Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1888, Page 3

BARBARITY IN ~ MISSOURIL . A Teacher's Painful Exporience in That State. TIED AND CRUELLY WHIPPED. Taken From the Side of His Lady- Love by a Band of Revengeful Miscreants—Slowly Recover- ing From the Ordeal. A correspondent writes to the New York Herald from St. Joseph, Mo.: About three years ago Charles Wynd- ham, then about eighteen years old, came to this locality from southern Illi- nois. He had been educated at the Southern Illinois Normal university, at Curbondale, General John A. Logan’s old home, and had determined to follow the profession of teaching. Wyndman, 8r., after his son had finished his uni- versity course, readily agreed to.have him come west, where it is popularly supposed advantages and opportunities for young men are as plentiful as wheat in a harvest field. Charlie got as far as Kansas City, and his romantic disposi- tion prompted him to go across the country from that place and visit the old Samuels home, in Clay county, near Kearney. He saw the grave of Jesse James and the other points of interest around the home of the dead outlaw and then famliarized himself with the his- wr'lyl of the family and of the county as well. In the same way he traveled along the Missouri to St. Joseph and north from this place to Omaha. ‘He was es- pecially attracted by the peculiar peo- ‘pte he found in the bottom lands above this city, and determined, in-order that he might study their habits more close- * 1y, to make his home among them for awhile., i . ‘With this purpose in view he ob- - tained a country school about ten miles above this city, and-taught it with great success that fall and winter.. The next year he secured w school in a district near the first one, and last fall began teaching in a third, meving from one locality to another from choice. . It is ‘wh‘,lh the latter school that this story has to do. . Wyndham;. besides being attractive in personal appearance, possessed en- gaging manners, and having made the . most of his school days, and being an industrious reader, had a fund of gen- eral information upon which he drew at will, and which was the envy of the young men with whom he was thrown n contact. He was exceedingly popu- lar in the istrict, und no gathering of any sort was considered complete with- out his presence. ‘While there had been no expressed preference on his part, it was generally understood . that the ' daughter of ol Farmer Warren, the richest man in all that section, was his favorite among the young ladies. Indeed, this was soon be- g;uud question. - Nobody knew whether e loved her or not, but 8o “intimate did they become that hé was her escort + when.she went to ‘church, or party or picnie, and effectually kept at a dis- .~ tancé a dozen or more of the beaux of the neighborhiood whowould have given their lives almost for a smile or an ap- proving glance from her. o The usual result followed. ' The dis- * appointed lovers united against the com- mon enemy and made up their minds to, drive him from the community, being careful, however. to keep their own council, At first- hé received anony- mous communjcationsy ‘advising him, with more emphasis than' good gram- mar, to leave. He paid no attention to them and others followed, intimating * that he was taking his life in his hands by remaining. Young Wyndham was not a coward, © and when, after a systematic. study of the case, he had satisfled himself who his prosecutors were he made up his mind to stay in the district at all haz- urds. Last Thursday he gave a holiday to his pupils, a number of whom, with their parents, desired to spend that day at a farm house in the district where a wedding feast was in ngress. Wynd- ham announced to his pupils that us they would not fiot home that night . until late he would have no school on the following day (‘l"ridny.) Thursday morning Wyndham and Hettie, together with a crowd of per- haps twenty-five from that. immediate vicinity, started for the wedding. It was after midnight when the company dispersed, und,‘fm/ehinfi their horses to the wagons, began the drive acaoss the country toward home. ‘Wyndham and Hettie went a different road from that taken by the others, a little longer and lemlinY by the old school-house. While they were crossing a.wooded ravine at the bottom of the hill, on top of which the- schoolhouse stood, they were stopped by some six or eight men with masks on, Commanding the two to get out of the buggy, the man who seemed to be the leader of the gang in- formed Wyndhum he was then stand- ing the presence of the men who had sent him the annoymous communica- tions, and demanded to know why the warnings were not heeded. He was iven to understand that death would the result if he was found in the county after twenty-four hours. “Unless,” concluded the spokesman, ‘‘you will swear in our presence, with }feme ‘Warren a8 a witness, that you will not attempt to be in her company again.” Enraged bythe insult offered him,and certain now as to the identity of his en- emies, Wyndham quickly obtained pos- session of the buggy whip,and the howls of rage and pain thut followed told with what effect he had applied it, The masked men closed around him, and one of them knocked him insensi- ble by a blow from