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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1902
Page
3
B A Black remains identified as baitor and proprietor with George H Evans listed as city editor in the publication credits.
Short items from the city include a regular council meeting this evening and news of births, marriages, and travels. Changes at the depot telegraph office and heavy rains in Laramie county are noted, along with a ball game postponement and mining district visits.
Work begins immediately on depot changes. The time card room will be abandoned and used by the yard master and the checking clerk, freeing the operator’s room for their use. The partition between the telegraph and check clerk offices will be removed and the telegraph room enlarged by adding this space.
The Cheyenne Aerie of Eagles will hold a special meeting on June 29 to initiate about twenty new members into the mysteries of lying and fighting buzzards. The event will be important for the lodge and followed by a social session in the evening. The lodge is financially strong and expands membership at every meeting.
Four boys from the city captured a rattlesnake yesterday morning at the old dumping grounds north of town. The snake, with only one rattler, was kept in a pall at Ed Degnan's home. Lads Simon Myan Henry Watson and Emmett Storey, all under 12, believed it to be harmless until informed of its deadly nature by bystanders.
Dr McGhee reports James Petrie wounded by John Mumin at Fort Steele Friday night should recover if blood poisoning does not set in Mumin is jailed in Rawlins Wyoming and refuses to talk The weapon altercation began after Petrie remonstrated with Mumm s daughter over ill remarks about a lady friend and Mumm attacked Petrie with a cane before drawing a revolver and firing two shots
Fred Starr a Weston county ranchman convicted of murder was taken to the state prison to serve a twenty year term. District judge Stotts denied his motion for a new trial in Newcastle and ordered the sentence to begin immediately.
John Starr died at Hiland Park Railway Employees home in Chicago Wisconsin. He formerly worked for several years on the Union Pacific Sixth division and on the Sherman hill district and had been paralyzed for several years.
Steve Franklin was entangled by a lariat rope and pulled down on a saddle horn as his horse ran wild. He suffered severe abdominal trauma and could not rise. He was moved from Lusk to a Denver hospital for surgery, with surgeons warning he may not survive.
A blaze yesterday afternoon in Rawlins Wyoming leveled the large Cassidy barn and its contents and heavily damaged W H McDonald’s house. Firemen fought strong winds but could not halt the flames, causing substantial loss.
The Union Pa viflo cut east of the city shows coal propings indicating a heavy coal body near Kyanaton. A tunnel built years ago was abandoned. Coal croppings extend along the Beckwith fold, with potential development nearby.
W S Palmer heads the Wyoming Department for the United States Government, overseeing a local report highlighted for its interesting information and statewide impact.
The past week was the warmest of the season with an average daily excess of about six degrees. Rainfall was light and scattered, mainly in Laramie county, leaving most of the state without rain for the month. Dry conditions strain ranges, grasses browning and dwindling, though irrigated crops are growing well and streams remain adequate for irrigation in most areas. Alfalfa nears cutting in earlier sections, bottom meadows show good hay prospects while upland grass remains short and expected hay yields are light.
Excerpts from correspondents across Albany and surrounding counties report a week of very dry weather. Citizens describe drought stress on ranges and crops, wells and creeks low, irrigation needed, and mixed signs of possible later rainfall varying by locality. Strong entities include Laramie, Lovell, Rawlins, Cheyenne, and Natrona County observations.
Local forecast reports from counties including Sheridan Hot Springs and Uinta describe warm to hot afternoons and cool nights with improving crops. Sweetwater Burntfork and Evanston note rapid vegetation growth amid warm spells. Fort Yellowstone reports rain with hail but no damage. Cheyenne area expects thunderstorms and cooler conditions tonight with a broad cool front.
Two portable tie and timber preserving plants are under construction for the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Line. Each plant uses two steel retorts on trucks for Burnetising, with mid joint separation for transport and a car-mounted engine and boiler for hauling.
Eight residence lots in the east part of town on Maxwell and Twenty first and Twenty second streets offered by Albert Chapman real estate agent seeking inquiries.
Wanted at once 260 native year ling steers Perry Williams Cheyenne. Wanted girl for general house work 201 East Seventeenth street. Wanted room and board with or without light housekeeping 600 East Eighteenth street. Apply by mail or call.
A long list of sales including furniture, a six room house and lot, parlor organ set, four lots and two parcels of real estate. Rentals include furnished rooms, a seven room stone house, office space, and single rooms. Miscellaneous items such as cut flowers designs and baths offered. Legal notices cover probate hearings in Wyoming and stockholders meeting details. Also railroad excursion pricing and a newspaper subscription pitch.
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