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Show LETTKli FROM LITTLE COTTONWOOD. COT-TONWOOD. (Special Corrcpondonci? of tho Herald.) Alt a City, June 17, 1873. Alia City is nourishing like unto a green hay tree. Tlie skies arc bright, the sun warm, and Ihe winds ift-e tempered to the snow. Business Busi-ness is somewhat crab-like (or the season, but it is daily improving. As an evidence of our prosperity, we will note the, opening of a dance house, or hurdy-gunly. at the Crand Hotel. The place was well patronized, patron-ized, and we should judge from the good humor and noise thai prevailed, that Ihcy were satisfied with the entertainment. en-tertainment. Building is going on rapidly. Several Sev-eral fine houses are now in process of completion, among the finest of which, may be mentioned Fuller's hotel and Harry Wright's. The citizens have not commenced gardening 'yd, but considerable ploughing has heen done. The crop will not he profitable, but a skinned nose was the immediate result. Our mines never looked more favorable fav-orable than at present. There have been more rich strikes reported in the last week than ever before. The Davenport, the Herman tunnel, tun-nel, the Oxford and Cencva, the Revolution, Rev-olution, and the McKay, all report large Uxlies of ore. These reorts are reliable, and arc not mere rumors. There are other strikes reported, but your correal joudent cannot get partic- ; ulars yet. j The onlv excitement in town tu-day was :v fonUraee down the eannn hv a couple of experts, The time made by the head man was good, and he is supposed to be going yet. Time will he reported as soon as wc can get a telegram from Granite. Tiie Emma, the Davenport and the Flags t all" mines have each a large force of men employed in repairing tlie roads and removing the snow that accumulated on the dugways during the winter. Providing we have no fresh storms or oilier drawbacks, the roads will be in good condition in les.- than one week. Several well-dreed men. supposed sup-posed to be capitalists, have been noticed no-ticed in our city this last week: as wc have nothing definite in regaixl to sales or large winnings, wc merely give this as a rumor of our principal comuidruinist. AiniunALn. |