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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : -MONDAY , MARCH 20 , 1888.
SOME SCENES IN LEADViLLE ,
ImproBslons of n Now Yorker to
Whom a Western Trip IB Now.
A THRIFTY AND LIVELY CITY.
Gambling Houses , Dance Ilonscs and
Variety Theaters In Ijcmlvlllc
Tlio Bert of People Who
Gamble Morals.
A correspondent of the Now York Sun
writing from Lendvillo says : The
Lcndvlllo people sriy 18,000 IB the popu
lation of their town ; it looked to mo
nbout 16,000 , hut there nro lots of folks
nround in the mountains and may bo
18,000 is nil right. The plnco looks
thrifty find enterprising and ns if it had
como to stay , though the prcnt number
of little one-story houses scorned to indi
cate I may read this sign wrong that
many of the people had expended in
houses just as little money as they could ,
EO as to bo able to got out with as small
loss as possible if the thing should col
lapse , I don't know anything
about mining , but many of the
mines around Londvillo are well
known and said to bo profitable while
it is equally true that some well-
known mines have stopped producing
because they are supposed to bo played
out or arc in litigation , or Irom other
causes. But they toll mo that they
haven't ' begun to exhaust the mount
ains , and I am rather inclined to credit
this statement , for the mountains are
very largo. Some of the newer dwell
ings nro larger , two-story houses ; some
of the stores are big enough for any
town and carry big stocks. The newer
business buildings are built a story or
two higher , ns though the owners ex
pected that property would bo worth
something , and it is. There are plenty
of schools and churchesund the general
air of the town is driving and healthy
and permanent.
The original main street of the city
has been supplanted by another avenue
running at right angle to the first main
street. This was inevitable , for the
now main street is seemingly just where
it ought to beaccording to the conform
ation of the ground on which the city
stands. In the old main street the stores ,
all wooden buildings and some of them
largo , are chiefly occupied for various
business purposcsbut the new principal
street is the unquestioned main street
of the city. On it are the banks , the
post o111ce , the big stores and the prin
cipal gambling houses. It is the main
street of the city , just as Broadway is
the main street In Now York. The
smaller gambling houses , and the va
riety theatres , and the houses of the
French women line more or less of a
block or two of a cross street near one
end of the business part of the main
street.
Down one street I saw a big square
brick building , the sign of civilization ,
a school house. It was the recess hour ,
and the boys wore sliding down hill , a
jolly , healthy , wholesome lot , just like
everybody's boys. There must bo homes
whore .these boys live. More log houses
than you have seen before ; most of
them the houses of original proprietors
or dwellers , and now placed on the
btreot lines. There are in the city two
pretty little houses , slabbed upon the
side in patterns as pretty ns slabs can
ho made to take , successively occupied
by a prosperous minor , who now lives in
a' larger framed house. Horses are
plenty in the streets , more blankets
strapped to saddles , more saddles with
double clinches. The men who ride the
horses , and everybody else in the town ,
including the childronj civil and polite.
Not so ? many broad-brimmed hats , for
hero more of the men work under
ground , whore it is not necessary to bo
BnoltorcU from the sun and wind. All
wooden sidewalks , with steps at the
grades and , when necessary , at the
crossings. Some of the planfc wallts-on
the main street are two feet or moro
above the gutter ; made to accommodate
the store fines rather than the street
grade. Ladies in the streets shopping
look just as they do everywhere. The
business men looking just like other
men , but moro men wearing caps , and
moro minors. To the north on the hills ,
the shaft houses and buildings and
smokestacks of the mines.
I had a letter teA
A 3IINING bUrniUNTENDENT
and 1 went to his house. Not a
big house , but the instant you passed
the threshold you wore in the air of a
homo. Daintiness , refinement , and
comfort everywhere. The superintend
ent is a young man , tall , broad-shoul
dered , doop-chcsted , sturdy-logged ,
erect , graceful , self-reliant , cultivated ,
and polite. His trousers wore tucked
in his boots , for ho goes back and forth
between two mines on horseback. Ho
would bo quite equally at homo in even
ing dross or in corduroy , and the people
ho might moot in cither garb would like
him equally well. Ho said ho would bo
at the mine I wanted to see at such a ,
time , and at exactly that minute by the
engine room clock ho walked in. Wo
put on miners' clothing and went down t
the shaft and through the mines. I was i
never in a mine before , but there seem
ed to bo hero plenty of room , plenty of [
air , too much air , perhaps , and the ore
Bocmod satisfactory to the superintend
ent , some of it very much bo. Every
man whom ho had occasion to address
ho addressed civilly and gently ; and 1
every man that spoke to the superin
tendent addressed mm politely , and ev
idently took pleasure in daing BO. The
minors wore notably intelligent , good-
looking men , and evidently everybody
did a square day's work.
In the evening at the hotel I mot a
gentleman who mistook mo for a man
ho know. Tills was a calm , oven-voiced ,
polite'gontlom , who , in the course of
further conversation , said solely as a
matter of courteous information for mo
and without a shadow of ulterior pur
pose , that ho was in the gambling busi
ness. Ho had lived in cities from Bos
ton to San Francisco , and ho was posted
on the towns and the newspapers and
their editors , and ho know borne news
paper men that I know.
