, 1902-02-13
WYOMING IN BRIEF.

was overwhelmingly defeated. IN one
precinct every vote cast was for wa
ter and W. bonds.
Ross c. Irvine, son of the Hon. w. =.
Irvine. formerly of Ross, Wyoming,
has been appointed librarian of the
Carnegie public library here. He Will
also succeed Mrs. Il. Mason Smith as
county librarian, as the county library
will be consolidated with the Carnegie
institution.
The First squadron of the Four
teenth cavalry will arrive from Fort
Riley soon. The troops will be sta
toned in Wyoming, one at Fort Russell
and the other at Fort Mckenzie. The
addition of the troop of cavalry will
bring the total force at Fort Russell
up to about 600 men.
Word has been received from Lusk
stating that A. ID. Spaugh, the wealthy
cattleman who was recently convicted
in Inc United States court for fencing
government land, and ordered to re-
move the fence, has taken down the
fence and will appear in Cheyenne and
receive his sentence.
A. A. Spaugh, the Meanwhile cattle
man who was convicted in the United
States Court last December of illegal
y fencing government and and order
ed to remove the fence, appeared in
court to-day and was sentenced by
Judge Riner TO Imprisonment in the
county Jail for one day and to pay a
fine of $50 and the costs.
Il. z. Snow, secretary of the state
board of sheep commissioners, has just
issued a call to the county a>sOcia-
lions of wool growers to meet in Chcy-
enne, February 9th and form a state
association. Ten delegates will attend
from each county association. The
meeting is called at the request of
some of the leading ~fiOckmasters of
Wyoming.
The Laramie School Board will take
steps to prevent pupils from smoking
cigarettes. The teachers claim they
can point out the smokers of cigarettes
by their standing in the classes. The
matter will be advertised and any per-
son selling or giving cigarettes to pu-
pills under eighteen years old will be
arrested. The giving or selling of
cigarettes to persons under the age of
eighteen years is a criminal offense in
Wyoming.
The cremation of the body of the
ate DIR. Robert Grimes of Cheyenne
has revealed the bullet received by
y ullH at Ilt AlttheT HlhSSdtEt. "Htlt
he distinguished himself, as in many
other Indian engagements, as Eight
ing Bob, the Doctor" Then 1t was
thought the wound would be fatal,
but DIR. Grimes recovered and for
twenty years carried the missile which
the We're unable TO locate.
The lead button weighed more than
the ashes of the deceased.
Charles Woodward, the murderer of
Sher r Kicker of Natrona county, Wy
oming, was safely lodged in Jail Sat
urday night at Casper, Wyoming, by
Sheriff Tubbs, who brought him from
Montana, where he had beer over
powered by two ranchmen to whom
Woodward had confessed the crime.
Extensive precautions were taken by
Sheriff Tubbs to prevent the lynching
Of Woodward en- route or at Casper,
and it is now believed that the people
will let the law take its course.
Professor" MoXie, n mesmerist,
gave a show at Casper Saturday night
n wanted somebody to shoot at him
and said he would catch the bullets In
his mouth and eat them. A man from
the range jumped up, and, whipping
out a s~ixshooter, prepared to accept
the professors invitation. Moxie had
hllhhStu wi "a oiltt' llt ~ w lit
shooting with a pistol loaded with
blank cartridges. When he saw the
Cow puncher" aiming his howitzer at
him he promptly jumped through a
window. Moxie sustained a sprained
ankle, and the cowboy was arrested on
the charge of carrying concealed
weapons.
Supervising Architect Taylor. acting
npon requests made by senator War
rem, has decided to send an expert
from his force to make a thorough ex-
animation of the Rawlins II Iron
Mountain stone quarries in Wyoming.
with the intention of having a final de-
cision made regarding the stone to be
used in the federal building at Chey-
enne. 1t has been definitely decided
not to use the Bedford, Indiana, stone,
although this was recommended by an
agent of the supervising architects of
fee. The supervising architect says he
will consider the protests made against
use of outside stone and will use all
the Wyoming material possible in the
construction of the building.
The notorious "Hole-in-the-Wall," in
former years a rendezvous for cattle
"rustlers,' murdererS II train md
bank robbers, Is now Il thing of the
past. The county commissioners have
called for bids for blasting out n sec
ton of the high wall of red sandstone.
through which a small stream now
flows. II along which there is a mar.
row trail leading through the wall of
rock to II fertile valley within. 1t is
proposed to widen this trail, which was
used by outlaws for many years, and
which. guarded by II few men. made
the Hole" a veritable fortress. so that
freight teams and ordinary vehicles
can pass IN and out of the Hole-in-the
Wall country. The Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone Company is now con
structing n line into the Hole-in-the.
Wall country and soon the several
ranches there will be placed In commu-
nication with the outside world.
The Wyoming Louisiana Purchase
Fair Commission and the industrial
executive committee held a Joint meet
ing the other day and laid plans for
the Wyoming exhibit at the fair. Sub
committees from each county We're an
pointed to prepare exhibits. 1t was
decided not TO have n Wyoming build
Ing. but to use all available money in
making the exhibit MS mi and