Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1860-01-19
IFrOn ths Chicago DemoeEat.l
A Terrible Case Of DestitugiOn.

! A Terrible Case Of DeStitUeiOR.
Some time last sumner there arrived
IN this city, from Maryland, an old Irish
man named Charles Mcdanning. He
brought with him his family, consisting
of his wife and two children, boy and
girl aged about sixteen and eighteen
u years. They were in a condition of the
most extreme and painful Penury and
destitotion, were clothed in seualid and
+ filthy rags, and enlirely lacking every
i necessary of life. They obtained per-
mission % occupy shanty room on Buf-
falo street, near The round house, where
they managed somehow to live for a few
weeks They had no bed, bat slept Oh
a pile Of rags IN a corner Of the room.
| Unable, however, to pay their rent they
incurred the wrath of the landiady, who,
one day, ascended to their room, threw
! the stove out Of doors, and PLAYED smash
generally. For this exploit she was
fined eighteen dollars; and BY some means
or other, peace was restored, the poor
family contsnuing to remain in the room.
Soon after this they all fell SICK A
doctor was sent for, who refused to pre-
scribe for them unless they would buy
the medicine. This they were unable to
do-ahd consequently the County Phys
ician was sent for. He prescribed for
them and finally restored. them to health.
During their sickness, a kind and chari-
table Catholic Priest came to see them.
His heart melted at their misery, and
out of his own pocket he paid their rem,
for month or two, and went around
among the neighbofs soliciting contribu-
tions for the distressed family. The
neighbors responded to the appeal, and
sent necessaries to the poor family. One
kind woman brought articles to the value
Of six shillings, and presented them to
Mr.. McManning, and others did like
wise.
About a week ago, Mr.. McManning
and his son went out 10 the town of Thor
ton, in this county, and there purchased
a farm for which they paid $3.50 in gold.
They returned to this city with $500 also
In gold, and Christmas having arrived,
concluded to "celebrate" by a good old
fashioned Irish drunk. To procure the
whisky they. sent down to the saloon kept
by their landlady, and rendered in pay a
bright and shining half eagle.
Then, for the first time, suspicion en-
tered the mind of the gentle dame, she
smelled mice. She assembled in dire
ful wrath to the apartment of her iodg-
ers. She there instituted a search for
the goose that laid such golden eggs
She found it-hid away under the rags
that served as a bed-in the shape of an
old tar pot. In it were three hundred
dollars in gold, and a certificate of de-
post upon a bank in Baltimore, in the
name Of Charles Manning, calling for
$500 more. The old man stormed for
awhile, but finally confessed and told the
whole story. The sou and the rest of
the family were dressed up in fine clothes
which they had had all the time hid away
in their chest. Intelligence Of what had
occurred soon spread about, and reached
the ear of DIR. Gore, the County Physic-
ian, who had attended the family in their
illness. He repaired to the shanty, in
formed the old man that he was aware of
his having come to his fortune, and re-
joiced to know that it was now in his
power to pay his doctor bill The sum
was only $40, and it must be paid in
gold. If it was not paid, the Doctor
smilingly intimated that it would be his
painful but imperative duty to conduct Mr.
McManning before court and there re-
quire him to answer to the charge of
fraud. This, threat had the efTect-the
tar pot was pulled out, and the $40 in
gold counted down. During this opera
ton the old lady seated herself about
three feet from the table on which the
money was counted down, and as each
piece was told, gave expression to her
feelings thus:
Old man, counting the money-"There
is FIVE, Docther."
Old Woman-"Oh Lord 20
| Old man-''An' theirs tin"
/ Old woman =" Holy Virgin Have
mercy -
Old man-"An' theirs twinty."
Old woman-"May all the Saints and
blissed martyrs curse
Old man-''An' tin more is thirty"
Old woman, "May the horned divil take
ye, Docther, wild your murderin' pills and
filthy drinks!"
Old man--"And tin more makes forty,
an that's all Of it entirely, Docther."
Old woman-"Oh, we are ruined and
kilt entirely. Bad cess to the day when
ye darkened our door! May the devil
fly away wild ye''
We hope the good priest will call upon
this happy family, and recover back his
money before they leave for their farm,
which they viii do as soon as their pres
eni drunk is finished.
i In speaking of Matrimony in Salt
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