Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume], August 24, 1875, Image 3

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Zm ItoM.
r **^Mhe discoverer of
L»i» Giflât Washoe, Nevada, was
»nd visited Alturas coun
J^L he spent six months on
gnd predicted that the
U» l f distant When it would yield
t^ldcre» 1 * more8tirln the
'g«*" . be celebrated Comstock
^ b4fl . citv . Notwithstanding
.sW"'' ion and great distance
feST«-«. 1» Atlanta
' * ^-.it v developed wealth and
«»^".,0 more than verify Com
»Dtl it now stands the
^'talsein the ,ïorld • ,nd wlU
**SjHstreasures in undimin
Ö**";. i for centuries to come.
1 county located as near the
If
"*;;ïinc of railway or San
*?„ storv county, Nevada, Its
no»- bnt several hundred in
^«Id P> b'f h intu ll,e t,loU!m,ld s,
^ilof dollars would annually be
**ne Atlanta, though the weal
J^^dewloped. is not the only valua.
found there. Alturas county is
P ^rhollv tn^de up of rich silver led
W* ^gibe more widely heard ot in
I**« months
'il«!?« of Banner Dtstr.et, i.
* though in the infancy of do
r\l' show rock of the same eiiarac
nLrirBrieltss tltoseof Alturas,
retell s tale to rival the Atlanta
v liKvn WIT* A
L«|&nrE.-Bill Woods, one ot the
l^thâtfurni^heil brick for Crufts'
ji*iquite an adventure with a black
•jffsfii dip i^i* out at Banner. The
^ jiii sttßfcd some beef in a box hang
I gMHt » tree in front of the cabin,
Jaaeoat of the timber taget it. A
^oftk boys observing the ani
the kiln and reported its pres
j» Woods immediately left his work
ji^I ia interview with his be&rship,
fit only » common butcher-knife to
courtesies with. Arriving at the
sÈiesppwæhed the lioar, which, in
Joittowin? alarm ^ retreating,
pfawd cariosity and st*>od its ground
_ y an looking at the bear. the liear
tom the man. While each was thus
, , . . „ .
«ifedtakinr ia the other s protx>rtion>
?
äißöyiaf ike chances for advantage in
I s 'saiUnd-tumble fight now sure to
K5Ä Bill's plucky little dog rushed
I isi .'added the brute in the rear The
nr v&iried at Utis unexpected assault,
Utiikpiyin? its respect» to the dog,
Ltwctbaaii, and dosing in, the fight
■aaowi They had it over and under
I invkSe,until finally Bill, getting the
aiàrtv his adversary, and, playing
lühiStlirely between its ribs, soon had
tisi. It was a young one. and weighed
Usoiekundmi and fifty pounds Bill
k' weite a scratch
nox it Lights!*».—H owe A Me
si!'! ikaghter-house, situated about a
h* fron town, near the foothills, on the
«rie of More creek, was »truck by
laaijjjiSdusk on Thursday evening last,
cloud was passing over at the time
occasionally emitted flashes follow
heighttkunder-claps. A bolt »truck
*a!*ri the corral adjoining the house,
■mag
k into splinters. One of the
*>»iiich received the stroke, though
*3®*4*howed the course followed in
j ^'liatsextending down and passing
«arth. It was not followed by a
^i thunder, as is usual. John Mar
in the building, sa vs the little
■*"P played about the premises quite
I ^ he got out of there soon as he
The electric fluid probably came
^tkeshape a ball of fire, aa is
toe case, and striking the post,
I off, and scattered itself around
l^ooily.
TO
l ^ ■* ïautiiw, —M r. W. S Har
who have lived here since
'»ixty.four, left yesterday for
. '.near Silver City, Owyhee county,
will become tbeir future
Id the ups and downs ex^
to this camp during all those
jj Ted Mr. Harley made
& ^,J. ever y turn • and if there is a sln
^*toD*l who wishes him and hit
ij^toaa well and prosperous, wc are
departure fYom the
^ j^who have known him so
ora *> 1 y is universally regretted,
Stou m&nM **nowfedg«d that he
e *° m4n X friends. Mr. and
w d their sons and daughters
die people of
Qwyhee county will find hi®
upright man.
