The Lamar register., 1891-12-05
STATE NEWS.
lspen IS % haye a skating riuk.

A workman was frozen to death
near the .Busk-Ivanh hce tunnel on the 2Tth-
John Miller was killed at Castle
Rock while working in trench last Mon
day.
There are now 125 pupils In the
Mute and Blind Institute at Colorado
Springs, --
The jury in the Moro murder case
on trial at Fsirplay, after being out TWEEN
ty four hours. returned verdict of mur-
der in the first degree.
The d. & r. R. railroad announces
a half fare rate from all points north and
west of Salida to the Western Congress
that meets at Aspen, December 18TH
All freight handled at Leadville will
hereafter be weighed and inspected, under
the Jurisdiction Of George L. Carman, sup
of the Western Weighing
Railway Association.
The Secretary of the Interior in his
annual report credits Colorado with SO,
GA, ,4s9 acres of surveyed and 5,552, Ssl un-
surveyed public lands, or a total Of ~,
I67, 200 acres within the state Of Colorado.
A number of cattle ''rustlers" have
been arrested in Weld County, and the
long suffering cattle owners are sanguine
Of being able to break up the gang which
has been preying upon their stock for
long time.
Davidson, the man charged with
numbering his brother in Otero County,
has been held for trial 1t will be remem-
bered that he declared that a trainman had
knocked his brother from the train, thus
causing his death.
John Harrington and Emma Keat-
ting Of Leadvine applied for marriage
license and were refused. Johns mother
had anticipated the matrimonial intent of
her son and informed the clerk that he was
only Is years old and the girl ID.
Ralph Ray, the young man who
murdered his mother two months ago near
Durango, was arraigned in court last week
and pleaded guilty to murder in the second
degree and was sentenced by Judge George
7. Summer to the penItentiary for life
Superintendent of Transportation
]. J. Burns has been appointed superinten-
dent OF the first division OF the Denver &
Rio Grande to succeed Superintendent
Deuel.. who resigned TO accept position
Of general superintendent Of the Union Pa
clio.
John Gradisher, an Austrian coal
miner, was killed in the c. c. and L coal
mine at Crested Butte on the 27th. He
was digging coal in room No. 9, second
south entry, when the roof fell on him, in
Turing him so that he died one hour after.
wards.
Mrs. James Cloonen yesterday
learned that her husband. whom she sup
posed was dead is a wealthy miner worth
s165, OO0 He is in the mining business at
Burke, Shoshone county, Idaho. Cloouen
has been communicated with and his wife
expects to soon Join him Mrs. Cloonen
has been here in poor circumstances
LeddUille Dispatch.
Some hoodlums OF Leadville went
to the home of a newly-wedded couple
named Cavanaugh and demanded that the
groom set up the beer. They were given a
dollar, but returned and demanded imore.
II was refused, and they threw rocks at
the house, breaking a window and hitting
Cayanaugh on the head, infiicting a serious
wound.
The Canon City and Cripple Greek
Toll Road Company has filed articles OF
incorporation with view to building a
toll road in Fremont County from Garfield
Park along Fourmile Greek TO the Ray.
nolds Cattle Company's ranch in FL PasC
County The directors are William B.
White, j. NJ. Bradbury, R. Savage, 7. S,
Wells and @. G. Nikirk.
The contract for the Apishapa res
ervoir has been awarded to J. r. de Re
mer, the we'll known contractor. The
appropriation made by the last Legislature
was insufficient to build as originally in,
tended, but some changes have been made
and some ranchmen have come forward
with additional subscriptions, and with
the appropriations, $4,000, funds have
been raised. Work will be commenced
next week and will be completed in ninety
days.
Denver Markets-Eggs 29(G27c;
Butter-Jersey creamery 26tdS3; dairy 22c;
Hay-new upland s1300CGS14O0, second
bottom ss.00ds90o, alfalfa 500; Whea,
$3.50 y 100 ms; Oats-sl. .03CGS1. 10; New
Potatoes-s65c a SO = 100 lbs; Cattle
choice steers g. 3Ogs2. 70, good to choice cows
81. 75Ca 81 90, native feeders 81. 9OtaS2. 10
HoES-cnOlce S5.fO(4S5.oJ- Sneep-cnolce
muttons shorn s3.25(9s3.50; common and
eeders $2.25@s2.50
The State cauvassing board has gone
over the returns and makes the following
report: Total vote in the state is a, O52, OF
which Judge Helm, Repu blican, received
4o,315; Judge Goddard, Democrat, 1851
Judge Croxton, 6,SS4 Helms plurality is
1856; his majority is 3,572. The vote in
favor of the issuance of state capitol bonds
was 5000; against, l4,344. Majority for
bonds "a, 769 The judges elected are as
follows: Second district Bentley and
Burns; tenth district, J. C. Elwell
eleventh district, NJ. E. Bailey; twelfth
district, c. ] Holbrook, thirteenth district,
James Glynn. District attorneys as fol
lows: First, ]. A Van Auken second, r.
W. Steele; third, o. Hill; fourth, John
Cochran; ffsh, VIM. kellogg; sixth; N. C.
Miller; seventh, John Gray; eighth, ]. E.
Garrigues; ninth, G. D. Johnstone; tenth
L. b. Gibson; eleve nth, V. G. Holiday
twelfth, c. A Merriman; thirteenth, Y
PendleJon.
Aspen is preparing to entertain the
delegates and visitors to the Western Colo.
RADIO Congress, which convenes there
December 18th, in right royal manner.
Tho has dapfda1 eap6 o,,,