Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-03-05

one hundred bishops. representing the
whole world, present.
The denseness of the crowd caused
several accidents.
The pope looked thin and his voice
was hoarse. Il can die happy now"
he said as the procession started.
From Wednesdays Daily:
. o. S. Galbreath returned last even
ing from brief trip to South Fork.
AS will be observed by reference to
salary list. the salary of city treas
urer has been cut in two for the com
ing year.
Mr.. Hahn received telegram from
his wife announcing her safe arrival
at Albion, Neb, and that her father
was some better
The building recently vacated by l.
Cherry is being painted and papered
for the reception of the Bank saloon,
the same having been leased by Ca
sad & Co. The building at present oc-
cupied by the Bank has been leased
by Dad" German.
Snow fell for about an hour this af-
ternoon at the rate of at least three
inches an hour. The flakes were as
big as half dollars and the air was so
see across the street
This Is the kind of snow that caus.
es snowslides and endangers life If
we mistake not. the Animas canon will
come in for a slide or two.
Mrs. Ida Crouch Hazlett, state or
ganizer of the Socialist party, will
SPEAK. at the Opera house tonight on
The Glass Struggle" Everybody in
vited.
AT the home of Miss May Schutt
next Thursday evening the Epworth
league will give social to which
everyone is invited. Go and take 25c
and have good time.
Telephone reports from Aztec re
port rain there last night and today
while at Pennington it only sprinkled
now and then last night and this fore
noon with a clouded sky this after
noon. AT Aztec the snow is about
gone and the rain soaks in the ground
as fast as 1t falls.
Down near Piedmont a man wanted
his son to get up early and go to work
The boy had habit of answering
yes, sir" and going to sleep again
On this occasion last week. the father
got the yes, sir" and then slid up the
stairs, turned down the covers and
gave the person good spanking. II
happened that on that night the hired
girl had been given the boys room
When the tumult was over the old
man sat down behind the barn and
drafted a written apology to the hired
|girl.-Exchange.
Telephone reports from Silverton
Ouray and Telluride convey informa
tion that snow is piling up in the
mountains. At Silverton there are
eight to ten inches of new snow, ter
to twelve inches at Telluride and 81,
inches at Ouray. where it has melted
about the same as in Durango. Ii
the mountains the fall has been steady
since last evening and will aggregate
Is inches but for the mildness Of the
weather which causes it to settle.
The High school graduating class
gave. a surprise party last evening or
Mr.. Martin Miller at the residence Of
Mr., and Mrs. C. c. Perkins. The
evening proved delightful one-mu
| sic, games and light refreshments
| helping to pass away the time, not tc
mention solo by Mark Rachofsky
The class presented Mr.. Martin. theil
teacher. with one of their class pins
The following were present: Ella
| King. Harry Buckhaven, Verde Bel
NEAR Minnie Stansbury, Nettie Mich
olas, Arthur Weinig, Marion Beulah
lee Roy Calibaugh. Ella Jackson, Ma
jel Skoog. Abbie McNicholas, Marks
tachoisky and Edith Cram.
Mrs. j Il Johnson and son of Delta
| had quite an exciting experience OF
their way home from Silverton to Gu
ray Sunday in cutter drawn by two
horses. The young man had beer
working in the mines in that vicinity
and his mother had been over to visi
! him. AS they approached the top Of
the range about two miles beyond
| Red Mountain, where Opie Reed anx
iously inquired If the worst part of the
| trip was over and Miss Bentley de
clared she heard the angels tuning
their harps, one of the horses gol
down in the deep snow, and after de
taching him he rolled seventy-five
| feet into the gulch below before they
could get him ON his feet again. II
| delayed their arrival in Ouray about
Two hours, but it was fortunate that
| both horses, cutter and themselves
| We're not precipitated down the almost
perpendicular wall and seriously in
jured, II not killed. They are congrat