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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18

Arrangsnsats Mads for Bsginning Work
ON the Grand Junction Rond.
Arrangements for the construction Of
the Colorado, Wyoming and Great
Northern railroad are progressing very
favorably. as the following from the
Grand Junction News will show:
President w. T. Carpenter has been
in the city of Philadelphia for the past
ten days, completing his final arrange
ments for the construction Of the Colo
RADIO, Wyoming and Great Northern
railway and also for the purpose Of
purchasing the rolling stock for his
road. This is no rumor, but the plain
truth Of the matter.
Now, the News is authorized to say
that the bonds have been sold and that
100000 In money Is In the treasury
Of that company, ready for use.
Contracts will be let as far as Range
", Colorado, for the present, and later
on they will be let for the road to
Green River, Wyoming. All other
places of Importance will probably be
reached by the road, between Grand
Junction and that point; large beds of
coal, asphaltum and petroleum will
also be touched, and Mr.. Carpenter as
sures the News that his road will be
paying Investment right from the be-
ginning. The country which 1t ira
verses is extremely rich in natural re-
sources and will become thickly popu-
lated very soon after the road is built
into 1t.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
ALrRuRlA MArERIALIzED.
Fratsrnai ooIoay Nssr Santa Ross-How'
els Not . Member.

Fratsrnal CoIouy Nssr Santa Ross-How-
ellis Not Member.
AItruria no longer designates merely g
new Utopian dream. Near the little city OF
Santa Rosa, in Sonoma County, Galiiofnaa'
and about sixty miles from san Frahccp. FaI,,cp
{ ters % q what at is Known a. Altruria assosia- Ia
tion, says the American MaEazine 81 Civiss. i..s
The organization is fraternal ordrr'
Brotherhood is the corner stone. Ihe no, %
tive mutual goodwill ASGSrdns ass, tn com. .ne
pany. That ID, It does not recognize money
which Interest or dividends are to BE- paid,
There z at IL pRemesrshiP pPedsed te
nH%,ash maintain T high e standard o. pssssnsi SS:
mestic and social morality. Within this
general bond of right doing each member y
left free to ordain the details OF the inulvin-
uai life. The Institution is missionary In
As Il may be prospersd. i VII set t. aside h1I
ment and fostering OF other settlements af-
ter the same kind The plan is 20 nat ai1
at once, but one by one. Altruria 70 essen
TALLY and. in a marked way dem0SraVsc, dt. ";
Each member, male and female, counts iof
one and no more than one.
first location, a tract Of nearly, 2OO acres.
With a nne water power and other pr9m,is
ing resources. Here about twenty-fye adults
are now living with ten children. Ihey are
tn the nsds BUILDING h9ufef eture reu enter
prises They have. a blackswith shop. 2
shop for the manufacture Of fancy fnrni,
ture, and a little grocery store. They have
also started a chicken ranch on small
Furthermore, they have a limited printing
Ran, Which brings 4 small Income.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
CATTLE LOSSES BY THE STORM
Damage Done in ousheastern Colorado
Many Lives Lost.

CATTLE LOSSES BY THE STORM
Damage Done in Southeastern Colorado
Many Livos Lost.
Springfield, Colo, April 15.-As the
dust from the storm clears away,
ranchmen get more definite idea of
the damage done by the recent storm.
During the forty Eight hours blow little
snow fell in the western half OF Baca
county. In the eastern half, drifts of
snow, dust and trash ten feet deep are
to be seen. The mercury did not fall
much below the freezing point during
the night, and falling snow melted dur
ing the day. The loss of cattle is esti-
mated at 10 to 20 per cent 1t Is
believed that those drifting without In
terruption are mostly safe, but many
Of those unfortunate enough to run in
to wire fences or banks have fallen to
be chilled and starved. Others went
into the big drifts Of snow and trash,
to be almost or completely covered up,
and these have perished.
The sheep men Of the county have
suffered more than the cattlemen.
Their focks scattered and drifted In
till very few are found together. Many
dead ones are to be seen all over the
prairies The coyotes and grey wolves
Will do much damage to live stock be-
fore they can be gathered.
A. B. Wright and Mcintosh brothers
have each lost a Mexican herder. The
bodies have not been found. There is
very little doubt that they are dead.
Over in Kansas, near the Colorado
line, three children have been found
dead. All were out after cattle and
could find no shelter, the settlers being
90 far apart
The Oldest settlers freely admit this
to be the hardest storm ever seen-the
highest steady wind for such q length
Of time.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
A WAR ECHO.
EVERY HONORABLE VETERAN
DESERVES HIS PENSION.
Ana the Lone Limb Il Not the Only
Reason for . Governmsnt Re-
ward Either.

