Delta chief., 1884-06-25
Ehe Delta Ghiet.
Delta. Colorado.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE l8, 1884.

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has been suspended for the present
Greeley spent over $25O,OO in build
ings last year, and will exceed that this.
A bridge on the South Pacific west OF
Yuma has been washed out by high water.
The funeral of General Bearce on the
10th, was the largest ever seen in Denver
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has declared a dividend of ~ per cent.
Samuel B. Gregory, late Commo-
dore in the United States navy, is dead, aged
Il years.
A six day, go-as-you-please walking
match is in progress in Denver, with eight
contestants.
The famous Warriors Mark Mine.
near Breckenridge, has been sold to J. II.
Freyer for 100000.
A ''placer boom" is reported from
Breckenridge, and there is general rush to
wash the golden sands.
Kentucky, by State law, now pro-
hibits the sale of the illustrated police papers
within its boundaries.
A Colorado Springs policeman shot
dog seven times one day last week, and then
had to kill 1t with ! club.
The railway bridge between Ell Paso
and Paso del Norte has been washed away BY
the flood in the Rio Grande.
The new court house in FL Paso coun-
ty was formerly turned ;over to the commits
sioners of that county on the 10th.
Bradstreet's commercial agency re-
port business much better In Colorado than
year ago, and the outlook encouraging
&. Harry White, of Silverton, who was
indicted by the grand jury for the killing Of
Charles Hill last November, has been acquit-
ted.
A Denver doctor was arrested the
other day on the charge Of stealing pistol. 1t
must be that his pills and powders failed to
work.
The Rev. DR.. Schneider, pastor of
the Reformed Jewish Church, in Denver, is to
he married to Miss sallie Fish, of Pueblo, on
July 9th.
No irrigation has been found neces-
sary in the Platte valley SO far this season,
and it is probable that good crops may be rails
ed without it.
A party of Denver bicyclists last Sum
day made the distance from Denver to Colo
rado Springs, sixty-nine miles, in six hours
and ten minutes.
Five hundred Italians are said to be
living on the Platte bottoms in Denver, in
wretched quarters and with little to eat except
what is derived from charity.
The Ell Mountain Pilot says that one
nf tho ~, ohoe f,, Tad D,,.
cream saloon partitioned of, which is run as a
sort Of appendix to the church.
NJ. X. Cohen, of SIlverton, after serv-
ing two years in Canon City for forgery has
been released on the discovery of an error in
the charge to the jury which convicted him.
Denver was startled last Monday night
by an explosion in a powder magazine three
miles east Of the city, which shattered windows
and store fronts, and created almost a panic.
Frank Watson, a fifteen year old lad,
of Howardsville, San Jaun county, was acci-
IDENTIFY shot in the knee by a companion while
out hunting few days since The bone was
SO badly shattered that the leg had to be am
putated.
The one-thousandth performance in
the Tabor Opera house was given by Mile
Rhea and company June 9th. The interior Of
the theater was photographed, and each lady
is to be presented with copy Of the picture us
= souvenir.
A lively little cyclone passed through
Bent county, east Of Pueblo, last week. 1t
tore up trees three feet In diameter, tore down
wire fences and twisted telegraph poles into
spl!HteFs, Hatlstones as large as goose eggs
feli during the storm.
Langtry had good but not large aud
fences ell through the week iii Denver. Some
people saw in her marvellous beauty and a
fine actress, others a moderately pretty wo
man and an actress Of small merit. It all de-
pended on the kind Of optics brought to bear
on her.
The Rev. DIR. Geo. P. Hays, of the
Central Presbyterian Church, in Denver, late
Moderator Of the General Assembly Of the
Presbyterian Church, has been elected as q
delegate to represent the Presbyterians Of
America at the great Pan-Presbyterian Coun-
ell, which will be held at Belfast, Ireland, in
July.
The Denver Republican Of June 11th
says: It has finally been decided to run an
excursion from Denver, to permit interested
persons and members of the press to witness
the exciting scenes attending cattle round
up. The date has not yet been set, but will be
the latter part of this month"; when the various