The Delta independent., 1890-03-11
STATE NEWS.
The Bessemer steel works are rum


ming again.
The heaviest snow on record is re-
ported at Leadville
The railroads are cutting rates be-
tween Denver and Chicago.
Patti was sick while in Denver and
only sang in one ra-"Martha."
The sheriffs OF the State were in
convention at the Capital last week.
The loss of cattle in the South Park
is said to have been very great this winter.
II is rumored that an English syndi-
cate want to buy all the smelters in our
State.
A new soda spring has been struck
at Manitou. 1t is said to be stronger than
in the old one.
The prisoners in the Aspen Jail
nearly made their escape lately by cut
ting through the floor.
Some OF the cowboys about Dallas
amuse themselves by lassooing mountain
lions and bringing into town alive.
Pat Desmond, the noted bad man
who was formerly marshal OF Pueblo, was
shot and killed in Salt Lake City saloon
the other day.
The new Union Pacific depot at
Berthoud has recently been completed and
that lively young burg is now rejoicing in
the fine depot building
Charles Krimmel OF Glenwood
Springs, who has been missing for some
months, was drowned. His body has
Just been found in the Grand River.
The last issue OF the Denver Com
non,rodiui contains a very able and read
able article from the pen of c. C. Goodwin
Of Salt Lake City on 1.-The Status Of Sill
YER"
There is n great deal Of opposition
throughout the State TO paying the s25 fine
assessed by the last legislature against
those who failed TO pay the military poll
tax before March lst In some counties
the commissioners have not levied the tax,
in others the attorneys declare that they
will not prosecute, and lawyers generally
believe the law TO be unconstitutional
The United States Supreme Court
has decided that siediay and Savage, two
Colorado murdcrcrs under sentence to be
hanged shall be liberated. The Court
makes this decision on the ground that
the new law under which the men were to
be executed is more severe than the one
In force when they committed the crime,
In that II provides for solitary confinement
previous to hanging.
The Secretary OF the Interior has
made call for larger appropriations for
the Indian schools OF the west In the
case Of the Grand junction school the
original estimate was sl5, 800. but there is
also now wanted SO 900 for cnlarging and
improving buildings, including the cost OF
water for irrigaung purposes and 81 800
for pay OF superintendent, making the to.
tai amount needed, $1,000.
Indian Commissioner Morgan op-
poses the removal Of tho Utcs. He has
sent letter To the secretary OF the interior
saying that the Indians ought not to be re-
moved, because such removal would be
contrary to the general policy OF tho Gov
ernment, and that no effort has been made
70 civili.c the Indians in their present res
ervation. Their consent TO the removal,
Morgan says, has been given with rcluc-
tance, and they are oven now not fully in
accord with the proposed removal The
effect OF his letter at this late date will not
be rs pronounced as II might have been
two or three months ago. The bill IL now
before the House and has been favorably
a1t ,ph n
the Senate committee.
The executive committee OF tho
State Industrial and Development Asso.
citation, were in session at Denver last
week, and considered the best plans for
advertising the resources of the State.
They agreed TO this by the publication OF
correspondence and kilograms in the news
papers OF the world. Supplemcnting tho
State Bureau OF Immigration and Stats
tics In It's work Of exhibiting the natural
and manufactured products Of Colorado ut
tho exposition ut ST. Louis in September
and October, 1880; and also by distribut-
ing personally and by mail and through
the Bureau OF Immigration, statistical
pamphlets In tho State ut large, and each
county as furnished b. them for this pur-
pose throughout tho United States and
Europe; tho preparation and conducting
of train OF Colorado exhibits over tho
United States.
Two Dallas cowboys recently las
socd mountain lion alive and tool, IL into
town. II was trecd by their dog, and tho
hunters began throwing the rope and one
soon succeeded in catching It around the
mock. The other caught It by the forolcg
and they pulled 1t down from the tree.
They tied tho ropes to their saddle horns,
stretched the varmint out, dismountcd and
tied the ropes to trees. They drew the
ropos 80 tight that tho animal could not
move and then proceeded to fastcn q
strong collar about It's mock. The lion
could do. nothing but growl and snap its
teoth. Two long chains were fastened to
the collar, tho ropes taken of and the lion
lot up. 1t was worried SO by this time that
they were ablc to hold 1t without the help
Of their horses. They mounted, zach ono
holding chain, and rode into town with
tho lion between them.
Tho mining cont ro yersv hat waor tho