The Lamar register., 1890-11-01
STATE NEWS.

| oA . SS-Ao A-ssNS
of the depredations of the ,Utes in Routt
County.
The assessed valuation OF Arapahoe
County reaches nearly ss6, ,ooo, 900 this year.
Eight hundred and seventy-five firms
and individuals are assessed at over SIo,-
COO each.
An officer accompanied by an escort
of soldiers has been sent from Fort Logan
to the western part of the State TO corral
the Utes and send them back TO their res
ervation.
The BARRIERS of Denver are going to
prosecute those BARRIERS who work on
Sunday They will invoke the power of
an old territorial law which foroids Sun
day labor.
Two Denver men have agreed TO
engage in curious contest They are to
attempt walking back and forth on plat
| form covered with sawdust for fifty hours
without sleep or rest.
Three check forgers worked six
Pueblo business men Saturday TO the tune
of about 500, with probably others to hear
from. Whether the men all belong to the
same gang or not IS not known.
! William j. Burlington, Monday,
while travelling on the South Park road to
Como, accideutly fell from car and was
instantly killed by his head coming in con
tact with rock and crushing his skull
\ He was the eldest son of Mrs. NJ. A. Buff
ington of Kokomo.
Senator Teller in a recent inter
view said that in his opinion the ticket in
Arapahoe County named BY what is known
| as the Fifteenth Street convention is the
regular one, and should be supported by
| Republicans. This convention was con-
! trolled by the gang smashers."
A great deal of crime is committed
at the town of Mexico adjoining Pueblo
| A short time ago when witness was tes-
tifying concerning one murder case she
also spoke OF another that the officers had
not heard of, and as result they have, as
they think secured the murderer.
Two thousand people visited Ever
green Lakes last Sunday to witness the
drilling match for $500 side between, ].
| p. Kennedy and John Ahren in dry back
hole. Kennedy won, drilling ~ 3-l6,
Ahren 171z inches, Time 10 minutes. The
record of 205z inches, made by Nick Myers
TWO years ago in the same rock, was not
broken. Kennedy stands ready to-day to
drill any man in the world either back
hole or down hole for $500 TO 5000.
A sensation has been caused at Rico
by the discovery of crookedness in a suit
just finished. The jury having failed to
agree for the second time, suspicion was
aroused and an investigation disclosed the
fact that L. F. Hill, one of the parties 10
the suit, had furnished the deputy sheriff
with list containing the names of six
men whom he desired to serve as jurors.
Some of the men selected by Hill were on
the panel and hung the jury. An afiider-.
setting out the above was flei in
county court and an attachment ~, =
issued against Hill for eontemp, *, 49,
case lie is liable to fine Of ..,,a
Boulder man b 4 ~. -.
enges OF chlorats -s,.a,..,'"gT 81, ~,
carried ther = ,,,s -. -, -. - 1--a
-l1 - atiraded lodge the other
M duri-g an interlude something
~ occr Fed, at which he laughed Wig
s, oronslyand clapped his hand on the pocket
: cor:aiuing the lozenges and matches. In
stantly there was succession of sharp
explosions. Sulphur and chlorate of pot
ash readily explode and that was what
happened this time. The suddenncss OF
the affair startled everybody, especially
the victim. The clothes were somewhat
burned, but 10 serious consequences re-
suited.
The annual gathering of Odd Eel
lows at Pueblo was brought to a clos,
: Friday, when a prize drill took place. o.
the eight cantons expected, only five wer,
, ready for drill, three being from Denver
/ one from Colorado Springs and one sta
, toned in Pueblo. They were: Arapahoe
f Captain Dubbs; Navaioe, Captain Ham
mond, and Rogers, Captain Nicholson
Denver; Colfax, Captain Whaite. Colo
n rado Springs, and Piper, Captain Fairfax
= Pueblo. Colonel Hogle of Denver, Col
onel Mccoy of Pueblo, and Lieutenan
johnson Of Fort Logan, acted as Judges
and their decisions were received withou
a murmur Of disapprobation. As q whol,
4 the drills each canton went through wer,
g rendered with remarkable precision ant
/ military accord, but the results were no
: figured out in detail, the judges agreeip,
upon their awards from general point o
e view. Canton Colfax was undoubtedl,
the best drilled company, but Captai,
a Whaite omitted two of the commands. an,
this cost the first premium. In conse
quence of this Canton Arapahoe of reuye
took the first prize of $500; Colfax second
worth 800, and Piper third, S10o
: There was bad freight wreck OF
: the Burlington road near Robb, Colorado
, last Monday morning. Conductor Mile
: was in charge of No. IS, and near Robl
4 had to stop to cool hot box and brake
, man was sent back to flag the stock extr
!, following. The brakeman placed torpe
do on the track and was walking back Il
meet the extra when it came in sigh
around a curve. Engineer Chambers o
. the stock extra saw the tram ahead an.
3 whistled for brakes but the grade was to-
g heavy and the train crashed into the ca
: | boose of the train ahead and ,Ior,od &,