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LAMAII'H ugo is ovldontly duutined to
jro "riti in down the grooves of limo"
in company with the query OH to who
struck Billy Patterson and other un-
Bolvod nrobloinst of existence.
K ] ) lumbinp inspector has been in
structed by the board of health to cure-
fully inspect till the plumbing in the
city. Was it necessary to instruct him
to do what hu is hired and paid to do ?
ITALY proposes to order stool plates
for its wur vosbols from an American
linn. Now lot us return the compliment
and order some war .ships from Italy
thut will not sink ut the Might of an
oyster dray.
BOMKTIMK in the dim and distant fu
ture a speaker of the house may arisu
whoso chairmanship appointments will
pk-iuso everybody But wo' will have
had many millions of years of experi
ence as tinsels by thut time.
ST. JOHN1 declares tobacco to bo a vl'c '
wucd ; the MaBsachusottH courts pro
nounce it a drug ; Mr. Blaine refers to
it as a necessity and smokers suy it is
mostly cabbage. Tobacco is rapidly
becoming an economic enigma.
KANSAS CITY claims to have an actual
property valuation of 8200,000,000. Its
fUMObsod valuation last year was $75,000-
000. At Unit ratio Omaha should have
& an assessed valuation of about $40,000-
000. If the assessed valuation is doubled
I
tlio levy cun be'reduced to eleven mills ,
TlIK "golden goose , " hitherto re
garded as a myth , has materialized intc
reality in Minnesota. A citizen of thai
state living near Lanesboro last weeli
killed several of his flock and found gold
iu the crop of each. It is supposed the
geese picked up the precious metal ir
the crook near by , and gold fever has
become epidemic in the vicinity.
MAYOR HKNVITT , ot Now York , whc
is troubled wi th chronic Blooplcsanos ;
and therefore inclined to bo Irritable
spoke rather testily about organ izei
labor at a dinner given by the board ol
trade and transportation recently. His
remarks were not allowed to pass un
challenged , and ho has confessed in r
couple of letters that ho did not moar
what ho said. Ho goes so far in his re1
traction as to say that labor unions arc
very good in their way , and oven recommends
ommonds "resistance on the part o
workmen through union , and if ncces
sary , through the aid of other unions o
workmen. " A politician who can'
sloop well should weigh his words cure
fully. Too many retractions may hi
the death of him , politically speaking
THE remarkable easy escape of Harr ;
Hull , a life prisoner , from the Nebraski
penitentiary , iu n mutter that should hi
thoroughly investigated. lie had com
ralttod two murdors. Yet ho was mud <
n "trusty" soon after his incarcoratioi
in prison. Every effort had been mudi
by his father , u prominent and wealth ;
citizen of St. Joseph , Mo. , to secure hi :
pardon , but without success. A fov
days before young Hall's escape hi
father visited the penitentiary. Tin
question now is how did the prisone
gain his liberty ? Was it through pur
negligence on the part of the author !
ties , or waa there some boodle in th
case ? Certain it is that Hall simpl ,
walked out of the prison. His departure
uro was not made known until he ha
.got half an hour's titart. No trace o
him has yet been discovered. Th
whole uiTuir is , to suy the least , vor ,
suspicion * .
Two nights ago , when the wires wor
sadly out of gear and specials to th
Omaha papers were belated , the J/ci
aid's grapevine brought the news thu
Congressman MuShanu had been mad
chairman of the committee on publi
buildings. Taking it for grunted tin
this gratifying piece of news hail bee
wired to Mr. McSlmno's paper ahead <
all rivalstho BKK congratulated Onmh
on having a representative placed inn
position where ho could promote th
now public building project most sin
ucbsfully. It now turns out that .Mi
McSlmne is not chairman of the con
niittoe , although ho is one of Us men
hers. The next time the Ihrahl main
fuctures Washington disjwitchos in tli
homo o ill co it should bo careful not I
allow its inventive genius to venture U
fur into the Hold of llction. Wo do Ilk
enterprisebut when the wires urodow
it is safer to ua the shears on late Ch
o papei-3.
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'Where Do 'They Stand ?
What posltlon'cJocs Nobrnska'fi delega
tion in congress proooso to assume on
the paramount issue ot tariff reform ?
This is n question which the citizens of
a great agricultural stale are putting to
themselves , nnd to which they uro
awaiting a reply.
