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* ' ' " - . , . . " - " " * iihifeSijiiff * v f v , * " . ; _ 1' | THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY MARCH 5 , 1888. . ' . . : 3 J I BARBARITY .IN MISSOURI , A Teacher's Painful Experience In That Stato. TIED AND CRUELLY tWHIPPED. Taken From the Hide of Hlfl Ixnra by a Itand of llcvenRoful MlacrcuntH Slowly Hecovcr- Ing From the Ordeal. A correspondent writes to the New York Iloruld from St. Joseph , Mo. : About thrco years ago Charles Wyntl- hum , than about eighteen yearn old , came to this locality from southern Illi nois. lie had been educated at the Southern Illinois Normal university , at Citrbondalo , General John A. Logan's old home , and had dotorminqd to follow the profession of teaching. Wyndman , er. , after his son had finished his uni versity course , readily agreed to. have him como west , whore it is popularly supposed advantages and opportunities for young men are as plentiful as wheat in a harvest field. Charlie got as far as Kansas City , and his romantic disposi tion prompted him to go across the 'country from that place and visit the old Samuels homo , in Clay county , near Kearney. lie saw the grave of Jesse Jnmes and the other points of interest around the home of the dead outlaw and then familiarized himself with the his tory Of the family and of the county us well. . In the Bitnc way ho .traveled along ; the Missouri to St. Joseph and north . . from this place to Oinuliii. IIo was es pecially attracted by the peculiar peo- . ilc ) ho found in the bottom lands bovo this city , and determined , itrorder that ' .he might study their habits more closely - ' ly , to make his homo among them for awhile. . With this purpose in view ho obtained - tained a country school about ten miles above this city , and'taught it with great success that fall and winter. The next . year he secured u school in a district near the first ono , and last fall began teaching in a third , moving from ono . . . locality to another from choice. It is 'with the latter school that this story haste to do. . . . Wyndham , , besides being attractive in personal appearance , possessed engaging - gaging manners , and having made the . ' . most of his school days , and being an ' industrious reader , had a fund of gen eral information upon which he drew at , will , and which was the envy of the . young men with whom ho was thrown in contact. Ho was exceedingly' popular - . lar in the district , and no gathering of any bortwus considered complete with out his presence. ' While there had been no expressed preference on his part , it was generally understood . that the daughter of old Farmer Warren , the richest man in all that section , was his favorite among the young ladies. Indued , this was soon be yond question. ' Nobody know whether ho loved her or not , but so ' intimate did they become that he wtis her escort/ When she wont to 'church , or party or picnic , and effectually kept at a dis- ' tuned a do/en or more of the beaux of the neighborhood who would have given their lives almost for a smile or nn ap proving glance from her. The usual result followed. ' The dls- appointed lovers united against the com- Hum enemy and made up their minds to drive him from the community , being careful , however , to keep their own council. At lirsthe received anonymous - ' . mous communication * , advising him , with more emphasis than good gram mar , to leave. IIo paid no attention to them and others' followed , intimating ' that ho was taking his life in his hands by remaining. _ . . ' Young Wyndham was .not a coward. | > . ' . and when , ' after a systematic study of l | the case , ho had satisfied himself who - . his prosecutors wore ho made up his mind to stay in the district at all hiu- urds. urds.Last Last Thursday ho gave a holiday to his pupils , a number of whom , with their parents , desired to spend that day at a farm house in the district where u ' . wedding feast was in progress. Wynd ham announced to his pupils that as they would not got homo that night . until late ho would have no school on the following day ( Friday. ) Thursday morning Wyndham and Hottio , . together with a crowd of per haps twenty-five from that immediate vicinity , started for the wedding. It was after midnight when the company dispersed , and , hitching their horses to the wagons , began the drive acaoss the country toward homo. 'Wyndham and Hottio went a different road from that taken by the others , a little longer and leading by the old. school-houbo. While they were crossing a. wooded ravine at the bottom of the hill , on top of which the- schoolhouse stood , they wore stopped by some six or eight men with masks on. Commanding the two to got out of the buggy , the man who sooinod to bo the louder of the gang in formed Wyndham ho was then stand ing the presence of the men who had \f \ sent him the annoymous communica- 11 tions. and demanded to know why the warnings wore not heeded. Ho was given to understand that death would bo the result if ho was found in the county after twenty-four hours. "Unless,1' concluded the spokesman , "you will swear in our presence , with Hottio Warren as a witness , that you will not attempt to bo In her company again. " Enraged by the insult offered him , mill certain now as to the Identity of his en emies , Wyndham quickly obtained possession - session of the buggy whipund the howls of rage and pain that followed told with what effect he had applied it. The masked men closoa around