The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12
WESTERN Notes.

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salida has furnished twenty. 1.-TWO re-
eruits for the army.
Good fishing is reported In the
streams near Gunnison.
Work has begun on the Hartville
branch road In Wyoming.
There In 4 big crop OF hay In the
Grand and Eagle valleys.
There will be large quantity Of ap-
There is reported to he an excellent
opening for Il good hotel man at Grand
Junction.
James Burns has decided to permit
the release from Jail of James Doyle
| OF Victor.
The Florence and Cripple Greek rail-
road track is being rclaid with heavy
steel rails.
Florence Is making great prepara-
tlons for the meeting OF the Knights
Of Pythias.
Four hundred miners will he put to
work at the Baldwin coal mines within
Il Few weeks.
Ex-Mayor James Doyle was given n
warm welcome when he reached Victor
utter being released from Jail.
There are enough idle men in the
state penltcntlary to improve the roads
OF the state at Il small expense.
Several brick buildings are being put
| UP at Montrose. A first class mineral
artesian well Is one of the attractions
| there.
Miss Mary McY.enrn. living near
Rifle. Colorado. was burned to death
the other day while lighting Il fire with
kerosene.
stantinl towns OF the West. Several
large stone and brick buildings are
being built this season.
Bob Blair Of the Delta Independent
Is one OF the successful farmers of the
western slope. He has a standing invi.
fation TO all newspaper men TO stop
and see him and fill their pockets with
fruit.
Dan COnncll. the agent from the
Coeur dAlenc district, who las been
at Cripple Creek 10 gather non-union
miners for the mines at Wnrdncr. was
attacked by party OF men, beaten and
driven from the camp
a wooden snow shed LOO fee; long.
on the Union Pacific. eighty miles west
OF Laramie. Wyoming. caught fire from
sparks from an cnginne and was total
| ~ destroyed. The heat warped the rails
and IA new track had to be laid. Traf-
iic was blocked several hours.
A dispatch from Price. Utah. says n
disastrous wreck occurred on the Rio
Grande Western road sixty miles east
Of there last Thursday night. Freight
| train No. 10 ran into n washOut near
Solitude. The engine toppled over.
Instantly killing Engineer Frank Nc
Mahon and Fireman James Wheien.
The Board Of Governors Of the Min
ing Stock Association OF Colorado
| Springs has passed sentence on six
brokers charged with cutting commits.
| sions. n. Lcipheimer Is expelled; A. q.
Waey, A. q. Howland. W. W. Price,
y. d. White and J. X. Miller are sus-
peuded from the exchange for ono year
and are also aaad $500. Others may be
| punished.
Engineer John Mack, whose ncRlI.
Ecnce caused the awful wreck at VOL.
cott last Saturday. has reached his
home In Laramie. After the wreck he
| went to Hanna. where he remained In
hiding for several days, as he feared
| the consequences OF his carclcsxncss.
His friends say Mack's watch stopped,
and he mlscalculatcd the time Of trains
by one hour.
| A dispatch from Lcadvillc snys: The
Arkansas Valley smel'er and the b.
metallic smeltcr are running ms usual
| with n full force Of men and no froy-
BILE Of any kind Is anticipated here
Tho men are perfectly satisfied with
| tine scale paid In Icadville and appil-
| cations for work still continue to come
In. The citizens committee announced
! again to-day that they would allow no
| outside Interference. and should any
ngitniors from Denver or Pueblo bc
found here. the rule adopted a few
days ago would bc strictly adhered to
and they VIII bc given one hour TO
leave town. Repair work is already un.
der way nt the Union smcltcr and this
Will bc the next plant 10 blow In. al.
though II Will bc some time yet before
II Is In running shape.
The public subscription which was
started at Cheyenne few weeks ngo
for the benefit Of the widow and chil.
utVu ~ ruVsih btuIPu. tFts
Ger Of Converse county. Wyoming, who
was shot down by the Wilcox train
robbers Inst June. has grown steadily
from the start. and will In turned over
To Mrs. ilasen during the pressn,
month. The friends Of tn. family at
Douglas. where the late sheriff mnic
his home. subscribed enough money TO
pay the mortgage on the home. about
$500. The Union Pacific Railroad Com.
pnny donated 81. 5OO. the Fremont, Elk. |
horn and Missouri I,aiiroad Company
donated eiD. Colonel Jay l.. rorrcy
donated $50. md II Is thought the pri. |
vnte subscriptions viii swell the total
to about six thousand dollars.
The University of Colorado viii bc
conducted during the coming year with
the vigorous policy which has charac.
trrlxcd Its work In the pnst. Last year
the university enrolled 40 university
students and no preparatory pupils. II
graduated In June nifty from the uni.
vcrsiiy and thIrty-sevrn from the pro-
pnratory. The alumni Of the university
now number I:s. aud Of the prcpars.
tory school M. Among the noteworthy
events of thr past year were revision
Of the requirements for admission. |
shorsrninx BY on~ year thr entire pc.
r,od required for obtaining both Q col.
lrge degree and q degree In law or
medicine. Opening hospital and eatab
lishtng clinIcs In cpnnrctinu with the