The Lamar register., 1891-11-07
WESTERN NEWS NOTES

Pete Daily, jailor at Denver. got
drunk the other night and shot at
man he had quarrelled with. He
missed him but hit two others, wcund-
ing them slightly.
A section boss was arrested at Albu-
querque the other day and in his pos
session was found 81 200 worth OF
jewelry which was stolen some time
ago from passenger on . Santa re
sleeper.
odd Fort Cummings. fifteen miles
north of Demlng, has been iran sferred
from the war to the interior depart
ment. This post was abandoned
by troops in 1882. 1t covers $4,000
acres of land.
The board of commissioners OF FL
Paso county have decided to send
competent man to every one of the
country precincts to instruct the vot-
ers on how to vote under the new
Australian ballot law.
As Paymaster jackson, at Cooks
Peak, New Mexico, was going up to
pay off his men. he was held up by
Jeff King, a teamster, who took ,O24
from him. King made his escape and
up to the present has not been caught.
An explosion of a lamp caused the
destruction OF the residence of Mrs
Hattie Wilson, editress OF the Palmer
Lake Herald. last Thursday night A
fine art collection is included in the
loss. The insurance is said to be
So. 500.
Il I'LL ", FL
Paso county is built on government
land, and application has been made
to the State Land Board by the direc-
tors TO have the land secured by the
board as indemnity land, and then
sold to the district.
Denver Markets. Eggs-2s925c;
Butter-Jersey creamery 2S(d35; dairy
25c; Hay-new upland S13(d$14, sec
ond bottom s9(GS10; alfalfa $500:
Wheat-S1. so 2 100 fbs; Oats-S1. 90
SGs1.oS; New potatoes-60c a 65c
r 100 fbs; Cattle-choice steers 81
<dS2.T5, good to choice cows $1.75(G
$500, native feeders. S1.90(dS2. Is;
Hogs-choice IS .s5(G 400; Sheep
choice muttons shorn IS. .25(Gs3. so.
common and feeders 81. 25(d$2. so.
Henry Welch. brakeman in the
employ of the Rio Grande'' Western.
was thrown from his train near Pleas
ant Valley Junction, Utah, last week.
AT the time OF the accident he was
standing on the top of car when he
was struck by telegraph pole and
knocked under the train. One wheel
passed over his foot, crushing it into
pulp, and he sustained other injur-
les, both internal and external, SO se-
we're that he will probably die
F. L. Robinson, locomotive fire.
man, was quite badly injured at Hills
dale, Wyoming, last week. In attempt
ing to pull the coal chute to coal his
engine he slipped and fell and the coal
chute pocket with about five tons of
coal in it came down and caught Rob-
inson, pinIoning him to the tanks, in
which position he was compelled to
lay until the coal was emptied from
the pocket. His face was badly
bruised and he sustained internal in
iuries.
Brick Pomerov's projected At
lantic and Pacific tunnel is likely to
figure in great deal now being talked
Railway Company are negotiating for
the usesof the tunnel. An agreement
is to be entered into providing the
tunnel company will finish it within
three years. The Apex Is to pay the
tunnel company 81 for each passenger
hauled through it and so cents on
each ton of freight With such an as
surance from the Apex, the company
expects to be able to raise the money
for completing the tunnel, and the
Apex expects to raise the money for
building the road.
Rufus Smith, a soldier in the regu-
lar army, who killed William Carter,
Il fellow private, at Fort Douglas last
September, has been sentenced to
twenty-five years imprisonmentin in the
penitentiary. The dispute in which
Carter was killed arose over stakes in
game of poker, the amount in con-
troversy being only twenty cents.
Smith pleaded guilty to the charge,
but in extenuation of his crime claimed
they had both been drinking and that
he was insane at the time from the eff
fects of liquor. Judge Powerers made
touching appeal to the court on be-
half of the prisoner, but Judge Zane
could see no extenuating circum-
stances and his sentence was for the
full limit OF the law.
A curious but terrible accident oc-
Cured below Glenwood last week.
Thomas Gillon. track walker on the
Denver G. Rio Grande railway near
Spruce creek, while waiting for a de-
layed freight train. sat down near the
track and fell asleep. The engineer
rounding a curve discovered him, his
head resting on the track. Effort to
stop the train was made, but of little
avail. Fortunately Gilion was aroused
and had raised his head as the engine
struck him. The oowcatcher struck q
heavy pocket knife in his pocket.
smashing it into pieces. The piston
cock struck his head hard enough to
knock the cock of. He is badly in
jured. The company's physician, DIR.
Duscombe, has him in charge in the
hospital. and is in hopes to save his
life, but it very doubtful that it can be
done.
Thomas RYAN rninis+er IN Mexipn