him , and ono of them knocked him insensi ble by a blow from behind. Ho was then carried a hundred yards up the ravine and tied to a largo trco. His body was made bare to the waist , and with the same whip that had done such execution in his hands his back and bhoulders were beaten until they resem bled u pleco of raw beef. Blood came after every blow , and when they had applied the lash to their hearts' content the gang left Wyndham for dead. Luckily for him the air wis not cold. It had been thawing all day , and the ground was not frozen on the surface during the entire night. The poor fel low hud boon brought suddenly to con- sMcniHtiefS by the lirst blow , but do tor- mined not to show iu the slightest de gree the torture ho was undergoing. While the punishment was being in flicted "ho relapsed again into uncon- sciqusness , and remained e > o up to the time the marauders left him. Ilettlo Warren had fainted when she caw Wyndhmn knocked senseless to the ground , and did not remember any thing until she found herself seated up right in the buggy , tied by the lines to prevent her fulling out , and the horse hitched In front ot her father's gate. With great difficulty she reached the house and began relating her story , fulutiiiK again before its .conclusion. Farmer Warren and li ) sons learned enough from llc.ttto to 'be able to find the place of the assault. What had boou doue wltb Wjndhum they could not _ Imagine. Ilettlo knew nothing thai occurred after she had seen hltn knocked 'down in the road , and , there was not the slightest circumstance to , indicate whut hud become of him. After' a fruitless search of an hour and more the men returned home , but were out betimes in the morni'ug 'cir- ; . culating the story among their neigh bors. . At an appointed hourthut fore noon there Was a gathering of .tho neighborhood the old school-house to discuss the mystery and take stops to ' unravel it. Parties' were sent out to1 , ficourthe country in different direc tions. Nine o'clock came , and ten , and still no tidings had been received of the missing roan. Just as the company was at its wits' ml to know what to do next and after cveral had expressed Has their opinion .hut the school teacher had been mur- cred and that it would be useless to at- .cmpt without n thoroughly organized md equipped force to follow the case urther , several ragged and dirty faced irchins came running breathlessly nto the school house and made the tartllng announcement that , while ilaying at the foot of the hill , they had iscove tid the body of a man naked to , ho waist tied to a tree and bleeding roma hundred wounds. 'An investigation followed , and poor Wyndham was found , just as his assail ants had loft him the night before. Ho was taken down from the tree more dead than alive and removed at once to neighboring farm house. For several hours his life was despaired of and ho was unable to toll what hud happened to liinvbut when ho did a posse of solf- onstituted vigilants started in pursuit if the Inhuman wretches who had way- aid him. Yesterduy.Wyndhatn was removed to Farmer Warren's house , at the latter's wish and that of Hettio , and the girl 's attending him day and night. It is iven now whispered that when ho re- ovcrij they aro'to bo married. Who committed the brutal assault none knew , nor is th'er < j any clow. If Wyndham known anything , ho is very jareful to say nothing. It is believed that'when he gets well , points will bo given tp the proper . authorities that when properly placed together and fol lowed uiTvill result in evidence enough ; o warrant the arrest ot at least a portion tion of the gang. The vigilonco committee - mittoe was able to do nothing , ami.aftor a thorough search , was ' compelled to abandpn. < the field , so successfully had all trackabeen covered. Wyndhum's injuries are serious , and BOine months will elapse before he will bo a well man. The better families of the community , among them'Squire Warren's propose to spend a largo .sum 'of money in an effort to bring the guilty parties to jus tice. . A Reprieve1 for the Condemned. Wretched men And women long con demned to suffer the tortures of dyspep sia , ara filled with new hopes after u few doses'of Hostcttcr'e Stomach Bit * ters. This budding hope blossoms into the'fruition of certainty , if the Bitters is persisted in , It brings a reprieve to all dyspeptics who seek its'aid. Flatu lence , noartburn , 'sinking at the pit of the stomach -between meals , the ner vous tremors and insomnia , of which chronic indigestion is the parent , tlisao- pear with their hateful progenitor. Most boneilcont of stomachics ] who can wonder that in so .many instances it awakens grateful eloquence in those who , bonelitted by it , speak voluntarily in its behalf. . ' It requires n graphic pen to describe the .torments-of dyspepsia , but in'muny tcstimopial received by the proprietors of the Bitters , thcsn are portrayed with vivid' tr'uthfulne ss. Con stipation , biliousness , muscular debility , malarial fever , and rheumatism are re lieved by It. An Accommodating ; Gentleman. St. Nicholas : Soon the slender white shaft of a light house tvppenred ahead , and , , close'by , the huge bulk of Fort Livingston , which commands the en trance to Barataria oay. Light-house and fort tire on an island called Grand Terro. Only ono man stays in the fort , an.old sergeant , who looks after the government property. The other persons living on Grand Terre arc the light-house keeper and a Cuban gen tleman , named-Pope