The Delta independent., 1890-07-29
STATE NEWS.

A six-foot vein of excellent coal has
been found near Boulder.
A carbine was found recently in the.
fork Of a tree in Taylor Park, near Aspen
1t belonged to prospector who was killed
by the Utes in 1862.
Heavy rains in the mountains have
caused great damage OF late to railroad
property, and caused several deaths.
There was terrible flood on North Clear
Creek last Monday night, and by sudden
rise OF Beaver BROOK a party Of Denver
campers was overwhelmed In a food of
water which drowned Mrs. Abel and her
child and Miss Drake.
A cloudburst occurred on the Big
Thompson few miles west of Loveland
Sunday afternoon. Saw logs. brush and
debris Of various kinds came down with
the rush Of f'water, and was scattered along
the valleys. Bridges on the Buckhorn
and Big Thompson were washed away and
the banks OF the Souden canal were broken
in several places. The river rose several
feet in lea, than an hour. A heavy wind
accompanied the cloud a. it passed over,
and considerable hail fell, doing damage
70 crops.
Little Annie Wilson. OF Lovelnnd.
was run over by the accommodation train
at Lafayette last Tuesday. Both lower
limbs were cut on and mangled and other
injuries caused internal hemorrhage. She
lived but two hours. The train was back
Ing down to Lafayette for passengers to
connect with the evening train during .
heavy storm. The little girl was walking
between the double tracks with her
umbrella up. The conductor saw her
and shouted. Unfortunately she stepped
onto the wrong track. The car struck and
dragged her under with the above result
AT 1880 o'clock Tuesday morning
. fcw people who were passing the Farris
hotcl-Pueblo, were surprised to see .
man, clad only In his underclo,hing, climb
ing out Of third story window until he
was hanging by his hands from the stone
sill. party ut once started TO tho res
cue, arriving In tho room below Just As he
kicked In the glass, cutting his feet aud
legs and awakening him from the somnsm-
bulistic slumbor in which he had perform
Cd bis strange feat He was then drawn
into the room. little the worse for his dan
esrous adventure The hero ef this mid
nigh, episode IL . cattlcman from Grand
JDnction. f ~
The east bound passenger train on
the Rock Island railway, which left Den
ver laat Monday evening, ran through =
bridge over Big Sandy creek, ono mile
wcsi Of IAmon, just before midnight The
engine, smoker and chair car were ditchcd.
The passenger wcrc thrown In all direc-
aioos, and miracuiously cscaped with their
livss- A large number were injured
Engineer Mccormick, Il 10 feared, was
Killed. He h missing and IL 10 the suppo
sitiou that Ats body 10 under the wreck
Tho cause oY the accident wss the giving
way Of The bridge. Ths ssrsnsth OF the
structurs has nos herstefers been qucs-
toned.
The Colorado Central railroad suf-
fcrsd great damage from storms on the
end and 2ard. The loss can ouly Be ap-
fproximnted NJ ESQ 900. The amount Of
track washed out Govern, altogether, .
distance Of about twenty miles, fivc miles
from Forks Greek to Smith Hill and
aftesn miles from Golden 70 Floyd HiL
Thc iron bridge at the forks Of the crusk
looks like bundle Of wirc, II has bce. 40
tangled up. II In impossible for tha rail-
road men TO estimate tho damage dsae 70
the road, but they admit II must bc very
large, as tho road up through there 10 .
very costly piece Of railroad construction.
Tho bridge alone was worth about q. 600.
A miraculous escape from death oc-
CURED twelve u,ilcs below Salida Tuesday
afternoon. Four sections OF tho east
bound passenger train were made up from
several trains which have boon greatly
delayed by washouts in Utah, and left
Salida IT O'Clock In the afternoon
When nearing an iron bridge across .
saw River, they wcrc signallcd by somc
amall boys and the engineer brought his
train TO q stop few feet from where .
heavy water spout had swept away tho
entire iron bridge. A handson,s parse
was made up amoug tho passengers and
presented 10 tho boys, who had undoubt-
edly saved many lives.
Mr.. b. FsSpinne y, who ~ns ab-
Quoted by a>Tcxas cowboy some time ago,
has been allowed to return, his ransom
having boon paid. 1t appears that Spin
ney was takon into tho wostern part Of
tho State not for from Mcckcr and held
there until his captor, whose name Ia
Harris, received notice from his brother
that tho money, over q 500 had boen paid.
He was not at all badly treated, though
tho party who bad him In charge had very
little food along, and his dict therefore
was both monotonous and restricted. Mr..
Harrington, Spinnoy's brother. In Law,
eet she cash ~ soon ~ Spinnoy was ~
ductpd, aud then started In search Of Har-
ris' brother, whom no found. after cousia-
orable trouble, In the NORTHWESTERN part
Of South Park, and turned the money over
70 him. He then found Harris by send :
ing out lettcrs TO all tho post osices In the
westers pArt Of tha 6tates Harris let his
captive 70 - soon - he was suro Of his
money and dcoamped at onco for his ma
tive State-Toxaa.
- Governor Cooper has received fro m
J. @. Garrison, acting comptroller Of the
United States, . letter cnclosing . check
for 90 ,S64.06, which Ia q partial payment
NJ tho amount duo the State Of Colorado