The state herald., 1890-10-03
STATE NEWS.

Two mon were killed by mine ex-
plosion at Aspen, Monday.
Flo thousand people visited the
fur at Fort Collins last Thursday.
Nearly thousand people enjoyed
clam bake at Pueblo last week.
The corner stone for magnificent
building for St. Lukes Hospital was laid
In Denver lust week.
Mrs. Eva Higgings, OF La Veta, has
been elected president of the State Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union.
The Germans OF Denver are to cele-
brate on the 9TH of October, the eth unni-
versary of the first colonization in America
of Germans.
The ladies Of Delta gave the Delta
hose team banquet Monday night to
show their great esteem OF tho boys who
have won the championship of Western
Colorado.
In the hose contest at the Montrose
fair Saturday, Delta hose team won the
500-foot race, and had the water running
in 90 is seconds. This is tho third time
Delta has won in contests ut Montrose.
A bold, bad man with Winchester
rifle held up au electric street car In Den
yer last Monday night. He was rather
green ut the business and only secured one
dollar from fifteen frightened passengers.
A divorce case was settled quickly
In Denver last Friday. Tho wife wanted
separation on the ground OF "infelicity"
but an hour before the time set for trial
and had his head bruised, which caused
his wife TO repent, and dismiss tho case.
Never before in It's history has the
Denver & Rio Grande enjoyed such au err
OF prosperity us during the past summer.
The business has increased ut all points
and to such IN extent that the company
found it necessary to expend over $1,000
0C0 in new equipment, The earnings of
the road for the month of August were
SOS, 900 against $500, 800 for tho CORE
spending month last year, leaving an in
crease Of Sl0l, 500.
Senator Teller's bill to permit coal
miners to acquire not exceeding eighty
acres Of land adjoining their coal lands,
for the purpose Of locating thereon coke
ovenso and machinery necessary TO the
working OF the coal mines, was passed in
the Senate Thursday. The lands, the bill
provides, must be contiguous, or Us near
as practicable, to the mines. The price to
be paid is fixed at s. per acre. The pur-
pose Of the bill is TO aid coal mining opera
tons where tho mines are located on noun
tain sides, where coke ovens and machin-
cry cannot be safely located.
Isaac Hoyer, n brakeman on the
Rio Grandc for the past seven years, was
instantly killed at Mitchell, Monday.
Hoyer left Leadville breaking on an extra
OF eleven cars that was going west. Near
Mitchell, as the train was descending a
hill, one of the wheels came of the caboose
and Hoyer, who was at the time Just
stepping from that car, was thrown vio-
lcntly to the ground and the car fell on
top Of him. He was entangled with some
of the iron connections and rolled with the
eaboose down the hill distance OF fifty
feet.
james Ahreu. OF Leadvillc, the
champion rock.d riller of Colorado, de-
fcated William Page, of Butte, Montana,
+ Il. ha -
the contest were that each man was to
drill fifteen minutes and the man drilling
the deepest hole In that time was to win.
Ahren went TO work on rock placed on q
platform about the level Of his head which
produces :what is called back.hold in
miners parlance. In fifteen minutes he
aai dr,lled hole Il '-lG inches. Page is
a shorter man than Ahren, and the stag
ing lad TO be lowered to give him the
sane dvantagc. He then went 10 work,
md when time WIS called had drilled his
bit Into the stone fourteen inches even
The State School OF Mines opened
It's doors last Wednesday with better
prospects than ever before. Fifty-three
student are already registered, which is
more than was enrolled last year during
the entire year. and several more students
will put In an appearance on tho first OF
OCTOBER The faculty OF the school has
discarded all special courses which re
duees the number OF students. There are
clgh, professors. The new building is
completed on the outside, and about three