The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-18
NORTHWEST NOTES.


BY premature blast in the Leon
ard shaft at Butte, Matt IIohta was in
stantly killed and Ben Wilson badly
injured.
Elwood Mead has resigned his posi-
tion as state engineer of Wyoming to
devote his entire time to his new posi-.
ton of irrigating expert.
President A. L. Mohler of the Ore
! gon Railway & Navigation company
has been asked to take the presidency
of the Big -Four at salary of S35, 900
year.
Indian Agent Clapp of the Pine
Ridge agency denies the reported bat
tie between cowboys and Indians on
the Cheyenne river, which was re-
Gently sent out.
Charles w. Rymen of Cheyenne has
been recommended to the president
for supervisor of the census for the
district of Wyoming, by both Senators
Warren and Clark.
The old fountain geyser in the Yel-
lowstone National park has broken out
in another portion of the crater. The
eruptions, which are enormous,
throw out rocks and pieces of wood.
According to the Reno Journal, or
ders have been received from Wash
ington for all the silver at the Carson
mint. There are eight or ten carloads
of dollars and bullion in storage
there.
Near Pine Grove. Wyoming, Gus
Smith was engaged in hauling wood
when the wagon tongue broke. his
team ran away, the wagon was upset
and Smith landed underneath the load,
killing him instantly.
Another big shipment of cattle from
White Pine county. Nevada. was sent
out last week. The herd WAS composed
of all kinds of range cattle. having
quite per cent of cows and calves.
They were shipped to the eastern mar
ket.
Montana authorities are looking Cor
Frank Boyle, a former Salt Laker, who
is accused of swindlng Montana men
by representing himself as an agent of
the Western Loan & Savings company
of Salt Lake and selling stock, pock-
eting the proceeds.
The steam shearing plant of Messrs.
Shurtlitf & lioutz at billiard, Wyo.,
was destroyed by fire Sunday. The
loss is $1,000 with no insurance, and
includes thirty shearing machines,
engine boiler and buildings. The fire
is believed to have been accidental.
Senator Warren in response to an
inquiry made by him to the war de-
partment, received the following re-
ply from the ad djutant-general: "Wyo-
ming troops will leave Manila as soon
as Grant can be coaled. Delay has
been caused by heavy rains and de-
structive typhoons.
The barbed-wire on ranch fences in
Mercedes county, Gala, is being utilized
with success for telephoning between
towns. Il. c. Dickinson of Stockton,
put in batteries and boxes and tried
the novel system. 1t was about four
miles Over the line and he claims that
the sound was carried better than by
the regular system.
There are now a hundred men en-
ployed on the site of the new town
near Truckee, New, where the pulp
plant will be built. These are prin-
cipally engaged at present in building
dwellings for the employees of the
company. Excavations have also been
made prepatory to building the dam
to divert the water from the river.
Thirty carloads of brick for the build
ing have been ordered
The supreme court of Colorado has
affirmed the validity of the law estab-
which embraces the Cripple Creek dis
trict. The county was formed from
portions of FL PasO and Fremont coun-
ties by the last Legislature and citizens
of the latter county resisted the action
on the ground that it was contrary to
the constitution of the state
Fred Harvey, 10 years old, was gored
to death by a bull on a farm about
eleven miles from Spokane. The boys
body was found in clump of bushes
by his father. The lad had crawled
to a tree, pulled himself to half-re-
clining position and died in that atti-
tude. No one saw the bulls savage
attack and young Harvey was not
missed until supper time.
The supreme court OF Colorado
has unanimously decided that the
eight t-hour law is unconstitutional.
The eight-hour law, which was enact