Delta chief., 1883-07-04
The state at Large.

S. f. Huddleston was lately drowned in the
Grand river.
Mormonism in Colorado is attracting some
little notice.
The Union Pacific company is surveying a
line to Pitkin.
The report that Trinidad was having n run
of smallpox proves untrue.
Mountain streams are all on boom, caused
by the rapidly melting SHOWS.
Leadville was treated to Robinson circus
and bunch of burglaries last week.
And now Dillon comes to the front and says
she is unequalled as a summer resort.
Many citizens of Lake City are endeavor.
ing to have postmaster Mills removed.
A Mr.. Brown, of Colorado Springs, will at
tempt to reach artesian water in that city
Saguache has the reputation of being the
excepting the Pueblos.
Now that artesian wells are proving sue
cess in Denver, other localities in the State
are talking of following suit.
The Denver & Rio Grande storehouse, at
Gunnison, was burned last week. -Four boxes
of giant powder were removed with safety.
Matt Wells, the murderer of Kerr, at Lead
vile, and who escaAd from the sheriff at
Canon, has been captured and placed in the
penitentiary.
Golden has sunk we'll in her cemetery,
and will put windmill to it to supply the
"old soaks" who are lingering therein daily
supply of fresh water.
NJ. A. Bean, n well-known Silverton min
ing broker and speculator, has disappeared,
and the general impression is that he has
been foully dealt with.
The Trinidad stone company will have
fine exhibit of Denver A cage of young bur-
ros will be sent up n novel and interesting
display, to the strangers who visit the show.
Charles Sweeney, a Deer Trail cowboy, has
worn his hand in u sling since week ago last
Saturday First instance on record of
didn't know twas LOADED pistol hurting a
cowboy.
The San Juan Herald says s. rate. on ore
between Silverton and Pueblo or Denver
would have the effect of setting great many
more men to work, and the shipping Of thou
sands of tons of low grade ore.
Quite number of deer have been seen in
the vicinity of Ironton during the past week.
They were no doubt surprised to find n good
sized town on their last years stamping
ground, which was then wilderness.
All the bridges on the Ten-mile river, be-
tween kokomo aud Dillon, are washed out,
and mile of railroad track is under water
The water is higher in the river than ever
known within the memory of the oldest in
habitant.
1t is proposed to celebrate the twenty-ffth
anniver iary of the discovery of gold in Colo
RADIO, next September. The proposition is
good one, and meets with general approval.
Let every county in the State do something
toward it.
The Grand Lake Prospeefor is now issued
from the county jail. A little libel suit is on
hand that is somewhat irritating the boys
but the advertising appears to roll in from all
sources, a fact which demonstrates that they
have the people with them.
The coal field surrounding Durango are
among the finest in the State. The conl cokcs
beautifully and is unsurpassed for smelling
and manufacturing purposes. Nature has
manifestly intended Durango to be the smelt-
ing and manufacturing center of the San Juan.
1t is stated that Colorado produced enough
wheat last year for home use. If such is the
case it will soon produce surplus for ex-
port. Agriculture is only one of Colorado's
industries, but when this arrives q. the self
feeding point it will have reached n very sat
i-iactory stage in its progress.
The next term of the District court in
Grand county promises to be of more than
unusual interest. The docket will embrace Il
murder ease, several cases of cattle stealing
a number of libel suits, and other equally in
teresting cases. II is expected that some Of
the best legal luminarics in the State will be
in attendance.
The Central Register CAL says: "The pa
pers of the State, at least those that indulge
in the practice, make nothing out Of their
abuse Of Denver. Their shafts fall hnrmlessly
upon city which has long since been placed
beyond the reach of harm. For twenty-five
years everything has combined to make Den
yer great city. All roads in Colorado lead
to Denver. and every mine in the State is
tributary to her. There is no use kicking or
attempting to ignore this fact, and none but
idiots do st."
A correspondent at Red Cliff says the riv-
crs are all above high-watcr mark. Farnum's
team was drowned on Saturday morning In
crossing the river little below the old smelt-
er, and the driver had very narrow escape,