The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1890-07-25
STATE NEWS.

Aspen shipped 2,777 tons of ore
last week.
Denver was refreshed by shower
on tho 18th. 1t was the first In two
months.
The people OF Denver are enumer-
ated at last and 100, 1856 is given by the
supervisor as the total number of inhabit-.
ants Of the city aud its suburbs.
A gentleman and lady were drowned
In Berkely Lake near Denver last Tues.
day. 1t 10 thought that the lady, Mrs.
Huddart, was attacked by paroxysm due
to heart trouble, and'fell from the boat,
and that Mr.. jacobson was also drowned
while trying to rescue her.
Secretary Kollerman OF the. Ger
mania and Centennial Building and Loan
Association Of Denver is short In his ac-
counts about t20, 900. He has turned over
nearly enough property to cover the de .
felt The defalcation is said to be due to
his liberality TO his friends.
Pitkiu County has come to the front
with carload Of mineral specimens for
exhibition at the st. Louis fair. The col
lection Is said to be one Of great value and
interest, and will be forwarded in due
time with the exhibits OF other counties.
La Plata County, through Its county com
nissioners, has appointed an agent TO
manage that county's exhibit. -.
A dispatch TO the Denver. Republican
from Wagon Wheel Gap says that Messrs.
Brandt and Turner, contractors, have
started TO float 10000 ties from twelve
mifes above this point to Del Norte, 10 the
Rio Graude River. Men have been sta
toned ut different points to keep the float
moving. This large number is to be de-
livered In Del Norto for the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad within week. 1t Is be-
lieved that this cannot be accomplished.
A cloudburst occurred on the Big
Thompson few miles west OF Loveland
Sunday afternoon. Saw logs, brush and
debris Of various kinds came down with
the rush Of water, and was scattered along
the valleys. Bridges on the Buckhorn
and Big Thompson were washed away and
the banks Of the Souden canal were broken
in several places. The river rose several
feet in less than an hour. A heavy wind
accompanied the cloud as 1t passed over,
and considerable hail fell, doing damage
to crops.
The people ut Boulder have to look
sharp of late lest they meet bear in their
yards. The other evening two boys went
up into Highland Lawn, at the foot OF
Maxwell Mountain, to turn the water on
the berries they were raising. They saw
what they thought to be man picking
berries, and went up to see him. Instead
Of q man, it proved to be . bear aud two
cubs. Badly frightened, the boys ran to-
wards home yelling Bear Dearr' There
was no one near by who had gun and
none who had lost bear.
Governor Cooper has received from
J. G. Garrison, acting comptroller Of the
United States, o letter enclosing check
for eco, S6405, which Is partial payment
OF the amount due the State OF Colorado
as its 8 per cent. Of the amount received
on the sale Of public lands from July /,
1850 to June 20, 1890 Mr.. Garrison OK
plains that the total amount due the State
from this source is sl2i, S4'.a9, and that
his remittance exhausts the fund avail.
able for the payment Of the Indebtedness.
He adds that Congress will be asked for u
special appropriation to satisfy the States
claim.
At 1890 o'clock Tuesday morning
fev people VINO were passing tho rarris
hotcl-Pueblo, were surpriesd to see
man, clad only In his Undertaking, climb
ing out Of third story window until he
was hanging by his hands from the stone
sill. A party at once started to the res
cue, arriving In the room below Just As he
kicked In tic glass, cutting his feet and
less and awakening him from the somuam.
bulistic slumber In which he had perform.
cd his strange feat. He was then drawn
into the room, little the worse for his dan.
gerous adventure. Tho hero ef this mid.
night episode 10 . cattleman from Grand
Junction.
The east-bonnd passenger train on
the Rock Island railway, which left Den
yer last Monday evening, ran through q
bridge over Big Sandy creek, one mile
west Of Limon, Just before midnight The
engine, smoker and chair car were ditched.
The passengers were thrown In all direc.
sions, and miraculously escaped with their
lives. A large number were injured.
Engineer Mccormick, 1, is feared, wa.
killed. lie Is missing and II Is the suppo
siiion that his body is under tho wreck.
The cause OF tho accident was the giving
way OF the bridge The strength Of the
structure has not heretofore been qucs.
toned.
Mr.. b. F. Sp!nney. who was alb
Quoted by Texas cowboy some time ago,
has been allowed 10 return, HIS ransom
having been paid. 1t appears that Spin
ney was taken into the western part Of
the State not for from Mecker ard held
there until his captor, whose name IL
Harris, received notice from his brother
that tho money, over d 100 had been paid.
He was not At all badly treated, though
tho party who had him In charge had very
little food along, and his diet therefore
was both monotonous and restricted. Mr.
Harrington, Spinney's brother In law,
got the cash us soon rs Spinncy WAS ab-
Quoted, and then started In search OF Har-
ris brother, whom no found, after cousid-
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