behind. He was then carried a hundred yards upthe ravine and tied to a large tree. His body was made bare to the waist, and with the same whip that had done such execution in his hands his back and shoulders were beaten until they resem- bled a piece of raw beef. Blood came afrer every blow, and when they had lfip“t‘ll the lash to their hearts’ content the gang left Wyndham for dead. Luckily for him the air was not cold. It had been thawing all day, and the ground was not frozen on the surface during the entire night. The poor fel- Jow had been brought suddenly to con- sciousness by the first blow, but deter- mined not to show in the slightest de- gree the torture he was undergoing. While the punishment was being in- flicted he relapsed aguin into uncon- sciqusness, and remained so up to the time the marauders left him, Hettie Warren had fainted when she saw Wyndham knocked senseless to the ground, and did not remember any- thing until she found herself seated up- right in the buggy, tied by the lines to Kravnnt her falling out, and the horse itched in front of her father’s gate. With great dificulty she reached the house and began relating her story, fainting again before its .ceuclusion, arren and his sons learncd enough from Hettie to be able to find the place of the assuult. What had beon doue with Wyndbum they could not imagine. ~ Hettie knew ‘nothing that occtrred after she had scen him knocked ‘down in the road, and there was not the slightest circumstance to indicate what had bécome of him. After a fruitless search of an hour and more the men returned home, but were out betimes in the morning cir- culating the story nm(m% their neigh- bors. . At an appointed hour that' fore- noon there was a gathering of the neighborhgod ‘at the old - school-house to discuss the mystery and take steps to unravel it. Parties were sent out to scour the country in different direc- tions. Nine o'clock came, and ten, and still no tidings had been received of the missing man, Just as the company was at its wits’ end to know what to do next und _after several had expressed it as their opinion that the school teacher had been mur- dered and that it would be useless to at- tempt without a thoroughly organized and equipped force to follow the case further, several ragged and_dirty faced urchins came running breathlessly into the school house and made the startling announcement that, while playing at the foot of the hill, they had discove ‘ed the body of a man naked to the waist tied to a tree and bleeding froma hundred wounds. An investigation followed, and poor Wyndham was found just as his assail- ants had left him the night before. He was taken down from the tree more dead than alive and removed at once to a neighboring farm house. For several hours his life was despaired of and he was unable to tell what had happened to him, but when he did a posse of self- constituted vigilants started in pursuit of the inhuman wretches who had way- laid him., Yesterday Wyndham was removed to Farmer Warren's house, at the latter's wish and that of Hettie, ‘and the girl is attending him day and night, It is even now whispered that when he re- covers they are'to be married. Who committed the brutal ‘assault none knew, nor is there any clew. If ‘Wyndham knows anything, hé is very careful to say nothing. It is believed that when he gets : well, points “will be given to the proper.. authorities ' that when properly placed together and fol- lowed up,will'result in evidence enough to warrant. the arrest of at least a por- tion of the gang. The vigilence com- mittee was able to do nothing, and after a thorough search, was* m}mlled to abandon .-the field, so successfully had all tracks been covered. K Wyndham’s injuries are serious; and some months will- elapse before he will be a well man, The better families of the community, among them 'Squire Warren’s propose to spend alarge sum ‘of ‘money in an e‘flun ta bring the guilty parties to jus- tice. " —r A. Reprieve for the Condemned. .. Wretched men and women ‘long con- demned to suffer the tortures of dyspep- sia, are filled with new hopes after a fow doses’ of Hostetter's Stomach. Bite ters. This budding hope ‘blossoms into the fruition of certainty, if the Bitters is persisted in, It brings a reprieve to all dyspeptics who seck .its aid. Flatu- lence,murthum. sinking at the pit of the stomach ‘between meals, the ner- vous tremors and. insomnia. of which chronic indigestion is the. parent, disap- pear with their hateful progenitor. Most beneficent of stomachics! who can wonder that in so .many instances it. awakeéns grateful -eloquence in.those who, benetitted by it, speak voluntarily in.its behalf. ' It requires a graphic pen to déscribe the torments-of dyspepsia, but in many testimoniul received by the proprietors - of the Bitters,. these are portrayed with vivid truthfulndss. Con- stipation, biliousness, muscular debility malarial fever; and ‘rheumatism ave re- lieved by.it. An Accommodating Gentleman. St. Nicholas: Seon the slender white shaft of a light - house: appeared ahead, and,. close by, . the huge. bulk of Fort Livingston. which commands the en- trance to Barataria bay. “Light-house and fort are on an island called Grand Terre. Only one man stays in the fort, an.old sergeant, who