The Delta independent., 1888-07-03
COLORADO CONDENSED.

ULUnADU WNUhlVNEU.
Canon city is to have street rail
way.
The milk men OF Pueblo have formed
a"trust."
Six thousand catalpa trees line the
streets of Lamar.
The new Masonic Temple at Alamosa
has been completed.
Horse thieves are getting in their
work around Montrose.
Sterling wants broom factory, a
cheese factory and Touring mill.
A tank is being set up at Florence
which will hold 80, 900 barrels nf oil.
Probably four counties will be made
cut Of Elbert county at the next session OF
the Legislature.
Tho Texas House, one OF the old
land marks Of Leadville, was destroyed by
dre on the 18th.
Carlile, Price & Co., are working
about l5o Dagoes on the road they are build
ing 10 the top of Pixies Peak.
An excursion party of 1000 left
Denver last Friday for Palmer Lake-one
Of the largest excursions which ever left
chat city.
Thirty-threc sprinkling carts are re-
Qutred TO keep down the Denver dust These
throw 200 900 gallons of water on the
streets every twenty four hours.
There have been thirty-fivc home
stsads, forty pre-emptions and four timber
claims taken up within six miles OF Eliza
beth within the last twelve months.
The people Of Saguache, San Luis
valley, have raised sls, 600 and donated the
right Of way for an extension of the Dem
vcr q Rio Grande from villa Grove.
Alderman Bailey C. Youngson Of
Leadvilie has been indicted by the Grand
Jury Of Lake county for the murder Of
Martin DuEgan in that city last April.
Tho first religious services ever con-
Quoted In Clayton. n. NJ. were held q ere
Lest Sunday In the new building OF Bush
nell 4 Fox. Rev. DR.. McKesson ofIiclated.
William Darlington, a livery stable
keeper Of Neeker, dropped a pistol scab-
bard. and the weapon dIschargipg the ball
entered his back. causing q painful but no,
dangerous wound.
A vein OF copper recently discovered
neas Carriso Springs is attracting consider
able attention. A small piece OF the ore
w.s crushed and subjected to the hea, Of
baeeksmith's forge with good results. The
efe was melted and more :thnn half Of the
liquid mass seemed To be purc copper.
The Glenwood cNews says: A do
stsuctive fire occurred up the ID. & Il G.
line two miles east Of Gypsum yesn rdAy
forenoon. Nine thousand ties were con
sumed, and the ties burned from under tn.
track for about 1000 feet Several telegraph
poles were burned down, in'.rrup,inx com
munication over the line for awhile.
Gen. K. A. Cameron. Commissioner
OF Emigration en- the Denver, Texas 4 Fort
Worth railroad, has issued . handsome
pamphlet Of soue fifty pages on The "Agri.
cultural Resources In the great Pan Handl.
Of Texaa." II Is full OF Interesting facts
and statistics for those who wish 10 come
west and grow up with the country.
The new depot built by the A., T. &
y. r. at Lamar is completed, and the clerks
arc moving In. II is large and commodious,
The waiting room being fitted with individ-
nal sea.s In polished Ash. The ticket, ,eIe.
graph and express Offices are arranged to
facilitate the great amount Of business done
there, and the freight warehouse Is much
larger than In the old depot.
New postohices have been os,ab.
lished at ArickAree, ,Arapahoe county, ID ,v,d
b. Mcconnell postmaster; Leslie, Wash.
ington county, Charles Kimbail postm..-
ter. and Mulvanc, Bent county. Elwood +.
Pike postmaster. Aricksree will be sup
piled BY . special from Friend, dis,an,
thiSty-eight iniles; Leslie by special from
Yuma, distant twenty-five miles, and Mul.
vane BY special from Lamar.
Al meeting Of Republican clubs in
Pueblo few days ago state organization
wa formed with the following officers:
PNsident d. l.. Holden OF Pueblo sccre-
MY, l.. II. Bahcock Of Denver; treasurer,
k.E vsnverst Of Greeley. There arc also
vice-presidents representing the various
local olubs Sessions were held afternoon
and evening. A delegation from the color.
"a club Of Colorado Springs took an actIve
part In the proceedings.
Tho Denver 4 Rio Grandc railroad
company has large force OF surveyors In
the hold operating along the east side Of the
mountains, not far from the foo. hills, and
u 10 said the company intends TO build a
new line from Pueblo to Trinidad on an
easier grade than the present three.rail
track, and which would give access to new
coal lands. Tho survey originally made by
TIE Panhandle company Is taken as basis,
passins through Grecnhorn and St MAry's
The annual re-adjustm ont Of tho sal
aries Of the postmasters Of Colorado Of the
presidential class has Just been made.
There are at present thirty. two presidential
ofhces In the state, and most OF these get an
increase In salary, Trinidad getting the
the largest raise, e+oc. GlenwoOd
Springs and Pueblo get $500 more than for
merly and Aspen 900. The total receipts
Of these thirty.two Offices last year were
es1a, 1a,477.40, an increase Of e02,7ss over the
previous year.