The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| Nominations 1Of the tOWn elecllou>
| in April have been made in most OF
| the country towns of the state.
| Jay Bailey, dairyman, fell from a
| wagonload of hay at Florence and sus-
tained fractured arm and ankle.
J. +. Torrance, an oil man, had his
right hand badly mashed while in
stalling a pump for the Florence OIL
Company.
Bishop Spalding was buried at Fair
mont. near Denver. last Saturday, af-
ter impressive services at st. Johns
cathedral.
George Keller, a. Florence express
man. died from the effects of an over
| dose of morphine. He was victim to
| the habit"
Peter Pepetro, day labOrer at the
Canon City smelter, was robbed of
$1,000 savings which he had hidden in
the cellar of his house.
The Fort Collins Express states thai
the town of Eaton is under quarantine
by the State Board of Health with sew
| en- cases of smallpox.
Harry Carson an inmate of the state
reformatory at Buena Vista, has es-
capped by scaling the stockade and
made for the mountains.
A proclamation setting aside April
18th as Arbor Day, and asking all the
people Of the state to observe it, has
been issued by Governor Orman.
Herbert Randall, aged nineteen.
while duck shooting in a boat near
Golden, picked up his gun with the
muzzle toward him and slot his right
arm to pieces. The arm was amputat-
ed and he may recover.
Mrs. Mary Gillespie, aged eighty
three, and the mother of thirty-seven
children. is in the Denver county hos
pital. She is said to be cultured and
dignified and will not say why none OF
her children assists her.
w. j. Seiger has been arrested in
Red Cliff While attempting to trade
postage stamps for meal st n restau-
rant. Seiger, who Is lad about nine.
teen years of age, is suspected of rob-
bling the Glenwood postoffice
The annual distribution OF trout in
the Platte river has begun The Colo
RADIO & Southern railroad expects to
place from 100000 to 100000 eastern
brook, rainbow and native trout In the
Platte within the next six weeks.
In order to do away with the smoke
nuisance in the narrow canons and
tourist resorts the Colorado Southern
railroad will use oil as fuel for its To-
comotives during the summer and aut-
umn. 1t will cost more than coal.
Clerks in the employ of the Colorado
Supply Company at Pueblo will or
ganize baseball team, which will be
Of II co.. wi ff1v,
Of the state. An expert pitcher will be
imported to add strength to the team.
Alamosa grew more last year than it
ever did in any one year before, but
1902 will be record breaker in this
respect. More new buildings are
planned now than there were last year
at the same season.-Alamosa Courier.
w. s. Montgomery of Colorado
Springs, son of Speaker B. X. Mont
gomery of Cripple Creek, will succeed
Winfield Scott Suatton of Colorado
Springs, resigned, as member of the
board of trustees Of the State School of
Mines at Golden.
Three presents will be given the
cruiser Denver by the people of Den
yer, IL the plans of the citizens COM
mittee are carried out. 1t has been re-
solved on raising $4,000 and giving a
silver bell, racing cutter for the men
and a silver punch bowl for the Off
GERS cabin.
From the 66.OO0 tons Of bects used Mt
the Loyeland factory there was made
10000 sacks Of sugar. with about
three weeks run Of syrup left in the
reservoir. The beets were run through
ut an average of $50 tons per day for
the entire time and the sugar came out
at the average rate Of forty eight sacks
per hour.
George =. Kyner, who has been man
ager and editor Of the Victor Evening
Times for three years, has disposed Of
his interest in that paper to . number
Of local Democrats, giving control to
Frank p. Mannix and Scott Ashton of
this city. Mr.. Mannix, who is county
clerk Of Teller county, will act as man.
ager.
o. T. Clark, son Of Sheriff Clark of
Trinidad, reports that a strange dis
ease has made its appearance among
cattle on the ranches throughout the
southern part Of this state. Mr.. Clark,
who has Just returned from an extern
sive trip through the ranch section,
states that hundreds Of calves are dy-
ing of the disease, which resembles
blackleg. Every known treatment has
been tried without success.
John Grass Of Trinidad has protested
to the state land board against the