Trom the Journal. Lewiston. Me)
Samuel r. Jordan has Just given the
journal an account of his life. which
in view of his extremely hard lot for the
"I am Is years old and have always
lived in New Portland. enlisted in
the army in 1852 as a private In Com
pany A, Twenty-eighty Maine Volun-
teers. My army experience injured my
health to some extent. although !
worked at blacksmithing some part of
the time, when suddenly, several years
ago, was prostrated with what able
physicians pronounced co,ia IL n1comoso5 Snonns
quite rapidly until I had hardly any
feeling In my legs and feet. they felt
like sticks of wood. and grew 30 much
worse that / could not move Tor three
years without help. a. my neighbors
and friends could testify. I employed
several physicians in my vicinity. and
elsewhere, and they all told me that
medicines would not help me. that
they could do nothing to effect a cure
and that in time should become en-
I was great care to my wife and
friends. Shortly after I met an old
army comrade, Mr.. All. Parlin. a resi-
dent Of Madison. Me-. and he incidently
mentioned how he had tried DR.. WILL
iams' Pink Pills for severe case OF
rheumatism and a spinal and malarial
trouble. that he had suffered with con-
sequent of his army life. and had been
greatly benefited by their use. By his
earnest recommendation was induced
to try the pills. After taking them for
q time began to feel prickly sensations
In my legs and q return OF strength 30
I could move them a little. After q few
weeks began to feel marked Inn
provement in my condition. soon was
enabled to walk around little with
the help of crutches. After taking for
some time I can now walk without
crutches, my general health ID much i'm
proved and have regained my old
time vigor. can walk about and enjoy
life once more. for which I feel very
thankful. and this happy result 10 due
to the use of DR.. williams Pink Pills.
DR.. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie were first compounded as a
prescription and used as such In
general practice by an eminent
physician. 30 great was their efil-
cacy that It was deemed wise to
place them within the reach Of all. They
are now manufactured by the DR.. Will
iams' Medicine company. Schenectady,
N. T., and are sold in boxes (never in
loose form by the dozen or hundred. and
the public are cautioned against num-
erous limitations sold in this shape) at
so cents a box. or six boxes for $3.50. and
may be had Of all druggists or direct by
mall from DIR. williams Med. Co.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
Foreign Notes.

Zola has completed the nrst sketch Of his
novel On Rome, but the book will not be
ready for publication till next January;
Much regret is felt In the literary circles
of Germany at the death Of ColoneI Won
Cohansen In Cassel. He was one OF the oesl
Known German authorities on Roman
archaeology, and wrote NUMBER OF Dookt
on this and other subjects.
The ex-king Of Dahomey, who ts neid PTS
oner on the Island of Martinlque BY the
French republic, IT. is feared Will not Lvs
long. He ls homesick for his county, anu y.
crown. and has only one wish.to return e.
his native land. His son Is reeuiar at
tendant at the colonial school; .,.c,.
I'd III Adolphe Carnof to the seat left vacant
by the death of NJ. de Lesseps. M Carnot,
des Mines, is widely known among special;
lists for his works upon chemistry as appMeo
to mineralogy. He Is brother OF tne ia'e
president.
An English oyster merchant has calcu.
lated that owing to the typhoid scare tne
consumption Of the better class OF btvaLves
during 6ne week last month was only 1O.'
600. a. compared with !. 600 In the cor.
responding week Of 1894. The decnne ne
estimates Is equivalent to failing o" OF
Siuzxles are used on refractory won women I'm In
other day a muxxled girl was found deae.
IL was alleged that the death was due to
sufYocation, and the director and physlciah,
were charged with manslaughter " coulu
not, however, be proved that the death was
due to sufYocation from the muzzle.- so the
pair were acquitted.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
ROCKY FORD COLORADO THURSDAY. APRIL l8 1896
sIBLEY AND WARMER.
They Reach Dsnver-siblsy Enthusiastle
for silver.

