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Show WESTERN HEYS ITEMS. DiscoTery of Tin Oro in a Camp in Hentani. MYSTEKIOUS IllSAri'E.lIt.VXCE OF A SL'HOOI. TEACHEH. Indian Troubles. A Terrible feliaotlBg Afrrjj. Ollitr Items. VOMIMI. Dr. Ifajford. of lmmle, writes Svtunlay's Jtuomtrtimj as folliws: I havejust received word from Mr?. Henry ILitunwy, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, of tho death of her only son, Harry Kdirertoii ItuuiM-y, an ensign iu thu L'liitetl States navy, who was drowned at Yokohama, Jaan, on the lahli ult. No further particulars of this sad event have ls-eu received. The des eased was 21 soars of age. Mit i f his childhood child-hood days were spent In till city, and he was apjioliited to the naval academy a? Annapolis frmi hete by Delegitu M. 1.. l'ost. Ho was a highly educated ami promising young man, social and geiiltl, and beloved and respected by every onu who knew him. His father, Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Commandt r II. II. Itumtey. was fur many years a resident of this city and lost his life in a heroic eaort to rescue a child at the burning burn-ing of the ith-hmoud hotel. Huiriks, N- Y., on the night of March, liT. Tills Mow falls with terrible force uiauhts ntotbsr. "Heivasauonly son ami his mother a widow." No sadder words can lie written. The hearts of many okitlme friends here iu Laramie will go out In sympathy to Sirs. Itumsey in '.his i-erond great atllk-tion through which she has been csliVil to idsy. A gentleman who came Into town this weik front the country and mountain nbout I-oat Cabin says that the Indians have been making great nuisances of themselves time this fall and doing a good deal of actual damage in the way of a wanton wan-ton kllliug'of game. One Indian which this gentleman saw lial killed eighteen deer, a lar and tevenl cih. Another, when asked If he had kilted anysaiur,saM: "Heap elk," anil liekl up both bauds ami ojwntsl the lingers several limes to indicate the immH-r he had killed. The Indians kill this gaiuu wantonly, without U-ing able to tnakf any u of it, and kteji decreasing the amount ol it contltiually. It is getting hard work Tor thesettlers alut there lo get any gime for their own use; the setthnt, too, never kill it thetight-Ivssly, thetight-Ivssly, lait only so much asthey netsl for meat; the Indhsnsseem lo" kill just for the sa'te of tile ajwrt. This gentleman said that s.ple who liave not been in that country cannot uuder-land how much liarm the Indians are doii g. au'l If the new rcprescntatWi" will onli- bring It about so that the ludfoiw ore made lo stay at home ou the reservation, reser-vation, they will ailanze themselves them-selves iminedialely with those to whom the Indians arc such a constant con-stant cau-cof anusyauce. Ijumltr Uij)jr. OjLOKAWI. Chailes Ihomason of the I'na-w I'na-w tep ranch came to Cram! Junction Monday evening for surgical treatment. treat-ment. He was sulleriiig from a conijwund comminuted fracture of both bones of the left forearm, ami the fragments of lone had i-erfbrttted the llcsli and protruded through the skiu. Dr. Strasser attended the case, and Mr. Tiioukkou vvhs re-ting quite easy. Zlar. Urand Jtimtion, C4o., Oct. I'. A terrible snooting allray occurreil ou Ui-ir White Water Creek thfcs iiioiniiig, resulting in nwrlally wourHlingoue man and the surrender surren-der ot his as-aibtlit to the slierilT. A man named l.jsrkiurt, who hail lieen a tenant on I'lckett Kms.' farm, had a difficulty with them over tiled! vi-loli of the emp", and after many quarrels Ijockhart was finally ejecteil. This morning one of the 1'icketts anil 1-dg'ir A. Iti.ler mtt Itockhtirt aud the old dilllrulty was renewed. Ixx-kliart Anally fired at them with a i Wint-lie-ier, sliootiiig Hitler thrvugli the stomach. stom-ach. He