The Delta independent., 1894-09-05

81.
LOCAL.
The public schools open Monday.
Pueblo is no doubt the hottest place
in Colordo this week.
Miss Lulu Stephens is improving af-
ter her serious illness.
Are you going to Grand Junction next
Tuesday-Peach day?
Douglass Wise OF Montrose was down
to Delta Saturday on business.
Canon City now comes out with a
Fruit day." which will be celebrated
Sept. Goth
Dave Bailey undertook to sit down
on" his head clerk, and Dave hasn't
done anything since
A large number Of Delta people will
attend the Peach day festivities at Grand
Junction next week.
John NJ. Trew has been appointed
member Of the Prohibition state central
committee for Delta county.
Jack Payne will leave the last OF the
week for his old home in Kansas, where
he will spend this fall and winter.
Rev. Carnine, the new presiding Eder
OF this district. is fire speaker. .dhd by
his earnestness accomplishes much good.
The firm OF Castle & Reynolds went
on wheels to the North Fork country
and return Sunday-a distance of 10
miles.
The big, good naturcd butcher, VIM.
Girardet, got gay" with his butcher
knife last week and cut severe cash in
his left arm.
Presiding Elder Carnine left yesterday
for the North Fork country on bicycle.
He will hold quarterly meeting there to-
day and tomorrow.
Capt. Winton is in the height OF his
glory now. He drives team of mules
TO a covered carriage. The Missourians
look at him with envy.
Bill Wheelan will start back TO the
San Juan gold fields Friday. He is get.
ting home sick, and longs to be once more
with his Navajo associates.
The friends OF Mrs. Spencer, who with
her husband lived in !. NJ. Conklin's
houee, will be grieved to learn she is ex-
pccted to live but a short time.
Ben Corbin was out hunting all last
week; saw lots OF game; shot away S37
worth Of ammunition; broke his gun. and
came home without even jack rabbit.
The fruit season is now at its height.
Last Friday over 10000 pounds OF fruit
went out, and the daily output is from
10000 to 5000 pounds. A fruit car is
left here every day to be filed.
The music at the Methodist church is
improving. and last Sunday was very in
inspiring. The soprano by Mrs. Storg
and first bass by Mr.. McCullah were
well rendered and especially impress
i've.
Hilbert Fogg while hunting last week
in the hills got 30 nervous thinking about
bear that he forgot himself and at.
tempted to clean his gun with a load in
It. The gun went of. and shot a hole
through his foretingcr.
Mrs. Major Holford has filed her ap-
plication for the Delta post Office along
with few other Cleveland Democrats
| Word has been received from Congress
man Harter (Clevcland's bosom friond)
that her application will receive due at
tcntion when w. O.'s time expires.
Prof. C. p. Gillette, OF the department
OF Zoology and Entomology OF the State
Agricultural College, was in town Thurs
day looking up the festive bug that is
after the fruit He found this part of
the country comparatively free from
insects.
Rumor has IL that there will be about
four Delta county names and four Mont
rosc county names presented to the Pop
ulist Legislative convention. A clean.
widc.awakc Populist may carry the
district, but II one is named who will do
no more for our district than Papa"
Heath, bright Republican can beat
him. Even Populists sometimes stop
md consider tho calibcr OF the man they