Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-09-30
NORTHWEST NOTES.

! postmaster at Wood River, Big Horn
country, Wyo., vice William Ten
brooks, resigned.
Five of the Nevada roughriders have
arrived at Corson, from Jacksonville,
Florida, all of them suffering from
diseases contracted during their term
of service.
Congressman Osborne, of Wyoming,
and Senator Rawlins of Utah, have
been diligently at work endeavoring
to secure the mastering out of Torrey's
rough riders.
The fires that have been sweeping
over the Sheephorn mountains near
Wolcott, Colo, have resulted in the
loss of hundreds of acres of valuable
timber and the burning of at least one
settlers house and crops.
w. A. Clark, the Butte banker and
mine owner, has given the Associated
Charities S25, 900 to establish in Butte
a home for the sick and INDECENT. 1t
is to perpetuate by name or in some
other manner the memory of the dom
or's son, Francis Paul Clark, who died
at college several years ago.
Albuquerque will celebrate the re-
turn of the rough riders. The railroad
shops, the merchants, manufacturers
and artisans, the fire departments, the
military and civic organizations and
all the schools will be fully represented
in the procession. Some magnificent
floats are now in course of preparation.
"Gib" Clark was shot one day last
week by Gus Kael at the ranch of the
Warren livestock company, near
Cheyenne. Kael shot Clark first in the
thigh and when he was lying upon the
ground fired the second shot, evidently
intending to shoot him. through the
heart. The bullet was glanced off by
one of his ribs.
The war department has issued
orders by which the Twenty-ffth in
fantry will be assigned to duty in
Arizona and other points in the de-
partment of Colorado This was a
great surprise, as it had been hereto
fore supposed that the regiment would
first go to Cuba and afterwards return
to its old location in Montana.
A cutting ARRAY took place in a
saloon at Reno, New. The row started
by one McMurrie drawing down
change for the drinks that belonged to
another man. This was objected to
and McMurrie began slashing around
with his knife, cutting Jack Seymour
in the wrist, severing the artery.
Seymour was taken to the county
hospital and is doing well. Charley
Biddleman was also cut in the wrist,
but not seriously.
Matthew Branagan and Patrick Fitz-
patrick were killed while working at
the bottom of the shaft in the Orpha
mine at Cripple Creek, Colo. The
trammer in the upper level pushed a
loaded ore car against the chain, pro-
tecting the shaft, when the chain
broke, precipitating the car into the
shaft and dropping it down one hun
dred feet on the men working below
Branagan and Eitzpa trick were in
stantantly killed.
Cattle shipments from the Wyoming
ranges are going forward in large
at the present time. During
the past week the values of range stock
increased from Is to 20 cents hundred
in the market. A large number of
range cattle were taken for feeders,
and the demand for range stock of all
kinds has been active. The top price
during the week were $40
per hundred pounds, as against $3.50
during the corresponding week last
year.
A peculiar accident occurred recent
" to E. II. Danielson and Miss Helen
Carlson, who were travelling to Merino,
Wyo., to take the train Mr.. Daniel
sons rifle slipped and fell to the ground
Ind was discharged, the bullet strik-
ng Mr.. Danielson above the ankle of
he left leg, making a terrible wound.
The bullet then struck Miss Carlson
N the right leg just below the knee,
hattering the bone. The bone in Miss
leg was SO badly shattered
hat amputation was necessary.
A bad head end collision occurred on
be Denver Pacific within the yard