The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-15

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| fell throwing the young lady from the
saddle, but before size could regain her
feet the horse had kicked her in the
head making an ugly wound which was
dressed by Dr. Young as soon as that
gentleman could reach the scene of the
I accident.
The dramatic club, which has for
some time been inactive. has again
come to life aud is making preparations
to do business at the old stand" re-
marked star yesterday. An entertain
ment will be given on Saturday even
| ing, the 18th, consisting OF II drama one
and one-half hours in length followed by
a highly amusing farce OF about fifty
minutes. Several new acquisitions
/ have been added to the list of per-
| formers. new life has been infused into
! the old members, an excellent program
| has been arranged, and the patronage
of the people of this vicinity is respect
| fully solicited. The proceeds will be
used to circumveut the diabOlical de-
signs of satan and his imps, and the pop
| ular prices VIII prevail.
| j. Michael Drum is making his semi
occasional or anti periodical visit to-
Meeker The captain had heard that
the county intend building road
| through a portion of his ranch Oh
! lower White, and there is b-l u-d on
the pale Of the moon. lie swears
by the ashes of his patron saint that if
lie is not compensated for the subiimlty
OF the grandeur Of the land thus de-
strOyed by the aspect, the real estate
in that Vicinity will be strewn with
mangled corps from tine summit Of
neighboriug peaks To the waters edge
The weather during the past week
has been just tlie reverse Of springIike.
| II has been cold and windy, with one
or two slight squalls of snow to break
the mouo,Ouy Of things, indeed 1t IS
generally conceded to be tie most dis
agreeable aud backward spring ever
witnessed in this valley. However, we
have the satisfaction of knowing that
we haven't a monopoly on bad weather.
The weather generally has been worse
than in this locality. The season Is
| three or four weeks later than ususl.
In commenting on the Belmont blood
and incidentally referring to Adam
Eckel's survivor, a prominent horse
man was heard 10 observe : The best
established sircs are beyond the reach
of the breeder of small means, but not
so with the best bred Ind best sons; to
cast ones lot among the Young of the
best fashion and families is to play a
winning game. aud the step required
for this should be easy enough FOR every
one having any life or spirit of enter
prise in him
Mr.. Edwards was the gontlcman's |
name aud he registered at the Meeker
rs coming from san jose, California. |
An interview with the gentleman dis
closed the fact that he had ridden from
the Pacific Slope on horseback and was
billed for Chicago. Mr.. Edwards tarried
in Meeker long enough to enjoy few
DAYS of our balmy spring weather aud
traded horses with John Carson.
VIII McNu;t came over from New
Cd-tit. rwfIerr he has been at work the
past winter i'll the fore part OF the
week. After a brief visit to his old
hauuts on upper White, where he is still
interested, lie will strike out for the
Four-mile diggin's. lie will return
next flll, or sooner perhaps, with dia
mond stud in his shirt front.
Thos. II. lies cane over from his
AXial possessions Saturday last, and
now that lie has become one OF us we
won't forget to give him personal
notice this time. To be brief, Tom
says that lie can ride anything that
wears hair, not barring any fourlegged
critter-or two for that matter.
~
Among the arrivals at the Meeker
hotel for the past week are the following
o. + Barker, Ciaig; Pete Forney,
White River City; Cal Shelly, and \,
NJ. Hodges, Aspen; J \. Bennett,
pagoda; NJ, b. Mack, Bags, Wyo.,
and Fred Landerman. New Castle.
Byron Fenner came in from Picancc
creek last Wednesday after an absence
of nearly four months. Mr.. Fenn5r has
built two neat comfortable farm-houses
in that locality, one for II. II. Leonard,
the other for Dan Taylor.
Frank Anderson, drummer for
wholesale glove-house, OF Gloversville,
n. Y, and NJ. a. Ravencroft, boot
and shoe dispenser from wholesale
house in Indiana, We're guests Of the
Miller house this week.
Mr.. C. \. Seymour, the popular and
enterprising representative of the HUI
gus firm at Craig, and John \. Hall. jr,
of the John \. Hall Cattle Co, were
passengers on the incoming stage
Friday evening.
G. i easier, from Tarkio, Mo, was
among the guests quartered at the