Delta chief., 1883-06-20
The st.te AZ I.arxe.

Travel for the carbonate fields Of Saguache
continues.
A lodge of Odd Fellows has been instituted
at Silverton.
Greeley churches are filled with flowers
and bird cages.
La Plata county will raise 40, 900 bushels of
wheat this season.
A school house is to be erected at Telluride
during the present summer.
The jamestown Whim has turned up its
toes to the roots of the daisies.
Colorado Springs is again making vigor-
Gus warfare on the whisky dealer.
A lamp exploded in the Buena Vista fire.
mems headquarters a few nights ago.
The Lake City Siirer World has entered its
ninth year, and appears in a new dress.
A building owned by Hugo Sachs was de-
stroyed by fire, at Leadville, on the 1lth.
The sale of summer clothing, and particu-
larly fans, has been light in Colorado this
summer.
A passenger fell from the Denver & Rio
Grande train on the 11th, at Castle Rock, and
was killed.
Peter Gallagher was injured by blast in
the Iron mine at Leadville, on the 11th. He
is now in the hospital.
Edward Hanlan had leg broken Tuesday
by getting it under the wheels of an ore wag-
on on Fryer hill, Leadville.
Dotsero is in sore need of a blacksmith who
understands his business. The people there
also want n laundry established.
Mrs. Minnie Seymour Yeats died in Lead
willie on the 18th, the result of being thrown
from carriage the week before.
Silverton is to celebrate the coming natal
day. Horse racing, foot racing and athletic
sports will be the order of the day.
A man named Clark died of smallpox at
Widerfeld station, on the d. & Il. G., four
miles south of Colorado Springs, few days
ago.
The prisoners in the leadville Jail cut hole
through the floor, and would have escaped Mt
night had not the jailer been informed of the
fact.
Gunnison is sublimely happy. "Uncle
Toms Cabin" is holding the theatrical boards
and the opera house is filled Zach perform
ance. ,ff
The city council has so far been yfAble to
settle the affairs of the Old adminii1naaipp Of
Salida. The book are said to be i1akNcrse
shape than at first anticipated. s
Miss Haven who has been teaching in the
Greeley public school for several years, has
accepted a position in school in the Argen-
tine Republic, South America.
A large potato cellar on the ranch Of W. 8.
Fullerton, Weld county, cavcd in on Sunday
week ago, caused by goghers boring holes
from the cellar to the main lateral.
Boulder has two base ball mines, ono CON-
posed of merchants, the others Of lawyers.
1t is difficult matter to discover which can
take the most time in getting ball knocked
into the field.
Patrick Ryan and George Kemple deserted
from the army II short time ago, but were ar
rested and placed in the Durango Jail until
the proper officers could arrive assd take them
in charge. Last week they desertSi from the
jail.
Burns, lately marshal of Robinson, has de-
parted for parts unknown. 1t is said that the,
grand jury at Breckenridge found true biil
against him for shooting lady at Robinson
in the leg, in the course Of his last drunken
spree.
The Alma Bulletin has entered its third
year of publication. W. X. De La Matyr hns
assumed the proprietorship. Like all others
bearing the name, De La Matyr is ferociour
kicker, and is content with nothing but his
own shadow.
A negro boy, servant in the Wnthcm hotel,
bonanza, attempted to commit rape on the
person Of 5-year-old daughter Of Mr.. jesse
Gulley, of that city. last week. His age was
all that saved him from mob violence. He
was compelled to leave town.
On Tuesday evening at sunset the first saw
mill for Garfield county crossed the bridge
over the Grand in safety. All Dotscro was on
to see the heavy boiler pass to the other side
of the river. This mill is to be put in run
ming order with as little delay as possible.
The gentlemen who are engaged In selling
and manufacturing lime about Trinidad are
having splendid trade, owing TO the large
number OF buildings in course of construc-
ton. There is no doubt that the lime made
there is not in any respect inferior to any
made in the State.
Miss Mary Wnlling, Of Lcadville, says that
Charles l.. Dennison, Of Pueblo, engaged to
marry her on the first of May, and she pur-
chased her outfit and made all the necessary
arrangements. For refusing to comply with
his part Of the contract, or to return $54
which she had given him for safe keeping,
she now sues for 81 900.