The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-01-18
COLORADO NOTES.

president of the Denver Chamber of
Commerce.
1t is announced that the Silverton
railroad, from Silverton to 1ronton,
has been closed for the winter.
Moses Liverman, cashier of the Den
yer pOstottice, ha> resigned In order to
attend to mis- business in Silverton.
The board of trustees of Telluride
have granted n twenty-year franchise
to the Colorado Telephone Company.
Thirteen carloads of hogs were
shipped from Fowler during the month
of October, bringing more than So,ooo.
The Colorado Federation of Women's
Clubs has selected Cripple Creek as
the plnce for holding its convention
next fall
William Stiner and William Hood
were KILLED by an explosion in the
Consolidated mine at Newcastle on the
9th instant.
John w. Crooks, state superintend-
ent of the Baptist missions of Colora-
do, died at Monte Vista on the Sth
instant, from an attack of pneumonia.
The Pueblo Cowboy Band attracted
much attention in Denver, where they
stopped over a day on their way to the
StockgrOwers' convention mt Salt Lake.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared a twelve and One-half per
cent. dividend in favor of the creditors
of the insolvent Commercial National
bank of Denver.
The town council of Glenwood
Springs is moving toward municipal
ownership of its water and electric ser
vice and has ordered Il survey of GriZ-
ely creek with that purpose in view
Mrs. Emma Fitzgerald of Denver,
whose husband is II railroad fireman,
has applied for divorce because her
''worser half pulled her out of bed
and forced her to pray for four hours.
Judge J. c. Reakirt. for twenty-five
years Il resident of Alamosa, died on
the 18th instant. He was the seventh
man who has died in Alamosa in the
past eight months who had been resi-
dent Of the town for twenty-five years.
At a meeting of the Denver Minis
ters' Alliance, Parson Uzzell, of the
noted Peoples Tabernacle. is alleged
to have said: Il have raised S29,OOO
since last April for my church, and
out of that not $500 has been given me
by Christians"
]. A. Lowell Of the Denver City park
has purchased of Professor o. G.
Zangg of the public schools ut Hugo,
n fine antelope, which he shipped to the
National geological gardens at Wash
ington. ID. c., in exchange for two
white-tailed deer.
At Trinidad. Nicoll Ferraro, Lu-
ciano Perrino and Nofrio Calasso, all
Sicilans. We're sentenced on the 9th
instant to not less than ten nor more
than thirty years in the penitentiary
for the murder Mt Berwind of an ltal-
ian, Francisco Pecarraro.
Robert Huntington of Atlanta, Geor-
gin. is in Colorado investigating the de-
STABILITY of erecting factory mt
Rocky Ford or elsewhere in that vicin-
ity to treat wntermclons, or the waste
product of watermelons, as has been
profitably done in Georgia.
At Telluride. within the space of
twenty-four hours. Oliver ScOvel was
killed by n falling rock. William Tenn
eat was crushed to death by n SNOW
slide Mt the Tomboy mine. and Rich
ard Griffith lost his life by fall of
80 feet down n shaft in the Smuggler-
Union.
At a faculty meeting of the State
School of Mines on the 18th instant, it
was decided that the school should be
closed until January 18th, at least. on
account of the prevalence of disease
epidemics The public schools are also
closed indefinitely. No deaths have re-
suited so far.
In the District Court at Trinidad,
Jack Madill was sentenced by Judge
Northcutt to not less than ten nor
more than sixty years in the peniten-
tiary for shooting his wife on the night
of February 18th last. Mrs. Madill
fingered in a half-conscious condition
for some time, dying on April 10Th.
The Lincoln County Cattle Growers
Association elected the following of
ficers for the ensuing year: President,
II. S. Harper of River Bend; vice presi-
dent. l.. ii. Field of Hugo; secretary
and treasurer. ]. r. Dickinson; execu-
tive committee. ]. o. Dostal of Aroya.
C. G. Sutherland and ID. a. Lowell of
Hugo.
Freight representatives of railways
leading East from Colorado are eX-
pecting heavy movement of lambs to
eastern markets within the next few
weeks. 1t is estimated by the experts
that more than 5000 carloads of lambs,
fattcned in Colorado for the market.
will be sent out of this state before
next April.
The Lincoln County Cattle Growers
Association and the Lincoln and Ebert
County Wool Growers Associations
elected the following delegates to at
tend the National Live Stock Associa-
ton meeting ut Salt Lake: a. McIn-
tyre. james Will. l.. Nj. Laurie, ID. B.
Brockway. c. NJ Miles, ]. o. Dostal
and l.. II. Field.
The county commissioners and Archi-
tect Smith of Ell Paso county recently
went to Salt Lake City to inspect the
marble and other interior decorations
of Salt Lake City's new million dol