, 1899-01-30
STATE NOTES.


be known as Battle.
Miss Florence Fay. a nurse at the
state hospital at Rock Springs. died
there this week. having been operated
IN for appendicitis and failed to stand
the shock.
Rev. E. G. Hunting of Salt Lake City
has accepted the call rendered by the
St. Paul Episcopal church and will
arrive in Evanston February LIST to take
his new charge. Evanston Herald.
Clifford Austin was circulating a pc
titiou on Thursday which will be pre-
scented to the state legislature. the OBJ
ject OF which is to secure a $500 appro-
priation for each militia company in
tn" state. Sheridan Enterprise.
Moritz Meyer. formerly with the
Trailing Commercial company Of Lar
annie has accepted a position with II.
Rasmussen of this city. He will occupy
the position Of chief clerk for Mr.. Ras-
muss"u, and will have full charge of
the grocery department.-Rawlins
Journal.
The train pulled ont of Casper Mon
day morning with a snow pillow attach
ed to the engine pilot. Since being
stuck in a snow bank near Strouds
about a month ago, the trainmen find
that a snow pillow is a good thing. and
they are willing to push it along
Casper Tribune.
Mrs. Burritt has received some fine
pictures of Manila from her husband.
One worthy Of note is a picture about
two feet square. showing a birds eye
view of the city of Manila, Cavite and
the lower part of the bay. 1t is the
work of an artist of Co. F. First Wyo-
ming.-Bufalo Bulletin.
\ special from Rock Springs says
that All Say. the noted Chinese boss
and merchant who has been a resident
of Rock Springs for more than twenty
years, died Saturday night Of dropsy.
All Say was IS years old and has been
the Chinese leader during the long per-
iod of his residence in Rock Springs.
Frank Kelsey came in from Whisky
Park. Colo, early in the week with
5000 pounds Of ore from the Elkhorn
mine. The ore with a lot here will
be shipped to a Chicago smelter. 1t is
claimed that it runs ov/ 800 to the
ton, so that the shipment will net the
fortunate owners a neat sum.-Raw-
Inns Republican.
Messrs. X. W. Breckons and George
H. Maggie Of Cheyenne arrived in Cas-
per last Saturday evening for the pur-
pose of making d. Graham a cash prop
osition for the Grand Central hotel. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Magic offered
5000 for the property, but Graham re-
fused to accept less than his first offer,
$40, OOO.-Casper Tribune.
A. L. Wallace received the contract
for carrying the Casper-Thermopohs
mail route from the Salt Lake people
who were awarded the original con
tract by the government. and VIM.
Clark is furnishing the teams and men
for Mr.. Wallace. 1t is understood that
the Salt Lake company is paying MI.
Wallace a small mou above the or
iginal contract.-Casper Tribune.
Hon. John Hunter came up from
Fort Laramie. accompanied by Miss
Edna Bennett. who left on the evening
train for Elk Mountain. where she be
gan a term of school Monday. Miss
Bennett is a very popular teacher. and
at the close of her school at Fort Lara
mic. the patrons gave a pleasant party
in her honor, dancing being the order
Of Recommendations World.
Miss Bennett was a former student at
the university and has many friends
here.
+. W. Barr. who is helping to drive
the Victor tunnel. came down yester-
day. He reports that the tunnel is now
in forty feet and that they are tinN>ng
larger quantities of copper in the our
try rock but have not yet II the vein.
The copper is still of the same char
actcr - that at first fOund-sulphides
and red oxides. The owners of the
Victor are highly pleased with its APP
pearance and believe that as AOon as
the vein is reached 1t will be a big ship
per-Grand Encampment Herald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curt Won Knobloch left
Rock Springs on No. 2 on Monday af-
ternoon. Many friends were at the de-
pot wishing them a kind good-by. Mr..
knobloch will enjoy a few weeks rest
at the Hot Springs. Arkansas. and Mrs.
Knobloch will visit with friends m
Philadelphia. They will first. however,
go to st. Louis, Mo, for a few days,
where Mr.. Knobloch will look into
some business matters. Mr.. Knobloch
will locate somewhere in the west, the
place to be selected later.-Rock
Springs Miner.
c. H. King. general manager OF the
Lander Transportation company, has
lately completed arrangements with
people living in the Big Horn basin
and the Lander valley to haul all the
wool to Casper that is shorn in that