The Bessemer indicator., 1893-06-03
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Half OF the town Of san MsFcial. Including
tselve stores aud the opera house, burned
down GA lhe 25lh. The loss Is about s6J ,O0J.
with Insurance OF half that amount.
. \ few day, u.o an attempt wss made by M
unknown man TO XII II, II. RioiinEton, a
c.tt.cmaD. TOE wOuih-bc murderer was ,
poor EiarHsman and Rlnlusiog escaped.
RAuchmcn on the Laramie plains complain
that large number Of head OF cattle are dy-
!ng from the effects Of eating poisonom
weed. The symptoms arc similar 10 hcmlocs
poisoning
The annual spring roundup In this stat,
began last week, Range stock was never ln
better condition. The calf crop Is unusually
large. The per ccnt. of loss during the winter
was never go snIal. In the history OF the cattle
business IN Wyoming
What Is known as the Guthrie oil well OF
Poison Spider Greek, twenty miles wc-t oil
Casper, has Just begun to flow. and 1t Is ad-
n,ltted to be the greatest gushcr set struck s
Wyoming. though The exact capacity cannot
lie nsccrtaiued. The best well previously
couniered las daily capacity OF 800 barrels
Word ha. just been received from Copen
hagen. Denmark. that Pete Anderson, Rat
tcsnAkc Potc, r hO stole the valuable cOllcc.
ton OF ancient coins from c. 7. johnson, the
Carbon merchant, has just been sentenced tc
n term Gf ten years in prison 70. his crime.
The collection Of cons has Just been for
Narded 10 Mr.. johnson by the Denmark au.
ihor!tiee-
Reports from every part OF the state indi-
cate that the 1888 wool clip will he unusually
heavy even for Wyoming Hon. j. b. Okic.
Fremont County sheepmar, can chow
average clip of over l0i. pounl- for nearly
2G.Oi1 fcccrs Others are dong well. Al
the present price OF wool shecptnen are real
izing hsnh-omely upon thclr Investment.
About 10000 head OF sheep will be sheared
in Wyoming this year
4 ,rc,r a.cifiaG, ,cattrraj al, flta ,r,I.
a. sundovn on the Union Pacific railroad
near Aurora station, An extra wcs~bouud
freight struck band Of elk crossing the
| track on an old tail At the sound of the
| whistle the animals became dumbfounded
I and seemed Unable 10 move. The train Sas
/ nearly ditched by the animals being .aught
| In the wheels large number o: the elk
| were killed and The trnin delayed souie time
! A feature Of the Fourth of July celebration
! In suntiagce will be the planting Of the stars
| and stripes on the top OF Devils Tower u
/ wonderful formation OF rock some 500 feet In
! height, located at tho base Of Sundnnee Noun
/ lain. The rock has heretofore been consid-
I cred Inaccessible, and. 20 far n known, no
| human being has vet been Oh top Of It. VIII
l liam h Roger. has secured permission of the
/ general Eovcrnment to erect u hotel near the
rpcE, where II !, proposed to establish a sum
mer resort. A condition of lhc agreement is
that tue means for climbing the rock shall he
provided. and 4 81 go bond has been put mp
where more than 300 feet Of stairs will he re-
1 uured, aud another where the eide IS almost
perpendicular will have 10 be ascended by
means OF iron spikes driven into holes drilled
! Into the solid rock.
Henry Mason, II wcll-known citizen Of New
castle was Killed by a bear Friday night. He
left home in the morning 10 work on a mining
! claim few miles away. telling his wife lie
| would be home in the evening. a short dis
tance from the house he saw tho tracks OF a
| bear. lie followed the trnil about three miles
| into a canon. where lie discovered the anim3
| a large grizzly. lie fred one shot without
| ereer, when his inchcstcr refused to work.
| The bear then attacked him, aud Mason at
| tempted his escape by climbing a tree, but
| the bear wrcnchcd the gun from him and
| badly iacerated bis foot. lie evidently re-
mained in the tree until the bear had disap-
| peared, when he came down and started for
home. He had not gone FAR when the bear
| again ppunccd on him and mangled his body
| Ia a terrible manner. thrty.egbt distinct
/, bites being found Mason not returning, n
searching party waa organized next day.
| They found his body, and not far away the
hear, which. after hard fight. was killed.
| The beast measured seven feet IN length and
| weighed COO pounds.
| out between the Slanc and Anderson families,
| living on Owl creek, In johnson county, nifty
mlles from Buffalo, The trouble Is over an
| irrigating ditch. the water being claimed by
| Dotn parties. tu hnuerso1 WAS At Noih on
| III. ditch when the Slane brothers, John. Ben
and viii. put In appearance and began work
| ing on the ditch about quarter Of a mile
/! from him After watching them for awhile
| Anderson opened fire on the Sianes with .
Winchester Several shots were exchanged
but no one was seriously injured. Anderson
/, WIS ARRESTED charged with assault with Z
1 deadly weapon.
Attorney General 0Iney has appointed An
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| tiinnis of 0plen aud Joseph 7. Richards 0i
! Salt Lake assistaut United RtaoeJ district n