The Bessemer indicator., 1893-05-06
NEWS OF THE WEST.
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The ssAosa slso.ioa II Dsavsr resulted IN
be election Of Ix-Govsrnos arant and ars.
]. r. Hanna
Governor waite has vetoed the bill TO pay
t15, 900 excess warrants which, It 70 claimed,
arc for goods never received by the state.
| David c. Underwood. a carpenter, was shot
and fatally wounded BY teamster named
James Russell at Cripple Creek on the Srd.
| W. ". Wilmore OF Jefferson county, viii
occupy l,0OO feet In the horticultural depart
aent Of the Worlds Fair with his exhibit Of
dahllas.
! Edward Eddy has resigned as general man-
/ ager Of the Omaha and Grant Smelling and
Rehalng Company. Poor health was the
cause OF his resignation.
| The mean temperature OF Denver during
April was IS degrees, aud the precipitation 81
inches, against IN average Of 2,07 during
the past nineteen years.
Six hundred and fifty-two tons OF coal were
taken out of the c. Z. & /. mine At Crested
Butte last Saturday in five hours. That amount
OF coal in 20 short time breaks nll previous
records for this mine. -
At the school election held laAt week the
following precincts IN Fremont county adopt
ed the free text book system; Upper and
Lower Beaver Creek, Florence, Coal Creek,
Williamsburg, Cotoparl, Hillside and How
ard.
The jury In the Schatlter murder case at
Golden, after being out twenty-four hours,
was discharged, having failed to agree They
had taken nine ballots, each OF which stood
six for conviction for granddaughter and ak
for acqu!ttal.
Genwood Is to have a new bathing pool
This senson on which the work OF construction
has already begun. 1t will be 400 feet long,
100 feet wide, and, in places, twelve feet deep.
1t Is to be completed by June LIST, and will
materially add 10 tho attraction Of the re-
sort
Horace DaEforth, q graduate Of District
No. W, Jefferson county, will graduate Mt the
East Denver high school with the highest
honors of any graduate from the school. He
has mn average OF Us for the last four years
and In Latin m average OF 100 for the last
three years.
Denver Markets-Eggs, ranch l8c, state
lJc, butter best creamery 30GS2c, dairy pc !;
hay, upland baied sllGtsl2, second bottom
ts0o@t9 90 alfalfa 1000; whcat90c ;eorn, bulk
&c; sacked S3c; oats, tl.i2, sacked 81 .23;
potatoes H.35; cattle, choice steers g. 70
9s4.23, COWS q. 50lds3,50, native feeders 81. 90
(as3.5O; hog,, chn ce t8. .65; spring chickens
lic; hens, 1850 n doE
The Commercial! Hotel and several other
buildings Mt Rausc were burned on the Bird.
The Commercial Hotel was the only one In
tie place, and very little, II anything, was
saved. In fact the occupants were not aware
OF any danger until aroused by the landlord,
and they had barely time to escape with their
lives and what few things they could snatch
up rs they escaped from the burning building.
Loss, $4,000.
An accident occurred ut the ranch OF Phil
Groves, near Buena Vista, on the 2gth, In
which his s-ycar-old daughter lost her life.
When last seen alive the little girl was riding
burro Mt some distance from the house
Several hours later the animal was seen ap-
prosching the stable with the dead and
bruised body of his mistress dragging in the
rear Her foot had caught In the stirrup and
the fal! had probably rendered her seuscless
at once.
The melon.Srowers OF Rocky Ford, met re-
Gently and adopted rules as basis for the
of the proposed association are to inspect and
regulate the shipment OF melons and find
markets for them. Resolutions were passed
inviting all melon-growers Of the Arkansas
valley 10 Join the organization and to be
present or send delegates TO the meeting.
which will be held at Rocky Ford tue 18th OF
May, for the purpose Of perfecting the or
ganization.
A few days ago Alfred johnson had An.
drew Nelson, both Of whom live In the east
end of Logan county, arrested for shooting n
horse. Nelson was brought TO Sterling and
tried for the oifcuse in Judge McCormack's
court, and WIS acquitted by the jury. Both
parties went home Wednesday, and that
evening Nelson told his family that he
was going 10 visit u nelghbor for a few hours.
He departed but did not return, and the next
morning was found by one OF his small chill
drcn In a small COW shed hanging By the
neck, dead, with his knees upon the ground,
the shed being very low. There are rumors
of foul play and the coroner Is Investigating.