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Delta, Colorado.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 186*.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Beefsteak pudding, with larks, is a
favorite dish at London clubs. In this
country the club men take their “larks”
after their beefsteak pudding. •
It is said that if insanity is latent in
a person it will almost always develop
itself at sea. Nearly everything in a
person usually develops itself at sea.
An exchange says that a folded news
paper placed under the coat in the
small of the back is an excellent sub
stitute for an overcoat. Now is the time
to subscribe.
A religious weekly says: “The man
who whistles hardly over swears.” It
is different with the man who hears
him. The latter hardly ever does any
thing else at such times.
American political methods have
reached England. Mr. Gladstone com
plains of having been charged with
owning a farm in Russia and with hav
ing chopped down trees on Sunday.
It is rumored that one of our maga
sines next year will publish an Ameri
can novel, the scene of which is not laid
in Boston; but it is not safe to believe
such wild rumors until they are veri
fied.
There is a rumor in London to the
effect that Queen Victoria will abdicate
next year upon the occasion of the fif
tieth anniversary of her accesion to the
throne. The shopkeepers, at least,
would be greatly benefitted by the
ehange.
A New York broker has gotten away
with half a million of old Morosini’s
money, and unless he keeps a closer eye
on his wealth the stern old man may be
compelled to conduct a street car or
appear in a short-skirt ballet himself
some day.
Official reports show the popula
tion of Ireland continues to decrease
steadily. The loss for 1884 was 44,142.
There was, however, an increase of a
births over deaths; but there was an
emigration of 75,768 persons chiefly to
the United States.
It is believed that in ton years Yank
ton, Dakota, will be an inland town.
In front of the city, where the nver ran
twenty feet deep five years ago, there
are now one hundred acres of land six
feet above high-water mark. The riv
er is moving toward Nebraska.
Recent statistics on the comparative
longevity of the sexes show that under
fifteen years there are more boys than
girls, but over seventy-five years there
are more women than mon, and from
the ages of ninety to one hundred, the
proportion is about three to two in fav
or of women.
Some Boston people are horrified to
learn that tho cook of the Parker house
receives*as largo a salary as the presi
dent of Harvard university. This prob
ably refors to the people who board at
the Parker house. But we doubt
whether tho president of Harvard uni
versity could cook any better.
Beekeepers have a now grievance,
it seems. If there is a cider mill near
a hive of bees, the bees go to tho mill
and soon become regular old soaks.
Many of them fill drunkards’ graves,
while others contract habits of idleness,
hanging around all day drinking and
talking politics presumably, just like
lords of creation.
Kino Theebaw of Burmah not only
managed to procure tho murder of
nearly tho whole of his relatives, but,
on receiving a gun some months ago
from French friends, ho requested tho
engineer who brought it to give him
proof of its capabilities by destroying
an inhabited village commanded by tho
citadel, and was much annoyed when
his injunctions were disobeyed.
Tiie now prohibitory law in Kansas
is a bonanza for tho county judges.
Every time a man wants a drink “for
medical purposes” he is obliged to fill
, out a printed application which tho
druggist hfoops, and he, once each
( month hr obliged to lilo them in the
tho county judge, paying five
is for each application filed. It is
some of the judges be
and $15,000 a year.
COLORADO CONDENSED.
Sleighing is the order of the day in
Leadville.
A lady evangelist is holding revival
services in Denver.
There are thirty-five children en
rolled in the Rico schools.
Thanksgiving Day was very general
ly celebrated throughout the State.
Arml Parish, a noted educator, died
in Denver the other day, aged 78.
Idaho Spnngs is talking of building
an armory and public hall combined.
A half-breed at El Moro shot and
killed his wife’s mother a few days ago.
6The United States will probably start
a fish hatchery at Twin Lakes this winter.
Two hundred ranchmen had a barbe
cue near Brighton on Thanksgiving Daj.
A car load of goods left Denver for
the New Orleans Exposition a few days ago.
Leadville is overrun with tramps.
Nineteen recently struck the town in one day.
A library association with a capital
stock of $30,000 is about to be formed in Boul
der.
Four hundred and twenty-nine pupils
are now enrolled in the public schools of Fort
Collins.
A wood and iron bridge to cost $4,-
500 is to be built across the Dolores river in
Paradox valley.
Senator Bowen has sold the control
ling Interest in his San Juan mining property
to Eastern parties.
Fort Morgan is erecting new build
ings as f&st as eight carpenters and three ma
sons can put them up.
The transactions of the Denver Clear
ing House for the first week of its existence
amounted to $3,245,929.
