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Show ( I 1 n i?i i?a f.- -i 3 SUSPENDING ASS.ESS JI EN' TS . Full Text of tUe lJet ent Act of Congress In Ilogard to Tlieiti. The full text of the bill to amend the statutes i a regard to working assessments on mining claims is given herewith. It became a law on the 3rd of MB EUREKA, the month.. "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit- ed States of America, in Congress assembled: That the provision of section So. 2324, of the revised statutes of the Unitvd States, which require that on each claim located after the 10th day of May, 1ST2. and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed, or improvements ni:;de diu ing each year, be suspended for the year 1803, so that no mining claim which has been regularly located and recorded, as required by the local laws ;ad regulations, shall be subjectof to forthe anfeiture for nual assessment for the year IS;'!.'; provided, that the claimant', in order to secure the benefits of this act shall cause to be recorded in the oflice where the location notice or cert i ilea is filed, on or before December 31, 1303. a notice that he or thev in good faith intend to hold and work said claim; provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the State of South Dakota. "This act shall take effect from and after its passage." . Are your children subject to croup? If so, you should never be without a The building occupied by Tucker of Chamberlain's Cough Remebottle & Wallace, and in which something is a certain can for croup, and It dy. less than fifty firms figured as has never been known to fail. If givwas sold at sheriffs sale en freely as soon as the croupy cough at Nephi, at noon last Saturday. appears if will prevent the attack. Kemington, Johnson & Co., of It is the sole reliance with thousands Salt Luke, upon whose judgment of mothers who have croupy children and never disappoints them. There the sale was made, bought in the is no danger in giving this Remedy in property for 800. large and frequent doses, as it contains iujurions. 50 cent botAn inouest was held on the body tles fornothing sale by Eureka Drug Store. of Fred Ileafon at 2 o'clock . 8-- ' before Judge Pike. Tobacco nod Mierobps. James Shearer, Wm. Datton and Dr. Tassinari has published in the Italia. Teruiale the result of an InvestiJerry Murphy were the jurors, gation into t!i3 effects of tobacco smoke and after viewing the body and the on microbes. lie finds that the smoke of the Cavour, Virginia and Tuscan and all black and chopped tobaccos posses.ie3 a very pronounced bactericide -- - . I district. ; Jct The boiler for a 10 II. P. engine is set. and a new buikliil' over it is s almost commuted. I a emiine wi bo set in placp as oeff. as some ne-- ! in- Tccssary work 'at thfaea-- of the clino can be tinish" 1. A pipe hue has been laid fro below, and work .has been resumv on the tunnel to tap north of the lio'.st'ng-wor- ks iihie ledgei New rails have taken the place of the old ones, and nu- f ..... t i hvVl ' i mvirnr-'iw Liiii.ii i v hi. 1I1B1UU5 UllUUl 7 :; llilji t?-- i been made, that indicate good management. About twenty men are now employed and the force will bo increased as soon as the mine is in working order. The ore will bo shipped to Salt Lake and stored iri t.h'o bins' until the smelter bee-inactive operations. s "A Chas. Weber, of the defunct firm of Weber & Lossman, has opened a buffet at Lcwiston, and ' will dispense liquid refreshments to the residents of that eanm. A party, composed of C. M. Tbacketon, Dr. Field, C. C. Stiffler and N. A. Lackey went to West Tintic on a deer, hunt Saturday and returned Monday with a fine spee- . . imen. Deputy .Collector Lombard in forms us that of the n.,0 tax payers. .' iu this district, not over 40 will be delinquent. This is an excellent showing, considering the hard times end scarcity of money. Judge Smith, 'on Tuesday, sen-- ; tenccd John Sullivan, one of the riotcr6, to ninety days in the peni- tcntiary. In view of the light fines imposed on the four who plead guilty, the sentence see;i;s a lktie severe. - , NOVEMBER UTAH, FRIDAY, gage, given to secure payment for the same. place of the accident, and examinThe Mammoth Company have a ing witnesses, gave a verdict of acforce of their best men at work cidental death, with no blame atsetting tie machinery in place at taching to any one. their rfe'w mill, the frame work hm Hudson Smith, who is interested ing been completed. in various parts of the district, lias Al force of track layers began on been looking aitt-- his properties He was aeeomoa- the. Union 'Pacific 'Wednesday, In. t!i ' woi-K-" when men nyiviajoi ioeii, u n uuuaut lively times are promised IMo the to cross they attempt mining mau of Leadvule, and who Xjrando tracks. is interested with Senator 'Jones, , lne rhcenix and uppanonia are Mackey and other bonanza kings. also being worked, and Mammoth The major is well pleased with what his visit may be promises to be a good camp this he has seen, and the means of inducing some outside winter. capital to become- interested in the Tho new management of the "Copperppolis is pn.shing thing;-- to .the mine in working