Delta chief., 1884-04-16
Church Directory.

each month.
UNION SABBATH sCHooL.-Meets in the Meth
odist church every Sabbath Immediately after
morning service.
PRAYER MEETING every Wednesday evening,
at 7:3O O'Clock, in the Methodist church.
The Rev Jas. A. Haycraft will preach at the
Hotchkiss school house on the first Saturday
night, Sunday and Sunday night of each month.
Masonic Lodge.
Meets the first and third Friday evenings of
each month, at Breese's Hall; cro>, ~, =,
/. E. L. KELLOGG Secretary.
Go to C. II. Haynor for seed wheat.
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Strawberry plants for sale by L. Alley.
HIT. West arrived home last Saturday.
School books ut the post office book store.
Water is now running in the Garnet ditch.
Robert Breese is plastering the Masonic
Hail.
County Assessor Duke was in the city last
Sunday.
George and Arthur Wade, of Paonia, were
in the city yesterday.
Capt. Anderson and J. J. Walling, Of the
Unaweep, are in the city.
Andy Meldrum arrived from the Arctic
regions of Ouray, Monday.
Attention is called to the advertisement of
w. II. Crotser in this issue.
Work on the Delta b idge over the Gunni-
son is progressing tavorably.
The fruit trees ordered last fall and winter
are beginning to arrive, and by the car loads
Wheat and oats of Stephens and McGrana-
hans ranches, on the Garnet mesa, are up
two inches high.
j. j. Milligan, brother.in-law to Sheriff
Gheen, arrived in Delta last week, to make
this his future home
The contractors on the Unccmpahgre
bridges are hauling their heavy timbers from
the Uncompahgre plateau.
John ]. Barker wants it distinctly under
stood that he wilt not be undersold by any
person in the market, for cash.
Joe Barry will bring in a steam thresher
into the Gunnison valley this fall and will
be prepared to thrash the whole county.
Luther T. Clark, whose death occurred last
week, near Paonia, was the uncle of Judge
King and Mrs. A. +. Amsbary, of this place
A. F. Paf, of Ouray, and J. P. Call, of
Hannah Creek, two men largely interested
in cattle in this and Mesa county, were in
the city last week.
George Mills, a well-known surveyor of
Ironton, spent last week in Delta county. He
merely came down to see how the bare ground
looked once more.
tits expected that the mail on the Denver
& Rio Grande will change about the 25th
Then both eastern and western mails will
arrive about midnight.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church, and
all other ladies interested, are requested to
meet at the residence of Col. Bailey on Thurs
day, April 18th, at 2 o'clock p. M, for the
purpose of organizing ladies' aid society.
T. Deussing and Max. Kunkely, of Denver
pair of enterprising drummers, were in the
city last week, and were so taken with the
country that they both located ranches on
the Cushman mesa and contracted for fencing
them, and putting up buildings. 1t is their
intention to move on the ranches as soon as
possible.
There are twenty John Deere plows in use
in Delta county to one of any other make,
and there are double the amount of repairs
on the other plows as there are on the John
Deers plows.
Wanted.
To buy a good team of horses and harness.
Must weigh 900 apiece, medium sized and
sound. Must be very cheap. Anyone hay
ing team of this description can find Gus.
toner by calling at or addressing A. b. C.
this office