The Fremont County record., 1882-12-23
CITY AND VICINITY.


The Duryea smelter at Silver Cliff, will
make another trial.
Yorkville comes to the front this week
with three bran new babies.
The Catholic church of this place will
have a new choir tomorrow.
Mr.. A. c. Frazier. the plasterer is now
residing at Towanda, Kansas.
Mr.. Biggs won his suit, and received $500
damages from Mr.. Dickerman.
The Baptist ladies netted nearly 500 at
their basket lunch on Friday of last week.
The Odd Fellows ball on New Years
night will be the crowning event OF the
season.
Frank NJ. Cane, who has been in jail
charged with raising time check was dis
charged.
Christmas concert by the Sabbath school
of the First Presbyterian church tomorrow
at z p. m.
Mr.. Charlie Duvall was promoted to con-
ductor of the Cliff train. Mr.. Gilbert went
east Thursday.
Mr.. w. B. Gardner and family have
moved irto the Witchcr residence next
east of DIR. Prentiss'
Let the charitable people of Canon read
the article, on the second page of this issue,
regarding Mr.. Simmons
A reliable man from Silver Cliff, tested
some of the So, 900 Williamsburg creek ore,
~BlcA only showed trace.
A very handsome miniature saddle was
made this week by Messrs. Tynor & Odel,
our enterprising harnessmakers.
Mr.. George n. Hughes visited Canon
this week and reports having just finished
30x60 school house at Williamsburg
Solemn mass will be celebrated in the
Catholic church tomorrow in Caf1on City
at 80 a. m. and at Rockvale at n. m.
AS we go to press the Military College
cadets are giving very interesting enter
tainment which we will report next week.
Mr.. James Foulkes of Canada, the man
ufacturing jeweler who formerly worked
for Mr.. Nelson, died of consumption in
Denver a short time ago
The Military college has obtained their
deed from the Colorado Coal and Iron COM
pany for the ten acres of land upon which
the college building stands.
The young men of the High school in
vited their lady friends on Saturday last
to an afternoon hop at Blakes hall and en-
joyed few very pleasant hours.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. will meet in the lecture room of the
Methodist church, Friday December 90, al
3:3O p. m. By order of the secretary.
Boring will begin at the,oil well location
on Monday next at 10 :01 a. m. The der
rick, which is 22x22 and seventy-two feet
high, has been erected and everything is
E ready for business.
If any parent wants an excellent present
for their little girl or boy, they will do
well to call at this Office and examine the
seven and one-third octave piano which
can be bought for $3.50.
The ladies of the Catholic church return
their sincere thanks to the members of the
other congregations who so kindly assisted
in getting up the fair and who so literally
patronized the entertainments
To Mr.. p. Gottesleben, the Denver Jewell
er, belongs the credit of presenting the
Catholic ladies with the handsome gold
headed cane, which was voted for and
brought such a handsome sum.
Page got the joke on a number of our
unsuspecting denizens this week by placing
a lot of wood faucets in box and labelling
them " woodcocks Tor sale" The birds
were the only innoeents that wasn't sold
If we were to say in our paper that the
weather has been, and still is, delightful
this fall and winter as one could wish for
in September, some who did not know cur
reputation, for veracity might think we
prevaricated.
The passenger depot at this place was
painted in the most artistic manner on
Saturday last and looks very much i'm
proved. The scenic artist will return next
week and put the finishing touches on the
ladies' waiting room.
Mr.. Card fitted up the Raynolds- -McGee
building with some fine plumbing. There
are number Of marble top stationary
washbowls, with drain and supply pipes in
abundance, Our people hardly realize
what blessing our water works are to u.s.
We printed q poem intended for a Christ
mas gift which was composed by Mrs T.
w. Wright, of Hardscrabble. Had it been
sent us on the occasion of its delivery we
would have been pleased to have published
1t in full, as it was one of the best home
productions that we have seen.
The Odd Fellows went to great deal
OF trouble to prevent disreputable char
acters from gaining admission to their
masque ball but upon thorough canvass
it was found that there was not a disrepu-
table man or woman living in the place
This is saying great deal for a western
town of nearly 5000 inhabitants.
Owing to the ignoring of a petition from
the leading men of HaIdscrabble to the
Custer county commissioners PRAYING for
the location Of n road through Hardscrab-
BILE cafion to Silver Cliff, the people of that
section will petition the legislature to
annex them to Fremont This is the only
available point for the thrifty farmers OF
that region TO find market for their pro-
ducts We will welcome them with opcn
arms.
We commend to the miners in the yari-
Gus camps of Fremont county the example
set by their brethren of Central, in orpaniz-
ing and conducting mutual Improvement
society, at the regular meetings of which
discussion of all subjects pertaining to
mining and milling ores is indulped in.
Such scheme cannot fail to prove bene-
fetal to all mining men, and its adoption
will furnish means for both intellectual
and social advancement.
Although the mining excitement near
this place has all died out, still those en-
terprising men, Messrs Shaeffer & Cassiday.
show their faith by. digging away on their
claim, the Green Jacket, until they have
now reached depth of sixty-five feet.
The ore which is being taken out at pres
ent looks as though it might contain some
rich minerals, and to test it thoroughly the
owners of the mine have sent some of il
east to have it analysed. This is the only
true way to test ore ofthis kind
John S. II. Steele, convicted before Judge
Bclford, in Boulder county, in 1873. of
murder. and sentenced to be hung, but
whose sentence was afterward committed
TO imprisonment for life, has had his sen.
tcnce again commuted to nine years two
months and fifteen days, and will be re-
leased from the penitentiary here in March
next. This action was taken by the gov