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The Delta independent., 1896-03-18
IrriS.,ion and osh.- Matters.

inches of original half-tone engravings
in every issue of a western magazine, but
such is the case in &c Arid America" the
Irrigation Journal of Denver. Colo.
These illustrations comprise orchards,
vineyards. irrigated farms, Rocky Mount
ain Scenery and Colorado Gold Camps.
From 40 to 90 pages of choice matter
every issue. all of the greatest interest TO
Western farmer and Eastern investor.
Send 1oc. for sample copy or Il for a
years subscription, and mention this
paper.
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18

IN these columns free Any further announce
aents vii be eaaIged io- al advertising rates
Schubert Quintette. March 2s.
S. 3. Hartman was down from Maher
last week.
Mrs. W. 4. Travis left for Lake City
Thursday.
ID. NJ. Mills is having an addition to
his house put up.
Robert Jones has built q new house
on his ranch recently.
Jay Gillett returned from Salida
Wednesday afternoon.
Remember that the Schubert Quintette
will he here on March 2sth.
Water Commissioners Hovey was down
yesterday from Montrose.
Conklin & Gaunt have had the front
OF their store nicely repainted.
Harding Bros- have nearly completed
their new house on Third street.
l.. Landry has gwen the front Of his
barber shop fresh coat Of paint
The Adventists will soon paint their
church and otherwise improve it.
Mrs. ID. A Dewey and baby returned
Sunday from Delta.-Pitkin Miner.
J. +. Sanders went up to Ouray Mon
day to look after his mining interests.
E. Caldwell has nearly completed his
three room residence on Garnet mesa.
John Duncan returned yesterday from
Gunnison. where he has been visiting
friends.
Miss Hur, left on Wednesday last FOR
= visit TO her old home at Indianapolis.
Indiana.
Mr.. John Duncan from Delta. is re-
newing acquaintances in Gunnison this
wsek.-Nsws
S. p. Gutshall received car load OF
fine horses for his ranch near Chipe.a
last Saturday.
Miss Belya Laycook, OF Denver. arriv
ed last Friday on a visit to her sister,
Mrs. George Smith.
Jay Gillett, Of Delta. visited his sister,
Mrs j. ID. Whitehurst, the first Of the
week.-Salida Mail.
Emr,et Hightowcr came down from
Montrose Thursday for visit with Geo.
". Wade and family.
Kew. J. Keiser came over from Salida
Monday for visit with the family OF
Mr.. Dslo, at Eckert.
Bigelow Bros. have nearly completed
. niIe four room house on Columbia
stree, for J. Ii. Williams.
Mayor winton is enclosing his grounds
at the corner Of Dodge and ith street
with a new picket fence.
Jay Gillett, OF Delta. was in the city
last Saturday and stopped at the La
Veta hotel.-Gunnison Tribune.
Paul l.. Kennedy arrived Monday
from Rock Springs, Wyoming, and will
remain for visit with friends.
Mesdames o. W. and c. B. Wright ar
rived Sunday from Denver and went up
to their home. on Rogers mesa.
Las, Thursday and Friday the Fruit
Growers Institute held an interesting
session a, Pueblo Adviser.
Billy Randall went down to Delta
"Wednesday TO buy bunch OF cattle for
his meat market.-Telluride Journal.
II. Hammond. Delta's popular livery
man. was in town on business the fore
part OF the week.-Montruse Enterprise.
Mrs. Il. d. Blair returned yesterday
from Lcadville, accompanied by Mrs.
Baglcy. whose husband is pastor Of one
Of the churches there.
J. b. Killian has sold his residence nt
Colorow and is preparing to push the
sale of lots up there. He says that Colo
row will soon become as large 4 town ~
Montrose.
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Keen Cool.

The c. b. Chrysler Ice Company
(euccessors to Conklin 4 Gaunt) have to
furnish the people Of Delta the best ice
ever packed for the Delta market which
they will deliver at lowest prices. Orders
left at Conklin 4 Gaunt's grocery will
receive prompt attention.
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to experiment with medicines. Beggs'
Blood Purifier is no novelty. A record
OF twenty years proves it to be the best
known formula for enriching the blood
and driving from the system thoee i'm
purities which breed disease. For sale
by McMurray.
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Teacher. Ex.minssi On

Notice is hereby given that the regular
examination for teachers certificates will
be held at the district court room in
Delta. on Friday and Saturday. March
20 and n, 1896. 6-I
ELLA NEw, Supt.
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Tn. Perfect Oi.sns.t.

