Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1888, Page 3

“A-NIGHT IN AN IRISH CABLY. The Tale of Bickness and Oruel Eviction. LORD LANSDOWNE'S ESTATE. A Woman's Pitiful Tale of a Wretched Life—An American's Experience ‘With a Nobleman's Unfortu- nate Tenants. Blakely Hall, writing to the New York Bun from Glengariff, Ireland, un- der date of January 28, says: This is a remote, desolate, and cheerless spot, hu- manized by two houses and an inn. I arrived last night after a drive of many hours in the rain from Bantry,where the railroad comes to an end miles beyond the mountains. After 1 had put on dry attiro and eaten heroically. I wan- dered out un der the portico of the inn. It was dusk. Not a human being was in sight. The gale swept along, lashing the waters of the bay and the sea over the rocks with a sound like the contin- ual hiss of escaping steam, dignitied at times by the sullen ronr of the larger waves. Rain clouds scudded down the mountains that towered aloft on nearly every side,drenched the inn with spray, and were swept away again by counter blasts that left the road in front of the door comparatively clear. It was cold. Mud was everywhere. A Hioatler with'n blanket-hooded head drifted by about 8 o'clock—the first man 1 had seen in two hours. He came to the door when I hailed him, and re- marked, cheerfully: “It’s a bad night, sur.” “Worse than usual?” “Oh, sure [ can’t say that all nights is stormy here at this time o . “Have you n thlthtre“ *We have, sur. ‘*How many hor: “Tree, yer honor; wan’s an ass, th’ other died twelve months come Febr'y, an’ there’s Kaytie,th’ little gray mare “I want you to drive me over to Lord Lansdowne’ state to-night—" *To-night?” “And lulvl- me at the door of one of 51 v larkin’ wid me. Y'd have t'be ¢ ’ the top a th’ mountain beyant there—d'ye see it? above th’ clouds—a matter of sivin mile at laste. The \\md ’d be blowin’ yer honor off the clif: “Poople live there, T uummsc‘.‘" “They do, God hvlp thim; they do whin Lm'd Lansdowne will lave thim.” We started a sho me after this, to the unqualified amazement of the land- lady, the driver, and the little gray mare. Foran hour and a half we slowly as- cended the mountain until we got above the clouds and out of the rain. Here there wasa long tunnel. We drove slowly in and out into the open air again. The wind was racingalong at such a rate that our blankets were almost whisked out of our ha The Efln\ shied against & massive cliff and 1d her head down, A moment later the rain came on the crest of another wild blast. Tt sounded like the shriek- ing of u thousand demons as it tore along through the jagged rocks of the moun- tain side and we weredrenched inan in- stant, The uprour of the gale dicd away into long moans like the distant turf as it swept into the valley below. Then 1t suddenly sprang up again and kept us * huddied in the shelter of a boulder that projected from the cliff. Ou left was the tows g mass of roi along it the narrow road with its sheer and awful fall down into the wind-swept valley. Thé driver put his arm around my neck uud bellowed into my ear: “Have y’ anny idear atall a’ tall phat yer goin’ t' do now.” *1s there a cabin anywhere in this wila?” ““Phere is,sur. Manny a wan, an’ whin th poor devils in them ean’t meet th’ rint his lordship thrusts thim out— womin, children. an’ all—t" live in such weather as this, and whin th’ children die of exposure an’ cold ther some- thin’ rises higher than th’ hurricane on the mountains, an’ that’s th’ chorus of curses on th’ head of the lord. TI'll take v’ now t' th’ cabin of me cousin beyant here. His name’s McCormick, an’ he's been a hardworkin’ man all his life. At the age of fifty he'’s turned out in midwinter wid five little children, wan bein’ deathly sick.” We descended for a mile or two till we came to a barren bit of bog land that ex- tended along Lord Lansdowne’ domain. At half-mile intervals his lordship had rented small holdings to the farmers. By t(llinj{ five or six acres patiently all the year long and dragging loads of peat to market in‘all kinds of weather, the tenants managed to pay their rent, amounting to about 818 an acre. They had no money for clothes or food. The rents were raised. The 1ll-fated and luckless workers could donomore. The; were evicted in midwinter. Their suf- ferings in the desolation of that bleak and wretched country are almost beyond credence. The car stopped at the foot of a small hill. The driver led me over a turf wall, and together we struggled to the summit. The night was peculiar to the climate of Ireland, for the fleecy clouds that ocflulionully appeared after the fitful showers showed the country for a few yards around. I could see no house mnor sign of one. We blundered and