The Fremont County record., 1881-06-18


All of our county commissioners have
procured their bonds, required under the
new law.
The grnsshoprcrs are not doing as much
damage in This county, as it was feared
IT,, y would.
( A new postofice has been established in
This county called Fairy. Andrew j. Coch-
ran is postmaster.
Elder T. j. Shelton. of the Christian
church, will preach at Canon City on Sun
day, June Goth, at IL am. IS
There will be preaching in the First Pres
byterian church every Sunday evening in
connection with the gospel meetings.
The hose street sprinkler is now in rum
ming order and the adobe dust on Main
r. street is thoroughly laid every morning.
Mr.. l.. W. Thieie, the assaycr, formerly
Of this city, is now in Gothic, where he is
employed by mining company at good
salary.
Charley Roth's case has been continue
until September and he is out on $4,000
bail. The probabilities are that he will be
cleared.
The gas struck by the C. C. l. Co. on
Hard.crabbc creek, last week, keeps up
its steady flow, and fire put to it burns
brightly.
Mr.. j. II. Penney, of this city, has re-
ceiyed the sad news of the death of his
father, who died at Jacksonville, Missouri,
June 14th. aged 10 years.
Mr.. r. s. S. Andros, D. & p. G. agent at
this station, is quite Ill with intermittent
fever. His place at the depot is Temporal
riy occupied by Mr.. C. Wood.
Preaching at C. P. church next Sabbath
morning and evening by pastor. Subjects ::
At II O'Clock. Fruits OF the Spirit; at 7:30,
The Devil and His Influence over Men,
Mr.. Herman Roda took possession of the
Commercial House on Wednesday. He
has had considerable hotel expert ence and
will undoubtedly make popular landlord.
A peculiar green bug is doing some in
jury to grape vines and apple trees in this
vicinity by destroying the leaves. 1t does
not seem TO trouble any other kind of
fruit.
Mr.. j. ii. Osburn, fathcr-in-lnw of Mr..
J.. NJ. Nelson. was taken to his Il ome in
Michigan last week, where he arrived safe.
lie is in Ia precaIious condition and may
not live long.
The RECORD received an elegantly print
cd invitation to attend the uniform ball OF
the Knights ofPythias at Silver Gin on the
10Th, and we regret that we could not be
present. Silver Cliff people always do such
things in.tihe style.
Various thermometers in this city indica-
ted n disagrccable degree of heat on Tues
day. 1t was very hot. One in front OF
Bcecher & Cos store reached l07 degrees.
One at the penitentiary indicated "a. The
average was about 9S.
Helm & Brewster have secured the con-
Ntract Tor making 100000 bricks, with which
to build the court house. They now have
contracts on hand calling for 100000 bricks.
This brickis is pronounced superior arti-
Gle ef building material.
The special committee of the Denver city
council, appointed TO select stone for the
new city hall in that town, have selected
the Coal Creek sandstone, the same that is
in Hon. James Clelland's new building, for
bcltings. caps and cornices.
The Colorado Collegiate and Military
Institute filed articles of incorporation
with the Secretary of State on Saturday
last. Nothing Of any particular interes,
has transpired towards the completion of
the enterprise here since the first organiza,
lion.
The lecture delivered by Rev. Earl Gran.
ston, in this city. last Friday night, on .'stil
Waters" is very highly spoken of by those
who had the pleasure of listening to it. 1,
.l,I A., T., ,J,
mans best style, and was very much ell.
)oyed.
According to programme the moon was
duly aud crcditably eclpsed on Saturday
night last. The attendance upon her en-
tcrtainmcnt was very large, many of the
audience staying from first to last of every
scene.
Dir. Thos. Stafford has taken 500 feet of
the tubing out of the oil well. 1t is the
purpose Of the company to bore deeper.
The oil is there. but litigation coming on,
all work was suspended some time ago. 1t
is hoped the new company may moi have
80 much trouble.
Why cannot Fremont county have hor-
ticultursl society," BY recent meeting oil
the Ell Paso county horticultural society III
Colorado Springs, sixteen varieties OF
strawberries were shown, besides large
lot of o:her fruit. These societies are not
only social but useful.
Mr. p. Simmons whose name appears in
the RECORD this week as the author of an
article on the first discovery of gold in Col.
orado, was one of the early settlers of Can
on, having come here in 1860, although hi,
name does not appear in the "Iiistory o.
Fremont County" lie did n good deal o
work here that year, among other thing
helping TO raise the fret bridge across til,
Arkansas river.
Tuesday at noon our citizens were alarm
ed by the changing OF the fire-bcll, calling
the FIRE company to n little blaze in the cal
aboose. Itseens that Mexican had eithe
purposely or accidcntly set fire to hi
blankets in one of the cells. A few pals o
water were sufficient to put it out Thi,
fire demonstrated again the fact Of the ne
eessity of fire hydrant At the corner of j.
and Fourth streets. 1t would have becI
almost Impossible to have reached the place
from the plug on the corncrof and Fifth