Delta chief., 1884-12-17
STATE NEWS.

Loveland will soon have another
Touring mill.
Sixteen inches of snow fell in Silver
ton on the 10th.
Rabbit shooting throughout the state
was never 80 good as now.
Various places in the State have been
suffering from a coal famine.
The GunnisOn Smelter, at Gunnison,
has been fred up for a winter run.
A force of eighty miners are now
employed in the coal mines of Baldwin.
Silver Plume will be the terminus of
the South Park road during the winter
There is hardly town in the State
but has one or more roller skating Kinks.
The Nuldoon claims that Ouray's
output of silver this year will be over $780,
60.
1t is thought an effort will be made
to bring Derry to trial before jury for iLsani-
ty.
Louisville boasts of young woman
who has made crazy quilt containing 1900
pieces.
The first severe snow storm of the
season struck Denver on the morning Of the
10th.
A large quantity of wheat has been
pounds.
The new Denver National Bank, in
the Barclay block, was opened for business on
the sth.
The annual session of the Colorado
Cattle Growers Association will meet in Den
yer January sth.
The Golden Smelling company are
going to enlarge the snelter by the erection Of
another furnace.
Hundreds of wild ducks are being
shipped from the northern part of the State
to the eastern markets.
The two banks of Gunnison are to be
consolidated on the LIST Of January. 1t will be
known a. the First National.
Charley, the thirteen-year-ol son of
Mr.. F. p. Waite, Of Lorgmont, was drowned
on the 10Th while duck hunting.
Four men we're seriously injured on
the 11th, BY collision between runaway
milk cart and delivery wagon in Leadville.
The Ladies' Benevolent Union Home
n Pueblo. was bountifully remembered on
Thanksgiving Gay by kind. souled folks OF that
place.
The pudding mill and the bar mill at
the steel works Of Bessemer, were started
few days ago. The plate mill is now running
day and night.
Robert Nelson, a farmer living near
Longmont, was thrown from the back of
Norman stallion on the 10th and had his
shoulder broken.
The lumber yard of E. F. Halleck &
Co., Denver, caught fire on the evening of the
INT and was damaged to the amount OF s15, ,OOO
Insurance, $4,000.
William Clark, of Denver: has been
confirmed by the Senate as agent Of the South
ern Utes, and G. D. Ford as agent at the San
Carlos sgency, Arizona.
Miss Hattie Gaskill, aged II, while
on visit to her brother-in-law, Mr.. +. c. Ty-
eating some strychnine.
Ed. Chase, who is under indictment
in Denver for keeping gambling rooms and
practieing confidence games, tried In vain to
secure a change Of venue.
A. F. Stanfeld, an old resident of
Longmont, was found dead in his cabin one
day last week. Heart disease or apoplexy is
supposed TO have been the cause.
A Pueblo cowboy captured large
eagle the other day. It swooped down after
rabbit and struck wire fence, which stunned
it sufficiently to allow Of its capture.
Samuel Derry, the murderer of Gen
eral Bearce, was acquitted by Leadville jury
on the 10th. The verdict was surprise to
everyone. The grounds OF the defense were
insanity.
c. w. Wilson, otherwise known as
Texas Charley, who threatened to kill any
man who attempted to arrest him, was shot
down by number OF ranchmen at Hot Sui
Phur Springs.
Fears are entertained for the safety
of Charles Mccarthy, who left silverton for
Durango just before the severe snow storm Of
. few days ago, and who has not been heard
from since.
A couple Of thieves stole fifty horses
one day last week from Morgan's ranch Oh
Bear river. They were closely pursued and
have probably been overtaken and suitably
punished before this.