Delta chief., 1884-02-13
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
William P. Linn, a Colorado pioneer,
died at Cleveland, Ohio, on the snd.
A Farmers Institute in the commu-
nifty of which Arvada is the center,is talked of
in the near future.
The Supreme court at Denver rend-
cred decision on the Sth, that Grand Lake
was the county seat of Grand county.
Rose Leclaire, variety actress, was
painfully injured by falling from trapeze, at
the Cricket theater, Pueblo, on the End.
Dave White, well known among Den
yer sporting circles. was held in $500 on the
9TH, for an assault with intent. to kill Frank
Marshall.
The body of John j. O'Brien, form
erly of Denver, was found on the 5th, in Kan
sas City, with the appearance of having been
foully dealt with.
The Farmers Alliance at Fort Col
lins is again shipping wheat to the eastern
markets. They offer to pay 81 .35 for all wheat
offered for shipment.
Gen. B. l.. Carr has been appointed
acting district attorney of Longmont during
the absence of District Attorney Livesay, who
has gone on bridal tour.
auspices of the State Press Association, has
been abandoned The excursion will head for
Washington, instead, in May.
The remaining gambling cases at
Greeley have been aolled, and the matter is
to be brought before the grand jury at the next
court term for an Investigation.
Sheriff Dana, of Ell Paso county, has
returned to Colorado Springs with W. R.
Thornell, whom he found at Seattle, Washing
ton territory. Thornell is charged with forg-
cry.
The latest venture in Colorado book
making is the "Rod and Line in Colorado vs.
ters," published by Chain & Hardy, Denver,
1884. 1t is evidently from the pen Of ready
writer.
The Gunnell Gold Mining Company
on the End, deposited with the First National
bank, of.Ceutral City, 81 ounces Of gold, the
product Of a months run on mill dirt from the
Gunnell mine.
The funeral services over the remains
of little Mary Matthews, the victim of cruelty
at Ouray, took place at the Stout street cathe-
dral, Denver, on the 2nd. The interment was
at Calvary cemetery.
A train from Salt Lake on the Rio
Grande road was wrecked by a washout, near
Ogden, on the 3rd, and mail agent J. E. Orr,
Of Denver, was injured fatally. The engineer
was--slightly injured also.
Addison J. Blake, of Denver, on the
9Th, brought suit against the Union Pacific
railroad company for $4,000 damages. Plain
tiff was formerly q brakeman on said road and
was injured in an accident.
Reports have been spread that malig-
nant scarlet fever is prevalent in Colorado
Springs. Prominent physicians deny the re-
port and say that only one case in mild form
has occurred in that place this winter.
The Denver Chamber Of Com
merce. On the 9Th, passed reso-
lutions condemning railroad dir
elimination and extortion, and also memor-
ialized congress to improve Galveston harbor.
James E. Lines, who recently killed
his wife and himself in Utica, New York, for
merly lived in Denver. He was carriage
trimmer and steady man. His friends can
not account1for his: murderous and suiaidal
acts.
The demurrer of the state to the suit
of H. G.. Brown, who sought to enjoin the
capitol commissioners from loating the capitol
building on the capitol grounds, was sustained
by Judge Hallett Of the United States Circuit
court, on the Sth.
About seventeen or eighteen Masons
met in Delta on the Goth Of last month, TO take
into consideration the organization of lodge,
and 1t was determined to apply Immediately
for dispensatien. There are about thirty
members Of the order in Delta county.
An engine on the South Park jumped
the track near Buena Vista en- the 2nd, and
went oyer an embankment. The fireman
leaped out Of the cab and escaped uninjured.
Engineer Jeffry clung to the engine, but mirac-
ulously esca,ed. His back was sprained.
Denver has a new journal, The Colo
rado Lice Stock Record, which starts out as a
lively, well-prnted weekly, with good pros
pect for success. Its publishers are John j.
Henry and Hamilton g. Wicks, and its editor
is L. w. Cutler, the latter an able journalist
and Colorado pioneer.
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