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Show NORTHWEST NOTES. John P. Dickenson has bcon appointed ap-pointed receiver of publio moneys at Hugo, Colo. fJ It Is now bolloved .that tho flro In tho Diamond mlno Is Jtndcr control, nnd that tho company will .rcsutno ac-tlvo ac-tlvo work In a short time. A favorable report baa been made In tho Oregon legislature on the bill appropriating 325,000 jieivycar for two years for propagatlng'salmon. During a drunken quarrel In a saloon nt Hanna, Wyo., Jann!s Whllo a colored color-ed minor, was stnbbe In tho groin and killed by nnothor colored man. Charles M. Marshall, n prominent citizen of Wheatland Wyoming, has eloped with a half-breod Irldlan girl. Marshall leaves a wife and family and largo property Intcros'ta behind. John Ernest fell twenty feet In tho shaft of tho Clara D. Iiilno Ut Crlpplo Creek. His ribs wcrc.ybroken and he received Internal Injuries wtilch proved fatal. Ho was 25 years of ago and unmarried, un-married, T o men havo been arrested who nro supposed to be the parties who held up nnd robbed tho cast bound trnln nt Humboldt, Nov., ontlio morning of July, 18, 1808. They woro captured at Burns, Oregon. ( In Nevada, tho Lyon-Douglas boundary bound-ary caso has been decided In favor of Lyon county. This decision will throw all of Smith Valley Into Lyon county, nnd will settle a dispute 'which has been on for years. The body of nn unknown man was found by Indians In tho Fort Washaklo Hot Springs, on tho Shoshone reservation. reserva-tion. It Is thought tho unfortunate-man unfortunate-man had gono Into tho Springs for a bath and was overcome by tho heat of tho water. Tho Oregon Short Line has contracted con-tracted with the Rock Springs Lumber company for 250,000 railroad tics to be delivered at Green River in tho spring, commencing with tho spring rlso of tho rlvor. Theso tics will go on the Idaho division. A rock fell 100 feet, striking the bond of John Williams, working In tho bottom of a shaft at tho Hill City placar at Crlpplo Creek, His skull was fractured and In a few hours ho died. Ho was 30 years of ago, and leaves a wlfo nod thrco children. Tho board of directors of tho Colorado-Texas Chautauqua association fixed July 4 as tho tlmo for opening this years meeting at Boulder, Colo. Tho Colorado Southern and tho Port Worth & Denver railroads havo agreed to guarantco tho expenses of tho meeting. Mrs. Zolla n. Ashley of Cheyenne, has sued tho Union Paclflo Railroad company for 815,000. Tho husband of tho plaintiff was killed In tho company yards, whllo engaged as a switchman, and Mrs, Ashley contends ho met his death through the negllgenco of tho company. Lucky Baldwin has decided to erect an eight-story lire-proof building on tho property occupied by tho old Baldwin Bald-win hotel nt San Francisco. Tho building will cost 83,000,000, nnd tho work of construction will commence com-mence as soon as tho ruins of tho old building can bo cleared away. Harris Burnett, one of tho mon employed em-ployed In "Tlpplo" house at tho coal mines at Hanna, Wyo., met a shocking death on tho 15th Inst. Ills left arm bocamo caught In a cog-wheel and beforo be-foro any assistance could reach him ho was dragged into tho machinery and literally ground to pieces. Colonel Tom Cooper, nn old-tlmo citizen cit-izen of Cheyenne has been missing from his home for ten days nnd his prcsont whereabouts nro unknown. Cooper Is widely known as a guldo and scout for exploring and tourists par-tics. par-tics. He was one of Custer's scouts at tho time that ofllcer was killed on tho Little Big Horn. Charles I). Duncan, on oil dealer of Victor, Colo., committed sulcldo at Crlpplo Creek by firing two bullets Into In-to his head. Ho left a noto stating that ho had taken laudanum twenty-four twenty-four hours provlous, but It had failed to tako effect. Ho had also cut his wrist and tho cuspadoro was filled with blood from tho wound. As he was very prosperous and a healthy man, no cause can be assigned for the deed. Grand Junction, Colo., is to havo a sugar beet factory. Residents of that city, as an Inducement for tho sugar factory, havo agreed to codo 1,500 acres of land as a bonus. Tho land is valued nt 875,000. In addition, the people thero havo agreed to ralso 3,000 acres of beets for three years and sell them to the concern nt 84.25 a ton. Somo of tho best people of Denver are Interested In tho project, nnd tho factory fac-tory will undoubtedly bo built. Pearl Thornton, tho colored girl who , shot and killed Sergeant Willis Preston Pres-ton of tho Twonty-fourth Infantry at Cheyenne, has been released from custody, cus-tody, tho facts brought out at tho preliminary pre-liminary examination showing that the shooting was accidental. Tho body of Thomas Hardsnape, who was lost in a snow storm In March, 1897, whllo herding Bhcep near Buffalo, Wyo., has been recovered und given burial. Tho remains woro discovered about 300 yards from the road, where the unfortunate man had wandered. |