In and Around Town

Fort Morgan Times
Thursday, November 13, 1884
Page: 3

IN AND AROUND TOWN.

A. M. McKay is here again.

Everybody irrigating alfalfa.

A fine head of water in the ditch.

Husking corn is the order of the day.

Where have the baseball boys all gone?

Gone to blowing brass for a change, and they are all getting there, too.

Somebody leaves the gate open west of town.

Does anybody want finer weather than this?

W. R. Clark is doing work on his ditch near Deuel.

Fred Williams' claim contest comes off tomorrow.

A. S. Baker and family spend a few days in Greeley.

W. F. Levesque has his billiard hall nearly enclosed.

Sod is being irrigated to some extent, to fit it for plowing right away.

Mrs. D. B. Wilson has been seriously ill of typhoid fever at Greeley.

L. H. Paine was here last week making improvements on his ranch near town.

Postmasters are talking of forming a protective association among themselves.

Road Overseer Devin finished spiking the plank on the Deuel bridge Monday.

G. S. Owens will put in some dairy cattle on his ranch south of town next spring.

M. Kleckner will go to Pennsylvania soon to see his parents who are quite aged.

Tyler Haskell cut from four acres of alfalfa sowed last spring about eighteen tons of hay.

Mrs. Flynt's is the place to present yourself when you are in search of oysters in any style.

Tyler Haskell says (since election) that it is his time to crow, and for others to eat of the bird.

All should observe Thanksgiving day which, President Arthur says will come on the 27th of this month.

The election returns show the truth of the time-honored saying, that the race is not always to the swift.

The Greeley potato pool is having a very beneficial effect on the market this time, as it should, for the farmers.

We are under obligations to the Greeley Tribune for the use of their tabulated statement of the official vote.

C. W. Bennett, accompanied by a high shirt collar, returned from a brief visit to Greeley on Thursday last.

James Burk is getting the material on the ground for his new brick house just north of Mr. Killebrew's residence.

Chas. Hartshook (Virginia) has gone into the sheep business with S. W. Hilton, of Greeley. Long may he wave.

Bill Moore, Lewis, Norman and other contractors are making the firt fly on the More & Trace ditch over the river.

J. A. Conyers has gone to Loveland with part of his teams to do some work on the Home Supply canal near that place.

The Burlington & Missouri pay car went through here on Monday distributing to its employees their well-earned wealth.

See what George Freelin has to say in another column about boot and shoe repairing. He does neat and substantial work at moderate figures. See his Latin motto.

"Smellniverous" still about in certain localities near town, notwithstanding numerous attempts to seize the enemy.

While the Mills Bros. were in town they took advantage of their visit and had Fisk the blacksmith doctor their horses' feet.

Akron had nine on a side on election day. This we knew was a baseball town, but did not think they would carry it into politics.

Holders of land west of the Fort Morgan ditch line are placing higher values on their claims since the new scheme was inaugurated.

Messrs. Killebrew & Burk are doing the brick work on S. K. Cheadle's store at Brush, which is being veneered and a foundation laid under it.

There are 18 voters in Akron precinct, this county, and they are equally divided, 9 against 9. who's pitcher, catcher, short-stop, &c. -- Greeley Sun.

The report is current here that John Torpy is to have the postoffice if Cleveland is elected. The election has been a bonanza for him, so we hear.

The glassy Boys and others have finished enlarging the lateral north of town, and can now get all the water required by them and Mr. Conyers.

C. W. Bennett took one of his business trips to Greeley last week. We are inclined to think that there may be some pleasure attached to some of these visits.

Some unknown party drove up to Mr. Harris' cellar and carried away a wagon load of potatoes. Such wanton larceny as that is liable to get somebody into trouble.

Porkers are being brought in here by the load every week. Mr. Devine will soon have another cargo down here from Greeley. Swine flesh ought to be plenty the coming year.

We have secured a correspondent at Orchard, who will, as is shown by the letter in this number, furnish us with a newsy letter weekly. Thanks. fellow traveler to eternity.

Quite a number of hunting parties from Denver and elsewhere are camped on the river near here. Hope some of the game will be able to get away as we are nearly out of meat.

There are several tree claims in this vicinity which have not had the required work done on them. We would like to see the holders either fulfill the law or relinquish to some one who will.

L. C. Baker had a severe attack or hemorrhage of the head on Monday afternoon last, but is able to be about again, and is now bracing up in Greeley under a physician's care.

The placing of foundations under building already built, and the laying of brick for new ones, is much delayed by the inability to get lime. This, we hope, will soon be remedied, and work go on.

The Mills Bros., who have quite a herd of cattle southeast from here, made us their first visit this week, and we find them to be gentlement with rare qualifications, such as we like to see here at any time.

Jim Winbourn and Dick Bingle, are holding the fort up at the flume. It is quite and interesting place for the tourist. The drawings and descriptions with adorn the Byon House are decidedly amusing.

W. H. Clatworthy started out the other day all cocked and primed for ducks. He successfully bagged eleve, and some few he was unable to get. He arrived home in good season with lame arms and no cartridges.

A. S. Baker's horse ranch presents the appearance of being quite a town, there being about twenty different roofs of buildings, and presenting at a distance and appearance somewhat similar to a Mexican plaza.

M. Kleckner has some of the finest porkers in the country, and he evidently knows how to take care of them. By the way he has a pretty fine place for stock of all kinds, and will come out on top of the heap in the end.

After it was decided by telegraph that Blaine was not to be our next President, Messrs. Callender & Lowe executed a bulletin with the pictures of the Republican aspirant in the contest, and the suggestive motto underneath: "We mourn."

Conrad Shaefer is said to be quite a sport. We heard of his bagging five geese at two shots a few days ago. That is better than the average hunter from here has done, although we have some bad men for wading the river after geese.

Lew Bartlett is responsible for the statement that since the band met for practice, the skunks have stepped down and out. It must be that the sensitiveness of the animals couldn't stand the shock. It couldn't possibly have been jealousy from rivalry, could it.

"DON'T SHOOT, I'LL COME DOWN." Game of every description make the above exclamation when a sportsman points a gun at them loaded with ammunition from E. L. Dunham's stock, in Greeley. See him for particulars.