Gambling is carried on hero just as
openly as the sale of dry goods or gro
ceries is in New York , It is easier to
got into a gambling house in Londvillo
than it is into a grocery story in Now \
York in winter , for there is no latch on
the gambling house door. Neither is
their any loclc on the doors of the prin
cipal houses , There is no hardware on
the doors except the hinges , and these
swing both ways. The outer doors are
all double , usually on a level with the
sidewalk , and none of them moro than
one stop up. You just push the door
open and go in , and on somoof the doorG
hand high , the paint is worn off and
the wood worn smooth , so many hands
luiva touched them. The principal
lioubos never close. Sundays and holi -
days , day and night , they are always
open. The leading gambling house in
the city has stopped business only once
in six years , and then for two hours
they cousod pulling the cards out of tlic
dealing' boxes and btoppcd the roulette
wheels , while the town burled the men
who lost their lives in tUo HomestuU o
mine. But that was an event that en
grossed the whole town. The most ex
traordinary efforts had been made to
save the miners. The mayor of the
city had been conspicuous at the head
of the most gallant workers , and grate
ful citizens gave him a great gold badgO
bearing upon it an emblematic story of
the efforts made to save the men. The
whole city sorrowed for the dead and at
tended the funeral. Then the dealing
boxes were turned face up again.
All of the principal gambling houses
run three shifts of men for each game.
The after midnight early morning run
is called the grave yard shift , but why
that name should bo applied to these
nours moro than to any other group of
hours , is not quito clear.
You push open the door from the
street and enter a big barroom. Nearly
all of these barrooms have a row of
chairs along the wall opposite the bar ,
and these are generally occupied. The
gambling room is' usually directly back
of the barroom , and reached through a
broad opening without any door or cur
tain or any impediment whatever ,
though in one largo plnco you find a
cut partition , with the cut.out piece set
'back a little , like the approach to the
barrom from some fruit or cigar stores
in Now York. There arc still different
arrangements insomo placcsbut usually
you walk right straight into
THE QAMIILUjO IIOOM ,
and whatever the arrangement ,
they are all equally open and
public. The big houses run three faro
tables each , one roulette tablo.nnd some
of them two or three poker tableswhere
the bank sells and redeems chips for a
percentage , and deals the cards to the
players. Faro is the favorite game ,
though in some places keno has a pretty
strong grip. It happened that when I
was in Lcadvillo business was a little
slack. The pay days of the ? ninora and
railroad men and freighters wore
earlier in the month , and most of the
money that was to bo played had already
been banked. But in some of the
rooms there were men enough to
make you look' for the opening among
them before passing through. They
wore mostly minors with some railroad
men , and freighters and others.
Scarcely any clerKs or men in like oc
cupations at the times when the rooms
were visited by me , and business men
who play , play in the upstairs rooms.
In the big public rooms the white chock
is ten cents each , so that men of limited
means can pk .y. The miners earn not
less than $3 a uay , for all kinds of labor
brings good wages hero. I asked a
gambler if the kind of men I saw in the
mine I visited gambled , and ho was in
clined to the belief that they did. The
stranger ranges about , exciting no sort
of attention from the minors or the
other men there , for the most of them
deal every day with nature and a big
force that give to nearly all of them a
sort of broad gungo sense , and to some
of them a touch of maybe half unknown
to themselves superiority that makes
them not , perhaps superior to but very
civily indifferent to the ordinary
stranger. The dealer or the lookcrout
may glance up for an instant , but that
is all ; the stranger at once feels that ho
is but an atom in the sea , and moreover
of all vices gambling is the most en
grossing.
Drinks are free to the players , but
they don't drink over much. In all the
gambling places I heard only one voice
that sounded like that of a drunken
man , and ho was in the barroom. The
cases are kept by a miner , maybe , who
keeps truck of the cards and plays at
the same time , with ostentation. The
men who gamble are big and little , but
mostly good-sized men , old and young ,
not boisterous , all intent on the game.
In fcoino of the houses not all of the
games are owned by one man or con
cern , but table privileges are rented.
Gamblers are paid for each bhift from
$0.40 to $10 per day , and each game pays
the city 825 a month. This Is nominul-
lv called a fine , but it is not. Gambling
is against the laws of the state of Col
orado , and there is no Lcadvillo ordi
nance which permits it , and this fine or
tribute , or whatever you may call it ,
could not bo collected of nny gambler
who should resist , but they are very
willing to pay the money to the city ofli-
cial who collects it. and are not molest
ed. Announcement of the lottery is
posted on the sidewalk , and probably
more than half the population of Lead-
villo gamble. I don't suppose that the
civil authorities of Leauvillo desire to
have gambling carried on in the city ;
probably if the money now spent in
gambling could bo kept in the city and
diverted to other channels they would
prefer to have the gambling stopped ;
but whore so many gamble it becomes
a somewhat dillicult problem to handle ,
and they generally end by letting them
gamble and looking to the future for rc-
Ifof. and occasionally setting the date
back a little further.
