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f. f.ll THE OMAHA DAIM" BEE : TUESDAY , DECEMBER 27 , 1887.- ' Ij/VHT NIGIIT'H 86CIALH. Bcvcral ISrlllinnt Kvcntn In Various 1- I'nrtn of the City. Th6 MBcmblynt the Mlllanl last nlfcht uiUlcr the auspices of the Pleasant Hours club waa a moat elegant affair , and wan at tended by the elite ol the city. Judges , pro- fcsnloiml mon , ofllcors from Fort Omaha and the loading business men of the city to the number of 100 were In attendance with their Indies , Many handxomo costumes wcro worn 1 fcVtholadlfcs. Nonrly the whole first lloor was RIVCII ut > to the gay company , nud the llorul decorations and appointments of the rooms were In keeping with the splon- d < jr Of , the fete. Messrs , McCord , Garncau lid Drake headed the various committees , and the ladies and their escorts were wel comed ' by Mrs. Kountz , assisted by several of her lady acquaintances. The dining room was converted lute a dancing halt , and the floor was thickly covered with canvas. Irvln and his orchestra furnished Iho music , each number being artistically rendered. Lunch was served In the ordinary. Tlio next assemblies will bo held at the Millartl January-18 , 20 and February 13. Mrs. McGraue'd Party. Mrs. MeGrano's matinee party at Exposi tion hall yesterday afternoon was a fitting commencement of the social events of the Christmas \vcpk. The party began at 2:30 : p. m. and lasted until 0. Nearly three hun drcd persons wcro present. The occasion vru in every way a delightful ono. One of the uiOftt pleasing fcauturcs wcro the fancy dances by the llttlo people. The local cos- tanctta by Miss May Mount and Master Van Ca/np , and the Highland Fling by Eva Ken- nard aud Master Goodwin were executed With wonderful case and grace , and wcro warmly applauded. The "Moonlight waltz" Was the great favorite of all the dances. The The gas was turned low and the orchestra played some of its sweetest and most sub dued strains. Thn Concordla Club. 1 The Concordla club celebrated Christmas night with a concert and ball at Gcrmanla linll. First , the following musical programme was presented : Overture Musical Union Orchestra "Stwjmlehen" Concordla Cornet ole F. Luchalngor "Vorlust" Concordin Selections Musical Union Orchestra "Lied dus Lands Knechts" Concordla This was lollowcd by n substantial supper. Next a Christmas tree was despoiled of Its trappings , everybody getting a present. Then followed the dance , comprising sixteen num bers , only two of them quadrilles. Felix Ulunkcnfold acted ns dlrlgcut. A JoyoiiH Occasion. Christmas was appropriately observed nt the Hamilton street Presbyterian church , nnd tho-ovout will long bo remembered by all taking part. The Sunday school scholars generously and acceptably contributed to the entertainment. The efforts of Clara Harvey. Jessie Hunt , Jessie Johns , Laura Johns , Zoluin Eppcntor , FnyNeoloy , Clara Gardner , Lester Hutchinson , Frcddlo Van Horn , Huy Whitney and others were agreeably received. Mr. S. Wilson poisoimtcd Santa Clans admir ably , and Mr. Fleming proved himself u thorough waster of coicmonies. KnlghtH of Pythian Hnncc. Over ouo hundred and twenty-five knights in full Uniform with their ladles attended the grand U. U. of K. of P. ball nt Exposi tion hall last evening. A good old time pro gramme was given , comprising thirty num bers , among which were the Menlo Musk nnd Dan Tucker. David Kaufman was master - tor of ceremonies. The floor committee were Julius Minor , Isaac Schilf , James Don- elly , Jr. , S. J. Fisher , Henry Croighton and C. W. Kyle. Church Chrintmns Tree. The congregation aud Sunday school chil dren of tlm Tenth Street M. E. church hold a Christmas celebration at the church last night. A hiirhly interesting aud entertaining , musical and literary programme was ren dered , and many "handsome and valuable presents were distributed among the 1 Children. Welshmen Celebrate. The Cambrian society , comprising the 'Welsh residents of the cit.y , held a social nnd banquet nt at No. 1018 Cumlng street last .night. There was a largo tuniput of merry souls , and tlio. evening was most agreeably passed. _ 1 < * Cnshlngton , the millionaire , Mnrri6d a lady fur from fair ; Hut when smiles lit up her faoa You forgot her want of graco. iSO/.ODONT gave brilliant teeth , 'These won her a bridal wreath. 