The Gilpin Guards gave a ball at the
Central City rink Thanksgiving night at which
they took in about SSOO.
Longmont College opened its ses
sions on the 24th, under the management of
Prof Arms, late of Salida.
There are about 1,500 teachers in
Colorado. Their annual meeting will be held
in Denver bn December 29, 30 and 31.
Four men have been arrested at Black
Hawk charged with stealing ore that had been
loaded on cars for shipment to Denver.
Judge Dawson, ttio new Sorvoyor-
General of Colorado, has appointed Hon .Oney
Carstarphen, of Custer county, his chief deik.
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad
shows earnings for October of $639,090, an in
crease over the same time last year of $71,464.
The demand for ranchos on the re
servation in the Uncompabgrc valley contin
ues, find many farmers are flocking that way in
search of land for a new home.
The Colorado Coal and Iron Com
ply is filling a large order for the Denver A
Rio Grande for sixteen-inch water pipes, to be
used under the track for drainage.
Tho execution of Marshall Clements
will take place December 3, on the commons
near Saguache, without an enclosure, so that
all who desire to do so can witness It.
A special to the Rocky Mountain News
from Robinson says that Mrs. John Ratazak
had perished in the snow on Fletcher Mountain
about a mile and a half from that town.
Mr. R. G. Hoad has resigned his po
sition as manager of the Prairie Cattle Com
pany because the directors undertook to cut
his salary down from 120,000 to $5,000.a year.
Corporal Burko has plead guilty to
setting fire to the Denver Armory. Ills object
was to impress the authorities with the import
ance of emplo}ing a guard to watch the build
ing.
Prof. Blount, of tho Agricultural
College, will serlfi out seeds in small quanti
ties by mail to all who will give them a fair
trial. The only expense attending such dis
tribution is the ]>ostage.
Cranston Gregg was shot and almost
instantly killed by Charles F. Wahl at Tin Cup
a few days ago. They had been close friends
and partners for several years. The reason
for the shooting is not known.
Ouray has at last secured a minister
and the influence of his advent into the camp,
says the Muldooti , “is shown already in the re
formation of one gambler, one politician, two
chronic drunkards and one ‘society’ man.”
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
have decided to abandon the Gunnison exten
sion of their road the ensuing winter on ac
count of the deep snows. It Is estimated It
would take 500 snow shovels to keep the road
open.
Henry Sparnick, clork of tho Soconji
Judicial Court under Judge Elliot, died sud
denly In Denver lost Sunday of paralysis of the
heart. He was well known and greatly liked
throughout the entire State. He was at one
time editor of the Tribune.
Colorado, New Mexico Montana,
Wyoming and Utah have a dally consumption
of refined coal oil equivalent to over 3(4) bar
rels of crude oil. When Colorado’s oil fields
are made to produce, the revenue from this
source will be no small factor in the State’s
prospeiity.
A bad wreck occurred on tho South
Park road between Buffalo and Pine Grove the
other day, by which six men were injured.
The wreck was caused by a collision between a
•'double-header” freight train and a “wild”
engine. The watch of the engineer of the lat
ter engine was over an hour too slow.
The Colorado State Horticultural So
clety and the Northern Colorado Horticultural
Society will hold a joint meeting at Greeley,
commencing on Tuesday, December Bth. The
executive committee have arranged a pro
gramme of exercises which Includes addresses,
papers and discussions upon horticultural sub
jects by the best florists, fruit growers and gar
deners In the State.
THE PRESIDENT CHANGES HIS MIND
He Olvaa His Reasons for not Attending
Mr. Hendricks’ Funeral.
Washington, D. C. t Nov. 29.—The
President this afternoon determined not to
make the trip to Indianapolis. To the repre
sentative of the Associated Press he said: “In
the first moment cf the shock of Mr. Hcn
d ricks’ death I yielded to mere Inclination and
declared my Intention to be present at the fu
neral. Of course, in reaching that conclusion
I did not put out of view a peremptory press
of public business, or what I deemed a suffi
cient consideration of my duty to the people.
