The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-05
NORTHWEST NOTES.

high seas en- route to San Francisco.
where they are expected to arrive
about the Goth of October.
A Montana fruit inspector named
Bandman, found San Jose scale on
fruit shipped from Utah, in an Ana
conda store. The fruit was condemned
and destroyed
John Lindela of Carbon, Wyo., was
accidentally shot in the abdomen by a
friend who was examining a revolver
which he supposed was not loaded. lie
was admitted to the Rock Springs hos
pital in a serious condition.
William Bueckner was shot and
killed at Medicine Bow. Wyo., last
week by b. Cravenson. The coroner's
jury exonerated Cravenson, as Bueck-
ner fired three times at the latter be-
fore he defended himself.
Two of the largest mortgages ever
filed in Nevada were recorded at Reno,
Nevada, last week, They were exc
cuted by the Southern Pacific company
in favor of the Central Trust company
of New York, and bore s62, 500 worth
of revenue stamps.
William Law Campbell, resident of
Colorado since 1858, died last week at
his home eight miles east of Denver,
after lingering illness. Mr.. Camp
bell was appointed surveyor-general of
Colorado by President Grant in 1877,
and held the office a number of years.
Senator White is lying dangerously
Ill at the Palace hotel in San Francisco,
suffering from severe hemorrhage of
the lungs. Senator White returned
but few days ago from trip to tho
country, but he was so feeble that he
was compelled to take to his bed His
condition is such as to greatly alarm
his friends.
Prof. Mead of Wyoming, expert in
charge of the bureau of irrigation in
designations, has received from City
Engineer Kelsey of Salt Lake City
fine collection of plans, maps and pho
tographs of Utah irrigation works.
The collection will form part of the
exhibit Prof. Mead is collecting for
the Paris exposition.
About 375 settlers on the Maxwell
land grant in New Mexico are to be
evicted by orders from the land depart
ment at Washington. They have &C.
cupied land which, it has been decided
by the courts, belongs to the Maxwell
Land company. Twelve deputy United
States marshals have been detailed to
evict these squatters.
The mill and warehouse of the Salem,
Ore, FIGURING Mills company was de-
stroyed by fire last week, The esti-
mated loss is $780, 900. The insurance
on the mill is estimated to be SOS, 900.
The warehouse contained 1875, 900 bush
els of wheat, only small portion of
which was insured. The fire was caused
by an explosion in the dust-room.
James McGrath, a young man work.
ing at Medicine Bow, attempted to
board moving freight train at Raw
Inns, last week, for the purpose of
stealing a ride. His footing slipped
and he fell under the train. His right
leg was crushed so badly as to neces-
state amputation. He also lost three
toes on the left foot. He was taken to
the state hospital.
Chief Justice Brantly of the supreme
court of Montana, while hunting with
party of friends in the woods of the
northern part of the state last week,
became separated from the party and
wandered about in the mountains for
four days. He reached Libby late in
the afternoon of the Goth much ema-
ciated and completely worn out. A
hundred men were hunting for him
but could not find his trail
Masked men attacked the sheep
camp OF the Warren Live Stock COM
pany, twenty-five miles northwest of
Sterling, Colo, last week, beating the
herder, young man named Crane,
nearly to death, shooting about 100
Sheep and scattering l, 800 more. Grain
will probably die. Warrants have
been issued for the arrest Of four men
living in the vicinity and the sheriff is
looking for them.
o. b. Byland killed his wife and his
brother, Grant, at Walla Walla last
week and thea committed suicide The
tragedy occurred under the brow of the
hill few hundred yards from the state
penitentiary. Byland arrived there
from Pomeroy, Wash, in search of his
wife, who, at the instance of her
mother, Mrs. Kilgore, deserted him.
She came to Walla Walla several weeks
ago, since which time she has been
living with her mother and Grant By
land.
War has broken out between the
sheep and cattle men of Ruby valley,
Montana. Last week 200 sheep be-
longing to the Ruby valley sheep COM
pany were shot down by men concealed
in the timber near the range. The
herders were frightened away and
went into Dillon and notified the sher-
if, The sheep are now under guard
and further molestation will probably
lead to a battle between sheepmen and
cattlemen as feeling runs high be-
tween them. There is no clue as to
who did the shooting.