The daily sentinel., 1900-10-19

the city.
A S25,OOO opera house is to be erected
at Florence.
browns In TOWN.. B. and he is
rustling for votes these days.
Phil P. Hitchcock, general agent OF
the Wabash railroad, was in the city
yesterday.
Another wagon loaded with alfalfa
broke down at the corner of Third and
Main today.
No. was four hours late last night.
This thing of the trains being late is
getting very monotonous.
The fair at Durango has just closed
and was pronounced by the papers
down there as being big success.
The ofdce OF the county clerk will be
kept open from to 8 o'clock p m. nor
the benefit OF those who want to register.
Some very heavy stone are being put
into the foundation of the new Bonnell
block On Main between Third and
Fourth.
Every newspaper in the state that is
working for the republican party is
working against silver, one OF her chief
products.
Billy Woods, the pugilist who spent
Peach week in this city and who is tour
ing the world on bicycle has reached
Reno, Nevada.
Miss Eta Seiber, who has been sick
for several weeks, with typhoid fever, at
the home Of her sister Mrs. Otto Barton,
is convalescent.
A. P. Ballard, Of Thompson Springs,
Utah, arrived in the city this morning
and will take his young son back with
him this evening.
A number of Mesa county boys, who
went to the Klondiks during the past
three years, have returned. Two Fruita
men came back the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George e. Haskell, Miss
Cora Brown and DR.. Will Brown return
ed last night from Glenwood where they
have been spending severel days.
new artificial ice plant is being
built at Canon ciSS by o. r. Sells. IL
there is any city in Colorado that needs
an ice plant it is Grand Junction.
The sandbagger OF silver, Edward O..
Woloott, has been in the San Juan
country this week denouncing every
thing except the republican party.
Services will be held at the ST. Mat
thews Episcopal church Sunday, both
morning and evening. All are cordially
invited to attend. G. w. Lyon will be
in charge.
II you are figuring on one Of the best
times you ever had on Halloween, you
should get ticket for the ball in plenty
OF time to make all arrangements for it,
Then after you are tired of dancing you
can go and take in the town properly.
DR.. N. s. johnson received telegram
at $50 this morning which notified him
to come home at once as his mother was
in dangerous condition. He will
leave on No. 6 for his old home at Her.
ton, Kansas.
The wind this forenoon blew great
gust Of dust into the eyes of pedestrians
upon the Main thoroughfare. The
street sprinkler could be made to do
good service-if the proper officials
would take time to look after the matter.
Charles johnson, a young man from
Minnesota who has been in this city for
the past five months, died at the corner
OF Third and White streets this morning
at an early hour from that dreaded dis
ease, consumption; aged 90 years. The
body was prepared for burial by Unier-
taker Gourley and will be shipped to
Springfield, Minnesota, tonight. Claude
johnson, brother Of the deceased, will
accompany the body east.
The Fruit Growers association is meet
ing with splendid success with the new
evaporator put in operation this season.
The fruit evaporated equals the Califor-
mia product. This is one of the very i'm
portant industries ad led to the fruit
growing business OF the valley this year
1t is only mother finger pointing to the
future Importance OF the fruit crop of
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