The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-07
NEWS FROM RAwLINs.
sheep Suffering On Account of Deep
Snow-GeneraI News.

Rawlins, Wyo., Jan. 5.
Editor Herald:
Winter is here in good shape. 1t has
been showing and blowing nearly every
day this week and the snow is several
inches deep upon the level, to say moth
ing about huge drifts Reports from
the ranges are favorable. except on the
upper Medicine Bow, where sheep are
suffering on account of deep snow. On
Snake river, ranchmen have begun
feeding
The sensational reports sent out from
Lander relative to a stage load of pas
sengers being lost in the storm of a
week ago are false No stage was lost.
deep snow and poor stock. This same
cause is the reason for delayed mails
from the south.
New Years day was very generally
observed. All the business houses
closed at 10 a. m. A large number of
ladies kept open house and received
callers during the afternoon.
The list of on-commissioned officers
for battery "a" were appointed We'd
nesday evening as follows: Quarter
master-Sergeant, j. G. Kite; First Duty
Sergeant, J. W.MatthewS: Second Duty
Sergeant, r. w. Dyer; Third Duty Ser
geant, William S. Dow; Color Sergeant,
c. E. Dodge; First Corporal, George A.
Tanner; Second Corporal j. NJ Reda-
baugh; Third Corporal, H. J. zipf;
Fourth Corporal, J. F. Egan; Drill Mas
ter, j. G. Kite.
These officers will only hold until the
company is drilled and equipped, when
new officers will be elected.
NJ w. Dillon is now working twelve
men in his coal mine three miles south
west of town. He finds a ready home
mo rot for oil he. he Oa1 n eli
at 81 per ton. Some fifteen teams are
employed in hauling in the coal, thus
keeping a nice little sum of money in
circulation at home. which would other
wise be paid the railroad company for
coal.
Work is being vigorously pushed
upon the Consolidated Copper and Sill
Yer Mining company's tunnel. north
west of town. They expect to COM
plete q hundred feet and cut the lode
within the next thirty days.
Senator Hearst's Widow the Young
Girls Friend.
Probable the richest widow in Wash
ington is Mrs. Hearst, whose husband
YVES the rich senator from California,
when he and his colleague, Senator
Stanford. were the wealthiest pair of
senators representing any state.
Mrs. Hearst made herself so greatly
liked that now when her palace on
New Hampshire avenue is closed so
much of the time Washington people
regret it. But there is always the hope
that it will be opened next season. -
Mrs. Hearst has habit of suddenly
appearing in the capital and opening
her house for a few weeks or perhaps
a month. Nobody knows just how long
she will stay, and she is apt to leave
as suddenly as she came But Wash
ington always lives in hope that some
time Mrs. Hearst will consent to keep
her beautiful house open for an entire
season.
If Mrs Hearst has any fad it is
probably in making other people happy
and the ''other people" refers especi-
ally to young girls.
One season Mrs Hearst invited five
girls to spend the winter with her
They were not all able to indulge in
all the dresses they needed for a sea-
son in such a gay house, and Mrs
Hearst made those five girls supremacy
happy by insisting on their making
believe to be her daughters for the
time being, and let her furnish each
with lovely seasons trousseau.-Chi-
cago Record.