The state herald., 1890-03-28
COLORADO NOTES

lHe iurmerS OF tho San Luis valley
have organized a milling company TO han
die their grain.
A miner while eating his dinner in
n mine at Starkvillc was struck upon tho
head and killed by piece Of falling rock.
The people living on the Divide are
to meet on the aad ut Monument to organ
'zc company to prospect for coal and oil.
Pueblo's new opera house Is to be
completed October LIST. 1t will cost nearly
Soo,ooV and will seat / 800 people. Its roof
is to be utilized as summer garden.y
Frank I.eggitt and Vim. Crockett
were killed and Arch Ure was fatally hurt
by the falling Of cage distance Of forty
feet while ascending mine at Alma.
Tho Denver council have passed an
ordinance to compel the use Of smoke con-
sumers on the big chimneys in, the city.
Tho smoke nuisance has increased greatly
Of late.
Eight car loads OF coke per day are
now being shipped from Trinidad to Ari-
zona smeltcrs. Heretofore these institu-
tions have beon supplied with coke from
Virginia.
Adair Wilson, who is in Washing
on, to urge the removal of the Utcs, says
TINT Commissioner Morgan's recent letter
opposing the removal is full of ms-statc
mcnts of fact
Boulder has an Improvement Society
which is going to make that town orna
mental rs well as prosperous, by giving
attention TO the condition OF the streets aud
ullcys and the characterization OF public and
private grounds.
James NJ. Wilson. one OF the COM
missioners of the Colorado State pcnitcn.
larry, in consequence OF impaired health,
has resigned. Governor Cooper appointed
Fred. A. Raynolds, OF Fremont County to
I'LL the vacancy.
NJ. G. Landlord, Of florissant, has
Just been granted a patent for an improved
car coupler. An expert in the United
States patent Office pronounccs il the best
coupler yet passed ON in that Office. II is
self,acting and suited 10 both freight and
passenger cars.
James Reilly was found in a snow
bank near I.cadviiic the other morning in !
badly frozen cordi,ion. Ills face, arms
and feet are badly frozen. lie will proba
bly, recover without losing any OF his limbs
Tho man was under .hc influence Of liquor
when lie laid down In the Snow.
The Denver aldermen have passed
an ordinance providing for the closing on
Sabbath day Of all business houses, shops,
and everything that is not an absolute
necessity. If It should become law /,
would work n revolution in the appearance
OF the city OH Sunday.
Joe Modesto Ajuliar, n noted horse
thief was arrested last Saturday at Las
Ccritos, oy Sheriff J. A. Garcia of Concios
County. Aiuliar is noted horse thief,
and Is well known by the farmers OF the
San Luis Valley. He is wnled by the
z==asa,hori, cos,,liia County fSSss horse
sicaling.Ss IL
More coal lands are being opened
up in the valley Of the Grand River, be.
tween Glcnwood and New Castle. The
supply seems TO be unlimited, as II will
take several years to mine out the coal
that Is already in sight When the road
connection is made for through line the
demand will grow and the output many
times doubled.
All OF the prcliminaries for the State
ditch at Canon City have been completed
and Warden Lamping started his men
to work Monday morning. The work will
commence on the big tunnel through the
hogback, north Of the city. Captain
Nichols, who will snpcrintend the work,
says that he will have water in the ditch
before the people think 1t possible.
The city council OF Pueblo passed
IN ordinance providing for the erection oil
steel or iron viaduct on Z street, oycl
the tracks OF the Denver 4 Rio Grundt
railroad. The yiaduct will be ! 200 fec
long, with road thirty feet wide and a
foot path on each side six feet wide. ],
will COS, about soo,ooo, ,wo-ihirds Of which
amount will be paid By the city.
The returns received by the Land
Oi,icc show that Colorado is now the lead
Ing public land State, and is only surpassed
by Dakota as nm entirety. Earnings oi
registers and receivers sl25, ,l;0.S0; amour,
paid To registers and receivers, s5O.5iGi
not revenue 10 the United States, e. ,a5i. 30
amount received as homestead and timber
culture fees, sj5,oJji total revenue to tn,
United States, tiai ESQ.,.
The milk business is quite an In.
dustry for Brighton Gnd vicinity, and en-.
ploymcnt is given 10 u number OF mer
thereby. About 400 gallons n dag is shipped
to Denver, besides what goes to the Brigh
ton creamery. The creamery folks shit
vi. or seven cans OF buttcrmllk daily tc
that city. They also receive here ur
average Of twelve cans OF cream day u
use In making their celebrated butter,
which is shipped all over the state,
Three OF the four prisoners In the
Rio Grando County jail at Del Nortc, mad,
their escape on the evening Of the 18th
A, about o'clock Deputy Sheriff Eugen,
Rcnncr went 10 the lnll with medicine ioi
Harris. who lay upon the floor outside th,
cage groaning Us u very sick. The pris
oncrs were outside the cage for supper
Deputy Rcnnor approached Harris with
the medicine and while bending over hiu
Gallagher, who was In his stocking feet
sprang from bchind the cage aud nouncc,
upon i,cnncr's back, while Harris lmmcdi
n,cly csporienccda change for the bette
and grabbed iicnner In front McCann ,hci
grabbed Rcnncr's gun and the capture wa
complete. The deputy aud the fourtl
prisoner who had refused TO Join In the at
temp, 10 escape wcrc securely bound an,
gagged. Harris then proceeded lcisurcly /,
pack his ,allsc; the Mexican, all the whll
playing u mouth organ stood guard owe
Rcnpcr, while McCann with licnner's ru