The western recorder., 1898-03-24
WESTERN NEWS.

Greek Is finished
Arizona win have an exhibit at The
<onaha Exposition
Work on a new canning factory has
been commenced at Pueblo.
William Tate was convicted OF gam
bling at Lcadville last week.
Colorado Springs suffered loss o.
$4,000 by FIRE on the 22Dd.
There viii be n large amount of
building done at Denver this year.
II is now definitely settled that the
Texas chautauqua viii 90 TO Boulder.
Charles Barnes. I.eadvilie miner.
was blown 10 pieces n few days ago
by n missed shot
Chancellor Mcdowell Of Denver Uni
yersity has just declined call TO a
large Chicago church
RECEIVER TrumbuII OF the Gulf road
denies the report that 1t will be ab-
sorbed by the Union Pacific.
Bishop n. c. sIafz has returned "a
Denver after an absence of n year.
He spent most Of the time in Mexico
Thirteen convicts escaped from the
Idaho -penifentiary a few days ago.
Five were captured few hours after
ward.
BY the burning of a miners board
ing house at Butte three men lost theis
lives and several others were injured.
The money loss was Sfo0-e00.
Melon growers of the Arsansas val.
ley have completed their conffacf fot
cooperation in dlsposing Of the melon
crop this year without any danger Of
competition.
Figppes complied by fhe Seattle
Post-Intelllgencer show that since Jan
'uary 1866 persons have left that city
for Alaska. OF these 2,s03 went 10
Copper river.
Cattle stealing throughout southern
New Mexico and western Arizona II
growing TO an alarming extent and the
cattlemen are organizing for the pro
lection Of hercs.
The striking senior class at the state
Agricultural College has returned 70
college work This is the Tesfilf OF The
action Of the faculty insaIlowlDg Fred
$. Hotchklss to register as n regular
student.
Gray wolves are doing serious dam
age to stock in the neIglbprlrood OF tine
Laramie river, I'm the North park.
They come down from the timber In
packs and raid the cattle ranches, kiil-
ing large numbers Of calves and year
lings.
A fire occurred in the county Jail at
Ouray last week which resulted In the
death of one prisoner, Harry w.
Hawkins. alias II W. Miller. and wIth
probably the same fatal result -
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by electric light wires.
The commissioner of the general
land office has let the contract for the
survey OF the boundary line of the old
Southern Ute Indian reservation to
George L. Ober.for S4Ss.- II is under
stood that Mr. ober-Ayill proceed inn
mediately with his work. --s.-t- -s
DR., Mattoon, chief surgeon IN the
Rio Grande hospital at Salidas had his
right arm amputated just--below the
shoulder last week. he cut one of the
fingers of his hand "Wednesday while
performing an operation and blood pol
sonlng. set in which made. ampntaiion
necessary.
The freshmen class of the State
School OF Mines bolted in body. last
CULT examination In chemistry The
students cIaimed that the examination
Mas unjust and covered details for
which they had been told they would
not be required to prcpape.
The sheep shenrlng at Milford and
Black Rock, Utah, VIII reach immense
proportions this year. Already the
booking there has reached 13j, 1000
head. and the seasons opening three
weeks distant Al the two places 1t is
estimated one and half million
pounds of wool win be clipped, which
Will I'LL seventy-hve cnrs.
The reports received by the state rn.
gineer of the amount of snowfall
throughout the state so far, this winter
are nut very encouraging for a supply
of water for the coming season. With
the exception OF one or two sections Of
the state the fall of snow has been
comparatively light, and unless there
are several good snow storms between
now and spring the farmers and cattle
men will suffer for water this coming
summer and fall.
While drilling a TEST we'll for oil on
the Brenning tract near Doiiglaa.- wy
oming, the Wyoming OIL Company
gushed In six-inch stream TO n height
Of sixteen feet above tie mouth of,ibe
well. The water was struck at n
depth of GOO feet and is almost ms val.
liable a find as oil would have been.
for 1t viii enable large tracts OF lapd
in this part of the state 10 be irrigated
IL n strong artesian flow OF water is
found to be general
90 ..
valley railroad from Eddy, New Mex
leo. TO Washburn, Texas, a distance Of
30 miles, VIII terminate at Amarillo,
Texas, instead. Amarillo is about thir,
ty-five miles from Washburn.. The rca-
son assigned by Mr.. Hagerman for the
change IS thnt Amarillo Is n superior
collecting and shipping point. The
main line of the connecting road now
runs within eighteen miles of Amarillo,
and an extersion Will he built to that
point immed lately. 1t is believed that
the contracts for .the building OF the
new. extension Will be let about the
1st OF April.
Alfred Anderson, n Swede. lost his
life in n remarkable. manner while
duck hunting near BOULDER last sun
day. lie took Ais shotgun in the mora
ing and. going for tiIe lallp, took y
boat and shot ducks. At noon he re-
turned and, left again after dinner.
Not returning at night. one OF Ills
chums started out-to hunt him. finding
the charred remains in the boat. An
examination of the surroundings led 10
the conclusion that Anderson had got
ten into the boat and pulled hts gnn
toward him. the. hammer caught on n
cross-piece and fired. the gun, The
coroner says that but few shot entered
the body, but the gun beipg close ia
the body set the clothes on fire. An
derson fell backward into the boat and