The daily sentinel., 1905-03-27

in town on short business Trip
]. A. Green has been reappointed
bee inspector by Judge w. S. Sulli-
van.
The school children are happy in
the enjoyment of the weeks vaea-
tion.
A union missionary meeting will
be held Wednesday afternoon at the
Methodist church.
Barney Brooks, Harve Ackerman
and Robert Brink made a trip up to
No Thoroughfare canon yesterday.
Buy your carpets and floor COW
erings in the next 80 days and save
little money. Chas. A. Smith, Mfg.
Agt.
The work of remodelling the build
ing formerly occupied by Trobttz, the
| plumber, has been in progress for
! the past three days
Chas. o. Hatch of Chicago is in
the city, guest at the home of Jas.
II. Lee. Mr.. Hatch comes to the val
ley with a view of locating.
Mr.. Tolcott of Massena, n. Y, who
has been travelling extensively
| through the west. is in Grand June
tion to spend two or three weeks.
There has been a big sale of seats
for the Eagles minstrel show We'd
nesday night, and doubtless a crowd
ed house will witness the perform
| ance.
G. w. Stong, the jeweler, expects
to move his stock of goods from the
| Gordon drug store to the west room
of the Bannister furniture Monday of
next week.
Sheriff Struthers was not able to
leave yesterday for Canon City with
the prisoners for the penftentiary.
He will leave in the morning on No.
4 with the crowd.
Grand junction Chapter No. "a.
r. A. NJ. will meet Tuesday evening
at 1880 for work. Members are re-
quested to be present. Visiting broth
ers are cordially invited.
Weather forecast for sc hours
ending 6 pm. Tuesday: Western
Colorado-Rain or snow and much
colder this afternoon and tonight;
Tuesday, fair and warmer.
This evening the Elks Will hold
the annual election of officers at the
lodge rooms The greatest interest
is always manifested in the annual
election and the attendance tonight
will be large.
J. S. Pratt. postmaster of Honolu-
lu, Hawaiian Island, passed through
the city last night, spending a few
hours here with his nephew. DIR. A.
b. Rood of this city. Mr.. Pratt was
en- route to Honolulu from a visit to
Washington, ID. c.
The city council meets tom orrow
| night in adjourned session at the
| chambers in the new City hall. Sew
| eral important matters, including the
question of accepting the bond or the
street railway company. will come
before the body for consideration.
John Mann, the county clerk, and
\ George j. ID. Williams, the county
| treasurer, were members of the par
| ty of Grand Junction republicans
| that went to Denver Saturday night
\ to attend the Wolcott memorial ser
vices. They will return tomorrow.
| Miss Efiie Darnell returned home
| yesterday from Virginia, where she
has been pursuing her musical stud
4 les in one of the colleges of that
state during the winter. Miss Oar
4 nell is very popular in the city and
her many friends welcome her re-
4 turn.
There is every indication that a
| large audience will witness the per-
| formance of David Harum" this ev-
| ening at the opera house. The com
pany is a large and competent one
headed by that eminent actor, vii.
liam II. Turner, who plays the part
OF David Harum." The stage set.
| tings are superb.
Today a civil service examina aion
| is being held at the new city hall un-
| der the charge of Mail Car riers
| Rieter and Oscar Telling of Denver.
The examination is in stenogra ply
| and typewriting. There are tl5ree
| applicants-Perry Johnson. RosF
Reynolds and a young lady.
large force of men started to
| work this morning breaking the
ground for the erection of the build
ing on the corner of Fourth and
Colorado. opposite the Grand hotel,
TO be occupied by the Mesa Wine
Company. The work of puttfn,y up
the building will be pushed at Il rap
i'd rate.
Daniel Carpenter, Jr., and Whip
pie Chester, who are becoming quite
| famous as sprinters, made another
record-breaking run from No Thor
oughfare canon to this city this
L
hour and minutes. 3 minutes bet
ter than the time made by the boys
on their previous run.
One of the large smokestacks of
the electric light plant was blown
down by the strong wind that pre-
vailed in the early hours of the morn
ing The stack was one of the old
ones and its fall was not unexpected
by the company. II was in use only
part of the time, and its destruction
in no way affected the light service
w. l.. Sweet, who was the fore
man of the office of the Victor Rec
ord at the time that office was de-
molished by deputy sheriffs during
the labor troubles. is in the city. He
has friends among the printers of
the city. Mr.. Sweets account of the
uncalled-for and inexcusable destruc-
ton OF the Records plant is very in
terestins. He states that he and the
other employees of the office were
forced to stand under guard of some
OF the masked men while a number
oil the Ofhgr aA