The Lamar register., 1890-08-23


left Denver on the various excursions last
Sunday.
The Prohibitionists will hold their
State convention at Pueblo on the 18th and
5th of September.
Carlyle Lamb, noted Longs Peak
guide, was struck by lightning the other
day, but not killed.
Ridgeway, the junction of the D. 4
r. G. and the Rio Grande Southern, is
having rapid growth.
A train of eleven wagon loads OF
wool arrived in Colorado Springs the
other day from South Park.
j. NJ. Dawson, an electric-hght en-
ploye, was instantly killed by the subtle
fluid last Saturday in Denver.
Silver reached S1.16 Saturday.
Every cent gained means thousands Of
dollars for the mines of the State.
Mr. E. NJ. Cooke, of the Colorado
Springs Gazette, has been appointed pri-
vate secretary to Governor Cooper
Gunnison granite will be used in
the large building the Equitable Insurance
Company are putting up in Denver.
James W. Whitletch. an old pros
pector well known in this State, committed
suicide in San Francisco last week.
A committee has been appointed by
the mayor of Pueblo to enquire into the
feasibility of annexing Bessemer to that
city
An engineer and a fireman were
killed in collision on the D. K r G. road
between Monument and Palmer Lake last
Wednesday
The Bessemer Steel Works, at
Pueblo, after general clean up, are en-
larging their capacity, and have heavy
orders on hand.
Rio Grande surveyors are trying to
locate route from Morrison to George
town and thence TO Dillon, making a short
line from Denver to LeadviIle.
A construction train of the Fort
Worth road fell through a bridge near
Trinchera Station, Monday One man
was killed outright and great number
injured.
Broadway Theatre, Denver's new
place of amusement was opened Monday
night by the Juch Opera Company. Good
Judges declare it one of the handsomest
theatres in the world.
Work on the artesian well at Del
Norte has been stopped temporarily. The
bore is down over 400 feet, nearly 800 feet
of which is in solid rock The experience
General Jud Brssh, of Greeley. has
bought 5000 head of Texas cattle this
season and sent 500 car loads of them to
the ST. Louis market. The remainder Of
his purchase are yearlings and will be
held in Texas until next spring when they
will be brought to Colorado.
Representative of Kansas City COM
mission houses are said to be around among
the gardeners in the vicinity OF Pueblo of
fering large prices for their entire crop of
tomatoes. The reason given is that the
crop has failed in Kansas and Missouri,
and the price is therefore high in Kansas
City.
The Empsou canning factory has
opened up at Longmont. As soon as every.
thing is in running order they will employ
$50 hands, and will turn out y, 600 cans of
tomatoes per day. Mr.. Empson says the
tomato crop this year is far superior to
that of last year and unless there is an
early frost the present yfeld is a most
promising one.
The superintendent of the census
has appointed and commissioned the fol
lowing special agents in Colorado to collect
statistics of manufactures: General John
G. Kennedy, Denver; Everett Bell Trini-
dad Edwin Ray. Durango; Harry H
FELTON,, Canon City; Charles L. Moore,
Aspen; r. H. Old, Leadville; Joseph C
Schan, Golden.
W E. Cutler, of Aspen, has discov-
ered some very fine asphalt beds on the
east fork OF Parachute Creek, and intends
putting 4 large force o. men to work open
ing the beds, building ROADS, etc. Mir.
Cutler has been prospecting all summer
and says he las struck a bonanza, and in
tends pushing matters rapidly. a Cincin-
natl parts has Located lot of claims near
him.
At noon Wednesday the headings
from the cast and west ends of the Tennes
sec pass tunnel met. In last December
the warkmen BEGAN at the two portals,
$3.50 feet apart, and have been working
dag and night continuously since then TO
connect tie line through the continental!
Lividc. Ths work has never been delayed
except for a few hours at tine on account
Of ac' idents, which always attend enter
prisas Of this kind. 1t wa5 great relief
and j. source of no little satisfaction to the
engineers who have ca1rge of the work 10
know tnat their calculations have been so
accurate tina. there was no perceptible
variat.91 in the line and levels when the
two headings me. They worked on snow
shoes in bitterly cold weather to cstab ISL
/, the lines ard tie leyels which have guided
the workings Of several thousand laborers
during many long and weary hours of
labor to final successful termination.