The Delta independent., 1898-06-24
Ladies' Shamp00ing and ChilA-
ren's Hair Cutting - specially st
Nichier's Barber shop.

| rank L. Shields returned from Ouray
Monday.
George Stewart of Paonia. was in town
Wednesday.
Dwight Bennett, OF Hotchkiss, was in
town Wednesday.
Walter and Amos Durkee returned
from the west Monday.
| DR.. Austin E. Miller OF Cory returned
from Denver Saturday.
| l2-piece bedroom set OF chinaware for
500 at Corbin 4 Sanders.
Z. R. Hartman of Maher, was in Delta
the first OF the week Oh business.
Col. 4. 7. Bacon, loan agent Of Den.
yer, is in town looking up the loan bust
ness.
Mrs. Dwight Bennett. of Hotchkiss,
J went to Denver Tuesday, to take medical
Treatment.
7. c. Wand, OF Paonia. and L. D. Viii
mot, Of Hotchkiss. were in town the first
OF the week.
They. W. c. I. U. will give chicken
supper at the reading room next Thurs
day evening.
Tony Mcneil, the new appointee Of de-
putty clerk OF the Supreme Court, was in
town Tuesday.
a few more of those lawns and sum-
mer dress goods at 10 per cent off at the
COLLEEN Rule Store.
Mayor Frank Sanders and wife left
Tuesday for Denver to take in the races
and visit old friends.
FrankWoodring. OF Missouri mesa, left
for Telluride Wednesday, and expects to
be gone all summer.
ii r. Wilson returned Saturday from
New York, where he has been on visit
for the past three months.
Miss Lucie Barlow OF Hotchkiss left
for Ouray Tuesday where she will re-
main during the summer.
Mrs. Charles FIeenor, of Cory, left last
Saturday for Moffatt, Colo. where she
will visit for a month or longer.
j. W Sanders is doing the mountain
towns this week IN the interest Of the
Delta Fruit & Produce company.
Clarence Smith has purchased the
entire ice business OF Byram Luce and
is making daily delivery as usual.
Mr.. Strock, father OF Mrs. A. B. Crabill,
has gone back to his home in Ohio, after
. months visit with his daughter.
f. p. Balch, a prosperous fruit aud
stock raiser OF Paonia, was transactirg
business in Delta the first OF the week.
| Mrs. Braisted left Tuesday on a visit
| 70 her old New York home. On her way
she will visit her daughter Fern in Den
ver.
Ed Fawcett. Of Paonia, wes visitor
| in town the first OF the week. Ed has
! accepted a position with the Paonia
Mercantile Co.
Theodore Roeber. ex county assessor.
came down from Paonia Sunday and
vent to Gunuison the next day TO
straighten up land title.
C.P. Nutter sold his wool last week &c
Mr.. Mooney. wool buyer from Denver
He realized double what he did in 1886
and six cents more per pound than he did
asst year.
ID. G. Packard Of Denver, special agent
Tor the Sun. Fire Insurance Co. which
was founded in l1lO, was in town Mon
DAY and placed the agency OF his com
pany with W. II. Mastiu.
Sheriff Oscar Downtain, OF San Miguel
county. came down Saturday and arrest
"a two itinerant photographers here. Mr.
smith and Mr.. johnson. and took tool
them back to Telluride.
+. H. McGranahsn. 4. +. McGranahaI
Iebekah Finley. S. r Finley and A. {
Butler, have incorporated under the law
of Idaho the st Anthony Falls Mercantil,
ca. with q capital stock OF $1,000.
A trip in the orchard al the old Nav
place on Garnet mesa shows apricot tree
endangered to the breaking poin, with
the green fruit: while the Elberts peach
trees are well loaded. No shortage o
fruit CT. p from Delta county this year
Mr.. L. Finuey has about 800 littl,
chickens. all hatchgd by the origina
method-mo,her hen and esgs-beite
than any incubator OF modern invention
he Thousand old hens on the place vii
climb the mountains this fall, never L
return; hen fate.
Henry Pointer. one of the owners o
the Delta foundry and machine shops