Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-01-16

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temper and promise themselves to
abide by the honest result. r.
From Thursdays Daily:
| The street cars were kept running
all last night to keep the track clear
| .. S, Galbreath, Jr returned to Jua.
nita this morning after short visit
here.
The morning train for Silverton ar
rived there at 80 this afternoon, en-
countering one small slide
Mrs. j. A. Durham and son are ex-
pected TO return tonight from CORN.
Mo-. where they have put in the past
| few months.
The total amount OF snow which
has fallen during the present storm
measured "a inches up to o'clock
this morning.
The regular train on the Southern
Is five hours late and the eastern has
been abandoned No train from Sill.
verton tonight.
James Woods departed this morn
ing for Valparaiso, Ind. where he is
to attend school, and his brother w.
c. left for Denver, where he will tarry
for a while
gay party OF boys and girls OF
the High school took sleigh rid, to
Irimble Springs last night and in
dulged in dance at the hotel
Theo Gabrowsky. of Howardsville,
was one of the belated passengers
coming from Denver last night. He is
staying at the Palace till he sees how
travel in the canon is.
The regular freight with coach at
tached left for Silverton at 6.45 this
morning, taking a number of passen-
gers who had been compelled to lay
over here till this morning.
Express wagon today. Tud Patterson
went to Silverton this morning in
charge OF the express for that town,
as the train did not go through last
night
What is benefit to one is too often
detriment to another While the
heavy snow must be great benefit
for crops and ranges next season, it
now on the ranges.
Judge Russell in chambers this
morning was petitioned by Attorney
Galbreath for county officers to fan
damus the board of county commits
sioners to compel them to make an
appropriation to cover the county's
expense for 1905. The county. by it's
attorney, admitted the facts set forth.
and the petition was granted and the
board then got down to business.
Mr.. Antoine Selan and Miss Mary
Blatnick were married at the Catholic
church yesterday afternoon. Father
Dufy officiating. After the ceremony
the happy couple and large number
OF friends who had witnessed the cere-
mony repaired to the home Of Frank
Blatnick, an uncle Of the bride. and
the company indulged in feast, after
which there was dancing until a late
hour last night. The couple is promi-
nent in Austrian circles, and the we'd
ding was quite an event with the resi-
dents of that nationality
The eastern train was seven hours
late last night, arriving at 11:40.
The lateness was owing to the heavy
snowfall on Cumbres pass. Owing to
lateness of the hour and the heavy
snow in Animas canon and the likeli-
rood of slides, the train did not go
through to Silverton last night
The train was pulled by three en-
gines, snow plows and f1anges being
used One Of the engines got on the
track beyond Chama and caused a
delay of two hours. The east-bound
train was passed by the incoming
train at Chama at O'Clock last night.
Wireless telegraph is a wonderful
thing" said Abe Rachofsky yesterday.
TT doesn't seem possible that tele-
grams can be sent in that way. But
| it's good deal like the telephone
when It first came out. have lived in
Central City since 1864. and had a
store there. a store In Black Hawk.
one in Boulder and one in George
town. When the telephones came out.
a man came into my store one day
and wanted to put in telephone for
me. telling me | could talk to Den
yer. didn't believe him, and told him
so Well, he said he would put one
in, and If | could talk to Denver l was
to pay him, and II | couldn't talk,
needn't pay him. SO he put II In, and
when | found it worked all right
wouldn't have let him take 1t out for
| anything. | knew every night how
much money had been taken in In all
| the branch stores and could tell every
day Just how business stood. In
those days we had to depend on the
stages for mail. and in the severe win
ter weather, their time was irregular
and uncertain, and the telephone was