Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-07
DENVER E0IS.
ihe Graud Army ReuHi0H-IHcI0ents
Not On the Programme.
THE Gunnison CHUnIrT-Neys1 Expert
eure-ji e,SiIbians ia Colorado.

FROM an Appeal COTrtsNOuden
DENVER, Angus! 2.-The Grand Army re-.
union has passed. Ten ihou.apt Of the
quercr5 in The "nnecua con;es~ lave bsen
here ard gone. Erly ~ the o1lsst a msst.
Ing was LS,u IA the m srkhsm Erchsnge
- give form aud shs pc TO the exercise. when
big-hesrtsd fellow irGn Iowa of.red
resolution that all eI Conieisr ate soldiers in
the SIa;e q among The Visitors Ba invited TO
partIc'p pa'e IN iha "reu1sOn." Bat this msg-
nanlrnity found quick aud ready opponent
in the person OF a Giminutive LITTLE specimen
OF humanity, wkc hoboled up and said, he
Thought suCh a coUis3 would reflect upon
their patriotism and loyalty." TaI7 caussd
commotion and, raih-r than 10 t.ythiog
to produce "djsser5iUrs in the rsnKs." the
resolrion was Withdrawn. We have really
had grand time Of it. Fully 10000 s,raE-
gers IN the city and ID .nyer iooxed as gay 60
an old-time May queen, AZ palursl coz
sequence, ha~ege-, here waa, OF course, an
occasional cloud to dim th7 Sunlight of
JJy," etc. For instance, ore Of the mos, at
rrdctive features was TO have been "slam
battle" But iIst about the hcar she
fun was to hegi~, i vas discovered
that thr long siumberirg animosilies III
once existed between the Missouri and Kan.
sas boyR, had been, by trivial incident
famed into living fl tme, and a perfect
arrangement for real colhi3t and a bloody
slaughter OF 'the inRoceus" bad b.eh con-
SUNNI .ted. This djscoTery spread conslerus-
tior and dismay throughout the entire
encampmsn'. So, you zee, disasters will
even,rsie even in households Of the sd
premest integrity, as Mr.. Psrtipgton has
said. What old-ims Memphisn does not
remember the "Eg ghth Missouri" and come
OF these came to rec U.s.
Then another little episode, BY which one
OF our beet citizens was hbunkoed" trans.
pifed, viz; The fudisna delegation, after
occupying Ihe choicest apartments at the
| American" one OF cur best hotels, skipped
ou', one at tine, leaving the proprietor
vita bill to hold smountiDg to StI2
| Life Is ssid by Wiseacrs 10 be lottery at
best, and by The preacher 10 be bu: vanity
| and vexatlon Of spirit; aud if such coadi-
| lions are applicable elsewhere, they &. Col
orado with double force. man who re-.
ceives his business education in this Western
couatry will rever get "lef" in any spot on
the gloo'. The hardshjps and priVations,
| almost ol nscessty uncJuuterCd, give
nm grit and nerve which finally
enssiea him to cope successfully
with the most astu!e operator.
If any OF your people desire to escape for a
little while from The tortures of Mem phis
| Sun. send them cut here. Fare is low
almost nothlng, comparatively. From ID d
yer they can r'diale in almost any direction
/ Ior issignlfcs mt sum-, fading fzlds and food
| for thought sight anG fveiiJg. They can
| bdEb'e with The brook and catch mouutsir
trout, refriserale themselves in bills of snow.
or mount above the clouds and live smid one
| broad expanse Of flowers of exquisite hue,
and whose fragrance tqaa!s the breath OF the
| "rpice breathing tropics"
The writer has recently made the trip
| from here mo the celebF ated Guuniscn couE-
! try, formerly the Ute resarvatiou, passing
over the "Divite" or Marshall Psss, on the
| Denver and Rio Graude railway, narrow
gauge. This pass is about twenty cliles in
| length-or rather, that is the distance CT
| travel. that is required to take you over.
| This is The most wonderful piece Of civil
engineering that was ever accomplished.
| You move along like sarpsnt's trail, with Two
engines pulling, through tunnels and gorEes,
around pfeciplces and over peaks, up the
| Atlantic slope, uati! amid snow anu ice aud
| above the stOrmscioudH the aDeX is TeEched,
| then IN similar manner, minus one eng n =,
| down you go on the other side, or PaC fl
| slope. 1t is worth Z trip across the CONT
nent to get to cross the Rocky Mountains on
railroad trair. Tbs writer scuiuaily pulled
the very choio ), wild flowers with one hand,
| whils with the other he dabSled ia a bank Of
snow 100 feet deer.
! This ia glorious climate. But few die Of
diseases contracted here, while my lads z, {
we'll who have been living for years With
death walking by their eide. TEe sgricui-
tural proIp,ct This sea on is foe. Many of
Cur rauchers will raise from forty TO sky
bushels of wheat pr acre, barley AID rye
thirty to forty, and oats twenty to thirty ii ys.
| When we'll watered the soil il the most pro-
| duc.ive ever seen Tor email grain, gra.s ard
vegetables.
| Oar m'naral resources are u3Gimini5hel
and are lImitlsss s the air We b!ea b Lead
vile disburses per month Si33 800 for labor.
Ole meets occasion dig ~i h familiar, old
time Memphis face. Townsend was over
from Silver Cliff the other d-y. He looks
well too, weighing about $50 pounds. Curry
WAS dOwa from Lsadviis TO the Grand Army
Of The Republic gathering. Me- D.. Cory
| yesterday. A. i. Wells is 10 be seen nCw and
| then. Joe Gail is here, also II 4rry lie ,ih,
contracting sgeut OF the Union Pacific rail-
way. Judge II. L. S lie, now city attorney
OF L~scVlle, was down few days ago.
| Mrs. Fisher also. MEs. Costello and dar gh-
ter rsside in d over. Norman c. Jones,
| whom every boGy reInem bers, is here as agent
! of the Canada Southern railway. Nourg
Costen is practicins law in Pubic. D. Nor
timer, who lived in Memphis away bac< be.
fore the wsr and had an office in The Gayos9
House, Is d uysrite, an old citizen and
wealthy, but, unharpiy, quite OLD. erode
aod Joe Beer are net nesrly every day. W
A. J0hnson, formerly with Sam DsBow, is
| here. Politically, Colorado Is tending Demo
craIicgard, aad II , judiCious nomination -
such as Ilden-is made for next President,
she will wheel permanently into line.
Oar State must De visited to be Justly ap-
| preciaied. Is tue glory and grandeur car
not be correctly apprehsudea by mare
reader of its details Cone. c. W. j.