Delta chief., 1884-01-09
STATE NEWS,

ear was 100000.
The Denver appropriation ordinance
Hppropriates STE, 600.
s. L. Peck, of Denver, was killed in
= The Nevada mine snow-slidc.
The Arapahoe county shrievalty con-
est has resulted in favor of Graham,
It is estimated that Colorado Econ.
ributed Il, 10000 to the railroads last year.
The Colorado Journal Printing Com
spsny is going to erect an office on Curtis St.,
Denver.
The residence of DR.. j. w. Collins,
I'm Pueblo,was burned on the night of the 3oth.
Loss, $4,000.
Cooke bins and coke at the Bessemer
Steel Works, Pueblo, were burned on the 4th
Loss 81, 500.
During 1888 there were 77S mine To-
cation certificates filed with the county clerk
of Boulder county.
James FIndley committed suicide af-
ter losing all he was worth at cards. on the
9th, at Fort Collins.
tTaylor,who shot Prigmore at Easton,
on New Years night, is held in the Colorado
Springs Jail for trial.
Moses Brothers grocery at Pueblo,
was burglarized to the amount of several hun
dred dollars on the 4th
Mrs. johnson was fatally burned
by her clothing catching fire from cook stove
at Denver, on the Goth.
The Arapahoe Cattle and Land COM
pany with capital of 500, 900 filed articles of
incorporation at Denver, on the 3rd.
The first two ears of wheat shipped
by the Farmers Alliance at Fort Collins have
been heard from. Prices We're satisfactory
The b. street hotel. the residence of
Mrs, Latte and two other buildings were
burned ~ Pueblo, on the 3rd. Loss, S55, ,00O
At Denver. on the Srd, the coroner's
jury returned verdict that William Butler
came TO his death at the hands of an unknown
person.
Charles f. Abbey, of Denver, fell
through the elevator shaft at the Burlington
Hotel, in New York, and was probably fatally
injured.
Gilpin county has twcnty-six stamp
mills Of $40 stamps, of which seventeen have
been running in 1888 with capacity of 6l2
STAMPS.
After bar-room fight in the eastern
part of Fl Paso county, W c. Prigmore was
probably fatally shot by Lewis Taylor The
latter is in Jail.
arrested on the end. charged with outraging
the person of Mary c. Parkinson, an inmate Of
sis own house.
The last years ore output of Tellu-
ride, as near as can be obtained, was l,soO
ions; average valuc. $40 per ton. The bull
ion production was S156,64
Two masked men attempted to burg
iarize house in Denver on the night of the
1st but the screams of Miss Brown who
zhycd there, frightened them away.
Sneak thieves are operating exten-
1veiy upon the miners cabins OF Clear Creek
comfy. Five cabins and tunnels have been
robbed on Democrat Mountain lately.
Herbert Slade, the Maori. caused a
srnss,ion in Denver's streets on the 2ndand
zew hours later was fined s96 for drunkenness.
disturbance and resisting police officer.
Since January |. 1888. there have
zseen shipped from Silverion, over the Denver
:. 4 Rio Grsnde railroad over 1900 car loads Of
= ee- .Mest of this ore has been high grade
Dan Hoover has contract of seven
lf4es mites of lateral bitches on the line of the
State Land bitches near Laiiat. He has five
sOonths in which TO complete his contract
President Lovejoy says he does not
think the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy will
zsster the ;ripartite agreement: If it does. it
would not be detrimental TO the Rio Grandc
John l.. Sullivan got drunk at Lead
vile the Goth, and was struck with chair
by Pete Mccoy. Sullivan retaliated by throw
ing a lamp at Mccoy without doing any dam
sgc
The Tabor Grand Opera House. Dem
yer, was damaged to the extcn, of fifteen
thousand dollars by fire, on the Bird. The
damage was principally to the vicinity Of the
roof
There is'some talk of the establish
nent OF bank at Manitou. Mr.. lie idy, one
81 the most influential citizens OF the town It
rumored win he cannecicd with its incorpo-
ration.
New Years night w. c. Prigmore
and Lewis Taylor. partially intoxicated, quar-
relied over a game Of cards. Taylor finally
shot prigmore infiictIng several serious and