The public business I thought I could dispose
of by additional application and more hours of
work, and I considered It to be my duty to the
people to answer a tender sentiment of respect
and affection to the dead Vice President,which
does them great honor. “I am satisfied now
that I was at fauft In considering the question,
in that I did not take as comprehensive view
of the duty which I owe to the public as I
should. That Is, I did not look at every phase
of It, and I am afraid my strong personal desire
somewhat clouded my judgment. I am now re
minded by some of the beet and most patri
otic and thoughtful of our citizens that
the real and solemn duties of my office are at
the National Capital, and that In the present
p eculiar and delicate situation I ought not to
take even the remote chance of accident Inci
dent to travel to gratify a sentiment so gen
eral and so characteristic as that involved In
t his subject. I have been profoundly Im
pressed by these considerations, but most of
all have been influenced by the strong and
unanimous presentation by the dearest
friends of the late Vice-President, living in his
State and city, and their endorsement by the
noble and patriotic woman, who in the In
finite sorrow of her widowhood reflects the
spirit and character of her honored husband In
her solicitude for the public good. 1 am now
c ertain that neither my desire nor the senti
ment referred to, nor the difficulty that at
tends In this case a change of design, nor any
s tubborn Idea of heroism, will justify me In
s übjectlng the country to any greater chance
of disaster than attends my performance of
strict duty here and that I ought not to inflict
upon my countrymen even the unrest and
anxiety attending my departure, absence and
return in attendance upon the funeral cere
monies.”
Report of the Commissioner c f A grlcul tare.
1 WASniNOTON, D. C.,Nov. 29.—Com
missioner Colman In his annual report aays
the year which opened In gloom, threatening
the destruction cit 4 he winter crops by the se
vere temperature, Is doting with bright pros
p ccts and an abundance for man and tK-ast,
produced at a cost which is not a burden to
the producer and to be sold at a price which
is not a burden to the poor consumer. For
m any years, he says, It has bcccme more and
more apparent that one great need of the
agricultural Interests of the United States Is a
b etter unde rstandlng and more Intimate re
lations between the several agricultural and
experimental stations, and a more practical ce>
o peratlon between these Institutions and the
Department of Agriculture.
Of the Bureau of Animal Industry, he
says: “The law establishing the Bureau
does not authorize the slaughter of animals af
fected by contagious diseases, and It Is irn
possible for the Department to maintain
under It an effectual quarantine. The char
acteristics of pleuro pneumonia make it a diffi
cult disease to extirpate, except by the slaugh
ter of animals, and the quarantine of all that
have been exposed. He describes the effect
upon our foreign trade in live ste>ck, resulting
from the cilstcnco of contagious diseases
among the cattle, sheep and swine, and says
that the restrictions upon our Inter-State com
merce from the same causes have been a \cry
great burden, and that the reduction in the
value of cattle In the affected States has been
enormous.
The average estimated product of the prin
cipal food ci ops of the last five years Is com
pared with the average of the ten years pre
ceding, from 1870 to 1879 Inclusive, showing
an enormous annual Increase In the aggregate,
as well as per acre.
The Commissioner, among other matters,
makes a strong appeal In behalf of the forestry
Interests.
Making Up A Shortage.
New York Star.
“Just to think of it,” ho growled,
with disgust written on ovory lino of
his face. “I was ccming out of St.
Louis tho other day, and, tho cur being
crowded, I gave half my seat to a do
inuro little widow.”
“How do you know sho was n widow P”
“Sho told mo so. Sho said sho was
awfully afraid of being robbed, and
knowing by my faco that I was an hon
est man, sho wantod mo to tako charge
of her portemonnaio until wo reached
Chicago.”
“And you did?”
“Am I not a foolP Yos, I did, and
as sho passed it over sho swoolly said:
“ ‘Thoro’s exactly S9O in it.* ”
“Wo rodo to Chicago without leaving
our soats. As wo ran in tho city I
handed hor tho purse. Sho opened it
and counted tho money.”
“ ‘Why, there isn’t but SSO bore!’
sho said, as she looked up at mo.
“ ‘But I haven’t takon any.’
“ ‘Well, I am S4O short, as you soo.
Perhaps you can explain it to tho po
“And what did you do?”
“I gave hor tho S4O, of course.
Ploaso kick mo a few hundred times.”
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The Carlists arc threatening to make
trouble In Spain.
The believers in faith cares are hold
ing a convention In Pittsburg.
King Milan has decided to abdicate.
His people are bitter against him.
The coal miners* strike in the vicini
ty of Pittsburg Is slowly going to pieces.
A tidal wave of unusual height is re
ported from Fall River, Massachusetts.
A state of siege has been declared in
portions of Spain. The Carlists are very ac
tive.
The funeral of the late Vico-President
will take place at Indianapolis on Tuesday
next.
Elizur Wright, the well-known aboli
tionist, died at Medford, Massachusetts, aged
81 years.
It is reported that Charles Crocker
has purchased 500,000 acres of land In Utah for
a stock range.
James Driscoll and Henry Rourke
fought thirteen rounds In Boston on Sunday
and Driscoll won.