looks aftér the government property. The otheér persons living on Grand: Terre are the ke s e RN Clnbas gen- tleman, numud-r‘cpc Lulu, who used to make sugar ‘until a . tidal-wave ruined his plantation, and who now keeps cat- tle for.a living.. This Cubun used to be a famous duelist in his younger days. During the Cuban' war for independ- ence, he published a letter ina New Qrleans paper, chellenging any. and all | Spaniards to fight him, Nobody ac- ce"):fd the challenge, for he was known to be a dead shot. A’ good story is told about this com- bative old gentleman. He had some difference with a- former light-house keeper', who used tobe his friend, and for gtwo or three years the two neigh- bors did not speak to each other. A mutual ' acquaintance ventured to re- tnonstrate with Pepe Lulu. *‘You two'men are here 'alone on this island,” he said, ‘‘and you ought to meet and arrange your little difficulty to your mutual - satisfaction. Now, let me see Douglas and tell him you will meet him.” “Very well,” replied the Cuban, with his strong Spanish accent, ‘‘you may see Mr. Douglas, and say to him that I am ready to settle our little difficulty. I will be on the beach to-morrow morn- ing with my shot-gun. Let him be there with his shot-gun, and we will settle tohis entire satistaction.” Pepe Lulu was on hand at the hour he appointed, but the light-house keeper did not appear, and their quarrel has not yet been adjusted. ‘Who Knows? *‘Bob” Burdette: Some of the news- papers, not long ago, made no end of fun of a college graduate who could not tell who discovered America. Oh, well, my son, that is one of the things you don’t learn in college. I am like the above graduate. I do not know who dis- covered America. If you kunow, or think you know a man who does know, 1 wishyou would tell me. I would give some money to learn just that much. I am also away down in the spelling class. I cannot spell Shakespear as Shake- spere himsell spelled it. I wish you would tell me the proper way of spelling that great man’s name. do not know why there are so many gray horses, and no gray colts. I do not know whether the egg began with the hen, or the hen started with the egg. I can’t understand why we can't find the north pole when we know right where it is. I don’'t know why a matinee should come in the afternoon. I don’t know why & man wears buttons on the tails of his coat. I cun't see what earthly use an elephant’s tail is to him, I don't understand why people in town are always wild to gointo the ¢ountry, and people in the country are crazy to come to town. Why don’t they chunge le'en at once, and be done with it? I o wish. I could somewhere hear of a wise man who would devote a few hours every century to teaching me a few simple things that everybody ought to know and that everybody, except youw and 1, seems to know llreu‘y. —— An odd combhination of wares is of- fered by u shop in the Italian city of Bari, on the Adriatic, A sign informs would-be customers that within can be obtained: ‘“Lecches, bread sold in sucesY or loaves,and tuition in mathema- tics," % . THE OMAHA ‘DAILY BEE: MONDAY., MARCH 5, 1888, WILD HORSES IN THE WEST. A Fierce Combat Botween Two Equine Leaders. ADVENTURES ' OF ' SURVEYORS. Droves of Big Horses on the South- western Plains—Savage Attack of “Rogue"—Thunder and Light- ning and a Stampede. New York Sun: In 1851, when I first saw the Rio Pocos river, which is the right-handed branch of the Rio Grande, the Peccos plains were a favorite graz- ing grounds for vast herds of wild horses. For years later there were plenty of wild ponies on the western plains, but in the days in which I write there were herds of good big horses, some of the animals standing seventeen hands high and weighing 1,300 or 1,400 pounds. I wentinto New Mexico with a government surveying party, which was ofsemi-military character. A survey of that portion of the Pio Pecos lying in New Mexico was to be made, and there was to be a military post located between Pope’s Wells and the Benita river. The couniry between was a plain 100 miles long by 200 broad, with many small streams and rich feeding spots. The herds of horses had been seldom disturbed by white hunters, and when- ever the Indians wanted a supply they selected the ponies in preférence, be- lieving that they were the soonest broken and would stand the hardest rid- ing. ) We wore well into the. 'plains before we saw any horses, and the first herd we 8w came very near bringing about ‘a calamity. .- We ‘were encamped in a bend of the Pecos, and the: surveyors and guards had just.come in-for dinner. ‘There was a truce between ' the whites and the Indians at that ' date, - but our party was a strong ome and the sur- veyors never went out without protec- tion: A truce meéant that the redskins would not kill if ghe' other party were the stronger. We had two ambulances, three or four wagons'and from' seventy to. eighty horses. ‘'These last . were staked out on the rich feeding. ground. With no more warning than that we felt a trembling of the earth and heard a great clatter, a droye of wild horses, numbering at least five hundred came charging around a heavily wooded point directly at our. camp. 