, 1901-12-26
WYOMING NOTES.

James Field. tried at Sheridan on the
charge of numbering Bob" Ramsey, a
sheepherder, was acquitted by the jury
on the 10Th instant.
Basin adviccs state hat work is pro-
crossing rapidly on the big canal on
the north side of the Shoshone river.
This canal will he completed in the
spring and will irrigate 1000 acres of
fine bench land.
Irving j. Rendle, n sheepherder, who
was lost for two days and nights, was
brought into Rawlins with his face,
hands and feet badly frozen. He suf-
fered so much that he lost his reason,
but is now improving.
Samuel ]. Groo, who committed sui
eide at Basin City on December LIST,
left a letter in which he said he pre-
ferred death to alcoholism. Groo vas
a slave to drink and in his letter he
stated that alcohol was his assassin.
Captain II. G. Nickerson, agent of
the Wind River reservation, has con-
trlbuted 81 to the Mckinley memorial
fund. Captain Nickerson is said to be
the only man in Wyoming now living
that served in the same regiment with
the late President.
Laramie physicians deny the story
recently 1Illlfh III Nv DthN'A -N'"P
which stated that n convict at the state
p%enitentiary died of leprosy in 1898.
The dead man was examined by eX-
pcrts who pronounced the disease nor
parasitic skin trouble.
Thieves entered the residence of Edi-
tor Reid of the Ruwlins Journal during
his absence at the laramie convention
md stole Il gold watch belonging to
Mrs. Reid and considerable of his
wearing apparel, all valued at about
$50.
Recent advices from Fort Washable
are to the effect that the trouble among
the Indians which started Thanksgiv-
ing Day is not yet settled and that n
rumDus may be started Mt any time.
The ArapahOes are sullen and revenge
full and are obtaining more whisky.
Samuel ]. Groo committed suicide at
n ranch sixty miles southeast of Sheri-
dan on The night of December Sth. Five
miles from the Louis Orr ranch he was
found dead, a revolver in INT hand inc
II bullet hole in his head. 1t is stated
that he had ruined himself with drink.
Hon. Horace Plunkett of Dublin, Ire
land, lately defeated for Parliament in
the Galway district, is in Cheyenne on
business connected with the Wheatland
Irrigation Colony, in which he is in
terestcd. Mr. Plunkptt is an Irish Pri-
testant, n philanthrOpist, and Secre-
tary of Agriculture for Ireland.
The Powder River Telephone Com
pany has opened its line from Buffalo
to KlOndike, MayowOrth, kayocee and
Greub, and is now operating sixty
miles of wire. The new line places
Buffalo in direct communication with
n rich agricultural, stock raising II
mining section of Johnson county.
An expert from the East Is mt Rock
Springs supcrOintcnding the work of
putting in n coke oven to test Rock
Springs Goa for its coking qualities.
In the event of the tests being success
full, II cOking plant will he put in by
the Union Pacific. This would employ
n large number of men and be of vast
benefit to Rock Springs.
Grazing licenses ON the land leTsed
from the Union Pacific by the Carbon
County Wool Growers Association
have been issued 80 the owners of 1872
600 head of sheep. Each license calls
for ground sufficient to Craze 5000
head and 14i of them have been issued.
Each license costs $50 and is good for
one year from January l, 1902.
The display of minerals ut the Lara
ME Mining Exchange, which attracted
so much interest and admiration dur
ing the sessions of the Wyoming In
duStrial convention, is TO be made per-
manent. A fund has been raised sutfi-
Cicnt 10 pay the rent II other eN-
penSes, while Manager Albert Rich
ards agrees to contribute his services
as manager.
The Cheyenne council has passed a
resolution calling for the expenditure
of 5000 for the construction of n
reservoir on the headwateGs of Middle
Grow creek. for the extension of the
filter beds 2.OOG fee!. At II special cleo
ton to be held February 4th, 1902, the
electors of the city will vote to issue
bonds bearing interest mt not more than
five per cent. to the amount needed.
The State Land Board on the even
ing of December 18th concluded n SEES
sion at which about 5000 acres of
school land was leased to ranchmen in
small sections. The discovery vas
made that the state owned several
thousand acres of land close to Chey-
enne. As soon ms the fact leaked out
the board was confronted by Il number
Of applications for lease, and the land
went quickly.
~. ~. Spaugh, the cattle
man who was ordered by the United
States Court to remove 100 miles of
Illegal fence inclosinG IL large tract of
government land. was in Cheyenne re
Gently and stated that he has n force
OF men ut work tearing down the fence.
The storms have retarded the work.
however. and he may not be able to
have all of the fence down by January
2nd, the time set by the court when
the fence should he removed.
A Cheyenne dispatch of December
18th says: Father George j. Bryant
of st. Mmry's cathedral left to-day for
Dubuque, Iowa, to attend the funeral
of Bishop Lehman. He has been com
missioned by Governor Richards to of
ticially represent Wyoming at the fun
eral. No %intimation as to who will be
Bishop Leulhan's successor has been
received here. There is n rumOr that
the diocese of Wyoming may be abol-
ished, and the territory embraced at
tached to the Colorado diocese.
a Laramie dispatch says: Work on
the grade Of the Laramie, Hahn's Peak