The Meeker herald., 1893-09-30

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An communications should be addressed to
THE NEEEER HERALD,
Mocker, Colorado.
HoME NEWS
Hunting parties are on the increase.
The King Daughters are preparing
for an entertainment to be given in the
near future.
Some six hundred head of White river
cattle were loaded at Rifle last week,
bound for the markets.
i. Bumham returned from Limekiln
hill Thursday, where he has burned
enough lime 10 last Meeier until next
summer.
The hook and ladder for the Meeker
fire department is at the depot at Rlile
and will be brought in sometime during
the coming week.
The party who lost set Of artificial
teeth on the road below town, few
days ago, can have the same By calling
at this Office and paving for this item.
Rev. Mr.. Ostenson will hold harvest
home festival service at St. James
church ON Sunday, October Sth. The
church will be profusely decorated for
the occasion.
Rev. Father Dagrnuit Of Glenwood,
wHi be in Meelier on Sunday, October
Sth. and will hold the services of his
church 49, the Roman Catholic-at the
hours and place which Will be given in
next weeks HERALD.
O. i. Kelly was on the Invalid list for
few days this week, but We are
pleased to announce that nothing Of a
serious nature has oyertakeu the genial
PHI. e. They generally get over it be
furc month rolls by, says the judge.
john Sherrud, who, q few months ago
puriOined n saddle and divers other ar
ticles at -Four Mile and was captured by
Sheriff 1'ovey as he attempted to escape
esstii6 ID itc6mry 5oGff OF iiy3}Ga' asJ
'.-~ee.i.
wm. Stewart, whom thekamiliar ad-
dress as Billy has returned from the
White river city. While there he made
arrangements to run the Meeker mill
this winter after he has finished grind
ing the Yampa river wheat. lie may
also superlntend the Saratoga mill Mr..
Davis knows good thing when lie sees
it.-Crmg Paragraph.
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j. b, Pierce is going up the river in
few days after a load Of c,ergreens,
with which he will adon the lawns of
some OF Meekers citizens In the near
future. Mr.. Pierce is an expert tree
man, and those Of our readers who de.
sire two or three of the most beautiful
of all lawn trees at reasonable prices.
should leave their orders at this office.
without any preteusions rs TO being
weather prophet or the son of
weather prophet, we have no hesitancy
in predicting q snow storm ut 10 dis.
tant day. THE above was put in tyne
several days ago, but our prediction
materialized sooner than we expected.
Last evening it began to rain, but this
sooa changed 10 snow, and at noon to-
DAY it is stu showing, Our prophetic
vision is evidently unmpairedl
AT the regular term of the district
court OF Rouit county Judge Rucker
disposed Of q limited docket. The
criminals attended to were: W. A.
Sheriff., for horse stealing, was sen
fenced to live Years in the penitentiary:
George Brown, on account Of his age.
Will serve out a term in the reform
school; George Carr, who killed Charles
Read at Craig few weeks ago, plead
guilty to murder in the second degree.
and received an eighteen year sentence
The first month OF school closed yes
terday and while it cannot be cited as
Il criterion by which to judge the
months that are to come it clearly
demonstrates the fact that the school
board made no mistake in che osing
Miss Williams as principal. The work
so far las been very satisfactory and
we feel certain that it will continue in
this line 10 the end of the term Neither
has Miss HaZen disappointed her
friends and the work in her department
is up to expectations.
An invitation was received at this
office few days ago which bore the APP
pearance of hard times indeed 1t is
printed on brown paper like that one
gets at the meat markell, and the or
biography displayed liz in Keeping with
The paper. 1t reads: Cedar Mountain
Lodge No. 10i, l. o. o. F., rekwests
h., r,ta &c II