The Springfield herald., 1897-02-12
. ESTERN NEWS NOTES.

George Turner was elected senator from
Washington on the Goth.
Ration. New Mexico. is now city Of the
first class. having a population Of ever
5000.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is rejoicing in the
possession of new union depot, costing
$225, 900.
Henry Heitfeld has been chosen United
States senator from Idaho to succeed Fred.
T. Dubois.
The heavy fall of snow in Wyoming last
week between Casper and the Big Horn
range has reduced the sheep almost to star.
vation.
Three Indians on the Cheyenne agency.
near Deadwood froze to death during the
recent cold spell, and n number of others
Will die.
near the Carbon county line, are devouring
live stock at a fearful rate. Fifty head Of
stock Of the ranchmen in one community
have been killed this winter.
United States Judge Foster has Just de-
cided big ditch suit between two Kansas
companies. He gives to the Great Eastern
the priority right to water In the Arkansas
river. This defeats the Amazon company.
The Supreme court of New Mexico fixed
Tuesday, the 23rd inst, as the day for the
execution of the nssassins of ex-SherifY
Frank Chavez. The execution will take
place between the hours of @ and 10 a. M,
and will be public, unless the Legislature
provides otherwise. The names of the
doomed men are Francisco and Antonio Bo-
rego. brothers, Launano Alarid and Patricio
Valencia. All are natives Of Santa Fe and
have families.
law to tax predatory bands of sheep
brought from other states into Wyoming to
Craze has been introduced and no doubt
will be passed. Also law making 1t incum-
bent upon any person or corporation desir-
Ing to construct n reservoir or dam stream
where the dam is to be more than nve feet
high to first notify the state engineer, who
shall examine or cause to be examined the
proposed reservoir or dam and decide
whether others will be Inconvenience or
damaged and to survey the site, which ex-
pense must be borne by the party desiring
to make the improvements.
The president has approved the acts to
enable the town of Flagstaff, Arizona. to
Issue water bonds; for the relief of telegraph
operators who served In the war of the re-
bellion; authorizing the Kansas City & Gulf
Railway company to construct bridge
across Red river at Alexandria, Louisiana.
The House committee on labor has au.
thorized favorable report bill to pro-
hibit the employment of prison labor on
government buildings.
special to the Salt Lake Tribune from
Goshen. Utah, says: A shocking murder and
suicide took place here Thursday. Bar
tholomew Race, shot and killed his wife,
while she was sick in bed, and then turned
the weapon upon himself. Race locked the
older children out Of the house. His wife
pleaded for her life but the man, who had
planned the murder, would not listen to her
protests Nine children remain the young
est OF whom is only four days old.
Word has been received at Cheyenne that
the see OF Cheyenne, which has been vacant
since the spring of 1895, when Bishop
Bourke was transferred to st. Joseph, Mis-
souri, 10 to be filled and that B. @. LenIhan,
the vicar general of the archdiocese of Du-
buque, has been selected as the bishop.
Father Lenlhan is now the pastor Of the
Church Of the Sacred Heart at Boone, Iowa
1t is not known just when he will arrive
here to assume the duties of his new ap-
pontment.
The work of building the new town of
Wolton, fifty miles west of Casper, Is pro-
ceeding rapidly, and the town will soon be
fully equipped sheep shearing center for a
great area Of country in Fremont, Natrona
and Sweetwater counties. A forty stall
sheep-shearing house, the finest In the state,
has been put up; store building is being
erected; hotel nearly completed, and bunk
houses and residences are under way. The
town will have postotlce, to be opened
April l. The town is believed to be the OBJ
jective point of the Fremont, Elkhorn L
Missouri Valley line for a western extension
from Casper.
In the Wyoming House of Representatives
Friday sensation was created by tho In
PRODUCTION Of resolution calling for the
impeachment of William S. Metz, Judge Of
the Fourth Wyoming judicial district The
resolution was first adopted In Republican
caucus and was introduced by Representa-
tive Finch. The specific charge against
Judge Metz is that while Judge he misrspre-
sented the value of real estate In which he
held pecuninry interest, and by his mis-
representation secured the sale of the prop.
erty to his own advantage and the loss Of
the purchaser The charge was ventilated
In the campaign. when Judge Metz was the
candidate Of the Democrats of his district
for the Judgeship. and he is said to be de.
sirous Of an Investigation.
corporation has been formed at Chey-
enne by ex-senator Carey and others, with a
capital stock of 5000, 600 to carry on various
enterprises In Wyoming. The parties inter
ested In the new corporation nre the owners
OF the Wheatland tract, ninety miles north
of Cheyenne. They have 10000 acres Of
land under one of the finest water systems
in the West, and have established a colony
which is cultivating nearly one-half of the
land. The town of Whcatland, with a pop
ulation Of nearly n thousand people, Is To-
cated on the tract. The new corporation
will erect flour mills. n creamery. and other
improvements for the aid and benefit of ths
colonists, and is regarded as one of the most
important aids to the growth of this part Of
the state that has been inaugurated.