Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-09-13

s1acted from him SIS for HE t.rc,
against which John Chinaman ,nter-
ed his solemn protest, Pleading that
he had no money in the most pitsous
manner. "Me got no money "
got no money Oh, no, me Gof
money! Me want to buy ii, he'
New York; He was we'll i ess-A
and seemed to have plenty of money.
Just as the passenger had fhsh i l.
lating to me what had occurre,' ~ae',
the Chinaman came into the cars, .ac
conductor stepped in and saia--"here,
John, have received q telegram in
regard to your case. here is your
money back. Gel off at this station
and purchase your ticket to Nsw
York, End take the eastern bon1'd
train when it arrives" John did &c,
and stepped off ths cars, evidently
we'll pleased with the return Of his
money. -.-51a-
At this point got off tho cars to
look around, and found We were at
Sydney, Nebraska, The first t'ius
| that attracted my attention here wa:
bugle soundinga reveille, and
| ing just across the road, / obse. ,ed
barracks in which were canpe3 e
number of United Statss troops. This
is an Quitting point for the Black
Hills. A line of stages ia run rom
| here 10 Deadwood. 1t is the r,earest
railroad point to that tow, : nur
| ber of Indians, had left IT, y
ton ard en- the war-r.th ctv-
the railroad short dislan t---S
here last summer, killing sewers!
pie. Some them we're repair !! IDS
on the railroad.
I have seen but three Indians since
1 came out here, and they we're civil
izsd. The Indians and buffalos ap.
pear to be gone elsewhere. 1, is Lid
they always go together. Of COURSE,
there are numbers on the different
reservations, but they ate guarded by
troops and not allowed to leave ;he
reservation without an escort Of F'.-
diers, unless they steal off and are
not seen going. e..
We are now travelling through
section of country which seems to ne
/ to he good for nothing. It is prairie
land, and an elevation Of huge rocks
can be seen at a distance on bel!
| sides of the road. The soil looks to
be sandy and non-productive. Ia
fact, scarcely any grass is growing
upon it, and no stock are to be soen
grazing. Here we saw numbers OF
prairie dogs; a few prairie wolves, aid
one fawn. Those prairie dogs h>,,s
little mounds thrown u; in wh;cE
they live, and it is said thai ,.s q
owl and snake live together.
About o'clock in the even'u>. ~"
reached Cheyenne, the capita. OF
Wyoming. This city has a po"' Ia
ton of about 5000. At thi- Fy,rt
you can take tie Denver and Pee'@e
railroad snd go to Derycr, fto i thence
to Leadville. YOU have 10 stage l. ,
portion of the wsv flom Denver to
Leadville, although there will soon
be a railroad, through to Lsadville.
| A few wears ago, during The con-
struction of the Union Pacific rsll.
road, when its terminus was at this
point, terrible state Of Affairs ex:st-
ed in this city. The streets wore
thronged continually with de.pera-
does. Ilawlessness prevailed to a
fearful extent. Almost every d'
there were from one to two oeoi
blooded murders on the str
Numbers of balls were held Gu
night. In the evening prior to ths
opening of the balls, there woul' ba
brass band playing in front Of sack
ball room. This state of affai.a e&~
listed to such extent that life GId
property were no longer ssev-a. TIE
respectable citizens at length r.
their might, organized v'el
committee, and deliberately h"s, -
trees and posts quite nunbar o, s.
desperadoes who had brough' { So
such lawless ststs of afaire. "I'<
mad at once the desired effecv IL
who were not lynched took he hias
and ran off, and law and or ar was
at once established, and lifo a.a ~ p
erty again secure. OBsEHyRr
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