Delta chief., 1883-09-26
STATE NEWS.

Mr.. w. A. Hardenbrook, we'll
known lawyer, died at Denver on the 18th.
The three-year-old son of Mrs. John
Bergin was drowned in the mill ditch at Pueblo
on the 18th.
The trial of Anton Hertzel for the
murder of William Sommers began in Denver
sn the 10th.
James F. Gardner, of Colorado, has
been appointed agent at the Ouray Inoian
agency, Utah. o.
The Rio Grande engineers are en-
gagged in surveying new line across Ten Mile
sf Fremont Pass in Summit county.
1t is reported that Senator Plumb, of
Kansas, has made considerable investments in
lining property located near Idaho Springs.
There was slight shock of earthquake
At Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the morning
Of the 18th. The crater ten miles west Of the
city shows signs Of activity.
Anton Herzel, on trial for the killing
Of Engineer William somers was adjudged
guilty BY the Jury, who, on the 9lst, brought in
. verdict Of murder in the second degree.
The mother of Mr.. N. J. Mcclure,
agent Of the D. q R. G. railway at Pueblo, was
thrown from a carriage by runaway horse on
~ 10Th, and had her right thigh fractured.
Furbush, charged with the murder Of
JsAn O'Hara, at BONANZA on the ID Of August
lst, was tried In the Saguache district court,
a.d on the 18th the jury brought in averdict Of
asaaittal.
Aosier, the murderer of Wensel and
Knight, was taken from jail on the morning of
ths 10th, by q mob, and hanged to = telegraph
pale until he was dead. Thus worketh Judge
Lynch at Cheyenne.
The store and postoffice kept by
Jones Mclean at Poncha Springs was burglar
iseA on the night of the 10th and the safe bro
ksa open. The burglars got $500 in cash, q
valuable gold watch, two registered letters
a.A some other vsluablcs.
The trial of c. G. Joy. the Leadville
Aldermanic aend, on the 10th, resulted in his
ssing suspended from the council by q vote of
ssven to three. The action of the council Is
senerally endorsed, the only objection being
tAat he was not at once expelled.
The Denver & Rio Grande have COM
nsnced work on new tunnel at Bridgeport,
tAiA side Of Grand Junction, to be from 2,0OO to
1900 feet in length. The object h to do away
With several bridges which are great trouble
Aaring the occurrence Of the spring and fall
hsods
A special to the Denver Tribune says
tAAs Jim Haley and Arthur shsckman had q
shooting ARRAY at the ranch Of A. j. Gregory,
- Dry crock in Routt county, on the 18th
1Aackman was shot three times and died the
n last sccounts.
Engineer Geo Parks was killed at the
quarry Of the Colorado Stone Company, two
ailes from Castle Rock, on the 14th., by reas-
- Of his train running Oh the track. He had
-Aaly been in the employ Of the D. q R. G. Ry
shout week, and leaves . wife and several
cAildren, residing at Hornelsville, N. Y.
A fatal disaster occurred on the 10th
sy the explosion of the boiler Of the Sligo iron
works in Pittsburg, Pa. just after the dinner
hour. Twenty men were at work at the time
u whom nine were reported all right, 1--WE kill
eA, and six badly injured; three or four Of them
will probably die. Los on buildings soms
$fs,00o.
Waldron, the ex-county commissioner
u Grand county, who was in the county Jail
n Grand Lake, charged With the murder Of
Piummer, escaped on the 14th by knocking down
he jailor and rushing out. His escape has
caused some excitement In regard to CONN
aAd Martin, charged with the murder Of Day,
Dean and Weber, who are confined In the same
jail. and who, 1t is feared, may likewise escape
A special dispatch to the Denver Tri-
1asss from Leadvillc states that on the 18th
I'd. Cory was assaulted by his former partner,
I'd. Hughes, With a razor and probably fatally
wounded. The arteries OF the neck was severed
and Dr. Eyer hes despaired Of bis recovery. The
fuss originated over quarrel in reference TO
The payment Orient for the house that belonged
to Cory and which was occupied by Hughes
Cory Is from Detroit and has lived in Leadville
fer four years. He will probably die. Hughes
has been arrested.
Five of the prisoners who recently
were brought back on the 18th. They were
captured about thirty miles across the
New Mexico line, near Taos, while asleep sher-
IN Albert wanted them for horse stealing In
Huerfano county. They had stolen Eve horses
from that county in their flight across the
country. When informed that they were
wanted for horse stealing in Huerfano county,
the men confessed that they had broken jail In
Pueblo county, and were accordingly taken to
Pueblo. Their names are Harry Forrest and