A rumor in Paris that M. Do Lesscps
was dead caused a drop of nine francs In Pan
ama Canal shares.
(•General Sheridan has gono to Fort
Bowie, Arizona, to confer with General Crook
on the Apache business.
The stage from the Silver King mino
to Casa Grande, Arizona, was robbed of $5,000
in silver bullion by one marked highwayman.
Fishermen from the Michigan shoro
report the finding of four bodies and a large
amount of wreckage from the steamer Algo
ma.
King Thobaw calls for 250,000 troops
to be held In readiness for action, but the
British continue to advance cn his headquar
ters.
Mourning emblems for the King have
been displayed In Havana, and guns were
fired from the fortress and the Spanish war
ships.
Tho demand on tho Mint for dimes
has exhausted the supply, and the Philadel
phia Mint Is recoining all Its subsidiary pieces
Into dimes.
It is reported that tho President’s
message will contain many new and valuable
suggestions. It Is said to be an unusually
strong paper.
Tho President has reconsidered his
Intention of being present at the’funeral of
the late Vice-President. He will remain In
Washington.
A brilliant moteoric shower was wit
nessed at Syracuse, New York, on Saturday
night when the earth crossed the orbit of
Blela's comet.
Extensive preparations aro making
by the officials of the Irish National league of
Chicago to extend a fitting greeting to Mr.
Parnell next February.
It seems to bo definitely Bottled that 1
a convention of range cattlemen will l>e held In
Denver In January. A thousand delegates arc
expected to be present.
Tho new steel cruisers Boston ant! AU
lanta will bo ready to receive their officers and
crews about March 1. The Chicago will be
launched early In December.
Dispatches from Bolgrado indicate
that the Servians arc willing to find a pretext
for a cessation of hostilities. Foreign Inter
vention is eagerly hoped for.
Only ten lives wero lost within tho
scope of the 203 life saving stations In the
United States during the last fiscal year. Tire
loss of property was $1,250,C00.
Dr. Charles D. Bradloy, of Chicago,
has become demented on the subject of co*
ccalnc. Ills wife and five children have been
practically ruined by his excesses.
Warner and Work, who havo boon
Indicted In connection with Fcrd WnrJ and
the Msrlne Bank business, have given f AO,OOO
ball for their appearance In court.
Aftor a terrific day’s work and the
most exciting canvass ever witnessed In the
State, the Prohibitionists of Atlanta carried
the city on Thanksgiving Day by 236 majority.
Tho half-breeds in tho romoto settle
ments In the Northwest Ttrrltory sre said to
be greatly angered over Kiel’s death, and they
arc seeking for a loader. Trouble Is appre
hended In the spring.
According to tho Supremo Court of
the United States, no poilco officer or private
citizen can arrest a deserter from the United
States army unless lie has a warrant or order
from the military authoilty.
King Alfonso died at Madrid on tho
25th. He would have been 28 years old on the
following Haturdny. The Queen haa been ap
pointed Regent, the young helresa to the
throne being but five yearaold.
Two A moncans. Potor Jopson and
Martin Graashoel, staying at Hclde, a eeajiort
town of Prussia, have been ordered to jult
Germany. Both are citizens of the Util-v
ates, and they reside In Illinois. Mr. Jcpscn
has appealed to the American legation.
Tho St. Louis £attlo Association have
elected Mr. T. Dewitt Smith, of Chicago,
president for the ensuing year, and adjourned
ta meet In Chicago next November, at which
time a consolidation with the Cattle Growers'
Association of America will probably Ims ef
fected.
Tho nows of tho death of Vico-Prosi
dent Hendricks was received with profound
sorrow nil over the country. If President
Cleveland should die beforo the assembling of
Congress, the Nation would be left without a
ruler, as the Senate has no President, nor the
House a Speaker.
The impression prevails that the Pres
idency pro tem of the Senate lies between
Sherman and Logan, with the chances favor
ing the latter because of his late defeat for the
Tlce-Presldency, which he bore gracefully.
While Senator Sherman denies that he Is a can
didate his friends are busily at work for him.
A letter has been received from C.
M. Gaffet, by Mias Minnie Boone's father,stat
ing that he (Gaffet) abducted Miss Boone, and
Intended to kill her. The letter Is dated at
Cleveland, Ohio, November 14, and was mailed
on the seventeenth. It is not believed, how
ever, that he is at Cleveland, or has ever been
there.
