Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-02-17
From Tbursday's Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
The Too Rich to Marry" company
at the opera house tonight
played to a crowded house in Silver
ton last evening. and was pronounced
by Silverton critics the best show that
has ever visited the camp.
1t may be possible that the reason
for Messrs. Bradley and Cookies pre-
ferment for vindication by grand jury
is due to the fact, that, if the worst
came, they might gracefully follow the
example of Mr.. Anglim.
The return of Harry Turner from
his eastern trip may give us rest on
the Watson" jokelet-which made its
some hundredth and some appearance
in the Demo. this morning. Let us
hope so, for heave MS sake. Turner
off.
The irrepressible Day says. Let MS
cease wrangling" Can 1t be that the
head and tail of wrangling in this long
suffering community is about to con
denim himself to perpetuuim silentium.
Let us hope for the worst, that we may
have less cause to be disappointed.
Telephone reports state snowstorms
were in progress at Silverton and Tel
luride. The mountain towns rejoice to
see the snow come as well as We hay.
seeds in the valley. whose bread and
butter depends upon the ranchman and
his crops, that thrive upon the water
garnered from the snow crop in the
hills.
The Herald's position in the matter
OF Special grand jury as noted in
the news columns of this paper and the
report of the committee on the books
of treasurer and coun ty clerk. still re
mains as 1t was at time of making
statement, the frantic endeavors of the
morning paper to pervert our meaning
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Mrs. Wallace died this morning at
the residence of Mr.. ]. C. Sullivan at
o'clock. from pneumonia, after an ILL
ness of eight days. She leaves a mar
ried daughter, Mrs. Leslie Prince of
lockwood, and daughter in Oregon
Mrs. Wallace was well known as
nurse in Durango for some time past.
would-be burglar attempted twice
to effect an entrance to the residence
of j. C. Coppinger Tuesday night Mr.
Coppinger had Winchester, but no
cartridges, to defend himself. Yes
terday he laid in the necessary ammu-
milton and should the burglarious gent
return. the coroner will doubtless be
called upon to finish the job.
Another explosion occurred last
evening at the corner of Tenth and
Main The Kernel was SO pleased
with his twaddle of yesterday that
he repeated the dose today. With
such fertile soil as the gent from the
seems really as though we might oc-
casionally be served with something
new. Talk about your "repeaters"-
say, the Kernel is certainly peach
crime.
The Democrat appears this morn
ing with diatribe against the coal
miners union and union labor in gen
eral. I'VE are not advised as to the
intent OF the coal miners" and so on.
says the belligerent Kernel. No.
guess not. That's where the shoe
pinches. Anything that the doughty
David is not advised upon, or called
upon to advise. don't stand SO very
high with his nibs-at least not
high enough to prevent him from try
ing to knife it.
w. j. Patterson closed the deal this
mroning for the stock of the La Plata
grocery and meat market. Mr.. Patter-
son has been figuring on this proposi-
tion for some time and this morning
paid over the money and took posses
session. The store will be thoroughly
renovated inside and painted and plac-
ed in presentable condition, and will
be stocked up in every branch that will
AANhN - hiouSi SioSCiy anu bhSol
market. Mr.. Patterson knows the
needs of the people and will undertake
to supply them.
1t is indeed amusing to listen to the
cry Of stop thief" perpetually whined
or shouted by a man whom more
nootriously dishonest one does not ex-
ist. One who never had a business
partner In his life he did not try to
fleece, and who, in fact, was only pre-
vented from doing" his present as
sociate in business out of thousand
cold hard dollars because that gentle
man was too smooth for the old
blunderbus. One of his Ouray part
ners can scarcely speak too highly Of
his honesty-like Kelly can.
Under Sheriff Thompson made
speedy work of corraling the horse
thieves who stole Mrs. Anderson's
stead at Anirpoc rity Tbay ,,ara nm,