The Delta independent., 1890-05-13
STATE NEWS.
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bert II. Jones to be United States marshal
Of Colorado.
The Northern Colorado District of
OF the w. c. T. U. was in session at Den
yer last week.
The Farmers Alliance has 1925
members in Colorado, and the number is
rapidly increasing.
Nearly all the stone men of the State
were in Denver last week attending the
'stone convention"
The Durango grand jury has in
dicted twenty saloon keepers for selling
liquor on Sunday in violation of law.
Indian Agent Parker has reported
10 the department that the Utes are tenn
peratc, industrious, virtuous; and want to
60 TO Utah.
The President has nominated the
following registers of land Offices: Adam
Johnson a, Akron, and Herbert Z. Tedmon
Mt Sterling.
Tho First Annual Douglas County
Horse Show was held at Castle Rock last
Saturday, and large number OF fine ami
mails were exhibited.
A Pueblo policeman recently ar
rested minister because he was standing
in the doorway at tho postofiicc. The cop
is now being sued for damages.
An association has been formed at
Denver which is composed of graduates of
the Iowa State University. Chief Justice
Helm OF the Supreme Court is president
The Rev. Charles Uzzeii died at Los
Angeles, California. on the 9TH. He has
done exccllen. mission work in Denver,
having started the Tabernacle enterprise
there.
The election for school directors
throughout the State brought out the lady
voters last Monday, and some lady candl-
dates. Two OF them were elected nj
Greeley.
j. 5. Hartman, who is walking
against time from Wabash, Indiana, to
San Francisco, arrived at Lamar last Mon
day evening He has wagered TO get
through in sixty y-iive days, and is now go
miles ahead OF his scheduled. time. He
walks seventy miles In twenty four hours.
a dispatch from Fort Lewis states
that Ordnance Sereean, Dana was acct
dcn,aily shot and killed whilo engaged In
cleaning Gntling gun of which ho had
charge. They had been practicing with
the gun and by some oversight cartridge
has been left in. Sergeant Dana was u
good soldier, and in August would have
completed thirty years continual service.
An accident occurred in the Gcyscr
mine n, silver Clifr las; Thursday. Seven
Ave and one. half foot holes In the south
drift hal been loaded with thirty-fiv
sticks of giant powder and six men had
boarded tho cage nj the $50 foot station and
had given the bell signal 10 ''hoist men, .
but Just as the cage started, all of the
shots exploded, throwing hugo rocks like
grape and canister at the cage, n distance
OF over 200 feet William Shacfler's left
/, leg was broken haif way below tho knee,
and William Whyto's ankle Joint was
badly fractured. Tho others were bruised
but not seriously. II seems that the holes
had been overloaded.
A dispatch from Rocky Ford says:
"rho ladies have for the first time elected
ono of their number, Mrs. w. J. Irvine, u
mcnibu OF the school board. No interest
whatever was taken in tho election until
some time aftcr the polls were open, when
II WAS found that tho ladies had organized
quietly and were going en- masse to the
school house, which is nbou, quarter of
milo from town. This aroused those op-
board, pnd carriages were hurriedly pro-
cured and tickets gotten up, but it was OF
no avail, ms Mrs Irvine was elected by q
majority OF one vote over MIR. T. j, Wilson
There Is much rejoicing among the women
folks, who arc determined TO have some
thing TO say as TO how the school shall be
run. II has lust dawncd on tho men Of
Rocky Ford that thcy have been outwittcd
by the ladies'"
A young man named Charley He'd
rick came near being killed by u silver
tip bear while trapping In the vicinity OF
Grand Lake. Young Hodricl and Lee
Tiliman found traces of bear and n trap
was constructed and baitcd, with tho In
tcntion Of luring bruin TO his death. Tues
day morning the hunters visited the trap.
Hedrick was in advance OF Tillman and
wns the first on tho scene. To his sur
prise he found one silver-tip prisoner and
another very much nj liberty. Tho bear
on tho outside started towards Hedrick
with cheerful but hungry expression on
his countcnance. This boy ran for n tree
but ho was ilanlscd and the bear drew frs,
blood by hitting him on the jaw. The
bear closed in on Hcdrick, who was lying
Iprostr,,tc on the ground and was about to
nuunch his morscl OF human flesh, when
iTillman appeared. Tho latter fired two
shots from navy revolver into tho bear,
who rolled over ON his sido indisposcd
He soon got on his foot again and showed
fight whom u third shot ended his life,
HcdriclS had his Jaw broken In two placcs
and was badly clawcd about tho face and
body.
: On Saturday, May srd. Denver was
J THO sceno Of ono Of those horribly ficndish
crimes which are all too common, not only
M dur awn Stato but also In other parts of
tho country and which inolino tho most
! Auw yshidinr citizen TO believe in lynch
INV. "a Mrs Butternold was rayished
snud Murdered In alhost revoitingly brutal
:. s.,j,snact At hcr, house In broad daylight.