The indicator., 1897-01-30
WESTERN N .ws NOTES.

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to four years In the states prison.
p, Short snow supply is reported In some
parts of the mountains, while in others
there is supernbundance. especially In
Middle park.
Con Fride nm Atlantic 4 Pacific switch
man at Gallup. met a horrible death at Al
birquerque by being run over In the ysrds
while switching.
The oil refinery of the Pennsylvania on
company at Casper Wyoming. Will shortly
be started up with Improvements made that
will greatly Increase Its capacity
On their arrival at Cripple Greek Sattlr-
day night the legislators were bnnquetrd at
the National hotel. After the banquet
toasts were responded to by some Of the ora.
tors present.
State Veterinarian Holcomb of wyoming
has arranged to vaccnatc 800 head of cat
tie In Northern Laramie county to prevent
the spread Of black leg, which has become
epidemic In some OF the large herds of that
locality.
The anthracite coal mine mt Ruby, eleven
miles west of Crested Butte viii he shut
down mt once. The mine is the property of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company The
company has n mine mt Crested Butte which
VIII still he operated.
f. II. winters, OF the Bee Hive dry goods
store of Phoenix, Arizona, assigned to A. l..
Henshaw The liabilities will exceed 500
900, mainly due to Chicago wholesalers.
Available assets are claimed to exceed the
debt by fully $1,000.
The Santa Fc Daily New Mexican. the
leading Democratic paper of the territory,
has been sold to Republican syndicate
headed by Max Frost. who las assumed the
editorship. George H. Cross retIres after
having been Its editor for fourteen years,
Patrick rT t,, .
at Cripple Greek, was Instantly Killed
while working In the mine. Another shaft
was being put down within four feet of the
mole In which Mclaughlin was working
and shot set on In this other shaft broke
down the partition and Killed him.
Governor Richards inspected the militia
organizations, Company and Battery A of
the First regiment of the Wyoming Ma
tlonnl Guard at the compauy's armory In
Cheyenne Friday evening. The inspection
was attended by nearly all of the members
of the state Legislature and was followed
by military ball, which was attended by
number of people prominent in official and
society circles of the city and state,
Wyoming women held public meetings in
all parts of tie state the end to secure
women signcrs to petitions to the state Leg
islature asking that 1t shall be declared un
lawful 10 hire carriages TO convey voters to
good men are unable to run for office in
wyoming on account of the great expense of
carriages for the purpose of taking electors
to register and vote. They say the women
prefer to walk to the polls.
In spite of the fact that but; little more
than 5000 tons of steel rails were purchased
by the railroads of the United States last
month the Colorado Fuel y Iron company
Is anticipating future business of consid-
md Ia, tt..,, f.r
thls business the management is now con
siderlng the matter uf entirely rebuilding its
Fnil plant at Besscmer. a committee from
the company is now in the East visiting the
most modern steel mill of the country to
gather ideas preparatory to deciding upon
plan for steel mill that shall be as mod
ern and as complete as the inventive skill
of man has yet devised.
The committee of sheep raisers and cattle
men In the vicinity of Douglas Wyoming
appointed by the members of both interests
to select and divide the range, have agreed
upon Il division satisfactory to both parties
The country enclosed by the boundary lines
established by the committee will be kept
exclusively for the ranchmcn living therein
to range their stock on. All land outside of
these boundaries is TO he used for sheen
range. Trails are laid out across the cnttlp
range by which the sheep may he driven to
the range allotted them. 1t Is believed the
arrangement Will put an end to the strife
for the open range which has been wacel
between the sheep and cattlemen for n mum.
Der of years.
The Douglas Mining and Milling COM
pany composed of business men of Douglas,
Wyoming, Is continuing work throughout
the winter in its copper mine at the head of
La Perle creek, thirty-hve miles south of
Douglas. Al the present time ore is being
taken out which is worth Sl22 n ton in con.
per and $50 In gold. The vein Is being
worked from tunnel which has been driven
into the mountain during the past year for
II distance Of 100 feet. The product of the
mine is shipped to the smelters at Dead
wood. During the coming season a large
force of miners will be employed and reg
ular shipments made
y. J. Iesg, who has ranch near Cody
city, wyoming, had an exciting experience
with buffalo Thursday. Mr. Legg was
riding the range looking for stock and
while crossing a clearing In little park saw
buHalo. He at once gave chase and sue
ceeded In roping the animal. His horse was
trained COW pony, and stopped as soon as
the rope was around the animals neck He
was too small, however, to check the flight
of the buffalo, ana horse and rider were
overturned. Mr. Legg was thrown clear of
the horse and escaped with a few scratches
and bruises Tie horse was dragged for
some distance until the rope looscned from
the pommel of the saddle, and the buffalo
escaped with the rope still around its neck
Ihe United States supreme court has
denied the motion for II re-henrlnC in the
Borrego case, n celebrated criminal suit
wherein Frank and Antonio Borrrpn chinn
Alarid and patricio Valencia are accused of
the assassination of ex-Shcrif Frank Chavez
May - ls"2 Three times have they been
sentenced TO be executed and some legal
techhicality has each time caused postpone-
ment. The New Mexico supreme court will
meet In adjourned regular session on Feb.
runry list, by which time the supreme court
mandate is expected to arrive from Wash
ington and the prisoners will again be sen
fenced. 1t is probable, should no further
quibble arise that they will be executed
February 20.
Two mhchinists from the Baldwin loco
motive works and number of Gulf mechan
les were busy yesterday setting up and nut
ting In order the SIX big consolidated en-.
gines which arrived last Tuesday. Tho
three standard gauge engines are numbered
100, 1O1 and 102, and each, with tender
weighs ITO tons. They ara the largest CON
solidated engines In service in the West
except the big engines the Union Pacific
uses over Granger hill. They can haul from
three to four more loads than the engines
now In use. These engines have 2Oxoiincb
cylinders. The three narrow gauge engines
are said to be the heaviest and most power
full machines OF their size that have ever
been turned out by the Baldwin locomotive
works. Each engine, ready for service
weighs 6S tons and they have 15lSx2OInch
cylinders. Their numbers are o. 10 and III
Denver Republican.
The Denver Republican says that Larimer
county coal has dropped to 81. so per ton and
Boulder county coal to SO per ton in Fort
Collins. The Larimer county coal comes
from the Indian Springs mines, twenty.one
miles north of that city. The mine is under