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, 1900-06-19

Bozeman trail was the main thorough
fare connecting the east with northern
Wyoming and southern Montana, a
company was organized at Bohemian to
prospect in the foot hills of the Big
Horn mountains. Stories of rich placer
ground had been circulated and an out
fit of l45 men, 10 wagons and two can
IONS stained out headed by the famous
Frank Grouns. Bill Wright was wa
gon boss and Eli May, adjutant. Among
the others were Lisha Terrill, o. P.
Hanna, Bill Buchanan and Deaf Bill
Hamilton. The party started out and
had reached the mouth of Lodge Grass
when the Sioux Indians under the lea
dership of Sitting Bull halted the ex-
petition which at once erected fortif-
cations and prepared for a siege. The
Indians had much trouble along the
trail and the march from Rose Bud had
been marked with a continuous fight.
The sturdy fTontiermen determined to
hold them at bay for a while and win
if possible in the end. On the morning
of the 26th of April, 1874, the big fight
came off. The Indians would scalp ev-
cry white man that came into their
hands and would even dig up a body to
secure a scalp. The e]ntrenched men
knowing this, would be very careful in
trying to conceal all traces of a grave
| that a fpnJ thn .nv,nfy 80 -, So,
fotunate comrade. On the evening
previous to the big fight a party of
white men dug I grave about two miles
outside the line of entertainments and
instead of a body, they put a 6-inch
shell with a friction primer attached,
in the hole and connected it with a
board that they carefully placed upon
the newly turned earth. The day fol-
lowing vas a hot one for the prospec-
tors and made many of the Sioux hit
the trail for the buffalo counter above
the clouds. Meanwhile the shell from
the old Big Horn gun was quietly
awaiting a hand to touch the board so
as to do its share toward exterminating
the Indians.
The fighting was so fierce during the
day that no n could tell to a certain
ty as to the shell being exploded al
though it was reported by Chief of
Scouts, Frank Grouard, who was with
the Sioux at the time of the battle, that
eight Indians were killed by the buried
she'll. No one had visited the spot and
everything remained in doubt until last
month when Mr.. Hanna visited the
place and determined to find the spot
and secure the shell which he thought
he would find mexploded. After a
few hours search he located the hole
and by digging for some time he was
surprised to find some fragments of the
shell, which settles beyond a doubt that
the shell had done its work and sub
stantiated Grouard's statement.
This will be good news to the remain
ing survivors of that memorable expe-
dition many whom are now located at
Bozeman. Many conjectures about the
shell in the grave on a hill between
Lodge Grass and Little Horn has been
made and this will settle forever the
question as to the shell doing its
work.
, 1900-06-19
WESTON COUNTY WOOL.

A conservative estimate of the num-
her of sheep in Weston county on June
10, places the number of lambs a g.
$40; ewes, 71,0S2; wethers, 69,610,
making a total of o 1,212. Last year
the total number of sheep in Weston
county, according to all available re-
ports, was 81 900. Thus it will be seen
that the industry is greatly on the In
crease, and at this rate the county will
soon rank ahead Of any in the state in
this important enterprise. This years
clip of wool will be 1852, S65 pounds,
which figures are based upon the usual
average, and at the price at which wool
is selling at present, means a great
deal to The wool growers of Weston
county.-Newoastle News-Journal.
, 1900-06-19
VIE THIEF VANISHED.

On the 9Th of this month James
Ware, generally known by a vile and
wholly unpublishable name, stole lis
head of yearling ewes from Johnson
Bros, who are ranging their sheep in
the South Pass country. Carl John
son, one of the firm, pursued and
caught him the next day, bringing him
to Atlantic City where he had a pre-
liminary hearing, June 18th, before
Justice Buck Gratrix who held him to
the district court in the sum of $1,000.
Failing to secure bail Ware was placed
in the hand of James Potter for safe
keeping. Potter allowed him to pace
back and forth for exercise, and for a
moment forgot his charge; when he
looked again Ware was gone, also a
horse belonging to Dan Carmody and
there has been no word or sign of him
since.-Lander Mountaineer.
, 1900-06-19
DOGS KILLED BY GAS.
Humane Method of Disposlng of Them
Adopted In Chicago.

