, 1901-01-31
WYOMING NUTES.

preparation of 90 passed tne
House. ;he vote standing IS for and
3 against.
At a special meeting Troop A of the
Wyoming National Guard elected John
Gregory first lieutenant and G. L. Huck
second lieutenant.
a new stage line will soon be seen
from Wolcott. on the Union PACING, 10
Saratoga. Battle Lake and Encamp-
ment mining districts.
A new coal mine has been discovered
at Glenrock by the Glenrock Coal Com
pany. The company will at once com
menca work opening up the mine.
Little Edith Sturgis, the four-year-
| old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
| Sturgis of Cheyenne. who was fright
fully scalded a few days ago by fall
ing into a tut of water, died from her
injuries.
There have been hui three deaths
among the members of either house
during their terms of office since the
admission of Wyoming to statehood,
two of which occurred during the pres
ent session.
The state board has allowed leases
on 100 sections, or 64,OO0 acres OF
school land. The board has transact
ed an enormous noun of business
during the past year, having written
1900 letters.
Henry Jones was frightfully man
gled by a premature explosion on Sher-
man hill. Both legs We're broken, II
arm crushed, his chin blown off II
his face and head cut and bruised. He
was taken to st. Joseph's hospital,
omaha.
\ number of wealthy resident of the
Powder river country have organized a
company to reclaim a large section of
country north and east of Kaycee. a
10-foot ditch is now being surveyed.
which will be sixteen miles long and
which will furnish water for several
thousand acres of land.
In addition TO placing the residence
limit at two years. the divorce bill
passed by the HOUSE provides tina; in
certain cases marriages shall be void
without decree of Il court. One of
these cases is where one or the other
Of the contracting parties has Il lEls-
band or wife living.
EX-Congressman j. T.. Osborne
passed through Cheyenne en- route to
Havana to attend the Pan-American
convention of doctors ut that place.
He will make IA tour of the East before
returning to his home in Rawlins. DR..
Osborne received the votes Of the Dem
ocratic members for United States sen
atOr.
Two men have been arrested at
Kearneys charged with attempting to
wreck Union Pacific train Mo- 3. one
gives his name as &. III. Jeffrey. the
other is a negro named Alexander. n
tough character of Kearney. Jeffrey
shows marks of having been in n fight
of some kind. The officers believe that
Collins. the old man who wa"led the
authorities. was Il pal of the others,
but. having fallen out with them. at
tempted to get Il reward by informing.
He is under arrest in the hospital.
The obstruction placed on the track
was two stones weighing over 200
pounds each.
The officers working upon the mail
robbery case at Cheyenne arrested two
men suspected of being implicated in
the affair. The men We're fonud on
the spot where most of the letters We're
opened, and when searched were found
to be heavily armed with revolvers.
The men CAV their names as Clayton
and l.. o. Atwood. One of the men
had two grips. which contained all
the supplies of IA professional gambler.
The mail pouch contained checks II
notes to the amount of $4,000. which
was recovered. Some paper currency
was found, which the thieves had over
looked in their haste. They probably
obtained quite a sum of money.
In the legislative proceedings, while
considering n bill for the equalization
| pf .nnnfy- nafianfS i'm tho inSunn nsy-
lum. DIR. Creswell. a member from
Johnson county. made a speech reflect
ing severely on the management of the
Evanston asylum. lie said that the
inmates were held prisoners in the in
stitution until after their recovery;
that other inmates who had recovered
We're allowed to 90 ut large without
being discharged; that some who had
recovered We're denied the privilege of
discharge unless they would promise
to leave the state. He said he knew
these things as facts. He then moved
that the bill should he excepted from
the favorable report Of the committee,
which was done.
The Upper Big Laramie Live Stock
Protective Association has been Or
gained to make war upon the wolves
and mountain lions that have been to
ing great injury to the stock Interests
of this part of the country. \ bounty
of $50 will be paid on every wolf and
mountain lion killed in a district de
fined by the members of the assucia-
ton. "Rattlesnake Jack" Il famuus
trapper and hunter. is now working
in this district II will be given all
the encouragement possible 10 clean
out the animals. In the foothills of
the Medicine Bow range there Is now
one enormous mountain lion that has
inflicted great losses upon the stock
men and "Ratt:esnake Jack" vii make
Il special effort to get him.