The Delta independent., 1895-06-19

John Powers is at Telluride seeing the
sights.
A. D. Brown is at Telluride as dele
gate to the congress.
Ed Wiley came in from Delta last
week.-Lake City Times.
Arch and Oscar Mckinley are attend
ing the races at Telluride.
G. H. Whitelaw returned Sunday
from business trip to Denver.
H. J. Curry was up last Friday from
Whitewater and stopped at the Delta
house.
n. E. Clack is at Telluride looking
after the welfare Of the Delta boys dur
ing the races.
John Walsh. who has been attending
the Agricultural College, at Ft. Collins,
returned home Sunday looking as fresh
as daisy.
G. L. Wright, Of the Delta Wholesale
Fruit & Produce Co., visited Hotchkiss
last week and came home with pocket
full OF orders.
Ed Gillett returned Friday from his
trip to Denver accompanied by his
daughter Edith, who has been visiting
at Salida for few days.
A. D. Brown, of the Delta Mills. was
up to Hotchkiss and Paonia last week
with his father, taking look at the fine
orchards in that section.
Mr. Gets Sunday School class had
very pleasant meeting at his house Fri
day night and passed the evening with
games and refreshments.
VIM. Fluke and Al. Miller, two ranch
men Of the Muddy country in Delta
county. were in Gunnison a couple Of
days this week on business Matters
Gunnison Tribune.
William Vogle came in from Hotch-
kiss, Tuesday evening. where he has been
the past two or three weeks While
away he bought horse and rode it to
this place.-Lake City Times.
Fred North and Al Reynolds visited
the Mesa lakes last week and on their
return the former dropped in at this
office and left three fine trout as visible
| evidence that they were successful.
Charles Wilson has accepted the posi-
ton at the Bailey Mercantile Co.'S made
vacant by Mr.. Childs going into the
lumber business and hereafter he will
be found there ready to wait on custom
ers.
Mrs. Burnett. landlady Of the Sheridan
house at Telluride, left last Saturday
for home after making an inspection of
the orchards and fruit lands about Delta.
She will undoubtedly invest here before
long.
Frank A. Brown, prominent Tongue
| Creek cattleman, came down Saturday
to have his foot patched up where it had
came in contact with an axe while he
was chopping. He went on to Grand
Junction Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ. Palmer, of Jewell
City. Kansas. arrived here last week and
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Shores.
Mr. Palmer was forman Of the Jewell
City Republican Office for several years
and is looking for an opportunity to em-
bark in Colorado Journalism.
Carl Herzinger, Carl Patz, John Trav-
is. Emile Herzenger, Billy Green and
Ralph Rowan, have organized a string
band and have been serenading their
friends during the pleasant evenings Of
the past week. Their music is good and
with a little moro practice could be
made the equal OF any orchestra in the
country. We acknowledge plcasane
call Monday evening.-Lake City Times.
Last Friday night pleasant party Of
young folks went out on Garnet Mesa
to the residence OF D. c. jackson, where
they proceeded to have a merry time in
honor Of the 18th birthday OF Miss Min,
ME jackson. Those present were
Mesdames Flynn, Gray. Nelson; Misses
Cora L. Nelson, Of Salida. Hurley. Jordan
Hawk. Cameron, Terrence and jackson;
Meesrs. Bert Norton, N. E. Clack, Starr
Nelson. Will Torrence. Edd Van De
Venter. Will and Harry Mathers. A
very jolly time is reported by all who
went out.
As will be seen by the list Of appoint
msnts for the Salida district published
elswhers in this issue, there have been a
number OF changes in the locations OF
the Methodist ministers. Rev. ]. H
Gill who has been the pastor here for
the past two years goes to Aspen; Rev
Henry Harpst, who has done such ell
cient work on the North Fork circui,
for two years past, goes to Buena Vista
and is succeeded in the work in thii
section by Rev. J. W. Martin. The
Delta pastorate will be filed by Rev. w
r. Weaver. who is very highly spoken oI
as an earnest Christian worker and
speaker, The many friends OF Rev. Gil
express regret at his departure and theil
best wishes follow him in his now deld
Of labor.