lunar Method of Disposlng of Them
Adopted In Chicago.
The Chicago Humane Society has at
last hit upon a novel but effectual
Of %disposing Of vagrant ours be-
fore the heat Of summer sets in. They
are being gathered up from the streets
and asphyxiated by gas. Calls are re-
when made by residents Of the city
who may be bothered by stray dogs.
A number of women, who may be actu-
ated by humanitarian impulses, are CO.
operating with the society to gather
up the animals left to wander and
starve along the thoroughfares. 1t is
largely due to their repeated requests
for a milder mea of destroying dogs
that the new scheme of determination
by gas has been brought about. They
consider death by shooting an unnec-
essarily painful process. A small
metal tank closely sealed with a tight
cover is filled with common illuminat-
ing gas admitted by a tube. A small
aperture in the we permits the air
to be forced out. Into this tank, one
at a time, the dogs are dropped, the
gas is turned on. and in thirty seconds
they are unconscious and In less than
a minute they are l~ifeless. Two feet
Of gas Is considered sufficient quantity
to kill a dog, and the expense amounts
to practically the same as the bullet
Chicago Tribune.
, 1900-06-19
AUGUST FLOWER.

at is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Houston, that In my travels in all
parts Of the world, for the last ten
years l have met with more people
having used Green's August Flower
than any other remedy, for dyspepsia,
deranged liver and stomach, and for
constipation. I find for tourists and
statesmen, or for persons filling office
positions, where headaches and general
bad feeling from Irregular habits exist,
that Green's August Flower is a grand
1t does not injure the system
by frequent use, and is excellent for
stomachs and Indigestion" Sam
pie bottles free at Frank H. Eggles-
toms. Sold by dealers In all civilized
countries. 21I
, 1900-06-19
A MAN WHO MADE THE DESERT
BLOSSOM.

Salt Lake City the other day celebrat-
ed the birthday anniversary Of a man
who will always hold a conspicuous
place In the history OF that locality.
The man referred to was Brigham
Young, who would have been 80 years
of age had he lived to that time. Hon.
Thomas Fitch, of Denver, one OF the
orators on that occasion, said that
Brigham Young "a a Vermont Peri
cles, an American Cromwell, a west
ern Columbus, but he was, ABOVE all,
the very incarnation of the Puritan
idea" The man who had passed this
tribute on the Mormon chieftain,
though he does not belong to the Nor
mon faith, knew the Mormon leader
we'll.
Making allowance for the natural ex-
travagance Of language on such an oc-
casion, the eulogy Of the eloquent
Coloradan does no violence to justice.
Brigham Young unquestionably was
one of the great personages OF his per-
tod. Though comparatively ~illiterate,
he had brain, courage and persistence
During the third Of a century which
passed between the killing of Joseph
Smith, the Mormon faiths founder, in
the jaif at Carthage, ILL.,, and the death
OF Ypuig, the latter was not only the
direAihg head Of the Mormon church,
but ha was the church himself. If
therS had been no Young to inspire
and lead them in the path in which
they won deliverance the Mormons, as
a coAnsunity, would have collapsed af-
tey thSy were expelled from Nauvoo.
1t Wis Young who led them in that
mar& trdm Illinois across the Missis-
sippt aAds the prairies and the noun
tainS t. Salt Lake Valley, which was
as fdlf> Of perils from antagonistic
whites, ehhstile Indians and the rigors
OF THE Uletnents as Xenophon's retreat
Of To ten Thousand through Persia
and krSndhia onward to the Black Sea
and ~ Hpsporus.
Attic time when Young and his
hand hui ok followers crossed the noun
tains' ito Utah that locality deserved
the characterization OF the Great
American Desert" which Pike, Long
and Others OF the early explorers ap-
piled u much Of the country between
the Nil issippd and the Rocky noun
tatns, Aom which more than half Of
the United States corn yield of today
b obtained. Young, through the des-
, 1900-06-19

There Is no more vital question to
the west today than irrigation devei-
opment. What the west is today she
has become in a large measure through
irrigation and what she will develop
into in the future will be largely due
to'the same cause. The union of land
with the waste waters which now flow
u~selessly to the sea during flood sea-
sons will mean the incarnation of an
inland empire and the up-building OF
rural homes to conquer and occupy the
desert.-Buffalo Bulletin.
, 1900-06-19
THE STATE HISTORIAN.

The historian, C. G. Coutant, arrived
in the city on Tuesday and has since
been looking up missing links in the
history of this section. 1t is well I'M
derstood that Mr.. Coutant is an eX-
pert in collecting facts, and placing
them in logical relations to each other.
This work is to him a lahC" of love
and inasmuch as the people of the
state get the benefit, every n should
lend him a helping hand. The second
volume of this great work will be in
the hands of the printer early next win
ter and will be ready for delivery the
following spring. The second volume
will cover the organization of Natro-
ma county. the founding of Casper and
the building of the railroad to this
point.-Casper Derrick.
, 1900-06-19
You may as well expect to run a