I dropped in to see my friend the
gambler , whom 1 had mot at the hotel ,
pull a few cards. In an interval in the
playing ho introduced mo to the looker-
out , a genial gentleman from Chicago
who , some twenty or thirty years ago
at the time of the excitement in the
south , served a few years in one of the
famous light batteries that wont out
from Chicago. Ho was a man of cheer
ful temperament , perhaps moro buoyam
in manner than his confrere the dealer
who inclined rather to sodatoncss ; bin
both were disposed to regard life , por.-
haps , not as a continuous picnic , but yet
us a period with moro fun than funeral
At night I wont to the up-stair rooms
of what is generally recognized as the
princiiml gambling establishment of the
city. These rooms are up one fiight o
stairs which may bo reached througl
u door from a saloon below or by an
other door from the street , botu equally
easy to open. There are four or five
rooms reaching from the front of the
building to the rear , the floors al
covered with velvet carpets. The faro
table and the roulette table are in the
front room , and the tables and all thoii
appurtenances nro of the best materials
and workmanship , Then there are two
or three rooms whore a man may lounge
or smoke or drink or read or play curds
and in the rear room is an uprlgh
piano , All the walls and ceilings nro
tastefully decorated and the hangings
uro pretty and graceful. The tnblo
coverings are of brocade stuffs
with gold threads running througl
them. The chairs and lounges are coin
fortablo. On the walls there nro few
paintings , but they nro very good.
There are moro engravings and o tcl
ings. All good , and some of them ex
cellent. The outfit of these rooms was
very costly. The proprietor of the cs
tablishment is an alderman of the city
u culm , gonlnl , hospitable gentleman
who wears a line gold badge which wns
presented to him by his constituents
which was appropriately inscribed nn <
which carries on its front a largo am
very beautiful and perfect blue-white
eHn.noiid.
The checks up stairs nro of higho
price than these bolownnd iivointondcc
for men of largo moans. There was no
game on the night of my visit , but whoi
1 wont back there at 3 o'clock the nex
morning there , were in the rear parlor
eight or ten men , some of them visitor
from out of town and eomo residents o
Load vlllo , all grouped around the piano
' Two of the men wore good players , am
all hands could sing , and they did.
Hero is a variety theatre , drinking
bar at the entrance , and theatre beyond
Between the bar and the theatre are
1 seats and tables , TUg tUcatro in long
md not very wido. The one. gallery is
incd all around , from One side of the
tngo to the other , with Vdiat nro called
> rivuto boxes , maybe thirty or forty of
hem. These boxes all front flush with
IIQ face of the gallery , and the effect Is
\t first a little curious. On the stage
hey give the general run of variety
> orformnnccs , and ongngo people who
nako circuits. The scats on the floor
of the house were all full of men , drink-
ng , smoking and listening to the per-
ormanco. Some of the jokes were very
irorttl , but it didn't eccm to mo that
' , hey were likeil any bettor on that ac-
: ount. The proprietor of another largo
variety theatre told mo that ho had
lover permitted an improper word to
10 spoken on his stage , and ho had just
as many people in his plnco us there
were in the other. Women move about
and take orders for drinks , and perhaps
; hnt with the drinker and drink with
ilm. Some of the girls are proty and
some are not , just like the waiter girls
vo have scon in auy similar plnco. I
should say that the run of the women
enjoy their work just about as the ordi
nary run of men and women enjoy
whatever they may respectively have to
do , but their lives must bo shorter. You
may sit in a private box , if you wish ,
and bo waited on there , and pay thrco
or four times the regular price , and
hinlf thai you nro sec > ng life.
In the theatre that Is run on the great
North American plan of propriety in the
spoken word the proprietor is a tall ,
ongle-faccd , courteous man , who looks
abundantly able to enforce any
rule ho might see fit to make. The
same long horseshoe line of private
ooxca , the same crowd in the scats on
the floor , waitresses , with now and then
3no in the dostumoof a courtier or bomo-
thing like , but nowhere anything to
beat the waiter girl business as it wns
carried on in Now Yonk' some years
ago. The stage company hero
was a small troupe of bur-
losqucrs , by no means phenomenal
as actresses , but nil pretty. After the
part some 01 them trooped along the
corridors back of the long rows of pri
vate boxes. Wo encountered at the
head of the stairs leading from the up
stairs barroom to the ono below a very
round and pretty woman , in full tropi
cal costume , chaffing with an old man
of seventy , who was fanning his spark
of life. The old man's vitality was not
overpowering , but his nerves were
good. The young woman was blithe and
merry , but seemingly born , and cer
tainly existing now , without the slight
est sense of moral responsibility just
pocking what she could , anywhere ,
from the dust heap of life. And that is
about the size of it with all these who
come to the town to make money out of
the weaknesses of human nature , except
that of these who delve in
the dust heap , some go at
it deliberately with pick and
shovel , and don't care whobo arms or
legs they cut off. The men In the dupt
hchp know that they must keep out of
reach of the picks , or take the chances.
It is much the same everywhere , I sup
pose , for business is business the world
over , but In a place like this business is
moro conspicuous by I'cason of its pub
licity. But , with all this , life and prop
erty are safe in Leadvlllo. The more
orderly people of the community will
have it so"and among the others the
transfer of money is speedy , certain ,
and continuous enough to suit every
body. Of course the drunken man
would bo expected to look out for him
self hero as every\yhcro olsobut I should
infer , from d reading of three days' is
sues of the Horald-Domocrat , the enter
prising journal of the town , that crimes
of great violence are not more numerous
hero than in other western cities of the
same size.
m
A Reprieve For the Condemned.
Wretched men and women long con
demned to suffer the tortures of dyspep
sia , are filled .with now hopes after a
few doses of Hostotter's 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 , heartburn , sinking at the pit of
the stomach between meals , the ner
vous tremors and insomnia of which
chronic indigestion is the parent , disan-
pear with their hateful progenitor.
