Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-06-21
LEADyILLE LETTER.



weather Ills rarely the case that the
thermometer ever indicates 60 In the
shade. think il never reached 20 during
last year. For the past month we have had
a. warm weather as at any time last sea-
son. /, seems to have been a little prema.
ture-fully a month earlier than usual
There is scarcely ever any rain falls here
en- the 18th OF July. but we have already
had three slight showers this spring. They
were slight however, hardly laying the
Sus, When the dust is on an average six
inches deep, it takes quite shower to wet
I, down. Harrison Avenue and many OF
the side streets are sprinkled every day,
hut Fryer I'M and the streets leading there
70. never. So we of Fryer just wade to
town in dust Zone and a half niles and
wade back again and II you want to see
dus, persapi5ed you ought to see one of us
when we return from the city.
saturday. June 18th. there is to be a
hanging in Leadvllle The two men, Gil
bert and Rozcncrsutz, are 70 De hanged
,sh,icly in West 81 s.. and | presume
that 1 eadviue and vicinity will attend in a
holy. This will be the first legal hanging
inthIs camp. saw VIM Mumford hanged
in New Orleans in June ls62, and thought
Iwould never want 70 see another eNecu-
ZION lat think Il more than likely that |
shall see this. Mumford, you will remem-
her climbed 20 the top OF the L. $ Branch
Min, and tore down the flag that Farragut
had is>t placed there. aud tore IL in pieces
and trailcd 10 In the dust follOwed by mob
ofa.y thousand citizens. This vas WHY
he pulled The rope and had about one hun
dred more that I could name, done the
same trick the country would De better or
today According 10 the laws OF colorado
al executions have 20 De public. We are
OF the opinion that the hanging Of these
two fellows Will have very little influence
forcood There has already been one foul
murder since these two brutes got their
sentence. only seventeen miles from here,
and what came very near being two muir
ders happened here in LesdyiIle within the
past Ten DAYS So YOU see bad men have
no fear OF The law. The trial OF Boyle, the
bov murderer. has not been called yet and
perhaps will not De Tor a year yet. Their
policy 8, 20 wait tjll every body forge,S the
cowardly mauuer in which De kiiicd bis
sisters husband and then The chances are
that De VIII Cscspc Justice.
Work at the C5rysolite las been sus-
pended. or nearly 50. Friday, June 81,
the Roberts >hai, was shut down Tor re-
pairs. since which time I;tle or nothing
has been doue under ground of the $50
men on the ron Tor May, think 800 have
been "l,t OF When the mine will agaip
start Up no one knows. bu, i i said that
she viii start 10 very few days. The
PreSiden, Of the company. Mr. Raymond Of
New York. will Dc here on The 18th learn,
and 0; 9, most likely the mine viii De put
in running orlrr before his arrival You
viii remember tina, this same Prof Ray
uoni made a very fAttering report on the
Little P,tt>hurg only 4 few weeks before
she went up; how he said there were t'-p
nillioas of ore In sight. and how many men
IL New York and New England bought I.
Little Pttsburg and got sadly lef(. We
wonder what Kind OF q report he will make |
OF the ChrySOlite. There are in the ore /
bins OF the Chry>olite today. about 400 tons |
OF Ore-more than enough to pay the ex-
peuSes Of the mine FOR June should she run /
Siul force Of men. The expenses for May |
were about twenty-five thousand dollars, |
and Just ore enough was shipped 70 pay ex- I
penseS. There has been no ore shipped /
during the past three weeks. The 400 tons /
Of Dir; BOW 10 The ore house Is worth about /
$1,000 The company has 10 the treasury I
about $500 200 which they are drawing IN
tere>t on when the stock holders ought 10
ge; !: paid % them In dividends lis now
over t(een months since the mine paid 4
dividend This way Of ruunin. mine Is
wha: makes capitalists in the East keep
tae.E jucatS in their pockets. There have
been many new ore bodies cutin this camp
during The past six weeks. Last week a
body OF chlOriles several feet in thickness /
was struck in the Morning star mine,
which shows several thousand ounces O:
silver % the ton. Several new bodies have
recently been cut in the Hiheruia and the
lee also To- The Big Pittsburg aud Match
less. The Dlnkin ! shipping about $50
900 per month The New Discovery shaft
fthe Little Pittsburg has recently been
started up This claim has not been
worked Tor more than a month on account
o. the fire 60 the Chry SOlite; IL i thought
DOW that the IRE i out, and full force OF
nen have been put 20 work.
M. Gray. father OF John Gray who was
killed ia the ChrySOlite few weeks since,
has arrived in Leadville, and II he cannot
make satisfactory settlement with the
company he will at once begin suit
Decoration day was observed here IN
very appropriate manner. A procession
vas formed 10 town Of all the militia and
several bands Of music and marched 20
[tff tiffh NleEe al OGaAlNu was NNAA'N-~N
BY Judge Bedford, VI. c., after which the
graves Of the fallen heroes were decorated
and the procession then returned 20 town.
We visited the Presbyterian church 20
lay but were disappointed not 10 hear their
pastor be having exchanged with Mr.. u
lei Of the Methodist church. However
Mr.. UzZen preached a very interesting ser
non Next Sunday we shall attend the
Catholic church. Rev. T. J. MacKay OF
The Episcopal church, who has been East
al winter and has not returned vet. but