The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-07-30
CITY AND VICINITY.


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Fidler is = new postoffice in this county
with Geo l.. Pierce for postmastcr./
Mr.. A. Rudd has so far recover ed as to be
able to get up town as far as his shop.
The work of laying the brick in the walls
of the Masonic temple WAS commenced on
Monday.
Mr.. Bandholt has secucured the contract
for painting the wood work of the court
house.
NIr. Gravestock's flower garden is sight
worth seeing just now. 1t is a perfect
mass of bloom.
The convict who was slightly injured by
runaway team mt the brick yard last week
is all right again.
Mr.. R. Jeske's new residence is being
rapidly built. 1t will be handsome house
| and well arranged.
The iron pillars for the Hartwel build-
ings have arrived and the work of erecting
them is progressing.
Rev. j. Stafford. of ST. Paul. Minnesota,
will preach in the Methodist church to-
morrow morning at II O'Clock.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs. G. d.
Williamson, born IN this city. died some
days ago at Cottonwood Springs of scarlet
fever.
Prof. Andrus' new residence is about
completed. The brick walls of that house
were laid in four and half days by Mr.. j.
A. Hoxie.
The county commissioners, at their last
| meeting, declared the Office of county super
jntendent of public instruction vacant and
appointed Mr.. Geo. b. McGuin TO fill the
vacancy.
| Judge Il. A. Balm has sold out the Bx-
change bank to Mulock Bros. & Co., who
will continue the business at the old stand
under the same bank name.
Harry Baker is the greatest vegetable.
man---in the country. Tuesday he shipped
three tons of garden truck to Leastville and
Thursday four tons more TO the same place.
The court house walls are growing very
rapidly into shape. Messrs. Sutlif & De-
Woody have contracted to plaster that
building as well Capt. Ferrier's new
residence. They are most excellent work.
men.
Messrs. E. d. and o. Roth, carriage
makers and repairers, have formed CO.
partnership and will carry on the business
in the shops back of A. Sartor's livery
stable. Some of the work turned out in
Canon by these gentlemen proves that they
are pefectly conversant with their occupa-
ton.
1t looks shiftless to see a nice field of
grain or clover and in every fence corner
or along the bitches large bunch of cuck-
| leburs with the seed just ready to ripen.
| There are enough of these troublesome
weeds growing around Canon to seed the
entire country. A very little labor would
destroy them all.
There has just been added to the material
In the RECORD office, new job type, new
borders for fancy job work, bond and
parchment paper, minilla tag paper, gum
med paper, etc. Before sending job work
elsewhere call and see our samples. The
RECORD job printer modestly fatters him.
self that he can do as handsome work as
can be found in the state.
Somebody in this city played joke on
| Acting Mayor Duke, Of Pueblo, Tuesday
night. He received telegram from here
stating that the river was very high and
| damaging property in this city, causing the
ticipation Of the flood reaching that city.
The Arkansas was almost as placid IS
duck pond here that day and not the slight
est damage has been done by high water
this season.
| The heavy rain of Tuesday night caused
a serious washoiit on the D.. 4 r. g. be-
tween Pueblo and Pifion. About ono mile
Of track was badly damaged. Between
here and Pueblo the track was under water
| several feet and the train which arrived
here from the west Mt IL no p. m. did not
| get out until 10 :15 a. m. Wednesday. The
| evening train of that day was delayed three
hours and was preceded only few minutes
by tho train which should have passed here
at 3 n. m.
J. J. Minor, Esq, returned from his trip
| of eleven days to Bloomfield, n. NJ, yes
terday morning. With him lame the three
| children of the murdered man, Jesse Lewis.
Mr. Minor prononnces the particulars as
published in the Durango Southwest, given
| this week in the RECORD, in the main cor
| rect. lie says there Is no truth in the re-
| port that Jennings and the wretched wo-
man were once engaged to be married.
She was seven or eight years older than
Jennings and be was only about thirteen
years old when she married jesse Lewis.
In its Issue of June 10th the Silver CIif
Mining Gazette published lengthy article
upon the facilities of Canon City and vicil-
ity for the reduction of ores. In its issue
Of Aug. 9th that same subject will be again
| discussed and greatly enlarged upon with a
good map showing the different localities
tributary to this city. Coming from such
an unexpected source, Silver Cliff, that
issue of the Gazette will be OF a good dea,
OF value to us and all of our people who
wish extra copies TO send east should apply
for them early next week.
The reading room has been moved into
Its new quarters in Fred. II. Skeele's store.
where It Is much more convenient for the
general public. The arrangement is very
good. The photograph gallery OF Mr.. A.
w. Dennis has also been moved into the
back part Of the same building and is one
OF the best arranged gailery's of the kind
in the Arkansas valley. nIs show cases in
the front of the store are full or excellent
pictures He has been engaged some
weeks In taking the photographs of the
convicfs In the peDitentiury. These photos
are all good and will be Of value in case OF
escape.
Robert Tabor was brought before Justice
Clelland on Monday on charge OF fornica-
tion and the trial was of some length Mrs.
| Pennington, having left her husband again
| was one of the chief witnesses and good
deal OF luminosity was shown by all Sides
| Soon after the woman came back here and
was admitted TO her old place in the family,
sne commenced a correspondence with
"Crooked-hecl Sam" and two ofthe letters,
one from her aud one from him, We're in
troduced. Both contained endcarinv words
and were damaging. Tabor was commit
ted to Jail In default of 900 bail. On the
charge Of obtaining q revolver from Mr. j.
q. Agard, he was discharged and Mr..
Agard paid the costs, amounting To &00.b0,
so thnt y did not cost the county anything
a. stated IN this paper inst week.
Andy Hemmcrle has gone back TO
Gnnnispn City, it is said, to be city
marshal of that town.