, 1902-01-09
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A message from Chicago states that
]. Frank Warner. n prominent civil
engineer of Cheyenne, has undergone
a successful operation for appendicitis.
A contract has been awarded to c.
w. Dow for the building of n wool
house at New Castle. The structure
will be 4Ox2O0 feet and will be com
pleted by March LIST.
The jury in the case of the state
against George A. Roberts at Sheridan,
charged with cattle stealing, returned
II verdict of guilty. Roberts is a ranch-
man residing three miles east of Sher-
idan.
The frozen body of W. NJ. Moody, n
sheep herder in the employ of the Pa
cific Sheep Company, who was lost in
the Red Desert range during the big
storm in December, was found JaDu-
airy LIST.
A Kemmerer dispatch says that
George johnson ran amuck at Oakley
n few nights ago and before he could
be placed under arrest had stabbed
John Phillips, John Aho and Abraham
Levinski. The wounded mcn will re-
cover.
A f~reighters' union has been organ
lied by the men that freight out of
Casper. The price per pound for haul
ing freight will remain the same as at
present, but the union will prevent any
cut rate. A scale of prices has already
been arranged.
The charge of malicious assault
preferred against Kels p. Nick
FL at Cheyenne for striking Frank
JOslin with n hammer was changed
to assault and battery and Nickel paid
D.. E.. IL ..-,aIf,V.I.r InI IAaIfr. Ep
rested on the charge of criminal provo
cation.
A Cheyenne dispatch of January 2nd
says: Governor DeForrest Richards
will leave in II few days for The Ber-
muda islands, where he will visit for
the benefit of his health. Mrs. Rich
ards will visit in California, and her
sister, Mrs. Kate G. Turner, in Wash
ingtOn. d. C.
Judge NJ. C. Jahren, for twenty-eight
years n citizen Of Laramie and of
Grand county and the North park of
Colorado, alternately, holding very re-
spOnsible public positions in both
states from time to time, died in Lara
mic January LIST, in the t~ifty-seventh
year of his age.
Rev. L. f.. Giffen of the Presbyter-
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pointed chaplain of the state peniten-
tiary. Mrs. Mary Preston Slosson,
who has been matron of the peniten-
tiary at Laramie for n number of
years, resigned when the prisoners
were removed to Raylins.
The patients Mt the Laramie county
hospital We're given n Christmas enter
tainment and tree. A number of the
sick are little children, and for each
presents, and IL their condition allowed
II. candy We're provided. The county
paupers We're also given n celebration,
IL the prisoners in the county jail.
During the first eleven months of
1901 o patients were treated at the
State hospital at Rock Springs. One
hundred and siNty-siN cases were med
zeal and 230 surgical. The railroad
company and the coal companies fur
nished 165 of the surgical cases. OF
these the Union Pacific furnished 14i.
william Sanford. proprietor of n res
tnurant ut kemmercr, shot and killed
Eugene Turner December 2Sth. Turner
was n porter at Cascy's saloon. Both
men are colored. The tragedy occurred
at the back door of the Owl saloon.
Sanford never said n word when he
saw Turner. but pulled his gun and
fired. the bullet entering Turner's right
eye, killing him instantly. Sanford
was placed In jail.
Work upon the head of the Big Horn
canal Is proceeding rapidly. The big
ditch is n community enterprise, and
each man owning land along its course
does so much construction work, the
amount being graded in accordance
with the value of his holdings. New
settlers are constantly arriving aud
the task undertaken is proving much
easier and more quickly accomplished
than was anticipated.
The oil interests of Richardson Bros.
of Cheyenne have been purchased by Il
new company which they have been in
strumental in forming in London. The
new company will have n capital of
S~1,OOO,O00, fully paid up and non-as-
sessable and will he known as the An
glO-WyOming Trust 4 Guarantee Com
pany, and will be represented in Amer
lea by the Messrs. Richardson Brothers.
They propose to buy n large quantity
of oil lands and proceed with their de
Velopment.
At Sheridan, January 2nd, Judge
Stotts senteced Lew Hartsough to
twenty years in the penitcntiary. Hart
sough, who was n leading business
man ut Sheridan, was found guilty of
manslaughter. He shot his partner.
Mclaughlin, about n month ago. The
murdered man was also prominent in
business circles in northern Wyoming.
Judge Stotts also sentenced George A.
Roberts to three and one-half years for
cattle stealing; Roy Hurd, five years
for diamond robbery; Harry Bridge,
five years for burglary, and james II.
Shute, one year for forgery.
a Washington dispatch says: Super
vlsing Architect Taylor has received n
report relative to the stone being used
in the Cheyenne public building made
at his direction by Superintendent u
lory of the Denver mint. The contrac-
tors of the Cheyenne building com
planned that the Iron Mountain stone
being used in construction contained
too much iron and was too hard for the
machinery employed to properly cut
and dress 1t. Superintendent ullery
reports that there Is iron in the stone
and recommends the adoption of stone
from the Bedford, Indiana, quarries.
This stone, If used, would add $4,000