Delta chief., 1884-11-12
STATE NEWS.

WEDNcoDA1, INV EMDEAs - Aoo1'
STATE NEWS.
Canon City wants canning factory.
Potatoes are sixty-five cents bushel
in Greeley.
Only two prisoners are in the Chaffee
county jail.
Six inches of snow fell in Irwin last
Saturday.
There are over three hundred pupils
in the public schools Of Longmont.
The reliable old Freeland property
at Silver Plume is producing ss5, 900 monthly.
A new military company. called the
Gilpin Guards, has been organized at Central
City.
Three of the four men lately arrested
at Greeley for cattle stealing have been con-
victed. ..
Doctor Chase's Home and two ad-
joining buildings, in Central Pueblo, burned.
Loss, $4,000.
John Murphy, s sporting man OF
Denver, has been arrested charged with beat
ing his wife to death.
Patrick Ash, aged abont sixty years,
cided at Pueblo ON the 21st-
The losses by the fire at Silver Plume
are estimated at from 100000 to 100000,
upon which there is an insurance OF about
s55OoO.
The Farmers Alliance, of Fort Col
Inns, which is grinding It's wheat into flour at
the Hottie mill under contract, is putting the
-four upon the market at $1.50 per 100 at
Wholesale.
The indications are that the entire
Republican State ticket is elected by majorf
ties ranging from 1000 to 5000. Mr.. Breene
was considerably scratched. The labor and
prohibition vote was very light.
Over 1900 of the striking coal miners
returned to work on the 4th. A joint concili-
alton committee has been agreed upon by the
miners and managers, and their decision will
be accepted as final by both parties. The
question Of wages and the other matters in
dispute when fixed upon shall date back to the
4th.
A couple of Cinnamon got into fight
on Sugar Loaf, few days ago over q sum OF
go, and one struck the other over the head
with hatchet sinking the metal through the
scalp and into the brain. This blow he fol-
lowed by another on the arm, severing the
bone and muscle. The injured man was
brought to Boulder and despite his terrible
wounds shows NO indications Of dying.
The Republican state central COM
mittee estimate their majohties in this state as
follows: Blaine 1000, symes 5000, and for the
state ticket an average of 1850. They esti
mate their majority on the whole Arapahoe
county ticket at from 600 to 1.500. The Dem
ocratic state central committee give no figures
but claim the above majorities are overes-
timated.
A dispatch to the Tribune Republican
from Silver Plume, dated Nov. 9. says: The
town is on fire and the flames are beyond all
present control. The streets are filed with
the whole population, men, women and child
rem, some of them nearly crazy with excite
ment and many trying to carry their house
hold goods to places of safety. Hundreds Of
people are arriving from Georgetown, but are
unable to afford any effective aid.
There are good prospects of Fort Col
lins having creamery mandatory in the
near future. A Mr.. Young Of Illinois, has
come there with the desire Of establishing
creamery in Collins, and has signifed his in
tention Of doing so, provided the farmers
would insure him the cream from certain
number Of COWS. He has already been assur
ed of more than what he needed, and 1t is quite
probable that Mr.. Young will carry out his
promises.
The excitement in Denver pending
the result Of the election was something never
before paralleled. From Tuesday night until
Friday morning the newspaper Offices were sur
rounded by immense and enthusiastic crowds
waiting for returns and cheering in turn for
Blaine or Cleveland according as the scale
seemed to fall in favor Of one or the other. On
Thursday night there was a narrow escape
from riot ON account Of Democratic pro-
cession, with banners and transparencies at
tempting to push their way through the crowd
in front Of the Tribune Republican office. But
for the prompt and vigorous action Of the po-
lice and Sheriff Graham, blood would un-
doubleday have been split.
Killed by an Outlaw.