Lulu , who used to make sugar until a tidal-wave ruined his plantation , and who now keeps cat tle for a living. This Cuban uiicd to bo a famous duelist in his younger days. During the Cuban war for independ ence , he published a letter in a New Qrleans paper , chollenging any and all Spaniards to fight him. Nobody ac cepted the challenge , for bo was known to bo a dead shot. A good story is told About this com bative old gentleman. IIo had some difference ! with a former Hpht-houso koepei' , who used to bo his friend , and for Jtwo or throe years the two neigh bors did not speak to each other. A mutual' acquaintance ventured to re monstrate with Pope Lulu. "You two men are hero alone on this island , " ho said , "and you ought to moot and arrange your little difficulty to your mutual satisfaction. Now , let me see Douglas and tell him you will meet him. " "Very well , " replied the Cuban , with his strong Spanish accent , "you may see Mr. Douglas , and say to him that I am ready to settle our little difficulty. I will bo on the beach to-morrow morn ing with my shot-gun. Lot him bo there with his shot-gun , and wo will settle to his entire eutistaction. " Pope Lulu was on hand at the hour ho appointed , but the light-house keener did not appear , and their quarrel lias not yet been adjusted. Who Knows ? "Bob" Burdotto : Some of the news papers , not lontr ago , made no end of fun of a college graduate who could not tell who discovered America. Oh , well , my son , that is one of the things you don't learn in college. I am like the above graduate. I do not know who dis covered America. If you know , or think you know a man who does know , I wish you would toll mo. I would give some money to learn just that much. I am also away down in the spoiling class. I cannot spell Shakespoar OH Shako- spore hlmfcoif spelled it. I wish you would toll mo the proper way of spelling that great man's immo. I do not know why there are so many gray her es , and no gray colts. I do not know whether the egg began with the hen , or the hen started with the ogg. I can't understand why wo can't find the north polo when we know right where U Is. I don't know why u matinee should como in the afternoon. I don't know why n man wears buttons on the tails of his coat. I can't see what earthly use an elephant's tail is to him. I don't understand why people in town are always wild to go into the country , and people in the country are crazy to como to town. Why don't they change places at once , and bo done with itV I do wish I could somewhere hear of a wise man who would dovotn a few hours every century to teaching1 mo a few simple things that everybody ought to know and that everybody , axecpt you und I , seems to know already. An odd combination ot wares U of fered by a shop In thu Italian city o ( Bari , on the Adriatic , A sign informs wouldbe customers that within cuu bo obtained : "Iceqhe , bread bold -In slices or loivcsaid tuition in mathema tics.1 . . WILD HORSES IN THfi .WEST , A Flcrco Combat Between TWO - Equlbo Loaders. . ADVENTURES ; . 'OF'SURVEYORS. . Proves of II IK Horses an the Southwestern - western Plains Hnvn o Attack of Tluiutlcr ami nnil a Stampede. New York Sun : In 18."il , when I first saw the Rio Pooo's river , which Is tlio right-handed branch of the UioGnuido , the Pccos plains were a favorite graz ing grounds for vast herds of wild horses. For years later there were plenty of wild ponies on the western plains , but in the days 111 which I write there wore herds of good big some of the animals standing fecventocn hands high mid weighing 1,300 or 1,400 pounds. I went into Now Mexico with a government nurvoying party , which was of semi-military character. A survey of that portion of the Pie Pecos lying in New Mexico was to he made , and there was to bo a military j > os . located between Pope's Wells and the Bcnlta river. The country between was a plain 100 miles long by 200 broad , with many small strqiims and rich' feeding spots. The herds of horses had been seldom disturbed by white hunters , and when ever the Indians wanted a supply they selected the ponies in preference , be lieving that they were the nboucst broken and would stand the hardest rid ing.Wo Wo wore well into the ' plains before wo sawnny hprsea , and the first herd wo saw came very near bringing about n calamity. . Wo wore encamped in a bend of the Pecos , and the 'surveyors and guards hid just come in for dinner. There was a truce between the whites and the Indians at that date , but our party woa a strong one and the sur veyors never went out without protec tion. A truce mriant that the rcdsiuns would not kill if tfio other party were thp stronger. We had two ambulances , three or four wagons and from seventy to eighty horses. 