Delta chief., 1885-11-18
COLORADO CONDENSED.

The Denver Circle railroad has passed
into the hands of Receiver.
Marshall Clements has been sentenced
to be hanged on the Sd of December.
Grand Junction is agitating the pro-
ject of holding "Cowboy's Carnival"
Greeley will ship carload of pota-
toes to the New Orleans Exposition.
Several buffalo have been killed on
Frenchman creek, near Sterling, recently.
The armory at Denver was damaged
by fire few nights ago to the extent Of 81 COO
The new Denver & Rio Grande hos
pltal at salida was formally opened on the
10th.
The monthly pay roll of the German
Consolidated Mining Company, Of Central City,
amounts to $1,000.
The Denver & Rio Grande earnings
still continue to show a very gratifying in
crease over last year.
Charles H. Stott, New York mil
lionaire, was robbed of $500 at the Albany
W. V. Tracy, of Denver, was run
over by locomotive on the Denver g. Rio
Grande road and terribly mapgled.
Ferd c. Collinberg, the night mailing
clerk at the Denver post-ofice, has been Ar
rested on the charge of robbng the mails.
1t is reported that the wife of Ferdi-
nand Ward intends coming to Colorado to live,
her husbands brother having offered her a
home.
Mesa county will now have bridge
built across the Grand river. At the election
there were only six votes cast against the pro
position to appropriate el5,C0O for that pur-
pose.
Ex-Governor Evans says he has ar
rangements under way which will probably re-
suit in running cars over the Denver g. New
Orleans from Denver to Galveston within
twelve months.
A reward of $500 is offered for the
arrest of Clarence NJ. Gaffet, the defaultipg
collector for the D. & II. q. at Leadville, and
the supposed perpetrator of the outrage on
Miss Boone at Pueblo.
A company has been formed with a
capital Of 100000 to construct new smelling
works at Gunnison. It is thought they will be
ready for operating In the early spring with
capacity Of 1C0 tons per day.
Charles A. Jones and Alfred H.
Mundee each received 16s votes for treasurer
of Dolores county. So the other day they met
and drew lots to see which should hold the
Office. The lot fell On Mundee.
A woman who is travelling around
the country calling herself Mrs. Jesse James,
and giving exhibitions Of her marks manship at
various variety theatres, shot hole through a
mans ear in South Pueblo the other day.
A man whose name is unknown, en-
ployed as a sheep herder by Frank Lemon, on
his ranch 'orty-two miles northeast Of Greeley,
perished in the severe storm OF last Thursday,
and his dead body was not found until several
days afterwards.
james Downey, an employe of the
South Pueblo steel works, was run over by
train Of cars few days ago and instantly
killed. His body and limbs were literally cut
into mince.mest and had to be gathered up in a
gupny-sack. Cause, whisky.
The tourist travel up Longs Peak
has been large this year. A. rude monument
has been constructed upon the spot where
Miss Carrie Wel:on died, bearing the inscrip-
tiop, "Here is the spot where Carrie J. Welton
laid to rest and died alone Sept. 23rd 1884 +"
The Trinidad Advertiser says: We
were shown yesterday by Mr.. J. W. shryock
piece Of magnetic iron ore that will yield 40
per cent, which was found In the hills north
east Of the town. A good lead Of that sort OF
metal would prove a bonanza for the discov-
erer.
A party Of five men who were looking
up land in the eastern part Of Weld county
last week got lost in snow storm and wan
dered about for forty-e'ght hours before they
were found. They were all badly frozen and
It is feared one OF them will have to have his
limbs amputated.
The need of suitable building for
the work Of the Y MICA. in Denver becomes
more apparent every year, and there is strong
sentiment In favor Of speedy effort in this
direction. Subscriptions for very consider
able smount are already in view, and Will be
forthcoming when desirable building site can
be found.
! j. X. Mullen, the manager of the
mtllers' association says that wheat In Denver
| "a oplv elavep cppfa rhea amer than in Cbica