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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1884
Page
1
Major Hogarty reports large crops over the river as residents mingle with guests from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. A runaway accident near Wyman's pasture injures Mr. Fullerton but he is expected to recover with hospital aid.
On the night of August 30 a rock avalanche struck a Northern Pacific train traveling near a mountain slope above the Yellowstone River. Engineer Gleason alone braved the peril, reversing the engine and applying brakes to halt the train without injuries, while the fireman warned him to jump. The conductor walked eight miles to summon wrecking trains, and Gleason received warm congratulations for his actions.
Twenty seven miles down the Platte lies old Fort Lupton once built by a French trader. Now a cattle corral owned by Hon. David Ewing who bought the property in 1861. The adobe walls stood fifteen feet high and four feet thick at the base enclosing 155 by 125 feet with bastions and a corner tower. inscriptions on timber suggest 1818 employee defences. By 1859 the walls were solid but crumbling. Denver News.
Special correspondent reports Ben Eaton’s Colorado governor nomination sparks town joy with bonfires and cannon. Dem caucus set for Sept 17 to select delegates for Greeley on Sept 20. Local school gains under Prof KE F Hurdle. Methodist pastor Rev Mr Wright to preach weekly at Windsor. Excursion to mountains planned for Sept 21 led by Eaton. Local farming notes praise Theodore Lucas potato crop. Marriage of Fred C. Grebles and Minnie Rymer in Denver. couple to reside in Graham County Kansas.
At the Court House a prohibitionist meeting chose delegates to the State Convention in Denver on the 17th. Professor Copeland chaired, Robert Steele Secretary, and delegates were elected to back St John and Eaton for Governor but left free to vote. Several speakers urged temperance action and party principles amid Republican decline.
Fort Morgan Times notes the Mead couple welcomed a baby Friday night. The paper also mentions calls for a schoolhouse, candidate W J Kram for the Legislature, land claims under the Pid and Putnam ditch, large potato crops, a 15 000 sheep drive to Kearney Nebraska, John Taylor from near Colorado Springs guiding them, Reynolds selling wool for Boston buyers and a local women’s approval of smoking Little Joker.
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