stumbled on through mire that came up far above the tops of our shoes. At times I thought the abominable suction of mud would cause me to continue bavefooted on my way., I had arrived at such a state of complete and dire discomfort, thatall T wanted was a_little shelter from the piercing wind. It was a ghastly night to be abroad. I asked qfn\ln-or rather yelled, for the singing nd made ordinary speech inaudible— where the cabin was. *“*Across a bit of swamp, y’ honor. ‘Th’ land near th’ road was too valuable, 80 they giv’ them this piece be)nnl T'll be interjoocin’ yer honerasalab'vin’ man, else th' poor fo’kes 'ud be embar- rassed like,” Presently we climbed another wall of earth, and 1 discovered the shadowy outline of u little thatch-roofed hut— scarce six feet high, as many broad, and Ecl"hllpl a dozen feet high, as many and perhaps a dozen feet in longth It was far too cheap and rude a structure for a cow house in America. The driver bent double, and, drag- ging me after him, pushed in through the door. *'God save all here.” he yelled. *‘It's Lcnoulm Tom what's got a poor man ere,” “‘Faith, he's welcomé surely,” came the rendy response from the corner in the suave voice of the Irish pesantry, “an’ you too, Tim.” *'It's me car thn hroke. an’ let the man t'th’ ground,” remarked Tin HWill yez ku*e him here till mornin’? “'Av course,” said McCormick heart- ily. “Bring hhn over on th'bed. Move upqon, " he remarked to his wlle. ‘ake Patsy in yer arms,” nld the wife, “‘an’ mn'n give more room—" *No, no,” I protested, *‘I'm dripping wet. llmake myself comfortable by the door.” The air was cold, but, worse than that, stifling from the lack of ventila- tion. But even then I could not help being impressed by the simple but superb hospitality of the poor people, who, amid all their dismal adversity, were yet willing to share their bed, with u stranger stumbling in on them at midnight. The driver hdrew with another benediction, and I resigned myself to a night of dreary waitin, I felt a hand clasp my coat, and rnxu’fnln‘( down found that it was cold, small, and hardened with toil. It drew me gently to the side of the bed—a pallet of straw and moss on u low frame. *‘Faith don’t be standin’ there,” said Mrs. McCormick in_a tone of remon- strance us she pulled me along. “Gitth’ bit av box be th’ table an’ sit here, wid yer back against th’ wall, How wet y’ yar, sure.” I fixed up a rude seat and leaned back. The floor was of mud. There wasno fire, of course, Such u luxury was out of the question, for the peat must all be sold to meet Lord Lansdowne's de- mands. I thought of his income from this one of his many estates—estimated at $80,000 a year—and contrasted it with the lives of my hosts that night. Then I fell to analyzing my own sufferings. 1 found that I could keep from shivering by a mighty effort, but there was always o penalty sooner or later in an awful and bone-racking shudder. The children cried at intervals and the sound of the chattering teeth of the woman by my side was pitiful I took up another analysis of my condition,and was wondering what the final sensations of a man who freezes slowly to death were, The sharp twinging, shooting, and cutting pains that the cold had brought about had turned in time to a dull ache in the legs and arms. This had now gone, and a burning sensation succeeded. Then came another shud- der. “Will it soon be day?” asked the womun by my nhlc, in a droning voice. “Nof for six hours yet. Are you ndmm T'm not. - How could I nlx\pc wid what’s before me?” “You are to be turned nut I'm told.’ “We are. To-morra, too.” “‘Have you anywhere to go?” “The bog, that’sall. Our naybors are no better than ourselves, Is there justice on eart’? Phat ‘ave we done sure to be so punished?” Her voice fell to a low, droning tone that was al- most in consonance with the wind that played under the eaves. ‘**Whin this place was 80 bad that TLord Lans- downe—may his own children rise against him — could do -nothii® wid it me husband, but a lad thin, asked for a plot av ground. They ®l’ him he could settle hero fur back from th road an’ across th’ bog, an’that he'd have t' pay no rint th? lan’bein’ so bad. He worrucked an’ worrucked fer oight years, an’ whin he'd get th’ little farm goin® sure phat happened? He wus tol’ to pay five years' back rint. s th' day before he married me, an’ full well Lord Lansdowne and his agents Knew that th’ money me fadder was givin’ me on me widdin day would jist pay this rint. So we give all we )\.ul in th' wide worruld t' Lord Lansdowne on our wid- din’ day an’ begin life widout a ha'penny. God knows it was hard, but been harder an’ harder ever since. rried th’ stones of which this built on our own backs from th’ mountain foot—an’ whin it woz done Lis