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The Fremont County Record.
JOIL. 6.
. Ueaeral Crook, who went to Washington
this peck, says In* believes the Aj*acho war
yijtually ended
«v* Jmfge hap derlori d the Colorado
stitftites relating to unconsti
xnzfbnnl and void.
The stamp duty on bank cheeks ceas'd
to l>e rerjnirod on July 2. Check books
may now be ordered without stamps.
Mr. John Whicher, for wime time manag
ing editor of the ’ LeadviHe Democratariiu*
resigned tlmt position, and gone
Pacific coar-t.
Major Wasson, the defaulting paymaster
in the regular army, got eighteen months
nt hard labor, and was dismissed from the
army. A lesson for Tennessee I'olk.
—... . i '-- - - -U-j— —"
Count Henri Churl*** Ferdinand Marie
Dic-ndomn- d’ Orliois Comptc de Chiun bord
and Due de Bordeaux, the last of the Bour
bons. of France, died, at Paris, on Monday.
Ben Hogan, the reformed pugilist, after
holding a few meetings in Denver last
week, left for Montana, promising to return
and open a scries of meetings iu a few
mouths.
The Denver Browns and la*ad\ille
Blues played a match game at I/tradv ille.
last Sunday. The Browne let the Blues
brat them until the seventh inning, when
the score stood : Blues, 22; Brown-, J. The
captain of the Browns then made his club
n little speech, and the Browns, in the next
two innings ran their .score up to 25, beat*
ing the Blues by one tally.
It having Is-eti discov« red that the sys
tem to have been adopted in \he projected
tramway from Colorado Springs to the
summit of Pike’* peak was an infriuge
incnt upon a California jvUrnt, it has liccn
decided to build a narrow-gauge railway
instead. The already surveyed route i»
twenty-seven miles iu length, with a uni
form grade <»f .1 m >.•«■< to t :h- mile.
The Durango Southwest says the wheat
crop of lot Plata county will 1m? almost
double what it has becu any previous year,
and there is no doubt that the pro
jtosed grist mill to he erccUsd in Durango,
will strike n bonanza, and we undrnrfand
that the Denver ]{io Grande, will niak*
the owners of the mill a low rate for all
the wheat they desire t«* siiip over its road
MONEY ORDER CHANGES.
Import.tut ihnngi-t> in the money order
mtctn vent in'o effect Mot.dty, though
the new |Mwtiil not*- schrtne will not Ik* '
commenced nntil September 3, the longest '
limit allowed by luw. The n*dtH*tion of!
free Mill ]** th* in*'t interesting item to
the public, tliongli the in- rmse in the limit ,
from 9fH) to SIOO. for which a single onler i
»an Ik? i**aucd. will I*- appreciated by many.
Tor order* not ex reeding f 1<» a lee of eight *
cents id to be durpil. a miiii two or three ’
cents' kew lhail tiro m-liihl cwt to tli** ptv* ■
erntnrnt. Thu* i ■* iuad<* up in the increased
ft - n for transmit ting larger Hums. The
iw-n#l (wt of wmllnit f hto is tin? tame »h
910, though the fee for the larger sum la I
forty-live «*eut«.
CAÑON CITY OIL COMPANY.
The directors of the above-named coin- i
fumy held n meeting on Monday, to deter* |
mine upon definite amu>KcmrntA for sink* ;
inn their well. The result of the meeting, j
briefly Stated, was that they agreed to em
ploy Mr. Andrews to *mi j*ermtend tin* work
of drilling;, uml Mwnt. Cranford, Cochrane
and Conaway as assistants. Mr. Andrews
has lud several years* experience in boring
oil wells, ..ml hus Im-cii very Mini *v»|ul
therein. The other gentlemeu an* all prac
tical, experienced men, understanding 1
everything necessary to Is* done. Tbev
will I** able to make, or repair, iny and ail
tools that imiy Ik* nmnwry, thus forming
a rare combination of talent for the pur
]k»m-s required. Mrwm Helm »S: Folsom l
arc doing the carjK*nter work—hnildiug the :
derrick, wheels, etc., and me doing good
work. Tlu* wheels, which were made in 1
town, wire taken down to the location for
the well, <m Mr Stump'.-* farm, on Tuesday.
The l<oring machinery should Ik* here in- j
ALFALFA.
■ The introduction of nlf.tlfu »« flwt work- i
ilig •» revolution in the agricultural affairs !
of Fremont county. Tiiii county had bat
little natural hay land, and, in years post,
ImM di |w n«le*l almost entirely U]>on Wet
Wountaiu valley and Kun -a- for its hay. j
Now nearly every farmer has his patch - j
large or small—of allulfa. from which he is
annually cutting immense erojw of hay, i
and with each succeed mg year the area .
will l>e largely V> iio-rc profit- !
nble crop* cun be raised. It is the l»e*t of
feed for nil kinds of domestic animals.
Horses with ordinary farm work to do keep !
futon it, without grain ; hcef steers and j
hoy-* fatten on it as well as upon corn ; it I
is good for cows and calves, and it makes
tlic Ik‘| possible pastiin Mr. Kdwin
Lohach has two small pastures containing
about two acres each. Into one of them he
puts til'll i n or twenty hogs, and ns many
calves and horses, and keeps them there
until they have eaten it down pretty close,
meanwhile lie is irrigating the other.
Then he turns his stock into the fresh
pasture, when the alfalfa has heeome a foot
or more high, which is being eaten while
the work of resurrection is going on in the
other. And thus nlti milling through the
whole season, liis hogs and calves grow
enormously, and literally roll in fat. Wo
presume other furmers pursue the same 1
course; if they don't, they com
mence right away. We mention his plan j
because we happened to observe it while)
wo were “ gathering in ” some of his straw -
berries on ono of our recent trips to his
place.