Most beneficent of stomachics ! who can
wonder that in so many instances it
awakens grateful eloquence in these
who , bcnelittcd by it , speak voluntarily
in its behalf. It requires a graphic pen
to describe the torments of dyspepsia ,
but in many testimonial received by the
proprietors of the Bitters , these are
portrayed with vivid truthfulness. Con
stipation , biliousnessmuscular debility ,
malarial fever , and rheumatism are re
lieved by it.
ANOTHER GEORGIA WONDER.
A Woman Who Does More Astounding
Tricks Than Did Lmln Hurst.
Very little idea of the mystery which
surrounds Mrs. Dixie Tarrott Haygood ,
who will start out on a tour over the
world , can bo obtained until she is seen
in her marvelous performances , says the
Savannah News. In electric tricks she
docs oven moro than Miss Hurst. Foi
instance , a person is blindfolded , An
article is hidden , and then she places
her hand lightly on the shoulder of the
blindfolded person , who goes without
knowing why directly to the bidder
article. Very recently this feature ol
her performance was given a very se
vere test. A pin was driven into the
wall ns high as the hand could reach. A
lady had been blindfolded , and was to
find what was hidden and the locality.
The instant Mrs. Haygood's hand was
placed upon the lady's shoulder she
walked direct to the wall and took the
pin from the wall.
The slate writing of Slado Is feeble
when compared with that of Mrs. Hay-
good. A small pencil is laid upon a
slate and the slate Is then placed where
seemingly writing could not bo done
under a wardrobe , for instance. Answers
swors to questions were made and every
time the answer wns satisfactory to the
uskor. She has received hundreds o
dollars in money and valuables by beirif ,
thus able to obtain from Fomowhero
proper answers to questions.
But she is adverse to this feature , am
will not show it on every occasion. She
does not know where the power comes
from , and offers no explanation.
In her early days , whim but a child
and before she had learned to write
she could cnuso messages to bo writtoi
on slates. Among the many instances
is this : Whenever the slate would bo
written on she would bo frightonec
and was of the opinion tha
it was done by some othei
person. Ono day BUO decided to
test it horoelf. She thought of a verso
in the bible , "God is love , " and placed
the slate where she know it could not bo
touched. When a sufficient time had
elapsed she examined the slate , and the
words "God is love , " were written there
in largo letters.
An Episcopal minister doubted her
ability to do such things , and resolvoi
to put her to a tost. Ho wrote a ques
tion on a piece of paper , tore off a
piece , and , rolling up the fragment
upon which the question was written
.placed and kept it in his mouth , The
other portion of the paper was placed
upon the table , and > frs. Haygoo'd was
called upon to give u reply. This was
done. The answer'was correct , the two
pieces of paper were compared , tine
the minister was EO confounded with tha
fact that he loft her house at oiice ,
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> y a great torchlighV parade in 1816 , In
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* - ' OVSH HALF A MILLION DIBTHIUUTED.
Louisiana State Lottery Company ,
Incorporated In lira , for 26 years , by the legislature
for educational and charitable purposes with a capi
tal < jf flUUO-lo ( ) which a reserve fund of over
| UUUUbas tiiico been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote Its franchise
was made a part of the present constitution adopted
December M , A. D. Ib7i ) ,
The only lottery ever voted on and endorsed by tha
people of any state ,
It never scales or postpones.
Its Grand Single Number Drawings take placa
monthly , and the Grand Quarterly Drawings regu
larly every three months ( March , Juno , Heptembcr
and December. )
A 81'I.KNDII ) 01'1'OllTUNITV TO WIN A TOIl
TUNIC. Fourth Graid | Drawing. Class D.ln Iho Acad
' 111'1 * ut'u Alir" J01
CAPITAL PRIZE , $150,000.
a Notice Tickets are Ten Collars Only.
Halves , $5 ; Filths , $2 ; Tenths , $1.
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.101 " " 100 . 10UI
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2li9 I'rixes , amounting to , . , . , . | M3UX
Application for rates to clubs should be made only
to thti ofllce of the company In New Orleans.
rur furtber Information write clearly , giving full
nddrets. llJSTAh NOTttti. eipress money orders , or
New VorkKicbangeln ordinary letter. Currency br
ejpreti ( at our expense ) addressed to
M. A. DAUPHIN.
w OW..AX. , LA.
Or M. A. DAUPHIN.
WABlll.N-QTO.V. P. &
Address Registered Letters t )
NEW OHLUANS NATIONAL BANK ,
_ NEW OHLKANS , LA.
PTAf17AT"R1l ? That the preicnco of ( Jen-
JVlliiMUdU 15 11 JV crals Beauregard and
Early , wbo are In cbargeof Ibe drawings , is a guar-
uritfu of absolute fairness and Integrity , that tbe
rbances are all equal , and that no ono can possibly
lilvlne what number will draw a 1'rlte.
BKMBMBBU tbat the payment of all prizes Is
aiuiuNTrxu iir ruuu SATHINAI. BANKS ur MOV
OHLCANH , and tbe tickets Vo signed by the preilaeut
ol an Institution whose chartered rights are rtcog-
nlted In th0hlgheit courts ; therutorti , Lcnara ottiur
'
SteekPiano
htrnwrkablofor powfrfgl.STOP * ;
iTictTc tpncTpfiablt'urHoh ilBrt dip
Folute durability. Of ) t firs' rtoninl ,
thn best guarantee of the excel-
fence of these Instruments.
WOODBRIDGEBROS ,
THE CAPITOL HOTEL
LINCOLN. , NEB.
