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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE' MONDAY , OCTOBER 10 , 1881 THE DAILY BEE. MAHA PUBLISHING CO. , PROPRIETORS BIO r-nrnhnm , bet. Oth nnd 10th BtretU. TERMS OP SUBSClUtTIO.N Onccopyljcjr , In advance ( p. tvwld.tlO. ) 00 6 months " 6.0 8 months " ' . SCO RAILWAY 'riMB ' TABLE. \ Ml CARD tlllCAdO , ST. PAUL , VIN.SKAPOL'S AMD OMAHA RAILItOAP , UJMO Omaha No. 2 through jMuwcnRcr , 11 . m. No. 4 , O.ikUml pn8 ot > Kcr , 8:30n : , in , Arrltp Omaha No. 1 , through | scnffcr , 2.50 m. No , 3 , Oakland pixs'ciiKfr , 6SO : ) > . m. L1UV1VO OMAHA EAST OR HOUTU BOUND. C. , 1) . & < J. E ft. 111. 3 : < 0 p. Ill , C. & X. W. , 0 . in. 0:40 : p. in. a , n. I. & 1' . , 0 n. m. 3:40 : p. m. K. 0. . 81. J. K C. I ! . , IMNCS ( it 8 n. m. ft d 0:30 : p. in. Arrh c * at St. Louis nt O.SOn. m. mid iD2 : p. In , wrsr OR BorrnnraTH. K. fc M. In Neb. , Through T.xprcso , SS5 . ro. n. ft It. Lincoln FreiulU , 7.CO p. in. U r Kxiucs'i , 12:16 : 11. m. O. A U. V. for tlnooln , 10.20 o. in. Os A U. V. for Oscoola. 0:10 : a , in. U. P. freight No. 6 , 6:30 : ft. in. U. V. frciKht No. 9 , 8:16 : ft. 111. , U. P. freight No. 7 , 0:10 p. m. emigrant. UAE. Irels-ht No. U 8:26 : p. ro. AURIVUCO FROM A T AND I SOUTH. C. B. & 0. , 6:00 : a. m. 7:28 : p m. C. fc N. W.l:16 ) : n. in. 7:2fi : p. m. C. K. I. & P..9i4B o. in. 0.06 p. ra. h. O. , St. Joe to 0 . , 7 : 0 n. m. fi'46 p. m. W. , St. L. & t' . . leaves ntS n. m. ami 3:40 : p. m. Arrltci ftt 5 > t. I-ouls ntOIO : a. m. nnd 7 : 0 p. m. ARR1MNO FROM THK ( VFST AND BOUTHRMT. 0. & R. V. from Lincoln 12ia : p. m. U. F. Kxpross 3.26 p. m. 11 & M.ln Nob. , Thiuiigh Exprc n 4:16 p. m. B. & SI. Lincoln Knight bS5 : ft in. U. 1\ Fright No. 10-1:40 : p. ra. No. e 4:2f : p. iru < Kmlcrant. No. 8-10:60 p. III. No 12 11:35 : ft. in. O. & R. V. mixed , r. 4:35 : p. m. NORTH. Nebraska Dhislonot tno St. Paul & Sioux City Uaul. No. 2 leaves Omaha 8:30 : a. m. No. 4 leu 03 Omaha 1.30 p. m No. 1 arrives nt Umahant 6:30 : p. m. No. 8 ariixcs at Omaha at 100 : a. in. DDMHT TRAINS KRrwSKN OMAHA AMD COUNCIL BLl'FFS. Leave Omaha at 8:00 : , 0.00 nnd 11:00 : a. m. ; ISO 2:00 : , 8.00 , 4.00 , 6:00 : and 0:00 : p. m. 1 LWMO Council Blutfa ftt B:25 : , 0:26 : , 11:26 : a. in. ; 1:26 : , 2:26 : , 3.25 , 4:25 : 6:25 : and 0:26 : p. m. Sundays The dummy loaves Omaha at 0:00 nil 11:00 : n. in. ; 2.00 , 4:00 : and 6:00 : p. m. Lew as Council llluHa at 9:26 : and 11:25 : ft. m. ; 2:25 , 4:25 and 6:25 : p. in. _ _ Opening and Clotlng of Mslli. ftOUTE. OFXH. CLOSB. a. in , p. m. a. m. p. m. Chtca-ro&N. W 11.00 0:30 : 4:30 : 2:40 : Chicago , It. I. & Paclfic.lliOO 9:00 4:30 : 2:40 : ChtcaRO , B. & Q 11:00 0:00 : 4:80 : 2:40 Wftbash 12:30 : 4:30 : 2:4(1 : ( Sioux City and Pacific. . 11:00 4SO : Union Pacific 6:00 : 11:40 : Omaha & R , V . . 4.00 11:40 : B. &JI. In Neb 4:00 : 8:40 : 6:30 : Oroaha & Northwestern. 4:30 : 7:30 : Local mails for State of Iowa leave but once a day , viz : 4:30a.m. : A Lincoln Mall Is also opened at 10:30 n. m. r Offlco open Sundays Irom 12 m. to 1 p. m. THOS. F HALL P. M. Business HirecturT. Abstract arid Real titate. JOHN L. McCAOUE , opposite Post Offlco. W. R. BARTLETT 817 South 13th Street. N Architects. / ' DUFRENE & MENDELSSOHN , ARCHITECTS - ' Room 14. Crcighton Block. A. T. LARGE Jr. , Room 2 , Ciclv'Won Block. Boots and Shoes. JAMES DsVINE & CO. , Fine Boots and Shoes. A good assortment ol home work on hand , corner liUi and Hnrney. THOS. ERICKSON , S E. cor. 16th and Douglas. JOHN FORTUNATUS , 605 10th street , manufactures to order good work t fair prices. Repairing done. Bed Springs. J. F.'EARRIMER Manufacturer. 