'These last were btaked out on the rich feeding ground. With no Tnoro warning than that wo felt a trembling of the earth and heard a grcut clutter , a drove of wild horses , numbering at least live hundred came charging around a heavily wooded point directly at our camp. The stream in front of our camp was about two feet deep and ran over a bed of gravel , and the horsey yrero probably in the habit of coming hero to drink. The herd was led by a borrel stallion of magnificent look and limb , and was going at such a .pace that the leaders wcixt among our animals before ' a man of us moved. Nothing will rattle a domestic horse like the near presence of his wild brother. A stampede of buffaloes simply terrifies him , and in his terror he will net like a fool. The wild horse ex cites him and makes him forget for the moment that ho is man's slave , and ho will do his very best to throw oft the yoke of servitude and join the herd. It was well we were altogether. Evcr.y man rushed for the horses , yelling and shouting to drive the intruders away , but when1 they went two of our mules and a horse went with them. The horse was a five-year-old stallion , .worth at least $500. and his flight created instant dismay in the camp. The mules would not bo allowed to "chum" 'with , the herd nnyhow , and could bo picked up after they had tried their legs a little , but the horse might never bo seen , ngain. A score of us mounted in hot haste and pet off to recapture him. The herd had gone duo west , in which direction a rise of ground hid them after a short run. As wo reached this rise every man of us checked his hprse. Below us was an al most circular valley about half a mile across , and in this valley the herd had come to a halt. It boomed that the pres ence of our horse had aroused the ire of the sorrel leader of the herd , and that the question of championship had come Up to bo settled at snco. The two stal lions were between us and the herd , and were already skirmishing. Every one of the horses had his head toward the pair , and was an interested spectator. At any other time our presence would have put them to Qight , but under the circumstances they gave us no attention. Now occurred a combat the like of which few men have over witnessed. The horses wore pretty evenly matched for size. Our champion had an advan tage in being bhod , but to offset this the sorrel was the t quicker. Their move ments showed the broad disparity be tween wild and domestic life. Our horse was ugile and smart , as the terms go , but the sorrel had the suppleness of u panther. As boxers feint for nn opening ingso these horses skirmished for an advantage. They approached until their nose's almost mot , and then reared up with shrill neighs , struck at each other , a id then came down to wheel and kick. The iron shoes of our horse hit nothing but air , but we heard the doable thud of the sorrel's hind feet as he sent them homo. They ran off to wheel and come together again and re peat the same tactics , and again our horse got the worst of it. He was a headstrong , high-btrung beast * and his temper was now up. When he wheeled the third time ho came back with a rush , screaming out in his anger. The sorrel turned end for end like a Hash to use his heels , but our champion dodged the kicks and seized hjirr by the shoul der with his teeth. There was a terrific struggle before the hold was broken , and then they backed into each other and kicked with all fury for a few.sec- onds. Every hoof hit something solid , but the iron shoes of our horse scored a point in his favor. When they sep arated wo could sec that the barrel had been badly used , especially about the legs.When When the horses wheeled for the third time , both were bent on mischief. As they came together they reared up like dogs and struck at each other , and for five minutes they wore scarcely off their hind feet. Some hard blows were exchanged and our horse had the bent of the round. Indeed when the barrel wheeled and ran away he had his head down and ho seemed to acknowledge de feat. Ho ran off about twenty rods before - fore wheeling , and as ho stood for a moment I looked at him through a field glass which one of the men handed mo. llib ears lay flat , his eyes looked blood shot and there was bloody foam on his lips. He- had been severely handled , but was by no means defeated. Indeed , ho had run away for the moment to adopt now tactics. When ho moved up again he was the picture of ferocity. Ho oame up at full speed , reared and struck right and loft and the second blow knocked our horse flat on the ground. It was n knock out blow. The victor stood ovor.him for a moment watching U > r a movement , but as none was made ho joined the h'erd and wen toft att gallop. Our horse had three bad bites about the shoulders and hisJegs were skinned in a'do/.en places and it was a week before ho eot.hls spirit back ; ' , , . , ' Two or throe Ulrica during the next ten' days I saw lone wild horses , and one ol the old hunters with Us was asked lor an explanation. 3 Ho. said they were " 'rogues'1 ' stallldiH I which had been driven from the horJ 'in disgrace and that they w sre'uKvftJrs considered ugly and dnnirerous. lle.lnd | known of their attacking a siiigle horseman , but the presence of a Iftrgc party like ours would of. course frightenhtm off. Two days after this explanation we wore sjtrung out for tlircd1 miles along the river , on the march luiil survey. Some thing was lost by , an/jfflcor , and one of Iho troopers wos/ ont back to recover it. Ten minutes ItiUir thu article supposed. to bo lost was found In one of the ambu lances , and I WOH'WJIU liock to notify the trooper , lie had gnlloped back to camp , a distance of two ingles , and was search ing around on foot when I arrived in sight. I was about to lire a shot to at tract his attention , when from the cottonwood grove beyond the camp n horse came charging out. He was n "rogue , "and bent on mischief. The soldier's horse was grazing , and the sbl- dier hud his eyes on the ground , and I was so astonished by the sudden charge of the rogue that I made no move to stop him or to warn the trooper. In deed , a warning could have hardly reached him in time. His back wita to the npprouching horxo. and the rogue cel/etl him in his teeth by a