The daily sentinel., 1906-06-29

o. NJ. P. Steel leaves tonight for a
visit with relatives and friends IN
Cameron, Missouri.
F. C. Gowan, a lumber man, went
to Norrie this morning for a ten days
stay at the sawmills.
The traffic east at this time is very
heavy. several extra passenger trains
going out every day.
c. II. Robinson and w. II. DANES,
drove to Palisade last evening and
returned home this afternoon.
Harry B. Jones was a passenger
eastward bound this morning, in the
interest of the Grand Junction Fruit
Growers association.
w. c.. Boyer was unfortunate in
removing the old glass in the Sam
pliner store window this morning.
Several of the large pieces, which
would have made profitable salvage
were broken in cutting them loose.
Mr.. William Mueller, of Ogden,
Utah arrived in the city last evening
to join his wife who has been here
for some time on account of her
health. Mr.. and Mrs. Mueller are
visiting at the home of DIR. Mary
Hunter ON Grand Avenue.
Midland passenger No. 105 ran
over a man in South canon yester-
day. The train was coming around
a curve when the engineer saw a
man on the track. He pulled the
whistle at once but the man was slow
in getting off the track and the
engine struck him killing him in
stantly. The body was taken to New
Castle.
The west bound Midland freight
train in charge of Conductor Nc
Pherson ran over a man east of Pali-
sade at an early hour this morning.
The accident happened near Smith
spur and the victim of the train is
supposed to be a tramp. His body
was cut in two at the waist. \. L.
Gourley was notified at once and
he sent his assistant Walter Jones
with an express wagon after the body.
The name of the man is unknown.
A special meeting of the 1. o. OF.
encampment will be held tonight
at the Odd fellows hall for the pur
pose of greeting Col. T. C. Davis, de
partment commander of the Pat
riarchs Militant of Colorado. All
members are urged to attend this
meeting. Col. Davis will arrive in
the city on the narrow guage FROM
Delta and will be the guest of Leon
Chapman until tomorrow morning
when he will leave for his home in
Denver.
The board of county visitors Wis
tied the city jail this morning on an
inspection tour. They did not expect
to find the jail department to be as
cleanly as a parlor, because it is
impossible 10 make it so. What
should be done is to tide over for
another year with some slight i'm
provements and then vote bonds to
erect jail that is commensurate with
the city's needs. To spend any great
sum on the jail at present would be
throwing money away.
The Mesa County Bar association
will meet in the court house this
evening to dispose of the decision of
the United States supreme court in
the case of Hadcock VS.. Hadcock
This decision is the one pertaining to
the granting of divorces by authori-
ties in states where only one of the
parties in the case has his residence
IL has attracted great deal of at
tention among members of the bar
all over the country and while the
meeting this evening in this city will
be very interesting one it will also
probably have great deal to do
with the weight of future decisions of
the local courts.
Mr.. b. w. Vedder, superintendent
of the Grand Junction water works
after a days work among his friends
in the city yesterday was able to pre-
sent to Mrs. McHugh, the mother of
the little child who was burned TO
death the other day, with purse
of SS1.O0. Mr.. Vedder has known
the McHughs when they were in far
better circumstances and when he
learned of the terrible accident which
had befallen the two little children
he was afraid that that they might
be in need and called on the mother.
He found his fear realized and i'm
mediately set to work taking up a
subscription Last evening he had
the snug sum of SS1, and straight
way went into the McHugh home
M Mhnrn his nrnanni ,,.nc .r.ntnf..I1.. -.