1617 Douelosst. Books , News and Otallonery. J , I. FRUEHAUF 1015 Farnham Street. Butter and Eggs. HcSHANE & SCIIROEDER , the oldest B. and E. house In Nebraska established 1876 Omaha. CKOTKAL RESTAURANT , MRS. A. RYAN , tenth west corner IGthand Dodcc. Beit Board tor the Money. ' B tlsfactlon Guaranteed. lleoli at all Hours. Board by the Day , Week or Month. Good Terms tor Cosh. _ Marriages and Road Wagons. WM SNYDER , 14th and Harnoy Streets. Jewellers. JOHN BAUMUU 13H Famhara Street. \ Junk. II. BEr.TIlOLD , Rage and Metal. Lr-nbsr , Lima and Cement. FOSTER & OR * Y corner Hth and Douglas Sta. Lamps and Glassware. J. BONNER 1309 Uouglaa St. Good Variety. Merchant Tailors. O. A. LINDQUEST. Ono ol our most popular Merchant Tailors Is re ceiving the latest desipns ( or Spring and Summer Goods ( or gentlemen's ' wear. StylUli , durable , and prices low as oxer 215 13th bet. Uouir.&Ftni. Millinery. MBS. 0. A. RINGER , Wholesale and Retail , Fan cy Goods In great variety , Zephyrs , Card Boards , Hosiery , Gloves , Corsets , &c. Cheapest Uouao In the West. Purchasers tavo 80 per cent. Order by Moll. 115 Fifteenth Street. Foundry. JOHN WEARNE & SONS , cor. Hth & Jw kson nts h lour and Feed , OMAHA CITY MILI.S , 8th and Farnhsm Bts. , Welslians Bros , , proprietors. Urocers. Z. STEVENS , 21st between Cumlng and liar .T. A. McSHANE. Corn. 23d and Cumlng Street * Hardware , Iron and Steel , OLAN & LANGWORTHY , Wholesale , 110 nd 112 16th street A. HOLMES corner 16th and California. Harness. Baddies , &c. B. WEIST 20 Wth St. bet Karnft lUtney. Hotels. o. Canfleld.Oth& Farnhauj DORAN HOUSE , P. II. Cary , BIS Farnham 8t. SLAVEN'S HOTEL. F. Sla\cn , 10th St. Southern Hotel , Gus. Hamel. Oth & Lcavcnworth Iron Fencing , The Western Cornice Works , Aeents for the Champion Iron Fence &c , , have on hand all kinds of Fancy Iron Fcncea , Cresting , Flnealg , Railing , eU1810 I > od > : e stroc. pl ? Clothing Bought. 0 3I7AW will pay highest Catli price for second hand clothlnr. Corner 10th and Farnham. Dentists. Drt. PAUL , Wintams' Block , Cor. 16th & Dodge. Drugs , Paints and Oils. KUIIN & CO. Pharmacist * , Fine nine Uoodj , Cor. 16th l.nd lOU2ll ktrOCtS W. J. WHITEIlOUf K , Wholesale & Retail , leth Bt. 1,0. FIELD , 2022 Hortfl Sldo Cumlnf Street. . PA11H , Dnugiat , lOtn und Howard Streets. Dry Goods Nations , Etc. JOHN II. F. LKilMANN & CO. , New York Dry Goods SCON , 1310 and 1312 Farn. bim itrocL L. C. Enow old oleo boots and shoes 7th & PodHc. rurulture. A f. GROSS , New and Second Hand Furniture ud Stoves , 1111 DoucUa. Highest cash price aid for second hand gooos. VONNEll 1300 Dougl * st. Fine goods , &o. Pawnbrokers. J ROSENFKLD , lOtb St. , bet. far , & HM. z Planing Mill. A. MOVER , tn nuhcturcr of iwh , doors , Winds , moldings , ne cl , baliwtfn.Iiand rails , turpUhlnR croll sawing , Ac , cor Do < ! ( to ud flth str cta. Florltt. A. Donashno , plants , cut flowers , pccxls , boquets etc. N. W. cor. IfHh an ! Dourlas streets. Civil Engineers nnd Surveyors. ANDUKW KOSBWATKU , creiehton Town Suncy * , Grule and ScwcraRO Systems Specialty. Commission Merchants , JOHN O. Wlb MS.UU bodge Street. D n. liEKMKR. For details see largo nh ortlso- mcnt In Dallv and Weekly. Olgars and Tobncco. WEST & FIUTSCI ! Ell. manufacturers of Cigars , and Wholesale Dc-ilcrs in ToMccos , 1305 nought. W. F. LOHKX2EN manufacturer 614 lOtlittrrit. Cornice Works , Western Cornlco Works , Manufacturers Iron Cornice , Tin , Iron nnd Slate Hoofllng. Orders Irom any locality promptly executed In the boat manner. Factory nnd OIKco 1310 Dodge Street. GalMinlzcd Iron Cornices , Window Cn\v , etc. , mniiuf.iUurctl and put tin In any | vut ot the country. T. 81X1101.1) 110 Thirteenth street Crockery. J. CONNER 1309 DouEltts street. Good