Every farmer who has studied the
Issue nnd has settled with himself that
his unprotected corn and wheat uro
raised at an annual cost greater by many
dollars than need bo except for the
iniquities of the tariff , is anxiously ex
pecting relief from the present session
of congress. Ho knows enough to
know that from the clothing which
ho wears , the lumber which makes
Ills homo , his burn und fences ,
the commonest utensils of o very-day use
in his homo nnd the implements of his
farm everything which enters into
the cost of production is affected by the
tariff and enhanced in price by its oper
ations. Ho finds the price of his pro
duce regulated by the Liverpool market
and the price of every other commodity
which ho uses regulated by the turlll
tux which ho , in common with 60,000,000
other American citizens , is forced to
pay , He finds his farm und those of his
neighbors plastered over with mort-
giigos hold by eastern protected manu
facturers , and looks in vain for the
money of western farmers invested in
eastern notes. He protests against the
exorbitant freight rates charged
to carry his produce to the
seaboiirAls und is confronted with the
argument thut a tariff tux of $17 n ton
has made the laying of steel rails und
railroading upon them in 1887 cost
$1H,000,000 more than if they were an
free from protection ns the fat-morn'
wheat. In short lie discovers that the
war tax iniquity , maintained not to pro
tect American industry but to compel
exorbitant profits for the benefits of
\morican capitalists , is a double-edged
Rword , increasing the cost of production
ind decreasing the price of the farmers' '
H'oduets.
Nebraska is overwhelmingly in favor
of u radical reduction of thu tariff , nd-
tibtod to the revenue necessities of the
( ovornmont. It would so'huvo doclurod
n its lust republican convention had not
the unanimous report of its
lommittco on resolutions boon mot by
, ho combined antagonism of divergent
ntorcsts on behalf of other disturbing
problems. The hard working farmers )
ind tradesmen und elcrks and profes
sional men of this grout commonwealth
represent ninety-nine ono hundroths ol
ts population. The industries presum
ably affected by the tariff tux are too in
significant to weigh in the scale us
against the vastly preponderating in
fluence of those who derive little or no
iciiotit from the war tariff.
Does Nebraska's dologution in con-
jross propose to voice the wishes of the
stute which they were elected to ropro-
bent ? Will Senators Munderson
and Paddock , und Representatives
Laird und Dorsoy and McShano be
found fighting lustily and earnestly for
nn honest revision of the tariff ? Cheuj
ibky und tobacco will not meet the
issue. Revenue reduction without i
tux reduction which shall decrcuso the
cost of living and place the eastern cap
italist on an equal footing with the
western farmer in the struggle for life
will not be accepted in Nebraska as i1
solution of the problem.
Whore does Nebraska's delegation
stand ?
Republican Disaffection.
This is a most inauspicious time for re
publicans to quarrel among themselves
The contest which is to dotormim
whether the' democratic party is to remain
main in possession of the executive
branch of the government or bo dis
placed will bo no holiday affair. Tin
well-entrenched democracy will spare
no effort to repeat the victory of 18S4
and every reasonable man will admi
that it is at least as well-equipped foi
achieving success this year us it wui
then. Granting that the party has lot >
in character during the nearly three
years of its administration of the gov
eminent , by reason of its f uiluro to ful
fil the pledges it made to the people , i
has on the other hand acquire !
the vast power that inhere
in the control of the offices
nnd no sensible man will doubt that thi
power will be employed for all it ii
worth. Civil service rules and executive
tivo orders will not bo thought of in th
heat of battle. Every democrat in oflice
will be found in the thick of the fight
and promises of reward , with the mean
ut hand to repay service if victory i
won , will rally the party as ono man ii
support of the effort to hold its grasp 01
power. Against this puissant array
harmonized by the possession and tin
hope of spoils , the republican part ;
must array itself in an unbroken line o
fight u hopeless contest. , DisutToctioi
in its ranks , however trilling , will b
dangerous. It will bo necessary thn
every republican shull bo a
his post in the final nn
set , that harmony shall provai
all along the line , and that unity o
bontimont and purpose shall actuate tin
entire force. Otherwise victory will b
impossible'and defeat may bo so over
whelming as to amount to disaster.
Having this necessity in view , th
disaffection that has appeared amen
republicans in Now York nnd Ohit
growing out of the organization (
brunches of the legislatures in thog
states , cannot bo regarded .wllhoc
some concern by all who hope for r (
publican success next November. I
New York a combination against Goi
oral llusted , who was a candidate ft
re-election us spt-ukor of the house , dc
fuutort him , and elovtUod to thut pos
tion Fremont Colo. It is difficult t
determine , from the contradictor
views of the Now York newspaper
whether this action was the rcsu
of a desire on the part of a majority e
the republican members ot the house 1
reform the party methods , or was d
reeled by the machine interest that
understood to bo largely cared for I
Mr. Tom Platt , of "mo too" fume. Bt
in nny event the defeated candidate , a
adroit and aggressive politician , with
considerable following , is in openly pr <
claimed hostility to the successful eli
mont and threatens to sooner or lute
square accounts with the men ho nole
responsible for his do ( oat. Here , thei
is a'brcnch in the' most important sec *
tlon ol thu re put ) 11 can forces , nnd it is
quite us likely to widen as to close. Its
immediate effect is to strengthen the
confidence of the democracy andtomoro
firmly unlto them. With republicans
quarreling in the very eltudel
on whose ground all admit the battle ot
18S8 will bo decided , why should not
democrats and their allies fool more
hopeful and cling more closely together ?
