The Delta independent., 1890-12-16
STATE NEWS.

day.
Grand Junction had grand cele-
bration Of the opening Of the new railroad
on the sth- great many visitors helped
them celebrate.
Sam Lesem, the Denver insurance
man, has obtained franchise for an elcc.
trio street railway in Mexico City, getting
ahead of English capitalists.
The trouble between the miners and
tColorado Coal and Iron Company's man
tagemcnt at Crested Butte has been settled
satisfactorily to the miners, who have re-
turned to work. The company acceded tc
oil OF the demands made by the miners.
John p. Glow. the pugilist, was
shot aud killed ct Denver on the 9th by
Frank j. Marshall, OF Longmont There
had been trouble between the men for some
time, growing out Of horse trade. Mar
shall was partially Intoxicated at the time
Flowing by steam has been tried a,
Ber,houd, Lnrimer County. 1t was or
Mr.. II. Guner's field. A traction engine
pulling Fix plows held together by an in
geniously con;rived frame did the work
AT the first attempt there were several
bitches, but afterwards Il went along
smoothly.
/, An ore stealing plot has been un
earthcd Mt Aspen which throws similar
performances in the shade. Five men
were arrested while in the &C. OF taking
orc from old shaft Of the Acquisition
Mining Company. They were accustomed
sn gal- -
their own mine and in the day time thirty
two incks transported I, from there 10 The
smelter.
Superintendent Dick reports some
Interesting facts concerning the schools OF
the State for the years laSa, 1880. One
hundred and ninety five new buildiBgs
were erected. The total number Of per-
sons Of school age In Colorado Is rs, 1871
while the whole number enrolled in III.
public schools is c., 40, or 60 per cent Tho
system of the couuty's owning the text
books and furnishing them 10 pupils is re-
ported to have worked very satisfactorily.
Ark Hall, OF R!dgway. and friend
caught male mountain lion near Ridg-
way Monday. II showed the night pre-
vIous, aud the men started hunting in the
morning with three trail bounds. The
lion was tracked, trccd and held at bay BY
the dogs until the men succeeded in lnsso-
Ing the animal Tho hunters were on
shorscs, and getting each a rope over it,
sonc to tree and the other was held by q
horse. A chain was fastened 10 the AMI
mails neck and il was dragged into town.
II. -. 4 a. T..
saloon while carpenters made cage fer IT.
Ben Sherer, John Mooney and John
Kastcllo met with an experience Saturday
that camo near ending their earthly en-
rccr. These men have bccn AZ work In
tho la Plata Mountains, and on Saturday
started for Durango. While about hall
way between the Cumberland mine and
tho Ridgcwood cabin. the deep snow broke
loose aud started on It's muriorous mission
down the steep mountain, and, while there
was vast amount Of snow carried down,
the men fortunately kept from being
buried, and were able 10 dig themselves
out, thereby escaping with slight bruises
and scratches. Their snowshocs, how
over. were broken. and tho snow being
deep, they were thir,y-sis hours In reach.
ing town, and were abou, used up, thcii
feet and other portions of their bodies bo
ing quite badly frosted.
Ernest Fletcher was convicted n;
Kiowa on Thursday of stealing cattle. The
evidence In the case showed that n yea,
ugo last November, the defendant appear.
cd at Bcnkclman, Nebraska, having abou,
i, forty head OF stock in his possession, ne
hal, hra J.N
scvcntccn bead were sold TO a butcher nj
McCools and slaughtered. At this timc q
detective for the Colorado Cattle Growers
Association came across tho cattle, and it
, following the matter up, Fletcher was ar
rcstcd. The jury fixed tho value Of tn,
property ut ESQ, which insurcs to tho dc.
fcndant q pcnitentiary sentence. In a,l
probability tho wholesale running OF OF
cattle from tho Ebert county range will
cease, tho general impression being TIM,
whom Fletcher was arrested n large com.
bination OF cattle thieves WINS scattered
aud driven TO flight.
An Apache Indian OF tho Jicarrilla
tribo was murdered Mt Amargo on Sunday.
1t seems TINT the Indians werc watching
game OF billiards whom something was
SAW tnot nuRcTcu ono ol tne plnycrs, an
American whose nnme has not boon
learned. whcroupon he dealt tho Indian
terrible blow with billiard cue, crushing
the skull and killing the Indian instantly.
Tho man who committed the deed escaped
from the place and buried himself In n
large sAwdust pile hoping thereby to es-
capc, but thorc was lurgc number of
Apachcs In town, and us soon as they
learned Of tho killing they became very
excltch and demanded tho murdcrcr or,
they stated, there would bo trouble. In
the Eiicantime tho murderer was detected
and }Hrrcsted by deputy sheriff and
PLACED under u largo guard Tho Indians
ct 4lrst demanded immediate vengeance
bNss, Agent Bartholomew succeeded In
Quietlng thcm, md 1t is hoped that ,hcy
Will allow tho law to tako its course.
NJ n. Fuller, living on II farm ncar
ClaRenont, has remarkable we'll which
may produce gus or oil. Mr.. Fuller So
cursd tho assistance of two ncighbors to
hofst thc pump, and whom they returned
tho water was pouring out OF tho top Of
4 th0 pu6ap with great forsc. When tho