'The stream in front of our camp was about two feet dceglnnd ran over a bed of gravel, and the horses were probably in - the habit of coming here to drink.” The herd was led by a sorrel stallion of ‘magnificent look and limb, and wiis going at such a pace that the leaders were among our animals before a man of us moved. Nothing will rattle a. domestic horse like the near presence of his wild brother. A stampede of buffaloes simply terrifies nim, and in his_terror he will aet like a fool. . The wild horse ex- cites him and makes him forget for the moment that heis man’s slave, and he will do his v best to throw. off the yoke of servitude and join the herd. It was well we were -altogether. Every man rushed for the horses, yelling and shouting to drive the intruders away, but when: they went two of our mules and 4 horse went with them. . The horse was o five-year-old stallion, ‘worth at least $500..and his flight created instant dismay in the camp. The mules would not be-allowed to ‘‘chum” with the herd anyhow, and could be picked up after they had tried their legs a little, but the horse might never be seen again. A score of us mounted in hot ‘haste and set off to récapture him. The herd had gone due west, in which direction a rise of ground ‘hid them after.a short run. Aswe reached this rise every man of us checked his horse. Below us was an al- most circular valley about half a mile across, and in this valley the herd had come:to a halt, It seemed that the pres- ence of our horse had aroused the ire of the sorrel leader of the herd, and that the question of championship had come up to be settled at snce. The two stal- lions were between us and the herd, and were already skirmishing. Every one of the horses had his head toward the pair, and was an interested spectator, At any other time our presence ‘would have put them to flight, but under the circumstances they gave usnoattention, Now occurred a combat the like of which few. men have ever witnessed. The horses were pretty evenly matched for size. Our champion had an advan- tage in being shod, but. to offset this the sorrel was the ‘quicker. Their move- ments showed ‘the broad disparity be- tween wild. and domestic life. =~ Our horse was agile and smart, as the terms g0, but the sorrel had the supplenéss of o panther. As boxers feint for an open- ing, 8o these. horses skirmished for an advantage. . They approached until their noses almost met, and then reared up with shrill neighs, struck at each other, and then came down to wheel and kick. - The iron shoes of our horse hit nothing but air, but we heard the double thud of the sorrel’s hind feet as he sent them home. They ran off to wheel and come together again and re- peat the same tactics, and again our herse got the worst of it. He wasa headstrong, high-strung beast, and his temper was now up. When he wheeled the third time he came back witha rush, screaming out in his anger. The sorrel turned end for end like a flash to use his heels, but our champion dodged tho kicks and seized hinr by the shoul- der with his teeth. There was a terrific struggle before the hold was broken, and then they backed into each other and kicked with all fury for a few sec- onds. Every hoof hit something solid, but the iron shoes of our horse scored a point_in his favor. When they sep- arated we could see that the sorrel had {mcn badly used, especially about the egs. ‘When the horses wheeled for the third time, both were bent on mischief. As they came together they reared up like dogs and struck at each other, and for five minutes they were scarcely off their hind feet. Some hard blows were exchanged and our horse had the best of the round. Indeed whea the sorrel whoeled and ran away he had his head down and he seemed toacknowledge de- feat. He ran off about twenty rods be- fore wheeling, and as he stood for a moment I looked at him through a field fh\ss which one of the men handed me. Tis ears lay flat, his eyes looked blood- shot and there was bloody foam on_his lips. He had been severely handled, but was by no means defeated. Indeed, he had run away. for the moment to adopt new tactics. When he moved up again he was the picture of ferocity. He came up at full speed, reared and struck right sud left and she second blow knocked our horse flat on the ground. It was o knock out blow. The victor stood over.him for a moment watching for a movement, but ‘as none was made he joined the herd and wentoff ata gallop. Our horse had three bad bites about the shoulders and hisJegs were skinned in a dozen ‘]ll‘:el and it was a week before he got his spirit back: . 