Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-23


The State University foot hall team
defeated the State School OF Mines on
the 18th.
The town OF GiIlctt has sold Its wat
or works plant TO private parties Tor
enough TO pay Its debt.
W. :. Stratton has offered to present
gold brick 10 the Colorado Springs
Press Club. TO bc used In making
badges.
\ handsome granite monument has
been erected at Silver Plume 10 marx
the spot where several men were Killed
by n snowslIdc las; winter.
The people Of jefferson county at the
recent election voted In favor ot c,iab-
lishIag county high school, but OWING
TO Irregularities In the election enough
precincts were thrown out 10 dcieSi
the measure.
John IiacnnI. one OF the best known
and popular citizens OF CharIcc coun.
-. WAS shot and seriously wounded
about y o'clock Tuesday evening by
robbcr. whose idcntiiy has not yet
been discovered. The shooting oc'
CURED nj ST. Elmo.
\ carload OF Ciifr Dwcilcrs' relies has
tscn started from southern Colorado
fss New York. The relies nrr destined
for the Museum OF Natural History.
and comprise many OF the most strik'
Ing objects. gathered from tho ruins
rear Mnncos. that have ever been dis
covered ia Colorado or the Southwest
Tho railroads Of the state nrc 80 busy
hauling orc aud miscellaneous freight
tina; they arr n-sicciins the ceai traffic.
A. a result. there ID serious caal
H1 tNx.. ttx al Fnk
The Ute aud uiay mine at Lake City
has closed down on that account.
Professor Rubin Goldmafk OF the
Colorado College Conservatory OF Mu'
sic has received signal honor In the
acceptance Of his conc-fto by the Hos
ton SYMPHONY orchestra. The conccr.
TO viii b- produced by the full oschrs'
'Fa January i:th. Professor Gold
mark will L. prrs-at the nrst ~rcains
the pi-cr is rendered.
SECRETARY AMI Mrs. Long. Miss Helen
Long. aud her cousin. Airs Carter. ar
rived a, Colorado springs ON the 18th
IN the private ear atlanta OF the Fem
ssirania raiiroai I. place Miss Ions
here for the winter on account OF her
health. Airs. Garter will remain with
Miss l.unr during the winter. s-rfc-
iaFy Long si-nt . TART OF the day
driving around the city. This is b!.
first visit ;hrrr. aui he IL delighted
with the place. lie and Mrs. Ions
irf' Tor the East Thursday.
The consolidation n, Cripple Crct
Of the Electric Power COMPANY. which
takes III the Fremont and the Victor
and The la ilgllE. has ,-r~u cuasuui.
mated and ,tc main power plant and
distributing point will br in that city.
The new IpwcF plan; on Beaver cTcck.
I e-vcu miles rl.; Of the city. will l., an
l active coEup.ssit1F with the consolidated
| company for the business 81 ihr camp
when cumplctr,is This corporation is
backed by the wc1-is Investment Com.
rany. aud II will rr1tirc about six
months tn finish the wuTt.
| Eot-Tt !. Eoi,rFts. fdrvmnu Of the
| John ~. BobrTt< niiii nj Idaho Springs
| and well known over the state. was
killed Instantly las; Monday. In at.
| tempting tp throw a tsrlt on a pulley
[ his Coat slc-vr caught aui he was
/ drawn NJ arruni the shaft. Every
| stitch Of Ciuihiu9 was torn FROM his
I bsly. cue aria was broken ani mairu.
1 s,is his skull was fractured and his
I elites; crushed. The hu,iy felt to the
ficoT ani Hoi-rts vas a corpse within
I one minute.
- u NNNNEEN SU'l NNlN instantly kElltNt
| his scusin.iiv. TON Williams. las;
| Thursday. at shores ranch. ,hr,r and
/ cur-hsif miles south ot FalCuf. Thi. is
the ~tiimiuatirn Of the old fcIii. which
originated at the time the young people
wcrv married. about twelve months
ago. and which cr,-atci n great scnsa.
ton ut tho time. Williams CiupC,i with
the daughter Of the ranchman. aLi
was chased through the s;rCcts II Col.
cradc Springs with his hriic-t.-lrs as
they wcrc on their way TO Pueblo to
L. married. the girls father pursuing
them with a pistol for about six blocks.
I'd. Hawthorne made another icspcr.
ate attempt To- r<Cal-' from the county
Jail at Cripple Greek Wednesday right.
Iaiicr o'Bryan. while engaged in ras..
ing fOO,l to the cell occupied by iiav.
,lsorus aud Otis Ferry. had n wire
uopsc thrown over his head by Ferry,
The Moose caught over O'Bryan's ears,
and by supprhumau effort he managed
to break lOusC. How the wire was
smugglcti into the cell. the officers ar,
unable to make out. Hawthorne can.
,iidly Acknowledged that his intention
was tc pull the jailcr to the cell door.
reach out and take his gun. and then
compel him to cIScn the cell dcor. Haw.
tliornc is the most desperate criminal
that has ever made his appearance in
Cripple Greek.
A band OF cowboys returned to Coli.
bran Saturday from Grand Mesa with
a large herd Of horse from which the
names and tails were eaten entirely
away by each other. owing to the alb
scncc OF food to sustain life. They re-
port the snow to bc from three to four
feet deep. and II seems these horses
had got into n basin ON the mountain.
The snow piling up so rapidly pre-
vented them from bcinG able TO dig
down 10 the food and caused them TO
euaw down trees that were four or
five inches in diameter and to devour
all the coarse hair on each others |
bc.iies: Three or four Of the horses