Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-07-16
COLORADO CONDENSED.

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der jail on the Fourth.
The receipts OF the state land board
for the month of June We're S7.SG3.OS.
The national convention OF retail
clerks opened at Denver on the Tth.
Patrick Krcoync has pleaded guilty
OF killing Policeman EIsh ut Colorado
Springs.
A dlssipated man named Nick
Mallhes was fatally burned at Ala
mosa on the 9th.
A boy named Shercll Owens WAS
drowned near Fort Lup:on few days
ago In a small lake.
The National Music Traders nssocia-
tion began Its annual convention at
Denver on the 7th.
There is renewed tnlk at Denver Of
extending the Gulf road into Montana.
A company has been organized.
rarson UzZell took an excursion Of
forty cars loaded with the poorer
classes from Denver to Manitou on the
7th.
State Treasurer Mulnix has received
a United States treasury check for
1000. which Is Colorado's share Of
the federal appropriation for the state
agricultural colleges.
Two cars loaded with Cinnamon
travelling In bond from San Francisco
to New Orleans left for the South over
the Gulf line Tuesday morning. The
Cclestials are destined for the Cuba
cane fields to take the place of the
patriots now In the field against Spain.
Fishermen returning from the Rio
Grandc report thnt dynamiters are
playing fearful havoc with the trout In
that stream. Dead fish In hundreds are
to be seen everywhere In the vicinity
of South Fork. These include trout OF
all sizes. some as heavy rs two pounds
In weight before found dead In the wa
ter.
The management of the Denver and
Gulf has published n new ore tariff.
which takes effect at once. From
Breckenridge to Denver, OH Stag not
exceeding S12 per ton. the new rate ID
So per ton, while from Alma to Denver,
on $35 ores, the rate is So. and on ores
over S35 1t is 81 per ton. This sched-
ule is rated us decidetlly liberal.
The famuos and long-drawn-out Lit
tie Jonny litigation came to an abrupt
end In the United States circuit court
at Denver Wednesday morning. Judge
Moses Hallett. sitting in the large court
room. briefly announced after court
convened that the demurrers to the
bills in tie three cases Of the Kelley
heirs, Donovan and Curran against
John f. Campion. were sustained and
the bills dismissed.
Denver property owners nre getting
ready to make n big kick on the as
sessment OF their property. Assessor
amos has returned everything at about
its cash value. which Is from two to
three times the valuation of last year.
The chief complaint is that Arapahoe
will have to pay too large proportion
of the state tax, especially for the
state Institutions which have fixed
percentage.
Lightning struck the residence Of
John Main. near Hazelt.ne. twelve
miles from Denver. on the Platte river,
nbout O'clock Tuesday afternoon.
and Instantly killed Mains nine-year-
old daughter. Other members Of the
family had miraculous escape. The
dwelling, which Is on Il. II. Malone's
ranch, and held by Main as a tenant,
was considerably damaged by the
freakish Lightning holt.
The report of the Colorado Humane
Society for June is rs follows, viz:
Gases of men, 5; women, IS; boys, 20;
girls, 90; cases of horses, 1O7; cattle, .;
cats, 1; dogs, Z; burro, 1. Dogs killed
to end suffering, Q; horses killed for
the same reason. 10; seven horses were
ordered out of harness; warnings re-
auiring better care of children and
animals, o: several cases Of r s'secution
Of birds have been attended to.
The semi-annual appol tionmcnt Of
state moneys for the public schools is
now being made by Superintendent
Peavey and her assistants and will be
completed by the first of next week
when the money will be distributed
among the different districts. The to-
tai amount available for the apportion-
ment would be $3S, ,G01.5S, which is less
by S1,534.S4 than the January appor-
tionment. This fund is derived from
the interest on state warrants invested
for the benefit of the schools.
Virgil Berkey of Boulder was killed
in the Inter-Ocean mine at Sunshine q
little before noon Tuesday. Berkey
was in the ladder-way fixing the bell
wire, and had stepped out on to the
stull, when by some means he lost his
balance and fell. On the way down ne
fell straddle of the neck of his part
ner, named Yount. Yount tried to hold
him but could not do 1t, Berkey being
a very heavy man. lie fell head first
a distance of 100 feet, and when pick
ed up was dead. Berkey was about
thlrty-fve years old and leaves wife
and child In Boulder.
The Cunard Steamship Servia, from
Boston, having on board the Ancient