In Ohio anumber of republican senators ,
iliHontislletl with the action of the cau
cus , bolted and gave their support to
the dunocrutic candidate. The name
of .Senator Sherman has been mixed up
unfavorably with this extraordinary
proceeding , ol course unjustly. But a
schism has been created , and ns the
bolters are being mercilessly lushed by
most of thu republican papers of the
state , they may bo expected to seek
some way of revenge. Ohio may bu re
garded as safely republican- yet the
party in thut state can hardly fail to be
weakened by this occurrence , which
very likely might have boon prevented
by the exercise of u little wisdom nnd
the spirit of compromise.
Inconsequential us these circum
stances might bo under ordinary condi
tions , they assume a Rcrioussignificance
on the cvo of n contest in which the
party uffeclcd by them cannot afford
any weakening of its forces or unydivor-
Hion of its support. Republicans ought
to clearly see that the success of their
party this year is possible only through
keeping its forces intact , avoiding dis-
bcnsion within its ranks , und by cour
ageously going forward on the lines ol
its pledges to the country , commending
itself to the support of those whose
party affiliations are notyotestabliahcd.
THE farmers' alliance of Nebraska , ut
its recent session in Columbus , adopted
H rebolution urging the election to pub
lic olllcos of men who are in favor ol
radical reform in our financial system
and our incorporated industrial organ
izations. The alliance was wisely pru
dent in the expression of its views , nol
wishing to say anything that coulel be
given a political construction , but there
is no difficulty in determining from what
it did say the prevailing scntimonl
among the farmers of Nebraska regard
ing the lending issue of the limo. These
men , a large majority of thorn repub
licans , want relief from the exactions ol
the high tariff. They have an ontlroli
intelligent ideu of the situation
and they know full well that the
[ H'ospnt tariff works nn injustice
Lo them. They are not hostile to Amer
ican industries , but on the contrary de
sire that they shall bo preserved , fos
tered und increased. They are no1
unfriendly to labor , being thomsolve ;
among the hardest of laborers , but or
the other hand are in full sympathy
with the interests and welfare of ul1
workingmen. They have learned , however -
over , u-s the result mainly of a patien
experience , thut the present high turill
brings thorn no advantage , but is in
.stead a heavy burden htoadily growing
more oppressive ; that it is not neceb
ury to the pru&orvatipn ol any industry
und thut the claim of its being nn ad
vantage to labor is not busUiincd by tb <
facts. Nebraska's ropres.enta.tives it
congress will do well to con&idor the
miltl yet still significant expression o
Nebraska's farmers.
TllEUK is a very warm contest utnonj
aspiring republicans in the Eleventl
congressional district ol Michigan fo
the beat made vacant by thu death o
Congressman Mollatt. There are a
least half a dozen gentlemen who havi
proclaimed their willingness to represent
sent the district , among them Mr. Ju ;
Hubbell , notorious in connection wit !
political contributions , und who formerly
morly represented this district in con
gross. It is not believed , however , thu
the republicans will take the great ribl
of defeat by nominating Hubbell , pai
ticulurly as they have other much su
pcrior material. It is a republican dit
trict , but if there should bo a hot wn
among candidates in the convention nn
consequent factional antagonisms ere
atcd , the election of a democrat woul
not be improbable. The ehk
significance of such u result would b
thut it would render the delegation c
Michigan in the house n tie politically
so that if the next presidential electio
should he thrown into the house tlui
state would not voto. Further than thi
it would tie the states in the house
\Fhoro \ is extremely little probability (
the election of the next president dc
volving upon the house , but it is po.ss
bio , and therefore gives u certain intei
est to speculation regarding the oul
com ? of this congressional contest.
IT might DO supposed that self-intei
est would impel the managers of low
railroads to provide sufficient rollin
stock to meet the demand , but fe
several months the supply of cars o
these lines has bc&n inadequate , and n
effort , or very little , has been made t
furnish the transportation requiroc
This slate of affairs is proving a vet
serious matter to the farmers of nortl
western Iowa. Ono of the chief article
they ship is baled hay , and it is said tli
farmers do not got half the number <
curs they need for shipping. Thousani
ol dollars of morlgages are just duo i
this part of Iowa nnd they are at th
mercy of the collectors and nttornoy
If collections nro enforced it will creut
n panic , as tlio farmers have , as a ruli
received credit during the season an
perhaps borrowed money to get nlon
nith , with the expectation of a marki
for the hay and chances for shlptnon
The farmers are of course helpless t
long as the railroads choose to adhot
to their 'damaging nnd outrngeoi
policy , but the people who suffer froi
this cruel indifference to their Wolfur
should not forgot it and await , wit
what patience they can , for tlifiir oppo
tunitytogot some form of'redress fe
the abuse and lo.ss they are now sul
jcctcd to.
