The Delta independent., 1896-04-29

John Bouldin has returned from
California.
Miss BeIva Laycook returned 10 Dem
yer today.
Miss Piburn, 0: Crawford. left on Fri
day for Cebolia.
Enos Hotchkiss was down Monday
from Hotchkiss.
County Judge Milton r. weIch return
ed from Denver Thursday.
Bert Nutting returned from a few days
visit in Denver last Thursday.
Vim. Friend came over from Pitkin
Sunday AID will remain for a week
E. b. Anderson expects TO leave to-
morrow for trip overland TO Telluride.
G. c. Slack has returned to Grand
Junction after brief business visit here.
Ed Gillett returned from Denver
Sunday where he had been on business.
Roy. j. L. Lover and wife were at As
pen last week attending the meeting Of
the Presbytery.
wm. Rowan, OF Delta, has been spend
ing several days in Lake City the past
week.-Times.
was down last week to look after real
estate interests here.
G. L. Wright came home from Gunni-
son Sunday where he had been in the
interests of his firm.
" NJ. Heistand was down Saturday
from his ranch, on Cottonwood, and re-
ports his fruit all right.
Doug Wise, OF Montrose. and J. A.
Fenelon, Of Fort Crawford, were down
Monday for a visit with friends.
Theodore Koehne left on Monday for
Lake City. where he expects to put in
the summer at work in the mines.
Don't forget to vote for the new school
house for Forth Delta when you attend
the school election next Monday.
John J. McIvor, one Of the smoothest
throttle pullers OF Salida, was in charge
OF the east bound passenger engine last
Friday.
Franz. Oliver arrived from Delta last
evening. Mr.. Oliver is largely interest
ed in mining in this vicinity.-Llke City
Times.
Jud Barnes, one Of the well known d.
Il Z. G. engineers, was over last week
from Salida to look after his orchard
interests here
n. J. Krusen, of the Gold and Silver
Fleece Mining Company was passen-
ger Thursday on his way from Grand
junction to Lake City.
Geo. p Chiles. OF lover Surface Creek
mesa. was in Monday and is very conf.
dent that there has been little or no in
jury to the fruit in his orchard.
Ell. Mathews and Wesley Ault, OF
Paonia, were down Saturday to attend
the republican county convention and
they report no damage to fruit in their
section.
]. +. Grady arrived yesterday from
Kansas, where he has been assistant
station agent on the NJ. X. & I. road.
He will put in the summer looking after
his ranch.
A number OF Delta people will be in
terested in knowing that the bank at
Madison. Ohio, was blown up by burg.
lars on the 22nd and money and other
valuables stolen.
Mrs. r G. Murphy and children, ac-
companied by Miss Lena O'Rourke.
came in from Delta Wednesday evening,
after spending the winter months in the
lower country.-Ophir Mail.
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Frances
Klocls. state organizer OF the ". A. p. A.
instituted council in Delta with "a
charter members. one OF the largest
charter lists for small town that has
been known.
w. W. Darling returned Sunday from
eastern Kansas where he has been in
the interests of d. Bailey, placing agents
in the field TO sell PARCELS patent shuttle
hoe. He will put in the present summer
at the Saw mill on the Roubideaux
divide.
W.P. Wilcox has purchased the house
on Palmer street opposite Friends and
remodeled il SO that il is both neat and
convenient. He has moved into it and
is now employed as clerk at J.J. Mills
grocery. where he expects TO put in the
summer.