, 1885-06-20

Andrew Gilchrist went to Omaha yes
terday.
John A. Evans, civil engineer, has
gone to Laramie on a trip.
f. Stolp, of Egbert, Wyo., is at pres
ent a visitor at the capital.
Secretary Manning will visit Cheyenne
this summer, accompanied by Hon. Sam
Rosedale.
John Donnelly formerly assistant sec
rotary of the Omaha stock yards. left
here yesterday for his home in Chicago.
Mr.. Fred Baerman and Mrs. Amberg,
of St. Joe, Mo, the brotherin law and
mother in-law of NJ. Wasserman. arc
here visiting Mr.. Ms family.
City Attorney Blake, of Laramie. is
here to appear in the United States court
In the habeas corpus case of the Leadyillo
banker, now confined in the %pcnitentiary
under a ten years sentence.
Maxey Tabor, son of ex- Senator Ia
Dor, of Colorado. was a passenger for
Denver yesterday morning from Montana,
where he has large cattle interests. Maxey
is now a much wcalthier man than his
father, it is believed.
knud Patton is back from Denver.
While there he was examined before the
supreme court aud admitted to law prac-
tice. Knud has been studying law on
the sly and withstood a severe examina-
ton of nine hours before the judges men
toned, and came out with flying colors.
bully for Knudi may he reach the nation
al supreme bench.
w + Graves, Frank Wenderoth. G w
Abbey, John McLelland, Chicago; j
Duffey, Fort Collins; Bony Earnest,
Frank Earnest, FrSa Wilson, Laramie;
A d Sanders, Greeley; w II Day. Mass;
w f Cox, n Y; T X Chaffee, A C
Lewis, Denver; Col NV Forrest, Scotland;
Spencer Islay. VIM Mitchell, Milwaukee;
Alfred c Harbord, England, are among
the guests at the Inter Ocean hotel.
The Union Pacific head men have pro-
NOTED Superintendent c. L. Wurtele, of
the Wyoming division. extending from
Cheyenne to Evanston, to be superinten.
dent of the whole line from Cheyenne to
Ogden, with Mr.. George Dickinson to be
his assistant superintendent, the latter
having heretofore had charge of the
west end, from Evanston to Ogden. The
change gives Mr.. Wurtele 500 miles of
track to control including all the difficult
mountainous region on the Union Pacific
line. The additional charge greatly adds
to his responsibilities, but Superintendent
Wurtele has always been known as a
hard worker, having, less than a year ago
broken his health down. lie is no idler.
nor does he take time for long trips in
special cars for pleasure. He is always
on deck, popular with his men and the
patrons of the road. and the company,
recognizing his ability here, placed him
thus high in authority. Probably no
other superintendent so young as he is,
has charge Of so long and so difficult a
line to handle, in the United States.
Chas. c. Cook, of Chicago, has been
in the city for a few days looking into the
cattle interests of Wyoming. He has
Leen II citizen and a successful business
man in the great western metropolis for
over forty years, where he accumulated a
fortune through his business, f%orethought,
tact and energy. Some twelve years ago,
MIR. Cook, DESTROYS of retiring from bust
ness, purchased over 5000 acres of wild
farming and grazing land in Northwestern
Iowa, and placed its development in
charge of his two sons, The entire tract
is broken and seeded to grass at the rate
of 100 acres per year. a road is laid out
and fenced along every section line, on
either side of which has been planted a
row of forest trees. Mr.. Cook first began
to stock his estate with grade and blooded
cattle until two years ago he ven to
Europe and purchased 307 head of fine
blooded Hereford cattle, chartered a
steamer and shipped them to this country,
thence to his Iowa farm. From this first
purchase he now has a herd of superior
Herefords of about 500 head. the largest
owned by any single individual in the
world. From this year hence he expects
to have at least 1000 head to dispose of.
and c%ontemplates periecting arrangements
by which he will ship his young male
Herefords to Wyoming. Mr.. Cook in
dividual Hereford herd Is as large as the
Hereford Cattle company herd near
this city, of which he spoke very highly.
He left yesterday morning for his Iowa
farm, where he and his family spend their
summers, and the winters at their Chicago
home, highly pleased with Cheyenne.
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