The Fremont County record., 1881-07-23
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Senator Hill was in Silver Cliff last
week.
The D. & r. G. now run trains into
Del Norte.
They arrest a burglar every day or
two in Pueblo.
| A telephone line connects Lake
City with Animas Forks.
A number of horses have died in
Denver from overheating.
On Monday fire destroyed $40, 900
worth of property in Leadville.
Incendiaries have been setting fire
to empty buildings i'll Silver Cliff.
There will be big crop of wild
currants III the vicinity of Gunnison
City.
A hail storm recently destroyed
two fine fields of wheat near Love-
Ifnu.
4A car load of Colorado flour has
l been shipped 10 Amsterdam, Holland,
from Boulder.
! /Mr. Newland, who lives near Boul-
der, raised 10000 quarts OF strawber-
ries this season.
! The state treasurer's report shows
that there were S114, 4,972.40 in the
| treasury on june lst.
There are eleven kilns for burning
I charcoal near Buena Vista with a
daily capacity of 900 bushels.
| The Denver, Western & Pacific and
the Union Pacific railroads have both
laid tracks through Boulder west
4 yard.
The town board of Durango has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
CARRYING of concealed or exposed
weapons of any kind.
Railroad passenger fare, first-class,
has been reduced to s25 between Dem
YER, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
to the Missouri river.
The Leadville Herald says that
Lake county is out s., goo for services
never performed. In fact, fraudulent
bills have been allowed
Hon. NJ n. Megrue of Denver, has
a contract for grading five miles of
the new branch of the d. & r. G.. to
Leadville, in the Platte canon.
VIM. Neus. of Wet Mountain valley
while prospecting recently In the
range, was attacked by bear and so
severely injured that his life is in
danger.
A drunken row occurred in koko-
mo on Wednesday morning in which
John Morrissey was shot in the back
and Dennis Mcdonald in the leg.
Morrissey is likely to die.
The State Editorial association met
in Denver last week and had a very
. good time. The contemplated excur-
+ sion to Santa Fe did not take place
a on account of the hot weather.
~ Eugene Field, lately connected with
! the editorial staff of the Kansas City
Times, has been engaged as managing
, editor of the Denver Tribune. He
is spoken of as a brilliant writer.
n J. II. johnson, j. A. Weekes and
Y B. +. Borge have purchased Cheyenne
canon. They intend to erect a re-
freshment establishment and make
the place as fashionable as possible. :
About fifty per cent of the cattle
in South park are missing. Stock
men have found only few dead ones
and the supposition is that the great
ler part of the loss is dae to theft.
81 Last Sunday night burglars entered
the sleeping room of Mrs. 7. E. Hop
kins in Colorado Springs and holding
la knife at her throat compelled her
to give, up about $500 worth of jew
elry.
E. a. Burbank, of Red Cliff, while
out prospecting last week, was at
tackled by a Cinnamon bear and badly
bitten by the infuriated beast. When
found by companion he was uncon-
scious-
Martin Osborne, owner of the Half
7 way house, in Cottonwood Pass, was
shot and instantly Killed on the 10th
by Joe Turnbull, on whose wagon
and team Osborne had foreclosed 3
mortgage.
Buckley, Charles Harden, Thomas
Wall and james Bush, of the Allison
gang. were arrested on the 14th near
Durango. The latter was dangerous
his ewn pistol.
" George Myrtle, a bartender in a
q saloon at Morrison, last Sunday, so
savagely abused James Driscoll, a
drunken man, that he soon after
wards died from the injuries received.
Myrtle escaped.
II The earnings of the Denver 4 Rio
tGrande for the week ending the i4th,
amounted to slsi ,eao.oa, as against
$40, i70.S0 for the same period last
year. OF this total, So, ,765-a3 was
for freight and S35, ,l5+.Ss passengers.
| Inc Ute COMMISSIONERS nave fe-
turned to the cantonment OH the Uu-
compahgre. They say they have
selected location for the Indians
who will be removed as soon as
proper arrangements can be made.
II w. j. Mckay died in the Sisters
hospital at Denver on the 18TH from
wounds inflicted by NJ. l.. Petty, at
| Chsma on the 9TH. He was the Sec
ond brother murdered in that part of
the country by desperadoes. the first,
Francis. having been killed by Ab.
Anderson. a member of the Allison
gang in May last. There were no ar
| rests in either case.
Romaldo Dusan, q Mexican, while
travelling with his wife towards Trim
idad last week, picked up an Ameri-
can and gave him ride for short
| distance N hen the latter pulled . re-