The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19
COLORADO BRIEFS.

low no gambling games on the grounds
| of the State Fair at Pueblo.
William Pring and another man las
soed a bear cub near Monument a few
days ago and led it home in triumph.
Senator James w. Bucklin of Grand
Junction is making Il tour of the state
in advocacy of his Australasian land
tax amendment.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
Is preparing to welcome the crown
prince of Siam, who is expected to
reach Colorado October 2Sth.
A widely circulated report of the
death Of ]. W. Benson. former mana
ger of the Camp Bird mine at Ouray,
proves to have been unfounded.
Professor +. H. Ormsby of Denver
has been selected as instructor of the
Agricultural College Glee Club, which
he successfully managed last year
The newspaper artists of Denver will
give an exhibition of original drawings
during the week of October l4th. Near
ly one thousand drawings will be dis
played.
The ordinance closing barber shops
VII t'uhuus, was ltNNh'is 'itoP'
ed in Denver, has been sustained by
Judge Lindsey Of the County Court Of
ArapahOe county.
Capt. Lyu!ph Ogilvy and wife left
Greeley Il few days ago for Scotland.
where they will spend the next year at
Castle Airlie, the ancestral home of
the captains family.
At Grand junction OH the l1th inst,
c. W. Hoff died from the effects Of in
juries received two days previous by
accidentally riding his bicycle over a
high embankment.
AT Denver, on the 10th inst, 2. J.
Moore, carpenter, was fatally
stabbed by A. H. Flood. butcher in
Il quarrel which arose over some beef
steak purchased by Moore.
James II. Peabody, Republican can
didate for governor, with his wife and
daughter, has engaged rooms ut the
New Adams hotel in Denver. He will
remain in Denver during the campaign.
The State Normal School at Greeley
has opened this fall with the largest
attendance ever known The seventy
four members of the class which grad
positions as teachers.
Charles f. Smith of Boulder brother
Of the late Mrs. Charles Fair, has pur.
chased the j. b. Teagarden home on
University hill. in Boulder, one of the
handsomest new residences in that
part of the city.
NJ. J. O'Brien, special agent of the
United States land office, who has been
fighting fires in the forests arounl Es-
tes Park, reports that the situation is
greatly improved and hopes that no
further serious damage will result
A dynamite bomb made of piece of
gas pipe was found Il few days ago in
the Presbyterian church at Boulder by
Edwin Baker. the janitor. who lost the
fore finger of his left hand in investI-
eating the strange apparatus.
w. II. Montgomery has resigned the
Office of president of the incorporated
trades assembly of Denver on account
Of his having become candidate for
the state Legislature. from Arapahoe
county on the Republican ticket.
Work on the new zinc smelter at Pu
eblo has fairly begun. One hundred
and fifty carloads of structural iron
will be used in its construction. The
American Bridge Company has charge
of the work. The smelter will be the
largest Of its kind in the world.
The Socialists of Mesa county have
nominated the following ticket: Sen
ator, c. T. McCary; representative.
Matt Flynne: county commissioner, L.
NJ. Todd; surveyor c. f. Daugherty;
Justice of the peace, James II. John
son; constable, Murray Corver.