The state herald., 1892-01-22
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

A customs officer seized $1,000
worth OF smuggled opium in Salt Lake
ON the 18th.
Tho ticket agent OF the Rio Grande
railroad at Denver sold 500 tickets to
Creede in two days.
The Utah legislature has unani-
mously resolved against tho removal
OF the Utcs to that territory.
The Rev. Thomas Uzzell is about to
establish hospital In Denver for the
cure OF drunkenness by the bl-chloride
of gold treatment.
SAINT os Duran was brought up be-
fore Judge Rogers at Roswell, New
Mexico, and fined $50 and costs for
carrying six-shooter.
The Socorro Gun Club will give n
tournament on February 10th assisted
by the citizens OF Socorro. There will
be $500 in premiums, the lists will be
open to the world.
Staging between st. Elmo and Tin
Cup is now difficult undertaking.
Toboggans are used, 1t being utterly
impossible to get over with sleds.
Freight is double rate and passengers
are requested to get out and walk oc-
casionally,
A few days ago while some miners
were driving drift on tho A. Y. and
Minnie property, they holed through
into n cave which was filed with wa
ter. From the bottom OF the DRIFT to
the bottom OF the cave Is about six
feet, and 1t is filed with clear water,
which is impregnatcd with mineral.
This is the fourth cave that has been
discovered within the past few months.
Lcadciiic Herald Democrat.
Denver Markets. Eggs-25@27c;
Butter-Jersey creamery 27a34; dairy
20c; Hay-new upland Sl3(a$14, Sec
ond bottom $9.0o@SlO; alfalfa $500:
Wheat-$1.3O q 100 TBS; Oats-$1. .O7
ldS1. ID; New potatoes-65c Ga 75c
q 100 TBS; Cattle-choice steers $3.50
ass. 20, good to choice cows $l.s5(G
S2.25, native feeders. sl.90(ds2.15;
Hogs-choice 50. 90@ 81. O5; Sheep
choice muttons shorn SO. 25(d$3 so,
common and feeders 81. 25a$2.5O.
One OF the strongest and most i'm
portant corporations ever formed in
the Southwest has just been effected
at Gallup, the great coal mining poin,
OF New Mexico. All the five big CON-
panies operating at that point were
consolidated in one corporation under
the name OF 1.-The Crescent Coal Min
ing Company" with u capital OF ST.
100000, and will probably control
hereafter all the coal mining OF this
part of the country. The company
owns nearly all the good lands of the
Gallup coal fields and will doubtless
be able to control the market.
A very sad accident Is reported
from Pueblo. At 10 o'clock on the
morning OF the 18th John Stanlio and
Miss Robach Mara were married n,
the German Catholic church. From
there they drove In hack, ac-
companicd by the best man aud brides.
maid to photograph gallery to have
their pictures taken. and then were
driven upon the railroad track on
their way home. Several trains were
passing and freight train ran into
them. badly injuring the occupants.
The bridegroom escaped with slight
bruise upon the left side OF the face
and head. The brides left arm was
crushed and broken below the elbow.
besides internal injuries which may
prove futuf. ----.= ----.--
The State Land Board completed its
labors OF inspection mt Creede on the
18th. The board held meeting and
decided TO survey eighty acrcs OF the
land lying in Willow creek bottom into
town lots and sell them at auction, as
soon as the necessary preliminaries
can be gone through, which will not
be less than forty days. A citizens
meeting was held, and the announce.
ment OF the decision OF the board met
with general approval. But Mr..
Wasson. who has lease on the land,
will contest the matter in the courts.
Governor Routt said that the plating
OF the eighty acres would bo all tha,
wns possible at present and that later.
II the demand continued, the mesh
ground would be treated in the same
way. The mineral claimants on the
ground will be given ilve-ycar leases
on reasonable terms and renewals II
desired.
NJ. ID. Lincoln, going from Lamy
to Santa fo, horseback, concluded To
leave the wagon road and take the
director route OF the railway road bed.
He got along very well till he came
TO bridge. The horse did not make
a success OF walking the ties. but fell
through aud broke Its neck. Lincoln
was found about 100 feet away, and
begged for wagon to haul him to the
hospital at Santa fc. On examina-
tion, however. 1t was found that the
only injury he had received was the
dlslocation OF one thumb.-Las Vegas
optic.
How the Mahdi Died.
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