The Lamar register., 1891-10-17
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

Newcastle.
The increase in the assessed valua-
tior OF Manitou property for the past
Year is $93.ooo,
Denver people have been buncoed
by counterfeiters who have passed on
a great number Of Dad silver dollars.
Forty men and lot of hounds en-
gagged in wolf hunt in the vicinity
of Cheyenne the other day and cap
tared two wild cats.
A female cinnamon bear and her
cub were shot between North Chey-
enne and Bear Greek canons Tuesday.
The old bear weighed POO pounds and
was a fine specimen,
The National Humane Society was
in session in Denver last week "A
number of ladies and gentlemen
prominently engaged in the work of
preventing cruelty to children and
animals were present.
Alfred Russell and Thomas Lawton
have been arrested for the murder OF
John Hemming at Colorado Springs
in August They gave themselves
awsy by telling a friend about 1t.
They are farm hands; working near
Edgerton.
Another test has been made on the
Salt Lake gas we'll. The pressure
was found to be 76 pounds. On be-
ing iguited, it burned in a solid col
umn ~ feet high, as determined by
transit. Where the hame issued from
the mouth Of the we'll it is said to
have been four feet in diameter. The
valve of the pipe is kept closed till
means can be devised for conveying
the gas to the city.
The first OF the machinery to arrive
in Brighton for the water works was
one OF the Worthinston steam pumps,
which came the early part Of the
week, aud is being placed in position
II is a double pump and will throw a
tvo-inch stream. The pipe has been
shipped from Chicago, and the first
car load will arrive here in day or
two, when the company will rom-
mence work In earnest. - Brighton
Register
The Town OF sullivan. located II few
miles south OF Denver. suffered from
a fire on the llth- The town is prac-
tically without fire protection of any
kind, and although bucket brigade
wa. quickly made up and desperate
hght made against the flames, they
spread with great rapidity, and soon
the entire business portion of the city
was destroyed. Six buildings were
totally destroyed before the progress
| of the fire could be arrested.
Denver Markets. Eggs-2ztd2 lei
Butter-Jersey creamery 22(d30; dairy
Ices Hay-ne* upland S1SCGsl4, sec
ond bottom s9(Gsl0; alfalfa $3.50:
Wheat-sl-35 2 100 fbs; Oats-s.9 95
| G$l.0S; New potatoes-7Oc "a 75o
? 100 tbs; Cattle-choice steers 81. 40
| sds2.9O good to choice cows sl.75(d
s2.10, native feeders, 81 O0Ga 81, 90;
hogs-choice q 906ds IS 10; Sheep
choice muttons shorn 50 75(6S3. 25,
common and FEEDERS 81 25Gds2.5o,
| Mr.. Keegan exhibited "a specimen
of hituminous coal from the Keegan
mine. thirty miles northwest from this
city. on one OF the tributaries of Salt
creek, which is, all told, the finest
specimen we have as yet seen in this
region. There are unmistakable in
dications that there is not only very
large body of coal in the neighbor-
hood, but that there is an oil basin
near. The vein is twenty-six feet In
the clear. Grand junction Star,
Frank Baum on Friday last deliv-
cred to James Buchanan 2,15O Young
German carp of his own raising Mr.
Buchanan will place these in his
pond, in which are several hundr ID
v.0ut, tnau H. Buchanan succeeded
in saving from last summers flood,
when his dam was swept away, We
wish Mr.. Buchanan success in this
enterprise, as it is universally con-
ceded that this is one branch of in
dustry, which il properly handled
will be both beneficial and profitable
to the county. Saguaehe Crescent
Several years ago quite number
of citizens took advantage of the des
ert land laws and took up large
number OF desert claims in Northern
Wyoming. A syndicate was organ.
lied TO construct irrigation ditche:
through the whole tract and about q
year ago all hands succeeded in prov.
ing up. Now comes the news of the
Incorporation Of the Big Horn Valley
railroad company with a capital o.
two million dollars and the survey
located directly through this land.
This insures the settling up of this
country more rapidly than was antic-
ipated.
Governor koutt has prepared an ar.
ticle giving the reasons for the ISSUE
OF $500. 900 bonds for the State capi.
tol. He shows that, with the aid oil
the money to be realized from the sale
OF the proposed bonds, the board o.
capitol managers feels that it can
have portion OF the building ready
for occupancy during the winter oI
1929, and hope to be able to pro.
vide for the care of the State record.
and libraries, which are now liable
to be destroyed by fire. He show:
that the State is paying about $40 00L
per annum for rent and insurance,
and this money, il saved, would moi
only pay the interest, but go far to,
ward paying the principal of the
bonds. The bonds, he explains, are
pot in addition TO the tax. but in an
| tlcipation OF it-thas is 1t will now