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Show WESTEIt.V NEWS XOTE-. i"Mjm.M. rueilay afutnuon. t-lwrlly after .loVkiek, IhebUek elouds that ltad hung all day cer the liuu, a-inrently a-inrently l.ur-t ami the ralu tlt-e-e tided in a Hood for about I litre hmiD-, uith Isit slight Interniessiou. Theohlesl iiiliabilant wa unable to nme-mU-r a hea k-r ralu in the- history his-tory of Oram! Junction. Owing to the late hour at which the storm ceased, nml the marly impassaMe eoiidilloti of the ftlerts, a full Inventory In-ventory of the dimage dom- a run ml lo-a ii was not ol4alned. Hit' i I-lar I-lar was llooiksl but Uie rouls wi tent te-nt up on stilts and e-cij e-d damage-. The eleetlir light u ires were br4.i n ami a temporary darkness pievallid. Tills wis reme-:i-sl. hoaever, latir. Tne ditch along Fifth Street ovtr-llowesl ovtr-llowesl and llotsled the cellar of the ten National Ikiuk hiiilJiu,, raus-I114 raus-I114 a great deal of xiri work for John IaimsJeii. the niitliactor. He and n gaii of men stood lialliug uater utns-inly tut of the cellar, while the .lining rain thoroul ly laluratnl them, for at leist two hours or more. Niimlsr three IBs-etui r tra'li on the Rio Grande, due here at :.) In the af-teruooii, af-teruooii, was reported eight bourn late on are-ount of a washout. A gnng of men &nd 2i lies wire r-de-red se-ut to a olid ue"-l of the tutinil, near Hni'griort. Ju-twheii the Lnak will U-utaind was not known b"t night al a bte hour. The present brink Is in the same !ace u here the b"t storm euUMsl a similar delay. The telegraph Hlrm were down all day and working bully last night, so that u definite idea of the exte nt of the slorm was attainable-. II is U-heve.1, hoaever, bi have Ims-ii gene al ovi r H tMerii Colorado, at katt. Hie rain cookii the atmhere materially, and In fact the l-ai-klsiiie of summer, so fsr as hot weather ls concerned, oi-s7ars oi-s7ars to Is.- broken, so lo seiik. 'irunifJuMCrvN Star. MONTANA. One of the boldest robheiles that ever took pbee In Untie was com mitted Tuesday afternoon al the residence of Mrs. 1-eavitt, oil Ilast Hroadway. Sirs. Invltt lenduils a dresstu iking establishment In the frnt roomand has her dwelling In the rear. Vestirday he hadoeca-slou hadoeca-slou to step into the yard and Has gone but a few moment.-, and uimu returning found .1 felloa- iuherrit-t!ng iuherrit-t!ng room. When askel wlio he was and what he wanted he replied that he was looking for a Inly he thought lived there. He then walked Li the front eiooranddi-iartetl. eiooranddi-iartetl. Thinking there might lie something wrong she examined her bureau drawers at oiireanddiscov-ired oiireanddiscov-ired Uiat her gold wateh and chain and a small turn of money had disappeared. As soon as -sible she notified the lolico and gave a good de-scription of the fe'-low, fe'-low, but he evidently had tlmu to hide both liimKlf and his licoty. From Uie description ,lho police till uk It Is one of the men who wire caught robMng the SIcDermolt hous; a few days ago and who, uien being pursuel by Sir. Wey, drew a revolver upon him. If the gang of thieves who have receuUy reached here from other cities Intend In-tend to cimmlt mcli bold acla it will lhoove the ciUzens to adopt radical measures to put a stop to them. BuiXt Mining Journal. |