The Delta independent., 1895-05-01

Edgar c. Cornish was down from
Montrose Saturday.
| Charles Updegraf returned Sunday
from Ward, where he has been mining
Mrs. w. H. Holcraft left for Osceola
Iowa yesterday, where she will spend
the summer.
George Hillman, OF The Stockham &
Hil!man Co.. returned yesterday from a
trip to Ouray.
Remember Chatterton's players, three
nights commencing Monday. May 9th
Ladies free first night.
W. F. Keh hmeier left yesterday fol-
Creede. where he will spend the summer
at work in the mines.
d. W. Hale came down from Eckert
yesterday with his daughter, Mrs. w
F. kehmeier. and her husband.
E. T. Conquest and bride, of Salida
passed through yesterday on their way
home from a honeymoon trip to Grand
Junction.
L. H. lSdLIlIN IlGS Eli III llliE 4SG At
His tonsorial parlors and bath room
have been enlarged. re -papered and re-
painted, and he now has one of the cos
lest places on the western. slope.
Wyman Brothers stopped in town
Monday night on their way to Silverton
with over 200 head Of horses, mules and
burros which they wintered on theiI
ranch near Delta. The stock looked
well. They are one Of the largest
freighting firms in the state.-Ouray
Plaindealer.
The INDEPENDENT Office is now equip.
ped with round hole perforator. mum.
bering machine, new rollers throughout
for its presses. new inks and large
quantity of type and other material. SC
if you want to see how these things
work, Just drop in with job and
have it done while you wait.
The Utah Nursery company will de
liver 10000 trees in this and Delta
counties this spring. This is only one
OF the many companies doing business
in these counties, but in the aggregate
an immense amount of orchard will be
set in these two counties, in the hear,
OF the fruit belt OF Colorado.-Grand
Junction News
The Gunnison News in write-up o!
Spencer says: The Gunnison. three
quarters of mile east OF Spencer. own
ed by Phillips and Roberts. and bonded
by \. Medium. is a fine property and is
sure to be a mine of no mean proper.
tions in the near future. A fifty foot
shaft has been sunk with forty foot
cross cut. Here is forty foot vein OF
free milling ore which pays we'll.
The Canon City Clipper. in speaking
Of Mrs Belle Ford. who is now visiting
her niece, Mrs. W. H. Stewart, OF tn 6
Delta House. says: Mrs. Ford. widow
OF Gen James II. Ford. is visiting rela
tives in South Canon. 1t will be re.
membered that Capt. Ford enlisted a
company of soldiers from California
Gulch. Fairplay. and largely from Canon
City and vicinity in 1861. With them
he did valiant service in New Mexico in
1862. in the operations against Gen. Sib-
ley and his Texans. His company and
that Of 7. II. Todd. enlisted in the same
places. were the nucleus of the Second
Colorado cavalry. OF which he was made
colonel. His regiment was ordered 10
Missouri, where Col. Ford was made
commandant of district; with head
quarters at Kansas City, and commits
stoned brigadier general. The services
OF his regiment were arduous and in
valuable in holding down the bush
whackers and guerillas, and afterwards
in the Price campaign. Messrs. Frank
Bengicy. Charles Ribkard, Philip Hays.
and others Of Canon, Lafayette Cotfman
Of. Beaver Creek. are few left CT Gen.
Ford's old boys. Mrs. Ford would like
to meet as many of them as possible
during her stay here