Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 8, 1883, Page 7

THE DAILY BEE- P ATURRDAY, DEC EMBER 8, 1883, an Brunt, Thompson & Co COUNCIL BLUFFS, - - - - - - - - - IOWA. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. THIS IS A CUT OF THE N. C. THOMPSON Single- Row Stalk Cutter, " Which has been through a good many tisons, and has always given entire It is one of th: first t, and to-day thereis none superior. The «™ Double Row Stalk Cutter We would & en sfaction. stalk cutters ever put on the mar isas well known as this, request dealers to place their order: with us early, as the demand for stallk cutters will be larger than ever before. AMONG OUR GOODS ARE THE FOLLOWING : N.C.Thompson’s Plows, Reapers, Cultivators, Mowers Hay Rakes, Harrows, Hay Tedder, Stalk Cutter, New Tongueless Cultivator. THIS IS A CUT OF THE N. THOMPSON SPRING COLTIVATOR, satisfactio Which gave snch universal W offer you this Cultivator again and are stilleconfident that itis nearey Tast season. ~—perfection than any similar cultivator of %5 o her mukes. The == nade in the past bes =" helief record which it ha- s s out in the abov( hd WE HAVE ALSO A FULL LINE OF - Sl oy s, oo, . & | THE KETCHUM WAGON, ‘. - THE GHALLENGE PLANTER, THE TRAHERH IRON PUMPS. —ALL SOLD BY— Van Brunt, Thompson & Co. To our former patrons aad to those who may in the future, be our patrons, we will say tuut wo are again permitted te offer you the ‘ N. ¢, THOMPSON Hay Rake for the coming year. The success of this Rake i3 so well known that com- ment 18 unnecessary. It has hisher wheels than any other and for rakng stalks, as well as hay, it cannot be heat, WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THE FINEST ASSORTMENT ) Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons and Spring Wagons, To be found in the West, at ¢ rresponding low prices. You should investigate this before buy'ng elsewhere 1 i these m Its the funniest thing 1t is the Did you ever sece one of €hines work ? you ever saw. N. C. THOMPSON nd will domore work turning hay thau wenty men can do in the same time, §5#™ We desire ycur trade, aud nieturn we 'will furn. h you with - ood goods. VAN BRUNT, THOMPSON & CO, Noe, 10,12 and 14 Fourth Street, L juncil Blufls, To«a, COUNCIL BLUFFS, ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS, IMETHING OF SHENANDOAH, Indignation at Exoebitant Freight Oharges on Cord Wood, Suesaxnoan, Decomber 6.—Tho roll of the skating rink is as the roar of the distant cataract. The farmers’ alliance of this place has resolved to assist the company which is fighting Washburn, Moen & Co., on the barb wire i 1 is proposed to contest the collection ot the bonus granted to the H. & §. rail road by Shenandoah, on the ground of non-complianco with the specifications according to which the machine sheps were to be built. A Dakota colony of Shenandoahites has been organized. The papers have been by o large number of ne, signed prominont o J. Williams, Geo. Cottrill, and C. Harrison lave been appointed to go in behalf of the company, spy out and locate land. The plan is to sooure for the colony a whole county. The hardware firm of Norton & Cot. rell has dissolved partuership and Lem Norton now goes it alone. He is young, but if he is as cautious and foresoving as the old man, his father, he will do. The Wabash ratlroad has added €1 to tho freight on a cord of weod. This is a burden to the poor man. And yet the people wonder what can be done about i\t Can it bo that we the people have forgotten that wo are the king of this country, or have we abdicated in favor of sroat corporations? If the principle that the interests of the many are paranount to the interests of the few be a correct e, why should it not be applied to the nanagemeut ard administration of rail- road companics? Who will answer this shorter catechism? . Wae hear that we are to be favorad by a coneert from the Omaha Glee club, and inbly informed it will be a treat. N. Waitney, the railway man from Atlantic City, has been prowling around here, and some are anxious to know what it may mean, De. J. G. Ross has returned from Da kota, and now is to devote hunself to his practice. 