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

Is Published every Saturday Morning at
Caflon City, Colorado.
n. r. BLAKE. Editor xnd Proprietor.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1882,
CITY AND VICINITY.
The county commissioners meet next
week.
The peniteutiary shoe shop received two
car loads of leather on Wednesday.
Mr.. Henry Kleiner was acquitted of the
charge of shooting mule last summer.
The First Congregational church at Oak
Creek filed articles this week of incorpo-
ration.
Mr.. Barney MCGOWAN has moved his
family into the residence lately occupied
by lawyer Cox.
Mr.. f. Fassett transferred his three
quarter interest in the Horseshoe lode mine
to Humphrey & Topping.
Mr. Voelkel, the boot and shoemaker,
has moved into the store lately vacated by
Mrs. Edmonds in the Hartwell block.
We give more space than usual to an in
teresting article from Mr.. John Bandholt,
explaining the workings of the order of
Workmen.
Mr.. Scott presented us with some hand
some celery, which he had raised in his
cellar this week, it being the third crop
this season.
Mr. Penney says when he returns to
Cafion it will be on the n. m. train. Mr.
Harding's experience will be warning to
all newly married couples.
After considerable putting one of our
town papers issued what they called a
Christmas edition. 1t looked more like a
child's Sunday-school paper.
Mr.. Daniel Hug, who was to be tried for
assault with intent to murder, left his
bondsmen, Messrs. Deutz and Jarvis, of Wet
Mountain Valley, in the lurch for S2,500.
Two inches of snow fell on Tuesday
night, but before noon the warm sun had
dissipated nearly all of it. On Thursday
a few fakes fell, but not enough to amount
to anything
Mr.. r. d. Williams, who was charged
with burglary, was honorably acquitted.
He wishes to return his thanks to Messrs.
Cox and Waldron for their efficient service
in his behalf.
The social of the Methodist church and
congregation will be held next Thursday
afternoon and evening with Mrs. L. NJ.
Nelson. All are cordially invited.
Tuesdays train brought in small parcel
of freight, which caused joy in the heart
OF Texas creek man. de was on hand
and received the package, which had been
shipped from Oswego Kansas, and before
many hours Justice Minor made the two,
one.
We advise all of our readers and business
men in particular not to use ordinarily an
envelope larger than n No. 6. As all let
tiers are tied up in packages, those envel-
opes which extend beyond the bulk of the
others are generally cut by the string and
sometimes badly torn.
Uncle Tom Pennington, of the Canon
house, gave his annual Christmas dinner,
and was favored with the presence of about
sixty guests who enjoyed the good old Eng
lish bill of fare to the fullest extent. On
New Years day another such repast will be
served, cordial invitation to which is
hereby extended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Apple served OF
Saturday last an old-fashioned southern
dinner. The bill of fare consisted of sweet
potatoes, corn bread, bacon, pumpkin pies,
red hot biscuit, and last but not least, fat
other guests says it beat anything ever
served up at Delmonico's.
One of the handsomest and most pro-
fusely-ladcn private Christmas trees set up
last Sunday or Monday evenings in our
city was that at the home of Sheriff W. S.
Jones' 1t fairly blazed with light and
beauty, and its shower of elegant and en-
tertaining presents made glad the hearts OF
both parents and children.
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Last Friday Charles A. Johnston, and
other residents of Rosita, obtained an in
junction from. Judge Henry, of Pueblo
against removing the records from Rosita to
Silver Cliff. Judge Bradley, the judge OF
that district, resides at Silver Cliff, and is
supposed 10 be an interested party, hence
the application to Judge Henry's court.
To avoid any misunderstanding about
who will and who will not receive calls, on
New Years day, it will only be necessary,
according to custom, for those ladies whd
do not wish callers, to hang their card
baskets at their front doors. Gentlemen
who wish to pay such ladies compliment
can do so by simply dropping their cards
into the baskets
Mr.. Ike Stone, one of Cailon's former