TjlKfarmor. of the enlirocouulry wl
bo interested in a decision justrcndori
by Judge Shirus , of the Iowa supron
court , which will probably tormina' '
the existence of the barb wire 'tone
monopoly. A suit was brought by tl
Wnshburn-Moon company against
manufacturing concern at Watorlo
Iowa , for infringement. In the trial
VUH shown that the important- features
of the barb witjb dcnco have for years
) ocn public properly. It was proved
hat the original inventor was erne Al-
rln Motley , am ox-centric genius who
ended his days -in an itisano nay him.
lo exhibited u sacllon of barb wire
once us early as 1859 at a country
air hold at Delhi , 'Delaware county , and
vltnesscs were produced who were fully
cognizant of this circumstance , ono of
hem , u blticksmlth , who mmlo the tools
vllVi which Morlfy twisted the wire
iboul Iho barbs..Tho question us to
irlority of invention nnd abandonment
o the public was conclusive , and the do-
jlslem of Juclgo Sliiras in effect declared
ho barb wire-fence monopoly to bo u
lollow shell , without u single right to
exact the tribute it has boon taking
rom Ih o farmers of Iho country. Of
course the monopoly will curry the case
o the supreme court ot the United
States , but with tlio insurmounlablo
evidence against its claim it can hope
or nothing ut the hands of thut tribu-
itil.
STATIC AND TUHUITOIIY.
.JottlngH.
Norfolk hns colobrulod and 'dedicated
lor street ruilwny.
There are 4-12i ( head of cuttle futten-
ng in Nunuo county.
The Blair slalo bank , cnpitul $100,000 ,
ms been incorporated.
Omaha takes euro of the pork of the
Htulo while Lincoln takes cure of the
> on.
Nebraska City's Hlreet railway threat
ens lo bloom in tbo spring.
AlbJon has clinched a bargain for a
seventy-live barrel Hour mill.
The fire-scourged court house ut Fre-
nonl is to be paUhed up and painted.
The York county court house , u splen-
lid building , costing S76,000 , will be
ready for occupancy next month.
The postollluo authorities huvo do-
jielod to put mail curs on the Hastings
mmch ol the Klkhorn 'Valley road.
Kud Oak und adjoining townships in
[ owa offer $75,000 in bonds und right ol
way to the propo ucl Lincoln , Red Oak
ft. Dos Moines road.
The total enrollment of Wahoo schools
B fioS. Seven of them were brought uj ;
with the gad last term , but the touchon-
were not rowurdoel with u raisuof salary
Ncbruskans can afford to keep moder-
itoly cocjl and send a ohinook of choei
to the frigid regions of Montana , where
spirit thermometers record Ki degrees
jolow 7.oro.
The Plattsmouth street car has
suspended. An unexpected assessment
on Ie > cul stockholders for fodder for the
mile broke their hearts and shattered
the motive power , >
Tlio Crete Ghibe rejoices "as a Ne
braska p per , in' the growth und im
provements which' Omaha is milking.
We propose to do our hurrahing for
Omaha ut every opportunity. "
Dakota county fyforts two troa urers.
Straws failed to v/bfk there. Wilkcson
liohl the fort uiidi Dnney is knocking
for admission. > A' season of warm liti
gation will set in immediately.
The gliostsof WyJiku's empty treiusurj
still haunts thu aleiermanic hulls of Ne
braska City. Theitliving cu n and dis
cus * , and lie with'lssgrucolhun the oc
cupants of the disputed grounds.
The McCook Trifiuno has dibcovoret"
thut this is truly \fiin \ age of trusts line'
combinations und monopolies nnd o
whatsoever muKoth the heart of the
poor sad and his podicl book lean am
empty. "
The West Point Progress continues te
bank on the Omaha ft Yunkton road nne
Htirdthoinossun the back of the metropo
lis by showing that Chicago and St. Pau
arc waxing fat on fodder thut rightfully
belongs to her.
Colonel Will Vissclipr gave the people
plo of Falls City his sixty minute wai
experience Saturday night. The dash
ing colonel omitted Ins thrilling raid 01
the cross-roads of Illinois with u quar
tette of beer-skinned coons.
Tlio mail carrier system has been ii
operation in Beatrice for three month
und has proven u grout convenience te
the public. The number of pieces email
mail delivered in that time was 38,429
and H lO-l pieces were collected.
Among the notable society events it
Noinuhu county this year was cement
ing. matrimonially , of Mr. Isaac L
Plaster and Miss' Grace Paris. Tin
union of Plaster-Paris will doubtle
prove u hibting arrangement.
Buttsfiold , the Palmyra poisoner , cele
brnted his honeymoon by dosing hi
father and inoUier and planting then
on the hillside. His nervous haste ii
relieving his wife of legalized parent
entitles him lo Ihet pomp and ccromon ;
of Hoffman's rope walk.
An enterprising Omaha undertake
and "funeral director" advises th
people of Sarpy county to prepare fo
the inevitable , nnd to call on hiii
"when in need of u coffin or shroud. '
A procession of customers in "need" o
such garments would swell with joy th
bosom of a cemetery.
