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GLEANINGS FROM THE ROCKIES. The potato crop of Colorado last year was in excess of the demand by at least 200,000 busheis. Women cannot reach Eagle City, in the Coeur d' l'Alenes, in feminine attire. They must wear men's clothes or stay at home. The President has nominated Norman Buck, of Idaho, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Idaho. A private named Roser committed suicide at the garrison at Walia Walla, on the 9th, by shooting himself through the heart with a carbine. Valentine has been promoted from general superintendent to general manager and vice-president of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express Company. A horde of panthers recently broke in among John Dixon's sheep on the Huntley place, near Roseburg, Oregon, and killed about sixty head of his fine merino sheep. New mines have been struck near Heron ex -distance twenty miles. There is big citement at Heron. They were struck by a party of men sent out to make a cut off on the Heron trail. An attempt was made to wreck a freight train on the C. P. Railroad a few nights since between Blue Creek and Promontory by placing a tie on the track. Fortunately the w-catcher caught Globe, Arizona, has seven smelters;si are rated as of thirty tons capacity each, but will run fifty tons of ore daily. The only drawback is the exorbitant price of coke, I delivered, which is about $64. In the failure of Ross Cartee banker at $ Shoshone, Idaho, many railroad men lose 1 their earnings from $1 to $800, each, and there was such a bitter teeling among them that Cartee's absence was at least fortunate for him. A bill was introduced in Congress on the 10th to pay James V. Shirley and Francis H De Long $46,000 compensation for prop erty taken by the Government at the Fort t Hall (Idaho) stage station during the Inh dian war. h The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company, at a meeting of its directors held h in Salt Lake declared quardividend of 134 per cent on cap terly city, its regular The the ital stock, payable April 1st. stock I books will be closed from March 25th to April 2nd. The widow of Hulin Miller and the e mother of Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras, has recently commenced suit in the Circuit Court of Lane county, Oregon, h for the purpose of comt a or of real against pelling Joaquin partition division mother and certain son. estate held jointly by Four years ago Geo. W. Taft of Diamond Springs, Diamond Valley, Eastern Nevada, planted in a pond on his place single full grown German carp. Now, every haul of the net brings hundreds to the surface. The other day a haul produced 320 carp and 275 catfish, of all size e At Cheyenne, lately, were filed articles of of incorporation of the Central Association of Wyoming, the incorporators being John ot R. Bothwell, A. M. Munsell and John W. Hoyt. The object of this company is to buy and improve lands, and develop the resources of that Territory; erect mills, of factories, etc., and carry ongall sorts of ind dustries. The capital stock is $10,000,000, 11 in shares of $100 each. y An account was published in January rs 1883, of a young man named Geo. T. Mate, thews who left Camas Station, Idaho, on is foot to go to Mr. Small's ranch and never al been heard of since. It was snowing when he started out, and it is supposed he los his way and perished. His remains have never been discovered, although diligen g search has been made. A reward of $500 phas been offered for the recovery of his re mains. nLaramie (Wyo.) Boomerang: Intelli me gence has been received that a noted des dperado, who formerly trained with the erJesse James gan surrendered at Buffalo Wyoming, recently. A man who knew its Cummins reached Buffalo last week, and gave him away. An officer approached ihim when off his guard, and invited him is, surrender. Having no other alternative Cummins meekly gave himseli up. The ve letter states that it can be proved beyond nt doubt that this is the right man. A re lot ward of $15,000 is offered for the arrest tthis desperado. as DILLON PRODUCE MARKET