The Fremont County record., 1881-09-24
STATE NEWS.


STATE NEWS.
Two inches of snow fell in Wheel.
er, Summit county. last week.
There were severe frosts in the|
valley Of the Gunnison last week.
An effort is being made to incor-
porate the two Pueblo's into one city, j,
The product of ore from the mines
of ofLeadyille in August was 81 ,O91 .657|
tons.
Wheeler is now the terminus of the
ID. & r. G. on their Blue river exten-
sion.
Southwestern Colorado made al
magnificent showing of mineral at the|
state fair.
The high mountain ranges all overI
the state are covered with fall of
fresh snow.
james Patterson, father of Hon
Thos. NJ. Patterson, died in Denver
on the 18th.
| A vigilance committee in Ouray
recently drove Indian Agent Berr.
out of that town.
An excursion train ran from Lead
Vile to Denver last week which car
ried 57s passengers.
The assessed valuation of Denver
this year is 1875, ,725, $40, an increas.
over last year of So, ,531 ,47s.
The Denver s. New Orleans read
has $4,000 ties and rs carloads OF
rails stored in West Denver.
The first killing frost this year in
Colorado came on the 10th OF Sep
tember; last year on the 18th.
The fair last week of the Colorado
State Industrial association was tn.
mos. successful ever held in the. stat
The farmers of Weld county are
offering 81 day aud board for men|
to dig potatoes while $3.50 is de-
manded.
Glass sand, or SILICA, has been dis
covered of the first quality near Burd-j
sails soda lakes, twelve miles south
west of Denver
The d. & r. G. company have 14sI
engines in active service and 146 inI
course of construction, ten of which
are broad gauge.
The D. & R. G. railroad is now
running three Pullman sleeping
coaches on its night train between
Denver and Leadville.
The republicans of the Seventh,
Judicial district have nominated C
w. Burris for judge and Frank Cow
dy for district attorney.
The Boulder county people wer,
dissatisfied with their first fair andI
will therefore hold another at which
no premiums will be given for horse
racing.
Clay Wilson was tried in Denve,
last week for killing Jim Moon. TIL.
jury brought in verdict of not gull
ty as the act was clearly one of self.
defense.
The highest lake in the world isl
Grcen lake, Colorado, near Crawl
peak. Its surface is 1O,252 feet abov,
the level of the sea. In places it i'll
200 feet deep.
Crescenicio Valdez, county clerk Of
Conejos county, has made the onl,
tax returns to the state auditor whicI.
can be equalized according to the ex
aR 1a Io~
The Eagle River Shaft is q new pa.
per published at Red Cliff, Summit
county. w. L. Stevens lately of thu
Silver Cliff Miner, is manager and n
J.. J. Warren is editor.
( The Burlington q Colorado rail.
raod company have filed articles OF
incorporation. The capital stock 4.
e5,0o0,000 and the project is to bull,
line OF road from the eastern bound
ry Of Weld county t9 Denver. Work
is to begin at once.
The Denver & Rio Grande company
have filed papers with the count,
recorder Of Arapahoe county for th.
purpose of establishing a sinking
fund to pay its first consolidated 4
per cent. bonds, due in thirty-ayt
years from date OF issuance. AbouiI
100000 each year will bo laid ava,
for that purpose. <
Y Judge Hallett held term of the
Z United States District court in Del
Norte last wcek. Chas. e. Dingmap, !,
for completely in robbing the U. s
malls, was sentenced to ten years
4 term in the Wyoming territorial pen-|
itentiary. The next term of that|
court will be held iiA Pueblo, begin
ming on the 9th inst.
Ouray county republicans have
ncminated n. s. Bragaw for clerk
and recorder, w. w. Stoddard fo,i
treasurer, Lewis King for sheriff, M
u. Moods tor asssssor, +. 8. Mathis
Tor Surveyor. Geo. N. Smith fclS