0. e ——— Six por cent city and farm loans. S. W Fergusson & Co., 39 Pearl St. mw& et The ¥. M. O. A, Gospel meoting at Y. M. C. A. rooms No 12 nporth Main street Suuday at 4p m. Rogular monthly business meeting of the Y. M C. A. a; their rooms Monday evening at 8 o’clock. A full attendance 18 requested, C. 0. Frren, secretary. e Diphtheria is provalent. Use Dr Jeffcies’ (Counel Bluffs) preventive and Cure, or buy a coffin. “You pay you money ayd take your choice e — Music, Heaveuly Maid, By Mose Hart. Never doubt a musician’s word when he suys he can’t play. Ten chances to one hie con’t. In literature it is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. In music it is but & hair's-breadth from delight to tor- ture, Some people who play the piano can- not understand why others who don’t play are so much more popular with their neighoors. Always do your practicing in the early morning when the noise will_be partially drowned by the yells of the milkmen, newsboys and hucksters. Many pianos are rold on installments, and muny more would be were it not for the difficulty of getting pianos war- ranted not to wear out until they are paid for. Many promising musicians have been made permanently deaf by the noise of their practice. A light touch, witha li oral use of the soft pedal, is the ouly pre- ventive, Everything depends upon practice, and not less than ten hours a day should be given to it. Do not go to a great eity to learn music. Move out into the middle of u prairie. A piuno that has been used seventoen years in an Insane Asylum in Philadel phia was chopped up for firewood the other day, and since then so many of the inmates have got well that the managers will either have to buy another old piano or close the institution. e em— AN EXTRAOKDINARY CASE, AUBTIN, TiXAS, Fob, 20th, 1850 To Mr. J. V. Gruham, Drugyist: Dear Sir—My casn wis an acute form of brouchitis, and was of ono and o half year's i employed thy best wedical aic bt farled rapidly, until tho doctors suidd L would dio—that my case wis inourablo Thrown upon my own resourcos, ©got bottle of Dic Wit HALL'S BAL¥AYW FOR THE LUNGS awnd in six houre felt u decided relief. Tu threo duy the congh almost disappeared, Now thit my chunows of life aro goot for wany yeare, 1 ewsnestly recommend the sbove to every suf- ferer of luug or throut diseise C. G, LATHROP. BAKERS'S PAIN PANACEA cures pi in Man aud Beast. For use exterually aud io- tornully, R e AP rous Newspaper. Kansas City Journal, There are fow papers in the weat that show a greater degroo of prosperity than Tar Osan Bee. On the lst inst, it published a double sheet. containing a complete history of uhe Union Pacitic ruilroad. It wus the twenticth auniver- sary of the breaking ground for thut wighty enterprise, which has doue s much to develop the country west of the Missouri river. In adoition Tue Bee Lave & Bix amn interview with George Fraugie Train, m New Yok, who was the priane mover in building the Union Pucitic Tue Ber has been built up by the energy and ability of its proprietor and wanaging editor, Mr. E. Rosewater who for several years did nearly all the editorial work 0 its columns, - He now has the paper in thorough and complete running order, having recently reorgan ized the editorisl staff, Mr Alfred Sorensou, who was for seven years on 'k Beg, and then Jeft to serve thiee years on The Republican, now gocs buck 10 Te Bee us wessnciato editor, He is an accomplished aud hard-working journal- | 1 will bo & decide Jicon to the | aper We regard Tue Beg as one of the upnt enterprising papers 1o the Missouri abiey. It has struggled through and difficulies, sud we ure % s0lid basis, OVSROME HiBly ulad "My Mother Hon been usingt your Lurdock [lood /'itters us a liver romudy, wnd finds thew very ctiie cous Chas, L. Alusworih, 41 Vanos Block, Tndian- 7 LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS. San Francteos Call, Eleven yoars ago the Pacific const, and the entire world for that matter, were eolectrified by astounding intellig-nce that diamond fields of inexhaustible quantity and perfect quality had been discovered in one of the territories. Vague rumors followed one aaother in regard t location and purity of the stones, Some said that they were in Arizona, others in rado, while some maintained that they certainly were near tho Burro mines in New Mexice the too credulous public was confident that they existed somewhere, and every one waited with foverish anxioty the sol tion of the much-vexed preblom. At last the papers were informed that a lot of the dismonds had been received in San Fran and after undergoing a thorough tost by experienced lapidarios, had bec pronounced “‘gems of purest water. I'hat was the torch that fired the public excitement beyond control, Al now wondered why they were not discovered before, Thousands flocked to see them and as day after