Crystal River current., 1886-12-25

the morning of the 18th a few miles east of
Grand Junction. The engine struck some
cattle that were on the track and was
thrown off the embankment to the waters
edge. Engineer Thomas Welch and Fire
man John A. Mcconnell were instantly
killed. No one else was injured.
Clemanti Trujillo, Democratic candi-
date for the Legislature from Huerfano
county, filed with the Secretary of State
notice of a contest against Mr.. Patrick
Sweeney, Senator-elect. He alleges that
Mr.. Sweeney's election was procured by
illegal voting; that votes were cast unlaw-
fully; that legal votes were rejected, and
that Mr.. Sweeney himself is ineligible to
once.
Mr.. Mott, of the United States Land
Office in Denver, states that the land taken
up in his district this year amounts to a
million and half acres, and that the land
taken up in the past fourteen months
amounts to 50 per cent. of the entire business
ever done In the lLand Office. The money
which passed through the office in Novem-
UCI diuOunICu ~ ICO,VuOs LII oCODtI ulclc
were 297 homestead filings, 359 pre-emption
filings, and 365 timber culture filings. Most
of this business came from eastern Weld
county.
The official report of the State School
of Mines will contain Prof. Chauvenet's ar
ticle on the coal resources of northern Colo
RADIO, a continuation Of Prof. lhlsing's re-
view of mining and ore development in the
San Juan region, an article by Prof. Lakes
on the geology of the Aspen district, one by
Prof. Van Diest on the mineral resources of
Boulder county, and Prof. Tilden's report
on the mines of Eagle county. The reports
will be accompanied by maps and charts.
The Denver News says: At the an
nual meeting of the Directors of the Fort
Worth & Denver at Fort Worth recently,
President Jones stated the company has de-
cided to extend the road 200 miles, to the
Canadian River at once. Contracts for the
work will be let in few days. 1t is expect
ed by the time this extension is under way
the Denver, Texas & Gulf will commence
to build from Pueblo to connection, when
the road will be in reality the Fort Worth &
Denver. The road is now operated to a
point near Quanah, about 100 miles.
The mid-winter session of the State
Editorial Association will convene in Den
yer, in the Supreme Court room, State
House. on Wednesday, January 10, at 2 p.
M, op.inuing in session two days. The
Grafton will be delivered by the Hon. j. C.
Shattuck, Dean of the University, and the
poem by Mrs. Agnes Leonard Hill, of the
Leadville Dispatch. Several papers on sub
jects connected with the profession of jour
nalism will be read by members of the Asso-
citation. "A full attendance is requested.
By order of the Executive Committee.
A special to the Denver News from
Pueblo says: An important decision was
rendered by Judge Yeaman in the District
court to-day, the effect of which Indirectly
will doubtless be the division of Bent cOun-
ty into two counties. The decision, which
is long and elaborate document, dissolves
an injunction which had been granted re-
straining the commissioners of Bent county
from issuing the bonds voted for the erec-
tion of a court house at Las Animas. If the
court house is built, of which there is now
little doubt, the county is pretty certain to
be bisected and La Junta made the county
seat of the western half of what is now Bent
county. The Santa Fe Railway company is
supposed to be power behind the scheme
The North Mesa ditch, which begins
just north of Montrose and extends over a
large tract of occupied land, will employ
considerable force of men in the construc-
tion during the winter. The ditch is 6 feet
wide at the bottom and will carry water
enough for all the land under it. Its length
is to be seven miles, five of which are COM
pleted. The stock is held on the cO-opera-
tive plan, each ranchman under the ditch
paying in labor or money for perpetual
right. The ditch, when completed, will add
about 1000 acres to the cultivated lands of
Montrose county, and the effects in cheaper
produce will be felt in San Miguel camps
Telluride Republican.
Preachers Tnvited tn a ODera.