The state herald., 1899-06-23
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

The little girl lost in Gilpin county is
still missing.
Amos NJ. Cooke of Colorado has beer
admitted to West Point.
Polly Coats of Leadville Is charged
with having deliberately murdered her
baby.
Scattering rains fell throughout New
Mexico on the 18th, being the first
N several months.
The Union Pacific lost $4,000 by n
hre at La Sale. Colorado, which burn
ed the ore chutes and several cars.
The city council of La Junta has or
dered new reservoir with capacity
of 100000 gallons to be built us an ad-
dition to the city water plant.
The Silverton & Red Mountain rail
road has not started up and will not
/, start this year unless work on the
mines of San Juan county is resumed.
The town of Grassy and many
shaft houses situated OH the north
slope of Bull and lronclad hills We're
in great danger of being wiped out by
Il timber fire last Sunday.
Two lads, named Pring and Lee, In
hay rack, We're killed by lightning
near Monument Tuesday. The two
horses hitched to the wagon were
killed and the wagon demolished. Two
other young men standing by the wag-
on talking TO them were uninjured.
Railroad managers are apprehensive
of trouble from the rising waters in
the Arkansas and Grand rivers. Thus
far the delays occasioned have been
slight, but preparations are in prog
rcss against n long freshet. The guam
tity of snow In the mountains Is enor-
nous and the season of high water is
expected to be much longer than usual.
The body of the 4-year-old daughter
of Lewis Ferjauchich of Russell gulcE,
was found in Clear creek. about one
mile below where she was last seen.
The head and legs were considerably
bruised. which in all probability was
caused by coming in contact with the
rocks In the creek. Coroner Boyer has
ordered post mortem examination
which will be followed by an inquest.
Unless the convicts Mt the peniten-
tiary are soon put to work and made
partly self-supportlng there will be n
shortage at the end of the term OF
from 100000 to $4,000, according to
G. +. Hoyt, the warden. He says II is
not only proper but absolutely neces-
sary that the men be placed at work.
us If they are allowed TO remain in idle
ness the institution will find itself head
over heels In debt.
At nm adjourned meeting OF the town
trustees of Evans license was granted
ut $1,000 per year to saloons. Three
applicants for licenses We're handed In
and granted. The town voted temper
ance by a large majority last April.
but by the resignation of two OF the
temperance trustees the change came
about. A petition was circulated ask
Ing the board not TO grant license,
and was signed by n majority OF the
voters, but was unheeded.
The Indians Of San Felipe and Santo
Domingo and the Pueblos of Berna-
lilo county have won the cases they
appealed to the United States Court OF
Private Land Claims. These grants
were confirmed by the court. but with
nrcns much less than claimed by the
Indians. In case No. l34 the grant
ciaimcd embraced 10000 acres. In
case No. 1Si. the claim was for 5000
acres. and In ease No. 1S5 the San Fe.
llpc Pueblos claimed over 5000 acres.
A promising gold discovery Is report.
ed at Buford. n station on the line of
the Union Pacific railroad about -
miles west OF Cheyenne. The discov.
cry was made May l by the ORcilly
brothers OF Buford. who have since
that time been sinking prospecting
shaft on the ore body. They are now
down ~ feet, where they have cut n
vein from which the ore assays over
500 per ton In gold. 4 number of
residents of Cheyenne have siaked out
claims adjoining the O'Iieilly property.
Manager Voorhees, OF the Hnrtvillc
Iron mines has received Instructions
from the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com.
pany 10 close down the mines Mt Hart.
willie. Wyoming. nj once This throws
between 100 and l5O miners and ore
haulcrs oct OF employment and de-
stroys n number OF good business en-.
terprises In the Badger. IIartville see
ilon. II * believed that the order TO
close down viii also delay the building
OF the spur from Badger to lIariville.
work upon which was commenced
some weeks ago.
The Insurance companies have begun
their fight ON the Denver 4 Rio Grnndc
road TO recover losses occasIoned by
the disastrous fire NJ Colorado Springs
last October. II Will he remembered
that the cause OF the fire wns nl.
legged 10 have been due 10 the explosion
OF cnr OF powder on the Denver A.
Rio Grnndc tracks. and suits have been
started by the small property owners
on iiucrfnno street to recover damages,
The suit MS filed Is nn exceedingly vol.
luminous one. II Involves over $50, 900
and others similar In nature may fol.
low II.
A dispatch from Chicago says; An
agreement Inns been reached In the long
standing suit between the Colorado
Midland and the Busk tunnel bond.
holders. The tunnel bonds. amounting
to Si,25o,oor. are 10 he exchanged FOR
Colorado Midland ., = and per cent.
bonds. The tunnel bonihold.rr nrc nj.
80 io receive per cent. interest. less
legal expenses. FOR the period NJ the re-.
cciverShip. equal TO from SiiO To $50
per bond. The tunnel. which II located
nt lingcrmnn Pass, Inns been Ids for
about n year. owing TO differences In
regard To foninl, III" Colorado Midland