The Lamar register., 1892-10-08
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Colombo.


Rocky Ford is to have Catholic church.
There are ffty-three school houses in Lari-
mer county.
The Salvation Army has retreated from
Fort Collins.
The State Beekeepers' Association met in
Longmont on the asth.
Lamar is to have new creamery to cost
$500 1t will be built at once.
There are NO vacant houses IN Delta, al
though thirty new dwellings have been built
this season
Another workman was terribly injured in
the Busk-Ivanhoe tunnel few days ago He
may recover.
Dave Day has resigned the editorship of
the Herald and Natiooa at Durango, and will
quit Journalism.
Great forcs, fires are raging near Brecken-
ridge, which are destroying an Immense
quantity of timber.
Burglars raided two Fort Collins saloons a
few nights since and took all the cash and 4
good deal of whiskey.
The body Of Eugene Gangnon was found on
the hillside near Aspen few days ago He
had committed suicide.
Juan MoRtoya, charged with killing VII
| liam Howe In Archule,a county has been
released on $4,000 bail.
Bertha Lawrence of Colorado Springs,
eIoped with her fathers eoachman few days
ago. He is mularto.
Many farmers In the yieinity Of Fort Collins
have been Obliged 10 stack their wheat be-
cause they could not get it threshed.
taTf
wounded herself and killed her little girl with
n revolver while trying to Tighten away bur
glars.
\ very ;ine display Of fruits was made IN
Denver last week by members Of the State
Horticultural Association under the direction
of DR.. Shaw.
The magnificent building OF the Denver
Mining Exchange has passed out OF the hands
OF the Exchange whose members did not have
money enough to pay for it.
The forest fires which have swept over the
mountains to the north of Aspen have de-
stroyed an Immense amount of timber and
mining and ranch properly.
a drunken man falling from an excursion
train near Leadviile last sunday alish;ed up
on bridge Both his legs were broken and
he WAS otherwise seriously injured.
William Davis. cowboy, was shot by Hen
ry Waller, farmer, near Grand Junction.
Waller escaped Davis, who WAS wounded in
the shoulder, says that Waller had no provo
cation.
The Trinidad rolling mill Is doing huge
business. The plant will have to be consider
ably enlarged to handle the work 1t is certain
to receive. Already improvements are going
on in this line.
The old signal station on the top of Pixies
Peak was burned about : o'clock Thursday
evening. The station was occupied by Weir
Il RGpp. who used it as a restaurant for the
accommodation OF tourists. The fire Is sup
posed to have originated in the kitchen-
The meeting OF the Colorado Editorial As
sociation to be held at Colorado Springs, oc-
;oher 9Th and 9Th, promises to be Of the
most Interesting ever held by the Association
Presidents SIocum Of Colorado College and
Ellis Of the State Agricultural College win
deliver addresses and 3 number OF papers will
be read by practical newspaper men. The
constitution and bylaws will also oe revised
st this meeting. a large attendance is
looked for.
John Long, lumberman employed in the
vicinity of Busk, met with painful and per
haps fatal accident Wednesday. 4 pile of
logs were held in place on a steep deelivity
on the mountain side by a pair Of uprlghts
supported by braces. Long was ordered to
knock away the supports in order to let the
logs roll down the hill. In doing so he was
struck by the moving mass and hurled twenty
feet through the air. When picked up he
was unconscious. The extent of his injuries
Is not known