The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16
TlNEN II GREELEY.
CIPIrtLS ~ CoL0RA-
M .lLI UHII y 4 ROt Nd.

III sud Fate nj the Town Ionndcd Nv
,,o,nrc Greeley 4 Pioneers sentiments
'u,y,rp oct. ~ curious phase oi poll
cha, West uuouown to most older COM
.rcs. is the irrepressible conflict between
,op.i.t4 dienihcd 10y the name 81 cities,
dc,ned with high sounding Titles. Ike
.,,t. SILVER city, Nctrcpoii- Vile, Nc.
c.,.tfro-cf uri.hing cities consist Of a sin-
-' toisc. o. ugh the average is higher. one
.h.. ur,. houses. half . mile apart. Each,
,,,,.r .rlu f. provided With pos cficc
I,ia,, .r.turc. uul is always a voting pre-
.i,,i. anI .omctimes a county capital
r .,.l.,.d1 these counties often embrace
.., creator than some " the New Eng
mud st.t,.. with n voting population CON
,i,r,bi, l,ss q IN ono small ward In New
5. rt city. fife universal Thirst for Once Will
at p.rIIt au station ~ trust and confidence
/, remain ,acsut. md each county Ia armed and
,onrped WItt full corps Of officials from pro-
bate ud-.d vn to road oversee. The location
,fr.,.Dtt, capital by a matter II considerable
consequence to thesc officials, es aome OF them
mast t.ty.l from sixty to one hundred miles
l,w.en ti.cir iii "a and residence, which Is
c.n.nl,rl. lc tax upon both time and effort.
the matter II proximity or remotcne-s affects
,.l.nth, fee and enlightened voters of the COM
n,unity. and they are perpctually carving the
uufvcapital. from one end OF the scttlcmentto
tnr oihei Ivory new town spriueinE W WIN
lie Intention - ctup-iug it, ambitious uvalr
torin- fo f.H tut the county seat az soon IA
ground b. BROKEN tNr saloon. AND ~ u uhu-
Sc to secure the coveted uriSe before the bar
room has been rooted IA. other new towns,
To- fortunate. have struggled on for years III
InNuling efforts in this direction.
N ring tle fr4t Year - Territorial existence
r.i.l uuand down the Icrtitor, seeking rest ana
,..n. o. ne uI Uru,crs -uutcmac, was FUZZY
a .t.HH NHtHH IL NHa o. |IN flsaN
tn.A fllf over the d -atiouoi the state ital,
-. Nith thc chances ail ia favor ~ TIA. city.
a curious ught ht- lately closed. after raging
long aud nei ceiy, hetweeu the people Of J. Iug
ls. cnltfv aud the Denver and Rio Grhnde
county carii Al IN tho line If its road, but the
reYpo vo-ed II t. another point ON the same
rDid. Revenge is us sweet to Railroads NJ - in-
vi fduui-. ana IN this case II was wrought ~ an
uriar Nuinundlug al trains uf the road TO PASS
go rnW capital without stopping. 50 the mails
aud lr, lsnt aud passengers were carried 10y aud
dnnp,d "a IN the prairie at tho company s
Iovu. which existed unlv on pauer. Finally, a
cuuirnu l.e was effected bV exchanging goudly
fUfiinn 20 the actual town property Tor at equal
irlNuit ~ tue prairie IN question. and the war
is temporarily suspended.
IuE rows OF GREELEY.
Nosuch happy results attend the great wat
in Wild county. where the temp, rance town
named .ftcr Horace Greeley Is located. Inc
tow ~ Greeley has heen Sighting fVr the coun-
u scat almost ever since IL had an existence
~ Ire temperance principles have inflicted
against %. ana after gaining a Victory year
a., II ms just suffered another crushing defeat
-t-s correspond mt visited Greeley on Mon
dft lest. \ pl, a-aut ride of litN mile, over tue
linver Pacific rod due north drought hlW 8.
VIE Platte river. CROSSING which the train stopped
81 lac town ~ Evans. Grcclcy'- great rival aud
the present capital of the county. LNans h. GA,
al fh,. olde-t Settlements fu tho Tefrif. 't. an.
