The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-30
WYOMING.

Rock Springs Miner: Mr.. Grifiiths,
wealthy uncle of Mr.. John G. Edwards,
died in Wales five days after Mr. Grif
". Edwards breathed his last at
Hooper Neb. For several years Mr..
Griffiths' win had been drawn out. be-
queathing his money and vast estates
to his TWO neDhews, Mr.. Griff ". Ed
wards and Mr.. John G. Edwards. bat
the former being dead, Mr.. John q
Edwards viii probably fall heir to
most of the property.
The John c. McCulloh's crew of Il
sheen shearers who were at Joseph
Young's corrals at Six Mile, have gone
10 Butte City. Mon, to fill another
sheep shearing contract. They sheared
3d. 900 head in 80 days. or an average
Of los 10 the man per day Taking
sickness and DELAYS into account, this
IS high average. One day they
sheared against time. when J. 4. Ian
denberg sheared a 4-year-old wether
in 2L minutes; Spence Groose, a buck
in 22a minutes; John McCulloh. a lamb
in IL minutes: Dick Palmer, TWO sheep
in AZ minutes, and Jack Richardson.
2-vear-old eve in a little over ia
minutes. This crew is composed of
about the fastest individual shearers
travelling.
A CHEYENNE dispatch says: Despite
the threatened hostilities between cat
tie and sheen men. the wool growers
of Wyoming are preparing to do
thriving business Two new sheep COM
panies filed articles of incorporation
with the secretary OF state today The
first vas the keystone Sheep company.
Incorporated by John Mahoney. Pat
rick Sullivan and Eugene Mccarthy.
This concern has a capital stock of
$4,000 and viii do business in Ma
trona county, with headquarters at
Casper The other concern incorporat-
ing was the Figure Eight Sheep COM
pany. organized with capital stock
of S15. OG0. The incorDorators of this
company are John Mahoney. Patrick
sullivan and Patrick McDermott.
Nessrs. AIahoney and Sullivan are al
ready two of the largest sheep men in
the state.
Al a meeting Of the Laramie board
of trade a resolution was adopted de-
clarinE that if at any time the people
along the road between Laramie and
the Grand EncsmDment should decide
10 start a stage route. or rebuild the
road. the board of trade will be ready
to cooperate with the projectors. An
other resolution was passed declaring
that il was the sense of the board that
the Fourth of july should he properly
observed a committee was appointed
m take charge Of the arrangements In
reference to the proposed military en-
car1pment near Laramie, me noaIu de-
cided that The necessary funds could
he raised. The board decided to take
the necessary steps TO protect the res
ervoir sites and the president was au-
thorized 10 appoint five delegates TO
me mining convention to be held in
Denver.
The election contest cases. which it
was thought would be bitterly fought
in the district court at Rawlins. have
reached an unexDected conclusion by
a. agreement Of counsel The cases
hasa been certified to the supreme
court on agreed statement of facts. At
t,rnevs for the defendants admit that
"a Films who could not read the En-
siish language voted the Republican
ticket IN Hanna precinct. and that
these votes changed the result. The
only point to be settled by the supreme
court now is whether II is necessary
TO read the constitution in the English
language TO qualify foreigner for
voting.