The state herald., 1892-12-30
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Colorado.

1
There were 1853 deaths in Denver during
November.
There Ere 1888 boys and girls of school age
In Fl Paso County.
General Frederic T. Dent, a brothcr-in-law
OF General Grant, died In Denver on the 23rd.
Six narrow guagc cngitrss have been or.
tlcred for the Midland branch road to Cripple
Creek.
large numbers OF deer are constantly being
killed In Western Colorado and shipped to
market.
A bloodlcss war has again bro ken out at
| Crcedc between rival locators on the Ame-
ihyst vein.
A charity ball was given in Aspen on the
18th which netted $1,000. The funds will go
TO the hospital.
Three Cinnamon were arrested in Denver
the other day charged with having cvaded the
exclusion law
The Colorado Christian is the name Of the
new paper Of the Christian demon nation. 1t
| Is published nj Denver.
Four prominent business men OF Granada
have been arrested for stealing coal from the
Santa Fc railroad company.
John Kelly, a Rio Grande section foreman,
died on the Goth as q result OF falling under
the cars, whereby he was badly hurt.
| The school teacher at williamsburg has
pcell III 'nc hhblt OF punlshlnH MS puplls Dy
pulling their teeth. He has resigned.
| The Supreme Court has sustained the sale
OF the school lands at Argo, near Denver, over
which there has been contest on the ground
| that n fair price was not obtained.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron company is
| making efforts to secure nn enlargement of
the space granted 1t for It's exhibit OF Colo
RADIO coal and iron at the Worlds Fair.
The state treasurer has published \ state
ment OF his operations during the past two
years The total receipts wore q, l5l ego. ~.
The cash In the W lsury sSs' ia ssrss t)Jl AZ,
The oiiicefs OF To r,rst National Bank OF
Del Norte and the Miners and Merchants
| Bank Of Creole, which closed their doors on
the 10Th, state that depositors will he paid In
full
John Connors, brakeman on the Rio
| Grande, was instantly killed on the 20th. He
was on top OF freight train, and when near
Carbondale was struck by bridge under
| which the train passed
David Ritter was shot and killed by p. p.
schail'cr Mt the laiters ranch in Jefferson
county on the 2+th. The two men lived alone
| and II Is supposed That SchalTtcr committed
the crime while partially drunk.
| II is reported that there Is prospect OF n
| conflict between the construction forces Of
the Union Pacific and Rio Grandc roads in
the Gunnison country. Both roads are rush
| inH Ht"
| Burglars forced an entrance to st. Mary's
Catholic church, Colorado Springs, Sunday
night aud carried oil the silver plate used
In the sacrament. A large portion Of 1t has
been recovered There Is no clcw to the bur-
| glars.
| Thirty skilled workmen for the steel works
arrived nj Pueblo on the .22nd. The manage
mant has adopted the plan of employing none
but men who speak English, and II has been
found impossible 10 lind a sufficient force In
| Pueblo
| The Dutch colonlsts have cut loose from
| the company under whose auspices they came
over and are arranging to buy farms indie
| pcndently. They will purchase a large tract
OF 7. c, Henry. II Is about four miles from
| Alamosa
The large number Of Hoilandcrs who set
| tied on lands near Alamosa have been having
a rather hard time They are having trouble
with the men from whom they obtained the
land, and several children have died from
scarlet fever and diphtheria.
Denver XSskc,s-Eggs, ranch Csc, state
zoe; butter, best creamery a5,d36c, dairy &c;
hay, upland balcd sii61sl2, second bott ON
| E.Dd$p, alfalfa $500; wheat a5c; corn, bulk
15c; sacked SIS; oats, ti.l5, sacked tl.aj;
| potatoes Si,30; cattle, choice steers e.. 81
ds835, cows 81. 30tdia 60, native feeder. 9. GO
dt2,60; hogs, choice e5.9J: spring chickens
dressed, lOtli2c; live. t3Oo To 81 80 per dox.
A large cooking range Ia Mrs. forbes's
boarding house AT Pueblo, exploded few
days ago, blowing the doors and windows out
OF the kitchen, tearing hole three feet wide
IN the floor aud wrecklng everything near.
The explosion was caused by wafer pipe
running into the stove which had frozen. and
when fire was started the steam could find
no outlet. by miracle no one was injured.