Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-14
WESTERN NOTES.


The Leadvillc and Cripple Creek
companies OF volunteers will not go To
Denver upon their return from San
Francisco, but will 20 directly to their
homes.
The pet family horse OF G. NJ. Camp
bell at BOULDER, while grazing In the
yard. Monday, accidentally upset bec
hive. The bees sci upon the horse ana
stung him SO badly that hc soon died.
The FL Capitnn Land and Cattle
Company OF Lincoln county, New Mex
leo. Ii reported To have sold Its I'M
mcnse ranch and all cattle to the Low.
Ing syndicate. The ranch marketed
10000 cattle last spring.
In the school district In which Victor
Is situated there has been big In
crease In the assessed valuation. Last
year the total value was S3,sS.Ooo:
taxes, Sid2.GnD: this year the total
value II SS.2ji SIS: taxes, Sl3l,:iS mn
Increase In valuation OF l.i3l SIS;
taxes. $3s.Go5.
At 10 o'clock Thursday night rain
commenced falling In torrents nj
Springer. continuing for - hours. II
IL the heaviest rain OF the year ana
has filled streams. water holes, nrroy.
| ms and dry water courses. Stockmen
are much clnicd and mining men arc
greatly benefited.
! Mrs. Mcclure. accompanied by her
little child. In attempting TO cross the
Cimarron river. which was not ford'
able. wns thrown from her buggy into
the deep water, hut after desperate
struggle succeeded In reaching the
shore safely with her little one. Mrs.
Mcclure In the wife of Foreman Nc
Ciurc OF the R-d River Cattle Com
pany.
A horrible accident occurred Monday
morning nj the Timetable smcitcr. re-
suiilns In the death Of Tony Cochcvu
He was working around the crnshcs
OF the smclicr when his foot ACCIDENT
ally slipped nnd he fell bctwc-h the
Iron jaws Of the machine. His legs
wcr- ground Into n pulp. from th'
shock Of which he died a short iim'
afterwards. lie was ATTY years o'
age.
Fifty thousand dollars will bc pnId
within the next thirty days for fow
i-r raninioupc.. Some farmers hnv.
already received sino per ncr. aud th'
shippin. season has only jus, begun
/
expectations. The fatal vine rus
which visited 50 many pari. Of tn,
valley showed no signs In this vicin
liy. which left the fruit In the fines
possible condition for marketing. !
f-w Of the bcst patches will turn Of
over .pp crates pcr acre. OH an aver
age Of 81 per cruic.
"Hinck Jack" the noted highway
vnan. has been doing nicely since hi
. right arm was amputnt-i mt the clbo,
n few days neo. lie hns quite rcco,
cred from his NJ of d"spon.irncy an
talk. chcrrfuiiy with the officers on n
subjects save him criminal career. Il.
fore removing the arm Doctors Drnis
rails nnd Austin took nm excellent pl,,
foHrnph Of tho wounded member. show
Ing the ugly gaping wounds In III
wrist and uIgrr arm WHERE ganxrcn
had eaten away the flesh. The doctor
now conndcn,ly expect the prisoner I
recover.
: Citizens at Buffalo. Wyoming. hny
organized bureau Of information mn
will sec TO II that the members OF Con
. pany e. the volunteers who cniiste
from Buffalo. scCiirc employment upo
their rturn from San Francisco III
latter part Of this month. In nm nj
nouncrIncnt to the public. the exec,
. tive committee Of the bureau calls III
on all persons In need OF men TO con
, municatc with the bureau and nrrnnr
. TO engage some of the volunteers.
q addition TO this effort TO secure oil
, pioyncnt for NIL those who have II
. position awaiting them upon their r,
. turn 10 Buffalo. the citizens will G,
tend a royal welcome and will bar
piict the brave soldier boys.
: Rocky Ford celebrated Melon Day o
the eth and sth In the usual cnth,isia,
, tic way. Admiring thousands cam
, from valley. plain and mountains, 1
fact, from every portion OF Colorado
TO rar mn earnest homage to kin
Watermelon" whose birthday is a
ways cherished rs the first born an
most beloved OF all Of our states fest
. val occasions. At the fair grounds tn
crowd. estimated Mt 126OO. was goo
naturcti. 7 he main exhibition hall Il
, which was the fruit. agricultural. pas
! try and domestic exhibits. wa
throneed during the entire day. whci
It Is taken into consideration that thi
Is an exceptionally short fruit year. tn
horticultural display was by far tn
most satisfactory ever seen here. TIL
! live stock department was also un
usually well filled.
Express train No. 10 on the Southern
J Pacific road was robbed near Cochisc
Arizona Sunday night by four masked
men. who blew the safe open and tool
everything In sight. The amount o
their booty is said to be small TIL,
train was stopped. the engine. mail ant
express cars were cut or from the
rest OF the train and run mile furthc,
up the road. where the bandits stopped
TO complete their work. The expires,
messenger was forced TO open his car
and the robbers attacked the safe with
dynamite. The strong box WINS soon
blown open and the contents were tn.
ken by the thieves. who hastily depart
ed. They were last seen going north
on foot. and n posse soon started out
on their trail The dynamite used on
the safe blew out the side of the ex.
press car and tore up the floor. There
IL no clue 70 the identity of the rob.