Gilpin observer., 1899-06-22
LOCAL (, ITEMS.

Bmo COmluR r OuTtu VI Jutys
When people begin to learn that they
cannot run your affairs, they begin to
call you crank.
Where will the Central fre depart
ment spend the Fourth Of July? Each
answers, where ?
Ed. Bates, Of Golden. is holding down
a chair in Shafer & Lichtenheld's tonsor-
ial room, this city.
Did you ever see girl with the pow
der s., thick on her rosy cheeks that it
could be blown off with bicycle pump?
!. Miss Mary Reedy, who has been visit
ing friends on Smith Hill, east of Black
Hawk, returned to her home in Central,
last Friday.
Ex-police commissioner Ralph Talbot,
who assisted the defense in the trial OF
John Lawry, last week, returned to Den
yer last Friday afternoon.
The various teachers OF the Gilpin
county public schools will spend their
vacations in almost as many different
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Many of the crossings and sidewalks
about the city are in sad need Of repairs.
A broken ankle or bad fall might cause
the city good sized damage suit.
William 81. Parenteau has been ap-
pointed by the board of county commits
sioners to look after the erection of the
new court house now in course of con-
struction.
q. w. Still, former resident Of this city
and Black Hawk, is now resident Of
Caribou, and conducting a meat and
vegetable market in that rejuvenated
mining town. a.. t-,---
Mountain people who want to practice
the exercise Of their imaginations, might
find an opportunity in imagining the
state Of the wheather in Chicago with
the thermometer SO in the shade.
A Denver man who is being sued for
divorce makes excuse for his misdemean-
ors by saying his wife knew him before
she married him. She might plead tenn
porary insanity, as an excuse for her
gross error. ~
Captain Ed. L. Berthoud Of Golden,
has presented the State Historical So
c ETY. with copy of London paper is
sued in 1923 ntaining the official report
OF Major Longs explorations in the coun-
try now known as Colorado in 1919 30.
The Woman's Relief Corps, Grand
Army Republic, gave an ice cream and
strawberry festival at the vacant room
in Hawley block, Saturday evening. The
ladies did very well considering but little
notice was given of it through the papers.
The time is drawing near for the pay
mont of taxes due the city for 1885,
Those in arrears will find Col. M. X. Sui
livan, the city treasurer at his office in
the city council room, who will be plensed
10 give delinqusnts Il receipt for the
same.
~. F. Miller, former principal of the
public schools of this city, has been
chosen by the school district No. Z,
known rs South Denver, to succeed Will
liam Wise, as superintendent OF the dis
trict's schools. There were twenty three
applicants.
Alta meeting of the drilling contest
committee at Victor, Teller county, held
June 7, it was decided to permit all union
n iners to enter the drilling contest of
the Fourth of July celebration. One
thousand five hundred dollars will be
given in prizes.
Sidney 3. Tyler, son OF Professor Sid
ney W. Tyler, a former resident and mine
operator of this city, graduated from the
State School of Mines, at GOLDEN, last
Thursday afternoon. His thesis was,
"The Concentration of Gilpin County
Sulphide Ores"
OF all places printing Office is the
poorest for loafng places. Other men
can talk and work, but types setter can
not do satisfactory work and carry on a
conversation at the same time. Yet some
people do like to talk to the printer at
the case, or even ask him to leave the
case to talk awhile.
Saturdays Eldora Miner says that Mr.
ID. G. Miller, of Newell, Iowa, one of the
owners of Peterson's lake, arrived there
the first OF last week, and will remain
during the summer. He will immedi-
ately begin to make improvements to
make it first-class summer resort.
The Idaho Springs News says that the
firemen OF that place are training every
evening on Colorado street, in prepara-
ton for the 4th OF July tournament. 1t
is expected that teams from Georgetown,
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