The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-07
Western News Notes.

A new oil well has been struck six
miles south Of Florence.
The coal miners Of Northern Colo
RADIO have again refused to strike.
The Republican state convention Of
Colorado will be held at Denver on
September 18th.
Property of the Aspen public tram
way valued at $4,000 was destroyed
by FIRE ON the 29th.
The Florence g. Cripple Creek rail
road was completed into the town Of
Cripple Creek on the Both.
The first annual session of the Non
Partisan Equal Suffrage Association Of
Colorado opened at Denver on the
29th.
The town council of Lafayette has
granted to J. S. Spencer the exclusive
franchise Of electric heat, light and
power for term Of 40 years.
Thad Guzzle, who eloped with a
married woman from Loveland, re-
turned recently, and last week he was
tarred and feathered by unknown men.
d. X. Braddock, well-known gar
dener of Dillon was killed on the 29th
by being run into by locomotive
while driving across the Rio Grande
track.
A call has been issued by Chairman
Frank p Arbuckle Of the Democratic
state central committee for a state con-
vention of Democrats to held in Den
yer on September 3rd
Governor Waite has issued procla
nation offering reward Of II 200 fol
the arrest and conviction Of the men
who maltreated General Tarsney. He
states that it was done by deputy sher
ifs.
All Of the miners at Spring Gulch,
$50 in number, struck and quit work
on the Goth. This closes the last com
pany mine on the western slope and
also compels suspension at the coke
ovens at Cardiff, they being supplied
by Spring Gulch coal.
A new vein Of coal has been cut in
the Acme mine Of Louisville, which
will undoubtedly be Of the greatest
importance to Louisville, as it great
ly increases the amount Of available
coal. The strike consists Of a fine six.
foot body GO feet below the vein in
which the present work is being con-
Quoted.
On the request Of the new board Of
penitentiary commissioners Governor
Waite has issued an order removing
Warden McLister Of the penitentiary
1t is almost certain that McLister will
not recognize the order, and the ma
chinery Of the courts will undoubted
ly be invoked to determine whether
the new or the old commissioners are
. properly in Office.
A fatal accident occurred at the
Tressa c mine at St. Elmo last week
AS the men were coming up the lad
} dcrs to dinner, George Corsant fel
from the ladder, striking j. p. Coop
cr, who was below him, causing him t,
lose his hold and they both fell. Cor
SAINT caught on some timber abou
seventy-fve feet below, and escaped
with his life, although badly bruised
Cooper fell to the bottom Of the shaft
about 300 feet, and was dead whel
they found him.
The c olorado weather bureau r,
ports that the first harvest Of alfalfa ii
about completed; the yield being
large and Of excellent quality. Grasl
on the range is exceptionally fine
Wheat is beginning to head and small
grains arc making an average growth
In most sections the nights have been
too cool for the rapid growth Of corn
: Prospects are promising for an abund
ant yield Of potatoes and melons
Raspberries are beginning to riper
and the outlook for large crop Of
other fruits continues good. In somt
localities where irrigation is necessar,
a scarcity Of water is feared.
Last Wednesday night about mid
night three robbers entered tho hous,
Of Judge T. z. Gutierres, four mile
above Albuquerque, and one, Boloi
Chavez, was shot four times by tn,
judge and killed. The other robber
escaped. The judges wife woke hin
while the robbers stood over the bee
with drawn revolvers. They ran int
an adjoining room, giving the judg'
an opportunity to get his pistol. HI
then crept on his knees in the dark t,
the door Of the room where the robber
had taken refuge and shot Chavez
The escaping robbers stole two horse
belonging to Judge Gutierres. CHAVEZ
belonged to desperate gang Of hors'
thieves.
Some one played joke on the citi
zens Of Colorado Springs last Tuesda!
morning by rushing into the electro
light works and telling the engineer h
blow the whistle as the Bull Hill min
ers were marching into town, armed
The engineer did as told sud the tow
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