The Delta independent., 1891-07-29
STATE NEWS.
September 10Th will be PED
Day" at Grand Junction.

a man while swimming In the nat
etorium At Denver with some friends was
esewned wilhout their knowing 1t.
1he commissioners OF Park county
have offered 81 900 reward for the detec-
'4aQn and conviction Of the murderer OF the
- Suedes found killed on the road.
Aspen don't have To- advertise for
eeeol tsachera 1t hs4 become noised
e1ect through the East that nearly all
Asren school teachers get married soon
estsr coming here. Tnis slsas burdens
~ nails with spplicatioss for positions.
&taatsR v. isosssy Is In The state
shs interest of diesae OF capitaliats
Whepropose To q y ~ the canals now
being fought over BY n G. Henry and the
travellers Insurance Company. It is
understood that the plan is suro Of sue
rcss~
There Is a quarrel existing between
shc owners OF the Palmer ditch, near Hen
acrson. ind the farmers along its line.
ihe farmers claim that injustice is done
them, 'ed they open the hcadgatcs at
pleasure. The agent OF the company was
nrcd upon tho other night by farmers.
Silt W. n. IL co.ored gambler
ol Mnnitcu, was shot and instantly killed
~ another colcrcd man named Henry
hsupin At little after midnight Monday.
The shooting was clearly In self-dofense
and after an inquest MHupin was released
by order of the coroner, and district at-
torncy.
Hon. Silas Wilson. OF Atlantic,
Iowa, WHO is interested villa the Messrs.
Johnson in their fruit land on Orchard
Mesa Heights, said that they proposed To
plant next spring about sixty Ave thous
and trees upon their land. divided as fol
lows: 1wcrty thousand peach, twenty
thousand pear, twenty thousand apTi:eknd
i've thousand plum and rrapo trees.-
Grand Junction Star.
At tho last national convention the
brotherhood Of locomotive frcmcn found
itsclf with n surplus fund OF 5000, and
determined TO invest IL In the city which
sery extended and impartial investigation
u has been decided TO place tho money In
Oenvcr. md 81. Of tho sum arrived
last week, and the balance will shortly
follow. Y
Denver Markets--Eggs lS@2l31
i,ufer- creamery &c, dsiry i,c;
- ney, .splapd ~saA epsssl7 "a. seeqsd
boytom "a. oUep "a Affhifa tA00; yvhJa,
-ki.50 4 100 ms; OAts- 81. +ssaei.35; Now
Potatoes .sotasi.75 /, 100 he; Cat;id.-
choic. stccrs g. ooldss. a, soodhsy fed cows
n,soas275, native feeders ~ COG sa.5A
Hogs-choicc S.o5ass.5o. Sheop--choicS
uu,,ons sa.asesss.1s; common fccdersy
t...s@s25o.
City the other day relating to tho speed Of
anInals A gentleman wagered tho sum
of 80 that no horse'in Gilpiu County
could make the round trip 40 Denver and
+. return from Central City in twelve hours
The task was undertaken with MIR James
Connor Us driver. Tho time Of starting
was t.ii a. m, on the return "trip 4i4 rho
samo evening ahead Of time. This is Goa.
sldercd tho best time ever 1adc. Tho an
ina, was driven 10 y dog cart aud reached
tho home stretch apparently 40 frcsh rs
when she left the score. Several hundred
dollars were won and Loaf OH the match.
The distance is nearly eighty mica.
There was an interesting regatta
on Cheyenne lake near Colonajo Springs
On the and. Six boats drew up In line for
the single scull race. manned by Stcdn,an,
Wider, Currie. Townsend, Luckraft nnd
Aldrlch, Townsend broke his oar, Luck.
raft met with misfortune In getting q good
,tar,, aud the racc wns won by Stcdman
with Aldrich a close second. The double
,cull was entered by four boats aud was
rowcd from the south cnd Of the lake
around the island. Ccnncl aud Town
send were tho winners by several lengths
Tho third aud Inst race was most interest
ing. being rowcd by four ladies, Miss
Nellie Ripley, Miss Faith Ripley, Miss
uiprin.on and Mrs. Frank Wood. Miss
Faith Ripley, who rowcd hcr boat perfect
ly, won easily, with Miss Higgiuson
second.
Passenger trains Nos. 3 and 6 on
the Denver Il Rio Grandc railroad coliided
near Garlic station At Il 30 o'clock Friday
morning, with fearful effect. Car,iis is .
small station only a few miles west OF
Pueblo Engineer Arioil of train No. O
was instantly. killed. His fireman was no
badly crushed that he died in few min
utc. after being taken out OF the wreck.
Tho two passenger trains wcro 70 have
me, Mt Garlic. but owing 10 somc mis-.
understanding of orders both were run
ming. one at full, speed nnd tho other
early so, when they came together with
fearful effect. The cnsinocr and fireman
Of No. jumped und were saved. Many
of tho passengers On trnIn No. o and soy.
rrai GU train No. 3 were seriously injured.
Particulars aro very mosgre, owing to the
fact that thorc IL no telegraph oIiicc Ut
Carlilc. a wrecking train was At onco
made up ut Pueblo and sent out 10 tho
scene Of tho dissster, with . corps Of
pbysiciaus and gang Of men.
The attorney general his decided
that Collier l. Cleveland cannot receive
their claim Of n, SO for printing tho state
engineers report Tho printing was or.
Jcred By . concurrent resolution Of the
last legislature aud the opinion Is that the
money should not be paid or slch dccu-
mcut, The. opinion, defines clearly the
difference between Joint and concurrent