TSä ® EA803 *'
R*—*
-A load of toma
ivf.. —d watermelons, from Boise
^ town last Saturday. The '0
*&***. at twelva and a
p0Un<1 * and the mal
at fair prices.
also
sAT
. t permitisdCi
from a letter received by Mr. J, R Pii e 0 f
ttitft place fYop a married sieter giving In
Chicago. It gives some idea of the gloomy
conditio» of things I» that portion of I1U.
nois, and tolly corroborates ihe newspaper
reports that have been already published :
"In the first place, we are having the
moss disagreeable weather you could im
agine. It rains, on an average, every other
day, and it is very chilly. We have had
but very few days that we could call real
warm. It ia raining quite hard now ; some
of our streets are almost impassable now
on account of the mud; which is some
thing unusual at this time of the year, and
still it is not as bad here as some other
places. From all accounts, in many places
the crops are hopelessly ruined. Some
predict a very hard winter if the rainy
season continues. I have no doubt it will
make provisions very high. There is an
abundance of everything except fruit. Po
tatoes are cheaper than they have been for
years—they are selling for forty cents per
bushel ; cabbage one and two cents per
head ; flour is fYom $5 to $7 75 per barrel ;
so at these rates there is not much fear of
starving unless there should be a great ad
vance
W* want them to Go,—When parties
tell us that they are going ont prospecting
at a certain time, and it is so announced in
these columns, we want them to go. By
so doing they would not only confer a fa
vor but also keep sjiotless the well-known
reputation of tins paper for veracity. We
started Wess Wood and Otto oft the other
day and they didn't go, but were seen on
the streets for several days thereafter. That
sort of thing won't do. Hereafter when
we say that parties have gone, they must
either go at the appointed time or keep off
the streets.
A Bio Hail— Sheriff Sam Stewart came
walkiug leisurely across Uie bridge last
Friday morning driving before him six or
eight C'hinameu, whom he had just arrest
ed on Buena Vista Bar. The prisoners
were miners, and had got beyond the line
of their property and were undermining
the jail. The day previous they were told
of their unlawful proceedings and warned
to desist ; but continuing their work the
next morning in the same direction in the
face of advice to the contrary, ham Stew art
, - .
took them before Judge Moore for further
instructions.
Two Versions. — S. W. Wulff went over
to Placerville the other day, and while
there bought a large watermelon to bring
home. He cached it in some bed clothing
and forgetting the circumstance, came off
without it. The foregoing is his version
The other version is something like this:
He went to Placerville. bought a big mel
on, and hid it for home use. Getting on a
run with some of the boys, he took too
much lager, and while deeping off its ef
fects some one »tote and eat his melon.
You are at liberty t o believe eit her story.
at
Settled —The trouble arising between
the Sheriff and the C hinese miners who
were »Treated for overstepping their lines
and working under the jail, was sett ltd
without reaching the jurisdiction of Judge
Moore, upon something like the following
terms: They are to discontinue all opera
lions calculated to injure the jail property,
pay all costs, repair the damage done, and
liave the privilege of working off the strip
of ground already under way.
Malone, formerly a resident
of Idaho City, died at Roseburg, Oregon,
August 14th. He brought sprinting office
to this place in 1866, which, merged into
the old News, now form» the World office.
He waa a vigorous aad intelligent writor,
a first-class short hand reporter, and at dif
feront times was editor of various newspa
pens on the Pacific coasti He was travel
log through Oregon forthe benefit of Ins
health when death overtook him.
AI.KOCT * FtKE -The little children of
Mr. A. Straus esme near burning his dwel
ling house last Thursday. They started a
Are in the rear of his premises by igniting
a barrel which wae placed in close proa
iraity to the building; and the blaze was
leaping several feet in high, when two or
three neighbors otaenrlng It g* »" d
extinguished U Just In the nic k of umc.
8wm»n»»ÄM™lTi^Messrs^H.
H Hawkins, John Ahern and EugeneMar
ianrm, of «JuarUburg, were Thnra
s,?.:—aar.
.bien I« »I
an™be»t way to «U«»t IMh thing, of th«
sort__. —
J. J. Mabbx h» been *?*£*£%
ledge u^borePIW»"^ ^ although
discovered ct yet, Mr.
