The Monte Vista journal., 1898-09-24
WESTERN NEWS.


Twenty hands will contes, for prizes
ut Denver.
The balloons used at Santiago have
reached Omaha uIid will make nsccn-
sions there.
Robbers held up II train In the sub
urbs Of Council Bluffs ON the 18th.
and got small sum.
The Western Slope Fair opened nt
MOntrOse on the Goth. with the pros
pect of n great success.
Attorney General Carr decides that
children may be excluded from the pub
lie schools II not vaccinated.
John Negri. an Austrian miner work
ing In the Golden Age mine ut Cen
tral. was Instantly killed by falling
down II shaft distance OF 200 feet.
The trial by court martial Of Chap
lain Mcintyre will probably have to
be postponed owing to the condition
OF his health. He is quite i'll ut Den
yer.
The Seventh cavalry has been Or
dered from the Department Of Colo
RADIO to Huntsville, Alabama. Their
places will be taken by the Ninth cav
airy.
An abstract OF the assessment of
| Lake county shows the grand total
valuation to be $3.914.679. against So
S74.74S last year The increase is In
personal property.
Another wreck occurred on the Rio
| Grande on the 10th, In which Fire
man ID. e. Barcus was killed. Two
light engines met on the track above
Colorado Springs through Il mistake Of
The train dispatcher.
1t IL proposed to erect monument
In honor of George A. jackson at the
point where he first discovered gold
In Colorado. near Idaho Springs. The
fortleth anniversary of the discovery
will occur next January.
All local cattle records We're broken
| mt the Kansas City stock yards ON the
10th. when lS.035 head of cattle We're
received. Fully ll.01O head of those
received We're stockcrs and feeders
from the western ranges.
John u. Schmidt. an engineer on the
South Park Railroad. met with Il
| shocking death on the 10Th near
Breckenridge. While leaning from
his cnb his head struck projecting
rock and he fell from the engine.
On recommendation Of Brigadicr-
General Hale. Governor Adams has
made the following promotions in the
First Colorado Infantry: Mccoy.
| colonel; Moses. lieutenant colonel:
Grove. major: Brooks. captain: Means.
first lieutenant: Sergeant clotwortly.
second lieutenant.
Reports that continue TO come in
from the northern portions Of New
Mexico confirm the fear that the heavy
trusts OF last week would do serious
damage to crops. Thousands of dol
lars worth Of grapes. melons. tomatoes.
corn. cucumi,crs and peaches have been
destroyed. As far south as Socorro Il
heavy hail did great damage.
| The Utah volunteer cavalry. com
mnndcd by Captain Cainc. is rapidly
clearing the Yosemite National Park
OF sheep hcr,lers. who have been tres
passing there with thousands "f sheep.
Lieutenant Kimball and Sergeant
Price have made several arrests within
the Inst few days. though not without
difficulty. MS the men Were inclined to
resist until covered by firearms. The
dry season has caused scarcity Of
water In the park and thousands OF
transplnntcd trout are dying.
In the finishing mills nt the Bc~sc-
mer steel works ut Pueblo the sparks
from revolving saw set fire to nn
| Oil.saturntcd piece OF timber close ut
hand. and before the flames could In.
extinguished the entire building WIS
on fire. For four hours the city de-
partment nni the department Of the
e. +. 4 I. Company lmiiled with the
flames. md before the lire was cx-
tinguIshed much OF the new machIn-
cry was destroyed. 1t Ia estimated
that the loss will amount to Si5,cOO or
t30.OO.
Idaho Springs has commenced put
ting In n new supply line for the WA
ter works from Devils canon. about
four miles M Chicago creek. This
| will be independent from the supply
taken from Soda creek. While there
IN plenty OF water nt the present time.
II IN realized that with the rapid
| growth OF the town some arrange
inents must liz made for the future.
The net revenue Of the city water
works is doing all OF this new work
without the necessity OF floating water
bonds.
There wns u terrible accident at We
tor on the lDih. whereby Pat Fitzpni.
rick md Mat BrunIgnn lost their lives
In the Alpha May mine. They. iogcth-
rr with u man named Crawford. were
at work In the bottom Of the shaft. ON
the +UO.foN level n trimmer WIS push.
Ing u cur loaded with ore toward the
| shnft. Through soinc oversight no light
hnd ben placed nt the shaft where II
pnsscd the level. AMI the clinsm was
,niy guarded by slight chain. Sud.
denly the car struck the gtnr,l chain.
The momentum wnH too great 10 bc
stopped by the chain. and the ear went
hurllng down the shnft. u distance Of
tOO feet. with iis great load. II struck
bottom. grinding them Into an almost
unrrognlxnhle mass of bones AMI
nc~h. II WIS thought TINT Crawford
could not survive his injuries.
Colorado is winning all premiums
In sight ut the Omaha exposition for
fruit displays. Charles X. Lane. In
chnrgc Of the Otero county display nj
the exposition. Inns informed Secretary
Shute ~ the state board NJ hor,icui.
turc TINT n portion Of the award. in,i
tsrn made In several clnssc. Of fruit
from this state. ArnpnhOc aud Icffcr-
sOn counties have scored iOn the
iixlicst possible score. On five vnris..
Ties ~ npplsr. Otcr0 county scored
lOD on peaches and iOO on seven out Of
| ten varieties Of npplcn. In ulunis