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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1881)
I' .1' . . .i . " / .7 I i . . ! < ( i\M/ . ( ! / \\f \ \ ! / < mT TELE OMATIA DAILY BEEt FRIDAY AUGUST 12 1881. . "COMANCHE BILL , " h. * y _ \0 \ * * ' * * > Goner * 1 Torry'o Fnvorlto Scout and Hid WiW Wfo , TWrtr-ono Yearn In the Snadlo- Piittol * nnil Scalps KMIMI Cltjr Time * William Porter , known far find wide of Comanche Bill , l > y the appellation has been for fomo time with General Reynolds at Fort Rene , and is now on his way to join General Terry s command at Parton , Dakota territory. Ho came direct from the Ponca coun try hero , riding horseback the cntrro distance , and , Indeed , from Rono. Ho put Up his horse at n livery stable and at once started out to see the town. Prom here ho will have his mustang shipped to Omaha , where ho will again .take the saddle and proceed on his , , way to Parton , "Comancho" disdains * nil Bueh modern conveniences as rail-'IC ' road cars , and it is.only when pressed for lime that ho will use them at all. It is his favoiito boost that ho has been THIRTY-OHR YKAIW I TTHK HAI > I > LR. Ho rode from Tola , Kansas , Tups- day , to this point , and , indeed , made iho whole trip almost as quickly as ho coul have done on some of the Blow traini Ho siys ho made the entire jourhby by horseback in five days. j , rpMA CKK nitt , ia 47 years of age , but looks much .youngor. Np one would ( ako him to .bo over 30. Ho wears the proverbial .long hair , cropped closer behind than aomo who allcct this style , and a heavy mustache , which is allowed lo run far down on thu siflo of his iacp. Ho is not over flvo foot ( on inches in height , with a broad chest and br.iwny arms and an iron frame , which fatigue cannot overcome nor exertion aubduo. Ho has a slightly aquiline nose , a piercing gray or dark blue yo , and is in all respects the typical scout and frontiersman of fact and fiction. Ho is taciturn almost to a fault and loathe to speak of himself. In the far west his reputation as a guide , scout and interpreter is great , and ho looks with scorn on such lessor luminaries as Buffalo Bill and other would-bo heroes. When soon by the reporter Bill had already moulted his buckskin suit and assumed something like the garb of civilization , but he still were his rid ing boots and pants , a dark blue flan nel shirt , and the indescribable hoivy felt hat , with a depth and curvature of brim which would have made a Quaker or a stage scout turn green with envy nnd die of jaundice the sarno night. 7ortor was born of Scotch Jinncsotn , seventeen milun Jlw , ' &VulJ lived' there iin- rpublesOtttoX'timbs of 18G2 , .wholo 'family" was inassa- ' * $ erodryVl ' "flaven't-you n sister yet living in Minnesota'1' ' ' n ked the reporter. t "Thar ! aftfo 'drop ot my blood flowih' initho veins of nny livin' hu- * fnan boin' , " was the sad response. To every question as to when thny died Hill responded bluntly , " 18th of August , 1802. " Hu then told tli'o story 6f the mas t sacre of his motherland sister , and u the eyes of the sturdy plainsman t were Buffusodnvith something which looked like tears. t "I toll you it'a enough to make a man a demon , " ho said : "father , mother , sister , two cousins , an uncle , aunt and wife , killed at ono blow , I remember that little mother ; aho fra'n'l biggor'n your fist , and she loved ' mi3 like a Scotch mothercan'lovo. ' She used lo say to father : "William's get- tin' too big for -you to hanulq ilq v ; [ but oho could do anything with inc. I reinumburaho came to mo and le.ined over and ' klssed'nio und , qaid : JWoll , there's' kiss from your niithor , Lid ; ' and when I came back shu lay across Iho floor with u hole in bur skull , kill ed by them reddoyils. Pathorinother , sister , two cousins , an undo , aunt and wife killed at ono blow [ Bill hud a fancy for repeating this phniso in his , j abstracted moments ] . I tell you- boys , " * ' it made a demon but 6f mU , ' iuid the strong man pressed his hands to his Jitjad , and throwback - Jonghajr with a wild gesture in the agony of the awful revelation. "Who killed your mother , Bill ? " _ "It was one of Butnoao'a band. " - 3j "Ia ho.olivo yet ? " ! v ' ; "Wa'ol , I guess ho'll never salp any more women. " "Did they kill your wife , too ? " ' "Yes , they tortured her to death. Oh ! I've had a scalp for every drop of " "blood they spilled that day , " he con- . . ' , -tinued. "I topk an oath that ai long as I could look through the hind sights of a riQo I'dkill every Sioux Indian I pot it chance to shoot at. * I wont back tliern afterward and sat down to ft table to cat and somebody says , . 