The state herald., 1896-01-03

Il IMfdoHed- On ~. ss4s... mis- was
following the custom OF ne pardon
board. The recipient was In for man
slaughter and had three years yet to
serve.
Mr.. Eckels, the comptroller of the cur
rency. is preparing to declare a twenty
per cent. dividend in favor OF the
creditors Of the Union National bank o.
Denver. The formal announcement will
be made within the next two or three
weeks.
DIR. Gresswell went out to the Alfalfa
Land and Cattle company's ranch at
Fowler Saturday and innoculated sew
eral hundred cattle with anthrax vac.
cine to prevent backlog. II is the in
tentlon OF Manager Lockhart to have the
entire herd of several thousand treated.
Fifty thousand dollars has been turn
ed over to representative Of one OF
Denver's national banks by George
Crawford, representing syndicate %.
| New York capitalists. and placed to the
credit of A. S. Blake of Saw Pit gulcl.
In exchange for this sum the New York
err becomes the owner of the Belle
Champion mine, located In Saw PIT
gulch.
Amos w. Harmon came to his death
near Aspen In peculiar manner II few
days ago. While descending "Slaugh-
terhouse hill' his sled. heavily loaded
with oats, pushed rapidly onto the
horses; the animals then took fright,
and when they had reached the bridge
at the foot of the hill the sled turned
over. Harmon was buried by the sacks
of oats and upon the cats rested the
box which had contained them. to-
gether with the rear runners Of the
conveyance. Harmon was suffocated.
A snowslde occurred west OF the Al
pine tunnel on the South Park. Fri
day afternoon. which would have serl.
ously interfercd with traffic on that
branch OF the line but for the snow.
shed which enclosed the track at that
poln'. The shed was demolished and 4
gnsd deal OF snow was left on the track.
but 1t was quickly removed. and trains
are running again as usual. With
further expenditure of about $4,000 In
the construction of snow-sheds. Superln.
tcndent Dunaway thinks he will be able
10 keep the line TO Gunnison open the
year round.
kid Holiday. u cattle rnsilcr. was
arrested and taken 10 Greeley a few
days ago. IL Is charged against Hol-
Hday that he has not only carried ON
with others wholesale system Of steal
Ing. taking small herd on single
range. but that last fall while ON n
drunken frollc. he shot down some
twenty head OF fat mllch cows all |
through hatred OF their owners, who |
were members OF the Colorado Cattle
Growers association. The dead bodies
or the animals We're discovered by /
some cowboys and the calvc OF the
dead cows We're traced TO Holidays
rorral few miles from the scene.
The board OF trade OF Durango. has
adopted statement settling forth that
jh!ef lgnaclo and his utes have received
40 rations from the government for
months They elected ~ e take a,la,.-I
,een living on th.Iewest end OF the rcser.
IatIon. on irAnd set apart for them. To
keep ,nem from starving. members OF
the Durango board OF trade have sent
them provisions from time to time, and
the white settlers near them have fed
them from their scnnty stock. These
Indians are now In a starving condition,
and Chef lgnaclo says he Will starve 10
death before he will 20 to the old agency
for ratlons. and we believe that he will
do so. as he never breaks his word.
The attorney general has delivered
an opinion to the state auditor cover.
Ing the validity Of the state warrants
issued In payment for advertising the
constitutional amendments under the
last administration. The effect Of the
opinion IN 10 cut the account from
$4,000 TO less than $1,000. The ai.
torncy general discovers that many of
the papers We're not publishing the nd,
ycr,lsement ut the latest date set by
the statutes for their first Insertion.
This and other reasons. the definition
Of n daily newspaper and like points.
combine In the opinion Of the attorney
general TO establish sufficient reason
for throwing out oboui SoI 1000 or SOS.
GOO Of the claims presented by the
publishers. The advertisements should
all have begun under the law not later
than August u. 1891.
Indgc Allen nj Denver handed down
! a decision IN the suit OF Sheriff Bnrch.
In.ll ngninst the county commissioners
Tho sheriff sued 10 recover sGis 80 fees
for transferring two prisoners 10 the
pcnItentlnry at Canon city. Som. time
ago there were four prisoners convicted
In the district court and sentenced 10
the pcnitcntinry. The sheriff took the
prisoners Que NJ n time, nnd when his
blli wns presented io the commissioners
they GU, II down on The ground That
| II WINS the rherin's duty 10 TAX. all the
prisoners Mt once or nj lcnst Two ut a
trip. Judge Allen holds ibni the stat.
u,cs provide for the charging Of mile.
ngc at the rate OF 10 cents per mile
by shorifIs In counties Of the first class
for the transportation Of prisoners 10
the pcnitcn,lnry mud TINT the sheriff
mny collect such mileage whether he
takes the prisoners slDRly or In squads
n N only nocrKshi, that commitment