The Delta independent., 1889-10-15
STATE NEWS.

malls.
Friend is building 500 school
house. q
Fifty houses have been built In Lit
Teton this year.
The Pueblo fair management cleared
about 5000 this year.
There are 16s persons confined in
the Arspahoe County jail.
A large catamount was shot within
niie Of Boulder the other day.
La Jara boasts Of one field OF wheat
which averages IS bushels to the acre.
There arc fifty-two lodges OF Good
Templar,-tn IN Colorado and 2, 500 members.
The next trienninl conclave OF the
Knights Templar will bo hold in Denver.
Some Of the best posted men in Dem
900.
An eight-acre field Of wheat near
Meeker yielded 4o5 bushels of grain this
season.
A mad dog created considerable ex-
element in the streets of In Junta . few
days ago.
A new postotfice named Corcoran
has been established In the eastern Fart Of
Arapahoc County.
Another Durango woman attempted
TO kindle IRE with coal oil the other day,
and was probably fatally burned
A Red Cliff woman committed sui
eide q few day. ago BY throwing herself
over cliff one hundred feet high.
The sales OF Denver real estate for
the first nine months of this year amounted
70 over forty -four millions Of dollars.
The mayor OF Lendville has resigned
on account OF the interference OF the duties
Of his oflcc with his private business.
A convention has bcen called of
those interested in silver coinage TO be
held In Denver on the 18th Of November.
The woman's Congress is In session
in Denver with many OF the most promi-
ncnt ladies' In tho country in attendance.
Wolves are very troublesome around
RAymcr, Weld County. A grand hunt is
talked of BY tho farmers OF that .neigabor-
hood.
In accordance with the suggestions
offered in the United States geological sur
vcy tho State engineer caused the head
gate OF the English canal TO drain the Platte
River. His object is to get a scientific
measurement Of the sccpagc water that
may collect In the river.
The Commissioner OF Statistics, j.
+. V. Skin, IL raising funds to take the
Colorado exhibit now Mt Chicago on g.
days. tour 70 tho principal cit.cs in tho
United States, whcrc the natural resources
OF tho Centennial State will be fully advcr-
usod and exhibited Such n thing would
be Of incalculAblc benefit 10 Colorado.
Two freight trains on the Denver.
Tcxas & Fort Worth Road collidcd near
Pueblo At an carly hour Sunday morning
Both engines and several cars were badly
wrecked. Engineer Tobir Cranes leg was
20 badly injured that amputation was nee
c~aary. His fireman, Sam Fisk, had his
back broken and died Mt o'clock this
morning. Tho track was blockadcd for
several hours
The Pueblo Western Railway Com
pany has been granted certificate of in
corporation. The authorized capital is
100000. Tho directors arc J. c. Teller, J.
A. Thatcher, A. ID. Dcnman, NJ. Teller and
ID. Sullivan. The company will construct
line ut or near the city Of Pueblo extend
ing south 70 Rock Crc,k, south to Bueiah
and west 70 tho western line Of Pueblo
County.
The following officers were elected
at tho annual meeting Of the Grand Lodge
Of Good Tcmpiars held In Pueblo this
weck: Grand Chicf Tcmplar, Rev. H. F.
Scwell, Of walscnburg; Grand Secretary,
Frank Rand, Of Arvada; Grand vicc, Miss
Tina Schultz, Of Bcssemer; Grand Trcas-
urcr, w. II. Mcclure, Of Canon City. They
wcrc installed by Grand Worthy Tcmplar
Dove, Of Dpnvcr. Tho noxt annual meet
ing will be Leadviilc.
Night Policeman ID. c. Sergeant, OF
Durango, shot and instantly killed Henry
Lambert about dark Monday evening. Two
ah were fired and both entered tho left
breast and either went through or near
the heart Sargcant Immediately gave
himself up to tho Sheriff. Tho shooting
took place at tho rcnr Of d. Kcrn's saloon.
and 10 claimed TO have been done In self
defense Lambert 10 . son Of the man
charged with shooting . man near Mont,
roso last wcck.
A vein OF natural gas was cnooun-
tcred In wcll being dug at Hucrfano the
other day. Only one man was In tho we'll
at tho time. Tho candle ho carried instant
ly ignitcd tho gas which exploded with .
loud report sending column Of flame
many fcet Into tho air. Three persons at
surface wcro seriously burned, while tho
poor man AZ the bottom Of the shaft was Of
course instantly killed. Tho gas 10 still
burning. Tho discovery may provo OF
great value.
Tho Denver Republican says that
George w. Cook, general agent OF tho Col.
orado Coal and Iron Company inthat city,
received . telegram Thursday from Mr.. H
c. Grove, vice prcsidont and acting mana.
ger Of his company, which indicated that
within ten days every department Of the
,,,orha nf tha connnanv nj I,uahlo xvouid HI,