4Klottms CVlnlmitom Arrested. N. Henry and Fred liuser , a couple of drunken rowdies , went to the Christmas trep'enteitnlnmont tit the Tenth street M. B. Church _ last evening , nnd beheaved in a most disgraceful manner. Thomas Uithull , ono of the members , remonstrated with them , but they replied by heaping upon him tlm vilest of epithets. Hltholl went outside 'to ' call a policeman , nnd then followed him. Catcliing him outnido they proceeded to kick and beat him frightfully. Ofllcer Dempsey learned of the afTalr and arrested Henry , liuser is still at large. AMUHKBIENTB. Edwin Mnyo In "l > iivy Crockett" at tlio Grand. Edwin P. Muyo , a young man less than ' 'thirty years of age. has succeeded his father , Frank , In the well known character and ' play of "Davy Crockett , " and played It at tli ? grand last night. With the elder Mayo , this celebrated , character had not ceased to bo a drawing one. It was abandoned only because the man who had created it desired to appear in o ther roles. As a consequence , it Imti fallen to younger hands with the hope tunt.lt . bring to the young man the fame mid fortune which It brought his father. The elder Mnyo's Crockett was a gem , n perfect picture of frontier vigor and manli ness' , idealized with u tenderness worthy ol 'more cultured surroundings. It was thu creation of a genius nnd will long live In con nection with his namo. To compare the delineation of the younger Mayo with that of Hid father would be unjust. Aud yet , in most things ho imitates that worthy prototype in 'dress , gait , carriage , lu many of his tones , , nnd iu all the business of the piece. But one mlsscs'tho rich dialect , the nasal sound , the drawling sentences which never failed to reveal - veal beauty both in sympathy and reading , licsldcs the young man rushes through some of the lines without apparent care nnd scent Ingly regardless of their import and rugged beauty. Ho may have intentionally dis carded his father's dialect , but , if so , ho has get usldoono of thochlefest beauties of the character. Mr , Mnyo , too , was too indistinct , but this may partially bo attributed to othci causes. Notwithstanding his Davy Crocket ! is'a commendable piece of work. It is nr npprcciatlon of nil the bolder features of th < work , with the promise of greater perfectiot la detail , which did not nt ilrst Uistlngulsl that of his father. Mr. Mayo was frequent ! ) recalled , and In the wolf scene was trcatet to liberal applause. Mr.Mnyq's company Is stronger than manj his lather carried with him1 All the monition tooU their.characters well , and some of thuni have played In the piece for years. Alls ! Leonard's' Eleanor Vaughn is nn unovci character , at times being good , at other ; only fain THIS DM.Y'S AT novns. The well known Daly brothers presented " Down " at Uoyd' their now piece , "Upside , yesterday , both at the mutiueo nnd in th evening. Everyone knows that Tom , Dan and lieu Daly uro clnwn acrobats and that li "Vacation" they Tgavo a most laughable pox forufnncc. Of n lltho idiotic and meaningless loss plays ( if "play it could bo called ) eve produced upon any stage "Up ldo Dowu" 1 toosltlvoly the worst. The piece is replot with old-time gngs and not u single uieinbc of the excellent company is given nn omwi tunlty to show his. or her talents. Thcr were two Uirgo audiences present at. th opera house-yesterday but everyone who ai tended wus disgusted wl h the pcrforimatct Soltleuborff'a Figaro , the only 10 cigar for 5c. Able your dealer for them Max Meyer & Co. , wholesale depot. Old Time Billiard IMayora. Now York Sun : .A medlum-sizei mail about forty years old , with rathe n pulo couutcimnco and n-longdi mustache IK Of ton soon at SextoiiVnni other prominent billiard rooms. Nearly everybody seems to know hint , nnil Ho is greeted with friendly nods ns ho tiikc ? a chair to watch the piimos. It is Melvin Foster , nt ono time counted iiinong the threat billiard pluyors of the country. Ever slnco lie bectimu promi nent in billiards ho hus been rognrdod as a inotropoliUui representative , llfrplnyod many cumes in his duy4 and won vic tories from such famous players us Decry , Joseph Dion and Rudolph o. Foster does not give an , much time to playing as formerly , but devotes him self to the mnnngomont of billiard rooms. Ho was in charge of the "Su burban" during Its brief sojourn on Broadway. Since UH collapse ho has been resting nuiotly. An Evening Sun reporter mot tlio veteran a few days ago in Sexton's roomy. Ho was watching two amateurs play at three-ball car- roins. As io'gama proceeded the re porter asked Mr. Foster { f the playing of billiards Hadn't improved considera bly siueo lie llrst played , the French game. "Yes , it has in main" respects , " re plied thp veteran billiard 1st , "but you must recollect that iif my titno such games were .pUiycd on a fijxll table , and sueh run * as arc mode nowadays were utterly impossible. Wo played all around the table , and for * wifely , while it is next'to an impossibility U ) piny for safety on the small tables now in uso. I recollect a three-ball game I played with Joe. Dion in the Academy of Music in 1803. Wo phvycd 800 points up , and 1 believe I boat Joe 4 points. My best run was 21 and my average less than U. Either of tlieso two gentlemen hero could beat that record without an effort now , simply because it is easier to piny on a