Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-29

From Thursdays Daily.
P E. Gaines Is il town from Her
mesa.
T. C. Graden came in today from
Bayfield,.
Mrs Black is enjoying a little relay
alton at Trimble.
= Eight of the smart set drove up to
Trimble last evening. 1t was a bowl
ing party.
:, o. S. Galbreath returned last even
ing from Denver. No rain there.
Dry as Wetry Willie.
Sheriff Mccall of Mineral county ac-
companied by the deputy sheriff is
still out after the horse thief.
1Bert Brown came down from Sill
verton last evening He is buying
up stock for the Silverton market.
The Schutt Commission company
sold IT'S boxes of fruit the past three
days. Good time for business in the
fruit line.
The Ladies' Aid society of the FIRST
NJ. e. church will meet witah Mrs
Morton Schutt Friday afternoon at
2:30. A good attendance is desired.
Is the city good? Yes, the city is
very good. Not even hobo incar
cerated last night Only one lone
COW in the clutches of the officers Of
the law.
Doc Wallace bid his Durango friends
farewell this morning and departed
for his home on the reservation where
sunshine. sand and sagebrush are all
abundant.
Mrs. II. V. Rankin, Carlton Rankin
and Miss Alice Williams arrived last
evening from Dallas, Texas on visit
to Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Williams. The
ladies' are sisters of Mr.. Williams.
d. n. JaHltS, WHO HIS DteH speuNii6
n day or two with his family returned
to Silverton this afternoon, en- route
to Eureka Mr.. James is foreman of
the famous Sunnysde mine.
Mrs Ned Carpenter, Mrs. Grant Nor
ris and mother departed this morning
for the Vallecito where they will en-
joy the rural pleasures that charm
ing spot furnishes. The ladies' will
be Joined by their respective husbands
later.
Chief Engineer Wigglesworth left
this morning for Clifton. Arizona
where he will commence surveying
for the Colorado and Gulf railway.
Work will then be started from both
ends of the road. survey being com
pleted when the two parties meet.
F. L. Holt. Parsons mixologist. has
resigned his position and leaves for
Pueblo on August g. Mr.. Holt will
have charge of the fountain owned by
Reiss Brothers of that city. Their
fountain is a duplicate of that Mr.
Holt is running at present AS n
compounder of fancy drinks Mr.. Holt
is strictly up-todate. We wish him
success.
The Eastern train will be late this
evening on account of a washout be-
tween Osier and Los Pinos, on the
other side of the range A few days
ago there was a cloudburst which did
Il,
Awestbound passenger train passed.
ksevere storm washed out the track so
Shat the east-bound train was com
PEELED to transfer, and 1t may have to
do the same today.
On Tuesday night there was water
spout on the Rio Grande Southern
few miles this side of Rico. The track
was covered with debris to a depth of
ten feet for some distance. All day
yesterday large force of men was at
work clearing the road. The pass
enger trains transferred passengers
and baggage yesterday, while the
train due last evening did not arrive
here until this morning. Trains will
likely transfer again today.
The Woodmen of the World are
hard at work preparing for their log
rolling on August TO- 1t will evil
IDENTIFY be a big affair. Business
houses would pay nice compliment
to the order and add to the interest of
the occasion by decorating in the
Woodmen colors. 1t has been sug-
gested that an excursion to Trimble be
arranged for the visitors. There is
little doubt that it would prove very
satisfactory from every point of view.
A box of apples. both old and new