Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-12-26
COLORADO COM DENSED.

Federal officers at Denver have JUS,
arrested gang Of postOtlice robbers.
A banquet of the New England asso
clation was held at Denver on the 21st
The E.steddfod will be held at Den.
yer on. September I, 9, and 3 of next
yeSe.
Heavy. snow at Lamar seriously In
terfercd with the annual rabbit hunt
on the 10Th.
The school house at Fort Lupton was
broken into and robbed of $50 worth OF
books few nights ago.
c. I. Colwell. the contestant for the
office of commissioner of Morgan cOun.
ty, has been given the place.
Dave Kelker. Rio Grande engineer,
waa fatally hurt by an accident to his
engine near Pueblo, recently.
The second day of the Lamar rabbi,
hunt was a success, and $500 rabbits
will be the total result of the hunt.
The Colorado State Board of Horti-
culture will hold Its yearly open meet
Ing In February and the programme Is
now being made up.
The State Veterinary Sanitary
Board has formulated series of in
structlons of measures to be taken to
stamp out and prevent sheep scaD,
which Is now prevalent.
The following Colorado postmasters
have been appointed by the president:
Charles II. Holt Bucna Vista; Fred w.
Brush, Salida; ii. $. Mcdowell, High
lands; Charles A. Crane, Colorado City.
Rev. James Ii. Ecob of Albany, New
York. has accepted the pastOrate of the
First Congregational church, Denver.
DIR. Ecob has been the pastor of a lead
Ing Presbyterian church at Albany, al
though formerly a Congregationalist.
Four young people were drowned Oh
the ODD by breaking through the Ice
while skating on lake ten miles ont
from Denver. Their names are: Rob-
crt Jones, twenty years old; Maggie
Jones. twenty years old: Charles Jones,
eight years old; Ina Ball, sixteen years
old. Three of the drowned persons
were children of Thomas Jones. who has
been for the past year Il tenant on the
ranch where the drowning accident oc.
Cured. -.
On the 10th the Supreme court lis
tened to arguments by attorneys on
the division of, state" funds under the
appropriations. Tie question for the
court to settle IL what officers comprise
the state government, md should their
salaries be paid before all others. At
tOrncy General Carr insists that the
state government has n priority. then
the penal institutions, third. such 9TH
er Institutions as the constitution pro-
vldes for, and fourth. the Institutions
which have the mill levy and then
what is left to he divided among the
ntI, A {., t,,
week or two.
Game Warden Land Is still trying 10
stop the hunters in Western Colorado
from killing game. The frontier of over
100 miles is difficult to protect and TIE
hunters In wagons are able to convey
the carcasses of deer and elk across the
line into Utah without detection, ship
ping their plumber from some point
along the RIO Granda Western. A
large consignment Is now held at Price
station because the railroad company
refuses to accept the meat. Colonel
Dodge announced yesterday that he had
received warning from the game war;
den, III which case it was essential
that he obey and decline the shipment.
Work on the Ice palace Mt Leadville
Is now progressing very fast and 1t Is
ktNell ttIf lllul tIltTt Is IO
what the palace will be open on the LIST
of january. The ice walls on the north
side have already attained n height of
thirty-scven feet. The west walls are
also up very high and the east and
south walls have already been gotten
well under way. The carpenter work
Is nearing completion and all the inter
ior buildings are already under roof
and are about ready for the finishing
touches. Seventh street has been
closed up and the toboggan slide at
both ends of the street will be COM
pleted by the end of the week. Two
hundred men are at work on the ice
palace grounds.
A cycle show is to be held In Den
yer in the near future. Cycle shows
are coming to be the events of interest
In the wheeling world during the win
ter season. They serve as n medium
for the introduction of the latest in
ventiOns in cycle mechanics and the
exhibition of the new methods, and the
exhibits are equally Interesting to the
general public and the dealers more
directly interested. Then there are the
entertainment and social features,
which serve to bring wheelmen to-
gether and keep up the interest which
the dcartlr of outdoor excitement has
caused to lag. These shows take the
nature of expOsitions on a small scale,
and are now being planned on u more
extensive basis than ever.
A new lake is to be bull, at the City
Park. Denver. which will be great
addition to the charms of the place. The
Park commission will begin letting con-
tracts for the work on the lake directly
after January I. and it is probable that
everything will be in shape by the first
of May. There are to be row boats AMI
a steam launch for pleasuring ahoat on
the surface of the new lake, as well as
ether aquatic attractions. Running
around it is to he a driveway about a
mile in length. and from within the n
ner margin of this the slope to the Wa
ter's edge will be pebbly beach. Wa
ter plants and grasses are to be cult.
vaicd on the bank of the lake. and there
will probably be ducks and swans TO
swim upon its surface. 1t is estimated
that the lake will cost in the ncighbor-
hood of $4,000.
There is much disorganization. active
and passive. existing among the officers
and men of the First regiment. C., n
c.. and court of inquiry. consisting OF
Adjutant General Moses. Brigadicr
General Brooks and General Klee. IL
now endeavoring TO find its cause aud
cure. The immediate cause of the gen.
erals inquiry was the resignation #