, 1902-02-27
IN BRIEF.

illlh1ANu tA.h
The trial of Charles Woodward for
the murder of Sheriff William Kicker
was commenced at Casper February
18th.
The Burlington coal chute mt Guern-
sey collapsed on the 18th instant, IN
turing four men. Il. C. Taylor, engin-
Ger, was fatally hurt, having his
back and both legs broken.
Red Oak Jack Coon fell from a
loaded wagon while going up ROCK
Greek hill, neal Buffalo. One arm was
broken and he sustained severe III,
iuries. u wds Thought that re ~""iu
recover.
Tie North Park stockmen are pay
ing a bounty of $50 for each wolf scalp
and one hunter and trapper, who mas
been operating in that section, has re-
turned from Fort Collins with over
$500 received for pelts and counties.
Telegraph Operator s. II. Christian,
while assisting n train crew In SWITCH
ing cars at Garland a few days ago,
got his right arm caught between the
deadwood and d%rawhead. The elbow
was badly crushed and amputaton
may be necessary.
n SusDtT ulSDutth VI i'b ~"
says: August +. Achenbach, n ranch
man living neal Leo, lost over S4oo
gambling and. growing Respondent,
committed suicide last night by tax
ing morphine. Achenbach was for
merly associated with Tom Wagon
er, the notorious mining swindler.
An internal revenue collector for the
district of Wyoming is carrying some
CONSERVATION among mining men ana
others at Laramie who have been max
ing a business of buying and selling
stock without having first taken out n
license as brokers. which costs $50 a
year. He will visit other towns.
The adjutant general has received
from the War Department S krag-
~Jorgensen rifles. which Will be used
in arming the Wyoming militia. An
equal number of Springfields We're
turned in to the department in eN-
change. Forty of the Krags are car
bines for the First cavalry of Chey-
enne.
Mrs. Esther Morris. Familiarity known
as the mother of Wyoming, is danger
ously i'll at Cheyenne. She was the
first ~otiiceholder in the state,
being n Justice of the peace mt South
Pass in 1867. At that time she made
n great reputation for nerve in the per
Torrance of her duties. She is eight
nine years of age.
The Union Pacific has awarded a
contract to the Mahoney brothers for
n cutoff in the vicinity of Lookout,
forty miles west of Laramie. The price
TO be paid for the job is $4,000. The
,,tnff yriIl Ia, > N ,,,iI,- I'm lanutb anl
while it will reduce the distance only
81 mile. it will do away with n mum.
Der of sharp curves and heavy grades.
AT a meeting of the Powder River
Telephone Company in Buffalo yester.
day, it was decided to increase the
capital and extend its line ana pur-
chase such other lines as would be for
the best interests of the company. The
extension is to be from KlOndike into
the Big Horn basin country. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY the intention of the company to
network the country with telephone
lines.
A Casper report say that a tunnel
forty feet in length has been discovered
leading from the Woodland ranch
into n hill, and it is believed
that the cang of thieves which
mad its headquarters there in
tended to dig completely through the
mountains and open up an avenue of
escape in case the ranch was surround
ed by officers. The capture of Charles
and Clarence Woodland broke up the
gang.
The labor unions of Cheyenne have
taken up the matter of an eight-hOur
day and of labor compensation. Peti-
ions to the mayor have been sent in
by the Carpenters and .Joiners Union,
Painters, Decorators and Paper Hang.
ers' Union and the local branch of the
Socialist party. The request is for the
city to recognize eight hours as Il days
work and to place the mount of com
p~ensation for unskiIled labor at not
less than - cents an hour.
Edward Smith. Junior member of the
contracting firm of Forester * Smith
of Minneapolis. which will erect the
Cheyenne government building, recent
ly visited Rawlins. where he inspected
the quarry from which stOn for the
superstructure will be cut. He found
the material and conditions all right
and in a few days II 10000 stone con
tract will be let. The quarry is locat-
ed five miles from the railroad and the
stone will have To he hauled that dis,
lance on wagons.
DIR. G. NJ. Traugh of Goodland, In
diana. headed a party of nine farmers
from his state which arrived in Sheri-
dan a few days since and will spend
n month examining farming, stock
raising IL business possibilities in
northern Wyoming. All are favorably
impressed with the soil, range, irriga-
ton facilities and scenery and a ma
jority of them will file on land in the
Big Horn basin. DIR. Traugh expects to
return with another Hoosier party
some time in April.
The Lander correspondent of the
Denver Republican says: Jules Lam
oreauN, one of the pioneer and wealth
lest sheepmen Of this section, pre-
diets that there will be n loss among
sheep on the ranges of Central Wyom-
ing this spring of from thirty-iye to
hfty per cent. Mr.. L.amoreauX is II
conservative man. but his statements
have caused considerable surprise. He
predicts that severe storms will visit
the state during March and that the
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