'wo or three tinies during the next ten days I saw lone wild horses, and one of the old hutters with us was asked for an explanation. +° He. said they were ‘‘rogues”—stallidits l which ‘had been driven from the Nerlt'in disgrace—and that they were nlways considered ugly and dangerous. e, had known of their attacking o single horseman, but the presence of & IArge party like ours would of course frighten him off. Two days after this. explanation we were strung out for thre¢ ' miles along' the river, on the march find survey, Some- thing was lost by an officer, and one of the troopers was send back to recover it. Ten minutes later the article supposed 1o be lost was found 4n one of the anmbu- lances, and I wus ®eat back to notify the trooper. He had galloped back to camp, a distance of two miles, and was search- ing around on foot when I arrived in sight. [ was about to five a shot to at- tract his attention, when from the cottonwood grove beyond the camp a horse came charging out. He was ‘‘rogue,” and bent on mischief. The soldier’s horse was grazing, and the sol- dier had his eyes on the ground, and T was 80 astonished by the sudden charge of the rogue that 1 made no move to stop him or to warn the trooper. In- deed, a warning could have hardly reached himin time. His buck was to the approaching horse, and the rogue seized him in his teeth by a hold be- tween the shoulders and dragged him twenty rods before flinging him to one side. Then he started for the cav- alry horse, which stood with head up facing him and I got m{ revolver out and spurred forward. was yet a quarter of a mile away when the rogue reached his second vic- tim. ‘He ran at full speed, with. ears back and lips parted to show his teeth, and the sight was too much for the do- mestic animal. He was on the point of turning to fly when the other collided with him. It was as if a locomotive had struck him. He went down into a heap and rolled over and over four or five times before he brought up, while the rogue took a hall circle. to bear down upon the trooper agnin.. The man was on his feet and limpiiig of; but he would have been a goner ‘had 1 been - further away. 1rode.across ‘the rogue's path and opened fire on him, and after shak- ing his head in'an ugly way he gal- Joped intothe grove and disappeared. The trooper’s horsé did not seem to have suffered an b‘{ the shoclk, but - soon after noon f:\\' own and died. The man was actually erying when I, rode up to him, although he had taken a hand in several Indian fights and was reputed a brave fellow. - The danger “had come n himn so suddenly as to overcome his nerves.. The horse’s teeth had not broken the .skin through his thick clothing and hie did not have a bruise to show, but such was - the sudden -shock that he was on the sick list for two weeks. ‘We were within two days’ ride of the Bonita, and had becn in camp two or three days when one of the hunters rode in_just before dark with some rame and announced that a herd of at oast 1,600 wild ‘horses ‘weve grazing about three ntiled 1o the east of us. This was on the opposite side of the Pecos, which just here sproad out over a rocky ledge, nnd was 200 .fect wide and .about o foot deep.. Below our camp was an old grove with many dead trees in it. It was there.we got our woad. In all other directions the ground wasaped. - We had about twelve tents in. camp, aside from the wagons and ambulances. .The best feeding ground wis on:the west of the camp, and all- the animals were stuked ont there.. Outside of the bunch of ani- mals was a guard of soldiers, and two more were between the animals'and the wagons. There was ho danger appre- hended from the Indians, and the guard was set 10 keep prowling wolves out of camp and to assist any horse which migfim get tangled in his lariat. It had been a hot ‘day, with *thunder heads” showing in the sky, but when the sun went down the sky was porfcclly clear and alt signs pointed to a quiet night. It was- midnight, when, the sharpest flash of lightning I ever saw, followed by such a crash of thunderas made the earth groan, tumbled every sleeper in camp-out of his blankets. I say the sharpest flash- I ever saw,for J was awuke in time to see most of it. It was s0 fierce that it seemed to burn our eye- lids. I was hardly. on my feet before there came another flash, followed by another roar. . I knew it ‘'was going to rvain great guns, and I jumped into trousers and boots and ‘grabbed up the rest of my clothes and made for & wagon only a few feet away. The two wagons were close to each other, but the for- ward ends pulled away so that the ve- hicles formed a V. While the space between the off hind wheel of one and the nigh hind wheel of the other was not over a foot, the space between the tongues was six or eight. The sky was black as T rushed out.of the tent, and all the camp fires had burned low. flung my clothes into one of tho wagons, and then hurried back and got my weapons some other urticles, and during this time the heavens seemed aflame and the earth fairly rocked. Men were shouting, horses neighing, and the din was awful, but as I reached the wagon the second time there camea sound to drown all others. It was a steady roar like the rush of great waves, and it grew louder all the time. I could not understand it for two or three min- utes. The noise came from the west, and I stood upon the wagon so that I coul® overlook the tents. A flash of lightning was followed by a moment of pitch darkness, and then came a long, tremulous flash, lasting three or four seconds. By its light [ caught sight of the herd of “wild horses bearing down upon us in & mad mob, and just as the lightning ceased they entered the stream. The splash of the waters had the sound of breakers, and though I shouted a warning at the top of my voice no one could have heard me twenty feet away. Next morning that terror-stricken herd was in camp, while the clouds opened and the rain came down in torrents. 