The Bessemer indicator., 1893-06-17
NEWS OF THE WEST.
COLORADO.

| COLORADO.
The big Hotel Colorado at Gle nwoot
Springs was formally opened on the 10th.
j. w. Cummins Of Georgetown was con
victed of stealing u sack OF ore last week, bu
will have = new trial.
Frank f. Carstarphen OF Colorado, u son Of
General Oncy Carstarphen, has been appoint
ed state statistlcian for Colorado by Secretary
Morton.
The Denver x Rio Grande railroad has
authorized one-rate fare for the round trip
for the Western Slope Congress at Montrosc,
June 2lst 10 23rd.
ouray has arranged for great gathering
at that place on July 3Fd, 18th and 5th. They
cali II the ouray Silver ChauIauqua, kind
of silver canp-meet,ng.
The Dudlcy-Buck Glec club will start from,
Pueblo for the Worlds Fair on the rneteenth
OF this month While there, which will be
about one mouth, they will give MONDAY
concert each day in the Colorado building.
| The gross earnings OF the Denver " Rio
I Granle for the year which ends June 30 Will
be something like 500, 600 In excess OF those
| of the year preceding, abd the net earnings
will be about Sa50,U0 greater than for the
| year lsll-92.
| The Canon City Stage and Express line
leaves Canon Ciy daily at o'clock y. m,
arriving at Cripple Greek at $50 O'Clock p.
m l.rturnlng, leaves Cripple Greek daily Mt
O'Clock a. M. arriving at Canon City ct l2;
80 O'Clock p, m,
W r. Coates, foreman OF the United States
mine Mount Sneflics met with a very serious
accident Tuesday morning While on the
I'LL near the mine he was struck by rolling
rock, which broke his shoulder, back and all
the ribs on the left side.
Wages on the Nirginius tn Inc have been re-
duced 10 q per day and board. The Hum
boldt, Sweepstakes. United States Depository,
Trust, RUBY aud other Mount SneiIels mines
h..I.H III s. taNNF -
strike all along the line. II is probable cor
responding reduction viii take place through
out the San Juan
Denver Mariscts-Eggs, ranch lse state
l5c; butter. beet creamery 2ic, dairy zoe;
] sy, upland baled sll@sl3, second bottom
sl0Gsil; alfalfa 500; wheat s5e; corn, bulk
ioc; sacked SIC; oats, sl.iS, sacked Sl.24 ,
potatoes s2.i5; cattle, choice steers q. 90
etSi 81. cows 81 00CSs3 60. native feeders 81 10
Qf{3,Go; hogs, eho'cc ,63,o; spring chickens
lie: hens l2s
Maxwell Clark was Instantly killed In the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's coking
coal mine ut Crested Butte on the 18th, by
The falling Of pot hole from the room OF a
drift. lie was Scotchmau with wife and
three children residing there, good coal
miner aud respected citizen. Work Is sus
pended In the mine until after the funeral.
". T. Sawyer, the detective. was tried At
kioNa on the s;h for falsely lmprlsoning J.
=
being the robber of ID. IL Moffatt at Denver
The jury found Sawyer guilty in twenty min.
utes and Judge Campbell assessed fine of
$40 aud costs OF suit and Instructed that he
he AZ once confined in the Jail nj Colorado
Springs and kept there until both the costs
and line are paid. AT 81 per day 1t will take
him year aud a half to serve his sentence.
a fatal accident occurred at the Calumet
mine near l.cadyillc In one Of the unused
tunnels belonging to the Colorado Coal aud
Iron Company. The tunnel was discovered
10 be on fire md number OF men were de-
Jailed 70 light the fimcs. After making u
struggle Of some hours tue men concluded to
seek the open air. One Of their number,
however Michael McNulty, was overcome by
the dcdsc atmosphere and psr!shed. His
body WIS recovered with difficulty. McNuliy
was ~ years Of age aud has been employed at
the place but short time. The fire sup
posed TO be Of .nceudlnrS origin.
The adjustment OF the salaries of post
masters nt llrst-clnss offices IS in progress at
the department. while the salaries have not
vet been announced, the reports at many
offices are given. At Denver the gross re-
ccipt> for last year, ended March 81, 1893,
were S33l $50. which IL an increase OF SIS. go
ever the year 1872 This Is very gratifying
Increase, tnasinuch the increase OF 1892
over the year 1891 was only s6,3o9. At Pu.
eblo the only other frst-cass Office IN Colo
ra,lo, the receipts for the year ended March
81 last were Si1 ,06a This Is an increase OF
S1.554 FOR the year ls.,3 as against an Increase
otsl,sI2 for the year ls9l over the year 1891.