Delta chief., 1885-10-14


Popp carried in his vest pocket in which the
bulle imbedded itself.
Although the Omaha and Grant
Smelling Company's works are constantly
being enlarged, still the ore reserve is contin-
ually increasing. Besides thousands of tons in
beds and dumps there were, a few days ago,
nearly 5000 tons in cars on the various tracks
waiting to be unloaded.
The late convention of the Colorado
Womsn's Christian Temperance Union was
one OF harmony and general interest. Mrs
NJ. F. Shields was reelected president for the
seventh year. and Mrs. X. D. II. Thompson
and Mrs. J. R. Hanna were again made cores
ponding secretary and treasurer.
The Glencoe Land and Quarry COM
pany have recently secured an order from
Chicago for $50 carloads Of red sand stone for
building purposes, to be used in the new
magnificent Art building, to be erected in
that city. Several carloads of material have
also been ordered for private residences in st
Louis.
Burke and Glow had a slugging con-
test in Leadville Saturday night, in which
Glow was severely punished although Burke
failed to knock him out ID four rounds as he
IN ust have done to have won the stake s.
Burke attributes his failure to the light air,
and has offered to put up 81 200 that he can
knock him out in four rounds in Denver.
Thomas j. Tiffany, formerly post
master at Bennington, Vermont, and whose
books show him to be defaulter to the Gov
ernment to the amount OF $4,000, was arrested
a few days ago near Greeley. He had evaded
the officers for eighteen months. He has
been herdiug sheep under the alias Of George
Fullerton"
Mr.. John Mcneil, State Inpector of
Coal Mines, has issued a circular letter In re-
latiOn to the coal mines OF the state. He
complains that the maps of the mines sent to
his office are In many instances so poorly
drawn thst they are useless. He also com
plains that some Of the provisions OF the law
are still being violated.
The State University is making quite
an important addition to It's library. During
the summer vacation the professors made
lections OF several hundred dollars worth of
new books for the literary department includ-
ing works on standard literature, and in Latin
anu OlUcT -dHgutRts. ADOuL cow VI
literature has arrived, and between 1890 ard
s40O worth OF books in Latin and German will
arrive soon,
The North Platte Tribune says: 1.-The
land boom has finally reached the eastern part
OF Weld county, Colorado, and the beautiful
table lands In the vicinity of Sterling are being
rapidly occupied by settlers who are going
south from Lodge Pole, Sidney and Potter,
down the branch from Denver junction and
north from points on the the Burlington road.
Beautiful crops have been raised this season
on the sod near Sterling, samples OF which are
now on exhibition at our State Fair. As the
Union Pacific company had no lands to sell on
the branch, they did not advertise that part Of
the county, and the fact that the finest Of gov
eminent land could be had there was kept a
secret for a long time. Settlers are now com
ing in however by the dozen. BusIness in Ster-
ling Is now taking boom, and town property,
which is now low, promises to increase in value
as rapidly as 1t has in North Platte, Ogallala
and Denver Junction"
The Leadville correspondent of the
Denver Ntrs Gays: No greater mistake was
| ever made than to infer, because the pewspa-
pers are not going Wild over Leadville as was
the Gaze with its first discovery, that the out
put Of precious metals is dwindlng. The city
has not the population incidental to the pros
pecting days, for the reason that the territory
adjacent is not large enough to employ the
great rush Of rs and '79, but Leadville re-
mains a wonderful city and the center OF the
greatest mining camp now known. The
claim of Butte City to be the largest mining
camp Of the day is only claim. Butte City
handles all the ore OF Montana and much OF
| that from Idaho, the whole exceeding but H.
| tie, II any, the product OF Lake county alone
Much OF the latter is reduced here, while two
lines OF railroad are kept busy hauling ore
from this place to Denver and other smelling
centers. There should be no question as to
Leadville's claim OF being the greatest mining
center Of the present day, and when the figures
are made for the year 1885, the same result at
tained since 1873 will show that the great car
Donate camp is still at the head Of the list.
More, Leadville will continue for years, II not
| forever, to be the leading silver producer Of
| the country.
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