The Delta independent., 1888-03-06
COLORADO CONDENSED.

A Board of Trade has been formed
at Alma.
Artesian wells are to be sunk at La
Junta and Rockford.
Work has been resumed on the At.
lantic & Pacific tunnel.
Moody and Sankey will spend few
days in Denver in March.
There is mountain Of gypsom about
seven miles from Antonito.
The real estate transfers in Denver
for February amounted to ss,94l,4S1.
One hundred thousand tons of ice
have been put up in Denver this winter.
The mercantile agency Of Il. G. Dun
& Co. are to establish branch Office in
Pueblo.
| Denver is to have a breach-of prom
ise case. The first, it is believed, ever
tried in the state.
The valley of the Roaring Fork is
sadly in need of girls to furnish wives for
the voters of that region.
The strike on the Burlington has put
an efectual stop to the running of all
trains on their Colorado line.
Prof. Kitchen OF the Alamosa public
school, has been compelled to resign his
place on account OF III health.
General r. A Cameron has been ap-
pointed Commissioner of Emigration for
the Denver, Texas & Gulf railroad.
The Pueblo, Gunnison & Pacific is
the name of a new railroad which it is pro-
posed TO build westward from Pueblo.
The Monte Vista Touring mill con-
tinues TO run twenty-four hours each day
and no signs OF glut in the market.
Breckenridge dogs are troubled with
disease resembling hydrophobla which
has created much CONSERVATION in that
town.
Charles E Henry, the murderer of
| Effie Moore, Denver yariety-actress, has
been acquitted. His defence was emotion.
al insanity.
A Mexican girl of Las Animas county
had her throa; cut from ear to ear by com
panion few days age. No cause is known
for the deed.
Mr.. A. X. Gunnaer, cashier of the
suspended Canon City bank, has been ar
rested for receiving money when he knew
that the bank was ibsovent.
A number Of Denver restaurant keep
ers have been arrested for feeding their
patrons oleomargarine without informing
Item OF the nature OF the stuff.
Granada has a ghost who gallops
over the sand hills on horseback, fires
pistol into the air, utters an appalling
shrek and mysteriously disappears.
An auction sale of horses from the
racing stable -of John ID. Morrisey took
place In Denver last week. One of the
horses, l.. c. Lee, the PAGER, brought siO,-
ooo.
Denver proposes TO raise a purse of
tia,5o0 with which TO entertain visiting
cAttlemen the latter part Of this month.
and celebrate the completion of the Gulf
railroad.
Mr.. ii. b. Gillespie, of Aspen, is inter-
estlng himself In the establishing of min
ing exchange In Denver where stocks shall
be listed and called as they are in New
YorE and San Francisco.
The American Mining and Smelling
Company of Leadvile, have made propo-
sition to the people of Colorado Springs,
which If accepted, will result In the remov.
al Of their plant to that place.
The directors of the Canon City
Chamber Of Commerce have elected the
following officers: president, Henry Earle; |
vice-president, T. S. Wells; secretary, W. |
f. rabor; treasurer, S. r. Dale.
Mr.. K. G. Head, president of the In
national Range Association, states that the |
loss of cattle upon the range this winter has |
been comparatively nothing-the eastern
papers to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Denver, Texas and Gulf people |
ARE thinking OF extending their line into the |
western part of Las Animas county and |
through the coal fields and different parks |
on the Maxwell grant, south OF the Colorado
line.
Golden's paper mill will soon be sec
ond to no industry In Colorado. Seventy
tons of machinery have been received for
the plant and II will soon be in fine running
order on very much larger and Improved
basis
The Rio Grande has commenced con-
demnation proceedings to purchase seventy
five acres of land on the north side of the !
Grand river ut Genwood. The people of
that place are confident that this means
shops.
The Kansas Pacific has force at
work on line they propose to run from
Kit Carson to Pueblo This road will give
n boom to the former town rs 1t will necess,-
tate the establishing of round houses, ETC.,
ut that place.
At n melting of Colorado roads a
few days ago, n round trip rate of one fare
was made from all stations to Denver and
return, for the cattle convention. Tickets
will be sold on March % and "a. and good
until April 3. The rate will probably be
made by the Denver, Texas & For. Worth.
The State Association of Sherifrs
has adopted a memorial requesting the leg
islnture TO amend the laws and require al,
executions of capital punishment to occur
within the walls OF tho pcnetentary, tho