Delta chief., 1883-08-15
STATE NEWS.

its extension from Maysville to the Monarch
mining district.
The third quarterly examination of
teachers will be held throughout the state on
Friday, August 81.
William Taylor, convicted of man.
slaughter in the Tin Cup case at Gunnison, gets
five years at Canon City.
The Loveland Reporter states that
.over si1ty-fvc twine binder reapers have been
sold in the Loveland market this year.
E. D.. Roth, of Fort Collins, has or
ganized stock company to manufacture and
sell newly patented extension well augur.
William Long, who shot a deputy
sheriff in Las Animas county last spring, has
been arrested and will be taken there for trial
In the suit to abrogate the incorpora-
ton of the town of Aspen, Judge Goddard has
decided that the incorporation cannot be set
aside.
The fourth annual meeting of the wo
mans Christian Temperance Union Of Colo
rado was convened at the First Congregational
church in Denver on the 9th.
Mr.. c. o. Ziegenfuss, for the past two
years managing editor of the Denver Republican,
has resigned the position to become managing
editor of the Denver Tribune.
The trial of William Taylor, who
killed Jamison at Tin Cup last spring, came up
on the sth at Gunnison, when the accused
pleaded guilty of manslaughter.
A telephone line is to be constructed
from Leadvillc to Twin Lakes, the railroad sta
aion at Lake creek, and to the headquarters of
the Twin Lakes Placer company.
The Land Investment Company's
well at Canon City is now producing two bar
rels of oil a day, worth $40 barrel. This will
greatly stimulate the sinking of other wells.
The Percheron-N Norman Horse COM
pany of this state is said to own 2 200 mares and
20 stations. 1t has recently purchased large
ranch in Elbert county, stocked with 400 msres.
Thursday. the 9TH was a great day for
.Artesan wells in Denver. The well at the Wind
sor hotel struck flow of three barrels minute,
and Alderman Bandhauer, In North Denver
also struck heavy flow of water.
A number of hoodlums entered the
house of All Houk in Denver on the night of
the seventh, and at the mouth of several .revol-
vers robbed All Houk and Yee Toy of nearly
three hundred dollars worth of jewelry.
The Denver Gas Company. fearing
competition from the United Gas Company
which proposes to put in works in that city, has
reduced the price of gas from $3.50, IS and
$500 per thousand to s1.s0 sl.9O and s2.0o.
Street Commissioner w. d. Miller, of
LeadviIe. who WAS suspended from office on
the night of the 7th by the city council, is re-
ported TO have skipped the town to escape pros
ecution, a warrant having been sworn out for
his arrest.
Farragut Post No. 46, G. A. r., of
Denver, gave an entertainment in the shape of
a sham battle at Jewell Park in Denver on the
9th. in which they were assisted by volunteers
from the city military companies and sister
posts of the G. A. r.
Inquiry is being made by numerous
eastern victims in regard to four very defunct
Colorado insurance companies. Thev are the
Colorado Home Insurance Company, the Pu-
eblo Insurance Company, the Argentine Insur-
ance Company, and the Queen City Insurance
Company. The insurance law cut them down
with its little hatchet.
Mr.. c. l.. Hall. of the Omaha Com
n.ercidl, has been visiting Colorado for the past
two or three weeks. On his way out he lost
his pass from his coat pocket, out of the car
window. A tramp found II and personated
Mr.. Hall in several big sprees, and wound
up by receiving thirty days sentence in the
calaboosc. The Lincoln, Nebraska, STATE Jour
nal got hold Of the affair, and Mr.. Hall on re-
turning to Denver from a trip INTO the noun
tains found himself unpleasantly advertised.
He can forgive the tramp, but he wants to get
even with the State Journal.
There was a heavy storm at Pueblo
on the night of Sunday the 5th inst. special
TO the Denver Republican states that the Foun-
tain was higher than II had been before for ten
years The Santa Fc bridge across that stream
was carried away, and people living on the flats
had TO fee for their lives. The Denver & New
Orleans bridge stood, but 1t was twisted out OF
shape, and several hundred yards of track were
also badly damaged. The ID. & n. o. train ran
back 10 Denver from point twelve miles above
Pueblo, where there was another washout. The
Arkansas also higher than it has been
known for years, and the ID. ss 4. q. bridge at
Beaver creek, on the Canon City line was car
ried away
A Leadville dispatch states that the
South Park railroad company, which is now at
work on an extension to Dillon, has purchased
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