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MRI‘\(IHR\lH)\ \HHH' Terrible Fate Which Has Overtaken | a Whole Family. BEGUN IN FRANGE WITH MURDER And Suicide Ends the Life of the Fifth Member in A New York Hotel — A Youthful Avenger. A 58 Fate. K, No One of the most tragedics of Paris wnifestation in this city a richly New Vo Tk Brs Telegram to terrible and has had its On the 4th dressed unknown found dead the Compton nue and Twenty-fourth 1table at the foor of the ved stood a tumbler containing a green pow dder, traces of w vd about the an's tivhtly in handsome night robes an's fingers, and w Special latest ms of Octoher woman house, street was in T'hird iich also ling closed s, I Two gold rings were on the we one of plain gold, rounded on the outside the maker's stamp, and A, € wides the other with a double wrquoises, one of which had b body was removed 1o the morgue, and not boing identiticd was buried in- the eld, T at the Compton house waid that the woman had never been the befor s und that no one had any idea who she The initials “A. C. B in the ring for the na Almont Calvet It now scems certain that was of a married sister of Bar reme, prefect or governor of Eure, France, who was murdered i way earriage on the way from Paris o Evreux, January 13, 1888, has o attempt 1o dis cover the murderer been diseoura and even obstructed by the authorities, bui a pit s fate secms to have pursued all those members of the dead governor’s family who showed any inspiration to his ussania to earth. OF two surviving brothers, the elder was incarcerated in the mad _house of Mont de Vergne, where he was driven to death by brutal kecpers, while the younger was found lifeless one night in a’ gutte Plie handsome and vigorous father beeame suddenly il and expired after on W hours sickness, Thereupon the ors dectared that he had heart, Mme, Calvet, the mrdercd prefect, from towards the end of aud fr of the family have been informed smumitted suicide - this eity in the part of October. She is the suicide Compton hou Among th: fact, all over the o potter's ot onl, Par nils At sl arly of thie nch bouvgosisie, and, i ptinent, it s customary for ried couples to tack the maiden name of the wife to that of the husband. The name of M. Barreme's b inlaw was 5 s they known us M Calvet-13 She was the last vietim, but more remain Allthe family have fallen a prey to the ruth Icss mur t of the popular perfect of Eur Harreme, the v, amnd h in practis that some his parent’s ntion of his ing with foils and pistols - orde day he may beable to avenge death, - . OF LABOR. sterday's Session of ©tion Ixmiaxaronts, Nov. 17— At this morr session of the Knights of Labo committe n the state of th floor ubiead of the grievane: the time was devoted to hearing On ommendation of this committe treasurer was ordered to pay the wileage on the last day of the session at the rate of 4 cents amile cach way. A resolu- tion had been introduced to the effect that on should be taken on the question of This was adverse ng' committee, its repo the question of foreign iy thoroughly ussed, the committee report was adopted. his settles the t that the general assemoly wishes some action looking toward tion of foreign gration, but just what means will be In view of the si treasury, fours hi AL there hand to pay the mile- it was announced that 000 had received by the treasurer since November 1, and of this £353 wus from s, A district that in ea from which the gen 4 £100,000 » board could Assembly A &5,000 a8 gifi, 15 sums, making subscriptions delegate. This No. 48 of Cin and others volunt. the aggrecate § were offerod by nearly ¢ 18 regarded practically as an indorsewent of and an expression of confidence iu the admin which indic that the present al ‘master workman's advice wili be and that he will be urged to remain in 3 up for consideration at the afternoon session. The v of the committee on appeals and grievances stated v was expelled for ¢ ating villi- ports about his collearues of the ex cutive brard. It recited statements and ul fons made by Barry at various times. ance committee, by a unaninous cided in favor of the general oxecus- A long debate the ued. g, of Chivago, took the floor et in behalfof Barry, wan Powderly made a of the case, and m Giene caveful statement of his sid The chief points were the same s those made in his annu ldress. Sey 1 other able speeches followed, and at the end of the jate, on roll the pencral execnt bourd's ionwas sus ained by @ of 12 to several dele ty-four not_more than rey's friends, he remainder, Shey says, voted against the board for legal reasons, and would support Powderly on any