The daily sentinel., 1901-09-14
OUR NElGHB0RS.
Items of Interest CuIIed from the
Papers of Colorado.


The September term of the Gunnison
county district court convenes next
Tuesday.
There we're 1875 school children enroll
led at the opening school at Rifle the
fret Of the week.
The republicans Of Garfield county
will hold their convention in Glenwood
Saturday, September %.
The enrolment Of scholars in the pub
lie schools OF Canon City was 9O9 at the
opening OF the school year.
The opera house at Canon City has
been remodeled and is said to be one Of
the handsomest play houses in the state.
G. d. Martin is making the North
Fork Times a splendid weekly paper.
Last issue showed a marked improve
ment.
The rempins Of a huge fossil animal
were unearthed near Canon City recent
ly by DR.. Holland OF the Carnegie Mu-
scum OF Pittsburg.
}. w. Handy and Ed Durbin, out in
the west for pleasure trip from Keo-
kuk county, Iowa, visited several Or
chards north of town yesterday.
Frank Nesbitt, waiter en- route from
Kansas City to San Francisco, was taken
to the hospital In this city yesterday.
suffering from a relapse of pneumonia.
Mrs. Harman, an 8O-year old lady OF
Denver, died as a result OF shock by
news Of the attempted assassination Of
the president.
The Florence Eagles will play the
Altman Cameron team on the Union
Park grounds at Cripple Creek. Sunday
They have been guaranteed 1900 tic
kets sold, at 81 cents each.
The Ouray Mining and Milling com
pany made it's last payment OF $4,000
for the Iowa Smelter- Trust, a promising
claim near Ouray. last Saturday. The
purchasing price was $4,000.
The Meeker Herald takes sly dig at
Rifle because the school board has seen
fit to charge tuition to pupils from out
eide the district, and invites everyone to
come to Meeker, where no tuition is
charged.
The first annual fair Of the Prowers
County Fair association will be held at
Lamar on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, September 1S. 10 and 20. and
the indications are that it will be sue
couoful in averv narticular-
John W. Dean and family and John
Matthews, of Lincoln, Nebraska. spent
few hours resting in the city yesterday
on the way TO their new home in Fresno,
California. They we're very favorbly
impressed with this place.
Columbus B. Syk %, a young man %
years old who has been in the peniten-
tiary during the past eight years on a
charge of murder, has been paroled.
The sentence has been commuted from
life to IA years imprisonment.
A. s. Armstrong Of Montrose county
has 2s5 swarms Of bees: Without help
he has taken care OF them the past year
and has taken from them 1000 cases Of
honey, averag ng % pounds to the case.
These he has sold for $2.45 per case.
1t is given out from reliable source
that the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. will
extend the Crystal River railroad from
Redstone to the North Fork valley in
Delta county, crossing the Elk noun
tain range at Prospect, near Marble.
The blanket vein of fire clay in this
county seems to extend from a point
about tv o miles east of Gunnison to a
point about twelve miles east and seven
miles north. The first opening, two
miles east of this city shows six feet Of
fns quality of fire clay.-Gunnison Re-
publican.
Durango merchants have been espec-
tally liberal with the Elk soliciting com.
mittee and as a result, the grand rattle
scheduled for October IL will be for up
wards Of $1,000 worth Of merchandise.
There will be few blanks. Later We
will print full list OF the prizes and de-
scribe the manner OF distribution
Democrat.
Two carloads day is quite an output
Of fruit from one station. but from one
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