Ä'öt It wiltsbow before he
Lets up. on U. ■ —
Th* night* out at Bannnr a« getlthg *<•
cool that Ice frequently f«""»
Rough Times at C^artsbubgp—Man
Shot.t—A good deal of excitement was
created last Thursday night on the arrival
of news that a man hadlbeen shot at Quactz
burg at about eight o'Wock that evening.
From the many conflicting rumors in cir
culation we give the-tallowing as perhaps
the most truthtal version of the affair:
John Gallagher and) Jim Combs met on the
street and wrangled?over the settlement of
some little busines&account. Hard names
were exchanged, and a blow passed, fol
owed by a pistol shot wounding Gallagher
n the back. Combs disappeared on a horse,
and although Jess Bradford and Jack Gor
man went in immediate pursuit, he has
not yet been found. Dr. Sheffer was called
to attend Gallagher and had him brought
over here on Friday. The Doctor says the
wound ia not dangerous, and that Galla
jher will be all right in a few days. The
ball entered near the backbone and ranged
downward.
!
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Fossilized Man—Something fou Sci
bntists to Speculate Upon.— Mr. 8. W
Wulff, of this place, received by express
the other day an interesting relic of pre
historic man in the shape of a portion of
a human being in a fossilized state. It
came from Lemhi county, and was
sent to Prof. Jauiuan of Boise City, and
Mr. Wulff secured part of it which he de
signs sending to the Academy of Sciences
at Berlin, Prussia, llow far back this
relic dates is as yet undetermined, but Prof.
Jauman will be able to give an opinion
when lie receives specimen of rock strata
from the deep shaft in which it was found.
It is the only discovery of the kind yet
made in this Territory, and furnishes an
interesting subject for speculation to natu
ral ists anil students of geology. Go and
see the relic immediately, its Mr. Wulff
will ship it in two or three days.
One Hundked Dollahs.— The sum of
money raised among the citizens by Mr.
John Lewis for the relief of the station
keeper at Minnehaha ranch, who lost his
»11 by fire the other day, was one hundred
dollars. John, and all those who contrib
uted to the fund will Ik* remembered with
gratitude by the distressed family.
Hogs.— G. W. Hunt brought up fYomtlie
Payette valley last week something over
two hundred head of fine hogs for the Ba
sin markets. It»we & McDevltt took sixty
five »t their liens here and sixty-five at
Placerville; Garrecht took thirty-five; Gar
rett thirty, at Placerville. and Pat Noonan,
of Pioneer City, twenty.
Mr. E. P. Rowe, who resided in the
Basin several years ago, came up from San
Francisco last week. He is traveling for
the liquor house of Shea, Bocqueraz &
McKee, San Francisco. Mr. R»we meets
many old-time acquaintances up here,
which makes his trip one of pleasure as
well as business.
Thukk loads of watermelons were on
the streets Sunday. Old WormwfKxi .says
they wasn't fit for a hog to eat—lie tried
'em. Those wc saw opened were half
preen, withered ones, and if people persist
in rating that kind sickness will tallow.
Brice —Tlie second and hist kiln of
brick tar building furnace for Crafts' mill
out at Banner, has l**en burned in good
style. The first kiln contained sixty thou
Hand, and the one just finished had one
hundred and four thousand.
Tiik high wind which suddenly struck
town last Thursday evening swung things
about considerably. Several fences were
>rostratcd and unsubstantial buildings re
ceived a heavy shaking.
Forthe Upper Païktte— Dr. Zipf
and Charley Jourdan started for the Up
per Payette valley last Friday on a trip of
recreation and prospecting. They will be
gone about a *eek__
CX>PKLAND~-Mr. G. Marre heard fYom
John Kenn ally, at Copeland diggings, last
week. He is working three men, and will
finish up for the season and be here in
about three weeks. ___
Another large wagon loaded with a
variety of fYcight for Crafts' mill rolled
out for Banner last Friday. We noticed
some mill machinery among the fYeight.
Orro tried some more of his Rising
Sur rock last Friday, going after it the day
previous. The prospect obteined was more
flattering th an ever _
Henry Freidingkr, proprietor of the
Idaho Bakery, has.bought the building ad
joining his premises, and formerly occu
pied by G. Marre
The Statamm says twenty families have
arrived fYom the Spates andaettled in Boise
vaUfey
There are thirty-three men employed
at the Iow a mill md op, the ledge, »ir.told
A large fire has been raging lb thu
timber near Baldwlnsville fop tw/WW, Awe
days past.
