The state herald., 1899-08-18
WESTERN NOTES..

a cloudburst played havoc east OF
Canon City on the 13th. M
A collision on the Midland resulted
In injury to four men.
The union men of Durango held a
Dig picnic the other day.
Trinidad Is to have city park ad-
Joining the Santa Fe depot.
The Flower Carnival Mt Colorado
Springs will be held August 31st.
The Pueblo smeltermen decided Mon
day to follow the example of the Den
yer men and declared the strike Off.
The Cryptic Masons have been hold
ing initiation ceremonies on the top of
Pixies peak.
Il. ]. Burke of Denver was killed on
the Pixies peak trail the other day,
through falling over II precipice near
Lake Moraine.
The Santa Fe shops at Albuquerque
are to be increased In size so rs to
give employment to several hundred
additional men.
A voluntary petition In bankruptcy
has been filed at New York by Donald
Fletcher, Il general broker. with VII
44S liabilities, all but SOL 900 contract
ed in Denver, Colorado. in 1S92-93; no
assets.
The closing day OF the Texas-C Colo
RADIO Chautauqua comprised the bril-
liant sermon by the Rev ]. +. Nugent,
of Des Moines, Iowa, on the afternoon
of the 18th, and the grand miscellan-
hn a nf
John Baer in the evening.
Mrs. Sylvanus Budd. wife of a
wealthy farmer and stock raiser, COM
mitted suicide by inclnerating herself
ut her home near Nj Wot, Colorado, on
the 14th. 1t is supposed that her mind
had become unbalanced by protract-
ed illness from which she had suffered.
An enterprising landholder in Du-
range county offers 100 acres of land
to the man who raises this season the
best display of beets. showing the
largest per cent. of sugar: and Dave
Day throws up his hat and hurrahs
because he started the sugar beet boom
over there.
Active steps are being taken in Wyo-
ming looking To the returning home OF
the volunteers in Il special train FUR
nished by the citizens OF the state. En-
tertainmcnts are being given in all of
the larger towns and private subscrip-
tions are being added TO the\ money
thus raised toward dcfraying the ex-
penses of the returning soldiers.
The Thirty-fourth regiment is filed.
No more recruits will be taken and the
enlistment has ceased. The recruiting
officers have been called in. The sub
stations are closed and the regiment is
filed and there are nearly fifty men to
spare. Lieutenant Howe. who COM
mands the regiment pending the com
ing of Colonel kennon, viii begin at
once To fill each company and the next
move will be to weed out undesirable
men. The men who are discharged
will be replaced.
A bold jail delivery occurred at the
Albuquerque Jail on the 18th. Jailcr
Schaffcr ordered his assistant 10 put
the prisoners in the cells and lock them
up for the night. He had Just entered
the corridor of the cells when he was
ovcrpowered by n number OF prisoners.
Four of the worst criminals escaped
through the building and out of the
front gate. among the lot being Jose
Ruiz. who shot and killed a little boy In
this city last year. and another muir
derer. Ruiz was wounded and captured
W. 4. kirkpatrick OF Durango has
started out with 100000 young trout
10 distribute In the public streams of
Colorado free of cost 10 the state and
the people. He propagated the fish nj
his own hatchery at nm outlay of about
$4,000. His ouiile consists OF half n
dozen men and pack train and he Is
now planting the public lakes and
streams of the Durango section. The
fish are carried In cans strapped across
the horses's backs.
Word has been received of the break
Ing OF the tie boom across the Platte
river at Fort Steele and the loss of
1900 railroad cross ties. The boom
and ties are the property Of ]. c. Tel
Ter, who has been cutting thousands
OF ties on Brush creek and floating
them down the Platte river to Fort
Steele. II Is possible that some OF the
ties will be recovered further down
stream. but the loss Will be consider
able. amounting TO upwards OF 5000.
Big Houos visited western Grant
county. In the Sacton section. New
Mexico, last week. 4 man named
Piper was drowned Much loss was
sustained by Fred Golding. who has
n sawmlll nt the head of Sncton river.
Six cows We're killed by lightning. The
cattle Were ranging near the ID. q. Me
MILAN ranch. and during the storm
driftcd In n bunch TO a wire fence.
The lightning struck the fence clos.
by and the shock killed six out OF ,hc
lot.
An official of the Union Pacific states
that when the new cut.ons. now build.
Ing between Laramie nnd Dana sta
tlons ON what II known ns the Sixth,
or Laramie l,nwilns district. nrc com.
plctcd. the old track instead of being
torn M or abandoned. win bc used In
connection with the new cut.offs. This
viii give the Union Pacific n double
trnck for u distance of about fifty
miles nnd win greatly expedite the
work OF handling trains over this pnrt
OF the Wyoming division.
The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nlni~trum, Norweginns. while out on
the grass In front Of their house ut
Greeley was bitten by hug. II wns
presumed to be n mosquito bite. When
the insect bit the child II drew blood
from the check. The child screamed
And the mother took II Into the house
mud thought nothing moro Of IL. Short.
~ nftcrwnrd n swelling WIS noticed.
nnd by the next morning the chlld's
face wns 50 swollen M Ia be- unrrcor
uigniip uuI the littip utt, ui,l nt