, 1902-03-27
WYOMING IN BRIEF.

ing academy at Cody City, which will
open some time in June.
Edgar Boice, manager of the Ar
buckle ranches, near Cheyenne, has re
ceived n shipment of blooded stations
and Kentucky racing stock. One of
the stations is II prize WHINE valued
at $1,000, and came from England.
Commencing with a heavy rain. one
Of the heaviest snow storms of the year
occurred In southeastern Wyoming. In
Cheyenne and the adjacent country
i've inches of heavy, damp snow fell
on the level. The sheepmen are jubi-
liant.
Charles Woodland, under sentence of
death for the murder OF Sheriff Kicker
last January, will be hanged March %.
WoOdard's attorney said that the ease
would not be appealed to the Supreme
Court. The execution will take place
in the jail yard at Casper on Good Fri
day.
Large herds of elk are gathering in
the Yellowstone forest reserve to take
advantage of mountain feed which is
now coming up from under the snow.
Deer of several varieties are also gath
ering near the eastern boundary of the
reserve The animals pay little atten-
ton to ranchmen or p~rospectors.
The coming spring promises big re
turns for Carbon county, the banner
sheep and wool section of the state.
Many thousand sheep will be shorn
and the wool crop promises TO be much
larger than ever before. Shearing will
commence about April 18th, and will
continue about five or six weeks.
Burt Wright. fifteen years of age
II Elmer Slidell, seventeen years OF
age, who ran away from their homes
in LivermOre, Colorado, recently, Were
captured mt Cheyenne and will be re-
turned to their parents. The boys came
to Wyoming to hunt for a band of
train robbers, which they desired to
join.
The largest ranch deal ever made in
the western part of Wyoming was
closed a few days = when the estate
of the ate II. e. Chambers secured 49,
OOO acres of fine farming and grazing
lands. ranches, cattle, horses and i'm
plements on Bear river. below Evans
ton. The amount involved has not
been made public.
-Four prisoners convicted in the Dis
trlct Court ut Laramie this week were
sentenced by Judge Bramel to terms i'm
the penitentiary mt Itawlins as follows:
william Churchill. grand larceny, six
years: John Campbell. +. l.. King and
Ed. Raymond, robbery on Il railroad
train. eighteen, sixteen and fourteen
months respectively.
The mayor of Cheyenne and several
of the city cOuncilmen will in a short
time visit Colorado, for the purpose of
looking over some of the big dams
which are being constructed in that
a..t. a. I- .N-r III 80.
neal Denver. Cheyenne will in n few
months start work on an $1,000 dam,
and 1t is desired to have it built along
the safest and most approved lines.
Captain Il. l.. Brown. constructing
quartcrmaster at Fort Mackenzie, re
ccived orders from the War Depart
ment to-day to construct the 1,NOU.OOO-
gallon reservoir M the post at once.
Captain Brown is now preparing speci-
fications and will call for bids ON the
work in IL few days. He was also in
structed to prepare rur the construc-
ton of tine water and sewer system ut
the post. The water system will be
connected with the Sheridan city mains
and the city will supply the water
necessary to keep the reservoir filed.
over S2J0.OOO has been appropriated
for his construction work and the con-
tracts will he awarded as soon as bids
are received.
Judge Riner. in the United States
Court. has handed down II decision in
the famous Dixie suit. finding in favor
of John II. Dixie. who was sued by his
mother for 100000. The suit was
brought by Mrs. Dixie of Washington.
D.. C.. mother of John b. Dixie, the
wealthy Lost Cabin tlockmhster. Mrs.
Dixie sought 10 have set aside n ON
tract made by the plaintiff TO the de
PENDANT whereby She disposed of her
interests In the sheep business. Years
ago Mrs. Dixie and her son engaged in
the sheep business and during the
years following The son made regular
aCcuuntingS and divided the profits
with his mother. In 1888 he purchased
his mothers interest and although lie
was not compelled to do so, has since
been giving her n certain percentage
of the profits.
The state quarantine against stock
shipped into the state from Colorado OF
Nebraska has been changed, as n result
of the visit of Assistant Solicitor j. Il.
Kclby and John l.. Tyler. live stock
agent of the Burlington. The regula-
tons, as originally proclaimed, dcsig-
mated Cheyenne as The only point at
which live stock from the states named
could be inspected This worked n
hardship upon both the burlington and
Elkhorn roads and shippers. In cases
where stock was 10 he shipped from
Colorado il did not make so much diff
ference. but if n northwestern Ncbras-
ka shipper wanted to send stock into
the state via Cody or other northern
points he would be compelled 10 bring
the shipment To Cheyenne 10 be in
spected before he could enter the north
I crn part of the state. When the mat
ter was presented to Acting Governor
Chattcrton in this light he Immediately
modified the rules so tina. stock can
now he inspected mt Aurora, Nebraska,
and AZ other places the same as In for
mer years.
A seemingly endless procession of
men out of work and seeking anything
that will reward them with n living for
an honest days labor, is filing Its way
eastward ON the Union Pacific from
Rawlins back 10 Denver, from which
mint t,,,lt nf t1,n man atnrfnI Tl1nN