Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-05-30
COLORADO CONDENSED.

meet at Telluride from the 10th to 21st
Of June.
Sheriff Leslie Of Leadville has arrest
ed two men who are charged with hav-
ing robbed the Midland stage.
Work on the oil well at Grand juno
tlon is being continued. 1t is already
1000 feet deep with good indications.
Charles Sheldon, aged about thirty
three years, committed suicide at James
town, Saturday night, as result of n
drunken debauch.
Rev. Mr.. Dewey of Concord, New
Hampshire, has declined the call to the
pastorate of the First Congregational
church of Denver.
The Pingee plan of furnishing land to
poor people to cultivate is being tried in
Denver. Thirty acres have been secured
for the purpose. which can be irrigated.
Tools will be furnished and the men will
have all that they can raise.
The annuaI convention Of the Colo
RADIO Christian Endeavor Union will
open at Salida June 1st. 1t will be
notable on account of the presence of
Rev. F. E. Clark of Boston. the found
er of the movement. The Rio Grande
road gives a one-fare rate.
On the 9th at the Silver Queen mine.
at Ouray, Jack Daniels, a miner who
was working in the tunnel, was caught
In a flood of water from a cave over
head. The water broke loose and car
ried the unfortunate man out of the tun-
mel over the dump and down about 300
feet. where his dead body was found
amid snow and ice.
County Judge r. II. Wilson met Rev.
Brown on the streets of Ouray and de-
manded an apology for assertions made
about himself in public. Meeting with
refusal from Rev. Brown, Wilson
struck him in the face three times. Will
son was fined $5 and costs. The trouble
is the result of the reform movement
headed by Rev. Brown, who wants the
dance halls closed.
Within the past week farmers living
near the Thompson River, Longmont
and Loveland, and in the neighbOrhood
of Lucerne, North Greeley have dug
up myriads Of grasshopper eggs, all
showing life, proving that the severe
cold, wet weather of March and April
did no harm to them. Now it Is feared
that when summer Is ushered in the
pests will hatch out and begin their
work of ruin.
Articles Of Incorporation have been
fled by the Rio Grande Branch Line
Railroad Company, which proposes to
build line Of road from Trinidad to
Huerfano, and is capitalized for $780,
600. The directory contains leading
Rio Grande officials. The incorpora-
tion Of this company Is taken to indi-
cate that there will be no further joint
trackage agreements between the Gulf
and Rio Grande roads.
Mrs. Francis 8. Long has filed suit in
the district court for $4,000 damages
against the Victor Coal Co. The plain
tiff lost hand at Hastings while cross
ing a siding under some cars, and
claims that the accident was due to the
negligence of the company in moving
the cars before she had gotten across.
She further claims that the crossing
was blocked and that there was no 9TH
er way to get across the track except to
crawl under the cars.
The Larimer county commissioners
accompanied by the state engineer and
two or three business men from Fort
Collins, have gone to Steamboat Springs
with the object of selecting the land
over which a new road is to be built
from that city via North Park. They
Will be absent about two weeks and as
soon as they return, engineers will be
sent out to survey the land and coll
tracts given for the work, which is to be
completed as soon as possible.
The Hon. 1. w. Chatfield, one of the
wealthiest and best known ranchers in
the Roaring Fork Valley has been
placed under arrest on complaint of
George H. Thompson, secretary of the
Colorado Humane society, for cruelty to
animals. During the severe weather of
last winter Mr.. Chatfield lost about 200
head of cattle, and the charge is made
that he failed to properly care for his
stock. The accused gave bond in the
sum of $500 to appear for trial. Mr..
Chatfield was a member of the Seventh
assembly.
Another strike In the Argentum-
Juniata, at Aspen, has just been made.
The strike consists of seven-foot body
of mineral running from 200 to 400
ounces silver per, ton. 1t was made be-
tween the seventh and ninth levels in an
old stope that had been considered work
ed out. In blasting inro the supposed
| footwall the discovery was made that
instead of the regular footwall the sup
posed wall consisted of thin strata of
shale. Other bodies of pay dirt are ex-
pected to be Joined at the other points
| in the stope in driving to the true foot
wall. The mine Is making regular ship
ments, and the water Is giving no
| trouble.
AS a construction gang on the Denver,
Leadville & Gunnison railroad were re-
turning home from work Friday night,
an accident occurred in which Charles
Michaelson met instant death, and
twelve other laborers were more or less
injured. An engine was backing sew
eral empty cars through the Alpine tun-
mel, and in some way the front car be-
came detached from the rest Of the train
and began to shoot down the incline at
a frightful rate of speed. Michaelson
jumped from the car before 1t left the
tunnel, and he was instantly killed. The
other men jumped after the car
emerged from the tunnel, and while
severely bruised, none Of them were
1 fatally hurt.
| A Denver & Rio Grande west bound
freight on Sunday ran into rock slide
four miles west Of Sapinero, In the Black
Canon, derailing the engine and eight
cars. The engineer and fireman jumped
barely In time to save themselves, but
both were badly bruised by falling on
the rocks. The engine is entirely out Of
sight in the river, with two cars on top
of it. The scene of the accident is
300 feet west of a sharp curve. which
hid the danger from the engineer until
too late to stop the train. The track
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