The Lamar register., 1891-12-12
STATE NEWS.

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Two men lost their lives in well
at Georgetown by foul air.
Two more prisoners escaped from
the Trinidad Jail ou the night OF the llth
Sam Callahan, a miner, was killed
near Leadville by falling through the snow
into an unused shaft
A deadly feud between the saloon
men of Maneos resulted in pitched battle
few days ago and Gardner Cunningham
was killed.
Marion 9. Cook, the former city
clerk OF Aspen who was indicted for for
gerry, but who escaped, has been arrested
in California
Maggie Montgomery, who killed
John F. Gorse at Durango q few weeks
ago by stabbing him in the heart, has
pleaded guilty Of murder in the second de
gree, and was sentenced by Judge Sumner
TO ten years in the penitentiary-
B. Clark Wheeler of Aspen is moth
ing if not original. He published In his
paper the other day an offer TO sell all his
mining and newspaper stock for 81, $50
with the condition that if sold before night
he would give the odd s24i, $50 to Aspen.
Walter Hart, young man of Colo
rado Springs, obtained $50 by means of
forged checks several months ago and fed
the town. His conscience troubled him so
much, however, that he returned and sur
rendered himself TO the authorities for
! punishment.
| The residents of the county east OF
/ Trinidad and living along the Las Animas
| river have secured temporary injunction
against the city in building its new sewer
/ They claim that dr aiming the sewerage of
the city into the river will make the water
unfit for domestic use and that they have
| no other source from which to get supply
| OF water. This matter has long been q
source of annoyance to the ranchmen and
/ they now propose 10 get relief in the
| courts, if possible.
The county commissioners of Boul-
der county have decided to pay one-ffth of
the expense Of testing the constiutonality
of the 1880 mills excessive state tax
Weld county agrees TO take the initiative
and take q case to the Supreme Court and
wants Boulder Jefferson, Larimer, Nor
gan and Logan to Join in the pool, or If any
other county will take the lead Weld Will
ioin in and fight the case TO the end
case is TO be rushed to the Supreme Court
as soon as possible and Boulder county
will stand one-ffth of the cost
William johnson, of Denver, in the
employ Of Cunningham & Co, who run a
large mill at lvanhoe, was struck and in
stantly killed by an engine near that place
Friday. He was terribly msngled. Al
the time of his death he was muffied Ut
about the head and ears to protect him
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supposed that he did not hear the approach
OF the engine that caused his death. Ev-
cry effort was made to warn tn. Inflated
man The whistle was blown repeatedly
and the air brakes applied, but his doom
could not be averted. The accident hap
pened Immediately after the engine had
rounded a sharp curve. johnson was q
years old and unmarried.
A strange accident befell Charles
Cheesman, working for the Porter Coal
company, near Durango, last week. The
company is having a shaft sunk about q
mile and quarter from the present work
ings as sort of prospect to investigate
the depth, thickness and quality Of the
vein. Cheesman had placed two shots, and
after lighting them was hoisted to the tor
of the twenty foot shaft, when the wind
lass broke and the man was precipitated
10 the bottom with the windlass on top Of
him. While he was at the bottom bott
blasts went of, throwing the stone witt
great force but strange to say, the mar
was not killed. The men with HMM
stead of investigating his condition, be-
lieving him dead, went to the mine, a mile
and aquarter away, and telephoned to towr
that he was killed. They then returned
with help, prepared to pick the pieces o
the man out of the shaft The man wai
taken out only slightly injured, he having
a cut over one eye and other cuts on hi
cheeks and mis- hand skinned somewhat