The Lamar register., 1890-11-15

figures that show Leadville's ore output
for October TO have been 1864 tons per
day.
John Seibling. a Swede who is en-
ployed at the Pueblo smelter, fell into a
pot of molten Stag the other day and was
terribly burned.
General George West has leased
the Golden Transcript to John F. Ash,
late of the De Beque Era. His lease ex-
tends for one year.
A girl at Fort Collins committed
suicide by taking poison Friday. She had
been in love with man who had dis
carded her and left town.
A much needed organization, law
an order league, has been organized in
Denver to aid the authorities in enforcing
the laws pertaining to saloons and pubic
morals generally.
j. W. Bell, colored, who won't to
Leadville several weeks ago and collected
a lot of money fraudulently, claiming that
he belonged 10 the Missionary Treasure.
was found guilty of obtaining money under
false pretenses, ard has been sentenced to
four months in the county Jail.
Noverto Griego, who murdered w.
L: Underwood of Trinidad, was executed
in the penitentiary at Canon City on the
sth. This is the first execution under the
new law, requiring capital punishment to
be carried out at the penitentiary in pri-
vate.
The Denver Ne,cs says that the next
State legislature will be composed of
forty five Republicans and thirty Demo
Gratis, of which fifteen Republicans ana
eleven Democrats will compose the Sen
ate, and thirty Republicans and nineteen
Democrats will form the house.
The election returns from Arapahoe
County have been canvassod and show the
election of Steck, Republican, and Nc
Kinley, Democrat, TO the State senate,
Six Democrats and two Republicans are
elected to the house. Two others are in
doubt yet on account of the theft of n
ballot box.
AT the close of tie election in Den
yer last Tuesday the ballot box was stolen
from the eighteenth precinct while the
judges were busy eating quail on toast
The thief inadvertently dropped the box
on the sidewalk not far away and it broke,
scattering the ballots. All but five Of
them were recovered.
The general assembly of the Knights
of Labor convened in Denver on Tuesday
at 80 o'clock in the afternoon The as
sembly was attended by delegates from all
sections of the United States and Canada,
with few delegates from Great Britain
and Europe. There was also an atten-
dance of 800 to 500 visiting members.
Nearly all are accompanied by their wives.
Judge Downer, of Fort Collins, has
granted a change OF venue in the Milling
ton case to Arapahoe County, and it Will
be tried in Denver. The decision gave
evident satisfaction to the defense, es-
pecially to the prisoners. Frank Milling
ton is looking pale from his long and close
confinement, but appeared cheerful. Mrs.
Millington and ''Dillie'' heartily congratu-
lated each other upon the result Of the ap-
plication for change of venue,
Of of three-fourths of an acre of
ground close to town was dug Is, OOO
pounds of potatoes. This is by no means
a phenomenal yield for this country, but
it should cause our farmers to turn their
attention to this heretofore neglected crop.
With potatoes fetching 81 cents pen
pound in the spring, and few to be OBJ
tanned at that, the profits are lar ahead OF
those to be obtained by the raising ol
grain. Again, while it is little more
trouble as regards the gathering, in the
matter of planting the work is far less
thus equalizing the work Of raising the
crop while giving far larger returns. Our
progressive farmers will not fail to take
advantage of these facts.-Meel;cr Herald
The annual report of the commits.
sioner of pensions, which has just been
| printed, shows that there are ?, 7i5 pen
sioners in Colorado. They are distributed
| among the counties as follows: Arapahoe
| S36, Archuleta Z, Baca 2S, Bent "a, Boulder
| 107, ChafTee 81, Cheyenne Clear Greek A
Coneios 20, Costilla I, Custer Al, Delta 2s
Dolores 6, Douglas 10, Eagle 13, Ebert a.
| Ell Paso 157, Fremont 81 Garfield 50, Gil
| pin 10, Grand 6, Gunnison 81, Hinsdale G.
| Huerfano %, jefferson 3S, Kiowa 49, Kit
| Carson 81, Lake Il, La Plata 81, Larimel
rs, Las Animas 1G2, Lincoln 6, Logan 43
Mesa 81, Moutezuma II, Montrose A.
Morgan 6, Otero -, Ouray 80 Park 81
Phillips 81, Pitkin 81, Prowers 81, Pueblc
156, Rio Blanco s, Rio Grande %, Rout,
10, Saguache so, San Juan II, San Migue
| Q, Sedgwick 5, Summit Il, Weld 81, Wash
ington IS, Yuma 81. Total, 2,745.
The well being sunk by the Denver
Natural Gas and Oil Company on the farm
of A H. Spickernan, mile and a half
southeast of Morrison, on the southern
slope of the Turkey Creek valley, has
nearly approached the oil-bearing strata
| if there is any there: The bore has now
attained a depth of 900 feet, commencing
| with fourteen-inch diameter Pipe. now
narrowed to five inches. The work has
been delayed by the obstinate character OF
the formations, which are inclined instead
of horizontal and which wear the rope,
The tools are now in formations supposed
to be just above oil-bearing. strata and
there is every evidence that the hopes and
enterprise of the projectors will be shortly
realized. MIR. Blood has had thirty-oue
years experience in the oil regions OF
Pennsylvania and believes that there were