Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-03-27
LEADVILLE.
a Letter from a Jefferson City Man.

a Letter from a Jefferson City Man.
Tue following 10 an extract rom a letter
written by NJ. j.. Z Cerley, a prominen,
young gentleman Of Jefferson City,. Mr.
Conley is a brother-in.iaw OF Mr.. Ambrose,
who Is we'll known 10 5eualiA:
People are still Aocking to Lesdyille by the
tundreGs. Yet, ths daily mortality OF tina.
city Ia incompsratls TO ANYTHING save that OF
infected yellow fever districts last GUNNER.
The deaths By pneumoIia, In Lssdville, av-
esage . half dozen per day; and many y NOR
taI, whose return is patiently awaited by
fond parents, and perhaps some lovely wo'
mana sgeeths ,rt--s rotting In cold damp
graves aC the dead hour Of night, thus shut.
ting out from the world the Last trace OF their
earthly exlstanoe. Not once in a great while
does this occur, but 1t occurs every night.
Psppars and strangers wheu they die are ell
hurried at hight, foftear that thu gnusAl daily
mortality will bs injurious TO the commercial
| interest OF the c ". Thus the paper and the
stranger alike. whether reh or poor, are do
| MED the pr ,vileges and rights OF a e%hri.tisn
burial and are tqmbtAA INTO deep, damp
erayes Iika so many dogs, with no iriands TO
mourn their untimely departure, with no
foeral elagies pronounced over their toRnt-
male frms. and no kind friends or relation
10 smooth down the Fo1 or erect Tombstone
10 marx tho spot 4 their las, resting place.
Nor are Their obituaries eyer written. They
sickeu, die aud are buried, and further than
this. o,taide Of the vicinity around an In the
civ Of Leadville, the outside world knows
nothing or will ever know nora. II q man
dies surrounded by iiirnds or relatives be vii
he decentlv buried aud his death aDnOunced;
other wise the ctisehs OF LeadVilla will re
main bitens IS 10 the uStuFr end of HE
detth. Tbe raasOL | use the mascqiiRe gen
der axclusivelY. thers are very few women N
L4adyiIle. And rs another evidence OF kht
e-noraous morality OF Le4dvtlle II IL dsiy
necessary 10 state that four men are constant
~ employed in digging gravss, 70 have them
,eadv for those who die. Thus, II Is nothins
unusual to visit The Letdville eemetary ant
ZEE twenty avs or thirty ne@lv made graves
,tandtpg open ready TO receive the corpsei
OF the lead. These facts, While %seepingly
Incredible, cannot be Tetut-d. Thsy are onl.
too true. ord h 1t aoy wonds that th'
mortality al Lsadviile should be unusually
preat. when people ara d4llv arriving from
every mart of the universsf Tory forget tina
In changing from u higher 10 a lower, or fron
n lower 30 u higher latitude. e great climatl
change takes lace, and they must bscpm
acoii1nhtpd, IT'S tue MANY loose thair live
wbiis haeomidg eeclim tied. but IL Is partl.
their own fault. Fteqaentls In q day afte
} ~ tender tOotr f. new eomerf a riyes !
|, LeadVnle. hs eomplalns OF . sore throat, dl'
Il IL ! and general inertia sets In, and Ia pin
e,ses ou, OF len, a week lat-r toe vleumi s
! corpse. The air arOuod bsadville IA cold an
damn and the water IA 4 N n vast bsds o
4 mineral, in addition 10 the tnNny impur tle
. caused nv the smeIlers, m4kas Lea1vtlfe
very nahealihy lncalttr. y ills. there ~
I A. many ah1 emrnss. b ca hs day and niah
IN l,ts hours anse m tnS dsaths.- aedal
. d mOcrat.