The state herald., 1892-02-12
WESTERN NEWS NOTES

Cheyenne has raised n bonus OF
100000 to encourage tho building Of
smelter. 1t seems probable that
tho smelter will soon be built.
During tho past year, the earnings
OF the register and receiver Of the Fol-
som land office amounted to $2.626. 96.
Tho amount received us homestead
and timber culture fees was 81 ,195.00.
Mr.. Geo. w. Childs will attend the
dedication ceremonies OF the Childs-
Drexel Homo for Union Printers at
Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May
IL. the anniversary OF his birth. This
will be Mr.. Childs' first visit to the far
west.
A petition is being circulated at
Kingston and In the other towns Of
Sierra county, praying the county
commissioners to make special ap-
preparation OF Is 900, to be applied to
the building OF u sanitarium or hos
pital, to be centrally located at or near
Hillsboro, for the use OF miners and
others.
Denver Markets. Eggs-25@27c;
Butter-Jersey creamery 27aS3; dairy
20c; Hay-new upland $12(9$13, Sec
ond bottom $9.0oG9$l0; alfalfa $500:
Wheat-$l.l5 . 100 Tbs; Oats-$1 .05
@$l.l2; New potatoes--65c "a 75c
q 100 lbs; Cattle-choice steers $3.50
assoc, good TO choice cows $1,000
$3.50, native feeders. $l.90(6$2. 10;
Hogs--choice 81. .oo9s 81 as; Sheep.
choice muttons sh0rn $3.25(G$3. so.
common and feeders $2.25@$2.50.
Manager English OF the creamery
says they have made 6,000 pounds OF
butter the past month. and to-day
lacked 2l0 pounds OF having enough
TO ill orders. Most OF the product
goes TO Denver and Laramie City.
Last July, the first month OF tho new
company, the receipts were about 5000
ma the past month they have been
about II, 500. This is certainly very
good showing. Mr.. English thinks
the output will soon reach 700
pounds per day.-Grceley Snn.
Charley Van Winklc and one OF the
visitors 10 the springs, went up about
Cherry valley turkey hunting. 1t is
said that they bought four tame birds,
shut them up in corral and succeed
ed in shooting them, after which they
returned to town with the trophies OF
their skill. 1t is also said that Billy
Rawlins saw n turkey feeding along
the river bank and killed it; but the
owner became very angry, and Billy,
rather than have n row about n small
matter, paid 81 for it and brought it
home.-Las Vegas optic.
AT Deming, .here was n meeting OF
the dcpositors at the opera house, as
soon rs it was known that the First
National Bank of that place had closed
its doors, and resolutions were passed
expressing unbounded confidence in
the president, c. ii. Dane, the cash
Ter, Frank Siebold, and the board OF
directors, and asserting their belief
that every depositor would get dollar
for dollar. 1t is understood that the
bank became embarrassed by extend
ing too much aid TO certain important
irrigation enterprises, in that part OF
the territory.
The banking firm OF Marcy, Geer
Il McCarn of Ration. have closed their
doors. Their failure Is directly
traccablc 10 the condition OF tho cattle
men In that vicinity, who have been
going behind for the past seven years.
1t is impossible mt this time to get at
! the liabilities, but they will probably
merchants, rnncnmcn, suup hiti uni,
road men. and mostly In small
amounts. From the best information
obtainable it is certain that the re-
sources is more than double tho
amount due the dcposi,ors. The in
dividual members OF the firm have
assigned nll the property OF every
description that they possess for the
benefit OF their creditors.
, Two house-brcakers, who en,e red
the home OF Sergeant Donovan of the
Salt Lake police force, had the expert
ence OF being taken prisoners and
/ handcuiIed by woman. The SER
, geauts wife, Mrs. Donovan. discover
ed them while they were putting some
plunder In n sack, and. without dis
'urbing them, sho called II ncighbor to
Q her assistance. While tho man cov-
: cred them with Il revolver Mrs. Dono-
, van put pair OF handouts. which her
. husband had left home, about their
I wrists. Sao then sent the man TO
telephone for tEe patrol wagon, and
when 1t arrived -he was guarding
: against the robbers escape with con-
b hdent assurance. She says II she had
0 had no help she would have tried 10
o have taken the men prisoners unalded.
, An excitlng snow-shoc race was
b. held near Crested Butte on the lst.
# The hill from the starting point
slopes ut an angle OF about I5 degrees.
The speed was estimated to be some.
Z. thing over 100 feet per second, and In
, no heat did nll OF the four runners
reach the goal. the winner Of each
race leaving from one TO three OF his
tenn buried and iloundcring In three
TO five feet OF snow Tho winners OF
two heats out o, three from each team
$ were TO decide the contest by n final
/ heat among themselves. Tho winner
ol the two heats from the first tenn
was Bcechcr Bnnoy, OF the second, Lou
Hinckly, and OF tho third, Jesso
Lovcsy. These three had trial, bu.
tho Judges decided II tic run, which
; ncccssitnicd another heat. This was
t made and resulted In another boau,l.
fnl race, Ia which Banoy came ou,
, hrs,,Lovesy second hnd Hinckly third.
Tho cloelng OF the bank OF Marcy.
Geer n Mccnrn nj Ration Is tho subject
OF Interest throughout northern New
Mexico. Tho owners still, claim ,hrt
thoy arc amply abe 10 meet all obllga-
, tions. The Las Vegas optic In speaking
OF tho causes OF the failure says
Tho cause Of tho banks failure is said
TO bc depreciation In securities. added
TO loosencss ofmnnngcnop, amount
Ing TO downright criminal careless.
ness. Tho statement l. mado that