I The crops of alfalfa that can he raided in
titi m vicinity are simply list on killing. We
have recently mentioned the crons that
Koberl Harrison, .lames A. MoOtiudicss and
others were cutting ; from three to three
nml a half tons per aero per enttiug, or
from nine to eleven tons per aero per un
man, as they all make three cuttings dur
ing the season. J An old grunget by the
name of Anson Kudd brought us in some
olndia this week for a lunch. It was fitty
tliree inches long, and in bloom. It was
.j.ttsm on me rocky point below his house,
on Kivcr street, ami was from the second
cutting. Ills llrst cutting was forty-eight
inehea high, making a growth, for the two
cuttings, of 101 inches - eight feet and ti\ e
inches growth of hay lip to (lie 2d day
of July, The first cutting was made May
4.. Ho in fifty-nine days it grew filly-three <
inches, or nearly mi inch a day. which
would Ih* equivalent to about fifteen feet
during the season. At the .present price of]
hay, and it is cheap* r now than for many !
years, every ncio Will yield $U»() worth of!
food every year. I
ASSASSINATED!
L
Tim County Commit loners and Clerk of
Gram! County Killed !u
Cold Blood.
Wednesday forenoon as Barney Day and
E. P. Webber, county commissioners, and
T. J. Dean, acting county clerk, of Grand
county, Colorado, were proceeding from
their boarding bouse to the court room, at
Grand Lake, they were suddenly attacked
by three masked men, who had been con
cealed in some brush. All three were al
most instantly shot down, but, before the j
work was completed, Day got in oue shot, j
and killed one of the masked assailants, Iv. ;
G. Mills, the other county commissioner of j
the same county. Day was killed and
Webber and Dean mortally wounded. 1
XS*M—SWO >,iwiilimu.4 tt » 4m-|
be Bill Redman and Len Collin, two chums
] who arc said to have been engaged by the
■ Mills |>arty, and who are notorious as rul
fians and desperadoes.
The trouble leading to this terrible j
tragedy had its origin six years ago in an j
election contest between T. J. Dean ai d :
C. If. Hook, for county judge. Dean was
county judge at the lime and was re-elected,
j Afterwards, while Dean was holding court,
the court room was fired upon by a mob
! and court broken up, and since that time
j there has been a feud between the two
factions, irrespective of party, and ilie
breach and antipathy between them has
l>ecn glowing more and more bitter ever
since*. J
Two fcan ago last fall the question of
moving the county scat from Hot .Sulphur
Springs to Grand Lake was submitted to
the voters at the. regular election. The
vote w as in favor of a change, but tbecom
missioners decided the vote illegal and re
fused to move. In April. ISSI, they recon
i sidcred the matter, and packed up and |
I moved to Grand Lake. The election con- j
I t«*«t between Dean and llook was taken to !
| the supreme court, as was also the county J
j -eat contest. That court first gave a de
cision that there was no law by which peo- '
i pic could %otc to change a county seat, and !
| afterwards reconsidered and said there was,
i but the matter has not yet been finally de
j termini d in said court.
There are not many people in Grand
i county, but nearly everybody there has
l**en on one side or the other m these
; troubles. A petition was immediately sent
to Governor Grunt asking that the militia
j Is* forwarded to preserve the peace, ns
| more serious trouble is anticipated. The
j governor said iircuiM not order out themili
: nauntil r> «p'. - •; -» t ’-v tl;c sheriff.
HOME PROTECTION.
The folio wing, from the pen ofn gentle
man who “ knows whereof he speaks," is
worthy ol more than u |.oMingghuce. aud
could Im* elaborated indefinitely. We want
to soe the day coiue w hen dealers shall have
the I looming trade who make a specialty ol
hand ling Colorado wares and products.
Tic-re i« much 10-nl for thought in this
theme, and we want to mm Colorado-grown
political economist* wrestling with it in all
its ramification*. "The gods help the.*o
who Ln lp theiiwlve* ; "
Canon City, July 3,18 Ki.
Euitob Rficonn:
I think our own people, and those of
Colorado generally, should become closer
students of protection and domestic econo
my. Wo have a natural location lor the
accumulation of wealth, with all the ele
ments w 1 1 Inn our Is inters to assist us. Like
an inland in the oceaui, we an - oMO mile*, in
either direction, from fertile land*, swarm
ing with prwf(l<vr\ '1 lie cost of transport
ation ou the long lines of railroads connect
ing us w ith those lands is one cent per ton
per mile, on all consignments. This w our
pioti-ctivc tariff. Wo have equally fertile,
fruitful land*, and oar wealth-producing
mining population, the consuhuts who pay
for nearly all, take jn*t pride in the devel
opment of our manufacturing, agricultural
and horticultural interests, us wc, of the
\alleys, in the development of their mines.
Now. if the ad vantages of the protective
tariff were properly considered, a mutual
strengthening of the varied interests which
bind ns together would certainly follow,
and the cut ire population incicnse in wealth.
Ou the other hand, if wo continue to give
preference to imports of prod acts of farm,
garden, orchard of shops, forges and foun
dries. woolen mills, ami the multifarious
products of a live people, we must continue
to all time to look beyond the plains and
over the mountains fur such a ]>opu]aiiou ;
but, if every man, woman and child (this
includes the gieedy dealers; gives a sacred
preference t<» Colorado products, our ow n
\ alleys and hillsides will soon resound with
the hum of every industry, and the livcli
*-*t population on earth dwell within our
borders. Coloradoans, I entreat you, try it
faithfully two years, and note the result.
H. r. K.
DECENT JOURNALISM.