lordship raised th rintagin becuse th’ farm wuz more valybul wid a cabin on it. Since thin for twinty long JYears havewe toiled and toiled dvraggin® peat into Kenmare for nincpenca th’ load an’ walkin’ sivinteen miles a day t’ do it— savin’an’ scrapin’ an’ starvin’, but wid all our work gittin® a little behind eac year. T haven't tasted mate for years, an’ on this cold night after twinty years of work I have a_meal sack for a petticoat an’ me ole shawl to keep me shoulders warrum. Phat’'ve we done?” she asked piteously, half rising in bed. ,‘\Ilour lives we've toiled fur Lord mun(](:wnu. but we can’t do more'n we can do—" him!" shouted the husband in that came like aclap of thunder, s soul go witherin’ down to—"" nkgz, kuh-winkgz, kuh, me a stifled snort and whine- murther!” ed Mrs. McCor- mick, aked th' pi The deuce was to puy The children set up u howl protested eloguently and refused to be soothed. I fished out my mateh box and handed it to McCormick, who found a dry mateh, struck it, and held it aloft. There was a sight for you! Why don’t some of the painters who are look- ing for subjects do this? In the middle of the bed rose McCormick’s gaunt fig- ure, holding the match above his head and addressing. words of fulsome love and passion to his *‘darlint” pig. His long gray hair was dishevelled, und his redish beard stuck out dly from his chin. His rough shirt was open at the neck, but he was dressed in his ordinary umre naturally enough, of course, for the poor devil had no other. Hanging to the uplifted arm of her husband was Mr, McCormick, call- ing upon the pig, in the name of heaven, to be a lovely thing again, and give up its “humbuggin’ ” jokes, while in the far corner was the pig, on all fours,with its snout in the air, snorting like a freight engine on an up grade. It was a fine pinkish and clean-looking pig, too. Directly under the animal lay the sick baby. ’the little thing was piping shrilly. ~ A miscellaneous assortment of children lay between the father and the pig. Wrapped around the baby was the shawl Mrs. McCormick had spoken of as keeping her own shoulders warm, She had taken the only garment that could give her a bit of comfort and placed it around her child, with the marvelous unselfishness of a mother’s heart. She had even put the child from her, too, because she knew that there was more warmth in the pig's than in her own emaciated body. Warmth in that dire strait was all im- portant for the sickly child. The moth- er, meanwhile, had nothing around her shoulders but o thin littlo waist. She lay there shivering, but happy, for she (cf! that the child was warm. It did not seem to me at that moment that any man, no matter how soulless and grasping a Shylock he might be, could thrust such people out into the swamps in midwinter. The match went out. After a time nulhln% was heard but the wind and the periodical plaints of the children, The woman lay shivering by my side. My own coats and shawls were too wet to do her any good. *Faith, I wouldn’t take them from ye if they were dry,” she said in her mu- sical drone. *It'd be a hard thiu;:,“ said the hus- band, with the same uir of hospitality, “to tak’ & man in, an’thin I've him wid- dout his clo'se. " *I should think.” T sald, still think- ngaged in v 3 apparently. and the pig ing of Lansdowne when nof wnudennf why I ever left New vl that you'd try some other landlord.” “There'ssmall choice. Me husband’s friend, Dan Donoghue had a farm twenty miles beyant on the domain of the earl of Kenmare.” “The misery that earl has made!” muttered the imnb\uld. softly. Then the womau told me Dan Donog- hue’s story, which T learned to-day was authentic in every particular, ) sal ““He's a beggur uow,” she THE OMAHA DAIL slowly,” workin' be the roadside whin | he can git work, staryin® whin he ean’t, his wife and children scattered, his life wrecked. They raised his rint. Hard times came. e could do nothin’. -He was evicted in '78. No one would take the farm at the rint asked, an Dan wuz allowed back to take care of the farm. In 1880 he was summoned f'rth’ posses- sion. He had cight children, and four of thim were lyin’ sick wid th’ measles, The wife went to the earl and begged him in th’ name of God not t' turn them out in winter an’ while th’ children wuz sick, No mercy. Th’ bailiffs wint to' th' house, threw th’ furniture out, lifted up th' bed by th’ four corners on which th' sick chirdren lay all covered wid a red coat of th' measles curried it out an’ dropped it in th' cow yard. Thin they boarded up th' house an’ went back t° th’ earl of Kenmare. In less than an hour th’ youngest child, Jamie, died. I seen th’ poor little snint brathe Mn h\st there on th® muck of th’ cow yurd.” She be| nn to cry quietly, thinking, I knew, of own