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Show THE TERRITORIES. COLORADO. Steps are being taken to import fine-blooded horses into Colorado. The Kansas Pacific railroad was blockaded with snow for several days last week. Denver claims a business of$20,-000,000 of$20,-000,000 for 1874, and ctowb over Kansas city, whose figures are only $14,000,000. Over the wire comes the news of a new passenger on tho snowed up train. On leaving Kansas city he paid no fare, and tlfe conductor didn't see him. He will be named "Ellis." Denver Neics. The Nederland company's $3,000,-000 $3,000,-000 investment in the Caribou mine turns out to be a paying one, the yield for 1S74 aggregating $300,000. The silver yield of Clear Creek county, in 1874, was nearly two and a half millions. During 1S74 the Denver Pacific received re-ceived 6,550,204 pounda of freight at Greeley, and forwarded 6,777,129 pounds from that station. The present population of Colorado Springs is estimated at 3,500, an increase in-crease of over 1,000 residents within the past year. The number of new buildings j adobe and Jrame erected during the 1 past vear, have been 60, at a cost of $42,000. Fairplay boasts of a good little boy; last week he became very angry, and stripping his sleeves up to his elbows, remarked: "lam only seven years old, but I can whip any ten-year-old hellion in town. I don't care a d n who he is 1" Just then his father appeared ap-peared on the scene, and applied a raw-hide to the seat of his pantaloons. The boy waa at Sunday school the next day. Twin Lakes, in Lake county, are 9,442 feet above the sea. The largest lake is 2 miles in length, and 1 in width. Six car loads of barloy, worth probably prob-ably $6,000, were received from Og-den, Og-den, Utah, at Denver, last week, consigned con-signed to the Denver Brewing company. |