The state herald., 1890-08-01
STATE NEWS.

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Ono hundred women are employed
In tho Longmont canning factory in put
ting up tomatoes.
Tho Postal Telegraph has now
reached Denver and will compete with the
Western Union.
A mountain lion escaped from his
cage In Denver last Sunday, and ran
muck. He hurt no ono and was lassoocd
by cowboy,
The big snow sheds, depot, engine
house and largo amount NJ ehe Rio
Grande railroad wss burned at Marshall
pass ixst saturday.
Two men named Hudson and Sulli.
van living near New Cssy.e secently had a
dificulty nbeut q hne fence and last Friday
II cs.minated In Hudson killing Sullivan.
Logan County will send to St.Louis
some fine specimens OF wheat, cat:, bar
ley and alfalfa; later they will send some
of tho vegetable products that will sur
prise tho beoplc.
Warren Richardson, who disappear
ed from Gunnison last October, and who
was thought by some TO have left tho
country, was killed In the forets by fall.
ing tree. HI. scas has just been found.
Eastern Colorado is going to have
big corn crop this year. and with little
more rain bids fair to yield from sixty to
seventy bushels to the aero. Prepara-
iions will be mado for several large ele-
vators and corn cribs at various points tho
coming fall.
The semi.ofiiclsl statement Of the
ccnsus supervisor puts the population Of
Pueblo aud tho Besses,er suburbs ut
nearly @oW, Thia 10 the only city In the
United States which has donblcd It's pop
ulation In two yeafS, tho census returns
in lsss showing but 1880.
The Monte Vista GrdrAic reminds
i,s readers that General Fremont had au
encounter with the Indians at Wagon
Wheel Gap while on ono OF his expeditions
up the Rio Grande, and that famous re-
sort Wa n.mod from. the large number Of
wagons abandoned after the battle.
The little 6-year-old son OF j. NJ.
Burkhart, = citizen OF Trinidad, was
drowned at Stoncwail last Friday. The
family arc spending the summer at their
mountain ranch, and the little fellow in
attempting 10 cross the creek on a plank,
Eel! In. No one was near at the time and
when his body WAS found life had been OK.
,inct some time.
Pueblo people are great consumers
OF water. Besides having two OF the
largest water works systems 70 be found
in the west, there are four teams deliver
ink urtesian wateS 1--we teams delivering
oio water. ono delivering sulphur water,
two delivering Manitou water, and the
amount Of river water sold by tho milk
mon cannot be told.
The Presbyterian churbe. Of the
San Luis Valley will hold Bible Normal
Institute In Camp hear Conejos from July
80 to August II. There will be three hours
per day of study and lectures conducted
by the pastors Of the churches and others,
and the remaining time will be devoted to
recreation fishing aud several excursions
have been planned. All friends Of the
cause are cordially invited to attend.
1.-THE Sheriff at Leadville threatens
TO close tho gambling houses which It IL
said Will DO done TO get even with the city.
" has been the custom for years for the
county TO board the city prisoners. Last
week the city decided to take their prison
era away from the county r-a .aArd thSm
themselves. This takss snug sum- OF
salsr. s.ssd' Sheriff Ryan, and 10 ct ever
no now intends to close the gainblIns
houses, thus throwing the city out Of SIs,-
900 year In licenses.
The students ut the State School OF
Mines are to be provided with gymnas-
ium. The gymnasium with the ante
rooms, bath rooms, etc, occupies the whole
OF the basement floor In the new building.
II IL twenty fcot from floor To ceiling, and
forty by sixty feet In size, making. when
fitted UP according TO plans, one OF tho
beat gymnasium In the State. II will bc
ready for use At the beginning OF tho next
school year, September 20. Classes IN
physical culture will BE- held twice week.
Mr.. Bennett, nm artist from Omnha,
Nebraska, who has been camping on
Prospect Mountain near Lcadvillc, lost
all his possessions Sunday through nrc
which had been started In somc timber BY
loggers. Mr.. Bennett has been occupying
n s.uh hin nm, he "A. Of 81 81 O..
time, where he had taken his oils. canvas
and several views OF Colorado scenery,
which no was painting for Eastern pur-
chascrs He was on an opposite hill when
hs noticed tho fire and could not reach the
cabin In time TO ssvc anything.
Last Sunday afternoon cloud burst
occurred on tho divide between Deer
Creek ind Williams Fork, and II played
sad havoc. Clark Tilton, the mail carrier
from Craig, informs the Mocker Neus thu,
the scone besgars description. rs no csmc
through tho following day and found the
road terribly cut up. BOULDER weighing
ton were scattered around Is II they were
40 many chips OF wood, and lake was
formed near the summit Of tho divide
which covered several Acrcs. Frank How.
ell lost bis entire crop Of hay, while other
ranchnen also had their crops damaged.
The Rio Gran1e Railroad Company
have locomotive on the top OF tho noun
tain at Silver Cli6 that they have been
trying for two years to got down 10 the
valley. and have not yet succeeded In do
Ing It. greet waterfall washed away
the road and left this locomotive In the
mountains. Each time when tho company
have nearly complstsd = temporary track
on which 70 run Il down there would como
frrshct and sweep II away like II wsa \
cobwcb. Tho machine has now cost tho
company more than II is worth, and they
may yet abandon II W It's fate.
The new Congregational church nj
Eaton was dedicated last Sunday. thu .rr.