The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
COLORADO CONDENSED.

"A CnrlSuan EndeaVOr society mas
been organized at Deer Trail
The council of La Junta has decided
to have another artesian well sunk,
w. L. Brown was killed by stroke
OF lightning near Byers a few days
ago.
Thirty-one persons united with the
presbyterian church at Fort Morgan re-
Gently.
Major General McCook was placed
on the retired list on the 22nd. having
attained the age of GA years.
The miners of the United Coal COM
pany at Lafayette quit work Monday
because they had not been paid up.
Joseph Merits has been appointed
postmaster at Evergreen, Jefferson
county, Colorado, vice Andrew Ames,
resigned.
City Attorney Williams Of Denver.
having rendered an opinion that pool
rooms are illegal, an attempt will be
made to close them.
According to the Montrose Enterprise
there are 1920 acres in that county set
out to orchards. The largest single
orchard covers 1000 acres.
The promoters of the Elk Mountain
railroad state that the road will be
N'''p'N''u W iic ult tlcth
quarries this year, and that at the
junction of the creeks smelter will
be built.
j. V. Stephenson, coal miner, was
killed by Il fall from the overhead
crossing of the Atchison, Topeka Il
Santa Fe Rockville branch over the
Denver & Rio Grande main line at
point one mile west of Florence Il few
days ago The man was on his way to
the city from Rocliyale and the theory
Is that when he encountered the high
crossing, eighteen feet, he became dizzy
and fell TO the track below, striking the
steel rail with his head, crushing the
skull in frightful manner and also
breaking the right leg between the
knee and ankle.
A sad accident with fatal results oc-
Cured at the Bimetallic smelter in
Leadville Wednesday. The victim was
j, A. Mcdonald Mcdonald is Il car
penter and has been employed at the
smelter for some time. He was making
some repairs and while at this work he
in some manner became caught by the
shaft He was whirled around ut IA ter
rifle rate and was crushed to death be-
fore the machinery could be stopped.
His body was taken in charge by the
and is not yet 81 years of age. 1t is
not likely any inquest will be held.
Johnny Stobs was badly injured in
the Mitchell coal mine Monday He
was at work taking down the roof in
/ one of the entries when it gave way di-
rectly overhead and he was crushed to
the floor with II solid mass of coal
which would weigh nearly five tons
upon him. Fortunately he fell between
two chunks of coal which were already
upon the floor. and they received the
greater part of the pressure. As soon
rs possible the coal was removed and
he was taken to his home. DR.. Couch
was called and found several bones
broken, and it is feared he has received
internal injuries
In the supreme court Saturday James
p. Airy, clerk and recorder of La Plata
county, was allowed a salary of $1,000
per annum, to be taken out of the fees
of his office. The receipts Of the Office
having reached the amount of S1,200,
the commissioners asked him to turn
that sum into the treasury. He re-
fused. and the commissioners brought
suit against him. The county court
sustained the commissioners and sent
Mr. Airy to Jail for fifteen days for VIC
laton of the fee statute. The clerk Sc
cured supersedeas and appealed t
the supreme court. The latter reverse.
the Judgment of the lower court ant
decides that the clerk may retain al.
fees to the amount of his salary, after
which the fees must be turned into the
treasury.
The bids for the grading OF the Union
Pacific, Denver and Gulf road extern
sion between Forbes Junction and Wal
nt
day. There were fifteen bids in all.
and the figures differed widely A.
Sheridan OF st. Joe was awarded the
contract, with the stipulation that
work must begin inside of five days.
This bid was considered unusually
low, and is as follows: Earth work.
81 cents; hard rock, 40 cents; loose
rock, % cents; making total of some
thing less than $500 for the nineteen
miles of grading. The official esti-
mates place the amount of work Mt
100000 square yards between Aguilai
and Walsenburg. The road construc-
ton gangs will follow up the graders
and Law the rails and ties as rapidly as
nossIbie. so that the Gulf will prob
ably be running over its own track In
less than two months.
The Alpine tunnel road on the Gun
niSOn OlVlSlOH VI lie fooutu Iuih ilHe
will be opened about July 1. Next Mon
day morning II large gang of men will
be placed at work replacing the ties
which have become rotted since the
road was abandoned. Work will be di-
yided into short sections so as to en-
able more men to be worked and the
whole thing will be pushed forward as
rapidly as possible. A careful inspec-
ton Of the tunnel itself will be made
early next week by the engineering
force. As 1t is cut through solid rock
for nearly its entire distance, it is not
expected that any particular damage
has been done during the period Of idle
ness, and as both ends have been closed
by heavy doors the rumors of the ends
being filled with solid masses of ice are
apparently unfounded. According to
the statements of persons who have
,voro nvar tha road RECENTLY two 1ayS'