Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-09-16
NORTHWEST NOTES.

pensioners and they drew Sl04,sl'
from Uncle Sam during last year end
ing June 30
Senator Clark Of Wyoming is II
Washington for the purpose of urging
the establishment OF the Fort Sheridan
military post.
A blizzard occurred September be
tween Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyo-
Considerable snow fell and the weathe,
was very cold.
The Anaconada, Mont, race meeting
closed September 10. Most OF the
horses were shipped to Great Falls to
start in the races which begin Scptem-
Der 16.
About 10000 lambs have beer
shipped from Halleck, Elko county,
New, during the past week. The aver
age price received for them on the
range was $3.50.
Russell Thorp, pioneer of Wyom-
ing, who conducted the Cheyenne
Deadwood stage line in early days,
was thrown from a buggy in run
away recently, and instantly killed.
Many of the members of the Sixth
and Seventh California regiments,
which have been mustered out, wish
to remain in the service, and have ap-
piled to the authorities for transfer to
other regiments.
A cave-in OF ground in the Rubi
mine, just outside of Butte, buried
Joseph Kufma and Harry Andrews.
The men were working in the slope on
the l50-foot level. Men have been
working on the fall ever since, but
have not as yet recovered the bodies.
Both men were unmarried.
Il. w. Smith, sent to the Wyoming
state prison from Cook county, serving
a three-year term, has escaped from
the institution. He had been gone an
hour before his escape was discovered.
Smith is daring criminal and escaped
from the penitentiary last June on an
error in his mittimus. but he was re-
arrested.
Two million dollars for the purchase
of the Center Star mine at Rossland, !
Il. c., has been deposited with Cashier
Z. NJ fIodgens of the State Savings |
bank at Butte The purchasers are an
English syndicate, of which Sir Charles
Ross. now in New York, is the head.
The stockholders who sell out are
principally Butte people.
The two days celebration of From
tier Day came to close last week. 1t
was the most successful affair ever held
in Wyoming, and insures the perpetu-
alton of this holiday. The parades
were the largest ever held in Cheyenne I
and were participated in by Buffalo
Bills Wild West show. The attendance
was estimated at fully $4,000 people.
Quite a large number of sheepmen
of Humboldt county, New, are dispos-
ing of their bands of sheep as rapidly
as possible, principally to Utah buyers.
They give as their reason for so doing
the fact that this season has been so
exceedingly dry in this country, that
they fear they would be unable to
carry them through the winter, as the
hot, dry weather has left no grass for
them to feed upon.
Much speculation has been INDUCED
N lately as to the origin of the name
New. The first white
nan to travel over the present site OF
Humboldt's capital. came upon band
If savages playing pedro on the exact
pot. where the courthouse now stands
lie said ''how" and inquired what
uck. One chap who was raking in the
with grin said. swim um
nuchar Hence the name.
The cororners jury in the case of
'harles +. Harris, killed in the fight
'etween rival factions in the Colorado
party over possession of the
pera house, for the purpose of holding
convention. has rendered its verdict,
n which the attack on the opera house
, characterized ms unlawful and the
ossession by the Teller faction as
sgal The jury finds that the shots
red by the men, who were inside the
were in the attempt to de
md their legal right to occupy the
uilding." The verdict says that the
not which killed Harris was fired by I
ersons unknown to the jurymen.
Steven Vucovich, of Anaconda. Mon 2
ina, while returning from n huneing