The Delta independent., 1889-02-12
STATE NEWS.

The Herd Law bill has been defeated
In the Legislature
Work has finally been commenced
nc Puo6lo's big opera house.
The Catholic church at Salida was
destroyed by fire few days ago.
An effort is being made to organize
library association at Sterling.
Denver Catholics are about to COM
mence work on 1900, 600 cathedral.
The students Of the college at Colo
rado Springs have adopted college yell.
Mr. II. B. Chamberlin has been
elected president Of the Denver Chamber
OF Commerce.
The Colorado Coal and Iron coal
mines near Walscnburg are working about
400 men at present
A Denver cable car ran over man
Sunday iniuring him so severely that he
soon nfterward died.
The Supreme Court got thorough
orerhauling In the Legislature tho other
day. IL reports are tue it was needed.
The Legislature is trying TO frame
herd law which will satisfy the small
farmers and not kill the cattle industry.
J. C: Kain of Rocky Ford has dem.
onstraiod beyond doubt that buckwhea,
can 10 successfully grown in the Arkansas
Valley.
Two prisoners escaped rom the
Mon'rosc jail few days ago, but were re-
captured before they could reach hiding
place.
1t is charged that some OF the men,
bers OF the city council of Grand Junction
have been fcathcring their nests Mt the
public expense.
The last fall OF snow in the noun
tains abou, tho head waters OF the Huer
fano wns about eighteen inches, making a
total snow fall Of about four feet in the
timber where 1t lays
The Yuma SIM gives table OF farm
products raised by 6i farmers OF that vicin-
iu. Among the articles are 81 $50 bushels
OF corn, 6,Ia5 bushels OF potatoes aud 352
hogs whose gross weight was q, go pounds.
The Government has already COM
mcnccd work upon its gigantic fish hatch.
cry, recently located at Evergreen Lakes,
near Lcadviile. II will have capacity of
So,no,ooo spawn to begin with, and within
few years II il expected that the capacity
will be doubled.
l. Thomas Hall. promincn, young
man from Saiida, was arrested at Denver
hotel Tuesday morning Just as no was
about To start for Chicago. Hall, who was
formerly bookkccpcr for Contractor Geo.
=. Jones, Of Salida, is accused Of having
cmbo,zlcd q 500 from his employer.
John Brown. n contractor OF the ID.
Il II. q. extension near New Castle. was
sho, aud 1t is thought fatally wounded by
one OF his laborcrs named Cawkins last
Thursday. Brown has the reputation of
being very rough with his men and Ia said.
To have knocked Cawkins down with clod
OF earth Just before the shooting.
A tcn-ycar old boy fell from the top
Of the Railroad Building-a tcn-story
struc,urc--in Denver las, Saturday, ,trils-
ing numerous telegraph wires on his way
down and knocking the stufiing out OF
strange to say, the boy was not killed and
will probably entirely recover.
A Divide Board OF Trade has been
organized, with headquarters at Table
Rock. III Paso County. II Is u farmers
organization for the purpose of mutually
bcncfi,ting the farmers and merchants, also
to induce some railroad to build line over
Ia Itxst1 shar tn
Hon. VIM. +. Meek is President
A motor car in the suburbs Of Dem
vcr got beyond the control OF the engineer
last Sunday while crowded with passen-
gers. Rounding short curve at q speed
of forty miles an hour It jumped the track
and fell on it's side killing one man and ser
iously II not fatally injurinG two or three
others. while at least dozen were moro
or less bruised.
A purity Of engineers are now en-
gagged In making n survey Of the noun
tains for thu purpose of constructing rail
road up Pixies Peak. The survey starts ut
point near the Rcd Rock Canon, u short
distance nbovc Colorado City. Tho party
has It's headquarters In Denver 4 Rio
Grandc way car. and II is supposed they
are u Denver & Rio Grandc party.
AT n meeting of the Colorado Coal
4 Iron Company, held in New York last
week, tho resignation OF Henry +. Spraguc,
president, wns presented and accepted, and
Mr.. w. A. Dick, who has boon n member
OF tho Board of Directors Of that company
for several years, was elected TO fill the
vacancy Hc accepted tho position and is
now on routc TO Pueblo TO look over the
ground aud determine what is best to be
done TO advanco tho company's interests.
Tho Penitentiary Commissioners
ask for $4,000 to construct State ditch
with prison labor. There arc 200 convicts
now practically unemployed. As matter
Of humanity thcy should have something TO
do. Tho committee givo tho ditch scheme
their individual approval. Tho projected
canal starts from point eight miles above
Canon City and ia seventeen miles long
and will cover 10000 acrcs Of land. II Is
not likely TO bc built by private enterprise.
A now departure has bcen made in
tho Henry Canal systcm, which Is being
built near Lamar. A series Of storage rcs-
crvoirs will extcnd tho whole length AID
thus kocp regular supply. Tho ono now
being built ton milos north Of town is a
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