A correspondent in last week’s Denver
lutcr-Oecnn call* attention to the vicious
nesH of the journalism of the day, and con
cludes hy telling the kind of a paper he
wants. His description ol his idea of a
newspaper in tuch n complete photograph
Of the Kix-oun that if we knew his address
wr would mail him a copy, lie suvs:
“1 am socking to find a netv*|>apcr that
V'ill give me such news ns is of interest
not all the Crimea, drunks, scandals, sui
eides and accident* that have occurred nil
over the world. I want a paper »uch as
will impart useful knowledge, and the
columns of w hich, from one end to the
other, 1 would not he ashamed to read
aloud in the presence of my w ife and chil
dren. 1 want n paper whose editor will
not publish as news anything whatsoever
that he or she. knows to Ih* untrue; whose
proprietor would dismiss thn editor for
publishing a falsehood to dcciYe the public,
MS soon as for telling lies to deceive him ot
her. 1 want a paper that will not publish
a slander knowing it to he such; a paper
that, if it unwittingly has injured the g<hml
name of any one, will make haste to make
the timrixfr honorable instead of persisting
in the outrage to maintain its pretended
consistency.
" • want a paper, in other words, that
will not outrage the moral sense; that will
under truth to sensation ; that w ill prefer
justice to pretended consistency; that will
not teach vice and vulgarity, either by its
editorials, it* news item* or its advertise
ments. Do yon know of such a paper v
Doc* any preacher of lighleonsiicss in Colo
rado know of smh a journal? Does nnv
liody know where 1 can find the paper* 1
want? It so, let its name h?published in
all the papers, in all tho pulpit*, from all
of the housetops in Colorado; for it will
mark u safer *>m in our social life, it will
•certainly he a fortune to its worthy, honor
able, liotu-st, truthful, virtuous and bene
volent proprietor It will mean reliable
news, dean literature, candid opinion*. It
will mean freedom from abuse. It
will boa pajusr tliut we can put into the
h inds q! children, and nut fear tlie^rc'sult.’’
CANON CITY, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1883.
A. MACON'S FARM.
A person may live at Canon a long time
and have no conception of the many nice
places within a few minutes*twalk, unless
he Htarts out ami hunts them up.
We have lived here two and a half years,
and didn’t know until the other day that
A. Mucon, Esq., was an extensive farmer,
as well as'a lawyer. We knew he had a
nice, comfortable brick house, surrounded
by shade and fruit trees, down near the de
pot, and we had heard that he had several
acres of fruit of different kinds, and that
lie sold large quantities of cabbage every
year ; but where those acres of fruit were,
and where those cabbages were raised we
had no definite idea. So the other day—it
was on Sunday afternoon —wc, in company
with Captain Kockafcilow and Dr. Gray,
went down there to see what we could see.
*tan<|;py at
shade, and when we got (Town to Mr.
Rudd’s, and saw his yard of dense shade, it
I was so inviting that we turned in, but as
the yard wr?« flooded with water, we con
cluded he was lixing for Baptist services
1 that afternoon, and cot desiring to disturb
| the meeting we proceeded. Arriving at
Mr. Macon's we found the lord of the
manor at home, and his brother, Thomas
Macon, Esq., of Denver, was also there.
They kindly escorted uh over the place,
and we found that to find Mr. Macon's
farm it is only necessary to descend to a
lower level, just back of the house, and
passing through a line grove of large shade
trees, yon come ujwn as fine fields of oats
and corn as one would wish to see. Mr.
Macon has fifty acres of very fine farming
land, nearly all of which is in oats, corn
and garden vegetables, and fruit. Mr. Coy
kcndall, whose acquaintance we first made
in Lake county, iu the fall of 1862, is doing
the farming this year, and he is prond—as
| "'ell he may lie—of iiis crop. We found
j him in a cabbage patch, irrigating; or. ra
i ther, he was looking at some water running
dow n some furrows between the rows of
i cabbage. > Wo came pretty nearly forgetting
i that it was Sunday, that time. We ll not
i give you away, Jack.) We were informed
: that there were only :t6,(MK)cablutges grow-
I ing in the field ; some were loading up
j nicely, while the late cabbage had but rc-
I cently boon set out. Stepping out from
! among the cabbage into the oats. Jack
j pulled up some, and stood thmi up beside
! Thomas Macon, and it was difficult to tell
; which was the taller. There are several
j acres of grape*, raspberries and gooseber
ries, well laden with fruit; an extensive
hedge of wild plum trees, as full of half
grown plums ns they cum hold, and several
hundred fruit trees among the oat*, which
appeared, at u distance, to l*c doing well;
we didn't attempt to get through those
thick, high oats for a closer inspection. We
liegnu to ex |*erience choking sensations, and
supjvis,d they were produced by the heat;
i but just then Mr. Macon pointed ont a
| patch of Jerusalem artichokes, and the
j matter was satisfactorily explained. Gus
Macon killed a garter-snake, two and one
i half or three feet long, remarking that, as
that was the first snake lie had seen this
j 'oasoti, and, «s he had killed it, he would
| have good luek this year. Then lie and Tom
j hong the snake up on a wist, saying that
I we would have rain in four days, and the
longer the snake the more rain. We hojie
Gus will have good lurk, and. as it always
j rants on the Fourth ot July, which will lie
| the last of the fonrdays in which that dead
( snake, on a post, is to bring rain, wc sup
; pos*.; their superstitions may route true this
time. This is written on Monday, but by
| the time our reader* see it they.will know
whether or not a dead snake, hung on a
j jKist. is more efficacious i*s a promoter of
j rain than the prayers of the righteous. On
! «ur way out of the field Captain Kockufcl
■ low espied Mime very line heads ot cnbliage
J lettuce, and pulled a couple of them to
j take home with him. There is one thing
alH»ut the captain that exceeds his appe
| tite tor the good things of this world,
! and that is his politeness. On his way home.
