, 1899-12-07
WYOMING NOTES.

A large band of Indians from the
Rosebud agency in South Dakota are
reported to be Strengthening wild game
on Cow creek, north of Lusk. Sheriff
Cook has gone to The scene.
A head-end collision occurred a
Wheatland Monday morning. the north
bound passenger train running into Il
south bound freight. The tralnmeu
jumped and escaped injury. but boih
engines We're demolished.
Thomas Cogin, n miner from Hanna
coal camp. was killed in the yards Of
the Union Pacific last Friday. Cogiu
was going to Laramie and boarded the
blind baggage at Medicine Bow. Ar
irving mt Laramie he did not wait for
the train to stop, but jumped from the
cars in the west end of the yards. strik
ing on his head, death resulting soon
after.
Arthur Porter has returned from Is.
lay. where he treated 900 head of cat.
tie with the recently discovered CURE
for blackleg. The vaccine is the in
vention of State Veterinarian Seabury
and Fred Roedel, n Cheyenne druggist.
Mr.. Porter states that II calf, which
was in the first stages of blackleg, was
cured and Il number of others that
showed symptoms of the fatal disease
are now getting along so well that they
are believed to have been cured.
Information has been received at
Cody from n reliable source that the
Burlington railroad has awarded a con-
tract to Fitzpatrick Brothers & Collins
to construct a railroad from Talooka,
on the line from Alliance, Nebraska. to
Billings. Montana. to Cody. The build
ing of this road. work upon which will
be commenced just as soon as Il sufii-
cient force of graders can be gotten to-
gether, would open to development one
of II richest agricultural. mining and
stock raising sections in this country.
In the suit of the United States yer.
sus j. G. Teller. on trial in the United
States court at Cheyenne. Judge Riner
gave n favorable opinion on the motion
made by Mr.. Teller's counsel to dis
miss the proceedings and award the
defendant a judgment of 10000. The
jury awarded Teller the sum of S1S..
S43.lG as damages for 4I.000 ties.
which We're seized and sold by the gov.
eminent. Before court adjourned n
criminal complaint was filed against
John c. Teller and his foreman, l.. V.
Bruce. charging them with having cut
timber from government land unlaw-
fully. Both men We're released on their
own ~recOgnizance. to appear at the
next term of court.
Parties just In from the Grand En-
campment district report great activity
in the great Wyoming mining camp
with continual new strikes. The
Encampment company has almost
perfected the organization of n
smelter company with n capital
of 100000 The smelter will
be located at the town of Grand
EncamDment and will be of water
power. the Allen pipe being used, the
water being taken from the north fork
of the Grand Encampment river and
carried II and one-third miles. The
smelter plant, which will include con
centrating machinery. will have n ca.
pacity of sixty tons. with n practicable
enlargement TO 120 tons.
A destructive fire occurred on the
Both at Fort Washakie. sixteen miles
north of Lander. in which the post
nah, with all its contents. excepting n
piano. was completely destroyed. Il
Is not known how the fire originated.
h fire was discovered by Joseph
Hamilton. n mounted patrolman. 1t Is
luz to his great presence of mind tina
the entire post was not swept away.
h wind was blowing a gale. The
patrolman. 10 discovering the fire,
rode as fast us he could to the post
engineers and got the engine to pump
ing water, getting on n full head. 1t
was but n short time until the adjacent
buildings to the hall We're deluged
with water. The post hall was built
In 1884 and was one of the best build
lngs at the post. 1t contained the post
library and gymnasium and was built
by the soldiers of different companies
stationed there at the time. In the
saving of the piano some of the soldiers
were badly burned, but not seriously.
The loss Is estimated at $4,000. No
insurance.
A dispatch from Diamondville on the
list said:sThe backbone of the strike in
a~ugurated here last Monday, when six
hundred miners employed by the Din
mond Coal and Coke Company laid
down their tools. has been broken and
h mines are now being operated. al
though by a greatly reduced force.
The mines resumed yesterday morning
and the miners are now returning TO
duty in large numbers. The Miners
Union has sent o IL posters to nelghbor-
ing coal camps, asking miners to re-
main away from this place until the
trouble Is settled. The states
that the strike Is settled so far as II
is concerned, and that all of those men
who did not return to work yesterday
Will be discharged from the service OF
the company. Those who returned to
work have been granted an increase Of
j cents per ton. The strikers demand
ed an Increase of 10 cents per ton.
Sheriff Ward and n force of deputies
arrived here yesterday, but there have
been no acts of violence and no trouble
is feared.
Hartville is growing more rapidly
than at any former period. The many
buildings now being erected are larger
and of n more permanent character.
There are now at least twenty-five
mercantile houses established and
many more coming in. The weather
has been especially favorable for
building operations and for railroad
construction. and greater progress has
been made In grading during the last
TWO weeks than at any former time.
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