day the papers contained columns devoted to the sub Jeet, people were driven almost frantie to tind the locgtion of this new Gol- conda, About this time it was rumored thatan oxpedition was going to be sent to the tields to work and hold thew; and that they were to be incorporated, and the stock sold to the public, so that all could have an opportunity to bocome rich in a short timo. A Harpending was the prime mover of the affair, and the Bauk ot Cal} ifornia, the treasurer of this new and wonderful company. But the atory of the method of awindling pureued by the rogues 18 woll-known to all Californisne, It iy only of the expedition that was led search of the diamonds that this article shall treat. THE DIAMOND HUNTRRS, One day, a short time after the excite mont broke out, a crowd of perhaps twenty men—one of whom was the wr ~wero assembled in Harpending's off at the corner of Cabifornia and Sansome streets. They represented all parts of the Union, were of various professions, and social and physical diflerences wore marked. Thero was the old 49r, ready 0 go to the end of the world, if necessary, in search of new discoveries. There were also young men full of adventure—the future bright and cheerful—ready for anything 1 the shape of excitement. Also a few professional men, several mechanics, and one or two broken-down teports,” on whom Fortune had not smiled in 80 long a time (hat they were “willing to set their life on any chance, to mend it or be rid on't.” What brought this strange, incongruous mass to- gother? What object could they possibly have in common! It was the secret ex- pedition! After awhile, |[Harpending joined the party,and read the contract. 1t was that he would furnich funds to pay all expen ses of the company; that they were to travel in any part of the United States or territories that he wished them to do; that they were to mme for gold, silver and precious stones, locate water rights, ete., for a period of four months; that all discoveries were to be divided between him and the company. Every man signed it, and all were told to be at the Oakland boat the next morning at exght o'clock. Mike Gray was appointed captain, After all the prelimjnariss woro ar raunged the men eagerly ¢ discussed the prospects of the expedition. While no special mention wus wade of any particu lar location of precious stones, atill all had an intutive knowledge that one point was the *‘Diamond Fields,” aud that se- cresy was necesrary, as it might lesk out before the object was attained, thus depriving him of the full beuetit ot the wondertul discovery In the crowd was o man by the name of Jones, who was to pilot us to this un- known land. Ho kept a mysterious mlence, but vocasionally deigned to ans- wer one of the many questions propound- od, with some vague auswer about untold weanlth hidden away in one of the terri tories, where once before he had been with a crowd of a dozen men, and had tound gold and precious stones in abund- ce; how the Indians, jealous of their treasures, had murdered all but him; and he would end by sayimg: Al that you men have to dois to tight Indmns for awhile, and to the survivers of the expe dition immense wealth will acerue,” and then said that i fifteen days we would be on the ground, 'That night every man of the party was button-holed constantly by people who were auxious to know what was going on. “*Where are you going! When do’ you start?” ote., were heard on all sides. In spite of our ellorts, our meeting was known, and the air was fill- ed with mysterious rumors of the object of our organizotion, THE BTART, The next morniug—it was in Septem- ber, 1872—tho company were promptly on haud, and bade adieu to San Francisco with the ¢xultant hope, that i a few wonths the survivors would return as Monte Cristos We boarded the ove train at Oukland wharf, and were whirled through California, Nevada, on into Chey- enne, whero we switched off and went to Denver. On our arrival at that city, we wero cau ioned by Gray to keey quict and have as little to say to the peoplo s pos- sble. Wo created cousiderable excito- went amony the natives, who saw twenty weange-looking men cluster togother on the platform, looking after piles of lug yugo, coses of saddles, harness, etc., and last and wmost ominous of all, boxes of Winchestor rifles! **What does it meant’ wan asked on all nides, and the irrepres- sible reportorial fly bugzed uncemsingly with the vain hope that he could scent the right trail. ~ We all stopped at the same hotel, and