| meeting a charming and lovely lady, he in
j sist«d upon her aeoepting one of his heads
; of lettuce, ns n liouquet. But to return to
4 our story : \\ e got out of the field, and up
to the house, without further accident o
incident, and found Mrs. Mmoon and her
, daughters on the lawn, under the shade
| tree**, and we joined the group. Thomas
. Macon soon opened a spelling school, and
tried, among other thing . to teach the
young ladies to spell “ gnat ; ” but they in
j fisted on spelling it ** N-n-t." w ith a capital
N, from which we inferred that the kind ot
j “ Nat.' they were thinking of was of a
' different species from the “ gnat ” he was
i trying to get them to spell. The doetor is
i interested in catching some new airs (we
: ratne near writing it heirs', and finally in
; ducod Miss Fannie to favor him with some
;on the piano. H< r playing indicates years
lot practice. She plays the most difficult
j pieces with an accuracy and easy graceful
ness which can Ik* acquired (except by such
! musical prodigies os Blind Toni' only by
i years of hard toil. The music was a pleas-
I ant winding up of our afternoon ramble,
j and we will let it end this nimbi ing de
j scrip lion of \\ hat w >.nv :n).j did.
MANUFACTORIES.
j The Arkansan river at Gallon City affords
j unlimited and unexcelled water power for
manufactories, ami the day is not far dis
j taut when it will b© utilized,
j Th re are now live water powers in opera-
I tion here viz: tin? grist-mill, water works,
! smelter, cement, works and the Liiicolu
Gark water works, the latter having a tbrty
j tlve foot head.
| The Uoyul Gorge Smelter has one of the
finest water powers in any country. It
j will not he long till manufactories will lie
j established here.
The development of the oil interests in
J this vicinity, the building of another rail-
I road, mid theopcning up of the extensive
■ coal hanks of the Grand Gabon Coal Com- j
’ l*«my. the devele.pmcnt of the mines on
j tirajs* creek, and the dovclopuu nt of other
I industries in this vicinity, will soon afford
I sufficient local business tor a good machine
shop. Aside from the local business, it
j would draw business from a great scope of
country, there being now no machine shop
1 west oj Cnfion City.
I'Ve know of no enterprise that could Ik*
started here, nt this time, with more as
surances of success than a machine shop.
A pinning mill, anti sash and door factory
! would do well, and might be run in con
! ncetion therewith. This matter is worthy
of cousiderulion, and wo liopo that sonie
j »me will sooa take ml vantage of the
; splendid Oja-nine in that direelion.
! who has been oj»omting
j at different cities east of us. under the
i soubriquet of* Miss Amelia Johnson but
who D a man, named Frederick Olsten,
was arrested at Denver this week, and lined
| f’JO, for promenading in female attire
j Henry I’. Howeii's annual Fourth of
j July celebratkiu at his elrgnnt grounds,
!at Woodstock, Connecticut, was a grand
j affair this year. Kx-president Hays dc
li the mat ion. Distinguished j»cr
sonuges participated.
OUR NATAL DAY.
America's Glorious Anniversary
Duly Observed.
Wli&t Cafion’s Firemen Did to Furnish
an Appropriate Oiebration.
A Mplrndiit Frorf»«lon-Rlo|u«Mit Ad
dre»ne»»-Beautiful tiraindM-
Otlier feature*.
THE DAWSIJfjj
Last Wednesday inomttdflMoke cloud
loMjy this portiontjL^>or comnion
weaWi. nrftt "Hie ghrrfulis kitp aF
in splendor ironi bis gorgeous couch of gold
to greet the anniversary of America’s birth
—when Freedom spake from her cradle, in
old Independence bail, to l*e answered
l>ack by millions of happy voices and grate
ful hearts. The rising sun was greeted by a
NATIONAL SALUTE,
From the adjacent hills, the guns being
worked by Firemen It. A. Johnson, Lou.
Hchinierly and D. A. Bradbury. As
the thunders of ordnance reverberated
through these echoing cafions, and were
dung back from hillside to hillside, they
seemed to awaken the spirit of ltf76, and
from every quarter came responses from
■ small arms. bombs, torpedoes, and fire
crackers, filling the uir with a din and
rattle that made slumber an impossibility.
'fcTOUNO AMERICA,
Demonstrating the truth of the words of
1 And Howe, w hen he was m command of
Boston. that *' liberty is in the very air:
j even the boys breathe it," was out in full
force, and added their share in the burning
I of powder.
1 The firemen were early on the alert, and
! before noon had every preparation made
j for the celebration of which they were to
• have the entire conduct. At the hour of
12 m. all
BUSINESS BOUSES CLOSED,
And a large portion of our population re
paired to the Phelps block, w here the ladies
of the Methodist Episcopal church had
prepared a sumptuous
I) IN NEK AND OTHER REFRESHMENTS,
Which were discussed for an hour or more,
to the infinite satisfaction and delight of
both servers and served. At 2 o’clock p. m.
the ponderous bell of the fire department
announced that the time had arrived for
the
rOBHDm OF THE PBO< EBBIOH,
And. under the direction of Chief Marshal
J. H. Peabody and his assistants, that dif
ficult task was accomplished with dispatch,
the immense throng moving at *£3Q in the
• following order:
Carton city Cornet Hand,
of Select Knights, Ancient Order of
Clilted Workmen,
Knterprix- Hus*' Company, No. 2,
F. A. I‘ay no'-tls H<>>e. No. 1.
Relief Hook and 1 Adder< Yimpauy, No.!. with
Truck. tH-anne the (iod<le>» of I.itx-rty
ikaiii- AoliUy -. -u« t»y
Flairs of All Nations,
General Sawyer and staff, M 'tinted, with a
.Sjuud of i ad t Cuvatry a.-. u
Body Guard,
Grand Army Drum Corps,
Greenwood l’osi. No. 1". <3 rami Army,
Chaplain and surgeon of hire 1 •cpurlntent,
in Carriage,.
