The Delta independent., 1890-02-04
STATE NEWS.

kich copper veins have been found
oear Gunnison. Rr
There are 66l children enrolled in
the Aapea schoois
Boulder expects soon to have .
0AOo stone depot
The South Park Railroad has been
blockaded by snow.
Six engines are stuck in a big snow
drift near Alpine.
Anosher 2OO-barrel oil we'll has
Deea struck near Florence.
Denver's four hundred saloons are
still wide open on Sunday.
Denver's City Council have granted
franchise for an electric railway.
lit reported that a big flow Of oil
has boon struck at Rouse junction.
Strawberries have appeared In the
Denver market Only one dollar box.
The reception given Henry George
ADsuvsr was in the nature Of an ovation.
The man xho shot Nellie Ryan at
Denver . few days ago has not yet been
arrested
The School OF Mines at Golden has
received liberal appropriation from the
Government.
Henry George has been addressing
Immense audiences In Denver on the
..Single Tax"
A two-foot vein OF valuable fire clay
has been found on the farm Of DR.. Allen be-
tsssn Boulder and Louisville.
Denver's clearings last week showed
an increase Of 4s per cent over the cor
responding week Of last year.
One OF the men composing the ex-
pedition that is making survey Of the
Colorado Canon has returned home with
crushed leg.
Denver society Is agitated over
new picture gallery lately opened where
numerous examples Of the nude occupy
prominent places.
The Colorado State Bar Association
have passed resolutions recommending
Judge Hailctt for the position made vacant
by the promotion of Judge Brewer.
The Manufacturers Exchange OF
Denver had their annual banquet the othsr
day 81 which the menu was composed 60
urry OF articles Of Colorado production.
Five OF the defendants in the Hol-
Their names are Leo Withcrbce, Lou
withcrbec. Clint Nelson, George Paine
and Oswald Hcrsig. They will take an
appeal to the Supreme Court
Four prisoners escaped from the
Fremont county jail last Sunday. The
men who escaped are Joseph Mccoy, Jas.
Ward. Mike Patchen and Jas Brennan,
better known a. "whisky Jimmy" The
latter was caught the next day at Florence
but the rest arc still At large.
Postmaster Goodell Of Lcadville. re-
ccivcd notification from the Postmaster
General that after February reduction
OF salaries would take place in tho ONCE
result Of the order lately issued reducing
expenses in Southern and Western oficcs
Tho board OF directors Of the Pueblo
State Fair Association has accepted the
site for the new fair grounds offered BY the
Colorado Coal and Iron Company 1t con
sists OF eighty acres west Of beautiful
Lake Minneque. A forcc of mon will be
put 70 work st once TO prepare the grounds
for the spring meeting.
The central aud eastern parts OF the
State were waited by = terrific wind storm
last Saturday. Trains were blown from
Che track, buildings demolished and .
number Of people seriously injured. For
cat nrcs near Colorado Springs were
famed by tho wind into unusual deatruc-
tvencss, thousands Of acres Of valuable
timber being destroyed.
Fourteen men working In the Custom
drift Of tho la Plata mine at Leadvilie,
wore surprised Saturday by . sudden
breaking In OF water at the end Of the
drift Tho water camo with . terrible
rush, and the men had TO run to the shaft
opening to save their lives Tho drifts
and stopinga wore soon filled and tho water
rose go feet, In tho shaft. II will take at
least thirty days TO pump II out
Crested Butte was visited by q de-
ssructivc fro last Sunday. Tho firms
burnt out arc ~ follows: Bank OF Created
Butte, Carroll Bros., the postofiicc, Wm.
Knight, Ed. Edwards, James Mcllnce,
Charles Kramer, Vic E Anderson, John
Fsllet Shipp 4 Sanzet, Angcrman & Girls
chipek, Hugh Cameron and Adam Miller.
The snow was all that prevented the en-
tire business portion Of the town from
burning. The loss will bc from go, 900 70
Sso, 900 and the insurance 4.o00
Tho Denver and Rio Grande has
Just paid one Of the largest claims in The
history Of the road. In tho recent walscn
burg disaster In which 240 head Of cattle
were killed, Dan Craven, Of Kansas City,
the owner. a oncs put in claim for dam
ages. The Rio 0rands with its usual
prompt and liberal spirit allowed the
sum Of s5,9s0 for the cattle that were
killed in The wreck. Colonel Rockwell, The
travelling freight agent Of the road, 10 par.
ticalarly praised In . lette- rscsivsd from
Dan Craven, In which he Acknowledges
ths receipt Of the money for the loss Of bis
cattle.
RIotlng 0iass Blowers.