Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-16

tlfuGs. NdHcei MISS btTT VIII De Lne
guest OF Miss Alillieent Campbell. an
other charming girl whose home is in
Durango.
Sam Wittow, the Silycrton dry goods
merchant was through passenger
last night from Denver to his home
above the clouds. Just a business
trip.
AIR. and Mrs. j. A. Cornell returned
last evening from "trip through the
Montezuma valley. and continued to
their home at Weatherford, Okla, to-
day.
Mrs. B. ID. Hummer son Harold and
daughter Helen arrived last night from
Ignacio. where they spent week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Patrick. This morn
ing they left via the Southern for their
home in Delta. Mrs. Hummer said
Durango is very pretty town--there
are so many shade trees. She added
| tudi Nnt lihNu ltl HDIit Dli IL WHS
new there yet and she noticed the
fine growth OF the trees here.
The county commissioners yester-
day completed the work of this ses-
sion. Yesterday morning they visited
Hermosa TO inspect the new bridge
and accepted the work. w H. Urban,
the contractor in charge, went out on
the eastern this morning to his home
in Pueblo. Mr.. O'Brien. the road over.
seer for the Hermosa district. is work
ing on the approaches to the bridge
and the same will be open to the
public in few days. Conrad Riester,
chairman of the board of county com,
missioners, left for his home al Con
tent this morning, and G, 7. Tovrea
departed for Oxford. The commits.
sloners adjourned yesterday until June
9Th.
MIR. and Mrs. II. C. Freeman and
| their new son. who Is "a trifle over
a month old, came in from Denver
last night and went on to Dolores and
| Cortez this morning TO visit The baby's
grandparents and his uncles and aunts
| The new boy is the very incest that
ever was. of course, and will probably
| come in for considerable attention
! from his numerous relatives. He is a
| fine traveller, and never said word
| during the entire trip from Denver.
Passengers on yesterdays train
thought him a perfect little gentle.
man with excellent manners. He was
so busy minding his own business
that is sleeping-that he had no time
to cry or fuss, MIR. Freeman was for
merly with the telephone company
here.
DIR. A. l.. Davis is still suffering from
The effects of the electric shock re-
ceived Monday when he attempted to
put in fuse that had burned out in
| his office. He made connection all
right and the current made connection
with his left hand as well, and The
only wonder is that he was not elec-
trocuted as he was knocked senseless
and did not recover for over an hour.
His left hand was badly burned and ii
is possible the nails on all the fingers
will come off. The hand Is bandaged
and quite painful. The doctor has
made fuse connections many times in
the past and is at loss to know Just
how ii happened, but undoubtedly the
wires became short-circuited in some
way. While suffering pain and it
will be some time before his hand is
healed, under the circumstances the
doctor is to be congratulated that he
was not killed by the shock.
G. b. McGrath, a railroad newsboy,
was arrested on the outgoing passen-
\ ger train at Culnbres yesterday, by
Detective French, a special" for the
ID. 4 X. G. Detective French is a
deputy sheriff in all the counties of his
territory and took charge of his prison.
er lodging him in the county Jail at
Antonito McGratb is accused of steal
ing SlS5 from Olaf Olson of Silver,
ton, miner who came down here to
enjoy his earnings, according to his
idea of II good time. The loss was
discovered yesterday morning and the
authorities notified, but McGrath had
skipped. Sheriff Clarke notified all
of the outgoing train crews to be on
the look out. McGrath boarded the
lrain at Falta, a few miles east of
Durango. and the conductor notified
Sheriff Clarke at the first opportunity
The latter wired the sheriff of Cone.
jos county, but meanwhile McGrath
was arrested by Detective French. He
had s120 in bills on his person when
arrested, Sheriff Clarke leaves for
Antonito in The morning ani VIII bring
back McGrath to Durango for trial
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