The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-16
COLORADO BRIEFS.


Civil service examinations will be
held at Leadville and Pueblo. on May
2Sth. for the purpose of filling positions
in the postotlices of the two cities.
Kate. the lioness at Elitch's Gardens
i'll Denver, gave birth to three cubs on
the 9Th instant. all of which seemed
likely to survive the perils of infancy.
Civil service examinations will be
held in Aspen and Fort Collins on May
2Sth for the purpose of filling the posi-
tions of clerk and letter carrier in those
places.
On May 9th the Denver baseball
team stood third in the Western
League and the Colorado Springs team
seventh. There are eight cities in the
league
Postmaster l.. C. Dana of Colorado
Springs has received notice from Wash
ington that his request for four extra
clerks during the summer season would
be allowed.
The civil service commission will
hold an examination at Denver on June
18th. 18th and 10Th. for the purpose OF
filling the position of cadet in the reve
nue. cutter service.
One hundred and ten bakers went on
strike in Denver on the 11th instant
They want their wages increased from
30 cents an hour to 30 cents, also halt
an hour for lunch.
The faculty of the State Normal
School at Greeley decided that out o!
the senior class of seventy members
slXty-eiSht are entitled to graduation
from the institution June 1st.
There are nineteen students from
Colorado in the University of Michi.
gan. divided among the departments as
follows: Literary, 4; law. 8; engineer.
/ ling. medicine and dentistry, one in
each.
The Leadville Christian Endcavor So.
cicty has appointed its committees and
is making preparations for the four.
teenth annual state Christian Endeav.
or convention to be held ut Leadvlle
July Sth.
The members of school board No. 9,
Pueblo, have accepted the offer of the
Minnequa Town Company to donate
eight lots if the board would erect Il
$4,000 high school building within a
reasonable time.
In the District Court at La Jlinta
Scanlan and Hannahun, the confessed
bank robbers who dynamited the vault
in the Bank of Fowler and got away
with $1,000 last month, were given
from four to ten years each in the peni.
tentiary.
Mrs. Martha A Shute. secretary of
the Board Of Agriculture, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the horticul-
tural display at the state fair in Pu-
eblo. The premium fund for this dis
play has been increased this year from
500 to $500.
1t is reported that Pueblo is likely tc
have IL genuine SKY scraper." Charles
Henkel in association with New York
people, is said to be planning the early
erection of Il ten-story steel building
ut the southeast corner of Third and
Main street.
The executive board of the Western
Federation of Miners will meet in Den
yer on May 22nd for prolonged ses-
sion. The convention does not open
until May 2Gth. President Boyce an
ticipates the largest convention in the
history of the organization.
Chancellor Buchtel of the University
of Denver announces that he has Sc
cured pledges for $3O.OOO of the
amount needed to place the institution
free from debt Only $6O,0OO remains
TO be raised and the prospect of getting
that soon is very encouraging.
Bishop Henry w. Warren has tele
graphed from Chattanooga, Tennessee,
announcing the conferences over which
he will preside this summer as follows:
Wyoming, August eth; Utah, August
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