The Meeker herald., 1894-06-23

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Fatty Randall, of Ute war fame. is a
policeman in Leadville.
Captain Ben Nichols has secured the
contract of cutting the Lily Park hay.
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Annual stock-taking exercises begin
at the Hugus mercantile emporium next
week.
If you want to see the elephant in his
friskiest mood and pristine glory, come
to Meeker on the Fourth.
Sheep men in this vicinity report the
lamb crop unprecedentedly large this
year, which will be a partial Offset to the
low price of wool.
Messrs. Sheridan, Alien and Wild
hack have in charge the dance on the
evening of the Fourth, and good time
is in store for everybody attending.
Rev. j. NJ. Clark, will lecture at the
Methodist church tomorrow evening,
and not at st. James church, as hereto
fore announced His subject will be,
Prohibition"
Meeker may yet witness fstic con-
test about the Fourth, as negotiations
are pending whereby Bull Hill gladia-
tor may be imported in to tackle our
local champion in ten round glove con-
test.
Clark's surveying party finished up
work at the head of Miller creek and
Lime Kiln hill last week and started for
the Williams river region, where they
will plat several townships in that Sec
tion.
The various committees having in
charge the matter of arranging the
Fourth of July program are making
favorable progress in their work and
all indications point to very success
full celebration.
A Mexican sheep-herder working for
George Black fell over a bluff before
day break Thursday morning, and dis
located his left shoulder. DR.. Bruner
reduced the luxation and reports the
patient doing well.
In addition to the usual attractions
for the coming Fourth in Meeker, there
will be rafting game of base ball
and several matches at breaking glass
balls and clay pigeons. If you want
anything more, just name it.
Craig may down us in swlping the
sphere, but we have an exponent of the
"manly art" here who we will back
against anything in his line that she
can trot out. OF course, we're mum on
the fact that we stole him from the
Yampa river town.
The National Republican League con-
venes at Denver on the 26th inst. Some
two thousand delegates from Maine to
California will be in attendance, so that
Frank Sheridan will, fguratively speak
ing. be among strangers as represen-
tative from Rio Blanco county.
The opinion prevails that there are
still some quail in the valley, and if this
should prove true, would it not be well
for our gun men to organize a raid on
the enemies of bob-white, such as spar
row hawks, chicken hawks and all other
winged pirates of the genus falconid9 !?
F. N. JoHantgen has resigned as a
member of the Meeker school board.
Mr.. JoHantgen made hard working
member of the board but the duties of
the office encroached too much on his
other official and voluminous business
affairs, so he resigned much to the re-
gret Of his many friends.
The new money order, called the
postal money order" is now on sale at
the local postoifice. AS the issuing of
the postal notes will cease on July ], the
postal money order will take its place,
the fee being cents for amounts not
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