small tablo. There was no rail playing then. " ' 'When was the three-ball game first lilayed in. this , countryV" "Well , the first public game that T can recollect , and I bolieyo it was the first over'played hero , was that between Ralph Benjamin and Michael Plielan. in 1837. Benjamiiij by the way , is still in the land of the living , and resides up in Yonkqrs. The match wag played in Philadelphia , though both the players lived in Now York. I'don't know why that was. They'played tUo best in sev enteen games , each game to consist of sixteen points each. Not much of a game , you will say. Well , I tell you it took a heap of. work and strength to make that many points on ono of the old-fashioned Oxl" six-pockot tables , saeh as that was played on. They played for $2,000. Phelan allowed Ben jamin oddstff three points in each game. Pholun won the match , taking nine out of the Hrs eleven games. The biggest run made was.six. Not. iliuch of a run nowadays , t suppose , but it was a record then. "Speaking of those old timers , " con tinued the veteran after a slight pause , reminds mo of the great game played between John ScoroUer and Michael Pholan in Detroit in the spring of 1859. Detroit wasSeoreitcr's homo. I believe that was the greatest game of billiards over played in point of Jnonoy and ex citement. The stake was $15,000 87,500 a side. But that was a small amount compared with the immon&o sums wagered in all partsfol the country on the robiilt. The game was four- "aall caroms on a six-pockot (1x12 ( tablo. Push shots and crotching were then allowed. A great crowd of New Yorkers and Philndolphlans wont over. There was Dudley Kavanugh , who boat Foley , of Chicago , in a game the night before ; Chris O'Connor , then Phelan's partner ; Neil Bryant , H. W. Collender , Johnny Cleveland , familiarly known as "Ton-pin Johnny ; " Andy Shehari , Jack Colton , the stakeholder , and a host of others. I guess everybody who took unj interest in billiards had money on tli game > The price of admission was $5. The hall whore the game was played didn't hold over 12,000 or 1,500 people , and I .juess three times that number wanted to got in. The No\V Yorkers were well heeled for money and took all the bets the Detroitors could put up. There was a gambler in Detroit called "Big- headed Kiloy' " who was said to have mortgaged his house to bet on the game. Ho nifd his partner , Flowers , and a banker named Compo , were reported to have lost ovbr $30,000. I'vo heard it told that just before the game began Riloy's and G'ompo's money gave out. Compo's father owned a bank there. In company -with Riley ho went to the bank , unlocked ths wife , and returned iu a little while with' it newspaper full of five-dollar bills'which was gobbled up by the boys , from Gotham. Pholan won the gajno ajid his friends brought back a big pile of money. Chris O'Con nor was reported to havowon $25,000 for himself and partiiornnd Johnny Clove- hind won $10,000 for Charlie Ransom , the well known feport , who died about a year ago. It wus a well-fought gmuo , and the New Yorker won by 00 in a game of 2,000 poiutu.Pholan's best run was 129 , and Seoreitor's 157. The win- no r'b average was a little over 12 , and the loser's a trifio" less. GEORGE DUVAL. A. Notorious'Tliroo-Cnril-.Montc Man With .Some Good Instincts. San Francisco'Alta : In the early days of the Union and-Contral.Pacific there was no more noted characfoi on the road than George Duval. Unlike the major ity of his ' companions , ho was invariably 'droned 'in tio. ) latest fashion , and pos sessed a bizarre manner that enabled him to pass muster as a jolly good fel low if not a gentleman. At all events begot in his'work on the thoroughbreds whenever , .ho met thorn" Ho died last week in St. Louis , and ono of his f ricndd who stood over his collln outlined his character in the simple sentence : "He wosn'monto man from way back ! " Ho was this , indeedandporhaps some thing more. Sharper and gambler as ho was , lie had generous instincts , and did many a deed of goodness. It is told of him that ono day when the Uni6n Pacific overland ran into Cheyenne , a poor emigrant woman got off the cars with a duud child in her arms. Shu had no money. The pathetic story of her misfortune reached tlio eara of George Duval. and him ton ing to her relief , he furnished1 the means for the little ono'rt burial , and then emptied his pockets of greenbacks-in to the wouuin'd lap."I "I can gcfa raise in a dayor two , " he wild , "and you are in hard luok. " And not waiting for thanks he turned away , This was the bright wide of his char- actor. Ho hud another that was not sc attractive. On ono of his trips from Cheyenne to Reno he fell in witli sonic gentlemen from Boston , ouo of whom was a tenderfoot of pronounced typo , For bojne rcn on George bolocted the Underfoot for a victim. It may havt