Stop Thief!—M r. Hugh Wilhelm, who
a working a placer claim on Buena Vista
Bar, caught four Chinamen panning out
n his ground sluice Monday about noon.
The thievas scattered, and singling one out
! Jr. Wilhelm gave chase. The Chinaman
careered across the bridge, over into town,
! iis pursuer close after him, but the thief
was soon lost among a lot of other China
men in Chinatown. Wilhelm cried to the
joys in this office to head the Chinaman
off, but they were all at dinner, and the
rascal escaped. Had he been caught Hugh
would have made it exceedingly unhealthy
for him.
Theatrical. —Much to the regret ot the
ater-goers of the Basin, news came by stage
of Sunday evening that the McGinley
troupe had started for Silver City that morn
ing, and would not visit Boise county this
season. They missed a rich harvest by not
coming up, as the people were anxious to
see them and would have patronized them
well. The races coming off this week
would have made a big difference in their
favor.
The New Bridge. —Tbe new bridge
on the Upper Payette is rapidly approach
ing completion. Dempsey & Jones, the
contractors, came up a day or two ago for
the necessary irons. Five men are em
ployed on it, and three bents are already
up. The building of this bridge has long
been needed, and will prove a great con
venience to the traveling public.
II. IL R. Brown has bought the resi
dence of John Reel on East Hill, and in a
short time will tear it away to give place
to the erection of a new house which wil
surpass in beauty of design and finish any
private dwelling on the hill.
r _______ o Brown is
already at work leveling off ground and
otherwise gening rc*<l to commencé build
,n £'
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Music at the Race Course. —The Ida-1
ho City brass band has been engaged to
play during the races over the Star Ranch
course, commencing next Thursday and
continuing four days. This is a good move, I
and will prove an attractive feature on the |
occasion. The boys have been practicing
for several days, and will be able to per
form their part well
no*. Ben Wilson, of Pioneer, came
over on business, Monday, his first trip to
., , ...
Idaho City this season, we believe. Mr.
Wilson is ihe Centennial Agent for Boise
county, to whom all those desiring to pur
chase one of the beautiful Centennial med
, t, * » s
als must apply. lie will be here again
next week, when he will ntnj longer.
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Judge Walker will soon recommence
the work of sinking a »haft on the ledge
discovered by him last fall, above the Gam
brinus. The shaft was sunk fifty feet soon
after discover}', and the work then discon
tinued. The ledge has been traced about
a hundred feet, and yield» a good gold
prospect.
-^—i-. * , , ly
Raffi.e. —In the raffle for the watch ixt I
TincherÄ Holland's saloon Saturday night
Messrs. Silsby and Moriarty threw the same
and the highest number. The latter gen
tleman then disposed of his chance to the|
former, and Silsby took time by the fore I
ock and p ocketed it, _ I
Photxkiraphic.—T he Stammam says
that Mr. Ike Cum-, photograph artist, at.
Boise City, will visit the Basin this week
„„ » profe»»ional lour. This move on Ike'»
part will be hailed with pleasure by almost
everybody, as many wish to have pictures I,>
taken. ____
A wall of rice, in sacks, twelve feet |
high and thirty feet long was stacked up
in front of a Chinese store on Sunday, tak
c„ from wagon». Such grub nmy do for
Chinamen, but you couldn't hire a
sourian to ÛW upon it.
Somebody has built a neat little house I
across Elk creek, northwest of town. Its
ownership has been attributed to two old I
bachelors—some say one, some the other,
How sly these old boys are, when they get |
matrimony in their heads. I
,
Mb. Cochrane gnd famity, of ° rani,e I
creek, were in town last Thursday to eon-1
»ult a physician concerning the illnera of
a little daughter. The child was afflicted
with something like diptkeria, accompa
nied with slight fever. I
Hooi- Polk PATCH.-^uli&n II111, ("the
big Irishman") ha. «truck a hoop-pole
patch In one of the neighboring gulches,
and now he wanU two partners—one to 1
sUrt a stove factory and the other to build
a distillery. "There's millions in it."
of Thom creek, report the grass in splen-l
did condition, and beautifttl flowers bloom
ing everywhere. Two or three bands of
horses range up there, and are flit as they
well can be. — — __
For the Payettb Lakes. JBn
two or three weeks.
twenty-thre? hor*£« intrainihgatthe Star
Ranch to take part in the* races, liiere"
will be between thirty and forty altogether,
ready to turn loose next Thursday. ,
Give ua- a Tune.— T^e*Band' wttU start
over across the Bhsin Thursday morning '
in their own conveyance, and»' before they
go we suggest that they give- fite' town a>
few tunes.
