Delta chief., 1884-12-10
STATE NEWS.

tenant.
A Farmers club has been organized
in Henry.
The town of Evans is sinking an ar
tesian well.
Salida merchants paid $4,000 in
freight last month.
A movement is on foot to establish q
hnseed oil mill at Boulder.
Citizens of Walsenburg are prospect
ing for oil in that vicinity.
The Red Light dance hall in Lead
Vile was destroyed BY fire on the 2sth.
The trial of Derry for the murder of
Gen. Bearce is in progress in Leadville.
Farmers in the vicinity of Longmont
are complaining Of the scarcity Of water.
The season so far has been very ia
vorable for the mines, and the output is large.
The Fort Collins skating rink suffer-
ed considerable damage from the wind last
week.
The project of building viaduct to
connect North and East Denver is again being
revived.
Governor-elect Eaton has selected
Captain Joseph T. Boyd, of Golden, as his pri-
rate secretary.
Best, Who fed from Leadville after
forging couple Of checks, was captured At
Newton, Kansas.
The laborers in the Iron mine at
Leadville have had their wages reduced
fifty cents . day.
Tho highest temperature on Pixies
Peak in November was 29.2 degrees and the
lowest A. degrees.
Alpine Pass Is still free from snow
and trains on the South Park have not as yet
been inconvenienced.
John A. Routt, son of Ex-Governor
Routt, was married on the 4th, to Miss Orpha
Ingersoll, Of Boulder.
The official returns show that Blaine
carried the State by $3.50 plurality. symes
got plurality of 9, T8.
A live eagle that measures seven feet
from tip to tip was recently caught on Turkey
creek, near Canon City.
A young man named Edward Holmes
seriously wounded himself.
The school house in District No IA,
Larimer county, has been torn down and car
ried on by some unknown party.
Henry Hemler, of Leadville. attempt
ed suicide on the 4th, on account Of domestic
troubles His life is in danger.
The total receipts for the month of
November at the State treasury was s22, ,416.
59 and disbursements, e35, 1852.
Professor Blount has gone to New
Orleans with bis Agricultural College exhibit.
1t is bound to attract great deal Of atten-
tion.
The Ladies' Benevolent Union Home
at Pueblo. was bountifully remembered on
Thanksgiving day by kind.soule folks OF that
place.
The employees in Davis foundry and
machine shops in West Denver, received no
tice Of ten per cent reduction in wages, and
at once went upon a strike.
Patrick Sweeney, Kokomo wood
chopper, fell upon his axe and cut the tendon
upon the back Of his neck. He nearly bled TO
death before be secured help.
The friends Of the proposed Presby-
terian college at Lopgmont are industriously
working in its behalf, and Its prospects Of
soon being opened are very fattering.
Rio Grande earnings for the month
of November reached total Of 1896, 44S
against e552 ,005 for the same month in 1888
decrease Of little over 10 per cent.
The Colorado Presidential Electors
met on the Sd and cast their votes for Blaine
and Logan. Mr.. F. q. Cloudy was selected as
the messenger to take the vote to Washing
ton.
This Eckhart Place, the handsomest
residence in North Denver and one Of the Hn-
est in the entire city was destroyed by FIRE on
the night Of the 31st. Loss $4,000, mostly
covered by insurance.
A monster mass-meeting in the inter-
est Of the Ladies Relief Society was held in the
Opera House, Denver, Sunday evening. Ad-
dresses were made by Hon. Thomas Patterson,
and Hon. z. o. Wolcott.
Saulsbury's Troubadours will COM
mence . weeks engagement at the Tabor
Grand in Denver on the sth, to be followed by
Emma Abbott and her magnificent English
Opera company on the 18th.
1t is reported that gang Of horse
thieves have been operating to good effect in