Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1888, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, WILD PEOPLE. The Wooden Nutmeg State Enjoying an Abundance of Them. Nonwicn, Conn., Jan. 5 —This scason has been prolific in wild people in Connecticut Firsta wild girl appeared to a party of hunters in & swamp near Madison. She Teaped out of u thicket at them, poised her arms stiffly in a gesture; laughing hystericalls " three times, and fled into the fastnesses of the woods. ‘The hunters went the other way with cor responding alacrity. As she has not been seen since, the Madison people suspect that the villain still pursues her. A day or two ago a well dressed wild man, who was about forty years old, and who had black hair add eyes and stmooth fa “Chioroform.” to him, and after aght he said that he was that he had de the Italisn navy, and that the authorities were chasing him with a téam with the in- tention of chloroforming hi Then he broke away from his captors, ran across lots, leaped into the Watchareg river, was pulled out by his pursuers, taken 1o the police sta tion, and later released. He broke into a led " Chldroform,” and vanished out "Nightly & wild porson appears in Prospect, High and West Main streets, in the village of Spofford. Fo is very tall, girbed in futoral black and e runs noiscléssly up to women, touches them, starts blhkullll silently van- ishes into the engulfing darkness. He ran up to Mrs, William Brown the other night, touched her and sho sereamed and fell in the rond. Mrs. Brown is a small woman, but her shrick was heard distinetly a mile and a half. fhe wild man has not been scen since she scroamed. At Cow Hill, near Mystic, there s a wild man of the woods. He wears a big bluck bear skin, and_ he looks hideous. His other clothes are not worth much. He says not a word, but he glarcs with a wild, determined stare. He advances on & man who ap- rouches his lair in the forest of Cow Hill, glares straight in the man's o oncd and then runs, George Dunham chopping wood in the Cow Hill region one day recently, and had felled a chestnut and sat down to rest on the trunk. The wild man rushed up to him from.the brush, his bear skin bagging in_ the wind, halted at the distance of a stride from him, and then fixed w strong passionless glarc on him. Mr. Dun ham did not like s looks, and he sprang from his _scat rsed the ax held in his hunds and the witd man three times over the head with the liandle, The man in the bear skin got away from Mr. Dunham as quick us he could and plunged nto the woods sore head and he has not been scen Another wild man tenants the woods in Maussapoug, & lonely region three miles south ! On the wooded bunks of the in the Mohegan Indian reservation, is a methodical fellow of nocturnal habits. His favorite prank is toappear with a lantern in the woods, a stone’s throw from Willard Church’s hou at midnight, sct down his light, dig a hole'in the lcaves and earth jell “Murder!” until he wakens the ne - horhoo. k ago he paid his_lat- | . He screamed “Mur- until M Church hastily awolko from & dream about tom codfishing, und then he kept on screeching. Mr. Church arose, partly dressed himself, lighted his lantern, got a cart rung, drafted a_neighbor into his ser- vices and udvanced across the field in the direction of the outery A will-o'-the-wisp glimmer among the boughs of the Jucent forest. guided the men. Tho yeil “mur s again heard, and the men Thoy dashed into. the outstanding » of underbrush. The light glimmered res in advance of the they 1-eyed look by lantern light in the leaves and W6 man saw tem, too. He stopped yelling “murder,” cauzht up his ng wil lantern with one hand, threw his spade over his shoulder with the other, and without an- other word dashed madly into the depths of the forest. ‘The men found a smooth hole about two feet deep in the sod where he dug. They returned to the house, and are still in a maze of wonderment in attemptin to pierce the my: of the occurrence. Lonely, isolated "Block island 18 also troubled by a wild man this winter. He ap- pours at dead of right in a wild, untenanted llow of the hills, to which the lhnvhhmg of the ocean comes with a witch-like murmur, and he digs a hole in the the brittle peat. ‘The swinging of & spectral light is seen in the drifting mists. The islunders go out to find him, and they stumble upon the hole, but the swinging light dances away over the hills with the illusions of an ignis fatuus, and no one is any wiser about the strange visitant, ‘The spot_that the wild visitor Joves to haunt is locally known us Monets valley, and the people are divided in opinion whether it is a wraith from the phantom ship Palatine that waus beachied on the island 200 years ago, or a ghost of Captain Kidd's crew, who came with the great pirate to bury an iron box of gold Wwith a bible at desolate Sand’s point. Ll & I8 HE A SWEDISH FUGITIVE? A Famous Murder in Stockholm Re- called III Milwaukee. MiLwaUvkeE, Jan, Late in the '70's the world was startled by a daring crime com- mitted in Stockholm, Sweden, where the Janitor of a bank was murdered und the bank robbed of gold and securities to the amount of £1,000,000. The burglar