Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS A woolen manufacturing plant is ie to be built at casper wyo six sit wagon loads load of immigrants boundford bound for oregon pawed west weak through laramie on friday grasshoppers are stated to her be numerous in the vicinity of windsor in the cache la poudre valley colo some important papers have agaid been stolen from the illes files in the county clerks clerk office in ban francisco the sheridan wyo county agricultural fair will be held this ibis year on september 19 to 22 inclusive governor Penu oyer of oregon has pardoned five prisoners serving life term sentences in the state penitentiary the california associated cycling clubs will hold their annual celebration and parade on september 9 at san jose mrs inre harry isaam isaacs the wife of a baggage master of the sauta saula fe railroad at los loa angeles cal was burned to death on sunday it is reported that strawberries are so plentiful in the boise market that dealers soon ex expect deat the price to come do down w n to 5 cents a quart the extensive plant of the golden col pressed brick will be running in full blast on brick for the denver sewers the san jose cal woolen mills which have been closed down for the past six months have resumed operations with half a force twenty one san jose cal saloon keepers have been arrested j lor for violation of a county ordinance in keeping their places open on sunday the now new wharf at benicia Beo iola cal is finished an aal steamers are now landing there regularly the structure was built by the oily city at a cost of about the wine growers of the state of california will shortly meet to act on the suggestion to put tits the entire output of wine in the state into the bands of a syndicate the first carload of petroleum from the gasper casper wyoming wells was shipped to denver on monday prom from all indications these fields will be as productive as any in the west went there were sheep sheared at and near casper wyo this season tiie season lasted fifteen daysi and were employed the price paid was seven cents per head the sheep shearing season about rawlins Baw lins wyo to Is over and most moet ot of the flocks have been driven to the mountains for the summer about were sheared this spring the be cattle and sheep men about saratoga wyo are to hold bold a convention on J june une 16 to arrange the lines of their respective grazing grounds and settle all differences amicably prospectors continue to locate placer claims on the big laramie Lar amle river in albany county the rho cheyenne sun says flays that several hundred acres were taken up by cheyenne and denver parties last ad week the casper wy Wyo 0 says that mayor hurston hunt of that city has gone to Oal calveston veston texas to buy a wool scouring plant which will in a short abort time be brought to casper and put into operation the idaho daily statesman pub dished at boise idaho reports that almost all the raspberries rasp berries and black berries have been killed by tte tle frost there are some left in sheltered places but the great bulk of the crop is ruined eugene parsons the 14 year ld id son of mrs john lyndon ot of los lios gatos cal had three teeth pulled out by a dentist on monday after inhaling chloroform he regained ness but at once relapsed into unconsciousness ness nees and death speedily ensued many laborers have been attracted to portland by the prospect of employ ment when the flood subsides mayor mason has telegraphed mayor ellert of san francisco that portland to is already a sufficient number of mechanics and laborers W E howard has unearthed a valuable violin which has been in the hands of a wyoming ranchman it is a stradivarius violin and was manufactured in 1736 violins of that make and of a later date have sold as high as 2000 they are very rare and are searched for the world over greater part of the employee emp loyes at the letter mine near sheridan wyo have been discharged and the works closed down except as far as prospecting and further development fur for more ore is in concerned whether the ore became base as depth was attained is in not stated Madiso nian the faculty of the nevada state university have taken hold bold of the matter of saloon men selling intoxicants to students and propose to vigorously prosecute every such case one student has been already suspended for conduct unbecoming a young man wearing the university uniform while playing play ing near eagle river at Mlp MIP turn coloon Jo loon saturday afternoon a little 8 year old oid son of mr and mrs offield fell into the stream and was drowned the river at this time of the year is aw swift aft high and dangerous danger oun all efforts to recover the toray body have so far proved fruitless 1 ibe I be report that the fruit crop of lasen en nov was entirely ruined by frost appears to be somewhat exaggerated and it to is claimed by the papers as an well as itom from other sources that while the crop will not be of wonderful magnitude nit tide still there will alf be enough to supply the home market and some to spare cattlemen of arizona are said to be highly incensed at the frequency of thefts of stock from ranges the thieves sometimes take as an many as seventy or eighty atone at one time tiene one of the territory papers intimates that a lyn jenching