The state herald., 1899-11-03
WESTERN NOTES.


free by office holders, who receive good
salaries and who, 1t is maintained
should build or rent good houses In the
city and pay their proportion OF taxes
for the support of the city and terri
tory. The board of trade Is also max
ing an effort to secure gift from An
drew Carnegie for public library on
similar condition to that upon which he
gave $4,000 to Prescott. Arizona.
Last Saturday morning terrible ac-
ident happened at the Joe Dandy mine,
Cripple Creek district in which two
men lost their lives. They are William
Van Why, aged 33 and married. and
w. l.. Lambert, aged 40. The men
were being hoisted from the bottom of
the Joe Dandy shaft, where they had
lighted the fuse on four shots they had
just finished loading. The shaft is 130
feet deep. They had been raised about
sixty feet when the pin that holds the
drum of the hoist In place cnme out in
some e,inaccOuntable manner: the weight
of the men at once reversed the drum
| and they dropped to the bottom of the
shaft. Almost simultaneously with
their alighting the shots exploded and
both were instantly killed. Lambert's
head and body were horribly mutilat-
ed, the chest being blown full of holes.
The stockmen of Carbon county. like
those Of every other county in Wyom.
ing, are much troubled by wolves and
coyotes. WOlf-huntlng is quite an In
dustry. says the Denver Republican.
and lately stockmen have discovered
that the best way is to hunt them with
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toga is the owner of eighteen wolf
hunting dogs. His dogs are grey
hounds, stag hounds. Russian wolf
hounds and crosses of all of these. to-
gether with the greyhound and bull
dog crossed. Mr.. Turnbulrs "McCar-
thy" half bull and half grey. unaided.
caught large wolf and would have
killed him alone, as he had the animal
down when Mr.. Turnbull arrived. His
fox-hounds have been known to remain
on the trail of wolf for twenty-five
hours.
= Ogden last Wednesday witnessed the
spectacle of United States soldiers beg
ging in the streets for something to
eat. They We're members of party
Of the Firty-slXth United States volun-
teer infantry, and came from South
birmingham. Massachusetts. in com.
mand of Colonel Schuyler. When they
marched through the streets, while
they made good military appearance.
they all acted tired. After their march
they scattered through the city, and
many little purses We're made up for
them by the citizens whom they hap
pened TO meet. They took the money
and bought bread. They stated that
they had been fed on hardtack and
canned beef with coffee from the time
they started. The regiment went west
over the Southern Pacific tonight
There have been n number of dcscr-
tions since the regiment started.
In three years Mr.. Turnbull's dogs
have killed $50 coyotes. besides sew
eral large wolves. The bounty receiv-
ed has paid the expense OF keeping the
dogs and saddle horses. II is not an
unusual thing for fast. well-bred
hound TO kill itself In the chase. Re
Gently one Of Mr.. Turnbull's best dogs
ran until II had n homorrhagc OF the
lungs and died, and shortly afterward
one OF his large stag hounds ran until
he fell In fit and had to be carried
home on n horse. Even with so many
, well trained dogs. the coyotes often
escape. If they have long start. The
long-cared Jack rabbit. however, Is
the swiftest animal on the prairie and
often escapes the bounds. as he is sure
10 select rough, rocky ridge TO run
on. where the best OF his pursuers
soon become bloody and crippled from
contact with Its jagged stones.
A Leadvllle dispatch says: Fuel has
been added 10 the excitement In Home
mining stock by the report OF another
enormous find which was made several
days ago, but not made public nj once.
| The new ore body was discovered at
the 500-foot level. In the Starr shaft.
and consists OF three feet of lead sand
which samples across l.i0O ounces sill.
Yer. This assay Is not the ANALYSIS OF
specimen. hut Is the average value
| OF the entire three feet. which also runs
20 per cent. lead. The management is
sacking the ore and has driven on the
new vein several feet. and ns far ms
| the drift has gone the ore body retains
It's richness. Surrounding this wonder.
ful body OF lead sand. which resembles
that OF the Robert l.. Lee and Little
Plitsburg Of the early days there Is an
Immense siopc OF high grade iron
which VIII average over 200 ounces In
silver and 80 per cent. excess iron.
which Will reduce the treatment to less
than So per ton. The shipments OF 200
tons per day Will probably he Increased
by the first OF the month. MS the policy
OF the management is 10 take out IA.
ore ms fast ns possible.
Santa Fc Is In the ihrocs of N ne.
cullnr church war at present. Rev. q,
u. Madden. pastor OF the Methods,
Episcopal church lp this city, hnd
served i've years pastor. and wa,
transferred 10 the church nt Bland M
the last session OF tho Methodist con.
Terence. held at linton u week npo
licy. \. \. Hyde OF Alamogordo wps
appointed TO succeed Mr.. Madden. Tho
local congrc., alton did not like the M.
nolntincr, They, therefore, nt "A se.
crct mcetNg. decided TO close thr
church nnd iclcgrnphcd Mr.. Hyde and
family not TO come 10 Santa Fe, ms IN,
congregation had seeded and closed
the church. Mr.. Hyde and family
however. cnme anyway. and arrived
this week. They took possession of th,
parsonage. aud Mr.. Hyde has announc
ed services FOR next Sunday. maintain.
Ing that ns the church II partly n mis-
sion church, II belongs 10 the church
nj large aud not 20 the local congrcr1,.
tlon.
A dispatch from Rifle snys: The
Third nnd last day " the lion hunt was
quite devoid OF Interest. Less gnmo
cninc In thnn on either of the two pre-.
rlons days. A. =. Itumscy came Ia nj
noon With a iinc lynx that was killed
SIX niles onsi ~ here. General j. &.
Kennedy of Denver brought two fnp
| lttgk ,l,apF. Allen nf rnl.Vu.I. Susi,,,..,