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The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
NOT A LATE EDITION.

Although we feel friendly towards Mr..
L. a. Davis, of Denver, who is canvassing
for the two volumes of the" Peoples Cyclic
pedia of Universal knowledge" still we
deem it our duty to warn our readers
against buying the above work.
The reason we give for expressing our
selves so decidedly is because it is represent
ed as late edition, whereas some of the
reading matter is at least twelve or fifteen
years old. For instance, in speaking of New
Mexico, it states that merchandise is trans
ported from st. Louis and Texas by wagons
or mule trains" In speaking of Colorado,
it says, Denver (the capital), Golden City
and Central City are the principal towns"
Such books arc apt to mislead the public
and do our state great deal of harm. Our
citizens are not in . position to waste SIC
on such ancient literature.
This article is not written, rs many such
are, to avengc personal spite or slight
ut not being patronized, as Mr.. Davis had
made arrangement to sell us the book and
TO have some job work done at our Office
rs part payment, when we discovered the
discrepancies in the articles referred to-
We will say this much for the work, that
II is we'll arranged and contains much val
uable information, and is quite inexpensive,
when compared with the large cyclopedias,
but it should be carefully revised before
being offered to the public.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
AN OCEAN HORROR.

The sinking Of the steamship Cimbria,
Sunday, WAS one of the most appalling af-
fair. Ont OF 800 passengers and crew only
about 100 were rescued. The boats Of the
ill-htcd vessel were lowered Immediately
after the collision, hut one capsized, and its
occupants took refuge in the rigging. The
Cimbria went down in ninety feet of water,
her tops-lil yards being ont of water Some
OF Che survivors were badly frs--n, and a
dense fog prevailed at the timo of the col
lision. The officers of the Sultan were
arrested at Hamburg for eriminally steam
ing away from the Cimhria while she was
sinking. Her captain says he remained AZ
the scene of the accident twelve hours.
The officers and crew Of the Cimbria acted
with courage and gallantry. pcrishing
while cndeavoring 10 save others.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
on ATTACHMENTS.

Judge Hallett, of Denver, has just rem
dered decision on attachment suits re-
versing the custom obtaining in our state
for some time. He holds that, in attach
mcnt suits which are brought in the Uni
ted States court the first party TO attach
has the exclusive right to the proceeds of
the assets, until his claim is satisfied, and
that the other creditors have no standing
in the interval Heretofore it has been
held that all creditors who attached at the
same term Of court came in for pro rata
share Of assets. This decision brings up the
fact that our attachment law is defective,
and needs remodeling by the present legis-
lsture. Under Judge Halletts ruling an
eastern creditor can come here and get out
an attachment, excluding all local credi-
tors who may not be aware OF the financial
status OF firm until too late to realize on
their trusts
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
rofsEIGN NEWS.

A post of the Grand Amy of the Re
public has been established at Honolulu.
Prince Frederick Charles Alexander, of
Russia, brother of the Emperor, is dead.
En-Emprcss Eugene has arrived in Lon
don She was refused permission TO visit
Prince Jerome.
O'Bricn, editor Of the United Ireland,
WAS elected TO parliament over the govern
mcnt's candidate.
Members of the French cabinet have
unanimously resolved TO oppose Floquet's
motion for the expulsion of tho Orleans
Princes.
A battle was fought near Matawana,
Mexico, between Mexican troops and the
Tehauntepec Indians,in which eighty of the
aborigincs and fifty soldiers were killed
outright, and many on both sides wounded.
A mine in Australia suddenly became
flooded. and twenty-five miners were
drowned. They CLING to the timbcrs OF
the drifts until exhausted. some being
taken out alive after being in the water
sixty hours.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
A Mountain Lion Killed.

