The Delta independent., 1888-05-15
COLORADO CONDENSED.
Fountain has Board of Trade.

tini In the Arkansas river
1t is reported that oil has bc,,
struck near La Junta.
"A new brewery is being built in
trinidad which will cost $4,000.
Encouraging reports of the fruit
crop come from all over the State.
ihe Rock Island railroad promises to
'ench Burlington by the 18th of July.
Inc location of sporting houses is
cien''ng good deal OF feeling in Aspen.
A train of prairie schooners half :,
mile long pulled into Granada one dsy last
Inc oratorio of "The Creation was
rendered by local talent at Central CITY
last week. 0'
MIR. ). b. Wheeler intends building
stone front opera house and bank block
n Aspen this summer.
Colorado City has voted bonds to the
amount Of 10000 for the erection Of two
new school buildings.
over seven million pounds of pota-
'oes nave been shipped from Monumep,
s'hcs the hrst OF last September.
The new court house recently built
foft Collins has been tuIn, over 10 The
conimrs rs'onets of Larimer county.
Myriads of locusts have ha,cbed ou,
IN u,e hs'sheorhood of Brighton 10 the
great alarm OF the farmers of that region.
a hack driver WAS held up in Trini-
oaa iAst week. Probably by some OF Lis
patrons who uought turn about fair play.
Another bank is needed a, Leadville
according tothe Dispatch Of that city. which
sys such an Institution could clear pcr
cent month.
The Minister'S Association of Denver
have decided thA, slso, coo should be missed
III hs"lty Tor the purpose of erecting "A
J. II. q. A. building.
The railroad discrimination copyen-
tion which was called by the Pueblo Board
OF Tnde To meet in that city, MAY l7,b.
has been declared on.
Inc new swimming pool being
butit at Glenwood Springs covers an acre
Oh sron nd, and Is said TO lie the larres; nr.
accial bath In the wcrld.
Judge Brewer has decided tha, the
warrants snd funding bonds OF LAX.
county which have been held 10 be worth.
hssby the state officials are valid and nav.
sble.
Eight roundup outfits which carried
with them thousand horses and trinr.d
'he bank OF the ArkansAs river for hye
miles were camped near Granada last
week.
The new Farmers mill at Berthoud
10 progressing rapidly and will be a solid
and substantial building OF stone, bauted by
he farmers themselves from the ouarries
six miles west OF town.
The ore shipments from Aspen for
last week foot up 10 1873 tons. The Mid
and took out ,3sI tons and the Rio Grnnde
~ tons. Out Of this !, ,225 tons went TO
Denver, go tons TO Leadville and s,a tons
TO Pueblo.
Tho Board of Capitol Managers have
nb'ut decided to let The stone work of ,be
State Capitol 10 Geddis * S,er!e whose hid
was $50 900, Gunnison stone TO be used
lhe amount .uf stone required IS aSoUp
cubic feet.
The sewer system in contemplate,
Mt Co'ota 10 Springs when In operation will
he about eight miles long. with four dis
Snct brHnchss. and n uniform grade Of one
ioot ~ every hundred. The system vii b
second 10 none.
No ciew has yet been found to the
murderc-s of Mrs. Kesrney and Jamie Hand
ot III Faso county. The county commi,
siohers have offered n large reward and rel.
a'''es OF the murdered people are also max
Ing every effort to aprrebend the mut-
derera.
Deer between hero and Plateau
creek are reported Ms being thicker than
1abol's are IN most places, says The Glen.
wood News. One OF the Glenwood boy,
VINO has 'just returned from n trim dawn
there estimated that ho saw 200 I'm dif.
fertht bands, and he saw them hilc rIdIn,,
along the roads and trails.
governor Alva Adams has issued :,
proclamation Offering $500 reward for tn,
uetecton, arrest and conviction of th, mnr.
derr OF Mrs. Mary Jane Kearpey md
James q. Hand. This action was tai az, .,
tne request of the III paso county au,ho,i
tes' VINO have at last been brought IN n rs
ai'za'ion OF the fact that the crima .ho,,,a
not go unpublished.
Secretary Villas has requested tho
Attorney General 10 direct Inn, ,,,p ,,
oe ironght against the purchaser, of soo
Wv feet VI timber cut by Scot. IL. Hone n,
Lyons Colorado. rom government I.nd
nhd manufactured into iumber and sold nv
him at 'front.' to si6 per goo; thnt lIon,
oe not prosecuted criminaliy, but made n
witness for the gov-rAmen IL deemed n.,,
essary In the civil suits sga,..st the nur.
chasers.
Tho Pueblo Chieftain celebrated II.
twentieth birthday last week by issu,,g a
magnificent souvenir number, Beside, nm
immense amount of reading matter des g, ip.
i've OF the resources and development, OF
southern Colorado 1t embraced thee large
sheets OF finely executed engravinxs, The
number OF fine buildings which It shows
faeoio to possess is a surprise TO those who
nave not watched the rapid growth of this
entsrprising city.
Tho state reform farm M CoI,,o, h,,