The state herald., 1899-02-03

| A Fort Worth cattleman won $17,00(
In Denver gambling resort druing the
recent convention.
The South Park line Is tied up by
! terrible snow storms In the vicinity OF
/ Como and Breckenridge.
John Nicholson and Esa Salmela
were killed in the Smuggler- Union
mire by drilling into n missed shot.
\ The Wyoming Legislature, on the
oath. elected C. ID. Clark us senator fol
the term commencing the Attn ol
next March.
| The plans and arrangements are now
| well In hand for the carnival to take
plnce in Casper. Wyoming, April 14th
10Th and 10th.
The Roaring Fork Is frozen from
bank to bank at Glenwood Springs. Il
condition which has not existed with
In the memory of the ''oldest inhaDi'
| tant."
The coal land contest involving the
! famous Monroe mine In Rio Arrlpl
county. New Mexico, has been settled
in favor of George w. Kutz, the orig
inal purchaser.
Nellie Dalton alias big May" Muir
ray. who has been under arrest ai
/ Denver. will be taken back to New
York, where she will have to face
charges of grand larceny.
Greeley's Indebtedness. amounting tc
$4,000. has been refunded and new
loan made at four and n half per cent
per annum. The rate of interest on the
former loan was six per cent.
President T.. T. .Ieffcry of the Denver
4 Rio Grandc has contracted while in
the East. with the Brooks locomotive
works for the ten large locomotives
which are needed by the railway. The
new locomotives are to be delivered III
April.
\ special to the Salt Lake Tribune
from Cokeville. Wyoming. says: y
snowslde a mile long occurred ON the
3Oth. burying several men and teams.
All the men were taken out alive with
the exception of Burt Handy, who was
dead when found.
The other morning when Fred Haines
of Rocky Ford went to the feeding
pens of Swink n Hnines he found for
ty sheep dead and almost 100 more
wounded This destruction was caused
by dogs. probably -four Of the worthless
animals doing all the mischief.
Cerillos people are stirred up over
newly discovered silver leads of unus-
ually high assays and fine smelling
properties. This will largely aid in
starting the proposed new smelter
Ia, n,,l ,t.t ,ff N -1tnrNnnts In tl
Paso.
The District Court nt Denver has
decided that Charles T. Atkins Is en-
titled TO certificate of graduation MS
a mining engineer from the School OF
Mines. The trustees will appeal. He
was refused diploma at the time of
graduation.
II is reported that the Crystal River
Railroad Company will place 100000
trout fry in the Crystal this spring as
n preliminary to making the river one
of the best trout streams In the state,
thus attracting tourists and creating
business for the new road.
The Douglas, Wyoming. oil fields are
the scene Of great activity. Over 100
oil locations have been fl!ed In the
office of the county clerk this month.
The receipts TO the county amount to
over $1,000 from this source alone.
The Pusey-IIowe oil syndlcatcs have
secured most of the locations.
Charles Anderson and Nils Berg
dahl have been arrested nj Telluride
charged with stealing ore valued nj
LOO. one of the men has been en-
ployed ms an ore sorter at the Snug
gler Union mines for several years.
The manager Of the mine thinks that
great deal Of stealing Is being done.
The Ice crop OF Palmer Lake In reg
ular figures shows that $1,000 tons of
Ice WINS cut. 12.ooo tons loaded In ears
for shipment and 6,oO0 tons packed In
the Ice houses at that place. -Four
teams We're employed and about forty
men assisted. How the boys In Ma
nIla would like n Job OF working In the
Ice.
The New Mexico penitcntinry library
Is assuming large proportions. and n
new and large library ease has been
get M In the office OF the Institution.
The selection OF literary works Is eN,
ccllcnt, and there is n fine opportunity
there for the prisoners to equip their
minds with the best standard litera.
turc.
The sum Of $4,000. instead of s2i..
600. the amount of the last npproprla'
tIon, has been agreed upon for wolf aud
coyote bouniies by the Wyoming Leg
lslnturc. The bounty on wolf pups has
been Increased TO 81. II the ratio OF
the past two years Is maintained dur
Ing the next. between COCO and 1000
wolves and 2o,v10 coyotes win BE-
killed.
Mrs. William Rudolph and two
children were buried beneath n snow
slide and killed Sunday morning. nj
Apex. IN the Pine Creek district. An
other child Of Mrs. Rudolph was alsc
caught beneath the slide. hut was moi
dangerously Injured. This snowslid,
II snld Ia hc the first ever known ~
Gilpln county. NJ lcnst the first hay
Ing disastrous results.
The members OF the local branch oi
the RcorgnnlZcd Church oc Jesus Christ
Of Latter Day Saints at Salt Lake hav,
taken n vigorous stand against III,
seating of Congressman Elect Robert,
~ Utah. Their protest has for It's bnsl,
tn. charge of polyGnmy ngnlnst Rob
rris, nnd In no uncertain voice hny,
they defined their attitude and contrib
ut.d their influence against the .lcyn
tion of polygnmist 10 congressional
station.
Twrnty.slN inches Of new snow n
ihiriy-glN hours n the latest rccur,
from the higher attitudes of the noun