Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-25

gone over into eight or ten feet of
raging water and taken the rest OF
| the train.
Mrs. G. v. Copp and family will
leave Thursday morning for an sx
tended trip to Baltimore and other
| eastern points.
Mrs. Perry Martin returned to her
home in Bayfield, this morning. accom-
panied by Miss Edith b. III. Young
who goes out in that district to visit
| schools
Combination proceedings have been
Instituted by the city against Mr..
Reid on the Florida river for right Of
way for water fiume. All efforts to
| come to an agreement as to the value
of the land were futile.
Ralph Smalley waived examination
this morning and was bound over to
the district court in the sum OF $3.50
by Judge Houx and in default of bail
is confined in jail. He will probably
be able to furnish the necessary Sc
curity in day or two.
Marshal Wickline has Just about
| broken up the practice Of owners of
| stock turning their animals loose at
| night on the South Side, but there are
| one or two parties who continue the
practice in North Durango. holding
| on sometimes as late as IL o'clock and
getting up early in the morning and
rounding them up. This reminds us
| of the practice OF supposedly promi-
nent Durangoite and one holding a
| responsible position a year ago and
the year previous. Right in the face
of being stickler for rigid enforce
ment of the stock law, he arranged 1t
so his COW could get out every night
about 10 O'Clock and browse around on
neighbors' trees and shrubs. Every
| time the marshal tried to get the COW
the critter would make bee line for
the stable and get inside. This hap
pened two or three times when the
precaution was taken to bar the sta.
BILE and back yard door and when the
COW started on a run for shelter it
found the way barred and was lassoed.
The owner paid the fine, which was
nominal. and kept the COW up a few
days, and then turned her out as usual
when the marshal took the same pre-
caution. This time the fine was dou-
bled, with the assurance that each Of
Tense would double the expense, and
the aforesaid individual tumbled and
kept the stable door closed at nights
| The track and bridge this side of
Elk Park was repaired in time to al
low the passenger go through to Sill
verton last night. Engineer McCabe
reached the city during the night. He
says he thought the Jig was surely up
with him this time. The accident oc-
Cured where the road crosses the
Animas this side OF Elk Park. being
sort of double bridge, portion OF
the bridge resting on an island on
mud slls. The high water cut out
the island and washed the underpin-
ming from the bridge. When the loco
motive struck the depression the for
ward part reared up and OF course Mr..
| McCabe looked for his iron steed to
] careen into the stream, but fortunately
the wheels lit on the rails The ten
der trucks were not so fortunate and
it was the latter which caused the
mail car to leave the track. and when
the train came to standstill the ten
der trucks were torn loose from the
tender and the front part of the bag
gage car was tilted on them. Many
of the passengers We're frightened at
the sudden stop, but the real fright
| came later when the true situation
was revealed. 1t was six years ago
this coming July that McCabe had the
same engine In similar experience
this side of Chama. only the engine
went into the ditch while McCabe was
| thrown fifty to sixty feet and sustain
| ed couple of broken ribs.