The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-04-30
CITY AND VICINITY.

of the walk.
Immigrants in their covered wagons are
already beginning TO pass through this city
westward bound.
Mr.. r. Jeske has added two new and
beautiful show cases to his already elegant
ly arranged cigar store.
The first car of freight loaded for Silver
Cliff consisted of miscellaneous merchan-
disc purchased in this city.
Up to Thursday the sum of $4,000 had
been raised for the Colorado Collegiate and
Military institute in this city.
The stage stock of Mess. Megrue & Smith,
was shipped to Denver on Wednesday
where it will be used on railroad grade.
Policeman Hemmerle captured two run
away boys from Leadvillc, on Sunday
night last, and returned them to that city
An unusual number of trees are being
planted in Canon this spring. In time the
city will be a real grove of maple, cotton
wood and fruit trees.
An excavation under the sidewalk on the
east end of the Mcclure house was com
menced on Thursday for the purpose OF
building kitchen for the restaurant
The regular tiremen's meeting was held
on Monday night. Not much business was
transacted, but the fact was reveled that
the treasury contained Il surplus fund
Mr.. Geo. Phillips is building an addition
to his butcher shop which he will use for
his retail business until he can remove his
present building and build more substun-
tial one.
MIR. Dennis has secured the services of Il
first-class photographer from Kansas City,
Missouri, and will now be enabled to turn
out finer specimens of Photographic art
than ever.
Mess. Alling & Co. viii occupy the new
building now being erected by II on. ames
Clelland as soon as it is finished. They pro-
pose to make q model hardware establish
ment OF it.
Homer Newbury, Sabbath school Mis-
sionary of the American Baptist Publishing
| Society, will hold services at the Baptist
church, at the usual hour, Ql a. n.y. Sun
| day, May list. 1881.
Preaching at the Cumberland Prcsbyte.
rian church eyery Sabbath at II a. IN. and
1880 p. m. Sunday school at $3.50 n. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 1870 p. IN
All invited. w. W. NJ. Barber, Pastor.
Mr.. G. W. Talbot has sold his drug store
to Mess. Pedlcy & Earle. These young gen.
tlemen are well-known in this city as among
our substantial and thorough going busi-
| ness men and we predict for them large
| trade in the drug line.
Work on digging the trenches Tor the
| foundation of the court house is progressing
| as rapidly as the nature of the soil will per-
nit. The ground has, SO far, proved to be
very hard, SO much so that it has been ne
cessary to start it with u pick.
Mr.. W. X. Fowler has a number Of papers
| from the agricultural department at Wash
| ington, upon til prevention Of fowl cholera
| by D. 4. Salmon, D. V. N, of Asheville, n.
c., which will be distributed in limited
quantities to those in need of them.
Justice Geo. w. CIelland disposed of four
| cases of drunk this week. and two county
cases wherein two tender-feet" were ar
rested for entering a car at the d. Il X. G.
depot. These last cases were for robbery,
but as the complainants failed to appear
they were made to pay the costs.
Mess. j. l.. Prentiss & Bro. have sold out
their drug business to Mess Henry y .
Beecher & Co. DR.. Prentiss has been in
business here many years and while our
citizens will not like to see him out Of the
drug business, We believe they will find in
Mess. Beecher & Co. worthy successors.
Last Saturday evening 4 party of the
young friends of Miss Fannie Strouse gath
| cred at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Strousc in honor of her seventeenth birth
| day. Several very pleasant hours were
passed in music and amusement. Miss Fan
ME received a number of handsome and
valuable presents.
Trains on the Silver Cliff branch of the
d. d K. G. commenced running regularly on
Tuesday. The track is used within about
ten miles OF the Clif. The following is the
time: Leave Canon City at a. m. and 4:lO
p. m. Arrive at Blackburn at $40 a. m and
$50 p. m. Leave Blackburn at 9:2O a. m.
and 7:l0 p. m. Arrive in Canon City at IL.
25 a. m. and 9:15 p. m. The train is an ac.
commodation, passenger and freight.
Is it not about time to begin the sprink
ling of the streets ? Two ways have been
| suggested. One to use hose with IA sprink.
nozzle and the second to employ wagon
| with the privilege of taking water from
| any hydrant in town. Either way would
be better than TO sufer the intolerable dust
which goes whirling down the streets in
every breeze. The water works have given
us a chance to keep the adobe under con.
troll, and advantage should be taken Of the
| opportunity.
| The county commissioners held a special
meeting on Wednesday at which time they
accepted and paid for n bridge on Texas
creek. The same majority of the board
which made the order to erect the court
house on the site selected, re-affrmed that
order and therefore, undoubtedly, settled
that controversary for all time to come, un-
less individuals, personally interested in
property in some other part of town, choose
to cause further embarrassment by enioln.
ing the commissioners for, as they allepe.
fraudulently using the peoples money.
Master Carl Garfield who arrived at his
Ith birthday last Thursday, April 2sth, cele-
brated that event in very happy manner
A number of young folks were invited and
after jolly romp on the grass a bountiful
supper was served the guests. Elegant cake,
confectionaries and lemonade were among
the good things, frhoge ureaeut were Ra n