Sja-akers and singers, in "arrinjes.
Mayor and Common t .uncil.
in Carriages,,
Carton Cit> High ScLoil • lee Club.
; In Handsome Unbortn.amirMounted Upon
u Gaily Decorated Vehidle. Hearing
an orgau, and singibg Fai
rb*tic Airs, J
Citizens on Foot and in Carriages.
THE KOUTtj
! Of the procession was from Uie hose house
j up Fourth street to Greenwood avenue;
up Greenwood avenue to 'Second street;
| down Second street to M.tifc ; down Main
to Ninth street ; out Ninth street to Sells
i Island Summer Kcsort.
THE DECORATIONS
|Of the hose carriages, lnxjk and ladder
, truck, and other vehicles in the procession,
were arranged by Mr. Harry MeClanahan,
' and were of a character reflecting the
. highest credit npou his taste, and forming
; a sight the beauty of which one seldom
sees excelled by the firemen of any city in
! the United Suites. The liosc carriages
w ere tastefully adorned w ith :i ;g<. that of
Enterprise No. 2 being dtawu by fonr
( teen little boys, in handsomd uniform. The
. truck of Belief Hook and "Ladder Com
j pauy, No. 1. was the graud rent nil figure
,of attraction in the line. J: was hnud
; somely trimmed, bearing tin flags oi all
nations; Kannere, with clasped hands and
, the wonl “ Welcome ” painted thereon ; the
, whole bordered with broad stripes of rwl,
white and blue, with streamers ot the triple
j colors extending from the focr corners of
j the truck, the outer ends being held by
, four firemen, walking abreast of the truck.
; In the eeuterof the vehicle, mounted upon
a dais, draped with the national colors, sat
i the Goddess of Liberty. j*crsor*atcd by Mias
I Katie Ashby, a handsome, dark-eyed,
, semi-brunette, arrayed in a flowing skirt
j of rod and white satin, laid in l*o.x plaiting,
I and blue merino, basque, apanglwl with !
j silver stars A canopy, lined with rod
j silk, and ornamented with red, white and
! blue riblnius, supported upon four triple
colored columns, tbnred the regal pagoda
jin w hich this youug lady sat. t pon either
, side of the pagoda appeared sliields of red,
white aud blue, bearing the words. “ God
Ideas Our Country," and “ Union F»>revqr—
Virtue, Liberty and Independence " The
, High School Glee Club, i'omptvwd of Misses
. Mm.lie Mack, organist ; Sadie Alack, Ada
Ellis. Maud Canliel.l, Fannie Bowl by. Min
! liie Kick uni. Essie Ferricr, r.ml Messrs. G.
! P. Brewster. J. L. Cooper and Henry Top
! ping. occupied a handsomely decorated
platform wagon, bearing an organ, indus
trial emblematic flags, with appropriate
mottoes, such as "Juneta Juvuut, M “lu
dus try Must Thrive." etc. The members ot
this club ware attired in a handsome and
appropriated uniform, the ladies wearing
white dresses, blue Ixusques, ml sashes,and
red, white and blue jaunty cans. This club
furnished some ex client music as the pro
costion moved along.
THE GROUNDS.
The procession reachesl Sell’s Island re
sort at J o’clock, where every preparation
had Ik'cii made for the aceomuuxlation of the
throng. Mr. Sell had showu his enterprise
and i are in this regard, bv having erected
a commodious covered platform, in front of
w hich a floor had been laid and enclosed
by a Udustrade, and turuiahed with cotn
fortablo seats. His three excellent boats
were in trim, swings bad been erected, re
tVcsllinent tables and stands provided by
the proprietor, to enhance the pleasure aud
enjoy merit of all.
THE r.XKKcisfei,
t)n their arrival at the entrance of the
park, the Select Knights and Fire De
part ment formed open ranks when Gen
ernl Sawyer and stall, the Cavalry Cadets,
Greenwood Post, tno t ity (Mlicials, Speak*
era. Choir and (lice Club passed through
and were handsomely saluted. The Select
Knights then entered the grounds in J
order, thq band playing “Yankee Doodle,’*
the firemen following in broken order, es
corting the Goddess of Liberty, choir, the
speakers, and others, to positions upon the
grand stand, the other attendants filling the.
grounds about it. After all were seated
the band played M Hail, Columbia.! ” when
Master of Ceremonies S. T. Terrier, fore
man of Kaynolds Hose, announced prayer
by the chaplain, of the Fire Detriment,
liev. B. F. Moore.
The choir selected for this especial oc
casion, composed of Mrs. A. B. Mack, Miss
Emma Kipley, Messrs Sartor, Little and
Dale, then sang in a very line and spirited
maner, u The Star Spangled Banner,” Miss
Minnie Mack filling the otliee of organist.
Then followed the
ADDRESS OF WELCOME,
By Colonel \V. Neil Dennison, who reverted
to the fact that, under the provisions ot our
municipal government, the Cafion City
Fire 2>partme>tt is required to qaae-ar for
parade and inspection twice each year.
Faithful to that law, and inspired by a
noble patriotism, the members of the de
partment had. at their organization, select
ed for those two occasions peculiarly ap
propriate days—one. that on which pat
riotic hearts, irrespective of nationality or
creed, the*high and the low, all meet upon
common ground to renew their loyalty to
the government, the Hag, anti the institu
tions they love, and to cherish the memory
ol those who fell in the accomplishment of
their establishment and perpetuity—the 4th
day of July and the 30th day of May.
