The silver star., 1897-04-15
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

Rev. DR.. Archibald Brown, a prominent
London Baptist. is holding evangelistic
services at Denver.
The Supreme Court has decided that the
bill to consolidate the Denver school dis
trcts IL unconstitutional.
The governor has called a meeting OF the
STAFF and line officers Of the Colorado Ma
tional Guard to be held on April g.
The stock yards ut Lamar are to be
doubled In size and dehorning pen put In
and scales added for the convenience of
stockmen In that section.
Governor Adams has designated April 10th
rs Arbor Day. Superintendent of Public
Instruction Patton has also called the atten-
tion OF officers of school districts to the fact
that they should encourage the teachers and
children In the celebration OF Arbor Day in
the right way.
Sheriff Sproull and n deputy. of johnson
county. Wyoming. while in search of n
COW thief up In the Red Wall country not
long since. found a canon with no inlet or
outlet but by way Of the strcam-Buffalo
creek-that ran through 1t. and up In the
canon found that 1t had been used ms n
rendez,o Gus for thieves to wean calves 1t
has perpendicular high walls all around
except where the stream enters and passes
ont
This has been good year for the newly
planted orchards in Larifner county. of
which there are many and so far we can
learn small loss of trees has been reported.
1t will not be many years until Larlmer
county will be supplying the markets of
Colorado with the finest OF choice apples.
There are many fine orchards already in
bearing in the county. which are netting
their owners very handsome profit each
year.
Governor W T. Thornton on the 3rd wired
to Washington his resignation as governor
Of New Mexico, His commission expires on
the 18th inst. but he has always declared
he would resign ns ms the Button gang
conspirators Were executed hence his action
most of the governors time for the next
year will be spent In the Sonora fNexico)
gold fields. Private dispatches from Wash
ington Indicate that the resignation will be
accepted at once
Two ranchmen were frozen to death on
the road between Horse Creek and CHEYENNE
few days ago. They were Identified as
John and James Johnson. brothers Of La
Grande. n settlement in the eastern part of
the county. third brother. who was with
them in the Storm is still missing. and n
party of searehers are riding the ranges try
Ing TO find his body and that of John LII
eano. n sheep herder. who has been missing
since Tuesday night.
The loss Of sheep in I.armer county by
the blizzard In the early part OF last week
foots up nearly 1000 head Had not much
hard work been done on the night of the
hurricane the loss would have been much
larger. Nearly all Of the feeders were In
the corrals all night with crews Of from SIX
to eight men. The sheep were killed by
stainpedlng from side to side of the corral.
and then plllng up In large numbers. aud the
under ones being smothercd to death.
The local officers Of the United States Land
Office at Cheyenne have been notified by
the secretary Of the Interior that seventy
seven townships Of Wyoming lands have
oech wlthdrawn from settlement for the
period of sixty days from March -. In
order that the state authorities may select
the lands In question for addition to the se-
lection already made for support of State
Institutions. Tie lands In question are In
the Big Horn basin, near the central mart
Df the State.
The Rocky Ford creamery just building
by l.. W. BabcocL Is very complete In its
equipment The artificial Ice plant nut in
by y. II. Barton Of Chicago is an Interesting
Innovation In creamery work. by which the
whole or any part of the building or prod.
het Is cooled by coils OF pipes carrying Ice
c"lh prime. The Littlcton Creamery Com
pany is putting In the other equipment. The
Is 800 pounds Of butter dav
station will he located AT Fowler
as feeder.
James w. Leonard was killed nv tbe
breaking Of rope In the Hidden Treasure
on Bull Hin Sunday afternoon. He had
been working in the bottom OF the seventy.
FOOT shnft and was being hoisted by n wind.
lass when the rope broke while he was nbout
thirty-five feet from the bottom. The fail
broke his right leg and caused Internal in
turies from which he died n few hours
later. Leonard was well-known miner.
having Mt one time been president of the
state Federation of the w. +. N. A.
The sugar beet industry Is going to re-
ceive some valuable assistance from the ag
ricuiturnI department this year that ought
to he appreciated by everyone In Colorado.
whether farmer or not. We are Informed
that the department hns sugar beet seed TO
distribute to selected list OF farmers In
every Stnte. The Fort Collins station IL
requested to supply such list for Colorado.
ana to nnnlyze tho bcets when grown. II IL
hope6 to secure n good list. well distributed
over fhe state. The name should he sent 10
Professor Cooke and the seed Will be mailed
soon.
George Brown. a ranchman living on In.
dlnn creek. while on hunting cxpedition
last week came across II monster mountain
lion fast asleep beside the carcass of n
mountain sheep. Brown wns not twenty
feet distant from the Hon. and II required
but one shot to kill the nnimnl The lion
had killed the sheep. cutting Its thront ns
clcnnly MS II with knife. and after satis.
flying Its hunger had fallen nsIcep beside It's
prey. Both were monster animals. the lion
eight feet seven Inches in length
and the mountain sheep seventeen inches
around the base Of the horns
Governor Thornton has been ndyIsed M
the arrest by Sheriff Pat Garrett near Lns
Cruces. OF Mnnucl Fucntes and Mrs. j. Chm.
con for the murder OF the inttcr's husband
In May. 1895. The woman confessed tbnt
while herself and husband and brother. nc.
compnnled by Fnentcs. n native OF cbIhun.
hua. Mexico. We're travelling together in
southern New Mexico. Fuentes Killed her
husband md compelled her to live with him
under threats Of dcnth II she ever smoke OF
the killing. Her brother. Daniel ynidernno
was also kept quiet by the same threat
After killing Cbncon. gncntcs burned the
body and buried the chnrrcd remninx ON thc
prairie, the cxnct location OF which she
gave. '
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