been tlio inherent wickedness of hit heart , or it may have bean his love ol fun. Anyway , ho attached him&elf U the tenderfoot , who was as demure as iiv nocenco itself , and filled his ostonishet ears with wonderful Ftorlesof the rougl west and its lawless ways. "Do jou know , " ho said , "I had a cu rious experience on thla road a fov months ago. " "Imlcodt" intcHoctod'his friend. "Yes ; I'fell in with a gang of sharpen who lleeccd me out of several hundrci dollars. " They were alone In the smoking roon at the time wud George determined U utilize the opportunity. "You see" he continued , lltltey had a game called three-card mon to , ) ) luvcd.fts the imme implies , with throe cards * I lio.ro been trying over since to learn how It was dona , and with these words ho pro duced three pieces of pastcboardi "The trick Consists in guessing n certain cnvd. " And the trickster manipulated the pasteboards. "That ought not.to bo difficult ) " sug gested the tenderfoot. "I thiilk I could pick out the card every time. " fiTho fish was hooked. An lipur after ward the red-headed rascal emerged from the smoking room with $1.000 of the innocent's money in his pocket. It was on the Central Pacific that Duvnl and the famous Canada Bill mot for the first time. They were each a prince in his calling , and by a strange coincidence each had set the othur down for a "sucker. " Finally the gen tleman fro.m Canada oponcd his game , and Duvnl took in the situation. Ho at once sat down opimsito the card manl ) > - ulator and commenced betting heavily. Ho picked out the right card every timo. In a very few minutou $0,000 of the Can adian's money had passed into his hands. By this tilno the dealer felt convinced that ho had encountered a master in the business. But ho was too game to Equonl. "Well , shall the gamo-go-a"r in quired Duval. i J "i : "I think not " replied , the rattled gambler. "But I'll ' toll you what I'll ' do ! I'll put up the champagne at Reno if you'll toll mo your nanjo.'t-- < ; -jr. . "With pleasure. I'mGcorgo Duvnl. " "I thought HO , by heavens , and I'm Canada Bill. " The two sharpora thus -strangely .inct shook hands , and "from Ihat'-inoVrfent commenced a partnership that many a Jlceced victim on the ovoi'lrihd liad-'roa- Eon to remember. For years they fol lowed the Central and'Union .Pacific , making their heauqunrters-by turlis at Omaha , Salt Lake , " Reno and'San Fran cisco. Finally their depredations became so numerous , and the complaints against them so general that the very strictest measures had to bo taken by the rail road lines to rid the cars of their pres ence. In time they fonitd their unlawful , - ful business unprofitable and finally abandoned it altogether. THE IDAHO HORSE QUEENf Romantic Story of tlio Knpld lllso of Kittle AVIIKUi-1. . . San Francisco Kxamincf : ' 4 Miss Kittio C. Wilkins , the horse queen of liloho , is at the palace hotel. , She ar rived on Monday , accompanied by her brother , J. 12. Wilkins , direct from her residence on the Brunean river , , in Owyheo county. Miss Wilkins , is ono os thfc most noted women in the wobt. A California ! ) and educated at San Jose , she early engaged in the slock business and has amassed a largo f pr une. An Examiner representative iCnt up his card to her last evening and ivas promptly asked to come up. Miss \Vilkins in homowhat tall , with a high 'orohead , regular features and rntjier ighthair , being something of .a blonde , lor eyes are dark and her manner very sharming. Altogether she imprests ono as a very intelligent young lady of nbout twenty-three. ' 'I have been referred to as the cattle queen , " said she , "but this is incorrect. The Wilkins company of Idaho own " ) oth horses and cattle ; and this is how , he mistake originated , but my own specialty is horses. I now have between 700 and 800 of my own. They are Por- shcrons , Morgans , Normans , Ilnmblo- oninns ; uul so on. I have no native Oregon or Spanish horses at all. Be sides these I now have , if you will excuse - cuso my speaking in tno first person sin gular , I have hold a great many hun dreds ; I could not begin to toll how many. Dolliko living in Idaho ? O , so. much ! I am perfectly fascinated with it. I go out to round up in the spring and fall and enjoy myself over so much. It is a fascinating business and grows upon you. It was really romantic tlio way I got my start. The way of it was this : Over twenty years ago uiy parents had removed to Oregon and were returning to San Francisco , when our friends gath ered round to give us mementos of var ious sorts. When they got to mo they said : 'Well , now , she's only a little thing' I was but two years old then. 