The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-11-12
! CITY I' AND YlcINlIY.


DR.. Palmer has his office in the sec
ond story over Rufs, just east of DR..
Reid's.
The Military college begins to-day
and will hold forth in the new court
house. ~
Constable Carter has moved into
the house next east of Mr.. Harvey's
large brick.
Conductor Butcher has moved into
one of the new Tarboton houses OIL
east Main street.
Mr.. Jack Parkins, the expressman,
has moved into the frame house on
the corner of 4th and Main.
The Presbyterians held very
pleasant sociable at DR.. Blake's resi-
dence on Thursday night.
The first session of the district
court was hNd ins'tAHs new quarters
this week.. Judge Bradley presiding.
Next Thursday night the A.O.UsW.
will give ball, in Blake's New-Hhll,
which promises to be one, of -the
grandest of the season. :.
The entertainment was excellent in
every respect, Mrs. Crawford having
a voice of remarkable power and
richness.-Denver Times.
Morrison, photographer. took a
picture of the interior of Blake's, New
Hall last week, with the members of
the Operetta company upon the stage.
Miss Blanche Engleman recently
completed very fine .crayon portrait
of her nephew, Master Dyke Engle-
man. 1t is highly spoken of. -.
A proposition is abefare thes town
board to build another bridge across
the Arkansas River, at the east end
of the city, near the smelter.
Judge Bradley opened short ses-
sion of the district court here this
week, for the purpose of hearing m6-
tions. No jury cases are to be tried.
Messrs. Shaeffer & Cassidy have
put into their new store show win
dow, two large French plate glasses
| that measure 60X114 inches each,
They cost, set up, $3.50.
Mr.. G. W. Sharp recently painted
a very handsome sign for the reading
room, which he presented to the in
| stitution free gratis for nothing.
Sharp never does anything half way.
Messrs. Skeele and Lewis are COM
mittee of the town board to locate
the new street hydrants. Who wants
one at his front door step? DON'T
all speak at once.
Uncle Tom Wiley seems to feel as
much at home in Canon as he did in
years gone by. He has already made
some large loans to parties who are
using the money to improve our
town.
First Presbyterian church, Sabbath
morning: Baptism of children, re-
ception of members and celebration
of Lords supper.
| Professor Willard did some re.
markably fine tricks during his per.
formances in Blake's hall last week
The bird and cage disappearance and
the celebrated bag and box trick were
good.
Mr.. Henry N. Beecher presented
Miss Addie Baldwin with hand
some autograph album, and Miss
Minnie Mack with fine box of per-
fume for selling the greatest and sec.
ond greatest number of tickets fol
the operetta. t1.
| Don't fail to attend the first grand
ball given by the Ancient Order OF
United Workmen at Blake's hall OH
Thursday next, Nov. 18th. 1t will be
a very enjoyable affair and already
enough tickets are engaged to make
| it success.
Judge FELTON, says that the snow on
the platform, 8x12, of the scales in
front of the penitentiary was IA
inches deep aud weighed $40 pounds,
or about 6 pounds to the square foot.
The snow was not drifted.
Oak Greek is growing rapidly.
Mr.. Bryse, an experienced cabinet
maker and well known in this place,
is just building furniture store
20x60, and will receive stock in a
very short time. We wish him the
best success.
| Mr.. Tarboton sends us letter in
which he complains of one of our
town marshals driving over the
bitches near his house, thereby break
ing the ditch and causing the water
to overflow, all of which is contrary
to ordinance. !,
Mrs. Crawford manifests versatile
! ity that at once secured to her the
recognition of a finished elocutionist,
and her transit from grave to gay and
from passion to commonplace were
executed in that easy and uncon-
strained way that can only be attain
ed by a rigid dicipline and long ex-
perience.-Leadville Herald.
Mrs. II. L. Davis, Cafion's favorite,
will assist at Mrs. .Crawford's dramat-
ic entertainment on next Monday and
Tuesday at Blake's hall. The ladies
of the Episcopal church have taken
charge of the entertainment and will
no doubt sell enough tickets to make
it pecuniary success, thereby help.
ing the church out of debt and fur
nishing very pleasant entertain
ment for their friends.
After telling our pathetic dog story
in last weeks RECORD we thought
before the tears of our numerous
readers had dried up we would give
another tragedy in which tender
hearted pigeon figures as hero. Pro-
fessor Willard, the wizard, brought
with him trained pigeon which
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