The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-28
COLORADO BRIEFS.

county. has been discontinued. Mail
now goes to Beulah.
The Civil Service Commission an
nounces a special examination to BE-
held in Durango April 23rd, for the
positions Of clerk and carrier IN, the
Durango pOstoffice.
w. r. Pearson. coke washer Work.
ing at Segundo, near Trinidad, went
to the spot where his wife had met her
lover. James Bolton, clandestinely, and
shot him down before her eyes.
The State University Glee and Man.
dolin Clubs left for Greeley Wednes.
day night. They will also appear at
Loveland and Longmont before start
ing on their southern trip. 4
L. II. Skelly II. D. Miller, j. ID
Yonan and w Z. Jesseys, druggists
of Loyeland, pleaded guilt to violation
Of the local option law in the District
Court and were fined 5000 each.
Mr.. John F. Carroll, one of the ablest I
writers and best-known newspaper 4
men of the West, has been given the
business management as well as thee
editorial control of the Denver Times
Forty houses are to be built on tnd|
Empire farm, five miles south of Ala
mosa, to be used by families of RusN
slams, who will locate this spring and
raise sugar beets. There will be fam
lily to every forty acres.
Hon. William Rathmell, judge of the
Ouray County Court, and Miss Minnie
NJ. Holaday, superintendent OF schools
of Ouray county, Were quietly married
at the residence of the brides parents,
Rev. George II. barley officiating. Il
The Denver & Rio Grande train run
ming from Pueblo to Salida killed q fine
deel just east Of the Royal Gorge.
At Parkdale Engineers. G. Greenman,
engine No. 910. ran over a mOuntaiD
lion, cutting it in half. 1t was trying
to cross under the train. =
Andrew Carnegie has promised
100000 to erect library building in
Denver on conditions as to site and
continuance that are practically al
ready fulfilled. William l.. Palm,
Denver lawyer. alone and unaided, In.
terested Mr.. Carnegie and secured his
a.d.
Among other public improvements
that the residents of Canon City are
striving for is union depot. The city
now has three lines of railway, with n
fair prospect of securing an extension
of the Colorado Springs and Cripple
Creek Short Line from the great gold
camp lying thirty miles to the north.
The banner land sale in the history
of the state land office was made Mon
day by Deputy Register Redman, con-
sisting of forty acres near. Greeley, for
$3.50 per acre. The purchaser was
Jasper Riggs of Greeley. There was
tor. .i,rl, bn \, t.
in the heart of the famous potato re.y
gion.
The employees Of the American Sui
phur and Mining Company at Creole
had general celebration over the vic
tory of the company in securing the
cancellation of the lease to the sui
phur beds by the state land board 10
Dennis Brennan and A. l. Moses OF q
Creole and W. O. Stratton of Monte
Vista.
A Typographical union has been or
ganized in Grand Junction. Deputy
Organizer Charles l.. Fluie of the San
Miguel Examiner promoted the move
ment. J. NJ. Kennedy was chosen pres
ident, Il. NJ. Horn vice president and
William Fletcher secretary and treas.
arer The new organization has seven.
teen charter members.
Jack Johnson. foreman OF the Empire
Tunnel and Mining Company at Empire,
zen miles above Idaho Springs, was
killed by blow behind the ear deliv-
Fred by Clark Cleveland, miner. John
son, who is about sixty years of age.
was drinking in saloon with Clark
Cleveland's father and other miners
when a quarrel was started.
H.. C. Huntley sustained a broken leg
and three other miners were injured at
the Callie mine on Raven hill, near
Cripple Creek, by falling timbers. The
men were timbering the shaft. The
bolt rods holding up the lower .,et of
timbers Were loosened, releasing the
heavy timbers. The injured men had
narrow escapes from death. \,
There was meeting Of representa-
tive cattlemen and sheepmen from
saguache county at Del Norte Tuesday
last, for the purpose Of taking steps
toward preventing the invasion Of Sag
rache county by travelling herds OF cat
tie and sheep. The claim is advanced
hat the Saguache range is fully oc.
:upied by the herds Of those men who
i've In saguache county.
Tenderfoot mountain, three miles
fast of Dillon, is said to be the rem
devious of the largest herd of deer
seen In this country In twenty years.
Heavy SHOWS on the ranges north have
drtv ha Joar almost int <<rrv, .SnA