Gilpin observer., 1901-03-07
LOCAL ITEMS.

council next thursday evening".
The water from Peck gulch was turned
in yesterday. This should afford a very
gooi supply added to that from the city
springs.
John Goldberg has Leen appointed
tt ,asurer of school district No. IL, Apex,
80 L. C.Todd, who removed from the
district.
The Denver drug firm who purchased
the stock of drugs of DIR. A. II. Day in
this city, shipped the same to that city
on Saturday.
The new chemical engine purchased
s,me time ago for the Central City fire
department was received from the fac
tory last Monday.
f. Shulman removed his stock of
,ods on Monday to the store room ad-
joining the New York Store Mercantile
company's store.
Dan Cavauaugh who was killed while
working in the Lamartine mine Febru
ary 26, at one time resided with his
parents at Perigo.
A heavy wind and srow storm occurred
Saturday evening about O'clock, max
ing it very disagreeable for those COM
p,lled to be out doors.
Miss Julia Sennett, who was laid up
last week through sickness, is again
in charge of the millinery department
a the New York store.
The city authorities have men en-
gagged in securing supply OF wa er,
ftom Peck gulch, the water rights of
which the city has purchased.
The Doodle Mine pool the first of
tais week received quite an invoice Of
soft coal from the Northern Colorado
c ,al fields, which has been delivered at
the mine.
The Continental Oil company must
have an increase in business as they
have placed II new oil tank on the streets
in addition to the old one, which has
been in use in this county for a number
of years.
The heavy stone retaining wall, placed
several years ago 20 secure the siding of
the tramway back from its main track
to the ST. Louis mine on the easteriy
portion OF Gunnell hill. has been torn
down and the track removed.
Boulder Representative: Dick Sleeves
and estimable wife OF Magnolia were in
town Friday, and called to renew for
their favorits paper. He reports the
June Bug, on which he and Thomas
Shepherd are at work, as looking fine.
Mr.. D. II. Allen is in receipt of letter
from his young son, William, who lett
Central some TINA ago for Kansas, stat |
ing tha. his health hns greatly improved
by the change to lower altitude, and
that his nervousness is gradually pass
ing away.
w. Gummn came in from the Florence
tunnel on Silver Crock, near Yankee on
Sunday and took out a load of powder
on Monday. The snow has disappeared
along the main roai 10 the extent that
sleighs have been abandoned and wagons
are now used.
4 week from to morrow evening, |
March -, division No. /, Ancient Order |
Hiberians CT Gilpin county give their
annual ball at the Armory OF Co. i, |
this city. Tickets are now on sale. 1t
will be- well attended and prove au en-
Joyable affair.
Georgetown Herald: Daniel Cavan-
augh, night shift foreman at the Lam
artine m,ue, WAS instantly killed about
3 o'cloe!; Tuesday morning by several
tons of falling rocks in Il drift. He was
about 81 years of age and member o!
the a. o. L. W. and the \. o. of II.
John l.. Fields was killed and j. W.
Kittredge, had . narrow escape from
death in a snow slide on the east slope
of Chittenden mountain threa or four
miles northwest OF Eldorn, Boulder
county, at IL o'clock the morning of
February IS. Fields remains were bur
led at Boulder
James uumphries, employed in the
shaft of ,hs Freighters Friend mine in
Gilcin gulch, Idaho district wnS badly
cut in II saloon row last Saturday night
by au Italian named Stephan DominiclS,
with whose brother Humphrey was
fighting. Humphreys wounds are CON
sidered dangerous and his recovery is
doubtful. Dominick was arrested and
taken tn Idaho Springs.
The Edora. Boulder county, Miner
of March says: The saw mill three
miles above Eldora, owned by Quigley
n Co., of Central City, has closed down
and the twenty five or thirty employees