The attorneys representing a Dayton man charged with wife desertion have set up a claim that the wife desertion act of 1915, under which the prosecution is brought, is unconstitutional. The doors of the big poultry show in Sheridan were thrown open this morning at 9 o’clock. Almost 400 specimens of chickens, mallard ducks, turkeys …

Forty fatherless children in France must be adopted by Sheridan county residents, according to a quota assigned to this locality. Several families have agreed to contribute the required amount to adopt a French child for a year. Subscriptions for the annual charity fund of the Salvation Army are to be circulated within the next few …

Seven applicants have passed muster and secured acceptance of their applications for naturalization in Sheridan county. Seven divorce cases have been dropped into the district court hopper within the past week. The strain encountered by anyone seeking to rent houses in Sheridan continues unabated. As a result of a shooting scrape at Dietz this afternoon,

Judge Burgess opened the December term of district court this morning. Ten thousand acres of state and school lands were offered for sale at the Sheridan county courthouse this morning. About 100 bidders were present in addition to an immense crowd of spectators. All stores are crowded with Christmas shoppers. Many visitors from the surrounding …

A farm bureau was organized in Sheridan County at a meeting yesterday. E.C. Bowman was elected temporary chairman, and M. Moncreiffe temporary secretary. Both men are from Big Horn. A prisoner being escorted from Sherman, Texas, to Sheridan by Sheriff Mossberg jumped out of a toilet window of a passenger car Friday night in Nebraska …

Now that the drive for united war-work funds is over, the Loyalty League will take up a drive again for the sale of war saving stamps in Sheridan County. An effort will especially be made to collect upon pledges already given. Administrators of the Whitney estate have been paid by the county commissioners a tax …

Just as he was leaving town last night, J. Herschel Charles was taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff Blackbourn to answer to a homicide charge pending against him at Elijah, Georgia. Since his arrest, he has told officers of the sheriff’s force that he did kill a man in Elijah on the first of June. …

More than 5,000 men were enrolled for the draft in Sheridan county before the war ended, according to a detailed report of the local draft board. Steve Stolza entered a plea of guilty to petit larceny in Justice Hoop’s court yesterday afternoon. He was charged with taking a suitcase belonging to another man from the …

Nearly 3.2 million tons of coal have been mined this year in the northern Wyoming district. Of that, nearly 2 million tons have come from Sheridan county. District court will open for the term in Sheridan next Monday with a rather extensive docket on both the civil and criminal sides. George W. Perry was chosen …

Quick work by Miss Dorris Kooi and her automobile undoubtedly prevented a serious railroad accident yesterday forenoon by beating out a runaway car of coal at the end of an eight-mile spin on a downgrade. Four cases of influenza were reported to County Health Officer Hurd yesterday, and one death was reported in the 24 …