The Schuylor Sun has trained il
brightest bourns on a group of fort ,
lonesome bachelors , for the convenient
and comfort of leap year girls. Th
meek and melancholy , the deliant an
indifferent stand in u row , ready fo
the sacrifice. It is hoped the ludie
will bo moderule und merciful.
Mr. M. A. Daughorly , a well know ;
Cretan und retired journalist , collidoi
unexpectedly and feelingly with an ic
sidewalk , and came out of the ruin
with a broken ankle. The injury i
painful and will keep Mall housed fo
homo weeks. It will also enable him t <
clip unel cash his coupons , a duty mucl
neglected of late.
The retired statesmen of Gage count
are killing time and'a limitoel Humbe
of constituents with 'poetry. The pas
bionnto verses of Brigadier Colby hav
culled from Major Griggs n tureen c
metrical soup labelled "A Thirty Years
Drenm. " The feeling is wide sprom
thai the major whpa thoroughly awuk
will unhorse the brigadier.
The Plnllsmouth' ' . ] purnnl condenses
volume of experience and inforniutio
n the following : "For the other hul
of a courting match there is nothiiij
like a widow. There's as much difference
enco between courting a damsel and a
attractive widow ns there is in cipher
ing in nddition amVdOublo rule of tnrec
Courling a girl is lilfb eating fruit al
very nice as far us it extends ; but doin
the ngrceublo to a blue-eyed bereave
comes under the head of preserves-
rich , pungent , syrupy. For deliclou
courting , we repeat , give Ub u live wie !
dor.
dor.Tho
The North Bond Flail comes dow
heavily on all grades of caltlo horde
in Fremont , frequently from necessity
but generally from force of habit. Tli
Flail analyzes the annual statement c
the Fremont cromery and , proves thti
Iho concern is stealing nol only Iho sul
bianco but the hides of the cows c
Dodge county. The creamery produce
last year 401,000 pounds of butter , value
at $147,503. The total expenses wor
$87,000 , leaving u not profit of iflOG10 , o
over 40 nor cent on the money ir
vested. The fight is a family affair um
the fjguros uro given to ehow the niorlU
of the combatants.
Iowa Items.
Sioux City has received positive as
surances of u union depot lo cost
$100,000.
A farmer near Cherokee hrts losl
KUOO ! worth of hogs within three weeks
From some unknown disoasq.
In thotr foureh for gamblers Atlantic
| ) olicumun find prominent business men
engaged in the lubyrlnthiun mysteries
of furo and poker.
Judge Connor issued thirty-one in
junctions und revoked four permits in
Carroll county at the recent term ol
court in that county.
The gentlemen of Atlantic honored
Iho advent of leap year by keeping o | > eii
littuso and giving the ladies the privilege
of e'iUllng. The invitation was generally
accepted.
A bill for a wagon bridge over the
Mississippi at Burlington hus been in-
treluced in the bonuto by Senator Wil
son , und u similar bill will be ottered in
the house by Governor Gear.
At Dubuqtiu during Iho month of December -
comber the sales of stumps und stamped
envelopes were the largest of any one ;
month in the history of the pe ) tofllco ,
shewing a business at the rate of $50,00 (
to $00,000 per year.
Commissioner Coflln has gone te
Chicago to see if tlio railroad companies
cannot produce cars as they uro nooduel
for shipment of grulii from northwest
ern Iowa. Other parts of the state are
not so bud off for cars , us there is lost
surplus grain to ship.
Dakota.
The first stngo coach reached Deadwood -
wood September 5 , 187(1 ( ; previous lo that
time private parties delivered letters ut
10 , ! i5 und 50 cents each.
Dakota has already shipped 2-5,000-
000 bushels of wheat.
Coal and lin uro whut Rapid City people
plo mostly talk about.
The Wntortown Courier , with mucl
enthusiasm , says : "Dakota will soon be
able lo supply her own murkels will :
coal , und then wo can snap our finger !
in Iho fuce-s of Iho extortionate con !
barons of the oust. "
The Sioux Falls druggists have puh
llshed a notice declaring that they will
not sell intoxicating liquors of any kirn
except upon the writlon proscription o
u pliystiefun , and agree mutually will
each other thut any one who shall via
lalo Iho agreement shull bo prosocutoi
by the others.
A MINING CAMP PREACHER.
Experience in the Career o
Iluv. Thomas Uzzoll.
Denver Correspondent New Yorl
World : The best-known inining-cuni ]
prcswhor in Colorado is llov. Thonint * A
TJV.zel. Ho was pastor of Iho Molhodisl
church at Leudvillo during the great
carbonate excitement , nnd has export
cnccd , 'moro of the wild and ruggcc
scones of life than probably any preuchei
in the United States.
