Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-09-04
NORTHWEST NOTES.

on strike.
Paddy Purtel defeated Ed Steele Of
Cripple Creek in the arena of the Lead
vile Athletis club last week. Steele
was outclassed.
A stock buyer recently purchased
$4,000 head of lambs in one bunch.
near Reno, Nevada, the price being in
the neighborhood of SIS, 600.
S. B. Roberts shot and killed Nate
Young at Big Timber, Mont The men
were ranchers and had quarreled over
a piece Of government land.
The Wyoming soldiers viii return on
q special train, which viii cost in the
neighborhood of $1,000 Nearly every
town in the state is raising funds.
The sparring exhibition given at the
Olympic Athletic club. Denver, for the
benefit of the free train fund of the
Colorado volunteers. Melted about $500.
1t is estimated that 10000 people
from various towns in Colorado and
Wyoming attended the first days ses-
sion of the Frontier celebration at
Cheyenne.
A four-year-old son of John Lam
bert of Spokane, while playing. lay
down on the railroad track and fell
asleep. A few moments later a train
crushed the life out of the little one
Simon T. Morse, while working
placer ground in Butte. was slowly
smothered to death by cavern His
little daughter saw the accident and
ran for assistance, which came too
late.
Mrs Wallen, wife of a Northern Pa
cific section boss, ran in front of 8
passenger train at Painted Rock. Mont
to shoe turkeys from between the
the turkeys were killed, too.
Near Topaz. Nevada, last week two
men were riding in horse race, when
one hit the other one over the head
with whip to keep him from win
ming. A lively fight ensued in which
one OF the parties was badly, probably
fatally injured.
Harry Staininger, II years of age,
was killed and Frank Murdoch. also17
years old, mortally wounded by Henry
Bartholmus of Ouray. Colo, whose
watermelon patch they were raidiDg-
Bartholmus says he shot intending
only to scare the boys
George Wilson. the man who came
to RawIns. Wyo.. looking for his wife,
who had eloped with his brother,
found the guilty couple at Encamp-
ment, Wyo., where they were living as
the clutches of the law.
During the celebration of Frontier
day at Cheyenne, while Nelson Perry,
a cowboy, was roping a wild steer, tho
animal, which was ferocious beast,
upset the horse and rider, the cowboy
falling under the horse and receiving
in juries which may prove fatal.
The annual celebration of Frontier
lay at Cheyenne came to an end with
. grand reception given at the
capitol in honor of the Frontier day
bride and groom and the twenty-five
bridesmaids During the two days
the exciting scenes of thir-
y years ago were re-enacted-
John Korte, wealthy retired mer-
.hant of Cincinnati. dropped dead on
he streets of Leadville on the 21st He
las been a sufferer from heart disease
or some years and heart failure was tho
ause of his death. He was one of the
cincinnati excursion party, which was
pending q few hours in the city.
News comes from San Francisco of
he death of L. P. Drexler. Deceased
vas for years a mining man in Nevada
nd member of the legislature that
ent Fair to the senate. He was noted
or his enterprise and independence of
Judgment His first trip to the west
as from St Louis to Salt Lake by OK
cam
John Audrachi reports to the Helena,
lont-, authorities that while crossing
he Mullan pass over the main range
( the Rockies. he was held up by two
ighwaymen, who. after robbing him,
ound and gagged him and lowered
i'm into a shallow prospect hole some
istance from the trail he would have
emained there to starve had not q