The Delta independent., 1895-04-10

tnen drop IN lor canuy or cigars.
Read Mrs Duvall's new ad and then
drop in and take a look at her display Of
millinery.
Bert Norton won a bicycle Saturday
night at the rattle held at Tucker &
Sherman's.
Miss Fannie Smith left yesterday for
Canon City, where she will remain for
some time.
IN. McMurray is planting i've acres
Of fruit trees this spring on his ranch
up the Gunnison.
Representative Hart returned Friday
from Denver and will resume ranchinE
on Surface Creek.
j. F. Nowlin and family left Monday
for Norman, Oklahoma, where they will
make their home.
Superintendent W. D. Lee, Of the
Rio Grand Southern, was down yester-
day from Ridgway.
Work was resumed Saturday on the
artesian well after ten days shut down
waiting for adamant.
Mrs. E. J. Warner came down from
Montrose Monday for visit with her
daughter. Mrs. Collins.
Robert Bell. OF Salida. has been here
for several days looking after the plant
ing OF trees on his ranch up the Gunni-
son.
Last Monday eight full cars OF freight
were set out at this point for Delta peo-
pie, six OF them being fruit trees.
Darling.s engine was taken off the ar
tesian well yesterday and o-day will go
up to the mill on the Roubideau1.
Engineer VIM. Yates was over from
Salida last week looking after tree plant
ing on his ranch up the Gunnison.
Miss Mary Zannetti will arrive from
Italy in few days and make her home
with her father. on Surface Creek.
S. F. Buckley has closed out his cigar
and news stock in the postoftice build
ing. and will try farming this summer.
Preston Houston and family left yes
terday for their home at Brandonville,
Illinois George B. will follow in few
weeks.
Mrs. Mock. who has been visiting Mr..
and Mrs Gooch for the past few days,
returned to her home in Ouray Monday
afternoon.
Read T. II. Gales new ad in this is
sue and then drop in and see him, and
give him your measure for one OF those
$500 tailor made suits.
The newly elected city officials were
inducted into Office and assumed the
reins OF government at an adjourned
meeting OF the council Friday night.
Charles Oliver and Al. Plewes, OF Pit
kin, have purchased forty acres OF fine
fruit land near Paonia and arc planting
twenty acres OF fruit trees on it this
spring.
Having heard that he could buy the
the greatest gold mine on earth for S2o
at Goose Creek. Frank Sanders left to-
day for an investigating tour OF that
promising camp.
+. A. Drake came down yesterday
from Goose Creek with large package
OF very heavy specimens. He will re,
main until sometime next week, when
he will settle down to mining in earnest
7. E. Lamb and Kennicott Bros. Of
Surface Greek, shipped twelve carloads
OF fat cattle Monday to the Chicago
market. The stock was billed via. Den
yer and went through on passenger
time.
A. c. Butler, Geo. P. Chiles. W. s
Coburn and Howard Russell have been
appointed as members OF the Board o!
Managers OF the International Mining &
Industrial Exposition to be held in Den
yer next fall.
f. b. Anderson. OF Telluride. has pur-
chased the McAllister property, at the
corner OF First and Palmer streets, and
will move his family down about the
>oii pi uiehth- AhSs ASNSi'e
hearty welcome.
II. Hammond will soon have one Of
the finest orchards in this vicinity, hav
ing arranged to plant twenty acres &c
fruit this year. Most OF the ground will
be put in apples, though some pears and
prunes will be put out.
Luke Agur returned Thursday from
his trip to the Grand and Gunnisou
valleys in Western Colorado, veIy much
pleased with the possibilities OF tina,
country. He invested in ten acres OF
fruit land near Delta.-TBlue Valley
(Neb.l Blade.
Conductor Tom Conway 10 over this
week from Salida for the purpose ei
commencing his tree planting. He will
put out somewhere between loo and
l,5oO trees on his California mesa ranch
and is using the home grown article
from tho Coburn nurseries at Paonia.
j. b. Kramer, an experienced black
smith from Salida. has orencd = shop al
the corner Of Second and Main. in com
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