The Delta independent., 1890-10-14
STATE NEWS.


was robbed of $50 the eseer nisht.G
The agricultural college at. . Fort
Collins is to receive $4,000 from the gen
eral government.
Fifty million dollars worth OF real
estate changed hands in Depver during
tho first nine months Of 1880.
One Thousand dollars worth of val
liable apparatus from Germany has been
added to the physical laboratory At Cole
RADIO College.
The State Normal school opened at
Greeley on thA7tb. Over sixty students
have entered 30 fsr, and oore are expected
late IN the season.
:. A Denver judge has decided that
member of the Colorado National Guard
cannot be compelled to drill on Sunday in
time Of peace. n,fN ~ -.
The Ltput of the Leadville mines
was sos tons daily for the month Of Sep
tember. or an actual hoisting Of one and
one-nfth tons per minute during the
month. This 10 an increase Of forty-two
tons daily over August and Is the largest
output ever recorded In the history OF
Leadville.
Z. M. Ashley, chairman OF the Re-
publican State Central Committee, IN
whom was vested the power to decide the
contest between the factions Of the party
in Arnpahoe County, has recognized the
Fifteenth Street Theatre convention to be
the legal one This convention was con-
,,troled by what are called tho "Rang
smashers," and their county ticket is
therefore recognized as regularly nom
mated.
Several conductors on the cable
lines In Denver have been arrested for
slesling from the company. They are
required to register every fare collected
by bell punch, which Is supposed to be
suro prcyepAss-for' stealing. They
succeeded, ho,vcver, in getting duplicate
punches and with these they registered
about three duilars'per day 'css than they
sctually collected.
About 10 o'clock Tuesday morning
while the Denver & Rio 'Grande express
was making short curve one mile east
OF Sargent three sleeper snd., ,one tours,
car left the TRACK sud turned over an their
sides.. August Bceringen, . yeung man
ased % ye4rs, Of Emnghan, Illinois. was
stAndipE on the platform Of ~ tourist car
ana be IVES instantly Killed. Rlslcft aide
wss crushed and his lses iEssss-. He was
ON his wsy-,n. CsiifossiAs About eigh,
others wefu3ptsrelt, ~ aoke scrioosly.
An explosion very pecnliaf in its
character and which might have resulted
far moro seriously occurred in East Pucb-
10 Sunday evening. A colored family
named Dalton, lately from Silver CAn.
moved fhto new house and three Of their
mcmbcrs were sitting around the stove
when an explosion occurred. Nora, girl
Of Is ycars, was seriously burnt about the
fscc, neck and arms, while Mrs. Dalton
and . boy OF 3 were not so seriously
scorrhcd. They had scplenishcd the fire
with shovclful OF chips and shavings left
by thc:buildcrs and 1t is supposed that some
powder csrclcssly loft around'had becotc
mixed With the rubbish.
Two men we're killed and one fatally
injured by an explosion Gf. giant powder n,
the Humboldt mine, jamestown, at noon,
Wednesday. The men had just quit work
and went TO the blacksmith .hop to sc,
their dinners. They were thawinx ou,
giant powder. and for some reason it ex
ploded The men killed were Harry At
kinson, nephew of Mrs. Joseph, Mcintosh.
whose husband was killed near &ansst town
by premature explosion last year, and
Hugh Morgan. Both men were literally
torn 70 pieces. A man named Miles dieii
subsequently,. j:
A man named Frank Rossil WIS
brought TO Durango, Monday mornihs
charged with wAntonly kiiiinsssAa aged
man st George Dicks place, In Thompson
Park, Sunday aftsrneoa s,,oaAtt azA, ,o'clock.
Rossi, with number Of countrymen, had
been working on the Rio Grandc Southeru
grade. He Fl quite u large man. Sunday
afternoon he went behind the bar Mt Mr..
Dick's place, secured Winchester And
Going out into tho street, began firing up
and down tho road. All at.oncc he turned
and nrod into tho saloon, the ball pAssiug
through an old man said to be % years old,
killing him instantly. Tho deputy shcrifl
found It ditticult to kSsP ~. prisoner from
being lynchcd. <sS,s..
Louis: stremmel. Il Pueblo, died
and lefs ono -halr his fortune of s,oo, ,o0o. t.
Judge Leonard, Of New York;. In lsss
Ssremmcl went to New York to see the
town. He saw ttn towaeae such an cxtcn,
that the direstots ut ,BellSSue Hospital
said he was an absolute lunatld and should
bc confined for an indefinite period. Hi.
case came to tho ears Of MIR. Leonard, and
after long legal conflict hc succeeded In
cfRccting Strcmmcl's release. So worked
up was Stremmel At his almost unlocked
for delivery, that whiic ho paid Mr.. Leon
ard rood foo, hc further declared thai he
would remember his services In " substan.
tiai way, which il appears he did.
Thursday afternoon Lyons was the
sceuc off, tragedy. Deputy ShoriR Nm
J. Brown VIVA killed by Fred BrSwer {rhl
two men have been enemies for some time
and when they mst Brown, who had beer
drinking, ahgrily eiclatIhsds '"Brower
what have you bcen telling about uer
"Nothlns; have something eiso to do bc
!, sidea talk about you," was tho reply. tn,
answer filed tho deputy sheriff with rage
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