The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-12-09


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Doerr. the tailor. says he has about
all he can attend to in his line these
days.
Dr.. Hanna, the dentist, arrived last
night and can be found at the Miller
House.
Bishop Barker will not visit Meeker
until some time in February or the
early part of March.
One member of the llugus clerical
force is kept busy nowadays receiving
grain and storing it away.
Salty is getting ready for the holiday
trade. and is stocking up with fine as
sortment Of candies aud seasonablc
goods generally.
We CLEAN from the Rifle Reyeille that
Henry c. Larson has leased his ranch
on the government road to Z. Marker.
Mr. Larson Will return to LeadviIle in
the spring.
Cattle took sudden upward bound
at Chicago last Friday, but heavy ar
rivals caused a slight slump during the
week. However, the tendency seemed
to be upward
W. y. Stewart came over from Craig
this week, and is now getting things in
order at the Touring mill with view
to beginning active operations in the
early part OF next week.
Never in the memory of We oldest in
habitaut have we had such a disagree
able fall and early winter. But White
rivers proyerbial balmY weather is
bound to assert itself sooner or later.
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the residence of Mr. Boicc, on Black
Sulphur last Friday evening, TO which
upper Piceance and lower White con |
tributed large delegations of terpsichor-
can deyOtees.
There are larger number of cattle
men land some of them big ones, tool
feeding this winter than ever before.
The knowing ones are beginning TO re-
aliLe that it pays. with good hay bring |
ing only s. per ton.
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Game Warden Carduell sends up word
from the Rargely country that lie ar
rested four game law yiolators Nor
mons. and Justice Gillum fined each
OF them 50 aud costs, aggregating SIPS,
Mr.. c. is still after others.
The new North Fork road is progress
ing finely, Mike Schneider, the CON
tractor, informing us that he will have
the road completed before the allotted,
time. lie commenced from the east
end, and is now past Gouseberry.
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Reinhold Hartke was admitted to
fun citizenship in the county court on
Wednesday last. Emperor William IL.
of Germany now has no strings what
ever on our harnessmaker, and Rein
hold says this goes ii his royal nibs
hears it.
quite a number Of Meekerites at
tended the entertainment at Powell
park, but Madam RumOr has il that
they were not received with open arms.
What Can it be that the green-eyed
monster was abroad in the park, clothed
in his notified garb?
Sheriff Tovey sold the effects of |. G..
Mitchell on Monday and Wednesday to
satisfy two judgments obtained against
Meeker's erstwhile ''rustler' in favor OF
j. NJ. Cole and j. W. IIugus & Co.
Most of the traps brought good prices,
but the horses went cheap.
Three fOur-horse abbreviated prairie
schooners. carrying motley crowd of
migratory settlers, passed through town
Wednesday, heading south. They were
six days on the road from Craig, at
which rate of progression it Will take
them a long time to get to where the
swallows are wintering.
The local lodge of Odd Fellows held
their semi-annual election on Wednes-
day evening last, and the following of
fcers were chosen: Harry Niblock, n.
g.: IL. a. Wildhack, V. G.; f. W. II.
Pfeifrer, Sec; w. II. Clark, Per. Sec;
S. Mootz, Treas. The installation Will
take place on the evening of January
Sd, 1894.
The masquerade which takes place
Monday eve, January list, is the eighth
of its kind given here, and that it will
ennal any of the nreyinnS ones rnes