Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-08-08
COLORADO CONDENSED.

The Gulf line to Walsenburg' is now
being operated.
The total enrolment OF teachers at
the Denver convention OF the N: nA' a.
was 1924, tie largest OH record.
A large number of real estate own ers
In Denver are anxious to sell propesS
to the government for Il mint site.
The comptroller Of the treasury nA :
appointed William 3. Nelson receiveaF
Of the Union National Bunk OF Denver
There was very heavy rain storm
1t Denver Tuesday afternoon. Light
ming struck two or three buildings.
Central City and Black Hawk sur
Tered from a terrible flood on the Sotn,
the result of a cloudburst. Fortunately
no lives were lost
Many complaints of the killing Of fish
with dynamite are coming in from the
western part of the state. A number
Of deputies have been appointed by the,
state fish commissioner.
A Rio Grande passenger train ran in'-
to rock on the track near Wolcott.
Thursday. The engine went into the
river, but no one was seriously hurt
The engineer and fireman jumped.
There is great excitement Mt Cotton
wood, in the Duncan mining district
over the finding of large vein OF min
eral running high in tin. The veini
crops out, 1t Is reported by pefsspectors',
for 4,5OO feet
Colorado will not have an exhibit at
the Cotton States Exposition Mt AhanF
ia, Georgia. this fall. This deternHna+'
ton was arrived at Friday at meet
ing of the ladies' who had undertakes,
the enterprise. The failure of the Leg
lslature to make an appropriation was
the chief cause.
Friday afternoon at $3.50 at the Bob
tail mine, Gilpin County, the earth
caved in in No. 1 shaft and imprisoned
eight men. Luckily they found means
Of escape by climbing up the shaft OF
the mine. The men were cleaning out
the sand and water which had filled IN
as result of the heavy flood OF Mon
day and Tuesday.
A very peculiar accident happened 10
Antonio Paris, miner on the silver
Pick mine at Telluride, Tuesday Go
ing on shift he started to- drilling on
what appeared to be an unfished up
per hole left by the day shift when parl
of the charge exploded, sending the
drill through his left hand and through
the left side of the skull, making fear
full wound. Two fingers can be insert
drill passed through. The man was
taken to the county hospital with few
chances of recovery. 1t is thought the
hole was an old one in which there had
been only partial explosion, leaving q
portion of the dynamite in 1t.
The jury In the case of Johnstone vs..
Johnstone at Colorado Springs brought
In verdict for Mrs. JOhnstOne, the de-
| fendant. The husband charged MS
wife with desertion, and in her replica
| ton she alleged that she had not de-
serted the plaintiff nor had she been un-
true, but charged the plaintiff with
both desertion and adultery. The find
ing of the jury leaves the plaintiff with
seeked to obtain divorce and the one
to whom he was married in Manitou
! twelve years ago. The statutes Of lim-
itatiOns prevent his being arrested on
the charge of bigamy. It is one Of the
most peculiar cases that has ever been
before court.
The Standard OIL Company, or as 1t
| Is known In the West, the Continental
OIL Company, is to have competition in
Denver and throughout the state. Sew
eral months ago It purchased the out
put of the Florence wells and followed
this up by purchasing the Climax Com
pany's plant in this city and Denver.
AS result the price of coil oil fmmedi-
| the field will be known as the Ohio
River Oil Company. and will operate
throughout the state with headquar-
ters In Denver The oil will be shipped
from the Ohio field. and it is believed
that the prices will then take tumble.
This Information is gained from o
prominent oil man.