'That's O'jmiiiicho Bill.1 Another man eaid ho duln't ' blame the Indiana for Twhat they' donq Mint day , \ H jumped A fayor tliQ table > mlB alpod' ' that follow , * and I'd do it again to-day if anj body commenced to niako another such a talk. " "Do you know Buflalo Hill ? " "Oh ! Uullulo Bill ; yes , I've ' heord kind of a scout is h6 ? " ! What * that d - d fool an't tell n-bcef. trail fiom 'a pony " ' ' ' track. Vil7' "Havo you any friends in Missouri , Comanche , or are you just stopping ! liero to BOO the town ? " "Friends ? * Nq , I ain't t got ii ( > friends anywhere. The only frien'ds I ever had were n pair of good six- shootera , and when they cracked xI Icnowed they reached for keeps. " "Wore you everin , Kansas City be fore ? " ' "Young follow , I reckon I was jn this town before you was foaled. " It seems etiango thut whitn Bill's .special aversion wan the Sioux Indian lie should hiivo won the sobriquet of "Goman'olibV * 1)111 , but nuth1 is thu jiauib ho has gone by for years. . . . fVIt'tt only u uick'iiamu , " .naid Bill ; 1 ' 'I gel lown in the Cpminiclio ebuntr } ' TvhenBiuux wuroscaro und I h'ud to liavo oiuisthinKtp. prrictico on , " , "Who KaVo'y6U ( hut immcl" "Afatt'Sponcdf. chief of a ban4 ol fe'M" , ; . .i .iw he ijiurdurl , " 1 Hoard/he wislnllod' , tliofi "How ar'j the Ohvrokecs getting Along in the nation ? " , . "They are getting along all right : , but they play h 1 with you if you don't marry a squaw. " An incident is related of Bill which happened in Wichita a low weeks since. Bill rode into town dressed in a complete suit of buckskin and with a gang of Honest t i ° nl j1'8 ' back- As ho went along ho saw A ' 'counter- ] jumper , " na ho was pleased to call him roughly catch a little girl about 18 year * old by the shoulder and solicit nor attention. The girl'withdrow her arm angrily , and just then the scene fell under Bill's personal inspection. "Sho was a poor girl , " saya Bill , "and plainly clad in an old dress , but I wan t going to aoo her insulted by any durncd counter-hopper under my mountain eyes. I jest jumped down from my hess and I called for that fel low to stop. Ho didn't seem to want to , but I made him stop. I took up the little girl in my arms and sat her down on a box. 1 took oil her shoes and said to the counter-jumper : 'Now ' 1 want you to got down and lick the dust . off the soles of that poor girl's feet whom you have insulted ) ' And I made him do it Ho looked down in the imrezlo of a 4j-calibro ( Colts for just about half a minute and then hd came to his milk like a little Iamb , And L made him lick that , girl's feet for a pluhib two hours , though a biff crowd tethered nround , but I had all my men with mo and did not care whether they liked it or npt. " Improved Boo Those who are , not far from middle- ago can remember when npiculturo was quite a different thing to what it is now. Many fai moro nnd villagers kepi , bees , anil some of them with profit , strange an it may seem. The hives were either made of rough boards , hastily nailed together , or of hollow logs - ' "gums , " as they were called. Two stick's word fastened across through the middle of the hive , crossing each other at right angles , to support the weight of the combs when they were filled with honoyi The only way of looking into these hives was to turn them bottom-side up , and thru ono could sea but a little tlo way between the irregularly built combs. If a queen died it was often impossible t6 ascertain the fact until too late to remedy the loss in any way. It was difficult to tell much about the hivca or to do anything with them or for them , if anything wont amiss. The more "advanced" beekeepers used to put boxes upon the tops of the hivca for surplus honey ; but the regular orthodox w.iy of securing honey was to kill the bees in the fall and appropriate their stores. The way of doing this was reallybarbarous. . A little pit was dug in the ground , in which sulphur was burned. The hive was set over this diabolical auiudgo , and the poor little bees , after all their hard toil through the summer , wore speedily suffocated. This was a process really worthy of a pnoplo living in "tho stone uao. " It was called "taking in the bees. " But all