Ho was born at Lebanon , 111. , in 1818
and was u wild , reckless youth. Ho win
a grcul duncor , horse racer , and whet
attending camp meetings would fill hii
pockets with corn unel peas to throw a
the worshippers. At the ago of twenty
one ho changed his manner of life , bir
could neither road nor write , and his
only earthly possessions were a spun ol
mules. In 1875 ho was graduated froir
Anbury university , Indiana. Tlio fiiv
four yours at college he wiwcd wood foi
his board und the lust two years he made
his expenses by using a razor , us ho win
Inter in preaching anel bundling the
toughs in the mining camps. lie wai
ordained by Bishop Simpson in 187Gani
KeMit lo Fuirpluy , Col. , in Iho full of 1877
ho went to Leudvillo , thut mining camj
then having about 500 inhabitants , une
was just beginning thut wonderful ox
citomcnl that attracted the attention o
the whole world. The rush was jusl be
ginning und Iho young parson thai firs
night in Lcudvillo slevt in a dn
goods box.
The next morning he started ou
among tho. saloons and gambling dons
inviting the inmates to church. Thoi
were polite , but laughed at the idea d
going to church. They invited him t (
take u hand ut poker or try u ucul u
furo , und some wanted him to bo sociu
unel take u drink. But there was !
crowded audience in the little itnpro
vised cabin church that night , the coil
ing of which was only six feet high
In speaking of the event Mr. Uzzol
b.-iid to the writer. "Every seat wn
taken. The rear of the cabin , the aisle
u ] > to where I stood were filled , un <
when Iho hut was passed for the collee
tion it was shoved through a rude win
dow to the large crowd on Iho oulsidi
to give them tin opportunity to put ii
something. There hud been preaching
before in California Gulch , but this wa
the first sermon in Lcudvillo nfter i
became known by that name. Moi
were stuiieling up within two feet o
me ; and right in front , whore I couli
lay my hands on them , slood Iwo burl ;
Irishmen smoking their pipes. I muel'
borne reference lo Mr. Beeehor'
theology , whereupon ono of the Irish
men , nutlging his friend and pulling n
ut his ijipo , Huid : 'Hist , Put , he boufto
ycr moin , ' for it would seem thut Pa
was an admirer of Mr. Bocchor.
quieted them down , and again louchinj
on Iho same topic , the Irishman agaii
nudged bin friend , saying : 'Eh , Pat
look out , Iho parson is uflor yor moil
ngiil. '
The next dny Mr. U/.zell wont ugnii
among the minors to raise money t
build u church und mot with a liberu
response , but ho wanted more und nguii
started for Iho gambling dives. Sulooi
men , gamblers , sporting women nl
gave something. In ono saloon Ih
proprietor said thai ho would not giv <
any mono v but would donate u ton gal
Ion keg of flno whisky , the procoeels o
which coulel go to the proposed nov
church , nnd seemed u little chngrinoi
that Mr. Uzzoll wouid not accept tin
gift. But quite a nollcction was realize !
in this buloon , whereupon ono of tlionum
bor , who was about half drunk , invitoi
Mr.Uzzoll to taken drink. Mr. U/.xcll re
fused , the gambler becume offended nni
said , "Wo have done Iho fair Ihing b' '
Ihe parson , and now lie musl drink will
us. " The gambler then threatened I
fight , and just as Mr. Uzzoll was in th
act e > f pulling off his coat lo defend him
self Iho bartender leaped over Iho bu
und swore that , if necessary , ho woul
take H Imnel in the affair himself , for " 1
Mr. Uzzoll didn't want to drink h <
needn't , " and quiet was again restored
"Ono of the most notorious dunco-hnl
men , " said Mr. Uzzoll , "was shot i :
1878 und I was culled to attend the func
ral. I was afraid that I hud not pronchei
plain enough to tlio people of thisclns
hitherto , although I had always tried t
do mv duly ns a Christian minlblor , an
on tins occasion I preached thu Gobpo
square at them. As was customary 01
such occasions all the gambling-house
were closed , and there were about on
hundred nnd fifty of the siwrting element
mont at the funeral. At the close of th
sermon I expected to have a little trouble
fe > r I laid clown the Gospel pretty hard o
them. Bui imagine my surprise who ,
the partner of the dead man cumo uf
in the presence of them nil , and wit !
tonrn flowing down his face bald , 'Well
Tom , you guvo us h 1 , but 1 guess w
needed it. Hero's a Ion-dollar bill. ' "
During the same your , wliUouUondiuj
a funeral on Fryer hill , whisky wnn
served qulto. freely , nnd as the crowd
was beginning to leol qulto jolly and be
came bolsUmniH , Mr. Uzaoll's Hormoii
was cut short by having te ) inlorforo
und aid in quelling u gonorul light
which was taking place.
Mr. U < uoll had ninny amusing Incl-
elonts marrying people , und UH tlio inur-
rluge luws were loewo , but little wu.s re
quired in the way of questions to mnko
everything wttlttfuetory. One day a Gor-
inunwllh rnthor a geed-looking mlddlo-
wonmn leaning on his arm , entered thu
proiichor's study.
