Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-11
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.
Iteu,s Of Interest Culied from Nari-
Gus Sources.
WYOMING.

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A slight shock OF earthquake was
felt fn central Wyoming last
THURSDAY. Those who experienced
Il Say there was a heavy rumollug
sound. followed by shocks which
shook the houses and In soiiic
cases broke the windows.
L. r.. EilIson, who Is known
Throughout wy6ming rs gambler,
has received Wori from froyidenee,.
r l.. that he has been left Sl7, 900
by a relative. Ellison has Tor the
Iast five years hesnin low eircnm-
stances. n greater part Of the tine
having TO b suppOftesi by Cheyenne
and Laramie gamblers
Otto Gram, the republican eandi-
dafe for State treasurer, u said 70
have brought in over hundred
foreigners. sixty-five OF whom are
women, for the purpose OF giving
them naturalization papers ana
secure their VOTES for the republican
ticket The party paid all the ex.
penses. amounting % about $1,000.
NVANN 40.
Water fncze on the DEPOT platform
early Saturday nothing and snow
fell st Cimarron Sunday morning.
The fifty carloads Of sheep which
were expected 90 ge: in from the
west Monday have been delayed.
They viii not Ttach here before
Wednes,lay.-Grdgd JIDictsoR NaT.
The remains OF Captain Allison
were buried lsst Saturday n Orand
Junction. under the auspices OF
Mesa Lodge. No. IS. Deceased was
\ vrteran % the war. He partiei-
pated in the capture OF G.-nsiai
Marulsuukc and was wounaed NJ
the battle OF Blue. He was a Mason
Of over fifty years standing.
The Grand Junction 2GT has re-
ceived information that the 100
Grande Junction Railroad - pEac-
tieally suspended it construction
work. seven hundred men have
Teen discharged, and the al
Keyed reason Ter this whole
al. dismissal Of Iaborers. a
given out by the company, Is that
,hev are 81. 600 ties short, and thai
they are also short Of nails The
line i within twenty miles OF Grand
Junction. and. the company aver,
- ii i said, thai il must stop there
until the necessary ties and rails are
received.
Grand Junction was enlivened
Tuesday afternoon by the arrival OF
two ears lor the street car company.
The cars were purchased FROM
Pueblo street Railway company,
where they had previously been IN
use. They have been thoroughly
ref.ted sn,l repaInted and vanished
and look a. bright Us new dollars.
They are letierei on each side,
s.Graud Junction Street Ry. Main
street and Union Depot, " and they
are numbered I and :. For the
present these cars will constitute the
rolling stock Of the company, but
should business demand II Of course
an increase will be made. The cars
viii be drawn by horses, the driver
belng the only attendant on each.
. Last Monday ninety men who
have been engaged in. laying the
eiectrie car tracks from the fair
grounds in Pueblo 10 town, struck
work aud went down b. the general
Office Of the City Railway Company
in a body. One OF the strikers said
that there were about ninety white
men at work, aud this morning they
sent out thirty or forty Italians TO
work along side Of W, when there
are numbers Of Americans around
town out q work. We don't think
il right to put those fellows with Us.
We worked TIL noon and then quit
In n body and won't return until the
Italians are withdrawn. The direc-
tors, however, found that the ltal-
ians were doing as much work n
the white men, and the only COM
promise they would make was TO
work che opposing forces IN differ
eui psrt 0f town.