, 1901-12-12
WYOMING NOTES.

during the present year. Almost al
of the product went west
Albert Phillips, convicted of robDlhe
the United States mails, was sentehceu
Inv Judge Riner at Cheyenne to II
year and one day in the state pehlteh-
tiary.
w. r. Steele. who died at Deadwood,
November Both. was formerly n resi-
dent of Cheyenne, and for W terms
represented the territory of wyoming
in Congress.
A special from Buffalo says Fred
Eaister has been sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for ten years for ieioIious
assault. Keister attempted TO kill Fred
Reiger with a pitchfork.
Samuel Gauf. one of the pioneers OF
Evanston, is dead at the age OF hity-
eight wears. Gauf came 80 wyoming
from Ohio. and during his twenty
years residence was prominently lden-
tilted in business public affairs.
The Union Pacific station at Borie,
nine miles west of Cheyenne, was to-
tally destroyed by fire on the nlght OF
The 4th. Agent Hutchins and his fam
ily had a narrow escape. Loss Sl.''Vu.
The building will be rebuilt at once.
b. 5. Langworthy of Dietz and prom
incnt Omaha associates. will abli
a state bank Mt Buffalo on January /.
1902. A state bank was recently cs-
tahlished at sheridan. and several
Others are projected for that section oil
the state.
Work on the Carnegie public library
at Cheyenne is progressing rapidly, the
building being entirely enclosed and
under roof. Frescoers are now beau
flying the interior. 1t is expected the
building will be opened with a grand
house warming some time in January.
Miss May Bryan, who was declared
insane by a jury mt Laramie n few
days ago. has been taken to the asylum
Mt Evanston. 1t is said that the young
woman's affliction was caused by Wit
Messing the suicide of her mother II
few years ago.
Orders have beer received at Chey-
cnne to increase the shop force thirty
men. This viii bring the total force
in the shops up to $50. All of the new
men will be placed in the car repair de
partment and all ear work of the Den
yer. Pacific and Wyoming divisions
will be sent to Cheyenne.
Reports from the Rec Desert country
in southwestern Wyoming, state that
sheep have been suffering owing to the
lack of water. Feed has become so
scarce along the streams that the
sheep We're compelled to go great dis
tances way from water in order to get
grass. 1t is thought recent SHOWS have
improved the situation.
Casper advices state that Ed Boyd,
the man who was married in Casper
several months ago and who had anoth-
err wife in the country. is wanted in
Fremont county on n charge of horse
stealing. Boyd was arrested three
times and vas to have been tried each
time for bigamy, but in some manner
he always escaped. 1t is believed he is
now in Idaho.
Bill Starr. the fugitive from Texas.
who went insane after his arrest at
Laramie, charged with "impersonating
an officer, and who raved like n wild
beast. was finally overpowered and
will be taken 10 the insane asylum.
STAIRS capture was effected by several
officers rushing into his cell and envel-
oping him in n heavy blanket. He
fought furiously for several minutes
before being subdued.
A Walcott dispatch of December the
9TH says: Engineer Kennedy and Il
corps of surveyors started out yester-
;hay TO run surveys for a railroad from
Walcott TO Saratoga. 1t is not known
for whom they are working, but il is
presumed that their employers are the
EASTERN syndicate that proposed to buy
The Roane Rambler and other rich cop
Der mines and connect them with the
Union Pacific by a railroad.
\ Cheyenne dispatch says that the
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he Cheyenne government building
nav declared work indefinitely post
lOned on account of dissatisfaction
with stone from the Iron Mountain
Iuarries. The claim is made that the
stone contains so much iron that 1t will
quickly discolor and ruin the appear
lnce of the building. An inspector from
Washington will visit Cheyenne ia
make a careful examination of the
stone.
Preliminary plans for the reservoir
which is 10 he constructed near the
read of Crow creek TO Increase the wa
ter supply of Cheyenne have been
lrawn up. The dam will span the
mouth of n narrow canon Just below
an lmost level basin and will he built
Of solid masonry from end to end.
When filled 10 its capacity the reser-
voir will contain 3.O2O.9 BOG SOP cubic
feet of water, or 2.4OO,3SO 40 gallons.
The distance from the reservoir site TO
Town is about twenty-five miles and
The altitude about 1,20O feet higher.
The cost of constructing the new dam
viii be between u 5000 and $4,000.
Further reports from Rawlins in rc.
gard to the leasing of a large tract of
and In the Red Desert country saw IL
is proposed to lease 10000 acres al nm
annual rental of l cent per acre. aud il
Is understood that the railroad com
pany Will accept this proposition. Each
sheepman will he assessed at the rate
OF 500 per year for every 5000 head of
sheep ranged on the tract. While moth
Ing has been said about the govern
ment land. still it is understood thar
by leasing every alternate section of
railroad land the sheepmen will also
control the government land. thereby
giving them Il million acres of fine
range. IL is expected thai he deal
VIII be closed in n few days. The land
VIII be divided then among the sew.
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