The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1892-10-21
NEWS OF THE WEST.


1t Is now thought that the lost Morley
child was stolen by Indians.
Trains on the Fort Worth road were block
AIDED by snow near Falcon for three days.
Two engines In the yards Mt Grand Junction
collidcd few days ago with disastrous re-
| suits to themselves. No one was hurt
For the Worlds Fair department there
have been received from the San Juan coun-
| try G,000 pounds of mineral specimens.
DIR. bennett, professor of Latin in the State
| University at Boulder died on the 18th. His
death Is great loss to the University.
| Mrs. Corcoran of Mesa county recently sued
Mrs. Pavcy for breaking Mrs. Corcoran's
wagon tongue. The plaintiff argued her own
case, but was defeated.
Denver was treated to heavy rain and
snow storm on the 18th and 18th. This is the
| first rain In nine weeks. The storm reached
nearly all parts OF the state.
| Mr.. L. b. Hammond an old resident and
for many years highly respected citizen of
Colorado Springs, was thrown from his
wagon and killed on the 10th.
The game wardcns who have been searching
Lost Park for the men reported TO have killed
buffalo report that there no evidence that
any buiralos have been slaughtered.
Two Lcadvlle boys who were playing Mt
mining in their fathers back yard caused II
tremendous explosion which damaged many
houses. The boys are missing and are snp-
posed to have been blown 10 pieces.
| W. II. Brodhead, secretary of the state
board OF charities and corrections, has been
appointed by Governor Routt agent for the
collection OF statistics and other information
touching the history OF the churches OF Colo
RADIO.
The storm which swept across the state on
| the 18th was very severe at some points. a
great deal Of damage was done by the wind in
Denver Several feet of snow fell on the d.
vide above Colorado Springs and trains were
blockaded there for some time.
President Aston Ellis of the Agricultural
College is very sick with typhoid fever, but is
,haying the best of medical attendance and it
is thought that he will pull through all right
| when the fever has run its course. Up 10 the
present there has been no complication, al
though the patient Is extremely weak.
An Austrian miner named Basigtio Ebbll,
In going TO the Egyptian mine on Quartz hill,
at Central City on the 18th, stepped into
shaft, falling eighty feet, which was covered
with snow. A fcllow-miner was lowered aud
Ebbli found dead his neck having been
broken. He was Is years of age,and leaves a
wife and seven children in Austria.
A model of the first public school house OF
Colorado Is on exhibition in Superintendent
| d., ulI nra nd
was erected in 1850, being destroyed by fire
three years ago. The model will be sent to
Chicago and was made out of materials from
the original building by L. Perkins. Abner
Brown, now of Denver, was the first school
master to WELD the rod In The Boulder school.
Denver Markcts-Eggs, ranch 2ic, state
pc; butter, best creamery eGd.1c, dairy l9c;
hay, upland balcd sll@sl2, second bottom
sICdss. 80 alfalfa $3.50; wheat sl.0O; corn, bulk
soc; sacked 9Oc; oats, si.00, sacked sl.lO;
potatoes sl.25; cattle choice steers s.. 20
Cds3O5, cows sl.l5dsl.g0, native feeders sliO
asa30; hogs, choice s5.45; spring chickens
dressed, lO6isc; live, $500 TO $3.50 per doz;
peaches sl.G5 per box. Grapes, Catawba,
per basket iOc.
The Mineral Palace caslSei, n fac smile Of
the Colorado Mineral Palace at Pueblo. has
been dispatched In care OF n special mcsscn.
ger to Chicago. II Is magnificent prolac-
tion Of the jewelers. art, composed entirely Of
gold. silver and copper and n dozen kinds Of
Colorado precious stones, and Is valued nj
$1,000. The caskct Is destined rs n receptacle
| for the hammer and nail TO he used by Mrs.
Tue "unf'ur Uuifuius.
The engineers, fircmcn, conductors and
brakemcn on the Denver Il Rio Granlc RAIL
road between saliia and Grand Junction
struck on the 18th. This was caused by Tho
thirty days suspension OF Engineer Gordon,
concerning which there has been considerable
correspondence between the company and
employees. The strike includes the second
and lhlrd divisions, or over one-third of the
system. 1t Is estimated that about 900 men
haYe struck. but many others arc Indirectly
Affected Gordon was suspended for refusing
to obey an order which forbade trainmen to
stop for meals ut Malta and Glenwood, but
neecsati,cd their carrying lunch with them.
The passenger business Of the Rio Grande ON
ihew western division is being transferred 10
the Midland Ills hoped that the matter may
be speedily settled.
A terrible accident occurred near Clmarron
In the western part Of the state, last week.
Mr.. schlldt has large number OF cows on
his farm about four miles above Clmarron
aud makes large quantities Of butter There
!. large ehurn In the mllk-house near the
residence, which Is run by n water-whccl In
the river close by. The shaft running from
the water wheel TO the milk house is raised
several Inches above the ground, and his little
gill while attempting to step over 1t. fell
down, her drcss was caught and rapidly
rolled up on the shaft, and In a moment
time the little one was drawn down upon the
Iron 30 tight that she was unable to breathe OF
scream. Her llttlc brother, who was near by,
ran Into the house aud notified his mother,
who ran rapidly to the scene; but before she
could release the little one from the shaft she
had brcathcd her last