Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-09-05

from thursdays Daily:
The telephone company has rented
two additional rooms. Business In
creasing
Miss Lena Brindle returned last
evening from her visit to Erie. Pa
and other eastern points. She has
been absent seven weeks and had a
most enjoyable visit.
j. D. Weideman has resigned as fore.
man of the Stubbs & Jakway lumber
yard. and left this morning for Den.
yer, and after a short stay there in.
tends going to California where he
expects to locate
w. II. Wigglesworth returned last
evening from the Montezuma country
where he has been engaged for some
time in surveying new ditch, which
is being constructed by farmers of
that section. He reports good crops
and everybody happy except the farm.
er who has hay down
F. NJ Kilmer, manager of the Chief
mine, located near the May Day, an
nounces that his company will erect
a mill for the treatment OF ore. the
mine having been sufficiently well de.
veloped to guarantee a regular ore
supply.
| Mrs. Oren Bosworth, of Silverton,
who was the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs
II. ID. Mcbride couple of days, de
parted this morning for Denver. Mr..
Bosworth will start from Silverton
Saturday and meet her in Denver and
they will go on to st. Louis to take
| in the fair.
| Rev. o. B. Sarber went out to Buck
ley's sawmill last night and perform
ed the ceremony which united In mar.
| riage Mr. John ]. Laher and Miss
Edith Lloyd. The wedding took place
at the home Of the brides foster par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Buckley. The
groom is employed at the Buckley
sawmill and the couple will make their
home there.
| There will be religious mass meet.
ing held at the Court House. from 3
TO O'Clock, Sunday Sept ith. 1904
| for the benefit of an African Methodist
Episcopal church for the colored peo-
Pile of Durango The speakers for thai
hour will be Rev w. II. Ferguson.
Rev. j. w. Sanders, Rev. o. B. Sar-
ber. Everybody invited. Don't forget
the hour o'clock, Sunday.
Samuel Nichols was in town today
attending to business. Mr.. Nichols
home is on the La Plata river below
the state line, but he is spending the
summer in the hills above lockwood
with his cattle. He is very much in
terested in the proposed Las Animas
reservoir, for which the government
recently withdrew from settlement a
large scope of territory. He has 16O
acres of hay land on the La Plata but
has scarcity of water for it. He says
| If the government makes 1t possible
for him to get sufficient water he can
raise 500 or 700 tons of hay year.
/ IL 10 pledSdHt W announce Lndt tne
| lo3cDb Newman company will be with
| us again at the opera house Thursday,
September 8. Indeed it is one of the
| most welcome attractions that visits
us. Refined, artistic and care-destroy
| ing are all adjectives that may prop
| eriy be used in reference to al even
'ns spent with the Joseph Newman
| cDmpnpy Nr g. ar,
OF those rare men to whom has been
given the power to make others
| laugh His humor Is healthful and up
| to-date and he has the reputation of
| always having something new for his
audience. He has a hat full of new
bright catchy songs, stories and jokes
FOR the season that are sure to please
Prominent in the company this season
| is Miss Estelle Coleman, soprano who
has studied in Paris with NJ. Bouhy
| and in London with Henry Wood
| Miss Coleman has a voice of splendid
| quality, rich, warm and powerful and
full and pure in every note and her
stage presence is unusually natural
and graceful. Her repertoire Of Sc
lections is extensive and includes
songs of the lighter order as well as
| selections of classical nature. Miss
Carlotta Bixler, who compares favor
| ably with the best lady violinists OF
the country. has a warm place In the
| hearts of all music-lovers in the west.
This season she will feature Mylnar-
| skis "Mazurka," Papini's Souvenir de
Sorrento" and Wilhelmj's Swedish
Melody" Miss Sadie Talbot, who is a
iavorite wherever she appears, will OF.
fer two monologues. "Marguerite's
Husband" and "A Good Dinner" both
of which are bright and clever. Miss
| Inez Brown. who made such pleas
| ing impression last season, will again
| be the pianist and accompanist, for
she well understands her art. Miss
Brown will be heard in Moszkowski's
| 'Valse de Concert" and Sinding's
Rustic of Spring" The program as
usual will include two little comedies,
among which are Leap Year" and
my Miliner's Bill" which are very
. ,,gstt, Eat M