The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-27
NEWS OF THE WEST.

This week the S-year-old son of Oliver
Taylor. of Cripple Creek, was thrown
from horse and sustained a bad fracture
of the skull
An accident on the vermejo deprived
Hon. r. R. Ross. district attorney tor the
Third judicial district of Colorado, of his
Dr. NJ f. Desmarias. county health Off
has discovered 10 cases of smallpox along
the Rio Grande. There have been 30
deaths in the same settlement.
Ten head of cattle belonging to Lyman
Cooper died suddenly last week at his
La Bonte creek ranch, near Douglas, in
Wyoming. 1t is believed they were pois-
Oned and the state veterinarian was sent
for 10 make an investigation.
The PitChfork cattle outfit is buying all
of the hay and pastures in the vicinity of
Otto, Wyo.. for winter feed and range for
stock will be fed during the coming
winter.
Harvest hands in the Big Horn basin
are commanding g per day this year.
with work for every man who can be
found
While attempting to prevent an officer
from arresting a man for assault. Thomas
Reed. a laborer. recently emplnved an the
reservoirs, was shot in the left thigh by
Marsha Wins Muson, al Lamar, Ouio.
Near Telluride. Colo. in Turkey creek
basin. Pat HoGlihan, an old time miner OF
the county. was killed almost instantly
by the fall OF g large rock.
a lralnlOaQ OF cdLlle DOunu LOT CneN-
enne. Wyo.. passed through Albuquerque
the other night They are the properly
of Kelly, Bennett & Williams. of Chey-
enne, VINO have bought the herd of Gar
land 6, Ross at Ask Fork, consisting of
10000 head, and are shipping them all
north
In the case of II. c. -Enders of Cheyenne
charged with Illegally fencing in govern
ment land. Commissioner Fisher bound
the defendant in the sum of 500 for his
appearance before the next FEDERAL granu
III trio fe holt rl1fe
suit to compel the taking down OF fences.
which was iEaugurated by a neighbor of
the defendant. will be followed by many
OF 2 similar nature in the state.
The death is reported OF Samuel D.
Groves. of Cheyenne river. His death re-
suited from being kicked by a mule sew
eral weeks ago. The deceased was en-
route to his ranch from town at the time
of the accident and laid unconscious for
several hours He managed 30 reach his
ranch. but has been failing steadily ever
since. The body was sent to Gilmore,
Neb.. for interment.
Wednesday was pay day for railroad
men at Wingate. n. NJ, and at night
free-for-all fight ensued, in which Refgo
Flores was killed ana L2vio Barela was
wounded. Several others We're
wounded. but cannot be found. One MeNi-
can undertook to stab Andrew Johnson
the timekeepef. and the foreman foiled
him as he was in the act, and nearly
killed the Mexican.
Word comes from Colorado Springs that /
after Is years of fighting between the /
owners and heirs OF the Cave of the
Winds and the Grand Caverns at Mani /
lou. the judgment Of the court is that |
he piaintiff is entitled TO S9-.63-
Miss Flora Mesquereuas. daughter of /
Louis Measurements. OF Gray creek, met |
With a frightful accident while driving to 1
Trinidad. Colo. Her horse became I'M /
manageable. and in attempting TO jump I
rom the buggy her clothing caught in the /
wheels. dragging her around with several /
revolutions. and striking her head on the /
ground. Her skull was laid bare on one /
side of the head from the eyes back. Her /
'ecovery IS doubtful.
Mrs. Dehebach. of Sundance. Wyo.. has /
,een notified that q verdict has been Sc
,ured for her in the court of claims for I
5000 against the government on account
Il Indian dep-edations committed in 1873
The GepredatiOns were committed on ne
Belle Fourche about 50 miles west of Sun
lance. where Big Foot and his band stole
bunch of horses belonging TO Mr. !
)effebach and killed the men in charge
1 them. including the owner.
Sister Mary Bridget of thiss city is dead I
[ Anaconda. She was pioneer in the
orthwest, where she began her work %
ears ago From 1873 TO 1891 she was in
harge of a LeadVille hospital which was
uilt through her efforts. Sister Mary
,ridget was particularly well known in
dorado. where she now has a brother.
.eV. Father O'Rourke. OF Siiverton.