The Delta independent., 1890-04-08
STATE NEWS.

Pink snow Is reported to have fallen
near Buens Vista lately.
New Castle is to have complete
system Of water works ut once.
John Dillon, the Irish member of
Parliament, lectured in Denver last Sun
day.
The game warden OF Routt County
as arresting men for slaughtering ante
3ope.
The Senate has passed bill appro-
priatng sl00,ooo for a public building in
Leadville.
The corner stone OF the new build
tugs for the Denver University was laid
Last week.
During the first quarter Of 1890.
there were forty-one business failures as
against sixty five last year.
Some thieves tried to rob the Cath
Ollie church Mt Aspen last Sunday night
They were frightened away.
George KEENAN,, the illustrious
American who has shown up the Russian
convict system SO thoroughly, loctured q,
Ae"'er last MONDAY.
Abill has passed the House instruct
ing the secretary of war TO return to Colo
rado the old battle flags carried by her
volunteers In tho Rebellion.
The bill for reservoir site for
Colorado Springs which was recalled from
the President on account Of An error, has
boon corrected and passed again.
man named Miller at Trinidad
eiopcd with his deceased wife's sister who
is only fifteen ycArs old. He was brought
back and sent To Jail. They had not mar
ricd.
The proceedings before the district
court at Denver to oust Mayor Londoner
account Of fraud at the election . year
ago, have resulted In his favor. II was
proved that . large number Of illegal votes
wcrc cast but not enough to reduce his
vote to u minority.
Marie Wainwright is charming large
: audiences 4, the Tabor Grand in Dcnver
this week by her impcrsonstion of Olivia
In Shakcspeare's Twelfth Night Next
week, commencing Wednesday evening
Mr. md Mrs. Kendall tho eminent Eng
lish artists. will make their nrst appear
ance In Colorado.
A passenger train near Glcnwood
Springs met with . queer accident the
other morning. II was struck by huge
boulder, which knocked two pair Of coach
trucks from under the train, causing de
lay Of half m hour. The rock struck the
train between the smoker and the day
cosch, but tho engineer WIS on the alert
and stopped the train before any damage
was done.
A country justice with more sensc
than legal verbosity, recently rendered the
followin. dccision: II am sorry this case
came before me. II 10 . nasty piece Of
business all around. S-comcs 70 town and
gets drunk aud rails es thunder and gets hi,
on tho head and blccds like stuck hog.
think the defendant hit him with something
n ring, or whatever II was Now, II there
is any moro Of this kind Of business In this
mans town tho court will take . hand In
IT. This monkey business has got 10 stop.
The prisoner IL discharged"
James Thomas wns killed and Ed
|, ward Fitzgerald badly hurt by an accident
& u the Homcstakc mine at Aspen on tho
g tqsnty ninth. There were four men and
!. Che foreman working in tho bottom Of tho
shaft at tho time They had Just come
down from lunch after firing round OF
holes. One had failed TO go OF and FHil.
gerald was cleaning It out 10 rcprime H.
Thomas, the foreman. said, Let me clean
IT," He took hold of the sand pump, and
Fitzgerald was pouring water In tho hole
when tho blast occurred. Thomas had .
rock blown into his abdomen and into his
q hcad, either Of which was sufficient 70
cause instant death.
An attempted jnil break at Golden
was nipped In the bud by the detective
foresight Of John Belcher Of the Rocky
Mountain detective force. II sccms he
had prisoner In charge, en- route from
Golden to Colorado Springs, and by smooth
work he wormcd from him the fact that
tho prisoners had all things In readiness
to leave tonight Belchcr Immediately
came up and, interviewing Sheriff Hoag-
land, who is still very sick was placed In
charge Of the Jail. Upon entering tho Jail
he found tho story true, took away prison
bars. wrcnches and finally kcys to the
cells, which tho prisoners had, and stood
guard all night expecting accessories, but
doubtless they got wind and skipped out
The persistent pressure for appro-
tpriations TO erect public buildings in tho
various cities and towns throughout tho
country has made many converts among
both Senators and members TO tho passage
of a general law on this now all important
subject. This Is given an additional i'm
pcsus from tho fact that the demands upon
Congress arc growing moro and more ex-
orbitant a. each session chronicles the
success Of some favored sspirant For
instance, tho city Of Denver, which 10 in
reality tho center Of an empire, secured
but . little over ssoo, 900 for public build
ing, while now city Of tho population and
wealth Of Dallas, Texas, for illustration,
demands an appropriation Of ei,soo,ooo,
whom tho fact 10 II already has . oommo-
dious thres-story structure for of,ciAl pur-
poses, recently completed BY the 9ovsrn-
mont.
While deputy sheritfs were taking
.,-. -,,r,.onars fruu Pueblo 70 the Statc