The daily sentinel., 1900-03-05
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Mrs George E. Haskell is quite i'll.
B. 7. Napier is down from Glenwood
Springs.
Hon Benton Canon leaves tonight for
his home in Denver.
Frank Beuhring, proprietor of the
Excelsior Steam Laundry, is on the sick
list with an attack of la grippe.
Travelling Freight Agent Ferguson Of
the Union Pacific was in the city Satur-
day talking his road to the merchants.
There are several Grand JunctionitsH
contemplating visit to Paris the COM
ing summer to attend the great Worlds
Exposition.
A meeting of citizens was held at the
city hall Saturday night and the ticket
nominated Thursday night endorsed.
One change was made the name OF
Samuel N. Wheeler being placed on the
ticket for city attorney.
The city council met Saturday after
noon to consider the charges for water
and elect city plumber, George h.
Garrison was selected as plumber. A
list of rates were made out which makes
the charges for water only nominal
Hon. Thomas Walsh OF Ouray, the
owner OF the famous Camp Bird pro-
perty, entertained at dinner at his ele-
CANT home in Washington last week, all
OF Colorado's representatives in honor OF
the visit to the rational capital OF Gov
and Mrs. Charles s. Thomas.
Chairman R. p Abbey, Of the Repub-
lican city central committee announced
this afternoon through posted notices
that in view OF the ticket nominated
Saturday night at Pythian hall, no
primaries or no convention OF the
repu blcan party would be held.
How funny it is that those who inces-
sanity harp about local papers not
amounting to anything, and who seldom
il ev sr contribute to their support, are
always first to object, kick, squirm and
go through numberless gyrations when
ever some little comment Is made that
does not exactly conform with their
own ideas Delta Laborer.
The Denver Times besides publishing
the article on the new water system in
the city, published elsewhere in this is-
sue, gave in connection Herewith two
half tone cuts of the boiler house, show
ing the big compound engine and also a
view of the reservoir site. The Times
with all other Denver papers, has been
very generous in its notices OF this city.
1he wind blew great guns" last night.
1t commenced to blow in soft putfs about
10 o'clock and increased in strength from
that hour, until at midnight it was car
rying every rything loose before it. The
sky was overcast and every minute it
looked as if there would be a big down.
pour of rain but it brought nothing fur
ther than rain squall about o'clock
this morning.
A number of the members of Troop A
were on trip yesterday over on the
mesa south of town. They brought
back with them some fine specimens OF
petritied wood. j. B. Baum, who is
doing some development work on a
mining claim, made the discovery that
there is a lot of petrified trees In small
canon in that vicinity, and the boys
learning of it. went there and found the
specimens that they now have in the
Armory on exhibition.
A very rare astronomical feature be-
longs to February of 1900. 1t had n
new moon, while January and March
will have two. This peculiar incident
is due to the fact the last year OF the
century is not reckoned IN a leap year
and that even in ordinary leap years the
moon is new in February as in other
months except at long intervals. A
moonless month has not occurred since
February, 1866. and will not, it is said,
occur again for vastly greater space Of
OF time