Nebraska Newspapers

    TBDB OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1880 , TWELVE PAGES.
Bights and Sounds of the Streets of
Omaha.
AFTER THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT
From the Gloom nml 8ln of the Hot-
toniH tn the Moonlit Glory of
Capitol HIM A Kc-
porter's Stroll.
In Omnlia.
It (6 ( midnight in Omaha.
The lnstenblocarwith its staring head
light , has just clattered over the hill to
the power house ; the roar and rumble
of a thousand wheels which filled the
etrcotH a few hours ace is hushed ; the
jangling of bolls and the clatter of hoofs
over the paVotnont is hoard no moro ;
the crowd which tv little while ago
thronged the hotel rotundas has thinned
down to a few impatient waiters for
late trains , or hungry-faced unfortun
ates dreading the- hour when they will
bo ordered out to their lonely tramp of
the streets ; the brilliance which blazed
from the taloon windows has given
plnco to a dimmer glow , back of which ,
no doubt , many a lingering tipulor is
is insisting on "just ono moro for a
night-cap. " Yellow pencils of light are
cast across the * pavement from
newspaper ofllecs where hundreds of
busy hands and brains are classifying
and chry stall zing into the typo of the
morning paper the news and thoughts
of the world ; from the telegraph olllccs
where listening ears and hurrying nons
hear nnd record the story of ono day's
borrow and joy , passion and crime ; from
the police station , where ribald songs
nnd bitter sobs , curses , prayers , and
delirious laughter mingle in ono horri
ble din , und from the chambers of suf
fering and death.
There is not much life on the streets.
An occasional cab clatters past ; hero
and there n party of reeling "rounders"
troll out discordant snatches of song ;
telegraph messengers in various
stages of dilapidation and raggedncbs
flit to and fro with thonews of tlio world
in their hands ; newspaper reporters
skurry along in their search for news ;
the monotonous clanking footsteps of
the patrolman echoo loudly across the
street ; a sudden rush up the street , the
clang of a gotig , and the police patrol
wagon dnshcd past , to the scene of an
accident or drunken row.
Few of the respectable element
would bo particularly pleased at the
prospect of a walk about the city at this
hour , though they may appreciate it in
imagination.
A reporter has recorded ono night's"
occurrences.
Leaving Fifteenth and Farnam , ho
turned his coat collar about
his ears and sauntered ever to
Douglas. Tliis thoroughfare waa a
little moro an i nut led than Farnam ,
though oven it was almost deserted.
Along the curb in front of the ollico of
the American District telegraph com
pany a do/en or moro cabs were stand
ing , while the drivers tramped up
aim down the pavement , slnp-
7 > ing their arms across , their
breasts to keep up the circulation.
A slight skifl of snow drifted around
the corners and the wind wailed dis
mally through the wires over head At
Ninth ho turned north to the "burnt
district.1' Life enough bore evidently ,
though many of the features of four of
five years ago were gone. All the red-
curtained window wore ablaze with
light ; the sound of cracked pianos and
' violins drunken musi
whco'/y played by
cian's 'loated ' out on the air ; "society
bloods" reeled in and out of the door
ways ; twice a couple of skulking
roughs slouched towardshim and peered
into his face they know him a re
porter is not worth slugging. Further
down the street he passed nolsesomo
dens where debased , debauched hu
manity , white and black rook in filthi-
iiess.
iiess.From ono of the huts came thoi sound
of crashing furniture , a slaming of
doors , ti man's curbo , a woman's shriek
of murder and a heavy fall.
I'-Nothingl" Some great drunken brute
was displeased with "his woman" and
"smashed her ono. " Nothing ! There
she llosnumningon the Moor , a huddled
heap of filthy rags , beer soaked , blear-
eyed and a woman.
She is his wife maybe , inayho not.
Bliu clings to him with the blind
spivnSol-liko devotion which tbo Creator
IriB given to some women. The purple
prlntof the brutal list of the stupilled
hulk snoring on the bed is her reward.
Ho wants to "learn her something. "
The heart turns sick at the unutter
able shame of It.
A little of this goes a long way , and
ll t reporter nmdo his way back along
Something was lying on the crossing
at Dodge , whitened with snow. It was
a man , and the upturned face had a ,
ghastly gleam in the g'isllght.
"Slugged , was the verdict of the re
porter as ho foil his cold face. The
line HIIOW hud drifted into his hair ,
eyes and half-opened mouth. It was
horrible. Nobody was in sight , and a
cold oh ill crept up the reporter's back
us ho thought of where suspicion might
fall , lie braced himself , however , and
Bought a policeman ,
"Miko , I believe there's a follow up
hero who has been slugged.1'
Mike came and inspected , grunted ,
drew his club and rapped it bharply on
the solos of the victim's foot.
Then the corpse grunted and rolled
ovor. There was n crunching hound of
breaking glass and a bitlVocnting odor
of alcohol rose in the air.
"That'H what slugged him,1' chuckled
Mllio. "Hero young follor , change
Then the patrol rumbled down the
Btrcot and "tho drunk" was pitched in
like a log and hauled elf to the station.
This is the burnt district of to-day
and it is a paradise to wimt it was a few
ycai'H ago.
Thu police for many years scorned
ontlroh un able to cope with thu evildoers -
doors that made this their home. Fi
nally , however , it. was it : a measure
brought under subjugation and to-day it
IB luhS notorious as a crime producing
center than it has been for many years
puht.
puht.Dago town , though , still nourishes in
all UB prostino glory. In the alloy be
tween , loios | and 1'acillo streets , down
nnar the railroad tiwl , this blot upon
the cltv'u purity still oxibts. Myste
rious dibappcarani'o of ntningors ; rob-
horics and kindred crimes are laid to
the door of its inhabitants. The vllo
liquor oold in the low saloons of the al
ley in itself ib an incentive to crime.
