The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-13

| the same fair lady, and Turner went TOR ms
rival with cooked revolver, but Moseiy
got the drop on him The shootist was
exonerated.
A mammoth Theodore Thomas concert,
to be given at Denver, next june, is being
talked of Mr.. Thomas asks S25 600 for
| twelve concerts.
A race of 100 yards for 81 900 side be-
tween Kettleman, of Colorado, and Smith.
| of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is set for jan
uary 1s, at Woodstock, Canada.
George Ruble, one of the old-time resi-
dents of Denver, died at Los Angeles, Cali
fonia, on the 4th, of Bright's disease. He
was tanner and harness dealer,
During December State Treasurer San
ders paid out bounties as follows: Hawks,
$3.50; wolf scalps, S604-50; skunk scalps,
S10350; mountain lions, $40; loco weed,
1896 3d. 3-ssss
| The Bessemer steel works, South Pueblo
will this year turn out 10000 tons of steel
rails and $4,000 kegs of nails, Eastern
nail have been driven out OF the Colorado
market
The entire cost of growing pound of
beef in Colorado, says Mr.. George Thomp-
son, the eminent stock grower, is one cent.
making liberal allowance for losses by death
and thieves.
The Grand River Ditch company has be-
gun work on its large ditch which is to take
water out of the Grand river, about four
teen miles above Grand Junction, and irri-
gate large area.
The shooting of Robert Plummer, a
miner of Grand county, by Wilson Wal
dTen, hotei.keeper at Grand Lake, last
week, was cold-blooded, ,upprovoked muir
der, the result Of drink:
Withaup, the religious editor of the Den
yer Rustler, who ran the paper on money
obtained by forging an old German ranch
eIs name to bank checks. is in jail At Dem
yer, in default of $4,000 bail.
The Leadville mayor and board of al
dermen have presented General F. c. Minis
with heavy gold watch and chain, in tes-
timony of their appreciation of his courte-
sizes to them on their recent excursion east.
Denver was terribly exercised, last Sum
day, over the remains of woman, found
in gunny, sunk in the Platte, near " sst
Denver bridge. How they came there Is 8
mystery, The body vas horribly mutt
lated.
In order to keep her public schools 60
ing Leadyilles school board has been
slaughtering the innocents. The superin-
tendent has been dispensed with, and the
salary of each teacher has been cut SO
a month.
An excursion party, under the manage
ment of Colonel Violet, late editor of a
Tin Cup paper, left Denver for California
on Wednesday morning last. The train
consisted of two well-tilled sieepezs. bag
gage car, ETC.
Last Tuesday morning about half a
dozen business houses, including the Cos
mopolitan hotel, corner of B and Sixth
streets, South Pueblo, were burned. Loss,
$4,000. Supposed ineendiarism- The in
surance policies on most of the property
expired few days before.
Harry Budworth, of South Pueblo, while
fiourishing revolver in q drunken spree
last Monday, shot his wife in the hip. She
is a variety singer, and is the same woman
who attempted suicide not long since by
jumping in the river. Her wound is not
serious.
The Gunnison-News Democrat sums up
the Improvements in Gunnison City during
the last year. Among them are complete
system of graded schools in good buildings
the telephone, second railroad, half !,
dozen stone business block. and other fine
buildings and \ smeiter.