The Fremont County record., 1881-04-02
CITY AND VICINITY.

The real estate transfers during the past
week were quite large.
The district court for this county win
convene next Monday.
Capt. Ferrier has several laborers hard at
work on his new residence.
Mr.. Henry artor is putting down stone
side walk in front of saddlcry store.
Justice Geo. w. Clelland was quite i'll on
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
DR.. Craven's new residence is almos,
completed. 1t is substantial and elcgan,
| cottage.
The track on the Silver Cliff branch Of
the D. & R. G. is laid about thirteen miles
from this city.
Mr.. r. A. johnson has purchased the
Metzler property on the corner of Fourth
| and streets.
A new cross-walk has been laid over
Fourth street between the Mcclure house
and Harding's store.
Marshal Frazier. this week, instructed
property owners on Main street to repair
old and build new sidewalks.
The stone is being hauled for the dwelling
to be built by Mr.. f. A. Reynolds on the
corner of Fifth and b streets.
Another telegraph wire following the line
of the railroad from Silver Cliff was laid in
to the city office here on Thursday.
A new cross-walk was laid over Third
street, between d. G. Peabody's store and
7. r. Roane's store, on Thursday.
The further building of the court house
has been stopped until after the meeting OF
county commissioners next Monday.
Tree planting should be commenced now
There is no reason why Canon City should
not be real forest of shade and fruit.
The young man "Nick,'' who was so
| severely stabbed at Coal Creek two weeks
ago. has recovered sufficiently to be out.
Four hundred and ifty.three names OF
legal voters were registered on Tuesday.
The books will be'again open on Monday.
The Witcher Bros. and Bclknap building
| is about completed. 1t is one of the most
| substantial two story bricks OH Main street
The physicians report only one case OF
scarlet fever in town at present. They hope
to completely eradicate that disease before
many days.
Mr.. A. X. Shcarer, young man we'll
known in this city and once clerk IN Mr.
Robertson's furniture store, died some time
ago in Scotland.
| Mr.. r. Jeske will put into the addition to
his residence, now being built, bay win.
dow 12X12 feet. 1t will be perfect bower
of plants and flowers.
Conway, the gambler, who shot Walter
Church in Poncho Springs last week while
he Conway was fighting with another
man, got off with fine.
! The firemen held re gular meeting Mon
| day evening and arranged to purchase a
| bell for alarm, and to erect Il tower in which
to hang it. The bell will weigh about 500
pounds.
The Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist,
Cumberland Presbyterian and Episcopal
Sunday schools will hold no more sessions
! until the scarlet fever has become less dam
gerous.
The freight agent of the D. & r. G. has
visited the end of the track on the Silver
Cliff branch for the purpose OF arranging
| to send freight from there to the Cliff by
the 18th inst.
Mess. Copps, Smith & Co., are fitting up
one of the finest stores in southern Colorado.
Mr.. Hartwcll deserves credit for adding 10
Canon such fine business houses as his new
block will contain.
concert is to be given soon after Easter
Sunday for the benefit of the Presbyterian
church. 1t promises to be one of the best
musical entertainments ever given by home
talent in Canon City.
Mr.. Isaac Garfield has purchased the
Goerke place and has moved into it. He in
tends to remodel the residence somewhat
by putting in bathroom, etc. 1t will also
be elegantly furnished.
A considerable number of young people
went to the residence of Warden FELTON, on
Thursday night as regular old-fashioned
surprise party, and enjoyed themselves i'm
mensely for several hours.
Mr.. Robert Lewis trunk was stolcn from
| the piazza in front of Mrs. Sheetz' residence
on Wednesday night and taken into the big
ditch back of Marshal Frazier's house and
| there rifled Of some clothing. No clue to
| the thief.
Mr.. F. A. Reynolds has purchased the
property of MIR. Catln on the corner of
Main and Fourth streets, recently occupied
| by Mr.. Isaac Garfield and family. Mr.. Ray :
| nolds will soon erect thereon fine building
for business purposes.
| Mr.. N. p. Goodhue, of this city, is the
happy owner of the thoroughbred English
bull dog, Sport" the one which whipped
+" Colorado Jack" in two battles once in
Denver and once in Lcadville, each time for
$500 side, "Sport" is fine specimen of
his kind.
The Saguache Chronicle says: Mr.. L. III.
Decker and wife left on Thursday last for
visit in Canon City and Denver. Mrs
Decker, we understand, intends to make
quite stay in the former place, in the hope
of beuefiting her health. Her many friends
hope that she will be successful. Mrs Deck
| er is stopping at Mrs. Sheetz' aud is already
benefited by the change of altitude.
The passenger train, which should have
arrived here at 3:55 Wednesday p. m., left
Pueblo one hour and ten minutes late and
reached this station only forty-fve minutes
late. 1t left here at high rate of speed
and just before the mouth of the Canon was
reached the trucks under one coach left the