question of policy. “The Barry matter being settled,” an abun dant 18 being at the service of the orde the delogates to-night are feeing much be ter t v in the week. Powd, ns 10 be wing stro the delega ry sinid 10 a repor ihit that he is greatly surprised at th v of the general assewply, and said Lie is more than ever pi 1 to prove every statement e has made relative to the doings of the pene “Now that 1 have been nied a hearing,” said he, 1 shall take ) b court of publie opinion. and when the proof is known, that the men who control the Knights of Labor to duy and are living at the expense of the poor will be considered the most infamous scoun drels thut ever lived and become a stench in the nostrils of hLonest men. 1 have been twenty-two years a_trades unionist and a Knight of Labor, and never had a speck of dirt on my card. ' Tappreciate my position of nic expelled for exposiug their rascality is is all 1 shall suy at present. From now ou people may expect to hes ily until Lhave placed these men i Jight before the public Barry has a long statement of his ¢ which he will give to the public. It is said 0 be a dotailed and very sensational state- ment of what he hus been charging aguinst the general ofticers of the ordel NEW Yonk, Nov. 17.- The Woman's In- Qustrial loague to-night adopted o protest, ad- dressed to the convention at Indianapolis, against the admission of Chinese to the Kuights of Labor, Tne appeal says in con m thei clusion: “We demand less seltishiiess from organized labor In the future, and that it shall show more liberality to the intercsts of our wage women. New York City furnishes 20,000 prostitutes annually, “Those recruits come largely from underpaid, underfed and starved cut women. 1f you are sincere, as @ body, protect your own household from these 'iwmoral,” loprous Chinamea, who are taking the bread out of the mouths of our wage women, and driving them to prostitution and starvation.” o The Yollow Keve Li, Fla, Nov. rellow fevor we death, Total cu 17.—~Thirteen reported o 4,00 total Jacksoxy now cases f y THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 1 KELLEY,STIGER & CO, CLOAKS! FUR DEPARTMENT. GREAT CLOAKS! Prices Cut to Rock Bottom Throughout the Bla nke t Sale. Entire Stock, Comprising — MUFFS, BOAS, SCARFS, CAPES, ETC. In All the Most Desirable and Fashionable Furs, Including Alaska Seal, Natural Lynx, Black Lynx, Otuter, Black Monkey, Biack Bear, Brown Bear, Black Marten, Red Fox, &c., &o. BOA AND MUFF SETS. (BOAS 3 YARDS LONG,) Extra quality Black Hare, only $2.75 a set, usually sold at $5.00. Extra quality Natural Lynx Back, only $10.25 a set, usually sold at §18 xtra quality Black Marten, only $16.< iner grades proportionately 1ow. ILANKETS! ANKETS! Monday, and for the following of Blankets ! week, we will } lace on sale a line of Children's and Misses' Cloaks, which for style, quality of mate- rial, workmanship and finish in the manufacture of garments, we feel confident will surpas anything shown in Children Cloaks by other houses ot Chicago. Special Sale emarkable o8 will convir ntend- ing our stock not only con tains rrost variety, but rices lowest in the city 1lot 10-4 White Blankets §1 dueced from §2 1 10-4 White duced from &3, 1 1ot 10-4 White duced from 4 1 1ot 10-4 Whitc yall wool. The in the trade. 1 1ot 11-4 White Blankets, be cheap at #4, 110t 11-4 White for this sale. 1 1ot 11-4 White Blankets, 6 1hs. speeial for this sale % MUFr'S. MUFFS. 0 % e ( 500 Black Russinn Hare, only 48¢, usually sold at $1.00. L 250 extra quality Black Coney, only 98¢, usually sold at $1.50, 116t 1150 AVEIS ¢ 8O0 extra quality Natural American only $1.78, very choive, usually sold at $2.68. Ulot 11-4 White Califorma, R ETRREL S8 PRBIN uE " 3 regularly sold at $15, l{)')vx(h\ quality French Seal, only §2.85, usually sold at $4 GBI Ea BT IHoLLlac Finer grades proportionately low Tnspection of the v offered this s buyers t Beaver, | west Blankets $2. A Child’s Cloak, striped cloth, in Blaake des of brown, sizes from 410 12 years, pric: $3.78 to $8.7¢ Blankets 1 best Family W, strict- Blanket A Child’s Cloak, in stripes, two Sawvould shades of tan and a grey, hand- somely finished with braid bind - ing, has double collar and belt, two fancy buckles, sizes from 4 to 12 years, price, $7.80 to $9.50. usuaily sold at $20. Blankets, $5, special £6.50 fornia, $7.50, re- A Child’s Cloa tan plaids, silk kilted skirt, with cloth, sizes from price $7 to $9. We shall also show an elegaiit line of Children’s and Misses’ Cloaks and Newmarkets, in plain cloths, stylishly trimmed with braid, ete, in all the leading shades of blues, reds and greens, at