hhey Heech Denver-Sibloy 8nthu1lAstio
for silver.
Denver, April 15.-Hon. J. @. Sibley
and Hon A. ]. Warner, two Of the four
distinguished silver leaders whom Colo
RADIO has been preparing the past week
to welcome. arrived in the city at 8
O'Clock this morning by way of the Bur-
lington route, and are now guests OF the
city at the Brown Palace hotel Sena-
tors Stewart and Jones have not yet ar
rived. In addition to these gentlement,
the party contained Mrs. Warner and
Hon. Charles Miller, ex-mayor of the
city Of Franklin, Pennsylvania, and
the business partner Of Mr.. Sibley.
Mr.. Sibley being interviewed said:
"It Is not a question Of politics which
confronts us. 1t is one Of patriotism.
Now is the time for American citizens
to forget partisanship and remember
only that they are patriots. For the abb
solute prosperity of the country we
must have silver placed on legitimate
parity with gold. 1t is the money Of
the people, while gold is the money Of
Spectators and the few who are In
financial power. Put silver into circu-
lation with the same influence which
gold has, and nothing but widespread
pestilence could again disrupt the pros
perity Of the United States. 1t is the
poor mans money and he has the right
to It.
at will be the issue of the next cam
paign; nothing can head 1t OF. The
question is boiling, and boiling hard,
and the goldites are worried. In New
York and elsewhere they are taking
measures to divert the coming cyclone,
but think there will be an overwhelm-
ing uprising that will shake both of the
dominant parties"
"Where is Senator Jones" was In
quired of Mr.. Sibley.
"Mr. Jones has been lost by the way
side and will have to present his own
apology to the people of Colorado; We
do not know why he did not come"
Later ON Mr.. Sibley said that the last
heard from Senator Jones was that he
was in New York. The arrangement
made, he said, was to meet at the
auditorium in Chicago and start for
Denver together.
General Warner and mvaelf were
there on time" said Mr.. Sibley, "but
we did not see the senator and have
heard nothing from him up to this
time"
The visitors are expecting to hear
something from Senator Jones during
the day, and think he might have been
delayed in some manner and may pos
sibly arrive In the city on later train
tonight or tomorrow morning.
Senator Stewart is not expected at all,
for just before starting for Colorado
word was received from him stating
that negotiations of an important ma
ture detained him from meeting at the
Auditorium.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
Can ssop the sale of Liquor.

Lansing, Mich, April 15.-Attorney
General Maynard has caused consider
able Of a sensation by rendering an
opinion to the effect that the law enact
ed at the present session for the gov
ernment of all Michigan villages gives
the council Of such villages power to
prohibit the sale of spirituous and in
toxicating liquors within the limits Of
the respective villages, whether located
within localoption counties or not. Al
though the bill was read In both houses
before 1t was passed this provision en-
tirely escaped the attention Of the liq
uor men.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
\/.IcToR
KI9aLEnc KLuEE

nets racket presses racket boxing gloves footballs
football SUITS football and gymnasium Shoes gymnasium
supplies sweaters Weguarantee better goods for less
money than asked by other manufacturers If local
dealer does keep Victor Athletic Goods, write for our
illustrated catalogue.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
DOCKFORD HOUSE,

are the product Of skilled
workmen, and rank with
Victor Bicycles in quality.
We make the best base
balls, baseball bats, base
ball gloves and mitts, tennis
rackets, tennis balls, tennis
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
WILL BUILD SOON.

Arrangemsnts Msds for Bsginning Work
ON the Grand Junction Rond.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18
LEGAL
BLANKS
for sale at
Enterprise Office:

The following Legal Blanks are kept
for sale at the ENTERPRIsE Office, and will
be sent per mail prepaid ON receipt of
p1ice named:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-18

A sharp old coon 10 never treed. But
sometimes he ls T. Reed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-23
When q Train Is s.Held Cp."

