New-York tribune., 1900-01-03
THE PASSING THRONG.

Iney are opening up new mining country IN
Oregon said hsck Whiting. OF Portland. Ore,
at the Hotel Imperial yesterday.
RICH GOLD "and from present Indications {.
DISTRICT bids fair to become one OF the Lead
IN OREGON. ing gold producing districts IN our
part OF the world. THIS district OF
which Sumter. thriving mushroom town OF som.s
three thousand inhabitants. Is the chief place.
about two hundred miles from Spokane. in North
eastern Oregon. Some twenty-five miles in length.
IL IL entirely gold country. The large part
OF which Is rather low grade. is fused over great
few they carry rich pockets as the story OF the
Golconda mine tells Last summer banker named
$4,000 and started developing and snort time ago
pocket was struck in Il so rich 20 yield $1,000
eighty years old Already twenty ten stamp
quartz mills have been erected there while twenty
This country was originally placer mined, and
sumter when. the news Of the attack. defence ana
ran or Fort sumter arrived mere ana rom Inss
Sumter derived It's name"
Patrick Henry Winston. Attorney General Of
the State OF Washington said George Edwards.
OF Tacoma. at the Waldorr-As-
HE HELD toria comes Of a family for
THE CUT. many generations DISTINGUISHED
IN the law Originally he ia from
North Carolina in which State his father was Tor
merly Chief Justice and IT is for his family that
the town OF Winston. y. C. is named. General
Winston IL known throughout part OF the
country as, wit and number Of his sayings
At one time W hen winston was away from home his
house burned down. which fact was inmediately
came query from him as TO whether or NOT the
Business one day -arried him far out into the
country and nghtfaH found Winston driving MS
buggy on the return trip. fearfully made
and extremely narrow country road. 50 narrow, IN
fact. only TO admit OF the passage OF one teo
could only get past by turning out on one SIDE o.
the road swayfng light warned WINSTON or 3 ~
approaching wagon Just as his own buggy entefeG
rendered it impossible that the teams should pass
would be compelled to turn back He yelled 70 ne ne
approaching outfit 70 hold up put It's GIN dGtVeT aI ne
at the middle of the cut 1t was necessary IoF ene
wards both drivers were obdurate and the argJl-
ment waxed fierce and finally ended by the strange
realize who am I'm John stone mentioning the
name Of well known character or coIislleraoIt pc
youre names stone is it?' fetorted the unabashed
Winston Well Stone If you don't get our OF ms
Stone got out of the cut
The following story is attributed 10 Marshall P
Wilder: Some evenings ago mal was seated N
the corridor OF one OF the large
READY hotels smoking fragrant Havana
WITH HIS cigar. On the lounge next to him
REToRT were seated a woman and her
daughter. the latter being tmme-
dately next to the smoker. The draft in the
col ridor blew the smoke from the cigar across
the younger woran's face 70 which although II
annoyed her extremely, the smoker remained seem
ingly either ObliviOus or else WnoiS lntlleiT
Finally after several quite audible remarks 20 neT
mother aprCpcs of the rudeness of men IN genera.
In smoking in the presence OF women Whic3 plt.es-
smoker in particular the frayed string of her
temper broke and turning savagey '9 'zbI InS DO
you know I'd poison you? Her neishnor. e -
moving his cigar from his lips promptly "a
I'd take that poisOn|