Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-04-20

On the 10th the cog-road resumed
traffic to the top of Pixies Peak.
.. +. Mechanics. who for so many
years fought the Maxwell land grant.
Is dead.
Extensive floods have done consider
able damage in the vicinity Of Sheri-
dan, Wyoming.
1t cost the Midland Railroad Com
pany $15,OO0 to clear Its tracks OF snow
during the past winter.
After n blockade of nearly three
months the Midland railroad has sue
ceeded in clearing IIagerman's Pass
of snow and traffic will be resumed
across the range.
The Pythinns of Denver will erect
handsome stone temple Of modern de-
sign Mt n cost OF from $4,000 to $780,
GOO. There will be at least four large
halls, one of which will be set apart for
banquets.
The funeral services over the body
Of ex-senator Tabor were held Mt Den
yer on the 14th. They We're pnrtici-
pnted In by prominent citizens, public
officials, the militia and n great throhg
of friends.
The publishers OF the Lcndville Her
nld-DcmOcrat. who were hauled up be-
fore Judge Overs for contempt OF
court, have been dismissed. They
npologized for what they said nDout
the jury and the judge forgave them
for what they said about him.
Work Is progressing satisfactorily on
the paint mine near Rawllns. 1t IL cN-
pccted that 100 tons per day OF the orc
will be shipped during the scnson.
There is n market for nil the ore that
can be mined. An effort will he made
to have n spur built from the Union
Pacific main line to the mine.
II has been discovered that the water
OF Lake MInnchahn. which forms part
OF one OF the Cheyenne city parks.
froze solid In many parts of the lake
during the past winter. The lake was
stocked two years ngo with bass and
pike. and thousands OF these fish. many
OF them from twelve TO eighteen inches
long, have been frozen solid In the Ice.
The newly elected Prohibition mayor
OF Colorado City has issued nn order
10 the marshal that nll saloons In Col
rntio City must he closed and kept
closed from II o'clock midnight on
Saturday night until Monday morn.
Ing. This action upon the part OF
Mayor George IL not accepted with
great favor. but ns the mayor Is en-
forcing u state law the council can
not interfere.
The Wyoming Medical BOARD has
made nm effective application Of the
medical law. passed by the last State
Legislature. 4 firm OF travelling ply.
sicinns advertised to give a series OF
public lectures and treat chronic dis.
eases mt Cheyenne. The secretary Of
the State Medical Board served notice
upon them that they must submit their
diplomas. or failing In this. submit To
nm examination. The proposed lee
lures were at once abandoned and the
parties left the city for Colorado.
The Chicago & Southern will spend
S3OO.OOO In improvements on the line In
the immediate future. A portion OF the
Platte Canon track Will ha rclnid and
u large force OF men will b. employed
there within n few weeks. Several
thousand dollars will bc used In re-
building the coaches In use on the
South Park line. New platforms will
bc built for them. and they will he re-
vanished and fitted mp with new seats.
Five new standard gauge coaches will
he built for the road. probably by the
Pullman Palace Car Company.
State Examiner II. Il. Henderson
nnd Attorney General !. \. Van Ors.
dell have been ut Evanston. Wyoming.
examining the accounts and investignt.
ing the acts OF John W. Sammon. coun-
~ attorney for tintn county. They
flied report Of their investigation
with the District Court and the Board
Of County Commissioners and recon-
mcntcd that n grand Jury bc called to
Investigate Mr.. Snmmon's transactions.
The report charges him with perjury.
cmlezzlemcnt. eNtortion OF money as
n public official and with compounding
a felony.
The regents Of the University
Of Colorado have recently is
sued the catalogue for 1850
II IL n comprehensive statement OF the
work of the University. The number
of students In the University is $50. In
the Preparatory school $40. making n
total enrolment Of 700. nm Increase Of
fifteen per cent over last year. The
Increase in the College of Liberal Arts
is eight per cent: In the school Of En-
ginecring. siNty.onc per cent: in the
School of Medicine. fifty-onc per cent. :
in the School Of Law. thirty-six per
cent: in the Preparatory School. thir-
teen per cent. T'wcnty.cight states
and foreign countries nr" represented
in the enrolment and siNty-two cities
and towns In Colorado.
Eleven frcmcn and two employees OF
the Denver Consolidated Gas Company
were burned by tho explosion OF eight
gas tanks In the valve room ut the
Pintscl works at Eighteenth and We
watta streets. Denver, on Monday. All
nre expected to recover within ten
days. The injured were badly burned
on face. neck. head and hands. Fore
man I'cllcnz of the Pintscb works Is
probably most seriously injured. When
the first explosion occurred PclIenz
was in the valve room. trying to shut
off n valve of one OF the four large con
taincrs. from which Frawlcy had been
drawing of carbon. The origin Of the
fire, which caused the explosion. Is un-
known. 1t is supposed some one care
lessly struck u match near the valve
room and threw II down by the door.
setting fire to the woodwork.