You may as well expect to run q
steam engine without water as to find
an active, energetic man with a torpid
liver and you may know that his liver
is torpid when he does not relish hir
food, or feels dull and languid after
eating, often has headache and some
times dizziness. A few doses of Cham.
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
will restore his liver to its normal func.
lions, renew his vitality, improve his
digestion and make him feel like a new
man. Price, rs cents. Samples free at
Frank II. Eggleston's drug store.
, 1900-06-19
CONTRACT

About a 1925, 900 contract was this
week awarded C. H. Sharp of this place.
The work is that of the Burlington ex-
tension from Fort Custer, Mont, up the
City, Wyo., a distance of 200 miles.
Mr.. Sharp at present has a contract
for the first fifty miles of the new road
and is making preparations to begin
work immediately.-Newcastle News
journal.
, 1900-06-19

Recently The Republican called at
tention to the tendency on the part OF
some Of our men of wealth to withdraw
a large portion Of their sur
plus from Wyoming and establish
their homes elsewhere. While this
tendency may be detrimental at pres
ent, 1t will in the future prove bene-
fetal. Living elsewhere they will
gradually permit their Wyoming pos
sessions to slip from their grasp and
the large tracts of lands and other
holdings which they have dominated
VIII be divided into small possessions,
thus benefiting the entire state. A
hundred families are better than one
large concern. The future OF the state
depends upon the small stockman and
farmer. They are the home-builders.
Men whose sole ambition is to acquire
immense wealth through large opera
lions either make 1t and leave us, OF
become bankrupt through reckless
Investments. Years ago we all regret,
tea the decline Of the range industry,
Sober second thought convinced all
hal it was not the cattle business thai
declined, but the reckless barons who
lived in expensive clubs and trusted
their cattle to the elements. Little
wonder they come to grief.
, 1900-06-19
TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1900.

The Grand Encampment Herald ris-
es to remark that there is no circus in
town. h tents have been put up by
newcomers who cannot wait for lum-
Der. Sixty or ninety days will find all
the tents supplanted by substantial
buildings
, 1900-06-19
Driving prcnarasions simply devel.

opdry catarlh; they dry up the secretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom-
pose, causing n far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuffs
and use that which cleanses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such n remedy
and will euro catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
SOC. size. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren ST., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
or cause sneezing. 1t spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev-
Immediately the painful Inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
, 1900-06-19

The assessors report hat the easiest
men to assess are the small household
ers, who are generally honest, sincere
men. Another reason why they are
easy lies in the fact that their property
is all in sight and there is no way OF
getting out of the assessment.
, 1900-06-19

All who suffer from piles will be glad
to learn that DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve will give them instant and per-
man@t relief. It will cure scxema and
skin diseases. Beware Of counter
feits.-A H. Cordiner, Druggist.
, 1900-06-19
SPRAINED ANKLE QUICKLY.
CURED.

AT one time I suffered from a Sc.
we're sprain Of the ankle" says Geo. E.
Cary, editor Of the Guide, Washington,
Va. AFTER using several we'll recon-
mended medicines without success, l
tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and Am
pleased to say that relief came as soon
as I began Its use and a complete cure
followed" Sold by Frank H.
Druggist.
, 1900-06-19

Reports show that over fifteen hun
dred lives have been saved through the
use of One Minute Cough Cure. Most
of these were cases Of grippe, Group,
asthma, whoopirg cough, bronchitis
and pneumonia. Its early use prevents
consumption.-A. H. Cordiner.
, 1900-06-19

Small in size and great in results are
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the ia
nous little pills that cleanse the liver
and bowels. They do not gripe.-A. H.
C%ordiner, Druggist.
, 1900-06-19
SOME r. HISTORY.

Sheridan's oldest resident, o. P. Han
ma, while visiting in the Crow reser-
walton neal the Bozeman creek, found
a piece Of shell that recalls some early
history. The Sheridan Post gives the
following account Of the incident:
Twenty-seven years ago while the
, 1900-06-19
TRY ALIENS FO0T-EASE,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot. and get tired easily. Il you have
smarting feet or tight shoes. try Aliens Foot
Ease. 1t cools the feet and makes walking
easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, bis
tiers and %Callous spots. Relieves corns aud
hunions of all pain and gives rest and COM
fort. Try 1t today. Sold by all druggists ano
shoe stores for IS cents. Trial package FREE.
Address. Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
, 1900-06-19

Extra copies Of The laramie Repub-
LEANS illustrated edition nay be had
at this office or at the new depot for
Is cents per copy.
, 1900-06-19
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST.

