The Delta independent., 1890-02-18
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The Supreme Court is in session.
Palmer Lake is to have street cars.
Rocky Ford farmers have organized
grange.
Bill Nye is to make descent upon
the State.
An Odd Fellows Lodge has been
formed at Akron.
A man was frozen to death near
Denver last Monday.
Pueblo hoodlums amuse themselves
by shooting at street cars.
A Pueblo constable was held up and
robbed one night last week.
A party Of Rock Island passenger
agents are visiting the State.
Denver's clearing house returns for
last week were s4,s42,s ,s4s, gain Of 43 per
cent.
Colorado Springs has raised the IL
cease fee on drug stores which sell liquors
to q 900.
Denver has a new fire truck whose
ladders can be raised TO height Of sixty
Ave feet.
A severe wind and snow storm
swept over tho eastern part of the State
On the 10th.
Judge Symes has been arguing be-
fore the House Coinage Committee in
favor Of silver.
There is not prisoner in the Bent
county Jail, nor a criminal case upon the
docket Of the court
A Nevadaville lady proposes TO in
sngurate talking contest between some
OF the ladiea Of that town.
1t is estimated that during the last
fall nearly 200 deer were killed In The
country surrounding Dallas.
Boulder people think that they have
n superior article of clay for dne brick, and
will soon begin their manufacture.
J. w. Fowle. division master me-
chanic Of the Midland, At Leadvillc, was
seriously beaten by q workman and may
die.
A man wns severely hurt the other
day by being thrown from u moving train
on tn Rio Grande road. Ho was stealing
. ride.
The new building for the Denver
Unircrsity 10 to be begun soon, as the
,.ht t,A H. ~. s,,l,
scribcd.
William Stuchell. an Aspen miner,
fell from the bucket in which he was being
hoiste'.. aud Was instantly killed by the fall
OF D0 feet
The mayor OF Denver has signed tho
ordnance granting permission for the con-
struction of an electric street railway with
overhead wires.
Secretary Noble has sustained n de-
cision Of the Land Commissioner that .
tract Of land In Pueblo County cannot be
reserved for use rs u reservoir site.
The Grcystonc Club. OF Denver.
celebrated the birthday Of Samuel J. Til
den last Monday. Leading Democrats Of
e~1S sSs~so "SAS phN"Sus ~ soU oeoieNs
Fort Collins suffered from n severe
fre on the 10th. The failure Of water sup
ply, together with high wind, made it
dificuit to subduc the flames. Loss, ,s3o, 900.
Mr.. Pnbor has recently issued
special edition Of %, 900 copies of his paper,
the Grand Valley Star. II IL chock- full
of valuable information regarding that
valley, especially Its agricultural and hor-
ticuiturai interests, and will do . great
deal toward attracting immigration TO that
section.
Persons from San Juan County, n.
M, and tho Navajo reservation report
everything quiet with the Navajo Indians,
and that no further trouble In anticipated.
All the trouble In tho first place originated
with . renegade sub-chief named Cos,i-
ano, who is always engaged in dcvilmcnt.
CostiHno had following among tho young
D., bucks, but tho older members Of the tribe
refused TO Join with him, and tho older
settlers therefore fear no trouble.
The Ners Of Mecker is responsible
for this: Frank Barton while out hunting
in the forc part Of the week shot ash
duck. Nothing strange in this, but wc
doubt whsthcr the sequel will cvor be
cquailcd. When Frank picked up the duck
he found tho tail Of . fish protrudine from
its mouth. On pulling tho ash out he
found Il measured cight inches In length,
aud alive and kicking.
Indian Inspector Armstrong has
gone TO tho Sioux reservation to 500 that
mono Of tho settlers who enter tho rcscr.
walton undor tho Presidents proclama-
ton intrude upon tho diminished Indian
rcserv walton lands. The general land
ofIicials arc also making preparations TO
scnd 10 tho reservation number Of expcr-
fenced clerks and two special agents to a..
sist tho local officers when they shall bc
appointed.
Chas. Huffman, Of Sterling, was
shot aud killed last Thursday, by Z. G,
Mclaughlin, ono Of tho leading business
men OF that town. Mclaughlin fell into
. dispute with Huffman whilo standing In
front Of McLaughlin's store, and becom.
ing very angry no went into tho building
and brought out knifo aud revolver, with
both Of whicn no made the fatal attack.
Human was recently married and was