Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 21, 1892, Page 7

INTHE 1AS < Rociety People Proparing for the Coming feeson's Round of Pleasure, . RECEPTION AT DR, MERCER'S RESIDENCE Ono Break in A Week of Monotonous Rest ~Several August Weddings— Minstrels at Drold Hill—Gossip from Spirit Lake—Personal Notes, The residenea of Dr. S. D. Mercer at For- tieth and Cuming streets was filled witn a merry company of youog people Eriday evening. The occasion was a reception given by Dr. and Mrs. Mercer in honor of their guests, Misses Carrie and Suste Merritt of Springfield, Ill. The Misses Merritt are daughters of ton, Edward Merritt, who was at one time managing editor of the Omaha Herald, e hall and parlors wero tastefully deco- Rrated with roses and forns and dancing and the usual refreshments occupied the evening. “Lhe following were present: Misses Car- rie Merritt, Susie Merritt, Jeanie Brown, Bessie Towle, Helen Hoagland, Paulino Towe, Mercedes Towe, Gertrude Kountze, TLouise Squires, Susie Colpetzor, Helen Wy wan, Etbel Morse, lorence Morse, Gentie Yates, Darleane Coe, Gretchon Crounse, Marie Crounso, Florence Kilpatrick, Helen Millard, Adeline Nash, Mary Nash, Annie Lionberger, Lucile Pinney, Helen Baldwin Genevieve Baldwin, Fauonle Gilbert, Fred- rica Wessels, Nellle Moore, Grace Allen, Fanny Durves, Lulu Smith, Mae Ham' ilton, Mamie Smith, ‘Edna Cowin, Marjorie Montomrency, Birdie Balbach, anet Livinstone, Gertrude Ringwalt, Mar- guerite Brown, wa_Sherwood. Kssie Denise, Bessie Peck, Helen Peck, Clara Palmer, Aunie Shiverick, Lelia Carter. Messrs. Jay Brown, Charlie Brown, Jay Price, Boss Towle, Lester Lowe, Paul Hoag- land, L. Kountze, Horman Kountze, Moshier Colpetzer, Burt Morse, Sam Morse, Ezra Millard, Harry Holdrege, Kdward Holyoke, J. Lionberger, Burt Pinney, ( Gilbert, Reiland Smith, Sum Caldwell, Will Cowin, Will Hugnes, F'red Hamilton, Fd Swobe, Dwight Swobe, Ralph Connell, Karl Connell, Carl Burman, Will Burman, James Wallace, Henry Clarke, Gordon Clarke, Joe Barker, Asa Shiverick, Sain Burns, Joe Morsman, ¥.0 Morsman, Howard Tiiden, Atlen Marsn, il Marsh, Paul Ludington, Géorco Palmer, Arthur Burt, Larie Denise. An August Weddin Tn the chapel of Plymouth church yester- day at bigh noon, says tne Inter Ocean of uesday, the marriago of Charlos Adolph Wanner and Carrie Blanche Peck, only daughterof Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Peck of Chicago, was solemnized. Rov. Frank W Gunsaulus oficiated. "The chupel was tastefully decorated, the alter being ornate with forns, palms and ox- otics, while the galleries and pillars were festooned with smilax. The bridal party assembled 1n the ante- room at the rearof the chapel, and proceedod to the altar to the strains of Wagner's wedding march from Lokongrin. There thoy ‘were met by the groom. Tho vride curried a richly embossed ritual of the services in placo of the conventional bouquet, ana was attirod in an_elaborate co: tumo of embroidered crepe, trimmed with point lace and pearls. Sho aiso worea hand- “ome ornament of dinmonds and pearls, the it of the groom. The ushers wero Charles A. Shireno, W. A. Laler and Alfred Zeph of Freeport, T1l. After tho ceremony the bridal purty par- took of & wedding breakfrst at the Hotel detropole, where covers wero laid for thirty. The presents were numerous and costly, containing romombrancos from friends. In L__eyerysection of the United States, Among 1hose present were: Messrs. and Mesdames Hawlks, Hendrickson, Knapp, Hinos, Boattia, Shearer, Waleubor, Iish, Frazoe, Daggett, Baldwin, Donner, Messrs. Judge Ware, May- nard, White, Humphrey, Warden. M. and Mrs. Wanner loft the city at o'clock on an oxtended toar in the west, @ willroturn to Omaha, Neb., about October 1, whero Mr. Wauner 15 gencral freight agont for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Kail- road company. Minstrols at Draid Hill, There was a happy gatheriag of suburban- ites at tho residence of W. M. Curtor on the evening of August 13. Mr. or owns a bandsome place in Driid Hill and his home was sclected in preference to Hanscom park for the outside program that had been planned for the occasion, although the park had been originally selected. Tnose who were present wero Mr. and Mrs, Harvey Ship- 5 man, Mr. and Mrs. Jeuter and family, mr. by and Mrs, Axtater and child, Mr. and Mrs, ®Soars und family, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and aild, Miss Josio Cole, Miss Alice %llis, Mr. “George Harty, Mr. W. 1. Church and Mr. Fred Kirving. Tasuly ornamented tablos, londed with easonnvle viands were spread under the slady troes and the guests did ample justice to the invitiug feast. Then the guests as- sembled around the piassas, the gontlemen forming a hulf circle in front of the ladies on the lawn, and at once improvised a minstrel entertainment. Mr. Cartor acted as in- torlocutor, with Mossrs. Shipman and Ax- tater us end men. The overture was the whistling chorus by the entiro troupe. “hen followed dinlogues, song recitationsi&okes and special features by tho various me.abers of tho party. The witticisms of boues (Stibman) was oqualled only by the dry humor of tambo (Axtater.) The choruses woro all exceodingly well rendered and ro- flectea to the eredit of the musical talent of Druid Hill. Tho ovening's amusement was thoroughly enjoved and it was decided to have more such gatherings and dovelop the later ‘Uramatic talent of the pretty suburb of 