Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-25
COLORADO NOTES.

John II. Mitchell has been nominated
for postmaster at Pueblo. to I'LL the va
cancy caused by the death OF George
Senver.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination OF Lon T.. Foote OF Ar,
riba. Colorado, to be register OF the iand
office ut Hugo. Colorado.
A mountain lion was killed by Il. H.
Lucore few miles north OF Hugo tue
other day. This In one of the largest
of the species and has been doing much
damage 10 stockmen by killing sheep,
calves and even large colts. The car
cass Is In the hands OF taSidermist
and will be valuable specimen.
The Colorado Portland Cement Com
pany. which has been engaged In the
erection OF q sixty-ton cement plant
near Florence the past few months.
started It's machinery on Wednesday
ard turned out the FIRST batch OF ce-
mrnt clinker. AL departments OF the
plant will not bs In operation until the
beginning Of next week when the first
finished product will be turned out.
The Florence cement works II the only
Industry OF the kind In the Rocky
Mountain region and m the raw ma
tcrial from which the company will
make Its cement is capable Of produc-
Ing as line cement as that made In Ger
many. tho Florence company may ca'
pect a ready sale In this nnd adjoining
states for Its product.
The outside stockholders In the Col
orado Cooperative colony won vie
tory mt the recent meeting OF the
stockholders held for the purpose Of
altering the constitution 10 as 10 cur
tall the powers Of those owning stock
hut not living on the lands OF the cot
ony. Denver stockholders especially
objected to the aggressive policy OF II
few OF those living NJ the colony. who.
they said. were cndcnvorin. 10 frccx"
them out. II was complete victory
for the outside element nnd among
other changes the old committee
on engineers was thrown ont because
OF the allegations That II had not done
amy work since last August. The col
pny II located nj p!non IN the western
part OF the state.
\ Pueblo dispatch OF the Goth says:
Pueblo II excited tonight over the
most atrociou- crime ever committed
Ia her history. Two Innocent children
nrc lying dead In the morguc and
coiorcd woman IL NJ the Pueblo hos
plini with two bullets In her body. Cal
vim Eiinblcrn. color-d cook In the cm.
ploy OF the Fries Orphan home. N
the murderer OF III. children. and the
would.be nssassin Of his wife. The
murder was committed nt ! 40 o'clock
this morning nt cottage No. . Of the
Fries Orphans Home In Central Park.
According so the wounded womnn's
story II was the result OF insane jcni'
oiisy on the part Of the husband. who.
prior TO the shooting. had been quarrel
Ing with her. lie has not yet been
captured.
An accident occurred near Coloma
Friday afternoon to Mr.. and Mrs. sam
ucl Brown through n runaway. which
may end fatally to both. They were
riding In "a carriage with n new span
of horses when Mr.. Brown lost ON,
line and In his cndcavor To regain II
irippcd the other. which caused the
team TO run away and strike n tree.
throwing both Of the occupants out upi
on their heads upon large surface Of
broken stonc. \ pedestrian saw the
accident and rushed TO their assist.
ancc. lie summoned aid and the injur-
ed people were conveyed to their home
near Coloma. and man was dispatch.
cd to Mon;rosc for medical assistance.
Mrs. Brown has remained inseusible
ever since. her body being paraiyzcd.
with no prospects for recovery. Mr..
Brown received terrible gnshcs and
wounds but may recover. He IL n
prominent cattlcman.
The government now has noun.
tain sheep. buffalo Jones on the
col, a IL. al.
hunt. n fine buck lamb about n month
old. It's capture was very exciting.
The camp Is In the Coal basin valley.
about eight miles from Itc,istone where
the sheep have been located for four
days. In the morning the eve and
lamb were discovered In au nccessi.
hle place. An attempt was being
made to get near them when the eve
discovered she was being rushed. She
at once bounded up the side OF the
steep mountain. The lamb followed.
and gaining II good height the mother
and lamb disappeared. Shortly after
wards the eve was seen ascending
-iill higher. but the lamb had been
hid. II was impossible TO reach the
point from below where the lamb had
disappeared. Miss Olive Jones. her
father and the guide made n long de.
tour and reached n point MS near as
they could Judge directly over where
III" lamb was thought to he. Miss
Jones was swung out over the rIifl
with rope tied under her arms. and
search found the little fellow hid in n
rrcvicc. The brave girl was drawn
back over the cliff with the lamb In
her arms. This Is the first OF the six
pair that Buffalo Jones expects to
secure under his permit from the state
OF Colorado.
Bear hunters have had great luck
during the last two weeks In the noun.
tains near Glenwood a guide killed
a silver tip bear weighing nearly 900
pounds. the pclt measuring eight feet
anu nine inches from claw to claw, |
Inns animal was Killed on the Book
Ciiiis on Piccance creek. Since then
Mr. Baxter. accompanied by Charles
j. McGoey OF New York. has been on |
Two trips, In each of which they were