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, 1890-04-17

On Friday last the report came to
town that Calvin Storts, living on Miller
creek, west of town. had attempted sui
eide on the previous day by cutting his
own throat with a razor. 1t seems that
MIR. Storts, sr,, upon arising in the morn
ing and repairing to an outbuilding found
his son Calvin sitting on a box with blood
streaming from severa! friphtful gashes
across the throat. He was at once as
sisted 10 the house and medical aid sum
mopcd 1.-The wounds were sewed and
the hemorrhage stopped, but the wounded
man had lost SO much blood that he grad
ually became weaker aud on Sunday
evening died.
Deceased was about 35 years of age
and unmarried. Financial trouble Is
supposed to have caused temporary in
sanity, in which condition he ATTEMPTED
his own life.
, 1890-04-17
TOWN TALK.


Little Annie Rooney" at the dance to-
night.
The next excursion will be Tuesday.
the 22nd.
Mrs. Julia A. Wilson, aged 70, died at
Lander last week.
Alex Turnbull & Co, uudertakers.
Geo. II. Miller, manager.
p. HANNA resumes foundation work in
Interior Heights this morning.
d. Fisk, formerly of Cheyenne, has
captured the Laramie tree trade.
The DAILY company engagement will be
hailed with delight by lovers OF high class
comedy.
The Union Pacific band serenaded the
morning paper offices and the Capitol last
evening.
The ball and concert OF the Union
Pacific band occurs at Keete hall this
evening.
Assessor Fisher has returned from the
North, being unable to work on account
of the snow.
A practice shoot was held at the fair
grounds by the Cheyenne gun club yes
terday afternoon.
Judge Yosburg has retired from the
Newcastle Alert and has been succeeded
by G. T. Martin.
b. Langridge is back from Denver and
that his brick factory will be
in operation in FIVE weeks.
Marshal Schnitger has divided the city
into to sanitary districts and assigned
each officer to certain territory.
Company X wishes to return thanks to
the generous friends who contributed to
the success Of the dress drill and hop.
VIM. O'Brien will continue in the gen
eral contracting, plumbing and brick
work business, with Office at the old stand.
f. D. Sloan. the realty man, has re
turned from Denver with his family to re-
main. He owns the Mob Hill addition,
west of town.
Geo. Ady and F. b. Semple of the
Union Pacific passenger department at
Denver each closed for a block in Interior
Heights yesterday.
A marriage license was issued yester-
day to NAPOLEON Skales. the colored por-
ter at the Inter Ocean, and Mrs. Hattie
Herman. a white woman.
Gen. AlGer is expected to reach Dem
yer this morning. At the camp FIRE to be
held there this evening addresses will be
delivered by Governor Warren and N. j.
O'Brien, among others.
, 1890-04-17
AS AN OIL MAGNATE
Judge BIair's Operations in the
Pennsylvania Fields.
QiscOurasing FoIorn Hope Be-
comes a Valuable Gusher.
Lost the Money In Specializing, but
is Rich Once More.

One of the star boarders at the Walker
house in Salt Lake is Jacob B. Blair. ex-
Judge of the second Wyoming district, tx.
congressman and personally one of the
best men outside the Sabbath school
tales. He Is sunny, genial. humorous,
keen, gentlemanly, charitable. forGiving,
brave. Judge Blair doubtless has his fail
ings. but you can't make any of his Wyo-
ming fri ends believe there is a weak spot
in his makeup.
Judge Blair Is rich again. He Is worth
several hundred thousand dollars, has
town property that is approaching, owns
a good railway and takes life easy.
Secretary Medium told an exceedingly
entertaining story yesterday, with Judge
Blair as the subject.
Something was bound to happen when
the Judge went to congress and Pennsyl-
vania commenced to yield oil. The discov
ries set the world wild and everyone wanted
to engage in the profitable business.
Judge Blair's partner was the sheriff at
Parkersburg. Va. a rafting good fellow
who banked Un the congressman. In
d~rivingslong the edge Of the Gil fields
and looking over the fence they saw a
greasy nosed boy. They followed him
home and bought his pas farm. The
magnates engaged a drill master to poke
holes in the ground at so much a foot
Persistent prospecting was resultlcss and
costly. The earth refused to be tapped
and Blair & Co., became weary of the
process.
Finally the Judge ordered Just one more
hole 200 feet deep. The sheriff kicked
over the traces, but when his partner
gave him some pointers on the domestic
economy of a county jail reluctantly ON
sented to continuance of work, but de
clared that he couldn't stand any more.
Two weeks later Congressman Blair
was sauntering along Pennsylvania avenue
at Washington when he was accosted by
friend who inquired after the oil s%pecula-
tons. I'm lust going after my mail"
said the Judge. land expect to get a let
ter telling me that petroleum has made
me a millionaire. 1 feel rich right now"
A delightful surprise awaited the Judge.
At his room was a telegram with the Joy
Gus tidings that oil had been struck in his
well aud that it had nearly flooded Brad
ford county before plugging. He hast
eued to the spouter and found halt a
scorce OF spectators on the ground ready
to bid for the property. The well was a
genuine gusher and the judge for a time
refused to sell, but finally accepted some
thing over 800, 900 cash.
The Petersburg sheriff took his share
and planted it. Judge Blair speculated
with his whack and lost every penny oiit.
1t is noted above that the Judge con-
tracted for a 300 foot hole as a forlorn
hope. He learned that the drill was
withdrawn on account of an accident at
1879 feet. Some of the gang wanted to
quit right there. but one honest fellow in
sisted on giving full measure and the oil
spouted to the surface an instant after
they commenced churning again.
, 1890-04-17

