, 1900-06-28
YUMING NOTES

go $50 at llt III n nl.Hr
coal mines the other day. '"le
Laborers for the grading work
unlon racine are being taken west hr
the traihioau. Elght coachloads passed
through Cheyenne Saturday. u
Prof. w. ii. Reed, who has been no,
lecting fossil remains near Laramie t-
the Carnegie museum. has reslgnad
and will be succeeded by n studan, ~
b state university.
Cheyenne will have n Frontier dor
celebration this year. Committaas
have been appointed and 1t is pronn.
ed to make this years event more pUs
cessful even than those in the mast
w. n. Whitney. formerly chief die
patcher at Grand Island. has bear nn
pointed assistant superintendent n,
Laramie to succeed John w. HAY nv
signed. Mrs. Whitney is now in CaIi-
fornia.
Several small boys captured n rattle.
snake near Cheyenne Thursday. me.
week a boy caught two foxes within !
mile from town, and now n sheen bnr,i
er, Tony Falley, has killed a gray wolf
three miles out.
Nearly $1,000 has been raised for ,ho
erection of the to the Wvo.
hAh 'NhcttT vi III iaNt Ill III This
$1,000 vas appropriated by the Legis,
lature. This sum. however, is not suf-
ficient, n more money must be raised
before fall.
The commencement exercises of the
University of Wyoming Were held
Thursday night. Six orations. each
representing Il department of the in
stitution, We're delivered. Degrees
and diplomas We're presented to n class
of fifteen graduates, President Elmer
Il. Smiley making the presentation nd.
dress. Yesterday was alumni day M
the university, II last night the alum
nj association was addressed by W. NJ.
Bramel of Salt Lake, who graduated
from the university in 1891.
Two Colorado miners, s. z. Tollman
and Frank Caldwell. arrived at Wheat.
land a few days ago and went out To
h Blue Grass IL Sybille mining dis
tricts. 1t Is reported they are in the
employ of w. s. Stratton, the Colorado
millionaire mine owner, INT have pur-
chased W. valuable claims on the
Blue Grass. One of the men said they
had shipping ore, but refused to state
how rich it is The miners purchased
n large quantity of powder I'M tools
with which to develop the mines.
\ gang of burglars has beer operat-
ing in Laramie for some time. Sun
day night the saloon of w. IL. Williams
was entered and about $40 in money
II a quantity of cigars and liquor
carried away. The next night Mr..
Williams residence was entered while
he was mt his place of business. Mrs.
Williams saw the men enter but was
too scared to give the alarm. She
was held in bed until the burglars had
ransacked the house. They secured
over 800 worth of jewelry. The Off
GERS are working on the case but no
clue has been found.
\. C. Tolliver and S. d. Byerlr of
Glenrock have invented n new plan for
heating sheep dips, which has been
tried IL found to be practicable in this
locality. The heater proper is what
plumbers term II box COLL exposed to
n fire of either coal of wood and
through which the dip passes. The
plant is inexpensive. it requires no en-
gineer to run it, and cannot get out of
order, requiring little fuel or attention
and giving any degree of heat rcquir-
ed. 1t can be set up anywhere, and
costs much less than any of the like
plants in use anywhere.
1t is believed by the authorities that
the remains of the human body found
in the ~gunnysack on the banks of Bit
ter creek last week are those of an I'M
known woman who was travelling
through the country alone in a covered
wagon. Ii was seen ut Rock Springs
about n month ago and was known to
nave some money. Robbery was I'M
doubtedly the motive for the murder
and the assassins thought to cover up
all traces of their crime by mutilating
their victim Ii casting the dismem-
bered body into the creek. The au.
thorities are working OF the case and
sensational developments are looked
for.
Teddy O'Leary was the name of
the tramp who was shot and killed by
Phillip Harper, II cook on an outfit ear
at Granger. OLeary and a companion
stopped DIR. Lawrence, the company
surgeon, as he was passing the ear
and commanded him to hold up his
hands. The doctor complied with the
request and called for help mt the
same time. Harper was awakened
and came to the door of the car with
a pistol. Seeing O'Leary with n gun
PORTED at DR.. Lawrence he called TO
the tramp to hold up his hands,
OLeary refused and told the cook 10
get back into the car or he would be
shot. Harper did not wait any longer
but took careful aim at O'Leary aud
fired. The tramp lived only an hour
after being shot. His companion fled.
There have bee a number of hOldups
there of late, and 1t is thought that
O'Leary's death will have the desired
effect with the lawless element.
A difficult piece of engineering was
performed on the 18th, when Kilpat-
rick Bros. Il Collins, railroad contrac-
tors, who are constructing the Sher'
man Hill cutoff for the Union Pacific
moved 1000 cubic yards of solid gran
lite with one blast of powder. Hun
dreds of people journeyed TO Dale
creek, on the western slope of Sher-
man mountain, from Cheyenne, Lara
mic and other towns to witness the eA.
plosion, which, 1t was reported, would
demollsh Il small hill standing directly
In the path of the proposed line. They
expected to witness an unusual spec
tacle, and were not disappointed. For
over n week workmen have been drl''