The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03
NORTHWEST NOTES.


Jesse Converse Of Laramie had his
skull fractured In a runaway, and is in
critical condition.
The new inheritance tax law will be
tested In a case at Great Falls, in which
the county sues to recover si,e37.
John Walters Of wallIerviile Montana
leaned on loaded and cooked shotgun
and escaped with the loss Of one
arm.
Eddie Stabler. thrcc-year-old Chey-
enne boy, died Sunday from scalding,
caused by falling in tub OF boiling
water.
John liraydon, lunatic who escaped
from the Reno asylum. was arrested
at Virginia and taken back 20 Reno
Nevada.
Last Sunday night was the hottest
ever experienced in EllSo, the Their
momcter recording so most OF the
night.
Al Prnter, q we'll known Comstocls
miner, was seriously injured by a cave
in in the 3OO-foot level Of the Bruins
wick lode
Willie Wilscck, n Cheyenne bicylc
racer, ran upon a cows horns while
training, aud was considerably cut
aud bruised.
A deaf and dumb man who Ia sup
posed TO be insane, was taken in charge
by sheriff Frazer. lie seemed to be
half.starvcd.
A huge pile Of buffalo bones await
ing shipment at Sand Coulcc, Montana
is estimated 60 contain the skeletons OF
100000 animals.
A party Of Sparlts.lIarrel men went
on wild horse hunt In Thousand
Springs valley. Nevada, last week aud
succeeded in killing 20 OF the useless
mustangs.
Ninety thousand young trout were
brought from Lake Tahoe, Nevada,
and planted In Bonner lake recently.
This makes iO5, 900 fish that have been
put In Bonner lake this season.
California cattle buyers are beg n
ming 90 realize that eastern buyers
have blood In their eyes and mean 10
get Nevada beef II money will buy II.
by the looks Of things the California
fellows amt in H."
n... IgfF....g. .. .ssu. LIN.
ed In the Bozcman tunnel last Satur-
day by being run over by one Of the
engines used ON the hill, lie was lit
terally cut In two aud disembowcl-
ed
The Great Falls Mont Tribune says
that the burlington road has let CON
tract for half million ties, TO be de-
livercd at sheridan, wyo. The same
parties who furnished the ties for the
cxtenion to Billings have this con-
tract.
Congressman Newlands has secured
the establishment of direct mil
route from Eureka, Nevada, 10 the
new postoflice at Bald Mountain,
known as Joy, Elko county, Nevada.
The new service begins on September
LIST next.
A year ago last 50. Patrlcls's day Mr..
aud Mrs. George d Wait OF sand Cou-
lee, Montana, were dressing to go 10 n
dance. George went down stairs, prom
Using 70 return In Is minutes. lie has not
been heard from since and Mrs. Wait
now sues for u divorce.
A FIRE broke out Sunday In n brass
foundry room OF the Union Pacific
shops, at Carbon Wyoming. The
smoke poured ont Of tho frame build.
ing In dense volumes while, but n
couple OF streams Of water were soon
turned In and but little damag was
done.
Captain Chittendcn OF the United
States engineer corps, has gone TO the
Big Horn basin and Jnckson's Hole &c
look over locations for sites OF govern
ment reservoirs. Captain Chittender
was accompanied by State Engineer
Elwood Meade OF Wyoming, Stat,
Treasurer Harry G. Hay, T.. S. Nettle
ton, formerly state engineer OF Colora
do and Clarence Johnston, assistant q
Mr.. Mead. CAPTAIN Chittenden will
examine proposed Reservoir sites in tn,
Big Horn range near Dome, and ais,
at the head Of Tongue river and ON III,
Gray Bull In the Shoshone mountains
Engineer Mead will take measurement
OF the Norwood, Shoshone, big Horn
Gray Bull, Wind and Snake rivers u
ascertain the low water dow.
Judge Torrey has shipped four trail
loads Of cattle from Casper to omahI
and Chicago In the past three weeks
ranging from ten 10 &c ears TO train
lie will ship more than twice as man.
more train loads this fall, making II
allO, 900 cattle he will ship. In addition
to all this, he has a contract 10 furnisl
the Arapahoe and Shoshone Indian
with their beef, which will requir
1900 beeyes.