, 1886-10-12
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

The Carbon county hospital is crowded
with patients.
The Sheridan roller mills have been
completed at a cost OF $l5. 0O0.
There is talk of organizing a fair asso-
citation in Crook county at an early day.
The contract has been let for the laying
OF a pipe line from Rock springs to Green
river.
Sweetwater Democrats have nominated
Bob Smith for the council; DR.. +. s.
Murray and James Scrivner. representa-
tives; .. a. White. sheriff; John Gagon,
county clerk ALT Young, probate Judge
and treasurer; and j. p. Robinson, county
attorney.
Six hundred cattle were shipped from
Douglas on Monday, making the aggre-
gate shipments to date about 1000 head.
Fully 900 more will be sent out this
month. The Frontier Land and Cattle
company was the shipper last Monday
Adrertistr.
1t is rumored that the Horseshoe Min.
ing and Quarrylng company yesterday dis
posed of two eighths of their sandstone
quarry, from which the building material
for the university is being supplied, for
the sun of -. 900 cash. and that another
eighth was disposed OF to-day. Laramie
boomerang.
Some eight OF ten thousand head of
trail cattle Tor the Capital b outfit have
been branded and turned loose on the
divide a few miles west of the Devil
lower. Inc range IN that country already
shows usage, and we fear an average WIN
ter will make it hard on this herd as well
as those already located in the country
o"""a"ce u'~eee.
Carbon county Democrats have nom
mated the following ticket For council,
VIM. Daley and j. ). Irons; representa-
tives: John Carrick, John kuy kendall
and Larry Quealv; Sheriff, VIM. High,
clerk Andrew johnson; probate Judge and
treasurer vi. H. Hooker, county attorney,
d. II; Dixon commissioners, Frank Earn
est, Ueo; rem and John Parker.
Capt. Latta's new steamboat was taken
up the river on a trial trip Friday evening
i,ast' WIN ABOUT a dozen invited quests on
BOARD. one Is a beauty, and handl well;
out 10" water ana lnsuihcient power
somewhat marred the pleasure OF the
UP MT, La;ta mas contracted Tor a
larger engine which ne thinks Will render
MS enterprise a success -budget
MIR. W. u. Carroll, an enthusiastic tim
Der culturist OF Tongue river, sen Is us
word that out OF 5000 trees planted on
his timber claim 900 have lived and are
dong well. and he proposes to keep right
on with his experiments, believing his
efforts to find the trees that are adapted
to Wyoming soil and climate, will be
crowned with success in due time
BnBnfo Echo.
CURT business was very light at Green
River tins term. The only case that came
before the petit jury was the shooting
affair OF A. Christensen. Sufficient evi-
dence could not be found to convict the
three accused men. and they were acquit-
ted. The Chinaman indicted Tor killing
a companion two months ago pleaded
guilty to manslauphter and was sentenced
to Joliet for life at hard labor. -RdtCiins
Tribune.
VIM. Hinton is at present engaged in
surveying a monster ditch for Beckwith.
Quinn 4 Co. which is intended 10 convey
water from Bear river to their Sucker
/ spri ~ ranch. From NJ. Beckwith. who
came in from the ranch Wednesday night
and returned again Thursday morning
we learned that the ditch would tap the
river about half a mile below Otter creek
and would be twenty five feet wide at the
head and would gradually be tapeTed
down by dropping five or six feet to each
interested ranchman along the route. The
ditch Will taper To SIX feet at It's mouth.
It will give employment to a large nun
Der OF men, and will be OF untold benefit
To- ranchmen living along It's course
T. cdnston Erdnmer.
The Lander Momtamccr thus cele-
brates the vegetable %plories of Fremont
count Pumpkins that weigh severn,
and eighty Mounds arc NOT rare. md
watermelons which weighed TWEEN =. five
and thirty nounds were nuito numerous
during Tho melon season pnt,toss
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