lino. Clothing and Furnlihlng Goods. OEO. H. PETERSON. Also Hats , Caps , Roots , Shoes , Notions and Cutlery , 801 ij. 10th street , Fence Works , OMAHA FENCE CO. OUST , FRIES .t CO. , 1213 Harncy St. , Irapro * c- ed Ice Doxe , Iron nnd Wood Fences , Ofllco Ralllnps. Counters ol Pine and Walnut. Refrigerators , Canfleld's Patent , C. F. GOODMAN llth St. hot. Farn. & Harnoy. Qhow Case Manufactory. ) 0. J. WILDE , Manufacturer and Dealer In all kinds of Show Cases , Upright Cases , a > . , 1317 CMS St. FRANK L. GERHARD , proprietor Omaha Show Case manufactory , 818 South 10th street , between Lcavcnworth and Marcy. All goods war muted first-class. Stove * na Tinware. A. BUUMESTKU , Dealer In Stoves and Tinware , and Manufacturer of Tin Roofs and all -kinds of Building Work , Odd Fellows' Block. J. BONNER. 1809 Douglas St. Good and Cheap. Beeds. J. EVANS , Wholesale and Retail Seed Drills and Cultivators , Odd Fellows Hall. Physicians an ! Surgeon * . W. S. GIBDS , M. D. , Room No 4 , Crclghton Block , 16th Street. P. S. LEISENR1NO , tf. D. Masonic Block. C. L. HART , M. D. . Kje and Ear , opp. postoffico DR. L. B. GRADDY. Oculist and Aurist. S. W IBth and Farnham 8ts Photographers. GEO. 1IEYN , PROP. Grand Central Gallery , 212 Sixteenth Street. near Masonic Hall. First-class Work and Prompt ness guarantee ! ' Plumbing , Gas and Steam Fitting. P. W. TARPY & CO. . 21012th St , bet , Farnham and Douglas. Worn promptly attended to. D. FITZPATIIIOK , 1409 Douglas Street. Palntlnc an Paper anglng. HENRY A. HOSIERS. 141 Dodge Street. Shoo bcoret. Phillip Lang , 1320 Farnnam 8k bet 13th & 14th. Second Hand Store. PERKINS & LEA R , 1410 Dougi St. New and Second Ilahd Furniture" House Furnishing Goods , &c. , boui'ht and sold on narrow , manrins.- . I balooni. ' HENRY KAUFMANN , In the new brick .block on Douglas Street , has just opened a most elegant Beej Hall. Hot Lunch Irom 10 to 12 01 cry day. " Caledonia " J FALCONER. 07016th Street. Undertakers. CHA3. RIEWE , 101' ! Farnham bet 10th & lltd. P. PEMNER , 303 * Tenth street , between Farn- ham and Harney. Docs good and-chcap work. 00 Cent Stores. , P. C. BACKUS. 1206 Farnham St. . Fancy Ooods To Nervous Sufferers THE GREAT EUROPEAN REMEDY. Dr. J. B. Simpson's Specific It Is a pos ] the cure ( or Spcrmatoirhea , Scmina Weakness. Impotancy , and all diseases resulting from Sell-Abuse , on Mental Anxiety , Lossi Memory , Pnins In the Back or Hide , and diseases that lead to Consumption Insanity and carlygra\o The Specific Medicine Is being used with wonder ful success. _ _ _ Pamphlets lent ( ree to all. Write for them and get full par ticulars. Price , Specific , Sl.OO per package , or six pack. tges for $5.00. Address all orders to U. UIMSO.V MEDICINE CO. Noa. 104 and 100 Main St Buffalo , N. Y. Sold In Omaha by C. F. Goodman , J , W. Bell , I. K. Isb , and all dnurglstscverywherc. n 28-dbwlr KENNEDY'S EAST - INDIA c > n o 33 BITTERS ILER & CO , , Sole Manufaotu rers , OM A.HA. PAPER WAREHOUSE. GRAHAM PAPER CO. 217 and 210 North Main St. , St. Louis , WIIOLKHALI DIULK18 IH 1 PAPERS ' ENVELOPES , CAUD BOAHD AMP Printers Stock. t&Cn.ih paid for ttagt and Paper Block , Sera Iron and Metals. Paper Stock Warehouse ) 1228 to 1237 , North B Prof , W , J , Ander'B ' Select Danc ing Academy , A. Hoipe , Jr. Mali , 1010 Dodge St. Class for gentlemen commencing Tuesday ei en- Ing , Oct. 4. Class for ladles commenting Thurs day aicnlng , Ott. fl. Tenua liberal. The nan method * 1 hate for teaching the Wnltz , Gilds , &c. , I can guarantee | > eruct satisfaction o scholar ! . I'or terms , & ( call at A. Hoano , Jr. , oroddrtss 1110 Capitol Me. Bl7dlm MraskaLand Agency DAVIS & SNYDER , 1605 Farnham St. , . . . Omah , Nebraska 400 , Caro-ully selected land In Eastern Nebraska for sole. Great Bargains la Improved farms , and Omaha city property , O. F. DAYI61 WKUSncajNYDEIt UteLanJCom'rJU.P.a. . , " u tf A BEAUTIFUL WRETCH , The Snd Wreck of a Former Belle of the Frontier. A Twenty Years' Do. coiit from High Life to the Lowest. * Cnroor of a Iicntlvlllo Character. San I'rancltvo i\iuulmr. : "Tliuro is ix nromau sUHng thoto in tlint cell whoso history is n very ro- nmrknhlo 0110 , " said the turnkey of the prison , a few nights sincu , "but slio lias such an utter ilotcatatiou for ofllcers anil notvspApor nion that 1 doubt whether you could not her to talk to you. She is too drunk now , and when she is soborsho won't talk. " The woman snt with bowed hund upon a rough wooden bench in the corner of the cage usually assigned to inebri ated females. Her hat and shawl had been torn oil' in her resistuncu to ar rest , and her long black hair hung down , forming a complete veil over her face. Her dross was torn and dirty , and , upon the whole , slio pre sented n pitiable object-u complete picture of abject misery nnd despair. Shortly afterward she arose and advanced to the bars , and , in coarse , hoarse tones and n mixture of oaths and im precations , demanded a drink of wa ter. As the gas rays fell upon her countenance the reporter recognized her. It was Belle Siddons , alias Mine. Vestal , alias Mrs. Hallett , once the reigning belle in iv Clioyonno gam bling house , then the notorious "fence" and doctor for the lllack Hills road agents , and more recently proprietress of the largest and most fashionable dancing hall on State street , Leadvillo , Colorado. Her presence in n San Francisco station house was no surprise , but when and how she left the scones of her former glory was a question that interested the curious news-hunter. This was satisfied next day , when an interview was had with the former queen of the faro table and roulette board in Dead- wood. Nearly four years ago Mine. Vestal lay upon what she imagined to bo her death bed , in a small , close chamber in one of the back streets between Dcadwood and Central City , Dakota. In a fit of drunken frenzy and grief , caused by the lynching of her lover Arthur Cmmninga a no torious road agent , she had taken a larpo dose of morphine. Her vanity had prompted a desire to have HER O111TUAHY I'ltOPERLY WRITTEN , and to send for a reporter to take down notes of her remarkable career. In her insane desire for death she had taken an overdose of the deadly drug , and , being both an opium-eater and an inveterate opiunl-smoker , the morphine - phino refused to do its work , and she reoo7ercd ; but before leaving Deadwood - wood she twice attempted the assassi nation of suspected murderers of her lover , Cummings. Her deathbed con fession annoyed her so much ( although it was not published , owing to her failure to die ) she left the place , but not beroro sending threats to the re porter that if he published the details of her confession she would make her men "put his light out ] " that is kill him. Her appearance here in San Francisco , a perfect wreck of what was once one of the handsomest women oil the frontiers recalls to mind some outlines of a very remark able life , licllo Siddons was known during the first two years of the war of the rebellion as the belle of St. Louis. A relative of the lasb ijovor- nor before the'war broke out , she had made quito a sensation in Jefferson City on her debut in society. Coining direct to the state capital from the female university at Lexington , her accomplish ments and remarkable beauty , com bined with her distinguished family connections , won for her the homage of all the gay