The Springfield herald., 1909-09-03
COLORADO NEWS

1t is beautiful structure of sawed
stone, and was erected at a cost OF
tS5,0O0.
Charging her husband. Cassius NJ.
Eby, a prominent local attorney and
chairman of the Republican central
committee at Boulder. with having for
years inflicted the greatest cruelty
upon her. and accusing him of infidel
lty. Mrs. Eva l.. Eby has brought suit
in the District Court asking for 10000
permanent alimony and the custody Of
minor child.
Two barns of A. ]. Allison at Castle
ton, near Gunnison. were burned. to-
gether with hay, harness. saddles and
poultry. Total loss. $4,000. no insur-
ance. Incendiarism is suspected
and warrant is out for the arrest of
Victor Swallow, a discharged hay
hand. Swallow was seen at nearby
ranch this morning and denied over
working for Allison.
| Announcement has been made that
DR.. j. c. Shedd, formerly head Of the
physics department At Colorado Col
lege and later dean of Westminster
College near Denver, will not go to the
University of Pittsburg, as intended.
but will accept the chair of physics
at Olivet College, Michigan. DR.. E. G..
Lancaster. also formerly of Colorado
College. is president Of Olivet College.
Mrs. Rose D. Rittman, Head Chief
Ranger of the Women's Catholic Or
der of Foresters, an insurance organ
ization for women and conducted en-
tirely by women. is in Denver to or
ganize the Italian women of the city
into courts. The order has $1,000
members. Mrs. Rittman has been at
the head of 1t for twelve years. Its
membership is limited to women of
the Catholic faith.
State Brand Inspector Bierman
went to Manitou recently from Den
yer to examine the brand Of horse
which ]. Schueler, proprietor OF the
Ute Springs, recently bought from a
stranger, and the official will try to
locate the seller. The animal. which
was guaranteed to be gentle, kicked
viciously, breaking Schusler's ankle
and also fracturing the leg of Art
James of Manitou. The horse will be
killed.
James Kelley of Telluride is wand
ering demented in the hills south OF
Ridway. II he is not dead of expo
sure Kelley left for Denver Saturday,
but left the train at Placerville. Sun
day night he went to the ranch Of
Charles Gallagher on the Pallas di-
vide. He appeared insane. Gallagher
tried to detain him. but Kelley broke
away and disappeared in the dark.
Since then no trace has been found OF
him.
For four blocks the unseen hand OF
Death piloted Denver tramway car
on the Ninteenth avenue line. carry
In forty passengers. at 1890 O'Clock
Sunday night. when John A. Benson.
the motorman OF the car died of a
hemorrhage with his hand on the cen
troller 1t was not until the conduct
or suspected that all was not well in
the forward end Of the car after two
signals for stops at crossings had
been passed by unheeded. that he
went to the vestibuled front section
and there found Benson dead.
Joseph Haughton. 27 years old, of
Victor, Colo, was killed at Grand
Junction by being run over by west
bound Rio Grande passenger train.
Haughton. with a brother and a
chance travelling companion, were rid
ing from Glenwood to Grand Junction
on the tender of light engine. Un-
noticed he slipped from his precarious
perch and lay on the tracks just above
Clifton, probably unconscious, until
the regular passenger train which was
short distance behind ran over him.
Greeley.-J. C. McCreery will have a
unique agricultural display at the
Weld county fair, which is to be held
here September 1. 2. 3 and 4. In the
lot will be specimens of the vegetable
lemon. South American product.
These are the first plants of the kind
ever grown in Colorado. They are a
cross between the lemon and a squash,
and are used for making pies. Another
remarkable specimen will be the won
derberry, which grows on bush and
resembles a blackberry. The fruit is
the size and color of small black
marble and grows in clusters. An un-
named grain. which is a sort of peard-
less barley, is also in his exhibit.
Mrs. George NJ Wilson OF 2204
West Twenty-eighth avenue. wife OF
the manager of the Western Cement
and Lumber Company. Denver, will
receive nearly million dollars as her
share of the estate of General Sewer,
Revolutionary War hero, which is
expected to be closed by the United
States government this fall. Mrs. Will
son is the granddaughter of Samuel
Sewer of Guymon, Okla. one of the
original eighty heirs Of the old sol
dier. The estate grew out of the deed
ing to General Sewer, by the govern
ment. OF $4,000 acres of land in Ten
nessee, North Carolina and Alabama,
and the repurchase by the govern
ment of the same land. The pur-
chase price has never been paid, and
amounts, with interest. to the sum OF
more than s3O0.O00,000.
John l., Cowan, noted magazine
writer and newspaper correspondent,
is in the district of Montrose collect
ing information relative to the great
Gunnison tunnel. He visited the fruit
farms on Spring Creek mesa, where
he took number of photos of orch