sickly child. *Th’ little l‘orpse was |l]ll('Ld on a table under th’ cow shed, an’ th’ sick children sheltered. So they lived tll th’ boy was buried. Then Dan an’ his wife were sent for. They wint to the earl’s agent, thinkiu’ his heart might be at last softened. Once they were sent away agin, but when they returned they found they’d been decoyed away. In their absence the bailiffs toredown th’ little cow shed an’ put th’ children in th'road. Next day Dan Donoghue wuz arrested lnr yin’ t! take possession of th’ house an’ ucntt juil, His wife was likewise sent t’ jail for diggin’ a meal of potatoes fer her sturvin’ children. Oh, sure, it’s all in the court records. The children were put in the workhouse. Where are they all now? Shure none can tell. An’ fer what wuz the happiness of them all wrecked? Because they couldn’t do th’ lmp«mmhle‘ Faith, it's a calamity an’ a crime t’ be born poor in this countrv.” For a long time after this the woman talked of the woes of her native land. The conditions of the lives of these rack-rented and impoverished people are simply inconceivable., A days of their life would drive the aver- age American mad. I sat there in sod- den affliction until 5 o'clock, when to my delight the driver put his head in through the doorway. Air y’ the he said softly. Y- \'-vcs. “Faith y° must be near dead.” I was, ‘We left some loose coins on the soap box, and then I journeyed back to civilization and comfort. But I have not yet censed wondering that any man on earth, be he nobleman or commoner, can have the heart to turn such un- fortunates out of their wretched hovel into the swamp. e Peace on Earth Awaits that countless army of martyrs, whose ranks are constantly recruited from the victims of nervousness and nervousdiseases. The priceof the boon is asystematic course of Hostetter’s Stom- ach Bitters, the finest and most gepial of tonic nervines, pursued with reason- able persistence. Basier, pleasanter and safer this than to swash t{m victualling dopartment with pseudo-tonics, alco- holic or the reverse, beef extracts, nerve foods, narcotics, sedativesand poisons in disguise. “Tired Nature’ssweet restorer, balmy sleep,” is the providential recu- perant of weak nerves,and this glo- rious franchise being usually the conse- quences of sound digestion and in- d vigor, the greatstomachic which equired time. Not unre- ns the individual who gorous, clear headed and anquil. Use the Bitters also in fever and ague, rheumatism, kidney troubles, conslipmion and billiousness, —_— “JOHNNY" GOES TO THE CIRCUS. How He Made it Interesting For His Mother. New York Tribune: A small boy and girl, with beaming faces, led by a neatly dressed woman, who bore a look of un- told anxiety, as if she had already passed through deep waters in getting them as faras the door, entered the winter circus yesterday. As they ap- proached the ticket chopper the boy broke out into a shrill yell: “We passed the place where you pay, ma, Come over here. How much have we to pay? Let me buy!” She nudged him to keep quiet and pulled him along, but he would not be put off, and had just broken out ngum **Ma, you can’t get in for nothing when she passed in her tickets lLumpH- mentary ones), and hurried them through with a gasp of relief and some- }.hing resembling a smile on her tired ace., **Ma, how'd you get in for nothing?” “‘Hush, can’t you? Look at that man in the tank,” “What's he doing, taking a bath?” ‘“That’s the diver.” “Whut's a diver? What does he do it for? What's his name? Could you do that? Could my dog do that? 'He can swim. You told me you went in a tank when you were baptized. Ishe a Baptist?” *Do be auiet and listen to what the man says. The diver shows the watch which he takes down with him, uninjured by im- mersion, and says it must be a ‘‘water- bury.” ““What does he call it a Waterbur for, ma? ’Taint a Waterbury at nl{ Pap’s got a real Water---" "\Vl’il you hush, sir?” “Why$” I you don’t, I'll take you righz home.” **What's that man in a dress for?” “That’s & woman with a beard.” “Whee- -0-0, ain’t she ugly? Why don’t she shave?” “She makes her living by showing it. “Why don’t you do that?” T haven't got a beard.” “It might grow after awhile.” “If you don't hush this minute, you little torment, I'll get your pato whip you this night,” “Why, Iain’t duinsznothmg Hooray! see the elephants. Wny ain't they all got drunk? Count 'em, ma; one, two, three, four, fi--what makes them bob their heads all the time?” L don 't know, I suppose it amuses them.” “How?" “1don't know, 1 say. elephant.” “*How old is it? Has it got teeth yet? What makes it's skin so loose? Was fatter when it was born and got thin?” *Oh, do stop your horrid questions and come along.” **What's that little thing?” *That’s the gnu