The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-19
WESTERN NOTES.

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A cioudburst played havoc east Of
Canon City on the 18th.
A collision on the Midland resulted
In injury TO four men.
TIE unioa men Of Durango held .
Dig picnic the other day.
Trinidad IL to have = city park ad-
Joining the Santa Fe depot.
The Flower Carnival at Colorado
speinss win be held August 31st.
The Pueblo smeltermen decided Mon
Gay to follow the example Of the Den
yer men and declared the strike on.
The Cryptic Masons have been hold
ing Initiation ceremonies on the top OF
Pixies peak.
| r. J. Burke Of Denver was killed on
the Pixies peak trail the other day,
through falling over a precipice near
Lake Moraine.
The Santa Fe shops at Albuquerque
are to be increased in size 10 ~ to
give employment to several hundred
additional men.
A voluntary petition In bankruptcy
has been filed at New York by Donald
Fletcher. a general broker, with e2l7.-
~ liabilities, all but 81, 600 contract
ed In Denver, Colorado, In 1s9203; NO
assets.
The closing day Of the Texas-Colo-
radO Chautauqua cOmprised the bril-
liant sermon by the Rev. J. +. Nugent.
OF Dies Moines, lows, on the afternoon
OF the 18th. and the grand miscellan-
eous concert under the direction Of
John Baer In the evening.
Mrs. Sylvanus Budd. wife Of q
wealthy farmer and stock raiser, com.
mitted suicide by incinerating herself
at her home near NJ WOt, Colorado. on
the 1Ath. 1t IL supposed that her mind
had become unbalanced by protract-
ed illness from which she had suffered.
An enterprising landholder in Du-
range county Offers 100 acres Of land
to the man who raises this season the
hest 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 a special train fur
nished by the citizens Of the state. En-
tertainments are being given In all OF
the larger towns and private subscrtp-
tions are being added to they money
thus raised toward defraying the ex-
penses OF the returning soldiers.
The Thirty fourth regiment Il filed.
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 Ia
Allied and there are nearly fifty men to
spare. Lieutenant How're. who CON-
mnnds the regiment pending the COM
Ing Of Colonel kennOn, will begin AZ
once TO MI each company and the next
move will Ike 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 Jn!ler
Schaffcr ordered his assistant TO put
the prisoners In the cells and lock them
up for the night. lie had Just entered
the corridor OF the cells when he was
Overy,Owered by . number Of prisoNcrs.
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. Hulk WIS wounded and captured.
W. r. Kirkpatrick OF Durango has
started out with 10000 young trout
To distribute In the public streams OF
Colorado free Of cost 10 the state and
the people. He propagateti the fish at
his own hatchery Mt nn outlay Of about
| SlO.WD. His Quite consists OF half n
dozen men and \ pack train and he In
now planting the public lakes and
streams Of the Durango section. The
fish nre carried In cans strapped across
the horscs's backs.
Word has been received Of the break.
Ing OF the tie boom across the Platte
river nt Fort Steele and the loss OF
1000 railroad cross Ties. The boom
and ties are the property Of J. c. Tel.
Ter. who has been cutting thousands
Of ties ON Brush creek and floating
them down the Platte river TO Fort
Steele. II Is pD~sible that some Of the
ties will he recovered further down
stream. but the loss will he consider.
able. amounting TO upwards Of 5000.
Zig foods visited western Gr~nt
county. In the Hacton section. New
Mexico. last week. A man named
Piper was drowned. Much has wss
sustained by fred Goldlng. who has
. sawmiil at the bead Of Hactou river.
Elx cows wer- killed BY lightning. The
cattle were ranging near the ID. e. Nc.
MILAN ranch. aud during the storm
drifted In bunch TO q wire fence.
The lightning struck the fence clos~
by and the shock killed sig cut OF che
lot.
An otalclal Of the Union Pacific states
that when the ncw cut.olfs. now build.
Ing between Laramie and Dana sta.
tions. on what n known ~ tho Mxth.
or Laramie Ia Wins district. are com.
plets<l. the old track. instead Of heing
torn up or abandoned. will l,e uard Ia
conurctiou With the new rut-o1s. This
viii give the union Pacific Q sioulle
track for . distance Of about nfty
miles and will grraiiy expedite the
work Of handling trains over this port
Of the Wyoming division.
TIE infant child Of Mr.. and Mr.,
vindstfum. Norwrgtans. whiI~ out on
the grnas In frout of their house n
Greeley. Was bitten by . bug. II was
presumed to he mosquito hlte. When
the insect bit the chtd II drew hood
from the cheek. The child screamed
and the mother took II inso the house
and thought nothin9 inors Of II. Hhort.
~ aftreward q swrllinE was nolicssi,
and by tho next nsorning the child'e
face was 10 swollen ~ To br unrrsUx.
hixaiA~. and the little one died II