The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1894-05-26

Counterfelters are plying their trade in
Denver.
The Baird hotel at Durango was burned on
the l'th,
\ telegraph line from Canon City to Silver
CilI IL now In operation.
The deposit. In the national banks OF Den
ycr amount to SlIOOO,OoJ
The shaft house at the Cannon coal mines,
Lafayette. burned on the 10Th
Tic lradcs anil labor assembly at Denver
ha, endorsed The Coyey movement
Grand Master Workman Sovereign of the
Knights Of Labor, was in Denver on tho 18th.
EX-GOycrnor Hunt of Colorado died at
Washington on the iith. lie WAS 63 year
Old
The stat, conycauon OF Epworlh league.
met at Pueblo ON the i7th, With 80 delegates
u attendance,
The bodies OF Edmund Roach and Joe
Parmllee who per shed In the snow near Sill
ycriou last wntrr have just btcn recoT-
crrd
Several labor meetings were addressed by
Grand Master Sovereign while he was In
Denver recently. lie spoke very heartily in
favor Of eth CoScy movement.
Judge llsllctt has rendered decision re-
quiring certain Weld county farmers TO re-
move their fences. They are built on private
lands but enclose government tracts.
There T. a county scat contest in Rouu
county that may become serious. An attempt
uns rsosntiy ..,a.i.. u. .saaau. tho raaoris To
Hayden from lIalin's Peak. The attempt
was foilcd.
\ force Of forty teams /. now Mt work on
the wagon road across the Douglas divide TO
connect tue Utah asphaltum beds with Fruita.
The purpose Of The road Is to afford more
convenient outlet 10 the railroad for shipping
the asphaltum.
Mr. Teller has laid before the Senate the
petition Of many citizen. OF Colorado, pray
Ing for the preservation OF the prehistoric
relies in the tie lndan reservation. These
relies arc near the Mancos river, and consist
of over tx hundred ruins OF the ancient cliff
dwelicrs.
Governor Waite has appointed the follow
Ing as members Of the Board of Pcnitentiary
Commissioners. T. {. Winbourne, Fort Lup
ton; Frank f. MeLcllon, Colorado Springs;
William Wilcs, Denver The new nppolutec-
VIII probably have 10 20 into court TO secure
the offices, a the members who have been re-
moved decline to yacate.
IIcrshcl Prelusky, Russian Jew, hanged
himself ut Denver last sunday because lie
could no; lie satislied 10 sell goods on Satur-
day, Another thing that renders the suicide
unique /. the fact that It's victim was an or
thodox jew. scif-murder among that race
ard religion are extremely rare, and it is
years since one iOok place in Denver.
An important ruling has been made by
Judge Halleti in the matter Of raruishment>
run on Santa Fe employees. The court nov
holds that the receivers Of the railroad need
not respond to garnishmcnts on judgments
against employees, but that the latter must
pay per cent Of their garnlshments per
month under penalty of discharge. The or
der covers all Santa Fc lines proper and tug
Colorado Midland railway.
D. r. {. Brown aud associates have formed
mining company for the purpose of cNplor-
Ing the contact At greater depth than was
ever reached heretofore. The scene of opera
tious is on the Williams ranch and a few hun
dred feet northwest OF the Smuggler and
Noble Gibson propertles The purpose is To
sink a large three-compartmcnt shaft to a
depth of $50 feet where it ia expected to
encounter the large ore ehutes uncovered in
the MollIe and smucglcr.
The hotel men were ugrccably 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 a
llutter. All went away pleased with their
visit TO Colorado. Two hundred OF them
were In the big pool at Glenwood at once and
all got out of the ears at Busk tunnel on the
Midland and sno wballed each other for half
an hour