Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-06-27

Blown and Mr. and sirh. Fred smith
Mrs. Il. F. Bailey who has been yis-
ting her brother. Mr.. John Shaw of
Anlmas City. for the past two months.
returned to her home in Los Angeles,
Cal. this morning
George Goodman came down from
Silverton this mrning where he has
been making arrangements for the
Benson building on which he has n
contract. With its plate glass front
and sides. the building will be an at
tractiyc addition to Silverton.
|. Lazarus returned Saturday after
noon from New York City. where ac-
companied the remains Of his wife
for burial. The late Mrs. Lazarus
was inferred in the family plot in Mt.
Nebo cemetery. The funeral was
largely attended by relatives and
friends.
The funeral services of the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. r. Vandegrift
took place yesterday morning at $3.50
at the house. Although as private
as possible. on account of the infec-
tious nature Of the disease, the cause
OF death being whooping cough. a
number of friends We're present
However willing. there is not much
that friends can do to tighten the bur
den of sorrow. Most of MS, however
have suffered and know the comfort
sympathy brings In times of bereave-
ment Rev Sarber conducted the
services. taking his text from the l2th
chapter of the second book of Sam
uel-"I shall go to him. but he will
not return to me" The earnest words
spoken were such as to bring. in a
degree. comfort to sorrowing heart
II is hard to lose those near and dear
to us. perhaps doubly hard to lose the
little ones. whose very helplessness is
cord TO bind them to MS. What
would the world be without the chill
ircn?
In their hearts are the birds and
sunshine.
In their thoughts the brooklets flow, y
The little ones add so much to the
brightness pf the world. When they
90 they carry a part of someone's
sunshine with them.
from tuesdays Daily,
Jack McCabo was passenger To
Denver this morning
About % pupils from the Fort Lewis
Indian school went out to their vart
rus homes today.
j. w Veitch has retired from the
La Plata grocery and meat market.
Mr. Veitch says he is going out Of the
business permanently.
The San Juan Oil and Coal company
is making things move at Pagosa.
Machinery is being put In and the
work of sinking the wells is already
started.
Notice the announcement of the
Jackson Hardware company In an
other column. Why drink impure
water when you can get the best OF
filters at reasonable prices? ANY
kind you want
Are you aware of the fact that there
are two different Mexican settlements
IN Durango? Both are near the smell
cr. The upper settlement is called
chihuahua. the lower ParraI. Rev,
barley breaches his evening In Chi
hunhua
The roads between Durango and
Pennington are said to he dry. but so
ar not very dusty nor badly cut ~.
Near Durango 1t Is worse han any
other part by Carbonero the pass
ing Of the coal wagons has cut mp
the road rather badly.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard McCloud re-
turned yesterday from Pagosa. The
rip was very enjoyable one, The
pagosa train makes close connection
1T the junction and the road runs
through "A timbcred valley which adds
10 the pleasure of the journey.
VI Nht isilhiu NAhi oohiN
Acid Gas Co. of Chicago, went through
o Silverton last evening. returning to-
day. The firm is the same from which
lack Parsons soda fountain was pur-
chased. MIR. Finney states that some
new improvements have been added
since the above fountain was sent out.
These will be forwarded to Mr.. Par
sons shortly.
In response to the ad for an appren-
tice TO learn window trimming under
\. Mershon of the Famous. there have
been several applications So far no
ane has been accepted. Window trim
ming is an art demanding brains to
plan and skin to execute. More than
hat. the profession commands high
salaries. \ trimmer for n big firm
has score or so of assistants. He
is frequently sent abroad in search of
now ideas. 1t is not often an oppor-
tunity to learn the business is given