The Lamar register., 1892-07-02
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struck at Cripple Creek.
The shortage of ex-City Clerk c. l. Kiser
of La Junta has been found TO be 500
School district No. 20, which includes a
part Of Pueblo, has voted for free text books
Two unsuccessful attempts have been made
lately to burn the Presbyterian church at Sill
yer City.
The President has nominated Edwin II.
Smith TO be receiver of public money at Mont
rose, Colorado.
Patrick Deheny, miner, was killed by a
fall of coal In the anthracite mines at Crested
Butte last week
A Trinidad man walked in front of an en-
gine the other day and laid his head on the
rails. Death was instantaneous.
A recent census bulletin states that in Colo
RADIO there were in 1890 245,231 males and
166, s54 females; SIS, eos were native and So $50
were foreign born eolored 5,lS0
A star postal service has been established
from Canon City, via Garden Park, Lawrence
and Barry, to Fremont six times week Also
from Gulnare to Minger twice week.
Albert Luther, employed in the Greeley
Tribune office, took up a bottle of ammonia
which had been sitting in the sun, when the
cork flew out, burning his face badly. He
will probably lose both eyes.
The main Offices of the Colorado Coal *
Iron company, it Is said, will remove from
| Pueblo to Denver, and &. F. Meek formerly
| of the Union Pacific road, will assume the
general management Z. F. Arthur, who has
! coupled with Mr.. Meek in good many enter
/ prises, is said to be slated for the position Of
I sales agent.
The machinery manufactured by Davis Il
Rankin of Chicago for the Gunnison Cream
| cry company is completed and was started up
/ Wednesday with about a ton of milk Every
thing is running smoothly 1t is a great
thing for the country and helps all the ranch
men, who are jubilant over the success.
Before the county commissioners of Lake
county Monday a communication was read
/ from Max Boehmer stating that the model of
the geological formation OF Lake county he
had been preparing for exhibit at the Worlds
/ Fair completed. This, it is expected,
will prove one of the most interesting contri-
buttons of the Cloud City to the great fair.
Adjutant General Kennedy has issued an
order extending congratulations to Company
/ B, first battalion infantry, and the ChaGee
Light Artillery, which organizations repre-
/ sented the national guard of Colorado at the
national encampment and competitive drill
/ held at Omaha, Both companies won special
prizes at the encampment
| Denver Markets-Eggs, ranch l6c, state
| lie; butter, best creamery 15G2lc, dairy l5c :
hay, upland baled sl1@Sl3, second eattoru
| sS@S9, alfalfa So so; wheat 81 25; corn, bulk
SIC; sacked Sc; oats. 81 l3 sacked 81 20 /,
! potatoes si(Gs150; cattle choice steers sa.co
ees3 s5, cows s. oo(1s3c co, native feeders 81 80
ass 90; hogs, choice s5.l5; spring chickens
! < p1 s,r : -
Colorado strawberries. g. a507s2 so per crate
According to the Denver Times about ten
| trainmcn on the Cheyenne division Of the
| Union Pacific have been discharged for vari-
| us'n1isdemeanors within the past few days
| 1t is learned from one of the ex-emDloyes that
they are charged with pllfering freight n,
various times during their service, and this,
| with other trouble has led to their discharge
Many of these men are very indignant and re-
| fuse TO talk of the matter
Refugio Sandoval, very prominent Next
| can of Pena Blanca, near Albuquerque. Sat
| urday afternoon, while participating in the
| feast of st. John, was struck by lightning
and killed at the Indian village of Coehltiti.
! He was marshal of a gorgeous parade, when
| thunder and lightning, followed by q heavy
| rain, scattered those in the procession San
| doyal took shelter under a tree, and soon
after lightning came again, tore the bark
| from the tree and instantly killed the man.
young man walked up to the teller of the
National Bank of Commerce in Denver Tues
day and handed him a note which read:
''1've got the drop on you. Keep your head
closed aad give me s. 900 quick, or eat cold
lead" Instead of complying the teller. Mr.
d. A. Barton, reached under his desk and
pulled gun which he discharged point-blank
at the would-be robber. Although he missed
his mark he so scared the fellow that he took
to his heels, but was shortly run down and
captured.