, 1901-01-24
WYOMING NOTES.

EX-President Gates of Iowa College
has accepted Il call to be pastor of the
First congregational Church of Chey-
enne.
The new smcIter at Grand Encamp-
ment is nearing completion. There is
believed to be more ore in the region
than the smelter can handle.
The presidential electors of Wyom-
ing have met and cast their ballot for
William Mckinley. A. Il. Bradberry
will east the vote at Washington.
Thomas Thomas of Casper, while re
turning home from Salt Creek, got lost
in Il storm and was on for W days,
but came across Il sheep herder ana
was saved.
The c%Orrals. hay stacks and outbuild-
ings on the Harry Farthing ranch, on
Pole creek. lear Cheyenne, have been
destroyed by fire. The dwelling house
alone escaped.
The new city government of Chey-
enne Will not be inaugurated till Feb
ruary 9th. owing to Il change in the
municipal laws made at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature.
a p~ostofficc has been established Mt
Wolcott. Carbon county. This is the
shipping point of Encampment and
Battle Lake mines and is becoming
quite an important point.
Reports from Fremont county are to
the effect that range stock never look
ed better and up to January LIST there
has been nc necessity of feeding hay,
of which they have big stacks.
The sheep and cattle wal in Converse
county may result in bloodshed. Both
n. 80 To- n.. ...FI e.. L.. ,.,.-.,,pE,,-, 4, tnr.
stocks of arms. A number of ar
rests have been made mt Lusk.
The town of Lusk is congratulating
itself on the completion of the town
waterworks. ana particularly on strik.
ing Il big flow of water in the well
sunk In connection with the system.
Secretary Hitchcock. in the case Of
Donald Mitchie VS.. Martin J.. Goth.
berg, rejected the stone filing of Goth.
berg In the Douglas. Wyoming, land
district, holding the same to be min.
eral land.
returns from two recent shipments
OF copper ore from the Rambler mine
at Battle Lake are very satisfactory.
They show an average for the 5,OnI
pounds of 6112 per cent copper, S6.4C
in gold and SLAB in silver.
Articles of incorporation have beer
filed by the Standard Petroleum and
Gas Company; capital, S2oO.OOO; trus.
tees: William NJ. Dutton. Charles Ba,
tellc, j. l.. McCaid, C.. NJ. Riner and
William Sturgis.
Papers of incorporation have been
filed by the Swectwater Hereford
Breeders Association. The incorporat
ors We're: IL. $. Brodt. j. Maloney and
A. j. Boutwell,. Carbon county is the
headquarters of the company, which
will breed Hereford cattle.
In the big hunt which has been plan
ned from Buffalo Bill's ranch near
Cody for next fall. Vice President The
odore Roosevelt, General y. A. Miles
and IL number Of titled E%nglishmer
will participate. 4 club has beer
formed which will make its headquar
tiers at the Cody ranch and have year
ly meets.
Edward s. White. member of the
House of Representatives from Natro
IN county, died mt Cheyenne on the
18th instant. For several days he had
been suffering with the grip which set
tied into pneumonia with fatal results
MIR. White was II prosperous sheer
owner, being interested with his broth
er i'll the central part of the state.
The Wyoming Industrial Journal OF
January places the mineral production
of Wyoming mt SI.246,G23. The jour.
nal is the only publication in the state
devoted exclusively to the OF
the state, and is conservative in its es.
Inmates. The gain owe 1899 is $1.154..
$50. The ferris-llaggerty copper
mine is credited with 1000 tons of thir,
ty per cent, copper. or S54G.OOO. and the
Carrisa. in the South Pass district,
with SSOo,OOO in gold.
The recruiting station Mt Cheyenne
has been directed to enlist men for the
hospital corps and good men will be
taken for that service who have had
no preliminary training. provided they
are bright. active, healthy young men.
Men enlisted in this branch will be
sent 10 Fort Mcdowell. California
Captain Herbert Il. Warren has beer
assigned To duty ms examining Z
Tor Cheyenne recruits of all classes.
The records show that the Cheyenne
police force has been anything but idle
during the past year, as Oh arrests
were made. of which $50 We're for
drunkenness, forty-siX were women
and all but t~wenty-four were for mis-.
utIlealofS. SIN people were arrested
for insanity. five runaway boys were
captured and three descrters from the
United States army We're taken. The
large number of arrests for petty of.
lenses is attributed to the large num-
her Of hobo laborers who have passed
through the city to and from the rail
road camps.
The funeral of Representative l.. s.
White Of NatrOna county. who died
Monday, was held in the hall of the
House Of Representatives ON the Sth
inst. The funeral services were con
Quoted by the Scottish and York orders
of FreemasOnry headed by Judge j. A.
Riner. The impressive service was
witnessed 10y the members of the Sen
ate and House, assembled on the floor
of the House, and by hundreds of
friends in the galleries. The pail bear.
ers Were four members of each house
as follows: Senators Stone. sullivan,
Davis and Williams, and Representa-.
tives Atherly, Gray, O'Brien and Shaw.
Arrangements Were made by the Ma
sons to perform the last rites and inter
the remains at Casper.
1t is stated that the Colorado Iron
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