ranging from $4.80 to in brown and alifornia, $5.50, rd oirdle and fancy hood 4 1o 12 years, Oppossum, S1h., $10, of 50, .50, Wy Dressi iy Lynx Back, at a price that will pay to rices rked very low. n our stock., O 1 wool at Ourline of Ladies’ Newmark- ets, Ulsters and Raglans is ac- knowledged superiorto anything shown in this city at most popu- lar prices, sizes from 32 (o 42. H1 11b all wool at $3, other parties 1h all wool at $3.50, cheap at medicated, he patronage given us on Plush Sacques alone speaks for their value. LADIES' HOSIERY. At $20 we show the best Plush Sacques in Omah for the price. with 100 dozen ladies” ine wool hose merino heels and toes, and seal browns, ¢ y sold | At | 100 dozen Indies” extra fine wool hose | in black and colors, ,would be con- sidered good vadue 50 dozen ladie: lish cashmere hose, in black and colors, at the | lue ever offered at this pric | | Our $25, $35 and $50 guara- teed Plush Sacquesare acknowl- edged by every customer wno examines them to be better values than are shown by other dealers in this city, at from $30, $37.50 to $565. rades in camel’s S0c; $5. $6. 8. $10. Ladies’ fine English and ¥ h cash- mere hose, in black and mode at Gie, e and $1. colors, very handsome for FUR TRIMMINGS. Gowns and Wrappers, i ing 100 yards 2-inch Natural American Oppossuim, at a price that Our stock of Crib Blankets in plain embroidered and satin borders in both ) yards l-inch Natural t iWUeslIgRIS: cver exhibited by us. pay to investigate. Scarlet Blankets! The entire stock of Fur Trimmings have been n ¢ gain. D) 10t Theks ; s« | Ladies' Under ! Ladies’ and Children’s| T : wear 1 eas: lndies fine white mering vests, 1 1ot A0, HOSIERY and mateh, vice, Hhe- 1ease ladies’ extra fine supevior qual- | very eheap. 1ot 11-4 all wool at 5. steam shrunk. really a tirst-cluss cment, at 6 Hlot 124 all wool at ifor Giich, verulnrly sold ay 81, 1 case ludies’ medicated searlet vosts Grey Blankets! Lo, smooth and softat §1; elsewher 1 bale 10-4 free from burs at $1.25, i Hnoake 10-4 smooth and elean. § HlhE i ¢ 11-4 smooth and elean, & 1 ea *hild’s white merino vests and ! 11-4 special price Sorees 16 and 1y, le 11-4 strietly all wool, 24 an ) better qualities of ¢hildren's vest R S pants. i from $10 te will pay to investigate. plain and tint lors are the choivest 100 yards extra quality S-inch Black Monkey, ata price that will ~Don’t buy anything in Furs until you have 1lot .aspecial e ask $4. silk stitched, sitk bound, drawers 10 1106 1b all wool at $1.50, UNDERWEAR. | [l uhite vests. sillc embroiderca ‘with WEAR. | atawers: i inntoh; 1ot 14 all wool at $5,75, Califoruia. ],..“‘ ttaret'sl [ 110t 13-4 all wool at #13, Austral and punts, silk embroidery, pearl but- et 1 bale 10-4 smooth and elean at §1.4¢ pants, silk bound. peart buttons. BTG We have a il assortme e a GO all wool, Come and investigate our Cloak and department. 1 case 11-4 strictly \I\ I EEN PAGES. Corner 15th and Dodge Sts. Carrxage Lap Robes | Of these we assortment Horse Blankets! Horse Blankets! om e to $10. of Bed Comforts Ra An endless variety atusual pupular FLANNELS!' FLANNELS! now exhibiting prices complete wrured.striped for Al . white lines test novelties iv 1 faney French dressing rlet, and medicated Al the new sl Bider Flanncls. We particularly solicit an in- spection of our embroidercd Flannels, Gents’ Underwear. Two heavy white and Scoteh wool shirts and drawers, to close out at 48e. former price The and Sie. Fine camel’s haiv steipe drawers w0 Flannels ppers, saeques, ete, nataral Flannel des of s colors wles in Down enses shirts ay ‘tual value reduced ERTON wool shirts and $1.4 Fine white lambs' drawers to-morrow at Ol gold m very fine g merly $1.50, We ol eanie veally worth & Special low pric no shirts and ity, for this sale 1, for- the s hair shivtsy finest quality of real i deawers at $1.50, under- in fine sizes son i ENTS underwear, Flannel Shirts. well price Gents' fine Nannel shirets, and & shrunk, special worth Gents' best quality Cochico fanuel shirts in all desieable shades, properly made and steam ~h|u| K. price to-mor- ro regulue pr 0. made $1.50, Gents’ Gloves Gents' dog skin gloves at 7 ine buck skin gloves at ¢, worth Fine kid gloves in all the latest shades at €1, worth $1.50. Boys™ gloves and T Special prices gloves and mittens, ¢ 10, mittens at H0c¢ and kid lined $1.25 and is’ $1, on g KELLEY STIGER & CO., COR. DODGE AND FIFTEENTH STREETS. DI COURT AT F MONT. Mrrk J. Billeter Gets $1,512.50 the Union Pacific. Furvoxt, Neb —[Special to Tur: Bee |- District court has boen here this week, with Judge Marshall pr iug. The work has progressed slowly e S B