The Glenwood post., 1904-02-20
RIFLE BLASTS.

Thomas Doyle was down from New
Castle Saturday.
W. w. Sullivan was down from
Glenwo God Wednesday.
Billy Thompson was business Wis.,
itor in Denver this week.
Geo. Fravert left Friday morning
for business trip TO Denver.
Dave Downen was a visitor from
Salt Lake the last of the week.
Sylvester Mcdowell has recovered
from a severe attack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. Lucy Dewitt visited tine
schools in Rifle and vicinity Thurs
day.
A. c. Moulton of Meeker came in
Tuesday evening and went out to
Denver
John Nelson and family have re-
turned to New Castle, moving up the
last of the week.
Pete Erickson, roadmaster Of the
joint track, was up from Grand juno
ton Thursday.
Uncle Jim Mediation of Meeker was
in town Thursday, being on his way
out ON business.
Mrs. Emma Taughenbaugh returned
Wednesday from a weeks visit with
friends in Glenwood
Chas. Durart returned from Denver
Thursday evening. Mrs. Durant will
return in about two weeks.
W. H. Clark of Meeker, came in
Friday and left for business trip to
Denver and Washington D. c.
James Lyttle of the Meeker Herald
was in town Monday and left Tues
day morning for business trip to
Denver.
Mrs Chas. Fravert and little
daughter Dorothy left Saturday morn
ing for two weeks visit to her pa
rents and friends at Carbondale.
c. A, Seymore, manager of the
Hugus stores. came in from Meeker
Sunday on tour of inspection. Mr..
Seymore left for Denver Monday even.
ing.
Miss Lille Engelbrecht and Mrs.
Eva Crosby were called down from
Glenwood Sunday to nurse Ike Doug
lass who is dangerously i'll of typhoid
pneumonia.
Spring is near at hand. Grasshop-
pers and green flies could be seen on
the mesa south of the river this week.
How is that for climate? Our coolest
weather this winter was ten degrees
below zero.
Mrs. R. Parks and daughter, Miss
Bertha Gerard, NJ. D., of St Joseph,
Mo, who have been visiting her son,
O. F. Parks on Piceance creek, came
in Tuesday and left for their home
the same evening.
Geo. L. Green of Meeker came in
Friday evening via stage and left for
Denver and Cripple Creek, returning
Tuesday accompanied by Mrs. Green.
They were passengers on Wednesday
mornings stage for their home
Lee Noren drove W. G. Choate
down from New Castle Tuesday.
They left Wednesday morning for
Meeker. W. G. didn't say anything
about the Moffat line but we surmised
it was some proposed railroad that he
was going in interest of.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Wallahan of
Lay, Colorado came in Tuesday on
their way home after an extended visit
to the east. Mr.. and Mrs. Walla-
han having met Teddy President
Roosevelt, three years ago on his visit
to the western Colorado wilds called
upon the president while in the city
of Washington and was honored with
an audience with him.
The death of Isaac Douglass occurred
Wednesday evening at II o'clock after
an illness of two weeks with typhoid
fever which later developed into ty-
phoid -pneumonia. Mr.. Douglass had
been resi- dent of Rifle for four years
coming here from Hants county, Nova
Scotia, and at the time of his death
was employed by the E. McLearn
Mercantile company as manager of
the company's lumber yards. Being
sober, capable and Industrious man,
he made host of friends who are
much grieved by his death. He was
born in July, 1871, in Hants county,
Nova Scotia, and leaves father and
two sisters at that place and three sis
tiers and brother in Boston to mourn
his demise The relatives have been