, 1886-02-12
Interesting Fact From All Embry city
Destructive Fire.


special Core spondcnce Of fHE LEADER
"BUFFALo GAP. Feb. In writing
up the resources and developments of any
country, it has been tie custom IRON
away back, for those interested. To give
the bright side lirst, last, and every time.
and having no particular disposition to
depart from the beaten path, and no dark
side to hold up TO the gaze Of your intel
hcent readers, | propose doing the agree
able for this section in q manner which
trust will prove OF sufficient interest to
Justify publication in the columns OF your
paper, which comes like a bearer of glad
tidings to those of your readers, who, like
myself, are wandering far away from their
homes.
The weather has been 50 fine that if
should describe i, accurately your readers
would doubt my veracity. aud this would
crieve me sorely. SO | will simply say 4
has been immense, the finest ever seen in
any country. The snow has at no time
been more than three inches deep, and
has never remained more than a day OF
two. At present there is not a particle
on the ground and the thermometer OC
a. M registers 7l'. Fact; | have just
looked.
As for the town proper, perhaps the
less we say about that lust now the bet
ter.
The present inactivity here is only en-.
porary, aud as soon rs the snring trade
sets in Buffalo Gap will loom mp like q
pewter nicklc in a contribution plate.
Cheyenne is represented in the person;
of Mr. Calland, who has lumber piled in
his yard till the tallcst man in town has tC
look twice before he can see to the top oil
it, A. Blackmore has a neat carpenter
shop on Second street, and is prepared foi
the spring boom Besides. Messrs,
Daborns. Glaze, Dixie, Stephens, Wilson
and a number of others whose names have
slipped my memory. But not including q
delegation of painters who landed here 4
few days since, remained a day or two and
her turned tail and took the back track.
and the last we saw of them you could
have played checkers on their coat talk
us they went over the hill headed Chad.
ronward.
BuFnLM GAP. Feb. s. Fire broke
out this morning at . O'Clock GU the cor
ner of Second aud Walnut streets, and
totally destroyed Nathan 4 Epstein
clothing store, including stock, loss, So,
900, insurance, 81. 100. j. p. Lowry.
grocery store, loss on building and stock.
: $1,000. Mr.. Lowry sent money of two
weeks ago for insurance, but has not yet
received the policy and does not know
whether he is insured or not. Then cam,
the post office, owned by our efficient anC
obliging postmaster, Mr.. Quigley. Be
sides the post Office, the building was oc
cupied By other parties with a small stock
Of goods, which together with the mail wal
saved, but the building was a total loss
no insurance. The next building was 1
small house owned by Mr.. Coady, ant
occupied on one side by the Palae,
saloon, the other side by a boot and sho,
store. The goods were removed and tn,
building torn down to check the flames
1t had the desired effect and the fire wal
stopped with a loss of not over $500
Had the fire started two hours sooner ant
at any time previous when there was
strong wind, the principal part of tn,
town would have been destroyed, As it i
they owe their escape to good luck mthe
than good management, for there is no
much water, no fire organization nor an,
other facilities for extinguishing a fir,
when it gets under Roadway. Beside
the losers above mentioned several othe
merchants sustained suall losses by NOV
ing out Thieves were in their clemen
and the officers are busy hunting stolei
property. SO far Que arrest has been etfec
ted and others will doubtless follow.
Chicago ouotatiOns received constantl,