order. COUNTY, V 1 MAMMOTH ITEMS. ' -- IOw K vrES of weekly issue. They are certain-- 1 to eastern points ly out of place in a metropolitan! Are still in effect via the Rio Grande Western lly lle- 1 member the II. G. V. . is noted tar the . MaehinMontana elegance of its equipment, its new and The Utiili its free chair cars, its tourist coaches, cry Co. have taken the machinery or colonist sleepers and its new and from the Herkimer mine, the Her- artistic Pullman Double Drawing kimer Company having relin- Room Palace Sleeping Oars which run quished their lea.se and thrown up through to Chicago without change. the properly. The machinery was 'Speed, Safety and Comfort" is its held by the U & M Co. on mort- well earned motto. Two main line fast express trains to tdie. !ust daily. Wednesday, A petition is being circulates li. G. Wilson and Dan Crouin, remonstrating against the issuance of certificates of election to certain members of the council elect, on he ground that they are nit property owners. Clark and Dayton are the two of whom it is alleged they do not possess the requisite The petition will qualifications. be sent to the Utah Commission, but it is probable the Courts may be called upon to determine the matter. power, especially against the bacillus of Asiatic cholera. Thia myji'obicide action may in all probability be attributed to the products of nicotine. Xn epidemics of cb.ohra and typhus the use of tobacco may be rather useful than hurtful. Tobacco smoke merits special consideration on the hygiene of the mouth as a pro- phylactie means of combating microbian affections of the buccal cavity. Always Clean. Good Minister 1 observe with pleasure that your family Bible is not covered with dust. Little Girl It's always nice and clean now, ever since the piano s:.ool broke. Good News. Klncptn That Iijjot mctlraL The folly of mechanical juggling with figures is dvwn by tbe following recent experience of a school official. In a school of C7 pupils of mised grades the following question was ashed: "It is now 10 minutes titer 10. What time was it rive minutes ago?" Nineteen cut of the fC pupils failed to give a correct answer. A similar lino of humiliating failures occurred when questions equally simple were asked. The trouLla was not that the children but that they could could not make no practical use of what they had learned. They could use figures with moro or less facility when told exactly how to arrange them. When certain "sums" were set, a fair showing vras made. But the fact that the end of doing such work should be to master the application cf n principle to the practical everyday affairs of lifo was far beyond their com prehensions. Boston Traveller. Shortly after noon last Wednesday, Fred lleatou was caught by a A Widow. mass of falling dirt in the rear of Our house servant is a Japanese, pothe Kureka Hotel, and killed al lite as are mo.-- t of his race. Among his most install tlv. He was engaged in building a stone wdi in front ofj an excavation in the embankment, and was stooping down when the accident occurred, ilie 1. vl i,r au terribly mutilated, several bones; being broken, and the legs almost severed from his bod'. II. G. Wilson anvil). Christensen were with him, and immediately summoned help and dug him out. lie was removed to Dr. Field's otliee, but was dea l w hen the physician examined him. Deceased wan well known in the camp, and was a qui et and industrious m;?n and was formerly superintendent of the Retribution mine. A wile and jour children survive mine. duties is taking care of the chickens. One day he chanced to find a nest of fine til Lii uui ii, i v. ay ixuui u.o iiutucu t.'w; yard, contributed by a hen that had escaped from the others, and as a conse- quence tne eggs were not rerino. in 0fd howtver an of lady of our household a widow imme- chattiy put a hen to "set on them. Biddy stuck to business, but to no purpose. When the required time had more than elapsed, the lady was very much put out and puzzled that no chickens had been hatched. Turning to the Jap, she said, "What do yon suppose is the matter of those eggs, George?" George (bowing low): "Kxcukq me, mh'am, es- , .nu po Tolil rVir7H OiiiV 1 t.illk that heir whs sari.M.'ied. California il ii e.yJir.' V..:v. I Widow t the Ll;..r Club. 5 er . e- t t fln-t- rs. r-iid- lbiilway, Cre -- in I;V' w In '1 it-- W! The Eureka correspond Tt oft!i tile S .. V.V. Salt Lake Critic seems to "have it i:i; i rip ;; of the y Ie' in'' for every one.. Some of Xi m: lis jv, yei are offensively personal, :;ml a '.. u Ftnack of the "country corn-spoi'!.' cr in eastern Curs. Two tram ; lent" style pa, ( I' ' i ;i ni'iomfi .M ::!: ... (i. 1 hi.-loc- . I, h'ilil '( .': , ! O ..'