eseaped, and so far as heard no traces which would indicate the direction he had taken were left. Three years later a Swede located on a farm in Vaukesha county, from which point he often made visits to Milwauk He seemed to ho well supplied with mouey, which he spent lavishly. His name was K. A, Krona, and was often bed — on the blotter of Central station. Awong his asso- ciates he was known as the count. When scarched at the station large sums of money in gold and bills were invariable found on his person, At one time $6,000: at anothor, his slumbers on an ash pile had been turbed by a blue coat For two y Krona made periodic: its to Milwau On one visit, in 1883, he met a young named Matilda Thurein, whom he sub: quently married. The first part of the hon eymoon w d at a South-side hotel, ‘where Krona's lavishness in the purch of silverware for his bride so startled the pro prictor that he notified the police he had @ gang of thieves in the house, Tle detectives who were sent over to the place in answer to the votification found a whole wagon-load of ware, but the proof that it was ull hon- ne by was indubitable. A fow days later Krona ‘and his wife left, ostensibly for St. Paul, and that was the last scen of them. About a month afte departure two we v, and then went to Waukesha. urned ina few d: and th alled at the police and asked for information in regard to Krona. They were referred to Gustave Frellson The men informed Frellson that they were members of the Scotlund Yard force, and were looking after the Swedish bank robber, They had information that he had come to this country, and they believed Krona w their man. The two men wen Paul on the trail of the K weeks later a report was recei had been captured. This wi another that the man had Stockholm, tried, and sentenced imprisonment. hen the matter dropped until Monday, ‘when Inspector Reimer received information from Logansport, Ind., that Krona was living near Lawrenceburg, Ind., ana wus now serving & term of imprisonment for a pro- longud spree. Agent Frellson says he knows positive x'l that Krona is the man wanted for he \lm holm affuir. It is stated that in the st three years Krona has dissipated sides investing 30,000 in Kansas, Missouri und Iowa lands. During Krona's stay here he Mrs. Caroline Mrs. Nelson sa, ¢ but a real, li aimus to know his family in Sweden. He was rich himself, i ne was added to by the death of ife, who left him a large sum. His full name is Keui Adolph of Lion Krona > order of the lon baving been conferred on his family by Queen Christina. It is statod here that the case hus been given int hands of the Dinkerton agen e abasde HBURNED “'l’l“ VITRIOL, A Wronged Girl's Terrible Revenge on Her Betraye; Bavrivers, Md., Jan. 5.—Mary Bropley, ® comely girl of nineteen years, in company with her mother, went 1o the- residence 'of Barry Coleman, her former loyer, asked him Krona's followed by taken to to life rded with on Clinton street bank-robber for the last time if e wae going to keep his promise and marry her, and he refusing, she threw a tumblerful of vitriol in his face She had the deadly acid concealed under her cloak. The young man was horribly burned about the face and neck. One » is entirely destroyed, and the physician thinks he will also lose the sight of the other. Miss Brophey was arrcsted, and b1is morning was released on bail for ths criminal court She did not atempt to deny the charge She stated that she and hiad been lovers for two years, and that June, after he had solewnly sworn to m her immediately, she became his v When he found that she was in troub man ceased to visit her and sent her word that he did not intend w0 marry her. man had been repeatedly asked to ful alleged promise, both by the girl father. The latter went so far as to offer to provide for his daughter for a year after the marriage. Coloman then consented, and the ter went to considerable expense, prepar ing a home for thie young couple. Coleman, however, again faiied to come to time, and hias ever since turned a deaf ear to ail en- treaties, “The story of last night's assault was told Dy the girl's mother, Sarah Brophey, as fol lows: “Mary had bacn at me forsome_time to go and see Harry again, but I told her it was scarcly worth while. Last night, however, she begged me to 2o with her, and at last I consented. We had boen refused admittance to the house before on the plea that Harry was out, 80 we waited to see him go in from work. He was already at home, however, and after waiting some time we saw him go out. He came home again about 10:80 o'clock and we then went to the house and asked for him, Ho came to tho door and I asked him if ho was not going to marry my daughter as he had promised and as he ought to do. I used all the arguments I could think of, but he did not answer. Mary then asked hiln to make her his wife but got only a sneer for an -answer. Then witha rapid motion, and before I realized what she was about, 'she dashed the contents of a tumblor in his face and threw the tumbler in the street.”