Delta chief., 1883-09-19
STATE NEWS,
Delta. Colorado.

"A ulSCoNclN VI Nci iiSh SSolNt-pS.'l IL
ore in the Sampson mine, near Silverton, is re-
ported.
The town council of Georgetown has
refused to raise the licenses of saloon keepers
TO 1000 per annum.
On the night of the 9th the oil house
and coal office of the Continental Oil Company
in Greeley were DESTROYED by fire.
The people of Cheyenne are prepar-
ing to sink one or two experimental wells in
the hope of finding artesan water
The First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral has approved the plans for the entire rear
rangement of the Denver postotiice.
The Rio Grande engineers are en-
gagged in surveying new line across Ten Mile
or Fremont Pass in Summit county.
1t is reported that Senator Plumb, of
Kansas, has made considerable investments in
mining property located near Idaho Springs
An immense vein of artesian wafer
was struck in the well at the Rio Grande rail
way shops on the 1lth, after nine days sinking.
Hiram Holden. President of the South
Pueblo Bank, resigned on the 18th and was
succeeded by Mr.. Sheldon, an old resident of
the town.
Z. S. Cowan, city editor of the Lead
vile Herald, was beaten and kicked nearly TO
death on the 10th by Alderman c. C. Joy, of
Lcadville.
The first snow of the season in New
Mexico fell at Glorieta on the 14th. A heavy
frost occurred at Socorro and the mountains
fhereabouts were covered with snow.
Leadville is still excited over the bru-
tality of Alderman Joy in his assault on Cow
an. The press and the people are doing their
utmost to make it interesting for him.
DR.. Labrie, city physician of Denver,
on trial before the council for various offenses
shook the dust of the town from his feet on the
12th- and left rapidly for parts unknown.
The tenth scholastic year of the Deaf.
Dumb and Blind Institute was opened with ap-
propriate ceremonies on the 12th. DIR. X. &.
Buckingham, the Father and patron saint of
this enterprise, presided.
The feeling of Indignation among the
people of Leadvie over the brutal assault on
Cowan continues. The victim is still in a crit
ical condition. but the physicians say he may
recover.
A special to the Tribune of the 11th
from Coal Greek states that reaching the
third sand in the Cassday well that morning,
oil rose thousand feet The discovery caused
much excitement.
Joy, the Leadville Alderman, who
brutally aud murderously assaulted Editor
Cowen, after preliminary examination. has
been held in $1,000 bail bonds. Among his
sureties is Dennis Sullivan.
1t is reported that the miners at the
Tam O'shanter mine near Ashcroft are on
strike and threaten 20 burn the buildings De-
cause of the discharge OF Ebcn Smith. late su-
perint endent, and number of miners.
Hon. +. Z. Beltzhoovcr, the Demo-
cratic representative in Congress from the 18th
district of Pennsylvania, who made the furious
attack upon Gen. Hazen of the signal service
at the last session, arrived in Denver on the
Sth.
Jim Rossiter, "A cowboy on Nc
Lain's ranch in Arapahoc and Ebert counties,
was killed and two others dangerously wounded
ON the 9th in general row at Agate, station
on the Kansas Pacific railroad. All were more
or less intoxicated
a. X. Campbell, the South Pueblo
ieweler, who Icade an assignment to F. Fl.
Shrock for the benefit of his creditors. left the
whole business in the hands of the assignee and
departed for FL Paso, Texas His liabilities
foot up about.s12,0 600.
AT one o clock on the morning of the
sth an attempt was made to buryarize the res
iacnce of Senator Hill in Denver The screams
OF a servant girl attracted the attention Of a
policeman who searched the house but the bur
glar could not be found.
On the 18th a Rio Grande engine
jumped the track near Douglas station and
the engineer, George Parks. was killed The
engine rolled dowL an embankment distance
OF fifty feet Parks was borne with it and was
terribly mangled and scalded.
a reunion of the officers and soldiers
OF the First Regiment Colorado Cavalry was
held in Denver on the 14th at which Col. j. NJ. /
Chiyington, Commander of this military dis
trict during the war; and other officers made
speeches recalling events OF the olicn time.
A special 10 The Tribune from Silver
ton says the recently reported great strike in
the sampson mine is likely 20 prove a very i'm
portant acquisition to the mineral output Of
that region. The veG is about two feet wide
the material, black sulphurets, in ganguc OF
blue and white quartz, which shows free gold