Show w r i 7 j NOTES The recent storms in Montana resulted re- re in the death of several thousand head of sheep The Episcopal council at its recent session in Washington D. D C. C selected San Francisco as the place for holding the council in 1901 The special session of the tho Oregon legislature adjourned sine die after having passed the general appropriation ion tion bill which carries George Heap of of- Freedom Wyo had bad the misfortune to lose oS his right arm in inthe inthe the tho face wheel of a thresher one day last week John Miller was vas hanged at San Quentin Cala Cuba for the murder of J lames ameS Child After the drop fell blood p parted in gren gres' gres tuan quantities from his neck aeck Hewn lIeV He lIe V we o 0 ly Iy decapitated William II one one of the proprietors proprietors proprietors pro pro- of or the Brown Palace hotel botel at Denver and one of the c Lest best known men In Colorado is dead from an operation performed upon him for appendicitis A carpenter named Ed Seitz while crawling under a Southern Pacific freight train at Re Reno Nov was wa thrown under tinder the tte wh wheels els and nd lost both legs the injuries pr proving ving fatal a 0 a f low few w hours la later er A Denver paper declares that Colorado Colorado Color Color- ado smelters lead the world Charges for treating ore are lower than plan plants ts tsin In foreign countries with cheap fuel and labor The he forest fires are again raging in Colorado a big blaze having been started on Bellevue mountain Great clouds of smoke hang over the valleys by day and at night the heavens are aro red ominous looking glares Much damage is being done to the timbers The Wyoming Valley Oil company is making arrangements for continuing the work of sinking a test well on Its ib property near Douglas Wyo The work worle was commenced last year and was discontinued on account of defects in the machinery employed Two expert expert ex ex- expert pert drillers have been employed to take charge of the work Leadville ville Colo officers believe that aman a 8 aman man named has been murdered murdered murder murder- ed by his bis mining partner W. W C. C Smith has hM disappeared and his sweetheart in Philadelphia has received received received re re- re- re a letter from Smith stating that had been killed at the mine Smith has disappeared disappeared disappeared dis dis- dis- dis appeared recently and the officers are arenov arenow arenow now v working on the case John Race Horse Major Tommy Kanaka Johnson and fifteen other bucks with horses hones passed through Wyo one day last week to go goon goon goon on an extensive hunting expedition on Grays Gray's river and its tributaries They purchased all the ammunition in the town town town-of bf of Thayne and made other prep prep- They are armed with passes good for sixty days' days hunting Dr O. O F. F Mentzer of Telluride Colo shot and killed his wife recently without any reason so far as known except that she had threatened to leave him on account of his dissolute habits Mrs Mongers Monger's brother W. W F. F Monroe took Mentzer's gun from him and threw him out of the door his head striking a rock with such force as to fracture the skull He lie may not re re- cover William and William Flynn miners employed at the Little St. St Lawrence mine at Butte nutte are now lying in a II hospital suffering from burns which may prove pro fatal Their i injuries resulted from at attempt to resume work in a level which has been on fire for years Finding the fire to tobe tobe tobe be almost out they turned a hose on onit i it An explosion resul resulted ed and and themen the themen themen I men were almost boiled by steam In the redistricting of the Episcopal of Wyoming and Idaho into the the dioceses of Laramie and Boise noise Chey- Chey enno will be In the Laramie jurisdiction tion which comprises the nine eastern counties of 01 Wyoming Wyoming Crook Crook Weston Sheridan Johnson Converse Natrona Albany Carbon and Laramie and and the western portion of or Nebraska formerly the jurisdiction of the tho Platte The see city of tho the new v jurIs jurisdiction will b bo be Laramie and there tho the bishop will re re- side It is believed by churchmen that lit Rt Rev Anson R. R Graves the present bishop of pf the jurIs jurisdiction of the tho Platte will be bo tho the bishop of LaramIe Dr Graves at present resides resIde at Kearney Neb lie He Hois is a a. Vermonter by birth and has bas been a bishop for six years The Tho G. G II 11 Eldredge geological survey survey survey sur sur- vey party which has just jut returned from tho the Cooks Cook's inlet country is declared declared de de- e- e clare to have bave discovered the tho highest mountain in North America The peak peate which is situated situate in Alaska on the tho river is foot feet high j |