The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-06-16
NEWS OF THE WEST.


The big Hotel Colorado at Glenwood
Springs was formally opened on the 10th.
J. W. Cummins of Georgetown was con-
vleted Of stealing a sack Of ore last week, but
will have new trial.
Tho Denver l. Rio Grande railroad has
authorized onc.rate fare for the round trip
for the Western Slope Congress Al Moutrose,
June 2lst to 23rd.
0urny has arranged for n great gathering
ut that place On July Bird, 4th and 9th. They
call 1t the Ouray Silver Chautauqua, . kind
OF silver camp-meetlng.
The Dudley Buck Glec club will start from
of this month. While there, which will DO
about one month, they will give MONDAY
concert each day In the Colorado building.
The Canon City Stage and Express line
leaves Canon City daily at O'Clock p. m,
arriving at Cripple Creek at 1;30 o'clock p.
m. Returning, leaves Cripple Creek daily At
7 o'clock n. M, arriving at Canon City nj IL;
10 o'clock p. NJ.
Alex Strain, q young cowboy, killed him.
self Tuesday night at ranch Leoielo Trujlllo,
twenty miles east Of Alamosa. 1t Is supposed
charged accidentally, the bullet entering the
temple and going clean through the head,
causing instant death.
Wages on the Virginlus mine have been re-
duced to g. per day and board. The Hum
boldt, Sweepstakes, United States Deposi tory,
Trust, Ruby and other Mount SnefIels mines
will probably follow suit There 10 talk Of q
strike all along the line. 1t is probable cor
responding reduction Will take place through
out the San Juan.
Denver Markets-Eggs, ranch lSc, state
l5c; butter, best creamery 23G24c, dairy Zoe;
az, upland bnlcd tilttlS, second bottom
elUSsll; alfalfa 400; wheat S5c; corn, bulk
1sc; sacked SIC; oats, tl.1s, sacked el.24;
potatoes t2.I5; cnttle, choice steers e4.00
GAS, cows %. 00(d&3. GO, native feeders %. 10
CISCO; hogs, choice $3.50; spring chickens
lac: hens. l2c
W. r. Sawyer, the detective, was tried at
Kiowa on the sth for falsely imprisoning J.
ii. Cross, whom he charged last year with
being the robbcr Of d. II. Moffatt at Denver.
The jury found Sawyer guilty In twenty min
utes and Judge Campbell assessed fine Of
$415 and costs OF suit and instructed that he
be at once confined In the Jail at Colorado
and line arc paid. At e. per day II will take
him a year and half to serve his sentence.
A fatal accident occurred at the Calumet
mine near Leadville ia one OF the unused
tunnels belonging to the Colorado Coal and
Iron Company. The tunnel was discovered
TO be on fire and number OF men were de-
tailed to fight the flames. After making n
struggle Of some hours the men concluded TO
seek the open air. One Of their number,
however, Michael McNulty, was overcome by
the dense atmosphere aud persisted. His
body was recovered with difficulty. McNulty
was 40 years OF age aud has been employed at
the place but a short time. The fire was sup.
posed 10 be Of incendlary origin.
The adjustment Of the salaries OF post
masters at tirst-class Offices Is in progress at
the department. While the salaries have not
yet been announced, the reports at many
Offices are given. At Denver the gross re-
eeipts for last year, ended March 81, 1893,
were S:s3l 500, which Is an increase OF t3S, 30
over the year ls.r.. This Is very gratifying
Increase, lnasmuch us the increase Of 1897
over the year 1881 was only sG329. AT Pu-
ebo, the only other hrst-class office In Colo.
RADIO, the receipts for the year ended March
~ last were si7,06a. This Is an Increase of
l,51i for the year 1882 ms against an increase
OF 81 So for the year 1892 over the year 1891.
About 10 n. m. Wednesday an explosion
occurred IN one OF the slopes nj the Orient Iron
mines, near Villa Grove, wounding two men
seriously. They were waiting for four shots
TO go, and someone gave the signal To 20 to
work again. When they entered the stope
shot that had hung fire exploded, badly cut
ting one mans head and breast and breaking
the other mans leg near the knee. Had the
shot hung fire ten minutes longer twenty
men would have been within range Of the
blast The miners are now talking OF
demanding fire boss to do all the blasting,
as several accidents OF this kind have hap
pcned there this year. One man wns seriously
Injured In the same way the day before