The Delta independent., 1888-09-11
csjlORADO CONDENSED.

Antonio.
The Fort Collins cheese factory is to
be rebuilt.
Longmont has a ilour;shing building
and insn cSsnri-.inr. ,,--.-
me arteslan well at SaIlua IS Gown
to depth of 3s7 feet
An Odd Fellows lodge with twenty
fivs members has been organized at Lamar
The school enumeration Of Pueblo
county is 3,4o6, an increase Of 2ss over last
year.
Fifty teachers were present at the
Logan County Teachers Institute held at
Holyoke last week.
Hon Hosea Townsend of Custer
county was nominated for Congress by the
Republicans by acclamation.
The Weld connty teachers assoca-
tion will hold two days session in Gree
ley two days preceding Thanksgiving.
John Ryan on Sunday afternoon
made his escape from the state peniten.
t'ary- He was doing five years for assault
VII" tnteht 10 murder.
The telephone company is going to
erect another wire between Denver, Colo.
rado Springs and Pueblo to meet the in
crease Of patronage.
In the month of August the total
sales of real estate in Denver amounted to
s2,o54,2ol. In the corresponding month of
1881 the sales were si,5Ss. .T7l.g1.
The farmers around Atwood have
organized Ia mer's Club 20 pass away tn,
long winter evenings in discussing certain
subjects that may come up before them.
ES-Sheria j. Hooper has sued Pit
kin county for fees amounting TO about
s., 200. His bills have been allowed by the
commissioners but no warrants have been
drawn.
Already nearly all Of the grading has
been completed in the work Of making tho
Denver a. Rio Grande a double track rail.
road for distances of eight miles north OF
Pueblo.
Potatoes weighing three pounds and
forty-pound melons are being raised in
large numbers this year without irrigation
on what was few years ago considered
the Great American desert
Work has commenced on the Rock
Island round house at Colorado Springs. II
will have capacity OF ten stalls and is 70
be constructed OF Colorado City stone. The
contractors are.GrAce & Grini,h Of Topeka
A great many improvements have
been made In the buildings and grounds OF
the State University during vacation and
the facilities are much superior In every
way To what they have been heretofore.
The outlook for the coming year Is very
bright
John Golan was crushed to death in the
Colorado Central mine, near Georgetown,
by the giving away OF large scale OF rock
overhead in the drift In which he WAS at
work sorting ore. The deceased WAS an
unmarried man and has relatives living in
Canada
An old man SO years old fell from
passenger tram going through Grand
Canon few nights ago. He WAS found
nsSt day by section vang In most pitia'
bic condition. He presented a CHASTITY ap-
head to foot. His clothes were torn, MS
head badly cut and his body badly bruised.
An accident occurred last Monday
In Egeria park TO the stage running from
Rock Greek TO Steamboat Springs. About
noon the coach struck a Tough piece Of
ground and upset. There were eight pas.
srngers aboard. one lady named Mrs. Ban
was badly injured. The driver, George
S,offord, had a leg and arm broken, also
three or four ribs.
The Agricultural college at Fort Co.
lins opened for the year last Wednesday
Every room In the dormitory has been
taken and number have been looking for
rooms In private families. Never before In
the history of the college has sci ool opened
under such favorable circumstances. The
faculty is complete. every departmental of the
school being filled and n large attendance
of students.
The amount of travel over the Cas-
cade oll.road TO the summit of Pixies Peak
and the success OF the undertaking has In.
duced some OF tho citizens OF Manltou TO
consider the matter OF saiiiing road to
the summit from that point The owners
OF property along the present trail have Of
fered to build the road II the citizens OF
Manitou will subscribe so, 900 towards the
project
The annual convention of the Colo
rAdo woman's Christian Temperance
Union Is called for September ~, 20 and 81
nt Canon City. II win bs composed OF
state president, vice presid mt, the two dis
trlct presidents, the corresponding secre-
tary, recording secretary and treasurer,
the superintendents OF departments, presi-
dents and corresponding secretaries OF 10.
cal unions and two elected delegates from
each local union.
Considerable anxiety is felt by Trim
idad cattlemen about the grazing for the
coming winter. There are thousands Of
cattle throughout the mountains in that
section and the country IS somewhat over
stocked and the necessity of rapid prepara.
tions for caring for a large number of cat.
tie In the valley. during the winter is fast
forcing itself upon those who read the
signs of the times. A great many ranch
men are beginning 10 cultivate alfalfa.
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