The Delta independent., 1889-10-22
STATE NEWS.
Cheyenne Wells is growing rapidly.
A Catholic seminary is to be builtat


ACatholic seminary is to be builtat
Boulder.
Jay Gould and party are making
tour Of the State.
A large gypsum mill is to be estab-
lished near Fort Collins.
There is talk OF organizing fire de-
psrtment in Monte Vista.
Bonds for water works have been
voted by the town of Wray.
The St. James Hotel at Rico was de-
stroyed by fire few days ago.
There are said to be 1000 Italians
in Denver and immediate vicinity.
William Sisty. one OF Colorado's
best known pioneers, died last Monday.
In the Denver Newsboy's Home the
only inmate is o six year-old colored girl.
The Brighton Canning Company has
put up $50 barrels of cucumber pickles this
year.
Tho President has appointed David
l.. Sheets to be Receiver Of Public Moneys
ut Durango.
A herd OF 5000 sheep arrived in
Julesburg the other day, having been driven
Nil the way from Oregon.
The Fort Worth has put round trip
tickets to the City of Mexico on sale. They
are good for six months.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers are holding their twcnty-stxth
annual meeting in Denver.
Colonel Ellet, OF Boulder has been
elected president of the re-organized Chai'
lenge Publishing Company.
A heavy storm is reported on the
Ration Mountains, twenty miles south OF
Trinidad. The show is eight inches deep
on the level.
Prospecting for oil and gas on an
extended scale is TO be carried on by
wealthy company ut watkins,a - small town
eighteen miles east Of Denver.
The %. 600 school building in the
Wheat Ridge District is nearly completed.
II Ia one OF the most complete and elegant
buildings for the purpose In the State.
A fire in the telephone exchange
building In Denver last Sunday did several
thousand dollars worth Of damage and put
an end 10 the telephone business for q week
at least
A three-ycar-old child Mt Aspen
which had been pronounced dead by the
physicians astonishcd its parents by CON-
guxv snt ia tus yrs,pk Tho nr0k-
pccts for its tomplcse recovery arc good.
The demand for Manitou water is
increasing 30 rapidly that the company
which does mo bottiing have decided to
erect large three story building, no feet
in length, In addition 70 their present
plant
A meeting Of the Weld County
Tcachers' Association will be held in
Greeley on Friday and Saturday, Novcm-
bcr and ., In tho rooms Of the Business
College. State Superintendent Dick will
be present and address tho meeting Fri
day evening.
The current number OF tho Common
srcniih Is one Of The best yet issucd. II IL
In every sense . credit to tho State.
Through ,ts medium q number Of young
writer's Of great promise arc being intro
duccd to tho reading public. Many OF them,
we predict will soon have national rcputn.
tons.
Willie Robinson, son OF well-known
Colorado Springs physician, met with .
serious accident Wednesday evening. He
was playing with largo bottle Of nitric
acid when the cork came out and tho fluid
went over his face and hands, burning the
child in terrible manner. His wounds
have been dressed and his recovery is hoped
for.
Mr.. H. Stratton. n farmer near Fort
Collins, contested for the 600 prise offered
by the American AgricMiturtst for tho
beat crop OF potatoes grown on n single
acre. Professor Ingcrsoll OF tho Agricul.
turai College was selected a. Judge. In his
report he gives tho yield - sook bushels,
consisting Of Is, $40 pounds of mcrchantablc
and 4, ,s65 small potatoes.
Tho Governor has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Dallas signed by
John A. Porter: ''Sir: The Southern Utc
Indians arc wantonly xiiling vast numbers
Of deer for hidcs only on the East Dolores.
They arc far from tho reservation and Sc
rjous trouble will rcsult II somo Immediate
action Ia not taken. Can you do anything
through the Indian agent or through Fort
Lcwisi
Governor Cooper has returned from
Chicago He Is highly pleased with his
trip. which was principally TO ascertain tho
impression made by the Colorado exhibit
He says the display is one Of which tho
people Of the State may well be proud. On
all sides hc heard nothing but words OF
praise. The fruit display oxccls tho one
from California, they. being placed side BY
aide. Tho farmers arc attracted to tho fine
specimens OF grain grown In this State.
Contractors and stonecutters wcro de-
liehtcd with tho granite and sandstone dis
plny and intend scnding agcnts to examine
tho quarries throughout the State. Taken
a. . whole, Il il q grand showing Of tho
producta Of Colorado, and no bcttcr adver-
tiscmcnt for the State could have been suR-
gested.
A meeting Of tho Board Of Trustees
Of the State Normal School was hold in tho
once Of tho Superintendent Of Public In