The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
wEsrERs NOTES.

Nfarrss MeckienburE of Cona raFS
county, has been apfsointesi posgtltasier,
vice A. J. waliscc. r-uisvesi.
John I. ThofiI~su has been api-fiaie'i
postmaster AZ Anfirews, sigrEa euaii-
tr. New Mexico. vics q. W D,,latna
ter. resigned
A disastrous couha gratiaa ucCuFrs-i
AT Crested Butte on the 1th- \ or
broke out In Quinn'S saioOn- with = ti'>
fcctive que a. the probable canse. The
fire was burning for soEar TIME n'ioss
its discovery. The trr department ail'l
citizens worked heroieally for two
hours 90 save the aus kofp buildins
which was divided FROM the enrnins
structure BY only fiftrcu feef Thc "a
lo.oa was foiaiiy destroyed. Jack ken
n.-iy Was suffocatc,i In the buildins
where be was sleepins. lie was shout
~ years Of age. and Il i supposed o
was under the infincnee * tntoAisnhir-
with the dlsappearaDce q snow
s,nsus-- renewed activity at Dawson
CITY. The STIR on the streets Of caii1S
civ Is Increasing 10 something IKE ths
early days u the great gold sirtkr a
M. Dawson mine. Groups OF uieu coii'
rresafc On the euruer~ uf the sifs~is
discussing and examining ro-rk taken
from tbs. various prospect b3is-s IN thf
Crcenhorn range Many are hsfr await
ing assay returns hui - tfe Sossnl a.
saycr is oyerruu q may ~ many
days before iheiF wishes viii he real
ized. Little Information rrSariinE
mining matters has b--en otiainaias
from Dawson. owing 10 the heavy fall
Of snow. In reality SlieF,- has te.u bat
little prospecting FOR more than =
week. Now that the weather has nlosi
Grated work j. commencing again. an3
reports Of strikes are rife.
a special from Provo. Utah. says
Sheriff st0rrs returned this evenine
from Gonyenenr, New York. with Mr.
Jennie Wright. wife Of George Il
Wright. Wright ~ believed 10 be the
man who killed tie three young men
at Pelican Point. Utah, In February
1885. for which crime Harry Hayes i
now suffering life Imprisonment. and
Mrs wrighTs knowledge of her hsS
bands habits viii materially aid Sher
IN Storrs In efiecttnE his capture, aad
her knowledge Of the case viii also aid
Mr.. Hayes attorneys. IL Is thought, IN
showing Hayes innOcence so clearly
that he VIII be released. Mrs wriEh;
is thoroughly convinced Of her hus-
bands guilt. shortly sitter the mur
ders were committed Wright was ar
, rested for cattle stealing and went &c
Colorado, Mrs Wright going 10 hef
mother In New York. where she was
locatcd by Sheriff Storrs,
Receiver Frank ,rrumhul has been
elected president Of the new railroad
corporation which VIII be known rs tbs
Colorado & Southern. Charles Wheeler
was elected secretary and treasurer Of
| the company. Other officers and direc.
/ tors win he elected Rt meeting TO be
held in New York in a few days The
election OF Mr.. Trumbuil as president
/ IL no surprise. a joint committee
! from the Union Pacific and the Union
| Pacific, Denver & Gulf has been nego-
| tlating for the final transfer OF the
Julesburg branch. The date has been
| fixed, January 11th. The Julesburg
branch is 151 miles long and extends
from Julesburg TO La Sale junction
! which Is forty-six and half miles
from Denver on the Union Pacific. II
this change is made. the corporation
now known as the Union Pacific. Den
yer Gulf will be merged into The
| Colorado & Southern at midnight
| "Wednesday, January nth. Until that
date. at least, the several branches Of
the Gulf system win remain in the con.
/ troll of the United States Circuit Court
4 of the Colorado district; but, il Is said
there Is no reason TO apprehend any
| further delay in closing up the deal
and turning the Gulf property over to
the Colorado & Southern