The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-06-29
NORTHWEST NOTES.

OF Kloudikor, and $3.50. 900 10 gold.
The Pacific oil Works company has
been Incorporated 10 Tacoma, Wash,
with capital ots35o 900. 10 bore for
oil in O. gulch almost in the heart Of
the city.
Vancouver, - C.. reports the steamer
Clutch arrived from skaRuay with
twenty live passengers, most Of them
being from Dawson. She had 500. 600
worth ~ gold dust on board
After shooting aud killing his wife
Henry v. Pike, San Francisco book,
keeper. shot aud killed himself Thurs
day. Domestic dIscord Is assigned a.
the cause u the double tragedy.
Deputy United States narshals mr..
rested seven residents of Pacific county,
near South Bend. Wash, as a result Of
bench warrants founded upon grand
jury indictments charging them with
perjury.
w. 4. Eubanks, a wealthy sheep and
cattlemnn, Of Cheyenne. wyo., was
shot and killed last week by Que Of his
employees named Davis The two men
qusrreled aud EuLanks gave Davis n
beating. The murder has been ar.
rested aud charged with murder in the
first degree.
A solid hill Of granite which blocked
the path Of the proposed line OF tho
Union Pacific cut on on sherman hill
In Wyoming, was blown up last week.
over 10000 pounds Of powder was
placed In tunnel aud then set on.
Boulders weighing 6ve and Nix ton
were carried to a height Of 100 feet
A gunny sack containing two human
hands, two feet, piece Of heart,
some flesh aud bone partly decomposed
was found In Bitter Creek. Rock
Springs wyo., last week. Doctors say
they are the remains Of small boy or
woman aud had been dead about n
month. officers are investigating the
mystery.
Donohue & Robcrtsons shinglc mill
at Smiths Cove, Wash. was burned TO
tho ground Sunday afternoon, entail
ing loss ofslG.O 600 An the stock con.
sisting Of 700. 900 shingles In dry kiln,
was consumed. The mill Is new one
completed In May, and had been run.
Mug abouta month aud halt The
origin Of the fire Is mystery.
Daniel r, McKillican, a mining man
OF note In the West, died at Helena
Friday. lie built the hrst quartz mill
near Helena at Unionvillc In the early
Goa, and put up a number OF quartzand
other mills in different parts Of the
stats. He was a pioneer OF Colorado,
having equsttea on property now In
the heart OF Denver In 1852
A new plant has beenn reported from
Zig Timber, Montana. II IL called tho
hyocyamus, or henbaue, aud Ita seeds
are believed TO be Injurious TO stock,
Although more than atty suspected
plants have been reported, II IL not
known that this one was ever reported
from Montana, aud its existence was
not known heretofore. IL looks some.
thing like the Scotch thistle, and has
a large flower, OF a dull yellow color,
aud large coarse leaves. IL IL Eu.
ropcRn plant, seldom found In this
country and not indigenous 10 our
soil
The town OF Placerville Ida. was near
ly wiped out by fire at an early hour
Thursday morning, Eight business
houses, practically tho entire business
district, was burned, The town was
burned August 18th last and the build.
ings destroyed were all new. The fre
broke out In the rear OF John Veesey's
saloon on the north side OF the Plaza.
Every effort was made 10 stay the
with great rapldity and had soon de-
stroyed the principal business build-
ings, II il not known whether the tlre
was started by accident or design, but
IL seems certain that II was start
ed 10y some one who had gone into the
woodshed, perhaps to sleep. The to-
tai loss Is sa7, 500, aud the known in
surauce is s775o.
The San Luis Valley Land and Min
Ing company, which recently pur-
chased Ia, land grant No; 4. In Sa-
guachc county has tilcd suit Of eject
ment aud damages against John n.
Duncan and others who are In posses
sion Of the mining town OF Duncan,
which Is said TO be located la the grant.
Duncan declares he will 0ght before he
will relinquish what he considers his
rights, aud II is said he will DO backed
up by several hundred hardy noun
taIneers, miners and farmers in the
vicinity.
Joseph Mcdonald manager Of the
Frisco mine, at Wallace, Idaho, wa.
cred ON from ambush last Friday by tive
men. lie was ON his way from the
mill to the Office when four shots were
fred In quick succession, the bullet,
all striking at his feet Mcdonald saw
tho men running down the mountair