The Meeker herald., 1899-10-07
WESTERN NOTES.

The Sweetwater Coal Mining Com
pany Ii offering steady work for the
coming winter FOR two hundred add
donal miners at the mines At Rock
Springs. Also steady work for car
leaders and other employees.
Principal sayres of the Diamondville,
Wyoming, school was tried before JUS
tice Rosenberg for severely whipping
Tenie and Willie Marshal. two Of his
pupils. Mr.. Sayers was fined $50 and
costs, but will appeal the case.
The carnival and street fair at Al
buquerque ended in a blaze Of glory
on the 23rd. This kind Of fall festivi-
ties were new to the Southwest, but in
this instance 1t has proved the most
perfect success of any that could have
been undertaken.
The body Of Joseph Wolff, a returned
volunteer. was found In his room At
Boulder. Death was caused by q dose
Of laudanum, administered by himself,
1t Is supposed with suicidal intent 1t
is supposed that disappointment in love
Affairs was the cause Of the deed.
The Dunbar Cattle Company Of Chey-
enne has decided upon new method
Of handling Its enormous business. The
great herds are to be divided into small
punches, each bunch to be run and
controlled by separate company, all
such companies to be under the con-
troll Of the mother corporation.
1t IL automatically reported at Santa
Fe that the anthracite and bituminous
coal deposits covering thousands Of
acres. have passed from the control Of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad Company to the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company for consider
alton approximating 100000.
Governor Otero sent the following
message to Admiral Dewey upon learn
ing that the Olympia had ben sighted:
The people Of New Mexico through
me send greetings, congratulations and
their deepest admiration to the hero Of
Manila bay on his return to his native
land.' A salute Of seventeen guns was
fired ON the plaza in honor Of the event.
The Black Range Railway Company
has filed, Incorporation papers at San
Ia FEE. The capital stock Is $2,OOO,0OO
and the headquarters at Santa Fe. Tie
company proposes to construct nine
ty-mile railway from Magdalena, 60
zorro county, to Chloride, Sierra coun-
ty. It will traverse rich mining and
stock country.
W. N. Right, ". A. Hunter and W.
g. White, Incorporated as the Farm
ington Gas and Oil Company, are sink
Ing q well at Pennington, New Mexi-
CO. having purchased the Geoglin drill.
Fesley Right. an experienced oil man,
will have charge Of the workings.
There are Indications Of both gas and
oil in that section.
Charles A. scheurich of Taos, New
Mexico, presented to Carleton Post, g.
A. r., q fine nag, which had waved
over the grave Of Ex-Governor Charles
Bent, q grandfather Of Mr.. Scheurich.
Bent was the first American governor
Of New Mexico and fell In the Taos
massacre. His grave 10 in the national
csmstery at Santa Fe. -
A dispatch from Seattle says: Three
Of the Union Pacific train robbors,
who in July held up the east-bound ex-
press near Rock Springs, and relieved
the Pacific Express messenger OF his
iron box, containing over $126, 600 in
cash, have been located in this city
and arrests are expected to result At
any time.
Harry Strout, an employee Of the
Virginius mill at Ouray accidentally
caught hold of live electric wire with
both hands and received shock Of 800
volts. He was unconscious for about
thirty minutes and resuscitated with
great difficulty. His hands and arms
are horribly burned and the accident
may yet give him serious trouble.
T The District Court at Santa Fe IL
busy with the trial of Cristine Trutillo.
Trujillo is accused of numbering Juan
Espinosa, August 18th last. Espinosa's
body was found below the railroad
bridge as Espinola. The questions to
be decided by the jury will be whether
he fell from the bridge while intoxi-
Gated or had been killed and thrown
from the bridge, and whether TrujAlo
did the deed.
The stone cutters Of the Crippla
Greek district have organized branch
of the Stonecutters' Association of
North America. The established wage
Ii IS per day of eight hours. They win
not sanction the Introduction Of stone
cut by prison labor, and will not coul-
tenance the transportation of cut
stone from one place to another. All
gtone used In the district must be cut
in this district.
Governor Oter0 has consented to de-
liver the chief address to the Terrific
rial Horticultural Fair which opens at
Santa Fe October 4th. Exhibits for
the fair are beginning to arrive. The
exhibit made at Albuquerque by the
Agriculture College, Mr.. Casa, Mr.,
stockton and others, was shipped here
directly. Mr.. Cast has returned to Me-
sflla to obtain fresh supply of fruit
before the fair.
The Baldwin mines Of the Citizens
: Coal Company will hereafter give en-
ploymeut to none but non-union men.
This ID the announcement made ut the
once Of the company in Denver. and
the management declares that the not
icy win be strictly adhered to. The
mines are now closed, but the com
pany Is looking for non-union men to
take the places Of the old vorkmen