The beet known anrt moit pcpoUr Itoltt In tba
slate. Loeslton central , appointment ! nnl-clm.
lUsdquarurs for commertlalmen and ll politic * !
.napubUo.Uher.nt . , .
J. W. Barnsdall , M. D
Hotnoeopathio Specialist ,
SURGEON
Gynaecologist and Obstetrician.
Telephone 070.
RAMOE BLOCK , - - OMAHA.
E.T.Allen , M. D. ,
Ilomccopntlitc Specialist ,
THROAT rim
tit AND NOSE , tAK
Spectacles Accurately Piescrlbed ,
EAMQ12 BL'K , , OMAHA
\Y. \ J. OAMUtAlTH ,
Surgeon and Physician ,
. W Corner Uth nnil Dougloi ) St. Offlc *
telephone , 405 ; Heslilenco tclcpliono , CCS.
E CHICAGO AND
Omaha ,
Council Biuffs
And Chicago ,
The only rood to take fnrDesMolncs , Mnrstmltoirn-
Cedar Hnnlds. Clinton , Dlxan , Cllicnco , Milwaukee
Rml nil points Hunt. To tlio people of Nebraska Colo-
redo , \ \ jonilni ; . Utab , Mutio. Nevada , Oregon , Waili-
luuton nnrt California , It oners superior advantages
not posnlblo by any other line.
AniotiK n few of tlio numerous points of superiority
enjoyed by the imtrons of tills rend between Omnlm
anil Clilcniin. nro Its two trains a il y of DAY
COACH Kb. which nro tbo finest that liumnn nrtnnd
. Itsl'ALACHSLKKl'lMl UARH
Ingenuity can create. ,
which nro models of comfort and elegance. Its 1'AH-
1.OII IMAWINO HOOM CAlli * . nnsurj ) i > ne < l by any ,
nnd Its widely celebrated I'AI.ATIAI. 1UN1NG CAUS ,
the equal of which cannot be found elsewhere. At
Council UJufTs. tlio trains of tlio Union 1'aclHc Kail-
way connect In union depot with those of the Chl-
rnito A Northwestern Hy. In ClilcaKO the trains of
this line make close connection vtltb these of all
other Kastcrn lines.
tor Detroit , Columbus , Indianapolis , Cincinnati.
Niagara Tails , Ituffalo. rttlsburgr , Toronto. Montreal ,
HoMon , New York. Philadelphia , Baltimore , Wasli-
Iniitou , and all points In tbo Knst. Ask tor tickets via
* U °
"NORTH-WESTERN"
If you wish the best accommodation. All ticket
atoms cell tickets via this lino.
u.iiiKJinrj1 , E. p. WII.SON ,
Ucn'l Manager. Uen'l 1'uss r Agent.
cnicAoo , ILLS.
W. N. 11A11COCK , Ocn'l. Westnrn Agent.
1) , E. KIMHAI.I. 'iickot Agent.
G. K. WKSf , City ra enger Agent.
1401 Farnam St. , Omaha , Neb.
THE-
OF THE
Chicago , Milwaukee & St , Paul R'y ' ,
_
The Dcst Itoutc from Oiuaba nnd Council
Blufft to
sa 1 r"l E C./\o 1
TWO TtlAlNS DAILY BETWEEN OMAHA AND
COUNCIL BLUFFS
Chicago , AND Milwaukee ,
St. Paul , Minneapolis , Cedar llapids ,
Hack Island , Frccport , Rockford ,
Clinton , Ihibuqtic , Daminort ,
Elgin , Madison , Jnncsville ,
BcloitYiiiuna , La Crosse ,
And all other Important points East , Northeast anil
Bouthcnst.
For through tickets call on the ticket ngcnt ct 1W1
ranmm street , In llarker lilock , or at Union 1'aclUo
I'ulh'nim Sleepers and the finest Dining Cars In tha
world nre run on thn main line of the Chicago , Mil
waukco & St. I'anl Hallway , and uvery attention Is
paid to passcngcra by courteous employes of tha
company.
H. Mll.I.KK , OcncrnJ Manager.
J. F. TUCKHIt , AsslntHnt General Manager.
A. V. U. OAltl'KNTKU , General 1'asscnger nnd
Giro. rullHAFFOItD , Assistant General 1'asacnger
nnd Ticket Aucnt. .
J.T. CI.AHK General Superintendent.
INACCUAIIITED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTRY Will
OBTAIN MUCH INFORMATION FROM AITUOY OF THIS MiP OF THE
CHICAGO , ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'Y
Ita main llnea and brancbei Include CHICAGO ,
PEOIUA. MOLDTE , BOCK ISLAND. DAVEN
PORT. DE3 MOnTEfl , COUNCIL BLUETS. HUB-
OATINE. KANSAS CITT. BT. JOSEPH. LEAV-
ENWonxn. ATomsoN , OEDAH RAPIDS ,
WATERLOO , MINNEAPOLIS , and BT. FAT7X *
and ecorea of Intermediate cities. Chplca of
rouUa to and from the Pacific Cowl. All trans
fers In Union depot * . Fast train * of Vine Day
Oouches , elegant Dining Car * , snagnlflcent Pull
man Palace Sleepers , and ( between Chicago. St.
Joseph , Atchloon and Kansas City ) Recllnlns
Chair Con , Beat * Free , to bolder * of through
flret-cla * ticket * .
