The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-12
LEADVILLE SOCIETY.
Plenty of Heightened Men and
Beautiful Women.

IScauthIul WOImeus
(Leadville Correspondence
There is no better society anywhere
than is found to-day among the better
classes in this city. 1t draws certain
class of scientific men, who form de-
lightful coterie. There are dozens of
mining engineers, graduates of Freiberg,
the London School of Mines, and similar
institutions, men who have been all over
the world, many Of them; the superin-
tendents and resident managers of mines,
representing immense capital; the C pi-
talists themselves from all over creation,
who spend weeks aud months at time
here. Then there are the Government
geological survey people, and scores Of
others of the most enterprising and
brightest men in the country. Many of
these men are accompanied by their fam
lilies, and Leadville already numbers
many brilliant and beautiful women.
Leadville is not behind the rest of the
world in the matter of tony weddings.
A brilliant affair of this description took
place on Wednesday evening at St.
Georges Episcopal Church, the contract
ing parties being Miss Mary Adelaide
OBrien, a tall and beautiful blonde,
daughter of Judge O'Brien, of this city,
and Mr.. William Jandus, of Wyandotte,
Kansas The three pretty sisters of the
bride officiated as bridesmaids, being
dressed respectively in blue, pink and
white, the bride herself being attired in
white satin. The trosseau was ordered
from St. Louis. A reception was held
after the ceremony at the Hotel Windsor,
where many elegant presents were dis
played, and all in all it was as pretty
wedding as one would see anywhere.
The night of the opening of the new
Opera-house was that following the morn
ing Of the lynching at the Jail, and gen.
eral feeling of uneasiness pervaded the
community, owing to rumors Of the for
nation of an anti-vigilance committee
and its intended doings, but every one
went out just the same, seeming glad to
forget the outside pressure of events in
the whirl and excitement of a new pleas
ure, and only hint of humor seemed
necessary to make the entire audience
burst out into uproarious merriment, so
great was the relief afforded by amuse-
ment from the strain of the day. a
Il At the close of the entertainment we
found arms stacked in front of the Clar-
endon, the adjoining building, and met
members Of the militia patrol, called out
by the Mayor, at frequent intervals. For
three nights the volunteer soldiery, OF
whom there are two or more companies
in the town, together with several hun
dred special policemen, have looked after
che peace of the city, and the hope is
! that collisions will be avoided, and that
, the threatened outbreak of the anti
e vigilants will be warded off until they
r have time to take the sober second
:; thought, and SO any catastrophe may bt
q averted.
+ Should any conflict occur, law and or
e der must ultimately triumph, and th'
l. evil element in the community must q
to the wall, for good citizens are unques
tionably now in the preponderance il
the city, which is no longer mere rougl
Is mining camp, but city Of houses ant
!. families, which must and will be pro
v tected from the violence of the lawles
e classes, who may as well take warnin
=" and leave for other fields or settle dow
into law-abiding citizens. Looking ou
upon this brilliant, beautiful sky, bend
q. ing down to meet the opalescent mountai
,e walls which shut in this lovely valley, j
N seems that such transcendent beaut
lie must soften;the hardest heart and bring
s. into accord and harmony with the pei
fection of the universe, and that ev
/, must shrink abashed from the face of a
-. ~ this majesty.
~ Leadville is an exception to the gene
al rule seeming to govern mining camp
ma Nature has guarded her metallic treasur,
with peculiar care. She has not only sht
en- them up in rocky vaults, but has also hi
these away in almost inaccessible moul
to tain regions Wherever mining town hi
sprung up heretofore, it has usually bee
it. in some mountain gulch, where Il
houses must be piled above each othe
,ss clinging to the mountain sides, and tho
sands Of people crowded into narro
es- valley, rendering sanitary regulation
ne impossible, and it soon becomes VALE
of death. But nature has seemingly I
en, tanned soft place in her heart for Il
rd coming Leadville. She has not only i
vested her with the richest mines in Il
world, all easily accessible, but al
Ill planned the loveliest location, "whc
7 every prospect pleases," and where, asi
ed from the extreme altitude, which she 9
+. identity forgot to modify, the conditio
at for health are unsurpassed. al
sSv. The son of Mr.. F. Urweider, Lackawanr
- Pa. suffered with acute pains over
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