The silver star., 1897-06-03
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Mosca suffered mad-dcg scare the otheI
day.
The new creamery at Del Norte is nov
receiving 1900 pounds of milk day.
Brigadier General f: $. Otis is to take
command Of the department OF the Colorado
Charles Anderson. Swede. lost his life
by cnye-in in the Smuggler mine at Aspen
a few days ago.
Frank Tandy, who is under arrest In ATl
zopa, confessed that he killed Charles Fir
ger In Aspen in 1892.
Louis Cline. miner working at Victor,
committed suicide by blowing his head OF
with stick OF dynamite.
The new skimmng station at Parker.
Douglas county. is In operation. and now the
people of Hilltop, In the same nelghborhood,
want one.
The city attorney of Denver has com.
menced action in the courts to compel the
water company to lower It's rates according
to contract.
As result of a quarrel between the mar
shal and City Council of Cripple Greek the
gambling houses and disreputable houses
were shut up on the 22nd.
The Denver Board of Alderman has passed
an ordinance forbidding the use of .'bean-
shooters by small boys. This is in the In
teFests lnSecttverouS plTuS.
Sheriff Boynton of FL Paso county re-
Gently appointed a colored man on his stan.
and Tailor Bramlctt resigned. saying he
would not work with negro.
The high school boys at Aspen, under the
direction of Professor Brownscombe. have
volunteered to dig post holes for the erec-
tion of the fence around the old cemetery
A special grand jury has been empanneled
at Denver to investigate the frauds in the
last election. One alderman. James Doyle
has been unseated as result Of the dis
covery Il gross violation of the law.
On the Goth while ]. Il. Chambers and
Philip Coulter were returning from James
Durkee's sawmill. In Bijou Basin and when
near Eastonvile, lightning struck Chambers,
killing him and one of his horses. and stun
ming Coulter that he was unconscious for
some time. Chambers came from Good
land. Kansas, year ago and had just
moved on the Hopper place to work this
summer. He leaves wife and five small
children.
Professor C. F. Davis Of Fort Collins has
just received from the discoverer. Robert
Howes, the petrifed femur. thigh bone
of saurian. one of the ancient monsters
that once inhabited this country. 1t was
found in three parts. which have been ce-
mented together. and in its complete form
Is twenty-siN inches in length. IL inches
thick at the base, five inches thick at the
center Of the shaft and at the smaller end
eight inches thick. The animal is supposed
to have been dinosaur. or land lizard. and
in its natural state was between thirty and
forty feet In length.
Miscreants attempted to blow up the load
ing chute being built at Independence sta
tion on the Midland Terminal by the In
ehr uufa ,trip hv
placing dynamite on the approaches. The
explosion scattered the timbcrs of the
structure, broke the windows in several
buildings. and Walter Benge. who was sleep
ing in his tent a short distance away. was
thrown from his bunk and had narrow
escape from flying timber. The damage 10
the chute was small. This structure is being
built TO load direct into the cars from
tomato dumping wagons that are being in
troduced TO avoid the expense OF shoveling
the ore.
An accident by which two men AMI one
boy lost their lives happened at Fruita
the oath. Their deaths were caused by
drowning in the Grand river. The dead are:
George Warren. William Warren. aged six
teen, son of above; George Allen. The party
attempted TO cross the river In the ferry
boat. When in midstream the cable parted
from the shore and the boat was upset. the
river AT thls time being much swollen. Tile
men struggled bravely for their lives hut
were carried down stream rapidly and all
Of them soon sank The accident was wit
messed from the shore. but nothing could be
done In their aid. No hope is felt that any
of them reached shore. The bodies have
not been recovered. and owing TO the rush
Of the waters they may never be found.
Both leave families near Fruita. William
Warren was the sixteen-year-old son of
George Warren. and both father and son
went down near together.