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Show : DURANGO : (Corrpspondence Intermountain Catholic.) Duranso. Colo., Jan. 4. The weatu-r during the holiday time has been perfect. per-fect. There is vury little snow and not i much fvoit in the ground. f Mr and Mrs. jTk. Rodgrs returned . to Silverton the morning after Christ- mas. School closed on the Friday before p Christmas and reopened on Jan. .. j i'00' j T'mes are better here than for a mini- ber of years, and the merchants all re- ; port an excellent holiday trade. Dr Brent and daughter, Miss Ress;. ; came in from St. Louis on Thursday ot last wet-k and took in the EUs hah. Mr and Mrs. Robinson and sister of Mrs 'sedwick returned to their horn,- m Baltimore on Wednesday of last wL- :v. Miss Fanny De La Vergne left .:i he 30th for Oceola. Mo., Avnere sne expects- to remain about three month-, visiting friends. " Mr and Mrs, Robert Dwyer are r-- r Joicing over the arrival of a baby N.y. and the little fellow will bear the nam of Joseph Thomas. Misrj Martha R- Clarke returned : ort Lewis New Year's morning, aft. -spending the Christmas, holidays wiili her mothei at Brookside. There Avere three" masses on Ch; i-'-mas day, the first at 5 o'clock, b. .. high one, and at 7:30 and 9:30 St. Mary -choir rendered beautiful music. "Adeste Fidelis" being tP'' pretty. Midnight mass at St. ColumbaV v. !-corned !-corned in the year 1900, and the -c.;m :: -gation Avas a large one, whicn lisi.-n-.l attentively to an eloquent New ,-a: : sermon from the lips ot Kev. latn- Hickey. The choin rendered Mu.aru ; ! mass, and the service throughout v. a-. deeply impressive. On Christmas morning, amid the i I joicing, singing far and near of "GiO! ;.l I in. Excelsis Deo," tne grim nifi-x-ru.-: of death came among us and tvok troi:i our midst Thomas McFayne. For :. number of years Mr. McFayne- hn Avorked in the mines near Silverton. a:: i it Avas there, some two or three we.-ks ago he received thf injuries whx-h r- -suited in his death. He was well known and respected throughout this s! ti.,:;. Hii character Avas beyond repr:ic!i, and many friends will mourn his untimely un-timely death. |