lynching ching or two might be beneficial and remarks that arizona has not had a lynch lunching lynching lyn ching ingin in ten years the sea shore is drawing a great many citizens aw away from arizona just now says saya the with alt h the completion of the north and south booth r this hla will all be stopped the magdat ma cent scenery and grand sun climate of northern arizona will dra h hundreds of tourists there who now noa to southern california the in bonds issued by bj taa state ot of california for the erection or union depot in san francisco awre sold on wednesday afternoon by akk state treasurer there were a inn nui um of bidders for the bonds barso fa leach fe co bankers of chicago a new york were the highest tb 1 accepted bid was 1013 1018 16 for each 1 bond butte mont had quite an acqua acqui aca acq tion to its population the other cla when there chore arrived from miners wife the woman is only years of ago age and is the mother seventeen of whom X living and were on the train with h the eldest being a girl of about 18 ye j of age and the youngest an infant 14 months wells fargo brought in a large 0 sign ment of butter and cheese froat fron south last evening says the re 1 nev gazette which with several severa jit ional cases from the reno beno creamer crean was shipped below this industry indest rapidly coming to the front as one 01 Ne nevadas culet resource sand with 0 ful management will rise to gret greit I 1 at willow rauch a 8 little tow hodoe county cal there have b twenty six oases cases or of smallpox in t last few weeks and there will be ma n more for no pains are taken to ke the patients isolated it is said t people visit in where the thedia dise prevails those who had been vacel va atel had the disease in a wild mild for f but others were very ill stephen smith a butcher was r into at tully roadman ing by the almaden express on J day morning both horses were kill k and the wagon was wrecked built sm right arm was broken his head fully cut and he to la injured internal intern it is not thought however that he 1 fatally injured smiths Is escape f instant death was almost a miracle the mandate ol of the abe united a 8 supreme court setting aside the olsion of the lower court in the she 1 suit butt of the government against haytian republic was filed I 1 ii r united slates district court at land or on Wednes wednesday witch alj notice to the claimants of the ship t an application would be made on part of the government for a sale of 0 vessel mrs jennie porter a div divorced arced man 46 years of age was found 4 on the floor beside her bar bed in a lod house on third street baxi fra franc ell on monday prom from all appear appears ala she ended tier ner life by taking poison poise small empty bottle having been fou f on the abe stand in the room the wo jelt letters signed mrs jennie zier jl but from all accounts th this i was resumed aes umed the shearing season is over in vicinity vici alty remarks the rawlins wy W republican and the sheep have all al for the mountains for the sum the finished work at milan pine pens lost last saturday night A were clipped at those chose pens shout bout at the mahoney pens at Os bornes borness pens and about the same name number at Mas says pens making about in all santa fes fe known in military circles as aft fort marcy is unquestionably the oldest permanent military post poet on american soil the spanish built a 9 fort here in 1548 1543 and with the exception of the interval following the revolt of the pueblo indians indiana in 1680 until f the e conquest by bj diego de vargas I 1 lo 10 d 1 1692 92 it has baa been continuously occupied by military fort marcy is now the headquarters of the tenth united states infantry and band the laramie Ija ramie republican remarks gertie crosly the young lady who has just entered a breach of promise suit against frank parmalee of oma has ba lie ie very well known in this city she will be remembered here as one oi of the former pretty waitresses at the thornburgh thorn burgh hotel where she was employed about three years ago dihe afterwards assumed the duties of a waitress walt refis at the kuster hotels hotel and upon leaving this city went to she he has since resided shearing time in this section has bag about come to a close remarks the natrona wyoming brne atthe at the various shearing pens in this county there have been sheared nearly head of sheep and there has been 11 shipped hipped frum from this point over pounds of WOOL about pounds of this wool has been sold outright by the producers at prices ranging from 61 to 71 cents centa per pound not net the balance nas been shipped to eastern commission houses on in an advance of 4 cents per pound mr H S mccallum an attorney from froin salt bait lake says the bompa idaho leader is in town endeavor ing to get at settlement with the creditors of mr 0 C tanker the japanese contractor mr tanker owes some thing over and is said to be totally insolvent the attorney mr mccallum offered 25 cents on the dollar for the accounts but the creditors all say they refused the amount there is considerable ill feeling regarding the nn matter atter and it is hard to predict what the outcome will be I 1 after prospecting the country along the river for about two weeks the crickets became disgusted and have takes taken a