What strange things cats will do
when they take a notion into their
beads, said the big policeman. The
other day | SAW one run out of a house
door aud climb mp an electric light
pole. she did not stop until She
reached the top, where she perched
herself and there kept up a dismal
howl all night because she was afraid
to come down again. But that cat
wasn't half so big a fool as one l had
once. Mine used 10 climb on the base
Of my kitchen range and set there and
howl because the stove was hot and
burned her feet. She did not seem to
know enough to get off. '-Buffalo Tx
press.
, 1890-04-17

Two or more eastern daily papers are
raising a fund for Kate Shelly, the Iowa
girl who several years ago saved a passen
ger train on the Chicago & Northwestern
from being wrecked. During a severe
wind and rain storm a bridge had been
carried away near her home, and the
Young girl ran through the binding storm
for over a mile to a station to give warn
ing. She had to cross a long t~restle, over
which the water was being dashed by the
wind, on her hands and knees. and reach
ed the station Just in time to stop the
train. The heroic actiono of this l5year
old girl was widely commented on at the
time, and the Iowalegislature subsequently
voted her a medal for her bravery, but it
recently became known that she, in add
ton to supporting her widowed mother
and others dependent upon her. was try
ing to pay of the mortgage on their little
home, and in order to tighten her burdens
an effort is being made to raise a fund for
her in Des Moines and Chicago.
, 1890-04-17
New Papers.

The Democrats have formed a stock
company in Casper to promulgate the
principles of their party for the new
county Natrona. W. S. Kimball of the
Glenrock Graphic is to be the editor.
Newcastle Journal
The Alert printing Office has been pur
chased by Chester T. Martin, who will
change the name next week to the Weston
County Democrat. Judge Vosburgh
will devote his entire time to the law
The Journal expects sooner or later to
have political trouble with the Democrat,
but it is willing to say in advance that it
believes Mr., Martin to be an honorable
nan and one who will conduct an enter
prising, respectable paper
, 1890-04-17

Augustin Days renowned Company of
refined comedians will be here two nights
early next week, presenting A Night of
and another gem. OF the play named
the Tacoma Globe said:
Lovers of clear, sparkling comedy are
missing a rare treat in not seeing the
really fine company now at the Tacoma
theater. The companyibrought here by
MIR. Burbridge is made up upon the plan
so successfully adopted by Wyndham and
Daly-a number of equally oliver people
with no stars and no sticks. The stage
doesn't wait and the audience yawn at
Intervals, as is too common ii these later
days. but the fun bubbles and sparkles
through every scene of every act of A
Night OF, made famous by Days COM
pauy. There Is no particular plot, the
tun following the dilemmas of different
members OF a household dominated by a
IantIppean wife and mother-in law. The
action is spriEhtly, the actors each one.
down to the servant maid, clever, forming
at enjoyable combination rarely wit
0essed outside the crowded precincts OF
Daly's circuit.
, 1890-04-17
A WYOMING MAN.
+. Morgan Speaks GIowingIy of
the Territory Abroad.