What memories those days recall! What ;
deeds of heroism render them sacred! He
congratulated his auditors on the unity,
strength and prosperity which to-day
characterize our nation, and make her the
tutor of the world, so nobly voicing that
immortal truth, “ all men are created equal,
and endowed by their creator with certain
inalienable rights ” —a country in which
the rose of England, the shamrock of Ire
land, the leek of Wales, the thistle of Scot
land. all grew and thrive beneath the pro
tecting icgis of the wing of the American
eagle. Alter reverting to the revolutionary
war. and the circumstances surrounding
the birth of our nation. Colonel Dennison,
at the request and on behalf of the firemen
of Cafion City, bade each and ail present a
hearty welcome to that beautiful spot,
made more attractive than by nature by the
labors of one of our most energetic citizens,
where, ou the bosom of the silver lake, lover
may woo his goddess; beneath the umbrage
ol spreading arbors, old and young may
enjoy a season of refreshment* and rest;
votaries ol the nimble goddess may indulge
their Terpsichorean fancies: all may wit
ness the display of beautiful fireworks:
and enjoy au afternoon and evening of
genuine pleasure and freedom. To all of
these, in the name of the Cafion City Fire
Department, he welcomed each and every
°nc, urging them to a participation in the
festivities of the day, concluding with the
hope that the eflorts of that brave hind
might not end in “ love's labor lost.”
The band then rendered a stirring air,
when General E. 11. Sawyer was intro
duced by Captain Terrier, as
ORATOR OF TUP. DAY,
And delivered a masterly, wholly ex tom -
I*)raucous oration. The general opened
with an incideut in the life of Commodore
Vanderbilt, contrasting the democracy of
that man with the shoddy aristocracy that
characterizes his son, whose example so
many moneyed fools are seeking to imitate.
He thanked God that none before him had
the temerity to play the part of such
shilling proud persons, who coveted the
appellation ol ‘'aristocrat.” The speaker
tlien.reviewed the history of the nations of
the OKI World, showing that wherever
aristocracy gained a foothold, democracy
was crushed out. the rights of the people
were disregarded, the voice of humanity
was stidled, and monarchy, anarchy, and '
ultimate ruin blatted that nation from the I
earth. He held that this question involved
an irrepressible conflict, sooner or later to
K* met, even by the people of America, un
less the aristocracy already seeking to plant
itscli on the free soil of our loved land were
choked in its inception. Every nation of
the world which has, in the past,raised the
standard of liberty,lias seen that standard
trailed in the dust, aud the rights of the
poor wrested from them by the golden
hand of an aristocratic monarchy. To our
America, alone, has been reserved the be
stow nient and cujoyment of that liberty
which came to her on that day in honor of
which wo are now assembled. The free
dom voiced by the old bell in the tower of
Independence hall was not only positive,
but progressive: and it would never have
witnessed any cloud, but for a phrase in
serted in our constitution susceptible of a
double meaning, which brought us a cry of
discord, now silenced forever. He would
not forestall the question of aristocracy and
democracy; but the history of political
parties show it l that an infatuation and
mistaken interpretation ol a single phrase
had plunged our great country into a civil
war, into the vortex of which some of our
best blood aud noblest lives had been
poured. We thought when that war ended <
all discussion would cease ; but the grow
ing aristocracy of to-day is the breaker on
which, if ever, the great ship of state will
founder. Wade Hampton voices that i>er
uicious sentiment, and a large class of our
people have feudal blood in their veins.
Corrupt foreign immigration and various
other tendencies are leading us toward
that maelstrom. The question is what to
do? Let n$ not be deceived. It the estab
lishment of an aristocracy on our shores be
accomplished, ruin, as iu other countries,
will follow. The hireling will In* rebind I
of his wages; the poor ground under the
heel of capital: pride In* encouraged ; do- ;
mestie happiness despoiled ; virtue last;!
the spirit ot love and affection repressed, I
aud, at last, another birth of the irrepressi- i
hie conflict be accomplished. He appealed
to his fellow citizens of this common herit
age to Use every influence-—social and poiit- |
ioail —to suppress this sentiment, aud j
throttle at its birth, every semblance of j
aristocracy; to lift the standard of true
nobility, that aristocracy, on seeking our !
shores, may lx- made to ground arms before
the irrepressible conflict of the ages.
The chu.r then gave another excellent
rendition, w hen Captain Terrier stated tlmt
the next speaker having beeu unable to
apjH'ai. Kev. N. A. Ghumberlaiu had been
substituted. The latter gentleman then
haranged the throng for half an hour, giv
ing a ivoital*of some army reminiscence.
Another national air by the choir, aud
the Wnedicliou was proutiuuccd hv Kev.
B. F. Moore, when the baud played a flue,
air, and the people betook themselves to
the borders of the lake, to wituess the ilis
pluv of
JAPANESE DAY FIREWORKS,
Which were* quite attractive, and created
much amusement, e-qwcialiy for the hoys,
w ho scoured the woods l«»r the descending
caricatures sent up from the opposite
bituk.
A DAM PEN Ell.
About o o'clock, when everybody was
civJoyii’g btiuscii or herself to full bent,
porleutioua clouds Wgan to upprouch from
the southwest, aud iik half Ju hour a ©opr
oua rain began falling. This somewhat
dampened tlie ardor of the celebruters, but
a majority got home in season to avoid a
drenching.
GENERAL NOTES.
The celebration was a complete success.
The day was beautiful, and peculiarly
fine until 5:30 o’clock in the afternoon.
Hacks were kept busy plying between
the city and Sell’s Island ail the after
noon.
Among the Select Knights in the pro-
I cession were a number from Coal Creek
and Silver Cliff.
The little fellows of Entcrpise Hose No.
•2 formed one of the most pleasing sights
in the procession-
The handsome uniforms and glittering
trappings of the Select Knights were com
plimented on nil sides.
A large numlier of visitors, from the
and neighboring towns, par tici
pHnainTfiV "(lay'sk’sTTV; - ■;
General Sawyers oration is highly spoken
of on all lrands, and we regret our inability
to give even a fair synopsis of it.