hold be tween the shoulders and dragged him twenty rods before Hinging him to one side. Then he started ( or the cav alry horse , which stood with head up facing him and I got my revolver out and spurred forward. I was yet a quarter of a mile away when the rogue reached his second vic tim. Ho ran at full speed , with cars back and lips parted to show his teeth , and the sight was too much for the do mestic animal. He was on the point of turning to fly when the other collided with him. It was as if a locomotive had struck him. He went down into a heap and rolled over and over four or five times before he brought up , while thb rogue took a halt circle to bear down upon the trooper ngaini The man Was on his feet and limping of ; but he would have been a goner hud I been further away. 1 rode ucntes the rogue's path and opened fire on him , and after blink ing Ins bead in tin ugly way ho gal loped into the grove and disappeared. The trooper's1 horse did not seem tohavo Bullo red any by the shock , but soon after noon lay down and died. The man was actually crying when I rode up to him , although hp had taken a hand in several Indian lights and was reputed a brave fellow. The danger had come upon him so suddenly us to overcome his nerves. The horse's teeth had not broken the .skin 'through ' his thick clothing and 4ic did not have a bruUe to show , but btich was the sudden shock that he was on the sick list for two weeks. We were within two days' ride of the Bonitu , and had been in camp two or three days when one of the hunters rode in juot before dark with some- game and announced that a herd Of at least 1,600 wild hoisce ; were grazing about three nilleifto the cast of us. This was on the'1 opposite side of the Pecos , which just here bproad out over a rocky ledge , 'rind was 200 foot wide and about a foot deep. Below our camp was an old grove with many dead trees in it. It was there wo got our wood. In nit other directions . the ground wasapcfa. We had about twelve tents in camp , /aside / from the wagons and ambulances.The best feeding ground was on r the west of the camp , and all the animals were staked out there. Outside of the bunch of tuii mats was a guard of soldiers , and two more wore between the animals and the wagons. There was no danger appre hended from' the Indians , and the guard was set to keep prowling wolves out of camp and to assist any horse which might get tangled in his lariat. It had been a hot day , with "thunder heads" showing iu the sky , but when the sun went down the bky was perfectly clear and all signs pointed to a quiet night. It was midnight , when , the sharpest flash of lightning I ever saw , followed by such a crash of thunder as made the earth groan r tumbled every sleeper in camp out of his blankets. I say the sharpest flath I ever saw , for I was awake in time to bee mobt of it. It was so fierce that it seemed to burn our eye lids. I was hardly on my feet before there came another fltish , followed by another roar. I knew it was troing to rain great guns , and I jumped into trousers and boots and grabbed up the rest of my clothes and made for a wagon only a few feet away. The two wagons were close to each other , but the for ward ends pulled away bo that the ve hicles formed a V. While the space between the off hind wheel of one and the nigh hind wheel of the other was not over a foot , the space between the tongues was six or eight. The sky wns black us I rushed out Of the tent , and all the camp fires hud burned low. I flung itiy clothes into one of the wagons , and then hurried back and got my weapons some other articles , and during this time the heavens seemed aflame and the earth fairly rocked. Men were shouting , horses neighing , and the din was awful , but as I reached the wagon the second time there curaoa sound to drown all others. It was a steady roar like the rush of great waves , and it grow louder all the time. I could not understand it for two or three min utes. The noise came from the west , and I stood upon the wagon so that could" overlook the tents. A flash of lightning was followed by a moment of pitch darkness , and then came a long , tremulous flush , lasting throe or four seconds. By its light I caught sight of the herd of wild horses bearing down upon us in a mad mob , and just as the lightning ceased they entered the stream. The splash of the waters had the sound of breakers , and though I shouted a warning at the top of my Voice no one could have heard me twenty feet away. Next morning that terror-stricken herd was in camp , while the clouds opened and the ruin came down in torrents. I scrambled back into the wagon , and what I saw during the next ton minutes can never bo forgotten. The frightened horses leaped , over the tents , or ran against them , fell over guy ropes , bumped against tlio wagons , and made clean leaps ever the ambulances , and all the time each ono'kept up a wild neigh ing. I heard 6ur own animals plunging and rearing and' ' neighing , but knew that wo were h9lplcss to prevent a stampede. , As the first of our herd got through our camp to the wagous , two of them entered the V-'shupcu space and others kept them crowded in there. But light ning was flashing and the thunder roar ing again , and the poor beasts wore ap palled ut thq Bituation. There were four or five lassoes and a dozen spare lariats in my wagon , and when I saw that the entrapped horses were making no movement to get out I picked up a noosed rope , lifted thu side cover of the wagon , and had the noose