'We'll just give her some money to bo invested for herTwo of them gave mo a twenty-dollar " gold piece each. Shortly after rptur.n- ing hero my father concluded tp go to Idaho and engage 'in the stocd business. Ho went to Oregon and bought o lot of horses. When ho .went to pay over the money he ' bethought him of my $40 , and booing a fine little lilly left ottered $40 for her. The owner valued her at $80 , but seeing that my father was taking tho. bthb'rs' , he finally concluded to loj ; thi ' ono go , oven if it was for losb' thivn she was worth. From the increabO all iny bonds have come. Ofcourbo I ) could tell you of many ups and downs , 4for it was not not always smooth sailing brtcktthere in those early days , as' 1 grow up from childhood , but I need not enlarge upon this. At length I cnmo , to San .Jogo to school , put in three or four years , and in addition traveled considerably in America , seeing all the largo , , cities and many of the greatnatural 'qip.1- ! ositios. But whoa 1 got back"to' Idaho I wus so loncbomo 1 didn't kn.ow what to do. I used to bay to my mother then the only man I cured anything about was the man in the moon. I got over being so lonesome , though , in n little time , and now I am already homesick to get back. As I said , the stock businobs is very fiibcinating , and hordes aie ; ye'ry profitable , much more so tlian cattle. A three or four year old steer , far instance , is worth but § 20 , while a horse of tlio bnmo ago is worth $ S5 or $100 anyhow. Another thint * , horses are much more easily raised and do not require half the care. They paw away the snow and get at the grubs hotter than cattle. Last year the average los > s of cattle in Idaho was ( JO percent. Some owners lost 100 per center all they had. Although our homo and many of our corrals and buildings are on the Bjuneau river , fifty miles southeabt of Boiho City and twenty-two bouth of Moutain House , the station on the Oregon Short -Una , our ratifjo is seventy-liuo miles away. It is what is known as tho'71 range/ and it is there that many cat tle and hoi-bo owners gather twice u year to sort out and brand. I go out there every year and look on and see how the stock is coming in. I ride a great deal , but I don't take part in the round , up. As many as forty mon are oftentimes out rounding up and cutting out stock there during the bcabon and things are very lively. I shoot a good deal that is , 1 am a good shot ; but 1 don't often go hunting , although there is lots of fine game. Miss Wilkins discussed in an enter taining way Mibs Morgan , the eminent lady 'vrlter on blooded cattle and horses , whose letters in eabtern jour nals have attracted attention. Mi ft k Wilkins wild she know no reason whj Iho judgment of women should not bo at gooa as that of men If they gave the subject attention. Mlsa Wilkini leaves to-morrow for San Jose , in com pany with her brother , to visit hoi nncfo , Judge B. P. Runkin , and family , She will remain there a week , whei she will again return to her pretty hem < on tile Bruneau , Gco. L. Fisher , architect , Room. 47 Chumhcr of Commerce building. ESTABLISHED 1856 , The Oldest One-Price Clothing House it ) , Omaha. The Largest Stock and ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS COR Lowest Prices. OVERCOAT SENSATION Only a few left at these'prices ! But the quality , kind , cut , material and price , all combine have never been seen or offered in Omaha. These overcoats are all fineTmaterial ; nothing old , nothing trashy , but positively as good materiai'aiid'as well made as any garment at twice the price. These garments are laid on counters , numbers 10,11,12 and 13. Each counter has four piles or stacks , in each stack being from forty to forty-two coats. We have placed the most startling and sensationally low price on. each coat , and we can at present fit anyone regardless of size or build. This is done tp avoid carrying over a single overcoat , and if price is any object to * ' one in need of a Cold-defying , perfect fitting , good , > smooth or rough , plainly , silk or satin ' ) / lined , well made , durable coat , he will " see , beliqve and buy one. CLOTHIERS COR.FARNAM&13 DRIVEN INTO "THE BLIZZARD , Big Bon's Cruoft 'to , a Boy and-tho 111 That.Followod. TRAGEDY OF CHARLEY'S GULCH. Incident of n Western. Mining Camp. Cold , and Poison Followed by. Misery and Death Two Graves. New York Sun : Wcro wo afraid of Uig BonV Well , yes , to a certain limit. There wore live of us in a bit of cabin out in the silver country , and Big Ben was boss of the ranch for several reasons. First and foremost , ho was too much for any ono of us single handed , and , sec ondly , ho had many good points about him. While ho was overbearing and brutal at times , ho was the best miner in the party , and no bad luck could dis courage him. With any ono else as boss wo should have scattered at once , for the winter was coming on and wo had been down on our luck all the fall. "Break up } Hunt for luck ! " sneered Big Ben whenever anything was said about abandoning