The Delta independent., 1890-09-09
STATE NEWS.

The Millington case is being tried
over at Boulder on writ Of habeas cor
pus.
A fire 1t the Rio Grande shops in
Pueblo last Monday destroyed property
worth sis,QOO.
W.: +. Pabor, OF Grand Junction,
has been elected president Of the State
Editorial Association.
The German Methodists OF the
Western States met in conference At Den
yer September 4th. Bishop John H. Vim
cent presided.
James Roundtree, a stone cutter,
fell frem the southern portico Of the Capt.
tol building at Denver, last Thursday, and
was instantly killed.
The Seventh Annual Convention oi
the American Genealogical Association,
y worthy organization Of physicians, con-
vened in Denver Tuesday.
Rocky Ford celebreted watermelon
day on the 4tb, and the citizens and their
visitors ate several thousand melons. The
, town rejoices In the completion OF its
wstsr- works.
: The Secretary OF the Interior has
refused TO. grant an additional space OF
two acres on the summit Of Pixies Peak TO
the cog railway company. He thinks that
they have enough already.
The American cattle trust, OF which
J. L. Brush, of Denper, is manager, has
been rcorganiZed under the name OF the
Western Union Beef Company. The cap
ital stock amount. to ell, 900. The
principal Offices will be at Greeley, Chey-
ennc and San Antonio, Texas. The com
pany own, 1000 head of cattle.
Honey raising is getting to be quite
IN industry in Colorado. A single bee
keeper in Larimer County has 1900
pounds OF honey from lG0 colonies OF bees
and viii net s., 900 this year. The season
has been on the whole a favorable one for
the business, though for few weeks
there scented danger from dry weather.
Two men named Bennett and Will
Llama were killed in tho Lexington tunnel
near Rico by premature explosion. II is
supposed that Bennett was tamping gian,
powder and possibly with mn iron tamping
rod instead Of = wooden one, while MIR
Williams stood near him and In some way
the blast exploded and by II both lost their
lives
The wolford House at Como caught
Gre from the upsettiug Of . lamp and
was burned down Monday morning. Al
though the fire department was to the
rescue in a few moments, the fire was
undcr too great hcadway to save tho build
ing, aud the adjoining buildings were only
saved through the Efforts OF the railway
men, who turned out in full force with 800
feet Of hose from the round house. Three
men are known To have lost their lives and
others had narrow escapes.
w. X. Augustine, Charles Bowers
and Richard Thomason will form . pros
pccting party who, about the Goth of tho
month, will leave for a trip through the
South. They expect To he gone about six
months and will wind up in old Mexico,
whore thew will take the cars for home
They will make the trip down on horse
back and with pack animals. They will
camp out and hunt and fish as well as
prospect. Their searches win be mostly
for gold paccrs and thcy will take in the
wilds Of Arizona, New Mexico and Mex
leo. Such a trip is full OF adventure and
lust to tho liking OF Western man. The
boys anticipate u pleasant time and their
friends will wish them success. Aspen
Times.
There was an accident on the South
Park railway about one mile and q half
above Dome Rock at p. m. Thursday
afternoon, to passenger train 402, the
Lcadvillc, Buena Vista and Gunnison cx-
press Two cars were turned over into
the river but no one was killed and only
one person reported hurt. The engineer
Of tho train, when near Dome Rock, saw
COW on tho track, and he immcd-
lately set the brakes and reversed the en-
ginc, A washout hitherto undiscovered.
had been passed over, but when the train
started to back, the first passenger car
tumblcd through this and over into the
river. and the mail car followed In quick
succession. There were about sixty pas
sengcrs on the train. II was n miracle
that no one was hurt, either from drown
ing or otherwise The tender turned over
. OH its side, bu; the engine kept the track.
At .julcsburg last Thursday about
four o'clock n child, Nellie, four years of
age, wanted its mother, Mrs. Lloyd Adam
son, to drive to town with 1t, but tho
mother refused. The little one, who is
partly blind, started out on foot to go
about four miles, and the mother noticing
In about an -four thnt the little girl had
disappeared entirely instead OF being out
playing, as she supposed, started TO town
after her. Dark came on and no child
could be found, The news was spread
by tho ringing of the fire boil, and one
hundred people with lanterns and vehicles
started In pursuit of her. The people
looked all over the prairie for miles around
the town all tho fore part OF tho night,
when an alarm was heard by tho firing of
guns, that the little one was found. She
had come to town and wandered around
and then went to the country again, not
In tho direction OF her home. She was
found at farm house all right.
Professor Thomas j. Gray, princi-
psl Of tho State Normal School st Greeley
has gone TO Chicago, where he will pur-
y . r..