The Holly chieftain., 1902-04-11
COLORADO BRIEFS.

in one day recently.
The wife of J. Addison Peralta
Reavis Of Peralta land grant fame,
| has sued for divorce in Denver.
| Reayls has left her and is in Califor
MIA
| \ crowd of students of the Tnivers-
| ify OF Denver had ''niglr-shirt pa
rade" a few nights since. Presumably
they had heavier garments underneath
their robes de-nuit.
II is officially announced that the
| Broadmoor Casino and hotel at Colo
| rado Springs will open for the season
on June ljth. the concerts at the Ca
sino to begin one week later.
For economic reasons. the Denver &
Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland
have opened a joint agency at Aspen.
The Denver X Rio Grande agent Will
hereafter act for both roads.
Judge John A. Riner of Cheyenne
viii take the place of Judge Moses
liallett in holding the regular spring
term Of the United States Circuit and
District courts at Pueblo.
On the night of April 1st Governor
James B. Orman and his staff of twen-
ty-two Respondent colonels attended
bail given by the knights of Macca-
bees at Mineral Palace in Pueblo.
Thirteen bridges are to be erected
by the Chicago Bridge Company near
Trinidad on the line of the Colorado IL
Southern railway Men who are now
doing contract work at the Minnequa
steel works VIII be sent south to take
charge Of the railroad improvements.
The attorney generals office will
soon issue the new revenue law in
pamphlet form for the benefit of law
yers and others Interested in its CON
tents. The feature of the pamphlet
VIII be the index and the side margins,
showing at a glance the contents of
each section.
The new canal near Fowler. which
was recently placed in the hands of Il
receiver, is being repaired and extend
ed and put i'll order for the spring flow
of water. This canal lrrigates n dis
trict lying several miles south of
Fowler where Irish potatoes wt4c
successfully grown last year
Dr. William Sparks, an old Civil
War veteran, was brought TO st. Vim
cents hospital nj Santa Fe, recently.
with his left hand crushed. 1t was
necessary to amputate his arm near
the elbow Sparks had been injured in
llesch's saw mill on the upper Pecos,
near which he has "A ranch home.
The contract for grading the extern
sion of the Denver 4 Northwestern
railroad from Arvada to Coal Creek
has been let 10 De Remer x Olson.
Active work WAS contracted to begin
April 9th and the entire ten miles are
TO he ready for steel within sixty
days.
james l.. Smith, incman in the
employ of the Colorado Springs Elec-
tric Company, fell from the top of
pole in the rear of I3o West Cucharas
street April 9TH and sustained injuries
which may prove fatal. Smith was
well known football player of Colorado
Springs several years ago.
Florence citizens are working for
free delivery system. The receipts OF
the postoitce during the fiscal year ex-
ceeded $4,000. the minimum required
for the establishment of the service.
Steps will at once be taken to number
all streets and houses, this being neces-
sary before the service can be estab-
lishcd.
Richard Wisncr. alias r. II. Hollis
ter alias Clarence Mackeesey is TO be
brought back TO Colorado from Iowa
TO stand trial on the. charge of mur-
der. EXtradit!on papers have been
signed by Governor Orman ON the gov
ernor Of Iowa. Wisner is wanted In
Leadville for shooting Joseph Mans
helm on September 10. 1901.
At a meeting of the Cripple Creek
chamber OF commerce which was
largely attended. n resolution of thanks
was unanimously adopted thanking
the Hon. b. +. Montgomery, speaker
of the House. for his successful effort
in having the opinion of the chamber
indorsed and put into law in regard
to the taxation of mining properties.
Thirty per cent. Increase over the
business done at the Pueblo Union de-
pot in March OF 1901 is the record
made for the month just past. Bag
gage TO the number of 4.216 pieces was
handled this year, against 1857 pieces
for March, 1901, an increase of $3.50
pieces. The ticket sales for the
month of March. 1902 were forty per
cent. larger than the sales for March,
1901.
Pueblo county is rapidly coming to
the condition in which Arapahoe coun-
ty found itself by reason of lack OF ac-
commodati0ns at the State Insane
Asylum for all the insane of the state
During the month of March there were
fifteen persons adjudged insane in the