, 1879-02-28

snt9 sGnngfeEato a. gro',ns Of rouEhy;1t!rea men,
s!lie M : a!cnnl ,srIrlly against tho background of
the scrrMa. rllcac fires nro kept up by t. tnn.
sfac'"rs Tor tl,c few watof- who. by tho
Colarado. Tic firm Of Russell Il Alrx l,llcr,
Having tl,etr n,alu oIco III thu Major Block, on
,l,c Gns,cr Of t.asal!s aa! Madison atrccLt, havo
in;ey occ', engaged In laying wnSr.mafna III
H., md Colorado sprin.s, In Ills STATE. 'r!Ic!r
work wus 70 satisfactorily ,l.,nr Mt The latter
Place Tint o. tnasa'ileetltl: Of ct!zcnB rcsut,l.
i'ons nt thanks wcsn nitbl1e'y, nloptc1. The
Rngcd talis for 1t'e lavinE Of two miles u six
aud eight incll pipcs ak,ng Chestnut n,nt Stnto
streets md tlarriAon avenue. Tho ontiro loo
VIII be completed IN three weeks. An ntcrcst-
ors l'avo decided to use low-Srnde sttycr bullion
l0r Welding The piprs logetcr, ~ they estimate
tlIc cost to bo less linn That Of rurp lead, which
must DO Transported from n distance. AZ l,as
w!lf bu tle only e!ty ~ the world which lla'
Htlvcr.inounted wnicr-n,atns. Tie Wnter.Works
dent . ]. i. b. Na,.lvilic, tho Vtcc.Pres1lrnt
Treasurer, mud Superintendent Is j. G: Cranter.
Messrs. atnnlvl1Ic, Cramcr,. ,n'n! Henry
". Lake nro OWNERS Of tElu chortde 1lntht,
wh1Gl, VII convey water e. to the reservoir rum
bs commended for their cnterprise and public
fptrltctlncas III this matter. Next week the citt.
zcnb Of Lendrile Will vote tlpnn lIe question ol
E0s or no gns, atal, as The general sGMtIincnt
soOn begin to looul up IN metropolitan prDpor-
tions, no doubt.
1t Is a wonder that
THB PICTURESQUE TRAITS
Of this mining camp are not stczcd upon BY
eoluc u the Rrtsta Ut Chiragoam Eastern cities.
CjLnNn 1hntts
such aB ilas rarclv, 4 eyer, been ufFcred bcfore
TO the ar,tsttc world Tile revolving Eanora,1,a
ol life, everlehangng, never ccns!ng, presents
the most striking contrast, md Is full Of Inter-
force. Only yesterday, for inataare. there oc-
Cured an i1eldcnte WHICH would ntIurtt material
for 1locartllian pctlcll: Up In s'rny Horse
nulcl, there had been living, Ior sescEal weeka
becn intlu uging' dur,s iii tllrir stay i, d con.
tinuous drunken dcbatc!. gambling n1l night,
and sleeping oil day. Yesterday morning n citt
zen went i,p 10 tln!r sfanty TO make sotne i'll
on, the door he received nso response,
Il it, open 'A aui ''''s entered. red ~ Tnrrs ns'"'a
straugn sight met his gaze. Sprawletl about on
the ground were the four occupants of tho
cabin, two in n druEen stupor, ono deati With
gash in his head, mil The fourth drunk mil
snoring. still grnspIng IN Ills Elanl The billet Of
wool with which the deed hal been committed.
blood stained, aud covered with hairs AMI bits
Of flesh.
Fon No1E CHEERFUL PICTURE,
with plenty Of opportunities for the humorous,
I would recommend one which might he named
"MaittnE for. tic Atail.h Tho LeatlyIlle pnst-,
Office still ranks MS afOnrtll-class Office, although
sccon3clnss.. II is clnimed Tint rs much
business ts done hero as ut the Denver Office
md, 10 Judge from outward appearances, as well
as from, the statements Of tho efficient Post
doub. IT,. During, tho week ending EGeb. 15
money-0tslcrs TO tho amount Of $t.4W wcro
issued and 81 ,5:s wcre pail. But to obtutn mn
iloa Of thu vast labor connected With the
sn 9ileo one aa; pns trn i, 3 to ae the general % eyery
LendV!lc who receive their mail entirely
through this channel. Only two clerks can lc
detailed un.lcr the present arrangement to hunt
up and give out letter. at tue general.del!rery
office, and, they nrc kent constantly nt work
trnm cnrly IN the morning to ! o'clock in thu
evening without a moments respite. But The
picturesque s!tlc Of the matter Is seen only from
tile outside. All day long there arc two never
lcsscnng lines Of people, reaching from thu
gcncral.dc1ivcry window to the outer door, n,N
doubling, back almost the cntsro length 1T The
building. AS last ns one man ts slipElfea there
IL another to take hts place, md, passtng along
the street dozen times day, one will always
see the Fane. tirelcss procession. II takes nont
an hour usually for man to reach tho delivery
window in hts turn. There is very little disorder,
although the waiting ones Indulge IN
Xpparontly Tic men nro roconcile to ,lc ei inev.
fable, though dare say It would hons much III
n pcrson's life wero worth to attenpt to broaIs
into the line ahead Of turn. Here nrr seon nll
classes ind conditions OF, a common loyel, ,--thc
sIlk Int md eyeglasses Of tle English tourist,
the q billed allirt uu& chokcr OF the clergyman,
the fancy ncclitic Of the gambler, antl prclomi-
natng over all Others. ms far MS numbers arc cot
crrnel, tho tup boots niMl rouEt. clntI.cB AMI
wide sombrcro Of tile shaggy -bcnr,.cl miner.
TIlrso make up the motley procession which Is
forevcr moving on, yet never ends, md which
Is to he scc ut nny hour tnsi!c of tho Leatiyltle
who have Just rot their letters from home, nlul
WIN cantiot waIt to get out Of llr room before
reading thu news, giving expression to tho df-
ferent characters, md ha will havo as ]nu
study Of human nature us Gun readily be lttt-
atr,t,n Il "