! Mary, when asked why she had inflicted such terrible punishment on her lover, said, as she sobbed violontly : S0 that no other zirl would marry him— so0 that he could not take advantage of any other girl as he did of me, and for spite, be- cause he would not marry me." “‘Had you any reason *0 fear that he would not marry any one else?” “Yes, T had; my father was prosent when he got & license, He had gone there to got one to marry me, but he got one to marry an- other girl ‘instead. That was about four months ago, but e las not. married her yet." Coleman does not, deny bei i for the girl's condition, but claims that im- mediately aftor it was made known to him he offered to marry her, and she refused, saying he was too wild, Since then he has refused, believing that he had done all he should: The girl's mother is also under arrest. Massachusetts Legislature Meets. BostoN, Jun. 5.—The houseand senate met to-day. Both branches went into joint con- ventionat 12 o'clock and Governor Oliver Amesand Lieutenant Governor J. Q. A. Brackett were sworn in and qualified. Gov- eruor Ames then made his inangural address. Filed Schedules, an. 5.—The commission house n{ [) D. nmmflm & Co,, which recently filed schedules bilitics, 1,601,427 actual assets, £1,231, nowinal assets and ] — - Four Men Killed By a Blast., WiLkesankre, Pa, Jan. 5.—Reports just at hand say by a premature blast four men were killed and seven severely injured while at work on the new branchline of the Lehigh valley railroad near Laurel run. The men vre said to be Ituliuns whose names could not be ascertained. e RAILROAD NOTES. A MONTILY MEETING. A regular monthly meeting of the Nebraska State ussociation of general passenger and ticket agents was held at the B. & M. head- quarters yesterday forenoou. Every road was represented with the exception of the Missouri Pacifie. Only business pertaining strictly to the association was transacted. PERSONAL. Assistant Goneral Passenger Agent Lomax, of the Union Pacific railway, departed yes- terday for Chicago on busines A. Johnson, first assistant gencral freight agent of the Union Pacific railway, has returned fcom a trip to Chicago. — BENCH AND BAR. United States Court. BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION ENJOINED, Yesterday the Union Pacific company filed a bill asking for a writ of injunction against of transportation of the state of 5| The plaintiff charges that the said bmndnLun the right, power and autho to fix and establish rates and tariffs for the transportation of persons and property over the Union Pacific road, and is now in eration upon a schedule that will redu two cents per mile the passenger tariff, both inter-state and domestie, through the state of Nebraska, making besides a correspond- ing reduction of tariff on freight. The com- pany claims that this will so disable them as 10 make it impossible to pay their operating expenses. Judge l)umlv granted a_ tempo- rary injunction and the date fixed for hearing the case Pistrict Court. _Dubime & Co. brought suit against Wiiliam esterday. They cstate that |l| v hold a chattel mortgage on the stock of ms, and that the sheriff has about te of the goods in his hands and fuses to turn them over, Duhme & Co. also usks $00 damage: County Court. SUED BY KTEVENS BOTHERS. Stevens Bros,, the real estate agents, filed an action against Joseph W. with iuterest, the same being due us percentuge for the sale of real estut Coun "l!‘lll yesterday I in the sum of #4 Brandeis, a judg- sderick N 2.5 against Carl Poli Huego Schushardt, Toi Anderson, Frnst Meyer, Joe Bauer and William Gren for disturbing the peace were fined & A h yestorday. . F. Dorsey and_James Mo- Guity ongagod in o trangular Sght. in the rear of the Continental clothing louse yes- lay evening, and tney knocked each other about in the snpw at o lively rate. Five dol- lars and cost each 1. U. Buggy, Augast Westloff and M. Cun- ninghan, driks, were sent up for v days each. Lindsay Avrested as a Vagrant. Jimmie Linsay, who is distinguished in sporting cireles a8 champion middie weight pugilist of Nebraska, and who holds the Kichard K. Fox medal, was arrested about midnight last night by Captain Cormack. He is charged with being w vagrant and was taken to the ceutral station wnd thaust into a celi with the other common drunkards and vagabonds. A MUSF‘.SI ENTS. VEOTLES Lew Johnson's *Blick Haby Boy" minstrel cowmpany ut the People’s this week is un ex- cellent organization and is deserving of large patronage. The fun 1s constant and of & ch order while the singing is superb. The specialties are new and unique. In fact the porformunce is first cluss in every w An Over Officious Copper. Yosterday Deputy Sherift Houck went to the house of John Shannon on Capitol avenue to levyona piano in the name of Woodbridge, the music dealer. An over- ofticious policeman ordered the plucky major to get away from the premises, all of which he did not do. He, howover, reported the meddiesome copper'to Chief of Police Seavey, and it may cost him his buttons. - Another Saloonist Arrested. The police are waging an_unflinching war agaiust the saloon men who have violated the Luw by keeping open their. saloons after mid- night, The latest srrst is that pf Hen: Marsells, who was take 1 jnto cusfody yestor- day by Officers Horrigan and Mostyn. He Will have