Gunnison news-champion., 1917-03-09
MARY GETS THE NEWS Of
1877 u cHATI LETTER

Gunnison, March I, lsSs-
Dearest Mary
At the present writing your fond
friend is about in the last stages Of
mad SPELL
Really. tho. l am as cross as I can be-
We had q meeting of the Ladies Aid
the other day and had fine scrap over
whether We should buy . new p.rlor set
for the minister or pay the coal and
grocery bill. OF course we split up on
the question and almost came to hair
pulling. eye-clawing contest. and now
everyone is mad And Jack just laughs
st me and says. Just like a fool lot of
women Drst il, I'm Disguised, But
that's enough Of my troubles.
We had quite little stir here in town
last Saturday night About s:.5 two
masked men walked into H. NJ. Web
ster's store where Mr.. Webster ard A.
d. Smith were sitting. They made
them hold up their hands and then rum
mayed thru their pockets. Fortunately
for Mr.. Smith. his better-hslf had held
him up in the afternoon and captured
every cent in his possession. Mr..
Webster had nine dollars and a souvenir
Columbian half dollar and they relieved
him Of that The thieves retired thru
the back door and have not yet been
caught. Suspicion rests on certain cit.
zens Of the town but there is not enough
proof to make arrests. Mr.. Webster
says the men over looked a roll of about
fifty dollars that he had in his hip pocket.
for which he is duly thankful.
LAST Tuesday J. P. Berryhill had
narrow escape from death at the Vul-
can mine. He was working in the bot
tom Of the shaft when stone weighing
about ten pounds fell about two hun
bred feet dewn the shaft and grazed
the side Of his head, cutting quite
cash, but not injuring the skull.
The W. R. C. masquerade ball at the
Academy of music on Washington
birthday WAS as usual Q pronounced
success. We had supper at the Gunni-
son hotel. Ernest Miller came down
from Baldwin to attend IL.
/ Last Saturday night bouncing baby
boy was born to the household Of J. NJ.
Cuenin. II weighs eight pounds and to
say they are happy couple is express
ing It mildly.
DR.. W. E. Holmes. brother of our
popular G. W.. arrived from Owensboro,
kepfurky yastardxy ~.cor,p. pio1 hy
VIM. Martin Of that place. They ex-
pect to remain here for some time en-.
joying our ''balmy" climate. DR..
Holmes is one of the most prominent
physicians in owensboro.
He. Tspscoti. the Spencer merchant,
was in town Wednesday on business and
S. B. Outcait returned from . long trip
to Denver and Colorado Springs. the
same day.
A big snow slide occurred at Baldwin
last Friday evening. T. G. Divinity
lives just above Baldwin near the
Superior coal mine. The family were
seated at supper that evening when they
heard a rumbling noise. Mrs. Divinity
rushed to the door and saw huge slide
coming down the east side Of Mt. Car
bon, sweeping everything in its path.
There was no time to escape so they
closed the door and prepared to meet
their fate. Luckily the main part
Of the slide was turned 50 that only one
end struck the cabin. moving it about !
eight feet but leaving it intact The !
barn containing COW and several horses !
caught the full force of the slide. The |
COW was killed but the horses were dug
out by some miners. Mercy! I'm glad
we live where slides can't strike Us.
Another slide this week struck cab
in at the Cleopatra tunnel near Piskin.
where four men were sleeping. killing
one of the men and almost suffocating
the oihers.
There is . special meeting of the
finance committee of the Ladies' Aid
this afternoon and III have to stop
writing to get ready. can assure you
tho. that am going prepared for con-
flict. Your gentle friend hath taken
unto herself the aspect Of the raging
lion. and sister, you can expect . lively
session, cause I'm on the war path for
certain. am snxiously awaiting that
letter you promised, SO hurry up!
Affectionately. as ever,
Agnes.