The virtue OF Besgs German Salve is
its quick healing power. Else it would
not have earned its world wide repu.
tation. Your popular druggist Nc
Murray has it.
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18

Norton l. Winton will sell you Tongue
Creek coal for si.0o per ton, the bes,
coal in the state.
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18

Parties wishing to use blue vitriol on
wheat lands will find large stock and
bottom prices at McMurray's.
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18

Bishop takes the lead in making high
class photographs, at the Delta Photo
Studio, now open every day.
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usss~s efssech sesS.r. Meeting.

There will be meeting OF the stock
holders Of the Ironstore Ditch Co, at
the Cushman school house on Saturday
April llth. at 10 o'clock a. m. The
directors will also r,eet immediately
after the adjournment Of the stockhold-
era meeting.
II. S. B,oLsy, Frest.
\. L. CLAcK, Scc'y. as
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18

We leave competitors as though there
were none with our line OF groceries.
which is as complete as a novel after the
last word. Conklin & Gaunt.
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Oat and potato sacks for sale By
the Delta Wholesale Fruit and Pro
duce Co. s9tf
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18

Eggs wanted-will pay a cent a dozen
more than any other store in trade at
the Postoffice Book Store.
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Dr&asnAktuG.

am now ready to resume my work Of
dresemaking. Prices resonable. salts.
faction guaranteed. HELEN REYNOLDS.
2nd blk south OF II. E. Church. Mesker
ST. IS
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Pimple.. sersnlsas Sores

and all humors Of the blood and skin
will succumb to Begys' Blood Purifier
and Blood Maker. 1t positively has no
equal. Every bottle guaranteed. Ask
your popular druggist McMurray for it.
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18
Chattel MORTGAGE Sale

OF twenty three first class horses at
Mowers corral in Delta Saturday March
18th, 1896 5.S
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18

WASrED-A girl for general house.
work apply to L. W. SwEITzER.
Garnet Mesa.
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18
B.se., Little Giant Pins.

Try them il you have a sick headache
or if you are constipatsd or bilious.
Guaranteed by McMurray.
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18

RANCH For REST-sl5o a year cash
Inquire at this office. 3tf.
The Delta independent., 1896-03-18
LOCAL NEWS.

One announcements Of any entertainment to
which an adnIisssCn fee Is charged ill be made
in these columns free Any further announce
Iients vii be Changed 10. a. advertising rates.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.

For a nice tender steak or roast go to
A. d. Turner.
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Norton & Winton will pay cash fer
chickens.
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Money 80 Loan
IL d~Ss uOe Pay

on any good security. A. 6. AusBAR'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
NEN ICE RINK BEING BUILT.
It Will be Near the Outer End of Whalley
 Avenue.

The skating enthusiasts of New Ha- class opportunity to engage in their favorite sport, as we are soon to have an ice rink, novel institution in this city. The new rink will be located on Whalley avenue, near the outer end. The pond has been already prepared, and the flooding of it began yesterday The promoter of this new departure in the interest of skaters is Prof. sam Pepin, one of the best skaters of the country, who now conducts a similar rink in Springfield with great success. The pond is 300x20O feet, and along the Whalley avenue side building 50 feet long will be erected to accommo- date skaters while putting on and talk ing off their skates. There will also be lunch room in the building. One end of the building will be reserved for la dies and gentlemen accompanying them and the other end for gentlemen alone, and boys Between the two rooms will be the lunch room.
 The water of the rink will not be deep, and skating there will be per fectly safe, as no one will be allowed on the ice except at such times as the manager deems the same safe for use Prof. Pepin has an invention of his own to keep the ice smooth. This is an ice planer, which is drawn across the pond when the surface of the ice has been cut by skaters. and by plan ing off all roughness keeps the ice sur face smooth as glass all the while.
 Good order will be preserved at the rink, and the place will be one suitable for ladies and children to attend, as no objectionable features will be al- lowed.
 If the weather continues favorable the rink will probably be opened next week. Prof. Pepin will give exhibitions of fancy skating frequently. He has g. fine pair of silver plated skates pre- scented to him last winter by MT. Bar ney, of Barney & Berry.
 The pond already being prepared is being flooded with city water.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
OBJ ECT TO EASEMENTS.
Prospect Street Property Owners Heard by
 Board of Compensation.

