The Delta independent., 1894-05-23

Counterfcitcrs arc plying their trade in
Denver
The Baird hotel at Durango was burned on
The tith.
=, telegraph lite from Canon City To Silver
Gill is now In operation.
The deposits In The national banks OF Den.
yer amount 10 Sl7 100000
The shaft house at the Carmon coal mines,
Lafayette burned on the 10th.
The trades and labor assembly at Denver
has endorsed the Coxey movement
Grand Muster Workman Sovereign OF the
knights Of Labor, was In Denver on the I2tb.
Ex-Governor iiuit OF Colorado died at
Washington on the l4tii. lie was % year.
old.
The state convention Of Epwor'h leagues
iiiet ut Pueblo bn The i7lli! With 80 delegates
iL attcnIuEec:
The bodies OF Edniiiud Roach and Joe
Parmalce, who pcrisheI In the snow near Sil-
verton last winter, have just been rccov-
cred
Several labor meetings were addressed by
| Grand Master Sovereign while he was IN
Denver recently. fle spoke se.y heartily in
favor OF eth Coxcy movement.
Judge Hallctt has rendered decision re.
quIring certain Weld county farmers to rs.
move their fences. They are built on private
| lands but enclose government tracts.
There Is a county scat contest In Routl
county that may become serious. An attemp,
was recently made TO remove the records 10
Hayden from lIalln's Peak. The attempt
was foiled.
A force oi forty teams Is now Mt work on
| the wagon road across the Douglas divide to
connect the Utah asphaltum beds with Friiita.
| The purpose OF the road Is to afford more
convenient outlet to the railroad for shipping
the asphaltum.
Mr.. Teller has laid before the Senate the
| petition OF many citizens OF Colorado, pray
ing for the preservation OF the prehistoric
relics in the Ute Indian reservation. These
relics are near the Mancos river, and consist
OF over six hundred ruins OF the ancient cliff
dwellers.
Governor Waite has appointed the follow
| ing as members Of the Board of PenItentiary
Commissioners: r. c. Winbourne, Fort Lup.
ton. Frank +. McLellon, Colorado Springs
| William Wiles, Denver The new appointccs
Will probably have to go into court to secure
the offices, as the members who have been re-
moved decline to vacatc.
Hershel Prelusky, Russian jew, hanged
| himself at Denver last Sunday because he
could no. be satisfied 10 scli goods on saiur-
| day Another thing that renders the suicide
unique Ia the fact that its victim was an or.
thodox jew Sclf-murdcr among that race
and religion are extremely rare, and 1t Is
years since one took place In Denver.
An important ruling has been made by
| JuuRc tal!ett IN tHe matter OF garnishments
run on Santa Fc employee The court now
holds that the receivers OF the railroad need
not respond TO garnishmcnts on judgments
against employees, but that the latter must
pay l 0 per cent of their garnshments per
month under penalty of discharge. The or
der covers all Santa fe lines proper and the
Colorado Midland railway.
ID. r. G. Brown and associates have formed
mining company for the purpose OF explor-
Ing the contact at greater depth than was
ever reached heretofore. The scene Of opera.
tious is on the Williams ranch and few hum
dred feet northwest of the Smuggler and
Mollie Gibson properties. The purpose Is TO
| sink large thrce-compariment shaft to n
depth Of 1850 feet where IL Is expected to
encounter the large ore chutcs uncovered In
the Molllc aud Smuggler.
The hotel men were agreeably surprised in
Colorado Most of them had never seen the
mountains Of Colorado and the surprises in
| them combined with the treatment given
them by their entertainers kept them in n
flutter All went away pleased with their
visit to Colorado. Two hundred OF them
were in the big pool at Glcnwood at once and
oil got out Of the cars at Busk tunnel on the
Midland and sno wballed each other for half
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