The silver star., 1897-05-27
WESTERN NEWS MOTHS.

Another war il In progress amoas ~ at
tie and sheep nen In the Big Hssa saAn'
i Wyoming.
| There are something like 1b0 eafieads OF
lambs In the feed pens OF northern Ooloeado
and they will 30 forward to market BEFORE
the nrst Of June.
More frequent and earlier rains have not
fallen In central New Mexico sincs 1850 and
lambing outlook has not been % fAvorabie
since lS76 The last estimate placed On the
outcome 10 90 per cent Of full crop.
Chinamen are not allowed In Elisabeth.
town. New Mexico. One went there from
Ration to start q restaurant. He was given
twenty-four hours to leave town. He went.
The agriculturalists in the Pecos valley
seem to have been gratned with the results
obtained from their beet culture this last
season and are disposed now to engage in 1t
more extensively.
Lem Hagle cowboy rider attached to an
amateur Wild West show. exhibiting At
Cheyenne was probably fatally injured by
. bucking horse. The horses ridden By the
performers, who are all young cowboys from
the Horse Greek country, are extremely
vicious. and nearly every rider was thrown
several times Hagle was bucked % high
that he turned a complete somersauit In the
air. He fell upon his back. dislocating his
hip and injuring his spine 20 that his re-
covery il doubtful.
Word has been received at Cheyenne OF
the election at Salt Lake City Of Mrs. Harry
A. Clarke Of Cheyenne to the position OF
grand chief of honor. for the Jurisdiction Of
Utah, Wyoming and Idaho Of the Degree OF
Honor. an auxiliary to the A o. U. w
The position Is one of the highest Importance
r~l.t t..1. las
bership in the states named. Mrs. Clarke,
who was unanimously elected. Is a highly
respected lady. whose husband Is the bust
ness manager of the Cheyenne Sun-Leader.
Mrs. Clarke is highly educated and has
taken part in a number Of political CON
yentions in this state.
Tls Rock Springs city authorities are in
vestigating an outrage committed In the
Chinese cemetery some time during the
past week. 1t had been currently reported
that quantity Of jewelry had been buried
with the body of Ham Sing. a Chinaman
killed at No. l mine and buried last Satur-
day. Evidently with the intention Of secu-
ing this jewelry the grave has been opened
and the casket containing the remains taken
out The body was thrown upon the ground
and left there. the niscreants either becom-
ing frightened or being too disgnsted by
their failure 10 secure any plumber TO re
bury the body.
As heavy ,rain on the Sonora road was
rounding curve near Crittenden. Arizona.
little girl was discovered on the track
only couple of hundred feet ahead. The
engine driver vainly tried TO check the speed
of the train. The child appeared paralyzed
by fright and did not stir. She was caught
by the locomotive pilot and tossed high In
the air. falling again between the rails
Engine and train passed above her. When
The train was finally stopped. she was found
rnder the sleeper Of the last car. Save for
few immsterial bruises. she was unin
tured- She was soon claimed 10y her father
c. A Mcintyre. a cattle man. resident near
the line. A, he bore her away. he proudly
told how she appeared To bear charmed
existence. She had been tossed by an In
furiated bull only the previous week and
had received no hurt
The sngar-beet seed which the Agricultural
department has been distributing is practi-
cally exhausted. about 1000 pounds having
been sent out to farmers In about four -fifths
OF the states. The seed has been distributed
In packages Of from an ounce to half a
pound, purely for experimental purpose.
The beeis grown from the seed will be- an
aiyzed and the saccbarine matter determined
to ascertain where beets can be proftably
grown for the production OF sugar. These
experiments. II is believed will be Of I'm
mense value. as the beet undoubtedly can
be produced with profit In many Of the
states Wherever Ii can be so produced II
will give the farmer a new CROP
The returns received by the immigration
Bureau during the last several months show
q marked falling of In the number of immI.
grant arrivals In this country. The number
Of arrivals during the nine months ended
March 81. 1897. was 1924. as compared
with 2e.s39 for the same period In the necal
year 1886. This IL q decrease Of 6a,ssa.
During April the decrease at New York
alone was II. .4s9. and during the nrst eleven
Gays 10 the present month the falling OF at
New York was 1O.s0O. Commissioner Gen
eral stump estimates that the decrease for
the entire country during the fiscal year end
ing June 30 next will not be less than es 900.
600.
The ofhcials Of Mexico City last Sunday
forbade any bull fighting to be given. The
authorities claim the bulls provided for the
nights are 20 poor that they do not Justify
the price Of admission asked by the manage
ment. Enrique Meriro. Spanish bull nght.
o.. has visited the famous bullbresdine
farms OF Atenco and other places. and his
judgment 10 that none Of the bulls shown
him are worthy Of the ring. The poorness
OF the animals is getting to be q serious
matter, and II begins to look a. II bull asht
Ing would stop for lack Of animals to neht
The government ID nrm, and no perform
ance will be allowed with inferior cattle. A
shipload OF bulls has been ordered from
Spain to meet the emergency.