The state herald., 1889-07-26

IRE with coal oil.
Mr.. w. +. Pabor has been presented
with fine silver tea set by members OF the
Editorial Association.
MIR. Farmer, OF Pueblo, raised 10, 900
quarts of strawberries this year on three
and half acres Of ground.
DIR. De La Matyr has resigned the
pastorate of his Denver church and ex-
poets shortly to leave the State.
A cave was encountered in the Amer
lean mine at Ouray last week from which
ore worth q, 900 sack is being mined.
Pueblo has decided to build n min
eral palace. The capital stock is to be
slO0, ,OOo and the show is to open April !,
1890.
The new mining exchange was for
maily opened at Denver last "Wednesday. II
promises to add greatly TO tho mining in
tercsts Of the State.
Miss Lizzie Shank, a young lady l5
years old was drowned last Friday while
bathing with number Of companions In
lake near Canon City.
The board Of equalization has con-
cludcd its work, and State Treasurer Bris-
bane will get out the tables for the different
counties us soon as possible.
Mamie Scott. the beautiful l3-year-
old daughter Of Mr. and Mrs A. T. Scott
Of Leadville fell under an ore wagon few
day ago and was instantly killed.
Trouble has again arisen between
Colorado Springs and Manitou over the
determination OF tho former to lay water
pipes through the streets Of the latter
town.
The pQlice d5.iartpcnt of Denver
fubs on ne iss6sa S5Esihs si aeesi 81 July ISEb:
The Holyoke Board Of Trade is max.
Ing arrangements to send an Immigration
agent through Iowa, Illinois and Ohio to
lecture on the resources Of Phillips County
and induce settlers to locate In that nor
tion Of the State.
During a thunder storm last
Wednesday lightning struck eighteen miles
east Of Clayton Run near the Curumpaw
stream and killed seventy. four head of
sheep belong to Henry W. Leighton and
their hcrder, Mexican named ortes.
An engineering party loft Boulder
the other day for tho purpose Of making
survey to ascertain II practicable scheme
could be inaugurated by which water from
the Grand River In western Colorado could
be brought over the range and used on the
eastern slope for irrigating purposes.
There arc now GOO men and 200
teams al work on the Bcssemcr ditch near
Pueblo This large force IL divided into
three crcws, located at M many camps be.
tween Meadows and Goodnight The frs,
gang has crossed the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad and has progressed abou,
mile from the hcadgate at Meadow.
The tenth annual register Of the
State Agricultural College has been
printed and is ready for distribution. From
II We learn that the number OF studcnts I'm
attendance last year was i07, divided among
the classes US follows Post graduates. 1:
senior class, 2; Junior class, $; sophomore.
lo' freshman. 3a; preparatory, II; irrcgu.
lar and special students, Z.
The Denver md South Park rail.
road was sold Wednesday At United States
masters sale, for ka,Ooo,ooo. Eastern cnp.
italisis purchased the road. They arc
Messrs. Tappa, Hollister aud Tccland, who
represented tho Stockholders Of tho rond
itself. The road Ia sas miles In length.
its new owners will rcorganisc under +.
new name, but II ia supposed that IL win
still be controlled by tho Union Pacific.
A dispatch was received In Denver
on Monday stating that Mr.. Frank NJ
Brown, who with an engineering party |
was foatng down the Colorado River. wus |
drowned on tho 10th Of July. Tho catas.
trophc occurred Ia Marble Canon, hi. bout
being cnpsised while running rapid. MIR,
Brown WINS the president of n company
which proposed building u railroad down
this canon. He was u prominent citizen
of Denver, and his sudden death has caused
much mourning.
The Grand Jury Of Arapahoe
County has made n report In which the
newspaper reports OF the extravaganza and
dishonesty Of the late Legislature and
some OF tho State oi,iclals arc confirmed,
The Secretary Of State and his deputy .,c
scored numerically and tho Governor 4,
recommended 10 direct tho Institution Of
proper suits TO recover for tho cscc.slyc
charges which have been made 10 Tho
State for the supplies claimed 10 have bc,n
furnished 10 the State and for which the
State has paid. II is rumorcd that mum
Der Of criminal indictments will follow.
A fatal accident occurred nj Pueblo
saturday morning resulting In tho dcnth
u young mnn named Charles vickcrs
The accident occurred In a corral on Ia, :
'orncr OF Santa 10 and Front Streets
Young VIckcrs had been trying TO ROM =
INC OF tho bronrhos aud In some way IN, U
opc caught NJ ound the logs OF ono Of IA, =
cain, lie stopped down TO unfasten III, n
opc when another vicious brute In the cor "
vi ran NJ the young man and kichinr hin n
the jaw knocked him down. This bl,w nj
fas followed by another kick upon IN, III
lbs. lie arose 10 his feet, staggered a.,
~ s'clA and fell u tho ground. dying 10 40
'rh, minutes. Ills neck wAs broken. le