Bent County register., 1888-04-21
Home and Abroad.

day observed in the city, and urge
the ladies to take the matter in hand.
as they say the men are too negli-
gent to attend to tree planting.
Five hundred dollars has been
raised at Gupnison and reward of
one hundred dollars for the arrest
and prosecution of any one who
uses giant powder to kill fish in the
Gnnnison river. The fish law of
Colorado is very strict, but we have
never heard of q prosecution on it.
Las Animas is going to have
water works. They will find it Il
paying investment if big fire
breaks out in the business part of
town.
The Las Vegas Optic is trying
to find man by the name of Ed
ward Greenhaum, for his relatives.
Our exchanges show that the
planting of fruir trees IN Colorado,
New Mexico and Arizona this sping,
IN more general than was ever known
before.
Fort Collins red stone is being
shipped to New York City, one con
tract calls for fifteen hundred ears.
II goes over the Gulf road to New
Orleans and from there by water.
Storms are predicted for the las;
Of this months. and we may have
some cool weather.
The Villas Democrat points with
pride to the amount of farming being
done around that town. Every pa
per in eastern Colorado could do the
same.
Charlie MecNler will start a paper
at Plymouth.
One day last week when it was so
hot our people were going around in
summer clothing it was showing in
New York. This country is good
enough for us.
A Boston man who has studied
the subject for years, says y wicked
and immoral town has more dogs
than 4 religious community, but he
does not say what hind of dogs.
A Minneapolis, Mimi, man has
patented plan TO put up iron build
ing, he says he can put up twenty
eight story buildings as safe as one
story.
If there is no mistake in the fig
ures Las Angeles councilmen receive
two hundred and fifty dollars a
month. If this figure does not cover
q years service the position is good
one.
The travel coming from equals
that gong to California now.
Dodge City has one more passen-
ger train day on the Santa Fe be-
sides the Rock Island trains, than
the towns west. 1t is dayligh;
train to Kansas City.
Colorado potatoes are shipped both
east and west. The people will have
them in preference to all others.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, has two
resident that are old timers, one is 4
hundred and five years old and the
other is hundred and six. Neither
of them are thinking of dieing yet.
Here is good one on. Joe New
land who lately left tn Is city to work
for Chas. Reitler. The Trinidad
News says: 81. Newland, of Beth
any, Arkansas, will take charge of
Chas. Rightley'sJis;e. Joe.'s friend
ship for that pr Was died bornen.
John Conkier, of Trinidad, is be-
ing favorably mentioned as one of
the best men who could be selected
at the state conysntion as delegate
10 the nationa. republican conven-
ton. He is endorsed by nearly all
the old papers in the state.
The New York Tribune says the
great slugger Sullivan is ruffian
and brute. disgrace to himself
and the men who befriend him. The
Tribune is not an admirer of the
prize ring.
Joe Sparrow will have his second
or third trial next week at Pueblo
for killing Print Olive at Trail City.
Harry Simmons, of this city. is a
Hitness.