The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-14
COLORADO ITEMS.


namon bear cubs the other day.
Norman Salsman of Sunset has been
sent to the penitentiary for six years
for having eloped with young girl.
Mrs. Telford, the well-known tenn
perance worker, has been appointed ma
tional lecturer by the National w. G..
L. u.
Three men tried on full suits of
clothes at n Durango clothing store
and then departed abruptly without
paying. An alarm was raised but
they escaped.
Colorado Springs has purchased the
Bear Creek water right from the coun-
ty for sd 800, thereby settling all liu-
CATION over the matter The purchase
Will be of great Importance to the city
IN that the water supply will be much
increased. 1t includes four bitches OF
excellent priority rights.
Many hogs belonging to Henry
Clark and other farmers in the vicinity
of Rocky Ford We're recently bitten by
a ferocious dog, and since then the
animals have shown unmistakable
signs of hydrophobia. SO many were
bitten that it will be difficult to pre-
vent the spread of the disease.
A sad railroad accident occurred on
the 18th on the Crystal River Rail
road. The engine of the train from
Redstone collided with n cow about
mile and half from Carbondale and
was completely turned around. Engi-
nees Fletcher was almost instantly
killed, having been caught between the
engine and tender.
The monthly reports of DIR. A. p.
Busey, the new insane asylum super
intendent, show that 30 patients have
been admitted since August 1st, COM
pared with 81 for the same three
months last year This time last year
there We're "a employees, but under DIR.
Busey's management 10 have been
added to this number. There are 400
inmates, 80 men and 1T9 women. Dur
ing October 8 deaths and / escape oc-
CURED.
At the burning of the old Touring
mill in Fort Collins Wednesday morn
ing the following members of the fire
department We're injured: j. Il.
Walker, Robert Cameron and Fred
Buzzell. Walker fell while at work
at the fire and struck on his side,
breaking three ribs. He was carried
to the Commercial hotel, where he re-
ceived medical attention. Cameron
was struck in the temple with nozzle
and sustained n severe cut. Buzzell
had an eye injured.
Michael Blake was instantly killed
at the 1beX mine, Leadville, the other
day. He was employed at the ore sam
pling room connected with the mine,
and was standing near a closed iron
box which is used for drying ore. This
box is filed with steam pipes, but
when the steam was turned on the
pipes blew up, the exhaust having
closed. The heavy Iron lid of the box
was blown off. striking Blake on the
head, decapitating him. His partner
was uninjured.
A dispatch from Grand Junction
says: Work at the beet sugar factory
is being rnshed forward day and night
and 1t is now thought it will be ready
TO start up by the 18th inst At pres
ent beets are coming in at the rate of
seven to ten carloads per day. Over
700 tons are already in the sheds.
Seven carloads of beets We're received
from the lower valley yesterday. The
beet fields throughout the Western
slope are filed with men, women and
boys, busy digging. topping and pre-
pairing the first crop for shipment to
the factory.
A dispatch from Walsenburg says:
AT u o'clock Wednesday, in this city,
Venture Lopez of Walsenburg shot
and killed j. Il. Martinez of Cuchara.
Martinez was driving with his wife
in a wagon when Lopez approached
and fired four shots, all of which took
effect At the third shot Martinez fell
from the wagon and died in few min
utes. Lopez started down the street
with his pistol in his hand, but was ar
rested and placed in Jail. The shoot
ing was caused by family trouble and
was directly the result of an assault
made by Martinez on the wife of
Lopez. The woman is said to be con-
bruised up by the blows
given her by Martinez.
Prosecutions against the officers of
the Maben banks, in San Luis valley,
are being quietly pushed by the prose-
cutting attorney on criminal charges.
The president, j. ID. Maben, has been
indicted and has given bond for his ap-
pearance before the District Court.
was filed against j. w.
Crump, the Monte Vista cashier, and
it is said that the cashiers, both at
Hooper and at Greece, VIII be called
upon to answer for taking deposits af-
ter they knew the institution was in
solvent. The total claims against the
bank are about $4,000. An overdraft
at the First National bank in Denver,
secured by assignments is being paid
off, and the assignee has nearly enough
money collected to declare n dividend
of 10 per cent, which the court has or
dered paid to the creditors as soon as
it is collected.
The Colorado Midland is the first
Colorado line to iSSIIe tickets nrinted
upon the new paper adopted by the
Association of General Pas
and Ticket Agents at its last
The association directed that
every line in the United States should
be supplied with tickets printed upon
the new paper by January !, 1901, and
the Midland. taking the by the fore