The Springfield herald., 1899-08-18
WESTERN NOTES.


in injury to four men.
Work has begun on the Hartville
branch road in Wyoming.
The union men of Durango held
big picnic the other day.
Trinidad is to have city park ad-
joining the Santa Fe depot.
The Flower Carnival at Colorado
Springs will be held August 31st.
The Cryptic Masons have been hold
ing initiation ceremonies on the top of
Pixies peak.
f. ]. Burke of Denver was killed on
the Pixies peak trail the other day,
through falling over precipice near
Lake Moraine.
The Santa Fe shops ut Albuquerque
are to be increased in size so as to
give employment to several hundred
additional men.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
has been filed at New York by Donald
Fletcher n general broker. with S2lI,-
AS liabilities. all but sol 600 contract
ed in Denver, Colorado, in 1S92-93; no
assets.
w. T. Kirkpatrick of Durango has
started out with 100000 young trout
to distribute in the public streams of
Colorado free of cost to the state and
the people. He propagated the fish at
his own hatchery ut an outlay of about
$4,000. His outile consists of half Il
dozen men and pack train and he is
now planting the public lakes and
streams of the Durango section. The
fish are carried In cans strapped across
the horses's backs.
Word has been received of the break
ing of the tie boom across the Platte
river at Fort Steele and the loss of
1000 railroad cross ties. The boom
and ties are the property of j. G. Tel
Ter, who has been cutting thousands
of ties on Brush creek and floating
them down the Platte river to Fort
Steele. 1t is possible that some of the
ties will be recovered further down
stream, but the loss will be consider
able, amounting to upwards of $1,000.
Big floods visited western Grant
county, in the Sncton section, New
Mexico, last week. A man named
Piper was drowned. Much loss was
sustained by Fred Golding. who has
n sawmill at the head of Sacton river.
Six cows We're killed by lightning. The
cattle We're ranging near the ID. c. Nc
MILAN ranch. and during the storm
drifted in bunch 10 n wire fence.
The lightning struck the fence close
by and the shock killed six out of the
lot.
An official of the Union Pacific states
that when the new cut-otfs, now build
ing between Laramie and Dana sta
tions, on what is known as the Sixth.
or Laramie Itawlins district. are COM
plcted, the old track. instead of being
torn up or abandoned. will he used in
connection with the new cut-offs. This
will give the Union Pacific Il double
track for Il distance of about fifty
miles and will greatly expedite the
work of handling trains over this part
of the Wyoming division.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vindstrum. Norwegians. while out on
the grass in front of their house at
Greeley, was bitten by n bug. 1t was
presumed to be mosquito bite. When
the insect bit the child it drew blood
from the cheek. The child screamed
and the mother took 1t into the house
and thought nothing more of 1t. Short
ly afterward swelling was noticed,
md by the next morning the child's
face was so swollen as to be uprecng-
nlzable, and the little one died at 1
o'clock.
B. G. Wilson, agent of the Cont
nental Oil Company, n branch of the
Standard Oil Company in New Mex
tco. has been arrested on charge of
doing business in the territory with
put n license. The last territorial Leg
stature passed a law requiring all for
eign corporations doing business In the
territory to take out license. The
Continental OIL company and all other
foreign corporations refused to COM
Div with the new law and have COM
bined to fight its validity. The case
will undoubtedly be taken to the Unit
ed States Supreme Court. Mr.. Wilson
is nominally in the custody of the
sheriff awaiting his hearing.
The public subscription which was
started at Cheyenne a few weeks ago
for the benefit of the widow and chill
fren of Sheriff Josiah HaZen, the Off
Ger of Converse county, Wyoming, who
was shot down by the Wilcox train
robbers last June. has grown steadily
from the start, and will be turned over
to Mrs. HaZen during the present
month. The friends of the family at
Douglas, where the late sheriff made
his home, subscribed enough money to
pay the mortgage on the home. about
$500. The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany donated $500. the Fremont, Elk
horn and Missouri Railroad Company
donated $500, Colonel Jay l.. Torrey
donated $3.50. and it is thought the pri-
80 l., oubSrriptiOpS will swell tho total
to about six thousand dollars.
DR.. A. =. Bussey, who for the last
eighteen years has been first assistant
suDerlntendent of the Missouri state
ASYLUM No. 9. at st. Joseph. has been
appointed superintendent of the state
ASYLUM at Pueblo. to succeed DR..