The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1892-08-26
NEWS OF THE WEST.

cslsseds.
Pitkin's assessed valuation this year 10 w..
10000.
John Donovan, saw.mill hand, q Woody
Wa killed on the 18th BY falling trss
Tho grievance committee Of tslegrsphers
and he Colorado Midland have agreed upon
schedule.
Rocky Ford Il making great preparations
for Melon Day, September Sth. A race course
has been prepared.
It seems probable that two lines Of rail-
roads will b. built 1t once between Carbon
dale and Crystal River.
Two green men attempted to hold up car.
load Of passenger on the U. P. At La Sale
Tuesday night buta cowboy blased away at
them and they led.
The entire right Of way, with the exception
Of few hundred feet, for the new railroad
line from Louisville 70 Boulder, via the Allen
Bond coal mine, has now been secured.
Brighton IL 70 have high school. The
tuition will be very low and the very best Of
Instructor will be had, and 1t Is expected
that many from the surrounding country will
attend
Three little boys were badly burned at
wray Saturday afternoon BY An explosion Of
powder. They applied . lighted match to 4
can Of blasting powder, and the fact ths. the
powder was wet only the top being dry, saved
the boys from Instant death. They wer two
Of Mr.. Masonic sons and one Of Mr.. O'Don-
nell's They will recover.
Sarah E. Boot an old lady living nes, Al
tona, Boulder county, wa completely burned
out Tuesday night After escaping .,s,fely
from the burning building she tr9mem-
bercd she had money in the house. This she
went to get, when her clothes caught are.
Left Hand Creek being handy, she jumped
into 1t and saved herself from horrible
death.
Ell Wheeler, . ranchman living near the
Arkansas, below Leadville, has a s-ycar-old
child. Friday afternoon the baby, in playing
along the banks Of . stream, fell In, and
would undoubtedly have drowned had u not
been for large Newfoundland dog, which ut
once plunged In and brought the little one
safely to land
A shoemaker by the name Of Kohlhof WA
held up at Catskill Thursday evening and re-
loved Of 500 In cold cash. A tough citizen
and was soon placed under arrest but man.
aged to make bis escape from the officer. In
response 70 telegram Bob Bramlett and his
blo0dhounds went out and will endcsvor 10
run down the hold-up.
Sam Means and Charles Newton are work
Ing placer claim on the South Park road,
several miles from Leadville. The other day
while at work In an excavation they had
made, an immense fall Of rock and dirt oc-
Cured. Warned BY some pebbles which came
down the men fed in time 70 escape with their
lives, but Means, who vA the last to leave,
was struck BY . bowlder and his left leg
broken.
Denver Nsfkets-Egga, ranch Soc, state
1Sc; butter. best creamery 9l@eSc, dairy lie;
hay, upland baled elt@el4, second bottom
s7@so, alfalfa $3.50; wheat SIPS; corn, bulk
s0c; sacked ssc; osts, si.05, sacked sl.aO;
new potatoes el.o0; cattle, choice steers $500
@ts.2S, cows u. 75tata.e5 native feeders 600
@sa.5o; hogs, choice s5.75; spring chickens
dressed, lie; broilers, 400 to $500 per dog.
Colorado blackberries, ESQ per case; peaches
u. 90 per box.
Another Of those frequent and fatal accI-
dents resulting Of what Is known TO miners as
"nissed hole" occurred At the Dunderberg
mine near Silver Plume on the Goth. WIN.
Eustace, working on one Of the upper levels,
was picking at hole which he supposed had
been exploded but which had not broken we'll.
II seems the primer only had gone OF when
the round Of holes were fired, and. while Eus-
tace was picking Into the loose lock the
charge Of giant powder went Cd, killing him
INSTANTLY and badly though not seriously In.
jurlng his companion, = boy named film
Mitchell.
Cripple Creek And Fremont arc 10 have 4
good system Of water works The council
has granted franchise to 4 company which
will build At once. The system will be a
gravity one and the water will hare fall Of
over 800 feet from the last reservoir into the
town, 10 that abundant pressure will be furu.
ished for nrc and mill purposes - well - for
ordinary domestic uses. In addition 70 the
fact that the water works will supply an ur-
gent need of the town, IL construction IL I'M
portant because Of the stamp mills whose
erection will follow the coming In Of the
water.