, 1901-05-30
WYOMING T

mails S1,01I.
John W. Peterson. county clerk of
johnson county, died May list OF
Bright's disease, after an Illness of ten
days.
The ~coroncr's jury at Buffalo
brought in a verdict against edward
i. paden for willful murder of O. ID.
Beard on May 18th. Paden is held for
trial in the District Court.
Aeronaut l.. \. Odell attempted a
balloon ascension and parachute leap
ut Buffalo recently. The parachute
parted ten feet from the ground and
Odcll fell and broke his left leg.
Colonel sam Wood, one of the pio-
necr settlers of Albany county, and
the founder and proprietor Of the IA
nous fishing resort knOwn ms WOODS
Landing. died at Saratoga May 2oth.
Frank Bond of the irrigation bureau
of Cheyenne will spend several weeks
in Louisiana and Texas, Among other
duties assigned him will be the estab-
lishmcnt of government experiment
stations in the Texas arid and belt.
i. u. Hammond, the Casper attor-
ney, has given notice of contest against
the IIartville TOWNSHIP filing in the
United States land office at Cheyenne.
MI llhil4ulbIh ItIilfN'H'o NV p"Ao
of n mining claim, which is located
over The largest part of the town.
T.. l.. Smith and associates, of Raw
lins, have located a number of tracts
in Cow Creek basin. thirty-five miles
southwest of that place, and propose
to sink n well for oil. Natural gas
springs were found there eleven years
ago and many locations were made at
that time.
The assistant secretary of the inter-
ior has requested the secretary of war
to direct that such of the troops at
Fort Washable, Wyoming, as may be
needed he placed mt the disposal of
Indian Agent Nickcrson at Cheyenne
agency should the Indians persist in
holding their sun dance in defiance of
orders TO the contrary.
State Coal Mine Inspector Young, on
his return from Aladdin. in northeast
Wyoming, reports that n fierce fire is
raging III the % mines there. Some
of the entries have been Theoretically
sealed. but the fire ann be eXtin-
guished and the mines have been aban-
doned The coal from Aladdin is used
extensively in the Black Hills.
\ Laramie dispatch says that Will
lam Taylor of Rock River is shipping
large quantities of kaOlin from the eX-
tensive deposits found on his raneh.5
During the past twenty. years he has
Shipped hundreds of Carloads to east
ern paper manufacturers, the kaolin be
ing used to mix with the pulp. The
clay is also in demand among horse
men, who use it as Il pouitice for the
feet of horses.
Charles Edds. pumpman ats No. /
ntnn RnnG Snt.inrg IaI "a hnrtih1a &. y
perience n few days ago. He Was
cleaning the pump ut twenty-one entry
and put his hand down into the cylin-
der TO remove some dirt when the pis-
ton rod moved IND caught the hand
and crushed 1t. He was unable to get
loose and was compelled to sit and en-
dure the pain for five hours before he
was discovered.
Surveyors SEM out by the Fremont.
Elkhorn X Missouri Valley railroad to.
establish reservoir sites for stockmen
driving in herds for shipment have re
turned to Casper. after having located
five sites. These are: One near Powder
river, one rear Wallace creek. one
above Walton, one on the L. X. trail
and one on h Lone Bear, Contrac-
tors will soon be put to work and the.
reservoirs completed by the railroad.
1t is reported from Buffalo that Al
bert Bcarshop, herder for A. L..
Brock was killed May 18Th by L. T..
paden. herder for C. J.. Rand, twenty
five miles south of that place. paden
surrendered to the sheriff. He claims
self-defcnse. There. has been bad
blood between them for some time.
B%earSnop. il is claimed, had threatened
to Kill Pa.len On sight, attacked him
with n knife, and was shot during the
fight.
C. II. Fitch. assistant to +. II. New
ell, chief photographer of the geolog-
zeal survey, recently returned TO Chey-
cnnc from the Sweetwater country,
where he went over the site of the
proposed reservoir 10 store the waters
of the Big Sandy. The proposition to
divert water from that stream and ir-
rigate n vast stretch of lane in that
section will he thoroughly investigated
and State Engineer Parshnll will assist
in the work. Mr.. Fitch was very ia
vOrably impressed with the scheme.
In the matter OF the application of
j. j. Hauphauff, mayor of Hnrtville.
for patcnt for the townsite in trust for
the residents. final proof was offered
in the United States land office ut
Cheyenne and rejected ON the ground
lIul lHt survey VI ut low nSlle ulu nOI
conform to the legal subdivisions of
the government survey. Thirty days
was granted for an appeal. am, an APP
peal will he taken or anOth9f applica-
ton made founded on II survty in con.
formity with the legal subdivisions
made. .
At the state engineers office in Chey-
enne, May %, it was reported that
there was less water in the streams of
the state than ever before at that time
of year. Reports from the mountain
districts state that more snow fell dur.
ing the winter and more lies in the
canon Il on the mountain tops thar
n year ago, and people familiar witt
the subject are puzzled over the short
age of water. or. rather. the lack OF
the usual spring floods. The only so
luton of the mystery offered is that nc
warm weather mas yet prevailed on til,
headwaters of the largest streams ant
the snow has melted slowly as a re,
suit.
President Horace G. Burt. of tho
Union Pacific. passed through Chey
enne a few days since. According t.