Tho Sun's special from Atlanta says:
The Anti-Prohibitionists have perfected ar
rangements to contest the result of Thursday’s
election here. The Prohibitionists are prepar
ing a municipal ticket to antagonize the ticket
that Is now in the field. The Anti-Prohibi
tionists propose to employ Koscoe Conkling to
carry the contest to the United States Su
preme Court, If necessary.
Alaska nows to November 20, per
steamer Idaho, sajs news from the CasMar
gold fields say that the hill diggings that were
struck on Deasc Creek pay sl4 to the pan of
earth. The report of a Government officer
who visited the Granite Creek mines is pub
lished, and it elves a glorious account of the
prospects of the miners there. He saw S4OO
taken out of a rocker in a single afternoon by
two men, and several claims are yielding from
$250 to S4OO a day.
Tho Secretary of tho Interior has re
ceived the annual report of John C. Black,
Commissioner of Pensions, for the year which
ended June .*lO, ISSS. It shows that there were
at the close of the year 345,125 pensioners.
During the year there were added 35,707 new
names, and during th( same period the names
of 15,233 pensioners wire dropped from the
roll for various causes, leaving a net Increase
of 22,880. The average annual value of earl,
pension at the close of the year la shown to be
$ 110.3 ft, and the aggregate annual value of all
pensions is $38,090,965, an increase over the
total value ft r the previous year of $3,534,384.
The amount paid for {xmeiona during the year
Is f ft4,POM3S, an increase over the previous
jear of $8,000,888.
He Guessed He'd Fight.
Hew York Bon.
Politeness was born in him. and he
couldn’t holp it. Ho drifted into a
prominent town in the South soon After
Johnston's •.unvrider. And l>eforo any
body's temper had cooled down. Ho
was After cotton, and he let the fact be
known. Ho was from Connecticut,
and he did not try to conceal it. Ho
had not boon m the town two hours bo
foro an “unrogencratod” pulled his
noso.
“Ah—ye*!*’ said the man from Con
necticut. “Was that accidental?”
••No, sir! No, sir!” was tho tierce re
joinder.
“Did it n purpose, oh?”
“Of course 1 did!”
•Well I shouldn’t a-thought it of
you! I’ll pass it over ns a case of tem
porary insanity.”
An hour Intor, as ho sat in tho hoto
a tiro-eater appioached him and spit on
his boots, and stood and glared nt him.
“You must have a wobblo to your
tongue if you can’t spit straighter than
that.” said tho man from Connecticut.
“1 meant so, sir—munnt so!”
“Wanted to got mo mad, oh?”
“Yes, sir! Yes. sir!”
“You shouldn't do so. Whon I’m
roused I’m a hard mnn to hnndlo. I’ll
oxcuso this on tho grounds that you
don’t know me.”
In tho afternoon ho was given a hint
that ho had better leave town at once,
and when ho demurred a lawyer sent
bim a challenge.
“What’s it fur?” nskod tho Yankeo
ns he road the missive.
“You insulted him, and ho demands
satisfaction,” explained the messenger.
“Can’t I argy tho caso with him?”
“No, sir.”
“S’poso’n I givo him to settle?”
“Ho wants to fight you, sir. And
you must eithor tight or he will horso
whin you!”
“Warm mo up with a rawhide, eh?”
“Ho will!”
“Shoo! but who’ll n thought it! Say.
I’ll gin hitu |lO, H
“Sir! You likewiso insult me!”
“I)o oh! I swan I didn't menn to*
Then I’ve got to light?”
“You have!”
“May get killed, or kill tho other fel
ler?”
“Exactly.”
“Well, I’m kindor sorry. I novor
had but ono fight in my life, and then 1
got lickod. I don’t want to be hurt,
and I don’t want to injuro anybody
elso. and—”
“You’ll wait to bo horsewhipped!”
“I ravthor guess not. I guess I’ll
fight, f’ll choose rifles at twenty
paces, and you kin pick out your
own g;ound. .list let me know when
it’s to como off, and I’ll try and be
thar.”
It camo off next morning. Do was
thar.’ Thev offered nitn an opportuni
ty to apoligizo, but ho wouldn’t touch
it. He stood up as stiff as a new barn
door and bored a bullet through tho
man’s shoulder and camo off without a
scratch himsolf.
“Horn’ as Pm out horo now, and be
in’ as somebody elso may want to
horsowhin mo to-morrow, wouldn’t this
boa good tlrao fur him to show up and
savo timo?” ho nskod, as ho loaned on
his rifle and lookod around him.
No one showed up. Tho Yankee
likod tho town and sontfor his family.
Tho people likod tho Yankoe and mado
him Postmaster, and ho stuck there
until flvo years ago.