17, tid Hill, Mol s‘ Mr. W. £, MoKonzio and Miss Christina Cameron woro united 1n marriago on ‘Wednesday evening, August 10, at Priess’ hotel, Rov. Conrad of the Third Congroga- tlonal church oMciating. ‘The coremony was perfored in tho proseco of o fow intimate vlonds f the coutracting parties, A num- ber of splendid anud npprooriats presonts were given by friends, who wore seronadod WLy the Scots’ band of Clan rdon. Mr, and Mrs. MoKenzio will be at homo after Soptember 1, 1o and On oron, ts und Whereabouts. o Nowman 1s home from Sioux Moy Miss Ad City. Mrs. John Hamlin is visiting friends in Colorudo. Mr. and Mrs. C. Quincy, lil. Miss Emily Wakeley roturns from Denver the first of the woek. Mprs, George Naite will visit Milwaukeo fricnds this week Mr. aud Mrs. Caspor £, Yost have returned from Watkins Glen Miss Lilhan Dunniea of guest of Miss Mary Stephons. ,h,‘\lr. and Mrs. Willlam W. Williams are {¥oiue from a pleasant Colorado trip. A sou came last Sunduy night to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vietor Catdwell, Mr. J.J. Bliss 18 homo from Colorado, whore Mvs. Bliss is spending the summer. Mrs. C. J. Best and littlo boy and girl of Neligh are tho guests of Mrs. Lafo Garner. Mrs. Willlam Preston and Miss Edith Pres- ton have returned home from Omaha Beach, Mrs. Charles McDonald aud family have n;:;mu-: 10 Now York, where tuey will ve- JAde. Lyman O. Perlev of the firm of Meikle & Porley 1s rusticating in the mountains of Colorado, Mr, and Mrs. Frank M. Griggs of Pacifio Junotion were the guests of Omaba friends yeosterday. Mrs. O, N. Davenport is visiting at her old home in Quiney, 111, aad will bo away soveral weoks. Mr. snd Mrs. Norman A, Kubn are oc- cupylog their now residence, T'wenty-fifth uvenue and Maroy. Mr. C, 8. Raymond, who was 1n the Black Hills country for several days last week, re- turned Wednegsday. Miss Mildred House returned Friday from Waoller are visiting at Louis is the T SUMMER NONTH | Spirit Lake and Arnold's Park after an ab- sence ot five week: Dr. Rosonau leaves today for his new field, Baltimore, Md, His place here will be filled by Ravbi Leo Franklin, Mr. and Mrs, Goorge B. Eddy and Mr. and Mrs, Plotnor left Friday for a ten days' visit with relatives ip Ansiey. . Miss Mary Shears returned last week to St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, from a vaca- tion with her parents at Lincoln. Mrs. J. B, Meiklo and onildron came homa from Ciear Lake, In., Tuesday. Mrs. Meikle will be at home F'ridays until October. Judge Lake and son, Ted, will roturn in A few days from a two woeeks' trip through the lakes and down ths St. Lawrence. Miss Katherine Coffey and Miss Alico Coffey have returned to their Chicago home after a ploasant visit with Omaha friends Mr. and Mrs, Stuart Shears loft on Thurs- day fora trip to the mountains, where Mr. Shears hoves to benefit his impaired health. Mr. and Mrs. William K. Kurtz with their two children aro spendiog the summer at Ocean Grove, N. J., where they have takeu acotage. Mr. and Mrs, John R. Gotty and Miss Helon Gotty left Thursday evening for Colorado for. afew woeks outing in the mountains, Canon J. P. D. Llwyd, rector of tho Church of the Good Shepherd, has returned from a month's outing and will officiate at today’s services, Mr. T. K. Sundarland returned yestorday from a trip to Philadelphia, Now York, Atlantic City and Long Branch, Mrs. Sunderland is 1n Chicago. Mr. George B. Prince of Walker & Kim- ball, architects, left Monday for- New York to tako a steamor for Europe, where he will pursue special architectural studies for one year. Mr. and Mrs. J, M. Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Lockwood, Mv. Ed (oraish, togother with Mr. A. J. Cornish of Lincoln, are home from a trip to Hot Springs, S. D., Custer, Sylvan Lake and Doadwood. Miss Belle Lindney and Miss Ada Lansing of Chillicothe, O., aro visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kwingav Thirty-second and Poppleton avenue. They have just comploted an ex- tended trip through the west, Mr. and Mrs. Porcy B. Ford arc homo from a very pleasant trip across the water, where they visited Mr. Ford’s old home in I nd and Mrs, Fora’s rolatives, Mrs. Chase and Mvs, Hultz, in Beriin, Mys. Ctiarles i, Catlin loft on Wednesday for Now York. She will visit hor brother, Mr. Georgo W. Homan, at Greenport, off Long Islond sound, ana’ other places of Sum mer resort, returning about the middle of October. Mrs. Jay Morton of Chicago is visitiag her parents, Judge and Mrs. Lake. Sue has been enjoying an outing in Yellowstone park with Mr. Morton, and during their absence their littloe daughter Jean remained here with her grandparents. Mrs. 2. A. Nash, Miss Nash, Miss Mary Nash and Miss Adeline Nash loft for Quebeo last Wednesday. Miss Mary Nash and Miss Adelino Nash will eh'or the Sacred Heart academy at Mauhattavville, Long Islund, after a vacation spent in the east. A huyrack ride to the Paxton farm was tho amusement enjoyed Friday evening by the young ladies of the L'Jagsmh a’cacyat. Thn party was delightfully entertained by Mr. Will Paxton. Gingbam gowns and sunbon- nets for the maidons and broad-brimmed hats for the gentlemen were prominont fea- tures, The engagement of Miss May Agnes Clark ana Mr. Frank M. Avery of Chicago i: announced, the wedding to take placo in Oc- tober. Miss Clark will bo remembered as the daughter of Mrs. John F. Clark, formerly of this city, both of whom have made quite a reputation for themselves in Chicago musical circles, and who were heard 1u concert hore last winter, Omaha friends extend congrat- ulations, I0WA LE SLATQRS ON A JUNKET. B Jr.," Tells About Spirit Lake bojl and the Peoplo There. St LAKE, 18, Aug. 17.