The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-31
WILD WEST WAITS.

ANGLERS ut kounndo, Cal, are catch
ing from 100 to 800 mackerel each per
day.
REPORTS from Fresno, CAL. are that
the raisin crop will be between 5000 and
34OO carloads.
McMinnville. Or, reports that 400
acre field Of fall wheat in that vicinity
will yield but 81. bushels per acre.
"A project is on foot at Fresno, CAL.
to generate by water electric power to
furnish electricity to San Francisco and
intermediates points. A company has
been organized for that purpose and men
are now engaged making the surveys for
the system.
Browne Of Spokane killed bear at Spirit
lake. Wash. They discovered the bear
in the 'berry PATCH Armed with Il
shotgun and 22-caliber rifle, the two
women pursued br1in, firing many shots
until one struck Il vital spot.
lightning struck and burned a barn
twelve miles southwest Of Wahpeton, y.
d., with 1872 horses and mules, harness,
feed and 100 tons of hay. Three men
sleeping in the barn were stunned by the
stroke and barely escaped with their
lives. The loss is placed 1T 100000, with
$4,000 insurance.
Luke Hancock Of Fargo, y. d.. has
been at work for Il number OF years on
Il compressed air engine. and it IS assert
ed that he has ut last perfected an en-
CINE that promises to- revolutionizc the
power of the world. The tests made
up to date have been successful even be-
yond his most sanguinc expectations.
Del McAlliStcr Of Seattle stumbled
onto two cougar cubs near Elliott sta
ton recently. Their cries brought the
mother beast and Il male cougar. which
bit and claWcd the young man in q fear
FIJI His MONS f1i1r l,nI a.
tree, but q farmer soon appeared. killed
one Of the cougars and caused the other
to flee
On Union fiat and Penewawa creek,
WASH, threshcrs are charging 10 cents
per bushel for thresshing bound grain
for threshing headed grain. The price
was formerly & and cents. The adj
vance is due to large straw, small yield
OF wheat and the high wages " hich
threshers are compelled to pay for help.
AT a single company's bolt camp on
Lake Whatcom, Wash, twenty six and
one-half cords Of sound single bolts
had been Oh the ground half a century.
The log measured Is feet in diameter
at the butt and 9 feet at the small end.
The length of time it had been down
was determined by the age OF Il tree
growing over 1t.
All UNUSUAL SlSlll WAS recently VIII
messed near Peck, Idaho. A large eagle
was flying over, hotly pursued by band
Of crows, which seemed much wrought
up about something. The eagle bore in
it's talons Il body, and when the men
joined their shouts with the crows
racket he dropped his burden to the rocks
below. 1t proved to be a coyote pup,
weighing about 10 pounds.
Wild dogs, which have been reported
as becoming numerous a few miles south
Of Phoenix, AriZ., and as doing damage
to young stock, attacked Lemuel j. Will
knson. There were three Of them. Will
kinson had a shotgun with him and with
one shot killed two and wounded the
third, which gave him fight. He sue
ceeded in killing it, after being severely
lacerated about the neck and on one leg.
AT Pullman, Wash, 4 COW was suf
fcrlng from an abscess. a veterinary
surgeon found Il metal point prOtruding
between her ribs He extracted thirteen
inches of the steel rib of all umbrella.
with the fork, and a second piece several
inches in length. Since it's removal the
cow has grown steadily better. The con-
lowed the rib with hay and it worked
through the stomach and side.
-Sportsmen and others interested in
wild game report from all parts of South
Dakota that prairie chickens will be
plentiful and in good condition this fall.
Since the enactment of the present game
law, which permits the shooting of prai
RE chickens only between September /
and January 1, they have been steadily
increasing. The new law also prohibits
persons from outside the state from com
ing to Dakota's hunting grounds and
shooting game indiscriminately