Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-09
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Inc enrolment OF school childrch IN
1897 is G,OO0 greater than In 1S0G.
George Kennan. the Siberian travel
err, lectured In Denver on the ird.
DIR. Charles CavernO. pastor OF the
Congregational Church ut Boulder, has
resigned.
man OF Denver, died on the 9th after
n long illness.
Justice Of the Peace Hunt Mt Denver
fined himself 81 and costs the other day
for being late.
Denver people are now In the thrOes
of hot discussion of the proper man
her In which to trim shade trees.
According to the statement OF Miss
Patton. superintendent of public in-
struction, the school population of the
state IL 13O.3G2. or that number 49,
900 are In the larger cities.
Another troop OF cavalry Is being
formed mt Denver TO be known as
Troop c. 1t is said that within a few
weeks Longmonts company q OF In
fantry will apply to made Troop ID of
cavalry, n. q. c.
Shirley ID. ChumbcrlIn OF Florence
has been arrested ON the charge Of muir
dering Kay, on Pixies Peak. last Aug
ust. He IL also charged with having
murdered Schmidt, The Russian Jew mt
Colorado Springs In September.
The receipts OF the Denver postofiice
from the sale OF postage stamps and
from box rents for the month ending
November 30th, amounted TO So. .OS2.i6,
against S24, ,SSS9.S1 for the same month
last year. M increase Of $4,i92.G5.
The Board of Pardons. at Its last
meeting. refused to recommend Il par
don for Alfred Packer. \ pardon was
recommended In the ease OF Nicholas
Tully. Partlons We're refused to Mike
Ryan. Charles Hoffbeck. Henry Bed
ford. Charles II. Truitt and Charles j.
Fernow. A decision In the case OF
Thomas Styner was postponed.
Judge Butler OF Arapahoe county has
handed down a decision on the validity
of marriages contracted by divorced
persons outside the state Of Colorado
and contrary to the terms of the stat
utes prohibiting divorced persons from
remarrying within one year from the
date OF the decree. He holds that such
marriages must be recognized rs legal
in this state.
William Hogg. the Missouri Pacific
agent at Pueblo, has been convicted of
secret rate cutting. The jury that
found him guilty was composed OF rail-
road men assembled on November Goth
in the union depot ticket office at Pueb-
10. Hogg was fined S25 In accordance
with the regulations OF the Denver.
Colorado Springs and Pueblo Local
Passenger Bureau. of which he is n
member. He will appeal.
Several counties are delinquent In
their payments for the maintenance of
the Industrial School for Girls. The
delinquent counties are Boulder, Las
Animas, Fremont and Yuma. the total
amount due being about $500. The
law provides that each county shall
pay certain sum per capita for each
inmate In the school. The matter has
been referred to Attorney General Carr.
who will endeavOr TO persuade the
counties to pay up.
The opening of that part OF the
Southern Ute reservation recently va
Gated by the Indians, Is deferred be-
cause the rules of the Interior Depart
ment do not agree with existing condi-
tions. The new map of Colorado
shows the eastern part Of the old reser-
walton to be public land, but there was
dairy which must be corrected before
the land can be opened for settle
ment. The old surveys of the surround
ing land was very inaccurate and 1t is
almost impossible 10 find the monu-
ments.
Governor Adams has not decided up
on n successor to Brisadier General
Brooks. He held n consultation with
Adjutant General Moses upon the sub
1ect of proper successor to General
Brooks, the governor stating that he
would like to have the officers of the
National Guard select the man they
wanted him TO appoint. General Mo-
ses was requested by Governor Adams
to communicate with the officers, ask
ing each one to name his choice and re-
port the result to him. After this has
been done the appointment will be an
nounced.
The 400 employees of the operating
department of the Denver Il Rio
Grande railroad have been notified by
Superintendent Sample to prepare for
an examination which will be held
shortly. for the purpose of determining
the efficiency of each employe and his
general knowledge of the rules and reg
ulations of the operating department.
a ChCulil Dtch lSSutu ~ THESE ell
plOyes giving notice of the approach
ing examination. Upon the result of
The examination will depend the
changes to be made in the operating de-
partment.
Alexander Cameron, miner, while
at work on the night shift. fell a dis
tance of nearly 100 feet in the Phoenix
Burroughs mine on Quartz hill, Gilpin
county. Cameron's fellow wOrkmen,
as quickly as possible, went 10 where
he lay, expecting to find badly in
jured man, or perhaps dead one.
However, to their surprise, Cameron
did not complain of being injured, and
an examination afterwards by DR.. 2.
L. Rucker. surgeon of the mine, proved
that he only injuries sustained were Il
bruised arm. Cameron will be able
to work again in two or three days.
State Land Register Paddock will
soon issue a pamphlet concerning mat
ters pertaining to his office In dcscrib-
ing it he said: II have in the hands of
the printers, and in few days will is
sue, pamphlet to place in the hands
of every tenant of the state, also for
use of the members of the bar and citi-
zens interested. containing not only all
the law governing this board, with all
the citations of authority of each sec
ton. but also an abstract of the rules
of the board touching upon all manner