Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-11
COLORADO CONDENSED.

cred at Golden.
! The total amount appropriated by the
late Legislature was S1.317, ,940.95.
| William II. Klett, of Denver. has
, been appointed State Labor Commis-
! sioner.
No wine was served at the banquet
rendered General Howard at Denver
the other day.
| Prominent Germans Of Denver sent
their congratulations to Bismarck on
his S0th birthday.
| The union depot at Denver has new
] clock on which the time can be read
| ten blocks away.
The Rio Grande earnings for March
showed Il decrease of S9,SOO from those
Of March of last year.
James Peoples died at Boulder last
week at the age of 1O5. He was prob
ably the oldest man in the state.
The Colorado State Science Teachers
association met for quiet feast at the
Windsor hotel. Denver, on the 9th.
Warden Cleghorn has taken charge
of the penitentiary. Tom johnson Is
his deputy and J. L. Hasbrouch. clerk.
Judge Boughton and the commission
crs of Boulder county are having con-
test over the kind of chairs to be used
in the jury box.
The Denver Times has changed hands
again and II. II. Eddy retires from the
editorial management. He is succeed
ed by Lansing Warren, who was for
mcrly editor.
General o. o. Howard was given a
warm reception in Denver, enjoying
two receptions and banquet in his
honor. He also delivered lecture on
Grant at Chattanooga"
Mike Thies, one of the old-t time Aspen
miners. was instantly killed in the Du-
rant Thursday by falling down a sew
enty-foot incline. 1t is alleged that the
place was a death-trap and that the
company will be held liable for the
death.
Philip f. Gaffron. a matchmaker,
living at 113O Ashland avenue, High
lands. was shot and dangerously
wounded at an early hour Monday
morning by burglars, who had effected
an entrance into his residence. The
burglars escaped.
A sad accident occurred on election
day at New Castle. While Mrs. Tom
Jones was preparing her ballot she
tainted and struck her head against the
floor. 1t caused the breaking of blood
vessel resulting in her death in the
course of a few hours.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has announced a session at Denver
April 22nd to hear the cases of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron company Of Pu-
eblo and George ]. Kindel of Denver
VS.. Railroad. reaching Colorado points
from the East and from the Pacific
coast.
The Griffin Car Wheel foundry has
began work on big plant at Denver
The Griffin company Is the biggest
wheel concern in the world, having q
plant at Detroit which turns out 600
wheels day, and another at Chicago
with equal capacity. The Denver plant
will have an initial capacity of 200
wheels a day and give employment to
$50 hands.
Governor McIntire has appointed the
following, described in his formal or
der rs "citizens and cattle growers Of
Colorado" to constitute the state board
of inspection for the ensuing year: J.
X. Mullen, Conrad Shafer, Denver; r.
w. Hooker. Pueblo; George Peasley
Greeley: H. S. Holly, La Junta; George
Yule, Newcastle; Benjamin Price,
Mceker; w. II. Adams, Alamosa; J..
c. johnson. Trinidad.
General Manager ]. w. Dean of the
proposed railway line from New Castle
to Meeker has engaged corps of ten
surveyors and says the surveys will be
rushed through so that the entire
length of the line can be constructed
this year. Irresponsible men tell us
they will furnish the money for the
road II we make the proper showing"
said Mr.. Dean. "The showing will be
made and the road will be In operation
before the close of the year"
John Wulffman had a miraculous es-
cape from death while going from his
cabin to his mine near Wheeler Lakes.
A heavy snow had fallen during the
night and whitman was the first to
venture over the trail, which at best Is
| n perilous one. The snow had obliter-
ated it entirely this morning, but Wulff-
| man would have succeeded in crossing
it had not his advent started slide
while he was fioundering in the midst
of an immense drift. In an instant
Wulffman was buried beneath an ava
| l,.che of snow and the whole side of
| the hill was a sheet of moving white.
| But whitman managed to keep on top
| and although badly bruised, no bones
| We're broken.
| Three carloads of grain have been
| received ut Akron. consisting of 100
| bushels of wheat. 200 bushels Of which
have been distributed in the vicinity of
| Otis. Colorado, and 5000 bushels of
| oats for distribution in this vicinity.
| Since the latter part Of March over
| STOO have been received from Indiana,
| Pennsylvania, New York and other
Eastern states for the purpose of buy
ing seed grain for the destitute settlers
in this county. and recently the county
commissioners appropriated $1,000 for
this purpose. Together with the arriv.
| al of this seed and the recent SHOWS
the farmers feel greatly encouraged
and are going to work with a great
deal of zeal.
| The seventh annual report of the
E,cnver and Rio Grande Employees Re.
lief association has been issued. II
shows gratifying decrease in the
number of cases treated, the actual
| figures being 6.2O9. as compared with
1852 in the previous year. OF those
in 1894, 316 We're hospital cases, and all
| Of these but twenty were treated at the
Sa'ida hospital. Fifteen of the latter
were treated at Denver hospitals. Five
members died from injury and eight
from disease. The number of mem.
bers treated for disease was 5,651,
while 55S were cared for on account of
injuries received. While the income
for the year was less than for previous
| years, surplus was saved by economy