his trial this mormnn Public Works, A special meeting of the board of public works was held yester afternoon. Mr. M ue was ubsent. The following estimates Final Estin California street, -C. BE. - Fanning, grading Twent. seventh avenua to Thirty-sixth stréct, § Same, grading hirtieth street, Cass to Cuming, £2,60 ame, curbing [ enworth from Seventh to t Miscellancous — Barber company, repairs on Sau Cuming, '§12 L. Davis house and coal box, Sixteenth s F104, Asphalt Paving ders street nea « Colonel Floyd Fined. “loyd, the proprictor of the Diamond Palace saloon, on Douglas street, was triod before Judge Berka yesterday afternoon for keeping his place of busincss open vetween the hours of midnight and 4 a.m, He was found guilty and, in common with the othgr violators of this ordinance, the colonel was fined $100 and costs. Special Sorvices at Trinity. Special services of Trinity cathedral chap- rare to be held this morning and evening. me fifteen clergymen of the diocese are to be present. The morning service commences at 10:30 with an address by the bishop. In the evening Rev. John Hewitt, of Fremont, will deliver an addre: i They Will Marry. Jereminh Lewis, aged thirty years, of Mucedonia, Ta., and Miss Imogine Crampton nineteen years old, had the honor yesterday of being accorded with the first license to wed that has been issued by Judge Shields. Thiey were the only ones that applied. Personal T ar giaphs, T. J. Mitchell, of Sloan, Ia,, is at the Pax ton, F'. E. Abbott, Aurora, Neb., is at the Wind- sor. qgloserh Ellis, DeWitt, Neb, is at the Wind- C. B. Allen, of Lincoln, Ncb, is at the Pax- _J"R'[—'_rm, of Summer Hill, Ne Paxton. S. Downey, of Kearnoy, Neb., Windsor. . B. Robinson, of Kansas City, Mo., is at the Puxton, John J. Cagnep, of Plattsmouth, Neb, the Paxton. H. C. Kellar, of Leavenworth, the Paxton, J. K. Longnecker, of St.™JGseph, Mo, 18 at the Millard. Robert McDonald, of Burnett, Necb., is at the Windsor. . F. Brewster, of Des Moines, Ia., is at the Windsor. Douglas White and wife, of New York, are at the Millard. Sully, of the Dan’l Sully company, is Millard. Ex-Congressman E. Point, is in town. F'. F. Baird and wife, of North Platte,Neb., are at the Windsor. W. F. Scott and J. H. Hamilton, of York, Neb., are at the Millard. W. H. Fulweiler and wife, Kan., are at the Paxton. Messrs. B, F. Selinitter and @, W, Mor- ritt, of Centerville, Ia., are at the Millard. 3, 8. Benan, the well-kuown Chicago i in the ci torduy. He left for home last evening, . wife and two daughters, of { the Millard. Mr. Keavey is > of the Pacific Hotel company’s hotel at Pocatello, and is lurgely interested in Stock raising. , isat the is at the ., is at Kan., is at . K. Valentine, of West of Clay Center, et Crushed to Death. CLEVELAND, Jan. A portion of the Cen- tral viaduct, in course of erection on the flats in this city, fell this aftornoon. H.C. Burton and Daniel H. Oukel were killed and five others were more or less seriously injured. o e AN EXPEDITION'S FAILURE. They Searched in Vain For the Buffalo. The car load of speciemens secured by the expedition sent to Montana last Oc- tober from the American Museum of Natural History is daily expected to ar- rive in this city, says the New York Times. It contains a number of valu- able additions to the Central park col- lections, and the trip may be considered a success, although no buffaloes were se- cured. The primary object of sending a party west was to sccurags number of buffaloes for a herd group at the museum, and the entire expenseof the expedition was borne by Mr. Jesuy, the president of the Museum association, and Mr. Con- stable, vice president. A full account of the expedition was secured yesterday from Mr. Jenessce Richardson, taxidermist at the museum, who, with D. G. Eliot, two guides, a teamster and a cook, left Miles City, Mont., on October 5, for the headwaters of the Big and Little Porcupine rivers. It was through thisregion and the **Bad Lands,” 200 miles northwest of Miles City,that the Horurday expedition went last year. It was surmised that some runnms of the buffalo herds seen by ht be found, but in that the mus ¢ were disappointed. The bleaching bones of the great ani- mal were found in hundreds of small white bunches dotting the plains as the could reach enough for ten complete skeletons were secured from about one hundred and fifty carcasses, but not a live buffalo was seen. The bones sccured are remark v good specimens, owing to the dry climate onm region where they were found. They are white and well pre- served. The best will be selected for Central park; the rest will be sent other museums 1 exchange for speci- mens of other thin Two skinsg were brought back, but they were bought ll\-s and were from lml Inu killed las! partics of Crow and \~\||nhn||| Ixuh.uu 1d been through the “Bad Lands” ‘during the summer, and what few buf- fuloes were there were probably killed or driven south by the savag In securingspecimens of otheranimals the expedition was unexpectedly suc- cessful. A very large and interesting sevies of antelopes were found at the head waters of the Big and Little Por- cupine. Great success was met with in shooting the pronged-horned “antelopes of the plain,” which is very swift und difficult to get at. Some time agoit was discovered that this animal, scientific- ally known as the antilocapra Ameri- cana, sheds its horns in a manner ent from other deer, and interme: between the horn-shedding proc the solid-horned and hollow-horned ruminauts. The specimens of horas of all ages and in all stages which are now on their way to this city show this pro- cess clearly, aud prove that as the old horn splitsat the base and prepares to fall off the hair growing up around the pith of the new horn goes to form the new horn. Valuable prairie wol were killed, vavying in color from by red to one so gray that the cowhov guide took it for a gray wolf. Blackbirds, > grouse, prairie larks, pintail grmlm. hawks, and magpies were shot in large numbers. Some wildeats, Canadian lynxes, and red lynxes were killed, also a small sage rabbit, unlike anything in the museum, aud, probubly, something not heretofore classified. The party also got a complete series of white-footed mice, From the “bad lands,” at the head watars of the BIg ®nd Little Porcupine, the expedition went thirty-five milos south to the Muscle-Shell district. This region has beew but little explored, and they found groat’ difficulty th the the maps, whic were very™ inaccurate. At the Porcupipe river camp the wenther had bean yery cold and stormy, while ut the new .ewmp it was dry and mild. At this place a large number of mule deer we killed. The mule deer is one of the fargest and finest of American deer ahA 1s fast hecoming ex tinet, because laggé numbers are killed :|||'n|:|||\ for thejr hides.which are made up into gloves. Lhumwuu of five hun- dred to one thowsand hides arve quently made from Miles Ci one dealer alone, The ordinary rginia deor and the white-tailed animals are not uncommon, and the lust were found in great numbers. Half a dozen would run out of almost every willow patch, and they could be shot as casily as shoep. Birds were very nunerous. Bohemian waxwings, which were very scearce a few years ago, and wero im- ported from Europe at considerable ex- sense, are very plentiful in the neigh- horhood of the Muscle Sholl r They were found in flocks like blackbirds,and as many as twelve were killed in two shots. A number of badgers and wild- cats and one large gray wolf were shot. These wolves are fast disappearin They run in small packs behind buffalo herds, living upon the injured and the stragglers. They are becoming quite as the buffaloes. There is no 3} of them inthe museum at Central park at presen Tumors of buffalo in the north started the party back to the Big and Little Porcupine rivers just as the thermome- ter shot down to zero and a blinding snow storm set in, which had to be faced for thirty-five miles. The rumor of buffaloes seemed to have originated in the mind of an unemployed guide, who was quite as ready to guide the party after imaginary animals as after the real. No bufTaloes.were found—no tracks, even. Unwilling to give up, the hunters searched day after day for two weeks, camping on the snow all the while, with the mercury ranging from zero to 20 degrees below. At the end of that time they .tarted back over the 200 miles to Miles City. The expe- dition supplied itself entirely with fresh meat. Some provisions were taken, of course, but there was a great plenty of venison, with an occasional duck.:uld the party fared well. four hun- dred pounds of fresh game were left at the Poreupine river camp. “The way in which the buffalo is going is ~xu|nl-thln;.: frightful,” said Mr. Richardson, in speaking of the failure to find even a track of the animal in the “Bad Land” districts. “*We hunted the country most thoroughly, and were led by McNannie, the guide who con- ducted the Hornaday expedition last year. He knows the country thoroughly well, and is a very conscientious fellow. 1f there had been any buffaloes I think we would have found them. In answer to a question as to whether further_attempts wonld be made to se- cure buffalo hides, Mr. Richardson said that it was not at all likely that another expedition would besent” out expressly for that_pulpose. There ave buffalocs in the Yellowstone park, protected by law, and there is a strong popular preju- dice agninst poachers. A few men do hang about the outskirts of the park and kill whatever game. str: beyond the limits. An occusional buftalo is secured in this way. “Although we dad not get what we went after,” said Mr. Richardson; “we ured so many other things that the trip cannot by any means be called a failure. Wherever a large number of species can be examined at once and compared, opportunity is given for dis- covery of something new, even in well- known objects. Take the discussion in regard to the horn-sheddingof the ante- lope. 1t has long been disputed whether the new horn was growing while the old one was ;wmxT to pieces. By getting a great many horns of one type of the antelope, and in all stages of develop- ment, we have settled the question con- clusively. Again, it I been claimed that the pupil o( mu eye in the antelope was vertical. xamined a large number of 1mh‘lnpcfl and found that this iden probably came from