The music furnished by the select choir
was nnusally good, and the firemen feel
truly grateful to each member, especially to*
Mrs. A. IJ. Mack, who labored inde
fatigable in that direction.
The display of fireworks, intended to
have been given at Sell’s Island in the
evening, hut which was prevented on ac
count of the rain, will bennade at the same
! place on some evening soon, when a dance
i w.ll take place.
The patriotism of our people was not
drowned by the shower. From dark until
10 o’clock p. nr. Main street blazed with
private fireworks; rockets shot athwart the
angry sky, and the hoghacks rang with the
reverberations of artillery.
The Cation City Fire Department con
ceived the plan, and conducted the j
celebration, and its members have ahun- i
dant reason to feel gratification at their I
success. Tlie people of Cafion, one and all,l
speak in highest terms of the able manner |
in which every detail was executed, and '
are proud of such an organization. All >
honor to our brave firemen, who can eele- (
brate our national anniversary, or any I
other appropriate bccasion, with as much j
credit and order as they can put out a fire. !
The day will long be remembered by our ;
people with pride and pleasure.
The Fourth at the Penitentiary. - v !
The Fourth was celebrated at the peai- j
tentiarv l*v an extra dinner to the convicts. I
after which the rules of the prison were
suspended for a couple of hours, during j
which time the convicts knew no restraints j
except the walls and bars of the main •
building and cell buildings. They had
free range of the new dining room, chapel
and both cell buildings for about an hour.
There was music and jig dancing and a
general good time. They were then con
ducted to their cells and a number of con
victs, who had practiced for the occasion,
rendered music in the dining room between
the cell buildings, within hearing of the
convicts, who would cheer heartily when
their fancy dictated. At the close of the
performance three hearty cheers, from 3J7
convicts, in honor of the day, and in recog
nition of the kindness of the warden in
thus permitting them to have a brief relief
from the monotony of their prison life,
went resounding throdgh those building-,
aud then silence reigned—the rules of the
prison were again in lorce —no convict dare j
speak or break silence.
Tin* Fourth ut the Coal Banks.
Tlte citizens of Coal Creek. Williams- '
burg and Kockrale united and celebrated ,
the Fourth in a grove bet ween Williamsburg
and Coal Creek. Arbors, tents, etc, were j
erected for the convenience of the people, j
An excellent free dinner was provided by !
I the Good Templars, as usual. Ice cream
and lemonade stands were on the grounds, [
and were well patronized. The abominable
firecracker was also there in the hands of ■
lawless boys. One boy, about 6 years!
old, had liis eyes seriously burned by the i
explosion of one in his face. Kev. H. Locke '
was president, and opened the exercises by '
a few well timed remarks. Kev. A. Blau- •
chard, the orator of the day. spoke in his {
usual witty and spirited manner.
The Declaration of Independence was i
read in a clear and forcible manner, and 1
the Coal Creek band discoursed sweet •
music. After the speaking, the floor wag :
cleared, and dancing was the order of the j
day. until the fine rain in the evening j
compelled an adjournment to the Coal
Creek hall, where it was resumed, and |
kept up until morning.
Correspondent.
In Wot Mountain Valley.
The Catholics of Custer county enjoyed
a very ple;isant picnic at Home’s ranch,
in Wet Mountain valley, on July 4. Al
though several unwelcome showers put in
an appearance, still the.atfair was a grand j
success, both socially and financially. The j
Miwns'of Querida. Kosita. Silver Cliff. Ida.
j Blumenau, Dora and \Vestcliife, were re- ;
; presented. Eloquent speeches were made j
| by lion. J. T. McNceley and others, and t
|an original poem read by Kev. M. I Car- |
| mody. At sonic time not far in the future
the Catholics of Cafiou intend giving such
a picnic at Sell’s Island.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Cholera still rages in Egypt.
The Careys have left Ireland.
Evicted Irish tenants are returning, and
paying rents.
Loriliard** famous horses —Iroquois,i
Arunsa and l’.uthcnia—have arrived its*
America’
DeLesseps wants electricians to compete i
for prises for the best methods of lighting
the Sue* canal.
The llerlin govenment denies the re
newed assertion that it intends to establish
a colony in Mexico.
A "Bad Man" Killed.
A special from May&villc to the I,e;ul-1
ville limld of July :> says • "This morn
ing alwnt 5 o’clock Dick Baker, a iuim*r of,
Columbus, was killed at Uarllcld by the
deputy marshal, The story, as it comes
here this morning, is to the effect that l>a
ker was drinking aud shooting around town
promiscuously, when the odicer told hint 1
to put up his gun. lie replied, ‘ 4 Not till 1 j
put a hole through you." and commenced
tiring at him, and the officer wus compelled ■
to kill him. Baker bore the reputation of|
being a bad mau when drinking. J )
At Glasgow, Scotland, on the .‘UI instaut. |
the steamer Daphne was launched,cppsi/mg j
and sinking just as sho eutcred the water.
Mauv persons were drowned. Divers who I
wen*, down into the hull of the steamer re-L
ported tin companion ways a? hi
with dead bodies, Jjt
The high license lavy In Missouri has ;
beep decided, hy the sopreoin court ofj
that state, to be coustitutioiml and ap
plicable to St. lyiuia Hereafter it will j
oust about 91 >OOO per year for the piivi-j
Jego of aelliug lkjuor it) that city.
XO. 27
STATE NEWS.
Montrose hopes to have a smelter in the
near fata re.
Silverton’s Fourth of July celebration
was a success.
Montrose has organized a flourishing
Sunday school.
Colorado Springs will now go into the
artesian well business.
The Mercury has. been up to 100° in the
shade at Saguache this week.
The large addition to the Pueblo Chief
tain office is now under cover.
The Herdic coaches, of Denver have been
s<fld. and token off of the streets.
