The Delta independent., 1888-07-24

The contract for Salida's So, 900
opera house has been lei.
A small strike is in progress at the
Colorado Iron Works at Denver
The ID. & X. G. are talking of laying
third rail on their Salt Lake linz,
Robert L. Meier has bcen confirmed
as postmaster at Criossdo srtirgs.
Pueblo and neighborhood had a
soaking rain on ihe ri.ht OF the nth.
Boston parties are contemplating
efecuns 4 mammoth smel,cI at Aspen.
The contract has been let for new
eeboo, building at NeeEer 10 cost g. 500.
rom some mysterious reason null
itudes Of 6sh In the Seu,h Platte are dying.
An effort is being made 10 establish
public library and reading room =, Bo6i-
der.
Tho assessed valuation az Garfield
county is s;iito,too Hr,inst e. COO, Coz year
ago.
The Fort Collins cheese factor, is
turning cut ct.rs. nj ibe rate Of : . I- a,ds
daily.
lhe mountain resorts ure crowded
as never before with ieorle IRON the east.
egn states.
Trout fishing is better in mos, Of the
mountain streams than ror n number of
years past.
hev. We krigh, has boon ordained
pastor of The Pi..i,,sIhn ebui,h at
Gcorgetowu.
ihere ore pu, up ard shipped rs,
bottles of mtn,rsi water week nom the
Aani.ou iron spling.
The Leadvillc journal has changed
hands ana politics. II viii lie strictly In.
dependent In the future.
eGrcat preparations are being made
for the state tienan's Tournament which
meet, at Aspen next mobth.
A rnili,ad bicycle which can be run
. al speed Of fifteen mlirs an hour has been
built and patented by 4 Denver man.
Sheriff Kendall, Of Garfield county.
the hero" 4, The late Ute war, is missirg
and dhisI,,,ijis ale iLic 10 4. ,atco shoit
The men now employed Mt the Englc-
Vile mii,s ale s,i, o,.fs n,at Trinidad.
number hh ut S9t. The ntnibiy roy roll Is
about $500.
The track layers on the Rock Island
road have crossed the Kansas line and are
Approaching the mountains At the rate OF
two miles day.
More freight and ore is handled u,
the Ouray station each month now than
was handled by The fieighi,is IN any yeai
previous 10 1851.
Mayor Frank II. Bower. of Lcadville.
died very suddenly ri his b,n.e on il,c even
ing Of the 10th. Mr.. Bower wns but twenty.
nine years old.
The era of tall buildings has CON-
mepced in Denver. Many buildings OF three
and four sioii,s TIE having additional
stories placed upon them.
The stone interests near Lyons are
taking new Start on account Of develop
ments which show the great value OF the
red-stone building and pavement strata
1t has developed that the young man
who suicided at Pueblo under the name OF
bennington was German named Rohowski,
His father is = colonel In the German
army.
Gunnison's Chamber of Commerce
paid Sheriff shores si0o reward fer his re-
cent capture OF man who was catching
trout for the market The same reward is
still standing. The people over there mean
70 protect their fish.
The Pueblo Chieftain l., opposing the
creation OF paid FIRE de partment for that
town f,a two reasons; first, that tho citi.
zens cannot afford the expense, and, second,
that the volunteer Arcmen are doing ali
that regulars could do.
Tho train from New Orleans and
Fort Worth, due in Denver at 1880 o'clock
eul day evening, crashed ,hroueha q bridge
at Clarendon, on the Fort Worth division
OF the road. Nick Smith, the engineer and
Fir, man Jsmes Wilson were buried under
he wreck.
Says the Colorado Springs Republic:
"Pioi,stor LOTUS, Of the Syracuse New
Ytik) University who Ii visiting Mr.. $. II
KinHrley, made the quickest ascent to tho
buHhtt VI lag ANak. thiS tShoohs AAo
made the sscent in Fix hours and the de.
scent In less than hve hours"
Arthur White, n l9-year-old clerk in
the bank OF Charles N. Kittredge, Of Dem
yer, during the absence Of his employer
nlltd out blank check for elo,CC0, cashed
II at another bank II d hastened away to
oin the American cplCny In Canada. He
had borne good reputation, but later In
veetigation has shown that variety theatres
and RiIdcd palaces Of sin in the Queen City
had luied him TO destruction.
During the past month the Denver
and RIO 0ranas railway bias csrried =
greater number Of passengers and freight
than for any corresponding period In tho
history Of tho line. Over 1000 school teach