Show WESTERN NOTES the fill the vacancy caused by the death of judge conway oi the wyoming bench governor richarde has appointed appon ted cesae knight ft judge in atie third judicial district judge knieste Kni ehte successor will be david N braig of baw lins wyo the new a sos so s ato wae born in new york and ie 47 years old while judee craib has been a practicing attorney at cawlina bince 1883 ira F hodson a lawyer ol 01 mancato mankato Man kato ie believed beli ived to have been the victim of assassins at riverside oal A week ago a body was found in tue thick brush of the river bottom the hand and feet tied and two bullet holes the head ahe body baa been identified as that of hodson by friends in southern california from a photograph of the murdered man he haa been missing bince the day before the murder A dispatch from reno nov bays reports of the vinton affray are largely exaggerated Rubb sni one of the men reported badly injured waa able to go to work the next morning lempy ie still in bed but his skull ia not frac aured the man who was shot haa only a flesh wound there were no knifes used it is evident that jones wae not altogether alto sether to blame he is at bis home and there is no warrant for hie amet san francisco secures the bulk of abo alaska trade or not it is already evident that the klondike excitement will greatly benefit the mercantile community heavy orders for supplies have already been closed A few days RO the alaska commercial company invited bide on pounds of bacon pounds of hams pounds ot lard and cabes of canned meats estimates on even larger quantities 0 provisions have been asked for by the alaska exploration company which expects to have fifteen ete amera plying between san franciaco Fran citco and dawson next onelda idaho republican the at antion of the republican has just been called to a little circumstance that is worthy of praise and emulation some time ago altia hale while riding to his fathers farm in passing he home 0 mother eardley saw the aged lady out in the yard chopping wood he thought it too bad tor one ot har years to be obliged to cut up her own fuel so he obtained the help of georgie and estewan parkinson tommy smith and other all youba boys and one evening proceeded to mrs Eardley fl and in a very short time reduced her wood pile to stove wood tor which they received the thanks of the lady and e pan ot applean boys are entitled to commendation and if there were more like them the world would be better for their having lived in it it is ibis principle kindness and charity in the that make our greatest stales men our presidents and the ones alio would lay down their lives in defense of the nation modesto Mode eto wee thrown into great excitement monday by the acts of george C owens who shot and fatally injured his wife wounded his daughter mrs W P and then attempted to kill himself two months ago mrs owene applied for a divorce upon abo grounds of ex trenne cruelty and failure to provide and the suit is still pending since the commencement of the action tha wife has been living t the residence ot ber san in law owens went to the house monday while arity b wife and dang were tin re an asked his wife to beurn to hain he said it was better that they live apart he thereupon drew a pistol and shot his wife twice and daughter a the other bullets missed mark loaded the pistol and shot himself in the bead but only inflicting a scalp wound and soon revved and was taken to the county jail by the sheriff and a deputy mrs owens was shot in the breast and and cannot live mrs wae shot ip tue lea breast and will recover paul rocelyn Roe elyn Roe eter of auburn cal committed suicide sunday morning by taking strychnine A note to the coroner gives financial barra ae he cause for the act no money was found on the body although was a note for 78 given by the cisco and meadow lake toll road for work performed last auchst A remarkable statement in the letter to the coroner wae the suggestion that his body be sold tor dissecting purposes roos stated that it was easily worth there blice no adipose and every organ complete rocelyn was large man of fine form about 50 years ot age letters indicated that lie had relatives in lyons new york and tacoma wash |