Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-17

collision on the Midland resulted
hurry to four men.
be union men OF Durango held a
picnic the other day.
inidnd Is to have city park ad-
Ing the Santa Fe depot.
le Flower Carnival mt Colorado
ngs will he held August 3lst.
be Pueblo smeltcrmcn decided Mon
to follow the example OF the Den
men and declared the strike on.
be Cryptic Mnsons have been hold.
Initiation ceremonies on the top OF
B's peak.
]. Burke OF Denver was killed on
pixies peak trail the other day.
nrh falling over u prccipice near
Morninc.
Santa Fc shops at Albuquerque
10 be increased In size 30 rs to
employment to several hundred
eional men.
voluntary petition In bankruptcy
= been filed at New York by Donald
1oteher. general broker. with $2lI..
4lo liabilities. NIL but $1,000 contract
- q Denver. Colorado. In lso2-o3; no
onooes.
~ closing day Of the Texns.Colo-
fn1D Chautauqua comprised tho bril-.
1nqnt sermon by the Rev. J. +. Nuscn'.
- Dos MoIncs, Iowa. on the afternoon
ok1he 18th, and the grand miscciinn.
go concert under the direction OF
Jo1n Baer In the evening.
Il Mn. Syivanus Budd. wife Of a
<voalthy farmer and stock raiser. com.
ookted suicide by incincrntinG herself
- 4. n nm
18th. II II supposed that her mind
become unbalanced by n protrnct.
Illness from which she had suffered.
IN cnscrprising inndholdcr In Du.
ngo county offers 100 acres OF land
the man who raises this season the
ID display OF bccts, showing the
gYcst per cent. Of sugar: and Dave
VI throws UP his hat and hurrahs
cause he started the sugar beet boom
yer there.
Active steps nrc being taken In wyo-
hing looking to the returning home OF
the volunteers In n special train tur'
nlshed by the citizens of the state. I'm.
kteftnlnmcnts arc being given In all OF
The larger towns and private snbscrip'
Hons are being added to thcl money
hus raised toward dcfrayins the cS'
banscs of the returning soldiers.
The Thirty.fourih regiment Is filled.
<leo more recruits will bc taken aud the
<oalfatmcnt has ceased. The recruiting
o0cers have been called In. The sub
stations are closed and the regiment Is
\. 6lIcd and there are nearly nfty men to
sparc. Lieutenant Howe. who com.
Amands the regiment pending the COM
NJ OF Colonel kcnnon. Will begin nj
nee to MI each company and the next
H.. -. stVt
M. The men who are discharged
"a be replaced.
"A bold Jail delivery occurred Mt the
buuucrIuc Jail on the 18Th. Jn!lcr
hntrcr ordered his assistant TO put
prisoners In the cells and lock them
for the night. He had Just entered
q corridor OF the cells when he was
Empowered by number of prisoners.
luur OF the worst criminals escaped
Trough the building and out OF the
Font gate. among the lot being Jose
XRuIx, who shot and killed n little boy In
<this city last year. and another mur-
4 dcrcr. Ruiz was wounded ana captured.
n W. r. Kirkpatrick of Durango has
<etnrtcd out with 100000 young trout
10 distribute In the public streams OF
no2orndo free OF cost TO the state ana
y people. He propacatcd the fish Mt
own hatchery ut an outlay OF about
0IoOOO. His outfic consists OF half n
tGooen men and n pack train and he is
now planting tho public lakes and
streams of the Durango section. The
@6sh are carried In cans strapped across
<the horses's backs.
Word has been received of the break.
ing Of the tic boom across the Platte
river at Fort Steele and the loss Of
1000 railroad cross ties. The boom
and ties are the property Of ]. G. Tel.
ler, who has been cutting thousands
q ties OH Brush creek and floating
them down the Platte river to Fort
z0eeelc. 1t Is possible that some Of the
~ will be recovered further down
nam, but the loss will be consider
\, amounting to upwards OF 5000.
N8ig moods visited western Grant
county, In the Sncton section. New
Mexico. last week. A man named
PiDer was drowned. Much loss was
eustnincd by Fred Golding, who hns
4 sawmIll nt the head of Sacton river.
Six cows were killed by lightning. The
I. cattle were ranging near the d. O. Nc.
MILAN ranch. and during the storm
drifted in n bunch to n wire fence.
The lightning struck the fence close
BY and the shock killed six out OF the
An official of the Union Pacific states
( that when the new cut-offs. now builG-
Inn between Laramie and Dana sta.
lions, on whnt is known ns the Sixth,
q Laramie-Rawlins district. nre com.
pletcd. the old track. instead Of being
&urn up or abandoned, will bc used In
eonncCtion with the new cut-offs. This
viii give the Union Pacific double
tack for distance of about fifty
miles and will greatly expedite the
work of handling trains over this part
( of the Wyoming division.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vlndstrum, .Norwegians. while out on
he grass In front Of their house Mt
Y Greeley, was bitten by bug. 1t was
nf0eumed to Ike mosquito bite. When
4 {ho Insect bit the child 1t drew blood