Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-04

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pEADWonp, Jan. 25.-,Sinr, writing my last
letter hnvo begun to SEQ somul i9g of the
trao !nasrdues OF liIc 10 Dakot.. Human na
tnra Is sild to be the s,mo ali tho world over
bui must confess that il sGmalimes takes up
90 ItHrti mos! GIrt '!qac forms 10 this Black
I'LL region. Most cmpial:c4lly every man il
tcr himself Iirat, and thea after No. I has re
c lived great deal OF elaborate attention, the
wcSi;rh heart begins to turn toward ts friends
with genuine ycarhng. But do not thiuk
:ho people in tho Hills arc unduly selfish: CD
he iotrGy, there is 40 abundance of whole
sCnird hospitality TO be met on all sides that
surpasaes IN quantity, il rot 10 quality, the
savage virtue that a!Wa;s distinguished Fir-
glri3us.
DtadwoOd is a most peculiar ciy itcIudiug
Lead City and Central. Ii coutains seven CT
eight thousand peaplc 4 three ri c,s are
mint campo, and depend Tor existence main
y ur0n iho gold production, which last year
footed up 10 5000 0UO and will reach higher
figures III 1850. Tho houses 10 Dead dwood aro
built all along tho sides OF Dcadwood Gulch,
and present nosI appGaraLco peIchcd on
Their airy foundations. They arc mostly small
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ilGull SOuicI Of wonder now they mannpo to
contain tho number Of people that live 10
them. and, Mt tho ssmetine. furnish storage
lJr the quantity Of coed living that is alwa3s t,
be found within thcir wali
LnXurlcs and even necessarica o0mmaL 4
fabulous pllCcs, Tut this docs not deter the
Deadwoodtc from CT ioyog himself and having
his friends around him dong the same. Men
make money RAPIDLY and spend il es fast as
made. Two theatres aIc constantly playipg TO
crowded houses, aud sCciab'es, among society
paoplc, with private thcalrcals furnish means
OF cOostant amusement TO these 40 Inclined, and
to be candid the young and old. rich and poor.
high aud low ali give themselves up to crioy
ment with East that ls quite refreshing. But
then everybody Knows how to work and how to
work hard. DoaGwood has two streets, She1-
man and MaiD. The city is shaped like the
lottcr I, and is something like milo long with
houses built all along tho streets and far up tho
mountan sides. A stranger can't hep think
lag and fearing that tho hill side houses and
steep cliffs towering far above him will fell
upon his devoted head. but they ncvsr do, and
you soon grow accustomed TO the strange sight.
ThsIs the county seat CT Lawrence county
AMI both tho Territorial and United States
Courts meet icfc. 1t is quit, amusog to sit
10 court and hear the witnesses names c,llcd
OUT, Wild bl, California Joe, Missouri Dan,
Black MolI, and numborlcss other choco and
cuphotlous names fall softly upon tho ear-and
then you will meet sauntcrinR eayly up the
street some dandy scout With his large white
tcIt som brcro, rakishy tipped ca one side oil
his head aud reaching across his shoulders coy-
crne the daincst of oiled and cured locks.
DeadwOOd has iour daily papers, and all Of
them orc dolng well, but the leading paper is
tho peadWo0d Pioneer. odtod by Colonel Pat.
Donsn, formerly Of the D,nvilo Times. His
caustlc ten is q pleasant thing when welded
10 behalf OF a iii nd, but his scahiug xe:ria.
tlon oi Shama, il you happen to be ono Of the
shams. is far from pleasant to encounter AL
ready his paper is power in Dakota politics,
aud his brilliant editorials arc copied aud read
universally throughout the great West sud
Northwest. fiany Of your readers will r,mcm-
Der the quiet g"ntlemauIy editor Of The limts
whose manDcfs arc as gentle ard rctiucd ns
thMc Gl TcmaD, and those who kuow him
nerSnhalIy will not be surprised to learn that The
Black Hills and Dakota fully rccogniz: ihe
talents oi the mau whose political slogan has
rung throughou; tho land, and has bccu f,I; 10
more han o0G presidential campaign. the
Colonel Is chaTWuI With The "GoIdeu Ou:cn Of
;lc Hills, suh pfcdc,i fer it, as every Que e!ss
docs !pcocl: Iu ure. -Four railroads r.:
!if, ctlns th,ll cnutSe through the ieIti'c paius
nt wheat pr0wicG Dakota and will a,sG!oGiy
chhtrG III R..dWugG DAKOTA