North Park union., 1901-12-27
COLORADO Mates.

of a lot In Denver.
The November pay roll of the Mime
qua steel plant ut Pueblo aMoun'eo "
more than $212,O0O.
he Denver Mining Exchange VIII
occupy new quarters in the EquHaoie
building after January 1st-
| The nomination of b. c. Fleming,
register of the Sterling land office, has
been confirmed by the Senate.
Congressman Shafroth has intro
duced bill TO increase the cost hlhi'
| Of the Denver mint to SSoo,ooo.
| Extensive improvements. to cost IN
the neighborhood OF $60,OOo VIII be
| made In the u. Il Il. G. shops nj Den
| yer.
Senator Teller and Representatives
! Bell and Shafroth have decided TO re-
main in Washington during the hoii-
days.
A Washington dispatch says that
Mrs. X. X. Gibbon. wife of Justice Gid
bon. has been appointed postmistress
OF Ward.
Colorado Springs capitalists talk OF
building n summer concert hall at La
| vergne. new suburb just south OF
Colorado City.
The Brighton Vegetable Growers
| Association has been organized by the
gardeners living in the Platte valley
near Brighton.
Michael Ambro aged eighty-four,
was struck by freight train and in
stantly killed ut Colorado Springs on
the 18th instant.
Holyoke people now "hello" on new
telephone line which they hope to have
connected with the }ong-dlstance line
before long.
Hosea Townsend of Colorado has
been rcappointed judge OF the unitea
States Court (Southern distric0 OF H.
dian Territory.
The City Council OF Victor refused
to grant n license for saloon In the
Richilieu hotel on account of 1t being
close to Il church.
Attorney A. B. Mckinley. who was
terribly mangled by street car In
Denver some six weeks ago, is reported
TO be almost well again.
Tracklaying on the extension of the
street car line at Boulder has been be-
gun. The rails We're secured from the
Tramway company Of Denver.
The butchers of Florence have or
gnnized to combat an alleged traffic In
horse flesh. which. 1t Is asserted, IL be-
Ing sold by peddlers as beef.
The Denver 4 Northwestern Rail-
way Company proposes to light the
town of Arvadn by electricity as soon
as the Platte street power house Is put
in operation.
The President has appointed G. B.
Timberlake receiver of public moneys
at Sterling. and F. Hobkirk receiver at
Del Nore. Both We're confirmed by
the Senate.
Judge J. l.. Semmes. adjutant of the
department of Colorado, Patriarchs
Militant. l. O. o. F.. died suddenly ut
Colorado Springs on the 18th instant
of heart failure.
1t is claimed that no better education
nj program has ever been presented In
the state than that of the Colorado
State Teachers Association in Denver,
December Goth. 2Tth and 2Sth.
The Railway Mems Cooperative
Supply Association will start a Coop
erntive store In Denver with cash
capital of $4,000. C. NJ. Hubert Is
president of the association.
The enrolment of students at the
State Agricultural College, Fort Col
lins. has renched 42S. This is the larg-
est number registered at single
term In the history of the institution.
Four annual poor reports filed with
the secretary of state are as follows:
Las Animas county, number of poor
helped. 81: cost of maintenance. 1892.
Lake. 10; $15,I67.47. Kit Carson, o;
S1.OI325. Otere, 113, S5,223.26.
Thomas Preston Brooke, Chicago
man, Is said to be planning telescope
that WILL he predicts. bring the moon
to an apparent distance of only eight
miles from the earth. He proposes to
build an observatory for it on the top
of Grays peak, Colorado.
The purchase Of Coliseum hall in
Denver by Patrick II. Gallagher, ath-
letic instructor of the Denver Athletic
Club. gives rise TO the report that 1t
will be maintained as n boxing arena,
but the purchaser says 1t is acquired
solely for investment purposes.
Lawrence Hex. negro. on trial at
Pueblo for the murder of Lizzie Alley
and William White, both colored, was
found guilty by the jury. who also
agreed upon the death penalty. His
was the first murder trial in the Pueblo
courts since the enactment of the capi-
tai punishment law.
The county clerk of ,Arapahoe cOun-
ty has received the following letter OF
inquiry: Mr.. clerk Of denver colorado
has thare bin eny lisens ishued to Miss
lola Wilson for mariedg II so please let
me no ho she married to have you got
countyes in colorado II SO please give
me ther names be tweene denver and
Cheyenne. Wyoming, Is tahre Phase
named merakey in your territory.
Please ancer, youres truly Pat VIII
son.
A competitive examination OF candi-
dates for the West Point Military
Academy will be held mt Colorado
Springs, Colorado, under the supervis-
ion Of Professor John Dietrich on the
10th and 11th of January, 1902. Any
person between the ages of seventeen
and twenty-one years. from the Second
congressional district of Colorado is
eligible. If qualified mentally and ply
sically to meet the strict requirements
of the military academy.
Professor G. w. Shaw, who has been
in charge of the laboratory n. the Colo
rndo Sugar Manufacturing Company's
plant In Grand Junction for the past
year has been selected as assistant
professor of agricultural chemistry in
charge of the sugar beet department Mt