B case of uny particuls present conflict between the express com- whiich s been terminated was Mavk J. o e esy s orlingiloaaselotiitha lotorysithoiUnion Rad hostility of the Adams express towards the sustained an injury lust April while United States express was the oceupation by in supplying an_engine with the United States express of the Delaware, Hollnstituceaisitiiotocovonsl Lackawanna & Western raiiroad. In 188 After three days’ trial the jury N e verdict of £1,512.50 for the plainuff, {IECLL) compalled g, one is now mow on trial, in w the exactions of the Erie railroad to leave Sridget Hanlon bring the | that line, which practically cut their line off same company for trespass damages, claim- | a¢ 1uffalo, In this dilemma they were ad- e B e e nronariy " 27002814 | yised by tho president of the Delaware, bt Lt o4 a & Western railroad that they his line, he having no contract A Non-Partisian Ratifi Gexox, Neb,, Nov with the local express, which then occupied gram to Tie: Bee. ] ~Thi en a gr it. Upon the giving up of the Delaware, for Cienoa, despite orable ma & Western railroad by the Del More than 1,000 pe rom the wckawanna & Western express, the ates express occupied the line and thus continued their through line between in town to attend the barbecue New York and Chicago without interrup- asted steers, On account of u slight snow storm, which provailed during alEh LAY Y HIORBEOYS tion. The cause of the hostility of the 5 s 10 this movement was that the afternoon, makinz it disagreeable out of doors, Colonel H, K. Chase, superintendent rsof a largo amount of of the' Indian school, threw open the large lining hall’ to the public, and hun- o there partook of the sumptu cpared. — The o lebration of Harrison tion, given under the auspices of the lican league club, and democrats and repub licans, male and female, had a general jubilee, SS WAR emont the stone as farcast as Lincoln, I and Chieago. Thirty miles away a three-foot vein of conl has been discovered. but has not vet been deveioped, and probably will not until the building of th B. & M. branch, that passes close by it. West and alittle to the north, lies the re cently discovered tin district, of which Custer City is the centerand issituated about thirty-five miles from the Gu A mountain of ore stands up from the plain, and shows on the face a vein of some 200 feet i width, which the ex- perts say will average 300 pounds of tin, while Superintendent Sawyer says that 1 per cent will p: Alreaky the work of sinking a s has commenced, and SO of the ore ex- sted heen shipped east via Rapid but not much will be until the extension of the B. & M, is completed at the mines. The Tin n company have a ( pne pul- operation, and will improve itand put in roller erushers.and have o shipping concentrates < company has quietly nir up claims, and now owns 1d 45 miles of pl ims rom | The United States Denies That It Has Violated Any Agreements, Citeaso, Nov, 16.—[Spocial Telegram to 3 Th United tates Express nts contained m_yes THE NORTHWEST - COUNTRY. Its Natural Resources of Stone, Tin, Coal and Marble. in session sid- The HOT SPRINGS, AND LEGENDS. The Rocky Road and the Bott Abyss on the Way to Dead- wood of Historic Interest. less Another th Mrs. Aft In the BI Hills, nty-five years ago the Black Hills were a sealed book, the key to which was, Il elutehed in the blood-stained hunds of the Sioux. Twenty-five ye ago the latter unwillingly relinquished his hold signing the oft-quoted treaty of 1868, but, for years after that, the teeritory was regarded as a myth by many a resident in the east. Lyit between the forks of the Ch ine iver, it contains mineral deposits of a richness unsurpassed by any country in the world, and although fifteen years ve passed since its Ith became I'rom this time on, the hostility of the ly known, the verdict siillis th Buliding: ho streots are S Lackawanna alo Gap, the old-time gateway to :\nm. il W rowds 10-ni ‘L‘:lllrl\;‘l.‘.\:h;:\;‘I: n they l:un: the ‘m:u hise of | the hills, lies fifty-six miles north of | fy nty-five miles in width, and is prin- publie dan o ; “‘“"“"vm.‘-\.-;:q;:".’.( Xpress eaining | Chadron on the Fremont, Elkhorn & | cipally owned by the two companics n Philadelphia and New York. | Missouri Valley railrond. 1t has gone | a > named. which number amonyr se the United States express | through all the rapid ehanges inciden- stockholders some of the most |>;;‘.;\ f-‘i','.”‘fl"].f.‘f| e flans I;\\pl,‘.\.j‘fin{ o o e stical millionaires of Chicago and come a staid business center with bright prospects ahead in connection with the could occup United g L express, ing to do business drawal from the Delaware, wanna & Western railroad, this stock necessarily became non- dividend paying. 