ovnr the head of one in threo.seconds. Thoono behind him tried to turn when I sought to noose him , but hit his heels against something and twisted back toward mo until my hand touched his nose and' I slippcd-tho noose over. Then I made the other ends fast , got out the 'and , standing on the front of the wagon I noosed throa horses Inside of live minutes. .It wns no trick atallfoVtho wore pressed righfup to the wagon by. the weight , of those behind , and 'the .awful war.of . the elements tamed them. -The herd was 'ten miiiutea working through the camp j aud M they oleurtd. thcv took awoV every horse and mule thai wo had. Every tent wns prostrated , much of our provisions and-ammunitlon destroyed , and ono ambulancn smashed to pieces. Ono man wns killed and thrra wore injured by the rush' of horses. As an offset a waggoner had lasiwd two. I had five , ana two more , had hobbled themselves with tent/ropes. / In the coursq of a day we got all our an imals buck but one old nuilo , and man aged to repair datuugcs. Our captives were the finest wild hor. cs over been on the plains. Mv lot included three stnl- liona , and I sold one of them right there with the tioo o around his neck for $ 'JOO. The others I kept until our return to Texas , taming them u little every day , andthen ! $1,000for the four. The span stallions wont to St. Louis after a bit , and ono of them proved himself the fastest trotter of that decade. Cowl > oyn Not Oooii Horsemen. St. Louis Post-Dispatch ; Ono Mr. Gosnold , a Texan , was recently asked about cowboys as jockeys , and remarked that they understood about mounts and keeping horses in con dition than anyone alive. Accustomed to having iv superabundance of horses , they never undertake either to train or spare them , and would break down the best horse in America in a week. Al though their horses are small , n saddle weighing from thirty to fifty pounds is used , the most of this weight being use less leather. When one bears in mind the old racing saying that the weight of a stable key will win or lose a race , the absurdity of this style of saddle is ap- paYflnt. During the war the value of Texons ns cavalrymen was well proven. They Dwcro greatly relied upon and much dreaded , but when they came before the enemy after a mnrch of 200 or 300 miles not one horse in five wns in servicable condition , and the entire force was were than useless. Then they thought that they knew everything : ibout riding , and refused to receivo.in- tructions , it being impossible to make them into its' good cavalrymen as the rawest recruit beenmo after a few months'training. . It was practically impossible for a horse to throw them , but outside of this they were and ave the most destructive and worst riders in the world. "As to their shooting , " continued Mr. Cfosnold , "because every man uned to carry a revolver and was ready touo it , people supposed .they wcrclllino shots. One thing they did understand , and that was quick shooting , but as to any accuracy , not one in a hundred possessed it. Pistol combats in Texas wore nearly alwayu of the shoulder to shoulder kind , where speed was of far more importance than aim , and a Texan could Urea great number of shots in a given time. But when it came to fine marksmanship , they wore nowhere , and In an eastern shooting 'gallery would not begin to bo able to hold their own. As rifleshots they are even worse , and could not hold any position ? it all at Crcedmoor or any regular rifle range. " Lcland hotel , Chicago. Kentucky's Burning Hill. Louisville Courier-Journal : Six miles west of Somerset , Ky. , on Clifty creek , n hill hua been bunting- since last Au gust. On the east bank of the creek , and extending fifty foot up a steep rocky bank and for .about forty-five feet up down the buhk the crook , there is rag ing a mysterious subterranean firefrom which volumes of smoke continuously roll and give forth an odor similar to that made by burning sulpher. The timber which stood upon the strip of ground whence the smoke now issues has been entirely burned up , no limb or stump or even any charred remains , to show where once stood huge spruce trees. This is not the first time that the hill hits been on tire. About four years ago the owner of the land , Mr. John W. Hall , was burning some brush near the place when the leaves caught lire and set fire to the underbrush at this spot. Mr. Hall was very much surprised to notice that the fir * , burned for several weeks , and making an examination found that the fire was beneath the ground. The fire continued to burn from early spring until it was extin guished by the heavy knows of the fol lowing winter , killing all the growth of spruce pine , with which the hill was covered. In ' August , 1887 , Mr. Hall concluded to burn the drift out of the creak at the east bank , whore great piles had been car ried' by the high waters , and was likely to turn the course of the stream upon his field on the opposite side , and during the drought , the channel of the creek .boing dry at that place , Mr. Hall applied the torch to the driftwood. ' The lire soon caught in dry leoves and ore long the smell ot sulphur showed that the subtarranean fires had been rekindled ; the trees which had been killed and dried by the former fire caught and burned until not a trace of them is now left. A recent visit to the place disclosed the fact that the leaves of woods and the rockb near by are covered , or rather glazed , with a yellow coating. A match applied to a leaf caused it to burn