The Meeker herald., 1896-08-15
COLORADO CONDENSED.

COLORADO CONDENSED.
A strong Mckinley club has been Of
eanised at Mandpou.
Colorado Springs has been eeaebrat
ing the twenty fifty anniversary Of IL
founding.
The institute for the Third Norms
district opened at Denver. on the srd'
with $50 in attendance.
The date Of the state convention oi
the W. C. T. q. has been set for Octo
ber l., 10 and IT. In Pueblo.
The state equalization board has
made liberal reductions in the asses
ment Of the railroads in the state.
The Young Woman's Christian Asso
ciation 1t Denver has purchased q hne
dbe for building ON the brow Of Capi'
tol hill
At Denver the other day two fnto,i-
Gated cowboys rode full tilt into cabie
car. but fortunately neither was serious
, ly hurt.
! David Ramey, a colored porter, killed
his mistress, Nettie Clarke. at DenyeI
: hast Sunday. then shot himself. dyins
, at once.
Following the example Of the Arara'
hoe county board, the Pitkin county
commissioners have cut the ahsessmeni
onehalf.
Ex-senator Tabors big blocks n Ben
yer have been sold again to Mrs- LAura
d. Smith. and he win lose all ctAnce IL
redeem them.
Bert Collier, q Cripple Crees boy. vss
badly hurt a few days as, By beins
dragged by a saddle horse from which
he had fallen.
While out hunting nesr Delta, John
Ives was shot and killed BY the acci,
dental discharge Of gan in the hands
of James Richmond
| The executive committee Of the Ma
tional Irrigation association was In ses-
sion at Denver on the 30th and 81si,
making preparations for the NTH an
nual session which occurs at Phoenix.
Arizona, on December Is, 16 and II.
Attorney d. N. Hogg Of Telluride
and Matt Koppin Of the Montrose En-
terpr1se have purchased the Telluride
Republican. The paper hereafter Will
be a Democratic organ. Mr.. Koppin
will locate In Telluride
All the Colorado railroads Will give q
rate OF one fare for the round trip to
Denver for the Prohibition State CON
ventton to be held there August 10 and
20. A large convention b hoped for
Every PUhibitionist, in particular
should take advantage OF the rate.
Great preparations are being made
for the Y. ". C. A. Bible school, to be
held at Glen Park from August II tc
13, after the close of the Chautauqua
Some Of the best speakers Of the statt
will be ON the programme. Including
the rational secretary of tbs organiza
ton.
Tho nth annual convention Of th,
f8tfSARtf IL JHrss6gS ss6g Sth- to fsst t'i two days days
The association comprises the sherfffs
| Of twelve Western state4Iowa. Ne
braska, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Illinois
South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana
Wyoming, Missouri, Kansas and Colo
rado-and has a membership of over {
thousand Sheriffs. Several hundred Of
these were present at this convention
and some of them were accompanied
nv fheNr 70 nf1to~
The report Of the Colorado Human,
society for July is as follows: Number
Of cases Of men Investigated, 10: won
en-, 16; boys. 8; girls, 10; cases Of ami
mails, horses, a; cattle, 27; dogs. 5
birds. 8. Seven warnings requiring bet
ter care Of children and animals were
issued, II horses were ordered out Of
harness. 6 horses were killed to enc
suffering There were four prosscu
tions, Of which three were successful
This report Is for Arapahos count,
alone. Many encouraging reports wer.
received from outslde agents in ths
state, 8. H. Skinner Of Cripple Greek
especially reporting q large amount Of
elective work.
The surface improvements, shaf,
house and bunk and boarding house q
the Griggs Townsite and Mining com
pany. on -Four Mile, about ten msles
northwest Of Cripple Greek, were de
stroyed by nre and powder explos
ion on the Bird. The proposition b one
started BY J. b. Haveriy and others
and hrst-chss mining plant had been
erected in the development Of q large
area Of ground owned by the company
A candle was dropped in Q pile Of
waste BY an engineers assistant, and
before the nre could be put out It had
spread TO the buildings and powder