after supper, strolled around in twos and threes to see the sights, Suveral inquisitive natives after vainly trying all kinds of ways to make us pive an account of ourselves, undertook to see il Colorado whiskey would not cause us to uubosom; but alus! they reck- oned without their host. They mide the attempt on several, who for years had tackled *Barbary Coast lightning," and in & short time the Denveritesbit the dust, Wao were not annoyed further. The next morning we were off bright and early on the narrow guuge road for Pu blo.” We passed through the grand- est sconery in Colorado, On through wild canons, across pretty vall on past the Pyramid Recks, until Piko's Peak reared its snow capped summit in front of us. About 4 p. m. we reached Pueblo—our journey's end by rail We camped near the depot, and made propurations for securing horses and pack wules, The next day we went into town, picked out what suck we wished, and brought them to cau We also engaved two Mexicans as puckers The first night out from Pueblo, we wer visted o a tervific thunder storm Tt rained in torrents ou our unproteeted heads, and gave the uninitiated an ides of what was iu store for thew, THE DIAMOND HUNTEKS FOLLOWED, apulia, Iud The neat night there was cousiderable their | hut wherever they were, | |exef ement incamp. A party of men, | hended by Jonny, nlins “‘Apache Moss, were following, and camped across the ray ne from us What is to be donet” {8 ked s0mo “'Shall wo allow those men | to follow us, or shall we stampede their stock, or failing in that, shall we take forcible posseasion of it, and send them | back afoot? We eannot pormit them to | track us in that way." After coosider- ablo talk, wo had an interview with | them, in which taey said that they would Not attempt to interfere in any way with | our expedition; that they would like to | go along, aud would not make any loca toua on lands that we might have claim to; besides were going that, s we | through an Indian country, they might be of service to us. Under th condi | tions, we permitted them to follow, Abont that time we noticed that Gray and Jones were studying the map very elosoly. Wo had now been out from Pasoio over n wook, and Jones was sk rotty soon,” he would say. across the next range of mountaing, 1 will show you where my party was massa- cred, while they were taking out a thou sand dollars & day to the man,” The he would say, “If I don't paove what 1 say, you cann do what you chomse with we.” That clinched it, and _impationco for the time being was sot aside. On wo torled, day after day, and still no end Wo wore now following the San Juan river, wo would cross and recross it, and coutinue on our wearisome way. Our provisions bogan fuilng. Wo wero put on halt rations, and sull no sign of Jones mountain, the Mecoy of our journey. Wao fortunately came across a tlock of wild turkeys, and our rifles were soon playing on them, and we secured seven oreight. That nightand the next day wo feasted W continued on our way moro dis- heartened ut the closo of every day’s j wur- noy. W crossed and recrossed moun- tains and valleys. Our stock were well- migh exhausted, and low muttering among the men could daily be heard. One night about this time, jost after wo had made camp,the meujseattered through thecanon insearch of wamo. Wo wero almost famishod for food. Soon a shot was heard. Then a shout, and in & body we rushed to tho point, where we found one of our comrades standing over a bear that he had killed. A ery of dolight weut up from every one. We soon brought him to camp, and sot about preparing him for supper. INDIANS, Up to that time we had not seen any Indiang, and in our anxiety about the suceess of our trip, and the short rations, had ceased to give a thought about them, but while we were all around the fire, cutting up the bear, the cry was raised “ludians! Indians!” Ina moment every man grabbed his rifle, and prepaved for what might follow; but we were soon as- sured of their penceful intentions, by one of them coming up to the fire and stating in Spanish that he was a Navajo, and a friend to the whites. When he saw the bear wehad killed, he became vory angry, and demamded why we had killed an an imal reverenced by the Nuvajos for gene- vations back, as oio of their guds. By this time the camp was full of them, and they were excitedly discussing the affair, ex amining the skin, aud giving evidences of their displeusure. Through the interproter, we assured them that we meant no sacrilege, that we were