The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-19
Personal
Prof. Theo. Lowe is in town.

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week.
Mr.. Dixon, correspondent of the
Kansas City /ouyzal, has been in
town during the past week.
Mr.. Edgely, the father Of the two
boys who were murdered near here
some time ago, was In town last week
Among the capitalists who visited
Irwin, last week, were Col. Pratt. O.
Chicago J..B. Vandenburgh, Wash
ington, D. C., and J.W. Taylor, OF
Leadville.
Mr., w. d. Benham, Of Pueblo,
travelling agent for the extensive hide
and fur house of Oberne, Hosick &
Co., Chicago, has been in town two
or three days looking after the bust
ness Of his house.
Judge Maloney, Col. D. VI
Douthitt and Maj. E. n. Chester are
the delegates from this precinct of
Gunnison county to the Democratic
State Convention, which convened at
Leadyille yesterday.
Messrs. Foster and Levitt, the
Yerba Buena Bitters men, were in
town Tuesday, arranging for the sale
OF their standard remedies. They gave
us an advertisement and left their
medicines with H. T. Painter, drug
glst, upper Ninth street. +,
Harry Earle, the assayer, started for
his home in Montreal, Canada, yester-
day, to be absent about thirty days.
Mr.. Earle is interested in some rich
mining property in this camp, some
OF which he and his partner, Mr..
Frank Winters, are developing very
rapidly.
Messrs. Underwood, Frankeberger
and Col. Phil Peters started a few
days ago for the new carbonate fields
on Spring creek. They will be back
in about week, when we will know
their verdict, (Which will be the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth.
Frank A. Root, ESQ.,, the " boss"
newspaper man Of Gunnison City,
was in Irwin a few days last week and
made us a pleasant cali. Mr.. Root Is
thorough newspaper man and is
making the Peayeav one of the hest
papers in the state, a fact that the cit
liens of Gunnison may we'll feel
proud of.
Mr.. Jacob Hinkle, deputy county
clerk and recorder Of this county, came
up from Gunnison last Tuesday, &C
oompanied BY his wife. This IS the
first time he has visited the camp since
last fall, and he could hardly realize
that this is the same place, as almost
all of the old landmarks are entirely
obliterated, and new frame buildings
have taken their place.
Col. d. VIM. Douthitt started for
Leadyille last Sunday, as a delegate
to the Democratic State Convention,
which was held in that city yesterday.
Although Col. Douthit+ is 4 Compare
tive stranger in this community, nev-
ertheless he is recognized among ctr
citizens as a man of great intellect
and ability, and Therefore the demo
cratic party Is to be congratulated
upon securing the services of this gen.
;leman as 4 delegate TO their conyen-
ton.
Rcb'tE Strahorn, Esq. chief of
the advertising department Of the
Union and Kansas Pacific roads, has
been III camp several days, with his
estimable lady, visiting our mines and
other places of interest. Mr.. Strahorn
has quite reputation as an author and
Is now gathering information for his
forthcoming work "The Rockies and
Beyond" He is also writing a series
of letters for the New York Uoyll,
and as he is an experienced and care
full writer and favorably impressed
with our camp, we may expect some
good results to accrue from his letters.
l.. G. Grow, the popular young
gentleman who presides over the at
fairs Of the Colorado News Co., has
lost quite quantity of his peanut
stock by the,ravages Of the 'irrepressi-