The Monte Vista journal., 1898-03-26
WESTERN NEWS.

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Greek IL finished.
Arizona will have m exhibit at til,
Omaha Exposition.
Work on new canning factory has
been commenced nt Pueblo.
william Tate was convicted Of gam.
bling at Leadville last week.
Colorado Springs suffered loss OF
| 100000 by DIRE on the 22nd.
There will be large amount of
building done at Denver this year.
1t Ia now definitely settled that the
Texas Chautauqua will go to Boulder
Charles Barnes. n Leadville miner,
was blown to pieces n few days ago
by'a missed shot.
Chancellor Mcdowell OF Denver Uni.
verslty has Just declined call to n
large Chicago church.
Receiver Trumbull OF the Gulf road
denies the report that 1t will be alb
sorbed by the Union Pacific.
Bishop n. c. Matz has returned to
Denver after an absence OF n year.
He spent most of the time In Mexico.
Thirteen convicts escaped from the
Idaho penitentinry few days ago.
Five were captured few hours after
ward.
Melon growers Of the Arkansas val
ley have completed their contract for
cooperation In disposIng OF the melon
crop this year without any danger OF
competition.
Figures compiled by the Seattle
Post-lntelllgencer show that since Jan.
uary 145G5 persons have left that city
for Alaska. OF these 2.S03 went 10
Copper river.
Cattle stealing throughout southcr'.
New Mexico and western Arizona is
growing to an alarming extent and the
cnttlemen are organizing for the pro-
lection Of herds.
The striking senior class Mt the State
Agricultural College has returned 10
college work. This ia the result OF ,ie
action OF the faculty In allowing Fred
=. Hotchkiss to register US n regular
student.
Gray wolves nre doing serious dam
nge to stock In the neigliborhood OF the
Laramie river. In the North park
They come down from the timber In
Ing large numbers OF calves and year
lings.
A fire occurred in the county fail at
Ouray last week which resulted In the
death Of one prisoner. Harry w
Hawkins. alias II. W. Miller. and with
probably the same fatal result to
Adolph Gunther. The IRE was caused
by electric light wires.
The commissioner Of the general
land Office hns let the contract for the
survey of the boundary line OF the old
Southern Ute Indian reservation to
George l.. Obcr for $4Ss. II Is under.
stood that Mr.. Obcr will proceed i'm.
media'ely with his work.
DIR. Mattoon. chief surgeon In the
| Rio Grande hospital at Salitia. had his
right arm nmputated just below the
shoulder last week. He cut one OF the
fingers Of his hand Wednesday while
performing nm operation and blood poi.
soning set In which made nmputation
necessary.
The freshmen class Of the State
School OF Mines bolted In u body last
Monday afternoon from taking n din.
cult examination In chemistry. The
students claimed that the examination
was unjust and covered details for
which they had been told they would
not be required to prepare.
The sheep shearing mt Milford and
Black Rock. Utah. Will rcnch Iinmens.
proportions this ycnr. Already the
booking there has reached ll5.Oo
head, and the seasons opening three
a Ia a..
estimated one and half million
pounds Of wool will te clipped, which
Will MI sevcn'y-dve cars.
The reports received by the state en-
Rinecr OF the amount Of snowfall
throughout the state 80 fur this winter
hre not very encouraging for u supply
OF water for the coming season. With
the exception of one or two sections OF
the state the fall OF snow has been
comparatively light. md unless ther.
ARE several good snow storms ls.twcca a
now and spring the farmers and cattle
men VIII suffer for water this coming
summer and fall.
The proposed extension OF the pecos
valley railroad from Eddy. New Mex.
leo. to Washburn. Texas. a distance OF
:io miles, VIII terminate nt Amarillo.
Texas. Instead. Amarillo Is about thir.
ty.flve niles from wnshburn. The r-n.
son assigned by Mr.. Hagcrmnn for the
change is TINT Amarillo is u superior
collecting and shipping point. The
main line Of the connecting road now
runs within eighteen miles OF Amarillo.
nnd mn extension will hr bull, 10 that
point Immediately. II l. believed that
the contracts for the building Of III.
new extension VIII bc let abou, III.
LIST Of April.
Alfred Anderson. n Swcd.. los, his
HE In q remarkable manner Will.
duck hunting near Boulder last Sun
day. lie took his shotgun In the morn.
Ing nnd. going 10 the lake. ioos ,
boat and shot ducks A. noon M. ~.
turned and left again after dinner
Not returning at night. one Of M,
chums started out 10 hunt him, Andlnr
the rhnrrcSi remains In the boat. An
examination of the surroundings lc,i 10
the conclusion that Anderson had got,
ten Into the hoat md pulled his gun
toward him. the hammer cnugh, on n
cross.pict~ and find the gun. The
raroncr says ,hx, hut few sho, ~n,rr,s,
the body. hut the gun bcing close To-
tlr body s.'i the clothes on firr. An.
dcrson fell backward Into the l,on, up,i
III" clothes werr cn'irciy consumed.
there irlhg not n stitch left on the
body aud the neal brlns roasted N II
tut In All oven. The face wns o,,,
badly dlsnxurssi.
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