ItaliaiiH , negroes , Americans und rep
resentatives of all the nations of the
Divilkcd world iilond together in mobt
abandoned equality. It is not a detjira-
bio place for an honest man to wander
into.
into.Tho.chonp . lodging houses should not
bo overlooked. It Is after midnight
that they do their thieving business.
The people who pntronlxo thom'nro not ,
r.s a rule , of the class who fol
low tlio rule , "early to hod ,
-.curly ' to rise , " etc. From 12
lo'clool ; on depraved men and women
continually drop in , deposit their 15
cents with the evil vlsagcd "clerk" nnd
nro shown to a filthy bed somewhere
hack in the dark recesses of the place.
Occasionally a man who evidently be
longs to the higher walks of Hf" , will
enter nnd go to a night of torment in
ono of the dingy closets advertised on
the canvass sign that hangs over the
door outside ns "elegant rooms. " Ono
night's experience is always sufllclent
for those ; they would rather wain the
streets throughout the night than to at
tempt sleep in such a place.
At the depots there is moro or loss
activity throughout tlio night. In the
waiting.rooms tired travelers whoso
scanty means forbid the luxury of a
hotel , drowse oil into dreams of home ;
tired mothers soothe the restless babe ;
emigrants sit huddled together walling
with stolid patience the time when they
shall continue their journey.
Lights are always burning in the
Chinese laundries , no mailer how late
the hour , nnd If one Is inclined lo listen
ho may hear Iho inmnlcs jabbering in
their heathenish jargon. It is a most
noticeable fact that those Chinese
humdrymen seem to have positively no
allotted time for sleeping. What tran
spires within their dingy little holes
can bo judged only from the result of
occasional raids by the police and the
well known depravity of the race. They
are suspicious and wary , and the entrance -
trance of a stranger into their places
after night is received with s-cowls and
jabborings and a general Invitation
from the licathon to "glot out. "
Ono draws a long breath as ho emer
ges from the gloom of the city into the
moonlit glory of the summit of Capitol
hill. Below lies Iho sleeping town
bathed in moonlight , "mystic , wonder
ful ; " beyond , the riverglonous with Iho
sparkling of myriads of icy diamonds
and beyond that still the outlines of the
hills of Iowa. Along the river front
and ever to the right nro thousands of
signal lights red , blue , purple , and
yellow ; from tall chlmiiies hero and
there wreaths of white smoke o.url up
against the dark background of the sky
while everywhere is seen the clear
star-like gleam of electric lights. Be
hind , towers up the high school , tall ,
stately and beautiful.
It is n picture of perfect peace and
beauty and ono which makes it hard to
realize that down in the shadows are
bcones of unutterable misery nnd
wretchedness , huts and dens where
crime holds high revel the night long ,
where men , women and children the
pity of it black , white , and yellow , de-
bas'ed and desperate , huddle together
in the depths of clcgrcdation.
In tlio Gallery *
J. M. Qnlmi ( u lltxmnnk Tribune.
Oim a wild son of Alrln , from await County
Kirry.
Oivo hunted the English and faced the
banshee ;
Oi love the slilllaly , for wid it Oi'm merry-
it's friendship is good on a bit of a srrco
Ol'vo sain all the riots that shook wall an
rafter
An' riddled with chaos the beautiful air ;
Mcsel' ' Is the maun who wid shoutin' an'
laughter
Hev lined in the fun at the Donnybrook
fair.
Mo name Mickey Murphy yo'll find in the
places
Where names av the illejjant heroes ap
pear ,
Who spit fire nn' blazes in Orangemln's
faces
An' shouted defiance in Johnny Bull's car.
ut all of these sceacs which Ol fondly re
member ,
No longer Oi mintion wid bo.istin' or
pride
oilto dilicato flowers 'naith frosts of Do-
cimbor
They've lost all their swaltncss an' with-
crcd an' died.
The Donnybrook fair saims a poor sleepy cra-
turc ;
Alas , fair Kllkinny no moro has a rharm ,
For Oi'vo gazed on Dakota's couiplait legis
lature ,
An' hccn all her dynamite statesmin per
form.
KKMG10US.
A now Presbyterian college is to bo lo
cated at Marshall , Mo. Tlio town gives
$14'.3,000 in money and 520,000 in land ,
St. Louis preachers are conducting a cru
sade against the practice of mourners stop
ping nt saloons on the way back from the
cemetery.
The cathedral In Melbourne , Australia ,
which will shortly bo opened , has cost 100-
000. The site , the gift of the government , is
said to bo worth i'800,000.
Mount Athos , with its 10,000 monks , Is ono
of the strongest spots in southeastern Eu
rope. The monks are of the Orthodox , or
Greek Unit is , Russian church.
A largo Hoinnn Catholic cathedral was
publicly dedicated at Hong Kong on Decem
ber 7. The roof is made of cast iron from
Glasgow. The main building Is of blue
brick , relieved by Hying buttresses of red
brick njid cement.
General Charles T. Hillyor of Hartford ,
who recently gave the Young Men's '
Christian association of that city a $40,000
building lot , is eighty-nine years old. Ho
takes great interest in works of benevolence
and gives largely.
Twelve voars ago the Modoe Indians were
uneivill/ed heathen. Mow they are a com
munity of industrious farmers , with half
their number professing Christians. It cost
the United States government ? 1,848,00J , ( to
care for U.-OO Dakota Indians seven years ,
while they were savages. After they were
christianized it cost for seven years , $ 1130,000 ,
a having of $1,723,000.
The Samonns , regarding whom so much
interest is now felt , are considered the finest
race among the 1'olycsian Islands. They
are graceful , pleasing , of gcod pbysuiuo , and
tiave u soft and musical language. Tney
have been converted to Christianity and are
very moral nnd honest. On Sunday no wont
is permitted on shore , nor are natives al
lowed , it is said , to work pn uonrd ships in
port. The sale of liquors is absolutely pro
iiibltcu. It is to bo liuped that the laith of
tliesii people In Christian nations may not bo
wronged through violation of treaties ,
H1 MTlimi IT113S.
