The western recorder., 1898-03-03
WESTERN NEWS.

Akron shipped 100 cars of cattle.
$500 sheep and 10000 pounds OF
wool last year.
Laws against gambling and those
regulating saloons are to be enforced
Mt Ogden, Utah.
An electric line is to be built from
Florence to the hot soda springs about
two miles east OF town.
Alex. Hirschfeld killed n mountain
lion near Colorado Springs. Saturday,
by clubbing II with his gun.
A census OF Victor has been ordered
with view OF taking steps to make
II n city of the second class.
The United Stntes Supreme Court
has rendered decision upholding the
validity OF the Utah eight-hour law.
The Pueblo Business Mems Associa-
lion has started an agitation for the
abolition OF the fee system in county
Offices.
The postoffice Mt Swan. Summit
county. Colorado. has been ordered
discontinued. Mail will go to Brecls-
cnridge.
Great bands OF elk In Jackson's
Hole. Wyoming. are raiding haystacks
and breaking down fences of the
ranchmen.
The state superintendent of public
instruction has received several com
plants lately from parents whose
children had been severely whipped by
teachers.
Thomas Foley, n crazy mnchinist.
ran away with an engine Mt La Junta-
He picked up three trninps. but two
| got away and when he chased them
| the steam gave out and the engine was
recovered unchanged.
Fish Commissioner Gustav Schnit-
ger of Wyoming now has 65OoOo
small fry In the troughs mt the state
hatchery. and on April list he VIII he
ready to begin the delivery of trout TO
the various counties of the state.
| A patient at the insane asylum Mt
| Provo. Utah, has invented wire bed
for the restraint of somnambulists
| that IL going to he put to practical use
In the institution. The bed Is of wire
and is rounded when closed. One hnlf
swings over the other, keeping the pa
tlent In strong cylinder of wire
C. T.. Wilson. formerly metnllurgist
1t the Grant Smelter. has been select
ed by Professor Regis Chauvenet TO
occupy the chair In metallurgy nt the
State School of Mines. which was left
vacant by the resignation of Professor
IL. Dan. Furmnn. who has accepted
position offered him by an English
syndicate to he sent ns an expert 10
Abyssinla. Africa.
The cash receipts of several of the
state departments for the month OF
February were as follows: Land office,
$4,000: Court of Appeals, $500; SUI
prcmc Court. $3.50: secretary OF state
S5.TS12S. These receipts are very
large when II is taken into considera-
tion that February had but twenty
three business days, there being four
Sundays and one holiday
| March 22d the five great labor organ
lzations on the railroad system in wy
oming will meet in convention NJ
North Platte. Nebraska, for the pur-
pose of forming n federation. These
organizations are the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers. the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen. the Con
ductors. the Brakemen and Telegraph
ers. With these organizations banded
together the employees believe they
| will be almost invincible.
Representative Bell has introduced
n bill prohibiting the secretary of the
treasury from being interested In any
national bank. and also disqunlifying
him II interested at any time WITHIN
four months of his appointment or II
he parts with his stock In contempln-
tion OF such appointment. 1t also re-
uulred these disqualifying conditions
TO be inserted in the oath of office OF
the secretary of the treasury. comp
troiler and deputy comptroller of cur
rency.
The special deputy game wardens
who assisted Deputy Game Warden
Wilcox in subduing the Ute Indians
who went into Routt county last No
vember from their reservation and
killed game out of season, will receive
pay for the services they rendered the
state. At meeting of the State Au-
dlting Board 1t was decided to allow
the claims for salary, which amounted
to $3.50. The men also put in claim
for $500 for expenses. but that amount
has not as yet been allowed.
A movement is under way for the
formation in Arizona of an indepen-
dent cavalry regiment. composed
mainly of frontiersmen well skilled In
the management of horses and arms,
and embracing large number of cow
boys. Companies are being organized
Mt Prescott. Flagstaff. Phoenix, Globe.
Solomonville. Tombstone and Tucson.
The intention is to be In no wise n
part of the territorial militia. but an
independent command ready to go TO
the front at once. The enrolment Is
expected to reach 1000.
The superintendent of public in
suuction at Denver has received n let
ter from n school trustee In II rural
portion of the state protesting against
II teacher making her pupils repeat
the Lords prayer. The trustee took
the stand that the repeating of the
prayer was unconstitutional AS 1t is
teaching religion. Tho matter was re-
ferred TO Attorney General Carr, who
decided that the mere repeating of the
prayer was not teaching religion. that
the right of the pupil to refuse TO re-
peat the prayer is matter for the
school board to decide.
Mrs. George l.. Scott. chairman of
/ tee of the George Washington Memo
rial Association, has received n letter
from the public school at Castle Rock,
nclosing n money order for S3.o6.
This sum was made up Of pennies
from 326 pupils in the school on Wash
ngton's birthday. and is the contribu-
ton of the Castle Rock school chill
dren TO the fund raised for n national
university in Washington. The patri-
otic little school Mt Castle Rock Is the
first public school In Colorado to be
heard from in answer to the appeal
made by circular for penny donations
TO the fund.
Representative Shafroth has asked
Warren Il. Knapp. superintendent Of
schools of Arapahoe county. TO hold
an examination in May of applicants
for admission TO the Naval Academy.