Mr.. Henry Walters 1a-year-old son,
while ont a short distance from his homo,
near Parkdale, twelve miles from Gallon,
ran across n mountain lion which the dogs
trced. Young Waller threw or his coat,
and began hurting rocks at it, which caused
the animal 10 descend in a hurry. As soon
ns he reached the ground he made n vigor-
ous attack upon young Walters coat, and
began tearing it to pieces. The boy, fearing
his father might punish hin, for losing his
garment, returned to the attack, and, by
throwing large stones pretty lively and
straight, caused the lion TO run up the tree
again. Young Waller left the animal in
charge of the dogs, while he ran to the
house and told his father, who returned
with rifle, and shot him dead in the tree.
The lion was large one, and measured
over six feet in length
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
A FALSE CHARGE.

The charge made last week by the Repor-
ter that Ex-County Commissioner Phelps
had appropriated $500 per year of the
county funds, TO which he had no legal
right, is on par with most OF the false
hoods published by the Thursday, Satur-
day or Monday serni-occasional. The facts
are matter Of record, and show that the
law distinctly says that the chairman of
the board of county commissioners must
act as ovcrseer Of the poor, unless the posi-
tion Is otherwise filed. The charge that
Mr.. Phelps took from the county $500 per
year for attending 20 that duty is also
false. His bills ran from $50 to $50 per
quarter, according TO the amount of work
he did, although he had right TO charge
the full amount if he wanted to.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
PLAIN FACTS.

We are pleased to know that our new
smelling company does not claim that it
can treat ore at half the cost of other first
class works; but builds its hopes upon the
fact that it can get out the precious metals
at,as little cost as any corporation in Col
orado. The curse of our town has been the
men who have dropped in upon us with a
grand flourish of trumpets, claiming they
could do the most wonderful things-such
as reducing ores at half the cost of other old
established smelters. Others arrive at a
time when weekly newspaper can just be
made to pay expenses and persuade some
parties, who have more money than expe-
rience, that a daily paper could be made to
bring in good revenue to those who would
invest their money in it. The result Of all
such wildcat schemes is a worn out plant
and a lot of bad debts, left IS monument
to the check of the protector and the fool
ishness of the stockholders.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
MINING NOTES.

Ore is to be reduced at Leadville for $500
per ton.
The price of silver and lead is steadily
increasing.
Two more smeltcrs are to be started up
at La Veta-
The deepest known mine is in Australia,
a shaft having been sunk $500 feet.
About fifty prospectors leave Silvcrton
camps.
Gunnison county will invest vast sums
of money during this year in the develop
ment of her coal interests.
J. W. Bossler the gentleman who pur-
chased Ex-senator Dorsey's New Mexico
ranch, has $1,000 head of cattle.
Birmingham. the new town started on
Williams creek, at the iron mine, gives
promise Of becoming lively place.
The shaft house of the Lee Basin mine,
Leadvillc, burned on Tuesday. Nobody
hurt. Loss, $4,000. No insurance.
The Motfett process of smelling has
proved failure at Gunnison, and the mos;
improved method is to be substituted.
The bill taxing the net output of mines
in this state, now before the legislature, has
| strong supporters as well rs bitter oppo>crs.
Despite the fact that the weather is in
.cnsclcy cold-mercury twenty-five below
zero-at Bcnan.a, mining operations so
steadily on.
| Conductor Scott, of the Denver and
South Park road, is one of the lucky men
in the new rich strike in the Big Bonanza,
| ON Chalk creek.
Vanderbilt has bccn buying largely in
Pennsylvania coal lands, announcing that
| he and his sons arc going into the business
of buying and shipping that commodity
| on an extensive scale.
Red Mountain is now the greatest topic
of conversation in mining circles. IL is
reached from Denver and eastern points
by the Denver and Rio Grandc, via Mon
trosc, thence by stage to ouray.
II is said on good authority that the
Union Pacific campany has secured .ao0
acres of coking coal land At Crested Butte,
and will certainly build the South Park
road to that poiu, this coming summer.
| The greatest altitude in the world nj
which mines arc worked, is in Peru. The
silver mines at Ccrro de Pasco in that
country arc li,S96 feet, and the quicksilver
mincs Of Huancaveliea are la,0o0 fest above
the sea level.
a miners inch Of water, as DECIDED by
competent authority, is the quantity that
will flow through ene-inch aperture in a
two-inch plank, the water having head OF
six iuehcs; that = TO say i..vi2 ssllozs IN
twtn;y-IouE hoars.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
The Dancing School.

