Delta chief., 1884-12-31

of oats, sc, ,531 bushels of barley, besides large
quantities Of potatoes and other products
Belle Warden, Matte Lennon, Berry
Gates and Charley Smith, of Denver, the four
persons accused Of the murder of John H. Fitz-
gerald, were each sentenced to ten years In the
penitentiary at hard labor. They again pro-
claimed their innocence.
The discussion of Scientific Temper
ance Instruction in Schools will be carried on
during Tuesday forenoon, Dec. 3Oth, at the
State Teachers Association. Prof. A. B.
Copeland, who has carried the treaty into
practice, opens the discussion by paper.
The Greedy Tribune says: County
Treasurer Harper has paid e40O for hawk heads
and the scalps of various destructive animals.
Ed Dunhnm brought in SS7 heads on Monday.
Coyotes scalps are worth 81. so apiece; hawk
heads, 25 cents each; skunk scalps, two bits
apiece.
About o'clock on Christmas eve, a
tall, well dressed stranger entered the jewelry
store of c. Neugebauer, in South Pueblo, and
asked to be shown some fine watches Two
were shown him, when he seized them and
drawing a revolver backed out Of the door and
escaped. He dropped one Of the watches, how
ever.
Thomas Brown and Micheal Harney,
while walking along the railroad track in
Pueblo on the 26th, were struck by an engine
and Harrey thrown senselets from the track
while Brown vas knocked down, his right arm
aud hand caught under the wheel Of the loco
motive and he was dragged about sixty feet,
receiving injuries from which he shortly died.
Work upon Rio Grande County's s
Court House was temporarily suspended dur
ing the recent cold snap. The roof is about
half completed, the cornice in place, and 1t will
be the work of 8 very short time to complete
the building In favorable weather. The sec
ond issue Of scrip 10000 is due when the
roof is complete; the third when the building
is accepted.
B. C. jackson on Monday brought
into Brush $65 in pelts and scalpe, besides an
telope, and an eagle measuring seven feet
from tip to tip, Weighing eleven pounds with
out crop and entrails. It had claws two and
one half inches in length and beak that was
3 holy terror. The eagle carried . fore quar-
ter Of poisoned antelope about . mile, then
laid down and died.
About eight carloads of exhibits
have 80 far been forwarded from Denver to the
Worlds Exposition and Cotton Centennial at
New Orleans. OF these half . dozen were
loaded with minerals and the other two with
agricultural and other smaller displays.
Among the exhibits are 1900 specimens Of
Colorado apples including 100 different varie-
ties These have been collected through the
efforts Of Dr. Alex. Shaw.
Work is progressing on the Bent
county irrigating canals. 1t is expected to
have several miles Of the Catlin ditch complet-
ed by February 1. The survey Of the Pueblo
company's ditch has about been completed.
Its head is about twenty miles east Of Pueblo.
Speaking Of 1t correspondent Of the La Junta
Tribune says: The big ditch scheme on the
north side is the boss probably. The head Of
1t will be somewhere above Cicero and come
out on level prairie, all available for sgricul-
tural purpose, opposite the Apisbapa; runs
northeasterly across Bob, Horse and Adobe
creeks, and almost anywhere, covering mil
lions of acres. Such is the programme that is
all the public knows.