Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-08-26
COLORADO BRIEFS.


st. Louis syndicate is said to be
contemplating the building of II winter
hotel ut Manitou.
Nelson Olson, u Silvcrton miner, wns
killed while picking ont II missed shot
the other day. James Guard was bud
| ly hurt r l..a' "...
The Teller Institute and Colorado
| Midland bands have been engaged 10
play NJ Grand Junction on Peach Day.
| \ great hose tournament is promised
| also.
| W. T.. Van VOlkcnburgh. !: substi-
tute mail clerk on the Florence L. Grip
pie Creek line. was arrested Sunday
night, charged with riiiing the United
States mails. lie admitted his guilt.
Night Marshal Rowan and officer
Fitzpatrick of the Victor police have
been suspended on the charge of nc-
cepting bribcs from bunco-game gam
blers.
The county commissioners and City
! Council nt Telluride have donated $500
| TO pay the expenses of the band from
that town nt the Festival of Mountain
and Plain.
| There will be n big crowd at Denver
for the Festival of Mountain and
Plain II railroad rates cut any figure
as the Colorado roads have announced
II very low schedule from all parts of
the state.
| AS Il result of Il quarrel between
John Candell and Hiram Baker at the
latter's home near Grant, they shot
each other ana Crandcll Is dead.
jury acquitted Baker on the ground of
sclf-defensc.
1t is understood that the owners of
| the Lcadvillc mines embraced in the
| pumping contract are seriously Qucs-
tioning the advisability of starting the
pumps while the price of silver con-
tinues to fall.
| Advices TO the Agricultural Depart
ment from private and indirectly off,
| cinl sources confirm the predictions of
n considerable deficiency In the Europ-
can wheat crop. while rye. while rye,
which is the chief bread grain of East
ern Europe is also short. .
The last of the water was pumped
out of the Consolidated shaft at New
castle Oh the Goth. and men went down
into the mine finding about three feet
of mud mt the bottom Work of clean
ing up will begin mt once and the mine
| will be running again by the 1st Of
! September.
Judge Butler. sitting in the District
Court ut Leatlvillc. has dismissed the
Indictment brought by the grand jury
against Judge Overs. The latter was
accused of negligence In not prOsccut-
Ing violations OF gamblers, saloon men
and disrcputable women. Judge But
| Ter took the ground that II was moi
Judge Overs business TO act rs COM
| plainant. ...-.
The investigation and opening of the
caves In the marble beds near West
| cliffe. have Just been completed. Thus
| far ten subterraneOus passages have
been found. the longest of which has
been penetrated to the distance of 500
| feet. by paying strict attention to the
nota,ions made at intervals in these
caves visitors can enter them with
| safety and considerable ease.
| The flower carnival mt Colorado
| Springs was more successful than ever
this year, and II big crowd from Den
| yer and other points We're present.
| There was the utmost variety IL the
| decorations of the carriages. in the cor
responding costuming of the occupants
| and in the vehicles themselves. There
| was plainly much rivalry and the most
| casual lOoker-on could hardly fail to
| see that considerable money had been
expended In making this flower cnrni-
val greater than all It's predecessors.
| Regular soldiers and the state militia
appeared in the parade.
An interesting operation was per.
| formed by means of the N-ray in the
| Denver Homeopathic hospital few
days ago. George Rider. the ninc-year-
old son of David Rider OF Kansas City.
was shot in the leg by n bullet from the
gun of II careless tourist at Manitou.
The physicians there prObed for the
bullet but were unable to find it. The
boy was brought to Denver and placed
under the care of DR.. Tenant and J.
Wylie Anderson. ana the bullet WIS To-
Gated by means OF n microscope aud
removed. Owing TO its close prONimi-
ty to an artery. the peculiar position in
which II lodged. made II an extremely
dangerous operation. and. without the
use of the N-ray the boy might have
lost the limb. ... .. .
1t is stated in Lcadvillc that the
work of pumping out the city mines
will be commenced ut once. The
trouble has been caused by the failure
of one of the parties to the agreement
to pay the amount necessary through
some misunderstanding. a few days
ago Il leading merchant OF the city
| headed II subscription list with n check
| for 500 and began a soliciting tour
| among business men with snch success
ms to make up the required amount
| something like $500. This was ten
| dered the mine managers but they de-
| cided. however. not 10 accept II, but
| to place an additional assessment on
| all the downtown mines except the
| Smith Mofrat group. There is now no
| obstacle in the way of pumping and
| the big pumps will probably start at
| once -News-Reportcr. -.s.
The annual report of the Colorado
| Fuel and Iron Company for the year
| ending June 30. 1897. shows the COM
pany to be in Il ilourishing condition,
| the total net earnings from all sources
amounting to SS25.O2O.l4, which. after
| the payment of all fixed charges, sink
ing funds. etc. left Il balance of $50
| 326.5S on the good side of the ledger.
| OF these earnings $4,000 was paid out
| in the February dividend of 4 per cent.
! the balance of S200.326.5S being placed
| to the credit of profit and loss. The
outlook as pictured by President Os-
| good is very encouraging, and in sum
ming up the prospects for the present
| year he says that it is but reasolla Bile
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