Chlongo , Kansas A Nebraska R'y
"Great Rock liland Route. "
Extend * Weat and Southwest from Sanaa * City
and Bt. Joseph to NEJLSON. HOUTOK , . BELI/E-
VTT.T.K. TOPEKA. HEHINOXON , WICHITA ,
OTJTCHINBON. CALDWELI * and all point * in
KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
andboyond. Entire passenger equipment of the
celebrated Pujlman manufacture. All safety ap
pliances and modern improvements ,
The Famous Albert Loa Route
I * the favorite between Chicago , Bock Island ,
Atchlson , Konsaa City and Minneapolis and Bt.
Paul. It * Watertown branch travereos the great
"WHEAT AND DAIRY BELT"
of Northern Iowa , Southwestern Minnesota , and
East Control Dakota to Watertown , Spirit take ,
Oloux Folia and many other town * and cities.
The Short Line via Beneca and Kankakee offer *
superior facilities to travel to and from Indian
apolis , Cincinnati and other Southern point * .
For Ticket * . Maps , Wilder * , or desired informa
tion , apply at any Coupon Ticket Olflco or address
E. ST. JOHN. K. A. HOLBROOK ,
aco'l XZenagor. Oen'l Tku & Pass. Agt.
CHICAGO , IU , .
M. R. RISDON ,
INSURANOEAG-ENT
Merchants' Kutlouul Hunk Uuliaiug , JtoOia 1 ,
Upstair * .
Telephone No. 376 , Omaha , Nebraska ,
HKI'UESENT :
rhccnlx , London , England W.W3.871 03
llrcmen'u. N wark , N. J- , l.uW.BM 78
fJlen'a Kal\a.Glen'a \ Falls , N.Y , . MW.ad 01.
Olrard. rhlladclphlu , J > a. ; '
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CHURCHILL ,
Dealer in Agricnltnral Implements , wagons ,
Carriages and Buggies. Jr < nes Ptrect.bettroenBlhand
_ 10th , Omaha , Nebraska.
LININQER Si METOALF CO. .
AgricnltarallfflDlemGnlSjfapn Carriages
Bugi.les.Ktc. TOolctale. Omaha. Nebraska.
PARLIN , ORENDORF Si MARTIN ,
Wholesale Dealers In
Agricnltmal Implements , Waps&Bnggies
101 , HO , ( U and COT Jones Street , Omaha.
P. P. MAST & CO. ,
Manufacturers of Buckeye Drills , Seeders ,
CulUrators , liar IUie . Cider Mills tnd Luban 1'nl-
Ttrlters. Cor. Itth and Nicholas Btrtcts.
WINONA IMPLEMENT CO. ,
-"Wholesale--
AgricnltHrallraDlements.waps&BuEiies .
Corner lllh and Nicholas Streets.
OM/1IAIII1ANC1I.
J.F.SEIBERL1NG & CO. ,
( Akron , Olilo.l
Hamstins Machinery and Binder Twine
W. K. Mcad/Manager. 1/13 1-cavcnwortb at. , Omaha
rvfOLTNE.MILBURN&STbDDARb Co
Manufacturers anil Jobbers In
f agons Buggies , Rakes , Plows Etc ,
Cor. Wh and raclflo Strocts. Omaha. Nab.
Artlsto' Materials.
A HOSPE , Jr. ,
Artists' ' Materials , Pianos and Organs ,
1513 Douglas Ptrcct , Omaha , Ncbranka.
Jtaojta and
W. V. MORSE St. CO. .
Jobbers of Boots and Shoes ,
110A1HIM105 Douglas St. , Omaha. Manufactory , Bum
mer St. , Huston.
K1RKENDALL , JONES & CO. ,
( bucccetors to Heed , Jones A Co. )
WholesaleMauiiractnrersofBootsandShoes
Agents for Ioston ! Hubbcr Shoe Co. 1103,1HH & 1100
llarnoy M. . Omaha. Nebrnalm.
Booksellers and Stationers ; ,
" H. M , & 'S. W. JONES ,
Successors to A. T. Kenyan & Co. , W holcsalo & Uetnll
Booksellers and Stationers , '
Flno YTcditlniz Stationery , Commercial.Stationery.
U..rlouiila . > Street , Omaba , Neb.
CoffOOS , SplCOB , EtO.
CLARKE COFFEE CO. ,
Omaha Coffee and Spice Mills.
Teas , Coffees , Spices , Baking Powder ,
Flavoring Kxtracts , Laundry llluo , Inks. Klc. 1IU-
UlBIIarncy Street. Omsrm. Nebraska.
W. L. WRIGHT ,
Agent for the Manufacturers and Importers of
Crockery , Glassware , Lamps , Chimneys ,
Etc. Otncc. 317 B. 13th St. , Omaha , Nebraska.
CUMMINOS & NEILSON ,
Wholesale Dealers In
Paints , Glass and Varnishes ,
1118 Fnrnnm Street , Omulm.Nob.
PERKINS. QATCH & LAUMAN ,
Importers nnd Jobbers of
Crockery , Glassware , Lamps , Silverware ,
Etc UU KarnaraSU , Now I'axton Dulldlng.
Commission and Storage.
CEO. SCHROEDER & CO. ,
tSucccssors to McSbanc & Schrocdcr. )
Prodnce Commission and Cold Storage ,
Omaba. Nebraska.
EMMAL & FAIRBRASS ,
Wholesale
Flour , Feed , Grain and General Commission
Merchants. Correspondence solicited. 1011 Nort
IUU Street , Onmha , Neb.
