The Meeker herald., 1902-12-27
COLORADO BRIEFS

the 18th q next month.
The poor report Of Las Animas coun-
" shows that the total cost II main
tcnanee during last year was $e.114.-
Is.
Tho Slaves OF the Silver Serpent 1t
Denver will reorgAnixe and begin early
preparations for tho next Festival OF
Mountain and Plain.
George Ellis. aged twenty-four. COM
mitted suicide At Nevadaville on the
18th instant, shooting himself through
the head with rife.
President Packard Of the Denver
baseball club promises . 26-capt rate
of admission to hex. years games in
place Of IS cents last year.
General William Booth, founder OF
the Salvation Army. had immense au-
diences during his recent visit to Dem
yer and Colorado Springs.
An effort will be made in the next
Legislature to have Larimer county d.
vided and . separate county made out
OF the North Park country.
The President on the 18th sent to
the Senate the nomination Of @. S.
Mott for postmaster at Telluride and
Of D. w. Stone for postmaster at Trim
idad. 1F
| A Swedish association. OF which
John F. Holmberg Is president. has
been organized in Denver for the pur-
pose OF erecting building TO serve
as headquarters for the Swedes OF the
state.
Pueblo ID to have . frog factory. New
York capitalists having decided to
build large plant ut cost Of $500, 1000
for the manufacture Of steel switches
and frogs for use on all kinds Of rail-
ways. FE
Governor-elect Peabody has an
,nouncsd that he will appoint John
Cleghorn to be warden Of the State
lPenitentiary upon the expiration Of
the term Il Warden Maftin next
March. 4t
Judge Bailey Of Fremont county re-
fused the petition for . change Of
venue In the Denver Gas and Electric
Company case. Sixty days time was
granted in which to-tlle bill Of ex-
captions.
An imperfectly insulated incandes-
cent electric lamp caused the death Of
Joseph Ehesmeier ut Denver on the
18th inst. He stood on the damp door
while turning OF the light and heavy
current passed through his body.
Senator Teller has made application.
In behalf Of Charles X. Ailis. E. B.
Brown, U. T. Smith. g. w. Splitter and
Wallace Ha:comb. for charter for the
First National Bank to be organized
at Castle Rock. ~ M
The Fourteentb General Assembly of
Colorado will convene In the capitol
building at Denver on Wednesday,
January Z, 1903. The governor will be
inaugurated and all the newly-elected
state oficers will assume their duties
on the following Wednesday, January
18th.
w,,,,.r, n p..more Alexander d.
ar",;.r... and Charles n Ch.ndler
h.vs hean .nnointed nv Jndre Lindsey
a nenver IN annraise the personal es-
tate NJ tho late Arthur u. Collins. the
~.n.rsI mana1er ~ the amnrsl1r-Un-
inm Mtn,ne Comnany. .ssaasinatsd No
yember 18th.
~, o. w r,ct vho ~snf IN
49,. NJ vorr ~ .raa.vor ii "a
cmrs ths newt annn., Convention Of the
National Car Builders' Association
for Colorado. did not succeed, but Dem
YER received the second highest vote
and NAV canture the .meetinx next
year. i- y
... . .orr,.+ad ne.
,o.s -, e,,tnsm ..n. :,
remper ao NJ. 49,, nsu $50 ths
Deuse, w ~ pra,s.s,aru n.
M "a. osnt Of the University of COLORADO
fponidsr, ana the team Of the North
nvseion Hi,h School Of HYDE Park.
Ch,c. - -
.s :. ~. c,,c-
WorA was connaonseu ~ tAe
rado racAne pns .e.n q.
new pi1at ~ LEW. III IN ~. .m .o.M =,
stant ~ capeey, wnen n, ~ ~
kiIiinr and dressing 200 hogs an hour.
| No psrt Of the hog goes to waste ex-
cent his squeal.
The aeld notes of the recent SURVEYS
m ths neryer q Rio Grande for the
nroposed changes between Denver and