Professor Galloway gave another of his
series of lessons on Wednesday afternoon
and evening. The class has increased in
size until the scene resembles regular
hall. In the afternoon, from to 6 o'clock,
the little ones learn TO take their first
steps, and from 7:So until $50 p. m, the
older ones are initiated. From $50 until
1l:S0 p. IN. the regular dancing occurs,
which is enjoyed by both the learner and
the proficient scholar. The professor has
proved himself an excellent instructor, and
the scholars feel we'll repaid for tho small
amount invested by them. Such quadrilles
MS the lancicrs, danced in the regular way,
and also with sixteen in a set the prairie
queen, rncqucttc, newport, waltz and other
popular dances, arc taught each evening.
On next Wednesday the professor will
again he in Canon, and more scholars will
no doubt be added to his class.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

1t is To be hoped that the law will be
changed in regard TO the election OF United
States senators. From the experience Col
orado has had during the contests for the
position OF senator since she became n state,
1t would seem that an election by the peo-
pie would be the only fair way to decide so
important an event As il now is, it looks
too much like an auction sale, MS in some
cases the position goes TO the highest bid
der. The present method might have been
wise plan many years ago, but modern
politics have become too corrupt to risk
the election of our most important repre-
sontativcs to so small body of men.
Amend the constitution, by all means.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

When ono Of those repeating mon or
women como into n printing Office and
nearly talk the editor to death and rattle
the printers 80 badly that type setting be-
comes an imposibility, each one holds his
breath when the bore Is about TO depart,
fearing that one moro word from the editor
might bring about another repetition Of the
story that has already been several times
told. This brcath-holding silence is Of q
trying nnturc, md reminds ono Of the man
who was burying his wife. pall-bcarcrs,
IN going down stairs, slipped and threw the
coffin to the ground, breaking II open. the
corpse coming to life. The old lady lived
more than year longer, and when the
nall bearers were again going down those
same stairs her bcrcaved husband said,
"stcady, boys, be careful this timc.'
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
LEGISLATIVE PRocRl EsGs.
what CoIorado,s solesS lave Been
Doing since Our LAAAssue.
SENATE

SENATE.
fridays sEssId
The senate did but little Ndness. The
resolution regarding coml 9re to visit
state institutions was laid 4fW; several
bills were referred and few zoduced.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock morrow.
Nothing was done in tlii4 body to-day,
except the introduction Of 3 few bills and
the holding of a short execntiSe session.
Adjourned until 10 O'Clock Monday.
MONDAYS SESSION
Moynahan introduced-a 2 tplpsion in re-
ten by ten, or, five by twenty, chains in
area Laid on the table.
A petition from the citizens Of Gunnison,
protesting against division of that county,
was referred to the committee on counties
and county lines.
A number of bills were read and referred.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
TUESDAYS SESSION.
House concurrent resolution No. G, ap-
pointing the committees ON public institu-
tions to visit the state institutions and a
special committee of two from the senate
and three from the house to visit the peni-
tentiary, came up for consideration. and
after a brief debate was laid on the table
until Thursday.
bill was introduced by Kearney, ap-
propriating $4,000 to represent Colorado
at the Amsterdam exposition.
Quite number of bills were introduced
and ordered printed, and number read a
second time and referred.
A message was received from the house
which announced that it had ordered
senate concurrent resolutions and laid
upon the table; also that the house OF
representatives has passed house bill S4, a
bill to amend an act to establish judicial
districts in Colorado; house bill IA, to re-
peal section Z of chapter Al of the general
laws; house bill 6, to amend an act to pro-
vide salary for the reporter of the decis-
ions of the supreme court and house joint
memorial /, for the relief of settlers upon
the Hot Springs tract.
Adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION
Consisted of but one halliday, occupied in
the introduction and second reading of
bills.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock to- morrow
THURSDAYS SESSION.
The appointment of committee to visit
state institutions was postponed until next
Monday evening.
The bill providing that, in criminal cases,
the instructions of the court shall be given
to the jury, in writing, before argument of
counsel, when requested by the district at
torney, passed.
Several bills were read first time, when
the senate adjourned to go into joint ses-
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