with rather a light blue blaze ; the yellow coating molted and ran like melting lard or tallow. The surface of the earth is very warm , and at places so hot that one can not stand upon it with either comfort or safety , although the fire is at no plnco visible. A small stick inserted in a fissure caught fire. The space from which the smoke issues begins a few feet from the edge of the water and ex tends upwards for something less than twenty yards , ending at the-base of a bluff of hard , flinty rock , which ex tends upward many feet above it. From the base of this precipice to the creek there extends all the way up and down the creek , on both sides of the fire , a stratum of slate rock about twenty-five or thirty feet in thickness , which is loose and shelly whore the bmoke and hent arise. What the fire is and how it burns so long has been the wonder of the people in this vicinity for some time. People have visited it from various places , but no ono has yet been able to explain to everybody's satisfaction exactly what is burning. Some say coal , others natural gas ; some think it is oil , while some think the slate contains suflicicnt car bon to keep the fire alive for this length of time. r. U. IMI.MIR. X. P. IIICIIMA.S. J , B. BLANCH A III ) PALMER. RICHMAN * CO. , Live Stock Commission Merchants. Office-Hoom 34 , Opposite Kichange lliillcllng , Union block Yards , South Omaha. Neb , MoCOY BROS. . Live Stock Commission Merchants , Market furnished free on application. Htotkori and feeders furnished on good tunns. lle'erences1 Oiua * ha National Bunk nn < T Smith Oinabu National , Ui.Um mock Y..rds , rtoutb Omaha. LORfMER.WESTERFIELD as MALEY Live Stock .Commission. lloom li , Eicbange Building. Union -Slock Yards , South Otuatm , Nut , . ALEXANDER A FITCH. Commision'Dealers.in. Live Sock , , Oppoilto Kichaoga HulTdlng. Union Stock. Yardi.huulb Oman * . Nib. . UNION STOCK YARDS CO. . ' ' . v Of Omaha , Limited. ' , ; ; . ' 0 CHUREHfLU PAPKKW . "I - - i CarrlMt * nil Uoitfu. Jon Rtnrt.betweenttband Knii , Omaha , NtbtaOa. _ LININGER & METtMLF CO. . Agricultural Implements.Wapiis.Carriaies . . . Ktc.Vtole al . Omaha , Kebraika. PARLIN. ORENDORF A MARTIN , . WholeMlg Dealer * In "I ' ' roi.BB.W6 and tWJonri Street , Omaha. P. P. MAST & CO. , s Manufacturers of Bnckeye Drills , Seeders , Cultlratora. liar Ilakei. Cldtr Mllli ami I.iilmn Pul- \erlipr * . Cor. 11th and NkhulM MrcpU. WINONA IMPLEMENT CO. , -WholeMle- AEricultural Implements , Waps&Bii ics ( Yrncr Utb anJ Mclnl > flroeH. OMAHAHIIANCH. J.F. SEIBERLINd i CO. . ( Akron , Ohio , ) Harresting Machinery and Binder Twine , W. K. Mead , ManuKor. I'll l avenwortn H. , Unmha MOLINEJVilLBURNckSTODDARD Co Manufacturer ! and Jobber ! In Vaps Buggies , Rakes , Flows Etc , Cor. Oth ami Pacific Hlreoln. Omaha. Neb. . " - A"HOSPE , Jr. , Artists' ' Materials , Pianos and Organs , J513 IKiuiitas Street , Omaha. Ncbraika. Boots and wT. MORSE & co ; , Jobbers of Boots and Shoes , till Fnrnam St. , Otriahn , Neb. Manufactory , Smmmor Vtrect , llotton. KIRKENDALL. JONES A CO. , ( Bucce ( or to Hc d , Jmii > A Co. ) Wholesale Manufacturers of Boots and Shoes AceuUfor llottort Hubbef Shoe Co. 1KB , 110411(10 ( . lliirnty S1..0inan , Noliraakn. _ Booktollor * and Stationer * ; . H. M , * 'S. W. JONES , uoceiion lo A. T. Kcnjron & \\holcpalo & lictall Booksellers and Stationers , Fine Wedding CUMIonerj. Commercial Stationery. iKlM Street. Omana. Neb. , itc. CLARKE COFFEE"CO Omaha Coffee and Spice Mills. Teas , Coffees , Spices , Baking Powder. Flavoring Kxlrncts , Laundrr Blue. Inks , Ktc. lill- Hlllllarntr btrcuti Omaha , Nebraska. Crockery o n d CI a s B wa re " ' ' ' w < V.'WRIGHT' Agent for the Mimuf actnrori ami Importers of Crockery , Glassware , Lainns , Chimneys , Ktc. Office. SII8. Uth St. , OnmUa. Nubratka. PERKINS. CATCH & LAUMAN , Importer * inilJoubi | > rk of Crockery , Glassware , Lamps , Silverware , Ktc 14-l.Mfi FuriKim St. , Now 1'iiitnn DutldliiK. Commission and Storage- D."A. "HURLEY. Commission and Jobbing , Duller , Vgils end 1'roducp. ConalpnmouM solicited. Headquarters for btuncwarc , Kerry Hoei and Urapc llaBkctt. 1411 lo < 1tu bt. , Omaha. RIDDELL & RIDDELL. Storage and Commission Merchants , Specialties-Duller , Kgta , Chccfo , Poultry. ( Jamc , OyKters , Ktc. , Klc. Hi South Uth : WIEDEMAN & CO. , Produce. Commission. Merchants , Poultry , llutter. Game , Fruit * , Ktc. 220 Bouth 14th St. . Oinaha , Nebraska. GEO. SCHROEDER & CO. . ( Successor * to McShano & Fchrocder. ) Produce Commission and Cold Storage , Omahn , Nebraska. EMMAL & FAIRBRASS , Wholcnalo Flour , Feed , Grain and General Commission . Corrpipnndenco gollrltcd , 101 ! North intlt Hrccl , Oinnlia , Neb > JPoaj jgoko _ * 6 MAHA COAL , CokE & LIMECo7 Jobbers of Hard and Soft Coal , 21X1 South llth Street , Oninlin , Nebraska. J , J. JOHNSON & CO. , Manufacturers of Illinois White Lime , Andnhlnnern of Coal , Coke , Omcnt , 1'lnttcr. l.lme Drain Tllo , and bcwcr 1'lpe. onice , raxtoli Hotel , iarnnm St. , Omuha , Neb. TeloiilujnoBll. NEBRASKA FUEL CO. , Shippers of Coal and Cote , 211 Hnulh l..lh M. . Omaha , Neb. M. E SMITH 4 CO. , Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods and Notions , 1103 and 1104 Douglas , Cor. llth St. , Omaha. Neb. KILPATRICK-KOGH DRY GOODS Co Importers andJobbersinDry.GoodsNotions , Genta' Furnishing Goods. Corner lltn and HaJnej Ms. , Omaha. Nebraska. 