and hot-blooded youths hovering about the state capital. In tensely southern at heart , this beauti ful girl reigned supreme over the minds of all the chivalric youth preparing - paring to inarch forth to follow the state flag southward. But it was the fortune , or rather the misfortune , of a young journalist of St. Louis to re ceive , almost unsought , the love of this imperious queen of fashion. Al ready plighted to a lady of Louisiana , Missouri , Captain Parrish was slow to reciprocate the undisguised manifes tations of favor on the part of Miss Siddons. But the spell was jrrcaist- ablo. Ho became the devoted wor shipper of the reigning belle , fought a duel with the brother of hin discarded affianced up the river , and soon after left St. Louis to follow Claib Jackson south , whore ho fell upon one of the first battlefields in the southwest. His death scorns to have CHANOKI ) THE ENTIRE DISPOSITION and course of life of Miss Siddons. She wore no mourning and made no out ward show of grief. On the contrary she became the gayest ot the gay , Her moat devoted admirers were tliu Union oflicora attached to General Hallcck'a or General Curtis' headquarters , She rode with them , danced with them , and might bo noon almost nightly in their company at Do Bur's Opcrahouao , lavishing smiles upon these gnily- drcssod staff officers. In December , 1802 , General Cuitis ordered her ar rest as a spy. One of her admirers , attached to Curtis' staff , had warned her of her impending danger , and she attempted to escape southward by the usual "urapovine railroad , " known only to Southern sympathizers. She was captured near t. Gonovioyo with positive evidence of her guilt.in her possession and brought to St , Louis , When brought before General Scho- Held the proud southern beauty dar ingly announced her guilt. Shu con fessed to having kept Generals Forrest and Sterling Price informed nf every movement made at the Union general headquarters , and claimed the honor of assiating Forrest in his well- executed raid on the Memphis & Mo bile railroad , which cut oil1 Grant's supplies ut Holly Springs and com pelled him to take the river route to Vicksburg. Shu defied Schofiold to do his worst , and was sent to the Oration sticot rebel prison , from whence she was permitted to go south a few months afterward through the intluoncu of her romaikablo beauty upon the provost marshal general. Her career in the south is known only to horaolf , as she declines to speak of it , Shu reappeared soon after the close of the war as a successful lob byist at .Jefferson City during the cor rupt regime of Governor Thomas C Fletcher and that of Governor Me Clurg , the last radical governor o Missouri. There she beeamo notori otts for her subtle power and influunco upon certain inombcra of the legisla ture , and many were the sc.tnd.Uous stories afloat of carousals , wine sup pers and mysterious excursions to St. Louis. While the legislature of 1871 was in session , MISS SIPHONS SUHI r.NI.Y nmri'KAUKI from the state capital , no one know where. It scouts she had fallen in love with a handsome young aport from Kansas City named Newt Hal- let , to whom she was married , ami started with him for Texas. While living in Houston llallet died of yel- fever , and the widow loft the "Lone Star" stflto for the northwest country , where she appeared in a now role. Discarding the name of her husband ( Hallot ) she assumed his business as faro dealer , under the imlno of Mine. Vestal. Thousands -who have visited such places as Wichita and Ellsworth the cattle headquarters in Kansas and Choyennp and Deadwood will remember seeing this remarkable wo man , attired in velvets , lace and diamonds mends , presiding over a faro table or sometimes twirling the roulette heel in the most popular gambling saloon in those cities. There she would sit , ni ht after night , month after month , pale , stern and impassive. No matter liow the game went , whether the bank lost or won , Mine. Vestal never chang ed a muscle of her countenance. She was regarded as infallible by the sport ing fraternity with whom uhe associated. Many a pistol has boon taken from maddened disputants by her white bejeweled - jeweled fingers , and many n boisterous bully has sneaked , cowed and trem bling , from her presence , while she pointed her deadly revolver to > vard him and the door. Her will was law , and no queen over ruled her subjects with a greater case , or treated her wor shipers with such supreme contempt. While on her supposed death-bod , Mine. Vestal laughed scornfully as she related incidents of her gambling course in Cheyenne , Wyomintr , of ruined , despairing dupes , who nightly left her table to go forth and kill themselves or rob others. She boast ed that she had never done n kind act , returned a dollar won , or aaked a favor since she became a gainblor. Said she : "My luck waa invariable , and I had a superstition that if I al lowed the firat thought of kindness to enter my soul it would break the spell. I hated every man who came to play against mo ; they came to break my bank. " WHY SHOULD I 81'AItE THEM ? My husband never gave back money or spared either friend or fee iti play ; why should I ? " She wont to the wildest excesses of dissipation. When not sitting behind her gambling table she was eating or drinking. But she was never known to drink in her gambling hall. There she would ait , silent and brilliant , coldly shufllihg the cards or carelessly twirling her roulette table. Women she despised , and seldom spoke to or of them. She never quarreled or exchanged words of { inger. Her prompt argument \yas her pistol , which always lay beside her stacks of money. Her favorite costume was red or black velvet , or namented with a profusion of gaud } jewelry , mostly diamonds and rubies. Her luxuriant black hair usually hung carelessly looped over her shoulders with gold and diamond clasps. This sensational cjstumo , she said , was a part of her stock in trade. "It ex cites curiosity and draws in the suck ers , " she said. When the Deadwood and other Black Hills gold-diggings were creating excitement in 1870 , Madame Vestal chartered a four-horse omnibus ix Denver , had it modeled into a beautiful boudoir and bedroom , and , attended by several of her at tendant sporting men , with wagons loaded with tents and gambling furni ture , started for the Black Hills. On her arriving there she opened her gambling palace under canvass. There it was she became acquainted with Archie Cummings , a former guerilla on the Kansas border , and with whom this strange woman fell madly in lovo. Through him Mine. Vestal became acquainted with the woll-organi/.od gang of stage robbers and road agents , who for several years made the stage roads between the Black Hills and the Union Pacific railroad anything but a pleasant route for people with money. Mine Vestal , according to her own confession , became the confi dential advisor of the gang. No rob bery was undertaken which she dis approved of and none failed when who advised and planned the details. 