Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-04-26
Colorado Motor.


The Western Slope congress- will not meet
until june 9th.
The artists Of Denver gave an exhibition Of
their work last week.
A new engineering hall 10 to be built fol
the School Of Mines At Golden.
The United Coal company Of Denver haa
been placed in the hands Of . receiver.
Fifteen doctors were graduated from the
Denver University medical school last week.
Thirty freight cars belonging to the Burl-
fnRton road were burned At Denver on Mon
The Pixies Peak cog road opened for traffic
on the 10Th. 1t only runs to the half way
house.
The Denver police board has issued very
stringent orders TO policemen relative to en-
forcing the city ordinances against saloons
and disreputable men and women.
Ex-Govsrnor Evans has applied to the
United States Circuit Court 70 got aside the
He DOESN'T want the Union Pacific stock to
Mrs Deartloff Of Boulder shot and killed
James Heffner while he WAS trying 70 force
his way into her house.
By direction Of Governor Waite Adjt Gen.
Tarsney issued orders ON tho 10th for the dis
missal Of all the State troops now held under
arms At the various armories. Pay-rolls arc
ordered sent in to headquarters at once.
The State board Of equalization has reduced
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graph and telephone lines. Tho reduction is
per cent on buildings and rolling stock, .
per cent on trackage, and 3 per mile OF
wires.
Governor Waite has appointed Mrs. Frances
G. Belford OF Denver member of the state
board of charities and corrections for the un-
| expired term Of six years ending the first
Wednesday Of April. 1S0v, vice DENIM Null
lins, resigned.
a. yet TO get train from Denver TO Wash
ington. Several attempts have been made
but they were failures. On Wednesday the
army started on foot and walked 70 Barr. The
army IL composed OF 115 men.
Monte Vista has been under examination BY
the State Board Of Charities, but no serious
charges have been sustained.
Waync McVcagh, who owned $4,000
worth Of stock In the old Denver Water Com
pany. Is trying to stop the sale and consoli.
Denver with the Citizens company. He al
| leges collusIou and fraud.
J. 9. Young, assistant superintendent Of
public instruction, has resigned bis position
10 accept the professorsbip u grammar In
the Stale Normal School at Greeley. No one
will, tor the present at least, be put INTO his
place ~ Mr.. Murray's assistant.
near Yuma on Thursday BY running into q
sand drift. The engineer, Pat Timlin, and
Fireman Bert Goodwin were rescued from
the debris in badly injured condition and
were taken to Wrny by the crew OF . freight
train that witnessed the wreck from Schramm
| siding. None Of the passengers were In
jurcd.
Ats O'Clock Frids, afternoon n dust ex-
plosfon occurred at coal mine at New Castle.
Two shots one above the other, had been
placed 10 the top croes-cut between rooms
and z, Allen vein west. When the shots were
fired the explosion occurred. Tho opinion is
that one WAS q blowout shot and fired the
dust. tt, following Is list OF those In
iurcd: TIN Jones, fire boss; Tom Chergo,
Joe Patcrnostin, George Phillips, Joe Mantino
and Andrew Perry. All are severely burned
on the head, face and arms. Superintendent
Evans says there II NO trace OF fire In the
mine.