Delta chief., 1885-03-25
STATE NEWS.

well.
The Larimer county jail has seven in
mates.
There have been two suicides atAspen
recently.
The Governor has signed the Denver
Charter bill.
The new directory of Denver contains
e5,0Oo names.
Cleveland is the name of new post
Office in Custer county.
The Prohibitionists of Boulder have
nominated city ticket.
The First National Bank of Greeley
has increased its capital to $4,000
Idaho Springs has voted $4,000 in
bonds to erect new school building.
General Cameron has entered upon
his duties as warden Of the penitentiary.
Timothy Mackey, of Caribou, was
killed few days ago by falling down shaft.
James D. Arnold, of Georgetown.
died In Denver on the 18th, from an overdose
Of morphine.
The work of grading for the new
sampler which is to be erected at Idaho
Springs has commenced.
Joseph Wolf, of Boulder, says the
apple and cherry buds in that part of the State
have all been winter-killed.
A little daughter of Joseph C. Camp
bell, Of North Denver, was run over and killed
by runaway team on the Goth.
Frank McGray, wheeler of Stag at
the Pueblo smelter, had foot burned nearly
On by pot Of the red-hot stuff tipping over on
1t.
A IRE on the corner 10Th and Lari-
mer streets, Denver, on the morning of the
10Th, destroyed property to the value of ts,-
900.
Ex-Governor Hunts homestead in
West Denver, has been purchased by the City
Council for public park. The price paid was
$4,000.
The Merchants Exchange of Greeley
held > meeting Tuesday night, and adopted
strong resolutions in favor of the Rollins rail-
road bill. Z
The Sovereign Mining Co., of Park
county, have recently placed orders with Den
yer manufacturers for over $4,000 worth Of
machinery.
A reduction of from five to fifteen
per cent. has been ordered in the wages of the
blast furnace hands at Bessemer, to gointo ef
feet April /.
The principal sport at Glenwood dur
ing the past winter has been hunting, fishing
and-outdoor bathing. The big hot pool there
is said to be immense.
Thomas B. Andrews, mayor of Eure-
ka, San Juan county, committed suicide last
Sunday by shooting. Financial troubles are
supposed to be the cause
The new slaughter-house at Durango
made its first regular shipment of dressed beef
on the 18th. They have already contract to
supply Leadville with three car loads week.
1t is expected soon to be able to ship a car load
day.
The assaying department of the Pa
sadena smelter, at Rico, was destroyed by fire
on the 10th. 1t was only through great e1er
ton that the main works were saved. The
damage is from 81 900 to 81, ,5OO
The citizens Of Gilpin county held
meeting few days age to discuss the railroad
question. Strong resolutions were passed ia
yoring the Rollins bill and committee of
twenty-five appointed as a permanent commit
tee on Railway Legislation.
The headgates of the Citizens Canal
near Henry were destroyed by imcendiaries,
on the night Of the 18th. The loss is about
$4,000. A reward Of $1,000 has been offered
for the apprehension Of the party or parties
who committed the outrage.
The State Board of Land Commits
sioners decided at their meeting on the 10Th to
withhold from sale for twenty days ca, 72O acres
Of State land situate In saguache and Rio
Grande Counties, lying in the Ban Luis Val
ley, under the saguache and Del Norte ditch.
Leadville had two fires on the 10Th.
The first was frame building occupied by
James Sullivan as q storehouse for butter and
vegetables; loss about 81, 900; insurance s3 600.
The other was the Boston block, corner OF
Fourth street and Harrison avenue. The loss
on the building and contents is estimated at
10000; fully insured.
Tom Richardson and Chas. Steiner,
better known as "Dutch Chris" were injured
in a coal mine at Golden, Thursday, by fall
ing chain. As the cage was being hoisted up
the shaft and when about eighty feet from the
bottom heavy chain dropped from It to the
bottom Of the SHIFT where the two men were
working. Dutch Chris was struck on the arm,