The Delta independent., 1889-02-05
STATE NEWS.

Ex-senator Tabor and family have
gone tn Eurnpe.
A young Folks Alliance" has been
organized in Georgetown.
A ME brick and stone hotel is about
70 be erected at Montrose.
The Denver disciples of Henry
George have organized a club
The watcr-works bonds issued by
Las Animas have been sold at par.
Mr.. J. b. Wheeler will open a new
bank at Colorado City about March /.
During the term of Ex-Governor
Adams over 200 notaral bonds were is,
sued
The citizens Of New Castle protes,
ngainst the proposed division OF Garfield
County.
Professor Byington. Superintendent
OF the Public Schools at Colorado Springs,
has resigned
The Crown FIGURING Mill at Pueblo
was destroyed by fire Wednesday evening.
Loss, $4,000.
A large colony of Mennonites are
thinking OF cmigratinr from Kansas tc
Bent County
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. St. John, OF
Colorado Springs, celebrated their COLDER
wedding last week.
Denver last week led the entire
country In the percentage OF gain Of it,
Clearing House transactions.
Colorado College was recently pre-
sen,ei with fine collection OF birds BY
the Misses Mellcn Of Glen Eyrie.
Gov. Cooper has offered reward OF
Zoo for the arrest Of X L. Rowdcn the alb
sconding county Judge Of Logan County,
Aspen had big fox hunt last Sat
urtay in which 200 men and boys partici
patcd. Three foxes were scared up but all
escaped.
1t is expected that the telephone
line in course Of construction from Denver
to Lcadvillc will be in successful operation
within thirty days.
a strong salt spring has been dis
covered and located upon near Mcckcr, Gar
field County. There is n prospect Of salt
works being erected there.
Thursday WINS the last day in which
bills could be introduced in the Lcgisln
turc Altogether there have been SIS pres
cn,cd In the Senate aud 800 in the House.
Jesse Frazer. tho pioneer fruit
grower Of Colorado claims that his app,
crop for the past season footed up l5.oN
bushels, all raised on thirty five acres Of
ground
The business done AT the Denver
postofico for lssS showed an increase OF
s6.gi per cent of over that for lSs7, while
the cost Of the service was lcsscncd over i;
per cent
The famous Durant-Bonnyboll min.
ing case is being tried In tho United State,
Cour, in Denver. Millions Of dollars nu
involved and the best counsel In the Stat
Is employed on the case.
A young man named 4. ID. Taylor
committed suicide in Denver last Monday
He Ind squnndcrcd all his money on
fcction and he concluded life was no,
worth the living,
There are i0T male and 40 female
patients in the Pueblo insane nsylum Gi ~,
present time. The institution is greatly
ovcrcruwdcd aud an effort il being madc &c
have tho Legislature appropriate money
for a new building.
Tho earthquake shocks OF last week
which were 80 plainly felt in Routt County
were also felt In Glcnwood. Tho water IN
the big spring boiled and bubblcd furiously
fora few moments and was several degrees
warmer than ever known before.
The engine pulling the train bear.
ing tho Legislative Investigating Commit
tee on State Institutions, bound for the
Pcnitcntiary ut Canon City, jumped tho
track ut Colorado Springs Saturday even
ing Tho damage done was slight, nobody
hurt, but tho train was delayed about three
hours.
Judge Decker has ordered one Of
the street car companies in Denver, which
disrcgardcd an injunction recently issued
from his court, to tear up lot of track rc
Gently laid by them. II is hoped this will
prove n discouragcr TO the shameless
street grabbing which is now going on in
that city.
A Georgetown dispatch of the 3lsi
SAYS: "Anothcr OF those accidents caused
by pickiug outa u missed hole loaded with
giant powder occurred this afternoon in
the shaft OF the Bush mine on sherman
Mountain, resulting in tho death OF u
young unmarried man named william
Scott, n native OF Nova Scotia, while he
WINS picking out the hole. Daniel Riley OF
Georgetown, u married man, who has Q
large family, who was working In tho same
shaft was badly injured. Tho body OF
Scott wns brought down TO Silver Plume,
whorcas MIR Riley was brought down tc
his rcsidcncc In Georgetown. At this tim,
he is under surgical treatment. How bao
his injuries are cannot be said but tis sup
posed they are not serious
There are 3O6 cells and i2o prisoners
in tho state pcnitou'inry. The wardct
strongly favors building an irrigatins ditcl
from the Arkansas to reclaim very large
area of land and says II the State Will dc
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