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.
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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
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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
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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. Y. ,
'Hearing your DUMDOUK BLOOD
iwornbly Bpokuu of , J was induced to
vntcli their otfectH , ml wl that' in
iliroiilc dlHcaHCH of the Mood , liver and
ddneyH your bittern liavo been Hluimlly
narked with micceiw. I have usud thorn
uyxolf with bout result * for torpidity of
liu liver ; and in the coso of u friend of
nlno Biilfeiltitf fn > m dropny , thu effect wan
narvelouH. " 1'rico $1,00 , trial HAI ! 10
octSoodlw
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INVITATION
TO ALL AV1IO HAVE
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
TO HE REPAIRED ,
IsT GIB - 7 X ICsT G-
TO BE DONE Oll-
tobe
be
While our Work is better , our Prices are Lower
than all others ,
ST-A-TIE
I received all of the SIX FIRST PREMIUM
offered for Competition in our line
Over All Competitors.
For the Best Watch Work ,
For the Best Jewelry , ( own make. )
For the Best Engraving ,
For the Best Diamonds ( own importation )
FOR THE BEST
DISPLAYED , ETC.
Ilnvinf * Intoly enlarged mv workshops nnd putting in now , .nd improved machinery
chinory , Lhnpo to still moro improve the quality and finish of our
ork nnd fill orders with more promptness than ia usual.
My Motto hns always boon nnd always will bo : "First to gain superior faoill
ties and then ndvortiso the fact not buforo no wild advertisements.
Some unprincipled dealers being in the habit'of copying my
announcements , I would beg you , the render of this , to
draw n line between such copied advertisements
and those of Yours , very truly ,
A. B. HUBERMANN ,
The Reliable Jeweler , Omaha , Neb. ,
Sign of the Striking Town Clock.
EDHOL ERIGKSON . ,
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JEWELRY , WATCHES , CLOCKS , SILVERWARE
SOLID AND PLATED WARE AND DIAMONDS.
At Prices that Suit Any Customer Who Really Wishes a First-
Olaes Article.
STAR TINTED SPECTACLES Art.i , .oia > ci , . .iy
' 1
EDHOLM & ERICKSON ,
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Omaha , A POLAfiTT Collins
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NEAIt FOURTEENTH ,
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GunsAmmunitionSporting Goods
PISHING TACKLE , BASH BALLS , and a
FULL LINE OF NOTIONS AND FANCY GOODS.
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