Following is the list of letters re-
naming in the p~ostoffice at Laramie,
Wyo., for the week ending June
18th. 1900. Parties calling for letters In
this list will please say Advertised"
Anderson James H. Barry Mary NJ.
Carpenter NARROW Carpenter NJ. A.
Caps James Cony NJ. X.
Dillinger Robert Dillinger John
Dalford R. C. DAWSON Henry
Dick H. c. (2) Devine Frank
beware Mary Ewing Chas. f.
Hume VIM. Finley VIM.
Falor Archie Gorges L. W.
Gilmore Bob Hill Otto
Jacobs B. A. Lujan Nicholas
lessen Ebbe Kimpton l. r.
Keims w. G.. Lewis Calnin
McGovern John McJillie Marie
James Riley NJ. NJ. (2)
Rawlings Arthur Rendon Jose Dolores
Roopruth H. B. Smith Samuel
SCHNEIDER Mary M. Sopher Braden
Snyder John Sommer Dave
Winters Henry.
e. T. BELTZ. P. M.
, 1900-06-19
UNION PACIFIC TINE TABL

UNION PACIFIC TINE TABLE
Passenger train arrive In Laramie
as follows and remain only FIVE min
utes:
WEST-BOUND.
No. 1, Overland Limited. ..11:00 p. m.
No. 3, Pacific Express. ...12.3O p. m.
No. 101, Fast Mail. H. sc D. m.
EAST-BOUND.
No. 2, Overland Limited. ....4:30 a. m.
No. 4, Licol Passenger. ...11:50 a. m.
No. 6, Atlantic Express. ....11:05 p. m.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29
Quick Relief for Asthma.

Miss Maude Dickens, Parsons,
Hans, writes: al suffered eight
wears with asthma in its worst
form. had several attacks dur.
ing the last year and was not ex-
pected to live through them. |
began using Foley's Honey and
lar and it mas never failed to give
immediate relief" ]. L. Gaskins.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29
NOTICE OF TAX SALE.

5st tywnI atpubc auctono
o.
n
anne together tn to uhsaen advertiser
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

Description OF Land
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-22

been MADE in 1881, at this last session q
the 10th Congress; but the bill met such
strong opposition in the House that 10 did
not pass in season TO be acted on In tbs
Senate. SO the measure went over 70
the next Congress. This saved the small
states for two years.
The bill which the majority Of the cen
sus committee report Is called the Hop
kins bill, after the chairman OF ths COM
mittes. MIR. Hopkins starts out with the
proposition that the membership Of the
House should be IS Z, and then to get this
number fixes his ratio at one Congress
man for each 2Oe. 1868 Of population. This
gives 1877 members not counting remand
ers in population IN any state, and leaves
" members to be given to the 23 states
having the largest remainders.
The Burleigh bill makes the member
ship ss7, and fixes ratio suitable to get
this result.
There seems to be no contest In this
Congress over the methods Of liking the
ratio, the size OF the House being the
principal difference: but in the psst sx-
tensive debates have occurred over the
method OF arriving at the ratio. Presi-
dent Washington vetoed the first appor-
tionment bill because there was no one
proportion or division which, applied 70
the respective mum bers OF the states,
would yield the number and allotment Of
Representatives proposed by the bill.
The constitution provides that "Repre-
sentatives shall be apportioned among
the several states according to their res
psctive numbers" Daniel Webster de.
clared that the words las near as may
bel should have been added. They oan.
not be app1rtioaeo with perfect accuracy,
for the reason that there Is no common
divisor which, applied to the population
of the several states, Will divide them
exactly without remainder Thomas
jefferson, IN his opinion upon the appor-
tionment bill OF 1899 construed the clause
OF the CONSTITUTE on to mean that the ap
portionment should be made by some
common ratio, and declared that the
nearest common divisor must be taken as
that ratio. He held that fractions should
be disregsrded. MIR. Webster, in learned
report in 1882, said: I" Let the rule be,
that the population Of each stats shall be
divided by common divisor, and that,
| In addition to the number of members
resulting from such a division, member
shall be allowed to each state whose
fraction exoesds a moity of the divisor.
1t will be observed that the method
proposed now does not conform to the
plans above mentioned; but it conforms
to the systems In use In later years,
The apportionment fixes not only the
numbers of the House Of Representatives
but also determines she siza Of the cleo
toral college.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-22
ART NOUVEAU WARE,

