Delta chief., 1885-03-18
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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1s, 1885.
STATE NEws.

Touring mill this season.
Poncha Springs promises to be quite
resort the coming season.
The Manitou grand caverns have
been thrown open to the public.
James Enos, of Aspen, lost his hand
afew days ago BY buzz saw.
1t is reported that the coal miners at
Louisville are on another strike.
Under the new charter the Mayor of
Denver will receive salary of $4,000.
In few weeks Aspen will have gas,
electric lights, water and fire apparatus.
The citizens of West Las Animas have
subscribed $50 for the erectio6of a hotel.
The grand jury of Larimer county,
lately in session, returned twenty-five indict-
ments.
Mike Mcclure was frightfully crushed
at the Meyers sampling works, Leadyille, on
the 18th.
A receiver has been appointed by
Judge Goddard to take charge Of the Emma
mine at Aspen.
Rudolph Jeske, appointment and re-
spected citizen of Canon City took his own
life on the 9Th.
The Y. NJ. c. A. of:penves fhave
equipped and opened nne f5mnastsd fpr the
use Of members.
The Denv er. Utah and Pacific railroad
are surveying line from LongIont up into
st. Vrain canon.
J.J. Bernstein was arrested in Den
yer on the 11th and taken to Greeley, on the
charge Of horse-stealing
Edward Welker, young man of
Denver, committed suicide on the nh. The
reason Of the act is mystery.
Denver has added to its fire depart
ment apparatus a truck which can be raised
70 height Of eighty-nve feet.
The famous Bull Domingo .pinsof
Silver Clih, was sold on the 10th to Mr. W. N.
Lent Of Ban Francisco for ga, 100.
The news Of the passage of the Rol-
Inns railroad bill was received with great re-
joicing in Gflpin and Clear Creek cqhnties.
The death of General James, H. Tay-
lor, Assistant Adjutant-G General Of the De-
partment Of the Platte, occurred at Omaha.
John Barbean. an employe of she
Myers sampling Works, I,eadyple, was caught
in the rolls on the 10th and. horribly mangled.
The drill in the oil well. at. Walsen-
burg was lost during the week 4 depth of
800 feet. It will take several days to recover
It. ).
A fight among the cowboys took
place on the ranch of Senator BarsJ,, near
Trinidad, onathe 18th, and Hafasl Franilo
kiHsd. M
Citizens of Colorado Springs, have,
subscribed 5000 tor the payment Of overdue
salaries Of professors in the Colorado Springs
College.
r. G. Morrison, an old resident of
Z sunshine, in Boulder county, dropped dead on
the morning of the 11th, presumably from
heart disease.
Howard S. McVean, the man who
assaulted e1-Justice Crotty in Denver few
days ago, has been acquitted on the ground of
self-defense.
The earnings Of the Denver & Rio
Nrande for the first week in March show an
increase Of nearly 20 pei. cent. over the cor
responding week last year.
George Deitricks, a farmer, living on
Cherry Creek, put stick Of giant powder in
the stove to warm, when II exploded, killing
hin and dangerously inturing his wife.
The new stage road between Estes
Park and Longmont will shorten the time Of
travel about two hours. IT will be completed
in time for the summer tourist travel.
A man named johnson was accident
ally shot about fourteen miles from Pueblo
last Saturday, and before he could reach town
and get medical assistance he lost SO much
blood that he soon afterward died.
A one-handed cripple has been work
ing the charitably disposed people of Gunni-
son. When he had collected generous
amount he proceeded to paint the town red,
to the great disgust Of his benefactors.
It is reported that a dynamite society
has been organized at Georgetown for the
purpose Of teating up the track and demolish-
ing the bridges OF the Colorado Central railroad
in case railroad bill should not pass the
Legislature.
II Mr.. Moffat, the new president of the
Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad, says that un-
less hostile legislation is passed. it is the inten-
ton OF the stockholders Of that road to take 1t
cut Of the hands OF the Receiver Immediately,
and to build branches to Aspen, Lake City,
and other Dofnta