our claim. "Well , you uro a lot of coyotes a cussed bad lot. You haven't the pluck of a sick wolf. I'd like to se6 some of you try to walk oil and leave me in the lurch yes I would. D n your eyes ! but I'll turn to and lick the hull crowd out of your boots if I hear mother Srowl. " Big Bon insulted us a dozen times a day , and on three or four occasions ho laid hands on us in a violent way , but pomchow wo stuck there. As I told you , ho was a practical miner , the hardest worker of the lot , and wo leaned on him in spite of the fact that wo hated him. Wo could have shot him down in some of the quarrels , and the verdict would have been , "Served him right , " but wo knew that ho had a good down in his bosom , and the hand which clutched knife or pistol was always re strained. Ono afternoon , while Iyas minding the cabin aud the * other uion were ut work in the tunnoVor shaft , a stranger entered. Ho hnJi ; < omo up from tlio forks , three milch' away. Ho was a boy of sixteen' ' or thereabouts , with aeirl's Voice and shyness , and ho was H hungry and In rags. It was bittcv cola , and yet his clothing was of tlld thinnest kind , and ho had hungered' RO long that ho was hardly more than < -n shadow. I wel comed' and fed and warmed him , and then ho told mo ) that his name was Charley Bland , aud that ho wandered out there to look Ml-Hiis brother James , fipm whom ho hadWicoived no .word for two or three yeun > . They were orphans and both had beeu'lxVimd to farmers in Illinois. Both hodl boon ill-used , and Charley had fliwllyi followed .Tames' ex ample in running .ay-ay. This boy had been knocking around the silver camps for six months , sometimes mooting friends and sometimes treated like a dog , and ho had found no trace of. his brother. Some ono down at the gulch it wiib a cruel thing to do had told him that James was at our camp , and lie had periled his life to como up there and see. On that day , as I shall never forgot , there was a foot of snow on the ground , a blizzard raging , and the thermometer marked 10 degrees be low zero. The boy was asleep when the men re turned from the shaft. Big Ben was out of sorts at the way things had been going , and no sooner -did ho bee aud hear the hid than ho called out:1 : ' Ho can't'stay hero another hour. Wo don't run a 'poorhouse , .and wo lot no baby-faced swindler eat our hard-earned provisions. " "I'll work. I'll work as hard as over I can , " protested the boy with a sob in his throat. ' "There's no work for you. Yo'uvo got to move on to the camp above. " The four of us protested in chorus , and wo took such a lirm stand that deadly weapons were drawn , and would have been used but tor the action of the boy. Ho was terribly frightened over the row ho had been the innocent cause of , and as the four of us had our pistols leveled at Big Bon and meant .to shoot if ho moved a foot , the boy opened the cacin door and glided out into the dark and bitter night with the silence and bwiftness if a shadow. "You are a murderer , " wo said to Big Bon , as we lowered our weapons , and ho growled : "D n him ! If wo took in every straggler wo should bo crowded out of hou.se and homo before Now Year's. What is it to us whether ho lives or diesV" 1 think ho felt conscience stricken within the hour , however , as ho wont to the door and acted as if lie hoped to see the lad standing outside. The boy had been gone half an hour before wo' fully realized what his going meant , and then two of us went out with the lantern and searched and called for him. The SHOW was "being whirled about in a furious manner , and the wind was rising to a gale , and the bitter cold drove us back after a quarter of an hour. It wus true that we had little enough to cat , and that we wore cramped in our cabin , but the idea of driving that pale-faced or phan boy out to freeze was something we could not got over. It was just the thing needed to sot us up in rebellion against our boss , and that night wo throw off the yoke and gave it to Big Ben'right und'left. ' Wo had two or three rows before bedtime , and all turned in suby | and indignant. Whew ! But what a night that was ! The cold increased until the rocks were split , and the wind roared until our cabin threatened to toy pi o over at every blast. At midnightBig Ben crept care fully out of his bed and opened the door , and then I almost forgave him for his brutality. Conscience had been at work , and his heart was touched. Ho hoped to find the boy crouched on the thresh- hold , and Ilioard him sigh and mutter to himself as he shut the door and re turned to his blankets. The strongest man in our party , clad as wo wcro for the winter , could not have stood against that blizzard half an hour , and I fell asleep to dream of finding poor Chrloy's frozen corps on the trail loading down to the Forks , and of his big blue eyes being wide