Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-16
NORTHWEST NOTES.

Indians have again been unlawfully
killing game in northern Wyoming.
A deputy sheriff is now on their trail.
A postoffice established at Baths
ranch, south of Laramie, has been
named Mopdell, in honor of Wyoming's
new congressman.
At Glenrock, Wyo., few days ago
Pete Madsen was held to the district
court charged with the murder of Jess
Lannon two weeks ago.
The next meeting of the A. o. Z,
w. grand lodge, having jurisdiction In
Idaho, Utah and Wyoming, viii be
held in Evanston during the month of
May, 1899.
George Howard and Frank Howard
miners, wandered off the road in the
mountains near Ironton, Colo, and
froze to death. Their bodies were
taken to Ouray.
From Montana to New Mexico, and
from the first range of the Rocky
mountains far out on the plains OF
Kansas and Nebraska the ground last
week was covered with thick mantle
of snow.
An effort will be made to have the
next Wyoming legislature appropriate
money with which to purchase pack
Of bloodhounds, to be used at the state
penitentiary to assist in capturing es-
capped convicts.
The building over the shaft at the
Kentuck mine in Gold Hill, New, has
been sold to B. F. Hazeltine, who is
taking it down and will dispose Of the
lumber. Mining operations in the
Kentuck ground will hereafter be con-
Quoted through the Yellow Jacket, the
underlying workings of both mines
being connected by drifts.
The proposed reservoir for Wheat
land, Wyo., fiat will cost 100000,
which will be about SO. so to each acre
Of land that will be benefited by its
construction. All of the settlers who
have been consulted express their will
lngness to stand the assessment, and
rs they can pay the same in labor they
are anxious for operations to COM
% ence.
The citizens of Cheyenne are deter
mined to have a grand blowout" on
the occasion of the Inauguration Of De
Forest Richards, Wyoming's next gov
ernor. Committees in charge are
arranging for big inaugural ball and
receptio to be held at the state capt.
tol on Monday, January next, when
Ihe new governor will be indicted into
office.
William Mcmillan, the defeated Re-
publican nominee for governor of
Nevada, will contest the election OF
Reinhold Sadler, fusionist, on the
ground that the apparent majority
credited to Sadler is based upon suf-
acient number of illegal votes to
change the result of the election.
Some sensational allegations are an
ticipated.
The Paull-Rocco damage suit, at
Ely, New, has resulted in verdict be-
ing brought in by the jury for PAUL.
for the sum of s22s7.5O. The action
was brought by PAUL for $500 dam
lges, claimed to have been caused by
reason of his having been refused the
privilege of working in the Homestake
mine, near Hamilton, in which he held
lease of a one-third interest.
Eighteen miles of railroad have
been built from Belle Fourche to the
Elkhorn Black Hills branch to the Hay
Creek coal fields in Wyoming the past
year. The company will operate their
line in a few weeks and expect to sup
Div the Black Hills smelters and the
Fremont g. Elkhorn road with coal
The coal is an excellent steaming fuel
The Laramie, North Park e. Pacific
railroad. running from Laramie, Wyo.
TO the soda works and deposits seven
south of that city, was recently sold at
q delinquent tax sale for S290.32. The
Union Pacific. owner of the line, re-
moved the rails two years ago. The
purchaser got nothing except few
thousand old ties which are practically
of no use.
Over 1000 sheep have died out of the
Guthrie Brothers Live Stock company's |
herds in the past ten days, near Doug |
las, Wyo. The sheep were dipped