The Fremont County record., 1881-02-05
STATE NEWS.

Slain RENs.
The Carter house at Alamosa was
totally destroyed by fire last week.
The Plunkett's are playing in
towns in the northern part of the
r state.
A new town called Clayton has
been started in~>the Kerber Creek
mining district.
BOULDER Herald: a gentleman liv-
ing near jamestown reports over 100
inches OF snow this winter.
Last Saturday morning the feed
and grain store of Johnney SAKE was
completely destroyed by fire, in Silv-
er Cliff.
Mark L. Blunt has been appointed
register of the q. S. land Office at
Pueblo vice Ferd Barndollar.
Miss Mary a. Meeker, daughter of
the late n. g. Meescr, was married
in Greeley last week to W. S. Fuller
ton.
Alamosa Independent, 20: The
weather has been very cold this week,
reaching 32 degrees below zero Sun
day night.
Orray Times: The Mendoza ore
carries brittle, native and wire silver
and is being worked constantly under
lease. This is one Of the most won
deIful mines in this country.
Fairplay Flume: Parties down
from Bucks6in gulch report the snow
piling up enormously in that gulch.
Some say it is twenty feet deep on
the level, but this can only reier to
the extreme upper end.
About five hundred cattle are re-
ported dead on the line of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, between
Granada, Colorado, and Dodge City,
Kansas. The snow has been So deep
that the cattle have starved.
Miss Minnie Pinneo of Greeley and
Miss Nellie Curtiss Of Topeka, Kan
sas, have signed articles of agreement
to ride twenty mile race for So, 600
side on the grounds of the Denver
Jocky club on the Goth day of May.
Silver Cliff Republican: A speci-
men of horn silver was taken out Of
the Racine Boy mine yesterday which
is almost as large as a mans fist. 1t
is solid horn silver and one of the
finest specimens ever taken from the
mine.
Leadville Chronicle: Many people
living in this high altitude have not
ed with surprise that water freezing
in fragile vessels does not crack or
break them. Water may be left in
delicate glass goblet and be found
next morning frozen q solid mass and
yet the glass is entirely unbroken.
Ouray Muldoon: A few days ago
party of engineers came to the
agency to survey route for the Den
Yer Il RIO Graude railroad. They
intended going down Oh the reserva-
tion but were stopped by Agent Ber-
Iy. The chief engineer went over to
Lake to telegraph for Instructions
and the balance of the party are en-
camped at the Uucompahgre bridge.
Buena Vista Times: The weather
is execraOle. First it SHOWS, then
turns cold enough TO freeze the mcr-
curry in the therlnemeter, then thaws
awhile, ,suows again and SO on through
the disagreeable l'out tine. Ranchmen
who have lived in this valley for 1G
years, say it is the worst winter they
have known in that time. Stock is
suffering severely and hay is in de.
nand al increased prices.
{ Boulder Herald: Mr.. Brainard
showed us last week mortgage
made by the Denver, Western & Pa
citic railway company to the Farmers
Loan " Trust company for 81 ,5OO, 900.
1t is by far the largest mortgage ever
recorded in this county and is record
ed in book G5 of the Boulder county
records. The company making tue
mort gage is 10 build railroad from
Denver to Boulder and Longnont.
and further north or west if desired. :,
Pueblo Chicftain: Carl Wuls:en,
the mining engineer, was in town
yesterday on his way to Denver.
Mr.. Wulsten reports concerning the
Game Ridge mining property that for
700 feet in length. counting east from
the Black Tail shaft, the top ore,
which was never considered worth
much, is now proven by surface cuts
tobe very valuable for at least hun
dred feet in depth. The management
has determined to quarry the whole
hundred feet down bodily.