this is , now changed , The bees are no longer killed. On the contrary , they are very carefully cherished and preserved , and it is found that they produce more honey , and nro vastly moro profitable , when allowed to live out their allotted period of existence. During these years that have intervened , "since you and I were boys , " the itnprovc- nicnta in boo culture have been as marked as in any other Mold of use fulness. Their habits nro more care fully observed and studied. New in ventions , now processes of dealing with them , are constantly coming to light. One excellent weekly paper The Arnoucan Bee Journal publish ed i in0hicago [ , and several monthly magazines are devoted to this especi ally , which may , in fact , bo said to bo "ft great ono. " . Four Ica'ding inventions or discover ies in boo * iimniillation | have entirely rnvolutioiifro'l and put aside the I'atono ago" motluuls except perhaps in back neighborhoods , or along HU- cluclo.d river bottpms , where Rip Van \Vinklo might have slept until this tijnc without disturbance. Wo rofur : 1. To ( ho invention of movable frames , in which the combs are built in /.traight and symmetrical manner. By means of this change the bee keeper cnn inspect every comb and every nook and corner of his hive , and learn at any moment the precise condition of the colony. If a queen has died , or disappeared from any cause , or come to that period of life when she ceases to bo prolific , her place may early bo supplied. And so of any other difficulty in the hivo. 2 , The honey extractor a German invention. By ita use the honey is removed from the combs , which are I loturned to the hives to bo used over and over again indefinitely. This is onu of the greatest economics in this work , for the manufacture of the comb' is a laborious and expensive operation to the beua as well as costly to their owners. 3. Comb foundation. A machine has been devised through which thin sheets , of beeswax tire passed , idle they cpirio out impressed on each side with little indentations or cups pre cisely like those fashioned by the bees. The insects accent this work its their own and build these cells out to their usual depth. This in not only ' u very great saving of time to thu , bees , but it is really a magnificent ' 'sottinjji out" in their system litof houtiukeeplnt ; , Few or no intelligent beekeepers now attempt to gut along without it , and many rival machines for its manufacture nro now on the market. Probably they all have mert | , 4. Tlo ) artificial roaring of queens. This is another most- important help i ! ft to the modern beekeeper fur it Booms to bo an absolute necessity all through the working season to bo able to supply colonies , both eld nd new. with and young vigorous queens tlu\ mother bees , upun whose con- stant'supply of eggs the life of the establishment depends , This is curt He'd on to a great Extent , not only by individual npiculturists for their own private ute , but many parties rear tluml for aale. Boo keeping has become a great in- . dust ' ry o ( our times , though it is yet ' in'ita infancy. There in not only . a largo i'lujd of q&.ofuujuis and profit in . tins work , but it pliers tempting in- ducmueuts as a life profi'Baion to uuj jijtvlljgt'nt uuu or woman. None but . bright , intelligent people , con follow il witlmiy hfinu | if succues. . To bo BUQ tosafuT ofiU niust'bo fully up with the information of the times , armed ant equipped , not only with improvec ' tools und machinery and the bus books , papers and magazines treating of tlii ) subject , but with studious and observant n ul iwliistrioui habits. If is a work that JvquircR much labor. The bees do ( licit nharo of the toilbut by no moans all of It. Close and un- remilted attention must bo given to it ? t fill stages and in all seasons of the year , and the nwnngor of an apiary inust expect to becom6 pccialist if ho would succeed , and must not have "too many irons in the fire. " In other directions. It cannot bo made a profitable addition to farm opera tions , unless some member of the family makes it n subject of such special study as we have pointed out. When the bees need attention and at tention will pay back dollar * , the bco-kccpcr must not bo disturbed in his thoughU , nor diverted from iiis work by the necessity of cultivating corn , making hay , or harvesting grain for the honoy-storing season ia short in most northern regions , and must bo improved to