The Delta independent., 1889-03-12
STATE NEWS.

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The cost of saloon licenses in Buena
Vista has been raised to $1,000.
Morgan County has not lawyer
within its bounds. Happy Morganl
Ira d. Sankey, the world-renowned
evangelist, is travelling in this State.
The bill establishing Yuma County
| only lacks the Governors signature to be-
come a law.
The Presbyterians of Colorado
Springs have completed their new $50, 900
church building.
Colorado Springs will make a strong
effort to secure the location of the propos
ed Soldiers Home.
The bills creating the counties of
Baca and Tioga have passed both branches
of the Legislature.
Mr.. Mitchell, a member of the Leg
islature from Arapahoe County, has been
| expelled from that body.
The High License bill has passed
the Senate. 1t places the minimum license
~ IA iHNoi poihoSu poNho ou WV.
A resolution to close the saloons on
Sunday was defeated by the Denver
Board of Alderman by a vote Of to2.
The State Land Board sold 600 acres
of school land situated near Denver the
other day for an average of $495.20 an
acre.
A Colorado base ball league has
been organized consisting of clubs from
Pueblo, Leadville, Colorado Springs, Aspen
and Denver.
A villain who calls himself Jack,
the Choker," has made it dangerous for the
ladies of North Denver to venture on the
| streets alone after dusk.
Since the passage of the Morgan
County bill the Lincoln Land Company
have advanced the price of Fort Morgan
lots an even 100 per cent.
The Durango Herald reports that
| about ! 600 valuable relics collected among
the ruins of the cliff dwellers in the Man
| cos Canon have been brought to Durango.
There were shipped from the
pNoi thC LiOhlh VI Il GU
| ruary 80 cars containing sll, tons of ore,
valued at $4,000. Forty-nine cars went to
Denver and 20 to Argo.
On Tuesday 164 cars of ore of about
| twelve tons per car were received in Den
yer by the different mills and smelters
This is among the largest consignments of
one day ever received ie Denver.
A brickmaker at Trinidad is making
brick in hothouse, and turning out about
| 1000 day. His plan for drying them is by
the use of eight large furnaces. The brick
| are said to be of the best quality.
The gauge of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western is to be widened at once
| Probably both the Midland and Denver &
| Rio Grande will be built down the Grand
from Glenwood Springs to connect with
this road this summer.
This year promises to witness tre-
mendous boom in mining. The recent as
tonishing discoveries near Aspen will un-
| doubtedly create such a stampede in that
direction as has not been seen since the
| early days of Leadville.
The station heretofore known as
Mayfield, ten miles east Of Falcon, on the
Rock Island road, will in future be known
| as Angola, the change of name having to be
made on account of there being postoffice
of that name in California.
The firm who get out Denver's an
nual directory have about completed their
spring canvass of the city and assert that
| 30 900 people have been added to the popu-
ation in the past year. This would give
the town a present popoulation Of about
125,OOO.
The Akron railroad we'll inside the
curbing is l3 feet 5 inches and the water is
flowing in at the rate of 13 inches an hour,
giving the pump all it can do to keep. the
water out Of the way of the workmcn who
are digging the laterals. The big tank is
kept nearly filed thus insuring more than
enough water for the company's use.
A humorous cow-puncher named
Todd lassoed Mr.. Bowring, n prominent
citizen of Poncha, whom he imagined had
insulted him, and dragged him several hun
dred yards as rapidly as his horse could
run. The lariat was finally caught by
friends Of Bowring and cut, not, however,
until the latter was badly bruised.
The Denver & Rio Grande passenger
train MOI, which left Salida at $50 Wednes-
day evening, bound for Salt Lake City,
came near meeting with a severe accident.
AS tho train was going up the mountain at
Marshall Pass, land slide struck the en-
gine. The engine was thrown down the
embankment, and A. E.Evans and his fire
man had a-miraculous escape from death
The coaches remain on the track, but the
engine was an almost total wreck. None
Of the passengers or train crew were in
iured.
Phil Keith, well-known gentleman
living on the hill. has burro that yester.
day took most wonderful fall, and was
rescued alive and unhurt. Billy Parker
had loaded the jack down with about 200
pounds of provisions, etc., and started for
the Horseshoe district. He was driving the
animal leisurely along, when suddenly 1t
disappeared, and looking down, he found
deserted shaft in front Of him, down which
the donkey had fallen. With the aid of
several horses attached to n pulley the