the fact that the angle at which the pupil is placed in the eye varies just as the pupil of a s eye varies, It is never vertical, fro- 1\1 soon as the car of stuff arvives from the west its contents will be classified anged, and the public may hope to see among other results of the expe- dition, a fine group of antelope added to the other groupsat the museum. e At the village of Tolox, near Malaga, a peculiar sect has been distributed by the interference of the authorities. The chief tenet of the believersis that every kind of covering of the body is displeas- ing to God. Why, if the crcator had wanted man to be covered, would no doubt, had supplied him with fur or a coat of feathers, or scales, they say. Man has no right to improve upon God's munagement of creation, and, there- fore, both he and she should adodt the dress worn by Adam and Eve previous to the full and the adoption of the fig leaf. ——— Instantaneous photographs of bird: flving are valuable for uses, but are cer British Journal of Photog! a collection of such pictures: the wing tips are high in aiy, in othe quite low, and beneath, and, indeed, in front of the hody, while again in still different views of the same bird wi scem to see nothing but wings appar- ently extended to imitate an umbrella. The pictures of the pelican are particu- lurly ludicro ——-— A Maltese cat belonging to a farmer in Genesee count, lichigan, for some strange reason ed to share the nest of a hen which was trying to hateh out a half-dozen eggs in an'old shed. The hen resented the intrusion and had many a fight with the et before she be- came reconciled to her. now fast friends and have by united efforts, despite the cold weathe succeeded in hatehing two little chicks, The shares all her food with her feathered companions and seems to en- joy their company. — et — Ex-Mimster Taylor, who recently re- turned to this country from Liberia, in speaking of missionary wi in Africa, said the other day “I boarded with a ©i ized man who had threc children and a wife. The man belonged to one church, the wife to another, and each of the three children to a different one. Why? *Oh,” he said, *‘when the societies send over good things we ean get some of all.” That father had only one re- gret, and that is that he had no more children, B — CHEAP LIVERY, The Pioneer Live ry Stables. For funerals the best hearses and car- ringes, 32 each. Carriages for calling, opern and_ party ealls, Best car- riages for depot calls, #1. Other livery equally low. The finest horses sleighs in the city. Horses bos and delivered at #15 per month, Te strictly cash. HOMAN & TERRY. Proprietors. “the Eden Musee and ded s Ladies cun att without an escort. JANUARY 6. 1888, EARLY SURVEYS IN 10WA. Return to Civilization After Four Months in the Wilderness. Difference Between the West and East—Then and Now - Marvels ges in Half Dubuque Herald: Now for Dubuque, and then for home. The first settler’s lhouse we came to, after our cold bath in the Turkey river, nad been occupied during’the summer, but abandoned for the winter, It being evening, we took possession for night quarters, We found potatoes and onions in a little pit be- neath a trap door in the floor. These were the first vegetables we had seen in four months, and, of course, soldicr-like, wo ‘‘foraged off the country.” he next place was the Hewits’, at the big spring. Wo found them at home. The ground had been frozen and there had been a little snow, but it had thawed some that day. We pitched tent, and as usual spread our blankets for sleeping, and built a fire. Mr. Hewit, seeing our tent, came down and gave us a warm greeting, Soon after he and Mrs. Hoewit came down, hringin% some fresh a pan of honey anda bottle of —new luxuries to us, indecd. The next day we arrived at Dubuque. We put up at a boarding house and tav- ern kept by Cannon. The landlady seemed to run the whole business, the kitchen, dining-room and oftice. Here we restod up for a day or two, mado sale of our ponies and wagon, to Colonel Hempstead. 1 believe. Our boss was destined to Cincinnati to make returns, while the bo kip on foot via Chicago back to their home in Michi- ran. While in Du\mq\m there arrived a steamer from below, and would soon re- turn. We engaged passage to Fulton. The captain of the boat was o young man, and we were told he had gone to Mineral Point to see his girl, but wouald be back in the evenidg, and thu boat would leave on his ar- 1. So we took berths; but lu in the morning were yet tied up to the wharf. . Wo waited that day and at evening the cap od and we were s00n 0n our w rriving oppo- site Fulton a halt was made and a yawl lovered, manned by two boatmen, and we were soon at the landing. The waves were ranning high, and we were told to jump. Partof us did jump and made out to get clear of the swells, but one was a little slow and when he jumped he broke down and a big swell dashed over him. The river steamers did not make regular trips at that time, Mn‘n llu‘ e in Dubuque we learned of a tragic affair whieh happened a short time before our arri Lt appears that the men who worked in the mines were getting their supplics on credit ill pay- duy, which was once a week. had