Delta chief., 1884-06-04
STATE NEWS.

lege.
James Guy, of Denver, was convict
ed of forgery on the 29th.
The Canon City high school turned
cut its first graduating class last week.
Telephone communication between
silverton and Ouray has been restored.
The ascent of Pixies Peak is still made
with great difhculty on account of the snow.
Prof. U. o. Miller, principal of the
Longmont High School, has resigned his posi-
ton.
Indications of Illuminating oil have
been struck in . well being sunk At Canon
City.
The state convention of the Prohibi-
ten party is called to meet IN Denver, on
June II.
Frank Mussetter, the Denver drug
store burglar, has been declared insane by the
County court.
Rev. Myron w. Reed, of Denver, will
deliver this years. baccalaureate sermon at the
Boulder university.
Four hundred car loads of cattle
have arrived at La Junta from Texas, during
the last two weeks.
An application has been made for a
postoface to be located at the mouth Of Elk
Greek, Garfield county.
Charles Mann. a depot hand at
Boulder, was crushed to death by attempt
ing to pass between two cars.
Weld county now boasts of 317, 900
acres Of patented land. 29,s4O acres of which
have been pateoted within year.
Mrs. Newhill, wife of Oscar New
hill, of Brownsville, died suddenly Of heart
disease, at Georgetown, on the 18th.
Mrs. Catherine Hawk fell from
swing at Leadville, on the 9th, receiving in
juries from which she died in few hours
Longmont had . small blaze on the
18th, which threatened to destroy both the
Masonic Temple and Dickens Opera House.
Work on the new Albany Hotel, Den
VET, Is soon TO be resumnd, and it is expected
that it will be open to the public in few
weeks.
A young man named John Rose, a
blacksmith BY trade, was accidentally drowned
in u olfe lake, two miles from Denver, last
Sunday.
Another large boulder rolled down
The side Of the Black Canon . few days ago,
sweeping several yards of railway track into
tho river.
The preliminary examination Of
Barney Watson, at Durango, charged with re-
leasing deserters, resulted in the discharge Of
the defendant.
Mr.. S. X. Hooper, of the Central
Iowa road, is announced as the successor to
F.C. Minis, as passenger agent Of the Denver
d Rio Grande.
Five persons have been arrested at
Loveland, Colorado, for selling liquor without
license and much local interest is created
by their trials.
Coleman Griffin got verdict for
$500 against the city Of Pueblo for dislocat-
ed thigh, caused by falling from sidewalk.
The city appealed.
The will of Morgan Rood was broken
by a jury in the District court, Denver, on the
28th. Between $4,000 and $4,000 worth of
property was involved.
The body of John H. Fitzgerald, a
Denver barber, was found in the sands of
Cherry Creek on the 25th. 1t is not known
how be met his death.
Policeman John Corners, Of Denver,
was stabbed and severely wounded on the
night Of the 9th, by sneak thief whom he
was arresting at the circus grounds
A great number of people in Denver
buy their drinking water as well as their whis-
key. The venders Of artesian water drive
through all the principal Streets
The Rev. Earl Cranston, recently
presiding elderin Colorado, has been elected
one Of the six trustees Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church by the Philadelphia Conference
During thunder storm last week,
near Fort Collins, lightning struck flock of
sheep owned by Bennett Brothers., killing
about fifty and badly injuring the herder in
charge.
1t has been decided to construct =
Stag levee on the south side Of the Arkansas
river at Pueblo, to protect property from dam
age by high water. 1t will cost several thou
sand dollars.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has appointed committee to solicit subscrip-
tions for stock to the amount Of $3.50, 200 TO aid
in the construction Of a railroad from Espanola
to Santa Fe.