Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-05-12
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Pine Greek is to have new school
house.
The groccrymen of Colorado Springs
have formed mn association.
The two troop of cavalry nt Colorado
Springs have been consolidated.
Colorado Springs may get the union
miners home now planned for.
The Twin Lakes Reservoirs Com
pany will soon begin work on Its big
reservoir.
A Denver lawyer has been convicted
of embezzling 500 from prisoner
whom he pretended to assist.
SIxty-two gamblers were fined Mt
Colorado Springs, having pleaded
guilty. They say they will quit.
The annual encampmcnt of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
held Mt Cripple Greek, June H. 10.
and 10, 1S9S.
Glenwood Springs has been made n
Colorado common point by the Trans
missouri railroads. with round-trip
rate of $40 from the Missouri river.
The county commissioners to-day ap-
propriatcd $3.50 for the Omaha Exposi-
tIon and appointed George Fravert OF
Rifle MS the county's agent to attend
to the matter.
Rev. Charles Hyde of Longmant,
who was appointed chaplain of the
Colorado regiment, has resigned and
returned to Longmont because the
Longmont company refused to enlist
on account of dissatisfaction.
The 10th was payday In the Cripple
Greek district and the men received
nearly SIOO.OOO. For the first time In
the history Of the camp. not gam
bling house was open and the men had
good chance to keep their earnings.
An Important decision has been
handed down by the Court of Appeals.
being rendered by Judge Wilson. He
held that a telegraph company u not
common carrier and cannot be sued
for the recovery OF damages resulting
from the delayed delivery OF n mes-
sage handled by 1t.
The members of Company II, N. a.
c., of Colorado Springs, who We're not
accepted rs volunteers. will recruit
new company of national guards Mt
that place. They will not be able to
go out Mt the next call. but will be
able to do efficient service In the M
tionnl guard service Of the state.
Representatives OF the Gulf. Denver
& Rio Grande. Santa Fe. Midland and
the two Cripple Creek lines met on the
9th In pursuance of Il request from the
mayor of Denver and decided to grant
n one-fare rate from nll state points
to Denver on dewey Day." should
such an occasion be set aside for OBJ
servance. 1t was expected that the
18th would be devoted to the gallant
admiral.
-Four men found can of nitro
glyccrnc in an old magazine near
Denver the other day. They set 1t up
as n target to throw stones at. Fred
MetZger. who was standing nearest,
hit the mark and an explosion fol-
lowed that was heard in all the sur
rounding country within n radius OF
three miles and MetZger was instantly
killed. Peter .Lehl and Peter Schmear
We're cut and bruised by fragments Of
the can and the magazine.
The officers of Ell Paso county have
given notice that gambling at Cripple
Creek must be stopped. The city Of
Cripple Greek has been drawing rev.
enue of about $500 n month from the
fine imposed upon each gaming table,
and this practically amounted to n IL
censng of the gamblers. Now that
the county has stepped in. the city will
be powerless. 1t is generally con-
ceded that the sheriff and district at
torney have the power to enforce their
determination to stop the vice, but the
great surprise comes in their resolve
to do so.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution in Colorado have decided to
undertake at once to raise funds to be
placed at the disposal of the Red
Cross society. to be spent either for
the relief of the suffering of Cuba o.:
for hospital work in our own country.
1t is well known how great the de-
mand has been and still is for funds
tC meet the needs in Cuba, and how
near at hand may be the call to min
lister to our own soldiers and sailors
in hospitals. Contributions from the
smallest amounts upwards are solic-
tied. While the members of the soci-
ETY. will make personal appeals as far
as possible, it is hoped that no one
will wait to be asked for gifts, but
will send them at once to Mrs. Edgar
II. Ensign, treasurer, 400 North Ne
vada avenue. Colorado Springs. All
money will be forwarded promptly to
the headquarters of the Red Cross
Society in New York.
The fifty-first annual meeting of the
American Medical Association will be
held in Denver from June 18th to 10th,
and it is the general opinion of all the
local physicians of the city that this
will be one of the largest and best at
tended meetings of this kind ever held
in the history of the association. Ex-
tensive preparations have already
been made at this early date and ev-
erything is being arranged to give the
visitors a hearty welcome. An attend
nnce of more than 1000 physicians
and their wives is expected and spe-
cial trains have been scheduled to
start from New England, New York,
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cincinnati,
Louisville, st. Louis, Minneapolis st.
Paul and many other cities through