The indicator., 1897-09-18
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

| such carclessncss.
The fires on Big Horn reserve IN
Wyoming have grown so serious that
settlers have asked hclp from the
troops in eNtinguishing them.
The opening of the Territorial Fair
at Albuquerque, on the 18Th, was on
grander scale that has ever been seen
in the seventeen years of its existence.
Governor NJ. a. Otcro formally opened
the fair In the presence of nearly H.
900 people who had come from all parts
of the territory.
The sheep camp of Joseph Young. ON
the Quaklng Asp mountain. Wyoming
was attacked Monday by huge bihck
bear and her cub. Ahram Waldo, the
hcrder i'll charge of the camp, fired nt
the animals and succeeded in killing
the cub. the old bear running away.
This is the first bear that has been
seen in the vicinity for ten years,
The will of Charles T. Wilder of
Wellesley Massachusetts. has been al.
mltted 10 probate. The will contains
many public bequcstS and over Slno,-
| 600 is left TO charitable and education
al institutions. The sum Of $4,000 is
| left 10 Colorado College at Colorado
/ Springs, Colorado,
! Cripple Creek continues to 90 right
| along with development at depths
[ proving that the values show no dinin
| ution al depth. In the granite veins.
/ however, there are some indications
/ that the expected change of telluride
4 ores to iron Sulphidos Will take place
. lower down.
] This years output FOR Gilpin county
I Will he the biggest IN It's past history
] of thirty-eight years steady produc-
[ tiun, and 1t will furnish a surprise to
{ everyone. This year more new ma
] chinery has been put up Oh properties
] than for large number of years pre-
/ vlnus and sim there seems To he no
! cessation.
Mine operators are backward all over
/ the West in using electric signals In
! their mines. When any man has ever
/ used good electric system. with suiH-
/ cIent battery power, he would no more
1 go back 10 the old rope system than he
/ would discard high explosives for black
powder
] The machinery for the Midnight mine
/ in the La Belle district reached vasducz
! and is now being transferred to the
! mine. 1t consists Of a 't1-horse power
boiler. Il 2o-horse power engine 10 fur
I uish power for the mill hoisting engine
1 for sinking 80 feet and pumps for
same depth crushcr. cuncentrator and
all necessary cars, skips, tools, etc.
Ii is stated that freight conductors on
The eastern division Of the Atcbison.
| who two months ago were content with
| an earning of $50 and SO a month, are
! now drawing checks TO an amount Of
$50 and SlII. Brakcncn who thought
themselves lucky If they succeeded in
making sufficient mileage in month 10
bring salary of so are now earning
| $50 and 500 n month.
Much excitement prevails at Soda
Springs, Idaho over the discovery of
what seems to be an extensive deposit
| of coal -four miles from that city. The
| coal is bituminouS and the tess so far
made prove 1t to be of excellent quail
iy Idaho is now entirely dependent
upon Colorado and Wyoming for her
| Coal Coal prospects have been found
in the Teton Mountains and on Horse
shoe Bend. on the Iipcpr raycttc, bu;
both rcmot" from railroads. An cxtcn-
| slye deposit of coal It Soda Springs
would be more valuable than a gold
mine.
The Methodist Episcopal Conference
at Laramie has made the following APP
poinfments for Wyoming. Superintend-
rnt L. L. 1arbill; Big Horn. II. \. To-
land; Buffalo. +. j. Robinson; Carbon,
u. II. Taylor; Casper, j. II. Gillespie;
Cheyenne, u. {. Wnship: Cheyenne
Mission, \, \. Johnson; Douglas and
Manville. Lincoln Stccrc; Evanston. +.
Il. Dubois; Hyatville. l., e. Thompson;
Laramie, j. L. Warner; Newcastle and
Cambria, c. u. Day; Otto. Henderson
. R1.Itin. I "a .I1. pa,
Inns. +, l.. Hollar; Rock Springs, g. II.
Smith; Sheridan, benjamin Young;
Wheatlnnd, :. \. Smith.
In mnndamus proceeding before
District Judge Lnughliu at Santa Fe.
the "uur decided that pr. ID. W. Man
ly was entitled TO hold office nS II mem
ber of The New Mexico Board of DENIAL
Examiners for four years under Cover
nor Thornton's appointment Of two
wears ago. and that Dr. j. Il. Brady.
WHO was appointed by Governor Thorn
ion lasi February, could not force thc
board tn meet and recognize him as
Alnuly'~ successor. The decision causes
much gossip IN official circles. since
Manly ir II Republican and Brady Is a
Democrat. The court also held HAT on
ly hy quo warrauto proceedings could
Ih" title tu the office Zee tried.
Frontier Day at Cheyenne. september
@;ird is 10 he on" of 'hc biggest events
ever known In the history of Wyoming
There VIII he II Wild horse race In
which VIII hr entered horses that have
never been snddlrl or bridlcd. The
m"aucst and most uuamnhlr horses
in Wyoming will he assembled for This
event. y stage cunch will be- held up
and vgilIntcS viii give n realistic re
production of an old-tinc hanging bee
Twenty i've strikers were shot Il"
d"nrh near IInzclion. Pennsylvania. On
the 10Th by deputy shcrinS. The strik
rrs We're unarmed. and were marching
along the public highway TO hold Il
meeting AT n neighborng mine.
The Gulr road will inauguratc train
.ntc system Oh the division from Den
Yer 10 Boulder and thence to Fort Col
linz. II is the first system of this sort
to be lried in Colorado. The gates are
five feet high and are operated by lev
crs from The inside of the ear, Before
the train Is In motion. and until i.
comes to n fun stop. the gI;cs are
closed. No accidents, such as being
thrown from II platform or falling
from the train, or an attempt To catch II
after it starts will be impossible. Al the
stations the gates will he opened only
on the depot side. Confusion Is avoid
ed and the liability OF accidents is
greatly lcssencd. The system will he
in operation after September 1J.h.
II is stated thnt ia" 80 miners EN-.
ploycd by the I.nion Coal aud Coke
Company at Blossburg viii probably lc
forced to accept a cut of ~ per cent Ia
wages The miners have had but thrc,
and half days of work during The