The Lamar register., 1891-05-23
STATE NEWS.
The Rev. T Dewitt Talmage win

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| year.
| At the funeral or two men killed in
the brick-yard riot at Denver last week,
| 1000 men OF tho different unions partici-
pated.
President IngersoH OF the State
Agricultural College has resigned to ac-
eept the position Of Dean of the Nebraska
University.
Tie Colorado Springs Garden Com
| pany sold atty tons Of milk last month and
delivered it to customers ut the rate Of
fourteen quarts for 81,
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial
| Congress met in Denver on the l9th with
a thousand delegates in attendance, many
| OF Them being men Of note.
Myron w Reed, OF Denser, has
been chosen president of the National
Society of Associated Charities, which
viii meet in Denver next year.
This spring tine orchardists of otero
County have set out upwards OF 500 acres
in fruits of all kinds. This makes the
acreage in the county nearly 1900
w. E. Pabor, after doing more or
less of colony work for twenty years in
Colorado, is about to engage in similar
work for Honduras, in Central America.
The Denver Republican charges that
large amounts were lost TO the city during
the first three months Of this year because
| license fees were not collected from saloon
keepers
The State Land Board has decided
not to complete the sale OF the much
talked OF Arso tract. This will oblge
the purchasers to go into the courts to
have the matter settled
Judge Campbell of Colorado Springs
has sentenced H. H. Artz, IN attorney, to
| pay 81 900 for contempt of court. Artz
was found guilty Of trying to bribe u
| prosecuting witness to leave the State.
The business men of many Colorado
towns have passed resolutions urging
the railroads TO lower the tourist rate be-
tween this State and the Missouri Rivet
to $50. The roads have placed 1t at S29.
The railroads running between Colo
rado and the Missouri river have made the
round trip rate SO, as against rate Of So
last year. This Will probably reduce the
number OF tourists visiting Colorado this
summer.
The foundation OF the new roller
mill at Lovelard-the Farmers mills
being rushed Us rapidly as the weather
will permit. It is calculated to to have
the business in running shape fort he
coming crop.
The land lying below the line which
is supposed will be that of the new Mesa
county state ditch is being rapidly studded
with cabins OF those who are taking ad-
vantage Of the prospect before them in
bringing this valuable land into the mar
ket,
All reports to the contrary, not
withstanding. f. J. V. Skif has been
nominated by Director General Davis OF
Columbian Exposition to be chief of tha
department of mines and mining. There
is not likely to be any contest before the
executive committee as to Mr.. Skin's con-
frmation, as the appointment has the ap-
proval of large majority of the directors
and has practically been decided upon fol
some time.
William Gum, foreman OF gang
in the employ of the Bradbury Land and
Water Company, was shot and killed
Monday near Fosdick, small station on
the line OF the Missouri Pacific by Frank
Ruder, boy of Is years. The gang was
about to be moved to another point. and
Ruder asked Gum for his check, as he
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slapped the boy. The latter walked away
but was pursued by Gum with a hatchet.
A cash on his head four inches long was
inflicted. Ruder called to the man twice
to stop and then shot once, the wound in
hicted being fatal.
Denver has won a staunch friend In
Postmaster General wanamaker He viii
urge the prompt completion of the post
Office building, and will do his utmost tC
provide her with adequate postal facilities
He said it was such revelation to him
its climate, its location at the foot Of til,
Rockies, its people, energetic, thrifty
hcspitable, with the right views of things
generally; its great buildings, its Crane
opera houses and hotels, all combined t.
make queen among cities. "Of all the
grand things which l saw in our journey
ings," he continued, "the grandest was
the Denver public schools. Philad elphia,
more than a century old, has not school
building that surpasses the Denver High
School, and only one that equals itm
The total postal receipts in Colo
RADIO during the last year reached the sum
OF sG6s, $3.50. These receipts are drawn
from the following sources, the principal
being the sales Of postage stamps, stamped
envelopes and postal cards, the amount
from which for the last year was $500, ,o5G.-
81. Box rents paid 81, ,s39. 3D. and waste
paper returned the small sum OF SIS. .45.
The total expenditures amounted to ss42,
4l3.63. The principal item Of expense is
for transportation of mails, which cost
last year s463, 7lo.01. There was paid to
postmasters Us compensation sI70, fig. 90
while for clerks in postoffices, fuel, light
and rent the expenditures were sS7, AL. 02
The letter carriers received s5I, ,4O7s7. and
the railway postal clerks travelling in the
State, s5o,35s.sO. During the last year
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