Delta chief., 1883-10-03
hereafter. No extra charge for this pun.

TOOK his usual seat INSIDE the rallnS, DuL was
promptly ordered out by Mayor Fleming, and
only went when assured that he would be for
chilly elected.
John Fitzpatrick was killed in the
Frenchman mine at Leadvile, Sept. 27th, by
an accidental explosion of giant powder. He
was descending the shaft in bucket in which
was box of giant powder, when the bucket
happened to strike some of the shaft timbers,
causing an explosion by which he was fright
fully mutilated.
Mrs. w. E. Cody, who was recently
mentioned in some of the Denver papers as the
sister of Secretary Teller, publishes a card in
the Denver Republican stating that she is not
Mr.. Teller's sister, but that she had a half
brother who was family physician to a baronet,
and has brother who is a member of the Can
adian parliament.
A boy named Palmer shot and dam
gerously wounded another boy named Umpleby
in the street cars at Trinidad on the 24th 1t
was the old story of an ''unloaded revolver"
Including this accident there have been two boys
shot, one stoned to death, and two sent to the
House of Correction within the last year or
eighteen months in that town.
The Denver papers describe the spar
ring match which took place between Dominic
McCaffery and John P. Glow at Turner Hall in
West Denver, on the night of the 18th, as
brutal and bloody exhibition. McCaffery set
out to knock Glow out in four rounds, and as
1t was he nearly pounded him to death in that
time, and the fight was then broken up by the
police.
At Saguache, on the 26th, Captain
Hawkins took too little girls, Blanch Cort, aged
6, and Ada Smelzer, aged 4, out for ride. In
crossing ditch all three was thrown over the
front of the wagon upon the tongue, causing
the team to begin kicking and run away.
BIanch Cort was killed and Captain Hawkins
had his skull fractured and will probably die.
Ada Smelzer was rescued but slightly injured.
A Durango special to the Denver
Tribune states that four horse thieves, Smith,
Reilly. Lewis and Race, were followed by George
Thompson and others from the La Plata river,
who overlook them in Canon Guaga, near
Bloomfield, New Mexico, when half mile from
Camp Barefooted, and Smith was killed and
the rest hid among the rocks The Mexicans
are watching and will doubtless get them.
Tbev are the men who robbed Bauer's store on
the Mancos Lewis killed Indian Bill at Par
rott City on the Sd Of July last
Warden Hoyt, of the state prison. at
Pueblo, has gone East In the interest OF apro-
ject to secure work for the convicts. He will
visit the Missouri, Illinois, Michigan and New
York state prions, learning what is possible Of
prison management, and at the same time he
will endeavor to induce Eastern manufactur-
ers to employ our convict labor in the produc-
ton of such articles as may be proftably made
In the West, such boots and shoes, or har-
ness and saddles A strong effort will be made
to render the prison self-supporting by this
mears.
Rufus Walls, colored man who was
convicted at the April term Of the District
Court in Costilia county in 1882 and sentenced
to three years in the state penitentiary for the
crime of manslaughter, was pardoned by the
Governor on the oath. Walls accidentally shot
and killed boy while firing pistol on the 4th
OF July. His carelcssness was considered Grim
inal by the jury, and he was convicted of invol-
untary manslaughter. This makes the seventh
person the Governor has pardoped out of the
penitentiary, and of the seven six have died
since their release
The Denver Tribune says the Gov
ernor recently received a letter from citizen
of Deer Lodge, Montana; stating that man
was living In that town who had confessed to
having taken part In murder in San Juan
county, but omitted to state what murder or
the name Of the man. The writer Of the letter
agrees to capture the man provided he is as
sured the reward. Owing to the obscure way
in which the letter was worded and the misera-
BILE writing of the writer it was impossible to
get any sense out of IT, As far as known there
are no muriercrs at large from San Juan coun-
ty
The annual report of the Director of
the United States geological survey for the
year ending June 3Otb, 1888, states that re-
have been made by s. F. Emmons which prom
ise to throw much light on the theory OF veins
and their relations TO eruptivc shocks. with
which they are associated. In the Gunnison dis
trict valuable beds Of both anthracite and bi-
luminous coal of unsurpassed quality have been
found, and promise to make that locality one
OF the most important in the State. Ore bodies
in this district also appear to be OF much i'm
portancc. The results Of the investigation Of
minerals collected in Colorado have proved to
be of great value to geology; so much SO as to
have elected commendation from investigators,
both in this country and Europe.
The terms of the Denver, Utah & Pa