The state herald., 1890-01-10

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rcct OF big irrigating ditch bcihS'ois
near that place. Mr. Il. G, Henry Is IN
torosted in the project.
Mayor Rhone. OF Grand junction
has been removed from Office by the city
council. The town site complications were
the cause Of the removal.
The Attorney General has brought
suit against five former treasurers OF the
| State and their bondsmcn to compel an nc
| counting Of interest on public funds loaned
banks.
Governor Cooper has addressed
letter to the Board Of Control Of the Golden
Reform School asking for u reply to the
newspaper charges Of cruelty and immor
ality in that institution.
George II. Crosby, for several years
general agent of the B. & NJ. Railroad ut
Denver, has been promoted TO the position
of general freight agent OF the same road
with headquarters at Omaha.
There is n movement on foot 10
| have the streets Of Florence lighted with
natural gas. Since the Florence Oil and
Refining Company struck prolific gas
well, there is an ample supply for this
purpose.
The farmers mill at Longmont has
been shut down for few weeks TO re-
model their boiling system and TO increase
the capacity OF the mill. When tho i'm
proycments are completed the daily capac-
i,y OF the mill will be 600 sacks.
Hunters the other day found in the
| vicinity Of Chico IN insane man, wear
ing very little clothing, no hat and half
dead from cold and hunger. The man
says his name is Pat o. Lane, but can give
no further account Of himself.
The Bcsscmcr ditch is now thirty
eight miles long and has reached n point
near the Hucrfano. Two hundred men
are pushing IL to completion. The water
| is carried across the ST. Charles valley BY
| n siphon nearly 400 feet long and made OF
| wood
Orders have been given for starting
tho steel nnd rail departments of the great
Bcsssmcr works atPucblo the first week In
March, General Superintendent Nau has
arrived from tho East aud will push II c
improvements now In progress at the
works with vigor,
:. Ranchmen OF the South Park pre-
| diet great loss Of cattle unless the deep
snow leaves soon. The entire park is
covered with from eight to sixteen inches
Of snow and no range feed. Stock Is al
ready dying, and snow still falling. II is
the hardest winter on ca,t,o that stock
men over experienced In the park.
| Professor Lakes OF the State School
OF Mines has for the last ten days been
assiduously ut work dclving into the terti-
AIRY strata OF South Table and Green
mountains, says the Golden Transcript.
The results have surpassed anything here
,oforc done In this direction. aud vast do
posi,s OF palms. OF three species OF per
simmou trees, fgs, magnolia, smilax,
buckthorn, elm, maple and sycamore have
rewarded his search.
There are 2i7 patients in the insane
asylum at Pucblo-isi males and ID fe
males. There were admitted during last
year III. OF which number there were 81
miles and IS females, representing IS. per
sons under caro- durin. the year. From
this number there were discharged m 10.
covered a3 miles mud ~ females, making
u discharged US recovered mud two male,
as improved The expenses Of the asylum
for tho year ending November 30, iss.
amounted To s''s,5i5,si.
The work oi moving the division
from Wallace TO Cheyenne Wells has beer
lcsup. The lee house has come and Other
building. viii be moved ~ fast Us thcj
cnn h- torn down. SuperintendcnisB Brinkc
hoa, Palmer mud Madison have located tn,
site for the new depot, Ice house ant
scale>. The plans and estimates ~ np
rroycd by the company arc FOR n depot I,
eos, 5000. Superintendent Palmer vii
have his headquarters there.
Colorado production of coal durin,
1851 |. estimated NJ 1.tu,.WG tons, Their
prc io.coo square miles known TO bc coal
boarlnp, possessing workable scans o
good uunii,y. Iut u very small par, OF 1
has Sc, been touched, The coal resource
Of the state arr far In excess OF those o
any state m tho Union, and with the set
,lo,nen, Of tho west Colorado will lind IL
coal interests OF great imppriancc.,
Joseph Libby met wfrank Dcriou
pccidcn, saturday morning Mt tho shorl
dan mine near Telluride. lie hal 10 pu
In two shots, placing several s'lcks o
sian, rowdcr In each hole, II, tho fuse mn
.,.ppcl on, Of the way un,il he suppose
both sho,s had gone on. Returning, b
was picking the shattered rock from III
wait when his pick struck n piece Of giant
,Spodlnl II aud hurting his pick upward
rut,lup n ynlll nourly three lnrhca long i
Ills lrft phuok A number 0f pieces a
stone w,ir nlao blown Into his face and
large nIcpv intU Ills right arm below ia
, wrist, W, ph}Nelph fears DO VIII los
bls sight