500,000 and are still nd buying property paying about $100,000 per year to the men. They are also doing the amount of work on the elaims required by law. The tin country is ina tr of about seventy-five miles in length by about vested ahout its ing off honds by with- ous rey non-part we District Court at Nebraska City Nenasia Crey, Nov, 17— Special to Tie Bre.]— An adjourned session of the district court was held here to-day by Judge Field. George Muns, who earved Hall Frampton, wus bound over to the next term nm]r bonds 1o answ of wurder. William Watterson and Charles \lmn. bound over for robhory moeist 0se house oecurreil severa montivs and has now be- among the foothills has other ¢f and among the prin- cipal attractions offered the tourist are the Hot Springs of Dakota, which lic in the shadow of Battle mountain, and from the Gap. Although y yknown to the white their history dates back long b and the Indians tell of a fierce battl fought ago on the crest of the But the country e A but was released ' Charity Club, 17, [Special to Tue ‘The Tadies' Charity elub gave their It was o8- Bre second annual charity ball last night beyond question the finest social affuir of the Four hundred present to 1 succoss, used for poor of 1 the city st citizens we i financ Kind ever giv of Premont’s contribute to its social The net proceed 300, will alleviating the suffering amons the the eity duriug the coming winter - - Canadian Kailway e —— ake in Massachusetts. Mass.,, Nov. 17.—Itesidents in and vicinity experienced a slight o aat but_continuous earthquake this morning, s e Nov 5 e Heroford | 1sting from two to “four minutes. The HERBIOOK, Que., Nov ereford | (WK Ware slihuly shaken. railway troubles have been resumed, About £ Sl onehundred and twenty-five ltalians are now Killed His Father, on astrike at Paquette, six miles from the | Crevevasn, O., Nov. 17.—At Berea to- 1o ‘Thursday night, by cutting away @ | night Joseph and Louis Coon, lx‘v( hers, were portion of the trestle, the red an engine | engaged in a fight and the fathdr attempted which bad beeu in use ¢ the day and | 1o separate them. Joseph struck his father i the working of a steam plow. | with u stone, killing him insta Theiv grievance is a singalar one. They de mand full pay, though during the lust wonth the weather has been %o wet that the men lave been at work only half the time, but they consider themseives entitled to fuil pay, s opened lnm,n gt in @ German 1 ! and are taking possession of valuable rolling unte Kobald Jrendition was | while the third is known us the Eim stock. Croek quarry, ‘and produces brown, gy e white and variegated. A fourth is the Steamship Arrivals. property of the Hot Springs company, London—"The Montana, from Balti and furnishes an excellent qualit of gray stone. The marble quarrics are owned pllml]]mll\' by the Northwestern railroad, and the Black Hills company, of Chadron,and pro- duce every variety of variegated m ble, but no purely white. At present the want of facililies for transportation somewhat checks the development, but the Northwestern has had a number of surveying parties at work,and it is only a question of time until the whole dis- trict will be a network of spur tracks, reaching their own and the adjoining quarries. To the Elm Creek company, of which John F. Moore s president and J. 8. Moody secretary, belongs the honor of opening the first quarry, and ivisstill in the leud, having shipped Earthq MiLroin, this pla ly \|||l||mlul Thr uul-unu‘llmn s have been opened, one of which is owned by the Northwestern [RRailroad company, undl furnishes a very fine quality of red sandston Another is owned by the Bluck Hills company, two and one-half miles from the depot, and turns out both variegated and red stone, The Stadt The new Stadt theater, in the At wore At Glasgow ~The Prussian, from Boston, At Now York—The Rhineland, from Ant werp;: the state of eansylvania, from Glas- gOW. Special Telegram to essman Perry Belmont has been appointed United States minister § He sent a letter to the president by last night’s mail accepting the position, —_——— Weekly Bank Statement. New Youk, Nov. 17.—The weekly bank statement shows the reserve increased $34,- 000. The banks now hold $11,441,000 in ex- of legal requirements. ——— Much Cotton Injured. CHARLESTO! . C,, Nov 17.—The Sand- ringham fire is out. The cargo will be dis- charged and the ship surveyed. About 1,700 bales of cotton are injured. — J. C. Gardiner,modiste, 1618 Dodge st. A or Keely Incarcerated, Puiiabeipiia, Nov. 17.