, 1879-03-11

1cFs De u IluHtIbEs DUitnflAH Hal1AEtCEt ~ <ID
votes, The opposition to the Rev. Mt. Hunting
whs lrd hy tho Ha1ttft, atl! Was balad on hts al.
legged scctaranfsm In the control Of The schools.
BACK FROM LEADVILLE.
4 Good Place to Star Away Froni-sln and
Starvation.
Jndidnapofts Ntnt.
A Nlass reporter met Mah,on D. Draper, an
old Indianapolis boy, who 1,aa been residing ~
White1nnt1, this State, for several months, md
who, abort time aXo, was seized with the gold
fever aud went to LeadVIIlc. Col.
'Dnck alreadyi' inquired the reporter.
SWELL JcA; 1 know when IRE got enough.
uas only In Lcadvillo :or QUO week, arriving
there On the 10Th Of Februnry, aud leaving on
the 23d.'s
Mr. Draper IL n,an about 81 years of age,
full Of pluck md determination, aud one would
think not easily discouraged
"Why did rot como back 10 soon from that
place Of surpsistng prosperity. where paY-dErs Is
sized tnula is reported to cxalt go worth Of gold
nnd silver every time be raises hoofi"
"l'll tell you. 1 went there with view OF
focatlng, but soon saw there was no sfIow.
Merchandising rss wha. intended, eroccrcs.
and everything Of Tint sort,-Kencral stock;
but soon saw That nothing OF TINT kind would
pay.-already overdone. Dry-goods busl-
ness In the same ax,-tn fact, tliero
sccms to he nothing In anything but the
vices. In the first place, rents, even 1t you arc
lucky enough To get room, arc too high. There
are 1a,0o0 people In Lcadyltc today, nearly all
men,-thc few women there arc, ~ a matter Of
course, for the most part prostitutes,-and OF
these ~ 000 peopfe at least one.eixth--tbat ia.
21oW}-are without work md without dollar fu
their pockets. / never saw 10 manY bcRgars In
Eny life, mscrable devils, berg[nr for otartar
to buy d LOAF Of brcd, You can rot d littio Ioaf.
sized LOAF sells for ouarter.''
NUut tha otLcr iD'irM-ore they mnlinr,
moneyl'' s'
"So,nc Of them arc. But there's no room for
The mines, smeltcrs. at,d saw.tnIiis arc r,inmint
ali tl,c men now that they can hnnd1c' ans}
Just thiuk! This l,tlo clty, The lyeliest. wick.
elcst cjtY tn tic world, las nearly ali grown
within, tile INST Year. In 1Hf1 II rns cnifci aoh
town, md there were fcw ho,1fea there % Int
its prcscnt ponuiation has nil cnmc wfthSn
lie paet year. 4 jot In tjle b,einrss psrt nt
tic town that twelve mpntbs .go soid fur SID
high bustness.roo,n Eighteen fer feet 'iJy wiJe ~
forty feet deep rents at S3OO a month. ria
Theatre Cotninue Buijd,uy, 4 rough frntne boz.
seating anl stautijpg nbuut 160 pcople, tbour!,
thHy crowd in n fhDt1Gun1 a DffSht Aevrn nfg1ltR
In ihc week at 81 heau-Weli. sariiues in
box are co,ppa5atiycly comfortable co,uparcI
with them-ret1ts ut t1,i0O Iuou;h. Wei. iho
iuloufty can afford to paY It, Tor tic ginc.roop
women, witt lew Clothes u1,d Yery aggressive
lcgs-takcs tn x300 n,eEt. for
liquors. It is tie joosekt Slow, with
nd merit but Its o,,trnrco,ts iuticeency. Thcrn
aro twn ti,cr tllcatres. nnk anita so fnr remnycd
from dcccncy, paving The same heavy rents as
tho Comaue, but 11ot maki,u, lie money il
does. Garnbltng.louses unI anioonsf i tion;t
know; there's over hundred OF them, should
think Every aaloou Is q gnmblfng.l,ousc.
There are nunerous dnnca.haiis which nuy Al,
arcrago rcntul OF 1900 pcr month. These
furnish women 10 dauce With lie custotners.
The patrons uaytuC TO cents for drink md lie
privilege pf dauci,lg once, ii ahe dr!pk doesn't
T|i1c ilrst mines aro not over q Quarter Of a
mile from the main atrect. and thew extend oycr
several miles Of territory, though the paving
mines are, / uun told, ali near Leadriiic. The
liz run 81 metal ia silver, though there's some
Tl,crc,s no room there for men uplcuuatnted
With mining. The foreman Of the Little Pitts
burg mine exclaimed to nlu the other day:
hcrc.-rrecn nj msu,Nto wor1s in tlese mincs.
D-u 'cir. We don't wunt lem. It taxes ,he best
bridging 10 kpcp these ,1ipog from tumbjinc In
now wien worked With c1uerIeuccd hap(]s-u]d
n,incrs,-ns liz mineral is chiefly IN Tie form Of
E1fGOG3+G1 Auu GTulnUlEa ike IQtLEu EllEEaE+'
"'rhp paving mining interests are tnpnopollz-
cd by capttaI, It takes capital to run these
minus. n,u| great deal of il to get nny nrogt
o,lt of tllc,n. They nrr alrcadT Giied WITH old
miners who hive nourcd in from Deniwooi.
GeDrrntnwn. md d hundred other points. 40
you an thers fl m sbow wjiateyar for an,atm,r
tnlcn.',
u Any LAWYERS In Lcadyll]c1"
HLnwysrs{ Yes. tlprcfa forty OF them. noor
devils: nothing to do unless tbry can play keno
or fnrp. Tl,rreis bccn so much buildinr tint
carnen,crs who brought tl,cir kits OF too!s with
tinm i,nve lad wnrk rirht along nj ri ner fiav
but tt,erc's surplus oi merchants, laborers. and
mecilauics Of ali klrds.''
II don't think thcT do; they're eaten nm by
rcnts unI frelrhta. Kailruad frcrhts ara ont-
rarcous: while trum Wcnster, tho ter,ninus Of
In. rnil tn Lralvi1r n dtatnncn NJ scvcntv