All Engaged.— Everything in theshape
of a carriage has been engaged, we are ia
formed, for the races. Many couples will?
go from here to attend the ball at Placer
ville Thursday night
The Idaho City brass band will visit
and play at all the camps in the Basin next
Thursday. They will be joined !by other
musicians at Centerville. Lotsuf tan in<
the Basin this week.
Mr. A. G. Mason, afflicted with < dtopsy,,
and who came up from Squaw creek last
week for treatment, is rapidly ifnproving..
He will be well in ten days or/two weeks..
Sunday was the liveliest day of the sea
son at this plpce. Main street was blocked'
with huge freight wagons discharging their'
loads, and the merchants were all busy.
For the Races.— Every seat is already
spoken tar in the stage which goes out
Thursday evening across the Basin..
Arrived Home.— Rev,, D< G.. Strong
and family arrived by stage last evening
fYom the railroad, in good health..
Weather. almost colp enough to start
fires Monday morning. It became really
chilly soon after sunrise.
Mrs. Iktton, of Squaw creek valley r .
came over last week for medical advice
She started home Saturday,
GROC8E _ Ch4rley Kingsley and Chari.}
Jones killed nineteen grouse out in the
mountains last Saturday.
Late magazines, pictorials and newspa
wi jj ^ f ouo ^ * silsby's.
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District Court at Rocky Bar will ad
journ the last of the week
Mr. Julian Hill started for Alturas
county on Monday on a business trip.
Mrs. Lunby went to Flacerville Satur
day on a visit.
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Tbos. Barry received a lot of new goods^
^ «
la9t öunda y
Mark Twain, iu the August Atlantic,
,
mourns over the diminished length ot
u ..... A
the Mississippi, in this strain r The
Mississippi between Cairo and New
.. .
Orleans was 1,215 miles long lift
years ago. It waa 1,180 after the
C ut-off of 1122. It was 1,040 after
American Bend cutoff, (some 16 or
^ ^ ^ * It ha8 l 08 t 6Î mile»
Consequently iU length is OB
I .. .
ly 973 miles at present.
I J .« t^__
In the space o ^
er Mississippi bas shortened itself 24^
miles. That is an average of a trifle
over one mile and a third per year,
I Therefore, any calm person, who is
I no t blind or idiotic, can see that in the
qjj Oolitic Silurian period, just a mitt
g next November, the
J w . ? . . . _
Lower «W i rwer wa f
of 1,300,000 imles long, and stuck Out
I,> V er the Gulf of Mexico like afishitig
rod. And by the same tokeiaany peY
| 8on can see that 742 years- from now
the Lower Mississippi w«T be only a
^ ftnd t b ree -qiiarters tang, and Gâ4
Orleans will' have jotttfed
(hejr streetg together , and be plod
ding comfortably atang imder a single
I Mayor and a mutuar Bbard of Alder-*
men. There is something fascinating
I science. 0toe gets such whole
gale returns ot conjecture ont of Su'd*
a trifling investment of fact,
........ ~
"How much for that broad-faced?
chickeÄ the fence?» inquired *0»
. _ TblatiiL
Inshmtm of » firmer on ®»fen Mad*
ithe other day. ''That s not a chicken^
it'a an? owl/' replied the '
don't care how ould he 1 wopKK
like to buy him,»»aid the THah mnn.
jJr. DteRAKU w»n aslfed'by the S«f
Zanzibar, the other dhy, whetH
, Drifaiik.
1er the Grand Vizier' of Gte
was in fear of tbe digger or of poison -
tSü*&Ä;
^ ^ i v him "
«»»
A Maine irirl left her cfoth'ing in am
^ ^ h id herself, »n# wbfes
[her parents were crjwng and'saying if*
*\u*v wnM