The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-08-06
CITY AND VICINITY.
Water melons in market.

New wheat is beng bought at the mill IL
this city.
The Arkansas has resembled the muddy
Missouri lately.
The First Presbyterian church is CLOSED
and undergoing repairs.
The fire bell was raised to better height
in its tower Wednesday.
Helm g. Brewster have burned and solo
| 1000, 900 brick this season.
Brick laying was commenced on The new
| Hartwell buildings Tuesday.
Rev. Harrison will occupy the pulpit il
the NJ. E. church tomorrow.
Payne's barber shop was broken into
Wednesday night and one razor stolen.
All material in the upper D. g. R. G
yard, ties, etc., were hauled out this week
The proceeds of the social held at the 1st
Presbyterian church Thursday night was
twenty-nine dollars.
A slight accident occurred to freight
train In the canon Tuesday night. The
damage was small.
The Ladies' Aid society win meet at Mrs.
Werkheiser's next Thursday afternoon
from two to five o'clock.
Mr.. P. A. McCumber, of Florence
brought into town on Tuesday the first ripe
wild plums of the season.
Warden FELTON, was present when the
copvicts attempted to escape last week and
aided materially in checking the break.
The court house walls have reached above
the first story. About sixty bushels oflime
from the penitontiary are used there daily.
Mr.. Geo. G. Diemer, has opened barber
shop just west of the Boyd house. He was
lately with Payne and is first-class work
man.
Messrs. Alling & Co. have moved their
store into Hon. James Clelland's new build
ing on the corner of Main and Fourth
streets.
The earnings of the penltentiary for June
were $500 and for July $4,000. 1t is
thought the earnings for the year will reach
s25, 900.
Mr.. Aldrich informs us that his little
daughter, who is lame, suffered severe
injury to her limb recently and that his
| other little girl fell and broke her arm.
We sold this week the four lots on Thir.
| teenth street between River and Water
| streets, to Mr.. j. v. Dobson, who soon in
tends erecting a substantial dwelling on
the ground.
The only trades-people we don't wish to
see too many of in our town are BARRIERS.
They might follow the example of other
kinds of business men when not able to
keep up their prices, and begin cutting.
The ladies of the First PRESBYTERIAN
church gave an ice cream social at that
church building Thursday evening which
was largely attended and, as usual, every
body enjoyed themselves.
Mr.. Geo. r. Shaeffer expects to move his
family into part of Mr.. Cards new house
owing to his wife's i'll health. Mrs. shaef-
fer suffers from asthma and cannot live
where there is much foliage.
Mr.. Jesse Frazer brought into town last
Saturday the first ripe Colorado apples and
pears of the season. He can undoubtedly
have the honor of marketing the first fruit
raised OF that kind in this state this year.
The startling news that Hon. Thomas
Macon's son had died in Denver very sud-
denly of heart disease was received here
Wednesday. MIR. Macon's family will re-
ceiye the sympathy of large circle of
friends in this city.
FiremeI from this city who wish to at
tend the tournament at Colorado Springs
Tuesday and Wednesday next, 9th and 10th,
can secure round trip tickets from here at
90 80. Tickets are good from Sunday to
Thursday, inclusive.
The Union church at Coal Creek will be
dedicated tomorrow with appropriate SER
vices. The edifice cost about 81 500 and il
an ornament to the town. To Rev. Nj. b.
Morris, the pastor, is due great deal of
the credit for the erection of SO fine a build
ing.
The Arapahoe county commissioners are
having some trouble among themselves
over the Brantford stone. All of the con-
tractors and builders on the court house in
that county as well as the superintendent
of its construction, pronounce it the finest
kind Of stone for the work.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Hess, the popular express
man who worked for Mr.. McKfssick SO
iohB anu iaithIuHy, DouSnt from Mr. SartOr
the handsome public carriage and will take
charge of it himself. Mr.. Hess is polite
and accommodating and will make his
charges reasonable. See advertisement in
this weeks RECORD.
The fight which occurred on last Sunday
shows that there must be considerable
liquor sold on that day. Our town board
should either repeal the ordinance or see
that 1t is enforced, SO that the greedy law
breaker would not have the advantage of
those saloon men who respect the ordin-
ances.
Ono OF our prominent physicians says
that the bitches are breeders of miasma.
When they are flooded by high water an
immense amount Of filth is brought down
which is left 10 breed disease whenever the
water is shut of. The water should be
permitted to run constantly or some ar
rangemcnt should be m1de to close the
head gate of the big ditch whenever flood
is known to be coming.
We announce the death of Mr.. Frank p.
Hemmerle this week with regret, although
death must have been relief to him. He
came here little over six years ago with
his family and for 1--WE veara xyas nm al,nos,