The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-29
Colorado.


John Tooley was killed in u Cripple Creek
mine on the 21st bs au unexplodcd shot that
hc::whs pitklne ott;
, A SonSetted tfoseHent Is on foot III Der.
yer to aid the unemployed ~6rkihgrrcni Of
whom there arc great many.
The financial situation In Denver is rapidly
improving aud there is good prospect that
the banks and business houses that have
closed will get on their feet again shortly.
slatt Seff, SUPERINTENDENT OF the Greeley
and E5yeland bn;,al hns been convicted Of
having shown fragrant partiality Iii SiN'dipr
the ditch water, and was fined $40 and costs.
Fire completely destroyed the tool and pat
tern shops of the Colorado Iron Works at
Thlrty-ihird and Wyncoop streets, Denver,
last TUESDAY Night causing loss Of about
$4,000.
Judge Hallctt has rendered doclsi6n ~
great importance to Denver He decides that
the 100 acres of land given to the city by
Congress for cemetery cannot be trans
ferred, and that forty acres given TO the
Catholics for n cemetery still belongs to Dem
YER Twenty acres OF this trast which was
built upon will revert TO the city.
tioyertiot Waite has granted reprievc In
the instance OF Tbouids Jordan; now at Canon
City. under a sentence OF hanging. fhs week
Of october was set as the date of his eIecu-
tion, 1ud in his tcprieve the governor says hls
action is taken i'll order tS give Jordan's law
yers time to carry their case u shb Supreme
court.
4The railroads offer n rate OF 90 TO the Mis-
souri, river to the s:e.' army Of unemployed
cougrcgating in Denver aEe 'ther points
along the mountains. 1t will coftlhs. "
force until the close OF the month. The rate
npplics only to persons youched Tor by the
TRANSPORTATION committee appointed at the
etizciis' meeting
yh. eiti.ens OF Monte Vista and vicinity
have cbifplettd aoratlgn Of 81 roo to fur
nlsh stone for the new Soldterr' Home build
ing. Work will commence at once, ana the
building will be ready for occupancy about
the first of November. The extension will ac-
co,nmodntc forty-four additional inmates,
and will cost In all about S6,O
Denver Markets-Eggs, ranch l6c, state
isc; butter. best creamery 23td24c, dairy l7c;
t0fasiO; alfalfa $500; whest sSe; oorn, bulk
75c; sncked SIC; oats, sl.lS, sachsi sl.4;
potatoes q. 10; cattle, choice steers f..6
cat3l5, cows q. 15C9f2.15 native feeders 81 81
C8s2. Is; hogs, choice $500: spring chickens
S3, ,5OQlf5. 90 per doz: hens. $3.50 per doz.
ftlred bsdly injured by the caving In OF a
shaft III tho AIbro mine, near Dumont,
Thursday. Five men were at work In the
shaft removing some tinlbtrs, when 1t sudden
ly Saved In. Three OF the men escaped with
out serious .riury, but La Munyon was com
pletely buried and Eldrcd partially covered.
An unusual competition took place at the
opera house at Colorado Syringe last week.
Ii was n match between Percy Stoekbrldgr
with a rifle and S. Lafayette with bow ant
arrow for purse of 81 900. They first nIo
at fixed and then at swinging wires aud ther
Al fixed and swinging threads On thes'
thes we're tic. The tie was shot oil at {
swinging ~irs snd Lafayette won by one
point.
Governor Waite has abpoiated c. w. Steel'
| of Grand Junction committee Oh ono 10 ar
| range for n state exhibit Of fruit In the iall
Last year the fruit display was held In Den
| vcr, and proved most successful atiair, nhs
| great efforts will be made to make The comini
| exhibit better one. The fruit reports 60 IN
A. received by the State horticultural depart
| mept, show high grade but all varieties lat'
fn season.
A thtcshing machine engine at Belen,
| small river town south OF Albuquerque, ex
ploded Friday, and the engineer, Charlie
| Pitman, was Instantly killed, being almos
| blown to pieces. John Jacoby, machinisf
| had lust completed putting new fiues In TIL
engine, and he considered everything safe 10
| rtcamiug up. There was hundred pound
| three Inches OF water when the explosion oc
cured Besides Pittman several Others wer
seriously injured.
A great many grasshopper traps have bcel
| made In the vicinity Of Greeley the past tel
days and more are being made from day I
day II is estimated that fully 900 bushel
| Of the pests have been destroyed within rn
| dius Of ten miles of Greeley during the pas
two weeks.
At the big labor convention held In Denvc
on Sunday last II was given as the sense q
\ the meeting that an extra session OF the legls
lnture was needed. and special conmlttc
| Of six appointed to call upon Governor Walt
and inform him OF the action OF the CONVEX
tion. According to instructions, the con
mittec called upon the governor, and th
members were promptly Informed that b
excellency would be governed entirely b
subsequent Developments, but nothing wi
promised.
Tho director OF the weather bureau rcpor
as follows for the week ending July 18th
The hot dry weather continues, with fe
scattered showers during the week. Ditch,
arc becoming short of water, and rain
needed for all vegetation. Grass shows son
improvement in few localities. SccoH
crop OF alfalfa promises light yield. Cor
and potatoes are suffering for rain. Gras
hoppers are doing considerable damage
north and northeast counties. Gcncrol
rains would greatly improve native hay AT
perhaps save some crops which arc thougl
to be permanently injured by drouth.
The Ute Pass Paint Company Of Colorrd
City has assigned.