—[Special Cor- respondence of Tne B day evening the membvers of the last Lowa logislature held a reunion at Spirit Lake. This was the first of a series of regular reunions which are to be held annwally from now on. The 'meeting Was not such a success as it might have been for many of the members are atteuding the Knights of Pythias conclaveat Denver. The majority of the members present were demo- crats, though no political significance is at tached to this ract. While not a success in nugbers, it was & success otherwise. It reminded one of the little dar- koy, who, on bemg asked his age, sad: 1 dunno, boss: if you counts by yeahs, I spocts I'm most 7; but if you counts by tue fun ['ve nad, I'm more’n a 100." Last vear the lewislature appointed T. J. Griggs fish commissioner and appropriated $4,000 for the hatchery. In Nebraska we gave 10,000, but if our hatchery can do sny more with its $10,000 than this one with its $4,000, we noed not complain. "The fish ponds were visited and inspected and a fine sight they were. Ono senator, after watching the silver and black bass flash through the water, said he would give i’v for the privilege of fishing there an- our. Among those In the legislative party were: Senator Finn of Taylor, with brohibition proclivities. (Up in Des Moines last wintor they usod to suy: “Senator Finn, ho's down on gin.”) Senator Brower, of ‘-acad lock” fame; Senators Yeomans, Sioux City; Gara- ner,Clinton; Gable, Muscatine; Green,Stone City: Kent, Keokui; Itich, Carroll; Funk, Spirit Lake; Terry,Cedar Rapias; Goodwin, vorall; Representatives: Springer,of lowa City, editor of the lowa State Pross: Mor- rison, Young, Wilken, Brooks,Gilliam, Casa, Stone, Mrs. Springer, Mrs, Gardner, Mrs. Yoomuns, Mrs. Gaole, Mrs. Conklin, Judge and Mrs. Allison, Sioux City; Judge Van Wagenen, Rock Rapids, 5. N. Parsons, sec- retary of the senate, W. K. Coukliu, assist- ant secrotary of the senate, Mr. Steadman, Des Moines, Mir. Brady, assistant superin® tendent of tho Burhgton, Cedar Rapias & Northern, also Mrs. Brady and Judge Given of Des Moius. d Oko- Supplemental Notes from Omaha, Many of our Omaha people are sponding the beated term at Lako Okoboji. Among those from Omaha who have registercd at Arnold’s Park, a romantically situuted hotel, over whicu tho cooling breczes blow from the lako no matter how bigh the mercury may stand, are: Mrs. N. B, Falconer and son Alvs, Margarot Loach, Miss House, Mr. and Mrs. Gilberr, Miss Frances Giwvert, Mr. Gradman, Miss Jennie Roberts, J. A. Starr, Mr. and Mrs. Goodall and son, Mr. and Mrs. 1. W, Minor, Mr. and-Mrs. C.'A. Starr, Mr. and Mr. Charles J. Bavber and Miss Barber, At Omaba Beach many prominent Omaha tawilies are domiciled for the summer, Thoy live in cottages and leal an idyllic existence, with perfoct weather, two lakes comprising an area of ten squurs miles of magmticently clear, cool water, boatng, fishing, bathing, pleuty of reading mattor and congeuial com- banionship. There are e families of Augustus _Pratt, William Wallaco, W. E. Clark, A. W. Clark, William Proston and A, M. Clark. With these are the following I'remont people: Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mr, and Mes. Newcomer, Mr. Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. Kloke, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs, Orveus, Saturday evening a boat race occurred the younger members of the colony bui the pavticipants, The girls' fitst prize, $, was won by KKate I’reston sud Lily oy} Ward Clark, boatswain; second by Edjth Preston aud Miss Bryant; Louis Shoies, boatswain; prize, .50, I'he boys' firsi prize, &, was won by Howard and Neal Clark; Ward Clark, bontswain; the second prize, $2.00, wont to Louis Pratt and George Purvis; Louis Sholes, boatswain, This Face was Lho lirst of & series of races which will take place once & weak for the rost of tho seasou. ‘e colony will uot break up w1l the fall, Thore uro & number of lowa people here, and we hear of Fort Dodge Point, Les Moines Polnt. Sioux City Foint, Minno Washita, whoro peoplo from the oities above bave cottages. Minne Washita, one of the prottiest pluces about this section, is owned by Towa people from Muscailne, Clinton and Maguokota, Baw, au. — A Rellable Man, M. J. Griner, & justion of the pewce at Print, Mich., savs one bottlo of Chamber- laio’s' Colie, (holera and Diarrbeen Remedy saved his life. Ile had been down with bloody flux for threo weeks when be com menced using this modicine. It soon oured bim aud be belleves saved bis life. He also says it saved the lives of throo railroad men in that vicinity, ‘'Squire Griner is & reliable and conscientious mun, and whatever he says oup ve depended upon. [ EARLYDAYS 0N THE BIG MUDDY Stirring Timas Steamboating on the Fickle Missouri, RECOLLECTIONS OF A SURVIVING MATE Te Fit With Indians and Bears, and Had a Lively Timo perally —Interesting Reminiscences of Badding Towns and Townsites, Tn this story of the Missouri river wo shall hear of Mate Nash, writes Homar Bassford in the Datroit Fres Press. This man still lives and is still a mate, at the age of 72, e is running on the river from St. Louis to St. Josoph, in charge of the unruly roustabouts