Gilpin observer., 1899-11-02
WESTERN ,sNCTES.

S-~~-N DsAAA0 "a ACht SOOu uOubG9 III tAc
city and pay their proportion of taxes
for the support of the city and terri.
tory. The board of trade is also max.
ing an effort to secure gift from An
drew carnegie for public library on
similar condition to that upon which he
gave $4,000 to Prescott, Arizona.
Last Saturday morning n terrible ac.
ident happened at the Joe Dandy mine
Crlppie Greek district, in which two
men lost their lives. They are William
Van Why, aged 33 and married, and
w. L. Lambert, aged 40. The men
were being hoisted from the bottom of
the Joe Dandy shaft, where they had
lighted the fuse on four shots they had
just finished loading. The shaft is 13O
feet deep. They had been raised about
sixty feet when the pin that holds the
drum of the hoist in place came out in
some eunaccountable manner; the weight
OF the men at once reversed the drum
and they dropped to the bottom of the
shaft. Almost simultaneously with
their alighting the shots exploded and
both were instantly killed. LAMBERT $
head and body were horribly mutilat-
ed, the chest being blown full of holes.
Ogden last Wednesday witnessed the
spectacle of United States soldiers beg
ging in the streets for something to
eat. They We're members of a party
of the Firty-siXth United States volun-
teer infantry, and came from South
birmingham, Massachusetts, in COM
mand of Colonel Schuyler. When they
marched through the streets, while
they made good military appearance,
they all acted tired. After their march
they scattered through the city, and
many little purses We're made up for
them by the citizens whom they hap
pened to meet. They took the money
and bought bread. They stated that
they had been fed on hardtack and
canned beef with coffee from the time
they started. The regiment went west
over the Southern Pacific tonight
There have been a number of deser.
tions since the regiment started,
In three years Mr.. Turnbulrs dogs
have killed $50 coyotes. besides sev.
eral large wolves. The bounty receiv-
ed has paid the expense of keeping the
dogs and saddle horses. 1t is not an
unusual thing for a fast, well-bred
hound to kill itself in the chase. Re.
Gently one of Mr.. Turnbull's best dogs
ran until 1t had n hemorrhage of the
lungs and died, and shortly afterward
one of his large stag hounds ran until
he fell in n fit and had to be carried
home on n horse. Even, with so many
well trained dogs, the coyotes often
escape. II they have long start. The
long-eared jack rabbit, however, is
the swiftest animal on the prairie and
often escapes the hounds, as he is sure
to select a rough, rocky ridge to run
on, where the best of his pursuers
soon become bloody and crippled from
contact with its Jagged stones.
A Leadyille dispatch says: Fuel has
been added to the excitement in Home
mining stock by the report of another
enormous find which was made several
days ago, but not made public at once
The new ore body was discovered nj
the 5O0-foot level, in the Starr shaft.
and consists of three feet of lead sand
which samples across 1,4OO ounces sill.
yer. This assay is not the analysis OF
specimen, but is the average value
of the entire three feet which also runs
so per cent. lead. The management is
sacking the ore and has driven on the
new vein several feet, and rs far ms
the drift has gone the ore body retains
its richness. Surrounding this wonder
full body of lead sand. which resembles
that of the Robert E. Lee and Little
Pittsburg of the early days there ia an
immense stope of high grade iron
which will average over 200 ounces I'm
silver and 80 per cent excess iron
which will reduce the treatment to less
than 50 per ton. The shipments of 200
tons per day will probably be increased
by the first of the month. as the policy
OF the management is to take out the
ore as fast as possible.
Santa Fe is in the throes of n ne.
cuiiar church war Mt present. Rev, G.
l.. Madden, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church in this city. had
served hve years us pastor, and was
transferred to the church at Bland nj
the last session of the Methodist CON
ference, held at Ration n week ago
Rev. A. A. Hyde of Alamogordo was
appointed to succeed Mr.. Madden Tbe
local congregation did not like the an
pointment. They. therefore, at a Sc
cret meeting, decided to close tbe
church and telegraphed Mr.. Hyde and
FAMILY not to come to Santa Fe. as the
congregation had seeded and closed
the church. Mr.. Hyde and family,
however. came anyway, and arrived
this week. They took. possession of the
parsonage, and Mr. Hyde has announc.
ed services for next Sunday. mnjnto,n.
ing that as the church is partly mis-,
sion church. 1t belongs to the church
at large, and not to the local congrera.
tion.
A Washington dispatch gives reports
OF decisions by the Supreme Court
concerning land grant cases. The frs,
was an opinion handed down by Jus.
tice Brown In the case of the appeal of
the United States rom the decision of
the Court of Private Land Claims In
The case of the Cuyamungo land grant,
IN Santa Fe county, New Mexico. The
land court decided that the title to the
grant was properly held by Maria de
Ia iaZ de Conway and associates, and
declined to except in the decree lands
covered by patents issued TO Pueblo
Indians covering large portion of tba
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