The Lamar register., 1893-06-10
Wyoming.

Fitzpatrick Bros & Collins, owners Of cE-
tcnsiye coal mines at Cambria four miles
west OF Newcastle, are now ulnlng 900 toIs
OF coal day. Tests have demonstrated that
this coal makes A. ine grade af coke - j.
turned out from any psts 10 the world. i. q
the iuteation Of the company to a once en-
large their eoking ovens and Increase tho
facilities for handling the ooAr
state Superintendent OF Public Instruction
Farwell has issued a call for all county aud
city superlntcndeats Of schools 10 Wyoming
TO meet al his office, In Cheyenne, July j., to
adop; a system Of teIl bjoks for the public
schools OF the state These officers arc zu-
thorized to select a uniform system Of text
books. which shall be used ia the public
schools for period Of I've years. Thc lrSt
selection under This Law expired last Deccm-
Der.
There Is a party O, uolf-huuters 90 the Pow
der river who huut wolves with boauds. A
few days ago they hrought 10 suBdAnee hfty-
SIX hides, the hounty On which amounted to
si4s This represented one EioBtE's uork-
These huutcrs came from Illinois and have
some OF the hnest dogs ever brought To this
section. The wolves have been killed Of rap
idly since the bognty uas increased 70 e. In
former years these pest have killed thou
sands OF dollars wUrth ofeaiTes on the ranges
Two Important opinions we're handed eoEn
by the state supreme Court Thursday after
noon. In the case Of Harry B. Hendersou cx
rel. the attorney general; Charles ". Bur
dict state auditor, the court directed that
peremptory writ Of mandsmus issue CON-
manding the auditor 10 audit and allow the
claims Of the state examiner for hi. monihly
salary. The appropriation Of e. 600 made BY
the Second Legislature 10 pay the salary Of
that Office for the biennial term was vetoed
by the governor IhercupOn the auditor re-
fused TO audit his claims, and the mAndamas
proceedings were.besun- The court held that
the statute creating the olice of state ex-
aniner and hxing the salary thereof ia ae-
eordance with the provisions o. the state con
stItntiou made q continuing appropriation
which cannot be annulled without repeating
the act creating the Office Ia fact, that the
administration OF no state Office can be sus-
pended by the failure or Intentional neglect
OF one branch of the legislature 10 make a
sufficient appropriation TO pay the salary and
expenses thereof expressly provided by law
The same order was made In the case Of DR.
W. A. Holcomb, state veterinarian. vs. the
state auditor The same facts existed.
a special 10 the Denver Rspu6lieau says;
John D. Adams, a well-known ranehman on
Tongue river fifteen miles from Sheridan, was
foullY murdered by some unknown assassin
Saturday. Adams left his ranch Friday
morning to make some repairs on an irrigai-
ing ditch. AS he did not return that night
Buck Enochs and X. l.. Marshall, who were
stopping at; Adams place, became alarmed
and started out to hunt for him. The next
morning about daylight they found Adams
hat and the axe and spade with which he had
been at Nork- Following the footprints in
the mud they soon came across 4 trail As II
made by dragging some heavy body, which
led to deep rayine $50 feet distant. In the
ravine Adams body was found Examination
showed the man had been brutally murdered
Four gunshot wounds were found on the
his body. One entered the back to the right
of the spine, passing completely through the
body. Another shot entered the right side
and came ont on the left breast The others
made slight flesh wounds. Resides these
death-deallng wounds the murderer had
hacked horrible cash in his victims neck.
scvering the carotid artery and splitting the
windpipc As soon as they made the iiscov-
cry, Enocts and Marshall went to Sheridan
and gave the alarm. The coroner immediate-
ly went to the scene and held an inquest Cir
cumstanccs pointed strongly toward William
T. Jones, another ranehman living near
Adauis place, as the perpetrator of the awful
deed. Upon the recommendation of the cor
ouer's jury, Jones was taken into custody
Mr.. Adams came To this section eight years
ago. and YVES man OF considerable means
He had made a number of enemies In the
neighborhood where he resided the trouble
arising oser ditch rights He was about forty
years Of age aad unmarried.