Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-19

| lnere were quite number or crimi
nal information cases filed today II
the district court. and a good deal OF
tdiscussion is going on in regard to the
water question.
]. l.. Parsons and Mr. Tobias Hol
land returned yesterday from Pine
river where they spent a week fish.
ing. They met with success and en-.
joyed the outing.
Jerry Wagner was brought before
the police court this morning for va.
| grancy. He pleaded not guilty to the
charge and the case was set for 2
O'Clock this afternoon -
| w. j. Reed was arrested last night
for drunkenness. and brought before
Judge Houx this morning He plead
not guilty to the charge and was
| fined So and costs
Messrs, II, Blaurock and A. Gle
secke. who are connected with the
Knight Campbell music company of
Denver. are making a little stop at Du-
range on their way around the circle
Johnny" Fairwell the well known
Texas creek ranchman is In town to-
day. 1t is safe to say that while he
is away from home his neighbor's
calves are safe from being branded.
F. j. Egan, auditor of the smelter.
went out this morning on the South
ern. Mrs. Egan accompanied her hus-
band on his trip. They will spend the
time Of Mr. Egans vacation in Salt
Lake City.
Henry Nipp, who was cited to ap-
pear before the district court this
morning for contempt of court, was
discharged on promise to obey injunc-
tions. and required to pay costs for
the proceeding.
Miss Stolsteimer left this morning
on the Eastern for Pagosa Springs.
where she will make n short visit af-
ter which she win 20 to Albuquerque.
n NJ. for the purpose of starting
class in china painting at that place.
Rev Mr.. Ferguson and wife. with
n lady visitor. and Mrs Hahn and
daughter Josephine. went to Aztec
Yesterday to see the ruins in that part
of the country They will camp on
the way, returning to Durango Thurs
dav
s. w. Thompson who lives above
Waterfall. BROUGHT down a load of hay
from his ranch TODAY. Mr. Thomp-
son saws that his strawberries. of
which he usually has a Inc late crop.
will he very short this wear. on ac-
count of the damage done to the
plants in the last snow storm.
Orville n. Pyle of Dolores is in Du-
rango for the purpose of securing
music for the Fourth of July celebra-
ttou in Dolores. They are going to
have big celebration this year, and
Mr.. Pvle is trying to get a special
train from Durango to Dolores on that
day. in order that the Durango peo
pie may attend
A special dispatch to the Denver
SUNDAY Republican gives the follow
ing good news. which hundreds of old
time San Juaners will be glad to
learn: Representative Bell secured
passage of his bill pensioning
John r. Curry of Silverton. Colo, at
$50 per month. Curry is known as
the blind editor. and was formerly a
member of the state Legislature.
The seven men who were arrested
Yesterday and the day before on ac-
count of the murder of James 'OBrien.
were set free again there being no
evidence to convict them of the
charge The inquest was held yes
terdav afternoon by Coroner Hood,
and the body of the murdered man
buried this morning at Greenmount
cemetery. Reports now say that
O'Brien was a machinist, and that his
home was in South Boston, Mass.
Mr. Kelsey. the insurance man, has
| Just returned from the Pine River dis
trict. where he says he has been trav-
cling around for seven days in dust
and heat He was talking this morn
ing with one of the city officials about
the days which they spent in wild
and woolly" northern Wyoming, and,
/ according to the "reminiscences re
peated. there must have been jolly
times in that region in its early days.
Mr.. Kelsey's next trip will be to the
country around Dolores.
Miss Youngs class In training held
its second meeting last night at the
county superintendent's office. The
subject of teaching arithmetic to the
primary grades was continued, and
many interesting illustrations given.
The matter Of school room decorat-
ions and busy work" were among the
other subjects taken up. The class is
progressing rapidly and Miss Young
expresses great satisfaction with the
work which the girls have done in
their two lessons.
Mr. and Mrs George Tiffany Jr.
Mrs. Tiffany Sr.. and her brother
! Mr. Smithers, departed this morning
| for Colum binp lake in Hprmosa mark