baby.” “Where's the old one?” *I mean g-n-u, the animal, mother in the cage.” “Where's its father?” Aguain a grasp from the mother and another push forward. Just then the gong warned all to take their seats for the ring performance, Away she went, the boy dragging her on before,the girl holding on behind. Several times she tried tempting short cuts and as many times was turned back, but at last, al- most in tears, settled them on their seats well in front. They really sat silent for a few minutes—the boy spell- bound.. Not until the champion kicker failed to kick ue high s his mark, did That’s the baby That'sits BEE: he open his moulh. loud voice: ‘'See how red hlu ’f&ce is. disgraced.” his remark, Boing perfectly audible to the C. K. did not make him any ler. When the slack wire woman egan her antics, he asked: ‘What's she whnv, the long pole for?"” “That's a bal—" “Oh, yes! Ikphow. Pa tells us about the ballet.” By this time ,the mother had sunk inta a kind of ‘‘Oh-don’t-please-don’t” kind of helplessness. “When will the snake-man come wig- gling out, ma, like an lho bills?” *‘He he comes now." “Pshaw! He ain’t no snake-man. I don’t believe he's even a professor. Is he a professor? Why ain’'t I limber like that?” “T suppose 1t runs in his family.” “Per{mpn hisgreat-great-great-great- great-grandfather was the snake-man that fooled Adam and Eve. Was he, ma?"’ “‘Gracious! How you talk. You make me sick. Can’t you let me alone?” When the ““Twin Sisters, Queens of the Equestrian Ring,” came out, the boy explained: “They're twins, you know, because they're nenrly the same age. The pret- tiest isn’t so good as the other. That's why she’s the nlcmfl., 80 she can make it up by showing off.” Just here n\e little girl, who had not uttered a sound since she eame into the building, burst into a roar of crying, fol- lowed by u scream of *‘Oh, he's dead! He's dead!” as she gazed with horror in her two big eyes on ‘‘Johnnie Purvis and his twotrick donkeys.” In vain the mother tried to reassure her, and not until the donkeys were brought to life by their master's kiss could she check the stormy sobs. The boy rose in genu- 1ne disgust at his sister’s weakness. ‘I told you not to bring her,” he said, "I knew she’d make a nuisance of herself and bother the life out of you. Let's zo home. The show’s over anyway.” —_—— @What you need is a medicine which is pure, efficfent, reliable. Such is Hood's Sarsaparilla, Nearly everybody takes it. Try it yourself. PN HIDDEN TREASURES. A Story of the Existence of Fabulous ‘Wealth in Abandoned Missouri Mines. Stories of ‘‘lost mines” containing un- told wealth have been current in south- western Missouri for some time. A cor- respondant of the St. Louis Globe-Dem- ocrat at Dexter, Mo., writes: That such mines ever existed until the pres- ent time was only surmise, and all re- ports in regard to them are founded principally on legendary tales that have umnm{ circulation. At several differ- ent times discoveries have been made thatit was thought would resultin loc: ing these once known tre ) nature, but their wherea mained unrevealed to the many anxious seckers who have gone in search of 'fhan in a very He feels them. The fact that they do exist and that they were once worked by Indians is now probably established beyond the shadow of a reasonitble doubt, for it is known to at least ohe person, yet resi- dent of this section, that there are such mines. The story told by this man is about as tollows: ‘When quite a young boy he wasstolen and carried away from home by the In- dians and lived among them until the beginning of the war, when he was al- lowed to return among the whites, his tribe in the meantime having partially civilized. During his sojourn among the Indians, who were located some dis- tance west of here, he made several trips west, then to the mines, and they always carried back loads of silver ore, which was melted and traded to the whites. The value of these mines and the importance of keeping their location secret was a fre- qnent subject of conversation among the chiefs of the tribe. He says he knows the vory spot where the sunken barge and_its precious load lies covered by a sandbar not more than two feet in depth, and that it is not in Current river, as many suppose. He says that the battle between the Indians and the Spaniards who were trying to get away with the barge of ore was fought near what is now known as Battle Shell or Butter Shell lake, in Wayne county. No intimation as to the whereabouts of the mines could be drawn from )mn, further than that they were not far dis tant and that he had been to them, or one of them, within o week, and pro- duced from his pocket a big-sized lump of ore, which from all appearances was silver. He says he makes