4 STONE , Wholesale Dealers in Furniture , Farnam Street. Omaha. Nebraska. Croc > rles. PAXTON , Wholesale Groceries and Provisions , ros. 707.703 and Til B. 10th St. , Omaha , Neb. McCORD , BRADY 4 CO. , Wholesale Grocers , 12th and I-cavenworth Streets , Omaha , Nebraska. D. M. STEELE & CO. , Wholesale Grocers , 1S1J. lil and 122 ] Harner Street , Omalia , Neb. ALLEN BROS. , Wholesale Grocers , 1114 and 1116 llarney Street. Omalia. Neb. Hardware. LEE , FRIED & CO. , Joooers of Hardware and .Hails , Tinware , Sheet Iron , Ktc. Agents for Howe Scales and Miami 1'owder Co , Omaha , Nob. HIMEBAUGH 4 TAYLOR , Builders' ' Hardware and Scale Repair Shop Mechanics' Tools and Buffalo Hcalrs. 1 OS Douglai Htreet , Omaha , Nebraa. RECTOR , WILHELMY & CO. , Wholesale Hardware , 10th and Harner Ms . Omaha. Neb. Western Agenti tor Austin roniUrCo. . . . . JutTenon . . Hteel Nails , V l.hur.ba W.Bh.lBV.I UnulAa . ' MARKS BROS. SADDLERY CO. , Wliolcinle Maniirnctururs of Saddlery & Jobbers of Sad'llery ' Hardware And Leather. 1,01 , Ilia nnd 1IUT Hnrner bt.Omaht , Nebraska. Hardware. W. J. BROATCH , Heavy Hardware , Iron and Steel , Springs , Wagon Stuck , Hardware. Lumber , lite. sma nil llartiur Street. Omaha/ JAMES A. EDNEY. Wholesale Iron'and Steel , Wagon and Carriage Wood Stock. Ilcaty Hardware . Ktc. Kit ana mjl.a enitortbbl .OnrauaNeb. w. . P/RROTTE. * co. , Wholesale IHats , Caps and Straw Goods , .lWiIUrntitii l.tt.uabaM b. OMAHA LUMBER CO. , All Kinds of Building Material at Wholesale ' 1SU Street and Union Pacific Track. Omaha. . LOUIS BRADFORD. Dealer in Lumber , Lath , Lime , Sash , * ' Doors , Ktc. Yards-Corner 7th and Douglas ) Cornil j Vth and Douglas. K C. N , DIETZ , * Dealer in All Kinds of Lumber , ' - 13th and California Streets , Omaha Nebraska. FRED W. Lumber Lime Cement Etc Etc , , , , , , Corner Mb. and Douglas Sti. . Omaha. T.W. HARVEY LUMBER CO. , * To Dealers Only , ' t $ Office , 1401 Farnam Street , Omaha. * * JOHN A. WAKEFIELD. Wholesale Lumber , Etc , Qulncr Whllu l.lme. CHAS. R. LEE , Dealer in Hardwood Lnmber , Wood Carpets and Parquet flooring. Wh and Douglai _ ) > / > nj PAXTON f VIERLINO , Wrought and Cast Iron Building Work , Knglnen , llrsn Work , General Foundrr. Machine and Jllackimlth Work. OBlro Hhd Wurki , U , 1' , ill. ami 17th Street , Umnlia. OMAHA WIRE & IRON WORKS. Mannfaclnrers of Wire and Iron Railings- Ueik Itiilli. Window Guard * . Klower fUnniK Wlr * ' , eitins. Etc. m North ictli ritreet , Oraalia. OMAHA SAFE and IRON WORKS , ' lan'frs ' of Fire SBtirglar Proof Safes- Vault * , Jail Work , Iron an I Wlru Kourlnii , Blue * . Uto. O. Andruen , 1'rOp'r Cor. lull and Jaikton 8ts. CHAMPION IRON and WIRE WORKS Iron and Wire Fences , Railings , Boards , d Ken-ens , for bunk * , olUrtii , More * . loUlcnn'a , Ota ImproTed Awnlnfti , I < ock mlth Machinery iwd lllackiDiltliWorlu. Utl houth HtU M. ' IMEAOHER & LEACH. Fire and Burglar Proof Safes , Time lock ' ( icneral Agtnt for DlebnMHsfo AtxjckCo.'i Taulla and Jail Work , HIS Karuam Htrcot , Omaha. lilllnory and Motions. " " " . OBERFE LD"ER""CO. , Importers & Joboers in Millinery & Miens an , 510 and 314 South 1 ItU btruet. .Notions. j. T. ROBINSON NOTION co. , Wholesale Notions and Furnishing Goods 403 and < 058tuth 10th St. , Omaha. ' VINYARP i SCHNEIDER , . . Notions md Gent's ' Furnishing Goods , 1106 Hartley Street , Omalia , ' . CONSOLIDATED TANK LINE CO. , Wholsale Refined and Lubricating Oils , . Axle Orcasc , Etc. , Omaha. A. 1C. Illshop , MnnagSr , Paper. CARPENTER PAPER CO. ; . ' , Wholesale Paoer Dealers , ' ' Cijrrr a nice > tock of Printing.Vrnpplui and Writing l'ar. Bi > < cl l attention given to car load order * . WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION , . Auxiliary Publishers , Dealer.In Rubber Goods- OMAHA RUBBER CO. , . . ' Kannfactorers and Dealersin Rubber Goods 911 Clothing and Leather Bolting ; 1UH Karaaui BUf W _ JStojarnFJIttlng8j Pump Etc. A. L. STRANG CO. , ' Pumps , Pipes and Engines , ; . - CHUHCHILL PUMP CO. , Wholesale Pumps , Pipe , Fittings , U. S. WIND ENGINE A PUMP CO , , Steam and Water SflDDlies , . ; v ' " St. , Omaha. BROWNELL St CO. . Engines , Boilers and General-Machinerr , ' . A Bheetlron Ufiftfigft ; . * ) < i Soeds. . ' ' . . . PHIL. STIMMEL4CO. , Wholesale Farm , Field and Garden Seeds Sll and U13Jones Mtrvet. Omaha. . Storage , Forwarding A Commission ARMSTRONG , PETTIS & CO. , Storage , Forwarding and Commission , Branch hoiiro of the Ilerraey IlungT Co. Buggies at wbolesahi and retnll , 1 H HlOand 1112 Uard Street. Ouiaba. Telephone No.'W. OMAHA MANDFACT1MRS.1 Cornice. EAGLE CORNICE WORKS , Manufacture Galvanized Iron and Cornice. John Kpeneter. I'roprletor. U20 Dodge and 1U1 and Utf North110th Street , Omaha , . . Brewers. STCJRZilLER , Lager Beer Brewers , 1121 North Ulgthtoonth Struct , Omaha , Neb. Overalls. _ _ fr " - CANVfELD MANUFACTURING "CO. . Manufacturers of Oyeralls , Jeans Paula , Shirts , Ktc. IllCnnd 1104 l > ougIs , Streets Omaha , M b. Sash , Doors , Etc. M. A. DISBROV/ . CO. , Wholesale Manufacturers of Sash , Doors. Blinds and Mouldings , Branch Office , Kth and Itard Streets. Omaha. .Neb. BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. Manufacturers of Sash , Doors , Blinds. Moulding" . Stair Work and Interior Hani Wool Kw " , lilt. N.K. Corner eth and IxiaTcuwortb Btre ls , > ] Omaha , iji't ) . * ' OMAHA PLANING MILL CO. . ' i Manafacturers.of Moulding , Sash , Doors , And Blinds. Turning , fitmlr-work. Hank and"Offlo. ni. 1 tings.'VJtU and ) 'wvpl ton Arenue. . ; - \ Smoke tttaoks. Boilers , Eto. " " "H. K. SAWYER , Manufacturing Dealer in'Smote Stack ! . BrttcbtBgs , Tanks and general BulltrMepatita . . IMft