RIDDELL & . RIDDELL ,
Storage and Commission Merchants ,
Specialties Butter , Kegs , Cheere , Poultry , Oame ,
Oytlcrs , Ktc. , Kto. 112 South Kill Street.
Coal , Coke and Lime.
OMAHA COAL , COKE & LIME CO. ,
Jobbers of Hard and Soft Coal ,
200 South 13th Street , Omaba , Nebraska ,
J. J. JOHNSON & CO. ,
Manufacturers of Illinois White Lime ,
And shippers of Coal , Coke , Cement , Plaster , Ilme.
Drain Tile , and Sewer 1'lpo. Ofllce , i'axton Hotel ,
Farnam St. , Omaha , Neb. Telephone 811.
NEBRASKA FUEL CO. ,
Shippers of Coal and Coke ,
211 South 13th St. . Omaha. Neb.
Dry Goods and Notions.
M. E SMITH & CO. ,
Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods and Notions ,
1102 and 1104 Douglas , Cor. llth St. , Omaha. Neb.
KILPATRICK-KQCH DRYGOODSCo
Importers andJohteinDryGooilsNotions ,
Gents' FurnlsblnK Roods. Corner llth and UaJnor
B < aOmaha. Nebraska.
Furniture.
DEWEY & STONE ,
Wholesale Dealers in Furniture ,
Farnam Street. Omaha. Nebraska.
CHARLES SHIVtnRICK ,
Furniture
Omaha , Ncbrimka.
Crocorloa.
PAXTON , GALLAGHE'R iTcoTT
Wholesale Groceries and Provisions ,
70S. 707,703 and 711 B. 10th St. , Omaha , Neb.
McCORD , BRADY & CO. ,
Wholesale Grocers ,
IMh and I-cavenworth Streets , Omaha , Nebraska.
Hardware.
LEE , PRIED & CO. ,
Jotes of Hardware and Nails ,
Tinware , Sheet Iron , Ktc. Agents for Howe Scales ,
and Miami Ponder Co. , Omaba , Neb.
HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR ,
Builders' ' Hardware and Scale Repair Shop ,
Mechanic * ' Tools and Buffalo Scales. 1405 Douglti
Street , Omaha , Nebraska.
RECTOR , WILHELMY & CO. ,
Wholesale Hardware ,
lOthand HarneySts. , Oinaba , Neb. Western Agcnti
for Austin Powder Co. , Jefferson Steel Nails ,
Fairbanks Standard Scales.
MARKS BROS. SADDLERY CO' .
Wholesale Manufacturers of
Saddlery & Johhcrs of Saddlery Hardware
And Leather , U03,1W5 nnd 1(07 Hurney St.,0muha ,
Nebraska/ /
Heavy . . Hardware.
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"i- I1 .rxorjTjTj-v1rTj-ir-u-xi-LJ-XJ-uxJ-i-i-lj-\J- |
W. J. BROATCH ,
Heavy Hardware , Iron and Steel ,
. ' . tc.
JAMES A. EDNEY ,
Wholesale Iron and Steel ,
Wagon and Carriage Wood Stock , Hcary Hardware
ICto. H17 and lift Luavenwortu St..Omaha , Neb.
Hats , Caps , Eto.
W. L. PARROTTE & CO. ,
Wholesale Hats , Caps and Straw Goods.
1IOJ Harncy Street , Omaha , Neb.
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OMAHA LUMBER OCX ,
All Kinds of Building Material at Wholesale
18U Street and Union Pacific Track , Omaha.
LOUIS BRADFORD ,
Dealer in Lunger.Lath , , Lime , Sash ,
Peers , Ktc. Yards-Corner 7th and Uouulaa : Cora'cj
I'tb aur. . ) Douglti. _ , ' , .
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C. N , DIETZ ,
Dealer in All Kinds of Lnmlier ,
Uth and California StreetMJrnabe , Nebraska.
FRED W. dRAV\ *
Lumber Lime Cement
Etc Etc
, , , , , ,
Corner riband Douglas Sis. . Omaha.
T.W. HARVEY LUMBER C O. . *
To Dealers Only ,
Office , 1KO Ksrnnrn Street , Omaba.
JOHN A. VVAKEFTELD , " *
Wholesale Lumber , Etc ,
Imported and American I'ortUn.l Ctmont. SUU
Agent for Milwaukee Hydraulic Cement and
( tulncy White Mine.
CKAS. R. LEE ,
Dealer in Hardwood Lumber ,
Wood Carpets ana 1'arquet Flooring Mh and Dousliyi
Iron Works.
ONWOhrtS.
Wrought and Cast Iron Building Work ,
Engines , llran Work , General Foundry , Machine and
Blacksmith % Vork. omceiind Works , U.P Uy.
and 17th Street , Omaha.
OMAHA WIRE & IRON WORKS ,
Manufacturers of Wire and Iron Railings
Deik Halls , Window Oiiardn. Flower Stands , Wlra
Signs , Etc. IV North IClh Btreot , Omaha.
OMAHA SAFE nnd IRON WORKS ,
Man'frsofFire&BurglarProofSafcs '
Vault * . Jail Work , Iron nhil Wlra rVnclna.BIgn * , Kto.
U. Andrren , I'ron'r Oir , lllh and Jaekimn nt ,
CHAMPION IRON and WIRE WORKS
iron and Wire Fences , Railings , Guards.
