Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-29

kM ~ AMAMNsWAMA 4essAANAAAw&s
yesterday beard og . eaaa Of aeatita
sioa whteh we believe To Be unparalleled
III me ahnaIs of want and misery. A sef.
YInx girl Ii tina family eE MF. he Grew oi
, las arm os Nc Grew & Co., the vel
known jewelers., and who kegida 90 Eight
street, between Gutter auA Llnn, on VI Sd
Readay afkaganoa last threw some garbage
iato "a alley In the rear Of the hoase.r
She observed a couple Of Iittis eli ildren,
gtFIs, TIE eldest not ever twelve years old
raah ut the pile Of OfFsfases and sslsctiag poEr
tions Of Il, put y g thsiF mouths and eat
It most Iageneouaiy. Struck with this kx-
hlbation og axErsms hunger 90 tils part %
4 TIE children, shs asked them IL they would
like To have some bred. 10 which they Gag
afly replied in the affirmative, intimatihg
that they woald be glad to take anything
that would kenp them from starving. She
then took them into the kitchen and gave
/ 70 each i portion Of loaE When als
children left chs watched them and obserF-
ed them enter an old and quiIe dilapidated
stable on the opposite aide Of the alley
/ The servant gssl then ipfoFaSsd MT. Bic
/ Grew Of wh al bad haRgsRsds qad that ggR-
/ tlemsn, In eompany With 3 nsighboI !,
| visited the stable, and there witnessed a
scshe whseh almost hsggsEs description.
Stretched upon tbs door on some damp and
moldy straw we're q number of childrefl
| haddiea together, seeking wafmfh By eou.-
| tact with sach ether, Mad some clothed
with It a singlA garment, and that Of the
thinist texture. Ia 8 soEnfE vas seated
woman. '.-...
"CbsEhsd In omaRIy FasS,tl
Huddltng to hes Bosom child appars atly
about two months old, and Vainly endeay-
0flng 10 give II sustenanee, bat Instead 1t
dsefS aaGaiss bar Stooa from AsT exhausted
breast,
The woman was aaparansly act mere
than thirty Avs years old, although the
mothEr cf seven children, all Of whom were
with her Ia the miserable hovel where she
was found. Her story was soon told. She
had been well raised and had seen better
days, much better-shs EDald got have sesR
gorse-days. and until q period OF two
years after her marriage had known no
sEaat. R#s bsE kHska#a yRsEdsd tp an aR-
petite for liquor, kssams 6Eat druakaEd,
then sot, aRd aaally abandoned her
Three or four days previous to Der being
found By Mr. AcGFeW, her landlord had
turned Der out 81 house and home fpr non
payment Of rent, She then, with her tit
tie ones, wandered about the strsets uuttt
she found The deserted stable, and had
remained there ever since absolutely with,
out food. Her babe had soon exhausted
the maternal nourishmsat which nature
supplied,
Mr. AtErsw and his frient, whose name (
we regret We nave 6ss4 gnable 10 learn,
set towoTk vigorously to make them eoas-
foltabIe as possible under The ciIcumstan-
se&. 4 couple Of dollars worth Of Proyts .
loRs were purchased and presented. Mrs. /.
McHrgw aRd other Ladies' furnished them
With clothing, and they Werp saon made +
comfortable for the night.
Yesterday morning renewed eEerttoHs
were made for their welfare, A shoemas (
ksr @as cent for aBd the ehitdEsR we're /
measured for ahOas-aRd here scene Ta-
thsT iudicTous occuTFais If any thing ludj-
EFoug could occur amid go much desoladon /
aud mlseTy-tas ltttIs tsli9wE uEused tg
having their feet thus eacassd, f0ugAt maI- /
fully against having shoes put on them, and .
It vas with dhCahy they could be recon- /
ciIed 10 wear them. IL the evening an ap-
pltcacion u as made to have the family re- .
moved to the City I0hFmary, and we pre-
sans this morning they wifi be taken to (
tLat in8i,Iutloa.
Ths woman IL named Sheppard; shs is
an AMERICAN, and traces Of beauty sad in
telligeErc stih linger around her worn aud .
haggard features .-~CIssiRRatl kagufEsr. 1