Delta chief., 1884-05-21
Delta, Colorado.
STATE NEWS.

LHe pOetudstcI VI lIluluau.
Several of Georgetown's Cinnamon
have recently been fined for selling opium.
The young Republicans of Boulder
have organized the Young Mems Republican
Club.
John 4Of, ranchman near Del
Norte, lately sold sixty-two head of cattle at
sa3 per head. Range stock
The oil boom at Florence still con-
tinues. Another well is to be put down be
tween the town and the river at once.
There have been just two through
trains from Buena Vista to Pitkin, on the
South Park, during the past three months.
Ferdinand Ward will locate upon his
brothers Colorado ranch when he gets his
New York affairs arranged. He will be pcnni
less.
W. W. Likins, Boulder attorney,
has been indicted for forging the name of
former client, Mrs. Mary c. stover, to a note
for $3.50.
Denver's Chamber of Commerce will
erect building for its use on Lawrence, be
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, in
that city.
A rich strike of silver ore milling
! 100 ounces to the ton, was made in the Sum
nit mine, on Saxon mountain, near George
town, on the 9th.
On the 10th, an attachment for $685.
600 was made against the Colorado Machinery
company. The liabilities Of the company are
supposed to be large.
Mrs. Langtry will play an engage
ment at the Tabor Grand Opera House, Den
yer, soon. The management is now securing
attractions for next year.
f. Moon, fell down a shaft, one hun
dred and thirty feet, at White Cap mine, Lead
willie, on the 10th. He was uRinjured with the
exception Of few bruises.
The new county road south of Louis
vile, has been fenced in by the commission
srs. This makea more direct route to Den
yer than over the old Longmont road.
There is movement on foot to have
a joint encampment Of the Bowen Rifles, of
Del Norte, and the Pitkin Guards, of Lake
City, at Wagonwhcel Gap this summer.
Durango is enjoying real building
ooo"s Ac" o"SihSo, hC" Co
tablishments, new fences, setting out trees,
making lawns, each trying to excel his neigh
bor.
The town of Burlington near Long
mont on the 18th, was flooded with water ow-
ing to a boom in the St. Vrain river. The
school house became an island and there was
no school,
The City council of Georgetown, at
its last meeting, reduced the liquor license
from $500 to $500, and the city council of Sill
yer Plume did just the reverse, increasing
from 1900 to $500.
Through the efforts ;of Mr.. j. r.
Dixon, young attorney of Georgetown,
Graymont, the terminus of the Georgetown,
Breckenridge & Leadville railway, will soon
have postoffice. sl .
On the 18th, Frank Howard was SEN
fenced at Leadville, to ten years at Canon
for grand larceny. He has already served
time for shooting and has other component
parts of bad record.
A special meeting of the Western
lodges of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen was held in Denver on the 18th. Den
yer was advocated as the site Tor the con-
templated Firemen's Home.
Two years ago, Cecil A. Deane fell
into coal hole in Denver sidewalk, and re-
ceived injuries which will cripple him for life.
He sued the city for $4,000 damages, and on
the 18th, a jury awarded him S20, 900.
San Juan's streams have been filling
rapidly with melting snow, and considerable
damage has been done to railway bridges, ne
cessitating the resumption Of stage travel
between Rico and lockwood on the 18th
The Senate has confirmed the ap-
pointment of John H. Bowman, Of Gunnison
Colorado, as agent at the Navajo Indian
Agency, in New Mexico, and John w. Tea
man to be postmaster at Loveland, Colorado.
Mrs. s. H. Brown was arrested at
La Junta, on the 14th, on charge OF robbing
Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. McCabc Of $4OO in money
and quantity Of iewelry at her house in Pu-
eblo. When arrested she was e,, route for the
east.
Col. Will l.. Visscher, journalist, hu-
morist and lecturer, whose ''Sixty Minutes in
the War" has given entertainment to SO
many people, has prepared new lecture on
'Ths Humorists Of America which with
carefully prepared illustrations, he will soon
bestow upon an admiring and appreciative
public.
The Zalinger press of Denver has
Just brought out a delightful little book of