UU &crutMi , loruiinKi , iiiniv , . , MOIUK , iccfdenvo , otu
ImproTe'd Awnings , I/ocksmllli jiachVncryauil
. Illacksmlth Works. 0 South lUh Bt.
, , nik.s\Unc.i < iV L.b/vOH , ,
Fire and Burglar Proof Safes , Time Locks , j
Ocnernl Agents for Dlobold Safe , t lock Co.'a "
Vaults and Jail Work , 1111 Knrnaui Street , Omaha.
joniitiury nnct i otionb.
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"f.6 B E RF E"LD"E R & "c 67T"
Importers & Jotes in Millinery & Notions
an. 210 ami 213 South llth btreot.
J. T. ROBINSON NOTION CO. ,
Wholesale Notions and Furnishing Goods A
400 and KM Bcuth 10th St. , Omaha.
VINYARD & SCHNEIDER ,
Notions and Gent's ' Furnishing Goods ,
1106 Uarnoy Street. Omaha.
CONSOLIDATED TAN K LIlEco.
WholsaleReflned and Lubricating Oils ,
Axle Grease , Etc. . Omaha. A. H. Illshop , Manager ,
Paper.
CARPENTER PAPER CO. ,
Wholesale Paper Dealers ,
Carry a nice stock of Printing , Wrapping and \VrlllnB
Ph 'ar. Special attention gfron to car load orders.
Pr I n tors' Mla tor j o I a.
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION. $
Auxiliary Publishers , - 3
Dealers In Typo , Pro uses and Printers' Supplies. 03 $
South 12lh Street , Omaha. " $
Rubber Goods *
OMAHA RUBBER CO. ,
Manufacturers and Dealers in Rubier Goods-
311 Clothing nnd Leather Bolting. 1008 Farnam Street ,
Steam fittings , J umps , Eto.
A. L. STRANG CO.7
Pumps , Pipes and Engines ,
CHUHCHILL PUMP CO. ,
Wholesale Pumps , Pipe , Fittings , 'T )
U. S. WIND ENGINE & PUMP CO. ,
Steam and Water Supplies ,
BtOmaha.
BROWNELL& CO. .
Engines , Boilers and General Machinery ,
Sheet Iron Work. Steom Pumps , Saw MIHs. 1213-1219
Lcavenworth Street , Omaha.
Seeds.
PHIL. STIMMEL & CO. ,
Wholesale Farm , Field and Garden Seeds
811 and CIS Jones Htrcot Omaha.
Storage , Forwarding & Commission
ARMSTRONG , PETTIS & CO. ,
Storage , Forwarding and Commission ,
ranch house of the Heirney Buggy Co. Burgles a
wholesale und retail , lib iJlOand l3l2 Itard titrcct ,
. Cornice ,
EAGLE CORNICE WORKS ,
Manufacture Galvanized Iron and Cornice ,
John Kpeneter. Proprietor. V20 Dodge and 103 and 10 |
North 10th Street. Omaha.
Browors.
STORZ & ILER , -1
Lager Beer Brewers , !
JKl North Blgthtcontb Street , Omaha. Neb.
Overalls.
CANFIELD MANUFACTURING CO. ,
Manufacturers of Overalls ,
Jeans Pants , Shlrti , Ktc. 1102nml H0 < Douglas Btreot ,
Ouiaha , Mel ) . ,
t
Sash , Doors , Eto. ,
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M. A. DISBROV/ . CO. , ,
Wholesale Manufacturers of ' ! j
Sash , Doors , Blinds and Mouldings , >
Branch Office , 12th and liarU Streets , Omaba , Neb , ;
BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. t \
Manufacturers of Sash , Doors , Blinds- , "
Mouldings , Stair Work and Interior Hani Wood Flu t
Isb. N. K. Corner 8th and l avoaworlh Streets , ,
Ouiaha , Nub. ' *
OMAHA PLANING MILL CO. , ,
Manafactnrers of Moulding , Sash , Doors ,
And Illlnds , Turning , Blair-work , Hank and Office Fit *
Unus. 'Juth and Poppleton ATenue.
Stocks , Bpllpra , Eto.
H K. SAWYER ,
Manufacturing Dealer in Smoke Stacks * '
lUHchlng * , Tanks and General Holler Itenalrtng , 1116 ' ,
Hedge Street , Omaha , Neb. *
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r. lUI'ALWEIl. N. 1MIICIIMAN. J. Jl.llUiNCUAHDj
PALMER , RICHMAN & CO. ,
Live Stock Commission Merchants ,
Ofllce-ltoom2l , Opposite Kxchango llulldlng , UnlorJ
Block Yards , South Omaha , Neb ,
MoCOY BROS. ,
Live Stock Commission Merchants ,
Market furnlkhed frconn application. Stockeri an < t
feeders furntiuud on good terms , llu'cruncci ; Ouuft
hu National Hank and South Ouiaha National , Union
Stock Yt.rdi , t-'oulli Omaha.
LORIMER.WESTERFIELD& MALEY
Live Stock Commission ,
Itoom 15 , Kicboniro llulldlng , Union Stock Yards , J
P""th Omaha , Nub. > |
ALEXANDERl : FITCH , '
Commision Dealers in Live Sock ,
Room VI , Oji oslta ICxclmnKO llulldlng , Union Stock
--"i , boulh Ornaba , Nub ,
UNION STOCK YARDS CO. ,
. Of Omaha , Limited ,
Johaf
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