The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-05-19
NORTHWEST NOTES.

ld bwightG Hamilton commissioned
postmaster
There rs little likelihood that the
mine aud smcltcr owners and opera
tors will attack the validity Of the new
right.huur law for Colorado.
Ex. senator blair. Of Black Buttes,
Wyu. has just finished supervising the
sncurng of over 1000 Of his flock Of
sheep ut that place. The clip was
good
The trial Of Mrs Jane Fish, accused
Of having murdered her husband. Gay
lord Fish. 10y chloroiorming him while
be slept has ended In her acquittal at
Georgetown, Colo.
The Mnnitou Park hotel and Casino,
at Colorado Springs, Colo, which were
20 have opened FOR the season June ist,
have been destroyed 10y fire. The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
Minnie brown drcssmakcr. aud
Fireman Percy and BAIL were severely
burned at Lcadyille Colo. rs the ~
suit Of gasoline explosion In Miss
Browns place Of business.
The copper excitement is begin:
ming TO made itself felt in Nevada.
llumbolt county being the scene OF
operations. and where new develop
| mcnts promise good things.
Mrs. Emma J. smith, postmaster at
l Dallas. Colo has been arrested on the
charge Of dedication. Her accounts
are 81 600 short The dcfalcation
covers u period Of nine years.
Dennis Thomas. colorcd was shot at
Rocl, Springs. Wyo., on the sth inst,
by George Landcrs. colorcd miner,
aud has since succumbcd 10 his in
lurics. Landcrs escaped, but hs cap
turc is certain.
The big copper mines in Montana
are down fordlyidcnds thismonth. The
Anaconda paid scmi.annunl dividend
u 81 500. 600 on the lrd making sa.75o,-
800 10 date. The Boston Il Montana
will pay n dividend 81 100000 on the
Goth. making siG5O.OOo this year, and
eiO. $50. 900 In all from the start.
Governor Richards Of Wyoming and
associates. owners 81 the Osccola mine,
have purchased the Olive ID. claim,
which ndjoins the o,ccola and Rude
fchn mines in the Battle Lake district.
Development work on the osccola aud
Olive u. claims will be commenced rs
aoon ns the season opens
An unknown man was killed May II
near Dana station, Wyo., on the Union
Pacific 10y being struck 10y the engine
OF fast freight No. 81. The man has
apparently been sleeping on the track
There was nothing on his person u
disclose his identity. The body wa
turned over to the authorities OF Car
bon county for burial.
Commissioner Hermann OF the gen
cral land Office, has directed the super
vision Of all the forest groves In Cole
RADIO, except the South Platte rcserv
to warn threatened invaders tina
sheen found within the limits Of an
Of the reserves would be put off an
the hcrders subjected TO full penalty q
the law for trespass,
, The wool sales at Rawlins, Wyo
for tho past week have aggregate
I $4,000 pounds as against 6o5,OC
pounds for the preceding week. Som
, OF the larger individual sales are q
: follows. william Daley. 81. 900 pound
II. A. and Myron Smiley, eio,Ot
pounds; johnson & Co., 40, 900 pound
l A. NJ. startzell; $4,000 pounds.
a W. II. Cowan, prominent stockma
O OF Saratoga, wyo., died after an illne
@ OF ten days, the immediate cause I
n death being septic peritonitis. II
deceased was 40 years ofnge. lie hi
been connected with the live-sto,
= business OF Wyoming since 1884. !
: was n member OF Rawlins Comman
- cry, Knights Templar, and leaves
wife aud three children.
Il Six hundred and five thousai
pounds OF woods have been sold
b. local sheepmen at Rawlins, Wyo,, du
"a ing the past week at prices rangii
n from 10 to l2 cents per pound. n
/. practice OF consigning the product
n Boston and other eastern houses (
, storage and subsequent sale, is beii
abandoned, the producers preferrll
the certainty Of a direct sale TO L
y uncertainty Of future prices.
ID A beet-sugar factory is to be erect
In near Salinas, Santa Clara county, Ca
al by Claus Spreekles, costing So, 5000
" 1t will be an immense plant, consul
ing 5000 tons of heets per day duri
IN the operating season. IL will tu
"a out forty-fve tons OF sugar eve
4. twenty-four hours and distribute 81
ID 600 per day, To supply the demand
n the factory, IL will take 10000 aci
I. of land planted in this vegetable.