The Delta independent., 1889-08-13
STATE NEWS.

contemplated Al Fort collins.
Colonel George 7. Breed, a promi-
nent citizen of Pueblo, died on the sth.
Tho now building to be erected for
the State School Of Mines will cost about
$4,000.
Tho Pueblo Water Works Company
propose cxpcpding 100000 in improving
their plant.
Seventy thousand dollars have been
subscribed toward Pucblo's proposed min
eral palace.
Denver is greatly elated over the
ccrtainty Of tho removal OF the principal
Union Pacific shops to that point.
A gang Of sncak-thicves have been
working Colorado Springs. Chicken roosts
and clothes lines have been the chief suf
fcrcrs.
Sixteen Carloads OF granite were re-
ceivcd In Denver Monday for tho State
Capitol. 1t Is proposed TO push the work
from now on.
Jennie Jones, Denver colorcd girl,
Nvns seriously and probably fatally burned
tbc other day. Her clothes caught fire
from n red hot stove near which she was
working.
Mr.. Cooper, the manager. and Mr..
St..pleton, the managing editor OF the Den
yer Republican, have each been fined 500
and costs By Judge Stuart for contempt Of
his court
hnnSsx af tt,n oil
which throws out Go,oco gallons of water a
day. II is said 70 ba an excellent quality
of soda water, with iron and CONTAINS plenty
of carbonic acid.
John McGraw. OF Denver, who beat
his vile until she was almost dead, and nc
corting TO the testimony of physicians
killed her unborn babe, has been fined So
by Justice Palmer.
Great pressure il being brought 10
bear on Gov. Cooper 10 commute the sen
icnoc Of Tyson, the man soon to be hanged
for murder. Cicmency is asked on the
ground OF insanity.
1t is said that there is on an aver
age 5000 gallons OF water used per day In
Trinidad Counting the population a,
l5,ooo, q low estimate. this would give each
individual over 1--WE gallons of water each
day.
John Carncscw. Denver & Rio
Grandc brakeman, was knocked down by
some cars he was cndeas rim; 20 uncouplc
Mt Gunnison the other day and horribly
mnngicd BY the wheels which -asscd over
his body.
The Denver Chamber OF Commerce
propose shortly running n free excursion
from New York and Philadelphia 10 Dca-
yer. Only men Of large wealth will bc in
vi,ed and NIL their expenses, which urc es-
tima,od at $4,000, will be paid.
Rio Grando County's assessed valu-
alton this year foots up TO 81, ,sss, Ia5. Stock
OF various kinds arc valued at saa3,ooo.
railroad property s3lo,ss6 and land with
improvements outside OF towns at sseo, 500
while town property is placed at ss55,i
As an illustration tha, Colorado Is
not dry State and can have all the water
snc will go for, It may be said that tho
manufacturers OF the Nyc steam vacuum
pump. mt Greeley have ono of their pumps
at work In that town on well that is 20
feet deep with - feet of water and the
supply Is so great that the pump work
iIg 900 gallons u minute does not effect
It and mother one has been pat In.
The Pixies Peak cog-whcol railway,
the movement for which has been revived
and new survey ordered, starts from the
Rio GranJc Railway In Manitou and swings
around By the entrance to Rel Rock Canon,
thence through Crystal Park around by
Iron Mountain, thence through tho South
Park and around by Lake Morainc TO the
summit of the peak. II is understood that
this Is an catiroly now project from the
tramwny company recently organized and
Ia really tho enterprise of the Rio Grnndc
Railway Company.
The Bureau OF Immigration and Sta
tistics Il making rapid and satisfactory
progress In the work OF preparation for
tho eastern exhibit, says tho Denver Re
publican. The time allotted was short,
but the press and the producers have taken
hold Of tho Undertaking with energy and
arc supplcmcnting tho work OF the bureau
with splendid results. MIR. Irwin Mahon
wCll known IN connection Win pubiiC Gu
tcrpriscs of this character, has been added
TO tho force engaged in making the collcc-
tion aud leaves to day for jefferson, Gilpin
and Clear Crock Counties, Tho Board OF
Trade Mt Pueblo has It's machinery in mo-
tion, ns also tho San Juan association. In
San Luis Valley popular and general Of
fort Ia being made ut several points, and
ono ef the special agents has Just com.
pictcd his work In the front section Of Ere
mont County, is now visiting Lcadvillc
and Aspcn,. and will make tour OF tho
western agricultural part Of tho State. In
fact, tho superintendent has every reason,
In spite OF tho brief timo afYordcd,to antici-
patio comprehensive and thorough dis
play Of products. Tho railroads and OK
prss. cc,nranies have offered to extend any
courtesy In tho mattor Of transportation In
behalf cf the State.
Rcd vandclindcr returned on Monday
from his unsucccssful hunt for tho bank
robbors, rays tho Telluride Journal Ho
saya they nrc still located In tho ncighbor-
hood Of tho Blue Mountains, and that thero
10 rot man In tho country that will lend
any nsstxtnuro In THAR cnpturc and but