The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-04-23
ASSAYS FOR THE WEEK.

faffaguts statute VIII be unveiled
in Washington on the 25th.
Over five thousand emigrants ar
rived in New Y Iork on the 18th.
Five hundred boiler makers are on
strike in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Aid is being asked for the sufferers
by flood in northern Nebraska and
Dakota.
The Rock river oyerflowed a large
portion of chford, Illinois, on
Tuesday.
On Tuesday there were I2l small
pox patients in the hospital in New
York City.
The Kelley party in the Tammany
society elected lis officers ON Monday
by fifty majority.
General Grant arrived in Mexico
on the 7th and his movements are re-
garded with apprehension.
The entire business portion of the
+S''.-I Uf-sasn ss,-r~:--l. Nap Mrxiro
was destroyed by fire -rs,,-..i.eI,. nj
the 10Th.
One hundred and ninety excursion
lists left Boston on the 18th Tor trip
10 the Rocky mountains and the
The Palmer and Sullivan party
have secured control of the franchise
for a railroad from Maramoras to
Monterey, Mexico.
\ woman named Mrs. Mutt killed
and threw the bodies of her five chill
dren down well near Camden, Ar
kansas, on Monday.
The president has nominated Cen
eral Longstroet to be United States
marshal of Georgia. Longstrect is
now minister to Turkey.
Col, Fred Grant has resigned from
the army TO take the position of chief
engineer OF the Chicago, Texas &
Mexican Central railroad.
The rivers of Wisconsin were rag
ing floods on Monday. The Fond du
Lac river overflowed its banks and
flooded the western portion OF Mil
waukee.
The distance from KANSAS City to
San Francisco via the AtchiSon, Tope-
ka & Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
railroads is 2,s4S miles and the time
consumed in making the trip is fifty
four and oue-half hours,
Germany, Austria, Belgium, Den
mark, Spain, United States, France.
England, Greece, Italy, Holland, Por-
tugal, Russia, Sweden and Switzcr-
land are represented at the inter-
national monetary conference which
opened in Paris ON the 18th.
On Saturday night last Jim Dcvine
was hung by a mob at Ration City, n D..
NJ, for assaultjng and nearly killing
one Garting. On the same night a
woman named Jones was shot and
Killed at Cranes station on the A. &
7. railroad by man named Iallor-
an, in self defense. On Sunday
Campbell, proprietor of restaurant
at Deming, shot and killed China
man.
In two days last week six men
were murdered in Ell Paso, Texas.
On Thursday the fight was upon the
streets and the row from the very
start became general and the bullets
whistled through the air in regular
battle style. During the melee man
named John Hall pulled down on one
kremkau, misiaking him for MeNi-
can, anu fired, killing him instantly /.
Hall was in turn shot down by some
one in the crowd who has not been
identified. The marshal of the town
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the disturbance, but being unable to
do so was compelled to take part in
it himself. He therefore drew his
revolver aud commenced firing. lie
pulled down on man named Camp
bell, who was formerly marshal of
San Marcial, and shot him through
the body. Campbell fell with a
fatal wound and the tight continued
nuohatal ,ri,n marshal in Il i,.ip.r ;pt.,
the crowd shot another ,uan, a McNi-
can, who has since died A number
of others received slight Injuries.
Oscar f. Hammond has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Cotopaxi. this
county. Edward Elze has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Bluncnau. Gus
ter county. Free Gold postoflicc,
Chaflee county. has been discontii,-
ucd anil Bonito posrofflce has been
establishssi in Sasuachc county with