The Elbert County tribune., 1899-08-17
WESTERN NOTES.

L. fl1InrI0O IL
of grasshoppers.
A collision on the Midland resui'e'
In injury to four men
WORK has begun on the hni''
branch road in Wyoming.
The union men of Durango hei"
big picnic The other day.
Trinidae is TO have city p"'N
Joining the Santa Pc depot
The Flower Carnival at colorau"
Springs viii be held August "is'
The Cryptic Mnsons have been noior ~
t,,a i,,,ia,ion ceremonies OH the sop oi
Pixies peak.
T. I Burke Of Denver was kiiieu w
tho pixies monk trail the other day.
through falling over n prec'pie' "
Lake Morainc.
The Santa Fc shops at Albuquerque
nre 10 be Increased in size so az ~
give employment to several h"n"e'
additional men.
A voluntary petition In bankruptry
! has been filed at New York ny pon" on,l
Fletcher. a general broker. WIN -,
AS liabilities, nll but sol ,Vou , coa.,"s n.,'
| ed in Denver. Colorado. in lso2-'5' ho
assets.
w r. KIrkpnirick of Durango has
started out with 100000 young 'rouI
TO distribute in the public streams 0,
| Colorado free of cost to the stnle anu
/ the people. He propagated the nsn d.
his own hatchery at an outlay Oh hpou'
| $4,000. His QUITE copsists of hali
/ dozen men and a pack train and he Is
now Planting the public lakes ana
streams of the Durango section. ne
! fish are carried In cans strapped across
/ the horscs's backs.
Word has been received of the break
| ing of the tie boom across the IIa'ie
river at Fort Steele and the loss oil
1000 railrond cross ties. The boom
and ties are the property of j. c. Tel
Ter. who has been cutting thousands
of ties cn Brush creek and floating
them down the Flatte river TO Fort
/ Steele. II is possible that some of the
ties will he recovered further down
/ stream. but the loss will be consider
able. amounting to upwards OF So,ooo.
Big floods visited western Grant
3 county, in the Sacton section, New
Mexico. last week. \ man named
Piper was drowned. Much loss was
sustained by Fred Golding. who has
W
Six cows were killed by lightning. The
cattle We're ranging near the ID. C. Me
MILAN ranch. and during the storm
| drifted in n bunch to n wire fence.
The lightning struck the fence close
by and the shock killed six out of the
lot.
An official of the Union Pacific states
that when the new cut-otfs. now build
! ;,.. I..t I mil, Dana Gta
tions, on what is known as the Sixth.
or -Hawlins district. are COM
pleted. the old track. instead of being
torn up or abandoned will be used in
connection with the new cut-offs. This
will give the Union Pacific n double
track for n distance of about nifty
miles and will greatly expedite the
work of handling trains over this part
of the Wyoming division.
The infant child of llr. and Mrs.
Yindstrum. Norwcgians while out on
the grass in front of their house at
Greeley. was bitten by bug. 1t was
presumed to bc n mosquito bite. When
the insect bit ihe child II drew blood
from the cheek. The child screamed
and the mother took II into the house
and thought nothing more of 1t. Short
ly afterward n swelling was noticed.
and by the next morning the child's
face was so swollen as to be unrecog-
nizable. and the little one died at /
O'Clock.
r. G. Wilson. agent of the Conti-
mental Oil Company. n branch of the
Standard Oil Company In New Mex
leo. has been arrested on II charge of
doing business in the territory with
out license. The last territorial Leg
islnture pnssed n law requiring all for
eign corporations doing business in the
territory to take out n license. The
Continental Oil company and all Other
foreign corporations refused TO com
ply with the new law and have com
bined to fight Its validity. The case
will undoubtedly be taken to the Unit
ed States Supreme Court. Mr.. Wilson
is nominally in the custody of the
sheriff awaiting his hearing.
The board Of capitol managers ha,
selected the portraits of Bella NJ
: Hughes. Kit Carson. Chief Ouray. Ben
jamin II. Eaton. General Denver, VIII
lam y. Byers and Jim Baker to adorr
the windows in the top of the dome o
the state house Nine other persons
! will be selected at the next meetin.
! of the board II has been decided t,
extensively decorate the state hous'
In honor of the return of the Colorad,
troops when they arrive in the city
broadway side of the building will b.
decorated in sixtecn-foot stars, four
: teen-foot flags and an abundance o
bunting across the entire building Tn
.. pillars VIII he wrapped in bunting.
The public subscription which wa
: started Mt Cheyenne few weeks ng
for the benefit of the widow and chil
dren of Sheriff Josiah Hazen, the Off
Ger of Converse county, Wyoming VIII
was shot down by the Wilcox trail
robbers last June, has grown steadil
D from the start. and will be turned owe
to Mrs. Hazen during the presen
month. The friends of the family a
= Douglas, where the late sheriff mad
his home, subscribed enough money t
!, pay the mortgage on the home. abou
= $500. The Union Pacific Railroad Com
: pany donated $500, the Fremont, ELI
horn and Missouri Railroad Compan
donated $500, Colonel Jay l.. Tore
donated $3.50 and it is thought the pr
vate subscriptions will swell the tota
Y TO about six thousand dollars.
The Soldiers Home commissioner
in recipe of most encouragin
vs. from the counties of the stat
nrding their payment OF SS.33 pc
ith for the support of each of tn
soldiers maintained in the hom
/ the respective counties. Nor
county has sent draft to cove
proportion for two months. Pr
has notified the commission tina
ill pay 500 per month Othe
ties are ready to act as soon n
hnuFhs f.,,