open and staring ut me in a reproachful way. For breakfast next morning wo had some canned meat opened a now can from our slim store , wo thawed it out and all ate our full shares , and were on the point of starting out to search for tlio boy when ono of the mon was taken ill. liiside of half an hour all of us were down with pains and cramp.s , and it was evident that wo had been pois oned by the meat. Wo had no antidote of any sort , and one uftei1 another went to bed to sutler the mo.it agonizing pains and to lo-to consciousness. Big Ben was tlio hardest hit of all , while I , perhaps , sutTored tlio least. That is. while all the others raved and shouted and loit their senses , I was all the time dimly conscious of everything going on. Tlio blizzard was still ruging , and the thermometer was marking a still lower degree when tlio door opened and Charley walked in. I saw him , but I was Highly , and it seemed to mo that ho was dead. 1 remember him looking doym upon each of us in a struugo , scared way , and starting to retreat when one of the mon shouted a louder curse. I wan the Urst to come back to life , as it were , and that was twenty-four hours after being taken. The pulns were gene as I opened my eyes , but I was weak and wretched , like one justovor a ter i- ble fever. The boy Charley was btand- ing before mo as I opened my eyes , nud ho bent down and whispered : "You have all been terribly sick , and I think ono man is dead. Can you oat something. " I did feel a little hungry and had no sooner signified it than ho came to mo with a bowl of broth. As I afterwards learned , the storm had driven a couple of hares to seek shelter at tlio door , and ho had secured both of them. Ho sus pected some calamity , and was prepared to feed us as soon as wo could eat. It seemed that when Big Bou drove him out lid stumbled into' the ravine a quar- ler of a milo away , and found shelter under a ledgo. How ho kept from freez ing to death that night heaven only knows. Indeed , heaven preserved - served him. It froze our water pail solid when standing within six feet of the lire , and there ho was , out In the cold in a threadbare suit. When morn ing came ho returned to the cabin to make ono more appeal. Ho fpund us suffering and out of our minds , and the lire was about gene out. Had it not boon for him wo should have fro/.en stiff as pokers , for on that day it was 81 degrees below zero all day long , and it wont down almost to 40 degrees when night came on. The boy kept up'a rousing fire , dressed his rabbits for .soup , mid all day and all night long ho kept forcing hot coffee down our throats. That doubtless helped us to pull through , or at least four of us. The other man , whoso name was Halohad his teeth firmly clenched , and from the way his features were dis torted and his limbs drawn up it was evident that ho died in great agony. In a couple ot hours I was able to be upand assist Charley in carincr for the others , but it was far into night before the last man could UMJ his tongue in a sen sible manner. It was Big Ben , and when consciousness returned and lie saw the white-faced boy bonding over him , the great tyrant whispered : "Aye ! The corpse of the lad has risen up to confront and accuse mel It was a cruel thing I did to drive him out , and the Lord will uovcr forgive mo for it. " While out of danger , wo wore yet weak and almost helpless , and none of us could attend the lire or do a 'bit of of cooking for nearly a week. The whole work devolved upon the bov , and no one could have done bettor. He was cook , nurse , doctor and protector , all in ono. Ho go three more hares and a couple of birds , and I don't believe a spoonful of the broth over went down his own throat. Well , I , for ono , had been watching Big Ben to sco wcat lie would Jo. The llrst moment ho was able to sit up ho called Charley and ptllcd tlio frail halo follow down on his breast , saying : "If you'll only forgive mo I'll pray to the Lord to do the same. I'm rough and wsckcd , but to turn a hul like you out o' doors on such a night as that wasn't mo at all. Old Satan must have had possei-biou of mo. " That great big follow cried like a child , and Charley cried with him , and I might as well own up that wo all cried. What made it the more solemn was the fact that wo had a corpse at the door. When it was known thai Halo was dead , none of the other four of us rould lift a hand. How the boy got the body out of doors I uovor could understand , but got it out ho did , and it was three long months before wo could ffivo it Chris tian burial. , On the mtming when we got out of bed feeling pretty strong again , Charley went to bed with a fever , and before noon was raving era/.y. I toll you it was awful to her him cry out every few minutes in his delirium : "Oh , Hen , don t drive mo out. I'll work. I'll work n.s hard as I