on the muin deck of the big steamboat State of Kansas. Mate Nash isons of the old school of stsamboatmen, He was a pilot on the Missouri river in 1855, whan 300 fleet boats wore on tho stream batwaen St. Louis and Foct Bonton, Years be- fore that, in the year 183), he begzan his river life as a stoerman or cub-pilot, on the Ohio, but soon aftorwards ho wost and took up his home in St. Louis. Every spring until that of 1835 found him bound for the northwest by boat. But the time came at last when there were no more boats in the “Big Muddy” for him to take, and for Lwo or thren years he was idle and disconsolate. There has been a revival of the business sincéd 1800, and now five boats, three of them fine, large ones, run up tho Mis sour nd so we all see Mite Nash again, River life, with its winters of idloness, seoms conducive to long life. Many of the veterans of 1830 are alive today, strong and hearty as whoen they heaved the lead in the Kickapoo shoals and made glad the heart of tae pilot by find- ing Mark Twain wator. Mate Nash is an example of this hardy race. [ saw him recently., He was dressed oddly for a mate. Instead of a hickory shirt, slouch hat and coarse trousers, he wore a Prince Albart suit of good ma- terial, an immaculate shirt, stanaing collar and white neglige necktie. His beard was mutton-chop in dosign, the face showing out ruddy and rugged with health. I did not see a gray hair on his head. \ I am feeling well,” he said. “In fact, I am always in good health, but I feel botter than usual now that I am on the river once more. Am I active?” he went on, but without answering in words he threw ona foot up and deftly kicked the hat vim of a slespy rousta- bout who was suanding near by. Mate Nash weighs 185 pounds and is just six feet in height. In manner he is Ches- tertieldian, An Encounter With Indians, The old mate has had somo thrilling experiences in his time. He does not talk of them freely, but when he tells a story he always produces evidence of its truthfulness. One of his narrow es- capes from Indians is a good story by itself. It happened in 1857, just below the mouth of the Yellowstone river, on the upper Missouri. His boat, the Evening Star, in command of Captain Archie Bryan,now of the lower Missouri river trade from Rocheport to the mouth, was making a trip to Fort Ben- ton. The boat had tled up for the night owing to the condition of the river Mate Nash took a gun and went ashore to look for an antelope. For a decoy he used a white rag on the end of a stick, Ho stooped in the underbrush about 100 yards from the boat and watched his gamo approach, impelled by curiosi The antelopn was almost within range, when it suddenly wheeled about and mperad. Mate Nash knew that it had heen frightened either by ons of the boat’s party or Indians. In o moment he saw fifteen veds ride out in full view on their ponies. Ha motioned with his hands for them to keep back, but they at once scattered to surround him. He walked toward the bont, all the while motioning the Indians to keep away. When the mate saw that they meant to capture him he resolved to muke a stand, Selecting a troe, he dodged be- hind it and bogan firing. In an instant two ponies were dead. fe broke through the gap thus made and before the Indians could recover their senses he had run o few yards and secured a place behind another tree. Tho arrows flew about him thickly. He shot again. This time an Indian died. Again and again he aimed, each time bringing down a man or a pony and in the excitement escaping to another tree, Fifteen minutes from the moment he saw the enemy he was close to the boat, when half « dozen of the crow appeared and drove the remaining ds into the woods, When the ground as looked ov five dend Indians and ) ponies slain were found. Mate Nash has those fivo sealps to this day— five bits of dry, tanned skin, to which are long huir and many feathers of the warrior Sioux. Another Brush With the Reds, Another Indian story that I heard from the lips of Mate Nash is equally interesting. This time he was mate on the handsome steamer Silver Luke No. 4. In June, 1865, the Lake made u trad- ing trip to the head waters of the Mis- souri. The bout tied up one night near the mouth of Cannon Ball viver, eign- teen miles below Forv Rice. The fires were banked and stemn went down rapidly. Just after dark Mate Nash told the captain that a strong watcl should be set, for he had seen moccasin tracks in the sand along the shor The captain laughed at the idea of danger, He had scarcely spoken when an owl hoot was heard off in the hills, Ina moment a wolf bark sounded from a point up the river. Again came the owl hoot and twice more was tho wolf bark heard. talf an hour later the Indians swarmed out of the woods and began shooting arcows into the eabin of the Silver Lake No. 4. The fireman of a steambont never worked harder in a race than the Lake’s firemen worked that night to rmse stewmn. It was soen that unloss boat got started up stream vory soon the Indians by force of numbers would board her. The line was cut by a ven- turesome roustabout,and the boat Hoated dowu with the current while the reds pursued on shore. At length enough stoam prossure was indicated to stait the vessel ahoad. As it got well under way, Mate Nush wheeled the poat’s mountain howitzer into position near the capstan, and under a shower of ars rows sont a shell among the hostiles, As the missile rolled