"I huvo just boon lot out of jail , " said
the man , "and borrowed n wiw unel buck
anel we'iit In search of work. When I
asked this woman hero by my side feir u
job she said she butt no money to hire u
man , being a poor widow woman , 1 told
her I would biiw the wood und take her
for pay , und slio said 'all right , ' anel
hero wo uro now to get married , but I
huint no moneypurson , to pay thei bill. "
Mr. Uzzoll married Iho couple und
paid Iho recorder's fee out of his .own
pocket.
On another occasion n gambler and
sport mimed Charley Smith , nnd a fnr-
luno-loller known us Mmo. Lu Pruo ,
wh had made quite u fortune in that line
of business , entered his study to huvo
the marriage ceremony performed.
After the usual questions had been sat
isfactorily answered ho requested them
to stundand then turning to the woman
lies-aid "Will thou this
: have man to
bo thy lawful und wedded husband , und
wilt thou love , honor nnd keep him"
"Hold on , parson , " exclaimed the
woman , "I'll be domed if I'll keep any
man. "
Mr. Uzzoll then explained to her that
it meant that she should love her hus
band , take care of him in sickness anel
gave a gonorul explanation of Iho mar
riage vows. But who was obdurate and
refused to bo married unless the cere
mony was performed after heir own
wishes , which Mr. Uzzoll refiiHod to do.
"I'.irson , you huvo lost jusl$50 by not
marrying mo the way I wanted , " ex
claimed the womun us she ordered her
carriage * and drove away. The man
was worried , bul the woman was not.
In 1879Mr. Uzzoll wius visited by Rev.
Dr. Warren , now Bishop Warren , of
the Methodist Episcopal church , nnd
Chaplain McCubo. Ono evening there
was u quick , sharp rap ut the door , und
a moment Inter a rough-looking follow
entered. "Parson , " said Iho slrunger ,
"I've come to ax you tor marry ono of
the boys way dowa thur in a tent. "
Bishop Wurron unel Chaplain MeiCubo
asked lo accompany , us tnoy desired to
see a mining camp wedding , and their
roeiuest was grunted. They started out
for the tent , the stranger loading the
way. When ubout fifty feet from the
house the vonorublo mother of the
mountain preacher cumo to the door
und shouted o\it \ :
"Oh , Toml You forgot your revolver. "
Mr. Uzzoll , thinking nothing strange
of the occurrence , returned to his house
for the weapon , and a moment Inter re
joined his reverend friends from the
east. They were both umuscd ut whut
they hud seen and heard , nnd ono of
them exclaimed :
"Why , brother Uzzolldo missionaries
carry pistols in LeadvilloV"
"Oh , yes , " replied Mr. Uzzoll.
"When I go out after dark I curry a re
volver in ono pocket and a prayer book
in the other. "
There was n great deal of trouble in
the early days ut Loadvillo over lot
jumping. Mr. Uzzoll hud obtained four
lots for a Methodist church , und three
of thorn were still vacant. Those lots
were jumped , and Mr. Uzzoll later
found the jumper unloading logs em
thorn to build a cabin. The pronchor
ordered the jumper to remove the logs ,
but Iho latter swore ho would nol , nnd
Mr. Uzzoll , pulling off his coat , pre
pared to defend his church property ,
and , squaring himself in the ntlitudo at
John L. Sulhvun , suid to the jumper ,
who was just beginning to unload more
logs :
"If you got off that wagon I will
thrash you. "
"Parson , you wouldn't fight , would
youV" replied the jumper.
"I don't want to fight , but if you put
another log on this lot I will thrush you ,
or you will mo. "
"Well , whut do you want done ? "
"Drive away wit'h Iho load of logs you
now huvo nnd then haul off the others
already on the lot. "
The lot jumper complied with the ro-
quesl , for a parson with his coal off
threatening u fight was something ho
hud not counted on.
"Did you have any fights in Lcuel-
villoV"
"No , " replied Mr. Uzzoll , " 1 always
bluffed them out unel dem't know what I
hhoulel huvo demo if some fellow huel
taken mo up. But my experience with
the lot jumper was a great help to mo ,
us it gave all the impression thai I
would not allow anyone to impose upon
mo or the church. This reputation on-
ableel mo to keen gooel oreler in the
church. Some times a tough follow
would stnrl a row in Ihe rear of Iho
church und I would roqncsl the boys to
put him out , and always found enough
to stand by mo. And while Ihoy were
doing this I would huvo the congrega
tion sing 'A charge to keep I have' or
something like that until quiet was re-
blored. "
"Did you over see any lynehingsV"
"Yes , the hanging of Frodshuni , the
lol jumper , und Stuarttlio fool-pudwho
were blrung up by the vigilantes. A
member of the church came to mo dur
ing the afternoon and seriously asked
mo if I thought it was wrong to engage
in a lynching bco , stilting the case.
