The daily sentinel., 1906-07-05

C. ]. Carpenter left this morning
for a trip up the narrow guage.
Judge Charles f. Caswell made a
trip up the narrow guage this morn
ing.
W. C. Grigsby and son. Ralph, of
Wray. Colorado are visiting friends
In the city,.
Floyd Mahaly, George Durfee, Ed
Everett and r. r. Garbourry of Glen
wood Springs spent the Fourth in
Grand Junction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sayre of Rifle
spent yesterday in the city visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Nate Allen and John
Parton and family
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Herrick. were
arrivals in the city yesterday from
Boone, Iowa, and will spend some
time in the valley.
1t is quiet at the county clerks
office today, Up to three O'Clock only
three instruments had been entered
upon the reception book.
One fare plus $500 TO Omaha, Chi
cago. st. Louis. Memphis, Kansas
City and intermediate points. Long
limit.-Colorado Midland.
l.. Antells returned to the city to-
day from an extended trip to the La
Sal mining district where he located
a number of claims for local people.
Mr.. and Mrs A. T. Holly, of Lead
vile, arrived in the city last night
and will spend several days here. Mr..
Holly is connected with the Lead
vile Herald-Democrat, and has sever
al warm friends in Grand Junction.
Last evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Parton on Rood eongen-
ial party of ladies and gentlemen ga
thered and spent several hours in
very pleasant manner. The guests
of honor were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Sayre, of Rifle, who were down for
short visit to relatives.
This morning Mrs. James II. AL
len received a telegram announcing
the critical illness of her mother at
the latter's home in Utica, New York
The message stated that the aged
lady was sinking rapidly and there
was no hope for her recovery. Mrs.
Allen accompanied by her little dau-
probably this evening for Utica.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the county fair Saturday after
noon there were eleven of the thir
teen directors present and at the pre-
ceding meeting there were twelve
of the thirteen present. This shows
what a deep interest the officials are
taking in the fair and is another
proof that the stockholders made no
mistake in the personnel of the pres
ent board.
The afternoon reception given on
Tuesday by Miss Pearl Shores not
ice of which was made by the Sen
tinel that day, proved one of the p. .et-
test entertainments of the summer
months. A large number of young
ladies accepted the invitation to call
and meet Miss Schenck. Miss Shores
charming visitor. and the young hos
tess succeeded most admirably in her
efforts to make the occasion one TO
be remembered with sincere pleas
ure.
Samuel H. Griffith has purchased
the Palace Billiard hall from Charles
Nichols who has conducted the busi-
ness for the past year. Mr.. Griffith
has taken charge and expects to give
his personal attention to the man
asement of the popular establish
ment Mr.. Nichols expects to return
soon to his old home in Nebraska
where he will again take up his resi-
dence. His many friends in this city
where he has resided for the past
eighteen months will regret to see
him depart.
Yesterday four men left the
city on hand car for Palisade. They
were going at a rate of twelve or
fifteen miles an hour when they start
ed out of the city but just opposite
the stock yards in the southeastern
part of town the car suddenly ran into
a switch and the men were suddenly
thrown violently from the car. Two
of them landed on the embankment
at the side of the track and quite a
distance from the rails, one fell be-
hind the car and the fourth man was
thrown forward and fell on the track
in front of the moving car. but he
succeesed in getting off the track be-
fore struck by the car but his escape
was narrow one. Outside of being
bruised none of the men We're hurt
and placing the car in order again re-
sumed their journey but at much
less rate of speed.