.- 10 Un' ulttion ~ ~rNcn or eight hlrurut
fooplc -Four miles f.rfnrr or. iu 90 pleasant
Vilev, GIeeli}, nestled IN ne ia,r sunshine 81 !;
feet day. The nrSt &C. jet Visible was "a tai
tower. and the SI-S man sid
MA another tall wer. Aud whore Is Tho
goat and good Jay Gouldf
W. .Nt "a the conductpr g. ,uli a"n
own that tall towrr; Il belongs TO tie III .scvp.
rhur. 10 II Greeley"
Tn. tull tower in fact. wac he'll tower. ana II
bore biz bell. witch cost S3t. and was ri,cf
~. ruNlng the freight an IL. aud h4ili.u- q tao
TOYS . Tor u. and hn,lns rope. and hiring a oo,
To ~ b., the sgcety exhausted It's meal $, ano
- which might wei he pronounced too
Xxx ma. Episcopal church OF Greeley IS not
avery wealth, ui. >a-lIat'oh' ~ NAY ne inferred
mi d tferr H. af,,t' II We lthN lady IN q We
nu1 She would DO well 20 sFnd iham some Win
s'oNn ,ra. IN / - ,"4ou.e, dr'rn ou' by the
frtihn .... county sent ,l,cif. ".s " Doe
Ie,ied lei. Pc the board " county G ,n,,. '->ioo
er. N,ncrhC meron, the Vtl-knowu or-iu .
tnrcrnteudcnt ~ to Greeley colony st I'm hi-
lAaA."' a. ." ".@ shirt slccy smoking a
cigar iu furious puEs, and talhiug ab Yut the
frOltI.. The General is an able-huditd citizen
~ twl Hundred ami forty pouncs wcishi, with q
1WEC. wcll-torued head. covered with heh'l
tna-ul elk nair while his thick whiskors and
n.u-,lcu. are II me same raven darknes-. nl-
features are exceedingly masculine, hui not
cNarsp. His eyes are small, shaded iy overhuug
INC niNws aud are habitlIllY effected Dos "a ~ s
moo, muscular contraetion, 'ulsatiy k' wu a.
sometimes startling. and in amiNed company
j. pie are ant to infer that the General has AZ
inn rant cOmmun alton % impad 20 them b.
,uuudence, whereas he may "hb Wish u ie'
uaik that 1t l. an exec tinsli pheasant day.
SHARP PRACTICE.
You see." cid the q neral, meditatlyely. a'
though reviewing the whole history OF the case
Eve atai the Eyans people last fall md got tu,
county seat rhe vote was nlmiphty close
Ihey nowlou about fraud and sued out an IN
Junction. Then. wien that wouldn't work. the
80 after us with % ~ ndRmus. and II cost Ne
~ dent Of money" Here the General pau~e
and d. ked around the comfortable bank pari.
clsar BY one that the SUS man smoking, n
leU 90 match. 1t cost us good deal TO-
q Of our best ground for county purposes
100 900 l'siut iail. and lifted up court room
ceal more money. We seldom had any. court
md there was never any body in the jail, but tb,
county seai was big thing FOR Greeley, ar,
.u- W drsutflly sore about losing IT, ihet
Due went T. WOrh and got up another election
and sure enough the county eat went back /,
her
Chorus Too bad too hsdp
"Mtl, 1t was hard. We fct il k-enly Tn,
people used to sit around on dry goods boxe
md swear about IL. and they would come u
het" un ASK me what we were goilg 70 d.
about h. rs though something could be don,
ABOUT Do. tOlu tuttl 10 start a SUNDAY EClON
IN the j. 10 and trust to Providence. About
week after the election, COluit Gle j sander
canr 20 me ore DAY ana -.i!: 'Gsucral. tn
iNit"n returns haNe just come .n and thinl
tit' are Informal
lnr General ~ his cigar rguin nrd continued
JuWi ed w like % itck-ln-t e-hN a.. nj,
b. kcd az sanders and he uktd a. ule, hii
nrittar Of Ne could say ANYTHING more jus
tlNu. You see LuutOn was a strong Evans pre-
clfrt. and II it, vote was thrown out We Woull
lrcp the county seat after all. | went wiz
Sanders 10 his Office, and found that the 10
bN.h had lcru locked uu IN the b Hot inA
when tie law requires 1t to bc deliver scuH
rately to the clerk. We said nothing about 4
lIdlf "a week ago, ~audct- reported mo- =,
turns from lupton pre- met. and We heidi on O.
the county Sc 10. ] here was a noWl outside. e.
course. R,uns fairly rayed and Lul lan wa
nearly as thd. lLeN threatened To- come ,y,
aud take away the county rrct rI- hy force. ul
they didn't come" Here the q neral stOppr
And wiHk.d fltlOlsiN Tor q few mpmtuts, "a r,
truslncivc enjoyment of the fact that the
dun come.
Bat wasn't that a Iittle rough on Lupton
0.tIcI $40 ttct Ddy.
just what they said" an worcd Game ron
"ihrY Nh ught IL Wits "A swindie. and thrA so
I, 'iug Incm the returns wcre Informal. 80 tre
u'd have remedied TIE detect. Hut sander
id % was rs much rs hr couiI do To- r.ctit. uI
OWL mistakes, aud lle want l.Ii fli atttuutu
O. utner people'r business. - they took an q,
T"1l 10 the County CONN iseiDuers. asking 7
hl'H their vote on the county re & can r.~f.
To-day. and that IA what this crowd Is here ior
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