The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-05-31
COLORADO CONDENSED.

VI JuuSS
/ Sheriff Leslie Of Leadville has arrest.
ed two men who are charged with hay-
Ing robbed the Midland stage.
Work on the oil well at Grand juno
ton is being continued. 1t Is already
1000 feet deep with good Indications.
Charles Sheldon, aged about thirty
F., three years, committed suicide at James
town, Saturday night, as a result of a
drunken debauch.
| Rev. Mr.. Dewey of Concord, New
Hampshire, has declined the call to tic
pastorate of the First Congregational
church of Denver.
The Plngee plan of furnishing land to
| poor people to cultivate is being tried In
Denver. Thirty acres have been secured
for the purpose, which can be irrigated.
Tools will be furnished and the men will
have all that they can raise.
The annuaI convention Of the Colo
RADIO Christian Endeavor Union will
open ut Salida June LIST. 1t will be
notable on account of the presence of
Rev. f. Il. Clark of Boston. the found
or Of the movement. The Rio Grande
road gives one-fare rate.
On the eth at the Silver Queen mine,
ut Ouray, Jack Daniels, miner who
was working In the tunnel was caught
In a flood OF water from cave over.
head. The water broke loose and car
ried the unfortunate man out OF the tun-
mel over the dump and down about 300
feet, where his dead body was found
amid snow and Ice.
County Judge II. II. Wilson met Rs.,
Brown on the streets Of Ouray and. 4
manded an apology for assertions -
about himself in public. Meeting vsHti
a refusal from Rev. Brown, Wilson
struck him In the face three times. VII.
son was fined So and costs. The trouble
is the result of the reform movement
headed by Rev. Brown, who wants the
dance halls closed.
Within the past week farmers living
near the Thompson River, Longmont
and Loveland. and in the nelglborhood
OF Lucerne, North Greeley have dug
up myriads OF grasshopper eggs, all
showing life, proving that the severe
cold. wet weather of March and April
did no harm to them. Now 1t is feared
that when summer Is ushered in the
pests will hatch out and begin their
work of ruin.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Rio Grande Branch Line
Railroad Company, which proposes t.
build n line Of road from Trinidad to
Huerfano, and is capitalized for $780,.
600. The directory contains leading
Rio Grande officials. The incorpora
ton OF this company is taken to Indi
cate that there will be no further joint
trackagc agreements between the Gull
and Rio Grande roads
Mrs. Francis S. Long has filed suit ir
the district court for $4,000 damages
against the Victor Coal Co. The plain
tlff lost hand at Hastings while cross
Ing siding under some cars, ant
claims that the accident was due to the
negligence OF the company In MOVING
the cars before she had gotten across
She further claims that the crossing
was blocked and that there was no 9th
err way to get across the track except L
crawl under the ears.
The Larimcr county commissioners
accompanied by the state engineer ant
two or three business men from For
Collins, have gone to Steamboat Spring
with the object OF selecting the Lane
over which n new road Is to be bull
from that city via North Park. The,
will be absent about two weeks and n
soon ms they return. engineers Will b
sent out TO survey the land and con
tracts given for the work, which Is to b,
completed as soon as possible.
The Hon. /. w Chaticld, one of tn
wealthicst and best known ranchers II
the Roaring Fork Valley has bcei
placed under arrest on complaint o
George ii. Thompson. secretary Of tn
Colorado Humane society, for cruelty l.
last winter Mr.. Chatflcld lost about An
head OF cattle. and the charge Il mad,
that he failed 10 properly care for hi
stock. The accused gave bond In III
sum OF $500 TO appear for trial. Mr.
Chatfleld was member of the Seventh
assembly.
Another strike In the Argcntuln
Juniata. Mt Aspen. has just been made
The strike consists OF u seven-fo0t bod,
OF mineral running from 200 10 iO
ounces silver per ton. II was made be
tween the seventh and ninth levels IN NJ
old stope that had been considered worl;
cd out. In blasting into the suppose,
footwall the discovery was made tina
Instead OF the regular footwall the sup
posed wall consisted OF a thin strata o
shalc. Other bodies OF pay dirt are ex
pectcd 10 he Joined Mt the other point
In the stopc In driving Ia the true foot
wall. The mine is making regular ship
menis. and the water Is giving N
trouble.
! As construction gang on the Denver
1 Lcad-'llc x Gunnison railroad We're ~
turning home from work Friday night
an accident occurred In which Charlie
Mlchaelson met instant death, an,
twelve other laborcrs were more or les
Injured. An engine was backing scy
eral empty cars through the Alpine tun
mel. and In some way the front ear be
came detached from the rest Of the trail
and began 10 shoot down the Incline 4
frighiful rate OF speed. Michaelsol
Jumped from the ear before II left tn
tunnel, aud he was instantly killed. Til
other men jumped after the 90
emerged from the tunnel. and Will
severely bruised. none OF them wcr
fatally hurt.
A Denver 4 Rio Granic west boun'
freight on sunday ran Into u rock slid
four miles west Of Saplncro. In the BiRc'
Canon, dcraillng the engine and .lIll
cars. The engineer and fireman jumps
barely In time TO save themselves, hn
both were badly bruised by falling OF
tho rocks, The engine " entirely out .
sight In the river. with two cnrr on inl
NJ II. The scene Of the accident
800 feet west OF a sharp curve. While
hid the danger from the engineer unit
too late TO stop the train. The irncl
was cleared NJ . y. m. ~ that train
,ould pass. Blame for the accident NJ
parcntly lays with the track walker
who's. duty II IL 10 Inspect th1Vtrac
ahead Of the inrin. hut he had only ron
Two miles down when the fnicd trial
passed him.