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Show AVESTEHX NEWS .NOTES. Items Called From a Variety of Soarefs. coloiudu. A windstorm in Grand JuncUon, Tuesday evening, did considerable damage, tearing down chimneys and stacks and otherwise damaging projitrty. Friday morning last at Buena Vista Mrs. John Crawford shot herself her-self in the right leg with a six-shooter. six-shooter. She was about to shoot at a targtt, when shculscovered something some-thing wrong with the trigger, and in attempUng to fix it the gun was discharged, Uie bullet entering her limb, inflicting a very serious wound. The Rio Grande Junction railroad reached Roan's Jaw, eight miles west of DeBeque, Wednesday evening, even-ing, aud by Saturday night will have laid Uieir track to the tunnel, twenty two miles from Grand Junction. Junc-tion. The railroad company ex-Iect ex-Iect to reach the mouth of Uie canyon can-yon by September 1st, and by the 3)th Uie last rail will have been laid Into Grand Junction. Through traffic, however, can hardly begin before October first. C. W. ArncU, who lives about five miles west of Grand Junction, has Just returned from an cxr lorliig and prospecting tour through the mountain towns of Uie western slope. The entire distance was made in a covered wagon, ills route led him up the Grand to Xew CasUt , thence to Glenwood, from which place a southeasterly direction was taken through the mining towns cf Carboudale and Aspen. From Allien Al-lien a southerly course was pursued via Gothic, Crested itutte and Gun-uiou, Gun-uiou, whence the homeward Journey Jour-ney was msde down the Gunnison Gun-nison to Grand Junction. Mr. Arnetl relites some vtry Interesting In-teresting as well as thrilling experiences, experi-ences, such as upsetting iu enow 1 tanks, floundering in the country lately visited by tbe washout, etc. OrandJundujii Star. Audrtw Murphy a stockman from Uie I.ittlo Dolores, came to the city Tuesday to contest a land case. About 1 1 o'clock that evening he went Into the loft of Ration's barn to (ass the night, but before he bad time to select a place for Ills Iwd he fell through the hsy hole to Uie barn floor, a dl-tanre or fifteen fret. Murphy struck the floor with much force, falling on his left leg, which was broken. Dr. Hull was called, who dlscoverel that the kg had sustained aconijouiid cuniniuuitcd fracture between Uie lowtr third and ankle Joint. The injury was temporarily dressul and Murphy was removed to the Cottage Home lodging house. Dr. Ingersoll was then called and In consultation Uie physicians decided to administer cblurufonn. Under the influence of the anr-Uieth the tient was thoroughly examined, and a lece of cosimunlted bone four indies long ir- n moved from the fractured limb The fracture was Uieu set and the patient left in a comfortable situation. MurjJiy is about thirty-five thirty-five years old. He will ! bid up some months. (JramlJuheUtM Star. Koutder, Col-., Aug. 19. Ye-ler-day afternoon during the Ihunder aml rainstorm lightiilng struck the dutlliug of William Webb, uW and dumlswhose w ife Is al-o a mute. The electric current struck a tree on the west end of Uie building on Cuss btrts-t, tearii.g it to splinters, Uien striking a corner or the build Ing.thcu entered through a winduu , striking a bureau and shiviring thu mirror into a thousand )Heee, knocking a kerosene lamp from the bureau to the lloor nn 1 breaking It to plecer. Tlie bed wai set on fire b the tlectrlc flash, whkli a!-o knocked down Mrs. Webb, without Injuring htr, except giving as- vere shock. She recovered, however, vcryqultk ly and extinguished the lluues of the burning bed clothes and saved the house. Her bet hat, which was lying on the bureau, was cut iu two parts, one of which was burned Neither of the two children, who wire with the mothtr, were hurt Hut her description of the thunder was most graphic and vivid. She Informed Uie Xew scribe tliat tliuti-dtrwas tliuti-dtrwas awful and she felt the whole lHUJhiitremje when the .t-a.-sUHZinne uoor uu tuevu through it into the ground whh a hi-s, as Webb described It. Webb Is a hard working and Industrious man and will fet 1 the loss he has su'taliied most severely. Last night Ward was vl-lted bj a severe sno- shirm. thu first this fail, while at Gold Hill, Suusbinc, Maguolin, tMiliua aud oUier mining cam, it rained lieavily ail nlqliU No datuige is re-Ioited re-Ioited from Uie mountains. WIOMIMI. KtecUoncering has commenced In earnest iu Carbon, although the weather is cold aud rainy. Forty thousand fish will shortly 1 plans! In the tributaries ,r Uie Platte River. Thu Union Pacific depot at Medi-cinelkiw. Medi-cinelkiw. Util destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt at once at a cost of about $-500. Active brat!ouj liave commenced com-menced in the Lanier oil fields. Work on the MuIIln well Is In progress, and a flowing well is expected. T en! -five Uiousaud dollars will be expended this j ear in new buildings build-ings ou the Shoshone reservation. A ntw building will be erected and all of the old buildings leielred. The poIiUcal campaign in central Wyoming Ls Increasing In interest dally. Present indications are that the dtmorracj are going tc carrj Fremont County wIUi the largist majority ever given in the county. IHnitr Aeirs. The Grovcrnor well is being cased and will be worked continuously until there are some definite results obtained. There are now ten flowing wells in Uie I jnttt r oil belt Iiii. and held for means of trauporta-Uon trauporta-Uon of Uie r rjducL . vanil:.Wjra AuK- I9- The biyof l.dward Happy, a young ma-i w ho perished In a snow storm list wlahir,hasjut been found near Ilondts. Happy left John Arnold's ranch on Uie Mill of February to go t the Reisel raUtli. He waudcred away fiom the trail and got lost In Uie mountain. Vwell informed exchange says: hverythlng iDdlcatesaKrealmlnltig baom lu Wyoming thU year. Re fore the season clo-vs more Uian 23 -000 minus and prospectors will be In cur mountains delving for precious prec-ious metals. The conviction has setUed itself In the minds of practical practi-cal miners that a broad belt of country coun-try stretches across Uie State that Is rich In gold ani silver. It ls lart Of the brit that !. ..! .- - ... ..H7 ,4UUUtUi , enormously Iu Colorado and in which the rich mines north and west are locates!. Laramie Jloom. cranff. CALIFORNIA. Farmers and fruit growers of Los Angeles County have a union the object or which Is to advance the Interests of the farmers. The farmers farm-ers ln this union ItanJIu their products pro-ducts Uiemelves and save tbe margin mar-gin ofpro.1t enjoyed by tbe middle men. Charles Benuer, sometimes called Dutch Charley, an employe of Use Los Angeles Construction Company, Com-pany, was brought to the station last aundy suffering from alcoholism. He was well tilgh crazy, and at one time It was thought he would die. so affected was his heart At Intervals Inter-vals he was so violent as to require re-quire three or four men to prevent him from Jumping out of his own hide. Keening hiprtu. |
