, 1907-08-08
WYOMING HAPPENINGS

Inc AtldnIlC EApEtSs iCit tht toSh
at Ozone, twenty miles west of Chey-
enne July 18th. The officials a no
one was injured. The wreck was
caused by a broken wheel.
M. Hoag and wife of the Rainsford
ranch, zeal Diamond, recently buried
their six-year-old daughter. The child
was bitten by a large rattlesnake at
the ranch and died before medical aid
could reach her.
The case of Mrs. Lola Tucker. who
is suing the Colorado & Southern for
IS 1000 for the death Of her husband. is
on trial in the United States court at
Cheyenne. She alleges that the COM
pany was criminally negligent.
Simon Hudson has been arrested at
Tecumseh, Nebraska, and will be re-
turned to Casper for trial on the
charge of forgery. A brother, Stanley
Hudson, is serving a term in the pen
itentiary at Rawlins for forgery.
John Erickson, a Leadville miner,
was found crushed TO death in a a
of lumber. He was killed between
Rock Springs and Rawlins by the
load slipping. He war a native of Fin
land nj belonged to the Miners
union at Leadville.
Peter Dickerson, the Douglas, Ari-
zona, steer roper, and Sam Scoville,
the Cheyenne broncho buster, charge
unfair treatment at the Frontier cele-
bration and are out with challenges
to rope and ride with any man in the
world for $500 a side.
William ]. Delaney, recently par
doned from the Wyoming peniten-
tiary, died at Salt Lake leaving an
1.@ .l,oa " can mn 20 fuJn
brothers here. Delaney was serving
a term for manslaugher and was par
doned because of failing health.
Wallace V. Shurtlff, postmaster at
Fort Bridger. Uinta county, was taken
to Cheyenne by Deputy Marshal Snow.
Shurtliff is charged with the embez-
element of o than $1,000. He is the
son of one of the oldest and most
prominent families in Uinta county.
Arriving at Sheridan without legs, NJ.
J. Saddler, a peddler, a few days after
his arrival lost his mind. He is now
violently insane and probably will be
committed to the state asylum at Ev-
anston. From whence he came is not
known to the Sheridan authorities.
Holbrook, E. E. Lonabaugh and Rob
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conspiracy to defraud the government
in acquiring title to coal lands, filed
a motion for a new trial. In Ease
motion is denied an appeal will be
taken to higher courts.
After chasing their prisoners for
nearly 400 miles a deputy United
States marshal and one Indian police
man passed through the Rim Dale en-
route back to the S%hoshone Indian
reservation with two bucks wha had
driven off a large bunch of horses
owned by their tribesmen.
The commission appointed by Gov
ernor Brook to examine into and re-
port on the charges brought by Prof.
Morton against the management of the
Wyoming university by the board of
regents, after sitting three days. hear-
ing all the evidence presented, com
pleted its work and made its report
to the governor, completely eXonOrat-
ing the trustees.
The will of A. G. B.. Ternan, the
young English ranchman who was
killed by lightning near his ranch a
few weeks ago, has been filed for pro-
bate in the District Court here, says
the Cheyenne Tribune. The estate left
is valued at nearly $4,000 and is be-
queathed to the father and brother,
both in the English army. II. A. B.
Ternan, the brother, was in the city
Saturday when the will was ~probated
here.
The automobile road between Rock
Springs and Fayette, a distance of 10
miles, is almost completed and will
soon be ready for use. This road par
allels the freight highway and will be
used by automobiles exclusively. Its
completion will bring the Fayette
country within seven hours of Rock
Springs, while heretofore forty-eight
hours have been required for the trip
between the W places. A regular au-
tomobile stage service will be estab-
lished.
The assessment roll for taxes of 1907
shows the total valuation of Albany
county, exclusive of railroads, tele-
graph, telephone and private car lines,
to be $3S79,6S exceeding the total for
last year by $1G0,034. 1t is believed
that the railroad and telegraph valua.
ton will make Albany a tirst-class
county. The value of real estate and
improvements is 81, 1858, 547; town lots
and improvements, $1.11O,172; cattle,
SAGA 1902; horses, $150,S9G; sheep, S229.-
626; mules and asses, SS,505; swine,
S1,750; dogs, $3.50.
While the frontier day committee
will be unable to give an accurate
statement of receipts n disburse-
ments of the celebration for several
days, enough is known to justify the
statement hat the celebration was
successful from a financial standpoint.
the total receipts being s15.265 and
the disbursements $4,000, leaving on
hand $5,2G5. There is some talk of
holding a cowboy reunion during the
latter part of September, at which
there will be broncho busting, steer
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