—Inventor Keely, having refused to comply with the order of court regurding the production of cortain tostimory, was today committed to the county brison until ho shall huve purged nimself of coutempt of court. —— Montana Kepublicans Ratify, Herexa, Mout., Nov. 17.—1he republicans celebrated the national and territorial vie tories by @ graud ratiication meeting here tuight, Inv i from the Baltimore & Ohio some ten vious, and notwithstanding the fact ‘l;:..l‘““:::‘“h...|[ 1 9 Lood, torms with tho | govelopment of the numerous marble 1o sooner occupied by nlul- l'|\|lm1 Tmu‘sth.m d sand stone qu: that surround lostilities were renewed by the Adams, with | i o T the avowed purnose of making the Baltimore | 32 Onee in awhile tho spirit of & Ohio lines non-remunerative, and com- | former days crops out, and only last pelling the United States express to give | spring two cowl re shot ~down Hieitin, tuiis clsimadiby o leled Stites citizens, while on one of the any of the compacts Py R th which they were aceustomed ¢ companies until after compacts had [ 10 celebrate their annual pay day. 1t [ peighboring mountain o beer previously tedly violated by | was the citizens of the Gap, too, that | aplish the Sioux in undisputed ONEROIMINRALE United States people | were favored with the tast look at the | possession. Traces of fortifications still suy further that they have not withdrawn | buffalo as he used to be, because o ye show where the defeated Cheyennes from Duluth, as was stated, or that the | op two ngo one magnificent bull ¢ shay: whoro B yOn| Am Expross company is acting with & made their last unavailing id, and the Adums a8 against the United Statos com | Dd survived the slaughter of his r are among the sights shown to the Y vandered down tolook once more at his | tourist. Although the springs were former feeding grounds, and perhaps to | eeded by the Indiuns in 1878, they re- scarch for some niate long since buteh= | tainod posscssion of them until 1881, cred. But fortune proved unkind, as [ when a company took them, purchased the entire village joined in the chase, | 1, water rights and built the present was “""".h-\) of ‘v’v‘l‘i large hotel, which is run as both a sum- et IV | mor and wintor vesort, * Thoro s one i 3 pecularity about the water, and that is th ¢ stago of doselopmont, and . wip | GGGl porature. whieh ranges from rough any of the numerous canyons { g4S 1 g5 =, und is just about blood heat of the human body. Visitors are shown an old Indian bath tub, hollowed out of the solia rock, in the shupe of a moceas sin, and if their funcy calls, they are permitted to bathe ‘in the clear warm water that still gushes into it. Among the residents of Omaha registered at the hotel during the recent month of August, were H. F, Tuener, H. P. Hul- lock, W. J. Morris, Harry 'E, Moores, Maurios Doo, It, B, Sheldon and 1ay, S. P. Flanders, A, F. Hanscom, H, W. Beatty jr., volt, Willinm Krug, i ry Emmons, C. C. Or- chard and William Fitch. Returning from the Springs and leaving Buffalo Gap once mo: the as- peet of the country changes,as the route continues northward. Hillsappear more_ frequently grow larger, and are crowded into groves of iron wood, rock olm and ush. Flrst seen in the dis- tance, they grow closer and closer to the track. until they form one contin- uous wall in which the pine tree takes the place of the smaller growth, and with its sombre folisge gives to the hills the aspect that has won for them the name of the Black Hills, Rapid City, Fort Mead and Sturgis are passed, uud Whitewood, the Montana terminug of the line is reached ata distanee of 585 miles from Omaha. Al three towns are booming, and bid fair for future growth, but Whitewood being the te iinus for the present, enjoys add itional advantages. Twelve miles from White- wood, lies Deadwood, hidden among the shed only by aline of tally- . For the first fow miles the 1 is through the choking dust of a v surface, broken occasionally with abrupt aseent, followed by a decper ‘nt, where the rock formation 1ks through the level of the plain. ch one scems higher than the other, and then the road winds upward through groves of second growth trees, which again give plice to the pine, and the dust seems hidden by their dense shade. Patches of farming land br the monotony of the scene.and give evi- dence of heavy returns for the labor ex- pended. but they too are passed. the hills become more jagged, and at last the coach is winding arouna narrow ud, in which thedepths of the ravines below can only be guaged by a glance at the hill tops thove, missing bolt, a fa tep, or a frightencd team, and no power on earth