A new post of Grand Army veterans was
organized at La Junta on the 3d«
Tire Pike's Peak tramway scheme lias .
been abandoned, lor this season at least.
’ ■ The Tin Cup Miner ha* m-*ved into a
new office, and adopted the cash system.
The contractors on the new Puehlo smel
ter are unable to get enough carpenters.
/ The Tabor artesian well at Denver is j
now nowing at the rate A,OOO gallons per J
hour.
Judge Belfonl gave his views on mono
poly in a Fourth of July oration at Fort
Collins.
Jttnatischek, one of the greatest of living
actresses, will appear at Colorado Springs
next month.
The celebration of the Fourth at Denver
wits interrupted by a rain storm, cum ng
on at 2p. m.
A Methodist campmeeting xv, ill licgin
near Table Rock, FI Paso county, ou the
loth iustaut.
A few cases of small-pox are reported at
i Del Norte. Telluride also had one or two
[ cases this week.
j Generals Grant and Sherman will no
j doubt attend the Grand Army encamp-
I meat at Denver.
W. S. McClellan, a miner, fell down a
• shaft on Sugar Loaf mountain, 100 feet,
land was killed.
The snow is rapidly disappearing from
j the higher mining regions, and prospecting
! has begun in earnest.
Red Mountain offers $30,000 for a branch
of the Kio Grand< ,«ud it is probable that
: the road will be built.
Orman & Crook, who are building the
Chaffee City railroad, cannot secure men
enough to do their work.
The Colorado State Press Association will
meet at Denver July 10. and then go on a
grand excursion to .Salt I^ake.
The midsummer term of the district
court is now in session at Gunnison City.
Four murder cases are on docket.
Richard F. Stapleton, city editor of the
Denver News, was married in Chicago on
June 2Sth to Miss Lucy MeKeoue.
Charles Mitchell and Hilly Madden will
appear at Coal Creak on Monday, in one of
their renowned boxing exhibitions.
The Pueblo Messenger Company began
operations on Monday, with forty call bells
! on the sooth side, ami 140 in Pueblo.
The Uneompahgre valley is one of the
1 linest cereal growing sections of the west,
j and will yield abundantly this season.
“Moss Agate" has resigned his position
on the Lake City Silver World, and w ill be
; succeeded by H. C, Olney. former editor.
Mr. Cyras E. Crooks has been elected
l to fill a vacancy in the board of directors
' of the First National Rank of Gunuison.
A hail storm east of Fort Collins, on
j the 3d, did great damage to growing
! imps uud totaly destroyed small fruit,
j Charles Mitchell, the champion boxer of
Eugland, now in Colorado, will tight. Slade,
! the Maori, near Kansas City. September,
The state agricultural college, manage
ment have 330 kinds of sa»ds planted, and
j all varieties of productions art? doing well.
An Eastern syndicate, composed of cap
j talistsof New York. Providence and Cleve
; land, has purchased the Denver street rail
i way.
j Colonel R. O. S. Ilurke createtl quite a
; sensation in Pueblo, lecturing on the
. Emerald We aud her d.nvn-troddeu people,
| last Sunday.
Donald Dinnie, the celebrated Scotch
! athlete, wan the >"<•.!'> wrestling match
I against D. K. McMillan, at Denver, Satur
| day evening.
The Go unison steel works will receive
most oi their irou from Tin Cup. and the
Union Pacific will build a road over which
to transport it.
Tire tr ial of Martin V. Rains, at George
town, for tho killing of Albert Selak, at Red
Elephant, May a, ended in n verdict of not
; guilty of murder,
The Grand Army veterans invite tho
i state militia to join them in their national
| encampment at Denver, o fie ring rutious
j and headquarters liee.
. Several Cheyenne bicyclists contemplate
i taking a trip upon their wheels in the near
; future fo Denver, and even threaten to
continue on to Leadville.
Hon. J. I*. Galloway will shortly re
move his cattle to Paradox valley, in west
ern Colorado. Ho will also remove Ly*
family to that section of the state.
' The people of White river, fearing an
-1 other l to outbreak, have petitioned that
: tho United Slates troops quartered near
lUiere be allowed to remain as a protection,
i The saloon-keepers of Ouray have peti
; tioned the city council to drive the “ boos
ters,” “ ropers ’ and 4 ‘ tin-horn gamblers ”
| from that place. Score one for tho whisky
; dealer*#. J
Carl Wills ten, writing from the new
carbonate fields aruuud Dotsero, says he
believes mineral in great quantities will
yet be found, but July Id U early enotqjh
for prospectors to come into that sectiuq.
The Denver Holiness Band having se
cured th assistance of Rt v. \V. B. M.
Colt, Rev. U. M. IWmou, Miss Ada Dur
ham and Miss I .'ill Myers to aid them in
their religious work, are holding u series
of revival mel tings, with good icsuiUg
Sumo vandals despoiled the altar ornu
ineuts uf the Leadv die Catholic; chuieh
last Sunday night, destroying tho candle
stick!*- delating tho statuary beyond re
pair, damaging the oiguii, and making a
perfect w reck of the interior of the church,
Durango SouMiwest • t'io[>siii the val
ley ait* looking finelv The on hard* of
Iruit troso bear evidence of the lungr*.™* of
fruit growing in the eouutry ,;wnl in tact tin*
farmers are enjoying greater prosperity
Allan over lu-fore'in the growth Mid history
rbf this uuuutry.
The Masonic fruturuity of Denver hgv«»
based a large lodgo room in the upper
story of the new city hull, and will oc
cupy it Augu*‘ b ‘liny paid fSgDCK) (oris
fiv«s-,yetr!»-u.s«-; 1 0(H) were spent in olteru
tionr , uud f i,OOO will he rap* n*l**«l for
furniture. They w ill have the finest }
room iu the west.