The Monte Vista journal., 1897-09-18
COLORADO BRIEFS.


rollment Of 425.
Nearly 10000 people visited Grand
Junction on Peach Day.
Horne thieves have been very active
around Brighton the past week.
A little Denver hoy died Of fright
after being chased by . bull dog.
The State University of Boulder will
probably hnve $50 students this term.
Democrats, Populists and Silver Re
publicans Of Washington county are 10
fuse.
Grand functions big celebration end
ed on the 9th with cowboy touriih-
ment.
The Greeley creamery has changed
hands and the new owners VIII also
make cheese.
English capital has been secured to
build the Colorado Springs Il Cripple
Creek electric railway.
Mrs. Sarah II. White Of silver Clif
has been appointed to succeed her de-
ceased husband as county clerk.
George Kallo who murdered fellow
Italian mt Newcastle II year ago has
just been arrested In British Columbia.
A company with II capital OF $4,000
has been organized at Fort Collins to
engage In the -four milling and grain
business.
The WOman's Club OF Denver has I'M
dertnkcn to entertain and chaperone
the young ladies who are TO act ns
maids Of honor at the Festival of
Mountain and Plain.
The coroners jury Mt Newcastle de-
cided that the blame for the terrible
collision near that place On the 9th
rested upon the engineer and conduc-
tor of the Midland freight train.
A terrible collision occurred mile
and n half west of Newcastle on the
9th. between Rio Grnnde passenger
train and n Midland freight. AT leas,
fifteen persons We're killed and many
others injured.
The Monte Vista Milling and Elcva-
tor Company has commenced the cree
ton Of n second elevator In Monte Nis-
tn to hold $1,000 bushels OF grain. This
is made necessary by the immense
wheat crop which is now practically
harvested.
On October II the state land commits
SiOncr will sell at La lara, 1900 acres
OF state school land adjacent 10 the
Mormon settlement at Sanford. The
land will be sold In small lots and II Is
expected tina; nearly all the land Will be
bought by Mormons.
Judge Lunt OF Colorado Springs has
rendered n decision In favor Of County
Clerk Bates In the mandamus pro
cecdings to compel the clerk TO register
votes nj Cripple Creek by canvnssing
ms ordered by the county commissions
crs. The decision will he appealed to
the Supreme Court In a very Few days.
| Register Paddock of the State Land
office has been Investigating In regard
to the land due the state from the gen
eral government as indemnity for
school lands coniscatcd for for;s. mill
tnry and other reservations. He esti-
mates tina. the land due the state
amounts to over 10000 acres, and II
special agent will probably be sent to
Washington 10 go over the records In
the General Land Office TO get exact
iatn. so that the state may make Its sc-
lectious.
| q. T., Miller, the Denver man who In
In the pcnitcn,inry for helping To wreck
the Commercial National Bank Of Den.
yer, has been granted n new trial by
the Court Of Appeals. Miller says tina,
during the former trial he had not In.
J licvcd that Il would result In his going
TO the penitcntiary. and had kept quiet
aud was the scapcgoat Of others. This
would not bc the case In the next trial.
which would lsr solely ON Its merits. lie
said that the Judge who heard the ease
during the former trial had $4,000 Of
his indors.sl paper In his possession nj
the time and should never tnve been al
lowed to try the case. Miller states
that he has recovered some Of the pa
per since his trial and conviction.
The Gulf road will innuguratc train
gate system on the division from Den
yer to Boulder and thence TO Fort Col
lins. II is the first system Of this sort
TO be tried In Colorado. The gates ar,
iivc feet high and ar. operated by lev
crs from the Inside Of the ear. Before
the train L. In motion, aud until I
comes TO full stop, the gates ar,
closed. No accidents. such ms beinl
thrown from a platform or fallint
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after II starts viii be impossible. Al tn,
stations the gates will bc opened onl,
on tho depot side. Confusion is avoid
ID and the liability Of accidents 4
greatly lcssencd. The system will b'
In operation after September 18Th.
4 meeting was held nj Denver ON tn
0th TO form n state bar association. I
was attended by leading Denver nttor
ncys, nnd several from other cities
The officers will consis. OF u president
two Vice prcsidcnts. secretary mn
treasurer. These viii all br elected n
the next meeting which will b. held u
the Brown Hotel At = o'clock. Osriois.
9Th. the day preceding the festival. Tn
following permanent committees wcr
provided FOR; Executive. admission
grievances. law reforms. legal csiucu
tion. legal biography. \ special con
nittcc consisting OF Hugh Butler. ~
wnri l.. johnson. Lucius W. uoyt MI
Caldwell Ycnmnn. wns named To cot
slider the ndvisabiliiy Of Incorporating
The date of the first annual mcctin
. md bnnuuc; wns sc, for July \. isQ'
. snd Colorado Springs win In the plnc'
The receiver Of III. Colorado Mldinn
road netting Oh the suggestion Of III
new owners of the provrr,y. has fnnil
decided 10 ni,nnlop the present contra,
with the owners of the Bu-k.tvnnhs
' tunnel, which has been leased by n
Midland since December. 1hs3. nt 4
, annual rental of tsi 100. During Il
> negotiation. preliminary 10 the rrOrgni
| ixnilon II III" Midland various proisos
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