along the ground, a score of Indians attempted to pick it up, wken the explosion occurred. Sevoral shells were fired intothe crowd on shore, each ope dealing out death at a fearful rate. That battle cost the Indians twenty-five warviors and forty ponies, while sixty arcow marks and ove man wounded was all the damage that the Silver Lake No. 4 suffered. sc: A Fight With & Bear. Mate Nash had a tussle with a grizzly bear once. It came near costing the life, but by luck and courage he filled the monster full of lead and won the fight. General Sult§®as on board the Evening Star with presdall command Dog. The boat was a~few miles up in the Yellowstone river. @pnoral Sully’s command had made great inroads on the steward’s store and & squad from tho crow was scatter@dgthrough the woods in search of gama, then plontiful all over the west. Mate Nash was one of tho huntors, He weAf'Dl into the foothills by himself. TH& undergrowth was very heavy and fall, making pro- gross difficult. ~ As Mate Nash pushed nis way through the'sérfib trees he henrd a noise ahead. ¢ Don’t shoot,” he called, supposing one of the party had worked around in front of him. There was no response. As the Indians were friendiy neighborhood, Mate Nush knew that some large game was in front of him, but he never thoughtof a grizzly. He pushed ahead a few feet further. Next ho heard o low growl, and in a moment he snw the oyes of a groat bear gleaming wickedly through the growth. The man and the animal were scarcely ten foet apart. The bear advanced slowly, but Mate Nash stood perfectly still, al- most paralyzed with fear. On’camo the forcing the stiff branches down with bea his powerful claws and growling fiercely ateach stop. Mate Nash did not raiso his weapon, but from his t line be- gan to pump lead into the beast from his repeating rifle. The first shot staggered tho bear, but iv came on. Mato Nuash retreated, but the bear followed rapialy. Sometimes the animal was so close thaw it pushed the small trees against Mato Nash, tear- ing his clothes and lacerating his flesh. After retreating half a dozen rods, the mate prepared his rifle and tuening suddenly, fired again at the bear. Again ~ and again he fired, the great animal still Junging forward, The grizzly became weak bo- fore the clearing was hed and with his knife Mate Nash ed a death blow. As the bear gasped and tumbled over ded, Mate Nash collapsed and fell across the great c Half an hour renst later he was found by one of the boat’s oratives brought him at. When the grizzly s put on the seales he tipped the beam at§45 pounds. Mate Nash has a good aumber of treasures, but he values none more highly than a cortain bear skin and half a peck of vicious looking teeth und claws. crew and v around in am In the Early Days, When Mate Nash first went up the river there was not a house where Kansas City now stands. Leaven- h and St. Joseph were small towns and Omaha was famous for having four wor houses. On the present site of Kansas City thero was a landing for the town of Westport, five miles back from the river. At Westport many of tho hest families of the west got theie financial start. It was tho point at which all caravans apd wagon trains outfitted for the west to.go over the famous Santa Fe traii. From Westport could ba seen the fresnoxen and fresher, buoyant men, starting for 'the boundloss west in search of fdine and fortune. There also could be seent the broken wagons and wearied ,animals and men who had just returned -with fear stories of Indian ravages, tinseled wi the romunce of gold and glorious climate beyond the range. And sé’the caravans came nnd went from the little outfitting town of Westport. The dust of hundreds of wagon trains -fillad the air. The steamboats brought emigrants and sup- plics to the landing, the trail marked the way into the greatnew:land. Fartner up the river.at St. Joseph, other parties were fittéd out for the perilous journey across the plains, It was that wonderful rush to the far west that made Missouri river steamboating one of the most magnificent of western enterprises back there in the sur- rounded with a glamor such as no knight. ever wore, filled with romance unspeakable, and now gone, as it then existed, foreve AT R CONNUBIALITIES. George Beacock, a rich farmer living near Galena, 1L, married Julia Dean, grand- daughter of Beacock's former wife, Chinamen in Now York have declared that unless they can have courtship facilities thrown in they will not go to Sunaay school Chester Dolph, son_of .Senator Dolph of Oregon, eloped with M:ss Gussie Armstrong, daughter of wealthy parents in Seattle. They were marriod in Portland. It always makes a man mad to bo told of hisduty. It is a word bo 1s not familiar with until he gets married. Most women love the word s much as the men hate it. Extremes met in Bolivar, Mo., when the Texas giant, Colonel Powell, seven feet eight inches {nheight, married pretty Hen- rietta Mority, the midget maiden, who has just reached an aititude of twenty-two inches. Stephen Maybell and Mrs. Mav Hanson, both generals in the army of heaven, at present enveloped in the fows of San Frau- cisco, were married last woeek. Maybell got shut of an facompatible wife by divorce ten duys ago. Watts—I wonder if dyelug one's hair is really as dao rous as thoe doctors say? N, Peck—You bes 1vis, Anold uncle of miue tried it nee, and 1@ 10ss than th reo months he was married to 8 widow with four small