The Delta independent., 1889-09-17
STATE NEWS.
A 1000 school house has just been
completed st Cimarron.

A new postoflce has been estab-
iishsa n Newton In Arapahoe County.
The Seventh Day Adventists are
holding . successful camp meeting In Den.
yer.
Chihuahua, . small settlement in
6ummit County, has becn entirely wiped
out Of sxistence BY forest nre.
The attendance Mt the State Univers-
ity for tho nrst week Of tho school year
was yS with many more yet to come.
The Pueblo berbed wire works will
h ex,n manufacturing barbcd wire on the
= iah. Ten tons . day will be turned ou: at
Sc; ~.
Lieutenant Governor Smith, Of Col
den, will receive donations for the fami-
lief Of the men drowned in the coal mine
near that plsce.
The Colorado City Glass Company
propose to shortly double their works, 60
ing into white hint glass and window
eisss, in addition, 10 their present output
Of bottles.
Miss Hattie Hatfield. an eighteen
year-old school girl, was shot and fatally
wounded By her lover while riding with
him near her homo in Jefferson County
few days ago.
A force OF men nrc at work erecting
Temporary structsrcs at the new govern
meuy nsh hatchery near Leadville. It is
expected TO have tho hatchery in operation
tv s1,e lat Of October.
The August dividends for the Com
prvsnise and Aspen mines ~ Aspen wcre
pah Wednesday. The former amounted
70 ei7o,ooO and The latter TO ei2s.ooo. These
Agurcs speak for themselves.
Colorado exceli.ds monthly mnga-
siae-7Ne Cpmmonsceaifh-is out for Sep
tember. The contents arc Of unusual In
tersst and value, while the typographical
appearance 10 bcyond eriticism.
II is stated that the Colorado Coal
and Iron Company has received au order
10 make 900 toas Of rails with prospects
for large additioaal orders, yet the East
erp directory won't permit the works TO be
blown In.
The strike a. New Castle among the
miners OF tho Gnnd River Coal and Coke
Company has been settled. tho matter o.
wsxes bcine submitted TO arbitration.
Other points wero conceded BY the COM
pany and all are at work.
All hope Of rcscuing the bodies OF
tho men who lost their li~es In the Golden
mine hes been given up, - the umbcring
sud coal partitions and pillars have been
discovered TO be on Orc. Tho shaft has
therefore been closed and sealed
The calamity by which ton mos lost
sheir lives st Golden tho other day was tho
most disastrous that ever occurred in the
State with ono exception. AZ The time OF
The great exploaioa In the snthpcitc mine
near Created Butte Ave years ago nfty nine
lives were lost
The Colorado Springs Repwb'ie saye
that the Snyder Stone company have an
oeder for forty loads Of redstonc for the
Conercgstionsl Church In Pueblo. They
hare ortiers shead for about 600 carloads
OF stone. Rcd Rock Canon furnishes one
Of the greatest industries Of Colorado City.
The Taos Valley Company have
about completed nsgotiatious for . loan Of
nearly half million dollars. This money
will all be Distributed At Antonito, their
headquarters. THE company will prose-
cute their system OF irrigation this fall TO
such an extent that they begin TO sell per
r,ctual water rights TO settlers on Govern
meut land ncxt spring.
Tho r. q. 8. OF A. elected the follow
Ing oeaccra at their recent Convention In
Denver: Henri X. Foster, Of Denver,
president: Fraak J. Hood, Of GcorEctown,
y,cc presideut; James p. Hadley, Of Den.
yer. master Of forms and ceremonies
Charles rIci1inG, Of Lsadville, treasurer;
Frank W. Smith, Of Breckenridge, mar
sha,, and J. 8. Meyer, Of oursy. sergeant.
At arms.
..rmportant steps are about to be
taken by tho Colorado Forestry Associa-
tion,r says tho Denver Ee,rs, tlooktnR
towards the making Of tho CoS6tado Ma
tional Park what Il 10 intended to 'bc.
President Ensign 10 making arrangements
for tho calling 81 . meeting Of the sssocia.
ytion to be held q tho Chamber Of Commerce
In Denver and will probably be on October
I, though the date cannot DO positively
stated until the cali IL issued by tho prcsi-
dent. A. this meeting II 10 proposed 70
psas resolutions asking tho State repre-
scntativca In Congress- 70 urge tho heccss-
/. NY for attention being paid TO tho park.
Those gentlemen will probably bc present
n tho meeting. Delegates 70 toe National
Vorcs,ry Convention viii also be appointed
with instructions 70 prcsa tho matter be-
fore that body. Tue park ~ Get apart BY
by tho last Legislature embraces i,4<o,0oo
acres In Garfield County and 10 said 70 b.
FAR superior 10 the Yellowstcne In beauty
and grandeur. An important feature Of
Il 10 the extraordinary number Of valuable
mineral sprin8s..
A. La Jars correspondent writes that
the recent 6res In the mountains wcst Of
that plsce have driven al ths game into
what 10 known - The Meadows, . miles
west Of La Jara. IL b reported that oesrs,
wolvoa, deer, sd elk ~ thess n immsnso
numbers. TAe lake. sAsss ars full Of nsn.
A party Of huassss rspest that Ayear' old
oew was killed ~ bean within 30 yards
of camp lat HooAa1 uiahk AountAin