, 1900-12-13
WYOMING NOTES.

Albany county is making extensive
improvements on the Porter gulch and
Pollock roads into North Park.
The Union Pacific is arranging to u
n large quantity of ice at Lake PARK,
in the eastern part of Cheyenne. Iracks
have been laid around II side OF the
lake.
The building Of the new fort, the dis
covery of rich marble Guarries ana the
large increase of operations ut Il coal
mines is giving Sheridan "A business
boom.
In the District Court at Cheyenne
David Falls was adjudgcd insane. a
few days ago Falls assaulted IL at.
tempted to Kill Joseph Newman at Fort
Laramie.
A Chicago dispatch says that Walter
G. Glenn, who has been arrested at
RnwlinS. Wyoming. is wanted for the
cmbezZlcmcnt of nearly S2O,poo. ne
was II bookkeeper for the Mechanics
Building and Loan Association of Chi
cago.
In the District Court at Cheyenne the
Jury in the case of w. G. Fletcher of
Whcatlniid. charged with assault with
intent 10 commit murder, returned Il
verdict of not guilty. Fletcher and
Allan Laughlin of Glendo quarreled
and Laughlin was seriously cut with a
knife.
oil has been struck in the Wyoming
Valley well No. 3, near Douglas. The
quantity is small. The oil is found in
the first sand, at n depth of about $50
feet. The machinery used in drilling
this well was removed 10 the La Bonte
Oil syndicate's lands, near the Espee
ranch, wher Il well will be COM
menced.
A hunting party, headed by Buffalo
Bill, is now making up h Grey Bull
river, in the Big Horn basin, after elk.
The party consists of w. f. Cody, IL.
II. Hnke, Omaha; j. II. O'Brien of Buff
falo, New York; Mike Russell of Dead
wood: Il. y. Pearson and c. III. Morrll
of Lincoln, accompanied by citizens of
Wyoming.
The county commissioners, convened
by Governor Chatterton to arrange for
n special election to fill h vacancy
caused by the death of Member-elect
Richardson. adjourned without COM
plying with the request, and no special
election will he held. The reason al
legged is the heavy expense it would
necessitate.
The name of the man found near Tie
| SlNllllE ii lew hi = - NAA''
hole in his head was Donora Lettimo,
an Italian grader. Lettimo had saved
mp considerable money and the night
before the body was found he exhibited
over 500 in II saloon mt Tie Siding.
There seems to he little chance of the
murderers being unprecedented.
Harry Schnitger. the cighteen-year-
old son of Mayor W. K. SchnitSer of
Cheyenne, died suddenly December I'd
of typhoid fever. The young mar was
taken i'll mt Fort Collins several weeks
ago and was taken home. Young
Schnitgcr was II graduate of the Chcy-
enne High School and was very popu-
lar.
Electricity is being introduced in the
Grand Encampment district by Messrs.
Latham X BOyce. who have the Nor
v~el-piCkercl tunnel contract. They are
putting In engine, dynamo and drilling
outfit. The Ferris-Haggerty people are
also planning Il complete electric sys-
TEN for power and lighting to be used
by the town and mines.
Paul Niedick, n naturalist, traveller
and hunter of Cologne, Germany. has
returned to Cody, Wyoming, from Il
hunt in the Big Horn mountains, where
he was successful in killing n sixteen
point elk. Mr.. Niedick has hunted in
every country III the globe and goes
from mere to South Africa on III ele-
plant hunt. He says he never enjoy
ed n hunting trip more than the II in
the mountains near Cody. He will re-
turn in two years with n number of
companions and will explore the entire
Big Horn range.
DIR. j. NJ. Wilson of the board of
sheep commissioners, states that while
on n visit to one of his sheep camps in
Converse county recently he discover
ed Il prehistoric mine. 1t consisted of
n shaft and over the shaft ut each
level. AS the formation in that sec
ton does not carry gold, silver or cop
per, it is the belief that the prehistoric
miners We're in search of precious
stones. The workings are similar to
those found on Goose creek several
years ago. and which are also found in
portions of Colorado, New Mexico and
AriZOna.
A Wyoming case for damages result
ing from n railroad wreck near Granite
Canon in October, 1899, is being tried
at Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. Purple,
whose husband, Harry G.. Purple. was
killed. claims heavy damages from the
Union Pacific company. Several rail
road officials and trainmen We're sum
moned from Cheyenne to testify in the
ease. Under the laws Of Wyoming il
is Il debatable question whether an ac-
ton for damages can be maintained in
that state to recover for Il fatality. and
for this reason the case was taken to
Kansas. o miles away from the scene
of the accident.
Warden r. Jeff Carr of the state pen
itcntiary at Laramie. is reported to
have stated in an interview that unless
some of the convicts are moved to the
new penitcntiary ut Rawlins Don IL
will be necessary to build an addition
to the old government military prison
ut Laramie, rs the institution is al
ready crowded. In his opinion IL would
he n good idea TO use both penitcntiary
buildings. He regards the building of
II new penitcntiary at Rawlins ms en-
tircly unnecessary. but now that il has
been completed it may as well he used.
Laramie, he says, is the better location
for tlp nAunl iustitutipu ne tln pPnsput