The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1882-12-30

q colorado has built on 200 miles of rail
roads this year q
Ten Mile Canon M three sawmills il
active operation. *f ~
Colorado celebrated ~ advent Of Chris
! in befitting manncf.
Wild turkeys are seported plentiful
down on the Dolores river.
!. The sIears hotel al Iontrose, was opened
with regular ccIebra@ @oa last week.
The Denver city cjRncil has decided te
number its streets in e Quaker way.
4 The epizootic has ruck horses ON the
Grenhorn rsnge and Akhe Coal banks.
For the past week pr two Leadviilian.
ing ----'--sl' e - =
Denver is just now as much agitated
over its water supply as the whisky ques-
tion.
The Pueblo Masonic lodges claim to
have the handsomest lodge rooms in the
state.
1t is reported that there is in the Poudre
i valley alone S220000 worth of wheat to be
marketed
The John Roberts mine, Bonanza, is en-
joying a twenty-two-inch boom of very
rich quartz.
In Denver now they don't allow a man
to play "freeze-out for the drinks on a
ground floor.
The State Horticultural society will
meet at Denver January IL, and hold a
three day session.
Ranchmen living in the vicinity OF Sail
da are to organize stock company and
erect a Touring mill of their own.
} The Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific track
has reached Saiina, and sidetracks are be-
ing laid to the neighboring mines
A special term of the district court of
Saguache county will convene January Is,
at which Judge Hayt will preside.
Y Weld county has shipped during the
\ past year 10,20O becves- and new purchases
to the extent of $500 head have been
made.
4 fine little snow storm visited Denver
on Saturday evening. and haskmen reaped
harvest off the attendants at Nilsson's
concert
Grand Lake is said TO be one of the live
liest camps in the state. 1t has Sunday
school, and now calls for daily mail to
complete its joys.
The Denver News issues of Saturday
and Sunday were model ones, containing
much interesting matter pertaining TO the
early days Of Colorado.
were produced in the uncompahgre valley
last summer, and the crops were but e1-
Pcrimental ones, at that.
Denver is to have the celebrated Edison
electric Light within very short time
This light is controlled exactly like gas
ouray is making loud es.iis fbr an extcn-
sion OF the Denver & R:o Grande rnilroad
to that camp. Ii will be built, if business
,r,s the of ffs,p
During past four years Denver has ex-
pended the enormous sum OF Sli, ,iu9,2Us IN
erecting buildings. The amount thus in
vested during the year 1882 was 81 ,0SSS, ,s6l.
The receipts for Wilson's first night in
Denver were S7,6SS Only twenty-four
passes were issued to the newspaper fra
terniiy. The house had about 500 people.
w. c. Williams, the city eirculator OF
the Pueblo Chieftain, gave the nswsboys
and bootblacks grand Christmas dinner
at the Suma. to which number of promi-
nent citizens and journalists We're invited.
1t has been estimated that hail storms in
Colorado the prcscnt season did damage TO
farm crops to the extent of 100000 This
loss fell heaviest upon Larimcr and Weld
counties.
The entire cos. of growing pound Of
beef in Colorado, said Ms. Georg. Thomp-
son, the eminent stock grower, is / cent,
making liberal allowance for losses by
death and thieves
The Gunnison Rcview-Press says MaEis-
trate Florida, who attempted to shoot Mr..
Shaclieford, Of that city, in quarrel over
the baby show, will he asked to resign, and
ii he refuses, an effort will be made to oust
him.
A mother. living a few miles from Fort
Collins, the other day gave her baby a tea
spoonful of laudanum by mistake. In the
absence of other antidotcs the mother gave
the child swallow OF coffee, which saved
its life.
Judge Decker narrowly escaped serious
injury, and perhaps death, on the Balti-
more & Ohio road, last week, by the over
turning of n Pullman car, He WAS en-
route to Washington, and escaped miracu-
lously.
Christine Nilsson attended the Swedish
Lutheran church, at Denver, last Sunday,
and gavo $500 and Christmast present
for the benefit of the church. Then she
had n grand Christmas tree set up in her