The Dillon tribune., 1886-01-16
GLEANINGS FROM THE ROCKIES,

| lounu twenty SIX indictments, winch suo"
that crime grows with population.
The stockmen If Utah are preparing Il
send strong and efficient delegation t.
Denver to represent the Territory's inter
ests in the convention which convene.
there on the 18th inst.
Laramie, Wvoming, is in a fever Of ex
citenent over tn. discovery Of mountain
Of bituminous coal within twenty-five
miles Of the town. I, is said that The L
p. will build narrow guage road to the
! place, and boom is expected.
Wyoming has very strong laws for the
! protection Of game, pot hunting or s!augi'.
ter to any extent, other than 70. the nece>
| stiles Of camp being prohibited at all times
Of the year. But no region is more per-
sistently hunted over than is northern
Wyoming.
The safe of the Treasurer Of Apache
county, Arizona, was robbed Of $11,166.
81 in cash by five masked men on the
night of December goth. No clue to the
robbers. The county authorities offer
ST. 900 reward for the capture Of each Of
the robbers.
The criminal court in Denver has ad-
journed to February lst to await the de-
cision Of the Supreme Court upon the
question "As to whether proceedings by
information are valid or not" Should the
Supreme Court hold that they are illegal
great many convicts will be liberated from
the State Penitentiary.
Says the HALEY (Idalo) Times. Colo
mel Wallis new crusher was exhibited to a
party OF mine and mill men aud Times
reporter, in Salt Lake City, one day last
week. In trial run of one hour about
ten tons OF ore were run through and made
ready for sam2ling, about 20 per cent of i,
being fine enough for the screens.
In the United States Court " edncsdav
last Azor \. Smith, ex postmaster Of lead
willie, Colorado, confessed Judgment to the
amount Of $4,000. 1t appears that dur
ing 1873, while Smith was Postmaster, his
head clerk, named Dawson, embezzlcd the
above amount and decamped, and as the
officials failed to find him the Govern
ment brought suit against the postmaster
for the amount with the result stated. Mr..
Smith is reported as being most Honor
able and respected citizen. ;.
An article has been going the rounds OF
the press that a Georgia man has lust
moved his family to California, which con.
sists of a wife and rs children. Nothing
about that. We have, saws
the Times, a man here in Haley, Idaho,
John kingsbury, who is the proud father
Of "a children, all by the same mother
3 of whom are living. When Idaho PEG.
pie attempt anything they usually get
there OH such a stupendous scale that there
is little possibility Of their being eclipsed.
II. Colder and Curtis Cady, boys about
IS years old were arrested last Sunday in
Denver by Officer Bohanna, Colder for
grand larceny and Cady for larceny as
bailee. The complaint was preferred BY
the mother Of Colder. The youth got
hold OF his mothers pocket book and stole
a $50 bill. He did not know how to get
rid Of it, aud gave it to Cady to get changed.
Cady went to q bank and had the bill broke.
He then bought a suit Of clothes and a
new hat, and gave Colder S, and a stick
Of candy.
a Leadville, Colorado, dispatch saws
that there is little sympathy in that city
Tor Clarence NJ. Gatfctt, the man who was
employed for some. time in collecting
freight bills from the local s,nelters for
the Denver and Rio Grande. 1t will be
he forged the name of Geo.
w. Cook to several checks and suddenly
left the country. At Pueblo he took his
young wife out on the railroad track after
dragging her, and left her there where he
supposed she would be killed by passing
train. She recovered, however, in a short
time, and her life was saved.
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