Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-11-14
COLORADO CONDENSED.

A clever forger has been swindlins
Boulder business men.
w. G. Doubleday, prominent broker
of Colorado Springs, died on the 4th.
Harry Egan was killed while working
In the Pueblo steel works on the Sth.
Denver & Rio Grande earnings for
October show an increase Of ten per
cent.
The earnings of the Midland road are
said to show an increase of sixteen per
cent. over last year.
A big boulder rolled upon the Rio
Grande track near Grand Junction and
caused the wreck of stock train.
w. II. Gladdis, teamster, was killed
near st. Elmo, a few days ago, by the
brake Of his wagon giving way, causing
q smashup.
The Supreme court has rendered de-
cision in a Denver case, that second
marriage nullhes will made previously
to first wife.
AS the result of quarrel over a game
of cards at Leadville, Patrick Ryan fd.
ally injured Charles Martin by beating
him over the head with poker.
Deer are reported more abundant in
Mesa county than ever before, and the
country is swarming with hunters that
are anxious to eXterminate them.
A man who was begging on the streets
of Colorado Springs, named Rudolph
Culd0wa, was fined $50 and costs In the
police court, and was given three hours
to leave town. He tried to get ticket
East from the county commissioners,
but they refused to give it to him. Later
he was arrested and was found to have
bts a,,1 srn1I frt,
Mrs. Peavey, state superintendent of
public instruction, has returned to Den
yer from an official trip to Cripple
Creek district. She says she found the
schools there in flourishing condition.
They now number twelve, but two more
are badly needed, and n meeting will be
held at once to get them into operation.
She speaks very highly of the superin-
tendent d. B. Shields.
A mysterious outfit of surveyors is at
present working its way up Platte can
on, paralleling the South Park tracks.
The South Park has the one 1t is run
ming on, besides two more the Denver
& Rio Grande has one, and part Of it
already graded. and in addition to these
there is known to be Il stage line survey
somewhere in existence. Who is run
ming the latest survey is not known.
The state land board at Its meeting
Friday discussed the selling of alternate
sections of state lands 1t has always
been the custom of the board to sell OH
ly alternate sections, on the theory that
the other sections will be made more
valuable by the improvements made OH
adjoining sections. 1t was determined
yesterday to sell no more of the alter
nate sections, as it is believed they will
hpanmn Inc Ia tar on
George A. Burrows, n conductor on
the South Park. was recently injured
seriously, his shoulder being manglei
and crushed. The accident happened at
Bath on a two per cent. grade. There
was trouble with the air brake and Bar
rows was under the car making an ex-
animation when the train was started,
catching him under the wheels. The
right arm was amputated and Burrows
may die.
A sad case of suicide is reported from
Gilpin county. Lawrence Shafer,
German miner, went out into the brush
and committed suicide by blowing off
his head with n stick of giant powder.
He leaves wife and one son, the latter
twenty-seven years of age, who works
In Denver. 1t seems that Shafer invest
ed some 5000 in real estate in Denver
two or three years ago, and 1t proved 10
be an unlucky speculation. This wor-
ried him, and he has at different times
since threatened to take his life.
The growth Of the State University is
steady and substantial. Within four
years the number of students has treb-
led. The enrolment for the present year
Will be 500, and this number does not in
clude some fifty correspondence stu
dents, who are graduates of high schools
or normal schools, and are matriculated
and pursuing studies under the direction
of the university. Every department
shows larger numbers and greater
strength and efficiency than in previous
years.
The superior excellence of celery
grown in Colorado, due to the constant
sunshine, is being recognized in the East
and celery growers here are finding
ready market for all they can spare
from the home trade. Last week a car
containing $500 dozen punches was
shipped from Denver to Austin and Gal
weston and another. carload has been or
dered by dealers in Omaha. The Pal
mer house in Chicago and several other
Eastern hotels, supply their tables with
Colorado celery. 1t can be grown here
very cheaply, and there is a chance for
a new trade to be built up as the supply
is not equal to the demand.
Adjutant General Moses is organizing
cavalry troop at Denver. Already
about twenty men have agreed to join.
The intention Is to make it one Of the
smartest bodies of mounted men in the
service of any state. Each man Is 10
own his own horse and to provide him
self with two uniforms. An armory is
to be leased by the state. The lower
floor is to be- covered with eighteen
inches of tan bark and used for rid
Ing school,. The floor will be used for
uIsmounted drills and troop quarters.
There is to be squad drill each night.
which will be optional with the men, and
the troop drill each Saturday afternoon,
which will be obligatory upon all.
Loveland celebrated the election Of
the Republican ticket in peculiar way.
When the election returns came in from
the North Park and showed conclusively
that the Republican ticket had been
elected. about two dozen men proceeded
to the Farmers mills to celebrate. Dav-
Id James, the head miller had said that
If the Republican ticket was elected they
might celebrate the result by giving him
q coat of tar and feathers. They did not
exactly take him at his word, but did
the next best thing. They took a pail