The Lamar register., 1891-08-29
STATE NEWS.

ferson county will have new wagon ROAD
built up Bear Greek canon, and it Will be
above the reach of high water. The old
one WI 5 washed out.
Operator Farrar, who took 5000
while at the Salida station and fed, after-
wards being captured near that town. Will
not be prosecuted. He will resume his
place and work out the amount due the
company.
An officer searched a lot of tramps
at La Sale the other night, and on boy
1 found quantity OF iewelry of all deserip-
tions, supposed to have been stolen at
| Cheyenne.
The postofiice at Ayr, Prowers
county, and Decatur, Baca county, have
| been discontinued. Mail for the former
now goes to Larimer, and for the latter to
Ricolite, Grant county, N. NJ.
David Fl. MofTat, president of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, has re
signed his position. The reason for the
resignation was the action Of the board Of
| directors in determining to minimize the
powers of the Colorado management
Two more oil wells are reported
from the Florence oil fields, one by the
United Oil Company and one by the
Rocky Mountain Company. Both are
! good producers and makes second strike
( of three wells for this field since the 18th.
Mr.. Edward T. Avery, the special
agent to examine the locations offered asa
site for the government building, has ar
rived in Pueblo. The offers range inprice
from Sl25, 900 for the Kretschmer triangle
to & S100 corner adjoining the Hotel Mesa
site.
State Game Warden Land says that
there about fifty buffalo in the State at
present, but that there is little prospect
OF their remaining long as one man re
Gently killed five 1t is impossible to
convict him, although there is a stringent
law against slaughtering them under any
conditions.
An investigation made yesterday by
Register France, says the Denver sun,
develops the fact. that the valuable mining
deposits of Crede Camp, in the southern
part of the State, are located on State
school lands. An effort is to be made to
wrest the title from the State, and pend
ing the preliminary skirmlsh the matter
is being investigated by the attorney-gen-
l.eraL
Fred Mason, prominent and
wealthy sheep owner near Elizabeth, Ell
bert county, was shot and fatally injured
/ by L. ". Berry, herder in his employ, on
the 2ith. His assailant escaped, and the
sheriff and his men are securing the
country for HIM. The tragedy occurred
shortly after the noon hour, and 1t is com
monty rumored that it grew out Of quar-
rel over some money matters.
The shipment of melons from Rocky
Ford goes steadily on every day, not even
excepting Sundays. The yield this year
is about the same as previous seasons, but
more melons are being shipped. The 25th
was the banner day this season, six tons
Of cantaloupes having been shipped by
/ express, and i've carloads Of watermelous
went by freight, the latter going to Trini-
dad, Salida, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and
Denver.
Denver Markets-Eggs 1s620c;
Butter-Jcrsey creamery CSC, dairy lSc;
! Hay-new upland sl3OO3S15.O0 second
bottom se,OOaSl2.Oo, alfalfa 500; Wheat
$50 . 100 fbs; Oats-Sl. .O3.GS 10; New
Potatoes-sl. 500 $50 = 100 lbs; Cattle
choice steers s.. 500 3. .OO, ,gOOdhay fed,cows
| s.. .20dS 20, native feeders =. 2.OO,aS2. -;
Hogs-choice S5.sJaS5.45. Sheep-choice
muttons Ss.25@S8.5Oi common feeders
| a. 25(dS2. 80.
Last Tuesday morning Lee Quang,
a Chinese laundryman at Ouray, was ar
rested for crininaIly assaulting a lO-year-
old girl She had been sent to the laun-
dry for clothes. At o'clock at night, as
the sheriff and deputy were removing
the prisoner from the calaboose, as it is
supposed, TO place OF more security,
some person shot the Chinaman twice, in
ficting what are pronounced to be fatal
wounds. The indignation of the people
terminated in an order being issued to
every Chinese resident Of Ouray TO- leave
town and not stand on the order Of going
1t is believed that both the murder
ers Of the two Swedes found dead in Park
County are now accounted for. The oGic
ers believed them to be Mexicans, and
captured Librado Mora three weeks ago
and have since been on the trail of Can
dido Castillo in the southern part of the
State. On the 2lst they came up with
him, and after a hard battle killed him
He had recently been released from the
peuitentiary, and was considered very
dangerous man.
While at work in a tunnel on Sugar
Loaf Mounts in the ST. Keven mining
district Ed. Reynolds, miner, had a
narrow escape from being entombed alive.
lie had driven the tunnel in a distance of
fifty feet, and while at work near the
breast a mass of rock fell near the mouth
or entrance, completely shutting out day
light With horrible death staring him
in the face, Reynolds went to work with
! the energy of despair. He succeeded in
cutting a small hole near the top suf-
fciently large 70 let in air. The labor
was terribly exhausting, and it was hours
before he succeeded in making hole
large enough to crawl through. Beyond
a few bruises he escaped injury.
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