, 1873-12-26
DENVER.
Tho New City of tho Plains.
Fast Horses and Fast Men.
"Reminiscences Of Dcnvcr Life.

"Reminiscences Of Dcnvcr Life.
Special Correspondents Of Tae Chicago 7ttDsns.
DEEvHn nco. a.. 1879.
And horo Wo Arb ut Denver, tho groAtcBs llnlIls-
City Of .he Woat. Our table OF distances informs
us thl: We aro q, 400 tuilss woat o{ Now York.
1.l20 miles west Of Chicago, 100 west OF Ut.
Louis, G20 milos woBt Of Omaha, md 6S0 milos
vest of tho Missouri River.
We aro G,00O feet aUovo tho 1eyol OF tho sca,
md on a plain 600 nilcs In oxtont. Tho poEala-
1ion OF Douvor Is sot down at 10000, bid 1t IL
c,e Capital Of Colorado Territory This Torri-
tory has q population Of 90, 600 souls, and con-
taina 600 Bquale m,lus Tho climate III dry
and healthy, Md tho latda rich md fortilo. Tho
mineral rcsourcoB OF Colorado arc l'nmouHo, and
tho coal and iron fields contain over 1000 aquaro
mtl,s.
Locking from tho window Of my lotc1, I can
THE MouSTA1xa
riso III vast semi-cirolo, their highest poalss
covered with everlasting snow. To tho
south ID Pixies pcak, $4,000 foet higl,
aud to the north, Longs pcak, looming
up $4,000 foot. The mountains run
north aud aouth, and divide tho watera Of the
Atlantic aud Pacific. In them riso the Arkansas
and Colorado Rivers, which Start Oh their long
Journey to thair ocoau-aomca. 1u full Wow Ia
tho mountain which furnished tue econe for
Bcrstadt's 'storm on tho Rocky Mountains"
and below Ia tho little valley whoro ho paintod
ono Of his most delightful pictures. Tl!oro aro
many subjects lcre worthy the Rtuly Of
painter; aud, as tho eye sweeps over fields anI
woods, mountainB aud gleps, nway up to tho
Bnow-lino, whore tho SUMS rays leap and fash III
many colors OIL tho ice, tho Hcono is one that
might well ongago the thoughts Of tho poet or
tlo pencil OF III artiut. "Donvor," says Dowlcs,
" is in tho broalest belt Of tho Rocky Mountains,
and no city in all The world haa auch panorana
Of pcrl!otnal beauty spread ont before it," This
is atrong language, but it ia scarcely ovo.drawn.
To return to tho city proper. It is not moun-
tain town. but built OIL the plain, it miles dis
tant from tho foot OF tho range, although tho
clear atmosphere mates tho hills seem scarcely
miles away. TLero tre churches, schools,
and public buildings everywhere. Hero stands
q Brunch Mint Of tho United States, that in Two
mouths nssaycd and paid out, III uutiye gold aud
silver bars, $1U3 t0D0. There arc
THREE DA1Ly PArEn9,-
the Post, Netcs, aud Tribune. All arc we'll snp-
ported, mud tho llociy Mountain Aeios has an
tln,nense circulation among tho merchants.
minors. and farmers Of Colorado, New Mexico,
Dakota, Utah. anl Montana. Tho Tribune is-
sues duly, noml-:weekly. aud weakly edition,
to tho Netos, AL three Of tho papers nro live.
kcon, bold jou1nals aud no trayo1or need wait
for his Eastern mail to learn what is going in
tho outside wold, for ho can read tho uowB uu
wull at his brenklast-tabe in Denver as II ut tue
St. Nicholas III Now iolk.
THE BUSINESS DONE
BY this young city il homothlng surprising, and
SLOWS tho vast lcsourcos, aad produotiveneas Of
the Territory. IN twolvo months Denver sold
s7,0u0,0o0 worth, Of goods; pa,d 6.000 for
machinery; bought S5s14 worth of fruit and
shade-trees; sold 10000, 700 pounds Of grain,
shipped 40 900 feet Of lumber, 10000 head OF
cattle, 60, 900 l.iIes, 27,000 pounds Of wool and
exported 81, ,4UQ,000 III gold, not including tho
vast SUMS carried awny by private Individuals.
T4ore waa during the sanle time $685., ,452.8s in
gold and silver deposited In the Mint !; aad tho
AsHossor placed on his booEs $4,000 600 worth
Of real catate.
Douyor will one dny be tho
MOST PHEASANT AND DE9tnANLE
place IN lho Unitod States to reside, It ia sitn-
ated in the centre OF tho Union. and il already
connected by rail with Calfornla, the East. aud
South. Wnon tho railroad nov building to New
Mexico, Arizona, md tho Rio Grando i8 COM
plctod all tho tropirai fruits viii be brought to
bought in Now Orleans. Tho wonderful poars.
apples, peaches, arl grapoB Of California arc
NOW laid at their doors for fow cellts per pound.
Add plains wheat Ut 81 por luslel; tho best Of
beef, mutton, and pork, ut six co,'ts per pound !;
driving g-horses al SlD0 cach nd good roals, aud
We have not only cheap but delightful placo to
live.
Denver Inns threo arst-clasa hotels, theatre,
two tlouring-mis, racc-track, watcr-works .
Fire-Dcpnrlneut, and Board Of 1rado. Some
Of the
FINEST TnorT1S0-nonsEs
to be found III Amerlca nre at nenror, and as
nice turn-outa aro secE there aB IN philadelphia
OF New York. II was at Dol,yor tl,nt tlat gay
old sport, Alcck Mcclure, inv 'Latly alice !"
trot-a naro TINT 4e fell perfectly In love with
aud ho niase haBto to writo the Now York 3rib-
une She III certainly tho most graceful trottcr,
aud the most amablc, winning littlo pony hnvoa
ever secn." It IL no uncommon thing at Denver
for gentlemen to drive their families ont bolliud
240-tcam; and, Oh every 1ino afternoon, from
park.
Denver was at one ti1ns By no means o ohoap
qlace to live. Moline gives this account of
A DINNER
10 ate thero no longer ago than 1SGG "a
handful Of flour from barrel tlRt oost s2n !,
zip Of goldon syrup at - per gallon; q
cup Of tea at 50 per pound two ranohe-
eggs at S1.2a per dozen; . glance into q
ne%,apaper single ccony Of which cost 25 cents
berries nt Sc per quart; bit Of rancho butter,
very excellent, hut 81 per pound"
But all ths il now changed; German oamo
along aud put up q big brewery, aud oil tho boet
railroads camo III, a.ld brought with them cheap
Produce; rancho~ncn scLtlcd Oh tho yacaut lands,
an1 chickens. eggs. md bnttor becama pleuty
the land irrigated, and an abundance Of yogeta-
blessrowl. From tho Platte River, aduh Is mics
long leads to tho city and furnishes It with great
quantities Of water From tllis ditch wator ia
taken to irrgate tue gardens mud streets. alone
incoming Of the cars, tlo splendid Bilycr-mount-
cd, wide-Btrrupod saddles mud Mexican sombro-
ros went out, and Denver IL now
Al Cly1LIzEn 4 PLACE
f1lnra In mn IN fIn11tiunnt IT. Haarp furra1ts