The state herald., 1891-12-04
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.


the mountains.
Bonds OF the Atlantic Pacific tunnel
company have beer Hoated In New
York to the amount OF $3.50. 900.
An employe Of the Rocky Mountain
OIL Company named Cook fell from an
oil derrick at Florence, and was
frlghtfully injured. His skull was
fractured and several ribs broken.
A Central City paper deplores the
fact that MANY are the young men in
Central and Black Hawk that are
snoring under blanket by themselves
when the woods are full OF marriage
able young ladies'"
A bloody tragedy was enacted at
Salt Lake on the 27th, in the killing
of w. B. Parker, captain OF the police
force, by Patrolman George Albright.
The slayer Of the dead captain alleges
1t was done in self-defense, and the cir
cumstantial evidence confirms 1t. Par
ker, who hated Albright, was drunk
and attacked the latter and tried to
shoot him.
Denver Markets. Eggs-29027c;
Butter-Jersey creamery 2d(q33; dairy
22c; Hay-new upland $l3(6$14, sec
ond bottom ss@$9; alfalfa $500:
Wheat-$l.S0 p 100 lbs; Oats-$l. .03
@$1 10; New potatoes-65c "a zoe
= 100 ibs; Cattle-choice steers $3.50
Id$2.75, good to choice COWS 81. .75(1
$500. native feeders. $l.90(G$2. 10 /;
Hogs--cholce %. 759 $3. .S5; Sheep
choice muttons shorn IS. 25(G$3. so,
common and feeders $2.25@t2.60.
A dispatch from Santa Fe says: A
corps Of railroad surveyors, represent
ing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe road, reached Cerillos on the 25th,
and began driving stakes for an exten.
sion Of the road through the adjacent
coal and mineral fields TO San Pedro,
some thirty miles distant. 1t is be-
lieved here that this move to occupy
the Tijras canon leading to Albuquer.
que, with view to checkmating the
Colorado narrow guage system from
this city south, for which plans are
now almost perfected. A lively scram.
BILE for an important mountain pass is
likely to follow.
A company bored gas well near
Pennington. Utah, few weeks ago
and found so much gas that they de-
cided to bore another eight inches in
diameter. The new well encountered
the same strata as the old one, and
when the gas was tapped the pressure
was SO strong that nothing could be
done with 1t until stop gauges were
attached TO the pipe to keep II from
escaping. The roar made by the es.
Gaping gas could be heard for half
mile. and when it was ignited it
burned for height OF sixty feet.
The superintendent In charge OF the
work, and who came from the Ohio
gas fields, says there are few wells in
that state having stronger flow IL an
this one, and he is confident 1t will be
so permanent as to warrant the ex-
penditure OF the money necessary to
pipe it to Salt Lake. distance of
twelve miles.
On Thursday, Mr.. Moore, the rail-
road contractor, had occasion to test
the character OF the rock along the
right OF way just opposite the Cliff
house, so he had four holes charged
out OF a number his men had drilled
and for feeler put into the four 25-
pound keg OF black powder and a few
pounds of giant for starter (only u
Don. You know. In rnilrond parlnnce>
and turned her loose at o'clock in
the afternoon, and lo!-behold the
the transformation-the Cliff house,
which moment before was quietly
standing in all its inviting and attract
i've beauty, was now almost n wreck
It's front looked us II II had been used
Tor gatling gun windows
knocked out, doors knocked In. and
the boarding full OF holes from the
size OF peas up TO good sized cannon
shot, supper was all knocked into pi,
and so was breakfast and boarders
were hustling around with empty
stomachs and curse upon such
blasted blasting.-Del Norte Prospector.
j. &. Kennedy writes as follows to
sFl'NfAN -ilfffat iSAhhift W hIt
slaughter OF game in Rouit county. IL
do not believe II an exaggeratiop to
say that nearly one half the residents
are hide-hun,ers. This is especially
true OF the smaller valleys tributary
TO the fampa where the people make
their living mainly in this way. The
staple menu in these sections is buck,
bear and biscuits. Loads after load 5
of saddles OF deer, elk and antelope,
with hides, heads and horns have bee n
going out all the season. OF cours.
the people claim 10 be innocent OF in.
fringemcnts OF the game law and will
refer you TO tourists and sportsmen,
who, they claim, do II all. There Is
some reason In this us the So called
sportsmen who come In from the out
side are almos, equally guilty. have
seen them this season riding over the
hills and shooting right and left pro.
miscuously. The slaughter this year
has been greater than ever before, and
public sentiment seems 10 be so much
In favor OF II that II would require "A
fearless and independent game warden
TO enforce respect OF any gnme.law.
however perfect,
i. A. Brady, station agent at Win.
gate, on the Atlantic and Pacific rail.
way, was held up and robbed by two
masked men on the 10th. No. ? pas
senger train stopped ut 7i30 o'clock.
remaining only u second or two and
then moved on. The train was hnrdly y
out OF sight when two masked mon
gnllopcd up 10 the station. hiichcd
their horses TO u post and entered
They presented rovolvcrs ut tho head
ol tho ugont End 10 him to turn over
MI tho money and valuablcs he had
around the station. lie first pulled
OF his gold watch and chain valued n,
tl25, which were handed to them.
They were angry md threntpniny mn.