The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-31
TIE PIXIES PEAK EMPRESS.
Another Procession and a Crash
Letter from ..Mac'' With a ..NOta
IScna.s Atfachnn MT.

Letter from .'Mac'' With a s.NOta
Ecaa,, Attachment.
EDITOR TINES The discovery OF
gold al Pixies Peak necessitated
means of rapid transit to this
new IL Dorado, and with this view, John 5.
Jones, of Missouri, Within ii. Russell and
Luther X. SmUct, Of this city, formed a
partnership TO establish an express line
rom this city TO Denver, Tor the purpose OF
conveying passengers and small parcels Of
express freight only. The line was equipped
with the finest mules ever brought to this
part Of the country and the coaches were all
new and built expressly for this service.
The drivers and ranchmen were all expri-
enced in their respective lines OF vocation /;
the stations were ten, twelve and fifteen
miles apart according as the loo lily select
ed afforded wood and water. Most of the
forage for the stock was sent from this city.
The line thus equipped and under such ex-
perienced management, Promised rich
harvest to the proprletors although the out
Law had been immense. The fare 10 Den
yer was one hundred and twenty-five
dol lars with an allowance Of twenty-five
pounds OF baggage-all excess one dollar
per pound: schedule time six days. Ex-
press freight one dollar per pound; no
express package taken Tor less shan that
amount money from two to five per cent.
;,rc,rdinr As the Indians put in an apueai-
auce-anl thew @ nerally appeared The
line was daily and left the office Planters
House promptly at seven o'clock A. NJ
In. dav of departure for the first coach
had been dulv announced and a large
:cr,wd WI. present To give it a good send
off | had Adds, the photographer on
hand to s.cure a picture ui the scene. IL is
still i'm INV possession. There were three
n,...uo.rs and a small amount of freight
H. arIv,r-bappi.r than clam al high
water -chirp.I To hi. four-in-hand. and
away they went at full speed on, Shawnee
street amid the huzzas of the throng who
had lind the sidewalks To witness the de-
n,rtur.. A new era had dawned, and
c,rringe cattle had to be content with
b,uIing "schooners" filled with SOW belly
and had whisky that's what ,bev called
il That WIS the departure.
Fifteen DAYS wsre allowed for the
round trip on that occasion. 4 day or
two after the departure. it was
determined bv our leading ci liens to give
Them mules and that coach with its con-
ts,,s- , Grand raception on returning 4
nr,c,.ssi,n saIute grafton and banquet were
agreed ON. and the arrangements to carry
ont that programme were fully completed
| in annie time The coach arrived at Salt
crock on Friday and detained until the ne xt
Law In be formally received and welcomed
aud escorted into the city with all honors
The Chief Mar-hal-the same gentleman
who had ofiiciated in a similar capacity
when that railroad to Cameron was built in
a day-,his time il was a white horse and a
red sash-had issued his orders TO be ready
To march at the tap Of the drum We did
have a band. and a full brass one at that.
The procession was headed Of course by the
chief marshal, with his .taff, Pow
ell CLAYTON on the right, then the
music: close up were the Shields
Guards, Capt. Stanley jolly military or
ganization, who were au fat at-dancing, if
not in military drill and march then came
the five Ladies' with der masheen" most
reorgeously decked with prairie grass then
lSJ,v Fathers HAMPTON B. Denman mayor ::
then lin Farrell and few SELECT friends
ranresenting the Benevolent societies. Close
am IN Inns wheels were Jack Scott and
| Jordan AZ representatives of the colored
race. f,Il,wing ". re- the citizens generally
il, c,rri,.res on horseback and ON foot.
The procession when Strengthened out and
in GOD marching order was about a mile
and , half in length and the number of per
hsnps in line was estimated at three thousand.
ICm Andrew i Isacks. was selected rs ora
r., franklin Was TO read a poem.
In S,nrk;op was to fire the salute with
ala "Eickapoo~ and Len. Smith was set to
furnish the hash and set up the drinks.
In thnse DAYS when YOU got
hash and drinks at the Plan
Tor. vou tnew exactIy what Won were
ce,,;ng-,o mi.t,k. or i.l,e calls abou, it
+ mas hash and EkkerD-You bet il was.
aud don.t Won forget 1.-THE procession
met fb,. coach ON broadway. Itwasb aauti-
f,IIv trimmed with iaos and banners and
! contained the nronr;etors Of the liz: the
Grafton al The d,v and the .dust" WIS 4
Grand para,le throuob the princi a, rests.
bringing nm on Main street in front of the
Planters where a stand had been erected {;
the crowd was wedged and packed in and
extended from Shawnee street far up the
a.nIon,de The boys wanted to hear the
.. kim Job Stockton with his company
@, .r,eyienecd ar,ilIerists let loose :.Old
X samoa but il wouldn't stalk" loud
81. .ngb 10 suit them with a single charge. so
,hev trebled il but forgot TO check her: that
s,ttI,d il: the old thing got crazy on the
rebound. took a whirl to the right, turned
inside down and come down the hill tail
end first at a speed that created the great
, est copsternat on. confusion and scattera-
tion. women screamed. and men beloved
liz. crazy bulIs. fortunately no one was
seriously ininred-the crowd broke and
t,ed mn and down Shawnee. and down Main
s,-ae,s seeking shelter. s.Old kickapoo'
was c,p,nred and hauled off. One old gen
: ,Iom,n from Delaware Tow psbip lost his
, wig~,red one-and was swearing vengeance
ag.,;pst the man who scaIped him. the
Till Marshal was diving to run, but 90,
. vadgad in and couldn't: he lost his new
7 nd Shining ",ile- however. and the LAWYER
il s,;II in town who grabbed that sash he
had better return it or the case will be ven,
: ,iI,ted Laf,re the High Court OF Police
e Nv IorJ Chief Justice Vaughan. presiding
/ al Isacks cot leave to print the poem
i ,y,s no, read and never published. The
rboIa thing bu.ted IN and eyerbod,
+ ,ook , swear AT Moor Job stockton. | still
I ra,,;n , rbo.orrapb Of that crowd. with tn.
> crash left out. II was glorious day, any
now, CRASH or ~ 'i, I;sI -
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