Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-11-03
NORTHWEST NOTES.

uary 23.
Charles NJ Mccormick of Pueblo,
Colo, and Robert Lawson of Cheyenne,
Wyo., have been appointed mail
clerks,
The Uhion Pacific now owns 1854
miles of road, of which it operates all
but five miles, which is leased by the
Southern Pacific.
A special courier from Nye county,
Nevada, the scene of the recent Indian
scare, reports that all danger of an up
rising of the Shoshones is past. Fifty
mounted policemen are still on duty,
and it is believed that these men can
quell any disturbance that may arise,
but'hostilities are highly improbable.
Mrs. Clara Kluge, of San Francisco,
who claims to have been the contract
wife of the late Adolph Sutro, has COM
menced a legal fight for some of the
Sutro millions by filing an application
for letters of guardianship over her
two children who are named in the APP
plication, Adolph Newton Sutro and
| Adolphine Charlotte Sutro
Dir. Edward Bovett, well-known
veterina rian of Denver, and +. Girard,
cook at the clubhouse of the Standard
Shooting club, at Bowles lake, ten
miles south of Denver, were drowned
while fishing in the lake one day last
week. The cause of the accident is
/ IL 1,a 1.Ir - he
ing the discovery of their overturned
boat by other fishermen.
tors Of the work of building the public
| library foundations at Cheyenne,
! Wyo., have been granted an enlarge
ment of their con tract on account of
extra work required to overcome OBJ
stacles encountered by marshy ground.
The original contract was for $31 900.
Under the enlarged contract, they will
receive upwards of S55 900
Mrs. Jesse Conway, of Meeteetse,
| Wyo., is under arrest, charged with
poisoning her husband. Conway was
suffering from an attack of typhoid
malaria and died. The physician was
not satisfied that the disease was the
cause of death and asked for an inves-
tigation by coroner's jury. The jury
decided that Conway had been poi
soned, and the woman was Immediate
ly placed under arrest.
George Crawford of Denver has left
for New York, to conclude the sale of
1000 acres of rich mineral land on
South mountain, Rio Grande county, to
an English syndicate for $780, 900.
This property includes mines at Sum-
mitville, formerly owned by Senator
Bowen, which have produced So ,o00, 900
in gold. A railroad will be built to the
mines. Mr.. Crawford is also just clos
ing sale of mines at the Twin Lakes,
near Leadville, for $500, 900.
A large number of transactions have
been made in sheep during the past
week by Carbon county, Wyo, eheep-
men. Carson & Miller sold and deliv-
cred 1000 head of two-year-old wethers
at $3.50 head. K. Brackenbury
shipped 900 head of sheep to the Den
yer market l. c. Miller shipped TWEEN
ty-two ears of feeders from Rock
Creek to his feeding pens in Nebraska.
Shippers are experiencing difficulty in
getting cars for stock shipments
The abstract of the report made to
the comptroller of the currency, indi-
eating the condition of the eleven ma
tional banks in Wyoming, as of date
September 10Th, shows an increase in
totals, as compared with July 14th,
from S3,575, 900, to S4,1l2,0 900. Loans
aud discounts have increased $4,000.
, Amounts due from approved reserve
, agents increased $685., 900, and individ-
, ual deposits nearly $1,000 The av-
| erage reserve has increased from 25. 95
to "a. 52 per cent.
In the recent failure of the Trades
mems National bank of New York City,
! the Rock Springs, Wyo., National
: bank was interested to the amount of
e $50. $40, ,76, having that amount on de-
pOSlb at the Jlule DI the colldpSe Oh The
I eastern bank. The amount involved
e is more than two-thirds of the capitaI
Q of the Rock Springs bank and is q
t severe blow to that young financial in
) stitution. The stockholders will make
Y good any impairment of the capita
!, stock of the bank.
The Indians unlawfully killing gam
In Wyoming We're able to elude tht
deputies and reach their reservation
Had the deputies reached their CAM
before they left it, there would un
doubtedly have been a great man.
killed as the Indians had three teepe
as blind in the open and ten NOR
hid in thick timber near by. 1t is es
timated that this band of Indians
about thirty bucks, killed over 30
head of cow elk in the three week
they made their camp on Fish creek.
State Land Agent Moore of Helena
Mont, is in receipt of an importan
- ruling by Secretary Bliss, relating Z
:, an application made several month'
y ago by the state land department Y
ey relinauish certain lands in Bitter Roo
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