Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-10-20
NORTHWEST NOTES.

The Episcopal council at its recent
session in Washington, D. G.. selected
San Francisco as the place for holding
the council in 1901.
The special session of the Oregon
legislature adjourned sine die after
having passed the general appropria-
ton bill, which carries 81, ,3oO,ooo
! George Heap of Freedom, Wyo., had
the misfortune to lose his right arm in
the face wheel of thresher one day
last week.
John Miller was hanged at San
| Quentin, Gala, for the murder of
James Child. After the drop fell, blood
spurted in great quantities from his
neck. He was " decaptated.
William II. Bush one of the pro-
| prietors of the Brown Palace hotel at
Denver and one of the best known men
in Colorado, is dead from an operation
performed upon him for appendicitis.
A carpenter named Ed Seitz, while
crawling under a Southern Pacific
freight train at Reno, New, was thrown
nnder the wheels aud lost both legs,
the injuries proving fatal few hours
later.
| Denver paper declares that Color
! ado smelters lead the world. Charges
for treating ore are lower than plants
in foreign countries with cheap fuel
and labor.
The forest fires are again raging in
Colorado, a big blaze having been
started on Bellevue mountain. Great
clouds of smoke hang over the valleys
by day, and at night the heavens are
mirrowing red, ominous looking glares.
Much damage is being done to the
timbers.
The Wyoming Valley Oil company is
making arrangements for continuing
the work of sinking test well on its
property near Douglas, Wyo. The
work was commenced last year and
was discontinued on account of defects
in the machinery employed. Two ex-
pert drillers have been employed to
take charge of the work.
Leadville, Colo, officers believe that
man named Arnistin has been murder
ed by his mining partner w. @. Smith.
Arnistin has disappeared, and his
sweetheart in Philadelphia has re-
ceived letter from Smith, stating
that Arnistin had accident'y been
killed at the mine Smith has dis
appeared recently, and the officers are
now working on the case.
John Race Iorse,n Major Tommy,
KanaSa johnson and fifteen other
bucks, with 200 horses passed through
Tayne, Wyo., one day last week to go
on an extensive hunting expedition on
6ray's river and its tributaries. They
purchased all the ammunition In the
town Of Thayne and made other prep
arations They are armed with passes
good for sixty days hunting.
DR. o. f. Mentzer of Telluride. Colo,
shot and killed his wife recently,
without any reason, so far as known,
except that she had threatened to leave
him on account of his dissolute habits.
Mrs. Mentzer's brother, w. T. Monroe,
took Mentzers gun from him and
threw him out of the door, his head
striking rock with such force as to
fracture the skull. He may not re-
cover.
William Gillroney and William
, Flynn, miners employed at the Little
st. Lawrence mine at Butte, are now
lying in a hospital suffering from
burns which may prove fatal. Their
injuries resulted from at attempt to
resume work in level which has been
on fire for years. Finding the fire to
e be almost out, they turned a hose on
d It, An explosion resulted, and the
e men were almost boiled by steam.
' In the redistricting of the Episcopal
a dioces of Wyoming and Idaho into the
/, 1ioceses of Laramie and Boise, Chey-
d enne will be in the Laramie jurisdic-
e ton, which comprises the nine eastern
e counties of Wyoming Weston
Sheridan, Johnson, Converse, Natrona
II Albany, Carbon and Laramie-and tn,
T, western portion of Nebraska, formerl.
1t the jurisdiction of the Platte. The se
ST city of the new jurisdiction will b
1T Laramie, and there the bishop will re
P side. 1t is believed by churchmen tina
Rt. Rev. Anson r. Graves, the presen
bishop of the jurisdiction of the Platte
in will be the bishop of Laramie. Di
to Graves at present resides at Kearney
K Neb. He is Vermonter by birth an
e. has been bishop for six years.
T. The G. H. Eldredge geological sur
VI vey party, which has just returne
from the Cooks inlet country, is d'
'e clared to have discovered the highes
nc mountain in North America. TIL
!" peak, which is situated in Alaska, o
the Sushitns river, is 10000 feet higf
Secretary Bliss has approved fe
le, patent to the state of Wyoming LII
'eu of lands selected under his grant 10
'n' the charitable, penal and reform II
ay' stitutions, embracing 1f,is5 acres
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