The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
STATE NEWS.

A Denver jury has granted a ver-
dict for 5000 damages against 8. w
French for alternating the affections of the
wife Of c. a. Deane.
A so-called tame elephant at Dem
yer suburban resort got excited on the
Fourth and throwing a child from its back
stepped upon him, killing him instantly.
4 new telephone circuit has been
established at Boulder. 1t takes il Boul-
der, Louisville, Lafayette, Erie and Can
teld, but does not embrace either Long
mont or Denver.
The Rocky Mountain Oil Company
Of Florence has decided to construct q pipe
line 10 Pueblo and erect at that point a
large refinery. The site selected is on the
line OF the Union Pacific railway, six miie=
north Of the city, and comprises 100 ceres
OF land with the bes; Of railroad facilities
il every way.
A neighborhood picnic was held at
CockrelI's mill on the Alamosa river July
l. Gilbert kipp's daughter. aged nine
made the footbridge crossing the river was
discovered broken and half mile further
down the stream, the body was discovered
by Mr. Upton lodged In drift pile
Three men have been arrested at
at Sterling for stealing and killing cattle.
Il IS charged that during the past Writer
Z regular gang of organized thieves have
bean killing and shipping range cattle over
the Union Pacific and Burlington & Mis-
souri, railways, supplying Cheyenne, Hol-
yoke and other points,
The Rocky Mountain Chautauqua
assembly opened at Glen Psrli on the sth.
Rev. =, A. Cameron of Denver made the
opening: address on THE ChausauqG=
Jdsa-n Stanley Wood, editor of the Great
Divide, read poem, and excellent music
was furnished. The assembly VIII con
inue until the 29th of July
Robert Birchil, an old time we'll
known and respected citizen of Greeley,
was found hanging By his neck IN the cell
lar under his house on the 5th. The de
ceased wss man OF good habits and
there Is no doubt that the deed was com
| E1itted while labcring under temporary
| TT Of insanity superinduced by the effects
Of the sun and hard worl; the day before.
Pensions have been granted to the
following citizens Of Colorado: William
Herriott, John A Walters, BENJAMIN
Franklin Abrams, James II. Wood, Rich
ard Richardson. James Ii Queen, Richard
| Code, George w. Wilson, John G. Burg
gran, Henry B. Beighley, William H.
Cottrai, william Lyon. James NJ. Brad
bory, John Bah, Charles W Brown,
William Neh, John Durant, Jr., Jacob s.
Mollett and John NJ. Stone; also to Mar
garet Jones, Louisa Coffiuger aad Catha-
rine N Cumming.
Wednesday night last while the
| jury were in their room celebrating on
The George T. Hughes murder case, Mrs
w. T. Evans of Trenton, Nebraska, sister
to the accused, came in the court room
and offered up fervsnt prayer fo- her
poor brother" We have no doubt but
that 1t had its effect on the jury. Two Of
the Jury held out all night for conviction
while ten were for acquittal On Thurs-
day morning these two beard-hearted
iurymen turned to the side OF mercy. and
the loving sisters prayer was answered
and her brother set free.-FOrt Morgan
Ns,cs.
Fyffe, the man who has been on
trial at Fairpiay for murder. was con
vieted. When brought up for sentence
the prisoner said: II ask for mercy SO
that can serve out my time like man
and return to my family to live an honest.
upright life. What I did was through a
mistake and excitement. I did not mean
to kill the man" The court before pro
nouncing the sentence. said he fully ap-
preciated the responsible duty now before
| him; that a full and lair trial had been
given, and every doubt surrendered in
favor of the prisoner standing by the side
OF his wife and daughter. FyTe was then
sentenced to thirty years in the peniten-
tiary at hard labor