The Delta independent., 1890-10-21
STATE NEWS.


Ben Butler is visiting the State to
look after some placer mines in San Mi
guel County in which he is interested.
The grand jury OF Arapahoc county
charge tho detective force Of Denver with
fnoousistency and rascality of all kinds.
The Congregational ministers OF
the State have passed resolutions urging
that the Columbian exposition be closed on
Sunday.
The Citizens Committee OF Denver
has placed o State and county ticket in
the field, composed Of Republicans and
Democrats taken mostly from the regular
ilckets.
Two miners who were examining
an old mine near Carboudale, encountered
400-pound cinnamon bear who had taken
up his abode there. Tho bear escaped, rs
did tho miners.
y. +. McMains. the nan who has
90 persistently resisted the company who
bought up the Maxwell land grant, has
been convicted In the United States court
of resisting the United States marshal.
Judge Goddard OF Leadville, re-
Gently rendered an opinion in reference to
damages to be awarded for stock killed by
locomotives. He held that the present
law 10 unconstitutional, in that it denies
the railroad the right to jury trial.
The Pueblo "Elks" have taken pos
session OF their club-rooms In the Fitch
building. They occupy the entire second
hoor, which is divided into q reception,
reading. billiard and card-rnoms. All are
elegantly fitted up There are abou,
eighty members In the lodge,
A dispatch from Del Nortc says:
The work of digging tho potatoes on Rod
crick Chisholmn's prize acre was COM
plctcd Thursday evening, the total yield
footing up 20, $50 pounds. This beats the
acre that took tho agricultural prize last
year about 500 pounds. The potatoes are
OF the Barclay prolific variety. of medium
size. and four ffths Of the total yield arc
nerchsntable potatoes il took fourteen
mea ucarly four days TO dig and sack the
potatoes, aided BY Hoover potato digger.
Should this aero prove a winner of prizes
Offered, It will bring MIR. Chisho nn n to.
tai Of about $500.
A terrible accident terminating
with awful results occurred u, the Busk-
IvaShoe tunnel on the l+th, and was the
rq6Llt Of an explosion IN which William
Tines and John Hcmphiil were instantly
KILLED. As they were about 10 put in n
blast Hines took out stick OF giant from
. box and commenced thawIng 1t. 1t is
thu r.enArnl opfntap Int t,b ha,
the Atick Of giant It exploded In Hines
hand, killing him Instantly. The explo-
sion caused the entire box, containing 10
pounds Of giant, to explode with te rrible
force, instantly killing HcmphiIl and pep
pcring the faecs with gravel OF six Of the
workmen in tho immediate vicinity. The
terrific force Of the explosion sh ook up the
entire camp, while the report was heard
miles around and dense clouds Of smoke
came from the scene OF the disaster.
Telluride is ablaze with excitement.
Flags arc flying. men cheering and every
body Is on for grand holiday. The great
Sheridan tunnel struck the vein Wedncs-
day and developed large body of orc OF
very high grade The tunnel was com.
mcnccd In November, lss5, and has run
$500 feet at . cost OF nearly $500, 90.
Manager Waters says that, calculating on
basis Of what the mine has done in the
past, this strike puts els, ,0co, 900 in sight.
Tho ore struck by tho tunnel carries brit
uc silver, copper, and runs high in gold.
Over q thousand feet Is raincd In depth.
II mcaps for Telluride scores of new min.
crs, doubling Of population and business
interests Immediately. Tho vein is owned
by the Sheridan company for 5000 feet
linear ON the surface, has been developed
the entire distance and has produced nine.
tenths OF tho output Of San Miguel County
for the past eight years.
Charles.A. Bartholomew, the agent
Of the Southern Ute Indians, in his annual
report 70 tho Secretary OF tho Interior,
Gays that the tribe numbers 9s5 souls.
Most Of those who have taken to farming.
have, during tho past year, shown COM
mondable degree Of industry. They have
generally carefully irrigated aud gathered
their crops, and the result is very encour.
aging. They have had under cultivation
about COO acres Of land, their crops con-
sisting chiefly Of oats, wheat, barley, and |
. small amount OF corn. "These Indians |
tho report continues, ''arc very much I'd
dicted 70 gambling. Small sums are usu- |
ally tho stakca. Drunkcnness appears to
be on the decrease, 1t now being Of uncom. |
mon though Of occasional occurrence. The
conduct Of tho Utcs has been very satis.
factory, when II is considered that but |
fcw yoars ago thcy wcro u totally wild |
and bsrbarous tribe" Tho agent says he |
10 unable TO learn that any special mar
risge ceremony IL considered necessary to
establish the relation Of husband and wife. |
1t 10 customary, however, for tho groom |
TO compensate tho relatives for the bride |
by mcaus Of money, horscs, sheep, blan. |
kcts, etc. No established price 10 obtained,
and II IL unnecessary to compensate the |
guardians Of orphan girls. Tho dissolu-
tion Of the marriage bond appears to do |
pend upon the desire Of one or both OF the |
parties, but such dissolution Is OF uufrc- |
quent occurrence. Tho women havo |
good reputation for morality.
After having been shut down for n
few weeks, the stool department Of the |
Bessomer works resumed operations on |
the 18th. Numerous orders arc on hand |
and there 10 yet 1900 tons Of ss- pound |