A two-hended calf is ono of the freaks sattl
to uMst at Macon , Ga.
A rabbit with two lulls was caught in a
trap ut Ked Dank , N. J. , last wcuk ,
An immense toad-stool three feet in diam
eter was found recently at Welcott , Vt. , on
u bctcli tree.
In thirteen years , according to n para
graph on thu rounds , not a single birth ) ms
taken place at Liberty , l\y. , a town with
several hundred Inhabitants ,
A taily residing in Elberton , N. J , , has a
pet hen that laid twenty-ulna egtru during
the month of January. She lias Kept u strict
count of tlio eggs and U tmra that they were
all laid ny one hen.
A lloston paper toll of a dog Dial for some
time past has been in thu linblt of leaving hi
homo on Thursday evening und remaining
away until Saturday morning. The mutter
was finally investigated , and it was loiuut. so
the story ijocs , thai ho spent Friday with u
neighboring family wtiere meat was eaten
on that day. Ills master's family hud Hah
on Friday.
A mlraculaus cscupo from instant death
was mnilu recently by seven railroad hands
employed near Leavenwm Hi , Kan. They
occupied a t-jiit , in which t > evi'iity-llvopounds
of ilyniumtd was stored. The dynamite ex-
plodd ! , and beds , trunks and tent were scat
tered in all dlroctious , but the men were not
injured In the sllghtust , though their cloth
ing wus considerably torn.
Divers have discovered two vesteh , one.of
which w-s loadcu with silver , that went to
the bottom In Iho Gulf of Finland moro than
a century n go. Tliey weio overgrown with
seaweeds and tang , which has bcea cut
through , but the holds of the crafts have not
been explored , as the diver * fear that thn
decks are too rolteu to hold them , No traces
of silver have been found , but Urn remain ! *
of apples , cucumbers , buckles , coffee pols
and shoes with pointed toes have been
brought to llcbt. together with eonia well-
corked bottles , all of which bam ; ; : i noon us
the air touched Him.
AMONG THE POOR AND LOWLY
The Boo Boportor'a Last Visit to
Poverty and Squalor.
MRS. MEYERS' ISCHEME SPOILED.
The find Scene Witnessed nt Joint
Xiulcnn'fl Home In the I'ollsh
Settlement Mnttor.s of n
General Nn I lire.
Flnnl Calls on tlio Poor.
Tin : Bun representative pnitl his Inst
visit to poverty with n number of calls
on residents of the I'ollsh settlement
near Shcoloy station. Ho dropped
County Agent Mnhonoy on his visit to
Inventor Hush , but mnnupod to secure
is favor again and pressed him and his
horse into service for the final trip.
On the way to the settlement ho had
the laugh at the agent's expense. When
near the corner of Twenty-ninth street
aad Popploton ivvonuo ho brought the
nti to a standstill and remarked :
"While I'm out hero I believe I'll call
on Mrs. Myers. She lives in this neigh
borhood and is n poor widow. Last
winter , she says , her husband was en
gaged in cutting ice , and unfortumitoly
slipped Into an opening and was
drowned. It's n pretty sad case. There's
the house ov r there the pretty little
cream colored one with the stops lead
ing up to the front door. "
The house was reached and Mr.
Mahoney jumped out. He wns about to
ascend the stops when ho was accosted
by a man in the yard.
"Is Mrs. Myors at homo1 ; asked the
agent.
"iSo. sir. "
"This is where she lives , isn't it ? "
"Yes , sir. She's at one of the neigh
bor's. Is there any message you want
to leave for her ? "
"Who arc you1 ? "
"I'm her husband. ' '
"Her husband ! I thought her hus
band was drowned last winter4 ; " ' said
John , in astonishment. "Hasn't she
been getting aid from the county right
along } " '
Mr. Myers and Mr. Mahoney met
then for the first time and Mr. Myers
let the cat out of the bag.
"Just tell your wife not to make anymore
moro calls on me , " said the county
agent as ho angrily returned to the
bucrgy.
"I have been at that house several
times before , " ho said , "and I never
suspected the woman was other than
what she claimed to bo. It's the first
time I've met a man there. Ho didn't
know me and gave the game away. "
"It is only one of the numorons' swin
dles perpetrated on charity. "
At the Polish settlement a number of
calls wore made. The people have im
ported jaw-breaking names , and con
versation with them is only carried on
by pressing the children into service as
interpreters. Everybody lives on Thir
ty-first and Walnut streets , although
fully fifty houses are embraced in the
settlement. The visit of the poormas-
ter spreads from house to house on his
first appearance , and when ho reaches
the il life-rent homes they arc prepared
for him with the most miserable faces
possible. They are a hard sot to catch
napping when any rations arc to bo
doled out.
The homo of John Zadona was the
third ono visited. A blight seems to
rest on the offspring of John and his
wife. In the mother's arms was clasped
a two-year-old baby without an eye in
it head. The picture was pitiable.
The little ono laughed and talked with
its brothers and fondled its mother ,
aad now and then the eyelids would
open , and it would make a , vain effort
to &co whom the .strangers wore whoso
voices ho heard. A look into its
chubby face revealed a pair of empty
sockets , a sightless being deprived of
the light of heaven. The HKK man
watched the unfortunate child. Now
the bilence would bo broken by ono of
the strange voices , the lids would part ,
for a moment they would remain open ,
and then , as though conscious of his
alllietion , the baby head would drop on
its mother ' shoulders , and the sight
less eyes would be hidden from view.
There for a time the head would rest in
mute anguish , only to bo raised again
and the same proceeding repeated when
some playful chatter on the part of his
brothers would nrousc his attention.
It was a sad sight.
