The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-04
NORTHWEST NOTES.

John Albert, the only survivor of the
Taos massacre, is dead at Walsenburg,
Colo, aged % years
Internal revenue officers have seized
in Denver 100000 cigars bearing
counterfeit revenue stamps They all
came from factories in Lancaster, Pa
About 1000 head of horses are to be
driven from Elko, Nevada, to Salt
Lake City, in the near future, from
which place they will be thrown upon
the market
A dry kiln and store house of the st.
Paul and Tacoma Lumber company's
mills burned at Tacoma last week. and
Cal Trosper, a fireman, was seriously
injured by falling wall
A deputy revenue collector is MAX
ing the rounds of Wyoming, in search
of cigars sent out from Lancaster, Pa,
with counterfeit stamps. An agent of
the Lancaster. firm recently passed
through the state selling goods
Ten thousand ties belonging to the
government, and which had been re-
plevined fromJ c. Teller on the claim
that they were illegally cut on gov
ernment land, were washed down the
river from Saratoga, Wyo, last week.
While quarreling about some trivial
matter at Helmville, Mont, w. B.
Woolford was shot and killed by his
business partner, w. R. Conn. The
bullet took instant effect and the
murderer gave himself up. Both men
are well known in Montana business
circles.
The owners of the Reno, Nevada, re-
duction works, having made arrange
ments for the transportation of ore
from Orena to Reno, will begin
operations in the near future. This
will mean great deal for Reno, as it
will make that city the principal and
almost the only point for the reduction
of custom ore in the state.
The county attorney of Albany
county, Wyoming, has succeeded in
making a settlement with the Union
Pacific railroad in the matter of claim
for delinquent taxes. The amount due
the county was $1,000. Several other
counties along the line have similar
claims, and the success of Albany
county will be cheering news to her
neighbors.
Rudolph F. Glover, the well known
cattleman of Wyoming, died in Denver
last week. r. F.. Glover was one OF
the best known cattle kings of the
northwest. For the past thirty years
he was associated in the cattle business
with F. o. Adams, and throughout
Montana and Wyoming the two have
extensive herds and ranches. Mr..
Glover was 81 years of age
A suit which has been pending in the
federal courts for several years between
the Central Wyoming Land company
and the Union Pacific Railway com
pany, has been settled. By the settle
ment, the railway company regains
possession of $50, 900 acres of land in
Albany county, heretofore held by the
land company. The land will be put
on the market for sale or lease imme
diately.
Many home-seekers have already
arrived in Durango, en- route to the
Ute reservation, which is to be thrown
open for settlement on May 4. The
reservation is of such extent and the
opportunities of securing water sc
favorable that many are at loss tC
know just where to cast their lot. AL
ready parties have had surveys for irri
cation enterprises, and it is claimed
that plenty of water will be furniset
those who take up lands.
The body of otto Goette, sheep
ranchman who was murdered on hi
ranch near Byes, Colo, September 80
1898, has been discovered The body O
Goette had been buried near streau
on his ranch, and the spring rains ha,
unearthed it. A large hole in tn
skull corroborated the murder theory
Goette disappeared and his 200 shee]
were afterward sold in Omaha by on
R. Fl. Beeler, whom it is believe,
murdered him. Beeler has never beef
captured.
Perry Davis and Jack O'Brien Tough
Q duel with pistols on the main stree
of Ophir, Colo, on the Goth ult. Trou
BILE of long standing between the me
led to the fight. Davis met O'Brie
and told him to heel himself, O'Brie
complied. Davis fred but one shot. hi
trigger refusing to work, O'Brien at
vanced, fred several shots, one goin
through both legs and another sha
tering the collar-bone. Davis will r,
cover, and now says he is willing [
consider the trouble settled.
Governor Thomas of Colorado hs
vetoed the bill regulating the practic
of medicine. The bill PRACTICAL
limited the practice of medicine to thr,
schools, allopathetic, homeopathic an
eclectic. He holds it would form phi
sicians' trust.
James B. Lee, wealthy Wyomin
cattleman, committed suicide at Gasp,
on the 2sth ult., by shooting himse
in the head. He had been drinkin
for about month and it is believed