81 so, $3.50, So 80, 81 90.
Old Moravian vases, jugs, cups, urns,
jars. pitchers, trays, etc., $l.2a, 81 50
Flemis s. 90; Swiss Loving Cups, s. 90.
Wardle Landscape Juga, $3.50, s. 90.
Luneville Fayence, SLIGO, 81 SO.
Gold Intaglio Nappys (Bohemian),
- 90, 81. so, $3.50
st, Clement, Royal Bonn, Tenlitz, etc.
Swiss Salad Forks and Spoons, 81 so
pair.
Unique Ink Wells In Bubble Glass
and Bsccarat, s.. 90 TO "a 90.
Antique Liquor Dsoantsrs, $s.01 to
s. 20. Very quaint In shape.
Fern Dishes, Open work. green pottery,
new, 81 60.
Old English, Salt, Mustard. Sugar
Bowls and Creams in Silver and Blue
or Ruby Glass.
Silver Deposit Cologne Bottles, Vases
and Pottery, 81 so, 50 10, s. 81, IS, So. so.
81. rs. 81, IS 30.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-22
Vermont Got Very
Much Excited.
Old Controversy of Revolution
airy Days Revived.
ESPECIAL TO THE pnEss.l

Washington, Dec. 2l.-The last contest
over apportionment OF Representatives
that Is at all comparable with the debate
which viii occur after the holiday recess,
was In the Forty-seventh Congress, In
1882. In 1891, when the last apportion-
ment was made, tho membership OF the
Houss was increased to 357, so as to take
care OF Maine and the other small states.
Speaker Reed was presiding officer OF the
House, and the large states were hardly
. In "a position, had they so desired, to keep
the membership at the old figure. There
fore the apnortionment bill of 1891 did
: not excite great debate in the House
Bat in 1882 the smaller states made
great fight to prevent loss of members.
Maine BIZ thas bin dropped from hvs TO
four members. There does not seem to
have been especial interest on the question
in Maine, however, perhaps because one
of the five Maine districts was Greenbaok
In tendencies, and therefore not liable to
be missed in new apportionment that
would be made by Republican legisla-
tura, At any rate Maine did not gst
greatly excited over that apportionment,
even though she did loss member. But
other small states did, particularly
Rhode Island and Vermont, which were
each reduced to two members that year.
Vermont especially got very much excit-
cd. L. was alleged that the large states
were plunderinR the little states OF por-
tion OF their influence, and as the mem
her In charge Of the bill was MIR. Prescott.
OF New York, tho Vermont members took
occasion to reopen the old controversies
which arose between New York and Yer
mont in Revolutionary days. Amid
tumultnous applause Congressman Joyce,
of Vermont, recited one OF the old rhymes
OF the days OF the Green Mountain Boys,
wherein sturdy defiance was hurled at
New York. He began his speech by this
assertion as to the alleged injustice Of the
bill: ut is New York trying Co gobble
lup Vermont"
Then he gave the poetry as follows:
Let Clinton and Ten Brock, with bribes
In their hands,
.StiIl seek to divide us and parcel our
lands:
We've coats for our traitors, whoever
they are
Inc war 10 Vi AoeAbhCASg eAAS AAAAA6 ~ wa
What seek they among us? The pride of
our wealth
Is comfort, contentmsnt, and labor, and
health,
And lands which as freemen We only
have trod,
Independent Of all save the mercies of
God.
Though savage ana wild be this climate
OF ours,
And brief be our season of fruits land OF
Far dearer the blast round our mountain
which raves
Than the sweet summer zephyr which
breathes over slaves.
Come York or come Hampshire, come
traitors and knaves,
IL ye rule DER our land, ye shall rule DER
our graves;
Our vow is recorded, our banner un-
furlsd,
In the name of Vermont we defy all the
world.
But neither poetry nor defamation
awaited. The small states, Maine among
them, suffered, although they got little
advantage from the fact that the appor-
tionment was delayed. 1t should have
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-22
EUROPEAN NOVELTIES.

Pearl Necklaces and Lorguette Chains,
81. 90, q. 20, 81 90, $500, s. so. Very effsc-
tive for party wear.
Wine Corks with Kaiser-Zinn tops,
81 90.
Gun Metal Stamp Boxes, $500.
Cigar Cutter, 81. 90.
Gun Metal Pencils. $500. $3.50. s. 90.
Gun Metal Whistles, $3.50.
Gun Metal Matah Boxes, $500, $3.50.
Silver Filligree Cabinet pieces, (made
In italy,, from 100 to si.b0.
Spoons, Tables. Bath Chairs. Arm
chairs, Sofas, Carriages, Pianos, etc.
Very dainty for cabinets Sterling
Silver whistles, Chains. Charms, Rings.
Coral Scarf Pins. Silver Cameo Brooches.
Mosaic Brooch Pins, $500.
Partisan Hat Pins, In gun metal,
Mosaic and Arabesque (Exposition de.
signs), Zoo to $3.50.
Chatslain Perfume Bottles.
Agate handled Blotters, 81 90.