, 1901-08-29
WYOMING 7

case at Rawlins returned Il Nertlct tIih'
the boy shot himself, thereby clearing
what at one time looked like an ugly
mystery.
The Laramie Iron and Steel Com-
pany. operating the Laramie roiilhs
mills. is working n double shlft OF
men. with orders enough aheau 10
warrant the employment OF Sixty
more men.
The Presbyterian synod of Colorado
which includes the state of Colorado
and Wyoming. will meet in the FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN Church at Cheyenne, DC
tober list TO 18th. ver n hundred del
egates are expected.
The prisoners will be moved from
the okl penitentiary at Laramie to the
new institution at Itawlins on or about
September 25th. The new buildings
at Rawlins are being put in proper
shape and should he in readiness TO re
ceive the %convicts.
AT the annual meeting of the Big
Horn Wool Growers Association IL
was voted to eXpend certain sums OF
money in hunting down and p~rosecut-
ing certain cattiemen who have
depredations upon bands of sheep
owned by members of the association.
AT Cheyenne the preliminary hear
ing of James Miller, charged with muir
derous assault upon Kels l.. Nickel. has
been continued until September 4th by
consent of all parties concerned.
Nickel is still confined to the county
hospital by the bullet holes in his arm
and thigh.
1t is reported at Cody. that deer,
antelope and elk are so numerous in
the country to the west that 1T has
been necessary for the ranchmen To
drive them away from their crops of
alfalfa. grain, etc. The game is so
tame that frequently animals come in
to the door yards ut the ranches and
eat grass and grain.
AT Laramie the other day n party of
Austrians We're transporting Il keE of
beer across the yards when n freight
train came along. The foreigners
dropped the keg between the rails and
it wrecked six ears. The key was
broken and the beer wasted. The Aus
TRANS got off the track just in time to
save themselves.
George Haskins, the coal miner who
recently discovered n string of cars
running from the yards mt Diamond
willie and sounded the alarm in time 10
prevent a nasty wreck and the possible
loss of lives, has been rewarded by the
Oregon Short Line railroad. Hence
forth Haskins and his family will ride
on an annual pass issued by the Short
Line in appreciation of his services.
The Grand Lodge. |. o. O. f., at its
recent session at Wheatland, voted to
meet in Laramie next year. The fol-
lowing officers We're elected: Grand
master. Henroit Riddle, Evanston;
deputy grand master, Thomas Cottle,
Rock Springs: grand warden, Jacob
Berner, Laramie; grand trustee, Louis
Miller. Laramie: grand treasurer, DO
Seph Dillman. Cheyenne: grand repre-
sentative, W. L.. K~uykendall, Sara
tOga.
The lower part of the bowl and the
stem of a wooden pipe that may be
hundreds of years old was found n
few days ago by NJ. y. Grant of Lara
mic while digging for gold in the grav-
el of the second wash of Muddy creek,
in the mountains west of this city.
This second wash is about two feet
under the surface and is made up of
gravel and boulders. The upper part
of it carries gold in nuggets weighing
as high as twenty-eight pennyweights.
Recent changes in the assignment of
troops in the Department of Colorado
will give Wyoming about 900 addition
al soldiers. 1t was originally planned
to send one battalion of the Eighteenth
infantry here. but it is said that
double this force will now come. and
that about 1000 men will be stationed
at the post near Cheyenne. A troop
of cavalry is also to he sent so Fort
Washable, on the Wind River Indian
reservation. The additional troops are
expected to arrive in Wyoming about
October 18th.
\ Rawlins dispatch of August 18th
says: ]. NJ. Caldwell was brought in
from BaEgs last night and is now in
the county Jail awaiting trial for Grim
inal assault. 1t is claimed that he
met a young lady who lives on Il ranch
near Baggs and started to walk home
with her. While passing through n ra-
vine he drew a pistol from his pocket.
it is alleged and threatened to kill her
If she resisted him. When arrested he
waived examination and was held for
trial nj the next term of court. An at
tempt was made TO lynch Caldwell be-
fore he was brought to Iiawlins.
A Cheyenne dispatch says: William
Padgett. private Of Company NJ, Twen-
ty-third infantry. completed his sen
tence in the Fort Russell guard house
last night. received n 'bob-taiI" dis
charge, and left for the West this
morning. He was sentenced to Jail for
getting married withOu, permission of
the commanding officer. Padgett is
the husband of the elder Ward sister.
who became notorious here during the
past few weeks. Mrs. Padgett is Iiv-
ing with friends here. She will prob
ably join her husband later.
A Laramie dispatch Of August 22nd
says: Miss Franza Hayford. the act
ress who was to have left last night TO
join II of Hoyt's companies in New
York, is reported to have been assault
ed by two negroes while returning
hOm Tuesday evening from the home
of n friend. Miss HayfOrd was found
on the porch Of her home In an uncon-
scious condition. Her father. Judge
hayford, is said to have seer two men.
probably negroes. running away. Miss
Hayford was badly beaten in her sue
cessful efforts 10 thwart her nssaiI-
ants.
An Evanston dispatch says: J. r.
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