The Delta independent., 1889-05-21
STATE NEWS.

The Leadville gambling houses have
been closed.
The mining interests Of the State are
having verItsble boom.
The keepers Of Denver's gambling
dens have been fined go each.
The amount paid to the employees Of
the late Legislature was s47,9l5.5O.
Tho prospect for crops OF all kinds
never was brighter than at present
The tourist travel to this State pro-
mises 70 be unusually large this year.
It is said that the shops OF the Fort
Worth Railroad are to be located 1t Eliza
beth.
About 1900 men are employed in
extending the D. & r. G. track TO Lake
City.
Snow from four to ten feet deep is
reported from various portions Of tho noun
tains.
Mr.. E. L. Byington, OF Colorado
Springs, has been elected Superintendent
Of the Boulder schools.
The railroad conductors Of the Uni
ted States and Canada held their annual
meeting in Denver this week.
The trial Of Jim Bush for the muir
der Of Arbucklc is In progress At Buena
Vista. The decd was commit cd ten ycars
ago.
Tho Governor has issued a pardon
70 Hugh J. Lind, Of Concjos County, who
10 serving . term in tho penitentiary for
larceny.
An artesian outfit Is being put IN
shape At Del Nortc for prospecting for coal
near Shaws Springs. The surface indica-
lions arc nnc and work will begin at once.
New postofices have recently been
sstabhsued at Crescent In Grand County,
Pearl, Larimer County and Spinney, Park
County.
This promises to be tho mest pros
pcrous year Colorado ever has had. Tho
grazing, agricultural and mining interests
arc all booming.
An effort Is being mede 70 have the
ceremony connected with the laying Of the
corner stone Of the State Capitol occur on
tho Fourth Of July.
There IL again talk Of establishing a
mining exchange in Denver. II the money
which IL spent for lottery tickets could Oe
secured for mining stock there would be no
question Of thcsucccss Of tho enterprise.
Tho glass works At Colorado City
have started w with force Of nifty two
blowers and enough other workmen sdswcll
the total number 70 ono hundred. For the
present nothing will bc made but bottles.
I Commencement Day for Colorado
Springs High School will be Friday, June
II. Tho graduating class will be composed
Of three young ladies and three young men,
and tho exercises will be held In the Opcra
House In the evening.
Tho railroad conductors arc loud In
their praises Of tho Burlington railroad,
which brought them from Chicago 70 Colo
rado in three superb Pullman vcstibulc
trains Of eleven cars each The travel on
this line is now 20 heavy that sleeping car
berths havc 70 be engaged . wcck before
they arc wanted.
Z The Pueblo Barbed Wire Company
has elected tho following oficen: Prcsi-
dent, A. B. Psttoa; Vice President o. p.
Baxter; Secretary and Treasurer. Charles
Rutcr; Manager, F. Il. Knisicy. Tho cap
itai stock OF the company IL ti0o, 600. Tho
plant 10 now under way and tho maAafac-
surc Of barbcd wirc will begin early in
Juno.
Tho Colorado State horticultural
and Furestry Association will hold meet.
ing at BOULDER on tho 10Th and 90th Of juno.
Essays and topics gcrmain 70 horticulture
will be road and discussed. Many cash
prizes viii DO awarded In tho floral, fruit
and vegetable departments. All samples
for cxhibltion should be addressed to C. s.
Faurot president Of the association.
Boulder.
Tho contract for building the VIA
duct on Sixteenth street for tho Denver
City Cable Company has been lot to the
Wrought Iroa Bridge Company Of Canton
Ohio. The viaducs will be a0s2 fect iu
length, and will cxtcnd from Wazcc to
Piatss street. Had tho Sixteenth Street.
property owners raised . certain amount
Of money the roadway would have been 60
fcct in width; but they refused to do so,
and now II will only be IS feet widc.
Patrick Welsh, wcll-known Sum-
init County miner. was killed by tho OK
plosion Of giant powder at tho Loss mino
on Rock Creek Monday afternoon. 1t is
thought that he was warming tho powder
when II exploded, which almost severed
the head from the body and broke his arms
and limbs in numbcrlcss places. Welsh
was about 50 years old, unmarried, nnd
formerly resided at Iowa City, Iowa,
whore II 10 thought his mother stili lives.
Correspondence from Now York
statss that tho Aspen mountain railway,
which has boon designed to tap all mincs
between Aspen and Tourtclctte Park, is Nh
assured fact and that the material Is being
contracted for. Tho road will cover dis
TANGO Of sixteen miles, siHsag, and will be
one Of tho most profitable picces Of rail-
evur laid In tho mountains. Tho necessity
for such an outlet 10 particularly fcit At
this time, a Tourtelcttc Park, with IN out
- As4. So. . haa hnos. Mtor~ll,,