Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-21

One Of the shortest wills ever filed
in the county court was placed on rec
ord in Greeley, being that OF John
Thomas of Erie. written on scrap
o. paper and containing not over 35
words. by which all Of Thomas prop
erty was left to his sister
That he used the church rs a cloak
for his criminal instincts, and tool,
advantage of his employers conf
dence. robhing INN of 5000 in optical
instruments, is the charge made
against Henry Roberts by DR.. George
R. Bergen OF Colorado Springs.
Mystery srrrSHnds the death VI
James Mulllgan 1G-year-old boy from
Bloomfeld, Colo, found dead on tn,
rivnr AK near the Evans bridge. III
clotiing wet and partially torn from
his body and the ground about show.
ing whe-, he had been dragged lo,
forty feet
While an employe vas asleep in the
office thieves entered the livery barn
Of Post & Boyd at Greeley stole three
valuable horses. several saddles and
made their escape. The theft was not
discovered until morning. Three Mex
leans who have been under surveillance
for several days are supected.
The case of Walter McCracken al
Brush is puzzlins the best physician
Of the country. McCracken has been
afflicted with chronic attacks Of hlc-
coughing for eleven years. At first
the attacks were Of a few min
utes duration. but now they last for
forty-eight hours McCracEen has had
scarcely any relief for the last month
Bcrtrem Well young Hebrew
salesman, pleaded guilty before Judge
Bliss in the west side court at Den.
Yer to charges of forgery and en-
hezzlement and was sentenced to the
Buena Vista reformatory The
schwartz Mercantile company was
Wells accuser the young man having
been employed by the firm as city
salesman.
w. o. Kittle OF Evansville, Niss..
was crushed nder load of bect5 in
the sheds at the sugar factory al Ea-
ton. There is no chance for his re
covery. Kittle was hauling beets and
had driven into the sheds to unload.
The horses became frightened and he
was thrown under the wheels. The
heavy wagon and three tons of beets
fell on him.
After walking eighteen miles in her
bare feet and with but little clothing
to protect her from the cold. Christy
night and sought shelter with broth
er who resides there. According to
Dornal' a wee mite of a girl, 70 years
old. reached Pueblo shortly after mid
the story told by the girl, she became
tired of the lonely life of the noun.
tains where her father works as a
wood cutter. and decided to 90 to
that city She left early in the morn.
Ing. not even knowing which road to
take, but managed to arrive in Pu-
eblo safely. Her parents thought she
had been abducted or had fallen prey
TO wild beasts, and ene entire night
was spent in searching for her
The chamber OF commerce of Fort
Collins is endeayormg to get larger
depot building.
Morgan county commissioners re
duced the tax levy for county pur.
poses S1a mills,
The board OF county commissioners
of Pueblo county have advertised for
bids for voting machines.
over S2,0000OO has been paid the
farmers of the northern part of the
state for the October delivery of sugar
beets.
A 2yearoold girl was drowned in
the South Canon irrigdting ditch. Her
father pulled her out but she was toe
far gone.
In quarrel at Iris. in Gumnison
county Mack Lewis was shot and ia
tally wounded by S. p. Collvin. who is
under arrest
Rebuilding of the Golden Cycle mill
which was burned last summer at
Colorado City, will begin next month
The capacity of the mill will be don.
bled
The petition for a change of venue
for the conveniences of witnesses in
a divorce suit originally brought in
Montrose county by Charles T. Gwyn
against Sarah j. Gwyn was granted by
County Judge Thomas of Teller coun.
ty.
After buying a ticket from Trinidad
to his old home in Tercio, Italy. for
some unknown reason, Guiseppi Be
vengue. an italian coal miner, leaped
from the window of moving train
near Niles, o., sustaining injuries
which caused his death.
After being out but thirty minutes
the jury trying Frank Buttes at Las
Animas for the murder of a carpenter
who was working for him. returned "A
verdict of murder in the first degree
and recommended that he be sen
fenced to the pen for life.
Suffering with uprtp pho,tu, ntfe "a,