The Holly chieftain., 1902-09-19
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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low ~ gamhling games ON the grounds
Of tie State EGir at Pueblo.
william Prinx and another man laa- 1
seed Q bear cub near Monument few
days ago ard led 1t home in triumph.
8enater James W. Bucklin OF Grand
Junction II making tour Of the stats
in advocacy OF his Anstralasian land
tax appointment.
The winning OF game from Nilwau-
kee on the 10th instant placed the Den
yer baseball team at the head Of tho
Western League.
The Denver Chamber Of Commerce
II preparing to welcome the crown
prince Of Siam, who Ii expected to
reach Colombo October 18th.
A widely circulated report Of the
death Of ]. w. BensOn, former mana
ger OF the Camp Bird mine at Ouray,
proves to have been nnf0unded.
Professor +. H. Ormsby of Denver
has been selected as instructor Of the
Agricultural College Glee Club, which
he successfully managed last year.
The newspaper artists of Denver will
give an exhibition Of original drawings
during the week of October 14th. Near
y Vue tHOuSAuU NEhN'hsS VIII Uc uAe-
played.
The ordinance closing barber shops
on Sunday, which was recently adopt
ed In Denver, has been sustained by
Judge Lindsey OF the County Court Of
Arapahoe county.
Capt. Lyulph Ogilyy and wife left
Greeley a few days ago for Scotland.
where they Will spend the next year at
Castle Airlie, the ancestral home of
the captains family.
At Grand junction on the 18th inst,
G. w. Hoff died from the effects of in
jnries received two days previous by
accidentally riding his bicycle over
bigh embankment.
AT Denver, on the 10th inst, p. j.
Moore, carpenter, was fatally
stabbed by A. H. Flood, "a butcher, In
quarrel which arose over some beef
steak purchased by Moore.
James H. Peabody, Republican can
ditlate for governor, with his wife and
daughter, has engaged rooms Mt the
New Adams hotel In Denver. He will
remain In Denver during the campaign.
The State Normal School at Greeley
has opened this fall with the largest
attendance ever known. The seventy
four members of the class which grad
uated last spring have all secured good
positions as teachers.
Charles r. Smith Of Boulder, brother
of the late Mrs. Charles Fair, has pur-
chased the J. b. Teagarden home on
University hill, in Boulder, one Of the
hands0mest new residences in that
part Of the city.
N. j. O'Brien, special agent Of the
United States land office who has been
lighting fires in the forests AROUND RS
tes Park, reports that the situation u
greatly improved and hopes that no
| further seflous damage will result.
A dynamite bomb made OF piece Of
gas pipe was found a few days ago in
the Presbyterian church at Boulder by
Edwin Baker, the janitor. who lost the
fore finger Of his left hand in investl-
eating the strange apparatus.
w. a. Montgomery has resigned the
Office Of president of the Incorporated
trades assembly OF Denver on account
Of his having become candidate for
the state Legislature from Arapahoe
county on the Republican ticket.
Work on the new zinc smelter at Pu-
eblo has fairly begun. One hundred
and fifty carloads OF structural iron
will be used In Its construction. The
American Bridge Company has charge
OF the work. The smeIter will be the
largest Of Its kind in the world.
The Socialists Of Mesa county have
nominated the following ticket: Sen
ator, G. P. McCary; representative.
Matt Flynne; county commissioners, T.
NJ. Todd: surveyor, o. q. Daugherty;
justice Of the peace, James II. John
son; constable, Murray Corver.
A brilliant meteor was seen ON the
night Of the 9th inst BY the citixens OF
Iola, ten miles below Gunnison. II
looked 10 large as the moon and broke
In two pieces before disappearing. A
search IL being made for fragments at
the place where II 10 believed to Nave
struck.
Superintendent Dietrich OF the Colo
rado Springs schools reports record
breaking enrolment over 800 pupils
already being registered. The increase
Ia attendance IL 30 great that the
school board will have to take up the 4
question OF providing additional accom-
m0dations Immediately.
Colorado State Grange Day at the
Agricultural College, Fort Collins. will
be on September 28th. Preparations
VIII be made to entertain 1900 or
more visitOfs. There will be a basket
dinner, after which q short program
VIII be rendered and the visitors will
then inepect the college.