The Bessemer indicator., 1893-01-07
NEWS OF THE 5WEsT.
Colorado.

Electric cars are running in Durango.
During 1892, 9199 arrests were made In
Denver.
About 800 Insurance companies are doing
business IN the state
Arapahoe county has the second largest hos
pital in the country.
About 300 citizens of Denver pay taxes oil
$4,000 or more property.
The tranfers of real estate In Denver during
1892 amounted to S4l, 600.
DR. Alexander Shaw, the well known hor-
tieulturist died in Denver on the 3rd.
A baker at Grand junction was fined few
days ago for allowing boys TO gamble In his
shop
George Jensen was fatally hurt by the cage
In the McFcrran coal mine In Ell Paso county
on the 4th.
The receipts from duties at the Denver Gus
tom house during the past year amounted to
sl36, ,635.H.
An elevator boy at the Brown Hotel, Dem
while Intoxicated.
regular stage line has been started to
run between Dolores and Bluff City, on the
San Juan river In Utah.
The valuable new Mascot mill ut 0uray was
destroyed on the 3rd. The fire was undoubt-
cdly the work Of frebugs, and the loss will be
$4,000, uninsured
land entered during the year throughout the
state The total receipts of the eleven offices
given were 1886, ,074.78
Denver, which already has three high
schools, Is soon to have another to be built
In District No. l, East Denver. The site is
on Franklin and Twenty-sixth Avenue.
Governor Waite, while on his way to Dem
yer, stopped over at Canon City and inspected
the penitentiary and the state ditch. He ad-
dressed the convicts on New Years Day.
Policeman Wiggins, who is stationed At the
Denver postofhce, has more than earned his
salary during the past year by picking up
t7,S50 worth Of money and goods dropped by
careless people on his beat
The shipments Of coal and coke from Crest
1892, amount 70 Y, ,425 tons anthracite, 90, ,268
tons bituminous, and 6S,644 tons Of coke.
About 425 men are employed at the mines.
Some vicious person at Crested Butte stuffed
the water pipes full Of rubbish, thus effect
ually stopping the fow of water. Workmen
have been digging the pipes for weeks, sup
posing they were frozen up, and now It turns
out that mallciousness was the cause of it all
Denver Markets-Eggs, ranch 2Sc, state
26c; butter, best creamery 33@34c, dairy &c T;
hay, upland baled t1l@$l3, second bottom
H.5Otas9, alfalfa Il 90; wheat S5c; corn, bulk
zoe; sacked 75c; oats, $l.15, sacked $1.25
potatoes S1.30; cattle, choice steers So. S5
CdS2.S0; hogs, choice $3.50; spring chickens
sci hens, &c
Two Denver deputy sheriffs named Clark and
Watrous had an unpleasant experience the
other night. They tried TO arrest Dick Tay-
lor, tough man from Pueblo, but he got the
drop on them, and disarmcd them. Then he
had lot of fun Mt their expense. and made
them dance till they were tired. They finally
made their escape and getting larger force
ran Taylor in.
The hearts of the young Indian braves and
madens were made glad last night at the
Teller Institute by n regulation Christmas
tree which contained gift for every scholar
at the institute, says the Grand Junction
Nc,cs. A splendid programme of exercises
was rendered by the children to a large audi
cnce, u large number of townspeople being
present. Capt. and Mrs. Lemon were untir-
ing in their work to make the exercises n sue
cess aud rich compensation theirs in
the bright smiles and pleasant faces of the
Indian children who have made such excel
lent progress under Capt. Lemons superin-
tendency.