The Fremont County record., 1882-10-21
i" "sNOW-BouND "
ties = Spicy Letter About the Caiion-
ties at Salida and Bonanza.
3 lGines OF CbaGee and SaEuaehe
C0untlcs-Vesetables-Cattle
Thieves, Weather, Etc.
BONANZA, Colorado, October IA, 1882.

Is, on the indefatigable, 1rrepressible
aver & Rio Grande, will certainly satisfy
most incredulous of the fact which
IA Patch, before he broke his neck, jump
i from Gcnesec falls, discovered, that
ie things can be done as well ;s other"
We arrive at Salida in the early dawn,
!. wait an hour and half, while trains
sslmaking up for different points, for the
n to Villa Grove. The robustious Eth
IN meanwhile making things particu-
ty lively, in his frantic efforts TO in
.le usoyer to the Junction house, where,
pays, they keep hotel for the fun of it,
just to keep their hands in. There tits,
re tits. Won't charge yon cent to walk
The railroad company is building large
q be hotel within few yards OF the de-
and improvements of all kinds are rife.
company's payroll here contains some
names, in itself sufficient to create and
) alive quite town. AT present there
\ , building going on, hut the town is u
ire, and, as the road progresses toward
h, will become more and more important
n thirty to fifty OF the powerful Grant
Mogul locomotives are hostlered every
II in the ronnd-honse, and present
ing scene, as they string out---two en-
h to each dozen ears-and take their
\ ling way over Ponclla and Marshall
es-
Re learn that Judge Hawkins, IN old
Cailonite, has left his hotel, and re-
IN afiinence to private life. that Mrs
an, ser Miss Holderby, is happy with
editor that Miss Sue Smith, known to
y Of your readers as the efficient house.
ser Of the Mcclure house, in carly days,
pugi . heavy loser by the bank failure,
,mforted with n brand-ncw husband
Batemnn, who Is prominent mer-
I here; that friend Robertson will for
i.s disappointment in the nomination
iothcr state treasurer in the duties and
surcs of banking.
he sight and suggestions OF deserted
oad or mining town are saddening TO a
&c, but hopes that have pcrished are
nDp-too common for comment Towns
se p2aniise OF greatness can only be par
I'd by the depth OF downfall are scat
!, thick as leaves Of Naiiambrosss,r
cngth and breadth of the state, wher-
the lines Of railroad and wildcat min
xciieincnts have come a,sd gone.
osi Villa Grove To Bonanza-twenty
<-we stage IL, under the guidance OF
Z ,li-time driver, known only to yoars,
ss HANK
understand that the coal mines at
ionia, which have been in litigation,
now 10 be worked, everything tsa,ing
satisfactorily settled. IN. coal is said
bks well, and will, plenty OF the be>t
and n c.slcife ihs, ninety-seyen per
pure carbonate OF lime. ~ithn half =
there SHOULD be, acspniing TO all rsl-
. smelling csnf-r built mp here.
mama is suffering iroin n terrible
&ck-.ye." The bang--in which were
1 s,crie=ss small deposits, from 80 TO SEQ,
Iscnfing tbc savings Of the year and y
ndence for winters needs burst, and
esult is specially disastrous. ltsouid
nbtodly DC for the greatest good to the
est humber TO hang all bankers who
siOD,Uou business ~ on 5000 capt.
who keep no c.u-h-book that can Dc
iniciligubIc-whob bet their depositors'
" ON loot races, etc Then, again, n
n City man, who bonded S;.vu,UUO
% OF mines some months since, and set
nbcr OF men 20 work, has Jailed TO pay
the several thousand dollars due, and
men, with winter staring them In the
arc desperate 1t will be a nipping
rosty morning TO the gentleman II he
= to this place without the funds 10
A,iatc, II We may believe these honest
rs They do not conceal their inten-
10 entertain their visitor with neck
sfiyaI in such an event, and the aiorc-
honest miners arc remarkably liable TO
they say.
o Josephine, Exchcquer and several
y are shipping high-grsde orcs, and
ing two shiIts. There will be more real
s3opmcnf of mines which are in pay ore
well as in thoss-which arc not-in this
u this winter than last The snelter
|fshut down some time since, as the miEc
rs said that n miner was lucky TO get
acks back. The real reason was, he
doubt, that the auxcs and fuel were
|fspcnsivcly obtained that none of the
tould be smeltcd ut less than from $40
sJ Scr ton, leaving but piitaucc for
to smcl,er and miner. The only so
u for this difficulty is to put up samp-
works and conccntrators in these MINI
lamps ut high attitudes and send their
net to Caiion City for reduction.
Cafionites we were pleased TO meet at
| place Rev. Walter Rudolph, who, with
title flock, is of the salt that hath not
is SAVIOR. even in a mountain mining
y. lie is doing an evidently successful
among the dozen kinds of Christians,
has u Sunday school OF about iiity at
.nis tha. viii compare fivoribly with
Miss Clara Brewster, who is now en-
4 in teaching the public school, having
3 fiity-tiyc scholars, packed, like s,r-
4, IN lax16 room, and when wishing
from one end of the room TO the other
IA over the benches with characteristic
she is contented and well, having
d pounds that would quite astonish
riends in Cafion Captain White, who
stice of the peace and notary public,
bying in solitary grandeur, according
,de, his bachelor quarters. With White
Rudolph dispensing law and Gospel,
Miss brewster teaching the young
anzaI idea how to shoot; y with l.. X.
Il feeding the hungry at the Canon
y: with the barbcr-ous Doiilcmeycr,
once held forth ut Robinson's, in your
to polish up their physiognomics, the
Y nxaites oughtto bc bappy--wc are sure
! n has done her part toward making
10.
order to be able TO say we had had our
OH o mountain lion, we went to see q
ic OF young ones, lately captured. They
ae size oil large puss Of the Thomas
,nsion, and marked with long black
: along the body. Our approaches
met with vicious gruwlA and we felt
our nficctionutc intentions, ~ In many
noes before, were not appreciated.
the road over the mountain 70 Mays
we visited tue famous Exchequcr mine,
being worked night and aay by the
In. They have lately struck iive feet
In carbonascs, two tons Of which, sent
,nycr, neftcd <<5tju. With such mines
Ella. with the Rawlcy and Josephine,
nxs wouid live and thrive; hut thrsc
nly three OF dozen equally ns good.
sysvllle IN ritunted ina goood location,
n thc north fork of tho south Arkan-