81 have heard people berate others
who had been passengers on 'held-up'
trains for lack of courage in not re-
sisting the robbers" said prominent
business man of Muskogee, L t.,
"and want to say right now that q
man who has never gone through the
unpleasant experience of having his
pockets rifed at the point of q gun
doesn't know what he is talking about
when he accuses those who have of
cowardice. When q train passing
through Bill Cooks domain comes to
sudden halt among the foot hills, the
passengers generally know what it
means, and the few seconds between
the stopping of the train and the ac-
tual work of robbery are always given
over to concealing valuables rather
then hunting for guns. 1t would be
an absurd, foolhardy proceeding to
show any resistance to these despera-
does, even if man had plenty of time
to assume position of defence. In
the first place it means certain death
to- the man who dares to pull gun,
as your train robbing desperate
comes prepared to kill, and never
fails to do it when his wishes are op-
posed. Secondly, the coach is nearly
filed with helpless women and chill
eren, and it would be a rash man in
dead who would subject these to the
danger of flying bullets by attempting
to save himself O few paltry dollars.
Some people rant about the prime
ple' of the thing; but when it comes
to choice of letting the robbers go,
or fighting them for principles sake,
and seeing coach laden witt cad
people, 1 prefer the former. st.
Louis Republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-23
The Talk Flagged.

An American girl, on being asked
by certain pompous and self satisfied
Lord Somebody-or- Other among what
people she had met the most perfect,
polished and cultured gentlemen.
she replied swectly: "tAmong the Brit
ish nobility, my lord" ''Yes," said
the questioner benmingly, 81 felt very
sure you would SO reply; and among
what people have you encountered the
exact reverse, if I may ask?" "Among
the British nobility, my lord" ans
wered the lady without hesitation,
whereupon the conversation tagged
San Francisco Argonaut
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-23
Nut Grass a Nuisance.

Tho nut grass or cocoa is proving
to lie almost as much of an infiction in
the South as is the Russian thistle in
the Northwest. For that reason the
Agricultural Department will soon is
sue special bulletin urging general
campaign against this grass before it
gets too firm hold.
This plant is not grass as its COM
mon name and its appearance indi-
cate, but sedge. 1t has many local
names in the different regions in
which it has been introduced. The
species is of subtropical origin, and is
said to have reached the United States
first at New Orleans among garden
plants brought from Cuba, 1t now
extends from Texas to Southern Hi
nois, and in the coast region to Flor
ida and New Jersey. being most abun-
dant in sandy soils.
The plan of campaign to extirpate
nut grass is simply to prevent it ma
turing seed above ground. Nearly
everybody thinks the nuisance repro
duces itself from the nut alone,
whereas it propagates a thousand
times more from the seed. Hence, to
effectually and quickly destroy nut
grass on any land infested with it, the
soil should be frequently stirred dur
ing the growing period of summer SO
as to stimulate each nut tuber and
seed to sprout. The best time for
fighting it is between midsummer and
frost time. The secret of success is
merely in the cut of every tall stem
while in the Towering stage ut the
latest, and the sooner the better.-
San Francisco Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-23
WRAPPERS AND CURL PAPERS.

The almost universal use of ready
made dresses has had one salutary ef-
feet on the women of the present gen.
Grafton. The shirt waist and blouse
have had much to do with the exceed
ingly trim and dainty appearance of
our young women as they go about the
house. Time was when the wrapper
was the accepted morning dress of
nineteen-twentieths of the women of
the country. Indeed, it was extremely
fashionable and therefore eminently
proper, but it had a semi-demoralizing
tendency that the world is very much
better without. Negligee is unbecom-
ing and unsuitable outside of ones
own apartment, and Fashion, for once
q sensible and clear-heaied dame, has
decreed that the wrapper and curl
papers are not to be seen below stairs,
or later than breakfast time. It takes
little longer to dress ia reasonably
good taste and come down looking
fresh and bright, but it certainly pays
even though one must rise few mo-
ments earlier to bring about this re-
suit 1t is easy enough, if one takes
little forethought to provide dainty
waists and simple and becoming skirts.
These, with corselet or belt, can be
adjusted in q moment almost as easily
as one can get into an ordinary wrap
per, and when the effect is taken into
consideration, there is much to be
said in favor of this manner of dress
ing that few thoughtful young women
would be willing to 60 back to the
curl papers and wrappers of the last
generation. New York Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-23
welI.BuiT aouthern Houses,

