The Delta independent., 1890-04-15
STATE NEWS.
There are 6sl convicts in the peui-

The farmers about Gunnison are
anxious to have creamery.
The beautiful summer meeting place,
Glen Park 10 being further improved with
buildings aud drives.
A man was killed Mt the Bessemer
steel works last Monday by being caught
byan elevator and crushed.
The Union Pacific Railway Com
pany are to extend their Morrison branch
up Bear Creek to Mount Evans.
Judge Hallett last Saturday SEN
fenced r. L. Smith Of Pueblo 70 pay . Ase
OF $3.50 for sending lottery matter through
the mails.
The wall OF . new building in Dem
was blown down tho other night and
crushed in tho roof of house. No one
was killed, but 1t was a close call.
Tho Catholic "Penitentes" In the
southern part of tho State are reported to
DO fnhicting the Larbarous scourgings
upon themselves for which they arc no.
torious.
A cadet for West Point Is TO be ap-
pointed this year BY our Congressman.
MIR. Townsend. He will let the boys Of
the Stnte compete for the honor, In an ex.
amip alton.
Last Monday, says the Bcssemer
Iron Hand, tho largest run OF steel made
in five Year, st this works was turned out
Tho convcrtors produced one hundred and
thirty-two tons and the blooming and rails
turned out one hundred aud twenty ave
tons Of finished steel.
The State Bureau Of immigration
and Statistics opened up . warehouse In
Denver, at 1919 to 1918 Fiftsenth Street
April !, To remain open until August I, for
the reception Of exhibits 70 be sent 70 the
st. Louis exposition In the fall. Although
the warehouse has been open but few
days. exhibits have already began to come
In. Special agents Of the bureau will
start out over tho State In few days TO
collect displays Of Colorsdo's mineral and
manufacturing resources 70 place In the
exhibit
Tho Douglas County fish hatchery
IL only fifteen miles ON . bce line, from
Castle Rock, and beyond the peradventurc
OF doubt il one Of the nnest properties In
the State Of its sisc. Mr.. Morrow tells
tho Ners that about 20. 900 young trout
have been turned into the lake this spring,
and that they have on hand u The present
limo about 90 900 marketable trout Tho
fish arc fed on the liver and lights Of the
various Animals slsuehtercd In Denver.
Mr.. Morrow sAys that the trout can be
nsdc large enough for the market n teo
months old II well fed.
The Bank Of Fort Morgan, J. +.
Brown and L. H. Bartlett, proprictors,
made an assignment last Tuesday for the
bcncns OF its creditors TO Georgs w. War
ncg. The nominal aasets are over ~. 600,
and The liabilities somethipG over eso,0oo.
II 10 thought most Of the ssssts are valued
zoo high. One conservative party places
their real valnc at e2s, 900. and otheB even
lower. County funds 70 The extsnt OF
about ei7, 900 were On deposit, and The ss-
signoc fnds no cash ON hand. L. H. Bart
iets, the cashier, has sold his entire inter
est 70 bis partner.
Tho State School Land Board has
confirmed the recent sales Of land near Den-
vor. about which there has besa % much
talk lately BY passing ss lie Last meeting .
resolution ''that tho registsr upon receipt
OF moneys duo bo instructed TO Issue csr-
tiacatcs Of purchase for any lands hereto
forc sold by the board, for which such cor.
tiacstcs have not boon Issued, according
TO tho form and Instructions contained In
tho opinion OF tho attorney general filed
April i, $780," Attorney General Jones
said that these certificates werc the high.
est tito the State could convey, and that
tho Argo land sale must be considered -
taking the samc rank - Ill other sales
since last July.
The Rio Grandc has small army
Of men at work in tho Royal Gcrks, blast
ing out tho rock 70 make room for the
laying Of tho third rail. The work has
progressed very slowly Of late, and In
order to push IL several hundred additional
iaborcrs have been employed, sad there
Gro now two thousand men At work. Tho
company had hoped 70 have tho third rail-
laid all through the eorgo BY the time
The Rifle Greek osxtension was COM
plctsd, but they viii b disappointed, -
tho work cannot bc nnishsd before the
latter part Of July, whereas trains win DO
running over the new extension In June.
Tho fuo Grandc will derive no beaeiits
from tho lslne Greek link until they can
operate broad gauge trains, hence tho Mid
land will enjoy the nrst fruits Of the new
line.