caul" Kvorv cry went through the big follow lilco a bullet. He nursed and.soothed the poor boy with all the tenderness ho could command , and two or throe times carried him about ir. his arms as a f'atlu * would his ailing babe. There the Forks and afto wab u doctor at , dinner Big Bon braved the bll ard aud made the trip down to and back. The doctor could not bo induced to return with him , owing to tlio cold , but ho sojifc some medicine. Poor Charley was beyond - yond human aid , however. Ho raved : through tlio afternoon and night , and' next morning was struck with death' His mind came back to him at hist and as wo stood over him ho calmly said : "I know I'm going to die , but I'm not ) afraid. I'll see father and mother iu heaven , and perhaps Brother James is there , too. " While wo all felt bad enough , Big Bon was completely broken down. Ho gob down on liis knees and begged Charley to forgive him , and I never saw a man feel the bitterness of an act as lie did. "Yes I'll " tbo , forgive you , replied boy , "and if you pray to God , llo'll for give too. Has it como night so soon again ? " "No , my child , " answered one of tlio men. "But I can't sco any of you any more. Good-by. Lot mo take your hand , for ' ' And with that ho breathed his last , and there were two to rest in tlio snow until spring came. Did you over hear of "Charloy'b Gulch ? " Yes , of course you have , and if you have pawed that way you hove seen the boy's grave. The head' board contains only the name cut deep bv Big Ben's knife but the story of the boy's heroism has been told In every mining camp in Nevada , and it has never been told without bringing moisture to the eyes of all listeners. Notice. MATTKIlof npi > llnitlin ( ot O Connor A OCullabsn lur llumirlUtmv Notice It him-hy Klvi-n Hint O Connor A. OCnlUhin rtldiiixm the SUU Uny uf DPI iMiilicr , A II Jwff. Illn Iliiilr iiimlUiitlmi l < i Mm major mul illy imimll ol Oiniilm fur IH'ciiMi In poll mult. unlrUumi * inul MNOUPS lliiiiM at Nn.lUU Noilli IMIi miiM-t. Illlli uril. O' l > . Nub. , from Iho llt > t ilny of Junuuo , 1VJ8 , lo tlio ntsi iluv nf.liiinmry , lv" > . Ifthc-re lie mi objection , remonntrnnm nr Rrot0' , ' tllvil within two wcik ! from DoLtiiilJur''Uli , A. I ) . 1137 , till ) Blllli IIUMliu will lilt KruntOll. O C ( Mill \ O UALLAIIAK , Applicant * . J. II. SUUTIIAIIU , air Clerk. Notion. -IVTATTKIl of nppllciitlun ol John S. Stilling tor Miii'"f ! ? "TAelV Klvon Hint John B. MllllnB did upon tlm li III ilny of fWinbiT , A. II ! " * ' nl" ' "I" JP ! liutlun tn tlm mayor inul tlly council ot Oinuh * for llcmiwi tu M-ll mult. Kilrlluinn | nnil limu Iliiuora lit No * . Nil nnil Hll Miulli Mil trwt. J Irsl ward. P'nuUu. J\ch . from HiK llr-t duy of Jiimmrr. IM , to the flrnl d1Iti lionilurii'o"I'lV ? ' < lllin' renionslmui-o or ProUwl IIM ! within two wi'KkH Ironi ! ii > cmul > or Will , A. I ) . lUn , w'fli hu uruntiMl.4 iN rt. STII.UXU , Applicant. J. u. SouTiuun , City Clurk , Notice. TirATTKIt of application of K. I'.O'llrlcn forllnuor .NotlioiTllcrPby Klvr-n Hint K. P. O Brl'cn 4I < "POn Iliu lull Uar uf IK-ceiiibur.A. I ) . IW. To lil.'upplK-ft- lion to tlio innynr anil illy cmim-tl of Omaha , furll- cmiixilo M-ll iiiall , MilrltiionH mul Tlnom Il < | iior at ro. 411 .North lull direct , mill want , Omaha. N b . troiii HIII tlml ilny ut January , 18 , to Iho llrit Yt tliL'i'iVuViio ' ohji'ctlnii , rcniiiii trance or protest flloil wlililn two win ki from Iii'ifmberlWIi , A. U , urn , Uio.ul.lllt.nw " " < " 'j'"ji0.lmiE.v ' : , . , Appurant. J. II. boilTllAlin. Cltr Clurk. UW-.M Nnllop. IVP of application of Krcil Kruir for liquor "NOIILU l iicroliy Kl'i'ii thnt Krod Kru Old anon the loth day uf Ui-ci iiil'tir , A. 1) . IfeT.rtlu III } iippllaa- I ton In Hi" iimjTdraiKli lljr fuuncllufOiiiHlm forUwnoa to null ninlt. millIIIIIMI mul vlnou > llqunr ut .VjH.tUW nii l lii/iJiKtiHun nlrout. KlrH vrtirilOinutia , > b .from thu llr iu ) r ut January , isi , to itio lint ilujr of Jun- iiurr , * * . Ittlii-riibe no objoctlnn , reinoimtrnnro nr iirotoit Illcil wlllilnlwo neulu { rum Doiciuburlotli A. D. 17 , tlio Bald hicnso will bo Kmnlcd. KlIKUKnca , Appllcunt. J. II. bouTHAHl ) . City CI rk. dl'J-M Stockholders' Mooting. nillR remilur niPctlnK ( if tlm HtoikholderH of -L the OmiUiu Fair A Kxposltlon AHiuiuUtlon lll be lu-lil In thu Hoard o ( Truda hiilldlnif , lit the city of Omnha , the soiunil 'im-nlay < > l Jan uary next , vU. , rnie iluy , January intli , IM , uta n'LlocK p. m. . fur tlm ele < lion of u board of directory tu w rvn during tlm cunning year , uml until their miu-eniors HFH duly oli-rted , and for the trutisucUou of aucli othur ImsdiieMH au may b iiDtesaary. J , -McblUNli , Secretary. OMAHA , yuli. , Dec. ! ia,2 7. dcca < d-j'J 1FRANK D. MEAD , CARPENTER and BUILDER Ins cabinet work specialty. Td.lepuouo Utt , 809 Couth Siztotntb Strait.
