The state herald., 1891-06-19
STATE HAPPENINGS.


Work on the now capitol is pro
crossing very rapidly.
The London ministers continue tt
roast the Prince OF Wales.
An enormous amount OF street paw
ing is being laid in Denver.
Durango had another destructive
fire Saturday. Loss 100000.
Denver high school turned ou
sixty-eight graduates last week.
The season ut Manitou has fairl,
opened and the hotels are crowded.
Norman Kissick lost his life in I
Leadville mine explosion Thursday.
Joseph Wilson, the Oldest man il
Boulder county, died last week, agot
81.
This years strawberry crop o
Canon City is estimated ut 1900
quarts.
Prof. NJ. II. Lobdcll has been mp
pointed principal of the Georgetown
schools.
Six thousand young trout wore
placed in the headwatcrs OF Cleal
Creek last week.
The cheese factory at Ev! kx1>re
ceiving on an average OF about $500
pounds OF milk day.
The ice dealers in Denver have con
solidatcd and raised the price OF theil
product about so per cent.
An electric car in Pueblo jumped
the track the other day and plunged
right through brick building.
A tremendous flood came down the
Poudrc River few days ago, carry
ing away number OF bridges and
doing much other injury.
The school census returns from
Montrose county, as received by Su,
perintcndent Coy, show total OF 99l
children OF school age: male, $50;
female, i5S.
Five trail herds OF IN r. cattle
from Texas have passed Brush en-
route for Montana. Four other herds
nv" oh tHt tidll nave nol urTlNsu.
Each herd consists OF 1900 l and =
year-old steers.
Wilbur +. Stone. OF Denver, has
been appointed by the President a
member of the new Court OF Private
Land Claims. There are four other
justices, each OF whom will receive n
salary OF s., 900 q year.
New postotiiccs have been es,ab-
lished at kenosha, Park County,
Colorado. with Samuel C. Caruthers
as postmaster, aud at Dunlap, Boul-
der County, Colorado. with William
A. Tunstali as postmaster.
The Pagosa Springs Ncps enters Il
protest against the contemplated re-
moral OF the troops from Fort Lewis.
and asserts that us long us the red
skins are In that vicinity the presence
Of troops is very desirable.
A brakeman named Dillon was shot
dead by a tramp who was stealing
ride on n freight train near Eaton tho
other day. Another brakeman named
Mattingly got gun from the caboose,
pursued the tramp and shot him dead.
A curiosity ut Walsenburg is a
lamb with but one eye which is To-
Gated about half way between where
the eyes ought TO be and the tip OF
the nose. The ears had grown out
under the jaws, and just between
them was partially developed mouth.
On one OF the small limbs OF an ap-
pie tree in John Swift's orchard at
Rocky Ford, thirty-cight apples are
growing. The branch is only thirty
six inches long. When therefore the
frui, grows larger some OF the weaker
apples will have to fall. and then the
fruit will be so crowded that the limb
will be scarcely visible.
W. A. Arnold. ranchman living
on Little Beaver Creek. south of the
Peak, came 10 town bringing with him
two cinnamon bear cubs. about three
months old. Their mother was killed
by neighbor OF his and he captured
them soon afterward. They are ia,
and hearty and are excellent pets
until they grow larger. lie intends
to raise them. MdHitOg journal.
Rose Brothers ~ Hughes estimate
that the paper for wrapping their
peach crop will COS, In the neighbor.
hood OF $500. Add To this tho cost OF
the fruit boxes and the picking, and
the expense OF harvesting their crop
will run up To quite n sum. But II
will give employment to great
many laborers, and the great bulk OF
the money will bc kept at home. The
total receipts for their crop will no
doubt reach well on to SIS. .0O0.-
GrGHd Junction Neirs.
The county supcrintondcnts OF the
teachers institute district. comprising
0tero. Bent, Prowers, Kiowa and
Baca counties, are considering the
matter OF holding an institute nt some
place In the district in July or August.
A. nn inducement to teachers to Mt.
tend these Institutes, the suporintend-
ents nrc required to add 3 per cent.
to the standing OF those teachers at-
tending examinations. II Is estimated
that there will bc from sixty to eighty
teachers present at the coming In
stltato.
Secretary Shaw OF the State Hor,l-
cultural Board, states TIM, informn-
tion has been filed with him TO tho
effect that the blight has stricken
several orchards and that particularly
near Denver the devastation is consld.
erablc. AT Wheat Ridge" he said /,
the Stewart orchard looks ns II II had
been struck by n storm. There is nn
appearance OF the pest In the orchard
Of Mr.. Brothers. Others are similarly
Affected" The matter Is TO be talscn
up at tho next meeting Of the hor,i-
cultural board and thorough invos.
ilgation made.
The governor has issued par1on
TO l.. &. Monroe. who WIS sentenced
In 1882 To lie Imprisonment In tho