Gilpin observer., 1904-03-03
LOCAL ITEMS


Golden Trs,soript. The G.'lli"n Bowl
ing team vent 10 Central City aet
Thursday evening aud rolled game with
The sturdy oon trireers. the latie winn
ing 10y "a very lslg- majority. Evitent'y
the score sheets werc spirited away, az
no hsul,c 'r ohtainable' However,
thf9s s CcI sst bowlers were un-
able to make the trip, ami the Central
alleys lad al, tie boys buffaloed. A re
turn game Is 10 De played here tonight
and the loel y robabiy give a ter
a6eoapt af taa yes.
The coul.y commissiouers meet in
reeul-s 1o4tbly sion next Monday.
M court bills must be filed with the
CLERK not laLel tAan Saturday evening in
orde. that tboJ may be allowed. This is
6urs n cr7er h lie county attorney
,.ay examine lie same.
The Gtst game of base bali of the
season occurred q Saturday afternoon
ia which tho Laagucrs defeated the Gil
pin Us, i, . core OF y to H. Battres:
sans a1d Cam YUel: Barbee, Grannis
and Wc
Judge Flor Aslbaugh of the county
court has bec4 Gu the sick list this week
and all business Of the week has been
postpou un'l "xt Monday.
MasslaI El-. lliams has started the
annual sprias clesnng and yesterday
had men et N, IN the alley off from
Greg ary street.
Division No. /. Arcient Order Hiber
piaus VII. iy5 luo5. annual ball at AR
lnory han On ST. P4trck's night, Thurs
day, M4.ch H. The committee OF ar
rapgemcnts are busy ghtting everything
in reaJiness and promise everybody a
good time Gihsoa's orchestra of five
pieces viii fnraish the music. Tickets
Will be Sl.o0 Tho st. Patfick's ball of
this order is always one of tho social af
fairs OF the year, and everybody should
attend.
The Owls give one of their regular
Saturday night dances Saturday, Mar. s.
Regular services in the Presbyterian
churcn rext Sabbath morning aad even
ing. The pastor Rev. G. B. Harvey is
now able to conduct the services.
Christopher Trezise, the public trus-
tee last Monday sold tho Dunnevan lot
on County Road street to Fred Rowe.
Last Thursday afternoon w. S. Green,
Ray Stout, VIII Preyill, Ike Welch, Fred
Totman, win Harper, and Herman Ped
erson left for Golden where they were
defeated in match game OF bowling
On Friday they bowled at the state
tournament 10 Denver aud made the
leaders hump themselver, surprising
their many friends and also the bowlers
of Denver They returned home Satur-
day aud Sunday.
The following is taken from the Den
yer News relating TO the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Schmidt, formerly residents
of this city: Eddie Schmidt, an orphan
boy about l6 ears old, was drowned in
an abandoned shaft at Gibson gulch yes.
terday morning in n very peculiar man
ner. The shaft is sixty, five feet deep,
and contained eight feet of water. 1t
has not been used for mining for n num-
ber OF years, being used now as we'll by
the people OF ellison gulch, as water is
very scarce. 1t is an inclined shaft and
is equipped with a wheel aud rope to pull
the bucket OF water out of the skipway.
The shaft is partially covered, leaving an
opening two by three feet in size. Young
Schmidt and a twelve-year old brother
had gone to the well to get some water.
There was ice about the well, and Eddie
missed his footing and fell into the open
ing. He fell to the bottom OF the shaft,
and when tho rescuers reached him.
some fifteen minutes later, he was dead.
The body had caught in the timber,
and his head was completely submerged.
The Schmidt boys parents died several
years ago. They lived with an uncle,
Martin Miller, who is the only relative