without fuod, and 1t was not against ow creed to kill bears, and wound up by wiving them some trifling present, and prowising to go to the camp next day They then left, and we ate our supper in peace; and to the tired, hungry, worn-oat prosp.cctors, that boar was a delicious morsel. We afterwards ascertained that the Navajos believe in the transmigration of the souls, and in that bear wag repre- sented one of their departed braves, They think also that wild turkeys are possess ed with souls of their deceased wo- men, and nothing could make them harm them. The next day we went to their camyp aud procured nome coin, and continued on our weary journey Oune night, after we had been out a month, we found that we were almost in the iden- tical apot where we had been somo fif- teen days before. We had Ueen travel ing around in a circle without any defi- nite objective point! Jones was called to account, LOST. Ho admitted that he had been thrown off the trail, and had lost a great deal of time, but said that he now knew hs road aud after wo crossed the desert just be- fore us, and the range of mouniains, whose blue line could just be discovered abeve the horizon, we would then be, without fail, at our journey’s end. Tho next morning at daybreak wo were in the soddle, and started ueross the desert with our tired, worn-out stock. Moss aud his crowd hud lfu us in disgust. Slowly wo toiled along, the hoofs sinking into the soft, loose sand to the fetlock at every stop. All day long wo travoled, and night found us still in the desert, Our canteens were dry, the stock had had no water since morning, and we had no idea how fur wo hmd to travel before wator could be fouud, The command was seat- tered for ten miles—all following an old arrayo, with tho hope of finding water, A nuzber of the pack animals bad given out, und as fast as they did so, their packs wero removed wnd thrown down, and tho peor brutes would follow, an imal like, in our wake, Wo had ceased K of dismends or gold. Water wus what we cried for. On we toiled- every man for himself—some frightoned at the terrible future; others trying to put ons bold front, but all disgusted, At last one-half of the crowd stopped about midnight, threw the packs ofl the poor animals, and waited to ses what the worrow might bring forth; for several wen on strong horses were ahead anud might find water, That night of ter- riblo anxioty passed, and at sunriso the next morming the cry was raised| “*Here comes a man from the front!” So it proved. Water had been found in a hole ten miles beyoud at 3 a. m., and they had sent a load of filled canteens back. We pulled the fellow off the sad- dle and drank tho nectar that he had brought us. We pushed forward, and at noou reached the water-hole. ENTOMBED FOK A WEEK IN A OANON, Horo we rested that day—sent back for the broken down stock and moved on the next day, aud reached the mountains. Wae entered s canon that Jones said he knew. We travelled slowly all day. The sides of the canon grew steeper and taller, until at night they were perpen dicular, and at least 2,000 feot high. There was grass and water though, and we hoped for the best. The mext day was u repetition of the preceding one. W kept on, hoping to find an outlot, but nono presented. We could not go back, for we had followed 80 wany *‘arms” of the canon, that it was next to impossible to find tho exact place of entrance. We now realized that we were lost in an un- known, wild canon. We would follow what seemed to be an outlet, when to our horror and disgust, it would abruptly end where perpendic- ular walls, thousands of feet high, stared us in the face. Then we would retraco our ateps and try another with the same result, till despair seit vd upon all of us. We were over a week in t canon, Cne day we saw rome queer figuros scratched on a rock, They ros presented horses, men and birds, and men pushing horses up & meuntain. One of the Mexicans suid that he understood it to be an Indian sign that there was a place to get outof the canon by pulling up the horses with ropes, Cheercd by this slight sign, we kept on, and the walls began to get more broken hearts beat wildly, Soon we re other Indian sign, and it pointed to an arm of the canon on the left. We fol- lowed it, and in an hour reached one of the walls that could be scaled. In a mo-" ment a lariat was passed around the rump of an anim. four or five men caught hold of the two ends, while two pushed behind, In this way wo released ourselves from the living tomb, where