Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-20
WESTERN NOTES.


resumed business.
The Methodists at Fort Collins have
dedicated q ncW church.
There arc 337 students enrolled for
the term at the State Agricultural col
lege.
George Fred Williams of MassachU-
sets was given Il warm welcome In
Denver.
Two Seminole Indians who murdered
Mrs. Leard some time ago, were
burned alive last week by vigilantes.
The contested election cases at Colo
rndo Springs have beer decided In
favor Of the contestees, Steinmetz and
Jackson.
The Colorado Northwestern road will
probably start n new town at the Dew
Drop mine, making Its terminus there
instead Of at Ward.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has nf
nrmed the twenty-yenr sentence OF ex-
State Treasurer Barley. who was
convicted Of embeZZllng $735, 900 from
the state.
President Mckinley has appointed
the following Colorado postmastcrs:
Frank NJ. Rcnrtlon, Victor: Daniel f.
Cooper. Lamar; Robert J. Mccartney.
Silverton.
Six lives are supposed to have been
lost by an explosion, probably OF dust
or gas, In shaft No. s Of the Mount
Carmel Coal COmpany's mine, near
Chicopec. Kansas. on the Sth.
The receiver of the Colorado Coal
I,nt
applied to the federal court for an in
Pueblo county from selling Its lands
for delinquent taxes.
The eighteenth annual meeting OF the
Colorado State Beekeepers Association
will be held January 1Ith and 18th, in
room 33 Of the capitol building. An in
teresting program has been arranged
for those Interested In bee culture.
II. II. Fleetwood, n colored man of
Colorado City died after terrible suf-
ferlng as result of a cruel joke. An.
other negro poured alcohol In Fleet.
woods shoes while lie was asleep and
set it on fire. He was terribly burned.
A number OF rich Denver men have
subscribed $41 500 toward the museum
10 be built In the City Park, in which
will be placed the Carter collection OF
natural historical specimens now Mt
breckenridge. II Is desired to raise
$4,000.
Work has just been started up In the
Barton coal mine. twenty miles north
OF Fort Collins. and there Is demand
for every ton that can be mined. The
Indian Springs mines, few miles west
of the Barton mine, are also running to
their fullest capacity.
Pueblo's largest department store Is
run on the cooperative plan. II Is
known as the Crews-Beggs Company.
The annual meeting OF the company
was held the other night, and follow
ing 1t the employees Of the institution
sat down to n banquet, covers having
been laid for over 100.
Miss May Waite, daughter OF the ex-
governor Of Colorado, who attempted
to commit suicide mt Washington by
taking n grain of strychnine, has re-
covered from the effects of the poison.
A reporter who called Mt the house to
ascertain the girls condition was told
that she seemed to be still despondent,
and that 1t was the intention Of her
brother and friends to send her to her
home in Aspen, Colorado. EX-Govern-
ar Waite is now engaged In business In
Texas.
The Philadelphia smelter at Pueblo
has commenced work on two new fur
naces and two roasters. When all
these improvements are completed the
Philadelphia smelter will be able to
greatly increase Its output In 1888 over
that OF 1897. While the ore receipts
of last year were very large, develop
ment work and Increased railroad fa-
cilities In the Cripple Creek district In
dlcate that the volume Of ore to be
treated from now on will increase al
most daily.
The apportionment of the school
fund for the net six months between
the flfty-six counties of the state has
been completed by Superintendent Of
Public Instruction Miss Grace Il. Pat
ton and Deputy Superintendent Mary
II. Kinknid. The amount of the fund
was $53.S1O.51. Last July Miss Patton
had S51,G67.2S to apportion between
the counties, or S2.143.25 less than this
time. Last January, 1897, the amount
Of money at the disposal of Miss Pat
ton was but $37,0G6.2S, or $15,Si4.23
less than to-day.
1t is reported in official circles Mt San.
tn Fe that charges have been filed at
Washington against the confirmation
by the Senate of the nomination Of
John Il. McFie of Las Cruces and i.
w. Parker of IIillsborO, whom the
President two weeks ago named for
judgeshps in New Mexico. Citizens
Of southern New Mexico are said to
have sent on the charges, and in addi.
tion n mercantile firm at Las Vegas
Inns filed with the Senate judiciary com.
mittee a formal protest against Mr..
parker's confirmation.
The Las Vegas, Mora & Taos Rail
road Company has been organized a,
Las Vegas. The incorporators are Ed.
ward B. Wheeler of East Melton, Mas.
snchusetts, agent for the Il. II. Butler
estate in the Mora grant; +. A. Man
zanares, II. L. NJ. Ross Of Lns Vegas
and Richard Dunn, the tie and timber
king of northwest New Mexico. The
road will be eighty-five miles In
length and it is said construction work
will commence nj an early date. The
line will open well settled region,
rich in agriculture, mines and timber.
There Is hot fight in Denver be-
tween the daily papers and the big de-
partment stores. The latter demanded
a decrease In advertising rates of about
20 per cent. This the managers of the
papers refused to grant, and as n re-