, 1900-12-20
WYOMING NOTES.

to end at Battle.
Joseph Magagana. an Austrian lad,
was thrown from Il horse at Rock
Springs and instantly killed.
Professor George Wilson of the Ian
der schools died n Lander on the 18TH
instant, of consumption. He was for
merly n resident of Buffalo, Wyoming.
In the District Court at Cheyenne
David Falls was adjudgcd insane. n
few days ago Falls assaulted n at
tempted to kill Joseph Newman at Fort
Laramie.
The State Board of Charities and Re
form has decided to have workshops
erected at the new penitentiary at
Rawlins before December Both, the
date of the removal of the prisoners
from Laramie.
Representative Mondell has intro
luced a bill permitting settlers in Wy
1 uming and South Dakota free use OF
timber on certain lands in the Black
Hills reserve for domestic purposes.
William Epps. the cOlcred man who
is charged with attempt to Kill his wife
mt Laramie a few weeks ago, was
caught in Cheyenne and taken to Lar
annie. Epps is said to he n bad man
and he will doubtless he sent to the
penitentiary.
State Examiner II. Il. Henderson of
Wyoming went to Charleston, South
Carolina, to deliver an address before
the League of American municipalities
on Benefits Derived from Uniform Ac-
counting and State Examinations
The injuries received by Bernard
Hines. the wealthy stOckman of Baggs,
Wyoming, by falling from n passenger
train near Cheyenne a few days ago,
resulted in death. His skull was frac-
tured and he never re"ained conscious
ness.
The Buffalo city council has passed
n curfcw ordinance making it unlaw-
full for children under the age of six
teen years to be out on the streets and
alleys of the city after S o'clock p. m,
during the winter months, and after 8
O'Clock in the summer season.
A meteor fell near Laramie Deem
ser 9TH. with considerable force. max
ing n sound hat many people thought
was an explosion of collapse of Il build
ing. Few saw the meteor in the air,
but those who did describe it rs Il large
ball, leaving n stream of ~sulphurous
smoke in its trail.
Robert A. Edwards of Rock Springs,
weigh boss at the Union Pacific No. 8
mine, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the chest Il few days ago.
He was an freshman by birth and
came from Dublin or Belfast. He
leaves n wife and three children. He
was about thirty years of age.
The Cheyenne city council will peti-
ton the secretary of the interior to cs-
tablish II gduging station an Grow
creek for such investigation as may
he necessary to determine the daily
flow and ascertain the feasibility of
"impOundIng the waters that now go to
waste during the spring months.
A cOal vein is being worked by Dan
Mitchell Il short distance from Buffalo
which is possibly the largest in the
West, being from twenty 10 forty feet
in thickness. over 1000 tons of coal
have been taken out in developing the
property during the present year, the
tunnel opening extending about 300
feet on an upward incline.
The following delegates from Wy
Oming have beer appointed to the Ma
tionnl Live Stock convention at Salt
Lake January 18th neNt: w. c. Irvine,
L. I. Snow. Judge ]. Nj. Carey, George
East. Dr. j. NJ. Wilson. j. w. Ham
mond, ID. McUIvan, w. w. Gleason, \.
G. McGregor and A. a. Spangle. All
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sheep.
At the recent meeting of the Big
Horn County Wool Growers Associa-
ton $1,000 was voted and will be used
in paying bounties OH bob cats which
are doing great damage in hat section.
Farmers OF the Greybull have re-
Gently placed orders for thousands of
young fruit trees, which will be plant
ed in the spring. Fruit growing in that
section has proven profitable.
The large real estate holdings of the
Standard Cattle Company. ut one time
the leading cattle concern in eastern
Wyoming, were recently sold to BUD
Driskcll, II large cattle owner of Spear
fish, South Dakota. The land. includ-
ing enclosed pastures, amounts TO 20
900 acres. and is II of the finest stock
ranches in northeastern Wyoming. 1t
is understood hat $4,000 was the
amount paid.
The city council of Rnwlins has
made IL proposition to the Union Pacific
railroad TO pay the company $500 Il
month for the use of the Platte river
water from their system, for the
amount now needed by present consum-
ers, and allow the company one-half
the revenue derived from additional
taps. The extension of the city mains
now under consideration will largely
increase the income OF the railroad
water plant.
The Mormon ~cOlonists on the Stink
ingwatcr have changed the name of
their town from ShOshOne to Cowley.
The Mormons are now engaged in run
ming their big irrigation ditch through
a high hill, which will save several
miles and give Il better grade. About
fifteen miles of the ditch have been
completed and the entire canal viii he
ready for the water in the spring. when
several hundred additional settlers will
come in from Utah and Idaho.
state Superintendent lyman has dis.
covered that for many years the state
has been %dcfrauded of the rental of
10000 acres Of state lands. This land
was filed m some time ago and leases
applied for, hut for some unknown rca-
SON leases were never granted and the
state has had no record or the lands in
question, Many of the tracts lie along
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