The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-31
COLORADO NOTES.

Jobu II. Mitchell has been nominated
for nostmaster at Pueblo. to fill the va
cancy caused by the death OF George
Seaver.
A Santa Fe helper engine of the
mountain division ran away MONDAY
morning Just after leaving Morley.
beaded for Trinidad. The reverse lever
got caught and the engineer lost con
trol of The engine. The fireman jump
ed but the engineer staid at his posi-
until nearing Starkyille, where he was
to meet a freight train, when he jump
ed. The freight train had just cleared
the main track and the runaway engine
came on TO Trinidad. One OF the clerks
of the freight office saw the engine as
1t was coming into the yards ana sue
ceeded in getting aboard. With PICK
hammer he succeeded in releasing the
lever and stopped the engine.
The outside stockholders In the Col
orado Co-operative colony won Vic
tory Mt the recent meeting of the
stockholders held for the purpose OF
altering the constitution so as to cur
tail the powers of those owning stock
but not living on the lands OF the col
ony. Denver stockholders especially
objected to the aggressive policy of n
they said. were endeayoring TO freeze
them out 1t was "A complete victory
for the outside element and among
other changes the old committee
on engineers was thrown out because
of the allegations that 1t had not done
any work since last August. The col
ony is located at Pinon in the western
part Of the state.
A Pueblo dispatch of the goth says;
Pueblo is excited tonight over the
most atrocious crime ever committed
In her history. Two innocent children
are lying dead in the morgue and !;
colored woman is at the Pueblo hos
pital with two bullets in her body Cnl-
vim Kimblern, colored cook in the EN-
ploy of the Fries Orphan home, Is
the murderer of the children, ana the
would-be assassin of his wife. Inc
murder was committed ut l 80 O'Clock
/ this morning at cottage No. of the
| Fries Orphans Home in Central Park.
| According 30 the wounded woman'S
story ii was the result of insane Jeal-
otIsy on the part of the husband, VINO
prior to the shooting, had been quarrel
ing with her. He has not yet been
captured.
Lake county can, by absolutely iden-
tifying the funding bonds issued IN eX'
cess of the constitutional Indebtedness,
rrpudiate them except there be clause
on the face of the bonds stipulating
that the bonds are not issued in excess
of the limitations. This is the ruling
Judge Rincr made in the federal court
yesterday in the case of Flora G. Lucas
against the county commissioners and
involving about 10000 of the bonds In
dispute, which reach a total of half Il
million dollars about S66,000 of which
are legal The ruling Of Judge Rlner
seems to reverse that Judge Marshall
made several weeks ago from the same
bench affecting bonds of the same issue
and under the same circumstances.
But there is great difference In the
value of the evidence submitted and
affecting the vital point.
An accident occurred near Coloma
Friday afternoon TO Mr.. and Mrs. sam
uel Brown through runaway, which
may end fatally to both. They were
riding in carriage with new span
of horses when Mr.. Brown lost one
line and in his endeavor TO regain II
dripped the other, which caused the
team to run away and strike tree
throwing both of the occupants out up
on their heads upon large surface OF
broken stone. A pedestrian saw the
|
ance. He summoned aid and the injur
ed people were conveyed to their home
near Coloma. and man was dispatch
ed to Montrose for medical assistance
Mrs. Brown has remained insensibl,
ever since, her body being paralyzed
with no prospects for recovery. Mr.
Brown received terrible gashes ant
wounds but may recover. He is I
prominent cattlcman.
The government now has a noun
tain sheep. buffalo" Jones on th'
22d brought in the first results of hi
, hunt, n fine buck lamb about n montl
old Its capture was very exciting
. The camp is in the Coal basin valley
about eight miles from Redstone wher
the sheep have been located for fou
days. In the morning the eve am
| lamb were discovered in an accessl
BILE place An attempt was bein
made to get near them when the ew
discovered she was being rushed. Sh
mt once bounded up the side of III
steep mountain. The lamb followed
and gaining good height the mothe
, and lamb disappeared. Shortly after
wards the eve was seen ascendin
still higher, but the lamb had bee
hid. 1t was impossible TO reach tn
point from below where the lamb ha
disappeared Miss Olive Jones, he
, father and the guide made long d,
, tour and reached n point as near a
0 they could judge directly over wher
l the lamb was thought to be. Mis-
7 Jones was swung out over the eli
: with a rope tied under her arms, an
l search found the little fellow hid in
S crevice. The brave girl was draw
0 back over the cliff with the lamb |
her arms. This is the first of the 81
= pair that Buffalo Jones expects I
. secure under his permit from the stat
of Colorado.
, Bear hunters have had great luc
during the last two weeks in the moui
Z tains near Glenwood. a guide kille
silver tip bear weighing nearly 9C
; pounds, the pelt measuring eight fee
y and nine inches from claw to clay
Z This animal was killed on the Boo
. Cliffs on Piceance creek. Since the
u Mr.. Baxter, accompanied by Charl,
+. j. McGoey of New York, has been q
: two trips in each of which they WEI
unusually successful. While huntin
on South Canon Creek, about sevc
: miles from Glenwood, they killed
T. female bear. with two cubs. The
y again went out, this time sti
nearer town, and in the heavy spru,
timber, on the banks of the Gran
river, less than three miles north. the
killed female bear, and capture
alive two of her cubs; the bear mat
J. a good fight for her life. keeping nil
dogs away from herself and cubs t,
70 over three hours. A ranchman ne;
!, Eagle killed bear measuring eigl
r feet seven inches between the claw
: and brought the pelt to Glenwood
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