Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-22
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| suniAbeo W hAS SNSNs N'Nse''Ne-
| elal!on.
Quite q eolony OF beavers has Just
been discovered on the Arkansas river
close to fiorenee.
Justice Ruby OF Colorado Springs has
sentenced George Whitfield. coal
miner. To six months in Iai! for beating
bis Vile.
Alderman John omera OF Black
Hawk Was injured BY an explosion Ia
the Pet shaft up Silver creek. on the
sth inst. and died the next day.
tne Officers Of the cadet company OF
the West Denver High School have
resigned because the school board re-
! fused 10 permit them TO hold cadets
, ball. .
The Lolgmont posiofiee receipts for
1893 reached the $4,000 mark. and Tree
mail delivery will to inaugurated after
July ]. isct. when the government ss-
cal year commences
A big we'll a, Gslien. on the BuElinE-
ton road. eayed in on the 18th inst. and
tho eatire pump house and engine dis
appeared. The well Was twelve fec;
square and 800 feet deep.
John Peterson was killed and chaflee
benson dangerously injured BY an er-
plosion of dynamite which they were,
ihaxing out at the Grant smeites dump
In Denver on the 18th inst.
J. c. Craig was reelected president
Of the Denver Citizens Alliance al the
recent annual meeting. The Alliance
has now 5000 working members be-
sides many associate members.
The postoffiee at Uniyerri,y Park. in
tho suburbs Of Denver. near tho Uni
yersity OF Denver. has been dlseoniia-
urd and the Park people will hereafter
Get their letters from the Denver once
by carrier.
Tho second smallest baby born In
this state arrived At tho home Of Mr..
and Mrs. James ". Graham OF Coal
Creek . few days ago. II weighs Just
two pounds. but apparently Is strong
and healthy.
John y. Shafroth. Jr.. son OF Con-
xressman Shafroth. Is about to enter
tho preparatory school OF tho United
States Naval Academy At Annapolis
, lie has been . student In the East Den
yer high school.
DIR. T. J. Mason. the Denver physi-
clan who was found wandering about
tho streets OF JuicsburE In an uneon-
nrious condition last month. was n;ill
unconscious In 81. Jo~cph'A hospital ai
Denver on the iith inst
Henry Frey. q Denver tailor. likes 70
bc In jail. Whenever he Is discharged
hc smashca q window somewhere. 30
an to bc sent back. His last feat was
to break $3.50 plate glass window In
the Joslin dry goods store.
Tho Farmer Club OF Lon.mont has
asked the City Council for a franchise
10 run the apparatus for an indcpcnd-
cnt telephone company In the streets
Of tho city. An exchange covcrin. the
city and . largo farming territory II
proposed.
Arrangements are being made for
big coyote roundup In the ncighbor-
hood Of Evans January :sth. II IL cx-
pcctcd that upwards OF a thousand pco-
pic will cover an area Of some fifteen
square miles In \ section where coy
otcs abound.
Denver nawsboys have several times
assaulted congregations OF the Pcnte-
costal Union, called Jumpers" The
boys ailcgc that these rcligionists
prayed for the death OF Policeman As
kew. who hsd arrested them. and who
died recently.
In q quarrel over q question Of rent.
George A. Morrison. owner Of Ell Jebel
farm. shot and killed Harvey White at
tho ranch owned by Morrison and
leased by White. near Basalt. on the
1lth inst. II Is reported that White had
threatened to kill Morrison.
jake. Zippcrian. tried Mt Durango for
the murder OF Matt Luxsinger at Pine
River last November. was found guilty
and sertenced to the penitcntiary for
life. Motion for new trial was de-
MED. Fifty days time Was allowed the
defense to flc bill OF exceptions.
William A. Ellis. formerly night cap
tain at the Canon City penitentiary.
under Governor James b. Orman's ad
ministration. and recently member OF
the fre department at Pueblo. comIuit-
ted suicide by taking carbolic acid at
n Denver rooming house on the 14th
inst.
J. Rogers, who was arrested Mt Red
Cliff under the belief that he was
George Seigrist, wanted in Clear Creek
county as one of the defendants in the
Sun and Moon conspiracy case. estab-
lished his identity and was discharged
from custody with many apologies for
the mistake.
The Denver Real Estate Exchange
has ratified the action of its advertising
committee In merging the Colorado
fTeSS ouTeAu Oi iHlOEhhthtioh WIN tbe
newly formed Colorado Bureau OF Pub
licity. which is raising fund OF $25,-
900 to advertise the state at the st.
Louis Exposition.
The supervising architect OF the
Treasury Department expects that the
Denver Mint will be turned over to the
department about July 1st. when the
present government assay Office in
Denver will be moved into it. The
coinage machinery will be exhibited at
the st. Louis Exposition before being
installed in the mint.
Alexander Bracci. the italian sculp-
tor who killed John Bogota, a bartend-
er. in front Of Market street saloon
in Denver last November. has been SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment. The case
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