run an account at Dan Down’s loon, and on ealling to settle up he dis- puted Dow account, whereupon Down dealt him a blow upon the head with a billet of wood, which may prove fatal. We did not learn that there had been any legal proceedings instituted in the case. The most we heard said was that Dan would probably lose con- siderable of his custom. That was thought to be punishment enough for a crime of the kind at that day. At Fulton we put up with & man _who was having his house fitted up for a grocery store—residence above and store below. he lower room was furnished. A carpenter’s bench and tools, with plenty of shavings upon the floor,a little box stove and some green wood consti- tuted the furniture. Pointing to the floor avound the stove he said: **Here, boys, this is all Ican do for you; be care- ful about the fire.” We took lodging and put in a good night’s rest. At day- light in the morning he came in and told us he could give us no breakfast, Ho did not Canother boat up the was s 3 he was would not have enough to carry E family throngh. But if we took that catt ail five or six miles we would find a settler who had lately come in, and he guessed he had brought provi- sions with him, and we would probably ‘t with him. Aocordingly, some two hours brisk travel we arrived at the house, ordered br t and it was furnished. The bill of fare was hot corn bread, fresh pork, wild y and coffee, a good wholesome 1 for footmen to travel on. The next we called for breakfast at a settler’s near Sterling. The woman of the houso said she could give us breakfast, “*hut v\l-t kind of money are you going to Our cashier |)|ud|u"tl some hxllq n]mn a New York Safty Pund bank. She gazed at the bills and called to her son, o young man,and told him, “Go and tell Harry to come here,” an older son. He came, staring at ussuspicious and closely serutinized our money, ques- tioned us as to who we were and what was our destination, and finally told his And s00n we we 3 meal wo had partaken of for many a day. Our next point of interest was at the Widow Bar) tavern, about ten miles west of Chicago, where we were told that we could not get to Chicago, as there had been no u)mmum ation for four day rins had flooded n flat prairvie immediately and the havd cold had frozen ice too scrong for teams or footmen and not strong enough i up either. We told the folks ors had no such word as n't” in th dictionary, and we struck out for the little town over the tender ice. The habit of running lines caused us to take a bee line, which soon led ts into troucle. Where the water was but a few inches deep the ice was strong enough to bear us up, but as soon as we came where the water was considerably deeper the ice broke and let us down sometimes to our Sometimes we had to lay down le to keep from breaking through. inally reached the sandy beach of lake, fatigued and heated in the half, but chilled and benumbed We hurriedly made our way rd, which we finally reached the day before Chri We brushed the dust of the pr: from our - and proceeded to celebrate our by ing in the holiday The young people scemed to fair lionizo us on aceount of the journey we had mad way to that river and upon the boundless prairies inhabited only by wild beasts and savage Indians close 1o the setting sun.” Few of the younge and [llinois can now r derful .nuww that since 1837, ) . was but sparsely settled at that AI‘m'. and northern Ili- nois was only surveyed into townships, and as for lo! the Indians held sway over all except the Black Hawk fran- the people of Towa ize the won- taken place i chise, and I believe that wasonly a strip l HARD TIMES FOR EARLY SETTLERS | along the river about fifty miles wide !Seeing such a vast amount of vacant country, we natutally thrught it impos- sible to become settled and fully inhab- ited in our day and generation. could the people come from to fill this immense void of three great terri tories? These were reasonable conclu- up sions then, but the experience of the | last forty ars holds up to our vision a vory diffel nt histor, In this conne tion we are led to inquire where the ter- rvitory is that shall supply the west- ward-bound emigration for the next half a century, if emigration continues anything like it has been for the past fifty years? I would here further that Indians were numerous upon thit of Jowa at the time we were sur- We met with detached parties imebagoes, Menominees, Chero- Sacs, Foxes, Osages and Sioux. wred to be hunting in small The game was plentiful, e pecially in the vicinity of the Turkey timber. We saw deer, elk, geese, ducks, brant and prairie chickens in flocks toe numerous to mention, Indians, wolves and the bald eagle had a fine field of game to feuot upon. The In- dinns did not molest us, but we could that they did not like to see “shemakaman” measuring off thei favorite hunting ground for the white man to convert into cultivated homes, ——l e EARLY DAYS OF M. CLEMENCEAU. Four Years In America-Becomes a Tutor and Mects His Destiny. Clemenceau, the French leader, was a an, and he once lived in New He was well educated, says a W \ ork correspondent of the Phila- delphin Press, of fine addrest and a manly-looking