The Fremont County record., 1881-04-16
CITY AND VICINITY.

vicinity on Tuesday.
Real estate is selling rapidly in Canon
City new, at good prices.
DR.. W. W. Glapville has moved from
Florence to Pueblo to reside.
Mr. j. c. Huober is erecting dwelling
house on c street near the city Jail.
Strings of nice fish are being taken out of
the Arkansas river daily at this place.
Mr.. Gus Hawker has left the police force
and taken position rs II guard at the PEN
i.enuary.
| The new town board has been sworn in
and will hold their first regular meeting on
| Monday night next.
James Williams, convict in the peniten-
tiary. has been pronounced insane and sent
| to rhe asylum at Pueblo.
A new plank sidewalk has been put
erty on the south corner of Main and Third
| streets.
The parlor orchestra has procured new
music which ii wi II render at the coming
concert for the benefit of the Pre- sbyterian
church.
The peculiar colored stone, which is be-
ing dressed for use in Hon. James CicI-
lanes new building, is taken from u quarry
near Coal Creek. 4r. f
/ large number of the laborcrs of the
Grand Can on Coal Company were paid OIL
in this city on Tuesday. The amount re-
ccived by them was about $4,000.
Messrs. S. T. Sappngton and John Cad
don started for Gunuison few days ago,
but were obliged to return on account of
terrible snow storm in the mountains.
When man gets to that point that he
can't raise fifty cents to pay for his county
paper, it is time he gave up the follies of
this world ard begin reading his bible cx-
clusively.
Mr.. o. W. Brewster has commenced
work on brick yard near the Catlin place.
in South Canon, and proposes to make first
class brick, if such thing is possible with
the clay found here.
| MIR. +. D. uahnenkra.t's house in Copper
| sulch, was completely destroyed by fire
last Sunday. 1t was insured i'll the Ham,
burg -Magdeburg company. of which Mr..
W.S. Lowe is agent, for $500.
Justice Clelland had six cases this week.
Three city cases for disturbing the peace,
and three county cases, one the shooting
NJ Clinton, one the stealing of revolver,
and the third, the stealing ofa pair Of
boots.
The ladies of the Cumberland Presbyteri-
an church gave a dinner at the vacant room
| in the Mcclure House block, on Wednes-
| day, for the benefit of that church. 1t was
the winding up Of the festival Of the night
before.
Mr.. james II. Peabody has presented the
RECORD with a souvenir of St. Louis, con-
tanning some most excellent Photographic
views Of that city. 1t is got up for the ex-
press use OF the Anhcuser- Busch brewing
| Association.
! q Rev. &. A. Hutchinson, of this city, has
been offered by the board of the Baptist
| church the mission of western Colorado,
and he thinks seriously of accepting ii.
That mission includes all of the Gunnison
and San Juan countries
Since the water works were put In there
is very general inclination upon the part
of our citizens who have procured its beil-
efits, to improve their premises by sowing
grass seed, planting fruit and shade trees,
gardens and small fruits.
Sl25 will buy the 1SX3O two-room house
and % foot stable with stalls, known as
the Freighter's Home, on Main street,
near the Methodist church. The building
will have to be moved, but the lumber alone
is worth more til an the price.
VIM. Jones fcloniousy appropriated a
revolver belonging to James O'Conner on
Tuesday and skipped out for Silver Cliff
A warrant was issued by Justice Clelland
on Wednesday for Jones' arrest and placed
in the hands OF John Glines to serve.
A few days ago the railroad laborcrs on
the Silver Cliff branch, at Fiddler's Green,
became dissatisfied with the food furnished
them and quit work. The night of the day
they struck, the bakers car was burned.
Better food has been furnished and the
work is progressing slowly.
Mr.. W. F. Buckley, a printer of Kenosha.
Wis, who has been working IN the REC
ORD office occasionally, rescued little six
or seven year old girl from death by drown
ing last Saturday. She had fallen of of the
railroad tresscl which crosses the mill
ditch. and her chances for life were almost
hopeless when Mr.. Buckley appeared upon
the scene and pulled her out.
Judge Bradley held court here for nearly
two weeks, adjournng on Thursday. The
judge is highly spoken Of by all who came
in contact with him, both on account of his
pleasant manners and judicial knowledge
| He occupied the bench with dignity; and
courtesy to the bar, clerk, jury, and all 9TH
ers was the characteristic most observed in
him here. Being new TO the business,
cases were not moved quite so rapidly as
they will probably be in the future.
The Silver Cliff branch railroad is not
progressing very fast just now for the rea-
son that the resident engineer, Mr.. Reaugh,
would not except the track as put down by
the contractor, and the latter has been
compelled to go back as far as the high
bridge over Grape Creek and surface up
tue track and make some Of his curves bet
ter. He has large force of men now
laboring at that work.
The ladies of the Cumberland Pre- sbyte-
rian church held festival and gave sup
per in the vacant store-room in the Mcclure