The Delta independent., 1889-07-30
STATE NEWS.

8uoSSo.
Manitou boasts OF the amount Of mail
received At Its postoffice.
Nearly el5O.OOO has been paid out
for wool at Antonito this season.
The Seventh Day Adventists are
holding camp-meeting at Brighton.
Another soaking rain visited Denver
and vicinity on the night Of the nd.
Members OF the Salvation Army In
Pueblo have been placed on the chain
gang.
1t is reported that the gauge Of the
South Park Road will soon bc widened TO
standard width.
Willie Goss OF Colorado Springs is
the latest martyr to the attempt to kindle
fire with coal oil.
A Boulder man convicted OF throw
Ing rotten eggs at tho Salvation Army has
been fined t25 and costs.
Acave WAS encountered in the Amer
ican mine at Ouray last week from which
ore worth q, 600 q sack Is being mined.
Mr.. Holden has resigned the Office
OF president and general manager Of tho
Philadelphia Smelling and Refining Com.
pany.
Secretary OF State Rice has returned
from the East, fully prepared, ho says, TO
meet all charges that may be brought
against him.
Mr.. J. j. Rickard, contractor from
Grcensburg, Pcnnsylvania, has begun the
work Of putting In 100 coke ovens At the
Victor mines near Trinidad.
Secretary OF State Rice has notified
the Governor that he Ia ready and willing
10 give him any information regarding the
conduct Of his oficc that he may desire.
An engineering party left Boulder
the other day for the purpose Of making .
survey 70 ascertain II practicable scheme
could DC inAuguratcd by which water from
tho Grand River la western Colorado could
be brought over the range aud used on the
esstcrn slope for irrignting purposes.
There arc now GOO men and 200
teams At work on the Bcssemcr ditch near
three crcws. located at as many camps be-
tween Meadows aud Goodnight The first
gang has crossed the Denver and Rio
Grandc Railroad and has progressed about
. milo from tho hcadgatc at Meadows.
One OF the most important strikes
in the history OF Aspen was made in the
franklin minc few days vro. An ore
tr.-, fcrs l,, hl..tr
meas, two feet Of which return in shipping
lots 1900 ounces per ton. Mr.. ID. II. Mofra,
In one Of tho principal owners Of this prop
erty which he considers worth 100000.
City Attorney T. Dewitt Pci,z has
filed now injunction suit In the Distric,
Court, on behalf OF Colorado Springs, pray
Ing that tho town OF Manitou be restrained
from interfering with Its right 10 enlarge
or repair its present wntcr main and from
taking such amount of water from Ruxton
Crock as tho city Ia entitled to. The suit
will be pushed to hearing.
A dispatch was received In Denver
on Monday stating that Mr.. Frank NJ
Brown. who with an engineering party
was floating down the Colorado River, was
drowned on the 10Th Of July. Tho catas
trophc occurred in Marble Canon. his boat
being cnp~ixcd whac running rapid. MIR
Brown was the president Of . company
which proposed building . railroad down
this canon. He was q prominent citizen
Of Denver, and his sudden death has caused
much mo urniing
Norman G. Jones. who recently
made an effort to gain possession Of Lake
Morainc and thus deprive Colorado Springs
Of source for us now wntc- supply, has
found tho presence Of a dozen special police
representing Colorado Springs around the
lake strong argument against his desires
and has given up his scheme. This city
will Immediately run pipe line from the
lake TO Ruxton Creek, from which the
present water supply Is obtained.
Tho State Fair 10 be held Mt Pueblo
October tho 3. 4, 8. 7,sand o, 1889, promises
to bo complete In all It's departments, md
TO excoi In gorgeous display anything over
aeon In the West Another largo building
has been erected, 30 by 40 feet, with largt
gallery, which will accommodate the large
exhibits Of tho products OF tho farm, the
orchard and tho dairy, and all pertaining
thereto. There Is ample spare room for tho
products Of tho mine, machinery and the
fnc arts Hundreds Of largo stables and
stalls arc provided for the thoroughbred
stock, horscs, cattle, sheep and swine.
Mr.. w. A. willard. clerk OF tho
Unitcd SiRtcs Court for this dIstrict, has
brought suit against tho Union Pacific
Railroad Company for $4,000. Several
ycars ago, when Mr. willard was tho Den
vcr agent for tho company, they made q
man named Shank cashier In his offic'
without MIR. WlllArd's consent In few
weeks Shank skipped out with over $500
Of tho compAny's money which the,
charged up TO Mr.. Willard. The latter die
not consider himself responsible for the
money and refused TO pay H. Since then
the company have carried MIR. willard OF
their books "a , delinquent, greatly iniur
Ing his credit and preventing him from oh
tAining employment. Ho therefore ask
damages In tho sum above named.
A fatal accident occurred At Pueblo
Saturday morning resulting In tho deatl
OF . young man named Chsrlcs vickcrs
The accident occurred In . corral on tn
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