The property holders on Prospect street are opposed to being assessed for the sewer recently laid in Prospect street by the city. The sewer was cut through a bed of solid rock for many rods, and 1t was done at a great ex- pense. The assessments have been laid and the owners of property abutting the street have been notified to connect with the sewer.
 Last evening the board of compensa- tion gave those who were opposed to the assessments an opportunity to be heard and to state their reasons for opposing the same.
 Professor D. Cady Eaton. who lives at 21S Prospect street, said that his property was connected with the Mans field street sewer. The pipes connect ing the sewer with the premises ran from the ub-basement, which was thirteen feet below the Prospect street sewer If he were compelled to make the connections his basement would be of no use to him.
 Robert Morgan, treasurer of the Nor gan Plumbing company, was present with the plan of the connection now used at Professor Eatons residence; also with a. plan showing the changes that would be necessary for the new connection. He did not think the resi- dents along Prospect street should be put to so much expense and inconven- fence when they already had a perfect sewerage. It would cost Professor Ea- ton $1, 900 to comply with the citys or der, besides the risk of damaging his property by blasting the rock.
 Several petitioners, all telling the same story, were heard. All thought it an injustice to compel them to con- meet with the Prospect street sewer, and especially as they were already connected with a good sewer. The as sessment laid is S1.75 per foot.
 The board reserved it's decision. Sev- eral other property owners appealed from the assessments in various parts of the city,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
JUDGE RoBERrsoN,S RAI1RoAD.
He Still Holds the Property-Was Not
 Acting for the Consolidated Road.

Waterbury, Dec. 17.-Judge A. Heaton Robertson, who purchased the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River rail- road for $1S0,00O at auction under mortgage foreclosure sale last May, and who at the time was popularly sup posed to be acting as the agent of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad, states that he has receiv- ed no legitimate offer for the property.
 Since June 1 the road has been clos ed, and Judge Robertson declares that there is no reasonable ground for ex- pecting that it will be reopened very soon.
 Several men are now employed in looking after the tracks, bridges and rolling stock, and the physical condition of the road is said to be good. Judge Robertson states that several parties have interviewed him with regard to the feasibility of equipping the line with electricity, but that none of them has made any overtures concerning the purchase of the property. He is dis posed to believe that with an electric equipment the road would be more than self-supporting.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
TRAGEDIES IN OKLIHOM4.
Two Men Murdered and a Girl Mortally
 Wounded,


 Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 17,-The body of a man about forty years of age and that of a girl about seventeen years were found yesterday in the roadway beside their covered wagon, near Per kins, Okla. The man had been brained with an axe, but the young woman, although badly wounded, was still alive.
 At II o'clock last night word was re- Ceived from Langston that a negro named Clemens was accused of the crime and that a posse of one hundred white men had dragged him into the woods to lynch him. Sheriff Painter of this county was asked to come to Langston with enough men to queit the mob. He left at midnight with several deputies. Clemens was taken from the mob this morning and landed in jail cumstantial. David Boyd is said to be the name of the man murdered.
 An unknown man was found mur- dered near Scott's cattle reach, near the Seminole reservation, yesterday There were bullet holes in the head and body, his throat was cut and the pock- cts of his clothing had been rihed. It is said that he was one of a party travelling by wagon from western Mis- souri to Texas, which passed through that section several days ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
HON. HENRY j.. PIERCE DEAD.
Twice Mayor of Boston and Very Promi-
 nent in Social and Political Circles.

