The Delta independent., 1890-04-29
STATE NEWS.

The railroads are cutting freigh
rates between Denver and Chicago.
The eastern part OF the State ha,
been enjoying heavy rains lately.
Arapahoc County has appropriated
$1,000 for the State advertising fund.
Young trout are being placed in the
rivers of the State by the Fish Commits
sicucr.
There was fire at Buena Vista last
Wednesday which destroyed several
buildings.
A man at Fairplay has been SEN
fenced TO seven years in the penitentiary
for beating his wife.
The Burlington road is TO put on a
train that will run from Denver TO Chicago
in twenty-cight hours.
Miss Freddie A. Hough, Of Wash
ington, is TO take charge OF the Indian
school at Grand junction.
Base ball games at Denver are TO
be taxed on the ground that they arc
places OF amusement as much as theaters
are.
call has been issued for conven-
tion Of stone and quarry owners, 70 meet
in Denver May sth. One OF the chief
points for discussion will be the desirable
ity of faircr rates from the railroads.
The Denver Tramway Company has
grading machine ut work which plows
up the dirt to the depth of n foot and loads
IT into wagons Mt lively rate. 1t requires
one hundred wagons to keep up with IL.
Representative Townsend has intro
duced n bill TO form u new judicial district
in Western Colorado. embracing Mesa,
Garfield, Lake, Eagle, Pitkin, Chahee,
Summit, Rou,t, Rio Blanco counties. The
sessions to be held at Lcadville.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union OF this STATE has f,fty-nine local
organizations with about 1000 members,
u home for fallen women, hospital work,
reading rooms and many other enterprises
for the saving ofsouis from intempcrance.
DR.. W. +. Mcdowell. who has
served the Methodist Episcopal Church At
Thin, Ohio, for the past Ave years, has
been elected chancellor OF the University
of Denver, and president OF tho Colorado
State Seminary. and will enter upon his
duii In September
A distressing accident occurred in
Colorado Springs last Thursday. A fve-
year old child OF c. f. Knapp got loaded
revolver out OF trunk and snapped II at
his baby brother, shooting him through
the eye. causing instant death. The boy
wns too young to know what he was
doing.
In Denver n case is being tried
which promises TO be as long As II il i'm
portan,. II is the State against Secretary
OF State Rice and Collier & Clcavcland for
conspiracy to dcfraud the State by cxces-
sivc charges for printing during the last
session OF tho legislature. A number Of
prominent attorneys arc retained for tho
defense and tho case will be hotly con-
tested.
Col Parker, special agent OF the
Indian Bureau a,thc Ute reservation says:
"You can rest assured that cvcry Indian
buck, squaw and papoosc, wants 70 go to
tho now reservation. have not found
single Indian that wants TO remain, and II
will be almost impossible to get them To
send their children to school or do any.
thing clsc unless they arc removed In ac-
cordnpcc with the provisions OF tho treaty
made between them and the Government"
A very destructive fire occurred a,
81, Elmo last Saturday morning. In which
nearly the entire business portion OF the
town was destroyed. As the town is dc
void OF either water works system or
fire company. the efforts Of the citizens
were confined to saving stock, fixtures and
personal property. All Of the burned
buildings were composed OF very pi,chy
material, and the flames oftcntimcs icapcd
into tho air q distance Of fifty or seventy
fivc feet, making II uucomfortAbly hot for
tho brave workers. Tho loss IL shout
$4,000.
In speaking OF the new tram to
Tourtclotsc Park, tho Aspen Tunes says.
John Holbrook says that tho tram will
throw u hundred teams out Of employment
and that the pioneer orc haulcrs will have
to seek now fields Of operation. II was
thought when tho railroads entered Aspen
that tho frcighting busincss would be
ruined But mining was 30 stimulated by
the entrance OF tho railroads that soon
double the number Of teams wcrc en-.
ployed in Aspen. II may DO that the tram.
way will have similar effect, and that
soon Mcssrs. Holbrook & Atkinson will
not bc able 10 handle tho product Of tho
now mines that are opened up.
Senator Teller has prepared the
following amendment TO tho Joncs' silver
bill now before tho Senate: That any
person may deposit at any mint or assay
otf,ce Of tho United States either gold or
silvcr bullion, or both, in quantities Of not
less than fivo ounces Of gold or eighty
OUNCES Of silver, and demand and receive
coin or coin certificates therefor ct the
ratio OF a in coin or certificate for twonty-
Ave and cight-tonths grains, troy weight,
standard gold, and at tho rate Of q In Ger
tifcates for 4l2,s grains standard silver.
THAT coin certificates provided for in this
net shall be receivable for all taxes and
ducs TO the United STATES Of every do
scription, and shall bo lawful tender for
tho payment Of all debts public amt pri-
vatc.
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