The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-23
NEWS OF THE WEST,

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Js&erson eoaaty boasati b ia.ooo ioas u u
reosnt tag sale.
Fred. Wild, Jr., has been appointed frsishI
agent Of the Gulf road
Tho boring for oil at Navajo, Archulsti
county, u progressing satisfactoeily.
Canon City Is orsaalsing law aad order
league for municipal ejse4ioa reform.
Dealers in mining naohisssy 1t Denver 70
port business In their line ~ bein4 better
than last winter.
Mesa county y Agiiatiss Tie buiidine of I
| wagon road 70 connect The Plateau Valley
| with Grand junction.
The Boulder mineral springs will pass int
the hands OF Dcnver pArtica who propoee ID
build hotcl At the springs.
At Arvada, near Denver, C. L. schumakeI
raised 0, 900 pounds OF hops on two acres Of
ground md sold them for ti, l50.
A cave-in occurred At the sopr:s coal mine,
near Trinidad, Friday morning, In which
John Colentry, an Austrian, lost his life
LeadvIlle is forging TO tho front a. gold
producer. The Aecs clAims the daily output
Of the yellow metal to be over $4,000.
Morgan county farmers have stored large
quantities OF their best potatoes In we'll ven-
tilated "dugouts" and will carry them for
higher prices next spring.
County Attorney Stevens, Of Arapahoe
county. decides that any woman born abroad,
who Is the wifc of naturaiixcd citizen, docs
not need 10 become naturslixed In order to
vote.
A pair of bold burglars blew open and
robbed the safe in = saloon at Pueblo on the
night OF the 10Th. A policeman appearing
on the scene before tho job wss completed
was held mp by one of the men and kept quiet
till they got ready to leave.
James Wallace, In charge OF flock OF 150
sheep below Grand Junction, was surprlscd
In camp few days ago by party Of ten
m maskcd men. While two OF them guarded
entity out OF pure malice. He did not recog-
nizc the men.
Huerfano county coal miners are rapidly
developing = lucrative trade. The Solar
mines employ forty miners, and forty more
can have work II they apply The vein ia
over three feet thick, and while only six ears
a day arc mined, the output could be doubled
II miners could be had.
Congressman Pence. having the appoint
meni OF n cadet to West Point has asked
President Baker, Of the State University, and
j. Warner Mills and DIR. Parkhill, OF Denver,
TO hold an examination at Denver on Febru-
ary lat The candidate standing highest will
receive the coveted appointment
Denver Markets-Eggs, ranch 2Gc, state
94c; butter. best creamery 29Cd30c, dairy 19c; ;
hay, upland balcd tll4$i2, second bottom
ssaS-50; alfalfa 800; Data sl.00@sl. 10;
Gft3.25, cows e. 0otds2 30, native feeders q. 50
as2.15; hogs, choice s5.00; sprIng chickens
2.ooaf3. so per doz.; turkeys &c.
Hugh McCabe, mincr employed Mt the
Black Hawk mine at Rico, wa, killed by fall
Ing rock Friday morning. McCabe wns on
his way to work, and while crawling through
drift which was we'll timbered, piece OF
rock weighing fully ton fell from the foot
wall between two timbers, striking McCabe
In the side, which resulted In death.
Governor Waite has received letter from
Talcott ormsbce, ch airman Of the Board OF
Commissioners of Beaver county, Oklohoma,
expressing the dcs.rc of the people OF thar
county to be joiEed to Colorado The gov
ernor replied that upon receiving properly
prepared and signed petition he would lay
the matter before the extra session Of the leg-
isiature, with view to memorializing Con-
gress. -e. ls@ss.
Work has commenced on tho new railroad
between Florence and Cripple Creek. This
Will give employment TO about 1900 men all
winter. 1t is to be finished by the first OF May.
The same company that Is building this road
Will erect huge reduction works at Florence,
where fuel ia cheap. Mr.. Mof1att predicts
that Cripple Greek will have population of
10000 within eighteen months, and will
prove the rlchest mining camp In the world
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company has
contracted with the receivers Of the Union
Pacific railway for the delivery of about 3d.
600 tons Of steel rails This Is the first large
contract for rails made In the West this sea-
son, and 1t will result In the employment OF
about 500 men at the Fuel md Iron com
pnny's works at Pueblo. 1t Is understood
that in resuming operations, the company
will ask the men TO sign the so-cailed Pitts
burg scale Of wages.
The yearly report OF the Soldiers' Home at
Monte Vista has been completed by Secretary
j. W. Browning. The report was that liz
soldiers and sailors were admitted during the
year, the youngest being 45 years old and the
oldest II years OF nge. or the inmates q
were miners, 81 were laborers and 10 were
farmers. Five deaths occurred during the
year, md there were 10 inmates at the inst
tuition on November 30. The average cost OF
daily rations is placed at 2G.4s cents. Con
struciion and permanent improvements cost
s3o,G24. The hospital cost 81, 200 and the
officers cottages 81, 500.