The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1880-06-05
STATE NEWS.

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view was sold ut auction for $tOO.
I Mail route No. 3s2o5 is to be nrom
Alamosa via -Zapota and Costilla to
Silver Cliff.
An engine on the South Park Yail-
road jumped The track in Trout creek
canon on the 9th of May, seriously
injuring the engineer and fireman.
Col. w. Ii. f. Hall, founder of thar
Gunnison News, died in that city
suddenly OH May a2nd. Col. Hall
was native OF Georgia but had been
in Colorado number of years. He
was fifty-four years old.
On Nav -4tl,, Price Stone, aa eigh-
ftcen year old son of judge E. T.
| Stone, an old resident of Ell Paso
county, was murdered on 4 ranch be-
longing to his father i'll New Mexico,
! By Mexican sheep hcrder.
Saguache Chronicle: Six compan-
les oil cavalry passed through town
on Saturday last and camped above
! town about three miles, and Sunday
the remainder OF The command, eleven
companies ofinfantry, passed through
town.
Denver Tribune: The surveyor
general has received u telegram from
Washington that the commissioner of
the general land office has approved
the pla:s of The town of Irwin, Gun
uison county. This settles the ques-
ton OF location and irwin is known
to be outside the reservations.
a week ago last Thursday L. 3. Par
ker, town recorder of Bucua Vista,
shot and killed E. D. Morgan in sa-
loon in that city. The trouble was
caused about soaIe town scrip which
Morgan had taken to Denver To nego-
iiaic and which lie had failed to re-
turn or account for.
Rico News: Sixty stand of arms,
IS, 900 rounds of ammunition and the
Silvertou arms have been ordered to
Animas City. This one hundred
stand of arms are to be distributed
in La Plata cnunty for the protection
OF tlis sciticEs III Gitsc VI t'iC pNoc1UiS
uprising OF the Ute Indians.
n The raidiuy of sheep and cattle
ranches in the northem portion OF the
state and the indescriminatc siangh-
ter of stock by the raiders, was COM
,menced this season as it was several
years ago. The sheriff of Elbert coun-
ty. however, is after the raselcs and
some time ago succeeded in capturing
six OF them.
Sa"uache Chronicle Quarcanta,
one of the Ute chiefs was in town on
Friday. He exhibited some iiue spec
linens of ore from the Mosca pass and
was trying to raise Il grub stake on
them Quarcanta will make a boss
prospector with Il little more exper-
icnce-cspecia.ly for golden hair.
Chirttain. The construction of tho
Santa Fc extension west Of here rs
delayed Tor want of iron, which fails
to arrive, aud track laying has ex-
tended only about two and u half
miles. Much of the road bed, how
ever, is now ready, though a great
deal of blasting is Yet to be done.
The extension will not be ready for
traffic tor about three months.
Colorado Springs Gazette: Tho
Gazette published some time ago tho
fact that General Grant would be 6
guest ut Manituu this summer. Tho
Gen cral has engaged fifteen rooms at
the Becbee house, Mani,ou, and is cx-
pected TO arrive some time in June.
Other distinguished gentlemen are
expected and the season at Manitou
promises TO be the most brilliant ever
experienced.
La Plata Miner: The remains of
Chris Newman, who WAS killed bya
snow slide in Eureka guleh in We
foreparl OF February, were found on
Saturday and buried ON Sunday. Tho
body was found about one mile from
Eureka, up the south fork OF Eureka
.ulch. There were no sears or bruis-
IS ON the body and the man was un-
doubleday smotherss. 10 death in tho
slide.