The Philipsburg mail., 1899-05-19
NORTHWEST NOTES.

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internal revenue officers have seize
IN Denver 100000 cigars bearin
counterfeit revenue stamps. They al
came from factories in Lancaster. Pa
About 1000 head of horses are to b,
driven from Ello, Nevada, to Sal
Lake City, in the near future. from
which place they will be thrown upor
the market.
A dry kiln and store house of the ST.
Paul and Tacoma Lumber companv's
mills burned at Tacoma last week, and
oal Irosper, fireman, was seriously
injured by a falling wall.
A deputy revenue collector is max
ing the rounds of Wyoming, in search
OF cigars sent out from Lancaster, Pa,
with counterfeit stamps. An agent of
the Lancaster. firm recently passed
through the state selling goods
Ten thousand ties belonging to the
government, and which had been re-
plevned fromJ. c. Teller on the claim
that they were illegally cut on gov
ernment land were washed down the
river from Saratoga. Wyo, last week.
While quarreling about some trivial
matter at Helmville, Mont, w. B.
Nooltord was shot and killed by his
business partner, w. r. Conn. The
bullet took instant effect and the
murderer gave himself up Both men
are well known in Montana business
circles
The owners of the Reno, Nevada. re-
ductlon works, having made arrange
ments for the transportation of ore
from Orena to Reno will begin
operations in the near future. This |
Will mean great deal for Reno, as it
Will make that city the principal and |
almost the only point for the reduction
of custom ore in the state.
The county attorney of Albany
county, Wyoming, has succeeded in
making settlement with the Union
Pacific railroad in the matter of a claim
for delinquent taxes. The amount due
the county was $1,000. Several other
counties along the line have similar
claims, and the success of ALBANY
county will be cheering news to her
neighbors
Rudolph +. Glover. the well known
cattleman Of Wyoming. died in Denver
last week, II, F. Glover was one of
the best known cattle kings Of the
northwest. For the past thirty years |
le was associated in the cattle business I
With +. O. Adams. and throughout t
Montana and Wyoming the two have
extensive herds and ranches. Mr.. |
Hover was 81 years of age :
A suit which has been pending in the i
ederal courts for several years betwee, I
he Central Wyoming Land company il
nd the Union Pacific Railway COM a
'any, has been settled. BY the settle g
nent, the railway company regains d
of $3.50 900 acres of land in ;,
albany county. heretofore held bv the n
and company, The land will be put p
n the market for sale or lease imme. III
lately. u u
Many home-seekers have already az
rrived in Durango. en- route to the It
tie reservation, which is to be thrown y,
pen for settlement on May 4. The To
eservation is of such extent and the ol
pportunities of securing water so , ~
lyorable that many are at loss to fl
now just where to cast their lot. AL p(
eady parties have had surveys for irri- in
alton enterprises, and it is claimed "
lat plenty of water will be furnised 70
lose who take up lands, ia
The body of Otto Goette, a sheep u. u.
'nchman who was murdered on his tb
inch near Byes, Colo, September 30, pa
sos, has been discovered. The body of tr
oette had been buried near stream tA
his ranch, and the spring rains had
nearthed it. A large hole in the M
luI corroborated the murder theory. pc
oette disappeared and his 200 sheen re
ere afterward sold in Omaha by one on
l.. Ii. Beeler, whom it is believed le,
urdered him. Beeler has never been la
iptured. w
Perry Davis and Jacll'O Brien foupht ON
duel with pistols on the main street sp
Ophir, Colo, on the 10Th ult. Trou WI
e of long standing between the men tt
d to the fight. Davis met O'Rrien sh
nd told him to heel himself. O'Rrien mi
implied. Davis fired but one shot, his IN;
lgger refusing to work, O'Brien ad- ,h
anced, fired several shots, one going mt
trough both legs and another shat ste
ring the collar-bonc Davis will re- !ol
over, and now says he is willing to m
)nsder the trouble settled. no
Governor Thomas of Colorado has S''
,toed the bill regulating the practice tb h
medicine The hin ,,,o,.;..,l H.