The Delta independent., 1888-04-17
COLORADO CONDENSED.

usaps.
Saloons in Colorado City pay Ii
of $500 year. 49,.
Mr. 3. E. Hardeman. ex-mayor of
Aspen, died In Denver last Tuesday.
According to the city directory just
Issued Denver has population of 9G, eco.
The business of tho Pueblo po-toliicc
has increased so per cent. in tue pas. nine
months.
The Denver ministers have passed
resolutions tending to boycott Sunday
newspapers.
Ex-senator Hill lcctured before the
I. N. g. A. ofLeadvillc few days ago OF
N1'iopolies and Trusts
Brighton had very successful
market day last Saturday. They will be
held once month In the future
1t costs the state Eve dollars per
week per capita for the maintainance Of
the oonvicts at the state prison at Canon
CITY. .
The coroner's jury in the Duggan
murder case at Leadville has returned Il
verdict accusing Alderman Young son OF
committing the deed.
A stock company has been formed at
Sslida to bore an artesian well. II i.cA-
pec'ed to strike hot mineral water ut n
depth of between 800 and /, ,aoo feet.
James Dunn was instantly killed In
tho Robert Emmet mine at Aspen by arope
breaking. letting car Of ore down upon
him a. he was coming up the incline,
The receipts of the Booth aud Bar
re'' engagement at the Tabor Op-ra House
IN Denver last week, were t,5oIO, tn.
largest weeks receipts ever known iu ,ha;
city.
The Colorado Iron Work. company
has, by agreement with lis employees.
ah"l teo the cooperative sys.-ru Cndrr
this p -ie-ment the employees will share ia
the .'fott- Of the concern.
Prof. Elwood Mead has resigned hi.
position ss professor OF physics aud irr'gr.
hon In 'hc State Agricultural College Rni
viii n' 70 Wyoming 10 take charge of the
tdoea Of stivsyUi general o. that territory.
Steps are under way for the estab-
lHhment OF n state experimental farm in
Bent county. c. II. Small q member OF the
0Ats boasd Of agriculture. has been down
thrrr md Will shortly make his report Ia
the rAfe board. Another such farm /, ;n be
esise .shed in Fl pAso county,
Tho {. c. & !. company are about
To commence work Oh new irriga;ing
ditch which will be- taken out OF the river
about ten miles above Pueblo and which,
the ChieftAin says, will he so; less than
twenty miles long and will bring under
cultivation 5000 acres Of land.
Al Kit Carson another outfit Of
graders made their Appearance on Thurs-
day last with . trainioad OF mules. horses
nd tools. They are going to work on lhc
grad. OF tn. Rock Island rNilr,ad iorty
miLs,- north OF that town. Graders are at
~"rk all along the line from the stat. line 70
Colombo Springs.
Mart Duggan was sho, dead In
Lss stv,lls Monday morning. The assassin
is unknown. Durgan WAS marshal nf
issadviile during Its early days ard made
eor himself = reputation for fearIss~n. Ss
and courage which extended all through
the West II Is supposed that one of the
many thugs whose III will he gained c, M
mitted the oowardly murder.
The strip Of land along the eastern
border of Colorado known As tn. cath.
irsi,, and the only un, ,uryeyed Land In
eastern Colorado, has been contracted ~
The United States Surveyor Genrtal TO
United Stnt.s Deputy Surveyor Thomas
Withers. Of Denver, Colo, who will immcd
lately enter upon his duty Of suryr, inr The
satise. The strip Is about one aud onr-ha I
miles wide and sixty miles long. which
Will open to entry something rear 5000
acres OF choice agricultural lands.
Mr.. o. II. Henry of the state school
land board. has Just completed his sc.c ion
OF 2oo. 600 acres Of governmcn, lands for the
state, In lieu OF school lands taken from The
stits BY the government fer ihel nd an icser-
vations. The selection made by NJ lleury
embrace l2a, 900 acres In the Pueblo district,
26.00o Of which are under the contemplated
Cariile ditch, and &c 900 arc in the Lamar
land district. Mr.. Henry, together with
Mr.. Hazen, Of the general land office, were
busy yesterday and the day before check
Ing up with the land office hcre-pue5ln
Chieftain.
large party Of Union Pacific sur
vcyors are In the Vicinity OF Como working
On what is commonly supposed to be line
Of railroad from thai place In nearly street
line across Mosquito Pass and down into
Lesdville. Reconstructed the road will he
Unparalleled for engineering enterprise by
AM. like project ever attempted in America.
Mosquito Pass Is usually closed with snow
from September to May, On tho west stde
the mountain is almost precipi,ous for 1900
feet The summit OF the pass is 1900 fee.
high. The new road would cut OF about
forty miles Of the present South Park line.
Tho public school land acquired by
the state, according to State Superintendent
Cornell, amounts In all to 2 50o, coo acres.
OF this amount only A,Oo5 acres have beeI,
sold. The amount sold has brought the
state over 900, 900, or an nveragc OF te5 per
aero. or this school fund $500. 600 are In
vested IN state warrants and the balance Ia
due the state on deferred payments. Thu
balance Of unsod school land belonging to