Delta chief., 1885-09-09
STATE NEWS,

10 Oe cOmpleteu III oucc.
David Rowe. of Rosita, was shot ant
killed by Jim Warne last week.
A Denver man had a cupful of vitrio
thrown in his face the other day.
The Pueblo land office took in over
$4,000 cash for sales made during August.
The Colorado Springs opera house
has been reopened with NJ. A. N. Nye as man.
ager.
The Atwood Aduocate is the name of
new paper started in tie eastern part OF
Weld county.
The Arkansas Valley Smelter of
Leadville is talking OF removing to either Den
yer or Pueblo.
MR.. Olive Wright has been appoint
ed Commissioner to represent Colorado at the
New Orleans Exposition.
C. A. Mclaughlin, of Ouray county.
has been pardoned from the state penitentiary
by Acting Governor Breene.
By cave in the Nancarrow mine at
Idaho Springs, few days ago, Charles Honey
church was crushed to death.
An excursion of 500 people from
Denver, Manitou and Pueblo, went to Mar
shall Pass one day last week.
George c. Min, the tragedian, will
be at the Tabor Opera House, Denver, for a
week commencing September
The First National Bank, of Denver,
has been moved into the Tabor Block, corner
ofSixteenth and Larimer streets.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
building is to be formally opened en- the ead.
Gov. Evans will deliver the address.
The retr' rs of the assessor of Lari-
mer county shows that there are 1856 acres
OF land under irrigation in that county.
A glove fight between George Glow,
Of Denver, and jim Jones, of Aspen, is to
take pace at the latter place on the l4th.
Lon CLANCY, of Denver, took some
aconite to relieve pain and died in great agony
shortly afterward. He was soon to have been
married.
T. c. Henry and the Colorado Loan
and Trust Company have been sued in chan
Gerry by Travellers Insurance Company of
Hartfort, Conn.
During the month of August there
were eighty five car loads Of ore shipped from
the Georgetown depot The total weight was
1,S4 200 pounds, or e67 tons.
George ". Fuller and Elijah Craven
quarrelled over game of cards at Glenwood
Springs, and the former was shot dead. Both
were under the influence Of liquor.
As an indication of the agricultural
growth of Southwestern Colorado the Denver
& Rio Grande will shortly haul fifty car loads
of potatoes from Montrose to Denver.
Judge Rucker has sued ]. B. Wheel
er, the mining capitalist of Aspen, for s12, $50,
money which he claims as commission on pur-
-hases and sales which he has negotiated.
A coward, ruflian attacked Mr.. Pol
day, knocking him down and seriously injur-
ing him. He WAS arrested and let off with a
paltry fine Of IS.
1t is reported that Jones Bros. &
Pollard, of Pueblo county, have sold their cat
tie and ranches Ito a Cleveland syndicate Of
capitalists for q sum sggregating in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000. There are between 9, 600
and 5000 cattle in the herds.
The Denver, Utah & Pacific railroad
has been completed from Lopgmont to Lyons,
at the mouth OF st. Vrain canon, short
ening the stage line to Estes Park twelve
miles. Trains on this line now leave Denver
at Sis a. m. and IS p. m, and leave Lyons
80 a m. and 12 80 p. m.
The Logan Colony affairs are moving
Along finely. The plating of the town is near
ly completed and the colony house is in course
of erection. Colonel Moore is in constant re-
ceipt Of letters from old soldiers, who state
that they are getting ready to start for the San
Luis Valley as fast possible, and the first
contingent will be here, it is thought at pres
ent, rs early as the middle Of September.
September 9, 10 and II, the Grand
Army of the Republic encampment, depart
ment of Colorado, Will take place in Cheyenne.
At sa. m. on the ninth, special train viii
leave the Denver Union depot, arriving in
Cheyenne at noon. It will leave Cheyenne at
$50 p. IN. of the eleventh. The round trip
rate from Denver will be 1885, Tickets will
be sold at a proportionate rate from all other
Colorado points.
The Larimer county fair will be held
September IS, 49, IL and IS at Fort Collins. A
ne v dining hall has been built, an addition
made TO the grand stand and more sheds built
for horses and cattle. The association is do.
ing every thing in its power to meet the de-
mAnds Of exhibitors and visitors to the fair