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Show "Pony Express" Hailed as Fast Mail Service The m-t trip of the "poiiy express," from St. Joseph to Sacramento, carried car-ried about 83 pieces of tnall, according accord-ing to Glenn I). Bradley's "The Story of the I'ony Express.' This run began be-gan In the early evening of April 8, 150, una required 0 days and 23 hours. At the same time an east-bound east-bound express was also on the way with about 70 pieces. "The first pony express from St. Joseph," writes Bradley, "brought a rnesNRge of congratulation from President Pres-ident Buchanan to Governor Downey of California, which was first telegraphed tele-graphed to the Missouri river town. It also brought one or two official government gov-ernment communications, some New York, Chicago and St. Ixiuls newspapers, newspa-pers, a few bank drqfts, and some business letters addressed to bunks and commercial houses In San Francisco." |