Delta chief., 1885-10-07


El,e Deltsa Gl1ief.
Delta. Colorado.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1885.
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Millinery at Denver prices NJ Mrs. Mathers.
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New goods constantly arriving at McGran-
ahan Bros.
The county commissioners were in session
this week.
Cedar fence posts for sale by Bassler &
lIacDonell.
N Hastings made a business trip to
Nontrose this week.
Joe. Bond has added 15.bnll pool table
to his otherwise neat Parlor saloon.
Potatoes and grain by the car loads are
now being shipped out of Delta county
Gathering watermelons by the dark of the
moon is now thing of the past.
Bassler & MacDoncll have good stock of
seed rye, raised on Surface creek, for sale.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Hart came down from
their ranch in Hart's basin on Monday last.
Florence Richie stands the highest in her
class this month in the primary department.
Grain and potato sacks, and new stock of
stone and gueensware at McGranahan Bros.
We are under obligations to Thss. Hanoum
for some very fine grapes, raised on his farm.
Some women don't have to dance very long
until their knees are too stiff to bend in
prayer.
Frank Pray, formerly of Telluride, was in
Delta on Tuesday last looking up a business
location.
The Montrose -four mill grinds 100 BUSH
els of wheat per day, and pays $3.50 per
hundred for wheat.
Frank Passick will soon open up a paint
shop in Delta. Frank is deserving OF success
and we wish him as much.
A baby comes to us on angle wings, but it
hangs it's wings up in dark closet when its
feet have once touched the ground.
Alfred c. Botsford is confined 10 his room
with mountain fever. Latest advices from
him were that he was slowly improving.
A fashion paper announces that low-neck-
ed dresses are to be dropped at the opera
next winter. The intelligence is somewhat
startling.
The trout are now beginning to emerge
from their mountain summer resorts, and
excellent fishing will soon be had in the
Gunnison river.
Andy Meldrum is now rusticating in the
city. He reports his Red Mountain mines as
yielding better and better all the time. Andy
will yet be millionaire.
Hon. II. N. Hogg, of Gunnison, candidnte
for district attorney OH the Republican tick
ct, was in the city last Monday He will pay
Delta county visit before election.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church will
give rousing entertainment and festival, at
which latter fresh oysters will be served,
sometime in the near future. Save your.pen-
nies boys and engage your girls.
r. C. Snow this week plastered his bath
rooms. and otherwise added to the appear.
ance of his barber shop. Nr. Snow, as a ton
sorial artist, has not his equal in the reserva-
tion, and he should be literally patronized.
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J, J. Milligan is erecting an addition to
his residence on the Cushman Mesa. His
accomplished wife informs us that they will
throw their house open to the young folks as
soon as completed, when Terpsichore will
hold undisputed sway.
Colonel Bailey is now fixing up his bank
building preparatory to receiving the jew
elry stock of Jesse Brown. Mr.. Brown is
wide awake business man and an excellent
jeweler, and we cileerfully recommend him
to the general public.
C. II. Botsford, brother Of Alfred C. Bots.
ford, the Republican nominee for Treasurer,
is visiting Delta county and is guest of the
Kennicott boys, on Surface creek. Mr.. Bots
ford talks Of investing largely in Delta coun-
ty property before returning to New York.
Largest and finest stock of Wool and Fur
Hats in the county, at McGranaban Bros.
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