Delta chief., 1885-07-08

The recent census in Fort Collins
shows population of 1,6os.
Work has commenced on the railroad
from Espanola to Santa Fe.
Weld county will harvest nearly l.
10000 bushels Of wheat this year.
A very rich strike has been made in
the Maverick mine near Silver Cliff.
Four children in Trinidad were SER
iously burned while playing withrpowder.
There are rumors of rich gold discov-
cries within four or five miles Of Canon City.
The loss of the Grand Army posts by
the late fire in Denver foots up fully 5000.
The Pueblo Smelling and Refining
Company are fmeltirg 500 tons of ore per
day.
The stone quarries at Stout, in. Lari-
mer county, fare giving employment to It's
men.
Seven thousand acres of land have
been patented in Chaffee county during the
past year.
It is feared that the census now being
taken viii show but little increase over that Of
I've years ago.
1t is probable that some of the State
Militia Will be ordered down to the seat of the
Indian troubles.
John Wood, Of Denver, was sent to
jail for SIX months for brutally beating . wo-
man who would not marry him.
A man named Taylor has been ar
rested at Hays City, Kansas, for trying to sell
= lot Of stolen Colombo horses.
By the overturning Of skiff near
Pueblo Sunday, Theodore Paulsen and Miss
Lizzie Mulready were drowned.
A tramp, who went to sleep under
some cars at Louisville, had his foot cut off by
them when they were put in motion.
A man named G. L. Godfrey was
shot dead by the marshal Of silverton on Mon
day Right, while burglarizing q store.
The Denver postoffice has been
moved from the Opera House block to the ccr-
ner Of Fifteenth and Lawrence streets.
The earnings Of the D. & r. G. road
for the Last week in June showed gain Of over
70 per cent. over the same week last year.
The Second Presbyterian church Of
Denver. It Is not believed that be will &C
cept.
The Harrison revival in Denver has
been brought to close. Several hundred
people have professed conversion at these
meetings.
Inspector-General Reardon has tele-
graphed Coy. Eaton from Durango, asking for
immediate aid. An Indian outbreak is looked
for at any moment.
Over 300 stamps are pounding away
On gold ore night and day in Gilpin and Clear
Creek counties. It is thought Colorado's out
put Of gold will equal that Of silver.
The Jim Bush murder case, which
has been on trial at Buena Vista for the last
week or two, resulted in verdict of man
daughter. The jury were out but twenty
minutes.
Willie Flint, thirteen-year-old boy
who was herding cattle near Greeley last Sun
day, was struck by lightning and knocked
senseless. The horse he was riding and the
horse's colt we're both killed.
The jury in the Mason murder case,
which has been in progress for the last two
weeks at Montrose, have been discharged, be-
ing unable to agree upon verdict.
The lodge of Odd Fellows at Central
City have received information that Thomas
Hammii, . member Of that lodge, was found
dead, shot through the body, at Sand Point,
Koontenay county, Idaho, on the LIST Of June.
w. E. Pabor, Secretary of the Colo
rado State Press Association, has three Sleep
err engaged for journalists who expect to
make the grand excursion over the Oregon
Short Line to Portland, and down the Colum-
bia river to the Pacific.
There was a terribly destructive
cloud burnt on Tuesday Afternoon between
Black Hawk and Central. The streets were
flooded to depth Of three feet, Icellers we're
overncwed and . great deal Of damage done to
mining and mill property.
The censusj returns from Conejos
county shows thet Jesus Romero of the village
of Romero, has reached the advanced age of
113 years. He Is blind, but is still enjoying
good health. He was born In New Mexico,
where his parents were born. He can neither
read nor write.
The Gunnison Nevs-D Democrat says: