The Delta independent., 1888-09-18
STATE NEWS.

county is s54 .9l9OOO
The people of eastern Colorado are
clamoring for herd law.
A lodge of Odd Fellows was organ
lied at Platteville last week
A building and loan association ha.
been organized at Montrose.
Arapahoe county paid her school
ma'ams last year s175, ,ais.1s
A whole train load of potatoes is to
leave Greeley for Texas this week.
Denver's bank clearings show o
steady increase and healthy growth.
New and profitable oil wells continue
to be struck at Florence every few days.
The State camp of the p. o. s. of A.
Is in session al Colorado Springs this week.
The town of Berthoud has been in.
corporated. twill be q prohibition town.
The entire business portion of Dallas
was destroyed by FIRE ON the 10th. Loss
about 10000.
A Rio Grande brakeman was run
over by the cars and killed at Florence the
other day.
The Democrats have nominated
Thos. NJ. Patterson for Governor and Thos.
Macon for Congressman.
The Delta county fair will be held a,
Delta, Oct 4, 5and q. A fine display Of
fruit and stock Is anticipated.
W. j. Orange, of the Silver Clif
Rus'ler. has been appointed secretary ei
the Republican State Central Committee,
Seven little girls under is years OF
age were arrested In one house In Denver
the other day for leading immoral lives.
A Chinaman who recently moved u
Florence with the intention Of starting Q
laundry was rot'en-egged by the hoodlums.
Governor Adams refuses to interfere
IN the case Of Alderman Youngson OF Lead.
Vile, who Is spending the season in the
Lake county Jail.
The display Of fruit ut the Fort Col
iins fair last week is said to have exceeded
anything OF the kind oIer before exhibited
In Northern Colorado.
Frank Watrous Of Fort Collins has
been appointed superintendent OF the
Rocky Ford Agricultural Experiment s,a.
tion by the board Of agriculture.
The Glcnwood Daily News is ready
TO swear that their hot springs water will
cure corns, blindness and restore the mem.
ory,-simply by bathing the parts affected.
Governor Adams has appointed NJ
%. Gary of Lake City as Associate Just ce
OF the Supreme Court TO fil the vacancy
caused by the recent resignation OF Judge
Ebert
Jesse Frazer. the pioneer fruit
grower Of Colorado, Is shipping hundred
boxes Of apples a day from Fremon, county,
and then he Is not able TO supply the de-
mand.
The Deaf Mute Institution at Colo
rado Springs opened Tor the year on Wed
nesday with about sixty pupils. It's ex.
pecied that the number will be increased
shortly 10 eighty.
Fifteen Thousand young brook trout
have been sh pped to Fort Collins by Fi,h
Commissioner whitehead with directions
70 place them in the Cache La PoudIe,
' above the weir In the canon.
At the Larimer county fair Mr.. ]. S.
McClelland Of Fossil creek made fine
fruit display Of cighty-three plates. besides
Hfty varieties Of potatoes, thirteen OF corn
and twenty-scyen of wheat and other
grains
Adjuiant General Geo. West has been
presented by the officers and members of
The First and Seco'.d regiments with Brig
adler Generals full tiress uniform, consist
ing OF n full dress coat, epaulette, yellow
silk sash, gauntlets and spurs.
William Locke. who has charge OF
the Pennington fruit market lTels the Dur
ango Idea that nearly s6,ooo pounds of
grapes have been shipped to Durango since
the season opened, and that this Is scarcely
abegii n M, thousa DIS OF pounds yet r =.
main unpicked. In fRct, the Pennington
fruit season, though Durango has been re.
ceiving considerable fruit, has scarcely yet
opened.
In Mnnitou the other day man
after lighting cigar threw the still burn
Ing match into an open fifty.gnllon can OF
oil. An explosion followed soon after
which wrecked the inside OF the building
and SGT II ON FIRE. The fite department soon
responded and soon got the fire under con.
troll. The loss Is about s., 600 ON the stock
and 1900 on tho building, fully insured
No one was injured, although tho inmates
had . narrow escape.
The Colorado Midland will build from
Glenwood Springs to New Castle. Con.
tracts have been let for the construction OF
the Is miles necessary. II is expected to
have this road In operation by the first week
In October. The rails are now making byn
Chicago firm, which is under contract 10
have them delivered in seven days. Presl.
dent and General Manager John Scott will
rapidly push this work and will personally
supervise the construction of the road. II
necessary = temporary bridge will be built
In order TO have the road in operation by
the first week in October.
The following officers were elected
at the recent state encampment of the p.
o. y. Of A. at Colorado Springs: President,
&C. j.. Gillingham, Of Colorado Springs;
Vice President w. b. Cox, of Gilman;
Master Of Forms and Ceremonies, II. A.
Twining, Of Georgetown; Secretary, q. II.
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