The Delta independent., 1886-11-30

u is estimated that it will take $475,.
900 to run the city government of Denver
for the next year.
The residence of Mr.. Porter Plumb
of Aspen, was destroyed by fire few days
ago. Loss 5000.
The Northern Colorado horticultural
society will hold its annual meeting in
Boulder next month.
The l6e-horse-power engine at the
Farmers Mill, Fort Collins, is the largest in
Northern Colorado.
Nearly 1900 head of cattle have
been shipped from Lamar TO eastern mar,
kets the past season.
The Farmers Elevator at Fort Collins
has taken In 1900 bushels Of wheat of the
crop OF 1886 thus far.
The Treasurer of Larimer county re-
ports collecting 9s per cent. of the county
taxes for the year lss5.
The Catholics of Denver propose
building 81, 600 hall to be used by all their
various societies in common.
A festival was given by the ladies of
the Georgetown Presbyterian church last
week which netted them 5000.
The Northern Colorado Horticultural
Society will hold its annual meeting in
Boulder beginning "Wednesday. December
sth, and continuing until the ilth.
Lcadvillc has a city ordinance pro-
hibiting bands from playing on Sunday
The Carbonate city is getting high up
where thunder sleeps and angels sing.
A Colorado base ball league is talked
OF for the coming season, IL sufficient
number OF towns outside of Denver can be
prevailed upon to embark in the enterprise
The Inauguration of Gov. Adams will
occur January llth. A grand ball under
the auspices Ofthe Grcystone and ATapahoe
clubs will be given in the Opera House in
the evening.
The Executive Committee of the State
Editorial Association have decided TO hold
a midwintcr session ON January IL and ls
Professor Shattuck, Dean of the Denver
University, will deliver the address.
A large company of colonists left
Denver last Friday for Sinaloa, spot on
the Gulf of California which is believed to
possess all of the attractions and none of
the drawbacks of the Garden OF Eden.
While ont hunting cattle one day last
week, T. II. Robbins, of Park count, came
in shooting one, medium sized animal,
Fl,tI L.
Butter at retail in Denver now goes
at forty and forty-five cents. This is a
good fair price for those farmers who sell
direct 10 the consumers. At those prices 1t
pays the farmer to have warm quarters and
abundant feed for his cows.
The prospective new metropolis in
the Montcz,ma valley will be known as Cor
tez. II would have been called Montczuma
except for the fact for that there is post
office In Summit county by that name, and
the law torbids calling two post-oiices in
the same State by the same name.
The Del Norte FIGURING Mill Com
pany are now buying wheat in that South
ern metropolis and paying one dollar and
twenty-five cents per hundred weight.
They have built and have nearly completed
fine Touring establishment fitted with the
Hungarian rollers and all the modern i'm
provcmenst,
The creamery at Brighton has been
and is the heaviest factor In building up
and sustaining that thriving village. II
helps to make II the local business point for
a large radius of country, and keeps the
farmers round about supplied with ready
money. creamery in town is an evil
dencc of local prosperity.
A letter from Glenwood Springs SAYS
"The Rio Grande has just commenced work
on fourteen hundred foot tunnel about n
mile up the Grande canon. They will work
from both ends. About a half mile of the
grade near town is completed. The line
runs on the left and south bank of the river.
On the opposite side the b. Il NJ. is blasting
out the cliffs, and thirty feet above II runs
the line OF the U. p"
A special dispatch from Pueblo SAYS:
A temporary injunction has been granted
by Judge Caldwell Yeaman. of the District
Court, restraining the Board of County Com
missioners of Bent county from issuing the
Court House bonds, which We're voted at
the late election. The bonds are for SIS 900,
and the proceeds are to he used in the con-
struction of Court House Mt Las Animas,
the county seat of Bent.
Sack Layton, Ora Evans and Bill
Burt arrived in the city yesterday from the
head of Brush and Gypsum creeks, bring
ing with them 2,l0o pounds of elk, some
deer and smaller game, and the bill OF lad
ing also called for two silver-tip bear,
which the boys thought would fill the bill
for this once. The boys will return to their
winter home again In few days All of
them are good shots, and the" should not
suffer for t-Herald-Democmt.
On saturday Captain W, p Hobson
sold To Senator Henry NJ. Teller and the
Syndicate of gentlemen interested with him
in Pueblo county lands, the Hamlin ranch
at the mouth Of Turkey Greek, about 600
acrpe NJ pycpllert Urn nr and farming lind