Delta chief., 1883-12-12
STATE NEWS.

G. w. bennett 5 livery NJ DcHNcI,
was slightly damaged by fire on the 4th
p. A. McCundy's shoe store at South
Pueblo, was entered and robbed on the Bird.
The little daughter of W. C. Clark,
, OF Ouray, was killed by eating morphine pills.
A house belonging to Cora Hicks at
Pueblo, was destroyed by fire on the lst. Loss
1900
La Veta has school of two grades
and an attendance of one hundred six
pupils.
Four hundred and forty tons of coal
per day is the average output of the mines at
Walsenburg.
Salida wants the South Park road ex-
tended from Nathrop to compete with the Rio
Grand railway.
A boy named Charlie Spraul was kill
ed on the LIST, by being thrown from a wagon
at Colorado Springs.
The dead body of Mrs. DIR. Rooney.
was discovered to have been robbed OF jewelry,
at Denver, on the LIST.
The house Of Henry Newby, at Pom
cha Springs, was destroyed by fire on Wednes-
dsy night; loss, 1000
Long and Summers. the counterfeit
ers, were found guilty in the United States
courts at Denver, on the 4th.
A barn and valuable horse belong
Ing to Thomas II. Dayy, at Fort Collins, were
burned on the lst. Loss 600.
The contests for county offices in Mesa
county have been adjusted, and the officers
chosen nj the late election are in possession.
The National League of Denver at
its meeting on the End, passed resolutions OF
sympathy and regret at the fate OF o'DonnCll
John Gustafson, Swedc. aged forty
years, Killed iu n mine Iron Hill, Lead
VILE, by falling from the bucket, on the ith. o
The state treasurcr's report shows
that fur the month of November the receipts
were 1907. Il and the disbursements so 81! q
%.
The jury in the case of Garcia
charged with the murder Of Wilkes, on the Ist
came Ia with n verdict Of murder In the frst
degree.
The coal output of the Canon City
Coal Company for the month OF November
last aggregated fourteen thousand and two
hundred tons.
W. +. Hugus and Charles Wilson.
implicated In the larceny of 1000 head of Gov
crnncut cattle, just after tho White river mas
sacrc, have been arrested and Will be tried
in Denver.
The state board Of canvasscrs met at
Denver on the lsi, and canvassrd the vote Jon
the capitol bond question. The vote Is nearly
all in and gives a majority OF 4,Ii6 in favor Of
the b0nds.
John Schicdhaucr. miner employ
ed In the Cycoys mine, on Silver Mountain.
had his skull fractured 10y falling roc. la the
shaft, ON the Ift.
A project is on foot TO cree, a Jesuit
college in Denver, which for capacity andclc-
gancc will urpass any Institution of the kind In
the United statcs.
The vote of all the counties on the
capitol bond question has been received except
ing Garfield and Eagle The majority in favor
OF the bond Is i,3.).
The Colorado journal will erect n
building for its own use Fifteenth and
Curtis streets, Denver. 1t will he occupied by
the middle Of January.
The farmers of Fort Collins have
pledged thirteen thousand six, hundred and
thlrty-.cvcn bushels Of wheat To the Alliance
for shipment 10 Chicago
On December 10Th at the Pueblo
opera house. the association Of Railroad Con
ductors of Pueblo and South Pueblo will give
their regular annual ball.
Merrick A. Rogers succeeded Judge
Dawson as Judge Of the Superior cour; a,
Denver on the 3rd, The new clerks NJ. j.
Starr and J. d. Godding.
At Denver on the 9TH. before Judge
Mullahcy, of the Police court, two Cinnamon
were each fined &lO and costs for maintaining
nuisanccs in tho shape Of filthy premises.
Efforts are to be made to procure n
pardon for one Downs, who was sent up from
Fort Collins for shooting at man whom he
claimed to have mistaken for burglar.
II is proposed to connect East and
North Denver by an elevated railway, and ar
ticles of incorporation OF an organization for
that work have been filed with the secretary OF
state
Charles X. Davis and an old man
named Kelly were overcome by snowslide