Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-10-26
LEADvILLE LETTER.
LEADyILLE, Der. 10, 1880

| IL takes but little snow to make good coast
Ing, and the children of Leadville are not
slow TO improve the opportunity off good
coas, even IL it be ON Sunday. This would
not be quite the Kibosh in a New Englar
town, but then, you know this is Leadville
aud all things are current here on the Sab
bath. Nearly every business house in
town opens Sunday till l O'Clock p. m.
and there are very few that close even then
While was standing in Sands & Pelton's
clothing store this morning, boy went
by distributing Theatre bills printed In
| flaming colors-"GrdRd Central Theatre
this Sunday eve, Oct. 10. First production
at this theatre OF the spicy French comedy
in three act, entitled Pink D0miHoeS, with
Miss Ada Coleman and our entire dramatic
company in the cast. Entire change OF
! Olio. Admission - aud 30 cents" That
! Is the way IL read verbatim. Although the
Theatres and gambling houses are open
Sundays, there Is as little disturbance in
the streets of Leadville rs In many Eastern
cities. The shooting is mostly done after
midnight. and unless 1t be in your vicinity
you are little disturbed
There have been two "hold-ups" during
the past week, and in both cases the hold
up party made his escape good without
loss. One of the parties had on his person
nearly $4,000 at the time. In September
one gentleman was held up for nine hun
drcd dollars and another for seven hundred.
II Is predicted that this kind of business
will increase the coming winter aS there will
be SO many men out of employment, and
they will be forced 10 go on 10 the road
for living; but IL they get too frequent
there is little doubt but some OF them will
DC found decorating lamp post some fine
morning.
There was n serious fire at the Chryso-
lite last Monday morning. The old shaf,
hours over No. vulture shaft which was
used for lodging house, caught fire at
six O'Clock a. m, and In forty.dve minutes
was raizcd TO the ground The shat took
hrc and burned all the oribng therein aud
threatened at one time 20 destroy the tim
berlng OF the mine; but by the super.
, human Efforts OF the miners all the drifts
leading from the Vulturc /, were bulk
headed and sealed and the men barely cs-
capped through the Roberts shan with their
! al ha mi
connected In their under ground workings
aud there being so much draft that IL was
necessary for them all to close down and
suspend work, which they did for several
days. They have all started again except
the Chrysolite; there il so much gas yet
II Is impossible for ,he men To work below
though Mr.. Ralker the manager, think,
they will start Monday, the llth.
! The Chrysolite has turned off ono full
shin the past week and will hereafter work
only two shiils OF ten hours each. The
out put OF ore has been cut down TO forty
tons per day, aud there will be more
prospecting done hereafter. For the
month OF September the ChrySolite col
over two hundred and sixteen thousand
dollars. She has produced IN the last
seventy-hve days. over five hundred thou
sand dollars and looks rs we'll TO day a.
she ever did. Her stock went mp last Fri
day from I - To 52j and dealers here
think II will reach 500 in short time
There was a rousiug Republican meeting
held at Turner Hail last evening. The
Boys in Blue turned out with torches and
made splendid parade--about three hun
dred torches In line. Very excellent
speeches were made by Senator Elisha W.
Davis OF Philadelphia, Penn. and Mr.. c.
+. FiShback OF Leadville. The hall was
crowded with ladies and gentlemen who
were filled with enthusiasm, and II Is evil
dent that the Democrats have business If
they intend TO carry Lake County in No
vember. tell you the Republicans are
alive here and mean business. Nearly two
thirds OF the Democratic party here are
from the South, aud they expect to elect
Hancock and then have their own way as
they did previous to 1861. II Is useless
for any one 10 tell me that the South were
whipped, and that they accept the situa-
ton aud are good law abiding citizens
again. Since have been here have met
and made the acquaintance of many South
ern men, and they hold TO those same old
doctrines just rs strong as they did in 81.
Even the young men who were babies
when the war broke out are the hrmest
believers in State rights, and have said
that "should the opportunity ever come
they would fight for the South for those
same principles Democrats at the
North say that those people are 'not repre-
sentative men of the South" that "they
are exceptions. It's not so. They are
representative men; men OF good standing.
| know them to be good men, honest men,
and Of the first society in the South. They
tell me just as | have remarked many
times, and there are men in my own town
who Will remember of hearing me use
these same words on more than Que &C.
cission, that They were not ,ohipped but
We're OrerpO,cered." Last week while talk
ing with one of these gentlemen, he used
those very words and he spoke the truth.
Is Mr.. Blackburn, member of Congress
from Kentucky, representative man!
And did he lie when he said in the House
recently, that 1--WE mean to blot out of