8ITT1NO IN THE OAMJILINO HALL , quiet and ' observant each night , she could 'hear the conversation of all kinds of people. Detectives were lured to her tables by "cappers" and "steerers" sent out for that purpose , and by her permitted to win money , while she listened to their conversa tion about road agcnta. By this means she was enabled to keep the gang posted as to what woa going on , when treasure was going to bo sent or when a gold-laden miner was about to take the sta o for the railroad. When the road agents were surprised by a party of armed oillcors , concealed in a decoy treasure coach between Deadwood - wood and Kapid City in 1877 , Archie Cummings and ono of his "pals" were wounded and Alex. Casswell killed. This strange woman at once aban doned her gambling place and wont out into the woods to where her lover and his partner lay helpless and wounded and there attend- ptl their wants. Not dar ing to bririg a surgeon from Deadwood to dress their wounds lest detectives should follow td their place jf hiding , thesu wounded robbers must liavo died had not Mmo. Vestal come to their assistance. She had learned something of surgery while in the South during the war , and , according to her own statement , was competent to extract a bullet orsot a limb as well is any aurgeonintho Hills. Hcrcun- ning devices baflled all efforts to dis cover the hiding-phtco of her beloved itagc-robbor and his companion , and , by her management they were ovun' taken into Dcadwood , unseen by the detectives , and there treated success fully for their wounds and sent forth igain to prey upon the stnyo line. About this timo(1877)Madamu ( ) Vestal mows to have lirst met hoi * evil gen ius , or ut least u man who neither fear ed her nor her formidable influence UN JUCOM of the desperadoes and sports in the hills. Boone May , thu piuaont young and ilnrini * chief of detectives on the Sidney , Ohoycitnoit Black Hills stage line , was then a stage driver Cunning , reckless and bravo to n de gree almost incredible , ho WON HIS WAY TO TUB KAVOll OK SIMK. \ IWAL , and by his careless manner , and gay and festi\o style , attracted tno atten tion of the female gambler , and soon won froni her sulliciont information to put him on the track of thu ro.td agents. Boone May never talks to newspaper men it he can avoid it , and has never revealed the details of the tragedy hero related. The story was told by the woman on what she sup posed to be her death-bed , and in such an excited and disjointed manner that only the outlines could bo obtatn6d. Boone May and his ganj { succeeded in obtaining such information from Mmo. Vestal I H justified him in sending a dispatch to Cheyenne , which caused the arrest of Atchiu Cummings and two of his companion1) just 113 they were hoarding the west-bound train at Laramie City , on their way to San Francisco , whore Mine. Vestal had arraniied to follow them. They were sent to Cheyenne ; and from there under guard and in irons to Dead- wind. Soon after crossing the IMnlto " river , near Fort Liimmio , a parly of thirty armed men stopped thu coach and took the three road agoitts from it , and hanged them ono by one , using the same rope for each , allowing the last to see the first kick ami strangle before sulferin the sumo penalty. Archie Cummings , not yet recovered from his wounds , nsked per mission to pray , and for time to write i iaruwell letter to his mother , This was granted on condition that ho give up the names of his confederates in crime and revealed the hiding place of Ilia money , accumulated from frequent stage robbeiies. This ho declined. Ho was then offered his life if ho would give up his hidden treasure. Ho accepted the conditions , and after re vealing the hiddiiu ; place of his stolen ; old ho was at once strung up , and n warning written and posted , warning ill persons to let the bodies hang , 1'his was on Cottonwood creek , on the Black Hills and Fort Laramie stage road. ONI : or THK VIGILANTES , ; or a share of the dead Cummings' money , related the details