Gilpin observer., 1899-08-24
LOCAL ITEMS.

added to the Teller house.
The brick work on the new county
building is being rapidly rushed to COM
pletion by contractors Lamont & Bal
lard.
Dick Griffith will continue to be chief
engineer of the Black Hawk, Central
City and Apex Daily Mail and Express
stage line.
If one copy of the special illustrated
edition of The OBSERVER were sent to
each chamber OF commerce in the United
States the distribution would result in
incalculable good to the entire county
Money is plentiful in the east. Why
not attract some of it to this section
through legitimate advertising?
There is quite an increase in the num-
Der of people arriving here who take the
daily stage and private conveyances for
Apex, Pine district.
G. A. Gerard, j. E. Judy and B. B
Wheeler form trio of prospectors who
left Apex last week on prospecting
trip into and through Middle park.
John Slattery, who was shot a short
time ago through both lungs by % cali
bre ball, is getting along nicely, thanks
to skillful treatment and careful nurs-
ing.
Hon. John G. McShane, chairman of
the Democratic County Central com
mittee has issued call for an adjourned
meeting of the members Of the com
mite on next Saturday evening.
There is more gold in the hills of Gill
pin county than has ever beer taken out
Development means expenditure of CAPT
tai. 1t is for the purpose of attracting
capital that the special edition of THE
OBSERVER is to be issued
A stone wall is being constructed in
front of the play ground in front of the
public school building, which will be
extended up to the frame school build
ing. A fence will be placed on the stone
wall. Thomas Bate is doing the masonry
work.
c. L. Wellington has been appointed
to succeed P. ]. Flynn as joint passenger
and freight chairman in Denver, by the
officials of the various western lines
meeting in Chicago. He was formerly
connected with the Wisconsin Central
railroad.
The Golden Transcript says that Peter
S. Reed and Bob Fishburn of the Colo
RADIO & Southern railroad are taking 80
days lay-otf, and will go hunting and fish
ing. Matt Yore is running Mr.. Reeds
train, while SANDY" Nordquist officiates
for Mr.. Fishburn.
Attention is called to the new ad of
Richards & Griffith of the Apex, Black
Hawk and Central City Daily Mail,
Stage and Express line. They will be
found prom pit and obliging in the trans.
action of any business entrusted to their
care.
Joe Brown, miner employed in the
lafayette mine at Yankee, Wednesday
of last week in picking out missed shot
had one hand badly lacerated and his
eyes injured. Hopes are entertained
that his eyesight will not be impaired.
October II is the date set for the
publication OF the special edition OF The
OBSERVER. Nothing approaching it has
ever been gotten out in Gilpin county
Work on it has already commenced, but
thoroughness and not haste will charac.
terizs the work.
Golden Globe: Judge De France has
had his tickets extended and will not be
home with his family from California
until about October LIST. Mr.. and Mrs
Rundlett and probably the rest OF the
party will be home about September 4th
which is the limit of their tickets.
An exchange is authority for the start
ing announcement that one editor has
been found in heaven. How he got there
is not positively known, but it is conject-
ured that he piousy passed himself off
for a Christian ana stepped in unsus-
pected. When the dodge" was discov.
cred they sc rrhed the beautiful realms
of felicity in all their length and breadth
for lawyer to draw up the paper for his
eJectment, but they could not find one,
and of course the editor held the fort.
Do not worry because no one has yet
called upon you relative to the special
illustrated edition of The OBSERVER. 1t
takes time to do the work properly, and
as it is necessary to follow carefully
made-up program, it may be two or
three weeks before our representative
can call upon you.
Judge Frank De Lamar, for number
OF years resident of Clear Creek coun-
w. died at Grand Junction Auyust 11th