The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-01-05
CoLoX1D0 NOTES.

VIII build q large hotel at Colorado
Springs.
Berthoud has completed \ public
sewer at cost of about $4,000. The
town owns its own water plant.
A credit mems association has been
formed in Boulder with Il. @. Mays as
president and James Bergheim secre-
tary.
Governor Charles 8. Thomas and his
wife celebrated the twenty-seventh an
niversary of their marriage on the
18th ultimO.
A cold wave struck the central and
southern portion of the state December
9th, but only severe enough to ne
reasonable.
Mrs. Hattie Ward, a widow living on
a well-known ranch near Hayden, was
burned to death a few days ago by the
burning Of her house.
The Northwestern is believed to be
arranging to build a line from Valen-
tine, Nebraska, into Denver. A pre-
nminary survey Ii being made.
There were eight weddings at Boul-
der on Christmas eve and Christmas,
which seems to indicate that the Boul-
der boys are getting bolder.
In Denver, December 10Th, George
Hobbick, South Omaha stOckman
first tried to shoot his wife and then
shot himself through the head.
Governor Thomas has appointed Mrs.
Harriet g. Wright to fill the unexpired
term of Mrs. George on the board OF
control of the State Industrial School
for Girls.
The new artesian well at the Tabor
Grand opera house In Denver has
struck flow of water ut $50 feet that
rises to within $50 feet of the top. 1t
will be sunk deeper
Warren 8. Daniels, at present book
keeper in the office Of the state audi
tor, has been formally notified that he
will be appointed deputy state auditor
by Governor Ormnn.
General Frank NJ Reardon, postmas-
ter at Victor, and Mrs. Reardon were
presented by the employees of the post
office with an elegant silver tea set OF
i've pieces on Christmas day.
John C. Richardson, prominent
ranchman of Eagle county. Is thought
to have become demented, in which
state he wandered away into the noun
tains and persisted from exposure.
IL
B. Runyon shot and fatally wounded
Edward Windbauer. n young man who
had been visiting Munyon's daughter.
The act was the result of quarrel.
The date Of the Jeffersonian banquet
at Denver in honor of Governor Or
man has been changed to the night
before inauguration, January It'll. 1t
Ii to be genuine Democratic feast, to
cost IS plate.
e. 7. Jeffery, president of the Denver
4 Rio Grande, returned home on De
cember 9th from the meeting Of West
ern railroad presidents In New York,
and also the annual meeting of the Rio
Grande directors.
Justice Adams of Boulder, who had
under advisement the cases against
the Eldora men accused of killing N.
B. Bailey. ordered that Ellis and
Schott be discharged. Rowell, Mitch
held ia 2,500 bail to await the action
Of the District Court.
The annual dinner of the Colorado
Yale Alumni Association will be held
January 9th at the University Club in
Denver. Notices have been sent to
the members, but the date on them
reads January 9th, which is mistake,
and will be corrected by supplement
airy invitation.
A great amount of hay has been to-
tally destroyed along the line Of the
Union Pacific railroad near Julesburg
by sparks from engines. The losses
will aggregate $4,000. Great damage
has been done to grazing land along
the Platte valley on account OF hre
h,rrptprx tho xxiotor fora
W. ]. Blaze, the man who was found
guilty of counterfeiting tickets of the
Colorado Midland road, is to have
new trial. Blaze had started on his
term at Sing Sing, and the officers of
railways are disappointed to lean that
another hearing is to be granted. The
prisoner will be released on ball pend
Ing the hearing.
The state board of charities and cor
rection has sent a letter to Judge
Moses Hallett, president of the Bar
Association, asking that he urge the
association to go on record in favor
Of juvenile courts in which first Of
tenders can be tried without being
brought into contact with old and de-
termined criminals.
The California limited ON the Santa
Fe now runs daily instead Of three
times a week. The change to daily
service gives Denver a new daily train
over the Santa Fe. The train will
leave Denver every morning at $50
o'clock and will arrive in La Junta At
3:16 o'clock in the afternoon, connect
ing with the California limited. Re
turning the train arrives in Denver at
9 O'Clock In the evening.
The following dispatch from Salida
appears in the Denver Republican OF
December Both: The Pullman first
class sleeper Adriatic Is now lying in
the yards here under quarantine. There
are on board Mrs. Charles Brumbaugh,
Ill with smallpox. her husband, four
teen other passengers and three train
mon who must remain where thew are