The daily sentinel., 1905-05-13

The Grand hotel entertained 4G
guests last night.
j. c. Lambert of Palisade is in
town this afternoon.
S. c. Moxcey of Sedurey, o.. is a
new arrival in the city.
The men who robbed the Fruita
Mercantile Company are still at large.
George Greenbrier of Deep Water,
Ia, arrived in the city this morning.
Another new passenger track is
being laid in the yards of the new
depot.
l.. n. Brumston of Gunnison was
greeting friends in the city last ev-
ening.
Misses Fannie Shook and Nellie
Speng of Fruita were visitors in the
city last evening.
Mrs. Ben ]. Snyder left yesterday
afternoon for Salt Lake City to spend
several days with friends.
The Honolulu Queen Comedy Com
pany of this city may give a perform
ance at Fruita at an early date.
p. A. Rice left the city last night
for California, where he will attend
a great gathering of Cumberland
Presbyterians. He will spend some
time on the coast.
J. r. McKinnie of the Western Su-
gar & Land Company arrived in the
city last night for the purpose of ar
ranging the plans for Improvements
at the sugar factory.
a party of Iowa people composed
of five gentlemen arrived in the city
last night and are spending the day
here. The visitors are w. n. Shower,
Fred Matthews. Harry Axtell, NJ. T.
Bradfort and l.. V. Burbank, all OF
Bloomington, la.
c. H. Robinson and p Morgenson
left the city last night for Wallowa,
Wash, for the purpose of attending
the trial of j. II. McBain, which is
set for Tuesday May Is. Messrs.
Robinson and Morgenson will testi-
fy in behalf of McBain, insofar as
his character is concerned.
Today the teachers of the city
schools went on a pleasure excursion
to the Little Book cliffs. The trip
was made over the Book Cliff rail
road. Some time ago w. S. Phillips,
manager of the railroad, extended an
invitation to the teachers to be his
guests on the trip today, and the in
vitation was accepted by nearly all
of the teachers. The crowd left the
city expecting to spend a very pleas
ant day.
Martin n. Robinson, years Of
age, son of John ]. Robinson of Mo-
alb, Utah. died at an early hour this
morning at st. Mary's hospital The
boy suffered from cancer of the sto-
mach and underwent an operation a
few days ago. Undertaken Bannis-
ter took charge of the remains and
will ship the body to Moab today on
No. 3. The boy was brought to the
hospital about ten days ago.
This morning City Marshal Wallis
took charge of fifteen burros that
were running loose on the streets and
over the lawns of the city last night.
The burros almost ruined two or
three lawns in the northern part of
town during the night, and the own
ers of the lawns were justihably en-
ragged this morning when they found
their yards in deplorable condition,
and at once had the marshal take the
animals into custody. 1t is hard to
tell which causes the most trouble
the burros or the hoboes.
The funeral of William j. Arm
strong Will take place tomorrow af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock from the under
taking parlors of w. II. Bannister
Rev. James A. Becker of the Congre-
gational church will conduct the last
services. lnterment at Orchard Me
sa cemetery. The deceased was 40
years of age. He had been a resident
of Colorado 20 years, and had re-
sided in the valley 4 years. He was
united in marriage with Mrs. Duke
Wellington three years ago His
wife and two sisters survive him.
There was very pleasant social
Il. L.
of the Congregational church. The
Senior Endeavor Society of the
church gave the entertainment.
Friends of the society were invited
to attend. No admission fee was
charged. Owing to the fact that
there were several other entertain
ments in the city, the attendance
was not very large. Perhaps thirty
ladies and gentlemen We're present.
and all spent a merry evening.
Games were enjoyed. There We're
several charming musical selections.
Light refreshments. consisting of
ices and cakes We're served.
Mrs Ely Ewing. aged about GO
years. died yesterday at her home in
Palisade, after long illness. Under
talIer Bannister went to Palisade yes
terday afternoon to prepare the re
mains for shipment and sent cas-
ket up on No. last night. The body
will be shipped tonight on No. 6 to
Guthrie Center. la. the old home OF
the deceased. Mrs. Ewing has suf-
fered from St Nitus dance for sew
eral years, and her sufferings for the
past six months have been frightful.
Two sons survive the deceased, both
residing at Palisade. Mrs Ewing
had been resident of Palisade for
some time and was well known and
highly respected.
Fourteen hoboes We're run in last
night by the city officials. The ma
jority of these wanderers We're found
in the sand house They were given
lodging in the city Jail for the night
and were placed to work on the rock
pile this morning. young boy who
was found with the hoboes was also
taken into custody, but later was re-
leased with "A warning. Grand June
tion is rapidly growing in i'll repute
with the hoboes. The fact that Grand
Junction has a rock pile is spreading
far and wide among the members of
the won't work fraternity. A rail
road man of this city stated that a
hobo told him at Minturn that he
gave Grand Junction a wide berth,