The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-29
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Wyo@tng.


frAak Melbourne, having failed to bring
rain TO Cheyenne, dynamite was resortcd 10
fest days ago. Five hundred pounds were az
ploded near tho city and As a result or coincl'
dence a good shower fell.
Rahchmen in the vicinity OF Wendover sta'
tion, on tho Cheyenne y Northern railroad,
report that the country hm been Invaded ny
swarm Of grasshopperH which are destroying
everything In their path AL vegetation Is
suffering.
i, A telegram from Chicago announces that
Frank Hewitt of Laramie won the first prize
Worlds Fair on Saturday. lie clipped the
100 neeces In three hours and twcnty'scven
seconds There were seventeen entries In the
contest
A special from Laramie on the eJth says:
.'Tb-morrow four-horse load OF ore 10 ex-
petted In the city from the new discovery 70
ihiles west OF Laramie. 1t Is one Of the rich-
est Et1d dishbyeries ever inade IN this sectiehi
an assay running tetwssn p 100 and q zoo
This load OF ore will be shipfea kc Denver
to be milled. Large numbers OF prospectus
arc out IN the vicinity Of the new discov;
A humber Of ranehmen along the Platte
river are endcasot!tg % Organize 4 company
TO erect mammoth power plant for elttat
ing the water from the river for irrigation
purposes. 1t is proposed to use system OF
cribs and turbine wheel. II is believed that
.hiiiSient power can be deSeloped to run au
electric light plant III rot'glas! The success
of the Harvey -Clough wheel has greatly e.
cournged the rAnchncn, who have heretofore
been unable to get water upon their lands bc-
cause of the depth OF the channel OF the
river,
A dIsbatch from Cheyenne on the 10th saSs;
"Thc great stringency In the mohcr tnnftci
has finally affected the banks OF Cheyenne
There was considerable excitement here To-
day upon the suspension of two of the largest
banking Institutions in the state Last night
the private banking house of 7. A. Kent made
-t5lanthrs tssigfr'ert This prHeipitatn3
run on the two national banks Of tnis elty,
which resulted In the suspension OF the First
national this afternoon The Stock-Growers
national met all demands. The liabilities OF
Kents bank aggregate S25S, 900, but j. W.
Foster, the assignee, nays that three times
this amount can be realized from the assets
The First national has paid-up capital OF
$200,00O. The liabilities are $SO2 900 and the
assctts eT25. 600"
At 1913 Tuesday afternoon two Flnlanders,
John Hendficksoh and John Lahti were ter.
ribis burned bs n-stpl3sion, in No. milne at
Carbon. 1t appears thnt theff sdufbs ht3 BE- be-
come damp and they had been drying theh,
and In order to see II they would work, set
one of the squibs of and dropped 1t. 1t fell
into full twenty-five pound keg OF blasting
powder, exploding IT, Other miners near by
ipsbel 10. their, relief aud tore the burning
clothing from !.ahtii Flu. icsdrickson crazed
with pain, broke from his iriends Ghd ~as
not overtaken until he had reached the out
side of the mine fully half mile from the
scene of the explosion, where he was found
running around on the prairie In perfectly
hude sonditiun. The upper part of his body
vas 61fned almost 70, cinder. lie Will
probably die Lahti VII fecover, ,tahti WAS
single, but Hcndrickson has a famifS.