1 scrambled back into the wagon, and what I saw during the next ten minutes can never be forgotten. The frightened horses leaped over the tents, or ran against them, fell over guy ropes, bumped against the wagons, and made clean leaps over the ambulances, and all the time each ono kept up a wild neigh- ing. I heard our own animals plunging and rearing and neighing, but knew that we wera helpless to prevent a stampede. As the first of our herd got through our camp to the wagous, two of them entered the V-shaped space and others kept them crowded in there. But light- ning was flashing and the thunder roar- ing again, and the poor beasts were ap- alled at the situation. There were our or five lasspes and a dozen spare lariats in° my wagon, and when I saw that the entrapped horses were making 10 movement to get out [ picked up a noosed rope, lifted the side cover of the wagon, and had the noose over the head of one in threeseconds. Theone behind him tried to turn when T sought to noose him, but hit his heels against something and twisted back toward me until my finud touched his nose and I slipped the noose over, Then I made the other ends fast, got out the lassoes, and, standingon the front of the wagon, 1 noosed threa horses inside of five minutes. It was no trick at all,for they | were preased right up to the wagon by the weight of those behind, and ‘the awful war of the elements tamed them. The herd was ‘ten minutes workin, through the camp, and as they clewr -driftwood, they took a every horse and mule that we had. Every tent was prostrated, much of our provisions and ammunition destroyed, and one ambulance smashed to pieces. ©One man was killed and thres were injured by the rush of hotses. As an offset a wnfgnnor had lassoed two. 1 had five, and two more had hobbled themselves with tent ropes. In the course of a day we got all our an- imals buck but one old mule, and man- aged 1o repair damages, Our captives were the finest wild horses ever seen on the plains. My lot included three stal- 1lions, and I sold one of them right there ‘with the noose around his neck for 8200, The others I kept until our return to Texas, taming them a little every day, andj then 81,000, for the four. = The spun stallions went to St. Louis after a bit, and one of them proved himself the fastest trotter of that decade. ——— Cowhoys Not Good Horsemen. St. Louis Post-Dispatch: One Mr. Gosnold, a Texan, wus recently asked about cowboys as jockeys, and remarked that they understood less about mounts and keeping horsesin con= dition than anyone alive. Accustomed to having a superabundance of horses, they never undertake either to train or spare them, and would break down the best horse in America in a week. Al- though their horses are small, a saddle weighing from thirty to fifty pounds is used, the most of this weight being use- less leather. When one bears in mind the old racing saying that the weight of a stable key will win or’ lose a race, the absurdity of this style of saddle is ap- parént. During the war the value of ‘exans as cavalrymen was well proven. They Cwere: greatly relied upon and much dreaded, but when they came before the enemy after a march of 200 or: 800 miles not one horse in five was in servicable condition, and the - entire force was worse than useless. Then they thought “that they knew ~everything about rmin‘r. and refused to receive in- structions, it being impossible to make them into as good ecuvalrymen as the vawest recruit became after a few months’. training. 1t was practically impossible for a horse to throw them, but outside of this they were and are the most destructive and worst riders in the world. ‘‘As to their shooting,” continued Mr. Qosnold, “‘because every man- used: to carry a revolver and was ready to use it, people ‘supposed .they wereffifine shots. One thing they did understand,.and that was ‘quick "shooting, but as to any accuracy, not one ini hundred possessed it. Pistol combats in Texas were nearly always of the shoulder to shoulder kind, where speed was of far more importance than aim, and a Texan could firea great number of shots in & given time. But when it came to fine marksmanship, they were nowhere, and in .an_ eastern shooting " gallery would not begin to be able to hold ‘their own. As rifie shots they are even worse, and could not hold any position atall at Creedmoor or any regular rifle range.” e Leland hotel, Chicago. . Kentucky's Burning Hill. Louisville Courier- ix miles west of Somerset, Ky., ifty a:hill has been burning since last Au- gust, On 'the east bank of ‘the c s and extending fifty feet upasteep rocky bank and for about forty-five feet up down the bank the creek, there is rag- ing a mysterious subterranean five,from which volumes: of - smoke .coutinuously roll and give forth an odor similar to that ‘made by burning sulpher. The timber which stood upon the. steip of round whence ‘the smoke now issues has been entirely burned up, no limb or stump.or'even any charred remwains, to show where once stood huge spruce trees, “This is not the first time that the hill has been on fire.. About four years ago the owner .of the land, Mr., John W. Hall, was burning some brush near the place when the leaves caught fire and set fire to the underbrush at this spot. Mr. Hall. was very much’ surprised to notice that the fire burned for several weeks, and making an examination