man. He hung out his sign, but st ded only poorly. A medical practic 0t to be picked up in a day here, or in any other 1lv and s0 Clemenceau found it necess to turn to other work. He adve Hw\l himself as a teacher of the Irench lan- guage. In this he succceded better. He became the professor of French in a young lndies’ seminary. He was young and talented, and soon made hosts ot friends. He continued the practice of medicine, too, and so made a respecta- ble income He never wasted a moment. He par- celled out his time so that he could de- vote so many hours to teaching, so many to study and so many to literary work and the study of our institutions. He wrote on all sorts of subjects. Ho cor- responded regularly with one of the g He wrote essays and also translated into awt Mill's “*Auguste Comte and Positivism.” Ae quickly bo- came accustomed to American ways. s0e He took a deep interest in all our institutions. He visited the courts, the prisons, the forts in the harbor, and studied with L diligence our system of government. He wil rticularly interested in studying the condition of the poor. He was an omnivorous reader and in the four years he remained in this country he gained avery decp insight into the American plan of conducting a republje. He went as far south as Richmond. e told me the recollections of the war haunted him and he could not qear to go further. The west impressed him deoply. He spent o month in Chicagy bustle and actiyity of the h\h) western men and women impressed him favor- ably. His visit west and south were taken during brief holidays. He found the practice of medicine so unremunerative that he finally took down hts doctor’s shingle and devoted himself to teaching and writing. But pent many hours in the big hospit- als, and I remember a large aud into esting letter that he wrote on the sub- t of hospital management for a Paris newspaper. He praised the s hly. He was particularly impr 088 with the proceedings of our governm in Washington, and he spent man hour in the house and senate galléries listening to the debates in those stirri E e was no branch of the government that he did not take a deop interest in. I remember one night as I'sut with him in his room, how elo- quent he became on the subject of the future of America. He was and isa great believer in destiny. He told me that he knew he would one day he presi (l«‘ntnl France. Who knows? he Nogthe leaeblia ore: ing part of his isit to the country was that in which he became interested a beautiful and wealthy young lady, Miss Mary B. Plumner by name. As I remember the i now, it was a case of love first sight, The young lady’s futher did not “look with approval upon Cle- meng The lady vefo |u wis a pupil Clemenceau’s ¢ Finally the lad) {mlu-r umk daughter from ‘the school, and lovers were scparated. Clemancean took the matter 1‘ oply to heart. his first love affuir. One ¢ prised me by announcing that decided to leave New Connecticut us a school could mot bear the thought of vemaining in the same city with the object of his love without secing her. e did go to Connecticut, and tiught school at Ggeenwich for tance, howtyve he had i go to teache He cor sponded. It ail e such things usually do. The lovers triumphed. The father relented, und they were married in 1869, A. Oukey Hall, then mi performed the cerémony. They to Jjourney to France ou their wedding tour and have never (eturned. Clemencean found a way to utilize his talents, and his pretty wife with her fortune helped him in many weys to gain the fame he now enjoys. He established him a physician in handsome quarter Montmartre, of which place e ros be mayor at the outbreak of the German war, Since then he has lived in the f light ‘hat beats upon all great | of the peopl In all the scenes that h stirred Prance he has taken an o part. He has been arrested time sitin for disobeying ovdors of - i He made a ighting with tho . In the duel ne At the time referred u had thrown over medicine for politics and had become a leader of people and editor of the Justice. rnac did not like Clemenceau und challenged him to a ducl u agreed. He notificd Cas- +'s second that his principal would never again fight a ducl. This news was carricd to Cassagnac and he syulked out of it, for Clemenceuu is a dead shot. He takes the liveliest interest in irs, and two years ago he 1 with the Republique A he wrote editorials from America without leaving his editorinl room in Parvis. He likes Amervicans and is never so well pleased us when he has some prominent American to his house to dinner, and they discuss al- ways in Enghsh, the féeling of our country. In appearance Clemencau is rather small, slender, and well built, His hair is cropped close ana is quite gray. The eyes are black and shiny. The nose dressesneatly und in good ners are those of a polished of the world, He is ag Where | tries forced and his WO Wortesers Blavs oo 308 8. CAPITAL, with the demand shoyld ueas thein, groat left he rises in the assembly to speak he is listened to belioves in the future of the republic, Asa leader of the great power and influcne shown by his frequent de suceess attention. 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