While the colonists of New Eng
land commonly dispensed with brick
and stone In the construction of their
snug and friendly domiciles-those
yellow colonial mansions which con-
stitute feature so characteristic in
the Northern landscape planters
of Maryland and Virginia built them
selves substantial structures of inn
ported brick, and aspired to the archi-
tectural distinctions of Queen Anne
and the Georges. One of the manor
born, who has written with loving
knowledge of these solid and sincere
old houses, has told of the noble join
cry of the roof; of the deep, capa-
cious window-seats and hearthstones,
prodigal of space; of great halls that
greet you with the largest welcome;
of ''stairs that glide rather than
climb" to the floor above, whereas the
dancing or assembly room; of
carved chimney-pieces, paneledwains-
cotting, and italian cornices; of the
later piazzas and porticos that came in
after the Revolution and of the hip
rooted homes of the burghers of
Annapolis, with their huddled Chin
ney-stacks and low ceilings, their cor
nered fireplaces and dormer windows,
with multitude of little panes in the
broad sashes, and the shining faces of
the brass knockers, so expressive OF
homely kindness; and without, the
arbor and the dove-cote, and the
prim, box-edged garden, withits walks
80 decorous and Dutch-like, but gor-
geous with lilacs and snowballs, holly
hooks, and wall flowers. Century.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-23
Chinese swells in Winter Costume.

Leaving the Hotel Des Colonies, in
the foreign quarter of Shanghai,
writes Frank G. Carpenter, rode in
jinrikshs, pulled by two men, far
out into the country. The day was
cold, raw and rainy, but I decided to
risk arrest by taking my camera with
me, and, wrapped in oiled silk, it lay
between my legs as we dashed through
the muddy streets crowded with bare
legged coolies IN hats as big as UNI
brellas and rain coats of reddish
brown jute, who were carrying heavy
loads swung On poles from their shoul-
ders. We passed many women in
blue gowns of wadded cotton, who
hobbled along on the sides of their
little feet through the mud with a
knock-kneed gait, and met at every
turn the 'rikshas and sedan chairs of
swell Cinnamon, whose eyes were so
shrouded by their big black spectacles
that they looked like Gargantuan
brownies rather than scholarly Chi
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-23
Know Your Stomach.

If after two or three trials you find
that certain kinds of food do not
agree with you, you should stop eat
ing them, instead of trying to find q
medicine that will help to digest them.
What is one mans meat is another
mans poison, is quite true. Some
people can eat all kinds of vegetables
and enjoy them, when to others they
cause the keenest discomfort through
indigestion.
So it is with fruit. Grapes arc rank
poison to some systems, yet you hear
some people always crying, ''eat
grapes, they are the fruit Of the gods. "
Bananas, SO cheap and common, and
by some accounted next to meat, are
undoubtedly the ca,i:e of continued
Indigestion to half the children and
grown people in the city. There are
some foods that certain stomachs can
not assimilate, and when you persist
in eating them, it is like overlooking a
horse. Some day you will pile too
much on, and thon there will be q
breakdown.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-23
nose. Many Of these swells had on

nose. Many of these swells had on
their winter bonnets of wadded silk
and their clothes were of the bright
estof reds, blues and greens. Their bon
nets covered the entire head and were
fastened under the chin in q wadded
cloth which protected the neck and
throat. They were 80 made that only
the front of the face was exposed to
the weather and they extended out be-
hind into a sort of cape which fell
to the waist and concealed their cues.
The gowns of many of them were fur
lined and the silk brocade of which
they were made seemed more fit for o
ball room than rainy, muddy Chinese
country ride. Beside these rich
worked the poorest of the poor. We
passed scores of sweating men push
ing freight wheelbarrows, each con-
tanning load for a horse, and were
jostled by the hundreds of other
queer working characters who fill the
country roads of China with as many
travellers as you will find on the roads
of one of our little cities on circus
day