Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-29
TELECRAPH;C BREVITIES.

A Las Vegas man has patented dying
machine
The President has left Washington for
| Lake Champlaln.
| Governor Lccly Of Kansas favors the cec.
| tion of Mrs. Lease his successor.
Lillian Russell has gone to North Dakota
, to get Il divorce from Signor rcrugini.
a Rock Springs, Wyoming. boy has re-
| turned from Alaska with so, 100 In gold.
| Arizona officers are beginning to prose.
cute those who destroy the clin dwellings.
Fifty cattle died near Cheyenne wcdncs-
| day, from eating seed pods of loco weeds.
\ dangerous counterfeit half dollar with
the letter "S" under the eagle is In circulu-
! ton.
The Rhode Island Democrats want to send
| l.. benjamin Andrews to the United States
Senate.
In the Senate on the 23r,i. senator Teller
. made a speech In which he scored the Re
publicans.
| The late Charles +. Crockcr of California
| left an estate valued ut from SI.0o00oO 10
SlO.OOO.OJO.
Six hundred eastern coal miners hay. re-
Gently reached Madrid, New Mexico, where
| there Is no work for them.
The governor OF Nebraska has been asked
to send troops to Takamnh to protect rail-
| sonu property from trnhps.
The Montana board OF equalization has
| started on n tour OF the state To Induce
| counties to raise their assessments.
| The government of Uruguay has been
forced TO make terms with the rebels that
/ are very advantageous to the latter.
| Japan continues to protest against the an
| ucSntIon Of Hawaii by the United States.
hut the administration VIII pay no ait'h-
| tinn to Its communications.
| The four Mckee brothers who tied the
| ErIcksons 10 trees and killed their band OF
| sheep near vcrual Utah. II few days ago,
| have been arrested and Identified.
4 church warden Mt Seville. Spain. with
his wife. Is under arrest charged with mur.
dcring twcnty-sIN babies and c"nccnling
| their bodies In the church tower.
The 700 miners OF the Ontario and Daiy
| companies at Park City. Utah. have accept.
| ed n 10 per cent. reduction In wages, disrc-
Ear,iinE the advocc Of Ed. Boycc TO strike.
| Owing to ,lIsscnsions among the members
! Of the congregation. Rev. +. Dewitt Tai
| mage has resigned the pnstornic of the First
| Presbyterian Church, Mt Washington, ID. Z.
The Salvation Army celebrated its thirty
second anniversary on the Goth nt the Crys.
tai Palace. London. An enormous gather
| Ing assembled, with delegates from all parts
| Of the world.
l
| who some time ago promised to make com
| pictc statement Of the Panama scandal. has
| backed down and declines to tell what he
| knows.
| Holders Of stock In the dcfunct Missouri
National hank. OF Kansas city. which failed
| carly this year owing over sl.gp.Vp to de-
positors. will In short time have To meet
| an assessment OF 100 cents ON their stock.
| Peter McNaily. the Boston swimmer. who
| ,,.n. xnlp,IuI,l la mako "a n M swim
| the English channel on July ith. made the
| crossing on the 2ith. but had to he taken In
the boat three miles from the French shore.
/ Charlotte Smith. the reformcr. has pre-
| pared II memorial for Congress, making mar.
| riaEc compulsory. She suggests the ostab-
| lishmcnt Of national ma trimonial bureaus
| throughout the country. and hnv" nll the
rriagcablc men brought to the marx.
\ dispatch from singapore says that the
Chinese steamer Crihcngnnn. bound from
singapore for Mniaoia with 100 passengers.
was wrecked In sIuHll OF Mnlncca on June
10. one hundred and twenty persons. In
Guiding the captain. were drowned. The
| remainder Of the ships company were res
| cucd by passing steamer.
An ordinance has been passed by the city
council at Los Angeles California. md Il
now In force. which prohibits the public cx-
hibition OF pictures OF glove contests by vita
scope or other small devices. The ordinance
il the result OF the petition Of the Womcn's
Christian Temperance Union.
The citizens Of Kcwannn. Indiana. held n
mass meeting the other night and raised
$1,000 to send a practical miner Of that
place To the Alaska gold fields on n tour OF
inspection. lie will take up n claim " he
strikes 1t rich. His lind Is to he equally
divided among the citizens contributing to
the fund.
The proprietor Of the Half Moon tavern at
rutucy. England, gave n complimentary dtn.
ncr and presented n gold badge to Il. II. Ten
Eyck. the American winner OF the diamond
sculis at the Henry Regatta. Fifty prhfcs.
sionni oarsmcn were present. Mr.. Cinspcr.
the boat builder presided. Mr.. Ten Eyck
and Mr.. Mcdowell have sailed for New York
on the steamer st Paul. DR.. Mcdowell has
declined several invitations to take part In
minor rcgattas
Renewed activity In the effort to enforce
the prohibitory law Is being manifested
throughout Kansas. Temperance people
have become alarmed over the bollncss of
the Jnintlsts and are stirring up officials To
suppress the violators. Judge Guthrie. who
hns been keeping a close tab on the temper
ancc situation In the state. says that the
wave OF prohlbltory law enforcement Is
likely to Increase until the running OF 81.
looms, except possibly In the large cities,
will become = hazardous undertaking.
The Twcnty.ffth United States Infantry
Bicycle Corps. reached st. Louis on the 2ith. |
completing their 1000 mile ride from Fort |
Missoula. Montana. In forty days. thrty.hvc |
OF which were actually spent on the road.
The distance covered nn the trip was 1000
miles. the average per day being 522h miles.
After leaving the Nebraska snndhiiis the av-
crage was over 90 miles per day. The bicy.
Giles stood the trip remarkably well. but few
accidents OF n serious nature having occtirr-
ed, those that did occurr being through care.
icssncss.