The Meeker herald., 1896-02-08
COLORADO conDEnstb.

A successfoul farmers Institute clesed
at Brighton on the 31st.
| The miners of La Plata county ars or
| ganizing to advertise that section
The last suit against W. s. Strstton's
independence mine has been thrown out
Of court.
There are at present fifty-one girls
confined in the State Industrial Home
at Denver.
| The new Masonic Temple at Boulder
was dedicated on the goth with suit
able ceremonies.
Governor McIntire has granted A. w
Van Houten respite OF thirty days.
pending an appeal for clemency.
State Senator William NJ. Fulton Of
Gunnison county died at his home In
Denver on the 9TH OF typhoid fever.
The railroads are still at outs on the
coal question and the price has dropped
another notch, northern coal selling at
| S2.45 and southern at S2.9o.
| The Colorado Midland railroad has
| lot out the contract for the building OF
| their mammoth depot al cripple creek
| to Contractor Murphy of Omaha Inc
building Is to cost $4,000 and Will be
Of sandstone and pressed brick, the IN
terror being Of hard wood.
The six foot Of coking coal. which tho
| Union Coal and Coke company have
been tunneling after for three months,
has been struck. The new find Ddo-
| Gated fifteen miles from G!enwood on
the line of the Midland coal branch,
and is figured as a big advantage to
| that section.
One of the three suits which have
threatened to take from the owners OF
the little Johnny mine at Leadville Pert
| Of the wealth of the famous propeSty
was dismissed In the United States Cir
cult court Thursday by Judge Riner on
the ground that the charges OF fraud
made as the basis Of the suit were not
established. There remain two other
suits, each like this one, for a sixth
interest, to be decided in the federal
court.
Bartolo Mattiere, an Austrian, work
ing ON the North Star on Sultan Noun
tain, was instantly killed on the 9th.
He was working for the company on
contract and while raising the chute
on the stope part of the wall fell on
him and he was caught between the
cribbing and the rock. He will be bur
led by the Miners Union. He leaves a
wife and one child In Austria This Is
the first man killed in the mine, which
has been working fifteen years.
The Colorado Society Of the Daugh-
ters OF the Revolution, lineal descend
ents of the men who fought for the free
dom OF this country. held their second
annual meeting at Denver on the 9th
The object OF this society Is primarily
to keep alive among its members and
throughout the community the patriotic
spirit OF the men and women who
achieved American independence. 1t
also collects for preservation all docu
ments relative to the war OF the AmeriA
can Revolution and promotes the proper
celebration of prominent events related
to or connected with the same memoru-
BILE period. Direct lineal descent and
good standing are the only requisites t4
membership. Mrs. ]. l.. Mcneil =
state regent.
Much litigation has arisen out OF the
recent cffvrtp -vf JuirII ". rsrtcf1fe' u..ss~s
sentence Of twenty years In the penitea-
Rhodes, near Goldcliff, close to the
town of Boulder, on May 10, 1895, to
obtain writ Of supersedeas from the
supreme court. On Sunday Sherin
Dyer OF Boulder county took the mur-
derer to Canon City, where he was to
be lodged on the order issued from the
Boulder county district court. Richie
was turned over to the penitenuary in
due form. and receipt taken for him
by Sheriff Dyer. Warden John Cleg-
horn returned Richie to Denver and
lodged him in the county Jail, after hav-
ing been Informed by telephone that
Judge Allen had issued writ OF ha-
beas corpus for the prisoner.
The handsome new school building at
| Telluride. which Is nearly completed,
collapsed on Thursday morning. 1t
was to have been finished March at
n cost of 100000. The contractors must
stand this loss. Various theories are
| advanced as to the cause of the catas-
/ trophc. but all are merely speculations
| and the primal cause, perhaps, will
never be known. The roof Of the build
ing was very heavy. on account OF the
metal used, and when 1t fell, had a
disastrous effect on the walls and
I especially those on the south hide. The
outside walls on the south side were
knocked down to the first story and
that portion standing Is cracked in sew
eral places. The north, east and west
|
near the roof and can be repaired at a
small expense. The damage will be
repaired and the building completed ac-
cording to contract.
Great excitement was occasioned In
and around the town Of Tyler Thurs
day night on account Of the report that
n patent had been denied Captain Tyler
by the department on his homestead Of
about 200 acres lying adjacent to the
town and on which his promising mine,
| Niagara. is located, on account of the
| land being mineral In character. In
consequence Of this rumor a rush was
made for the captains land by those on
the inside, and before daylight next
morning every lead lode or vein on this
| erstwhile barren homestead was staked
and restaked, and many stakes were
placed regardless Of leads Of any kinds.
This land is considered very valuable,
and the captain Is credited with the
statement that he was rushing his