Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-05-04

ikio HTIibt 'ouUty. sNtN NeNi'b. IN
suffering from drought and lambs nre
dying by the hundreds FOR lack of pas
turc and water.
The safe In the Alamosa postoiiicc
was blown open the other night ana
500 taken. The officers have no clue
as to the burglars.
While attending the funeral services
OF the late Attorney General Carr nj
Longm0nt, Senator Teller tainted. He
was sufficiently recovered before night
to return To Denver.
An abstract OF the report OF the ma
tiOnnl banks OF Colorado, made Oh
April 9Th, shows an average reserve of
I3.62: loans md discounts. S209I:5.
21IOT: total specie, S3.6iS. .l5l.59: law.
ful money reserve In bank, SiGIi.-
SII.59; Individual deposits, S35.41G,-
s'SSi; total Resources, S5i,'is6.41i.Io.
The Internal Revenue Department
reports 500 boxes OF cigars turned In
from Georgetown. Idaho Springs, Flor
encc and Laramie. Wyoming, during
the last two or three days. All We're
seized because stamped with counter
felt revcnie stamps. About 1Is.OOO
such boxes have been brought In and
Denver Is nearly cleared OF the fraud
ulcntly stamped cigars.
J. J. Morris has brought suit for S1O,-
900 against ii. A. Petit. superintcn-
dent OF the Gillct Reduction Works.
The case comes under the blacklisting
statute and Is the first to he entered In
the new county. 4. Norris In his
complaint alleges that he was EN-
plOycd by Mr.. Petit and was dis
charged and employed In neiGlibor-
ing mill, and that he lost his position
by the Influence of Petit.
Colorado College won the Interstate
debate with the University OF Ne
braska ut Colorado Springs on points
of both facts and argument. The qucs-
ton was. Resolved. That the United
States should annex the Philippines"
Colorado College had the negative.
| Governor Charles $. Thomas was
| chairman. and n seat ut his side was
occupied by President Slocum of Colo
| College. 4 large audience was pres
! ent.
Warden Hoyt is introducing some
| changes mt the Colorado penitcntinry.
| He has abolished the lock-step gcner-
ally required of convicts when they
+, walk. and will do AWAY with IN"
dark cells. When punishment Is re-
quired for unruly prisoners he Will
resort to spanking. II plan that lie
found to work admirably nt the re-
formatory. II il no slipper affair. but
strictly business, hard paddles being
used.
1t is announced that Bishop Anson IL.
Graves of the Episcopal diocese OF
Laramie. Wyoming. will remove from
| Kcarney, Nebraska. and take up his
residence ut Laramie. Bishop Graves
was made bishop of the Laramie dio-
cese In October last. He had previous
ly served as bishop of the diocese OF
the Platte for ten years. The diocese
| of Laramie includes the eastern por-
tion of Wyoming and the western por-
tion of Nebraska.
| A communication has been received
Mt Pueblo from the Internal Revenue
Department at Washington. instruct
ing the local revenue office to notify all
the cigar dealers in Pueblo who have
purchased and paid for cigars which
were recently seized by the govern
mnpt on account of counterfeit revenue
| stnmDs. that they would be allowed
TO retain the goods providing they
| would place genuine stamps upon the
| boxes. The revenue office will hold all
cigars that were seized by the govern
ment and not paid for by the dealers.
Sheriff Stewart of Eddy. New Mex
leo, and posse reached El Paso. Texas,
! Thursday, from the Jnrrillo mountains,
with four sllackled men in custody.
who were lodged in the county jail anh
| will be taken to Eddy county. The
men were captured mt Parker's Wells.
| New Mexico, and seventeen miles from
! TURQUOISE, small railway station.
| They passed through Eddy county last
Tuesday and stole six horses. There
J were then five outlaws in the gang.
Sheriff Stewart and three men fol-
! lowed them and rode day and niSht
; until they caught them
| The annual report of Eugene B.
! Brindcn of the United States assay Of
, flee, just published. shows the Mon
tana mineral product for 1893 to be as
| follows: Gold. 253.S6T ounces: value.
50. 4I.91291: silver. 14.S1S.GG1 ounces.
coinage value. S19.159. .4S2.17; copper.
| 216.979.354 pounds. value. S2G.1O2,-
G1G.20: lead 21 ,4O3.502 pounds, value.
| $500. .O55.10: total value of mineral pro-
| duction. sol .319, ,OG1.15. The state le;l,ls
the world in total mineral output. but
is the third state in the production Of
gold. Colorado and California leading
in that product. .,
a Santa Fe dispatch says: New
Mexico. from the Mesilla valley to the
Taos mountains, from the San Juan to
the Rio Hondo. is one sea of fragrant
blossoms. In the south the apricots,
peaches. almonds are done blooming;
in the central part the apple blossoms
are just opening and in the north the
first timid apricot blossoms are just
turning their faces to the sun. Never
before have there been such bright
prospects of Il great fruit crop in, New
Mexico rs this year. The weather has
been dry and cool over the whole ter
ritory. and favorable for working the
soil and planting crops. Cold nights
have checked the rapid growth of veg
citation, and in the higher attitudes of
the northern counties severe frosts
have done little damage. owing to the