Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-02-06
COLORADO CONDENSED.

ganlzing to advertise that section.
The last suit against W. s. Stratton''
Independence mine has been thrown ou
Of court
There are at present fifty-one girl'
confined In the State Industrial Home
at Denver.
The new Masonic Temple at Boulder
was dedicated on the Both 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 ut his home IN
Denver on the 9th Of typhoid fever.
Mason NJ. Totten and Charles Holli'
day has been arrested at Kansas C1ty
for buying mining stock Of Denver pro-
kers with bogus checks.
The railroads are still at outs on the
coal question and the price has droppeu
another notch, northern coal selling at
S2.45 and southern at $3.50.
The Colorado Midland railroad has
Let ont the contract for the building OF
their mammoth depot at Cripple Greek
to Contractor Murphy Of Omaha. Ihe
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of sandstone and pressed brick, the III
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 Is 10
Gated fifteen miles from Glenwood on
the line of the Midland coal branch,
and is figured as a big advantage TO
that section.
| 4. G. Henry has almost perfected
plans for bringing a colony Of farmers
from Eastern states to locate on lands
along the Platte. There Is prepared lot
| Them large tract of land under often
about 100 miles from Denver, and Mr..
| Henry has been working upon thc
project more than year.
w. s. Stratton OF the Independence
mine has purchased the ranch or Hon.
C. D. Ford of the Monument Messen'
ger for the sum of $500, and pre-
scnted 1t to the Morrison brothers,
who are now occupying 1t. sister of
the Morrison brothers was house
keeper for Mr.. Stratton at one time
and another sister is being educated
by him.
One OF the three suits which have
threatened TO take from the owners OF
the little Johnny mine at Leadville part
of the wealth Of the famous properly
was dismissed In the United Stntes Clr-
cult court Thursday by Judge Riner on
the ground that the charges OF fraud
made as the basis Of the suit We're not
established. There remain two other
suits, each like this one, for sixth
interest, to be decided In the federal
court.
Bartolo Mattierc, 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
cribblng and the rock. He will be bur.
led by the Miners Union. lie 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
tiers OF the Revolution, lineal descend
cnts 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. II
also collects for preservation all doc'i'
mcnts relative to the war OF the Ameri'
can Revolution and promotes the proper
celebration OF prominent events related
to or connected with the same memora'
BILE period. Direct lincal descent and
good standing are the only requisites Il
membership Mrs. J. l.. Mcneil 4.
state regent.
Much litigation has arisen out OF the
recent efforts of John ]. Ritchie, under
sentence OF twenty years In the peniten
tiary for the murder OF Benton L
Rhodes. near Goldcllfr. close to the
town Of Boulder. on May 10. 1898. tc
obtain writ Of supersedeas from the
supreme court. on Sunday Sheriff
Dyer Of Boulder county took the mur
dercr to Canon City, where he was tc
be lodged on the order issued from the
Boulder county district court. Ritchit
was turned over to the penitentIary II
due form. and receipt taken for hin
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 tina
Judge Allen had issued writ OF ha
bcas corpus for the prisoner.
The handsome new school building at
Telluride. which is nearly completed
collapsed on Thursday morning. II
was TO have been finished March | ni
n cost Of 100000. The contractors must
stand this loss. Various theories nr,
advanced rs TO the cause of the ca =
trophc, but all are merely speculatlons
and the primal cause. perhaps. will
never he known. The roof of the build
ing was very heavy. on account Of the
metal used, and when It fell had n
disastrous effect on the walls and
especially those on the south side. Tho
outside walls on the south side wcr,
Knocked down to the first story and
that portion standing Is cracked In sew
cral places. The north. east and wcsr
walls are not seriously damaged excop
near the roof and can be repaired at q
small expense. The damage will b,
repaired and the building completed nc
cording to contract.
Great excitement was occasionCd I,
ana around the town Of Tyler Thurs
tay night on account Of the report thl
a patent had been denied Captain Tyln
by the department. on his homestead g
about 200 acres lying adjacent to III,
town and on which his promising mine
Niagara. II located. on account of lin
land being mineral In character. II
consequence OF this rumor n rush wa
made for the captains land by those q,
the inside. and before daylight ncx
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