Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17

height of the boom. She still lives In
this vicinity, but the peaoh.and cream
complexion has faded forever from her
once lovely cheeks.
EVERY SECOND BUILDING
n the business quarter seems to be
o saloon, and, of course, the gin mills
are pretty we'll crowded, and Bscchus
holds high carnival. The variety
shows and concert halls are we'll pat,
ronizsd, and q peep within will reveal
the footlight ~fairier, In almost fig leaf
costumes, sadly singing the songs Of
other days, or dancing the 'can.can"
for the delectation of their admirers,
Out l come for q little fresh air. There
goes the wreck of a once promising
young man up the He had
Gao. 900 when he came here a year
ago, and tonight he hasn't much more
than forty cents Clenched tight in
his 6st is q gold dollar which he at
times gszss at ~intently, and then sings
so sadly:
"'Tis the last golden dollar, left shining
alone,
No coin Of its mintage rtfac back its
hue,
All its brilliant companions are t~quandered
and gone,
And this will so for Leadville mint
juleps too"
It Is now past midnight, and LEAD.
Vile Is ablazs with the brilliapcy of a
thousand lights. Only the ~yirtuous
few have retired to their corches; the
rest arc converting night into day, and
there Ia a saturnslis Of sip. / will
stand still for a moment and watch
the panorama Of human life az it grad
ually unfolds itself. Extremes meet
and the whole alphabet passes before
me In majestic review. / shall photo.
graph 1t with my fsber before 1t 10 toe
late. There ore 40 sors aud artisans,
bankers and burglars, courtesans and
carpenters, doctors and detectives, o
gineers and euchre players, firemer
and faro players, gentlemen and
gawks, hack drivers and hard hitters,
Indians and idiots. jimcrow ininers and
i Jim jams Kansas City and kleptoma
MACS, Leadvillians and lawyers, minis
, ters and %murdsrers, nabobs and numb
skulls, old men and ootoroons, pill,
makers and pickpockets, queens ant
> quacks, reporters and reprobates
saints and sinners, telegraphers ant
till tappers, undertakes and upstairs
vultures and victims. whisky (bad) ant
women (worse), xhorters (sad), ant
xtravagance e curse), young mer
. (going to h-D and young women {
cannot tsD), ssalots (who dream o
going up higher and elmo worker
|. (who are bound to see the fre.)
I, Leadvllle Is not O. wicked ~ it uset
4 to be, by any o That was
! blood red day In Its calendar wbar
a there were 10 funerals within 3.
hours. Then It was q very cold ds,
1 when We did mot have q nan for break
, fast every morning, with an afte,
lunch of one or two more before TIL
sun set. But the better element grad
uslly asserted Itself, law and order
came of chaos. and Leadville, no
i wishing to win any further laurel
, In the crimson line, glodly surrender
ed the belt which she 80 long held a!
. "the wickedest city In the world "Th'
diadem of deviltry that crowned thl
crime stained city of the clouds wa
ruthlessly torn off aud trampled under
foot.
/ ONE CURIOUS FEATURE
about Leadville Is the fact that not
siug!e Chinaman has 80 far been al
: lowed to enter within its sacred pre-
t cints. Although the Lsadville of to
: day Is comparatively a o~onservattv,
. town compared to the Leadville of tn
4 past, the people are q unit on tn
subject Of barring out the moon. eye
' Mopgolisn. Should one be so fool
hardy As to attempt to break tn
blockade, the citizens would mob hin
. instanter About three years ago
two Cslestials, who were unfortun
Q ately not posted by their oountrymen
= innooently wandered into town, hav
!. ing come owe the range. At tn
double funeral, immediately after
9 ward, hearse and carriages were dis
pensed with, and large hole Was due
q deep and vide The pine box cost y
cents. The grave lea on the out
skirts Of the city and In the v~iolnit!
of the spot where the mammoth foot
prints were recently discovered, who
some unkind persons we're upjus
enough to attribute to the fact ths
!. your aldermanio delegation, Will
= visiting us last fall, travelled
- that vicinity. You may live here th
:, year around without observing what
- commonly called q ''plug" hat. Th
!. 81 k stovepjpe has been ostrscised frol
y the very beginning of the camp. ar
!" no resident dsres wear one. Occi
I" slonally 9 stranger will venture OF
!. with one, entirely unaware that he
!. violating the quarantine, but he stake
- q tumblel and doffs 1t for q differer
- oady. A few years ago the shinin
beaver served AS m excellent targ'
!. for the bold, bad men, and when
person wandered on the street wit
~ one 1t wal o signal for q volley
shots from all directions. 1t WI
~ splendid sport In those days to see II
boys crack loose at the elongated he's
gear.
~ In Leadville crime Is licensed; TIL
y L., certain kinds Of crime pay
81 monthly tax into the treasury, and IL
people seem to be we'll satisfied wit
- the arrangement. From the gamblir
houEes $500 per month Ia ~oollecte'
er and the houses of prostitution ps
10 $500 monthly; the dance halls abo'
half that sum.
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