The state herald., 1891-10-23
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

A Leadville boy is insane as o result
" smoking cigarettes.
The new eeet-root sugar factory Mt
.ehlgh, Utah, is in successful opera
ion.
The Montezuma county people nre
complaining OF tho wanton slaughter
II deer by the Ute Indians.
A woman who Is an ihrnaie OF the
,oOr house at butte, Montana, has
allen heir to $4,000, 900 In England.
Madame Astle, the Denver woman
charged with being n professional
lbortionist has been convicted and
will probably go TO the penitentiary.
Two miners ut Coal Creek hai
miraculous escape from death last
week, A delayed shot exploded after
hey had returned from h place Of
safety and they were badly injured
Cess Hite, the noted Western pros
pector, who figured In shooting
.ffnir at Green River, Utah. on Sep
.ember Q, in which he killed A. +.
Kohler, has been arrested upon un in.
lictment of the grand jury at Provo,
Utah,
A party of men with two wagons at
emptcd to steal lot OF sacked barley
rom farmer near Denver last week.
The farmer and his men caught them
1t 1t and opened Gre with guns, but no
one was killed. The rogues cut their
aorses from the wagons and escaped.
The Canon City Courier says: A
mhscriher came in this woois to stop
ais paper and pay up in hay, We
cannot swap our paper for everything
so we will put hay on the excluded
list. Nothing owned ut this Office eats
hay and we have enough old papers to
20 under the carpet We will take no
more hay.
o. p. McMains. the Maxwell Land
Grant agitator, is out OF Jail where he
has been as result OF melting settlers
TO resist expulsion. On Friday night
ne commenced business again by ad-
dressing meeting In Pueblo on the
subject OF the iniquity OF the United
States Supreme Conrt.
The prize drilling contest to be held
Turing the session of the mining con-
yress in Denver In November will
give some good miners chance to
pay their expenses. The total sum OF
R, 100 will be offered, divided as fol-
ows: Double drilling, first prize,
1900; second, s4OO; third, $500; fourth.
F200; fifth, 800. Single contests,
irst prize, $500; second, 5000; third,
1850; fourth, 500; fifth, $50.
This morning Hoag u Girardi
bought over 500 pounds OF native
cheese made OF goats milk. 1t retails
At 40 cents pound, ,and the milk from
)ne goat will make about $G worth OF
cheese in one season, besides raising
a kid that sells at the very least for
rs cents. One man in our county has
sold over 1000 pounds of cheese this
year from herd of l50 goats.-
Trinidad Ne,cS.
Denver Markets. Eggs-22925c;
Butter-Jersey creamery 22(a 2s; dairy
l6c; Hay-new upland Sl3@Sli, sec
,nd bottom S9dSl0; alfalfa $3.50:
Wheat-Sl.S5 r 100 TBS; Oats-$.95
dSl.03; New potatocs-70c "a 75c
e 100 lbs; Cattle-choice steers 81. 40
Gs2.y0, good TO choice cows $l.6O(d
k2.l0, native feeders. t2.O0(a$2.75;
Hogs-choice - .50(d 81 Go; Sheep
choice muttons shorn $3.25(d$3 SO.
common and feeders $2. 259s2.5O.
The public school teachers of Erie
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and Garfield have formed nm associa-
tion for mutual improvement. On
Saturday. the 18th instant, the asso.
citation held its first regular working
session. A very interesting paper
was submitted upon Teaching 10
Read" Mr.. Compton OF Lafayette led
the way In discussion upon methods OF
securing attention. This was foHow.
ed by Il general talk upon the history
Of Egypt. conducted by Mr.. PATTERSON
of Erie.
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad
was formally opened on the 18th to
Rico and n large crowd was in atten-
dance including number OF State
officials. At Ridgway, the northern
terminus of the road. It connects with
the Denver & Rio Grandc. From
there south 1t takes In nearly all the
importan, mining camps in the south
ern part OF the state. including Dallns,
Plaeeryille, San Miguel, Telluride,
Hum. 0phir, Rico, Dolores. Mancos
aud Durango. Besides the rich mines
OF precious ores, coal and stone, il
opens up the vast and fertile Monte.
yuma valley. whose agricultural pos.
sibilitles are beyond computation.
The country all along the line abounds
In fine timber.
Mrs. Junkin. wife OF j. W. Junkin,
n painter residing In Mahltou, was
killed In runaway accident near
tiorissant Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
jnnkin WAS visiting relatives in tina,
vicinity and had started with team
In company with young woman for
FlorissHnt. The horses took frigh,
ard started TO run. The young wo-
man, who was driving, told Mrs. Jun
kin TO lie dowa In the bottom OF the
wagon, and had she followed the dI.
roc,lon she would have come out un.
injured. She. in her fright, jumped
from the vehicle, which was going at
u brcakncck speed. Her companion
stuck to the relns and soon encounter
Ing space OF open country circlcd the
horses until they were tired ont nnd
easily controlled. Returning. she
found Mrs. Junkin dead.
The Denver papers are Eow enjoy
Ing n new local sensation based on
the following fncts: Charles Wagner
aud Miss Estefana Micru OF Santa Fc
wished TO bo married but tho Catholic
priests OF that city refused 10 perform
the ceremony because Wagner Is n
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