat ively non,
at all other than the natural loss
f. A. Eads, the brother OF the fam
GUS engineer James Bucha nan Eads
who designed and constructed tn,
bridge across the Mississippi river a
! St. Louis, and who also demonstrated
despite the opposition of government
} engineers, the feasibility of deepening
: the channel of the Mississippi by tbs
construction of ietties, was found deac
in his cabin near Elliston Montana
Eads, who was seventy years old, evi
IDENTIFY had died from expos lre or some
: natural cause.
The stamp mill and the hoist of th'
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