TIIK Biu : representative in his
travels among the poor had entered
houses whore the pinched and gaunt
faces of the children told the story of
stunted mc.als and nights to
bed on hungry stomachs , where
the blue lips and chattering teeth
revealed the scanty fuel pile and the
lioui'H of sulfering frmn the cold winds
of winter ; where the dirty faces and the
clotted and'unwahhed raiments wore the
evidences of shiftless and lazy parents
and abodes of vice , but nowhere in his
travels had his eyes rested on a scene
that appealed so strongly to his bettor
nature and softened a heart hardened
by years of newspaper work , as that in
nocent , laughing , pretty baby , hiding
its sightless eyes in its mother's apron.
Every week the mother comes with
the baby down to the county building
when she calls forhor weekly allowance
of rations.
Bubides the blind baby , another of the
Xudena boys , ageu fourteen , Is deaf and
dumb , an inmate of the state iiihtituto ,
and another , aged eleven , in at homo a
deformed cripple. Four other children
arc sound and healty.
The visit to the Xadunas was the last
ono paid , nmlTim ilui'b : roportor'n trip
through poverty was at an end. In
writing of what ho saw lie has taken
those cases that presented hoinething
out of the ordinary run. Ho wont into
many homes whore the county Is dis
pensing aid and was convinced that the
relief furnished was justified by the ev
idences of actual need , In many cases
poverty exists , not as a result of tnibfor-
tune or inability to work , but because
the parents have lived up to and beyond
what they earned in the summer , without - *
out a thought of laying aside a dollar to
tide them over the winter. In nmiiy-
casori whore a county dependent IB
found to bo a woman with a family of
children , the husband was a worthless
tot and loft the mother to provide for
hor.-el' and little ones. In other cases
the worthless sot Is still a family fixture
and partakes of the aid fur
nished. In most of the cases
it Is a question of starve
and freeze or the county to the rescue ,
end no matter what brings pom ilo to
this sad plight it is human to forgot
the cause when suffering stares you in
the face.
The poor nf Omaha have had a zeal
ous missionary in the pen > on of tin old
gontlemitn who is now in his seventy-
fcixth year , and whoso aged limbs are
losing that vigor that characterized
them in years gone by when a case of
want waa called t ° ' " 's ' notice. For
fourteen winters ho lias devoted his
time and means tn relieving Buttering.
This winter ho is quietly dispensing
chnrity just as ho hiia dispensed it
ovory' winter heretofore. Last winter
his bOii-lii-liuY placed $1,01)0 ) in his
hands for distribution among the
needy sufferers from the blizzard.
When ho calls on CouoCy Agent Mahoney -
honey for an order for a half-ton of coal
ho always gets it , for when ho says bo
has iv 'deserving onso you may rest
assured the charity it well disposed.
The county dispensary has grown to
bo quite an institution. An average of
400 prescriptions are compounded each
month. The average drug store located
in the residence portion of the city con
siders it n good day's1 business when ton
prescriptions are put up. The city con
tributes to the support of the dispensary
and the city physician sends prescrip
tions there to bo filled when the case is
n pub'lic ono. The bull ; of the medicine
furnished is for county charges under
the care of Dr. Kcogh and his assistant ,
Dr. Harrigan. In eoiivorsation with a
retail druggist doingbusinoss in Omaha ,
who has had nn extensive experience in
public dispensaries in Europe , the asser
tion wns made that thomctliod nowpur-
sued in Douirlas county was the cheapest
and most satisfactory way of furnishing ,
the poor with modicinf.
The 01(1 Chillier.
AtllaMc IVttloii fn Xtw 1'orH'mW. / .
When do corn am potliu' ripe , an1 do wheat
nm BCbbered In ,
An' do moon In no slcy am ImnRln' low ,
I lakes down uiy Addle nn' wo talks nwnllo
torjjor' ' .
As we sots in the little cabin do' .
DC fiddle's grow-In' weak , but It 'pear tor
underston' ,
As it quiver un' it sigh ncaf do bow ,
An' it struggle mltoy hyard , but it cyar' not
( jet do soun'
Ob ile music ol > do long , long er-RO.
For do Hfo seems tcr gene rltfht clnr out'ro
" Musk "
"Money ,
An' wo ncbbcr it "Olo Zip Coon" tcr po ;
An' do white folks nubber nrsk for do pore
ola innn now.
Like doy ustur when doy danced IOUR cr-go.
It am lonely sometimes , nn' my hynrt Is nigh
ter broult ,
ITcr do wca'noss ob wttltln' here below ;
An' 1 'snect dat do Marstor wiion ho cull for
all do res'
Must'er somehow bab fcrffit Uncle Joel
But lio'll 'member some duy , ixu' do time am
boun' tcr come ,
When I hear do angels callin' sot' ' nn' low ;
Don Mnistcr keep do liynrps fur do white
folks when doy 'rlvo ,
An' lebe mo Jos' my fiddle an' my bow.
Don , Dinah I oh , my Dlnnhl la do bright
golden Ian' ,
In ilo llel's wlmr do cri'stlo waters Ho'
Wo will walk wlnlo 1 play do ole times dat
wo lubed "
When do corn waa gettiii' ripe long cr-go 1
I'KIU'EIIMINT DIIOPS.
A lynching pari nways travels at a
breakneck pate. v
When n pugilist won't pucil bo should b
made to pugil or come oft the perch.
The indications arc that after the 4th of
next March our postofilcu department will
not bug at the knees.
The Hungarian diet ; which attract sun-
usual attention just now , must bo too high-
spiced , judging from Its exciting effects.
A Boston ill mo museum man has fallen
heir to a legacy of ? 100OUO. Ilo should ex
hibit himself as n freak a freak of fortune.
The Chicago ball players do not appear to
have been very deeply Impressed with the
Pyramids. They don't like cheeps without
tomato sauce.
Twenty dollars a month Is all they put up
for a king in Samoa , bub that Is full as much
as the average American would risk on a
single king.