.til l . Their Hellcf. '.'lib ' Is in other o e.uiiy. JJ-I- aro very few iu3-(- h New Mexico and the be.t iieiirildd-- ls Vis; I'.leemlield beheves in a I Clio u . i '11: ri7.i)UH. iiti i s. icle-Ti- -i r.' ho? ;very mr.n there '.ate. ' 17, 1303. MANITOBA GRIZZLIES. MONSTROUS BEARS IN THE FORESTS BACK IN THE MOUNTAINS. Some of Tliem Tower Six Feet AUore a Mail, nd It Tubes Nurve to Btand In That Treiueotluus I'veoiice A Hunter Bared Bit Life by Doing a Circus Act. Fifteen years ago. said George W. Rae, a Manitoba pioneer, the grizzly beur was so plentiful among the Manitoba Rockies that the Hudson Bay company annually secured many hundreds of their skins from the army of hiinters and trappers that had its range in that wild region, but today this fierce and ponderous beast nowhere so fierce or of such enormous iroportions m among tho Manitoba fastnfcfses is quits a rarity in its old haunts, and I doubt if one can now be come upon without a difficult and tedious Journey of fit least 800 miles into the interior wilderness of tho province. The grizzly has met with almost as hard a fate rs the buffalo, although, from the nature and isolation of its present retreats and the difficulties attendant on hunting and trapping for it, tho grizaly bear, liko the Manitoba moose, will never becosne extinct i?i that country. I believe that the moose, although the fieBh of 2,000 of them is required to oupply the military stations in the territory alone with fresh meat every year, is as plentiful today in its wild retreats a3 it has been at any time since the great Inroads of fur and pelt hunters were begun in the territory. I know no reason why the grizzly boar of the Manitoba Rockie3 should grow so much larger than the grizzly of the same mountains in the States, but a long and varied experience in hunting these animals in their respective localities has No proved to me that such is the fact. I over or that that bear captured grizzly 1 ever knew to be captured south of Manitoba measured moro than 7i feet from muzzle to tail, or weighed more than 1,200 pounds. But it was no uncommon thing in the palmy dya of grizzly bears in Manitoba for the hunter pr trapper to D3 confronted by one of these monsters 0 feet in length aad with a bulk of 1 ,500 pounds or more. I hare nscm Manitoba griaaliee that when they threw themselves on thdr hannclics anu rose erect towered five feet and six feet above me, and I want ta tell you that it takes a man with a large quantity and the best quality of nerve to stand in that tremendous presence and prepared to do battle coolly and with a level head. Grizzly bears, like all tho rest of the bear family, have the curious habit of rising against a tree, and, reaching up as far as they can with their fore paws, making marks in the bark by digging it with their claws. I ha?e more than once come across these measuring marks of a grizzly, as the marks on the bark aro called, 12 feet above tho ground. Imagine coming suddenly upon a beast like that in some deep ravine or isolated epot almost impas;ablo owing to the down timber heaped and tangled on the ground and surrouad&d by rocks aud The eight of hia thick underbrush. great jaws, open and rod, and his eyes flashing in fury at you from tho enormous head that towers so far above you, is something only to be appreciated when once seen. When there were buffaloes on the plains. Manitoba grizzly bears were keen and persistent hunters of them. When a grizzly and a buffalo met, there was sure to be a fearful oontest, although it seldom lusted long, and the buffalo was usually the victim. The buffalo bull, when confronted by a boar, would invariably charge ferociously upon its big and ugly foe. Thu woh just what tho bear desired, and he awaited, erect ou his haunches, the onset of the buffalo. As tho latter rushed forward with lowered head and was almost upon the bear the immense grizzly throw himself quickly to one fide, ud with a blow as quick as lightning with one of his great forepaws seldom failed to break his antagonist's nee k. A Manitoba grizzly has Won knewn to engage in rapid succes-Biofour aud even five infuriated buffalo bulls and kill every one of them. It sometimes happened, though, that u bull youuger aud more agilu than his companion succeeded in evading tho fatal blow of the grizzly's terrible paw long enough to give in turn a deadly thrust of his horn into the boar's Bide, puucturiug bis vitals and making the couttst a mutual slaughter. In general characteristics, of course, tho Manitoba grtealy is uot in any way different from others of the family. will While I believe that a grizcly sometimes wait and precipitate a fight witb a mau and take puius to put himself in tho way of one, iu the great maa second jority of cases he thought about the matter and back out. A queer instance of this disposition eam to mv knowledge once where a famous Manitoba guide couran-'ouHladvanced upoa three grizzlies, an eld she one and two half grown cnbs, and. by a series of ridiculous Eionlay shines and acrobatic maneuvers within n rod or two of the threatening bear, filled them with such utcuuiuuciit und 8;ireut n 1 "No fooner was I suited in tho ch.iir than the barber commented on the weal her and directed a current of discourse into my cars. " "Jo ne eomprc nd pas,' paid I. with t;m: :ii:-- v ivi'i. r.ui:. an inward chuckle, thinking his volu- Fair at Sa.i Fran- - biliiy would be checked. The Cisco will soon be opened. The nun- "la very good French he started in aenient have very iefuliy selected afresh, i looked at him as if bewildered Wi.rl Fair exhibits and then interrupted him by asking: the best " 'Was saj,'en Sie':1' sn that, those wi;o were unfortunate in German all "Ha beyan to in ii')t seeiiijl the Cliie;;. Kxjv.isilion he had been baying, when 1 bhut that will still lia.'ean njiji-irunity to in him off with: Oh. talk to iue with your spect tlse lorein e.ii'."s ;n. ,.n Wotern rm deaf and dumb'"' Truth. Francisco. The Uio Mid-Wint- F "5 1 VOL III. I I'itt.