immediately came to town and surrendered to the sherhT Young Itider bears an excellent rct-uUtloii rct-uUtloii and staii-is high wherever known. Last winter he ma rried a very accompli-lieil young lady, w Im is a universal favoriie, and who fellow fe-llow heartbroken over thesndailiilr. Ijockheurt is a quarrelsome person ami bears n lad name. It is not thought poeibl- that Hie wounded mau can rccowr. MOTANA. M. V- Uitt. writing from llaktr to the Orait Falls Tnbune is authority author-ity for the stalt ment that tin ore lias been dlscovereil in that camp. Wm. Stitks. Win. I'hilli ami Wm. Iteilly arc the fortiihate rlmlers, he says. They liave crosscut Iho vein twelve feet without finding the f.srlhi r wall. Tfi. hwltfiti 1 t-itt i three miles south of town, antlnlesut half a mile west of tlie I.tna mine, and is iumicaml-tsl granite. The ore aud formation both, wheuconqan-d, are ideulical to that ot the famous Klin tin mine of the IlUck Hills. Assays have not yet been obtained, but there is no doubt it will tun as high, If tint hlahtr than the 1 tta ecliiletis which have bcctiCtiii-a.-tsl with it,and it avt rages 7 T cent. If it continuvs according to sulfate . imlicatioiis one of the largest tin mines in the world has laeii stmek iu Darker. I.Ike the Illatk Hills tin mines, It carries a barge Ircent of toiinnalliie, which, of course, renders it laise. The only thing that now dent!s ujsm its Iwinga tin mllieof value is to determine de-termine Its extent, vrliii li is uhout all there is to be done to any tin mine ever discovered west of the MIsissipi Itiver, for auy tin ore that will 3 lekl 3 js-r cent or more will pay. The tin mines of Cornwall Corn-wall lay but - jer cent, and ShXi.uuu tons ol ore now on the dump of the Harvey Folk tin mine averages .1 lier cent, ami the Ktla ore, with which this lias been fonqiared, averages 7 jwr cent. This discovery is believed to be only the first of many yet to be made, ami nt no distant dis-tant day the Its-It Mountains will compare in all mineral resouri.es, wllh irlinA the exception of gold, with her twin sh-ler, the Mack Hills of South DakoU. Helena, Mont-, Oct. 15. Two colored soldiers deserted from Felt t-haw last niclit, aud stole some horses from Itoanch, the government govern-ment smut at Fort Shaw. One of their rillcs was found under the tit-t tit-t at Cascade. The soul caslurevl them at Hardy, six miles from Cascade. Cas-cade. While returning with them, one or the deserters jumped akle, silled a revolver and shot U-mncii iu tho abdomen. Doaucli fired twice, the second shot taking vilect ami killing the sotdier,who now lies in a guhh at Hardy. The other soldier i-scaped. lfcra'd. MJIKABKA. Omaha, Oct. 13 A special to the Ike from Hastings says that great excitement prevails lu Wheatland township, south of Hastings, over tho niveterlous dNnpiK.-Hr.iiue of John Springer, the school teacher at tliat place. He started yesterday yester-day at the usual hcur fir the s-.heolliou-.e, about three mitts distant. dis-tant. He generally makes the trip on horM-back, but this time he went on foot. He had a tin bucket buck-et with him. Thu children had gonu to school and wailed till ncir noon, but the teacher teach-er did not apear. Tbey then went and reported to their larents. Tho people with whom priDger Iroardcd, knowing tliat he had left fur school, Immediately sL-vrted lu search nod were soon Joined by a large number of neigh itors. About half a mile from Ilia-den Ilia-den the tin bucket was found, nnd a short distance further thu ground was torn up as in a sou file. Niar by was a small mud-hole and in tho hole were prints of feet nnd a revolver. revol-ver. As soon as tin so marks were found the jieople came to the conclusion con-clusion that a murder had been committed. com-mitted. Tlie body has not been .found. llcra'il. |