John KusUtn still uses jcandlcs for illumi
nating purposes. In a .foot- race with the
nineteenth century John appea to have been
extremely left.
When General Houlangcr heard that the
rumor w.is afloat that h .was to marry a St.
Ljuis wbmau ho could liafdly illo nn maig-
naut denial too quickly
There is now no .longer , any doubt that the
inaugural ball will bo" entirely respectable.
Colonel Elliott F. Shopwd has purchased
tickets for the occasion.
Weather poets ought to know motcrology.
Jay Gould began his casoor by sweeping
out n broker's oflice. Subsequently ho
cleaned out the broker.
Cleopatra never saw a game of base ball ,
and it is probably well for the doting Antony
thntsho never did. She might have dropped
him for a Chicago ball player.
Cardinal Manning says the United States
is going to seed , ani Congressman Hussell
declares that , too much seed is oing to states.
That's the w y folks differ :
A Washington man volunteers to bo one of
fifty who will adopt the mntiy and graceful
knec-breoehes" and start the fashion. Such
heroism could only come from good calves.
Minister Perry Holmortt lias been kindly
received at the court of Madrid. Ho had a
nice chat with the auean regent the other
day and a very enjoyable game of peek-a-boo
with his majesty the king
Admiral Luce is about to bo retired from
active service. This blulTold salt will long
bo remembered for the intrepid manner in
which ho popped champagne corks at the
enemy in Huyti.
Fifty thousand men will march in the in
augural procession at Washington March 4.
On the same day Mr. Cleveland will bo
accompanied to the railroad station by ono
man carrying a traveling-bag and an air-
'cushion.
Undo William M. JOvarts , of Now York ,
has past his " 1st ulrthduy. His eye is not
dim nor his natural forV'O abated. Neither
has the bridiro of his noso. lost the smallest
fraction of an Inch of its commanding pro
portions.
CONNUKlAlilTIKS.
This advertisement appeared la the Homo
( Ga. ) Tribune :
Three members ( two daughters and a son )
of a family in Shadv Hook , Ky. , were mar
ried one day this week.
Kov. G. A. Towkesbury , of Washington ,
lost his wife less tiian a ye.ir ago. A fovf
daytt ago he announced bis engagement to a
miblic singer. His congregation "kicked"
and he resigned.
Wanted A couple vho wish to marry to
call on Justice Walter Harris In his ii3W of
II01 , over 15.IKS & Hill's real estate ollico.
He has received his commission , and is ready
to perform marriage ceremonies at a very
low rate.
The Union Pacific braltoman , of Hvatiston ,
Wyo. , who eloped with the three wives of a
Mormon older , lias developed a now method
of getting rid of the surviving twin relic. If
the braKcmnn can stand it the elder will
doubtless pull through.
A woman who wont out to Hunnah as a
missionary converted a native as soon us she
arrived , and then married him. When the
next batch of female missionaries arrived
the male natives took to the woods , accord
ing to the Norristown Herald again Illus
trating tlio axiom that "self-preservation Is
the first law of nature , "
An applicant for a marriage license was a
colored man of about twenty-eight vcurs.
Holng asked his ago ho replied , "Ninety
three years. " "Wliut Is the ago of the lady
you Intend to marry i" asked the startled
clerk , "She's about ninety-two years , "
said the upp'icant. A ? the man's appear
ance did not bear out his assertion tlut clerk
divided both ageg by four and Issued a 11-
cense accordingly.
At a recent fashionable wedding In New
York the father of the bride wore a broad
grin as ho walked up flip church aisle with
his daughter. During'tho ceremony ho
chuckled several tlincB , and at its close ho
broke Into nn uuinlstdkeablo laugh. As ho
Is a prominent citizen of unhnpeuchaple so.
brlcty , and is known to have the tciidcreut
regard for his family , and > for his daughter
In particular , many WO-UKHIIOwhat scandal
ized by such an apparent breach of decorum.
At the wedding reception the good gentle
man solved the mystery , Ho suddenly re
membered that thu last time ho had been In
side of any church waJ Wbca bo was himself
married In that very edifice.
Hey Preacher HarrUda1 has stirred up a
violent contention In New York anil lirooli-
lyn by giving It out cold and flat that ho
must have pay to the amount of tKK ) a week
for his service * as a rovivulist. Our sympa
thies are wilU Mr. Harrison , for If there is
harder or more hopeless labor than that of
trying to convert tu > se pagan * to righteous
ness , we have never yet heard of U.
A DAKOTA RANCHMAN'S LIFE
Much Plonsantor lu the Hills Thnu
on the PlninB.
WHERE BLIZZARDS BLOW NOT
A Cory Homo NcMllnjr AIIIOIIR tlie
1'lno Clmt Mountains The Ideal
Farm A Jlnnla lor Pros *
pooling.
IlanoliCH in the HIIlH.
RAl'inCiTV , Dak. , Feb. 10. [ Special
Correspondence of Tin : Hii : : . ] It would
bc | < llnicult to find in all the wide world iv
country whoso variety of mineral re
sources is greater than that of south
western Dakota. Ils gold , silver and
tin , its platinum , nicklo and /inc , its
plumbago , mica and kaolin , its lime ,
gypsum , marble , Mate and sandstone ,
with nil their merits nnd defects , have
boon diffusely advertised , so that any
body who knows anything of the Ulack
Hills , is , at least , acquainted with the
claim which this section puts forth to
great mineral wealth. Hut as in Cali
fornia , when the remarkable placer
gold diggings were exhausted , men
turned their attention to other and
moro lasting pursuits , and discovered
that the soil was admirably adapted to
profitable farming , bo in the Black
Hills , it has boon discovered that agri
culture pays the .small capitalists bettor
than the pursuit of glittering dust.
The dilllcult processes and methods of
quart/ milling have , indeed , been con-
chibivoly shown by actual working , to
result in immense prollts in the Ulaek
llllls , but for such purposes science and
great capital are required as in all
parts of the world.