could save the traveler. Gradually the green pine gives place to the dead,and on all sides can be seen the withered trunks of what w on a forest, but now fails even to hide the barren rocks from which they had sought nutriment. Higher and na vower grows the road, until the passen- gev silently wonders what would happen Should another team be met. One comes, and the drivers shout each other directions, while the facinated travel sagainst his will into the abyss ow. Nota rail, nota guard, noth- ing. between him and - death, only the man who handles the lines with such apparent e sness. Another turn 1s made, and away, hund f feet be- neath him, he e he hos come 50 far 1o s lwood. But he does not reach it for a half an hour. It seems close enough 1o strike with pebble, but the road to rveach it, is long and winding. It )% down- ward.and one after another bright-look- ing villa cottages stand on the s of the hill above it and the driver says it is Klizabethtown. — Further down’ the houses wear a different appearance, their rough, unpainted sides and small windows telling of early days o the mines, while the almond eyes and 1 ail juecas of the océupants speak “Chinntown” before the driver has a chance to say it. Then thedecent becomes more gentle, sto crop out, and, almost before you know it, o long, narrow strect opens out, lined with business blocks that would he acredit anywhere, but scem strangely out of place in the heart of the hills, and after a brisk spurt the stage suddenly stops and ieaves you in the main thorough- fare of Deadwood, Situated as it is, at the bhotton of a canyon, through which a stallow brawl- 108 between banks mi the placer mining of other vs, it isan idenl mining village, O NATIOW str ms the business centre, and the ¢ s overlook the town from various degrees of altitude, perched in impossible looking places that scarce afford a foothold to the trees that shade them. Across th 0 the precipitous White Rocks, on the side of which is the little village graveyard. The white stones that mark the resting-place of many an pioneer, can be secn from the 218 below, and a closer view shows that the shallow graves blasted out of the rock are the resting-places of men who died in their prime, Wild Bill, whose fame rang over the entire te tory, lies there shot by Johun whose broth had fallen at the hands of Bill, and who ended his days on the gallows, Only & few ye history. dwood has a by the Gay boys in '74- T, wis soon followed by others who worked the placer diggings or left their mwavk in the numerous pros- s old, De 23 Dl | base of s that vet line the while the oviginal discover= further wost, unmindtul thoy had left behind. Chen came the days when, for months at o time, no communication could bo had with the outside world through the bhands of hostile Sioux thatsurrounded the hardy miners, wore waylaid, the passengers wered and the mules driven away, ven now the spot where Brighton M. Smith was shot_and scalped, in 1576, is pointed out within vistol vange of the town, Fire then swept over the place in 1879 and left not o huilding standing, and almost before the damage was repaired the brawling rivulet bos came a rushing torrent, and the tiood of May, 1883, is yet remembered as one of the dark days” of Deadwood. Flour as that time was 830 per 100 pounds hay $220 per ton, potatoes 250 pee pound, eggs $1.00 per dozen, with nine out of every twelve bad, and the post= age on o letter to the neavest postoflice was s0¢. But the approach of the rails way meant the approach of better days, and now any article of commerce ¢an he obtained as cheaply in the cast, while the rates at the fivst class hotols ix but $2.00 per day. Hacks con be had on eall, and among the places visited is Leadville, SAMUEL B PEITIGREW, — Mary Climbed a Tree, Chicago Times: Mary pecting h the cliffs, | ers wandered of the wealth sing s Anne Lutu ¢ wed respecti and sixteen years, of Pat will longr remember a periious ture which occurred about three miles south of Nyac while they were chest- nutting. The givls came up to visit some friends in this neighborhood on Saturday, and, as the chestuut crop is arger this year than ever before, they decided to form a small detachment of the lavge army of chestout gatherers who are out in the woods daily. They concluded that the most cortain way for them to tind nuts would be to leave the well-beaten paths and strike out into the woods where it was the wildest and Jeast traveled. They sought the most unfrequented part of the South Moun= nArippin 1y along over the rocks and through the tangled briaes, 1 ently they saw o group of chestiut trees standing together, their tops hes ing nearly covered with partly opened burr “Oh, Mary. “here's the' | want. Hurrah! nd she gave her hat fling in the air and laughed merrily, They found the ground pretty well co ered with nuts, and soon gathered some b G NG s, S Lam going to climb up and theashit, Lulu,” shouted Lalu, to get all th efully, nuts wo in the siid tree Mary W't you do it. Mary get down alive. Men atures that ean climb trees “Bosh!