II became known, some time ago, that
parties in Wyoming were fencing in large
tracts Of railroad and school lands without
any legal right. They leased the alternate
sections. nad then built wire fences inclos-
ing vast area, 10 which they had no right
Whatever, to the detrimcnt of poor people
whose possessions arc small, and who de-
pended on the public ranges, in great
measure, for their stock. The prompt ac-
tion Of Secretary Teller. in recommending
that the department. of justice ut once pro-
coed against these parties, will meet with
universal appreciation.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Congress has done but little this week
The senate passed the postoffice appropria-
ton bill, the date for the reduction ofpost-
age being changed from January !, 1884,
to July 1, 1888 a bill to suppress bigamy
and polygamy WAS introduced. The senate
has spent the week on the tariff bill.
Thursdays session was devoted to eulogies
on the life OF the late Senator Hill,of Geor-
gia- The house has been wrestling with
the navy appropriation bill, but also spent
Thursday in paying tribute to the dead
senator from Georgia
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
The two exhibitions of brutality, politely

n The two exhibitions Of brutality, politely
termed the "manly art,n under the Mar
quis of Queensbury rules, made at Pueblo,
on Saturday and Sunday evenings last,
were disgrace to all deccncy and dark
blot in the chronicles of any city--even
Pueblo. Two young men urged on by
crowd of dissolute men and women, half
crazed with liquor, beat each other out of
all semblance of humanity, when q foul "
was claimed by the referee This was the
signal for general riot, and the police at
last interiered, knocked the referee down,
and restored quiet.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27
A gang of ten or twelve highwaymcn at

A gang Of ten or twelve highwaymcn at
tempted to rob Central Pacific express
train, near the Nevada line, iGo miles west
Of Ogden, ON Monday morning last. They
ovcraved the engineer, robbed tho station
hands and train men, and then attempted
TO get into the express car, but were driven
or by the brave resistance Of the messcn-
ger, A. Y. Rose, who was wounded in the
hsnd. The robbers got away with hut about
$40 A party left Elko in a special to track
the road agents.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

In q late issue OF the RECORD we gave
an item from one of our state kilograms,
announcing that Mr.. w, II. Freeman, OF
Salida, had been horsewhippcd by two wo-
men of that town, and that he deserved il.
We received letter from n former citizen
of Cafion, who claims that Mr.. Freeman
was entirely in the right, and that the par
ties who caused tho trouble were among
the worst charncters of that city.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Several citizens of La Junta on we.ines-
day sent threatening letter to the city
recorder Of that place, enclosing a piece of
rope, notifying him to stop his efforts to
enforce tho Sunday ordinance. OF he
iynchcd. lie replied by saying lac will do
his duty. and offers $50 each for tho names
of the parties writing the letter.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Fifty-four men have been discharged
this week from work on tho Denver and
Rio Grandc railway, at or near this place
They were mostly construction men, and n
few section hands. Tho work will not bo-
yin again until March. II is thought the
company will throw all of its forces on
the Salt Lake extension, and make the
earnings Of the road pay tho building cx-
pcnSea.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

II is now believed the Southern Pacific
train, the wreck Of which, with loss OF life,
is noted ON the second page ofthis paper,
was set loose by road agents, with intent
10 rob the express car. Being inexperienced,
they lost control OF the train, and were
killed in the wreck.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