It has boon commonly supposed by
eastern people who have never seen the
Hills , that they are very high and so
close together as to bo practieallv im
passible. The supposition is extremely
erroneous , because there are really few
portions of this section which are
not equally as accessible to railroads
as are most portions of the
Appalachian chain along the Atlantic
coast. When the gathering of great
population and the increase of industry
shall insure a profitable business for
btnndnrd-guago railroads , then they wil.
bo built without the impediment of se
rious engineering dilllculties. The
hills them&olves resemble , in a great
degree , the mountains of the Appala
chian chain. Their tops are rounded
and covered with a dense growth of
black pine timber.
There are , scattered all through the
mountainous region , innumerable little
villages which contain a boil washed
do-vn from the mountain slopes through
many ages , and as fertile as the banks
of Mississippi's delta. Many of these
valleys are already in a high btato of
cultivation , and richly repay the efforts
of labor by producing vegetables of
every description , and several varieties
of small grain. It is not usual for up
land valley ranches to devote much of
their time or land to the production of
wheat , for the reason that barley and
oats are more profitable , and the condi
tions more favorable for their growth.
Indeed , it may bo safely said that oats
form the staple product of mountain
ranches , and find a , ready and high-
priced market in the mining camps and
among the stock growers of the plains.
Nor is it an uncommon thing for thc&o
ranches to bcouro a crop of from fifty to
sixty bushels of oats to the acre , and
there is good authority for the state
ment that some crops have furnished as
high as seventy-five bushels to'the acre.
The vegetables , too , are of a quality not
surpassed in any part of the world , and
the potatoes of the Black Hills are
famous.
The mountain ranch is always a scone
on which lovers of beauty , grandeur
and variety find pleasure in feasting
the eyes. It is usually situated in a
canyon or basin , which is walled on two
sides and sometimes fourby hills which ,
are luxuriantly timbered. In most
cases such a ranch is well watered and
near the well-leapt houbo of the rancher
there is invariably a living spring of
pure , sweet mountain water. The ad
vantages which the mountain rancher
has over his brother of the plains , apart
from the bcenory and pure , healthful
water , are numerous. His land , in the
wild staleis free from timber and ready
for the plow , yet the Umber is close by ,
and. unlike thoinhabitantof the plains ,
he is not compelled to haul the material
of which his house is built from afar.
Ills fuel , too , is but a few stops from
his door and in the winter sea&on ho
reahxoH a goodly profit by taking loads
of cord wood to the nearest cumu or
down to the treeless prairies. The
prairie rancher , on the other hand , is
forced to carry his lumber for building
and his wood for fuel , many miles and
consumes much time and labor in so
doing.
The mountain rancher is well \ pro
tected by the high walls which protect
him from the biting blasts of winter.
No blizzards freeze him and no torna
does and cycloncb blow his house away.
His stock is well sheltered by the trees
and high hills , and grows bleek and fat
almost without any attention. Indeed ,
thiH entire region may claim , with the
mountain rancher , immunity from Iho
climatic severities which affect the
eastern and northern parts of Dakota ,
and this blessing is duo to the protec
tion afforded by the mountains. To the
mount'iin rancher it makes little dif
ference whether the ueabon is rainy or
dry. The boil of his farm IK at all
times bulliciontly moibt and well
watered. Ilo neodn no irrigating
ditch , and never has occasion to fear
too much water except that spring
freshets may , in bomo localities , aolay
bccding.
Hut the mountain rancher is not
merely n rancher. The mountains de
mands his attention , and boinotimes hu _
bucomes neglectful of bib agricultural
interests on that account. Ho is usual
ly an inveterate prospector for miner
als , nml the claims which he has staked
for gold , silver and tin , under the
United States mineral laws , are very
numerous. The fact is , that tlio moun
tains and miaou , not the t > ell , wore tlio
Inducements to Ills locating. The farm
is his menus to ,111 end Iho support se
cured to enables him to dig for a for
tune.
Nor have the hopes of the randier
bsun always in vain. In tilling the soil
and hunting for mines ho haf > , in many
instances made rich strikes and , espec
ially in the tin districts , the cases are
quite Humorous , where both farm
and mluoH have been tola
for many thousand dollars. Sometimes
a great mining company becomes covo-
touH of ranchers' holdings and pays him
a largo sum for the farm for town Mto
or milldito purposes and very often
for placer mfning uses.
Dut if the mountain rancher's situa
tion is interesting , and his condition
prosperous , it must not bo supposed that
lie is entirely without dilHeultioB ,
Tliaro are some drawbacks to oven bo
bright a prospect as his. In the sum
mer time there are llorco ulcclrlc&torms
among the hills and although they do
not como very often and are not rcnUy
dangerous , yet they are siillleinntlv tcr-
rillc to affect weak nerves and aa light
flash nml thunders roll , the
strongest mind may well bo awed.
There are sometimes hail storms just as
there are in prairie countries , and in
their path the growing crops are bat
tered down and destroyed. Hut these
drawbacks nro not moro serious than
are the disasters which overtake tlio
farmer in nearly every part of the
earth. The greatest drawback , how-
ovorto rancliing among the Hills , would
probably be found by the prafrlo
rancher in the insecurity of titles to
land in the mineral ( list riots. The
greater part of the IJInek Hills country ,
proper , is uusurvoynd and not subject to
entry under the homestead , preemption
and timber culture laws of tlio United
States. Hy the Hlack Hills proper is
meant the mountainous portion ,
for it should be remembered
that adjacent to the mountain
is n vast open , treeless region composed
of valleys nnd tables , which are de
voted to the uses of great herds of slock
anil thousands of ranches. The open ,
treeless region is surveyed and has
larpoly been taken by homesteadorn ,
although much still roiiminh unocou-
plod and open to entry. The title
which the mountain rancher gets la
taken in ono of two ways. The llrit
way is known na the " .iquatlors right" ,
and consists of fencing tlio desired
tract. This right is possessing , merely.
and suhjuct , at all limns , to the uses of
miners who nro entitled to run over and
prospect on the fenced ground for min
erals. The second right is that which
is given by the United States laws to
placer miners. Aiost of the mountain
ranchers have availed themselves of
the advantages of the law , In reference
to placer mining and have not only
fenced their land , but have sunk shafts
or excavated tunnels in the bars and
high ridges which are included in their
several twenty acre placer locations , in
compliance with the requirements of
the law in reference to assessment
work. By doing $ o)0 ( ) worth of work on
each twenty ai-ro lot nnd paying live
dollars an aero for it , Iho locator Is
entitled to a patent.