-burj- .: bc-H- r will-tak- rear that they retreated to the woods &a fast as they could go. The hunter's gun had snapped In both barrels, he having drawn ou the old bear before the young ones came upon the It was in a fit of desperation Bcene. that he tried the turning of a handspring and jumping up and down, clapping his bands and resorting to other unhunter-hk- e measures. IIo had been told once that a hunter had frightened a mountain lion away by Bimilar absurd movements, and he found that it worked to perfection in the case of tho three grizzly boars, but he never, even in the face of that fact, advised or encouraged any one to go hunting Manitoba or any other kind of grizzlies armed with nothing more than a capacity to turn grotesque Bomersaults. New York Bun. A public library and literory resort exclusively for the blind bos been opened in Chicago, RAILROAD It I Carefully Sar-sd- SCRAP IRON. Asaorted and Then the Companies. Nothing goes to waste on a big railroad, and evry scrap of iron and much secondhand material is valued at a fixed price and carried on the bool:3 as so much stock on hand. The system followed by tho etorekeeper's department of one railroad is a sample of many. The secondhand metals are gathered and placed in piles, regularly assorted. Then they are classified by the foreman and taken into stock by the storekeeper or assistant. There are regular schedules one of material which can be used again, which la denominated secondhand, and another cf material which has to be melted before it can be used, which is known as scrap. Th classes are arranged something after the following order: Steel scrap, Noa. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5 and 6, at prices ranging from $8 a ton down; wrought iron, Nos. 1, 2, 8 and 4; coat iron, Kos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Even borings are taken into account, brass borings being credited at eight cents per pound and brass scrap and copper at twelve. This material is shipped to division headquarters when a carload ha3 accumulated. Here It is disposed of by the storekeeper on order of his chief, boina shipped in carloads to big dealers in old metals in lurge cities. Much of it goes to Pittsburg, Cincinnati and such point. Orders for as high as 600,000 pounds ol one kind of material are occasionally received from single firms. Mont of the Eeoondhand material is used over again in the shops, but It is previously taken the, books at a fixed prico by the storekeeper and is charged up to tho account of the nrticlee for which it is used. All usablo No. 1 wrought iron Is received and charged up at li cents a pound, and coat iron oi on cent. Philadelphia Cell. Sold by r Canniballun la Baghallen. The Vladivostock, a newspaper pub- lished in eastern Siberia, reveals a terrible state of affairs among the convicts on the island of Saghalien. It would appear that the convicts there have been treated by some of the subordinate prison authorities so harshly that tho governor of the island has been obliged to interfere for their protection. A warder named Ehanoff and soma of hi3 assistants, who at one time were convicts themselves and hud been rais&l to the rank of jailers, have been removed from their ports. KhanoiTs treatment of the prisoners was so aboininabl that a number of them crippled themselves, cutting off fingers and toes, fn order to be treated as invalids and to be freed from bis terrible cruelties. Others fled to the impenetrable forest, where they suffered idl the horrors of hunger. In asstchol belonging to a fugitive convict who had been hunted down were found some pieces of human flesh. Investigation revealed that this man had been one of a party of four, and that only ouo of them now remained. The others had been killed and devoured by their comrades. Similar cases of cannibalism are, according to the Siberian journal, not infrtxjuent. In FrozeD RnnNtn. In Russia, where the cold la very intense, tho markets aro very curious things. The meat is frozen; the caresses of dead animals, as sheep and pigs, stand upright outside the stalls; everything, evon game and poultry, requires to be thawed before it can be cooked, aud the market people's dress is as picturesque 6 It is warm aud comfortable. Thn the rivers ate frozen over all the winter long, aud so thick is the ieo thai every one can skate, anywhere and any time. Stalls are put up on the ice and busy markets held there. y In the Asiatic part of Russia the live chiefly by hunting and fhhbur, and the fur of the Russian animals is very beautiful the ermine, fox, sable, eoa otter and others, At the end of the winter, when tbe snow melts, the huntsman purru the elk, wearing long shoes, in which h can ghdu over the snow very quickly, while the poor elk sinks into the ouow deeper and dwper every step andii nfc Luit overtaken and killed. Good Words. poo-pl- |