found ‘that the- fire was beneath’ the ground. The fire continued to burn from early spring’ until it was extin- guished by the heavy snows of the fol- Towing winter, killing all-the growth of spruce pine, with which the hill was covered. ~ In - August, 1887, Mr. Hall concluded to'burn the drift outof the creek at the east bank, ~ where great . piles had been car- rvied” by the high . waters, and was likely to turn the course of the stream upon his field on the opposite side, and. during the drought, the channel of the creck -being dry at that place, Mr. Hall applied the torch to the The fire soon caughtin dry leoves andere long the smell of sulphur showed that the ‘subtarranean fires had been . rekindled; the trees which had been killed and dried by the former fire caught and burned until not a trace of them is now left. .Arecent visit to the place discloseéd the fact that the leaves of woods and the rocks near by are covered, or rather glazed. with' a yellaw coating. A match n;])pliorl toa eaf caused it toburn with rather a light blue blaze; the yellow coating melted and ran like melting lard or tallow. The surface of the earthis very warm, and at places so hot that one can not stand upon it with either comfort or safety, although the fire is at no place visible. A small stick inserted in a fissure caught fire. The space from which the smoke issues begins a few feet from the edge of the water and ex- tends upwards for something less than twenty yards, ending at the -base of a bluff of hard, flinty rock, which ex- tends upward many feet above it. From the base of this precipice to the creek there extends all the way up and down the creck, on both sides of the fi stratum of slate rock about twent, or thirty feet in thickness, which is loose and shelly where the smoke and heat arise. ‘What the fire is and how it burns so long has been the wonder of the people in this vicinity for some time. Yeople have visited it from various places, but no one has yet been able to explain to everybody's satisfaction exactly what is burning. Soine say coal, others natural gas; some think it is oil, while some think the slate contains sufficient car- bon to keep the firealive for this length of time. NP RICHNAN, ANCILA WD, PALMER, RICHMAN 0., Live Stock Commission Merchants, Office—Room 24, Oppasite Exchange Building, Union Hlock Vabas Souts Ouehin. Neb, " McCOY BROS., Live Stovk Commission Merchants, itook Y..rds, Bouth Omahi LORIMER,WESTERFIELD & MALEY Livg Stock Commission. Room 18, llthlrz:“nnud:ll;“. g'n.lt.m GIAWI Yards, ALEXANDER Commision- Dealers. in. l.ne'iimk. Seom B, Oppoulte Rxchange Bullding. Usien Stock UNION STOCK YARDS CO.. 0f Omaha, Limited. . Joba §.Bosd. 3aperiatendents OMARAJOBBERS DIRECTORY | OHAEA Agricuitue CHUREHILL PARKER Dealerin Amcplmmllmnlemnmfia;n—s. Carriages and W&n‘\“ | Rtrest betweennh and LININGER & METCALF CO., Agricaltural Implements, Wagons,Carriages Ruggles, Ktc. Wholesale. Omaha, Nebrask PARLIN, ORENDORF & MARTIN, Agricaltural fmplements, Wagons & Buggi 901, 908, 905 and %07 Jones Street, Omaha. P. P. MAST & CO., _ Manafactarers of Backeye Drills, Seeders, Cultivators, Hay Rakes, Cider Milla and Luban Pul- verizers. Cot Nicholas Streets. _WIN‘JNA_Im;L:IM_:Non’.:_— Agricaltural lllnnhlsnlegts,%ms & Buggics J.F.SEIBERLING & CO,, kron, Ohio,) (A Harvesting Machinery and Binder Twin W. E. Mead, } or. 1413 Leavenworth st., Umuha MOLINE,MILBURN&STODDARD Co Manufacturers and Jobbers In ke Implom Wagons Buggies, Rakes, Plows Cor. 9th and Pacific Streets, Omaha, Neb. _Artiste’ Ma s A HOSPE, Jr., Artists' Materials, Planos and Organs, 1513 llou!lu Btreet, Olnlhh N mll. __Boots and W. V. MORSE & CO., Jovbers of ‘Boots and Shoes, am §t., Omahu, Neb. Manufactory, Summer 11 Farnam 8L, Ompbeit Boston: KIRKENDALL, JONES & CO., (uccessors 10 , Jones & Co.) Wholesale Mannfactarers of Boots and Shoes Bostony Rubber 8how Co. 1102, 1104 & 1100 At for Bo e e i, Robrakh. g H. M, &S. W. JONES, Buocessors to A. T. Kenyon & Co., Wholcsale & Retall Booksellers and Stationers, Fine Wedding Stationery. Commercial Staitonery. e iousias Strect, Omatia, Neb. 2 —____Coftees, 8pices, Kto. C AR e O Eeosile Toas, Cofloes, Spices, Baking Powder, Flavorifig Extracts, Laundry Blue, luks, Etc. 1416 1416 Harney Btreet, Omaha, Nebraska. JOSBERS DIRACTORY AR TORBR B All Kinde of Building Material at Wholesale Dealer in Lumber, Lath, Lime, Sash, Doors, Etc. Yards-Cornet 7th 'Wh 4nd Donging, Lousies: Coraes C. N, DIETZ, Dealer in All Kinds of Lamber, __13th and California Streets, Omabia. Neb, FRED W. GRAY, Lumber, Lime, Cement, Etc., Eto Corner 6th and Douglas Sts., Omaha. — — — ——— T.W. HARVEY LUMBER CO., To Dealers Only. O!IQ!LIIH!EH\IIII Street, JOHN A. WAKEFIEL Wholesale Lumber, Etc. 13 Portiand Cement. Hrdraullc Cemt Atand'a o Dealer in Hardwood Lumber. Wood Carpets and Parquet Flooring. #th and Dougl 'PAXTON & VIERLING, Wrought and Cast Iron Building Work. ek Work: GOt g Works U1 Ry And and 17th Btreet, O OMAHA WIRE & IRON WORKS, Nanafacturers of Wire and Iron Railings. . - Desk Ralls, Window Guands, Flower Stands, Wire Sigas, Bic. 121 North 16th Street, Omubia. - OMAHA SAFE and IRON WORKS, Wan'frs of Fire & Barglar Proof Safes - Vaults, Jall Work, troi and Wire Foacing, Sluns. Eto, G. Andreen, Prop'r. _Cor. 1ith and Jackson 8ts. CHAMPION IRON and WIRE WORKS . !MEAGHER & LEACH, Fire and Burglar Proof Safes, Time Locks, : B WRIC T Agent forthe Minufactarers and Importers o Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Coimneys, ___Kte._OMce, 317 8. 