The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-03
Mr.tcrn N,w. Note..

1t is stated that Greeley has 1,3OO
car loads of potatoes still unmarketed.
j. +. punaway has been appointed
superintendent of the Denver u Gulf
road.
Senator Jones of Nevada is invest
ing in gold placers in Southern Colo
RADIO.
Central City is crowded with east
ern capitalists ready to buy gold
mines.
Park county, Colorado, claims to
have the smallest delinquent tax list
in the state.
Las Animas. county, Colorado farm
ers are putting up ice thirteen inches
in thickness.
Peter Brcen has been elected master
work man of the Knights Of Labor at
Butte, Mont.
Park county, Colorado, gold placers
are being operated all winter for the
first time in twenty years.
As result of the action of the city
council at Trinidad the gamblers have
left the city for other pastures.
The land office at Central City will
be closed February 10 and the books
and records transferred to Denver.
Martin McAloon, prominent stone
cutter of Denver was run over and
killed by the cars while at Pueblo last
week.
Marshall Pass and the Cumbres Pass
on the southern branches of the Rio
Grande road have had unusually light
snow falls this season.
Wolf hunting round-ups have be-
come favorite sport on the plains in
Eastern Arapahoe county. Six wolves
were run down in one circle last week.
A Crested Butte inventor, who has
patented sage brush cutting and
grubbing machine, is having his in
vention manufactured in Denver and
will soon place it on the market for
sale.
Coal has been struck near Akron,
at depth of 155 feet, but not in sufli-
Glen. thickness to justify mining. The
boring will go on until paying vein
is struck. 1t promises to be bonanza
for Washington county.
On the 9th Judge Hallett will hear
arguments pro and con on the petition
of the Union Pacific receivers for cut
in wages. The men will be represent
ed by counsel. They claim to have a
contract that cannot be broken.
G. r. johnson, ranchman residing
in the northern part of Fremont coun-
ty, Wyoming, has discovered vein of
coal four feet thick and forty feet
wide near the town of Otto. 1t is n
first class domestic article. The mine
will be opened at once.
General Superintendent A. +. Wei
by of the Rio Grande Western, has
issued an order restoring the wages of
all engineers, firemcn and trainmen on
that line. Wages were reduced ten
per cent. last October, and the in
crease in business makes the restora-
ton over the system possible.
Or. Gresswell, state veterinarian Of
Colorado is trying to secure an ar
raq0ment with the authorities of
Wyoming and Montana for joint in
spection of Texas cattle, the expenses
of the cost Of one inspection to be
shared by the three states. This will
be an important saving not only to the
states but to the stock men.
While in New York last week ii. B.
Chamberlin of Denver, was arrested on
complaint Of Jose Paisley on the
charge of obtaining $1,000 on false
representations Chamberlin had in
duced Paisley to invest in scheme at
Forth Worth which has collapsed.
Chamberlin gave bail, and will proba-
bly, clear himself Of the charge.
Attorney General Englcy of Colo
RADIO has instituted proceedings in
the District court to forfeit the char.
ter of the Credit Foncicr Company.
This is the company that started out
years ago ostensibly to colonize in
Topolobampo bay, in Sinaloa, Mexico.
1t is charged that the finances of the
company have not been conducted
properly.
At Goshen Hole, Wyoming, last
week cowboy named Jim johnson
dismounted to skin large mountain
lion which he discovered lying along.
side poisoned carcass used for wolf
bait. Tho lion was merely asleep, and
when it moved the cowboys pony ran
away, carrying off-thc cowboys gun.
A fight at close range cnsued in which
johnson was badly torn and bitten,
but he succeeded in killing the lion
with his knife
Moniana's total production of gold
and silver since 1880, as shown by Of.
aoial reports, amounted to fl6l. l49, $50
II silver ssd w, a,a0a, ,lts Ii sold,