Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1880 — COLORADO. [ARTICLE]

COLORADO.

Lotlumpm an at wo*k tai Kokomo.. county. Ttaore is one doctor for every six hundnd pmoa. i. th. QuteZkrnp. Kpraam, has arrirecHk Lead vine. Poles for the Silver Cliff and Rosiu tele phone line ha ve reached BttreeOiffi Rico real estate is steadily increasing in vnfae, and to srilinf for good figures. Golden has niasniMi a library anodattoiL with & K Itvsntt, president, and A D. Jameson, SMMtaay. Th. dtotrtatoonrt docket at Rosita shows an extraordinary nnmber of cases to be tried th. coming session. A large amount of machinery to daily arriving tor the Piatta Verde and Bull-Do-mingo mil la, at Silver Cliff. John Hamilton, the mail carrier between Placerville and Paradox, was drowned on the 9th in th. Dolores river. - There to a great scarcity of water in the vicinity of Greeley, there being none in the ditches and bat little in the rain. It to estimated that there are in coarse of construction in the Fifth and Sixth wards of Leadville upwards of 200 new buildings. At Breckenridge and other camps in the district vigilance committees are being formed for the protection of lode and placer claims and town property against unwarranted Jumping.

The Denver and Rio Grande are putting in a fine iron tram bridge in place of the old pile bridge in South Pueblo. The work will be so managed as not to interfere with the run of any of the trains. Friday, Constable Frazer served a warrant on City Marshal E. H. Watson, of Leadville, for the murder of Thomas Kelly on election night The warrant included the names of Jailor Miller and police officer Walker. The warrant was issued on a complaint drawn by Mr. Quigley, of the firm of Politz & Quigley, on complaint of Mrs. Marion B. Kelly, widow of Tom Kelly. Watson was brought before Judge O’Brien and gave bond of $5,000 for his appearance on Monday afternoon, his securities being George R. Fisher and G.L. Havens. The prominence of the accused man and the singular circumstances surrounding ths killing ot Kelly make the case one of more than ordinary interest, and the result of the trial is anxiously looked for.