The state herald., 1892-01-15
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Ing the local market, most of the out
put is shipped to Buena Vista, the car
being transferred at this point unt
seat over the Rio Grande. - GuaRiS0j
MeWS.
Denver Markets. Eggs-25@29c
Butter-Jersey creamery 20(d3l; dairy
c; Hay-new upland S13@SlI, sec
ond bottom s9.Oc@SlO; alfalfa $500
Wheat-$l.S0 q 100 lbs; Oats-S1.Oi
dSl,l ID; New potatoes-6jc a 75C
4 100 lbs; Cattle-choice steers S2.jC
,dS3.20, good 10 choice cows $1.7jCd
81. 10, native feeders. $l.90(dS2, 10
Hogs-choice 81 65lG 50. Is; Sheep
choice muttons shorn So. 2jGSS 90,
common and feeders 81 25(dS2.50.
The petition which has been pre-
sented to the county commissioners
for road through South Cheyenne
canon, does not, as stated by the Ga
:eitc, contemplate any "demolishing'
OF the picturesque Seven Fulls. II
does contemplate, however, the doing
away If possible, with the toll gate,
but by amicablc or legal means. The
proposed road will follow up the falls
either on the north or south side.
whichever is most available. The
commissioners are considering the pc
tition. Plies Peak Herald.
NJ. McVay, section foreman, return
cd to the city from the country east
of Watrous, where he was engaged so
long fighting the snow. He brought
back with him sixty men who had
been in his employ. He tells the
story, and vouches for its truth, that
in one OF the cuts he dug out n live
cat, which was imbedded under eight
feet OF solid ice and snow. The ami
NAL was alive, though somewhat be-
numbed, and is alive at this time. lie
had no way ofjudging how long pussy
had been confined in her ice palace,
though it must have been for quite a
number Of hours.-Lds Tegas optic.
A number OF Denver capitalists have
organized the Arizona and Sonora
Land and Irrigation company, with u
capital OF 81 800, 900. The company
owns l,jO0, 900 acres OF choice mesa
land in the northwestern portion OF
the state OF Sonora, Republic Of Mex
leo. Italso has sixty miles frontage
on the southern border OF Arizona,
east from the Colorado river. The
object OF the company is TO construct
u canal which will head at point
twenty-eight miles above the town Of
Yuma, Arizona, from the Colorado
river. The canal will be carried into
Sonora by concession from the MeXi-
can government, and 1t will make pro-
ductive what is estimated at 900. OOO
acres OF land.
Banigan q Co., the Denver pool
sellers, lost between S., 800 and 81, 600
by smooth scheme that was worked
on all oi the pool rooms OF the United
States. The operations in Denver
were worked by Frank Perry and
Charlie Wilson, who are supposed TO
be members OF n large gang OF opera
tors. The winners Of the first three
races n: the Guttanburg race track on
the 9th were Insight, brooklyn aud
Mabelle, A special wire connects
each pool room In the United States
with the racing bureau In New York
City, which Is connected by direct
wire with the Guttonburg track. The
winners Of the first three races. us first
reported at BannigHn's pool rooms,
were Congress (l3 to -, Rosa II. g
TO ~ and Mabelle 6 to y. Perry
aud Wilson played the three horses
heavily, betting $50 alta time. They
named the three horses as a comblnn-
tlon at so to. /, and won $500 ON a so
bet After the third race. the opera.
tor at the pool rooms received word
that the horses had been called wrong
and gave the correct winners. Perry
and Wilson heard the announcement
and nj once ran out Of the pool room
and made their escape
A Berlin paper says that the rccen
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