The senatorial contest, at Denver, stands
about as it did last week, except that Ia
bor had gained some little at our last ad-
vices. Piikin men are still hopeful, and
believe that Tabors election is impossible.
The general feeling among leading legisla-
tive members is that the struggle is draw
ing TO a close, and that Pitbin will yet win.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Our acquaintance of over six years in
Fremont county, and the fact Of onr being
trusted with over 81 600 per month Of
funds belonging to our mos, cautious bust
ness men, OF both parties, together with
the large and increasing circulation OF the
RECORD, make us feel, when attacked by
smaller papers, like saying; "shoo, fly,
don't bother me.n
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

The knottiest question with which our
legislature has TO contend is that in regard
TO the pollution of streams by stamp mills.
Clear creek and the South Arkansas val
Irys arc the localities where this question
has arisen. and for the settlement Of which
bills arc now before the legislature.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Our merchants and citizens do not live
in such glass houses that any one can
frightcn them by claiming that some one
has been talking about them. Any one
who expects to gain popularity by trying
90 scare our people into the belief that they
are in any snch danger Is sure TO get left
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

The only consolation the residents OF
Cafion had, during the very cold snap,
was TO know that other cities and towns
around us had weather from five TO ten
degrees colder than VIC. our town still
holds the belt as the champion winter ro-
sort of Colorado
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

The Del Norte Prcspcctor has purchased
the Cactus, of tina, city, and will suspend
its publication as soon as some legal adycr-
fiscmcnts now being published therein
shall have expired. The Proepcctor is a
bright and nswsy sheet, and this purchase
will give IL n wider field, and add to it's
Moll-oarnetl popularity.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

The state press is loud in its denuncia-
tion of the exorbitant rates being charged
by the Pullman Palace Car company for
bcrths on our local railroads. The present
legislature win probably endcavor to regu-
late such charges.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Tho bill now before the legislature pro-
viding for the publication of ,he proceed
ings of county commissioners will meet the
hearty approval of our people generally,
and should become "a law.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

The ladies of tho Episcopal church gave
very pleasant social at the residence ot
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeske on Monday last, and il
is needless TO say ha5na royal good time.
Refreshments, card parties, dancing and
excellent music were the programme and an
extra large turnout and a liberal collec-
ton the results.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

monthly publication, edited by J. c. Fit
nam, has made its appearance. 1t is neat
and interesting paper, devoted to the pub
lication of supreme court decisions, etc.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

The Cadon City RECORD is ono of our
most welcome exchanges Full Of news
and news to the point-Park County Bull
letin.
Thanks, noighbor. We are laboring to
that end, and shall endeavor to earn such
good opinions.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

A great deal Of sickness has prev silcsl of
late among the little children Of this sec
tion. bronchitis, lung fever, severe colds
and such diseases being the cause of the
trouble. Although many have been quito
low, hut ono death has occurred, and that
one was one Of the dearest and sweetest Of
them all
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Tho election Of Hoar as senator from
Massachusetts, was the complete defeat of
q nicely laid scheme of Ben Butler, and n
victory for republicanism.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

The Tin Cup Miner, since its change
from , dsnoesstir 10 : szr1ublican paper, Il
improving, under the management of C. S.
Nichols.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Charles E. Hill, late of the Del Norte
Cactus, has gone to Denver to accept n po-
sition on the staff of the Inter-Ocean.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Gilrin county, and especially Central
City, is suffering from water famine.
That article is worth ~ per barrel, and ono
is lucky to get IL that price. Everything
ja either frozen or dried t,p
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

To-day is the last that new business can
be introduced in the Legislature. An extra
session is inevitable.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

There is nothing SO dangerous to ap-
proach as dying polecat. Keep away
from it. Don't strike it.
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

The best way TO call a man liar is to
prove it by your past record and present
conduct
The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-27

Governor Grant will probably call an ex-
ira session of the legislature, to pass needed
laws