The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-07-16
CITY AND VICINITY.
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The work of erecting necessary outbuild-
ings for the use OF the school is progressing.
The corner stone laid in the new Masonic
temple last Saturday, weighs nearly 1,700
pounds.
| The reading room will be moved into
part of Mr.. Fred H. skeele's new store in
a week or two
The foundation walls, upon which the
new Hartwell store rooms are to be erected,
are ready for the brick.
The plasterers and carpenters are busy
finishing the upper story of Hon. James
Clelland's new building.
Mr.. A. Rudd has SO far recovered that he
is able to get upon hls feet. We will all re-
joice to see him out again.
Mr.. J.. L. Hyde received on Saturday
car load of Studebaker wagons. He has
an excellent trade in that line.
| For the week ending at 6 p. in. Thursday,
SS trains over the d. & r. G. were regis
tered at this station.
Mr.. Ernest Rudolph has given up his
place at the depot as car accountant and it
is now in the hands of Mr.. Sharp.
| Capt. Ferrier's new residence is under
roof. 1t will be one of the largest and
handsomest houses in town when complet-
ed.
Physicians report the health of the city
| L.
Thanks to the ordinance requiring thor
ough cleaning of alleys and back yards
whenever 1t is deemed necessary.
| On W Wednesday Justice Minor sold at auc-
ton, upon an execution, light spring
wagon for so, heavy lumber wagon for
| $50, a set of harness for 70 cents, and some
rope halters for 81 25.
by Indians in Mexico, as reported in the
RECORD last week, but Charlie Haines, an
old driver for Barlow & Sanderson between
Canon City and Leadville.
Brick laying was commenced on the court
house this week and the rapidity with
which that building is going up leads us to
or before the first of October.
4 Work was commenced yesterday upon
Che round house. 1t win be erected Just
below the water tank in this city and will
have stalls for eight engines. This means
that Canon City is to be the end of q freight
Some complaint was made on Tuesday
about the lack of water in the pipes in sew.
eral localities. We are assured BY the wa
ter company that the cause was pure ac-
cident and will not happen again.
Friday evening last 8 number of the
young friends of Miss Mary Megrue sur.
, prised her with party at Mr.. and Mrs.
SowDys ers grs.sns ABOUT fourteen young people
i
the Parlor Orchestra, and several pleasant
hours were passed.
The ordinance preventing stock from run
ming at large within the city limits needs a
little strict enforcing in the eastern part OF
the city. Quite a number of trees set out
this spring have been destroyed by cattle in
that portion of town.
One day last week while the conyiets.
who work in the brick yard, were crossing
the bridge they met team and wagon on
that structure, the horses becoming fright
| ened at them, sprang suddenly to one side
and an English woman who was in the wag-
on was thrown out and considerably in
jured.
The inscription on the court house com
er stone is bad job. On one front ap-
pears A. ID. 1881, while on the other is
,,laid by F: & A, NJ, July 9th. A. L. 5ss1. y
been "a. f. 6 A. NJ If these defects
could be remedied they should be at ence.
| Ithas been circulated, with an air of pos
tive truth, that several people have been
prostrated with sunstroke in this city. The
story is great mistake. While it has been
extremely hot many days we have yet to
learn of even case of prostration from the
heat, much less case of genuine sunstroke.
The latter calamity is one that has never
Thursday morning, about 8 o'clock, Mr..
!
| ing the skin and flesh torn up from the
back of his left hand so deeply that the ten
dons of the first, second and third fingers
were exposed for fully one inch in length
OF lime up TO the front of the new Cleiland
building when his hand was caught between
| the break and hind wheel.
| Daniel Sbarkey is lying in the hospital. a
very seriously wounded man. On the 4th
himself and others went on aspree atLabran
I fut ti,V, fr.,ntt
Sharkey and a man whose name we did not
| learn, which resulted in the formers oppo-
nent shooting him in the leg with r1fie.
| The ball struck Sharkey in the right thigh
about midway been the knee and hip bad
| ly shattering the bone and passing clear
| through. He remained at Labran a few
| days, then was taken to Pueblo where ad-
raittance was refused him in the hospital
and he was not brought here until Monday
Of this week. His prospects are not flatter-
| ing.
Our young friend Copps, the milkman,
lby the way he is good iooking,) is quite a
ladies' man, and in his evening round with
| mllk for his customers he is quite sure to
invite pretty girl or two to ride with him.
| Such was the case an evening or SO since
| and as he stopped at one residence a little
lad was sent out to get the fluid. As he
approached the wagon he noticed that Mr..
| Copps had fair company and as he slowly
reached up his cup to be filled, thinking in
earnest manner, "Oh, now L know what
makes you're milk so sweet r'
One or two neighborhoods in this city are
| oVer-run with as mean lot of little boys as
can be found anywhere. OF la6e they have
been throwing stones at dwelling houses,
regardless OF the damage they do, destroy.
ing anything they can lay their hands on
outside Of Enclosures, insulting people upon
the streets, throwing rocks, clubs and other
Things at ChiBs,len and into their Iaur-
dries, and what is still worse pilferin0 old
iron and little articles from places they
| have no right even to be on. These acts
| are becoming unbearable and before long
will land some of these boys in the reform
| school at Golden as 1t did three young
| sters from Silver CliG one day this week
| for just such hoodlumism.
A Lawn Party.
Another, and one of the most de-
lightful lawn parties of the season
| was given by the Misses Maud and
May Garfield at the residence of their