several trips a year’ to his mine, and each time brings away what ore he can easily carry, and the fact that he is frequently uwn{v| from home for several days at a time, his own family not knowing whither he goes, is some evidence that he is away, to say the least, on mysterious business. He pnum\dy refuses to make a confidant of any one, and says that notwithstanding that hislife has been threatened and force used to make him divulge, he is yet alone in the possession of it until such a time as he can use it to his great- est advantage. He learned enough of the ways of the Indians while amon, them to successfully cover up his trail when he goes on his trips to the mine. This story of ‘‘Pottawatamie” as he has been nicknamed because of his sus- picious and sly Indian nature, cannot, of course, be vouched for s all golemn facts, but that silver does exist in this section is well known, and that the In- dians did at one time work silver mines in southeast Missouri, there is almost sitive proof from other sources. These acts. together with the fact which is well established, that this man did once live with the Indians, leads many to believe that his story is not entirely without some foundation. ———— The Michigan Central's Niagara. The Michigan Central does not as- sume the ownership of Niagara Falls, but it does offer to its passengers from its station at Falls View, the grandest and most comprehensive spectacle that the great cataract affords. It is the only road that runs directly by the falls, and from this point all p'\rts of the cataract, the angry rapidsabove and the boiling caldron fielow, are in full view. At this season, when the cliffs are hung with ‘L:gunuc lclcles, and the trees and shrubbery covered with curious forma- tions of frozen spr: in the language of climax of beauty.” ————— A Queer Experience. Cincinnati Enquirer: In the year 1862 my husband thought the short route to wealth was by the way of Kan- sas, and we left our snug little home in Ohio and departed for the Sunflower state. ‘What the hardships of the set- tlers of those days were is well known by readers of history. After trying various ways to make a living, my hus- band contracted with the government to haul freight from Leavenworth to Denver and Santa Fe. Oxen were used und he made but two trips a year. The Andians in those days were numerous and hostile, and many of the whites who inhabited the plains during those years were more tobe feared than the red men. I . never felt as ' much uneasiness a8 I think now would ‘have. been but natural , the scene reaches, ayard Taylor, ‘‘the MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1888 until he was away on his third trip. - It was an afternoon, cold and dis- ngreeable, in the month of January. A strange feeling came over me. My old- est daughter had married and her hus- band was in the union army. For three days I have no recollection of either eating or sleeping. 1 could think of nothing but my husband and son-in-law. Our stock died from cold and exposure and want of something to eat, and we were in actual danger of the same fate. 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RooS nnslirpsscd by o 2‘ i Ies widely volebrated PALATIAL DINING CARS the equal of which cannot be found elsewhere, Council Bluffs, the traina of the Unlon Pacific Rale ct Tn_union depot with those of the Chi: Northwestern Ry. In Chicago the trains of o make close connection with those of all other Kustern lines. ¥or Detrolt, Colimbus, Indianapolis, Cincinnati. Jingar Eals. Buduio, Piltabure, Toronto, Montrenl Now'York, Bhiladelphia, Baltimore |n|(lm| ‘and il points in the Kast." Ask for tick “‘NORTH-WESTERN" It vou wish the bost nccommodation. nrl-nlu 4ol tickets via thiy line. E.P. WILSON, Getnl Manager. Gen'l Pass'r Agent. (CAGO, TLLS. W.N. BABCOCK, Gen D. E. K1) ANl ticket ‘Ticket Avent. G, WHST, City Dassenger Agent. 1401 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb, « —THE— CHICAG) SHORT LINE Chicago, Milwauksaé» St. Paul RYy. The Best Route from Omaha and Council Bluffs to THE EAST TWO TRAINS DAILY BETW OMAHA AND [¥ Chicago, Mll\mukoo, St. Pauly Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids, Rock Island, Freeport, Rockford, (Clinton, Dubuque, Davenport, Elgin, Madison, Janesville, Beloit, Winona, La Crosse, And all other Important points East, Northeast and Fouthenst. hrough tickets eall on the ticket ngent ut 1301 strect, in Barker Block, or at Union Pueitic Sleepers and the fine run on the main line 3 waukce & St Paul Raliway, and every at i assengers by courteous employes of the neral Mannger. It Astistnt Genernl Manner. ARPENTER, General Passenger and FORD, Assistant General Passenger e J K, General Superintendent. W 73 TZAGQUAINYED WITH TER GEOGRAPHY OF TR Plaansas? GAGD.RDGK ISLAND&PAGIFIC RAILWAY By nm- 1ta central position <.08s relation to lines and continu>us kines at terminal Boints Woeh Morikmast sad Boctuwerk is the.irus Pilite iogin that beanseonti stem which tas invites aud facilitates travel and traflo between the Atiantic aad Pacifie. . ’:Il. Dakota, and hundreds of intermedlate cities and towas. “The Qreat Rock lsiand Route' | U] Tty steotenc. lis [te track is of o baiid assenger equ! _mm...'