The Fremont County record., 1881-03-05
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The Pacific railroad has 200 men at
work in Poudre canon.
The d. & r. 6. railroad was COM
pleted to Maysvi!le last week.
All of the houses which were de-
stroyed by fire in Silver Cliff will be
rebuilt.
The snow in Huerfano valley is re-
ported deeper than ever before
known.
Some new mibes have been dis
covered at Sheep Camp, near Sa-
gnache.
Anew Union depot is being built
in Denver which will be occupied
about April 18th.
John w. Ray, for forgery, has been
sentenced TO The penitentiary for three
years from Denver.
a hotel is to be built at Poncha
Springs, three stories high and con-
! tanning sixty rooms
Three Ute Indians, in charge of
Agent Berry and others, went to
Washington last week
Ex-Attorney General Wright has
been appointed judge of the criminal
court OF Arapahoe county.
Y a new paper called the Chronicle
has been started in Maysville. DAILY
! and Neall are the publishers.
The Haven group of mines in the
north basin, near Maysville. has been
sold to Philadelphia parties.
WIN. Sechr,si was gored to death
by his favorite, thoroughbred Jersey
hsri1 ~. T.prar on Trtas lau
! Thos. Cascy, one OF the proprietors
| Of the Mint saloon in Irwin. was
shot and killed BY "Six-Toed Jack"
on Feb, cath.
The personal property of the Little
| Pilisburg aud Chrysolite mining
| companies at Leadyille has been
seized tor taxes.
The Pureatoire river was over its
| banks again last week, and about two
! and half miles of the A. L. & 5. F..
was under water.
On the first of last week the Rock
Island route made a cut in Colorado
| freight rates, reducing the rate from
| so to so cents to Denver.
The interest in the Lieutenant Gov
ernor Robinson estate in Colorado
has been sold TO Wilson Waddington,
of New York, for s. 900 coo.
An attempt was made to wreck a
train on the Colorado Central rail-
road last week. The fireman was
severely injured by the accident.
Chas. V. Seybold claims to have
| been robbed of 81 900 near Colorado
| Springs, Saturday evening last while
en- route south from Denver on the
d. & Il. G.
| ( A. S. Polk, who shot two men at
| Las Animas some time ago, both OF
whom have since died rom their
wounds. has been committed to Jail
without bail.
Il The Rainbow Mining company has
| flied articles of incorporation. The
capital stock is Se,ooo, 900, and the
company will operate, in Fremont
and Custer counties.
Leadville is in trouble over its po-
lice judge. Quigley. the justice who
has been acting in that capacity, has
been arrested several times for al
ledged malteasance in office.
The citizens committee, which in
vestigated the causes of the water
works failure in Silver Cliff during
sci IS Alexander and the city engin-
Ger, ID. S. Stevens.
The editors of the Leadvillc Demo-
crat and Leadville Monday News dis
graced themselves ON Monday by in
dulging in a personal quarrel over
newspaper controversy of no inter-
est to the general public.
Leadville Herald: The stamp mill
at Orc has been running five stamps
for week past on ore from the lower
Printer Boy. The plates will be
cleaned up tonight. Some very rich
gold ore is now being mined from
this property.
I Las Animas Leader: The losses in
sheep continue. A citizen of Rocky
Ford estimates the losses of few
men in the camps north of there rs
follows; Sessler. 500: Beugniot,
5000. out of flock of $1,000; Cor
nell. 500; aud a like per cent bv Bry-
madison Bros. and Thomson II Boggs.
Hoyt has lost some but not so heavily.
Srom Granada comes the news that
Mr.. Bass has already lost 900 head,
with prospects of still further losses,
Fairplay Flume; The Juniata
prospect ON Pennsylvania mountain,
is now one hundred and eighty feet
deep, and the bottom of il Is in
porphyry that is broken up and forms
Kind of couglomerate with black
carbonate OF lime. The latter con-
tains considerable silver, as was
shown by recen, assay that gave
fifty ounces TO the ton. The owners
are much encouraged and think that
they are approaching big body OF
ore.
The leaders OF the conservatives in
the house of commons have decided