, 1902-03-20
WYOMING IN BRIEF.

dian school Of Arapahoe agency, mas
resigned. Albert Davis is temporarily
in charge.
Sheriff Cook Of Laramie county In
spected twenty-seyen head of horses
for shipment to the British 3ruy Ill
South Africa.
DIR. Swigart of Laramie, has a speci-
men of oil sand taken from near the
surface west of Rawlins. and said 10
be very rich in oil indications.
Clarence Congdon of Laramie has
been appointed TO a position in the
engineering department of b south
ern Pacific railroad at Wadswortn, Ne
vada.
Mrs. Helen Jenkins has instituted
suit for $4,000 damages against the
city of Cheyenne. She claims to have
been permanently disabled through a
fall caused by an alleged defective
sidewalk.
There is n scarcity of tie choppers
in the camps southwest OF Laramie
and good wages are being held u as
an inducement. ]. =. Peterson, VINO Is
supplying ties to the Laramie, Hahns
Peak & Pacific railroad. was in the city
yesterday hiring all of he tie choppers
he could cur
Quite a number of people are indlg-
nant at the action taken by County Az
torney Butler in the suit for nDel
brought against a number of citizens,
says a Casper special to the Cheyenne
Tribune, and several attempts nave
been made to do him personal violence,
but so far he has escaped.
S. H. Campbell, superintendent of
the state fish hatchery, has accepted
the offer of 100000 grayling egg al
lotted to this hatchery by the govern
ment hatchery at Bozeman, Mont, and
arrangements will be made at once for
the receipt of the shipment and for
planting the eggs in suitable waters.
Judge ]. \. Riner has taken the case
Of the Wyoming Railroad and Iron
Company VS.. Hosmer ct al. under ad-
visement, and will deliver an opinion
on March Goth. The suit involves the
title to the Sunrise, Village Belle n
Lone Jack mines in the Hartville dis
trict, the amount involved being nearly
5 100000.
The County Commissioners have au-
thoriZed the survey and construction
Of n county road from Saratoga to Wal
colt. The Union Pacific has made the
request and will set aside the land. The
road will be onc-half mile in width, so
as to permit the driving of large herds
Of cattle and sheep back and forth
along the highway.
Rev. Hugh Cummiskey of Laramie,
administrator of the diocese of Chey-
anne, and prominently mentioned as
the probably successor of the late
Lehman, left to-day for Cheyenne to
spend a few days. He will then &c to
Denver for an indefinite staty for the
benefit of his health, which has become
somewhat impaired.
The owners of the Goa mines at
Kemmerer are making n determined
Effort to have the government use
kemmerer coal in the yards and YES
sells of Uncle Sam in Pacific waters.
Tests show that the coal is the equal,
If not better, than the fuel now being
used on the Pacific, and ii is believed
the Kemmerer fuel can be laid down
on the coast cheaper than the coal now
being used there.
Fire of an uncertain origin broke out
at 100 o'clock Wednesday in the roof
Of the Laramie Rolling mills, and for a
time threatened the destruction of that
establishment. A large hole was
burned in the roof at the south end of
the building around one of the furnaces
and more than half of the cupola
which extends the whole length of the
main building was consumed. but it is
not thought the timbers forming the
trusses that support the roof were Sc
diously damaged.
Mrs. Wayne Reed and her three
year-old daughter, Edna, We're injured
by n runaway on Eleventh street.
Cheyenne. The child was crossing the
street when Il horse attached 10 n de
livery wagon came tearing down the
street. Mrs. Reed saw her child's dan
ger, and ran to the rescue just in time
to be knocked down by the horse and
run over by the wagon. She sustained
severe bruises, and it is feared internal
injuries. The child received "A cash
over the left temple, but is not seri-
Ously hurt.