The Lamar register., 1891-11-14
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.


The famous Cowboy band of Silver.
ton has changed its headquarters &c
| Pueblo.
A miner was knocked down and
robbed at Leadville the other night by
footpads.
Governor Humphrey of Kansas has
appointed delegation to attend the
Denver mining congress.
A large meeting was held in Denve,
on the 10th to support the movement
for park in northern Colorado.
An examination into the accounts oil
eS-Collector Chavez OF Santa Fe coun-
ty, discloses the fact that he is short
nearly $50, 600,
One hunter brought to the county
clerk at Silver City last week eleven
bear scalps FOR which be received 8
bounty OF IS each.
Freight rates on wheat from Chi
cago to Buffalo, has been increased to
cents, and yet shippers cannot find
boats sufficient to meet the demand.
A miner named William Madders
was killed in the Queen of the Ranch
mine at Central City by the premature
explosion of blast. He leaves a wife
and three children.
At the present time there are 26s
Indian children In the three Indian
educational institutions at Santa Fe.
There are l25 at Dawes institute; 10C
at St. GATHERINGS, and thirty-eight al
Ramona school.
There is TO be contest in declama,
ton and oratory among the scholars
Of Fremont county public schools or
December IL. The contest will take
place at Florence. The prizes are
numerous and valuable.
The Transmissouri Traffic Associa.
ton has made reduction from 81 &c
rs cents on each 100 pounds OF man.
ufacturee paper shipped from Chicago
and Missouri river points into Colo
rado. In spite of all requests the rates
have hitherto been maintained, but
now that mill has been built al
Denver to supply paper for the west
ern country, the rates are put down
TO break up the enterprise in order
that the railroads may continue tc
have chance to haul paper from Wis
consin.
The board of directors of the Den.
yer & Rio Grande met in New York
City last week and elected officers for
the ensuing year as follows: George
Coppell, chairman; E. I. Jeffery,
president and general manager;
Stephen Little, comptroller; J. w.
Gilluly. treasurer; William Wagner.
secretary; z. o. Wulcott, general
solicitor; A. S. Hughes, general traf-
tic manager; G. W. Kramer, manager
of the Denver & Rio Grande Express
Company.
General Palmer, president of the
Rio Grande Western railway gives q
good report OF his road during the
past year, viz: Operating expenses
l,450, ,077.5S. all increase of 81 pei
cent Net earnings, 1896, 053.15, ar
increase OF ~ per cent. Taxes, rem
tails and interest on bonds, $3.50, 9,914.-
81. Net income, $306, 1885 The
gross earnings per mile were s5,764..
As; the expenses per mile were So.
644-o9, and the net earnings per mile
were S2,099.56.
One of the most valuable consign.
ments of freight that was ever trans
ported over railroad passed east
ward over the Rio Graude last week
1t was special aud consisted of twelve
cars laden with tea, silk and merchan.
disc; its value was in excess of ST.
900, 900. This rich shipment arrived
in San Francisco on Tuesday by the
steamer Rio de Janeiro, thirty days
out from Hong Kong, China, and is
consigned to Boston and New York
merchants 1t amounted to 25S tons
in all, 144 tons being raw silk, sixty
three tons OF tea and ffty-one tons OF
general merchandise.
The passengers on Salt Lake
street car had a narrow escape one
day last week. The car was about
to cross the track OF the Utah Central
railroad when the motorman saw q
train approaching, but instead of put
ting on more power he reversed his
motor, stopping the car right in the
center OF the track, and from there he
could not start it an inch one way or
the other. The passengers saw their
danger. began to scream and make a
precipitate exit through the door, but
before all were of the platform the
locomotive struck the car and hurled
1t with all on board into the air, Two
or three people were thrown some dis
tance. but strange to say, none were
hurt. The car was smashed to pieces
A party OF three. consisting OF Sup
| erintendent Choate, Mr.. Hahn and
Mr.. Grossmeyer, and expert sent out
by the Denver and Florence Oil Com
pany, visited Pete Connelly's ranch to
look at the oil and gas indications
there A few minutes shoveliug in
the loose soil is sufficient to strike the
gas-bearing strata, which discharges
gas in large quantities. A pit was
sunk and the gas ignited with sutfi.
cieut force to blow the operator out of
the pit and set his clothing on fire.
The inspector seemed to be quite i'm
pressed with what he saw. 1t is re-
markable formation, and the day is
sure to come when the land will be ex.
tremely valuable.-NeI1 Castle Nom
pdrieL
| Miss Adel Jaramillo was murdered
in the waiting room OF the depot al
| I thirf,y ~