The Lamar register., 1899-08-23
Arkansas Valley Notes.

the Justices court. Holly Chieftain.
Hon. CRANKY Hillyer. OF Lamar,
was looksng after the interests of
his client in the j. p. court yester.
day. Holly Chieftain.
W. w. Jones last Friday showed us
a beautiful specimen of the Japanese
prunelle. He has a few trees of this
variety and by next season expects
to have plenty of the fruit The
trees stood the winter well and they
are just the thing for this climate.
Granada Times.
The celery fields about town are
doing well, that Of VIM. McGlashen
near the ranch house, making par.
ticularly rapid growth. Holly will
have the distinction of shipping the
first car load OF celery out OF the Ar
kansas valley, il nothing happens to
the crop. Holly Chieftain.
Architect Lamb, of Lamar, was
here last week directing the work of
Strengthening the Odd Fellowss hall
building. Iron rods have been run
through the building and the
foundation concreted. The building
is now as secure as any building can
be. 1t has been decided that light
ming caused the damage to the rear
wall, instead OF the foundation be-
ing weak. Granada Times.
Four mixed carloads of csntaloup
es and watermelons were shipped
from Rocky Ford to st. Louis last
Wednesday, the first shipment east
this season. The cantaloupes sold
at So per crate, netting the growers
about Sl50. There is great de
mand for cantaloupes in the east.
wetzel having received inquiries for
them from Chicago, Pittsburg, Bal
timore and New York during the
past week.-La Junts Tribune.
Excitement has been running high
here since Wednesday afternoon
when it was reported that Yelling
ton G. Llewellyn, the man who kill
ed officers Griffith and Clifford in
Denver Sunday morning, WIS head.
ed this way down the Arkansas from
La Junta. Posses under command
OF Sheriff Brown and Under Sheriff
started from here to head him off,
but returned about dark without their
man, though traces of him were
found All roads were carefully
guarded, however, by officers from
heie and La Junta At $3.50 yester-
day morning Sheriffs Barr aud Ste.
wart Of La Junta, while guarding
track in the west end of town, motto
ed Llewellyn or one suspected to be
him, sauntering down the track.
Upon being ordered to halt he broke
into q run, the officers freing four
shots, their shooting savoring of buck
fever and the last trace OF him he
was headed for the river. Detectives
Burlew, Sanders and Carberry came
down from Denver yesterday and
last night the hunt began anew
Las Animas Leader.
Yesterday afternoon the most de-
structive storm that has ever visited
this section OF the country made the
city of Coolidge short but very un-
pleasant call. In the middle of the
afternoon the clouds began to gather
aud things looked very much like we
were going to have a heavy ram.
For half an hour the thunder and
lightning had things their own way,
then rain and heavy wind followed.
The Methodist church was complete
ly destroyed, three young ladies left
the church only few minutes be-
fore the wind struck it. The roof
aud smoke stack at the water works
plant were blown off. The east end
OF Wolfman's creamery fell before
the giants power. The roof was
blown off of the bank building and
the walls crumbled in, considerable
damage was done TO the furniture.
The G. A. r. building in the west
part OF town was blown from its
foundation and was pretty badly de-
molished. Nearly every business
house on Coolidge avenue is without
an awning. Nearly every business
house in town has less glass in the
windows than they had yesterday
noon. About one third of the win