Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-10-27
NORTHWEST NOTES.

to be known
The extra contract for strengthen
ing the foundation of the new public
building at Cheyenne, Wyo., has been
awarded to Keefe & Bradley, the pres
ent contractors, at 23,1s5.
Len Reynolds of Rifle, Colo, started
on a hunting trip with a companion
aud the two men became separated
Since then nothing has been heard
rom Reynolds, and it is believed he
las been killed by wild beasts.
The crew of the wrecked steamer
Brixham have arrived at Seattle on the
steamer Utopia, from Alaska. They
report that it will cost more than the
BriXham is worth to get her off the
rocks and that She win probably be
abandoned.
Rumors of a fight between Indians
and deputy game wardens have reached
jackson, Wyo. 1t is known that
thirty game wardens are in the Green
river country for the purpose of MAX
ing the arrest of some Indians who are
unlawfully killing COW elk.
At Robertson's ranch, near Quincy,
Gala, Willard Cameron and Richard
Scott, aged 10 years, were playing
with rifle. The weapon exploded
and the bullet struck Cameron in the
left temple and killed him, The coro-
ner's jury brought in verdict of acci-
dental homicide
A. G. Railing, of Cripple Creek,
Colo, signalled to be hoisted from the
Theresa mine when he had but one
foot on the cage. He was caught be-
tween the cage and timbers, his skull
was crushed and his eye gouged out.
He was conscious till death, one hour
and half later.
Game, fish and fur bearing animals
are plentiful and most of them are in.
creasing in numbers at Yellowstone
Park The number of visitors at the
Park from June to September 30,
was 1894, as compared with l0,6s0 in
the summer of 1897, says Captain Err.
win in his report
David Mckenzie, an employe of the
Granite Timetable mill at Philips
burg, Mont, was instantly killed by
being caught in the elevator belt. He
attempted to shift the belt to loose
pulley with his arm when the belt
caught him, carrying his victim around
the pulley, breaking his neck.
William Lelin, living six miles from
Florence, Colo, left Florence for his
home, accompanied by his l0-year-old
son, one night last week, and before
they could reach home the boy had
frozen to death, elapsed in his fathers
arms, and the father was so badly
frozen that his recovery is doubtful.
An explosion occurred in the mixing
room of the Judson dynamite and pow
der works at North Berkeley, Gala, oc
tober %. The building was totally
destroyed and two men, Thomas
Roach, foreman of the nitro glycerine
department, and Peter Anderson, fore
man of the mixing room, were blown
into atoms.
The highest range beef price of the
season was obtained last week by
George Drabbs of Hnsdale, Valley
county, Mont, who had shipment on
the Chicago market. Sixteen head,
averaging l,562 pounds, sold at IS, the
top notch of the season. Seven head
of the same shipment and averaging
1874 pounds. sold at 81. so.
A disagreement which has existed
for some time between the proprietors
of the breweries of Denver and their
employees eliminated in lockout one
day last week, in which about 25l
workmen were thrown out of work
The proprietors granted demand fol
a nine-hour day, but refused to leav,
the hiring and discharging of men en-
tirely to their foreman as demanded b,
the union. There we're other differ
ences, but this was the principal one
A series of strange fatalities oc
Cured In Butte one day last week
Mrs. Christina Andrew, a divorced
woman, fatally shot herself becaus,
John Mcleod refused to marry her
Andrew Richter, miner, was crushe,
to death in the Stewart mine Emf
Flankey and Hermann Heekl1le wer
killed in the Otisco mine, and wore
was received that Joha Raley, we'll
known citizen of Butte, was killed b.
a train at Crete. Neb, on his wa
home.
John Stockbauer, an employe at tn
Boston & Montana smelter, at Grea
Falls, Mont, met horrible death b
falling into blast No. /. No one know
Just how the accident happened. II
was feeder, and his duties watchin
the furnace required him to go to th
door occasionally aud look in, and
is supposed that on one of these occa
sions he must have got something i
his eye or turned dizzy, causing him |
lose his hold on the hand-bar or raj
and plunging him head first into th
fiery mass.
Laramie county, Wyo., district couI
has approved settlement made wit
the bondsmen of J. w Foster, .defaul
Ing assignee of the Kent banking hous
by the present assignee. Fosters sh or