The Delta independent., 1889-04-16
STATE NEWS.

Montrose is to have a $40 900 hotel.
Fort Morgan is to have q cream
cry.
!The Telluride Journal is offered for
sale.
Akron is to have a 80, 900 system Of
water works.
: A $4,000 hotel is being built in
Silver Plume.
A number or ore THE YES have been
arrested at Aspen.
Governor Cooper has designated
April 10th as Arbor Day.
A lawn tennis club have recently
been organized At Monte Vista.
A venturesome tourist party made
the ascent Of Pixies Peak last week.
The military post near Denver has
been oficiaily christened Fort Logan.
The Gettysburg building in Denver
is to be transformed into parkcthou
Most encouraging reports como
from all the agricultural sections Of tho
State.
John Vinyard. near Burlington.
Colo, had fifty head Of cattle dehorned re-
Gently.
Mr.. Mullen, the well-known mill
man, is thinking Of building Touring mill
At Mecker.
A street railway is one Of the con-
templated improvements to be made soon
in Greeley.
April 2sth is Arbor Day and should
witness the planting Of atleast one hundred
thousand trees in this State.
The corner stone Of the new Ma
sonic Temple In Denver was laid with i'm
posing ceremonies last Monday.
A cheese factory is being built on
Tongue Greek. in Delta County, which is
70 use about 5000 pounds Of milk daily.
The Grand River Coal and Coke Com
psny arc advertising for 800 men with fam
lilies TO work In the new Castle mincs.
The recent rains have extended
all over the eastern part Of the State and
have done an immense amount Of good.
Governor Cooper has signed the
bills creating tho counties Of Phillips,
Sedgwick. Ynma, Lincoln. Kit Carson and
Prowers.
Peach, apricot and cherry trees arc
in bloom down around Montrosc, and the
cottonwood, box elder and poplar arc out
In spring leaf.
Tho citizens at Twin Lakes are cx-
cited over letter received by the post
master there, signed by White Caps, warn.
ing the postmaster 10 skip.
The Union Pacific Company has put
II an immense stone crushcr at Atkins,
Capacity 20 tons day. The crushed stone
is for macadamiring the streets of Denver.
The attempt OF the Colorado Springs
authorities 70 lay water p,pca through tho
streets Of Manitou 10 meeting with strong
opposition. Injunctions have bccn sued
out by the Manitou people 70 prevent their
laying the pipes and by the other party 70
prevent tho Manitou people from intcrfcr.
Ing with their doing 30.
The libel suit Of Franklin Walker
against the Gsnnison Rerscp- Prcss has
been decided In favor OF defendant This suit
was one Of four Of tho outgrowth Of the
contest Of 1887 between the business men Of
that community, the Chamber of Commerce
and tho plaintiffs In three libel suits ovoT
the granite quarrics, The case In question
was made test case and Rs such was
fought for all there was In II by both sides.
q. p. Hickman. ranchman on
Rife Creek, hearing that the Legislature
had restored the bounty on mountain lions
started out 70 Kill few Of tho pests. He
located In . spot whore they were known
10 frequent and set his traps. His time
WAS very much taken up from that on, and
in short time he had l3 Of the monsters
laid out cold, and Monday he drove into
Glenwood with the l3 hidcs on board.
There In large family Of mountain lions
suli TO be cxtcrminatcd In tho samc 10.
caiity.
About 4 o'clock Saturday morning a
collision took place between two double.
header passenger trains on tho Sante Fc,
10 milcs south Of Trinidad and just north
Of Lynn Station. Tho trains wcro going
around sharp curve and II was impossi
bic for tho engineers to stop their trains.
Tho four engines werc piled up In q heap,
and the express on tho northbound was tel.
cscopcd. Engineer Joe Pare, on the first
engine Of tho southbound train, had one car
cut on and one Of his legs badly crushed.
A tramp who was stealing ridc on tho
blind baggage was killed outright. The
cause Of tho wreck Is supposed to be tho
result OF Misunderstanding OF orders bc.
tween tho train dispatcher and tho opera
tor.
Thursday at 10 o'clock snowslide
600 feet wide started on tho northeast slopo
Of Aspen Mountain, north Of tho Dutch.
mans tunnel, noar Larry Maroncy's saw.
mill. II caught ono OF Maroncy's four
horse mill tcams and carried II over tho
grade and down the mountain distance OF
100 feet, but Billy Read, tho driver, landed
a. far again below. When some minera
who wcrc ncar reached him no had just
succccdcd In getting his head above tho
snow and was rescued without serious In
Jury. Tho team was saved, with severe
bruises and scratches.
Experiments arc being made Mt
Canon City in the uso Of crude oil for fuel,
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