The Monte Vista journal., 1899-04-22
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

BY fire in lodging house at victo,
man was burned to death.
On the 10th the cog-road resumed
traffic to the top OF Pixies Peak.
Several counterfeiters were convicted
and sentenced at Pueblo recently.
o. p. McMaincs. who for 80 many
years fought the Maxwell land grant
Is dead.
Extensive floods have done consider
able damage in the vicinity of Sheri
dan, Wyoming.
1t cost the Midland Railroad Com
pany $I5.0OO to clear its tracks of snow
during the past winter.
After a blockade of nearly three
months the Midland railroad has sue
ceeded In clearing Hager,nan's Pass
OF snow and traffic Will be resumed
across the range.
The Pythians of Denver will erect q
handsome stone temple of modern de
sign NJ cost of from $4,000 to Sloo,'
w. Thcre will be ut least four large
halls, one OF which will be set apart fol
banquets.
The funeral services over the body
OF ex-senator Tabor were held ut Den
Yer on the 1Ith. They We're partici
pnteu in by prominent citizens. public
oiiicials, the militia and great thronl
Of friends.
The publishers OF the Lcadville Her
ald-Democrat. who We're hauled up be
fore Judge Overs for contempt OF
court, have been dismissed They
npologizcd for what they said abou,
the jury and the Judge forrave then
FOR what they said about him.
Work Is progressing satisfactorily or
the paint mine near Rawlins. 1t is ex
pected that 100 tons per day OF the or,
will be shipped during the season
There Is a market for all the ore that
can be mined. An effort will be mad,
to have II spur built from the Union
Pacific main line to the mine.
1t has been discovered that the water
OF Lake Minnehaha. which forms par,
OF one OF the Cheyenne city parks
frozc solid in many parts Of the lake
stocked two years ago with bass and
pike. and thousands OF these fish. many
OF them from twelve TO eighteen inche,
long. have been frozen solid in the Ice
The Colorado Court OF Appeals has
given n ruling that a county sheriff
may take prisoners to the peuitentiary
or reformatory one by one. II he de
sheriff must act according to his owr
discretion. which is unlimited. with the
exception that he must not practice
fraud by making unnecessary trips and
thus creating useless expenses.
The newly elected Prohibition mayol
OF Colorado city has issued an order
TO the marshal that all saloons In Col
RADIO City must be closed aud KEEP,
closed from II o'clock midnight OF
Saturday night until Monday morn
ing. This action upon the part oi
Mayor George is not accepted with
great favor. but as the mayor is en-
forcing II state law the council can
not interfere.
The Wyoming Medical Board In,
made nm effective application Of IN,
medical law, passed by the last Stat,
Legislature A firm OF travelling ply
sicians advertised 10 give n series OF
public lectures and treat chronic dis
eases at Cheyenne. The secretary OF
the State Medical Board served motto,
upon them that they must submit thcii
diplomas, or failing In this. submit I,
an examination. The proposed lee
lures were n, once abandoned and tn,
parties left the city for Colorado.
The Chicago \ Southern will spend
s3o.ouo In improvements ON the line IL
the immediate future. 4 portion Of III,
Platte Canon track will hc rclaid ant
a large force OF men win bc cmploye,
there within n few weeks. Severn
thousand dollars will lie used In re
building the coaches In use on III,
South Park line. New platforms vii
bc built FOR them. and they will be re-
vanished and fitted up with new seats
Fiv. new standard rauc" coaches vii
bc built for III. road, probably by III,
Pullman Palace Car Company.
State Examiner II. Is. Henderson
snd Attorney General !. \. Van Ors
hell have been mt Evanston. Wyoming
examining the accounts and inycstirut
n. the acts OF John W. Sammon, coun
ty attorney for tIn'a county. The,
llcd II report OF tiiclr investigation
with the District Court and the Boar,
u County Commissioners and recon
mcndcd that n grand Jury In called I,
investigate Mr. Sainmon's transactions
The report charges him with perjury
cmbczzlcmcnt. rNtortion OF money n,
public official and with compoundInl
a felony.
The regents OF the Univcrsit,
OF Colorado have recently is
sued I'll. cn'alogu. for 1889
II IL n comprehensive statement Of III,
.nrk Of the University. The number
of students In the University l. .aD. II
tn. Preparatory school $40. making Z
total enrolment Of 200. mn Increase oI
fifteen per cent. over last year. Tn,
Increase IN the College Of Liberal Art,
IL eight per cent; In the school Of En-
ginccring. sixty-onc per cent. In III,
School OF Medicine. ifiy-ore prr cent
In the School OF Law. thiriy.six pri