, 1901-05-23
WYOMING NOTES.

On the night of the 10th inst. nine
sheep shearers were held up in n
car at Evanston by I'VE tramps II
robbed of 800
A. ID. Spaugh of Converse county
has purchased 1000 head of black Cal
loway steer yearlings from n. Morris
of Midland, Texas.
A miner named Lutte Walters, while
intoxicated. lay down on the railroad
track at Green River on the 10Th inst.
and was killed by n passing freight
train.
At Buffalo on the 18th instant Arna
Wagner pleaded guilty to h charge
of stealing o head of sheep from A.
Nj. Brock and was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary.
A big meeting of sheep men of east
ern Wyoming will be held at Douglas
July 10th. which viii be the largest
ever held in Wyoming. Senator War
rem, who is president of the National
" oolgrowers' Association. will speak.
The Fort Steele cutoff. which in
cludes n magnificent steel bridge over
the Platte river. have been opened for
traffic by the Union Pacific. The new
line passes through Fort Steele on the
north instead of the south, as hereto
fore.
The new edition of the state PAM
phlet advertising and describing the
of Wyoming has been pre-
pared by Secretary of State Chatter
ton and will soon he in the hands of
the printer. 1t will be handsomely il
Illustrated.
A gang of sheep shearers of twenty
fnttr. man mazda a t.aaorI at tho mons
across the river from Casper n few
days since. A total of 1855 sheep We're
sheared, being an average of about 100
sheep per man. William Pernell
sheared o sheep.
been awarded the contract for con
structing the superstructure of the
Cheyenne public building. the contract
price being S1S4,73 Either Rawlins
or Iron Mountain sandstone can be
used. Work on the building will be
commenced at once.
Adjutant General Sitter, at Chey-
enne. has received kilograms from the
commanding officers of Company ID,
w. n. G.. of Sheridan, and Company
C of Buffalo. stating that both COM
panies will come to Cheyenne on the
occasion of the visit of President Nc
Kinley on June 9th.
Heavy frosts were quite general on
the mornings of the 10th and 18th, and
over much of the state freezing tenn
peratures We're reported. This was
succeeded by warmer weather and
ranges In all parts of the state are re-
ported by the weather bureau to be in
good condition.
A Rawlins dispatch of the 10th says:
A young son of Ranchman William
johnson of Pass Creek died yesterday.
A year ago his mother died from drink
ing poisonous water. The whole fam
fly was affected and the little boy had
been i'll for many months. The other
members of the family recovered.
Mrs. Mary Lighton. who had been
keeping house for Frank Neff at the
mines neal Lander was found frozen
to death a few days since. She had
evidently gone to feed some stock 300
yards distant from the house and fell
with some heart trouble. Before she
vas discovered she had persisted from
cold.
The ranchmen of Walden, Pinhamp-
ton and other North Park settlements
are ~endeavoring to secure a cattle
uIlNt highway lIOln llt DdTh ~ u
ME City. and have asked the commits
sioners of Albany county 10 establish
such n driveway. Their petition is
backed by the merchants of the park
and Laramie.
A letter received from Honolulu an
nounces the appointment of j. G.
Pratt. formerly n ~well-known attorney
and stockman of Cheyenne, as an at
torney and member of the Hawaiian
Supreme Court. He has also been
named rs a member of the commission
to adjust losses arising from the big
fires during The bubonic plague in Hon
olulu last year.
Their will be quite a military display
at Cheyenne on the occasion of the Wis
It of President Mckinley June 9TH.
Companies of state guards from Sheri-
dan, Buffalo. Douglas and Cheyenne
will be present. as will also the Uni
versity cadets. Troop A, w. n. c.. of
Cheyenne, II the companies of the
T~wenty-third infantry from Fort Rus
sell will participate in the exercises.
The grand jury in the United States
Court at Cheyenne brought in an in
dictment against A. A. Spaugh for un-
lawfully enclosing public lands. 1t is
believed that this case will attract I'M
usual interest. being against one of the
catle kings of Wyoming, and the pos
sible f|Orerunner of many other cases
of n similar nature now being prepar-
ed by the United States inspectors and
department of Justice.
The abandonment of the presidential
trip has caused a change TO he made
in the plans of the MaSons for the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the Masonic
Temple at Cheyenne. The contract for
the foundation has been let to NJ. L.
keefe and work is already begun. The
cornerstone will he laid June Sth and
the ceremony will he one of the chief
events of the second annual reunion of
the Wyoming consistory.
Word has been received at CASPER of
the injury Of Rev. Mr.. Dodshon. for
merly of Douglas. bur now holding n
responsible position with one of Gov
ernor Richards sheep companies in
New Mexico. Mr.. DodshOn was driv-
lng n team across n stream when the
uuimnl SHE'D and ia wns tht.,Vvn fr,u,