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

postponed until some time in No
vember.
William Neff of Colorado has I'M
earthed six baby coyotes on his ranch
and trained them SO that they follow
him like dogs.
The Grow Indians in Northern N'yo-
ming have gone into the housekeeping
business, and few days ago shipped
20 carloads of ponies to ST. Louis.
Jonathan Lees of Carson, New, @
veteran Comstock prospector has re-
ceived news that he is one of the
heirs to landed estate in England.
Wilbert Parfet, an eleven-year-old
boy of Golden, Colo, shot and all but
mortally wounded his 14-year-old play
mate. Harry Bennett, with . 39-calibcr
bulldog revolver.
William C. Linderman plead guilty
in Cheyenne, Wyo., recently to steel
ing horse, harness and buggy at
Fort Laramie, and was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary.
]. V. Cantlin and j. z. Ervay have
abandoned the search for the bodies of
the members of their families, who
were lost III the Big Horn river, Wyo.,
as hopeless. They have together ex-
pended about 81, 800 in the search.
Governor Richards has issued
pardon to Victor S. Wolf, who was
serving term in the Wyoming pen
iteniary for forgery. Wolf is an old
man, and it is believed he has been
sufficiently punished for his crime.
Grain harvest is nearly completed in
all eastern Wyoming counties, and is
progressing rapidly and nearing COM
pletion in Big Horn county, where
some damage by rust is reported. In
grain is ripening rapidly, and harvest
ing has begun, with the prospects of a
crop much above the average.
A. w. Barber at Fort Russell, Wyo.,
has been instructed to make requisition
for large supply of medicines, band
ages, ETC., for use at Fort Russell 1t
is stated on good authority that a large
number of soldiers will shortly be
brought to Fort Russell to recuperate,
as that climate is claimed to be excel
lent for fever patients.
Mrs. d. Min, who was camped with
her husband and four children just
outside of EllSo, New, was burned to
death recently. Her clothes became
ignited in some way at the camp fire
and fatal injuries were received before
she could reach the river, which was
near by. The family was travelling
from Red Bluff, CAL, to Ogden.
Dick Willis of Hamilton, New, shot
and killed Frank Pomeroy, an Indian.
Whiskey and woman are at the bot
tom of the trouble. Willis, who claims
the shooting was done in self-defense,
is said to have been implicated in
similar affair two years ago, in which
he killed Tom Cornell, white man,
for which offense he was never brought
to trial
Wyoming people are making every
effort to capture the daring road agent
who robbed the pos toffice and store at
Big Piney, Uintah county. The
country has been fully aroused and men
organized under the direction and
leadership of the intrepid and indefati-
gable postal inspector, George H.
Waterbury, are securing the hills and
valleys that surround Big Piney.
State Examiner 81. b. Henderson
of Wyoming has just issued state
ment in which he says business of all
kinds has improved wonderfully in
Wyoming during the past year.
Deposits in the banks have increased
$500, 900, and loans have increased
$500, 900. Over $4,000 in mortgages
have been paid off, and at this time there
is very little property in the state, as
compared with other states, upon
which there are mortgages.
A small boy named George Dix dis
covered railroad bridge, near New
castle, in flames recently, and knowing
that a passenger train was due there in
a few minutes, he jumped on horse
and rode down the track for distance
of half mile and tagged the train,
which was heavily loaded with passen-
gers Had it not been for the boys |
timely act, frightful wreck would
have occurred, as the bridge burned
ort before the train reached it.
A woman named Patricia Guanas was