.un.'::.:‘u.nru E..ua. Express Trains consist o -pmu nq hee, slogans Pullmen Falace Pl ioeping aad (h.lvulnchhl‘o Als l& Jose) Atchison B Gy rootul Reclining Chale Dare; ior mae agament la sonservative, its Mluna 1o 'Hlfi.m Mo 3 i 7 %0 pi ofices s, or address, at C| Y2 Ly .T B. HA.YNES any desired A nm. —OFFICIAL— STENOGRAPHER, Third Judicial Distriot, T CHAMBER OF COMMERC B JOSEPH GILLOTTS STEEL PENS GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION 1878, Nos, 303-404-170-604. THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS. FOUNTAIN FINE CUT AND PLUG incomparably the Best. OMARAJOSBERS DIRECTORY | OMARA An!culluul Implement ILL PARKER, Deder Afisfimrallmplmenu,wamg Carringes and Bugkics. Joms Btroet. betwoendth and 8, Nebraski, LININGER & METUCALF CO., Agricultural Implements, Wagons, Carriages __Buggles, Ete. Wholosale. Omaha, Nebraska PARLIN, ORENDORF & MARTIN, olesale Dea Agricattoral Tmplements, Wagons & Buggies 91, 90, 06 and 907 Jones Btreet, Omaha. P. P. MAST & CO., lannracmmm or Buckeye l]rlns Seeders, nd Luban Pult 8 Rtreots. T WINONA IMFLEMENT CU.. Agricalturel llIlIllBl]lfllllS, Wagous &Buwss o Comerlith and hlr)ml. um-m i AN J.F. SEIBERLINO l Co., (Akron, Ohio,) Hamsflng‘uachmery and Binder Twine, anager. il Lenvenworth st., Omaba MOLINE,MILBURN&STODDARD Co Manufacturers and Jobbors in Wagons Ruggies, Rakes, Plows Ete. Cor. fth and Patific Streots, Oruha, Neb. _ Artiste’ Materials. A HOSPE, Jr., Artists’ Materials, Pianos and Organs, 513 Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska. : T and 8h 7; w V. MORSE & CO., Jobbers of Boots and Shoes, 111 Farnam 8t., Omaha, Neb ufactory, Summer co., KR D A L fec-sones # (o Wholesale Mannfacturers of Boots and Shoes Akents for Boston Rubber 8hoo Co. 1102, 1104 & 1100 1arney St., Omahs, Nebrat —_Booksellers and Stationers. ___ H. M, &S. W, JONES. Successors to A. T. Kenyon & Co., Wholesale & Retail Bookscllers and Stationers, Fine Wrdmny !lullonoly. Ca Douklas Street, co"eon. ‘8pices, Sln “"CLARKE COFFEE C ‘Omaha Coffee and Eplce M Teas, Coffees, Spices, Baking Powfler 01 l“xlrnl.‘l!. l:llum\r Blue, Inks, Kte, lcN A rln“I Harney Street, l\x’nnhn. Nebraska. Crockery and Glas "7 W. L. WRIGHT, Agent for the Manufacturers and Importers of Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Chimneys, Ete. Of ce, 317 8. 13th 4., Omehs, Nebraska. Y on and storase‘ e D. A. HURLEY, Commission and Jobbing. Butter, Eggs and Produce. Consignn Hendquarters for Stoneware, Berry [ Srhpe Baskots. 1414 Dodge Sty Omabi. RIDLELL & RIDDELL, Storage and Commission Merchants, Specialties—Butter, Eggs, Checse, Poultry., l-nme. Oysters, Kte., Kte. 112 South'11tu Ktréct. 8 solicited. Prnfluce Eummlssmn ]flcrcnams Poultry, Butter, Game, Fralts, Ete, 20 South 1th St.. Omaha, Nebraska, GEO. SCHROEDER & CO.. (Successors to Mcshane & Echroeder.) Produce Commission and Cold Storage. Omaha, Nebraska. _Coal, coko and Lime. OMAHA COAL, COKE & LIME CO., Jobvers of Hard and Soft Coal, 20 South 13th Street, Omaha, Nebraska. . J. JOHNSON & CO., Mannfacturers of Illinois White Lime, And -hl‘uwn of Coal, Coke, Cement, I'Iunvr l\ma. Drain 'ile, and Sewcr Pipe. O e Omuha, N NEBRASKA FUEL CO Shippers of Coal and Coke, 214 Soubh 13th & M. E SMITH & CO., Dry Goods, Furnishing Goods and Notions. __lzana mu Pouglas, Cor. 1ith §t., Omaha, Neb. KILPATRICK- KOCH DRY GOODS Co Tmporters and Jobbers in Dry Goods, Notions Gents' Furnising Goods. Corner 1ith aud Haa; Sts., Omuba, Nebrasks, i ONE. Wholesale Dealers in Farniture, ¥arnam Street. dmaha. Nebraska. PAXTON GALI-AOHER & CO.. Wholgsale Groceries and Provisions, 706, 707, 700 and 711 8. 10th 8t., Omaha, Neb. McCORD, BRADY & CO., Wholesale Grocers, 12th and Teavenworth treets, Omaha, Nebraska. W, Hm«vav I.LIM!ER c6‘. To Dealers Only. Office, 1405 Farnaru Street, Omaha, JOHN A. WAKEFIELD, Wholesale Lumber, Etc. Imported and American Portiand Cement Awent for Miiwauked Hylealie O ement ang ' Quiney White im CHAS. R. LEE, Dealer in Hardwood Lumber. ‘Wood Carpets and Parquet Flooring. ™h and Donllll (e fron Worke. PAXTON & VIERLING, Work, © and e Wronght and Casl Iron Bmldmz Engines, Brass W Blacksmith W and 1ih Stro “"OMAHA WIRE & IRON WORKS, Manafactarers of Wire and Iron Railings Desk Rails, Window Guurds, Flower Stands, Wire Figns, Ete. 120 North 10ih Street, Omabi. "OMAHA SAFE and IRON WORKS. Man'frs of Pirc & Bumar Proof Safes Vaults, Jail Wor i Wire Fencing, Signs, Kto. G Andreen. Piopr Cor. 1Hih and JACKsoN is. CHAMPION IRON and WIRE WORKS Iron and Wire Fences, Rallm[x, Gualg, nd Sereen, for banks idences Improved Awnings, Loc! Blacksmith Wi W0 South FL. 