Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-15
A. NJ Melton was in the city today
from Laplata, n NJ, on business.

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! were returning passengers from Den
yer last night.
Messrs. Irwin of the La fiata County
bank have leased the Blum block and
the bank will move in and be open for
business Dec. 1st.
| Superintendent r. j. Crowds of the
! Tomahawk is putting in the day in Du
range. Business is rushing up in the
La Platas just now.
| Mrs. james Morrison and children
were returning passengers to their
home in Dolores this morning, after a
ten days visit with Mrs. McGue.
/ The Herald contained all kinds of
/ from the mines and from the oil fields
Railroad building is the only thing
lacking and this looks about as prom
-, Using as one could wish.
Mrs McGue has received word from
her son, ID. b. McGue. familiarly known
as Bling" that he is now located in
Globe, Ariz., and is doing first rate.
He finds the weather uncomfortably
warm. On the way Mr.. McGue stayed
over in Deming. n. NJ. to visit rela.
tives.
Mrs. G. NJ. Girton passed through
| from Silverton to Denver this morning
on her way to California to spend the
winter. Mrs. Girton put in the sum.
mer months in Silverton where her
husband has mining property Mr.
| Girton left for the east about month
ago.
Mr. and Mrs F. c. Perkins and Miss
Alice Bannister were returning pas
sengers on last nights eastern. Mr.
Perkins met his wife in Denver Fri
! uoys oh hti way iich q h'' MN'hC
visit in Peoria. III. Miss Bannister
| Mrs. Perkins, sister, accompanied her
from Peoria to spend the winter in
Durango.
Jeff Keith, well known sheep man
Of -Archuieta county, came in from
the camp at Ignacio last night. Mr..
Keith say that about all the sheep
from that section are shipped. He is
staying over today at the Palace. and
| is here on a combined business and
pleasure trip.
| ]. b, VanDaniker and Robert Alex.
ander under the firm name of Durango
| Mercantile and Trading company have
leased the Famous building for a
wholesale and retail seed. feed and
implement store. They will carry a
| full line OF reliable seeds, grain and
potatoes. They will also handle fruit
and vegetables.
Through train service both ways
between Silverton and Denver was re.
stored Thursday of this week. This
happy result which gives us 24-hour
instead Of 40-hour run to Denver
| is indeed most welcome news, and was
brought about chiefly through the eff
forts of Mayor B. b. Allen at this end
and j. b. Andrews, vice president of
the ID. q X. G.. at Denver, who was
| quick to observe and remedy the in.
justice of the schedule in vogue to
the people of Silverton since the flood,
as soon as 1t was brought to his at.
tention through the letters of the may.
or-Silverton Standard
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Dr. Brady. the young dentist brought
in from Dolores and taken to Denver
Thursday morning for special treat.
ment for insanity, is said to be suf-
fering from mal-treatment inflicted
upon him about year ago. at Do
lores by the Morrison boys. We are
not informed as the cause of the trou
BILE, but it is stated as a fact that one
morning at six o'clock DIR. Brady was
reused from sleep. by the young men
and made to get up at the point of a
gun, and ordered out of town. In the
struggle that ensued DR.. Brady, being
unarmed, was hit over the head with q
sixshooter, also pounded in the back
with the same. and then made to dress
ano was run out of Jwn. Why the
young men were not prosecuted we dc
not know, but the matter was fixed VI
in some way and did not come t.
trial. Before this affair. DR.. Brady
was as sane as any one. nor has there
ever been any insanity In the family
His trouble dates back to the tim,
he was so roughly handled by the
Morrison boys. II may be their act
had extenuating circumstances, but Il
does not appear so on the face of 1t
We trust that an operation may re
store the unfortunate mans reason.