The Bessemer indicator., 1893-06-24
NEWS OF TIE WEST.
ColoraAa

ceier.Ao.
Forest fires have been raging IN Pueblo,
Summit and Fremont counties.
Durango suffered from go. .000 frc on the
goth, which destroyed the Phenix theatcr
| and several houses.
/ The Rio Grande road announces \ single
fare round-trip rate for the Fourth OF July.
| Tickets good from the Bird to the 5th.
| patient, James Beleor by name, while In
the hospital at fairplay, jumped from Sec
| ond-story window and was SO badly hurt that
he may die.
President Cleveland has appointed Thomas
! ID. Robinson to be surveyor of Colorado and
Frank P. Arbuckle 10 be receiver OF public
moneys at Denver.
| The Pueblo city council has repealed the
ordinance by whivn they have heretofore paid
$3.50 per month toward the support of the
McCle!land public library.
| The President has appointed A. l.. New, of
| Wyoming, TO be collector of internal revenue
for Colorado and Wyoming, and Thomas
! Thompson postmaster at Pueblo.
Wesley Eddy, n Young miner was drowned
\ IN a lake near Boulder on the 18th. He dlvcd
| Into the cold water, and being taken with a
| cramp. never rose to the surface. His body
was recovered the next day.
A number of Catholic clergymen and others
were poisoned in some unknown way last
week from eating meal at the dedication OF
!
TO hive been accidental aud the results were
not fatal.
The Canon City Stage and Express line
leaves Canon City daily ut o'clock p. M,
arriving AT Cripple Creek at I:30 O'Clock p.
m, Returning, leaves Cripple Creek daily ut
so'clock n. M, arriving at Canon City at IL;
10 O'Clock p. N.
hurricane struck Yuma Wednesday
night, wrecked the new Presbyterian church,
overturned and demolished great many
small barns, outposts and windmlls and
moved a great many buildings. The storm
was followed by heavy rain, which was much
needed.
Alfred Packer the caunibal, who has APP
piled through his attorneys for a writ OF ha-
beas corpus before the Supreme court. will
continue TO serve four more eight-ycar sem
tences In The Canon City peuiientiary, ms the
Supreme cour; has refused to grant the de-
sred respite.
Denver Markets-Eggs, ranch 1sc, state
l5c; butter, best creamery 23lG24c, dairy sOc;
lay, upland bsled SIl@si3, second bottom
SlOdfll; alfalfa 800; wheat Soc, corn, bulk
'sc, sacked SIC; oats, tl.lS, sacked sl.2+
potatoes s.. 10; cnttle, choice steers 81 90
GA a5, cows 50. 00tgs3 co. native feeders $3,i0
tds3.60; hogs, choice $63.O; spring chickens
lie: hens, l2c
Maxwell Clark was Instantly killed in the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's ccking
coal mine at Crested Butte on the 18Th, by
lnt Ihl!lHk OF II pot NOic from tnt room OF a
drift He was Scotchman with wife and
three children residing there, good coal
miner and n respected citizen. Work il sus-
pended in the mine until after the funeral.
Governor Waite has removed c. b. Stone
and Il. II. Phelps from the Denver Fire and
Police Board, and appointed Jackson Orr and
A. j. Rogers in their places. lie charges
them with Incompetence and neglect OF duty,
because they did not promptly arrest a black
mailer named Coryell, and did not investigate
the chief Of police, who was charged with
completely.
Peter Doonan, the victim OF an accidept at
Twin Lakes died at Leadyillc, Wednesday
of his injuries. Doonan and man named
spauldlng were looking after mining claims.
and driving over PERCEPTIONS road. About
Lake Creek the horses became unmanagca-
bic and backed over the clif, injuring
Doonan so that death resulted as stated. He
was one OF the oldest mining men IN the
country, going there in ls'9
A confidence man who follows Sells Il
Renfrovs circus, ilcecing the unwary, was
arrested at Akron on the goth, for beating =
number OF persons out of various sums of
money. A mob of twenty-five or thirty show
men rescued the prisoner from the sheriff,
the assistance Of the sheriff, was knocked
down and his head badly cut One of the
victims attached the train and In that way
secured a return Of his money.
ExMayor John VI. John OF Trinidad, is on
the war-path and proposes to reform the
county and city administrations. He began
by lnstitutinE injunction proceedings to stop
the Isymcnt of warrant for 500 that had
been Issued BY the city council in aid Of the
Masonic and Odd Fellows cemeteries, Next
he caused mandatnus proceedings to Issue
from the District Court compelling the COM
missioners to publish complete statement OF
the receipts and expenditures OF the county
since January, 1880. lie announces that he
viii bring suit against every one Of the city
officials for irregularities In the conduct OF
their various offices.