Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-10-30
NORTHWEST NOTES.


passed through Cheyenne and were in.
spected this season.
Last season was the most prosperous
in the history of the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park association.
The First Montana volunteer regi-
ment was mustered out of the service
on the nth inst. amidst great enthusi-
asm.
contract has been awarded for the
construction of an electric railroad be-
tween Tacoma and Seattle, distance
of twenty-eight miles.
William Wallace Thayer, formerly
governor and chief justice of Oregon,
died at Portland on the 10th inst, aged
72 years. He came to Oregon in 1862
A landslide on the Junction road last
week between Grand Junction and
New Castle, Colo, delayed traffic for
some time and did considerable damage
to property
NJ. JONES' Union Pacific brakeman,
/
near Rawlins last week. Thirty-eight
cars passed over his body and he was
literally ground to pieces.
The Montana regiment was given
rousing reception at Oakland. General
Shafter made short address, commend
ing the men for their excellent service
in the Philippines, and spoke highly of
their bravery
Mrs. Lydia Adams Williams, bright
newspaper woman of Genoa, New, has
been appointed by the Nevada State
Board of Paris Exposition Commission
ers as corresponding secretary for the
board
At the Preside last week, Colonel |
Wholley of the First Washington vol
unteer regiment was presented with a
magnificent sword by the men of his
regiment, who adopted this means of
showing the esteem in which they hold
their colonel.
Some of Wyoming's Vertebrate Eos
Sis is the title of a book just gotten
out by the Union Pacific passenger de-
partment. 1t deals with the renowned
FOSSIL fields of the state, which were
recently visited by party of celebrated
biologists.
A number of miners of Nevada are
turning their attention to the search
Tor copper ores, and it is being practi-
.ally demonstrated that the state has
millions of tons of the red metal, az
we'll as gold,- silver, lead and other
minerals.
James Walsh recently applied to the
Cheyenne police for assistance in get
ling money from Salt Lake, showing
papers proving he had S., 900 deposited
n that city. He had been robbed and
vas penniless and unable to write for
unds
From Pima, Ariz., comes the report
hat ten negro soldiers of the Twenty {
fifth infantry, stationed at San Carlos,
stacked an Apache Indian camp at
light with clubs and beat four bucks
nto insensibility. There is fear of an r
UPRISING as result of the deed. }
The.sensational suit brought by Rob-
TT and Mary Chatham to secure ac- G
of the claim to be con- I
idered children of the late California
apitalist Robert Mills, ended with :.
erdict in their favor. They will get r
hare of his $500, 900 estate
At Leadville, Colo, two thousand p
eople saw Paddy Purtell in the fifth Il
oand knock out Danny Needham, OF
yer fought in that city. The men !,
ere pretty evenly matched, but Pur- II
Ills fierce rushes won the fight. ii
l. w. Norris, formerly resident OF d
elena. Mont, has been arrested on le
large of bigamy. Norris, who has
veral aliases, has been engaged in D.
ission work under the auspices of the .
ethodist church. He has three wives =
different parts of the country. -
II. Maitland Kerwin of the English N
my, major in the Seaforth High
nders, was on a hunting trip in Wyo- al
ing when the news of war between to
,gland and the Beers reached him. OF
e left Laramie on the first train to &c
in his regiment. u
Dave Putty and Bud Nolan, who were 90
rested at Dillon Mont in Iulv as tb