The Meeker herald., 1897-04-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.


.sdxi,,c saloon keeper was held up tie
other night and his place robbed Of 500.
Tna total shortage Of Town CLERK J. 3.
uur,i. Of Cripple Creek. amounts TO &oU5.
~, account OF Arlor Day falling oa Good
E,,d,y II was not observed AZ Eeuefaily ~
usual.
A bee keeper In otero county last ysar
proiuce,l lsOspD pounds of honey. which l4id
him 81, OO for his seasons work.
Governor Adams has vetoed the Diii I"
regulate the practice OF osteoPathy IN the
State Of Colorado.
Two school districts In the eastern pan OF
| Arnpahoe county have been abpllshed. Ne the
people have all moved away
| The State Agricultural College has re
| cciyel from Josph Murray thrce handsoufiy
| mounted specimens of Alaskan seals.
An entertainment was held In Aspen fiic
| other night 10 raise money with whSa 10
huy rubbers for the poor children "f taat
| town.
| After five and one-half years OF caise1icc
| th. Women. Christian Temperance Jnion
| Home in Colorado Springs cioseh It's sofs'
| owing to lack OF funds.
Stevenson and DE Scent shipped gwen
| doubie-Ieckcd ears Of lambs from Lamar 10
Chicago on the Eth. They were fed Z al
faifa, and will average eighty pounu per
I'head. Mr.. cronen also shipped SIX ear
Ten doubIe..lcckei ears followed the next
day for Kansas city.
The other day at st. Lukc's hosptal
| ,,i, tr.... .-,,-~, .-r FeialF<,l
FROM the throat Of the two.year-oll ,,ifIH OF
X. II. Wier, of Manitou. by Dr. CItries A.
Powers. assisted by others of tho medical
stan of that Institution. 1t was doa, by cat.
ting through the neck. with sucdyful re
suits.
t,..r.,
| manager of the Denver branch ofthc indl.
ana Bicycle Company and has jccepted a
hnttering offer 10 become the uiatgcr of the
Paris branch house of II. A. I.xler 4 CO.
makers of the Cleveland whce, The resl.-
nation is In take effect May II and on that
day Mr.. Bolcs Will leave Devcr to sail II
few days later for Europe.
W. \. Ward. the head Ot the Burean of
Mines of the Gnif system. ks been honorei
by his Alma Mater. PiUcton University
| with the degree Of doctc of science DR.
Ward has always takcna keen interest In
Princeton and while maiHger Of the Morn
| Ing and Evening Star Consolidated mine NJ
Lcadville. endowed Il cIar of mining and
mrtallurgy In that institution.
II is "A notable fact that tn jniis Of Denver
are at present housing 4 comparatively
small number OF prsonrs. Jilior Conley Of
the county jail is keeping b,use with but
|
| corded for many months. The average Nun
ber Of prisoners Is eighty and ih' capacity Of
the Jail is 100. At the city jail there are but
| twenty prisoners at present. whes the usual
number Is forty.
| The will Of William g. Fisher has been
| filed for probate nt Denver. but no estimate
| given Of the value of the estate. Tue in-
| strumcnt be1ucaths x;0.UD to each II the
| two children Of the deceased To his brother.
Rev. John A. Fisher. of Newark. New Jer
| sey Is left the use Of S25tgO during his
| lifetime. After his death the <25.GO0 Is 10
lie divided among his children. The balance
Of the estate is left to Mrs. Fisher. VIM is
| executor.
Just before the strike the women en-
| ployed In the dance halls on State stree. and
| others Of their disreputable sisters organized
| II union, which Is known as the Woman =
| Protective Association. The title of the or
| ganlxatlon was probably selected ou account
| Of Its sing uInr inapproprintcness How
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| tect themselves or to he protected 1. mot
very apparent to the average observer. Al
| any rate the organization exists and Will
give ball nj City hall the latter part of Tn.
! month. Its character will Of course be cN-
| cce-ilngIy bad In fact II can he little les,
| than n drunken iiceniions orgie aud a rc.
| ncciIon upon the character of I.cndville. ~
| course the proprietors of the hail where Ii is
| to he given care little for This. long as
| the rent Is paid. but such an entertainment
| % should certainly be prohibited by the
/ police.-I.eadvile Reporter.
Governor Adams On the 18th Increase the
| laws IN the statute books by eighteen. ThI-
| was done by aiixins his signature to thir
| teen House bills and live Senate bills Prob
ably the mos, popular bill which received
| executive approval was the bicycle baggage
bill In the batch were measures apprp-
priating moneys for the maintenance of the
| state Reforma,ory, Soldiers and Sailors
| Home, University of Colorado and the State
Board of Health and the State Penitcnfiary.
A serious cave-n in the Cowenhoven tuu.
mel. Mt Aspen. occurred on Friday. The
break was caused 10y the ground settling and
/ destroying about four square sets Of tim
bers. The accident has cnused the Della =.
Bushwhncker. Regent Mineral Farm AMI
Alta Argent mines to close down tcmporari-
ly. Fortunately no lives were Involved In
the accident. the employees of the variou.
mines going out through the Della $. nine
teenth level connection with the Smuggler
mine. and also up through the johnson In
cline to the surface. Manager BruntOn of
the tunnel expects 10 have the groinl
caught up In few days. when work will ic
resumed on all Of the above named proper
ties.
nstonlsinent of Secretary Helm Of the So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to AMI
mails of FL Paso to receive. few days ago
! from the Country club of Colorado Springs,
| an Invitation To attend a trap shooting con
test In which live birds were to he uar.l,
and to further have the Information volnri-
teered him that 1t was perfectly legal. Ar.
Helm promptly notincd Secretary White
head. Of this city. who secured cnErue1ed
copy Of the hill Introduced to make some
changes In the game laws Of the State. aud
discovered that the change allowing live bird
shooting must have l'een inserted after the
passage Of the bill through the committee
rooms. The committees were interviewed
and each and Nil rcpudiatel the live bird
clause. Mr.. Whitehead also called upon
Governor Adams aud told him the bill had
been tsmpcrrl with. To show that no such
legislation WAS intended by the trainers Of
the bill. Mr.. Whitehead conciusively shows