Colorado Letter

According to the vote on lectiou day the Queen city of the plains has now the honor of beine; the capital of Colorado, so Denverites may be pardoned if they hold up their keadi a Jittle higher and put on a little more style. The Denver and Omaha short line makfs our tenth railroad whicli wiil help to cheapen freight, a very desirable consideration. The corner stone of the new City Hall was laid on the I2th instant by he Mhaonio fraternity. Owing to stormy weather only about 500 people were in ttfti. anee. The question of the manufac ture of glass has been discussed and a favorable conclusión reached. Parties are negotiatiog for that branch of business, a trial having proved that the sand and Soda Lake near sen, tourteen miles fromDenyer, furnieh the required constituent. Thre barrels of Soda Lake water, make one barrel of seda. The lectura room of the Central Presbyterian church was crowdod the other eveniug to listen to the first Chinese ooncut inthiscity, under the direction of their leader, Mr. Stodaard. Recitution of the Lord's prayer by the Chinese, first in the Chinese lacguage, then in English; Christ' sermón on the mount, the 23d and lt Psalms, and manv scriDture tfrtji "Light of the world," "Come unto me," etc. Several Chinese gung in English, "Jesús Loves Me," also, "What shall the Harvest be'" accompanied by one of their number on the piano. Ah Long. made a figure on the blackboard representing the christian in armor with the heimet, breast píate, sandal?, and the word of the Spirit across an open Bible;another diagram represented the strait war from earth to heaven with a crown for the victor, and also the broad way and a serpent leadicg to the burning name?, etc. The exercises show conclusively that the Chinese are teachable. Some have donned citizens' cloihes and cut off their cues, one haa gune ïnto the pnotography business as well as washee clothes. Denver faas another fine building, the new Episcopal St. Jobr.3 Cathedral, just finished and dedic.Ued Nov. 6th. It has been nearly ttvo years in building and for size and ïuaenificence not many euch are to be found in the United States. Much of the inside work came from Land, n and Paris. It has one of the most bfautiful organs known. The Catbedral stands at the corner of IOtii and Welton strcets, and strangera point it out as one of the most buiidines of the city. Election day passed quietly as the law doses all saloons.hence every man voted without selJiag his vote for a dram of liquor. The "icicles hang at the door," and although the plains aad mountains are mantled in white, to-morrow's sun t11 warm the chili air. Winter in this part is generally mild and genial. Already the stores and shop3 begin to wear a holiday dreás and betoken a good time coming in Christmas cheer. As I write the mountains are lost to view in a snow storm and it is surely growing cold and dark, but there comes through the gloom the brigbt shining of the eleetric light to gladden us.