, 1901-02-28
WYOMING NOTES.

Colonel w. +. Cody c'Buffalo Bil)
will 90 all the way from Wyoming to
Washington to lead the inaugural pa
rade.
@. ]. Wallace, n Chinaman, and LII
lie Kelly. a pretty Irish girl of twenty,
were married at Evanston Il short time
ago by Bishop Brown.
Guy Kent, a Cheyenne boy, was
graduated from West Point February
18th. He was appointed by Congress
man Mondell four years ago.
The following new postmasters for
Wyoming have been appointed: La
Grange, Laramie county. b. Il. David;
Manhattan, Crook county, Il. NJ. LIN
coin.
\ new postofice has been established
on the sherman hill cutoff. near the
crossing of Dale creek. 1t Will retain
the name of Sherman, the old office be
ing discontinued.
Senator Warren recently received n
cablegram from Manila announcing
the death at that place from typhoid
fever of Hon. Chester Il. Bradley, 1or-
merly of Casper.
The membership of the Department
of Colorado and Wyoming, q. \. X,
o in good standing. is 300. In the
past six months there was a gain Of
159 and n loss of 126.
During the month of January the
Union Pacific has sold 22,OOO acres of
land, chiefly in this state, to small
farmers. Mos of the buyers were
from Illinois and other central states.
The experiment station of the Agri.
cultural College will soon receive q
large supply of grass and forage seed
to be distributed free throughout the
state to farmers.
Governor Richards has issued notary
public commissions as follows: To j. j..
Pagan, Carbon county; Fred A. Pier.
son, Gold Hill. Crook county; l." En-.
dernd, Rock Springs; Emil TANNER
man, Ranges, Sweetwater county.
For the first time in the history of
the oil industry in this state, oil has
been shipped out of the state IN tank
cars. The shipment was made by the
Pennsylvania Oil Company of Casper
to Denver and will be followed by
others.
State Senator C. A. Guernsey, pre-.
viOus to adjournment of the Legisla.
ture, was elected president pro tenn of
the Senate. As there is no lieutenant
governor, he would become acting gov.
ernor in case of the absence of both
the governor and secretary of state.
Laramie proposes to have a first-class
base ball team the coming season, and
is arranging to play with mines AT
Cheyenne, llama. North Platte, Fort
Collins. I4ongmont, Boulder and Den
yer. Other towns are also organizing
and the national game is likely to -four
ish in Wyoming during the coming sea.
son.
The Legislature has passed several
bills in the interest of the State Uni.
versity at Laramie. One of these pro.
vides for the establishment of a central
heating plant. which will be in n build
ing by itself. Another provides for
the completion of Science hall, and
still another provides for the purchase
of n lot in IL corner of the campus
thus completing the square.
The population of the leading cities
of Wyoming. according 10 the census of
1900, is as follows: Buffalo. 10; Car,
bon. 664; Casper, $50; Cheyenne. H.
0sT; Douglas, 734; Evanston. 2,11O; Gil.
lette, 151: Green River, 1861; Lander,
1877; Laramie, SPOT; Lusk, $50; New,
castle, 756; Rawlins, 2,317; Rock
Springs. 1903; Sheridan. 1853, Sun
dance, 294; Thermopolis, 800.
The contract for the construction of
the Carnegie public library nj Chey-
enne has been let to IL. L. Allen of
Chippewa Falls. Wis, the bond of S24.-
o having beer received by the build
ing committee. The work will COM
mence ON April LIST, and the building
must be finished by December !. 1901.
The building, which will cost $4,000.
will stand on the corner of Capitol ave.
nue. and Twenty-second street.