The daily sentinel., 1905-12-26
The odd Fellows meet this even

day.
A representative of the smith-Pre-
mier Typewriter company is in town
today.
]. 5. Carnahan. the attorney, has
returned from his trip 70 the eastern
slope.
Exterior work on the many new
buildings was interfered with today
by the snow.
E. P. Shellenberger left Saturday
night for Ransom. Kansas. to spend
the holidays with his parents.
Miss Gertrude Mullenough who
is attending the high school. left Sat
urday for her home in Ouray to spend
the holidays.
The mail clerks and the express
companies employees still have their
hands fun caring for the Christmas
/ packages and boxes.
Charles Thomas, local man on the
Glenwood Avalanche. spend Christ
mas with his parents at the ranch
home near town.
The directors of the Grand juno
ton Electric and Gas company will
hold their annual meeting on Tues
day evening. January 9Th, at the of
flee of the company.
Quite number of Grand Junction
people took advantage of the Holt
day rates on the railroads and are
spending the week in Denver Pueblo
Colorado Springs and some Of the
larger cities of the state.
The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Spencer Seedless Apple
company will be held in the COM
pany's Office on the afternoon of Jan
uary 23rd. Nine directors will be
elected and other business of import
ance transacted.
Nearly one thousand people attend
ed the Christmas entertainment at the
Methodist church last night. The
church auditorium, the lower floor of
the big Sunday school room and the
spacious galleries We're crowded to
their full capacity.
Last night at her home in Pail
SADIE Mrs. Phoebe Hampton, one of
the oldest and best known residents
of the upper prtlon of the valley,
passed from life after an extended i'll
ness. The funeral will take place
at ten clock tomorrow morning from
the lilly residence in Palisade I'm
dertalSer Gourley has charge of the
remains. The interment will take
place at the Palisade cemetery. Mr..
Hampton died a number of years ago.
She is highly respected Christian
lady.
Sunday afternoon at Fruita the
4 funeral of Joseph Knox took place
The services were conducted by the
Seventh Day Adventist minister at the
Methodist church. Interment att
the Fruita cemetery in charge OF
/ Undertaken Gourley. Joseph Knox
died Friday night at his home in
Fruita after an illness of pneumonia,
/ He VS. seventy-three years of age and
had been a resident of the valley for
four years. Two sons, Frank and
James, the latter formerly a promi
nent railroad man of this city. sur
D
throughout the lower valley
l.. B. Brown. the engineer, attend
ed the funeral of his wife's brother,
Engineer Nelson, who was killed in
an accident near Canon City, on Sat
urday Miss Blanche Nelson, daugh-
ter of the deceased. has been attend
ing school here Saturday morning
she had just. completed her arrange
ments TO return to her home in Salida
to spend the holidays and was bid
ding her aunt good bye when Mr..
Brown came in with a telegram an
nouncing the tragic death of her
father. Hesitating to tell the young
girl of the sorrow that had come into
her home, just when she was so hap
by in anticipation of the holiday joys,
he told her that he had decided 70
accompany her home and not until
they had almost reached Salida did
he tell her of her fathers death. The
young lady has many friends among
the city pupils who will sympathize
with her in her bereavement. The
details of the frightful accident in
which Engineer Nelson and his fire.
man lost their lives was published
in the Pueblo and Denver papers Sun
day. The engine was running in the
canon when piece of track that had
suddenly spread was reached. The
big locomotive was jerked loose from
the tender and thrown in the ditch oil
the side of the track while the tender
was derailed on the other side. Both
the engineer and fireman fell on the
track in front of the moving cars
: and we're literally ground to pieces.
:. meeting a horrible but instant death
The funerals took place Monday in
Salida. Neither of the unfortunate
men had wide acquaintance in this
a city.
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e are now better prepared