Delta chief., 1884-08-06
STATE NEWS.

into the hands of receiver.
Thomas Chestnut has been commits
stoned postmaster OF Silverton.
William Foster suicided by shooting
on the 25th, near Kiowa creek.
A company is being organized in
Denver to start creamatory.
A recruiting station for United States
. army has been opened at Denver.
Boulder boasts of n goosebery three
and half inches in circumference.
John Mccormick, q Central City
miner was killed en- the Goth by foul air.
The newspaper men of Denver have
organized press club with forty members.
A quarter interest in the Josephine
mine at Bonanza has been sold for $40,
Otto Mears has force of 800 men
working on his toll road to the Yankee Girl
mine.
Forest fires in the vicinity of Central
City have destroyed great deal Of valuable
timber.
Custer county claims to have the fin
6Yt VI iaooco ahu OH W ~ ANoAN
In the state.
The-Denver and Rio Grande offer to
carry ore specimens to the Denver Exposition
free Of charge.
Keith Pierce escaped from the Fort
Collins Jail on the eth through the aid Of
outside parties.
J. L. Marsh has purchased the Du-
1ango Herald. George Marsh is retained as
editorial manager.
Carlos B. Wilson has been commisss
stoned postmaster at Buena Vista, and John
Hagland at Golden.
The Denver city bonds have been
finally sold to New York firm at par, bearing
G per cent. interest.
It is estimated that over 10000 900
pounds of wool have been clipped from Colo
rado sheep this season.
Prof. Faville, who has been examin-
ing the sick cattle at Pueblo, pronounces the
disease genuine Texas fever.
Frank Miller and George Mathews,
Of Denver, have been arrested, charged with
the murder of Will Gathers.
The farmers in the northern part Of
state are busy harvesting their grain. The
yield is reported very heavy.
The body of Mr.. L. S. Peck, who was
killed by snow slide near Silverton last De-
cember, was found on the 22d.
The Routt Rifles, Mitchell Guards
Tabor Nationals INDUCED in sham battle on
the evening Of the LIST in Denver.
Tho Salida NeOs complains that
green worms are committing great ravages on
all kinds Of garden truck in that locality.
A disease has broken out among the
cattle near Pueblo thought by some to be
Texas fever, and by others dry murrain.
Mr.. John w. Shea cut the throat of
his sleeping wife in Gre.ley on the 2Sth, and
then killed himself. Jealouslv was the cause.
Judge Hallett has instructed the Re-
ceivey Of the Rio Grandc to apply the funds
that come into his hands to the liquidation Of
current expenses.
Trout fishing in Grand Lake is re-
ported unusually good, and large numbers Of
the speckled beauties are being sent to the
Denver market.
The school board of Trinidad find
that there is enough money in the treasury to
run the schools for full ten months without
collecting another dollar.
Mr.. w. L. Widemeyer, who has been
connected with the United States Signal Ser.
vice corps at the summit Of Pixies Peak, has
been transferred to Montgomery.
The Breckenridge Journal says that
the greatest panning Of gold ever done in this
State was done few days since at Moodys s
1nd, seven pans Of dirt yielding s44.5O in gold,
without crushing the quartz or gravel
A land and mining swindle with
headquarters at Buena Vista, has been un-
earthed. IF. W. Kroenke seems to be at the
head Of It, advertising wild cat Company
called the Colorado Mining and Land Ex
change, which purported to own very valuable
properties, among whcih was the town site OF
Clarence, said to be bower Of beauty with re-
duction mochinery, saw mills, churches, schools,
etc., and twelve miles from Buena Vista.
Kroenke admits that 1t is an impenetrable pine
wood, without q house, close to timber line
and under twelve feet Of snow half the year.
A meeting Of parties connected with
NE dairy Interest was held at Elbert, on the
3oth. special train was run from Denver tc
accommodate those desiring 10 90 from that
city. The special object Of the meeting wa,
70 consider the advisibility Of trying to supply
Denver with milk from dairies on the Divide
1 1t wss conceded that some Of the best pastur,