Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-09
A Colorado nTiI1ionaire.s.

From the Boston Herald.l
 fn connection with the marriage in Denver, Col, on the 27th, of Bishop Henry W. War ren of Atlanta Ga, and Mrs. Elizabeth s. Tiff, the following is of interest," About the year 1869, young, prepossessing, modest and determined girl alighted from the coach in Denver one morning. She was, perhaps, 21 years of age, and it was evident to those who met her on the occasion of her advent in that then rather vociferous town under the
 mountain shadows, that she had gone West with the intention of growing up with the country, as she eviaSed remarkable degree Of independence, soften6d, however, by strong womanly qualities, which soon estab- lished her high in the esteem of all with whom she came in contact. She at once made her mission known by canvassing the business portion of the city for an eligible location in which to open store, and finally succeeded in securing room previously oc- cupied by the Adams Express company, in the building owned by the proprietor of the Rocky Mountain News, and next door to the News publication offics, in Larimer street. The adventuresome young lady had gone out from Chicago as the agent of the Singer Ma chine company, and among total strangers, and with but her own shr0wdness and strong stamina to back her, proposed to win her support. It appears that when mere infant she, with several brothers and sisters, had been left without parents. Relatives had brought the children up in some obscure town in Illinois, and, when arrived at mature years, the girl had struck out for herself in Chicago by securing position as instructor in the Singer office in that city. Her duties were to follow up local agents and teach pur- chasers of machines how to operate them. Finally the company decided to establish the Denver agency, and she applied for and was given the place, not without some misgiving on the part of the company, but, as she had displayed remarkable business tact, they were satisfied to at least let her make the attempt. How well she succeeded in the new and ing field is we'll known to nearly everyone who lived in northern Colorado at that time.
 With energetic men in rival establishments to contend with, to open new stores and ap- point local agents in remote towns, there being then not rod of railway in the terri tory; to keep her own general business going, and at the same time maintain a reputation in Q locality where then 1t was difficult for single woman, without family support, to do so-these all tried her to the utmost, but she rose superior to all the petty and great ob
 stacles and was soon respected far and wide, as it was conceded she had the right stuff in her, and that, of all things, was the one great factor in winning success in those days in Colorado.
 Among the foremest-if not the foremost cattle raiser in Wyoming in those days was I. w. Tiff His herds were numbered by hundreds of thousands and his ranges in
 Wyoming and Colorado were widespread. By some chance-he being 8 widower st that time-he met the young sewing machine agent on one of his visits to Denver. Court ship followed, and it was not long before sewing machines were abandoned for family cares. She became Mrs. Tiff, and Cheyenne became her home for short time Now the wife of millionaire, and removed from the cares and vexations of 8 business life, and at best hard struggle for support, Mrs. Tiff displayed in 8 supreme degree these high womanly qualities which had, under former trials, brought her so successfully through. In 1876, when United States Marshal Shahen- burg of Denver was sent to prison for irregu- larities in office, M-. and Mrs. Tiff bought his palatial home and removed to Denver. Here, soon efterward, Mir. Tiff died, leaving his entire and vast cattle interests to his widow and two sons, minors. Instead of laying aside these new cares by disposing of her herds, Mrs. Tiff at once assumed these fresh and great responsibilities, and became one of the leading cattle dealers of ths United States. From the moment she assumed charge of this trust, fortune has followed every venture she has made, and her income has steadily rolled in at the rate of from $100, ,000 to $500, 900 yeer. It quite natu' rally followed that she should be sought in marriage by Adventurers and others, but she has up to the present stsadfastly adhered to her determination to remain single rather than become united to some one who sought her money rather than herself It is to be presumed, therefore, that the good bishop of Atlanta, who has now made her Mrs. Warren, has convinced her that copsort, not riches,
 was his sole purpose. Since her widowhood,
 Mrs. 1iffs interest in the Methodist denomi- nation grew very strong and she had repeat edly expressed determination to her inti- mate friends to devote large portion of her
 wealth at the end to the church cause.
 The Singer sewing machine people have never forgotten the young lady who made that bold strike out into the far West, and have always taken every opportunity that presented itself to pay her great respect and attention, although their interests were severed when the cattle king came along and claimed her for his bride. Shortly after her
 husbands death Mrs. Tiff went to Europe, and during her long tour the representatives in every great center vsre instructed by the home company to seek her out and do every
 thing in their power to entertain her during
 her stay there. These are but skeleton facts in the roman tic life of the once poor girl who is now one of the richest women in the trans Missouri
 region, or in tho entire West for that matter; who, by her own industry and native worth, stepped up from poverty to the possession of fortune estimated above $10, 100000.