The silver star., 1899-01-05

lectured before the Colorado Teachers
Association in the 3oth.
The new telephone line connecting La
Junta with Pueblo has been staked and
the poles and wires will soon be up.
James Roche. brakeman. was
ground to pieces on the IbeX branch Of
the Rio Grande. near Leadville, Fri
day.
Miss Lucy Rider Meyer, mother Of
he Methodist Deaconess movement, Is
going to establish home at Pueblo for
sick girls of her order. Miss Finley of
Chicago will have charge of the home.
A complimentary reception and ban
quet to Colonel W. !. Bryan was ten
! dered by the Nebraska Travelling
Mems Bryan club at the Lincoln hotel.
Invitations were sent to 80 admirers
of Mr.. Bryan, which We're, with few
exceptions accepted. Mr.. Bryan again
stated his views on the subject of ex-
! pansion.
The physicians of Pueblo are taking
steps to stop the ravages of smallpox.
| The official report OF the city physician
gives thirty-four eases and ten deaths.
All dogs and cats running about the
streets are 10 be Killed and guards will
| disease has gained foothold. The
strictest quarantine is to be enforced.
| For 1895 the books at the Denver
! branch mint We're closed at p. IN.
| Thursday--to permit the making up of
the official reports. The total for the
wear reads $50. 195. .995 GA, compared
with S123T3. i5l in 1897. The gain
equals 81. So. .544.GI, or fraction in ex-
| - Tho full gfn
| will appear In the New Years News.
The Business Mems Association of
| Pueblo is having an ordinance drawn
and an effort will be made to have it
passed by the CiTy Council. which will
require that all classes of business he
! taxed. The object is to raise funds to
! clear up the city Indebtedness and
| eventually reduce the taxation.
The report of the Denver fire depart
ment for 1898 shows that the total loss
| by fire in the city during the last year
! has been less than in any single year
] since 1854. The losses nave been $50
! 31s.s1. against So .0;I3.2I for 1854, the
/ least previous loss happening in any
one year, against S26t. .263.oo in 1s9o,
the largest loss in any one year, and
against SS6.24g.5S. the loss for 1897.
The number OF alarms answered has
been 42l. exceeded but once, by 43i
alarms. in 1898. There were but 1876
alarms in 1881
At the special water election held at
Florence on the Goth the advocates Of
mountain water and ownership won n
complete victory, carrying the propo-
| sition for the erection Of waterworks
by 12S 10 9. owing to a snow storm
in the afternoon the vote was light.
but the feeling for waterworks is so
strong that the opposition did not try
hard to defeat ii. 1t il the purpose Of
the city to advertise for bids on con-
struction and negotiate the sale Of
bonds Mt once and at as early date as
possible begin work on the system.
The Colorado Teachers Association,
at It's convention at Denver on the goth.
elected the following officers: For
president. DR.. W. +. Slocum of Colo
RADIO Springs: director, DIR. Howe. Uni
verslty of Denver; auditor. Professor
Fenneman ~ the State Normal School.
II was resolved that a committee OF
three be appointed by the chair for the
purpose of cooperating with the coun-
ty superintendent committee in con-
sidering Il revision Of the school law
Df the state referring to the examin-
Ing OF teachers and the powers Of the
superintendents and school boards.
At public auction sale In the office of
the state land board. Denver, Register
Paddock disposed Of $50 acres OF state
land In Douglas county 10 good advan-
tage. A price of - per acre was paid
by :. l.. johnson. the only bidder. This
figure Is unusually high for land of
| that character and located In that sec
ton OF the state. Ii j. likely that
Johnston will erect n sawmill upon the
property within short time In order
that he may make good use Of the tim
ber. which covers II in large quantities
His tract is situated just north OF
Palmer Lake. about three miles from
Greenland.
X. Dale. a tie hauler. met with wha
might have been fatal accident N
Beach Blow. eight miles east Of Ba
salt Thursday. He was hauling ties ant
shooting them over blun nearly 3O1
feet high. The ties became jnmmet
at the top of the bluff. He went dowI
to start them. when they all started
catching him and carrying him dowI
into the Frying Pan river. Gus Olson
who lives near by. say him and assist
ed him TO his house. Medical aid wa,
summoned. and hc was found 10 bs
quite severely cut about the head ant
face, also one rib broken and bach
badly bruised. His injuries. while Sc
we're, are not considered fatal.
The citizens Of Tbermopolis, Wyoming
ire much ngI,ated over the future man
lgemcnt OF the hot springs property
which has been cede1 to the state, ant
several meetings have been held TO dis
cuss the mntter and present some plar
of action to the consideration OF tn,
next Legislature. II Is unanimou,
opinion here that the free bathing ant
camping facilities heretofore nllowe,
should DE continued. and nearly tn,
! entire press Of the state has advocntc,
such n concession under the direct nu
thority OF the state. Resolutions hav,
been Formulated and n committee M
pointed to confer with the member
from Fremont and Big Horn countie
looking TO definite legislative action n
the coming session.