The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
COLORADO CONDENSED.

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urtlay by the caving In of the shaft
Of the Anna Lee mine.
Max F.. Thrust of Central City has
died from the results OF being injured
by the cars at Florence.
The twentieth annual poultry show
opened Mt Denver on the 9th. The
number of fine fowls Is very large.
Robert Nicolas Santa Fe brake
man, was knocked from the top OF
car at Lamar, being Instantly killed.
G. II. Thomson. secretary of the Colo
rado Humane society. has been re-
moved, and Il. X. Whitehead appoint
cd to the place.
DR.. Kerr B. Tupper. pastor Of the
First Baptist church. Denver, has re-
signed to accept the pastorate Of big
church In Philadelphia.
Judge Harris at Colorado Springs
has awarded a one-lifth interest in the
Strong mine to the American Nation
al bank at Denver.
Las Animas county has eight coal
camps which employ 5000 men and
produce G.0OO tons of coal per day.
There are also 716 coke ovens In op-
Grafton
Buck Cheairs, 10 years old. and Miss
Nora jackson. who is 1G. eloped from
Sterling few deys ago. as Mr.. Jack
son refused to consent to his daugh-
ter's marriage.
The assessed valuation of property
In Elbert county is S1,S6o,15 The
records OF the land office show that
A,O0O acres of land were homesteaded
during the past year.
AS result of the rate war between
the Gulf and the Santa Fe the Rio
Grande went into the fight and rates
to Cripple Greek were reduced Friday
to Si.25 from Denver.
Marion ]. Print, an old miner Mt
Lcadville. was killed in the Eliza mine
by falling rock. On the same day John
Mccormick was killed by falling down
the Shaft of the Forepaush mine.
The county publishing of Sedgwick
county for 1896 has been awarded to
II. c. McNcw. editor of Grit, for the
sum of l 1-1O0O Of cent per folio,
which will amount to about two and
one-half cents for the years publish
Ing. The Scntinels bid was / 1-1CO Of
cent per folio.
The state board of capitol managers
has decided that the marble tillng on
the floors of the capitol building shall
be of one color and nothing but white
marble will be used with the exception
Of the borders, which will be black
This is because white marble is much
softer than black, and If both We're
used the floor would in time become
irregular with wear.
State Treasurer Mulnix, who object
ed to the loco weed bounties in the
settlement of the deficiency clnims, re-
fcrred his contention to the attorney
general, who stated that lie was right
In the position he had taken. AS a re-
suit. 1t is probable that the loco weed
bountles will not be paid. AS to scalp
bounties. the treasurer states that he
Is confident they are all right.
Great eYsIteRsat fGs RG.a sRPrsHNails at Rppl
Walkers ranch on South Boulder
creek. eight miles distant. 1t Is report
ed to be n very rich strike and mnny
miners and prospectors have left for
the place. Several sacks OF ore have
been shipped to the Chamberlain
Sampling works, and 1t Is the same
mineral belt MS that at Cottonwood.
HuerfanI county has 10000 acres of
coal lands. There are at present six
large coal camps In active operation
Walsen, Robinson, PIctou, Toltcc, Cam
eron and Rouse. employing IN the
nelghborhood of twelve or fifteen hun
dred men. The daily output of the
five first named the year round is 1000
tons, while at Rouse 1t is much larger.
The Board of Capitol managers has
Mt last awarded the contract of furnish-
Ing and Installing in the basement Of
the capitol building an electric lighting
MI rf ~
the Mountain Electric company and
was selected from nearly Il dozen bids
that We're submitted to the board for
Its consideration. The plant will cost
$500
Jack Miller was killed by snow
slide In Navajo basin, Mount Wilson,
few days ago. 1t seems that Miller
and two companions were going to
certain place in the basin, Miller being
| fifty feet ahead of the o.ner two, when
the slide started, catching aud taking
him down several hundred feet, kill
ing him in'Santly.
DIR. c. NJ. Cobern Of Ann Arbor, Mich
Igan, sent formal notice OF his accept
ance OF the call to the pastoratc OF
Trinity NJ. l.. church, Denver, subject
| to the approval of the bishops, who
shall preside over the Colorado and
| Detroit conferences. III Is naruiy PROB
able that Dr. Cobern will come to Den
yer before October, as his conference
does not meet until September. DR..
Mcintyre will cease to Ofiiciate as
pastor OF Trinity NJ. E. church juno /
In any event.
Federal officers at Denver on Thurs
day caught two counterfeiters in the
act of moulding and casting coins
with all their Illegal paraphernnlia
about them and every evidence of
their guilt at hand. Hot 1noulds filed
with metal in the process of coinage, II
crucible full of metal red-hot in the
fire, moulds which had been used
sacks of finished and unfinished
coins, antimony, glass-all the ma
terials necessary for n complete coun-
terfeiters' outfit were found in the
room with the men, who were caught
nt their guilty work. The men arrest