The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1890-09-12
STATE NEWS.

The Milllngton case IL being tried
aver at Boulder on writ of habeas cor
qua
The transfers OF real estate In Dem
YER during last week amounted to sl,294,-
49,
w. 4. Pabor. OF Grand Junction,
has been elected president Of the State
Editorial Association.
There was collision on tho Rio
Grande last Saturday near Florence by
which eight men were killed und large
aumber injured.
James ROunltrec, stone cutter,
fell frem the southern portico of tho Capt.
tol building ut Denver, last Thursday, and
was instantly killed.
The Carleton Opera Company plays
vi the Tabor Grand In Denver during the
week Of September s-li. They will pro-
iuce "The Brigands," 1.-THE Queens Lace
Handkerchief "Nanon" and "Erminic."
A man named Baltimore was shot
aud killed by Jim Beckwth last week
near Rye. A quarrel about some cattle
proclpitated the catastrophe, but an old
feud Is thought to have been the founda'
,ion for the trouble.
The Rio Grande railways equip
ment OF new rolling stock will DO received
before October lst The total cost will be
tl,3s4, i39, and will include fifty engines,
twenty nine passenger cars, 200 coal cars,
100 stock cars, 2oo fat cars, besides mail
aud baggage cars and cabooses.
Professor Thomas ). Gray, princi-
pal Of the State Normal School ut Greeley
has gone to Chicago, where he Will pur-
chase apparatus for the various depart
ments Of the school. lie was given au'
ibority By the board TO expend 5000 II In
his Judgment II should be necessary.
1t Is reported that the Utes are get
ting very restless and want to go to Utah.
Agent bartholomew has hard work to
keep them quiet. They are tired with be-
ing trifed with and they are going to their
new home this full, even through they do
rot obtain the consent OF the government.
or the candidates examined ut Dem
yer for admission to West Point the fol-
lowing received appointments: ID. II.
Dickcnson, of Wilde. Prowers County, and
Delos Holden, Of Pueblo, as alternate.
The committee Of examination consisted
Of Judge Rising, DR.. Bancroft and Super
in,cndent Dick.
Charles Sweet, OF Buena Vista. was
,rn down and injured by stallion last
Sunday. He was attempting to bride the
animal whom 1t became Infatuated and
jumped upon him and stamped him into
iuscnsibility. On examination he was
found 20 be badly bruised abou, the head
and shoulders. He Is Ia q terrible cond!-
tion, but II 10 thought he will recover.
Mr.. Thompson. u prospector from
Littleton, has discovered u twenty Ave
foot vein Of asphalt In the Vermillion
Canon, in the western end Of Routt Coun-
~. The asphalt is ovcrlaid by forty-foo
vein Of coal. An assay shows that the
vein carries forty per cent Of pure asphalt.
A load has been taken TO Denver for "a
micro thorough test Preparations are
under way 10 thoroughly develop the
mine.
Laborers on the street car tracks in
Pueblo struck the other day because forty
Italians were employed. A meeting OF
tho directors was held and they offered rs
n compromise TO keep the Italians on that
Job and employ the strikers In another part
Of town. To this the strikers consented,
but after working m hour or SO they
struck again to have the Italians bounced
from all work, aud as result they them.
selves were let out.
Washington Daley, II sheep herder
working for Reef a. Nuckols, was brough,
TO Lcadvillc Friday evening IN u very
critical condition. He was driving team
OF spirited horses attached TO wagon
over the read NJ Tennessee Pass, when In
turning curve tho wagon was upset and
he WIS thrown down the embankment n
distance Of 100 feet His right leg was
crushed TO Jelly. aud he was internally
iu!urcl. lie viii probably die. The
horse, were uulniured
There was mn accident on the South
Park railway shout one mile and bali
above Dome Rock at p. III. Thursday
Afternoon, to passenger train io., the
pre,s. Two cars were turned over Into
the river, but no one was Killed and only
one person reported hurt The engineer
OF the train. when near Dome Rock, saw
cow Oh the track. md he immed-
lately sot the brakes and reversed the en-.
sine, y washou, hitherto undiscovered.
had been passed over, but when tho train
started TO back, the first passenger cur
tlmbled through this aud over Into the
river. aud the mail ear followed In quick
succession. There " .e about sixty pas.
scapcrs on tho ,rain. II was a miracle
that no one waa hurt, either from drown
Ing or otherwise. The tender turned over
on lie side bu, the engine KEEP, the track.
Al Julcsburg last Thursday about
foar o'clock chiid, Nellie, four years Of
age. wantol Its mother, Mrs. Lloyd Adam
son. 10 drive To town with II, hut the
mother refused. Tho little one, who IL
partly blind. started GU, on FOO, TO 10
about four miles, and the mother noticing
In abog, All hour that tho little girl had
disappeared entirely Instead o! being out
playing, Us she supposed, started 70 town
after her. DARK came On and no child
could br found The news was spread
by the rinsln. Of tho nrc bell, and ono
hundred people with lanterns aud vehicles
started In pursuit Of her The people
looked nil over tho prairie for miles around
the town NIL tho fore part Of the night,
when On alarm was heard by tho firing Of
guns, that tho little one was found. sho
had come 10 town and wandered around
md then went TO the country again, not
In tho direction Of her home. She was
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