, 1902-02-06
WYOMING IN BRIEF.

for several years as army suiEeoh'
The State Building Commission has
purchased a site for the governors res
idence, Authorized by II last Legisia-
ture. The site is situated on the cor
ner of East Twentieth and House
streets, and comprises lots l and =
in block 261. 1t is not yet known when
work will be commenced on the build
ing.
1t is reported that Otto Chenowortn,
the alleged notorious horse thief VINO
was confined in n South Dakota jan
awaiting trial for stealing 800 head of
horses from a Wyoming outfit, broke
Jail at Mendoza last Wednesday night
and has not yet been captured. The
outlaw was headed for Montana when
last seen.
More thar twenty years ago John q.
Jost discovered a spring on the Red
Desert having every indication of be
ing an oil BASIN A few days e Mr..
Z! Jost went out with other parties and
made a number of oil locations in the
vicinity. which is twenty miles north
of Wamsutter, on the Union Paclnc.
A company has been organized with a
capital stock of 100000 to develop the
find.
L. ]. McCuen, n Union Pacific brake
man, was killed Friday by No. 1O2, the
eastbound fast mail, at New Buford
station, twenty seven miles west OF
Cheyenne. McCuen was acting as rear
brakeman of a westbound freight
train, which met the fast mail at New
Buford. and for some cause he crossed
the tracks in front of the mail train.
The pilot struck McCuen and tossed
him to one side, killing him instantly.
1t is reported that G. H. King, rep
~resenting the Fremont, Elkhorn * Mis-
souri, Valley railroad, has secured pos
session of the extensive coal fields ly-
ing about the head of Muddy creek,
near the line between Converse and
Natrona counties, and that the COM
pany will build a p IL to the field and
open extensive workings. The charac-
ter of the Muddy coal is superior to
that of any of the other coal fields
owned by the road.
An interesting suit has been insti-
tuted at Medicine Bow by Charles
Lewis against h widow of the late
Richard England, who was killed last
summer during a saloon fight. Lewis
seeks to recover $1,000, which he al
leges is due him on account of money
loaned the deceased and for n bar bill
contracted by England. Cheyenne and
Rawlins lawyers have been engaged
and the legal battle will be holly con-
tested.
A Washington dispatch says: Sena-
tor Warren, who has been detained at
home by Illness, reached here and was
in his seat in the Senate to-day. Sena-
tor Warren's bill granting Wyoming
10000 acres of land to aid the enlarge
ment and continuation of the State Sol
diers' Home passed the Senate to-day,
also Senator Bubois' bill granting 80
o acres in Idaho for the Idaho Sol
diers' home and Senator Clark's bill
for a public building at Evanston, wy
oming.
The fire company. Town Council and
different orders of Casper have organ
lied to prevent any violation of the law
upon Woodward's arrival. The concen.
sus of opinion is that no attempt will
be made upon his life. 1t can be safe.
" said hi Woodward will be given
a lair trial for the murder of Sheriff
Kicker. The people are willing that
/ the law should take its course, but will
not allow the murderer, if guilty, to
escape through any misapprehension OF
the law or evidence.
Mr.. Mondell introduced n bill to
authorize the construction of four irri.
CATION projects in Wyoming. These
are the Piney creek reservoir system,
Johnson county. immediate use $4,000,
limit of cost $250,OO0; Gray Bull reser.
voir, Big Horn basin, $4,000; Devils
Gate reservoir, Sweetwater county,
immediate use $4,000. limit of cost,
100000; Laramie Plains reservoir,
Albany county. immediate use, $4,000;
limit of cost, S35O,OOO. Estimates and
plans for the Gray Bull system have
been made by the geological survey
and for the others by Captain Chitten-
den, United States engineer corps.
During the last six months much in
terest has been taken in the deposits
of crude oil in the state of Wyoming.
In the years 1888 to 1885, inclusive,
there was much excitement in the state
and millions of acres of land were To-
Gated under the placer mining laws for
oil, but owing to lack of funds and var
ions difficulties success attended devel-
ppment in but two districts. namely,
the Popoagie and h Salt Creek dis
tricts. In the former district flowing
wells of oil with an asphaltum base
were developed and during the last
year other wells have been drilled in
the same district and oil discovered in
paying quantities.
Supervising Architect Taylor, acting
upon requests made by Senator War
rem, has decided to send an expert
from his force to make a thorough ex-
animation of the Rawlins and Iron
Mountain stone quarries in Wyoming,
with the Intention of having a final de-
clsion made regarding the stone to be
used in the federal building at Chey-
enne. 1t has beer definitely decided
not to use the Bedford, Indiana, stone,
although his was recommended by an
agent of the supervising architects of
nee. The supervising architect says he
VIII consider the protests made against
use of outside stone and will use all
the wyoming material possible in the
construction of the building.
1t has been decided by the Union Pa
citic railroad that the Ames
which has been left isolated at the old
Sherman station by the construction
of the sherman hill tunnel md ,ba