Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-16
COLORADO ITEMS.


ut Denver November eth. 18th and
.sJth.
Three men tried on full suits OF
clothes at n Durango clothing store
and then departed abruptly without
paying. An alarm was raised put
they escaped.
A. II. weathcrbcc. who was elected
assessor OF Montrose county Oh the
fusion ticket last week, was found
dead In the road some distance from
town. Heart disease is believed so
have carried him OF.
The report Is current nt Colorado
Springs that n powerful synd'cnt. has
made u proposition to purchase all the
mining holdings OF the Woods Invest
mcnt Company. which Is one Of the
largest, II not the largest. holders OF
Cripple Creek property. The consider
alton rumorcd Is Sl5.Ooo.Vc though
that sum seems high.
Many hogs belonging TO Henry
Clark and other farmers In the vicinity
OF Rocky Ford Were recently bitten ny
fcrocious dog. and since then ihc
animals have shown unm!stakapic
signs Of hydrophobla. so many were
bitten that Il Will be difficult TO pre-
vent the spread OF the disease.
A sad railroad accident occurred on
the 1th on the Crystal River ltail'
road. The engine OF the. train from
Rctistonc collidcd with u COW about u
mile and n half from Carbondalc ana
wns completely turned around. t.nGi.
nccs Fletcher was almost Instantly
killed. havin. been caught between the
engine and tender. .. a....
Il Ii rumorc,i that the Order Of Rail
way Tclcsrnphcrs intends to go into
court. accusin. the Colorado & south.
crn Of bincklIstin.. The case OF II. +.
Bognrd. recently dismissed from his
position with the Victor Coal 4 Coke
Company, Il II said. ut the request OF
Superintendent Dunnwny. Will be
placed before State Labor Commission
cr Smith. Superintendent Dunaway
denies such action.
The monthly reports OF DR.. A. +.
Ruscy. the new insane asylum super
intcndcnt. show that - patients have
been admitted since August lat. CON.
pared with ~ for the same three
months last year. This time last year
there were ~ employees. but under Dr.
Buscy's management 10 have been
added to this number. There nre 40
Inmates. 3l0 men and is9 women. Dur
ing October y deaths and I escape oc-
Cured.
At the burning OF the old Touring
mill In Fort Collins Wednesday morn.
ing the following members OF the nrc
department were Injured: j. T..
Walker. Robert Cameron and Fred
Buzzcll. Walker fell while Mt work
mt the fire and struck on his side.
breaking three ribs. lie was carried
TO tho Commercial hotel. where he re-
ccivc,l medical attention. Cameron
was struck In the temple with n nozzle
and sustained n severe cut. Buzzcll
had an eye injured.
The official count OF votes cast In
jefferson county was completed by the
canvassing board Monday. showing the
election OF the Republican ticket by
substantially the same mnjoritics Us
was shown in the unofficial count. II
developed that the vote FOR sheriff
was n tic between Jno. Nichols uicp.l
and william II. Barrick V'us.). The
canvassing board and the two candi-
dates agreed TO draw straws for the
Office. Again The fortune turned
against the Silver man. ana the Office
went To the Republican candidate. put
ting the entire Republican party In
control OF jefferson county.
A. 3. Ross Of wilkcsbarrc. Pcnnsyl.
ynnia, is in Lamar on n novel mission.
He wants to secure 1000 live Jack
rabbits with which TO stock rabbit
farm near wilkcsbarrc. Mr. Ross has
twenty-five acres Of land nj home sur
rounded by n tight board fence set
Two feet in the ground. and In this
enclosure he will turn his rabbits
loose to Increase and multiply. He
tly,,rcs that tender, juicy, young tnck
rabbits will command better prices on
the eastern market than Belgian harcs
and that they will be raised much
cheaper and easier. A rabbit drive
will take place In n few days to get
the stock that Mr.. Ross wants.
Douglas county will probably cease
to be factor In the Platte canon con-
troycrsy. The commissioners were In
Denver the other day and held con-
ference with President Trumbull OF the
Colorado n Southern. From all reports
the result was satisfactory TO all con.
ccrncd. what the commissioners OF
Douglas county want said President
Trumbull. speaking OF the conference.
sis n road. That we have promised
we will furnish. Our line lies over the
highway FOR only short distnnce-pcr-
bnps three milcs-nnd even there does
not wholly cover II. We have made ar
rnncemcnts to construct n road by the
side of the track, wherever our line
complctely occupies the old road. This
will have to be done only In n
few Places
While n new thrcshcr was In opera
,ion IN the farm OF +. ]. Homer. near
Aryndn. n terrific explosion occurred
in the cylinder. wrcckins the machine
md throwing the feeder. Louis Smith.
ton feet. burning his hair on and badly
SrnisInr and stunning him. Prompt
work with hose from the engine saved
the frame and trucks of the thrcshcr.
The damage will reach $iOo. The cx-
plosIon was caused by unknown pnr-
stnck nnd It was n miracle, almost,
flint the guilty parties did not have
,,rr,,or 70 answer for. The wrecked