Delta chief., 1885-05-13
STATE NEWS,

Denver police are being put through
military drill.
Black Hawk has finally conquered the
smallpox plague.
School elections were held through
out the State last Monday.
DR.. ,,Meiere, of Leadville, has been ap-
pointed consul at Nagasakl, Japan.
There will be grand fireman's
tournament in Idaho Springs, July 4th.
The locomotive engineers refused to
take an active part in the Rio Grande strike.
The first snow-slide ever reported in
Boulder county took place at Balarat last
week.
Hon. B. Lagrange has recently To-
Gated $1,000 acres Of Agricultural College
land.
6The-. eastern part of Weld county is
anticipating large immigration of farmers
the coming season.
C. B. Rogers, of the Pueblo Marble
Company, who was injured few weeks ago,
has since died Of blood-poisoning.
Richard Curran, of Salida, was shot
and instantly killed by Marshal Murphy of that
city on the 5th, while resisting arrest.
Judge Hallett has sentenced two Of
the salida strikers to jail, one for six months
and one for three months for contempt Of
court.
Richard Carol, the coachman OF
General W. H. Lessig, Of Denver, while under
the influence Of liquor fell down a hatchway
and broke his neck.
Two men named Joseph Quirk and
Joseph Bischofi were seriously injured on the
9Th, while moving some heavy machinery at
mine in Louisville.
Mrs. Westcott, of Durango, has en-
tered suit against the city OF silverton for s10,
900 for injuries which she received by falling on
slippery sidewalk.
The State Supreme Court has de-
cided that the extra compensation voted by
the Legislature to its employees is illegal and
cannot be collected.
Last Thursday Charlie Scott, well
known and popular citizen of Como, was
drowned while duck hunting on Links lake,
about two miles from town.
The spring meeting of the Denver
Jockey Club begins at Jewell Park on the 25th
of the present month. The best horses in the
state have been entered for the races.
Pursuant to the new land law enacted
at the late session Of the Legislature, the cat
tlemen of the State are rapidly filing their
stock brands with the Secretary Of State.
Sheriff Pedgrift, of Durango, who is
under suspicion Of having missappropriated
funds in his keeping, was arrested at Ogden
on the 9th, on telegram from Sheriff Graham,
Of Denver.
Governor Eaton, as eommander-in-
chief, accompanied by his staff, will make
tour Of inspection about the middle OF the
month to the several organizations Of the
Colorado militia.
Antelope are beginning to come into
the neighborhood Of Gunnison from the north
in large bands. A few elk have been seen at
different times. The bare ground is tempting
them away from the hills In quest Of grass.
Mr.. John Allen, a foreman on the
ranch of Mr.. Carpenter, about twenty miles
from Pueblo on squlrrel creek, was shot and
killed few days ago while alone in his cabin.
A neighbor with whom he had quarreled is sus
pected Of the crime.
During the month of April there were
forty-three carloads of ore shipped from the
Georgetown depot. The shipments were as
follows: To Denver, 625 600 pounds; to Argo,
800, 200 pounds, and to Golden Sc. 700 pounds.
Total, LIE, 600 pounds or 5561l tons.
Two boys named Johnny Welsh and
Tommy Ellis were playing with couple OF old
muskets in Denver on the Cd when the one
which young Ellis had went of and the Welsh
boy fell to the floor with bullet through Ills
neck. He is in critical condition.
The third annual meeting of the
Rocky Mountain Cattle Growers Association
was held at salida on the 7th. After the
transaction of the regular business the Asso-
ciation formally disbanded, the members unit
ing with the Colorado Cattle Growers Asso-
citation.
Charles A. Ullman, a blood thirsty
Teuton was arrested at Pueblo on the 9th,
charged with making threats to kill come one.
A six-shooter and fourteen-inch butcher
knife made out Of an old file were found on bis
person and he was sent to the county jail in
default Of $500 bail.
The new town of Logan is 10 be sltu-
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