Bark From Bailey  

… 

What the Outside Rim of Society is Doing 

in That Enterprising Lumber Town. 

            Bailey, Park Co. June 6^th, ’81. 

            Bailey Station is an ambitious town on the D.S.P. & P.R.R. which, the mile posts tell us is fifty-four and a half miles from Denver.  The place contains two stores, post-office, hotel, blacksmith shop, saloon, a saw mill - several picturesque piles of slabs and saw dust, and a vast amount of natural scenery. 

            R.W. Harwood has resigned his position as telegraph operator and freight agent at this station. F. E. Wood takes his place left vacant by his retirement. 

O. Gaynor, of Alma, is at present engaged here surveying our town site, and locating the streets, lots, etc. 

            The new supply store seems to be doing a fair business. 

            Mrs. J. H. Payne is visiting friends out of town. 

            “Hardscrabble” is now nearly vacated.  One tenant still holds the fort.  

A.    F. Pinkerton of the Deer Valley house, who lately irrigated the internal regions of his stomach with ‘aqua ammonia’ , has now nearly recovered from its effects. 

            Miss Laura Montgomery, of Denver, is visiting friends in this  vicinity. 

            The saloon, one of our most prominent institutions, owing to its unfortunate location, came near being carried away by the raging and rapidly rising waters of the Platte, but many strong and willing hands united in its rescue.  It was moved across the river, and behold it now standeth upon dry land, and heedeth not the raging billows. 

            We have a new picture gallery.  Mr. W. l. Bailey Jr. is the artist. 

            The Pine Grove Union Sunday school was organized last Sunday at the Pine Grove school house , with twenty-five members in attendance.  The following officers were elected; superintendent, W. Dessellem; secretary, H. McChesney; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Long. 

            Quite a number of persons from this place attended a social hop at Freeman’s ranch, about eight miles distant from here, on Friday evening last. 

            The Bailey house, under the management of its genial landlord, F. O. Wheelock, sustains its good reputation of yore. 

            Wm. L. Bailey is at present in Denver attending to business matters.  He has contracts to furnish parties in Denver with several hundred cords of wood, all of which will be shipped from this station.  Already the hillsides are swarming with his choppers. 

            Messrs. Hamlyn & Nelson now furnish the material upon which the average citizen may develop the muscles of his jaw.  They sell beef. 

            Mrs. McGraw seems to be doing a constantly growing business, and her now contains a larger and more varied stock of merchandise than ever before. 

            That the FLUME may ever prosper and that its subscription list at Bailey may be largely increased is the wish of  

                                    DON FERNANDO.