The state herald., 1892-05-20
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
w.s.ssn N.ws Notes.

Grcclcy's first sewer has Just been com
pleted.
Montrosc County has three silver clubs with
IN aggregate membership OF gT4
Orman & Crook are working about 0c0 mcr
on the now Elk Mountain railroad.
Crested Butte has brand new hte com.
pany with surgeon and chaplain attached.
Two horses were partially dcvourcd by
mountain lions last week in the vicinity oi
Lincoln, Now Mexico.
The Capitol building at Santa Fc was en-.
tirely destroyed by fire On the night Of tho
18th. Loss ta5o, 900. No Insurance.
Tho Missouri River Ia on boom and has
overhowcd all the low land around Kansas
City doing an immense amount Of damage.
farmers living near Yuma, got into quarrel
the other day and tho latter was shot and
killed.
II seems very doubtful II the stockn,cn can
be convicted In johnson county, Wyoming, as
there arc not enough men to form jury from,
In view Of the fact that they will be entitled
to 52S challenges.
ohC VI tuC htHtuitS Vi thC NoutuCheNiu
New Mexico and Pccos Valley fair will be a
swimming contest. A prize will be awarded
to the fastest man In hundred yard race.
Several entries have already been nintlc, and
the field Is still open,
Seven months ago there was scarcely a
cabin In sight, not saying anything about n
house, and, now, the new Swiss village In
In rccos valley hps over forty well-bullt, sub
stantial houses, besides number Of tents, NIL
oi which are occupied.
Benjamin Harie.ty, who was tried In the
District Court In Pueblo on the charge Of en-
hrzzilng 81 800 from the American District
Telegraph and Messenger Company, WIS dis.
charged on the ground. that he was an officer
and not an cmp,Uyr of the company.
| A coe,mlttcc of FL Paso county school
principals and others headed by County Sup
erlntcndent jackson have selected a set OF
school text books which they recommend foI
use in that county, This isa practical effort
to secure the use Of uniform text books.
People who do not go to Cripple Creek have
little idea Of the rush al prospectors, mining
capitalists and people generally, now going
on. One day last week the stage coaches
brought In l29 people and every available
wheel at Florissant was brought Into uso and
still there were fifty people left at Florissan,
unable TO get transportation.
Denver Markcts-Eggs, ranch 20c, state
lie; butter best creamery 2Otao6c, dairy lie;
hay, upland baled Sl0dsll, second bottom
e'@ss, alfalfa &. 90; wheat sl.30; corn, bulk
zoe, sacked 75c; oats, sl.0s, sacked sl.l5i
potatoes Soc; cattle, choice stccrs e0.h0(d
$500, cows tl.QOtaSa. 65, native feeders el. "
ds3.25; hogs, choice e4.3sd4.50; sheep,
choice shorn q. .00ds4 SIS, common and feed.
crs u, 5Odk3,0o.
Surveyor General Hobart has had notice to
survey the Fort Cummings and Fort Selder
abandoned military reservations In New Mex
leo with a view TO opening the same for settle
mcnt The property will be sold at auction
TO the highest bidder. The Fort Selden re.
serve, In Dona Ana County, covers l0,0Ot
acres, md the Fort Cummings reserve, in
Sierra County, consists Of 1000 acres. Tht
tracts comprise some o. the best fruit land,
in the Rio Grande valley.
The Rio Grande Southern engineer. hayt
reached, In the preliminary survey for extend
Ing the line, the only point In the United
States where four states or Territories corner
squarcly, which Is the intersection OF tn,
Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico
boundary lines. They rcpor; that fcasibl,
route has been located at the intersection, +,
be called Intersection, and depot will h
built on the ground of the State and Terri
| tories named.
A company has been formed In Arizona it
build what will be one Of the largest artificial
reservoirs In the world. The site is 30,
canon, 400 yards below the junction Of Tonic
and Salt rivers. The height Of the dam Is u
be 100 feet and the backwatcr will extend six
teen miles To Sierra Anchmens, making {
capacity, according to the report Of the coun
ty surveyor, Of iO3, 3,05s, ,O+0,sOo cubic feet o.
water. Owing To the abundance OF lime rock
timber and other building materials on III,
ground, the cost Of the building is expccte,
not to exceed q 10000 The reservoir vii
have a capacity To irrigatc all lands Of tn,
Gila, Verde and Salt valleys from the poinl
where the water Is taken out TO the Colorad,
River at Yuma. The enterprise Is backed b.,
New York capital.