The camp was very wild then
and lawlessness wus getting the
upper handand I told him thut
under the circumstances u lynch
ing might bo productive of _ much good ,
but it was u strange question for a man
to ask a minister. Ho wont away nnd
uboul 2 o'clock that night I received a
message saying 'ceimo on , parson , if you
want to see the fun , for it will soon 'be
gin. ' I hastened over nnd arrived just
us they were stringing up Frodslium
and Stuart. "
"Many amusing things occurred in
my Lcudvillo study , " continued Mr.
U/zell. "I was always there Monday
mornings to moot people who cnlloel.
One Monday morning 1 saw a man mak
ing straight for my door. Ho wus in u
grout hurry. I thought to myself , 'Well ,
there is a fellow I hit in my sermon lust
night. Ho is probably from an eastern
homohocumo elissiputcd und now winhcfi
lo reform. ' With these thoughts in my
mind , I turned to my bible to have a
text ready for him. Ho boiled right
into Iho sludy room , crying UB though
his heart would break. 1 begun to talk
lo him , giving him Christian advice ,
when ho broke in Buying , 'Et's not that ,
parson , thai I wnnt. A hiifi
run off with my girl nnd cnn't you help
mo get her buck ? Ef I catch that
I will kill him. I loved that
girl buck in Ohio.followed her out hero ,
causing my people lo cul mo off , and
now to think that some has
run off with her. YDS , I will kill him
if I find him. ' I found thut texts ol
Scripture did him no goeul owing to his
violent condition , nnd further told him
thai 1 could nol u.vsiht him in finding his
girl. That follow was mad and hi okon-
hearted. "
"Whut were some of your most interesting -
osting Horvicos ? "
"I used to preach to the men at the
Me > a o Mine on top of Mount Lincoln ,
far above the timber lino. More atten
tlvo nudtoncofl I uovor linel tlmn these
Illinois , and the collections taken up
would sometimes avprngo n dollar /or
every limn proaont. 'Hut when in Loml *
vlllo every congregation was n wonder
ful audlqnco. 1 think , though , tlmt the
most thrilling scene 1 ever witnessed
was when prcnohing the funeral sermon
of the child of tin outcast. I will never
forgot it.
' 'it ' anne about this way. Ono clay u
woman named Magglo Mays , who ran
one of thu most notorious houses in
Lotidvlllu , cumo tei me and Mild that thu
baby of one of her girls was tlotul , anel
asked mo to attend the funoral. 1 ro-
plieel that I would do so , whereupon she
wild she hnel another favor to ask.
'What is itV I eiulrcd. ' ( 'an we have
the funeral in tlio church ? ' she aski'd ,
and 1 told her she could. ' There were
tlftv women at the funeral , all of them
richly attired * in black silk drosses.
The Moral decorations ordered from Den
ver were handseiine , as they always are
at funerals conducted by this chit * . I. N.
Kogorsnow coroner here at lonvcratul
myself , were the only men present
Those women , hardened UH thev wore , '
all cried like children as 1 talked to
them. I talked plainly , tew , tolling
them there was a heaven to pain and a
hell to shun. I talked to them of their
mothers in eastern homes , who possibly
did not know the lives some of tliwii
were lending. 1 never saw a more thril
ling scene in a church. There * was not
a dry eye in the house. I stood there
in the pulnit crying like a child myself
while talking to them , and the under
taker cried a little , toe ) . Old thoughts
nnd memories seemed to have been re
called by these women of sin , and the
scene was a most affecting ono. I often
attended the funerals of women of that
class , anil time and time again have ridden -
don through the streets to a funeral
with one sitting each side of me. They
came to mo to bury their dead , and 'i
never rufuspd an outcast afuneral. I
buried but few church members in Load-
vlllo , bul funerals were numerous tutho
early clays there. 1 have attended as
many as six funerals in ono day.
"Afeto lotlers , " continued Mr. Uv.zoll ,
"I received them from every state anil
territory in the union , froniall the great
cities , and en-en from foreign lands and
the islands of the sea , asking abeiut hus
bands and sons , who hud followed Ihu
mad rush to Leadville. Many of thesu
were from mothers asking about absent
sons. C. O. Davis , now of thei Loadyillo
Press , and Colonel John Arkins , now
manager of the Kooky Mountain News ,
Don vor. were in Lnadvilln then , nnd aa
they frequently published my sermons ,
and always made the church news a
prominent feature , many Ihus learned
my address. Some of those loiters ,
und I often received u do/.on in a day ,
contained piteous appeals to look after
husbands nnd sons , anel guard thorn
against the temptations of the wild llfo
that prevailed thoro. Some of these
husbands and sons never returned ,
but are bleeping in Loudvillo's silent
city. "
Many a sick anel dying gambler anil
danco-hall girl lias the preacher visited
in sinks of vice , and ono never tires
listening to the incidontsof the shadows
of life of that great mining-camp : is ho
saw them. Ho wont everywhere in his
work , anel there never was a word of ro-
nroach or a blemish cast by any ono uuon
the character of Thomas U/.zoll. Ho is
now pastor of the Peoplo's Tabernacle ,
Denver , under the supervision of the
Homo Missionary society of New York.
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