, 1900-11-29
WYOMING. NOTES.

Cope, OF the Episcopal church Mt Lara
mic. The robbers secured some dia
monds, a watcii and $40 in money.
Bernard Featherstone has returned
to Laramie from Denver, where ne hau
an arm and leg amputated. after Delns
run over in Laramie by h cars three
months ago.
The building department of the
Union Pacific has received nstructlous
to build fifteen new depots on the wy
oming division mt once They Will ne
modern in every respect.
1t has been decided that under the
law a special election must he held 10
fill the vacancy in the lower mouse OF
the Legislature caused by the death
of Arthur Richardson.
William Reynolds of Manville hi
been fined S125 and costs for failure TO
comply with the state quarantine laws.
1t is alleged that Reynolds drove a
band of sheep off quarantine ground
against orders.
Cheyenne got on the edge of the great
cyclone which created so much havoc
III Colorado. A lively breeze sent the
dust flying through the streets for sew
eral hours, but its velocity was not uh-
usual for Cheyenne.
Fearing an attempt would be MADE TO
hold up the Overland Flyer. the Union
Pacific has placed armed guards on the
trains between Cheyenne and Ogden.
Large sums of money are being trans
ferred to the Pacific const.
At Cheyenne n few days ago Super
intendent Rasback. formerly OF the
Cheyenne Il Northern, was happily
surprised by the presentation of a 500
Ifn t,nn1 pinD from his old associates
and employees of the Northern.
A free reading room will be opened
in Laramie in the near future. Under
the leadership OF the Woman's Club a
mass meeting of citizens has been
called by Mayor Miller On December
9th to raise funds for his purpose.
The record for fast running between
Laramie M Rawlins was again brok-
en- on the 18th instant, when No. d, the
Fast Mail. made the run in two hours
and forty-fivG minutes. The best pre-
vious record was i've hours and hfty-
five minutes.
II. Flagle. a laborer employed in one
of the railroad construction gangs e
Hanna, attempted to board a freight
train and fell under the cars. He was
mangled frightfully and was sent TO "A
Denver hospital. His injuries are be-
lieved to be fatal.
O. X. Bryan, the postal clerk who
was arrested two weeks g charged
with the larceny of registered mail
packages. was acquitted by n jury in
the United States court at Cheyenne.
The evidence against Bryan was pure
ly circumstantial.'
The Union Pacific is making prepara-
4g..- a.. .-. 80. nv ,v.NtEfNnllu In TTa lT.nn
of ice at Laramie this season. Last
year the company shipped over 1000
carloads of ice from Laramie and
stored Il large amount in the houses
here. This year the output Will be in
creased.
President Wallace and other officers
of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Company were in Larimie recently on
"A trip of inspection. They say the line
from Denver to Salt Lake is now COM
plcted and in operation. 1t is the long
est perfect working telephone line in
the world.
II. CARTRIDGE the Methodist preacher
arrested nj Rock Springs charged with
attempted assault on n little girl, en-
tered n plea of not guilty in Justice
Motifs court. He was placed under
bonds and put in Jail. Indignation CON
tinues and it is feared Cartledge may
be roughly handled. Physicians pro
ounce him insane.
Coroner Gray of Laramie held an in
quest over the bodies of George San
ders and Patrick McCue, the w men
who were killed in the dynamite ex-
plosion near Tie Siding. The jury
found that the deceased came TO their
death through their own careleSSneSs
in thawing out dynamite near Il camp
fire.
The Gray Bull settlers in Big Horn
basin have formed n wolf bounty as
ISOLATION and have agreed to pay ON
gray wolves $50 each. pups SIS. Steps
are being taken by the leading stock
men to organize and incorporate the
Big Horn Stock Association to act on
the determination of WILD animals and
all matters pertaining to thc stock ill.,
terests.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Company will construct branch lines
from Laramie to n number of rural dis
tricts in the valleys of the Big and Lit
tie Laramie rivers. In building the line
to the Little Laramie II will be ncces-
snry to string less than ten miles of
wire, as the barb wire fences will he
used almost altogether. Work will be
commenced on the line Immediately.
j. II. Davis, one of the old-timers of
the Laramie section, died on the 10th
instant, of heart disease, aged seventy
four. Davis leaves II son and
n daughter to mourn his loss.
The daughter is the wife of Tripler,
inventor .of the liquid air machine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tripler We're expected in
New York from n trip abroad and it is
believed they will have the body sent
to New York for burial.
The new plans of the Carnegie IL
bray building mt Cheyenne have been
completed by the architects in charge
and proposals will be submitted To
builders TO be opened January LIST.
Three months will he allowed the con
tractors to secure the stone. iron and
marble To go into the building and ac-
tive construction must begin April LIST
next. Within six months of that time
the building should be fully completed.
The sherman hill cutoff and tunnel