Boston, Dec. 17.-Hon. Henry l.. Pierce died this evening at the city res- idence of Thomas Bailey Aldrich on Mount Vernon street. MT. Pierce was seventy-one years old. He was strick- en with paralysis December ', and since then his life has slowly ebbed away. The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. In 1850 MT. Pierce entered the employ of Walter Baker & Co.,, chocolate manufacturers. In 1854 MT. Baker died and since then MT. Pierce had been sole manager of the business
 MT. Pierce served two terms in con- gress, was twice mayor of Boston and had served in the legislature and as a member of the city government He was several years president of the New England Insurance company, and Museum of Fine Arts, and a member of the St. Botolph, Algonquin and other clubs. MT. Pierce was never married.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
TALK OF 4 MASONTC TEMPLE.
No Definite Steps Yet Taken, However
 Site Proposed Is 60 Orange Street.

The matter of building a new Masonic Temple in this city, which has been talked of for several years, is now be- ing actively pushed forward by promi- nent Masons interested in the erection of such building, and one of them in speaking of it last evening said that there were no more prospects of a new temple being built than there have been at any time since the plan was first brought up some years ago. One site mentioned for a new Masonic Tenn pie is the property now occupied by Charles P Thompson at 50 Orange street, and owned by Captain James NJ Townsend.
 Captain James NJ. Townsend said last evening that no proposals had yet been made to him regarding the erec- ton of a Masonic Temple on his prop erty at 50 Orange street. Captain Townsend said that he had not yet been approached concerning the mat ter. and that the first he knew of it was what he saw in an evening paper yesterday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
In the House.


 Washington, Dec. 17.-When the house adjourned yesterday afternoon it was dividing upon the amendment to the army appropriation bill, recom- mended by the committee of the whole, to exempt the hospitals. After the reading of the journal to-day the speaker put the question and the yeas and nays were ordered. The amend ment was agreed to-151 to S0-and then the bill passed.
 MT. Curtis, rep, of New York, from the committee on military affairs, re- ported the military academy appropri- ation bill for the year ending June 30. 1898. Calendar.
 The committee on affairs of the Dis- trict of Columbia had the right of way for business, and MT. Babcock, rep. of Wisconsin, chairman, called up the following: Joint resolutions authoriz- ing the laying of additional railroad tracks, and the use of streets and parks for the erection of stands in connection with the inaugural ceremonies, March next. Passed.
 House bill authorizing the loan to the citizens committee in charge of the in- augural celebration, under bond of S50- 900, of such government engineers, en- signs and signal numbers as can be spared for decorative purposes, was passed.
 The house passed half dozen meas ures of local interest only, and then the legislativ executive and judicial appropriation bill was taken up in committee of the whole. MT. Bingham. rep, of Pennsylvania, stated that the bill followed, so far as possible, the language of the law for the present year Wherever change or promotion was privileged for the committee had been as economical as possible.
 The only new legislation proposed re- lated to the transfer of the congress sionaI library to the new building and the necessary consequent increase Of the force, and empowering the account ing officers of the treasury to examine and inspect the books and papers of the District of Columbia
 The estimates of the departments for the purposes of the bill aggregated $22,- 767. .15O; the committee recommended an appropriation of $21 ,669, ,369, against $2l, 705, 769 for the current year. The num- Der of salaries provided for was 10,065. being TAO less than the number estimat- ed for and 136 more than the number contained in the present law. This in- crease was made necessary by the oc- cupancy of the new library building. Under the five-minute rule, thirty-one pages of the bill were read and passed without amendment, and at 5 o'clock the committee rose.
 Some routine business was disposed of, and at 5:10 o'clock the house ad- journed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
MAY BE UNDER THE SNOW
STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF MISS
 HALE I'll US ACCOUNTED FOR.
Various Theories as to Her Whereabouts Suggested-Poiice Have No Further ues-Ordinarily She Only Went Out in Pleasant Weather--May Have Been Over come by the Fury of the storm.

