, 1898-11-18
BRIEFLY

Sam Collins. an Evanston engineer,
brought his engine to Cheyenne yester-
day for repairs. taking another back
to Observation-Disclosures.
. Charles Carlson Of Casper has sold
his band Of sheep, numbering 5000
head. to William Kranish, at prices
ranging from $3.50 to 81 for ewes and
$3.50 for lambs.
The board of election for
Albany county will meet at the court
house next Wednesday, November 23d,
for the purpose Of ~canvassing the re-
turns Of the recent election.
Wesley Davies. son of Master Me-
chanic Davies, has returned to work in
the Cheyenne shops. Wesley is one of
Torrey's boys. having returned from
the south a few days since.
The Domestic Science department of
ghe Woman's club will meet tomorrow
afternoon at 2 O'Clock at G.. A. r. hall.
All young girls wishing to take lessons
in sewing will please hand in their
names at the department.
Colonel J.. l.. Torrey shipped 1,4OO
head Of range stock from Casper this
week to eastern markets. Heavy ship
ments have been made from the Torrey
herd for the past two years and in the
future the cows remaining will be mat
ed with fullblood Hereford stock.
The 5000 Tim Kinney lambs from
Wyoming to be fed in Logan county in
this state have arrived and are starting
in on alfalfa. This is a new proposition
on the part of Wyoming f1ockmasters
and our Colorado alfalfa growers hope
to see more OF it.-Denver Field and
Farm.
The young ladies Of the university
O'Clock in the storeroom next door to
the Albany County bank, for the bene-
fit of the football team. Extensive
preparations for the event have been
made. and satisfaction is assured.
Twenty-Five cents per plate is all the
supper will cost you.
Samuel Coen, recently a soldier in the
Second volunteer cavalry. or Torrey's
Rough Riders. received his discharge
from further military service at jack
%sonville, Fla, and on his return to his
home in Wyoming stopped here and
visited relatives. He is the son Of John
Coen, the first man to volunteer from
the county of Monroe in the war Of the
rebellion, and who was long a resident
CT this county and now resides at
Candy, Neb. We enjoyed a delightful
call from the young ex-soldier.-Albia
dowa) Union. -
DR.. Hamilton today extracted from
the knee Of Corvict Bennett at the state
penitentiary a sharpened steel wire
three inches long which the man had
swallowed seventeen years before. The
wire was an implement used in the
south in those days for raising the
wicks Of kerosene lamps. During all
the years he has been carrying the wire
in his body, only once before has Ben
nett felt its presence. Some years ago
a sharp pain in the small Of his back
reminded him OF its existence, but he
made no attempt at that time to have
II extracted.
'Elwood Mead, state engineer of Wy
oming, is preparing a bill which he
| hopes will pass the next congress,
which will provide for that for every
acre of land taken up under a canal six
teen acres Of arid land adjoining thereto
will be leased at a nominal rental, say
n cent an acre per annum He esti-
mates that If this can be accomplished,
even at this rental, 1t will produce a
revenue Of about $4,000, 900 a year. This
in turf he proposes shall be expended
in building storage reservoirs and fur
Their retaining our vast arid region.
The projected bill is one Of the most
important steps that has yet been taken
for the reclamation of the arid land of
America, and il it can be carried out it
will be a practical solution of this i'm
portant question.-Denver Field and
Farm.