the very utmost. It is n matter of special pride to thu writer of these line * to bo able to express the opinion that boo-cultura has been developed and thriven in the west to a greater cxtont than in any other part of the world , Not only are the representative bee publications issued in the west , hut the represen tative bec-culturistn ino mostly Western niun. And notwithstanding all that , had been done thoie is still room almost every whole for carncsi mid cllectivo workers. Kidney Complaint Cured. H. Turner , Uuchvttcr , N. Y , , write * : "I h.no been for o\ur n yo.ir tmbjcct to Hcri.iin disorder of thu kjdiioyd , iliul ultun nimble to attend to Inninc ; 1 procured your liuimoCK Ur.oo ! > UIITEKM , niul WOH relieved bcfdru half ft bottle wn uncd. I intend to continue , us I fcclconfidtmt that they will entirely euro me , " 1'rico 81,00 , trial nlzo 10 cent * . aug7-cudlw. Pornccuting the JOWB- London Telegraph. It was hoped that the worst of the persecution to which the Jews have been exposed in Russia was now over , for even Russia is not inaccessible to the influence of civilized public opin ion , and that has been expressed with aufUcient distinctness. But the out breaks just reported from P ill town allow that the danger is not yet past , and that Muscovite fanaticism receives little check from the authorities. Race and religious antipathy prevails in rank much above the lowest through out the czar's empire , and the unfor tunate Jewish minority has to reckon with this constant peril. A spcci.il correspondent of the Jewish World , who was sent to KiefT to report par ticulars of the riots there , draws at tention to the glaring facts of the complicity between the officials and rabble , but iar which no outrages would have been possible. Hti gives n shocking account of what took place when the "peasant mob , " secure of impunity , had fairly settled down to the work of destruction. The plun dering , burning , and wrecking of houses and shops , the Jew hunts in the streets , the robberies , the assaults , wore not by any means the worst of the horrors. Women were outraged by dozens , and the correspondent states that at ono place two married women and three young girls were so ill-troatod by the mob that they died next morning. Children were tossed out of thn window to bo brained on the stbncs of the street beneath. But during all this what weru the authori ties about ? Gen. Drenteln , the gov ernor , when his attoiuion was called to the gathering of the mob , and ho was asked by the chief rabbi to pre vent its action , positively declined ; he would not ho uaid ' ' , , 'incommode his soldiers for the snko of a pack of Jows. " The spirit of tin's brutal re mark was faithfully reflected in the 'conduct nf the governor's meanest subordinate's. While the outrages went on , soldiers and police regarded them with calm unconcern , and only in ono case , whore a woman , after be ing shipped naked and Hogged , was about to bu ihnii ; on a hugu bonfire of her husband's good and cli.ittcls , did u police functionary mildly expostu late by saying that it was "not neces sary to go so far. " It w.is enough if they stopped short of burning ulive. A military officer , when ur od by a poor woman to BIIVO her family from being burned in the building which the mob had surrounded and lirudan- Bwered : "Well , burn ; it does not much matter whether you roast newer or hereafter. " As for the poor crea tures who were driven out of the town to starve , the governor had no word of pity or suggestion of help to offer. When a member of a deputation which waited on him about them asked : "Whoro were the unfortunate people to go ? " Gnu , Drontoln'a answer was : "Go ? why to Jerusalem or into the Dnieper " With such men as these in uutority the prospect for Russian Jowa ia gloomy indeed. Bo Wlao nitd Happy. If you will atop all your extravagant and wrong notions in doctoring your self und families with expensive due- tors or humbug euro-all , that do harm always , and use only nature's aimjilo romedfoa for all your ailments you will bo wise , well and happy , and save great expense. The greatest remedy for this , the great , wise mid good will toll you , is Hop Bitters rely on it. [ I'rens. al-slfi Geo. P. Bern is REAL ESTATE AGENCY , 16th nj Dodga 8U. , Om h , Neb. ThU jtncy doc4 T ICTLT broktrow tmlncM. . Iti looks arr Insured to Iti latronn , Initcid ol bclnsr rabbled uu bv tlm K/oiit The Oldest Estahlishfd BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. CaldwQll , jSamilton & Co , , or- to * . , . CO , iv T V-T * * w4Miuie lumrtui. np QU * * rn- iot. Bell Kuropo&n ixusage ticket * . I SSfidF0"01 * 1 > R0UV UAWt DE VEADX'S WASNING MACHINE The Only Machine that Will Do juat as is Advertised , It Will Wash Paster , It Will Wasli Moaner , It Will Wash Easier , It Will repiro no BuWilng. It will do a large family "Washing in 30 Minutes , It Will fWnth Equally -woll' wltli Hard or Soft Wntor- ttrioon w y llh a h boiler * and wa h board * , ud ill ( uy lor lUclf In full and thu near ot clothes In a mon h , No steam In the kitchen. A child 10 } tnn ol can dothewoshlnif fo tcr than iviiy woman can hanif out theclothe- IMN. StJf.UVAN & &O.VS' , dim 1410 Fnrnham Street , Agcnti. EsfcaMsliBd 11 Years , ActUu tire and Ufa wunH-d. 0. I1. TAVUJll fc 00 14tli & DoUL'Us S&sv1 -4Ha. V21& ! fm4Ha. ' 4i { v * . t * * i5. LET IT BURN ! My houae and furniture is insured with C. T. TAYLOR k CO. , Onr 11th and Doui'liw. EESOLUTION ORDERING SIDE. WALKS. Do It rcsoh f d liy the Cllj Council of ( be city of Oinalia : 1 Imt a nlilewnlk bo , within fifteen dajsfrom thin ( late , ( constructed ) amllall _ ( to the r talIUhcd irraJo In utd city , tn front of and adjoining the llottlnir | > rcmlw.ilr ; I tl , t t ldu of 13th Btrcct , in block 200,0 feet vide. TKMrORARV ORAUB Wcit 1 lot 7 , northilileolCapitol Avtmeblock 74.nf t ldu. Bouth i lot 4. ra t ( Ida of Sherman Avenue ami llorback'n l t addition , 0 cetlcle. . Hald nldu alk to bo conitructed of " Inch plno plank and to bo In width , a > above upecltlcd , and thu rospectl > o owner ere iuni nf thu above ite- scribed prcmlten are hereby r < ] ulrd to conttruct thu tame , l-awcd Aug. 2,1631 , J. J. L. 0. JKWKTT , City L'lerk. United States Depository. OMAHA.- Cor , 13th and Famarn Sis , OLDEST DANKtNO ESTAUUSlIMfaJT W OMAHA. SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZC OROTHERO. ) BTiULISllSB 1666. OrganUed u a National Dank Aufuut 90 , Ibti3. CAPITAL AND rilOKJTS OVKR 300000 | OmCEM > ND UUKCTOU t KOUVTIK , Pruldent. Avamnm KOPNTM , Vloo rreeldcnt. U. W. YATU , 6aihlrr. A. J. rorrtnox , Attorney. JOUN A. CuKionrox. F. It. DAVIB , Aral. Coablor , Thlib&ok rocd\e iltpoilti without regard to amounta. IMUC * time ctrtlncatc * bcarinc Intercut. Dro s drafu on San KraiuTnco and principal cities of the United btatt , nla IxjnUon. Dublin , KJinturcli and the principal cltlw or tin contl < ncnt of Lurope. BclU i uoi-inrrr tlckcU for emigrant * by the ID wan line. matldtf PROPOSALS FOR HAY. Sealed bldiw111 b6ieccl\c < $ b ) the uniltrslyn- od uuto KrWiy llffl 12th daj of Auju t , A. 1 > JS91. t * p'tlock ' p , in. , lor luniUhliig lxty ftj'i ) toov ol liay for tli u.g ot i b tlru Ueuaruucut uur- Inir the liliucu o ( I he tiretent Ojc l yi&r. An > Inforoutlon nctdtJ Mill b furnUhctl by J. J , Oalllgan , hlttf Biiaineer : 7 Thu rijcht U rewrrid ta reject any and all hula. Kmilupca containing propogaU h U b ioark < cd " 1'ropcwal * for furuuhluv ll ) " and be ai4 ilreji J to the Undcnlgucd.J. . J. J. L.O. Jcvtrrr , Omaha , Aug. 1,1SS1 , City Cleik. augtmt SD , © ash Jobbers and Retailers of 1319 FARNHAM STREET. DURING THE COMING WEEK OUR GREAT SALE OP Lonsdale , Fruit Hill , and other well-known brands of Muslin at 8 l-2c a yard. Best quality unbleached muslin , 7 l-2c. Pillow case muslins , lOc. Wide sheeting muslins , at wholesale prices. Linen sheetings from from $1.00 to $1.60 per yard. Very best prints , fast colors , 5c. Very best ginghams , 8 l-2c. < , - / Another Case Black Buntings , 8 l-2c. Thirty pieces new dress goods , lOc. 700 PIECES ALL SILK RIBBONS 10 GENTS PER YARD. In tiiia lot will Lo found all desirable colors in ALL SILK GRCS GRAIN , SATIN AND GROS GAIN , AND FINE- SILK BROCADED RIBBONS , from ono to four inces wide. No Such Ribbon Bargains were ever before Shown IBTTTTOItsr H K 12,000 dozen fine Dross Buttons at lOc a card two and three dozen on n card , all sizes and over a thousand different , designs ; worth from from thirty to fifty cents a card. S. P. MORSE & CO. / CONTINUES TO Roar for Moorez ( ) Harness AND Saddlery. CO CO rH O CO I have adopted the Lion u a Trade Mai k , and all my eoodi will be STAJU'KD with the LION and my NAHB on the coine. NO GOODS ARE GENUINE WITHOUT THE ABOVE BfAHfa. The best material U mod and the mcnl iVlllec toikmen are ciuplo\cdand at theluwwt awl jirlce. 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