come by the Fury of the storm.
 No clues have as yet been obtained by her relatives and friends as to the whereabouts of Miss Emma Hall, who disappeared from her home, 72 Nicoll street, Tuesday evening. Miss Hall is a sister of W. B. Hall, the furniture dealer on State street, who resides at 79 Humphrey street. He has made every possible effort to discover what has become of his sister, but all search thus far has been unavailing. Miss Hall has been an invalid some time and rarely went out and then only in good weather. Monday evening, with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, she attended an entertainment at the Ep- worth M. F. church and seemed then to be feeling unusually well and in good spirits, All day Tuesday Miss Hall continued to feel well and seemed cheerful.
 Tuesday evening at about ' o'clock she left the room in which she was at the time with her mother and shortly after Mrs. Hall heard a door leading into the hall open, but thought nothing of it, as she supposed her daughter was going into a room across the hall. About o'clock, however, Mrs. Hall dis covered that her daughter was not in the house and thinking that she ought not to be out such a stormy night call ed at a nearby neighbours to see if her daughter was there. It was found that Miss Hall was not at the house of this neighbor and a search was at once begun and w. B. Hall notified. The search was continued from that time, with the result above stated.
 It is thought by Miss Halls relatives that she might have desired to take a short walk and that she might after walking three or four blocks have lost her way and wandered around until overcome by the storm she sank down exhausted and then have succumbed to the cold. Another theory is that she was temporarily deranged at the time and wandered off She had however, not shown during the day any signs of such Arrangement.
 Miss Harl is fifty-two years of age and wore on the evening when she dis appeared a small velvet bonnet trim med in blue and jet, a black plush jacket and a dark navy blue skirt
 Anybody who last Tuesday night saw anyone in that section of the city an sWering to this description will confer a favor by notifying W. B. Hall, 70 Humphrey street. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police, who are assisting in the search.
 It is thought that she might have sank down exhausted in her weakened physical condition resulting from her illness and that the drifting snow of Tuesday night might have covered the body. In that event it would proba bly, not be discovered until the drifts have melted away.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
MUEDERED FOR HIS MONET.
An Old Mans Head Split Open by an Un-
 known ASSailant.

Marlboro, Mass, Dec. IA murder, which evidently had robbery as mo- tive, was committed in the town of Maynard about twelve miles from this city this evening. The victim was John Dean, over seventy years of age, who lived alone on his farm during the daytime, but whose daughters kept him company nights. When they returned home tonight from Maynard village, where they are employed in the mill, it was about S:3O o'clock, and upon en- tering the house they found their ia ther lying dead upon the kitchen floor His head had been split open with an axe, which was found by his side, coV- cred with blood.
 Near him was milk pail, partly filled, and it was evident that he had just finished milking, and had been brutally murdered by some one who was concealed in the house when he entered. The fact that MT. Dean was known to have quite a little money on his person, which was missing when his dead body was discovered, furnish eS SOOu grounds TOT lHe DeIIel lltt | robbery was the motive for the act,
 A neighbor who lives in the house nearest the Dean place, states that about 5:45 D. m. he saw stranger pass his house in the direction of MT. Deans. He was short, dark complex toned, thick set, had on no coat and was walking very rapidly. Dr. Rich of Maynard was summoned as soon as the alarm could be given and the author ities notified, and he stated, as the re- suit of his examination that the man had apparently been killed in the neigh borhood of o'clock, which was just about the time the stranger was seen going in that direction,
 Further than the information given by the neighbor there is not the slight est clue to the perpetrator of the hor- rible crime, although the state police have taken charge of the case and are putting forth their best efforts to solve it. The murdered man was an uncle of MT. John Dean, well known news dealer of Maynard, who is also prOmi- nent in local politics. Medical Exam finer Hoitt has been notified of the murder and will visit Maynard to-mor- row and hold an autopsy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
STATE SEWERAGE COMPASSION.
Effort to Secure the Establishment of Such
 Body,

Waterbury, Dec 17-Judge George H. CoWell, first representative of this town, stated tonight that he proposes to introduce in the house of represen- tatives at the coming session a bill providing for the appointment of a state sewerage commission to make an inquiry into the general interests of sewage disposal in Connecticut.
 In view of the fact that the sewage question is bOthering several cities and that litigation has been instituted in several communities enjoining them from continuing their present system of sewage disposal by polluting streams. Judge Cowell is convinced that the problem ought to be settled in a gen. eral way rather than by private law suits, and the decisions of courts in specific cases. He argues that commu- mites in every railroad valley of the state are effected by this question, and that some measure for their interest will have to be adopted and that some form of relief should be formulated,