The Delta independent., 1895-10-02
LOCAL.

Geo. Stewart. Of Paonia. returned
Lake City.
c. K. Wetsel shipped 20 cars OF cattle
to Kansas City Saturday. from the Rou
bideaux yards.
Miss Helen Reynolds left Thursday
for Aspen, where she will visit the tsm
lily OF Rev. ]. II. Gill.
W. A. Emmert, Of Hotchkiss. return,
ed Thursday from visit to his old home
at Oskaloosa, Iowa.
F. A. Moriarty left Saturday for Spen
Ger. where he will look after his mining
property for few weeks.
Mrs. James Watson and daughter
departed for Delta yesterday morning.
Lake City Phonograph.
Elder Geo. o. States will preach at
the Adventists church tonight on the
Millennium, or the Binding Of Satan"
The W. c. I. U. supper las, Thursday
night netted something over ELI and
was well attended and greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. Watkins and daughter arrived
last week from the east and are visiting
Mrs. ". II. Bigelow, who is a sister Of
Mrs. Watkins.
r. S. Kelso. the Escalante cattleman.
is in town this week. He feels good
over the excellent prospect OF the cleo
ton OF the Republican ticket.
J. E. Barnes and S. G. Vanderberg
came over Sunday from Salida and put
in few days looking after their or.
chards on California mesa.
r. G. Wilcox. who has been visiting
his son at the Delta Wholesale Frui, &
Produce Co., expects TO leave next week
FOR his home at Onarga. Ill.
The Seventh Day Adyen lists camp
meeting will begin next Monday night
in Simpsons grove. north end Of county
bridge, to which the public is cordially
invited.
The little nine year old boy OF Mr.. and
Mrs. J. +. Long, who reside about five
miles down the Gunnison, died Monday
September 30. 1895. The funeral ser.
vices were conducted by the Rev. J. L.
Lower, pastor OF the Presbyterian
church. This is the second time that
death has entered the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Long.
4 special TO the Denver News says:
The new opera house Of ]. F. Sanders,
OF the Bachelor mine. near Ouray, is
rapidly nearing completion, and upon
being completed the neighboring lodges
OF Orientals, from Ouray. Telluride and
Grand Junction will visit Delta and
organize lodge here. A fine time is
promised with parade and fire works.
The Stockham i Hillman Co. took con.
tracts last week for the erection of
large room house and a barn l6x24, for
Miss Emma Luke, and room house
for Mrs. Holmes. all in Peach valley.
This section is coming to the front very
nicely and those y ho have been up there
lately looking after their property seem
to be we'll pleased with the appearance
Of their trees.
Ex-sheriff Emery, OF Telluride. died
very suddenly last Saturday night at the
Delta house. He had a room upstairs
and during the night had occasion to go
to the closet. In getting down the back
stairs he was either stricken with heart
failure or missed his footing and fell to
the bottom, being found dead at the foot
OF the stairs. The funeral services were
conducted by the Masonic fraternity and
the remains were inferred in the Delta
cemetery.
E. L. Grove. who has an orchard ad-
joining Geo. McGranahan on the north
east. has in 8 acres-l0o peach trees in
bearing. His apple trees have made a
wonderful growth the present season.
some OF them registering feet growth
He raised the present season consider.
able garden truck, but sold very little OF
it, not having sufficient quantity to ship
out OF town. He secured some new clover
known as the Crimson" which he con.
siders the finest thing ever brought to
this country, it keeping perfectly green
all winter.
Last week this office shipped two
boxes of fine fruit to eastern men who
are enthusiastic horticulturists, and
among the specimens sent were Colvert
apples. measuring 1874 inches in circum-
ference; Elberta peaches, measuring l0ss
inches; Flemish Beauty pears. measur.
ing IL inches around the bell. from the
orchard of o. I. standish. on Garnet
mesa; Alexander apples from the or.
chard of John Hixson. on Tongue creek,
measuring IA inches in circumference;
Nectarines, from the orchard Of A. A.
Smith. OF Hotchkiss, measuring up to
about 10 inches, and Mount Rose peach