The state herald., 1891-08-28
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

John Runkle, the Union Pacifi
agent at Rock Springs, Wyoming, ha
been declared insane.
A Denver restaurant man has beei
arrested for running a little prlvat,
brewery in his cellar.
Cheyenne people have engaged
Melbourne, the rain-makor, for ,
series OF experiments in Wyoming.
Several OF Denver's wealthy peopl,
have dubbed together and sent mar
to Europe to look up their pedigree.
By special request of the Texal
editors no wine was served at tht
banquet gwen them in Vernon
Texas.
Hydraulic cement is now obtained
In the Maxwell land grant equal to
any natural cement in the United
States.
F. Q. Mason, manager Of largo
farm near Elizabeth, Colorado, was
shot and fatally wounded by an en-
ploye few days ago.
The contract for building the new
school house at La Junta has been lei
for s13,555. This will give La Junta
two fine school edificcs.
The apple crop in jefferson county
will be very large this season. Many
OF the fruit growers are already pick
Ing in order to prevent the branches
from breaking.
The United States Siberian Exile
Society has been organized In Denver
with Rev. Myron Reed as president
and Mrs. Scott-Saxton secretary, both
prominent citizens Of Denver.
A barrel OF clay has been sent from
Grand Junction, Colorado, to Colonel
G. W. Fisher, at Bucyrus, Ohio, to
test Its qualities for vitrified brick.
A meeting OF Gunnison county pub.
fishers was held at Gunnison on Sat.
urday, Mt which scale OF prices for
publishing political notices was
adopted.
There are eight electric railway
companies in Denver operating 77i
miles OF track and 81 cars. They
all use the Edison system except one
which uses the Thompson-Houston.
The receipts of ore In Denver dur
Ing the past week were 59l cars con-
signed as follows: Omaha and Grant
1859, Globe $50, Chamberlain & Co.
22, Union II, Colorado Is and Dem
YER Public 100 cars.
A wolf killer, Ed Cooper, presented
3O9 wolf scalps at the county treas
urer's Office and secured sSO9 bounty.
Cooper claims TO have killed the
wolves, He has secured the bounty
on over 700 scalps within the past
three months Thurman Times.
The Denver, Apex & Western Rail.
way company has at last formally
announced its intention OF extending
It's line TO Georgetown. by the filing
OF amended articles OF incorporation.
increasing the capital stock OF the
company from $500. 900 to 81. 75O, 900,
and designating as its terminals Dem
YER aud Georgetown. The number OF
directors is increased from FIVE to
seven.
'Denyer's new paper mill was for
mally opened last Saturday. Agreai
crowd OF leading citizens were presen,
to see the machinery started. Every
thing worked perfectly and 1t is be.
lieved that paper-making will eventu
ally grow to be one OF Colorado.
leading industries. Over $3.50. .00t
worth OF white newspaper is con-
sumcd in Denver alone every year.
Denver Markets. Eggs-ls(d zoe
Butier-Jersey creamery 22. dairy
l3c; Hay-new upland tl3Cdtl5, sec.
ond bottom s9dtl2; alfalfa 900
Wheat-sl.30 e 100 ms; oats-sl.0 .0S
(gN.l0; New potatoes-tl. .309tl sc
(, 100 TBS; Cattle-cholce steers 81. sc
Sd&3.00, good hay-ied cows 81. goa
t2.70, native feeders. t2.00(dt2. rs
Hogs-ehoics t5. .35Cd t5. As; Sheep
choice mutton Is 25(at3.50. common
feeders ~ 25(d$2.50.
An Ogden special To the Denver
Neics says tina, all correspondents fol
newspapers, including an Associated
Press reporter, who went TO La Plata
the new mining camp. have not re.
turned, In fact, no one is returning,
except some teamsters, who rcpor
everything wild and over 1000 mel
In the camp; 800 people left to-da,
for there. II the wild rumors tina
come from there are true, II is sec
ond Comstock.
A Colorado Springs dispatch says
A now strike was made In Crlppl
Creek by Messrs. Work and Wash o
Denver. They have struck the rich
est thing ever found In the camp
The pay streak assays e2,i2o. and
two-inch crovlco goes $4,000. Thi
Is no humbug or blow. ms relIabi,
men from the city saw IL You cal
see gold all through the rock
Everybody Is wild and feeling good
They have ordered sacks and will be
gin 10 ship at once.
Al a late hour last Monday nigh
some yandal put giant powder In III,
bell OF the Methodist church a, Breck
onrldge aud blew II TO atoms. therob,
cndangoring tho livcs OF many limo
cent persons, besides the destruction
OF property. The cause OF tho nc
was the nctivc part tina, the Rev. Mr.
Passnoro took In enforcing tho ne,
State Inv closing the saloons at mid
night and on Sunday. The saloon
keepers claim that |, was done for III
purpose OF iniurlng them through III
effect the net would have on citizen
generally. County Treasurer Ell
wood and others have offered r,
ward OF tl,0o0 for the hpprehonsIo
OF tho guilty parties.
From letters received by friends
IL learned that the company whlc
left Donycr on July Z TO explore III
Grand canon on tho Colorado rive
mo, with mn accident on July ~ whic
came ncnr ending the lives Of four q
tho party. They wcrc runnln