The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-05-09
NORTHWEST NOTES.

hHt HAaiuNHH NutNith VI NAANf NNt'sf
town on the Denver q Rio Grande
railroad 25 miles west from Gienwood
Springs, has been destroyed by Hre.
John Flariety. a sawmill laborer at
Ballard Wash. was caught In the
machinery OF the stlmson mill aud in
stantly killed His right leg was torn
from its socket.
Thomas b. Douglass, Of Columbia
Falls, was struck and killed by North
ern Pacific passenger train near Eddy,
small station west OF Missoula. His
remains were quite badly mangled.
Hilary Hielsy, aged 10, was shot in
the head and instantly killed at Den.
yer by companion, A. Z. Leonard,
aged IL. The two boys were practic-
ing at target shooting with rifle
when the accident occurred.
Joseph Walsh, n tramp, has been
taken to the state hospital ut Rock
Springs, wyo., to undergo an amputa-
tion OF both feet lie was crushed
under train at Medicine Bow while
attempting to steal a ride on the
brakebeams.
About 800 miners employed In the
Durango, Colo, coal district are on a
strike because the operators had failed
TO adopt the scale submitted by the
onion, which calls for 50 a day for UNI
derground work and $3.50 a day for
outside work
Mrs. John l.. Kingsbury wife OF the
foreman OF the Superior laundry, Den
yer, poisoned her two children, aged
year aud years, respectively, and her
self. at her home. All are dead. ne
spondency is given as the cause Of the
womans rash deed.
The drought In northern Colorado
has broken all spring records for
length aud severity, and unless relief
shall come within u week the losses TO
farmers will be severe. other portions
OF the state, especially the San Luis
valley, are suffering from lack OF
water.
Wool sales at Casper, wyo., during
the past week amounted TO 100000
pounds. The prices ranged from ~
to . cents per pound, with the aver
age fraction over i2 cents. Six mill
lion pounds Of wool have been sold in
Natrona and Carbon counties this
spring.
Later accounts from Sand Creek,
Mont, the scene OF the recent rich gold
discovery. tell Of general stampede
to the new fields. The ground for a
radius OF ten miles has been staked of,
miners leaving their work 10 make
locations In the vicinity OF the rich
strike.
Montaua's health officers are inves-
tleating the mysterious malady called
spottod fever, which is causing panic
In the Bitter Root Valley. Every case
OF the disease has been fatal, and up
TO the present time II has baiiied all
the physicians who have tried to in-
vestigate II.
William Haywood, who a month ago
killed Ed Stokes during row at Great
Falls, Mont. over u woman, with whom
both were infatuated, has been ac-
quilted by jury for the crime. Hay
wood hit Stokes over the head with an
iron pipe, the act, II was alleged, being
done in self-defense.
The largest rainbow trout caught in
the Big Laramie river within the men,
DRY Of man, and the largest caught in
Wyoming for three years, was cap
tured by John Battle near the Fillmore
ranch, Albany county, last week. The
monster was 81 inches in length, i7IS
inches in girth, and weighed ioh
pounds.
Private Slater Bolts, troop f, First
cavalry, has been acquitted at Lander,
wyo., OF charge OF selling whislty &c
Indians on the Shoshone reservation
The red men became very drunk on
the liquor and rough house
resulted. The Indian police were
called in to quell the disturbance and
two OF the braves were seriously In
jured. For several days so intense
was the feeling that the troops at Fort
Washable were kept under marching
orders,
Now that the Hockmasters OF tn,
central part OF Wyoming are getting
their scattered sheep together for thu
first time since the storm Of two week.
ago, the fact that losses were very
severe Ia apparent, just after th'
storm II was estimated that 1900
sheep had persisted in the state, bu
later reports place the number kille'
in Natrona county alone at over go, 600
The .oss sustained by fioelmasters o
the state in general is now conceded
to amount TO between 10000 and 100,
900 head.
Grasshoppers are already creating
havoc in the northern Rio Grande val
ley, New Mexico Around Santa Cru
the Insects are as thick as leaves on thu