children, The engagement is announced of Miss Ruth Kimball of St, Puul, daughter of the editor of the St. Paul Globe, and a niece of Senator John M. Palmer of Illinois, to Cor- nelius Gardiner, Washington correspondent of the Evening Post. A Montreal millionaire and his sister-in- law are in juil in Hoston, baving been ar- rested as clopors. The mau in the case is H, J. MeCreaay, wall known in the Dominion metropolis as a boot and shoo manufacturer, and tho woman is Margaret, the widow of his brother Jumes. There is o flurry in Brooklyn society over the clandestine marriage of Eila May Kelly and Bdward O, Ross. Ella May Kelly is the eldest daughter of John C. Kelly, ona of the Pittsburg iron kings, Sho isa young wo man of moro than ordinary beauty und has justpassed horelghteenth divthday. The bride's cake, apprayed. according to the London ides, stands oviy,four fect nigh aud is maas iu tiers wonderlyfly constructed and decorated witn shields and flags beariug the uames and crests of the pridal pair, em- blems reproducing the ’rsfi.n»u‘s lusignia and wreaths and festoons of fowers, When Fay Templeton's masher (Mrs, Van Ness) took unto herself agbird busband the other day, she gave her aye us 35, As the frolicsome Fay will not hygvasue privilege ot celebrating hor own 301 higthday again, there sy be apiuterestingl bhysiological fact concealed in Mrs, Vaw,&ess' statement, Lwo weddings in one waversvlemnized at Fruoitvale, Cal., on thesleth, when the Misses Kastelle and Harrictobsash, of Mr. uud Mrs. Valentine Jnidsmith flush, of Fruitvale, gave themsekvasdu marriage to the two brotners Mages, Tuomias and Will- iam, ons of ‘Thomas Mageesthe Sun 'ran- cisco capitalist, A _romautic wedding oceurred at Rondout Y., ou the 12th. ‘The contracting parties were a daugiter of Sitting Bull, the great Indian war chiof, ana Peter Markle, former- Iy of the United states army. Markle, it is said, served with Custer for a long Lime, and it is roportod that his bride once saved his Life whou attacked by Indians. Russia still has many odd and curious marriggo customs whicl would be interost- ing to the Mona Caird eult, One is for tno bride.and groow to raco madly down the alsle as 5000 a8 tuo bridal procession enters the church, because of the beliof that w over places a foot first on the cloth in front of the ultar will be master i the housohold, In some provinves the young wife 1s obliged 10 take off her busband’s bOOLS in Lhe pres- enoe of the guests in token of ber submis- slon. A whip falls from the boot, and with 1t the tiusband strikes the wife three times, o F oo DeWitt's Bursapari ia cioanses the iood in that daughters | ONE-THIRD WITHIN THE PALE and the well known Indian guide, Fool | Two-Thirds of the Population Are Without Ohurch Connection, INTERESTING ~ AND CURIOUS FACTS An Amazing Varlety of Beliefs and Divi- slons—Comparative Statistics of Growth I Membership and Buildings— Religions Note The preliminary figures of the church sta- enth census have been mado public by Superintendent Porter. Theve aco sho'yn to bo in the United States nearly 150 separate and distinct church organizations holding to widoly different creeds. In the Prasbyterian fold thero aro a dozen different branches, Thece are some denominations that will answer only to tho simplest, most indetinte titlo—for example, the Brethren. There are various churchos that cloim o be Brothren, Four of these are branches of what aro popularly called ‘‘Ilymouth Brothren.” But they do not own tho titlo, lymouth,” nor is there any designation which thoy have adopted by which these four bodies of Piymouth Brethran may bs distinguished from other brothren. There tistics of thoele simply are two reformed churches known resp: ively as tho “Reformed Church in America’ and “Reformed Church in tho United States. Some of the denominations were nover num- d before, und it required the utmost powers of persuasion to iuduce them to sub- mit to the process. Sects have beeu found and enumerated which claim less than 100 communicants, Thero are soven soots which bout 8,000 mem- own chureh edifices worth §70,- Mon- ratists, Now lcarian and Altruists, Al societivs observing the ligions acod in the roturns. not religious, the Altruist, but aro organized by all togathor number only bers aud y 000, namely nonites, Harmon, Shakors, Sepa Amanarite communal life, whetner founded on ¢ or secular busis, are eml Two of tnese societies ar Tearian and th 10 apply & social priuciple. ading Den After the seven g gregational, Luthe: rinntions, | —have bo yus associations r s cent of tho church eaili Y T . property. Some of the subdivisions of he Baptist churches aro peculiar. The unin- strueted person tinds it aificult to aefine t difference between the Suventh Day ana the six principal Baptists, botween the mudhead rethren: between ve and the Freo Will: botween cod in Spirit; between the General and the Gen- eral Fred Will. Besidoes these thore are also gular South, tho regular North and tho regular colored Baptists. The Socioty of Friends is divided into the orthodox and Hicksite, the Wilburite and Primitive branches. There are seventcon-or cightecn different branches of tho Lutheran churches Baptists and the river b the Primit the Original F'ree Willand the ola Two the r in this countr, Stitistios of Growth, According to thereturns of the el lows : No. of Denominations, municants, Conzrevational .. Luthoeran. . Methodist Presbyteriin. Roman Cathy Total.... ik 13,400 The communicants will bring the aggregate up to about 20,000, - 000 in all, The foiiowing table shows the number of churcaes in the United States as compared with 40 years ag; Denomination Congregnti 1l Lutheran........ Methodst reshytoriin toman Catholle . Baptist . Episeopnl /. All other. TOEALS «'ois vas s0s. sssssnanss Tho value of ¢hirch proper period is as follows: 1800, thod st .. byterian Romiun Catholic Baptist Eplscopil ... Allothers. .. Potals nd still re in 1850 ain the position, n one-third of all the church odifices belongini to the Methodist, church, while the Baptists can lsy claim Lo more than one-quarter. Rel- A New Process The Lemon, the Orange, the Vanilla, contains more or less of a delicate flavoring sub stance, and the separation of this substance in a manner so as to retain all its sweetne: freshness, and naturalness, re- quires the greatest experience and care, DR. PRICE'S DELICIOUS FLAVOR. ING EXTRACTS arc prepared by a new process that gives to them the natural flavoring qualities, and are so concen- trated that it requires but a small quantity to impart to a cake, pudding or cream, the delicate flavor of the fresh fruit. The leading chemists endorse their purity, The United States Government them, =, N ANMUSEMI Boyd's New Theatre. hurs 1ay,——-Friley,— Sa urday AUCUST 25, 26, 27. SIXTH ANNUAL EDITION OF ‘THE EVANS, The Hot Springs of America, Hot Springs, 5, D, Finest Rosort 1otel futhe Wost, Strictly Kirsp Cluss: Larko Kooms. Slogle or Eosulte, Now Opdn. All Modern lmprovewonts, — Tnblo s Bpe elulty. Roasonable Kutes 101 Bulance of Soason. Orchostra and Dunciog Kvery Eventogln the Mu slo Hall ¥ Plunke Bath o tho United Btates. Moautiful Mountain Scenery, Splendid Climate, (ool Nights, No Mosguitos.’ 8,000 Fe Wbove the Ren. The Bouth Dakots ot Spri ure attracting attention all over the world, ol re curlng u larger percentage than uny sprines I the U 8. For rats, baths, otc. wnd other lo- formation, address, 0. MAKDEEN, Hot $prings, Kouth Dakots. On the other vanced considerably, from a trifle_over 3 per cent of the total number to over 6 per cent the Catholie groator strides, church has made still an ownership church property to an ownorship of 187, per Catholic ctiurch importance, being ox coeded only by the Methodist, which retains )1 per cont of the total ~alue In 1850 tho valuo of church property of four denominations Baptise and olic ehurch in this respect. The statistics ot tions likewise show denominations aro divided into Regular Bap: Baptist, Afrioan African Union ceived two pri now ranks second ks seconc Yep, but 1 g a triflo over Ten Commandments Mrs. Gaader that I have b Prosby teriau, outranked the Cath you I'm rather disappointed Bocauso [ had a cholco plo tell you, and you to listea to 1'm not to be baptiz great progress, il next Sun Osbor business mal and un on the Sabbath * odist Protes. stoa for tho b, Cumberiand rian, Disciples of Ohrist detiance of the tho scandal of the community Mothodist Kiscoy tostant, other color grogationalists. 2,379,100 and onth, Methodist Mothodists and “Late to bod ana_ earty o rise will short early to bed and 1 pill that makss fifo loagor and bettor and Thero are now two chuw about 4,000 communicants of tne Old Catholie church in Amorica. hes, five missions Mr. Newman Manoing, a nephaw of Car. :\‘hnn Mauning, has been licensed by 8 Bap- tist chureh o Louisville to_proach. baptized there a week ago Sunday. Bishon Phillips Brooks another Boston V, Dr. Bartol of tho Uni- collego at York, Nob., ticn of 81,000 for tho will bo expended for a laboratot 1t 18 proposed to dron in the free schools of londing part in the public celebration of the discovery by Columbus, the venerablo tarian fold, *‘a moth-vaten augal, In o choir of sixteen littlo girls at St, Jamos Mission, New York, cight nationalitios aro represonted —Polos, Danes, Bohomians, Huogarians, Germans, Fronch and English, day of America's Thas is as itshould be. yoars has graduated 318 and a roturn recently pubhished at Washing: tou shows that 255 of thoso, or 80 por cent, have a satisfactor Cambridge, The Southern Baptists aro pushing their carnestness. above their ordinary co: end out 10) new missiona They proposo to raiso $230,000 Mrs. Woodworth, the falso prophot of O has succoeded in at Salem, Ore. sharo not at ull in tho Many citios in New Jr louor oy, The peopto of that arc hoping that she will not bring the world to an ena until after ha ves® unyway. for months in the oat denominations—Con- and are now ph an, Methodist, Presoy- terian, Roman Catholic, Baptist and Episco- 1 accounted for, the other 134 resent less than 1o and loss than 11 per cent of the aggregate value of chuten ssing), tha oldest religious so- ficato 1ts now sy Piftieth street, New York on Se . Paui’s piecopal church at Ky, bas elected two 130-140' Bast | 1ds sixth in M announcoment that thare 1s nothing 10 the canons of the church Bishop O'Farrell of Trenton, N. J., is per- encouraging Ho buys every year uds of doltars worth among Catholic clergymon and sides having a fine private Juited States. distribution Prof. W. T. Rey. John H., Coloman, a Mothodist minis- ter of Troy, says that his father and uncle are the oldest twins now livitg United States. posteraduate stuay, sorships recentiy vacated i the Cons Mr. Clarence W. Bowers of Jennetto Loudon of Bloomington, IiL, have boen secured. Mr. Bowers is u graduate of Consgrvatory His