'MEAGHER & LEACH, Fire and Barglar Proof Safes, Time Lucn. Gonoral Agonts for Diebold Safe & Lock Co.'y Vaults aud Jull Work, 115 Farnai Strcet, Omaba, L Nnu. Oapl. llo. W. L. PARROTTE & CO.. Wholgsale Hats, Caps.and Straw Goods, 117 Haruey Streot, Ouaha, Neb, _Millinery and Notione. ~1. OBERFELDER & (,0.. Tmporters & Jobbers in mllmcry & Notions 2R, 210 nnd 212 South 11th Street “Notions. ") T.ROBINSON NOTION CO. Whalcsale Notions and Furnishing Goods 403 and 40 8 uth 10th 8t., Omah VINYARD & SCHNEIDER, Notions and Gent's Furnishing Goods, 1106 Harney Street, Omah. 'CONSOLIDATED TANK LINE CO., Wholsale Refined and Lubricating Oils Axle Grease, Etc., Omaba. A, H. Bishop, Managgr, ol Paoer. "CARPENTER PAPER CO., Wholesale Paper Dealers, Carry a nige stock of Printing, Weapping and Writh Paer. sp«-cm-uemmuuf‘um\-nu -momen" Prlnteru Materials. "WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNIO Auxiliary Publishers, . Presses and Printers’ Supplies. Kot T2th Street, Omuba, oo bl OMAHA 'RUBBER Manufacturers aud Dealers in Rubber Goods fll.ll_olmul and Leather Belting. 1008 Furnam Streety Bteam lenga, Pumpn, Eto. A.L'STRANG CO., Pumps, Pipes and Engines. steam, Wwater, Rlllway and Miuing Supp 25 and 124 Faraam Sireot Omane " "CHUHCHILL PUMP CO., Wholesale Pumps, Pipe, Fittings, steam and Water Supplies, Teadquarters for M Fo Co's goods. Illli-nmnqln St Omabs, " Y U. S, WIND ENGINE & PUMP'CO,, Steam aud Water Supplies, Halliday Wind Mills. 013 and 020 F: e 00d 920 Farnan St., Omaba, ‘BROWNELL & & LO Engines, Boilers and General Macluma Sheat Iron Work Steam Pumps, Saw Mike, 12131 Leavenworth Street, Oniebn. PHIL. STIMMEL & C Wlmlesale Farm, Field and Garden Seods S11 i 913 Jonon Stroet Omaha, morugo. Forwardlng & comml ARMSTRONG, PETTIS & C Storage, Forwarding and Commissio, Braoch nnn‘c of the Henney Buj ‘0. Buggles Whiioaais und rotai, I Hoan YA g Omalia._'Telephone No. 7. OMAHA NANUEACTURERS, “"EAGLE CORNICE Mannfactare Galvanized Iron fl;fl Cll’lllw. John Epeneter Proprictor. 120 Dodge and 163 and 10§ STORZ & ILER, Lager Beer Brewers, 1621 North Kigthteenth Street, Omahn. Neb. D. M. STEELE & COu Wholesale Grocers, 1219, 1221 and 1223 larney Street, Umnhl. Neb. ALLEN BROS., Wholesale Grocers, 1114 and 1116 Harney Street, Omaha, Neb, Nudwnro-” EE, FRIED & CO., Jobhers of Hardware and Nails, Tinware, Shoet Iran, Kto. “Agonts for Howe scatos, d Miami Powder Co., Omaba, Neb. HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR, Builders' Bardware and Scale Repair Shop. Mechanles' Tools and Buffalo Scales. 145 Douglue treet, Omaba, Nebraska. RECTOR, WILHELMY & co., Wholesale Hardware, 10th and_ Harney Sta. Omas, Neb. Whatern Agents 1or Ausi Fernin Stecl Nails, o W. J. BROATCH. Hsavv Hardware, Imn aml Steel 8prings, W DS, VY it Hharney & JAMES A. EDNEY, Wholesale Iron and Stecl. on and mm-fie Wood Stock, Heavy Hardware te. 1217 and 1219 Leavenworth Kt., Omahs, Neb. OMAI MBER CO., Al Kinds of Building Material at Wholesale ___15th Street and Union Pacific Track, Omaha. I.OUIS BRADFORD, Dealer in Lumber, Lath, Lime, Sash, Doors, Ete. Yards- (‘(muwh 4 D»unn tumul b ang GANFIELL GRING GO lanurauturers ur Overalls, » Pants, Bhirts, Kte o 104 Dvu[lll Btreet, Wholesule Manufacturers of i, s, DUk i Biing, BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. Mannfacturers of Sash. Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Statr Work and Interior Hard Wood g b B Cortlor 8tk AN LuavuwOrth Biroetss Omaha, Neb. OMAHA PLAN Hanaitrers o Moulding, st Dim, H. K. BAWYER lanuracmrmz Dealer in Smoke smun Britchings, Tanks and General Boller Repairis 8% otue Bireet, Onata, Nag. 108 16 __SOUTH OMAHA, W PALNER. . . RICUMAN. 3. I DA PALMER, RICHMAN & CO., Live Stock Commission lercnanlg,m Offico—Room 24 Opposite Exchange Bulldi \Z’.’u- sumnum s Nob. McCOY BROS., Live Stook Commission Merchants, Murket turnished freo on application, foeders turniahod on good erma. | Ketérences: fatjonal Bank and Kouth Omialis National, Usion Klook Y.rds, Kouth Omahi. LORIMER,WESTERFIELD & MALEV Live Stock COIII]IIISSlI]Il. Woom 15, Exchange Bulldl Bouth Owal HARD, C. N. DIETZ, Dealer in All Kinds of Lumber, 13th and California Streets, Omaha Nebrasks. FRED W. GRAY, Lumber, Lime, Cement, Ete., Etc, Coroer 6 and Dougles Bts., Owata, ALEXANDER & FITCH. Commision Dealers in Live such Toom ite Exchange Bulldi; T OPp . Bt mutis, N "UNION STOCK YARDS CO. 0f Omaha, Limited, Joua F. Berd. suberiatendent