™ responded Mary, =Tam as pood as any man, and [am going to get up in that tree. So, notwithstanding hey Femonstrane Anner hegan unusaal f for o tin it seemed as though she would succeed i 0N Plishing her objeet. Suddenly, how= ever, when she was little more than hall way to the top, & small branch on which she placed her foot hroke, With ascream she threw out her arms, ex- pecting to be dashed to picees on the pund and the rocks below, As sho fell she went between two kg anch- sow her and eaught by her arms.by which she hung suspended in the air. She tried to hevsell up, but she was unable to do so. Poor Lulu at the foot of the tree was the more frightened of the two, and she burst into a loud of tears. Oh, Mary will di she said; she ean never get down from that you would s the only fompanion’s her raise “1elo! help!™ eried Mary, her voice getting weaker every moment. Lulu went almost into hysteries did not know what to do. ~ While juring up some plan to rescue friend from her position, Lulu he the sound of a gun some distance away, and she gave a suceession of loud uns. A wmoment afterward she wd some one rushing through the underbrush, and soon a middle-aged man, a South Nyack gunnc came in sight. He did not have to be told the situation, but realized it at a glance. He sprang nimbly up the tree. and by rd et suceeeded in Jifting the voung lady to the top of one of the branches, and then assisting her to the ground. She fainted before she was fairly on the ground, and it took nearly two hours to fully rest her to con- sciousness. The man then accompanicd the Indes to the place where they wero visiting, and they will return 10 their home to-morroy It will be some time hefore they will vecover from the shock occasioned by their fright. - e Lost Her Lov: London Daily Tele; logire Gzette tolls 1 the steange discovery o grenadier niade during the maneuve fow weeks ro. He had been told ol to reconoitre the my. and on his way through ficld he stimbled over aleather ob- jeet, whieh he pieked up and brought to his corporal, who pronounced it to be dress improver, On closer inspection it turned out to contain a large number of billets-doux on tinted pip 1 writ= ten apparentiy by a student to a ludy in the far north of Berlin, The cor= poral, who was himself o student going through his “one year's serviee,” tipped the man and kept'the “nnprover.” On his return to Berlin he called on “the lady,” and had t} od luck to find her wlones but what was his surprise toiearn that she was o school @l of tender years, Naturally, undor the cip cumstanees, he hesitated to give up his find, and hinted that the it 1o e told, hut the fair one 50 1= portunate in her entrestics, that he finally softened, apn and Mamma have no iden of Benno's existence; please give it buck, you'll drive me 10 suicide,” she smd, in the most piteous wiy. U1 have no place to put his let= ters 5o sufe s the Thut 1 lost it last Sunday tliing with mamma and pipn. You ean’t believe the anguish | we suffeved from the thought that some snenis and not an honorable man might find it. Please, please, give me my timprove Sha wis protty and the corporal could not vefure any longer, and gave in. She quite forgot his presence. kissed letters madly, and put the iy baelk into its place, langhing and ¢ for very joy. She was too absorbed to thank the soldic who, however, was plentifully wded by getting a good story to tell at con- her rd Letters ph: The Co- n umusing story of parents o wis ve nHrove while POV ving - School Burned, A PPost-Dispatch ays the publio tast nighity Public Sr. Lovis. Mo, Nov. 17. speeinl from Carroliton, 1L, school building the Loss, £40,000; insural Died of ¥, NEW Yo, Noy young woman who was tak hospital last night with symptor yellow fever, died this morning. - - ry gentle form of hazing, the New t'to which omen's colloge, Pa., is subjected. wo bun- 8ies of books ave hung round her neck and she is required to ascend an inclined plank that is very slippery. When, after many slips, she reaches the top, sho i3 given @ lamp, which sho s told t keep fu)l and the wick'w mmed, 80 as 1ot shun it e mhiing jike the foolish virgins,

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