The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
COLORADO CONDENSED.

cred at Golden.
me total amount appropriated by the
late Legislature was $1,317 94o.95.
William II. Klett. of Denver. has
peen appointed State Labor Commits
sioner.
NO wine was served at the banquet
rendered General Howard at Denver
the other day
Prominent Germans of Denver sent
tnelr congratulations to Bismarck on
his s0th birthday.
Inc union depot at Denver has new
CLOCK on which the time can be read
ten blocks away.
Inc Rio Grande earnings for March
showed decrease of So, 800 from those
OF March Of last year
James Peoples died at Boulder last
week at the age Of 1O5. He was prob
ABLY the Oldest man in the state.
Judge Boughton and the commission
ers Oh boulder county are having a CON
test over the kind of chairs to be used
in the jury box.
Nike Ihies, one Of the old-time Aspen
miners, was instantly killed in the Du-
rant Thursday by falling down a sew
enty-foot incline. 1t is alleged that the
place was death-trap and that the
company will be held liable for the
death.
Philip e. Gaffron, a matchmaker,
living at 1130 Ashland avenue, High
lands, was shot and dangerously
wounded at an early hour Monday
morning by burglars, who had effected
an entrance into his residence. The
burglars escaped.
A sad accident occurred on election
day at New Castle While Mrs. Tom
Jones was preparing her ballot she
tainted and struck her head against the
floor. 1t caused the breaking of blood
vessel resulting in her death In the
course of a few hours.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has announced session at Denver
April 22nd to hear the cases of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron company Of Pu-
eblo and George ]. Kindel Of Denver
VS.. Railroad, reaching Colorado points
from the East and from the Pacific
coast.
The Griffin Car Wheel foundry has
began work on big plant at Denver
The Griffin company Is the biggest
wheel concern in the world, having a
plant at Detroit which turns out 900
wheels a day, and another at Chicago
with equal capacity. The Denver plant
will have an initial capacity of 200
wheels day and give employment to
$50 hands.
Governor McIntire has appointed the
following, described in his formal Or
der as "citizens and cattle growers of
Colorado" to constitute the state board
of inspection for the ensuing year: J..
X. Mullen, Conrad Shafer, Denver; X.
w. Hooker, Pueblo; George Peasley,
Greeley; III. S. Holly, La Junta; George
Yule, Newcastle; Benjamin Price,
Meeker; w. ii. Adams, Alamosa; J..
G. Johnson, Trinidad.
General Manager j. w. Dean of the
proposed railway line from New Castle
to Meeker has engaged a corps of ten
surveyors and says the surveys will be
rushed through so that the entire
length OF the line can be constructed
this year. Irresponsible men tell us
they will furnish the money for the
road If we make the proper showing"
said Mr.. Dean "'The showing Will be
made and the road will be in operation
before the close Of the year"
John whitman had miraculous es-
cape from death while going from his
cabin to his mine near Wheeler Lakes
A heavy snow had fallen during the
night and whitman was the first to
venture over the trail, which at best IL
a perilous one The snow had obliter
ated it entirely this morning, but Wulff-
man would have succeeded In crossing
IL had not his advent started slide
while he was laundering in the midst
of an immense drift. In an instant
10. htriaI hannnth
lanche of snow and the whole side Of
the hill was sheet Of moving white.
But wulfrman managed to keep on top
and, although badly bruised, no bones
were broken.
Three carloads of grain have been
received at Akron, consisting of 100
bushels of wheat, 200 bushels Of which
have been distributed In the vicinity Of
Otis. Colorado. and 5000 bushels of
oats for distribution In this vicinity.
Since the latter part of March over
S7OO have been received from Indiana,
PENNSYLVANIA, New York and other
Eastern states for the purpose of buy
ing seed grain for the destitute settlers
In this county, and recently the county
commissioners appropriated $1,000 for
this purpose. Together with the arriv-
al of this seed and the recent SHOWS,
the farmers feel greatly encouraged,
and are going to work with great
deal OF zeal.
The seventh annual report of the
Denver and Rio Grande Employees Re
lief association has been issued. 1t
shows n gratifying decrease in the
number of cases treated, the actual
figures being G209. as compared with
1852 in the previous year. or those
In 1894, 37G were hospital cases, and all
of these but twenty were treated at the
Salida hospital. Fifteen Of the latter
were treated ut Denver hospitals. Five
members died from injury and eight
from disease. The number of mem
hers treated for disease was 5,G5l,
while 55S were cared for on account Of
injuries received. While the income
for the year was less than for previous
years, a surplus was saved by economy
In the management OF the aliairs OF
-, 1..s,..tnttn, 1uht.h il NOW In good