, 1901-11-28
WYOMING NOTES.

since for q hunt in the Big Horn
mountains.
The railroads of Wyoming are hay-
ing no end of trouble furnishing n suf-
fcient number of cars for the needs
of the coal and iron mines of the state.
A corps of engineers from Cheyenne
is surveying the Fort Mckinney mill
tary reservation into forty-acre tracts,
preparatory 20 the sale of the lands
next March.
Sheep camp robbers have been busy
in the western part of Natrona county
recently and many a herder's camp
has been looted. Several arrests nave
been made.
Edward Wood, n teamster, was killed
near Meteetse last week by falling
from a load of logs. The wheels
passed over his breast and crushed his
body in n horrible manner.
C. y. Walters IF Buffalo, who is in
New York, writes that he is interesting
eastern capitalists in building an cleo
tric road from Buffalo to Sheridan.
This project has been talked of for
some time.
A large force of men and teams has
been put to work IN the anal of the
Big Horn Irrigation Company near
Basin City. The land to be reclaimed
by the big ditch will be segregated UNI
der the Carey act.
DIR. George r. Gilbert, dispensing
urgeo at Omaha for the Union Pa
cific. has been appointed n surgeon at
the mines at Cumberland. There are
several hundred miners employed and
n surgeon is necessary.
A swan was recently shot on n small
lake near Wheatland which measures
nine feet from tip to tip Of wings and
four and one-half feet from the tip of
the bill to the tip of the tail. This is
said to be the first bird of the species
ver seen in this vicinity.
A party of six Ute Indians from the
White River agency have been in Rock
Springs, where 1t was believed that
they came north to escape from the
game wardens and hat as soon as
the war clouds blow over they Will
return to their hunting grounds in
Routt county, Colorado.
A greater demand is in evidence for
railroad lands along the Union Pacific
in Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and
Wyoming. On the 18th inst. the Mill
brook Land and Live Stock Company
Of Laramie purchased SSH acres in
Albany county, and other large deals
are reported.
Constable Manning recently arrived
at Meteetse with William Doyle, who
was arrested at Lander charged with
stealing horses. Doyle has been bound
over to the District Court. When ar
rested he is alleged to have had in his
possession two horses that were stolen
from Meteetse.
Mike Murphy. who recently sold his
oil wells and other oil property in the
Lander oil fields to a syndicate of
Englishnen, has received n handsome
and costly gold watch from the Lon
doners as an evidence of their appre-
citation of his hospitality while they
We're visiting in Fremont county last
summer.
The Elks' Fair in Cheyenne lasted n
week and closed on the night of the
Goth with a large attendance to witness
the prize drawing. The managers re-
port that several thousand dollars has
been realized from the sale of articles
donated by merchants and others, and
from the fines in the Kangaroo Court.
The proceeds will be used in building
a handsome club house.
Cheyenne advices say that it is
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from the old penitentiary at Laramie
30 the new prison at Rawlins during
the first week in December. 1t had
been planned to make the transfer
early in November, but delays in re-
ceiving material needed in making re-
pairs at Rawlins caused the transfer to
be delayed.
At Cheyenne on the 10Th instant,
Adjutant General +. A. Sitter mus
tree into service Company +, Wyoming
National Guard. The company is com
posed of forty-two men Of Cheyenne,
many of them being Philippine veter-
ans There are now eight companies
Of the National guard in he state and
n reglmental organization will be
formed in the near future.
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Yerkes has directed Collector Howbert
to re-establish the Cheyenne stamp Of
flee, which was abolished November
Sth. The sales were not considered
sufficiently large to Justify maintain
ing the office, but when the commits
sioner was appraised Of the inconven-
fence to Cheyenne business men by its
abolition he ordered its Te-establish-
ment.
Attorney General Van Orsdell of Wy
oming has brought suit against the
Western Union Telegraph Company to
compel that corporation to file articles
Of incorporation with the secretary of
state, as well as an acceptance of the
constitution of The state. The attorney
general alleges that the Western Union
company has defied the state laws for
many years and has frequently refused
TO comply with the constitutional re-
qutrementS.
Ernest Sherman and James Murphy,
two young men serving sentence in the
county jail at Basin for burglarizing
Burlington cars M Garland, escaped
n few nights since. j. T.. Walters.
who murdered Mrs. Hoover at Therm-
Opolis W months ago and who has
been sentenced to be hanged, occupied
n steel cell on top of the main cage,
or he too would have made his escape.
The two burglars secured their liberty
10y digging out under the brick wall
of the jail, getting away while the Jail
err was at the hotel eating his sup
per.
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