The Meeker herald., 1896-01-25
COLORADO CONDENSED.

on the 18th.
Boulder's new Masonic hall will be
dedicated on January Both.
l.. A. Watkins. an Old-tme resident
OF Denver, died on the 11th.
Governor McIntife visited the Lead
Vile Ice Palace on the 10Th.
Homer Dutton was killed on the IT'D
by falling down well that he WIS
sinking near Elbert.
Steve Rose was instantly killed By
falling down the Brooklyn shaft In
GilpiD county Monday.
Robbers broke into the Platteviiie
creamery the other night and carrien
of $50 pounds Of butter.
A Leadville Patrick Ryan pleaded
guilty OF murder In the second degree
for killing Charles Maynahan.
Three boys. while coasting at Glen.
wood Springs, ran into bOb-sled ana
sufY cred broken ribs, legs and arms.
Active preparations are being made
for the next session of the Westefh
Slope Congress which is to be heid III
Delta.
Three thousand men attended tne
fans5a Ct aamsfh mhha harecn ee .Ss oee saes es
at Victor.
The reported shortage Of the treasur-
er. of Douglas county, has been made
good, and he continues In Office with
the same bondsmen.
Receiver Trumbull has gone to Chi
cago to confer with the Santa Fe Of
ficials and the rate trouble will prob
ably be patched up.
A Chinaman named Fong Don eloped
with fOurteen-year-old Chinese girl
from Denver the other day. They were
married at Trinidad.
Game Warden Gordon Land has sue
ceeded in convicting Bartholf. who IL
legally killed game In northwestern
Colorado. Twenty thousand pounds OF
venlson were cOnfiscated.
Ben B. Taylor, oldest son Of G. +.
Taylor, formerly president Of the Colo
RADIO Mining Stock Exchange, is lying
at st. Luke's hospital. paralyzed from
the waist down, expecting death. He
was crushed in mine in the Gunnison
district.
In the district court at Denver there
Is contest between the judges and the
sheriff over the appointment OF bailiffs.
A big mass meeting was held in Den
yer last Tuesday to protest against
gambling.
The killing by supposed tramps of
George s. Bolton. a San Miguel coun-
ty mining man, near Telluride, on jan
uary II, has created so much feeling
among the people Of that vicinity that
nd q
abonds in general.
1t Is expected that work on the pre-
survey for the short line from
Denver to Cripple Greek will be start
ed at once and be pushed with all
speed. Those having the important
subject in charge will be able to make
up much valuable data from the sur
John Driscol. a pump man, while
working In the shaft Of the Mammoth
mine at Central City. slipped through
"A trap door and fell a distance Of
about forty-five feet. Fortunately.
however. there was about six feet Of
Of water in the pump at the time and
he was not seriously hurt.
The auditorium project which is be-
ing pushed by committee Of the Els
teddfod association at Denver. has
reached a point where the committee
feels assured of Its success and an
nounces that the auditorium will be
built and completed In time for the big
Welsh festival which takes place In
September.
On the 18th representatives Of the
State Land Board sold large tract OF
land near Monte Vista. The proceeds
In III IN, n rfo fod IN q
$4,000. Part OF the big tract brought
as high as $25.25 per acre. This was
exclusive of water rights and improve.
ments. Attendance at the sale was
most encouraging and the bidding spir-
tied all the way through. This is the
same land the previous sale OF which
was declared on.
Meandro Martinez and Pedro Baca,
the two young Mexican desperadoes
who pleaded guilty to murder In the
second degree for the killing Of Charles
Allen at Starkville last July. have been
each sentenced by Judge Northcutt Of
the district court to forty-five years In
the penitentiary. While the sentence 10
a heavy one In the face OF plea Of
guilty, 1t gives general satisfaction, as
the men. though young. were known to
Or ueVPciutC, anu ISppiV Va 'nS NOtAA
munity are glad to see them out OF the
way. They were also charged with
being instigators Of the plot to rob the
Horse Shoe club, which resulted in the
killing Of3P Pollceman Solomon. Martinez
and Baca are each % years OF age. and
have served two terms In the peniten-
tiary for cattle stealing.
The state land board has agreed to
the application Of the Beaver Brook
Water company. which some time ago
purchased about 1000 acres of state
land In Fremont county, to have the
state take back that part Of the prop
erty remaining unpaid for up to date.
and allow the company to retain what
It had paid for. Mrs. Peavey and Ap-
praIser Fine reported to the board a
HIan of divkion Of the land. 1t appears
that about 10 per cent. of the original
purchase price of the tract has been
paid over by the Beaver Brook COM
pany. The proposition submitted was