The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-21
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Wyoming.

JOAA4A5.
A Denver Republican special from
Cheyenne tells of a neat bunco game
played there. the victim being Henry
Savage, a west bound passenger on the
Union Pacific overland. While the
train was being made up for the west
! Mr.. Savage was Joined on the depot
platform by a young man who was ap-
parently a passenger on the same train.
The young man started into converse
ton. and while talking, a second young
I man came up. He had a package OF
papers in his hand and looked as if he
were a clerk and had just stepped out
of one of the railway offices. He asked
! Mr.. Savage's companion if he were not
going to Oregon City, calling him by
/ name. He was answered in the affirm
ative. and then went on to say that a
| consignment of freight was being held
for him which could not be shipped I'M
I til advance charges of $35 was paid. 7 he
! young man rendered check for $500 in
! payment This the would-be clerk de-
/ clined to accept, saying the rules of the
! company required cash payments. Mr..
! Savage was appealed to for q. loan I'M
/ til his companion could reach a place
J where the check could be cashed. He
advanced the money and held the check
as security, and the two young men
! set out to attend to the freight. As
( they did not return, Mr.. Savage report
1 ed the matter to the depot policeman,
and an examination of the check show
/ ed that it was worthless, and that a
smart bunco game had been worked.
Mr.. Savage left a description of the two
men with the city police. who are try
ing to find than.
Samples of ore sent in from the Cop
per Hill district by ProsDector Ben
( Towner show wonderful rich results.
the assays showing values of nearly
dollar in gold per pound of ore. The as
say IS the richest ever obtained from
the district. and the owners of the Rip
Van Wrinkle mine. from whichEhe SAM
pies were taken. are greatly eocoura--
ed. The owners of the mine Will visit
the camp at once to ascertain whether
the samples came from a permanent
vein or from pocket.
Noah Young. state coal mine inspect
or for Wyoming. reports. an unusual
condition prevailing in the coal mining
business of the state. The usual condi-
ton prevailing in the mines is an over
supply of workmec for the work to be
performed AT the present time there
is more work than the present force OF
miners can accomplish and the mine
owners are compelled to advertise Tor
help The mines of the state are all
working on full time. with all the min
ers they can get. and the output of this
years is far in excess of taht of any pre-
vious year. The mines of the state are
in excellent condition and great care
is exercised to guard against accidents.
George b. McCalmont left Caspar for
Bradford, Pa. some ten days ago for
the purpose of organizing a company
to develop oil lands in this vicinity. He
failed to get capitalists to invest, and
on account of his failure and close
financial circumstances took his own
life. Mr.. McCalmont came to Caspar
about nine years ago as representative
of the Pennsylvania Oil company. He
was elected county attorney in 1892 and
again in 1894 He retained his position
with the Pennsylvania Oil company IN
I'll year ago. since which time he has
been trying to organize another com
pany Mr.. McCalmont was a man OF
great ability. and did more to aid in the
DEVELOPMENT of the oil resources of CEN
trail Wyoming than any other individ-
ual in the state.
In the Laramie county district court !
Frank Dopski. a native of Poland, has
been adjudged insane and ordered sent
to the state insane asylum at Evanston. |
Dopski's hallucination is that he is the |
sole owner of the Urion Pacific rail- /
road and has made himself conspicuous !
by giving orders to the local officials. !
Judge Isaac Bergman was appointed /
guardian. and will take charge of Dop |
SKIS estate.
Sheriff Hazen of Converse county !
reports that he struck the trail Of the !
men who stole several horses and sad /
dies here two weeks ago and followed /
the thieves for over so miles. AT /
Casper Sheriff Rice joined in the chase, |
but the thieves had too much of a /
start, and escaped into the Hole-in-the- |
Wall country.
Details have been received at Sara |
toga, Of the accidental shooting on I
Monday last of Frank Mead. son of /
John Mead of Lake creek. The young /
man was engaged in herding sheep |
and took his rifle to kill one of the
sheep for mutton. For some unknown
reason he set the gun against a log
and in some way the hammer struck /
the log, discharging the gun, the bullet l
striking him in.the right temple. He
lived about three hours after the acct
dent. An inquest was held Tuesday
and the body buried at Saratoga