The Delta independent., 1891-03-10
COLORADO NOTES.

The Longmont creamery makes 500
pounds Of butter day.
A sheep herder named Glenmire
was frozen to death near Bycrs recently.
Two men recently stole a house near
Rocky Ford and bauled the lumber four
teen miles.
Henry Adsmond, farmer living
near Rocky Ford, lost an arm in thresh-
| ing machine the other day.
Wheat at Meeker is now being pur-
chased by the mill for sl.66. This is the
best price 50 far as known paid in Colo
| RADIO at this date.
In reply 10 an inquiry made by the
| Senate, the Supreme Court has decided
that the Assembly has the right to pass a
law fixing the passenger and freight rates
on the Colorado Central railroad.
Rocky Mountain lions are reported
very plentiful and hungry on the head
! waters OF the Pursatoire, in Las Animas
County. 1t is claimed that over fifty head
Of horses have been eaten by the lions this
season.
The Eureka Gas and Oil Company
Las struck a twenty foot vein Of fine
bituminous coal and gushing spring of
mineral soda water in their $50 foot well
on Plum Creek, five miles below Little
ton.
The people o. Silverton are shut of
\ by the snow blockade from the rest of the
| world. They are entirely out of fresh
meat. sugar and -four, but are making toe
best of it more cheerfully than could have
been expected.
The Millington case being tried at
Denver promises to be one of the longest
! on record in this State. After consider
able testimony had been taken one Of the
| jury was taken sick and new jury had to
be empaunel!ed commencing the whole
trial over again. 1t will probably take a
! month or two longer to complete the trial
| The report comes from Omaha that
Joseph McCohnell Superintendent, of
motive power OF the Union Pacific, has
recommended that Denver be made the
general headquarters for construction and
repair shops; that the shops al that point
| be Immediately enlarged and consolidated
| with the Kansas Pacific and Denver and
| South Park shops, The force employed
will he Immediately treblcd at Denver, to
the l6ss of shops at other points. All con-
struction and repairing OF the Colorado
division and Fort Worth division will be
done there.
! A strike OF coal miners at Crested
Butte last Wednesday was accompanied
| by violent demonstrations. Meetings
were held by the strikers and 1t was do.
cided to close the mine entirely and allow
no ono TO work Committees were dele.
gated TO so TO tho engine house and ether
places and close these. Several of the
men agree ed to return TO work, but when
they attempted to so to the mine they were
met by the strikers and beaten unmerci-
fully. After this was done about 100 OF
them started out drinking whisky and to
| do up the towr. The result was that the
| ringlcaders who are Australians are in Jail.
A bill has been passed, aud signe d
| by the governor. to permit the payment OF
taxes in two installmen,s. As the bill
reads, taxes are due and payable on the
last day OF January or the last day of July
of the year following the year Of assess
ment This gives the taxpayer the right
| TO pay his obligations at any time between
| the first of December and the first OF
August Deferred ray ments will draw
| 1 int pN,t %, A,,rr
usl From that time the entire tax be-
comes delinquen, and the county treasurer
is given two months in which to advertise
and sell the property.
Wednesday morning Edward Nc
Bride was engaged in picking GU, u shot
OF giant powder in the Fairvicw miuc
situated in the Quartz Greek district
when the powder exploded and fearfully
mangled his face and body, causing death.
| The shot had been put in nearly u week
before, and no one could DO gotten who
would risk the chance OF losing his life by
removing the sticks OF giant Finally Ed.
agreed to attempt the dangerous task, and
/ the result was as above chronicled.
Tho Leadville council showed its
| appreciation of public benefactor in a
most substantial manner The other even
| ing, A number OF weeks ago the horses
On No. truck, while on the way to n fire
became unmauageablo and started down
Harrison avenue at a breakneck pace.
The strcctwas crowded with vehicles and
pedestrians and for few moments it
looked as II there would be loss Of life.
When opposite Skinner Brothers \
wrighes establishment Sandy McCusick.
an employe OF tho firm, sprang on the fly
ing truck and succeeded in stopping tho
horses. In recognition u the deed the
city council presented Mr.. McCusick with
beautiful kold medal suitably engraved.