of thu trag edy to hm devoted paramour , Mine. Vestal , who , after attempting to drown her grief in liquor , took an overdose of poison , as above stated , On her recovery Mmo. Vestal an nounced her determination to kill Boone May and every man engaged in ihp hanving of her pet. Bub up to this time Boone May still lives , the terror of the renegades and despera does of the Black Hills and Western Nebraska. From the time of her ittomptcd suicide this remarkable wo man appears to have lost all of her characteristic courage and surrender ed herself to drink. She appeared in Loadville , Colorado , during the fall md winter of 1870 , where she made liersolf quite prominent r.s the pro prietress of the largest music hall and .lauco IIOURO oil State street. From thence she drifted to Las Vegas , Now Mexico , and thence to Tucson \\iil Tombstone , at each place losing money in gambling and specu lation. She says she arrived in San Francisco last May , since which time she has been living alonuimvfurnished room on Kearney street. She still pos sesses some money , sufficient perhaps to keep her until her limited life is ended , for she ia fast drinking herself into the grave. A slave to opium and brandy , this oncu bright ornament of St. Louis must soon find her way to the oblivion of the grave of the stranger. There have been few women who started out into the world with brighter prospects or under moro brilliant auspices. Beau tiful , accomplished , highly connected , well educated , she might have chosen her place in the higher walks of life. Her career has boon eventful and ex citing. She has passed through the several phases of life , hello of society , iflianced bride , spy , hospital nurse , lobbyist , cambler's wife , gamblur , confederate of robberssaloon keeper , nnd now , after wandering all over the Frontiers , she finds herself behind the bars of the female cull in the city jail at San Francisco1 Sot Back 42 Years. "I was troubled for many years with Kidney Complaint , Gravel , &o. ; my blood became thin ; I was dull and inactive ; could hardly crawl about ; was an old , worn out man all over ; could got nothing to help mo , until I n'ot Hop Bitters , and now I am a boy igain. My blood and kidneys arc all right , and I am as active as a man of 30 , although I am 72 , and I bavo no doubt it will do as well for others of my ago. It is worth a trial. " ( Fath er. ) Sunday Mercury. octl-15. ' Moral Effect of the Garden. Wo recommend to all women who are fortunate enough to have a piece of land at their command to cultivate a vegetable garden. The culture of strawberries , currants and garden veg etables is as delightful and profitable as anything in which a woman can en gage. She may sprinkle her garden well with flowers : All the bettor for Llmt , A snowball in this corner and a : ese in that , a dahlia bed there and a aordor here , will not bo out of place , Duly let the substantial and useful constitute the chief pait. A touch > f the ornate , like a ribbon a good mnnot , IK not in the least objecfiona- jlo. In all Uio schools the gills study Mitnny. It I'H healthful , pleasing and modi ! . The principles of horlioul- .1110 are the principals of botuny put nto practice , Farmoru study agiicul- uio ; why should not their wives and laughters study hoiticulturu ? The employment is both healthful and ileasnm. What woman cannot raise cots , tomatoes , onions , lettuce , and nrnish her own table with them ? What women cannot plant a mspboiv y bush , currant or gooseberry bush , and attend to it well/ / The experi ment is both pleasing and profitable. Noting the Effect * . It. ( Jllibs , of JJufruIo , N. 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