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towns striving for the warehouse.
The work of opening a new coal
mine three miles south of Union Psci.
fc mine No. 9, at Carbon, is progress.
ing rapidly and the mine will soon be
holsting coal The spur being laid
from the main line is almost com.
pleted. The new mine will be ship.
ping coal inside of two weeks.
The Union Pacific shops at Green
River burned on the It'll. The loss ia
about $1,000. The company will Mt
once erect temporary shops and begin
the construction of n new plant, which
will be equipped with modern machin.
cry, as Green River is an important re.
pair point. The new shops will be
commodious INT up to date.
All sheepmen in the Newcastle dis.
trict have been invited to attend A
meeting at Edgemont, South Dakota
December 10th, for the purpose of con.
sidering the question of erecting n
large wool warehouse at that place.
The sheepmen of the Edgemont and
Newcastle districts are pasturing up-
ward of 100000 head this winter.
Mrs. Fred Veagel met a terrible
h'hNh at an h'hl hltphs Yea
gel had Just left the ranch when the
woman discovered a large bull in the
back yard. Aiming herself with a
pitchfork. Mrs. Neagel started to drive
the animal into the barn. when /:
turned upon her. knocking her down
II goring her to death before assist
ance could reach her.
II. A. McFadden. n ranchman, living
Mt Rockdale. reports that Il few days
g a large eagle attacked n two
months-old calf, which was with its
mother. near the house. Mr.. MclIad.
den discovered the bird in time to save
the calf. So far as known this is the
first time that an eagle has at 'acked
anything larger than II jack rabbit In
this section.
At II meeting of the Board of Uni.
versity Managers. held in Laramie,
plans for the erection of n new science
and museum building We're discussed.
At Ii last session of the Legislature
S35.eO0 WAS appropriated for this pur-
pose and the board is ut once to select
IA site and procure suitable architec.
tural plans. 1t is understood that the
most favorable site is on the grounds
Immediately adjoining the campus on
the north.
Ora Haley will send a carload of two
year-Old Wyoming steers to compete at
the Omaha stock yard fat stock show
on the 9th. The Haley steers will nv.
erage 1,4D pounds and their owner ex-
poets TO secure the first prize of 500.
Mr.. Haley was the owner Of the big
3~,2U0-pound ~siX-year-olI Wyoming steer
so much talked of last fall-an animal
finally sold to n Boston gentleman for
S1Go, as an inmate of his private park.
Mr.. Haley. who has 6.0O0 head of cat.
tie on the 1toutt county, Colorado,
ranges, says stool in that county are
wintering well.
The Union Pacific is having a great
many wrecks of late. The last one oc-
CURED on the Bird at Bushnell station,
hfty-three miles east of Cheyenne. Pas
senger train No l, the Overland Flyer,
which was running late. stopped at
Bushnell to take water. While stand
ing on the main line No. 1O1. the fast
mail, came bowling along and crashed
into the flyer, the rear ear of which, a
diner. was badly wrecked, being bro
ken in two in the middle. Fireman
Harry Dixon of Cheyenne. who was
standing on the tank of the flyers en-
II taking water. was thrown to the
ground and severely injured.
Charles Blixt. Union Pacific land
agent with headquarters at Omaha,
says that he has sold within the last
few days twenty sections Of Union
Pacific lands in the state of Wyoming
originally amounting to S.OOO,0 900
acres. OF these lands 10000 0 acres
only have been sold. The sales for
the past year nave been steadily In
creasing and the present demand for
their lands exceeds anything in the
previous history of the road. The
large AMOUNT of land still remaining
makes this department of the road OF
great Importance, not only in its reve-
nues to the o but in the a%gricultur-
al and stock raising development OF
the state. The lands now being sold
are bringing 81 per acre. Easy terms
or payment are given to purchasers,
being one-tenth cash and balance on
ten years time.
A Salt Lake Herald special from
Diamondville, Wyoming, says: The
strike of coal miners has assumed Il
more serious phase and the outlook at
present Is not a pleasing one. Lven
the women, wives of the strikers, and
their sympathizers, have taken a hand
in the matter and have already caused
considerable trouble. more so than the
men. Saturday morning between .
and 3 O'Clock some 200 or 300 women,
armed with clubs, knives, guns and
similar weapons, marched in a body
to mine No. l and took complete pos
session. The few deputy sheriffs
stationed about the mine were utterly
unable 10 control the mob, which pro-
ceeded to assault and beat the miners
coming to work and to prevent them
from entering the mine. As each miner
appeared for work he was immediate.
ly surrounded by n bowling mob of
women, his dinner pail taken from him
n he was hustled off the grounds
without regard for his physical com
fort. The amazon forces swept every.
thing before them, drove the company
employees from the works and ran
things with a high hand generally. The
result was that for the first time since
the strike The company was unable to
operate the mine.
What promised to be a sensational
case was quashed Wednesday after.
noon when John c. Teller purchased