On manyof the mountain ranches the
bars pay for working and in 1'enni'igton
county , during the year just past , some
$ -1(1,000 ( worth of gold was produced fnmi
these sources and sold at the banks in
Hapid City. It cannot bo said that
those bars are "rich" in the sense that
the term ' 'rich" is used in mining
countries. That is , they do not pay buf-
fk'ient to warrant minors , except in
some few fa voted localities , in devoting
their entire attention to the nroduction
of gold with the pick , shovel , pans or
sluice boxes. Yet it is believed , with
reason , that great profits would result
from the judicious investment of largo
capital and the application of hydraul
ics. LJe that as it may the mountain
rancher adds to his income from this
source , if ho is s-o fortunate as to bo the
possessor of a gold-bearing bar.
It is u noticeable fact , that every year
the number of mountain ranches , re
duced to agricultural and stock uses , in
creases. The pro&poct of large mining
operations in the tin and re factory ore
districts of the hills.has induced many to
make locations nnd riiso vegetables and
oats for thogrowing local market. The
business of distributing groceries and
implements , clothing and supplies for
the mountain ranchers and miners , is
already very large , and the slocks kept
on hand by merchants in Deadwood and
Rapid City are immense. Custer and
Sturgis are also important points of dis
tribution and the former , although bitu-
aled in the mountains and haying no
trade whatever from the prairies , is
sustained almost altogether by the people
ple who till tbo soil of the fi'ountain
valleys. It Is roinnrkablo thai so much
agricultural land exists in the spaces
between the mountains , and if. ib un
doubtedly true that it is sullicient in
area to support a largo population.
* -
EDUCATIONAL ) .
There nro 3,000 Uoinnn Catholic p.iroohla
schools in the United States , with an enroll
inentof 510,000 , pupils.
At 13ryn Mowr ( Pa. ) college there is an
appropriation of $3,000 a year to bo expended
in books for the dillercnt departments.
A now chair of politic.il economy is to be
established at Yale by members of the class
of 187.1. Protection alone is to bo taught from
this chair.
Anew term at Vandorbllt university began
February 1. A now physical laboratory has
been lilted up aim given in charge of Prof.
John Daniel , late of Johns Hopkins uni
versity. i
Princeton college Jlgurcs for lSSs-S3 : Pro
fcssors , tutors , etc. . 42 ; undergraduate stu
dents in the academic department ; grad
uate students , ill ) ; total nnmbor of btudentH
ami fellows , GOT. .
Tlio editors of the Dartsmoutli .Kgis , Iho
college annual , have been put on probation
by the faculty for certain ullofrod llbelous
c.irtooni which appeared in It. Kivo of them
have been deprived of scholarships ,
It is stated tiiut Governor Gordon , of
Geonria , lias recommended the restoration of
the fS.OOO grant to the Atlanta university ,
which was withdrawn last yo.ir bccauso
white and black students wore admitted to
the same classes.
The Armstrong hall at Tuskcgeo ( Ala. )
Normal seiiool has recently been completed.
It was built ii.y the Tuskegoo HtuUento , who
are negroes , they sawing thu lumber , making
the brick , and doing nil tlio work of erection
and finish except putting on the tin roof.
The projected ClarH university , at Worces
ter , Mass. , which it is intended Khali rank
with Johns Hopkins In opportunity for ad
vanced study , is fortunate In the selection of
Prof. ( ! . Stanley Hall , now of Johns Hop
kins , as its president , The university will
open next October.
The term which ended with the mid-year
examination at , Welleiiloyviwonoof nnmis
takablo success. Wollcsluy has grown year
by year , until now almost seven humlrol
young women nro enrolled as students. Tim
present Ficshnmn class , the Inrgcnt in the
history of the college , numbers UOO.
Chicago is to have a unlvorolty , but it re
mained with Now York to i-Ivo it to her.
Mr Jolul D. Rockefeller , of New York , Is
the gentleman to whom so many roforoncu ?
have been inudo in tlio p.ipor.s of Into in eon
ncclion with tlio rumored project , and it is
to him that Clneigo will be indebted for nn
institution of learning which will be wdrthy
of the city and the west ,
For American universities , the last report
of the commission1 ! ' of oduc.itlon ( Washing
ton , I'-SS ) gives the following statistics t Har
vard university lieadn the UsJ with productive
ivo funds amounting to ? A IT . 'K'O ' ami yield
ing an income of .i , > ll , ( OJ Thin sum is in-
cro.iscd by tuition fees $ 'i.'il,00' , and receipts
fioia other bournes S7ooi ) , making a total
annual'iiicomo of 1 1 01k)0. ( ) Yale stands next
In its total receipts , though not in ondow-
moot. 1U invesUid funds amount to $ JUbf-
Oofl , with a rqblllting 1111x11110 nf 1 \ , OM , The
teculpfs from tuition fees and other sources ,
raised its total Income -
"What a pity it is , " says a city clergyman ,
"that there are BO many bwc'Jt slnnors and
sour aalntii. "
"Do you expect to keep I ent , Mr. ( Jay-
lioyl" Oh , , ves , sorter half Keep itj th.it
is , my bettor half keeps it. "
It i eirilm'iiUy proper to re far to the un
known man who will givoiO,000tUU ) to found
a H.iiaist uuirorblty an r. philanthropist of
the llrst water.