father is Y., and his unclo is a Motho- Fond du Lac, Wis. *‘never been sick a | aro 92 years of age, hay venth and **do not know the taste of census the number of communicants in five principal religious denominations for which the statistics bave been completed are as fol- The new version of tho which for thirty years has been in the ¢ has just been published in committeo availod preparation, itself of all the results of the text has not been materially afectod, the spiendid language of Luther's bible has been vreserved, and the resuit is that, unlike the glish and American transiation, it1s fast winning its way to the hearts of the peo- the faculty of “the Baptist und Spiscopal with those of other denominations term opens Septembor 14 v the appointment of Dr. ver us Catholic bishop of Springtieid, Mass., gives satistaction in that city 1s that he wns born in America, was Americans and had ocucation in Springfiela, city looks at the selection as an indication that at IRome the “*Americanization' church in this country is viewed with favor, it adds, “can but wolcome Whatever our cclesiastical polity, a rogular public school ‘The Union of that for somo ten ern Pennsyly troduced to and Diarrhopa reme: “Protestants,” the evidence of this policv. differences of faith or vo aro all Americans and deprecate uny principle or movement whicu would teud w0 divide us us Auiericans.” would liko now to Cleveland, O. y for the same and beiongs t st and best equipped bydraulio world, Theso works, which have been recently comvieted, have a 50,000-horsepower. T'he utilized for supy Ceutral station in 1820 Philadelnhia rgymen are good-looking. +Did he show any predilection for a criminal er whee e was a boy!” “No: but he got Tho majority AMUSEMRIANTS, 0 OYD'S+ Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 22 and 23. e A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT, ; Grand and Imposing production of Willlam TheEnsign of all the laree and THOMAS B DAVIS, arly =y HEATRE. Haworth's Great THE ENSIGN, Direct from i Under dircetic Grandest Scenic Novelty of the Season. its o be the 1 of JACOB LIFT onty absolut fo ever placed upon tho stage, ly perfect representation of Ma l “A S A PICTURES Presentod by Four Great Origina and Realistic Naval Pictures Box sheets now op Wholesome, Natural, fu Col. Robt. G QUE AMERICAN PLAY. company of unusunl stren <k seene of U, 8 FPrigate San View of the b by moon- Prosident’s room4n White Housoe. K ofa United Stites mi Box ofiico op FARNAM: of-war all day f Comedy Nov atively spenking the Episcopal chinreh ro- | in with ovil compantons. o used to pum | taius about the same position to the otner de nominations as it did in 1550 the organ for a church choir.” Bider Borry third of his hife in nothiog of every seventh day at church. “How muct did you put in the contribu- asked his wife. Aro vou willing to put us on record as two-for-n-quarter people!’ My little man, I beard you re Sunday school, Jim ss 1 won't keep ‘om, Minister Cuause they's the wastes fully one Jablots ~To say SA quarter,” bhappy to inform you convertod —got roligion, as U'm elad, ang too. “Whv sol o of scandal to sunpose it won't do for 2o on and tell it, Ay.! of Fairfield, has been wly o s tho state and to tho skio rly Rises tho EDUCATION AL Tho school consus of Chicag®ehows 288,547 children of school age. wenoral agent of York has secured u don lloge. The money have tho 12,000,000 chit America take a the past thirteen Indian students, has six colleves founded by women for mon, yet whon women ask o participate i tho educational bo have difiiculty in its concessions and [its degreos. >ennsylvanio, Loen intorested university extension iaen ning for centor hus o marked in o demand for lostu for those free to undertake cireuit work. Cornell colloge now odist schools in number of liberal arts, and number of scudents turing the Ly o1, 08 e the L protessors in fifth 1n resveet to 1 colloge classes. Dur- ing the last decado it made the remarkable increaso of 146.4 por cont in colley fuating eluss numbered an even fifty, exclusive of thoso in shortor courses, The prospects far the coming year are very facuity will numver n fow vacancies filled as follows: Jackson, who took his Ph. D. ity aud b university, fills Prof. Freer's place during his year of absence in “To fill the two profes- o students, B. the New England Miss Loadon {3 a and musical talent. u & favorite pupil of Will- inm H. Snerwood sbe hus spent throo yuars ouka 10 Berlin, German P’rof. Charles his second term of study abroad completes mukes available to tho art school for the next year the very best of in- ln order to supply ample room and light for the art gallery an is being added Lo oné vacition. The fall 1802, Tho Cumming after ntirely now of tho college e wi i Dinr- and have been af- flicted with what is called chronic diarrhoes Last fall I was in west nia, and accidentally wos in- Chamberlain's Colie, Cholera 1 ventured to make wonderfully relieved. I introducs it nmong my Freeman stroet, credit of hay- aro rical to the Liec INTFRESTING. HISTORICAL. PATRIOTIOC. NIISNZ AL STREET |earutan HEATER, |__eaices. two thinzs worth s ainir h vizi Tho 10 e Ly on the € Olson With the Prince of Dialcel Artis's, Ben Hendricks Which opens cment for Just six pors Ommeneing this Sunday Afternoon, Aug. 24 Hear the Bwedish Nightinga es from Stockholm, Go, Boe and be Cony nced That This is Really the COMEDY EVENT OF THE SEASON.