Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-11-09
IEADVILLE LETTER.
Coz. Oct. rs, 1880.

:, Aid after such a long snow storm
cine DAYS. it was highly appreciated by
Te,dyillians. For several days 1t Wa.
~ muddy. but now the streets are dry
s,., 10 dust and there Is no particular
need of top boots, though as rule every
h,iy here wears high boots summer and
,,,,.e- In mid summer one must be
l,..s,d as warm as he would be in mid
u.uter la Maine. wore al summer as
many clothes as ever did in winter al
t,r,,. and now | have on double what /
s,.- diI IN my hte In the sun It's very
warm but Just get around the corner
,--, thc shade and a chill viii run through
,.. That viii make YOU thiuk Of an ice
vq.,- bath. This Of course, is owing TO
D.. s,I.uJo By the way, 1.-THE altitude
b., CD carry every thing bad on as
.l Nc-s If mans wife runs away
,..h another man, It i said. "Oh. ~ tbs
altitude gou k4,or ererytbiRg Is different -
F,sg murders and suicides are ascribed
% the altitude, which by the way, in
rssl,ille is lO250 feet. That is only
1000 above Mt. Washington. From
IeaG,Ille we really don't see 50 high
mountains as do YOU when YOU see the
White Mts.. for the highest mountains
here are only four thousand feet
above Leadyille. Even the city OF Den
,er is SIX thousand feet above the sea.
Ieadyii.e i an asylum TO which peo-
Meet al classes fee. The young woman
Who has been disappointed in love, also
the Young man who has got the mitten /,
.ts man who abandonS his wife and
don, wan; TO be found the woman who
w.she, 10 ind her recreant husband the
man who wishes to recuperate his lost
fr;unc. the man who was always poor
that's me and wishes 10 make fortune
IN a week. All these come 70 Leadyille
with a grand rush, thinking they are
81, g. ind Just what they are seeking
IL many instances they DO. There are
more run away husbands and run away
wives in this town than in any other
town on the globe think when you
have failed 20 ind them in other places
Yea are dead sure 70 catch them here /.
10 fact. think 1t better % look IN Lead
vile 6rs,. and then Il YOU fail, You can
safely bet they are dead OF have skipped
the country. Many Of the worst crimi-
u4.s dee 20 this town. IL Is said that the
famous Younger brothers are here ia
Leadvillc. That i, they make this their
head quarters. One of them was IN
shooting scrape only last week at
Kakours. and came near being taken IN.
but he mounted horse and rushed
through the town firing his two guns a:
every body whom he met and escaped,
and Ot course he came % Leadville Some
,uo OF three men were wounded Ia the
--lir Up 20 this time he has not been
l.-.,,ed Il was said az one time that
81. Blenders were in leadville. bat this
l. believe .JI there is bat h,tle j1ua,
3D.. s41, those demons Of hell ar dead
l...a. Cen days Ia Kansas, In L4be,a
.g. lis, Nay and June, and saw
4. ..a.. with people who were a-
.....rl with them, aud they seemed 90
..a t-.. tie Bender, WtIc dead. and /
81. r.. ass how they kaew tor felt
.4.>r-. nat twas none of my bushes,
Mss t..y were dad.
.,t myrltr lu Icadvle, that cd:
VI. $. 4. >.oau OF which wIctc las,
woes. Was the most cruel and blood
thirsty affair kuoUa here. IL wAs com
~-,.i vi,aou, doub, oy one Tate, with
Bennett, Roberts and lockwood a, ac-
..>>.r', lockwood was ia the carriage
W.. sloan a, hc,,me ot ;nc assassination.
Ties. ,5@- brute, bad planned and az
--a-ru ,a.> murder week before, and
&C.. v,-. bound Sloan should hot live
another week and ;n., was their last
chance tor he was IN h.s way to the depo;
o. t4Ac the nigh; Train for Denver
W... ,ae time came for the killing,
Roberts and Bennett lost courage bg;
Tate. va1 ta, k.,ed one man n this
cam. and others IN other places, was not
so.v..k The whole crowd were a bad
'-o-. 81. --i {; j. 20 bc hoped they viii
.. J-,..-..
Ia.re v,-e two suicides last week
cause, family troubles
IL. -a--,les in this town are all well
pr...-r.i Oh the Lords DAY The new
Pc, y.eu4u church was dedicated las;
Sabbath. The work on the Episcopal Is
pr crossing anely. \ fair in all OF The
banding OF tbs church begins Tuesday
%: ;-., week q, Turner hall.
I1e mines are al running at full blast
excepting Chrysolite, Little Chief and
Little Pi,tsbury. Nothing has been done
u :-e Ctry>oli,e since the fire, Oct. 4,h.
/: j, expected that she will start, how
ever. Nov. lst They have been ship
PR, so tons Of ore par day since the FIRE
from the dumps of the Chrysohte. OF
course this Is low grade ore. Messrs.
"C-s..le and Dunlap haul al the ore
from the Chry>oli,e, and when she Is
running they keep from twelve to twenty
four teams on. These are mostly mule
teams and they have some very fine
mules. They weigh from ten TO fifteen
hundred pounds each mule. Only two
az used on a wagon The wagons are
very different from anything IN New
England. They weigh from twenty-five
20 twen,y-eight hundred, and YOU may
judge something about the strength OF
mule when tell you that they haul from
three and a half 70 FIVE tons OF ore A. a