The Meeker herald., 1899-08-19

A d0udburst played havoc east Of
Canon City on the 18th.
A collision on the Midland resulted
In injury to four men.
The union men Of Durango held q
big picnic the other day.
Trinidad is to have q city park ad-
Joining the Santa Fe depot
The Flower Carnival at Colorado
Springs will be held August 31st.
The Pueblo smeltermen decided Mon
day to follow the example Of the Den
yer men and declared the strike OF.
The Cryptic Masons have been hold.
ing Initiation ceremonies on the top OF
Pixies peak.
+. ]. Burke of Denver was killed on
the Pixies peak trail the other day.
through falling over precdpice near
Lake Moraine.
The Santa Fe shops at Albuquerque
are to be increased in size 30 as to
give employment to several hundred
additional men.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
has been filed at New York by Donald
Fletcher. n general broker, with $217.-
44s liabilities, all but SOL 600 contract
ed in Denver, Colorado, In 1S92-83; no
assets.
The closing day OF the Texas-Colo-
RADIO Chautaulua comprised the bril-
liant sermon by the Rev. ]. +. Nugent,
of Des Moines. Iowa, on the afternoon
Of the 18th. and the grand miscellan-
eous concert under the direction OF
IL d.. to- tx,nw
Mrs Sylvanus Budd. wife of a
wealthy farmer and stock raiser, COM
mi,ted suicide by inclnerating herself
| at her home near nj WOt, Colorado, on
the 14th. 1t is supposed that her mind
had become unbalanced by a protract-
ed illness from which she had suffered.
An entcrprising landhOlder in Du-
range county offers 100 acres Of land
| to the man who raises this season the
best display of beets, showing the
largest per cent. of sugar: and Dave
| Day throws up his hat and hurrahs
because he started the sugar beet boom
over there.
Active steps are being taken in Wyo-
| ming looking to the returning home Of
| the volunteers In special train fur
nished by the citizens of the state. En-
| tertainments are being given in all Of
| the larger towns and private subscrip-
tions are being added to thel money
thus raised toward defraying the ex-
penses of the returning soldiers.
The Thrty-fourth regiment IL filled.
| No more recruits will be taken and the
| enlistment has ceased. The recruiting
| officers have been called in. The sub
stations are closed and the regiment Is
| filed and there are nearly fifty men to
spare Lieutenant Howe. who COM
mands the regiment pending the COM
| ing of Colonel Kennon, will begin at
once to fill each company and the next
move will be to weed out undesirable
men. The men who are discharged
will be replaced.
A bold jail delivery occurred at the
Albuquerque jail on the 18th. Jaiier
Schaffer ordered his assistant to put
the prisoners in the cells and lock them
up for the night. He had just entered
the corridor of the cells when he was
| overpowered by a number of prisoners.
Four of the worst criminals escaped
through the building and out Of the
front gate, among the lot being Jose
Ruiz, who shot and killed little boy in
| this city last year. and another muir
| derer. Ruiz was wounded and captured.
w. T. Kirkpatrick of Durango has
started out with 100000 young trout
| to distribute in the public streams Of
| Colorado free Of cost to the state and
the people. He propagated the fish at
| his own hatchery at an outlay Of about
$4,000. His Outfie consists of half n
dozen men and a pack train and he is
now planting the public lakes and
streams of the Durango section. The
| fish are carried In cans strapped across
the horses's backs.
Word has been received of the break
ing Of the tie 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
Ter, who has been cutting thousands
of ties on Brush creek and floating
them down the Platte river to Fort
Steele. 1t is possible that some Of the
ties will be recovered further down
stream, but the loss will be consider
able, amounting to upwards of 5000.
Big floods visited western Grant
county, In the Sacton section. New
Mexico, last week. A man named
Piper was drowned. Much loss was
sustained by Fred Golding. who has
a sawmill at the head of Sacton river.
Six cows We're killed by lightning. The
cattle were ranging near the d. G. Nc
MILAN ranch, and during the storm
drifted in bunch to wire fence.
The lightning struck the fence close
by and the shock killed six out Of the
| lot.
An official of the Union Pacific states
that when the new cut-oKs, now build
ing between Laramie and Dana sta
tiOns. on what is known ms the Sixth,
or Laramie-Rawlins district, are COM
pleted. the old track, instead of being
torn up or abandoned, will be used in
connection with the new cut-offs. This
will give the Union Pacific a double
track for distance Of about fifty
miles and will greatly expedite the
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