The Delta independent., 1888-02-28

acres OF MS larm IN Pueblo county 10 ALI
alta this year.
Mr.. j. F. Gibbs. Of Greeley, has been
appointed member of the State Veterinary
Sanitary Board.
Matt Crawford, the Douglas county
murderer, has been sentenced to twenty
years In the peni,entiary.
The Chieftain says an iron plant
With a capital of $4,000 will probably
soon be started In Pueblo.
Aspen NINE owners are showing
their faith in that town by putting up ten
ement houses and business blocks.
Mr.. Holden has been offered 100
acres of land and 81, 600 in cash to estab.
iish his new smel,er at Colorado City.
The sheep raisers Of the state have
sent petition to Congress rraylng for the
restoration of the tariff of 1883 on wool
The jury in the Crawford case at
Castle Rock have found the defendant
guilty Of murder In the second degree.
Governor Adams has called con-
vention TO meet In Denver March 18th, for
the purpose OF considering irrigation reser.
voirs.
Another oil well which will Weld
from fifty to seventy-fve barrels of ilium.
mating liquid day, has been struck a.
Florence.
Tho Color ado Springs druggists who
were arrested for selling liquor have COM
promised the suits, paying, 1t is said, about
si, coo each to the city.
James Stebbins. man 55 years old.
residing near Golden, was accidentally
shot and killed by his son few days ago.
who didn't know 1t was loaded"
Health and Horticulture is the
name Of an excellent monthly paper which
has been recently started at Canon City by
Mr.. Pabor and General Cameron.
A. II. Martin and Gus Hansbrough,
OF Rocky Ford, have a contract to fence
5000 acres Of state land north of Las AMI
mas for 7. Q. Henry. He will SOW 1900
acres of oats.
A letter was received at the Denver
postoffice the other day addressed TO "The
Chief of the Light House Department, Den
yer, Colorado" II came from England and
bore no other address.
Mr.. II. B. Gillespie, of Aspen.i is inter-
es,ing himself In the establishing of min
ing exchange In Denver where stocks shall
be listed and called as they are in New
York and San Francisco.
The State Beckeepers Association re-
quest the horticulturalists TO plan. the lin.
don tree as often as possible, as 1t Is one of
the very best honey trees Of the forest and
is well suited to our climate.
The Dundee Improvement Company,
which owns forty acres OF land Just north
OF Pueblo, will at once commence the erec.
ton of eloo,o 600 worth OF residences. to cost
from q, 900 to 90, 900 each. This is Kansas
City company.
The State Board Of Agriculture has
returned from San Luis Valley. They have
selected 900 acres of land in the valley, six
miles from Del Norte, for the purpose of an
experimental farm, and 1t will be fenced,
plowed and planted in fruit, vegetables and
cereals at once.
Tho Pueblo Board of Trade has ap-
pointed n committee to correspond with
Gunnison, Leadville,I Trinidad and other
points In southern Colorado, inviting them
to send delegates to convention to be held
shortly In Pueblo, to take action on the sub.
ject Of railroad discrimination.
Senator Voorhees, Of Indiana has in
troduced bill providing that that all that
portion Of Las Animas county, Colorado,
lying east Of the line dividing ranges SO and
81 west Of the sixth meridian shall consti-
tute new land district located at Spring
field, to be called Springfield district.
Tho Montrose opera house was
opened by Efiie Ellsler and company last
Monday evening. A large and fashionable
audience tested the capacity of the hand
some theatre, large delegations coming
from Ouray, Grand Junction and other
neighborlng towns.
The different railroads composing
the Colorado Association have agreed to
sell round trip tickets from Missouri river
points to Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo
and return for &25.00. This is the lowest
rate which has ever been given and will re-
suit in nlling the state next summer with
tourists,
The State Editorial Association held