The Delta independent., 1895-11-20

Cedaredge.
Walter Wagner returned from Ouray
Saturday.
]. A. Goodhue came in from the
West Sunday.
J.Y. Turner went to Delta to-day
Pitkin Miner.
Will Blumberg ia of on a placer
mining expedition.
Mrs. W. Wilcox went up to Montrose
Monday for brief visit.
Mrs. Julia Buzzard has returned from
her visit at Dallas divide.
Miss Emma Luke was down from
Peach valley Monday on business.
Mrs. Rhodes, OF North Delta, returned
Saturday from visit to Telluride.
Steve Ingersoll left last Thursday for
Cripple Creek, where he will spend the
winter.
Will Brewer left Sunday for Silverton
to bring out lot OF horses and mules
for winter pasture.
Adam Wishart relieved Agent
Hastings yesterday and the latter will
take few days rest.
Robert Bell came over Monday from
Salida to look after wrapping his trees
to protect them from rabbits.
Sheriff Gallup, OF Chaffee county, came
in Monday forenoon to get a supply Of
pumpkins for Thanksgiving.
G. c. Slack received car load OF very
fine fruit trees from the Grand Valley
Nurseries last week for fall delivery.
Last Saturday a child was badly
ecalded at the Standish place on Garnet
mesa. by the dropping of a teakettle.
Adam Wishart brought his family
over from Silverton. last week and they
will spend the winter on Surface creek.
The B. Y. P. U. will give social to-
morrow evening at the residence OF Mrs.
l. NJ. Conklin to which the public is
cordially invited.
Miss Nettie Sloan and her mother
arrived recently from Brookings. South
Dakota. and will make their home with
Mrs F. n. Dickerson.
JIG. Curtiss and wife came down last
Thursday from Paonia. where they have
been during the past summer, and left
for Pitkin, where they will put in the
winter.
dad" Smith, of Paonia, left Saturday
for California, where he will spend the
winter. He was a 49'er in that country
and will notice many changes in the
years since then.
Many thousand bushels Of apples on
North Fork were ungathered when the
storm came last week and they were
frozen so badly that the loss will be a
serious one to that section OF the county.
Roberts 4 Co. opened up fine line of
queensware, glassware, tobaccos, grocer
les and sporting goods in the old Castle
& Reynolds building last Saturday.
Charlie W ilson is chief clerk and with
fine goods and low prices they ought to
do good business.
Ed Gillett, in the purchase OF the
McAllister property, at the corner Of
Dodge and Third. has secured a very
handsome and convenient home which
he will occupy as coon as it can be
completed. probably about the first OF
next month. 1t speaks we'll for a town
when SO many of its leading business
men are owners OF their homes.
c. B. Crysler has bought out the ice
business OF Conklin L Gaunt and will
build new ice house on the Rio Grande
tracks. to be filed with Gunnison ice.
The old icehouse will be stocked with
Delta ice and next summer the people Of
Delta will be given their choice. An
ample stock will be put up and there
will be no shortage next season.
Over in Delta county it has become
necessary to organize society for the
determination Of rabbits with regular
days for hunting when everybody turns
out and kills all the rabbits he can. II
the Delta ranchmen had two or three
coal mining camps near they would
diggers are sure death to rabbits no
matter how many.-Florence Oil Refiner.
The Denver Times says: H. A, PARCELS
and wife OF Delta. are at the Markham"
Mr.. PARCELS is on his way east to dispose
of territory on his patent shuttle hoe.
He and E. L. Kellogg have made sale
OF three states for $1,000 and have a for.
felt of 81 600 on it to bind the bargain.
They are certain Of making handsome
amount out OF this patent and when the
hoes once get into use their royalties
will insure large and steady income.
Last Thursday c. P. Nutter closed one
OF the largest real estate deals ever made
in Delta county, it being the sale OF the
James Zaninetti ranch Of $50 acres on