The Delta independent., 1888-11-13
COLORADO CONDENSED.

Extensive glass works are to be built
atColorado City.
There were $40 voters registered in
Monte Vista this year.
There will be new crop Of postmas-
ters in the state next year.
Carbondalc has society called the
Linnaean Literary Society.
Suow-slides are commencing early
In the mountains of the San Juan.
The Denver Republican estimates
Republican majority in this state of e.
90
The vote of the prohibitionists
showed a handsome gain over that of four
years ago.
Over 1000, 900 pounds of freight
were handled at the Monte Vista depot
last month.
No state in the Union has better
reason TO properly celebrate Thanksgiving
this year than Colorado.
Colorado coal is crowding out the
Pennsylvania article in Kansas City and
other Missouri river towns.
1t is reported that Denver lady of
sporting prociivities won between Is 900
and tSoooo on the late election.
Hon. George T. Clark, one of the
best known citizens OF Colorado, died at his
home In Denver last Wednesday.
Three thousand enthusiastic Repub-
ilcans parAded the streets Of Denver with
bands and torches the night before cleo
tion.
Bishop Ninde. of the NJ. Z. Church.
pronounces the new Trinity building at
Denver the finest building In the connec-
ton.
A dramatic entertainment was given
In Del Sorts last week, the proceeds of
whicl were TO 20 toward buying hearse
for the town.
The latest returns seem to prove that
every county In Colorado has given n Re
publican msjority. The legislature will be
almost unanimously Republican.
The Legislature this winter will be
overwhelmingly Republican. The Senate
while in the House there will be only four
Democrats to IS Republicans.
Among the prominent Denvcrites who
won large sums on the election the Repub
lican says ex-senator Tabor won u0. 600, L.
o. Wolcott $1,000 Sam Lescm $4,000.
Edward Eddy g. 90 and w. II. Bush 6. so.
Denver Is arranging for tramen-
dous ratification meeting on Saturday
night The railroads will give greatly re-
duced rates To the citizens Of neighboriDg
towns who want TO participate In the cir
Gus
AT the voting place at Island Station.
Samuel Braniner 80; iu;o political dis.
pute with Nelson johnson, candidate for
road ovorscer. Brantner became greatly
excited, when In the midst Of this agitation
he fell dead from heart disease.
1t is remarkable fact, says the Dur.
hngo Herald, but true, nevertheless, that
the Ianchmen OF the San Juan country are
paid the highest price in the world for their
wheat, the present figure being $3.50 per
100, paid by the San Juan Flour Company.
This surely does not look discoutaging.
William Keeling, prominent Ger
man ranchman of the Wet Mountain valley,
suIcided "Wednesday morning by taking a
dose of strychnine. An alteration with
his brother appears to have been the mo-
tive that caused the rash act Mr. Keeling
was well fixed financially. He leaves wife
and six children.
A fatal accident occurred on the
south branch of the ID. & X. G. railroad, be-
tween Pueblo and Trinidad. Thursday
morning. A Fort Worth freight train was
coming north, closely followed by the Rio
Grande double header. The breaking OF
wheel under = Fort Worth car gave the
whole train such a shock as to extinguish |
all The lights. Before a lantern could be
relighted to flag the Rio Grande train II
ran into the Fort Worth caboose wrecking |
both Rio Grande engines and several cars. |
j. ID. Bradshaw, fireman on the second en-
gine. had his back broken ana received |
other injuries from which he died In two |
hours. |
The Denver News says OF tho result |
of the election In this state. scattering re. |
turns from over the stats indicate the cleo. |
tion Of Hon. job A. Cooper to the office OF
governor by the largest majority ever given |
10 n candidate for that office In this state, |
md this despite the magnificent canvass
made by his Democratic opponent Hon. |
Thomas N. Patterson, canvass which, In
point Of energy, ability and enthusiasm, Is
one OF the largest red letters In the political
history Of this commonwealth. Governor
Cooper will have the assistance of full
corps Of Republican state officials and of
Legislature which is SO largely Republican
In both branches that there can be no shift |
Ing of responsibility in the line of either |
omission or commission"
The man who carried the Republican
election tickets into the western districts of |
Garfield county returned last evening, says |
Glenwood dispatch, after having expert
enced rough trip on account Of numerous
snow and rain storms. While in the ex-
treme western portion Of the county he
was informed by the ranch people that Ool.
GROW (not tho old fellow and band Of
Utes were in that country slaughtering |
game, but had not thus far moleeted any of
the settlers. The reason that the Utes came
IN the reservation into Garfield county
was, II Is alleged, because some Of the
rsnchmen he'd killed about dozen deer /