A WONDERFUL CITY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 198, 16 November 1871, Page 6

A WONDERFUL CITY.

Near the foot of the Rocky Mouri-' tains, midway between Cheyenne and Denver is the city of Greely. Mr. St. Glair, the lecturer, about two years ago traversed this country, then a wildernessj in his own carriage, making his journey by night, to avoid the Indians, and near where Greely now stands was atiacted by the . savages He says that a few weeks ago he landed from the cars at this new city, which boasts of 2000 people, over 400 fine houses, two- hotels, two public halls, some twenty stores and two churches. An irrigating canal of -thirty miles, besides the lateral ditches, furnishes water for the town and miles of fence encloses thScity; a large grist mill in process of- erection indicate'sa most Avonderfiil energy and success, where, fourteen months ago, never a spade had been struck or single hut erected. This seems to be a practical illustration of the principles of co-oper-ation and "a' community of'interest' but perhaps the grand key of its un-precedented-success is to be found in the lofty moral tone of the immigrants and settlers. Every person is a property holder, and has a' personal interest in the town, while the trustees of the colony will give no deed of any kind of property, except with the proviso of forfeit in the case of sales of- intoxicating beverages 0/1 the premises. As a consequence, we find it is the only village throughout the great ■ Northwest, excepting Utah, where exis't3 a prohibitory law. Dram drinkers, ■ bummers, black-legs, and liquor dealers avoid Greeiy as if it were a pestilence.

The Paris journals announce that the committee of engineers appointed to reporb upon the' construction of a' •tunnel "acros3 the Channel between' England and. France .have accepted the plan of M*. Thorn cfe G-amoi^dj and that the 'worjjp.iw'ill shortly ■• be. commenced, on,' 6r\Q J 'side' at Dieppe,, -and on 'the other side 'at. Newliaven. The cost o.f the" work is estimated at 225,000,000f,, and,'£he duration of the work six yeai'.s, 1577 -being 'the' da'te named for its coin-, p'letion. ' • ' -\