The Meeker herald., 1895-11-09
coLonApo CONDENSED.

w. u. DOuDieuay, ptO
of Colorado Springs died on the s'n'
The Little Johnny mine at Leadyiiie
has Increased its wages from *25o 10 ID
per day.
Members of the United States Geo-
logical Survey are at work IN tue ''ca"
ity Of Aspen.
Miss Daisy vickers OF Aspen, while
visiting the Durrant mine, fell down
an oDen shaft and was seriously hurI
W. II. Gladdis, a teamster, was kiiied
near st. Elmo. few days ago, by tue
brake of his wagon giving way, CAUSING
a smash-up.
As the result OF a quarrel over game
of cards at Leadville, Patrick Ryan IA
ally injured Charles Martin by beating
him over the head with poker.
The dead body of William Reed OF
Wichita, Kansas. was found on the rail-
road track near Grind Junction on the
1st 1t Is suspected that he was khieu
before being placed there to be run over
The subscription committee for the
Leadville ice palace has now secured
1900, and IT is expected that enough
money will be raised to assure fhc sd~-
cess Of the enterprise.
A canning factory is to be built at
Grand Junction to be ready to handle
next years crop. At meeting OF the
two and one-half acres OF ground was
donated to George Swingley. and the
bids Will be let ut once for the erection
of the plant
w. $. Stratton, the Cripple Creek mil
lionaire. has filed his answer In the Dis
trlct court to the allegations made by
Mrs. Candace Root, In breech Of prom
'se suit in which she wants $2OO, ,0cO
damages. The answer amounts to n
general denial OF all the charges which
Mrs. Root makes against him.
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 fiourlshing condition.
They now number twelve, but two more
are badly needed, and meeting will be
held at once TO get them into operation
She speaks very highly of the superin-
tendent, d. B. Shields.
Judge Steele In the Arapahoe County
court has announced his decision In the
case of Adolph Guneson against the In
ternational Trust Company, In which
the court removes the company and
substitutes In its stead Benjamin B.
Brown OF Denver, according to the pc
ution OF Guneson. The latter proved
to the satisfaction of the court that he
was the brother Of Peter Gumry.
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 It Is run
ming on. besides two more. the Denver
n Rio Grande has one, and part OF IL
already graded, and In addition TO these
there Is known to be n stage line survey
somewhere in existence. Who Is run
ming the latest survey Is not known.
George A. Burrows, a conductor on
the South Park, was recently injured
seriously. his shoulder being manglel
Batn on Two per cent. grnue -r rsscrv
was trouble with the air braKe and Bar
,ows was under tho cor making an cx-
amina ton when the train was started,
catching him under the wheels. The
right arm was amputoted and Burrows
may die.
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,
James Murdoch, superintendent Of the
state capitol recently visiter the Yule
Creek marble Quarries. In the course of
his report, filed with the board, he says:
There Is no white marble nearer than
Vermont at present that can come into
competition with 1t Colorado marble),
and this is superior white marble to
that of Vermont or any other obtained
in the United States and can be pro-
the amount of marble In the region Is
unlimited. and blocks Of amy desired
size can he procured. From his report
it Is evident that Colorado can produce
marble for the United States and 1t will
not be necessary to send to Tennessee
or Vermont for material for the build
ing.
Secretary Of State McGaffey has re-
Juru0u ~ beuttk
Routt county at the head OF n party
sent out at the request of the State
Land Board to select indemnity land
for the school fund. Mr.. McGaffey
says the party rode 800 miles. surveyed
and triangulated 5000 Or 10000 acres
of land and the state will apply at once
to the government for the transfer of
the portions selected. 1t will first iJc
necessary to examine the records of the
land department at Gienwood springs
80 that land already occupied by settlers
may be excluded. The state Is entitled
to more than 10000 acres Of land from
the general government on account of
state lands taken by the department at
Washington. "If there Is any richer
land out OF doors I never saw It," said
Mr.. McGaffey, in speaking of the result
of his observations In Northwestern
Colorado. '"The land Is black loan
and Will be great goods for the state