The daily sentinel., 1902-12-31

Ted Primrose is home from tip to Grip
| pie Creek.
| Flowers for New Yeas Ball at the Red
Cross pharmacy.
Mrs. H. R. Bull will entertain at large
| New Years dinner.
]. NJ. Kennedy leaves for Denver tonight
| to visit his parents.
There is considerable sickness among
children In the city.
| The old water pipes are causing trouble
along Colorado avenue.
| Grand Junction could take pretty good
| care of a canning factory.
| The public schools will close tomorrow
but will be in session again Friday.
The Star laundry which was bro ken down
for week is again ready for business
Charles Reihle, night operator at the I'm
ion depot leaves tomorrow for visit to his
family in Denver.
The students who have been spending the
holiday vacation in this city will return to
their schools Friday.
All the papers throughout the state are
complimenting Grand junction upon the
| reopening of the sugar factory.
There is considerable interest being re-
vived in the Unsweep district now that the
eihcitSI WllrsOoh pc uhaCi "hS'
ID. Fisher. manager of the Smeter
company. and f. Il. Blaisdell made a flying
trip to DeBeque today on some matters of
business,
The Cripple Creek Times Citizen has en-
ployed Charles l.. Fluke on its force. Mr.
Fluke is first GLASS printer and has many
friends here who will be glad to know that
he has secured a permanent location.
G. VanHoorebeok of Carlyle. Illinois, ac
companied by his son, L. II. Van nHoorebeke
connected with the Western Newspaper Un-
ion in Denver are visiting here with u Van
Hoorebeke who is son and brother OF the
gentlemen.
Richard H. Sullivan, of Indianapolis the
new weather observer for the station in this
city is au arrival in the city TO succeed OBJ
server Mckay who has had temporary
charge of the office here. Mr.. Sullivan is
not entirely new to Colorado having been
connected with the Denver nearly six years.
Mr. Sullivan will later move his family to
this city.
Lyons & Son. the big dry goods house On
Fourth street which has n ade successful
and popular bid for public favor, have found
1t necessary to increase their floor space.
they will build a balcony in the rear p0r-
tion of their store for the accommodation of
their dressmakiug department and will oc-
cupy the entire down stairs space for their
increasing stock. The plans are drawn and
work will begin at once
Business has renamed very good after the
holidays. The general good business is an
augury of what may be expected IN business
here next year. The merchant who goes
| right after business in the start and sets his
sales for the largest business he has ever
done will be the man who will have good
balance sheet next year as there are going
to be prosperous times here in the year 1903
and the Sentinel has never pretended to be
| a prophet.
| Senator Horace Z. DeLong and Repre-
tentative A. B. Hoyt will leave for Denver
Friday TO prepare for their duties in the
coming session of the Legislature and to get
expressed any decided preference either way
upon the senatorial aspirants but it is fair
| to presume that they will be with Mr.. VOL
| colt when the time for the election of a sem
| ator Is on.
| The Telluride Journal says there is a not
| able falling off in the number of calendars
| that are being circulated there this year. 1t
says further that "From an advertising
standpoint the money put into fancy calan
dars is thrown away" With this last state
ment we most heartily agree. They are of
some benefit how much we have never been
able to estimate, but from purely business
standpoint, looking to results, we know of
many better means of advertising at a far
less cost,
| Charles Wah. the we'll known laundry man
had slight hre at his place on Colorado
auenue. adjoining the Abbey last night
at about 8 o'clock. He was about to light IA
gasoline stove to heat some water when the
flame from the stove followed the water and
set fire to the building and burned his face
considerably. The department responded
with its usual prouptness but the fire was
out through Wah's own efforts before they
could get stream to play on the building
or almost in fact before they arrived. A
| few things burned and some broken window
| glass constituted the damage, There was