we had been for over o week. By night we were all on the top of the mesa, and breathed frooly once more. We saw the remnant of a Navajo camp and went to ity where we found some corn, which we ate ravenously THE MOUNTAIN IN THE DISTANCE, Gray then callod Jones before the men, and asked him where the mountain was he had been so long hunting. He pointed to & mountain in plain vies of us, and said that was it. Gray dotermined to send all the broken down stock, the pack mules and baggage to Fort Defiance, and push on to the mountain with a fow of tho best horses, unencumbered by any baggage whatever. The company hero divided, Gray going to the mountain with seven or t mon, while the rest started for Fort Defiance with o Navajo guide. Winter had set in, and snow cov~ erod the ground. The men were illy prepared for it, and suffered greatly. Wo found the Navajo gude n very shrowd ono, like the balance of his race, and he always managed to have ux camp every night near one of their villages, so that they could offer us a sheep for one of the broken down stock. Of course, wo would at first refuse it, but, as they were fast giving out, he made it a point to take us out_ of our way, over mountainous roads, determining that we should nos get into Wort Defiance with a singlo head, if he could prevent it; and he would have succeeded had we not dis- covered his littlo game anu discharged him at once, and struck out on our own account, ard, ten days after our separa- tion from Gray, reached Fort Defiance in a fearful snow storm, broken down with fatigue and exposure and semi-~ starvation. A rousing fire greeted us, and, after a hearty supper, Gray's party, that had reached there one day ahead of us, told us that they had discovered nothing—that the whole affair was a fraud and a swindle, and that wo were the dupes of somo giganticswindling scheme. JONES' PERIL. Jones had kept up the ruse even to the last step. When his treachery was manifest, one of the party, a prominent physician of San Francisco, cocked his rifle, and turning to the crowd said: *“Men wo have beendeceived, I will kill Jones if you say the word.” Jones was white with fear. He trem- bled for his life, but the majority favored more leniont measures; 8o ho was dis- moun ed and ordered to quit camp at once. Mo did not wait for the second bidding but le(t immediately, and ar- rived 1 civilization in advance of the party. At Fort Defiance the party broke up. The men were very much incensed sgaingy Gray. They blamed him toa great extent Some of the party were sent to Fort Wingate, where Colonel Price, tho commanding officer, received thew kindly and sent them in_wagons to Santa Ie, from which point they made their way back the best way they could. Others went direct from Detiance through Arizona to California, two of the poor fel- lows dying from exposure. One became deranged but death kindly relieved him of his troubles, Several remained in tho territories and it was & long time be- fore the majority returned. On our arrival in California, the whole truth was ascertained; and for a deep schemo of villainous swindling, this sur- passed them all. The diamonds that Harpending pretended were discovered in his *disinonds ticlds” had been bought in London months before and planted in Wyoming. The instigators knew that they were watched, so conceived the idea of sending out a secret expedition in an opposite direction from their salted fields, so that all busy-bodies would fol- low it and leave them alone to *‘pros- pect” their “salted” fields safely, and tloat the stock on the public. - Their in- structions were to lose us in the San Juan desert, and adjucent country, for soveral months, far away frow civiliza- tion, 8o that wo would buve all inquisi- tive prospectors floundering after us on a wild goose chase, What became of Jones is unknown. “iray is now living in Tombstone, Ari- zona, =THE MILD POWER CURES. —— EYS’ UMPHR OMEOPATH I C o SPECIFICS. Tn use 3) years.—Each number the 1 pecal pre= seription’of \uent . —~1 ho only Bimple. e o4 foF tho p LT VRINCIR ¥ i s iippresssd or Fafnful Fer " s :.r'l..fif cuuzmnm.;uu Brow t ml h 08 Fulion Btrcet. Western Cornice-Works, C. SPECHT, PROP. 1111 Douglas 84 + Oweha, Nob, MANUFACTURER OF Galvamizea lron Cornices 4 Dormer Rooflug, Sp adjusted Ratoh and Bracket Shelv tie goneral agent for the above liue of goods. Iron oucing, Orestings, Balussrades, Vorandas, (ron Baok slungy, Window Bilads, Collar Guards: also geoera) eat {or Poorsond Hill ' atent inside Blind. e