back track says the liander lander wyoming gazette considerable da damage a g s b baa been done to certain crops ID this a vicinity visited by these pests but now that they are leaving the farmers hope to get in a second crop and reap a fair harvest the water wate r has been turned out of all the ditches on the tik of the river in order to let them return from whence they came and they are doing alt s at a lively rate only a few now remain in the valley william E norton was wag instantly ki killed hed on Wednes wednesday JaY afternoon at fresno in the rear of a candy store by the explosion of a eod sod awater tank he and another employed named shade were preparing sod hod awater shade was charging the tank while norton was rocking it suddenly there came an explosion A piece of the tank struck norton in the stomach almost aleem bowling him the viscera protruded and the liver was torn into shreds there was also a big bruise over the heart where the body of the tank truck struck him and most moat of his bin ribs were wen crushed the heavy frost of sunday night did great damage to the gardens of boise city idaho says the statesman the chinese gardeners report their tomato vines are a total lose while at least one half of the potato crop is killed but few of the beans and melons escaped the gardeners state there was wag comparatively ively little damage to cabbage plants this thib may be accounted for by the fact that most of them were protected by shingles no reliable reports leave have been received from the valley but it is reasonable to io presume considerable damage was done all along the river the denver aels of wednesday says dr gresswell the state veterinary yesterday afternoon held a consultation sul tation with gov waite regarding the pain williams bunch of sheep which went into utah and now threaten to return after talking with the governor dr Gre gresswell stowell wrote inspector mason at mesa that the sheep would have to be treated as an utah sheep and could not return to colorado unless they passed through inspection and secured a clean bill of health As this bunch is known to be scabby there is little chance of its being admitted to colorado again the unearthing of the big band of horse borse thieves in oklahoma will ber be a blessing to this country says the arizona stockman if the arizona end of it can lie brought to justice whether or not the operators in southern arizona were working in conjunction with this gang we are unable to say but it is that for over ten years a systematic steal has been kept up with regular places of rendezvous in cochise and graham counties with the breaking up of one end of the gang it will at least curb the operations of these fellows for a while for which horse owners will be thankful green river says the rock buck springs wyo independents independent is on a roaring rampage it is a seething hissing torrent filled to its utmost capacity and at the town of green river it has in many places broken over the banks bankas flooding fl the bottoms several families milis fa living near the banks of the stream have been compelled to abandon their homes and to seek a loftier location their lots and in warty many instances instance bouses louses being flooded there seems to be no decrease in the swollen stream but every day the water mark seems to crawl higher and when it will stop no DO one seems to be able to say A special dispatch from cripple creek Colo aya says that for the first time in three weeks has that place been free from the rumors of war all business houses bouses are gaily decorated with flags and bunting everybody E very body feels as though the lockout Is is at an end and the mines will be in full operation within one week every stags stage into camp has been crowded to its full capacity all the mines which were closed down february 1 are making active operations to commence work all will give preference to their old hands there has been no question asked as an to whether the men belonged to the union or not for two or three years large black crickets in great numbers have made maae their appearance in the big horn basin says the rawlins wyo jour naif sal and now they have invaded the popo agle agie valley near lander lia oder A meeting of the farmers alliance was war hold held there to try and determine upon same mode of defense plying flying is out of their business and like coxey s men they do not believe in walking ana and will jump into the creeks and irrigating ditches and float down stream to td a favorable place for landing and then crawl out in size when full grown they will measure fully two inches long and are thick and cla amsy black and red at present they are only about one third grown work on the great rio bio verde reservoir and canal enterprise in A arizona will begin shortly A contract for nearly has been let that requires the storage and diversion dams dame and miles of canal completed by Janu january aryl 1 1896 horseshoe reservoir which will be created by the storage dam occupies the geographical center of arizona and will cover acres this dam site to is sixty miles northeast of Pho phoenix onix the dam will raise the water feet and will extend feet up lip and down stream and feet beeb across it is to be built of hand band laid rook rock with an impervious layer of asphalt on |