The western recorder., 1898-02-17
COLORADO BRIEFS.


Six Rico miners have gone TO the Yu-
kcn region.
Homer II. Grafton hns been appoint
ed postmaster nt Mnnitou.
A stock company is being organized
10 build a brick hotel ut Aguilar.
The Canfeld -four mill will soon be
started up by a Longmont company
Denver now has truant officer who
will see thnt children attend school.
chapter of Daughters of the Rev
olution was organized at Greeley last
Friday.
THE Colorado Editorial Association
held its annual meeting at Denver on
the 9th.
The strike Mt the Brodhead coal
mines, near Agull'ir. shows no signs Oh
early settlement
A fair and racing association. with
capital OF S25.OO0. Is being organized
at walscnburg.
A board OF trade has been organized
nj Monte Vista, composed Of delegates
from four counties.
About 80 excursionists went from
Denver to Wall Street over the new
\ Ward railroad on the 18th
Manufacturers Of powder are scri--
ously, .fonsidering the ndvisability OF
| building a factory In Colorado.
Game Warden Swan is preparing to
prosecute the men responsible for the
wholesale killing OF trout Mt Twin
| Lakes.
The Victor school board wants ON.
GERS appointed in Cripple Greek ana
/ Is,x, nfh
trunnts from school.
| large proportion of the fish in low
er Twin Lakes have died as a result OF
the building OF dam by the company
that now controls the lakes.
street car on the Cheyenne canon
line Mt Colorado Springs ran away
few dnys ago and several persons mar
r6wly escaped serious injury.
The state Board of Arbitration has
decided the controversy between oper-
-ators and coal miners in the Lafayette
district 'ln favor Of the miners.
The Denver officials have decided to
appeal to the Supreme Court to re-
verse the decision OF Judge lie Fevre
In the water case, which was against
the city.
In a. ease from Otcro county the
Court of Appeals has decided that the
District Court cannot Interfere win
| county commissioners who cut down
Justices fees.
|. The Jury in the ease of Shirley ID.
| Chamberlain. charged with the muir
der OF Herbert ii. kay ON Pixies Fenk
| in August last, brought in verdict OF
murder In the first degree. This decis-
ion was reached on the first ballot.
In an opinion handed down In the
| Court of Appeals, Chief Justice Thorn
son held that II druggist may sell
whisky to n customer for medicinal
purposes without physlcian's pre-
scrlptIon. This case came from Den
yer. and will have important effects on
the enforcement of the liquor laws.
Mrs. Harriet f. Wilson, who for sew
eral years has published the Mascot Mt
Castle Rock, has sold that publication
| to a company of which Mr.. IL. q.
Wood of the Nighthawk Echo is presi-
dent. Mr.. Wood is an experienced
newspaper man and will make sue
cess OF the Mascot. Mrs. Wilson Will
devote her energies to the Eldora
Miner, which she has purchased.
The supervising architect of the
treasury has practically decided to rec
| ommend to the secretary OF the treas
ury the acceptance of the bid OF III.
Fergc of Milwaukee, for the construc-
tion OF the Denver mint building. In
Ferge's bid he specified Platte canon
and Cotopaxi. Colorado, granite as the
stone he would use, but no samples
were submitted. 1t is possible that be
fore awarding the contract they will
call for samples.
/ I-laII
wrote Attorney General Carr to the
effect that several of the counties are
refusing to pay the salaries of water
commissioners and superintendent of
irrigation. He concluded his letter by
asking how these could get their sala-
ries. In long opinion General Carr
says that they must he paid by the
counties which are included In their
districts. that II the counties refuse,
suit should be brought.
A big. force of graders is Mt work on
the electric line between Canon City
and Cripple Creek. Orman & Crooks,
who have the contract for the entire
grading. have the pay secured by
bonds furnished by the Northwestern
Security Trust Company of Chicago
for the entire amount of the contract.
This guarantees beyond question the
completion of the road. and II is now
expected that cars will be running over
the line from Canon City to the town
OF Victor by. the middle of the coming
summer. - s.;
4 Cecil A. Deane. custodian of the
states collection of war relies in the
basement of the capitol. has completed
the compiling of his catalogue. The
manuscript is now In the hands of the
i state printers, and the 2,00O, copies or
dered by the Board of Capitol Mana
gers will be delivered Monday. The
Board of Capitol Managers has long
since appreciated the necessity of n
catalogue of the counties of that de-
partment. and at its last meeting au-
thorized Its printing. The book will
contain sixty pages, giving n brief de-
scription Of 1,40T articles OH exhibition
Il there. t ~
Attorney Il. c. Glenn of Pueblo, who
represents the Eastern purchasers Of
the Chandler coal mine. which prop
erty was purchased from the Western
Fuel Company yesterday for n con-
sideration of S12J.0O0 cash. says that
the purchasers will Mt once begin oper-
-ations at the mines, which have been
closed for the past three years. The
property includes over 500 acres of the
finest coal land in Fremont county,
which Is fully developed and equipped
with the best machinery. For the past
three years only the pumps have been
kept in operation, which have kept the
shafts free from waller.
The people are rapidly awakening
p 10 the fact that Colorado must be rep
resented nt Omahn. The committees
that haye already been appointed are
hard at work. The personnel of the
! addiiinnnl nn1nnniitncs will he neonln