The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-31
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WYOMING WALES
Laramie City Is prospenngs her msf.
chants are in good spifitss and the
mines in the vicinity are making q good
showing.
Judge Brandt. of Laramie, Is kept
very busy IN his Office. LHe has . host
of clients, and deyotes his whole time
to their INTEREST,". mAMaA@a
Col. s. W. Downey has bsen EN-,
ployed to make United States fhinerdl
surveys for several mining companies
in the North Park
The times in Rawlins are good; new
buildings are being constructed In large
numbers, and the people are confident
Of a prosperous future.
Nj. Sam Matthew'S, proprietor Of the
Big Horn hotel. at Green River, has
recently bought 1,50C Merino sheep,
and will engage in sheep raising on an
extensive scale. D :.
The Rawlins Journal is on the high
road to prosperity. Messrs. Friend
and Blydenburg. the managers, are do.
ing their best for Carbon county, and
deserve the generous patronage they
now receive from the people of that
section.
The genial J. Mcintosh, ex-county
clerk Of sweetwater county, has made
his new billiard parlor and sample
rooms the popular resort OF the pleasure
loving people Of Green River. He will
add a ten-pin alley to his establishment
soon, thus showing that he has the en-
terprise and the disposition to cater to
the wants of his many patrons.
The sweetwater Gazette, under the
management of Mr.. Robert Smith, il
doing splendid work for Sweetwater
county. Under the guidance Of Mr..
Smith, this journal has recovered the
ground lost by its predecessor, and the
Gazette Is now a great favorite with
the people of Sweetwater county, and
consequently a financial success. v
The stock interests Of central and
western Wyoming have increased large.
ly during the past year. The last win
ter was very mild in that section, and
consequently no losses were incurred.
At present the stock is in prime condi-
ton. and cattle buyers are securing the
country. buying upthe bseves and stock
cattle. MI. q. A. Starlight is in Sweet
water county, and assisted by ex-Sherif
w. A. johnson. of Green River, Is
making heavy purchases of cattle. !"
The hotels and eating houses under
the management of the well known
Kitchen Brothers, at Laramie, Rawlins,
Green River and Evanston, receive the
highest commentator from the travel
ers on the Union Pacific railroad.
Kitchen Bros. are experienced hotel
men, and they are assisted in the man.
agement of the above named houses by
talented and accommodating ladies and
gentlemen, who have become very pop
ular with the travelling public.
The Union Pacific railroad company
will construct extensive car shops at
Green River city, and such other build
ings as will be needed for the increased
business of the western division and
the new railroad leading from Granger
to Oregon. The construction Of these
shops and the employment of many ar
tisans, who will make their home at
Green River city, will give that place a
great boom, and will naturally increase
its Importance as a business center Of
that portion Of Wyoming territory.
Messra. Thos. Sun and Boney Earn
est, of sweetwater county, and DIR.
Gran, of Omaha, have sold to Col. ID.
Fl. Wallace and others of Pennsylva-
mia, the soda lake located by them q
few years ago, situated on the Sweet
water river, about eighty miles north
of Rawlins. The price paid is large,
but the exact amount cannot be learned.
This is the second soda lake sold by
these gentlemen TO Pennsylvania par
ties, the first having been purchased by
Du Pont s. Co., the powder mannfac-
turers. Col. Wallace intends to erect
glass works ear the soda lake at no
distant date. The development Of this
branch of Wyoming's magnificent re-
sources will herald a new era in our
history as a territory, and greatly ad-
vance the material prosperity Of our
people.