The state herald., 1890-12-26
STATE HAPPENINGS.
The Aspen Mail has gone under.


Anthracite coal has been discovere,
near In Veta.
Tho Legislature meets OH the frs
Wednesday In Iahuary.
Tho Inauguration OF Gov ernor Rout
Will take place January Is.
The Me,hodlsts are having nm OLE
fashioned revival at Aspen.
The b. 4 NJ. road did over $40, 00(
worth OF business ut Lyons last month
Florence has been stirred lid by the
elopement Of ia.ycar-old schoo
girl.
Judge Decker. one OF the district
judges OF Arapahoe County. has rs-
signed.
At Gunnisos, last week the thermom
eter reached eighteen degrees be
low zero.
About 800 men and boys took par,
In the coyote hunt ut Hygiene last
Saturday.
Mr.. George W. Temple, Of Meeker,
will BIZ deputy Secretary Of State for
tho uoSt two yeurs.
There are eight Mr. nine hundred
thousand dsh hatchcd every year in
Denver for public distribution.
The Sunday School CONNECTED with
Trinity Methodist Church, Denver,
has an attendance OF over 1000.
Notwithstanding the stringenoy In
the money market Denver's building
boom shows no slgns OF letting up.
Tho electric road now being bull,
from Denver 10 Golden will be the
longest one OF the kind in the world.
In 1889 the assessed valuation OF
Colorado mines and improvements
was $3,5S5,6i5. This year it is g..
727.G57.
A Colorado Springs physician has
secured supply OF DIR. -Koch's lymph
and is making. u practical test OF it OF
his patients.
->Ouray has suffered terribly within
the last few weeks from diphtheria
but the dread disease is NOW thought
to be under control.
Denver merchants report sale.
vastly larger than last year and con
demn the banks for their timidlty
when there is absolutely no reason
Tor 1t.
Charles Reed and Charles Hendrick
son were drowned in Cheyenne Lake
near Colorado Springs, few day,
ago. They were skating and the Ice
broke.
The State Teachcr.' Association
meets next week In Denver. a splen.
did programme has been arranged
and NIL indications point to IN enjoy.
able meeting.
Hereafter the Aspen Times will
have its type set by machinery. Tha,
piper is the first in Colorado 10 adopt
this innovation, having leased two oil
Rogers type setting machines.
Two new stacks are TO be immedi.
ately added to the plant Of the Colo
RADIO Coal and Iron Company nj Pu.
eblo. This viii give the concern II
capacity Of 900 tons Of pig iron each
day.
The north side canal u, LAS Anime,
last week became gorged with ice
stopping the aow OF water along III,
oaunl. As consequence the water
backed up In places TO y depth o
seven feet, and the banks OF the cana
were slightly injured by the overflow
Greeley is discussing the question
OF voting bonds for the erection OF ,
city hall and the construction Of !,
sewer, and also for the purpose o
taking mp u floating Indebtedness o
$50, 900. The amount OF issue pro
posed is 100000.
Last week the regular annual NEE,
ing OF the horticultural Society o
Northern Colorado was held At bould
err. About thirty plates of inc apple
were displayed which was the entir,
exhibit Some good papers were fca,
and interesting discussions took place
The Secretary OF State has sent let
,crs TO the bidders for State printing
refusing them all. He: said that sine,
the 18th OF the month. when the bid
were opened, the entire force OF IN,
Office had been figuring over IA,
various bids md had been unable. o,
any basis OF calculation to award III.
contract.
A prospecting party left Gran,
JUNCTION Friday for the Navajo Indiai
reservation In Arizona. The part.
consisted OF james Hunter. Thnd nm,
John Duckett. Martin Hobbs andJ. i
and {. W. Sleeper. The party wa
well equipped for hunt for prcciou
metal and are determined 10 lind pay
Ing orc.
j. T.. Phelnn shot and Instantly kilic,
his wife Monday evening at lis,
o'clock at Cardiff. lie barrlcudc,
himself In the house after the shoe,
Ing and dcilcd the authorities and tn
crowd. An engine was sent to Glen
wood Springs md the sheriff and
doctor brought 10 Cardlf. The shcr
IN and crowd closed In upon the hous
and captured Phclnn. Phclan was n
one time section boss ut Cardiff. nm,
his wife conducted n boarding house
Over n year ngo they separated n
they could not agree. Phelun lntel.
returned and threatened his wife thu
II she did not return and live will
him. TINT he would kill her. She re