A minister preached a trial sonnon In an
eastern city Bumlav from the tevt , ' 'One
thing thou la Kost , " Did ho refer to hla.self
or thu congregation !
An Arkansas man who baar.s the name of
Jerusalem John Jc/msou vv.atn it changed to
John the Haptlst KSmlth In order that ho may
inherit tc-n acres of land ,
Sam Jones clalmH to have converted 1,200
neraonsulurlng hU c.unjiai a In Los Ant
ics. Tint porcoptlblu ruilactioii in tlio alti
tude of the boom stories from that locality Is
thus accounted for.
"In What condition was the I'ati lurch Job
at thu end of Ills llfii ? " iisltcU u I'aimien Sun
day school toactvr of a Quiet-lookmt' boy at
tbo foot of the class. "Dead , " calmly ro-
pllcd the miiot-lookliig boy.
She ( ns her thcologic.il * ultor. in pulling
his gloves from his overcoat ixjokct , throws
out a butiulrv check ) "Oh , this Is Bomo of
that dear , delightful old Hebrew , isn't ill
nnd in your own handwriting , too. I am
Rolup to keep It. It may bo something very
romantic "
DELAYS
ARE DANGEROUS
nml many tlmrs 111 prove to you a grout
< . < > u iliniitil ! l"t il < Mi > oven for n dixy
our coining to our storo. Wo nro making
1 n cK'.in Hwcop of our entire stock of wlntor
poods , nnd will an mo you prices Hint M lit
ntviost you.
ClmrlcB Iloso , residing nt No. 1312.Tones St ,
an engineer by trnrto , but lutuly working" } a
general work , 1ms lived hero utiout two years ,
luibbuen < lu'if nioio or less for twenty years ,
unit qnlto deaf for some time , lias hud catarrh ,
with Its usual symptom , such ns stopping up
of nose nml nccnmulntlons of iiiuciiH In hi
throat ; ho complained of ilnglng and buzzing
Inhl.s cans , which \uisu grout nnnoynncoto him
Ilo lunils the dally paper.s , nnd through them
was Induced to call on lr .Ionian , In thulliimgti
Building , to sco If Ills nose , th'ro.it and oiira
could bu bciiGllttcil Ho was told they could be ,
nuil ho commenced treatment Ho commenced
to imnrovo in n short time , ana after a COUI-HU
o about three moiithu , was rewarded iyIU ; a
return of his Hearing , wo much BO ( lint "Hojfcau
now near the slightest whisper. Ifo hng HO
ringing in his ears , anil his none anil throatUms. ,
ceased to tiouoio mm mitlrely. Hosaj-H : "Jean
now appreciate wimt ucforo was n KM ill blank ,
and ] cannot speak too highly of the Doctor1 !
aullltles. "
UOCTOK
J. CRESAP McCOY ,
( J.ato of IlelJevtio Hospltal.NowVork )
Succeeded by
DOCTOIt
( Late of the University of Now York C'lty anJ.
Iloiuiril University , Washington , 1) , O , i
HAS Ol'TJOKS
No. 31O and 311 Raratfo Bulletin ?
Corner Fiftranlll and Ifarnoy sts. , Omalta , Neb ,
where nil curable cases are treated
with nuccosn.
Note Dr. Chailes M. Jordan has been rest ,
lent physician for Dr. McCoy , In Omnlia , foi
the past your ami l.s the phydiclun who has
made thu euros that have been published
weekly In this paper.
\Iudlcal diseases treated skilfully. Donf-
noos , Consumption , llronchltin , AHthniu , ] ) y *
[ lepsln , llheumntlsm and all NorvoilS and
SklnDisoneos.
CONSULTATION at otllro or by mail , l.
Ollico hours U to Hit , ill. , 2to-l p. in. , 7 to8n.
m. , tinnduyollico hours from t ) n. m. , to 1 p. in.
Correspondence lecolvnapiompt attention.
MnnvdUenses are treated successfully by Dr.
Jonlon tlirougn the nmllK.aml It Is tnnn possiUa
for tlio o iinUli to make a Jonrnuv to obtain
BSKDI. HOSPITAL TitUATMI'.NT AT
UOMKS.
DR , BAILEY'S '
DENTAL
Institute !
Tcclh I'llrncll'il without imlli nrtUii.'ur.
I Inctt NitHo ! leutliHIO
( io'cliimH-ilviTllllliiKniil lowest r.ilos.
( iiiirnl reel * m it liy crowning ,
I'n itm Illuik Kill unJ Karnum , Tuluphono 111
'tiTiTlng tiora th
ollooui of youthful
knit * ,
I v/lli .lend ( iTalutblo trcatlno ( scaled ) containing full
l > artiov urs for homo cur < . frro of nhornn.
. AM TO * riof. ft o. i'owum , noouua , CONH ,
B. IREY.
TO LOAN ,
On C'lty nnd Farm Proocrtyl
CASH m HAND ,
per Bought.
r'rt'n/.or iJluoK. opj ) . I1. O.
Dr. J , E. IcGrewi
Ono of the Most HuccQSif.il
SPECIALISTS
In the Treatment of all Chronic , Spe
cial and Private Diseases ,
LOSS OF MANHOOD , CK" , { at ,
Hoxnul Organs , absolutely ciiroj ,
PRIVATE DISEASES ,
anti'i'd ,
CI/IH PICAQCQ hlxtrcntnumt for whtqli ,
OMll UliUttOLOi KIVM the most brtauUfiil
r < miple\lon , nnd it perfect i > Klti.
CONSULTATION FREE !
Kewl stump for it-ply ,
Olico--BusMmc\n ( UlocK , lOth
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