The Delta independent., 1890-11-04
STATE NEWS.

The assessed valuation OF Arapahoe
County reaches nearly $50, ,ooo, 900 this year.
Eight hundred and seveisy-fve firms
and individuals are assessed at over sl0,
COO each. .- aa T.
An officer accompanied by an escort
OF soldiers has been sent from Fort Logan
10 the western part of the State to corral
the Ctes and send them byck to their res
crvation.
Two Denver men have agreed to
: engage In curious contest They are tf
attempt walking back and forth on plat
form covered with sawdust for fifty hours
without sleep OF rest.
rhrce check fergers worked sis
Pueblo business men Saturday TO the tune
nf about Zoo, with probably others TO heai
from. Whether the men all belong 70 the
same gang or not Is not known.
William j. Burlington. Monday,
while travelling on the south Park road tc
Como, uccideutly fell fSom car aud was
Instantly killed by his lscsd coming in con
tact with rock and crushipg his skull
He was the eldest son 81 Mrs. NJ, A Bun
ington Of Kokomo.
Senator Teller \ recent inter;
view sdid tina, in his c!Qaian the ticket in
Arapahoc County namedty what is known
US the Fifteenth Street convention Il the
regular one, and should be supported by
Republicans. This convention was con-
trolled By tho gang smashers." e..
a grent deal of cgrmo IL committed
nj the town OF Mexico adjoining Pueblo.
n short time ago when witness was tes-
tifying concerning one murder case she
also spoke OF ano;her shat the officers had
not heard Of, and n sesult they have, as
they think secured tho murderer.
o. Two thousand people visited Ever.
green Lakes last Sunday to witness the
drilling match for $500 side between J.
L. Kennedy and Lohn Abrcn In n dry back
hole. Kennedy won, drilling ~ 3-lJ,
Ahrcn 1;iE inches. Time. 10 minutes. The
rccor, OF e0A, inches. made By Nick Myers
two years ago in tho same rock. was not
broken. Kennedy stands ready 10 day 70
drlIl any man in the world either back
hole or down hole for 500 10 s2,coo. q
A rnnchman who tints himself In
very mixed up matrimonial condition has
sought advice from the Attorney General
OF the State. ], appears that he was mar.
ricgr 10 a young woman on short acquaint-
ancc, and in few weeks she lcf; with
many OF his belongings. He proceeded 10
ret divorce, when the lawyer told him
he had never been married at all. The
ceremony took place before justice Of
the peace, who had not qualified. and
whose position was -u bseSuoutly doc!arcd
vacant When the ranchor proceeded to
gct married to another country Chloe he
was informed by a legal luminary that he
was abou. TO commit bigamy. The Ai,or.
ncy General says tha; he must get di-
vorcc. ::
There was n bad frcigh wreck on
the burlington road near Robb, Colorado
last Monday morning. Conductor Miller
was in charge OF No. -, and near Robb
had 10 stop to cool no, box and brake
man was sent back TO flag t1-.-siocik extra
following Tho brakeman placed torpc-
do on the track and was walking back TO
meet the extra when 81 came in sight
around q curve. Engineer Chambers OF
the stock extra saw the tram ahead and
whistlcd for brakes, bu, the grade was too
heavy and the train crashed into the ca
boosc Of the train ahead and plowcd its
way through nine cars Of stock and two
of merchandise before II came TO hnlt
Engineer Chambers and Fireman Coucher
Of the stock extra arc badly injured but
tho physicians hope to pull them through.
Phillip Morrow, an cmigrant who was in
thc.caboosc OF No. IS, was instantly killed
md his son was badly burned by escaping
steam and will probable die. Tho engine
OF the stock extra is . total wreck and
thirteen cars " mangled live stock and
merchandise, re scattered along the line.
Argument In the case OF the United
States, appellant, w. Tho Trinidad Coal
and Coking Company OF Trinidad, Colora.
do, was concluded before the United Statcs
supreme Court Friday. Tho case was ar
rucd by Assistant Attorney General
Mnury on behalf Of the government and
by Charles Il. CAST of Colorado and "A. q
brown of Washington on behalf Of appel
=, Tho case came up on appeal by the
..scrnmcnt from tho Circuit Court OF the
Bet,cd States for the district OF Colorado.
The bill was filed blythe United States to
cancel six patents issued pursuant to III
logged pretended ana fraudulent entries Of
ooal land. in Las Animas County, madc
by Robert Savage, w. ii. Lcffingwcll, NJ,
N, Wol,s, Alexander Craigmylc, c. +.
sherman and Thomas Winshemcr, each
tract containing about 100 acres, for which
each cn,ryman paid $50 per acre: II was
maintained on behalf of tho government
that these entries were made In violation
of law In that tho pretended enirymcn did
MI, ter tho land for their own use and
benefit, but for the direct use and benefit
of Tho Trinidad Coal aud Coking Company.
Tho defense argued that this was perfect
ly rropcr and that the law did not forbid
r. sr
In view OF tho frequent accidents In
coal mines due to carclcssncss OF miners In
not p,operly ,lmbering the tunnels, State
Mivsr Insrcctor McNcal suggosts that the
c0nditlc,, Of tho miners could BIO much I'm
proved Il thcy would appoint committee
oftwo In each mino from thoir own num-