Show NEWS OF THE WEST Colorado Women Infatuated With Live Stock Business WEALTH OF WYOMING SOME FACTS FURNISHED BY GOVEBKTOB BICHABDS Dog Nuisance In Anaconda China m Murde red I miles City Mont Moscow Bank Muddle Civil Service Law I Idaho Christnaas Pastimes In Nevada Colorado In accordance with usual custom Governor Adams issued a pardon to a state prison inmate on Christmas The lucky convict was Thomas Styner A year ago the sight of a woman in the stock yards was unusual and something some-thing to be talked about by the cowboys cow-boys but within the last few months they have become frequent visitors and number some of the commission men women among their best customers says the Denver News the I I About noon on Christmas day as tramway engine with three cars of ore side i was coming along the mountain above the Polar Star mill near Blackfoot Black-foot it jumped the track turning a somersaul landing in its upright position posi-tion about 30 feet below the track Dan Williams the engineer was unable to jump in time and went over with the engine sustaining severe injuries Levi Dodson a Nebraskan who bears the proud distinction of being one of the few survivors of the men who voted for Andrew Jackson is in Denver Den-ver anxious to meet and become acquainted ac-quainted with any other survivor of the Jacksonian supporters He carries a badge presented to him number of years ago by the citizens of New Orleans Or-leans On Christmas the quiet of Boulder was disturbed about noon by a crowd of hoboes from out of town The men would ask a passerby for a piece of money In the event of refusal they would set upon him and beat him unless un-less assistance was rendered by bystanders by-standers Two men thus beaten up were Andy Wise and Jim Dale The former was wearing a pair of glasses at the time and one of his eyes was badly injured I In a saloon at Rocky Ford or Christmas Christ-mas day Hez Inyard was whirling a sixshooter on his finger when it slipped slip-ped and fell to the floor exploding The ball passed through the neck of a man named Hogle of Pueblo making a dangerous gerous if not fatal wound This is the third or fourth man Inyard has gotten with his sixshooter Wyoming Governor Richards had this to say anent the coming meeting of cattlemen in Denver While the value of cattle is greater than that of any other kind of live stock in the western states and territories at the present time sheep are a close second The returns for assessment purposes in Wyoming for the current year show that during the past ten years the total valuation of cattle has decreased 60 per cent horses have decreased 55 per cent while sheep have increased 293 per cent and swine have increased 217 per cent This has been a good year for those engaged in I either the cattle or sheep business and both branches of industry should be equally well represented in this convention con-vention vent The Rawlins Republican seems to think that the onlybuilding stone in the state suitable for the federal building i build-ing at Cheyenne is the Rawlins gray sandstone All agree that this new building should be erected out of Wyoming Wy-oming material A sandstone of the best quality Isfound in enormous quantity quan-tity within 40 miles of Cheyenne on the Cheyenne Northern railway On Sunday at the morning session of the First Presbyterian church in Cheyenne Chey-enne Dr Bailie Brown tendered his resignation He resigns his pastorate to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery and will locate for that purpose at Badger Wyo in the vicinity vicin-ity of the Hartville iron mines In order to make a creditable exhibit ceditable of Laramie countys resources at the Omaha exposition Hon Luke Voorhees advised this plan in an interview I suggest that every citizen interested in the matter make his own collection of the resources in which he is interested For instance I will make a collection of minerals from Hartville with the assistance as-sistance of C A Guernsey such as iron ore copper onyx and agate Let ex Senator Carey make a collection of agricultural ag-ricultural products the Warren LiveStock Live-Stock company a wool exhibit and soon so-on through the list of resources The rolling mill employees at Laramie Lara-mie have been given a weeks lay off Montana The dog nuisance has become intolerable intoler-able in Anaconda A fight occurred in the library yard the other day and an enterprising reporter of the Standard counted 50 dogs in the combat On any day that is at all pleasant the streets of Anaconda are lined with dogs They lay about on the sidewalks and positively refuse to move unless some one actually kicks them out of