The Lamar register., 1891-01-31
COLORADO sorn

Hon. George A Srawforu, tne
founder OF Grand function, died in that
city ea the astA.
Father Malone OF Denver, whose
skull was fractured by fall while in New
York. is rapidly recovering.
The nomination of " p. Hill and
others to the commission on International
coins has been confirmed By the United
States Senate.
All is now quiet in the legislative
halls and there is prospect that some
laws viii be passed, Speaker Jesse White
is Speaker and no one contests his right
to that position
Senator Wolcott woe applause from
the Democrats and censure from the
Republicans OF the Senate the other day
by securing The consideration of the appor-
tionmeat bill in advance of the clotare
rnle-
A vote was taken in Wgsa aDenver
} the other day upon the propositAft TO erect
u new Sl00,o00 school house. The vote
was Is to ls in faver. If the election had
, been fora constable a larger vote would
probably have been polles
A strike OF extremely rilh ore is re-
ported having occurred in the Olden tun-
mel on Jack mountain, in the Ten Mile
district, The vein is some six feet in
,hickress, and returns from about seven
TOPS are said to run up to Sl3,0o per ton
In an Investigation being conducted
before committee of the House of the
, General Assembly to sift the rumors Of
attempted bribery at the time. Of Speaker
Hanna's election, the testimony is very
conflicting Witnesses contradict each
other under oath with the greatest Tree
dom
A large body of cryolitc IS reported
as haviag been discovered near Cheyenne
mountain, adjacent to Colorado City. The
mineral is especially valuable as an article
used in the manufacture of the finest kind
of glass If the find proves to be what is
claimed for it, it will be Of great benefit to
the State.
I Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse james.
and J. d. Harden, a saIoon-keeper, en-
gagged in a shooting scrape at Walsenburg
Wednesday night They were SO close
together that each man YVES trying to
knock the others gun out Of the way.
Hardin was shot in the shoulder and in
the hand, and Ford was hit in the foot,
besides being badly burned about the face
with powder The men quarreled over a
game OF craps. Neither is dangerously
hurt Both were arrested.
At Salt Creek station on the Rio
Grande Southern a flow of water has been
struck in an artesian well sunk by the
company to the depth of 500 feet. 1t is a
matter of general satisfaction to the COM
pany, and the inhabitants OF the locality
receive it us providential boom Until
now all the water o5tainable was strongly
impregnated with allsali, and the damage
done by it to boilers, pipes, etc, of the
company has been far more than the cost
of this experiment tai we'll
The horticultural Society, with
other State organizations, has prepared a
bill which will be introduced in the lower
house of the General Assembly. 1t is en-
titled an act -'To provide for the making u
comprehensive exhibit of the industrial,
educational and productive resources of
the State of Colorado at the Columbian
Worlds Fair at the city of Chicago, Ili
nois, and defining the duties of the officers
and departments having charge of said
exhibit, and making appropriations there
for The appropriations amount to
Sioo,oeo
a freight train was badly smashed
near Howard station on the Rio Graude,
on the 9th. In some manner it became
uncoupled, breaking into three sections
which crashed into each other in the tun-
mel. Several cars were smashed into
kindling wood and two tramps who were
stealing ride were seriously injured, and
a brakeman named Ralph States had both
legs broken below the knees. One of the
uuiucky tramps had his left arm broken
and the other sustained such severe in
5uries about the head and face that it is
possible they may result fatally.