, 1899-03-20
E MENTIONED.

Monte Blevins shipped fifteen cars of
cattle to Omaha today.
Born, in Laramie, Wyo., March 20,
1899, to the wife of August Wurl, a boy.
A case Of smallpox has been found at
Fort Douglas, near Salt Lake City,
Utah.
The Battle of Manila at the Opera
House Monday and Tuesday, March 81
and IS.
John Travel is working as an extra
assistant under Charles Clark at the
Union Pacific freight house.
w. Fl. Miller, sheriff of Weston coun-
ty brought George Waite and A. w.
Wheelock to the p~enitentiary last Sat
urday. Each one was sentenced to the
pen" for a year
The noon e~ast-bnund passenger was
delayed eight hours yesterday by a
snowblockade west of Carbon. A Ian
ger also got off the track near Dana and
increased the delay somewhat.
The force at the Western Union office
has been increased again. Robert Far
rar has arrived from Salt Lake and will
be on duty from noon until midnight,
while Fred Potter is on duty the other
twelve hours, the management of the
office is still in charge of Did" Oh. Al
Smith, the genial and accommodating
official.
The remains of the young son of DR..
and Mrs. Rigdon were taken to Wheat
land last Saturday for burial. The young
man died in Denver nearly two weeks
ago and the parents and Charles Rig
don of the university, a brother of de-
ceased have been at Cheyenne all the
time waiting for the Cheyenne and
Northern road to be opened.
The many friends of George Stanton
will be pleased to learn of the latter's
appointment as superintendent Of
transportation in the quartermaster's
department at Havana, Cuba. Mr..
Stanton was captain of Troop C in the
Torrey cavalry and is well known. He
Is an expert horseman, having ridden
with Buffalo Bills Wild West show for
a long time.
Advertising matter is being prepared
by the Union Pacific land department
to at once be rushed into the eastern
states that the sales of farms and
ranches may at once take an active
form in Western Nebraska, wyoming,
Colorado and Utah. 1t is anticipated
that more activity in the land business
than has been known for several years
will result in a few days. World-Her-
aid.
"The mar who said better late than
never is off his base" said Jack" Cos
tin when he reached the depot this
morning just in time to see the pay car
going out of the yards. There goes
that car with my pay chesk," and he
said some more under his breath and
walked up town to load up the boys on
snowstorm stories and some expert
ences he has had while pulling the var
nished cars over the road.
1t is stated on good authority that
William Sturgis has negotiated the sale
of a copper mine in the Silver Crown
district to Boston parties for a consid-
Grafton of 10000. The mine is called
the Copper King. There are a num-
Der of fine prospects in this district
which is twenty-five miles west of
Cheyenne in the Black Hills range. Sill
yer Crown is near Buford and Granite
Canon stations on the Union Pacific.
The men injured in the Piedmont col
lision last week are all doing nicely.
VIM. Mitchell, who was considered SER
iously injured, is out of all danger and
fortunately will moi suffer the loss of a
limb, as at first supposed. Engineer
Hamilton will be on the streets shortly
and Engineer Topham will be discharg-
ed from the hospital in the course Of a
month. All Of which is pleasing news
to their many friends.@Rawlins Re
publican.
DIR. Stevens and Mrs. Mary Hunter
returned home from Denver Saturday
night. They accompanied John Mar
tin, a brother OF Mrs. Hunter, to st.
Joseph's hospital. The Denver ply
sicians at once set Mr.. Martins leg and
from present Indications ne will be
able to move around some In two weeks
unless the wounds in the fieshy part
Of the leg caused by the fractured bones
give more trouble than is now antici-
pated.
George Macdonald, a colored cowboy,
has been trapping coyotes end wolves
recently on Sand creek, south-west OF
Laramie. raj in town Saturday and