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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1885
Page
1
E. J. Carver declares he has purchased the entire interest of Mr. Ralph Meeker in the Greeley Triping and assumed his share of the indebtedness. Greeley, Colorado, June 10, 1885.
Mrs. G N Spear and others return from trips and visits. Dr Marsh builds a barn on 6th street. Gordon visits Kent. J J Stevens store praised for paper hanging. Children Day at Methodist and Congregational churches. Marian Hunter returns from Wolfe Hall. Weld County Fair premium list available. Local real estate transfers and rail visit remarks. Trisune reports on library meeting and court house notices. University and church events include speeches by Rev Judson and Miss Annie Scott party at Bullard anniversary.
The author recalls early Colorado days at Greeley living in a tent near the Tribune Office on Maple Street. A fierce wind destroys the tent, forcing relocation to Hotel de Comfort. Night gatherings feature discussion and songs, with a loud snoring neighbor and a comic yet tense gun scare during a drunken late night riot. A pursuit ends with a mistaken shooting but no injuries. The piece previews library efforts and lists the proposed trustees.
Due to Mrs Henry Currier being seriously injured by a horse two weeks ago, the entertainments scheduled for the 19th and 20th are postponed to Thursday and Friday the 25th and 26th instants. The Opera will be performed without fail then. Reserved seats available at Jackson's store Indian Clubs Base Balls and Bats Mansfield's.
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