HNH'N AhSPhbANhH.
Geo. +. Morgan, general manager Of
the Sartoris English syndicate, represent
ing millions OF British gold invested in
Wyoming, is at the Windsor. As his 200
pounds of amiable avoirdupois sank into
the plush of a rotunda clair last evening,
he told the Republican an interesting tale
Of his iudicious investments near Lara
mic.
The Sartoris syndicate is interested
with the Douglas william Company in Wyo-
ming investments" said Mr.. Morgan.
I'VE operate GO, 900 acres of stock-graz
ing lands and own over 227 miles of
barbed wire fences. Not long ago while
digging a twelve-foot- wide irrigating
ditch to water our lands, we struck gold,
and the ditch developed into placer min
ing that yielded us eleven ounces to the
ton, for which we got SIS for each ounce.
The find was made near the Little Lara
mic on the plains about ffty-four miles
southwest from Laramie.
The company also operates a large
quartz mine on Douglas creek. The ca
pacity of the mill is twenty stamps, and
there is enough ore in sight to keep it
running two years yet. Wyoming has
fields of hidden treasures IN its soil, and
| think has the greatest coal resources of
any country on earth. | sincerely hope
it will he admitted 10 the sisterhood of
states, where it rightfully belongs.
THE Satoris company Is having ma
chinery shipped from Denver now for its
newly developed mines, and they propose
to still further invest in Wyoming. A
deal is now pending for the purchase of
10000 acres more of stock grazing lands,
and | understand other English syndi-
Gates intend to make large investments"
, 1890-04-17

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$50 $50 Lo manaaan ~
1T o,oLos I,r,b,or ,nd r.roun
.5m;r.,;on
o. roooDt trim ssvor,I c-,tos-ot ,omo
ob;ckons CONSIGNED m the Califorr,a
Athletic cIub werc IN The baouaoe car At
, 1890-04-17
A Valuable Souvenir.

Charley Clay of Douglas produced a
souvenir at the Rawlins meeting which
attracted much attention. 1t wa a large
silver cup presented by Thomas Jefferson
in l779 to Rev.C. Clay. grandfather of its
present owner. Rev. Mr.. Clay was the
clergyman who for many years oficiated
at the church attended by jefferson. The
cup is in remarkably fine condition and
the inscription which it bears is as legib!e
as the day 1t was engraved lOl years ago
, 1890-04-17

Mr.. Pync, the distinguished Irish
man, Is said to Yea a watch upon the
fuce OF which is engraved the motto,
Pay no Rent" Whena tenant comes
to him complaining about some act of
MS landlord, aud asking for advice, Mr..
Pyne says: Il cannot give you advice
on that subject, because Mr.. Balfour
says that it would be illegal. but | can
tell you the time of day Then he
pulls out his watch and shows it to the
tenant.-New York Sun.
, 1890-04-17

So far as the legs are concerned, the
Lailors declare that very few men have
perfectly formed legs. Not only is
II leg apt to be longer than the
other, but they are very apt, indeed,
10 be bowed. If the case is not a bad
one the tailor can cut the trousers so
that the outer of the garment be-
low the knees will hang perfectly
straight and the fullness of the trou-
sers will come on the inside of the leg.
Men have been known to have one leg
bowed and the other straight. Knock
kneed men are the most difficult to fit.
-Philndelphia Times.
, 1890-04-17

l remember a prominent American
author once finding a passage from a
letter he designed to be most private
and personal copied into the catalogue
of an autograph dealer with the inter
esting fact attached that the original
was worth S1.25." He said that if it
was worth that much to the autograph
collector it was worth that 10 him, and
the letter vas taken out I'd the market.
New York Letter in Philadelphia
Times.
, 1890-04-17

Recognizing the fact that scarcely
non than - per cent. Of the thcoreti-
al power or coal used under ordinary
boilers is recovered in the steam Gu
giuc, aud that quite So goes to waste
ln lie shape Of smoke and gas and es-
rarlag heat, n big manufacturing firm
are training their fircmcn 10 use fuel
IN the most advantageous way, spread
ing a thin layer when it is needed. and
avoiding choking and smotllering, by
which liIrs are cooled rather than in
Snsi!irj, and fuel gficvously wasted.
pac liriu have arranged 10 reward the
IMAM whn saves the most fuel, and sup
ply the place of those who shovel reck-
iLa-ly New York Commercial Adver-
ti,cr.
, 1890-04-17

RAwLINs, Wyo., April lG.-A new
discovery OF oil and natural gas Just over
the range about thirty-six miles South
west of this city has been reported. About
a section OF land has been located by
Postmaster Smith, ex'Sherii Rankin and
John Landon. Oil comes to the surface
in a number Of places, while numerous
gas springs sends forth large quantities
of gas which burns freely when lighted.
, 1890-04-17