13th Bt., Omaha, Nebray PERKINS, GATCH & LAUM Importers and Jobbers of Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Silverware, Kte 141516 Farnym 8t., New Paxton Bullding. Buiger. Egus and Proluce. Congignments solicited. ‘adquarters for Stoneware, Berry Boxcs an e Hunkots, | 1414 Dodise Ste, Omana. RIDDELL & RIDDELL, Storage and Commission Merchants, Bpecialttes—Butter, Eges, Cheese, Oyetors, Kic, Ete, 112 outh'14 WIEDEMAN & CO., Produce Commission Merchants, Poultry, Butter, Game, Frults, Etc. 220 South 1th Bt.. Omaha, Nebraska. GEO. SCHROEDER & CO., (Buccessora to McShane & Echroeder.) Produce Commission and Cold Storage. Omahn, Nebraska. EMMAL & FAIRBRASS, Wholekule Flour, Peed, Grain and General Commission Merchants. Correxpondence solicited. : 1014 North 16th , Omaha, Neb, OMAHA COAL, COKE & LIME CO., Jobbgrs. of Hard and Soft Coal. 200 Sout! Street, Omaha, Nebraskn. J,J, JOHNSON & €O., . Manufactarers of Illinos White Lime, And shippers of Coal, Cake, Cement, Pinster, Lime, Drain 'lile, and Sewer Pipe. Oftice, Paxton Hotel, Farnaw Kt., Omi b, Telephione bIL. NEBRASKA FUEL CO., Shippers of Coal and Coke. 214 Boush. St., Omahs, Neb. _..Bry Goods and Motio M. E SMITH & CO., Dry Goods, Furnishing Goods and Notions. 1102'and 1104 Douglas, Cor. 11th 8¢, Omaha, Neb, KILPATRICK-KOCH DRY GOODS Co Importers and Jobbers in Dry Goods, Notions Gents' Furnishing G Corner ioe G Corner 1ith and Hainey Y L BN Wholesale Dealers in Furniture, Karnam Strect, Omal 705, 707, 700 and 711 8. 10th §t., Omaha, Neb. McCORD, BRADY & CO., Wholesale Grocers, 12th and Leavenworth Streets, Omaha, Nebrasks, D. M. STEELE & CO., Wholesale Grocers, 1219, 1221 and 122) Harney Street, Omaha, Neb, ALLEN BROS,, Wholesale Grocers, 1114 and 1116 Harney Street. Omaha, Nob. Mardware. LEE, FRIED & CO., Jobvers of Hardware and Nails, Bheet Iron, Ktc. Agents for Howe Scales, ind Miami Powder (o O ob. HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR, Builders' Hardware and Scale Repair Shop, Mechaalcs' Tools alg Scalce. 1406 Douglns Btreet, Omaha, Nebraska. RECTOR, WILHELMY & CO., Wholesale Hardware, Harney 8ts.. Omal eb. Western Agente " Al 'omdér C on Bieel Nailg, __ Fairbauks Standard Scales. y-2 MARKS BROS, SADDLERY CO., Wholesale Manufacturers of Saddlery & Jovbers of Saddlery Hardware And Leather. 140, 145 and 1407 Hurney St., Oman®, Nebraska. ___Moavy Mardware. W. J. BROATCH, Heavy Hardware, Iron and Stee), Sprioks, Wagon Sto sua 12| Wholesale Iron -and Steel, Wagon and Carrlage Wood Stock, Heary Hard te. 1217 und 1210 Leavenworth Bt., Onrshia, N “_: ate, Cape, Kt W. L. PARROTTE.& C! Wholesale Hats, Caps and Straw Goois. 34 Marnes #teel, Guaus, Nob. Impurtrs & Jutersn Willzry & Noigs 205, 210 a6 212 South 11th Street. )T ROBINSON NOTION GO. i oo Pty G VINYARD & SCHNEIDER, 'lloliuns and Gent's Furnishing Goods, 1108 Harney Street, Omaha, o) D ATEOEE AN oo Wholsale Refined and Lubricating Oilg. - Axle Grease, Efc, Omaha. A. 1L Bishop, Manager, (SRR (A PApAry e itil CARPENTER PAPER CO., . Wholesale Paper Dealers. cfi’ a nice stock of l‘rlnllnr'. \\'mpmwa zrmn'. i orders. »3r. Bpecial attention given to oar "WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNIO Auxiliary Pablishers, Dealets in Type, Prenscs and Printers' Suppii 7BSuth TS strvert Gmaa, “UPPles. SR OMAHA RUBBER CO., Wannfacturers and Dealers n Rubber Goods 24l Clothing and Leather Belting. M08 Farnaim Btsegts’ TR L STRANG GO Pumps, Pipes and Engings, < 3team, Water, Rallway and Min: 8 ‘Btoy 6, 023 and 024 Farnam Sireer Omaa T D CHUHCHILL PUMP CO., Wholesale Pomps, Pige, Fittings, 3team and Water Supplies. ‘Flead Mast, Foont & Co'a goods. 11i1 Farnam Bee, Omana: U.'S, WIND ENGINE & PUMP.CO,, Steam and Water Supplies, Halliday Wind Milla. 913 as oe - (F Ttoss, Aea"nfl::n'l‘:e: i o O BROWNELL & CO., D Ragines, Boilers and Geueral - Machine Bheet Iron. Work Stea 3 . 12 & Tk Syt e, sk 0., PH Ry Wholesale Farm, Field and Garden Seeds 911 and 913 Jones Btrees, Omabs. Storage, Forwarding & Commission ARMSTRONG, PETTIS & CO., Storage, Forwarding and Commissicn, Branch house of the H Buggy Co. Buggles R AT T Ouabs. Telephone No. 7%0. DNAEA MANUPACTURERS, ~EAGLE CORNICE WORKS, ™ Mannfacture Galvanized Iron and Cornice, Joba Epeneter, Proprietor. 20 Dodge and ¥ and # Norti 10h Street, Omaha o "“"8TORZ & ILER, Lager Beer Brewers, 1521 North Eigthtoenth Stroet, Omuha, Neb. st S IELD MANUFACTURING C! Manufacturers of Overalls, Pants, Shirts, Fte. 112and 114 Douglas Streety Joans Paats, Bhirts, Bte. Uodund g 4 ISBROV/ ¢. CO., Wholesale Manu® .cturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds and Monldings, Hranch ‘}-f.. 12th and Illr(lrlilmflll. .:h:, Neb, BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. Manufacturers of Sash. Doors, Blinds, _ORiaha, Y. OMAHA PLANINQ MILL CO,, 44 Manafacturers of Moulding, Sash, Doors, And Blinds. Turning, Stalr-work, Hank and Off i e AR08y preion Avenme 18 Tibe ___Smoke H. K. SAWYER, NMamfactaring Dealer in Sttoke Stacks, tehings, ks and (¢ ) Bollgr Repatilag., ™ Thouu baseet. Cmaba. Nas.”