The Springfield herald., 1902-04-11
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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riously injured few days ago by the
collapse of Il folding bed.
The wife of j. Addison Peralta-
Reavis of Peralta land grant fame,
has sued for divorce in Denver.
Reavis has left her and is in Califor-
| MIA.
| For economic reasons. the Denver &
Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland
/ have opened joint agency ut Aspen.
| The Denver X Rio Grande agent will
| hereafter aci for both roads.
The Postotfice Department has or
| dered the allowance of four additional
| carriers mt the Denver office, three to
be appointed on April 1st, and one on
April 18th.
Judge John A. Riner of Cheyenne
will take the place of Judge Moses
| H:tllett in holding the regular spring
| term of the United States Circuit and
District courts mt Pueblo.
On the night of April 1st Governor
Japies b. Orman and his staff of twen-
| ty-two resplendent colonies attended
ball given by the Knights of Macca-
bees at Mineral Palace in Pueblo.
The distributing station of the Colo
| RADIO Springs Electric Company. was
burned on the night of March 2Sth,
leaving the city in temporary darkness
and involving Il loss of about $4,000.
The Head Camp of Pacific Jurisdic-
ton. Woodmen of the World. will meet
mt Cripple Greek, August 2nd. The date
has been changed from August l1th,
so ms lot to interfere with the meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Elks later in
the mouth.
About seventy-five school superin-
tendentv and principals attended the
opening of the Superntendents' and
Principals Round Table at Colorado
Springs, March 2Sth. The state super
intendent and most of the leading
teachers of the state We're present.
Thirteen bridges are to be erected
by the Chicago Bridge Company near
Trinidad on the line of the Colorado X
Southern railway. Men who are now
doing contract work at the Minnequa
steel works will 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 COLI
tents. The feature of the pamphlet
will be the index and the side margins,
showing at a glance the contents of
each section.
Dr. William Sparks, an old Civil
War veteran. was brought to st. Vim
cents hospital at Santa Fe, recently.
with his left hand crushed. 1t was
necessary 10 amputate his arm near
the elbow. Sparks had been injured in
Hcsch's saw mill on the upper Pecos,
near which he has n ranch home.
Andrew j. Ramsey. assistant fore
man of the big Kanawha Leasing
w., mil oft >NbiIp look
ing after and cleaning one of the
scyeen on the 10Th ultimo, was knock
ed of the platform. He fell two stories,
or n distance of thirty feet, which re-
suited in his death at midnight, twelve
hours after his fall.
Richard Wisncr, alias r. H. Hollis
ter, alias Clarence Mackeesey, is to be
brought back to Colorado from Iowa
to stand trial on the charge of mur
der. EXtradition papers have been
signed by Governor Orman on the gov
ernor of Iowa. Wisner is wanted in
Leadvile for shooting Joseph Mans
helm on September 10, 1901.
AT meeting of the Cripple Creek
chamber of commerce which was
largely attended, a resolution of thanks
was unanimously adopted thanking
the Hon. b. f. Montgomery, speaker
VI lllt IlpuSt. lpI HIS sutCtSSIul tlloLI
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 ut the Pueblo Union de-
pot in March of 1901 is the record
made for the month just past. Bag
gage to the number of 24,2l6 pieces was
handled this year. against 1887 pieces
for March, 1901. an increase of J,630
pieces. The ticket sales for the
month of March, 1902. were forty per
cent larger than the sales for March,
1901.
Adjutant General Corbin has stated
that Fort Logan, ut Denver, will be
given full complement of troops when
the regiments now designated to re-
turn from the Philippines are given
final station. This means that in all
likelihood a regiment of infantry and
some cavalry will be stationed at Den
Yer. The present barrack room at Fort
Logan will accommodate eleven com
panies and n band.
Deputy Game Warden James Bush
secured the conviction at Colorado
Springs of w. f. Burns for killing
eleven deer out of season. He was
fined $50 and costs, amounting to
$3.50 The eleven quarters of ven
iSon which he seized from Mr.. Burns he
sold for S4.5O. Six pairs of prairie chick
ems and twenty-Seven ducks. also seized,
netted So. He sold four of the mount
ed mountain sheep heads which he
seized ut Colorado Springs for S1I4 So.
The first head of wild game for the
states exhibit ut St. Louis has been
received at Denver by Commissioner
Harris. 1t was a deer, about n year
old, shipped from NARROW Brothers