Do not write on ruled paper, or on that
decorated with printed sunfower or bios
CONS Of any kind.
Do not introduce your girl friend to
the gentleman visitor. Instead saw,
miss Brown, will you allow me to pre-
sent Mr.. Jones2"
Do not talk especially to one person
when you have three or four visitors
Instead make the conversation general.
Do not attempt to take care of n mans
overcoat-he has a vote and ought to be
able to look after his own clothes.
Do not ask people who they are in
mourning for. If you don't know, wait
until you find out, and in the meantime
don't ask after the members of their
family.
Do not giggle when a smile would
answer, and don't talk in a testing way
about things that are holy to other peo-
pie.
Do not laugh at a~nybody's form Of
worship-respect a toad praying to a
mushroom.
Do not say the rules of etiquette are
nonsense-they are made up for your
comfort and mine, and arranged SO that
The feelings of every human being are
considered.
Do not get into the habit of laughing
at elderly people. 1t is not only unlady.
like, but it is vulgar.
Do not think it clever to find out by
pumping, the privaoe affairs of your
friend. There is no reason why you
should lay bare her heart for an inquisi-
tive daw to peck at.
Do not get into debt, but if you have
been guilty, deny yourself everything
possible that you may be free once more.
Do not believe that all these don'ts are
not spoken to you in the kindest manner
as from girl to girl, but one has to suffer
and make mistakes ones self to find out
into just what pitfalls one is apt to tum.
ble.ALadies' Home Journal.
, 1890-04-17

l recall the money lender of our
town-a close listed, o~verbcaring fell
low-who was one of the most cnthu-
siastic church members in the place.
On one occasion he is said to have
prayed in meeting for o interest in
heaven. The p~rOfamest man in town
overheard him and offered up his
prayer, It was; Don't give him
getting ) per cent. a month here" As
l remember it the popular feeling was
with the profanc man.-Exchangc.
, 1890-04-17
Died.

Sanford Thomasson, son of Deputy
Sheriff Thomasson, died at the family
residence on West Seventeenth street yes
terday. He was in his 18th year and a
bright, manly boy who would have been
a useful man. The lad was the first
bonn and his parents are greatly distressed
o7 the death. D~iptheria was the fatal
ailment.
The funeral will occur at = o'clock this
afternoon from the family residence. Rev.
S. A. Bright will preach the sermon
, 1890-04-17

The erste musicalische und dramitsche
MISUNDERSTANDING dieser saison will be
given at Keefe hall next Wednesday
evening by the Thalia Theater club, a
social organization of leading Germans.
The club will be assisted by Hern Hut
Crimson und Inman und Fri. Sylvia
Adamsky. There will be singing and
instrumental music and Rotations, with
a local comedy as a finale. A dance fol-
lows the performance.
, 1890-04-17
q
Baker is in Colorado.

V. Baker is in Colorado.
j. q. Cobb has returned from Carlisle,
Pa.
Geo. T. Beck Is a guest at the Inter
Ocean.
Register f. p. Champlin returned yes
terday. accompanied 10y HIS daughter,
Miss Cora.
Miss Anna Masten is confined to her
home by a severe and prolonged attack OF
rheumatism.
, 1890-04-17

a Colorado mt .derer named Hall
fled 70 Europe and was pursued by a
sheriff, who folio, 4 him for months
and then returned New York in dis
gust. While wal ing on Broadway
Hall stepped up to him and surren-
dered, saying that was tired of see
ing an officer kno ing around so long
without accomplishing anything. =
Detroit Free Press.
, 1890-04-17

This is the evening'ofth the Union Pacific
band promenade concert and ball and the
auditorium ofKeeie hall should be filled
when the music commences. The pro-
gramme includes several grand selections
which have been carefully rchearsed. f
l.. Merritt leads the band and Prof. J
Hutchinson will direct the orchestra
, 1890-04-17

This G.. A. R. delegation left for Den
yer Yesterday morning:
T. NJ. Fisher. N. ]. O'Brien, Judge
Carroll, j. F. Gross, Gen. Miner. Capt.
Garrety, Capt. Smith, Lieut.. Roach, W.
j. Garland, A. G. Snyder.
, 1890-04-17


White sail upon tho ocean verge.
Thou hast INV mort bayopJ No sur--s
Thy nanny bomeVaII corrs. +, nm
And WINGED hone with heart ~ IN.
To gain hi hiss Of t,v lie.
J watch thee ill the soHher SKY
rs thoughts like homeless spirirs nv
Behind thee DER the limmering main:
Thy PROV will kiss a golden stani
But they can never come to Land
AM they could, the fancS arr black
80 Shrine would send an answer hack.
No slrrcl altar blaze for me,
So holy bal, with silver toll.
Declare the ransom Of INV soul
Us equal darkness, here or there:
F"r nothing that this world can give
, 1890-04-17
1921 Ferguson Street.

