Gilpin observer., 1900-02-01
BLACK hawk.

Colorado, of heart failure. She was the
mother-in- law of w. w. Sullivan who es-
tablished the Black Hawk Post in this
city in 1876. She was an old resident of
that place The funeral occurred last
Friday.
w. F.. Flick & Son last week turned
out at their wagon factory an ore wagon
for John Wells. 1t was fine piece of
workmanship.
Mrs. Phillip Pressler and daughter
Miss Katie left for Cripple Creek last
Monday morning, where Mr. Pressler is
engaged in mining.
Hon. Lewis c. Snyder returned to
Denver Friday evening after spending
several days attending to business mat
ters here.
w. f. Flick returned from two days
business trip in Denver, Friday evening.
The new hoisting whip put up over
the Midnight lode mining claim worked
by an Italian party back of McFarlane
& Co.'S foundry and machine shop is
daisy, for the depth from which it raises
the ore.
Charley Jenkins smiling countenante
is seen on the streets again, he having
returned from II trip as far south is
Trinidad this state.
Bozargo ~ Co, the grocer merchants
in Miller * Koch's former store room are
doing a very fair trade over in Russell
Gulch these days. John Bozargo is
rustler for fact.
The smokstacks at the slow drop
stamp mill and works of the Rocky
Mountain concentrator were badly bent
and twisted out of shape by the gale of
wind which prevailed Sunday night.
Frank Came and ,Johu +. Hopkins
were up from Denver this week attend
ing to their mining and milling interests.
Regular meeting of the city council
next Monday evening.
County Commissioner w. f. Flick,
while working with plane at his wagon
factory in this city last Monday, had the
index, second and third fingers of his
right hand badly cut. DR.. j. A. Rich
mond is attending him, who thinks that,
while portion of one will have to be
amputated, the other two can be saved.
Mr.. Flick will be incapacitated from work
for some length of time.
Mrs. DR.. j. A. Richmond returned
from Denver Tuesday morning, where
she has been visiting and recuperatipg.
Her health was much improved by her
stay in Denver.
Miss Helen Klein, after q weeks visit
with Denver friends, returned to the
Gilpin hotel Sunday evening.
Miss Hattie Haubrich, a former resi-
dent of this city, her native place, died
last Friday at Leadville. She: was the
daughter OF Samuel Haubrich, n former
business man of the Quartz Mill City.
Miss Mary Sickle, after residence at
Idaho Springs, has returned here, and is
at the Gilpin hotel.
A bunch OF keys was found at the
depot of the Colorado & Southern rail
road in this city, last Tuesday. Who
owns them?
Mr.. f. X. Whitehead, secretary OF the
Colorado Humane society, with head
quarters in Denver, came up on Tuesday
evening and dropped in at the council
room to attend the trial OF Andrew Ell
lott for cruelty to an animal belonging
to him. Afterward no attended the
called meeting held at the district court
room in Central.
"whip" for hoisting has been placed
on the east shaft of the After Supper
lode in the rear OF the foundry.
In the case OF The People VS.. Andrew
Elliott, charged with cruelty to dumb
animals, came up for hearing before
Justice Noah S. Allebaugh last Tuesday
afternoon, jury trial. After hearing the
testimony the jury returned verdict of
mot guilty" The prosecution was con-
dlcted by j. d. Hurd, and the defense
by Horace G. Thurman. This is the first
case OF that nature that has come up for
trial in this county for some length OF
time. No doubt they will be Of frequent
occurrence after the completion of the
organization OF branch Humane So
ciety in this county, which will be effect
ed next Monday evening.
When Otis Skinner was quarantined
in the South about three weeks ago, he
started out one morning to take drive
in one morning to take drive in one OF
the small towns near Savannah. The