the way The Christmas season at the Butte postofiice and other forwarding agencies was the busiest that has ever been known in this busy community At the postofflce Assistant Postmaster Flavin who presides at the money order window was kent busv makintr out money orders throughout each day for a full fortnight before Christmas so many people sent their Christmas tokens in the form of money to assist II relatives in other parts the great bulk I of the noney going to foreign lands I Mr Flavin stated yesterday that during i dur-ing the two weeks he issued money orders for approximately 40000 an increase of about 25 per cent over the corresponding period for last year The Associated Charities of Butte fed a great number of poor people on Christmas At Miles City a dull Christmas wound up at night with murder Two bullets were fired by an unknown person I per-son through a window in the Wong Chong laundry The first bullet struck the ioor and the second struck Ling Gee in the left temple He was ironing clothes when shot I is suspected i Ling countryman Gees murderer was a fellow The Montana State Teachers association asso-ciation will meet in Helena today The teachers of the state at their annual i convention held in Great Falls last I year by a vote taken fixed upon Helena as the permanent place for holding the meetings of the association associa-tion The prize fight between Ike Hayes the Helena colored man and Jim Williams of Salt Lake which was to have been pulled off at the old Combination Combi-nation gambling house just north of Butte City limits on Christmas eve did not take place on acount of the interference in-terference of Sheriff Regan who threw a damper on the proceedings at an early stage of the game by openly stating what would be done if the law was violated Idaho The fair given by the Catholic ladies of Silver City at Masonic hall last week was a big success the gross receipts re-ceipts being over 700 Judge Stewart has named the dates for opening the district court of the Third judicial district The Owyhee county dates are May 9 and Nov 1 189S Near Pearly the other day says the I Boise Statesman Charles Lockerman killed a mountain lion that measured some seven feet in length The animal was trailed to a cave One of the men with Lockerman went into the cave and started a fire The smoke drove the feline out and a it emerged bounding through the fire and smoke Lockerman shot and killed it Boise Statesman The controversy over the action takpn by Surveyor General Gen-eral Perrault respecting the men whom he found in office when he assumed the duties of his place continues to attract much attention Just what the outcome out-come of i is to be does not appear Some think that action will be delayed until the president shall determine whether or not the office is to remain under the civil service law In the meantime there will be much speculation specula-tion about the outcome Blackfoot News Re eiver W H Stufflebeam of the First National bank at Moscow has been requested to resign re-sign As the News understands the situation Mr Stumebeam was entirely satisfactory to the creditors of the bank and was doing splendid work in getting at Bob Browns banking system sys-tem and this was too much for some of Mr Browns friends Some fog horn talking will grow out of Mr Stuffle beams removal and it will give a spicy seasoning to the paSties of north Idaho next year Nevada Cockfighting was the popular sport in Virginia City on Christmas I is presumed that the Carson valley incest case will come up before the grand jury in Genoa as soon as that body meets t Carson Appeal Christmas eve word was received at the police station that a man named Walker and another young fellow were about town levying Christmas tax on the saloons They would enter a saloon and demand money The penalty of refusal to put up money or liquor was a threat to clean out the place Sheriff Kinney and Officer Brule went out and gathered in these worthies Sudden Death at Hbntpelier Montpelier Ida Dec 26Mrs Maria Dalrymple widow of the late Harrison H Dalrymple of Wardboro died very suddenly at the residence of Mrs Eugene Eu-gene Smith with whom her daughter resides She retired to her room to lie down for a few minutes and when her daughter went to call her itwas found that she was dead n Mrs Dalrymple a a noble and loving lov-ing mother about 60 years jld and I leaves a number of grown sons and daughters highly respected in this community to mourn her loss Funeral services will be held in the Montpelier ward meeting house Tuesday Tues-day next and the remains will be taken to Wardboro for interment by the side of her late aged husband |