Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-02
NORTHWEST NOTES.


pointed railroad mail clerks,
The Postmaster-General has appoint
ed w. F. Cochran, now postoffice in
spector in charge at Denver, to be
chief inspector of the postoffice depart
ment.
Simon Goggenheim, Denver man,
was married at noon on Thanksgiving
day, and to celebrate the occasion he
gave turkey dinner to 1000 children
of that city.
Andy johnson and r. A. Smiley of
Rawlins, Wyo., have purchased be-
tween 5000 and 1900 head of ewes
from Utah parties, which will be
shipped III within the next few days.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments for the coming convention of
the National Livestock association in
Denver, has rejected the proposition to
make bull-fghting feature of the
outdoor sports on that occasion.
c. f. Pardon, ''ten-year man." who
had been treated as trusty, escaped
from the state penitentiary at Laramie
last week. A reward of 500 is offered
for his capture. Pardon is believed to
have gone south into Colorado.
In Denver highwayman walked
into the jewelry store of S. Tobias at
Fortieth and Market streets, and with
revolver, forced the proprietor to
give him thirty-four gold watches,
worth about $500, and made his escape.
Wagner Hurlburt, aged "a, was cleo
trocuted at Spokane, while attempting
to fix an electric light. The lights in
the barn failed to work, and Hurlburt
thought he could make the repairs
without assistance. He accidentally
got hold of live wire, with fatal re-
suits. -
Mrs. Nettie r. Craven has petitioned
for family allowance of $4,000 per
month from the estate of the late
James G. Fair. the allowance to COM
nence at the date of his death. This
would mean $4,000 back allowance.
Mrs. Craven claims to be Fairs surviv-
ing widow.
Next week the water will, for the
first time, be turned into the fumes
and tunnels of the Southern California
Power company in the Santa Ana can
yon. The plant has been two years in
and has cost $500, 900. Elec-
tricity of a voltage of 80, 200 is sent
over copper wire to Los Angeles, over
eighty miles away.
Emmett Louck, aged IS, of Cheyenne
was fatally injured by being run over
by Union Pacific freight train near
Cheyenne. Louck was stealing ride |
On westbound freight train to Lara
ME and fell beneath the wheels. He |
was found on the track, having lain |
eight hours after the accident. His |
right leg was injured so that amputa-
ton near the hip was necessary.
Gus Carl has been convicted in the
district court at Cheyenne of the crime
If attempted murder. Carl was en-
oloyed as foreman of sheep camp. He
became incesed at sheepherder named
lib Clark, who he thought was trying
20 supplant him as foreman, and delib-
,rately shot him, infiicting a serious
The penalty is imprisonment
rom one to fourteen years.
Forty-eight four-horse teams, engi-
leered by Shoshone bucks, squaws and
,apooses, came into Casper. Wyo, last
week after freight. Uncle Sam not
My feeds and clothes his wards but
'ays them well to haul the supplies to
he reservation. Their stock and wag-
ms are probably better than that of
heir white brothers in central Wyo-
ming, and they are well supplied with
money.
A private letter from Washington
avs the war department is preparing
o wage war on northern Wyoming
andits, having acceded to the de-
lands of the postoffice department for
id in DISCRIMINATING the robbers. The
.tter says large force of armed men
ill be sent to the .'Hole-in-the- Wall"
ountry and hunt down to the death
ne desperadoes and all abettors who
ave been assisting the lawless men.
The coroner's inquest over the re-