The Bessemer indicator., 1893-04-15
NEWS OF THE WEST.
EnlnrAHtn

Colorado.
Governor Waite hns vetosd the amended
fee bill and the election bill.
Anton Woo de, he boy murderer, has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty-five
years.
Engel, the man eh arged with numbering
the peddler Bernstein in the northwestern
part of the state Is being tried At Glenwood.
1t required week to secure jury.
The commissioners of Mesa county have
agreed TO give II bounty of 81 for every ton up
to 200 OF sugar beets raised IN that county
during this year and sold TO some beet sugar
factory.
Mrs. Bertha Mcfarland was Killed In Den
yer on the 9Th by being crushed under cor
nice that was blown from bnlldirg by a ter
riole wind, She only nineteen years old
and had becn married but six months.
The fourth annual bench show OF the Con
tlneHtai Kennel Club will be opened at Colt
scum hall, Denver. gu The llth, There we're
- dogs entered. The first prize N each class
WIS $40 and the second s., II was very sue
ccsstul show
Governor Waite mas appointed the State
Board of Agriculture, as follows j, II.
Crowley. Rocky Ford; John Tobias, Denver,
W. 5. Coburn Delta; David Brother, Wheat
Ridge; c. W. Steele, Grand Junction. and W.
b. Osborn, Loveland.
The state convention OF Y NJ C. A. seerc-
taries held it. annual meeting ct Colorado
springs on the 9th, Papers were read on Y.
VI c. i. work by various members present.
Denver Leadvllle, Aspen, Pueblo and Col o.
RADIO Springs were represented
The returning board OF Aspen met aud de
elared Dills, Republican, for mayor, elected
over DR.. Green, Populist, by one plurality.
Green has declared his intention OF contest
Ing on the ground Of the counting OF Illegal
votes and fraud generally and will begin his
action at once.
An phStruciiop an IN, track 1f TN. tpInrulo
Midland, forty miles east OF Leadyllle, caused
slight wreck Sunday and delayed the pas
serger train from the West This passenger
train also had narrow escape from destruc-
ton near Hagrruau pass. II had Just left u
bridge when a landslide covered the track
! Denver Mhrkets-Eggs, ranch lie, state
l5c; butter, best creamery 30t932c, dairy 22c,
hay, upland balcd sll@Si2 second bottom
81 5Oltss. 80 alfalfa IS so w heat95c corn bulk
zoe, sacked soc; oats, 81. II, sacked l.23;
@ss400, cows s.. 50ds3. 80, native feeders $500
@S3.50; hogs, che &C $3.50 spring chickens
| lie, hens =, 80 y dox
| The announcement ha. been made of the
election OF DR. Philip d. Gillette as superin-
tendent OF the state institute for the deaf,
mute aud blind az Colorado Springs. NJ
/ reason Is given for the dismissal of Superln-
/ tendent Ray. who has had charge OF the instl-
/ tute for Fix years. DR. Gillette has been Ia
charge of similar Institution at Jacksonville,
Illinois, for many yeas and comes we'll rec
commended.
! \ sensational story come from Aspen, as
follows: About noon on the 10th light
I snow began falling, and al ! O'Clock the
I ground, which was bare wherever the sun has
shone upol It durins the few days past was
| pretty well covered, People who were out In
| It for any length Of time found upon drying
| thelr hcAdwear and outer wearing apparel
| tha; the same was covered with sand and
| small particles OF gravel aud mud. Local
weather prophets are unable to account for
| the phenomenon.
For several days last week prairie fires pre-
vailed In klowa and Cheyenne counties. a
stretch OF valuable range country twenty
miles wide and reaching from Adobe 10 Big
Sandy creeks, distance OF ffty miles has
been almost totally destroyed There are
great many range cattle IN this territory
well rs a large number Of small herds owned
by settlers and the fires have resulted In
serious loss to the stock Interests. The
prairie Is MS dry tlnder and all efforts 10 ex-
ln.ulsh the fire have been unsuccessful. No
rain has fallen this spring grass has not
started and stock Will suffer :or feed III grass
grows
One OF the nHrrowe>t escapes from instant
death occurred last Saturday afternoon. An
drew X REYNOLDS, the li-year-old son OF \.
J Reynolds OF Carolina Mining COMPANY,
while playing up In the cli,- On the west side
with number Of companions slipped and
went oyer a distance OF 500 feet, striking al
distances Of about thirty feet until he reached
the bottom and struck into bank OF SNOW.
This was the only thing that saved his life.
and although Il saved his life, and
be sustained severe fracture OF the skull
and Is badly bruised He lies at the resi-
dcnee OF his parents in 4 fair way recover.
He displayed great nerve for boy and when
found wa- holding himself UP and trying to
walk There / not one In a hundred who
would survive such a fall but Dr. Rowan says
be Will come ont oil rlghi---Olgay suttrih'
P F Sharp of Pueblo,oue of the promoters
u the Pueblo, Gunnisou * Pacific railroad, Ia
speaking Of the building Of the new roal,-ali
that the option Of the Mi-,oucl Pacific GA the
road. which had expired, accepted By
Judge keiso, m attorney OF the Missouri Pa
rItc who was in Pueblo for that purpose.
This means that the Gould system will be eN-
tended into the rich coal fields of Southern
Colorado and San Luis valley. Mr.. Sharp
says that the right of way for dtty-fye mile,
u the road has been secured, and a survey
VIII be made at once. The step Is one OF tn
portsnce, and means that the Missouri Pacific
Is fast forging It's way 10 the Pacific coast,
Whether the road Will reach the Gnnnison
country this summer or not remains to be seen,
but 1t is fact that they will lose no time TO
get here as soon as possible III Uounfrin
Piiot.