Have large and small tracts of acreage in
different locations, and price from $50 per
acre to $500. Have some special pieces of
Business Property, and anything in Resi-
dence Property to suit.
Call on us and you will find what you want
, 1890-04-17

An Inter Ocean waiter made a viol mt
assault on a fellow workman yesterday
morning, hitting him a terrific blow on
head with a tea cup. The attack was
made from behind. The slugrcr disap-
peared.
, 1890-04-17

The latest in gents fine shoes, cordo.
van French calfand kangaroo just received
at s. Bon's.
, 1890-04-17

Why the Young ! rs VIII Net Marry.
Hereafter let ua' e say ulat the In
dian is deficient, licatc thoughtful
ness for others. Tic young Indians of
Canada refuse to marry because they
have no work for tneir wives to do.
Washington Post.
, 1890-04-17

Russet and tan colOred shoes and slip.
pers any style at s. BUn's shoe store.
, 1890-04-17

New spring styles IN gents fiue shoes
at S. Bon's
, 1890-04-17

Good Hack Service. Dan telenhone Is.
, 1890-04-17

Soda water at Towslee's.
, 1890-04-17

Rags! Rags!
Good price paid for white rags at
Leader office.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
A SPLIT GOLD COIN.

One Of the Products Of the Mint That
Naroly Sets lnto C~trcaDasi0a.
1.-TWO tens for q twenty, please" said
. gentleman to the cashier in the county
t~reasurer's Office.
The cashier took the twenty" and
rang it on the counter. It had that pc
culiar dull ring that characterizes coun-
terfeit coins. He rungsita second time
and then inspected it critically.
SIS it bogus?" asked the owner Of the
coin.
''Oh, no" answered the cashier. sits
IS good as wheat, but split"
Continuing, he said: THAT is the first
split twenty / ever ran across. The
stamping-machine at the mint some
times comes down too hard On the coins
and split them: but Il il seldom the
larger coins split It's mostly t6ves'
that suifer. But they sre very careful
at the mint and stop every split coin
they detect. Nov, in the thousands Of
dollars handled here every year I rarely
and . split coin. I don't think I've
found more than four OF 6ve in . year
and, - I say, the coins were mostly s.
pieces" !
The split go piece looked perfect, and,
. far Is the eye could detect bore no
Aaw Of any kind. The only fault with
It was In the ring" and the split made
IL so1nd dead" when thrown q The
aosnter.-Ssn Francisco Exapxn:E.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
The Color Of the Eimel fewer.

The color of the EifRel Tower, says In,
vention, quoting from an exchange, has
been n of the puzzles of the Paris Ex-
position, no two persons agreeing ~ TO
what the color il. Some people imagine
that it has been plated with nickel or
silver, while others call it red, and
others again think that il il Of . beau
tiful bronze color. The fact is that it il
painted in five shades Of the same color,
modulated with the skin that the
French often show in cases of tho kind.
From the base to the first platform the
color is dark ''Barbedienne" bronze,
verging . little to red; thence to the
second platform the color is tho same,
but lighter, and from this point to the
top the color grows constantly lighter.
by five successive gradations, the top
being almost . golden yellow. Three
coats of paint are spread over the en-
tire surface, and over al Is . coat of
very hard, transparent varnish, which.
by rejecting the sun. adds 70 the dim
Guilty of defining the color with precis-
ion. The varnish is q new. patent COM
pound, we believe, but it is said to have
borne the severe vest Of use on the iron
work Of the tower extremely well-i
NewA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19

~8e LOOKED Al Ne, SMILED y PC1
OUT Hrs HAND"
peared when I killed him. ] thought
be would kill me, and the Cold sweat
poured on my face in . pef1ect stream.
He looked 1t me, smiled and put out his
hand. l took his hand, and q I did 80
I could see that tho wound had closed .
little and that the blood was not flow.
ing quite so freely.
HE said: DO you know who got you
free? I answered: yes, the white peo-
pie did His wound closed more and
he seemed to be better satisfied. That's
right he said. Il did not think you
knew II, and I wanted you to know it
was the whites who got you free. ]
could not rest in my grave until l saw
you and had an understanding with you.
I want you to be q good friend to the
whites. We must Be friends, too. Give
me your hand and say it is all right l
gave him my hand and said: All right
and Immediately he appeared to me as
he did before the killing-not . sign Of
the wound or of blood to be seen.
"Just then day began to break, and
Galloway suddenly vanished"
As said before, Bill Is . changed man,
and whether he saw all this or dreamed
it, certain it is that he believes he saw
it, for he is relating Il to the Indians
and to his white friends just as given
above. though Of course in his OWL
peculiar style of broken English.