Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19
Results Of the NIickedest I1an Ex-

GLES<-oI
On the 29th day OF August, Just
seventy days after the appearance OF
the article, the 'Wickedest Nam
closed his dance-hOuee, and the
Water street revival or prayer meet
ing was inaugufated. And that
prayer meeting has becn continued
daily from that time till nov, and Il
still III full vigoF and out OF it has
sprung a iioUFisAiag SabbathSch0ol.
which gathers IN Z class of children
that were previously without oppor-
tdnitie5 Tor religious instruction OF
amy kind whatever and also a Mis-
sion, 10 Whtsh special attention Will
be hereinafter given.
The entire aspect Of the street has
been changed. Daace house after
dance-house has been closed. and
rumslop after rumshoE has hccone
profitlesS. The vicious Nyretches
who We're wont to fatten on the
pockets and the souls of degraded
men and women, now turn their
faces to the wall and weep for the de-
parted Ignomjny and sinful thrift of
the locality.
Water street is played out,n said
the police captain of the Fourth l,res
cinct to us, a few days since. I'VE
don't pulls man there now Cnce in
twenty-four hours, was the reply.
How was it year ago?n we in
quired.
We pulled man there then about
every hour" was the reply.
How IS business in that region,
now. Captain ?n we asked.
Flat. | wouldn't take ali their re-
ceipts and pay ten per cent on their
rents he answered.
The incorrigible old villains of fthe
neigh borhood charge this decadence
OF mundane affairs upon religion. A
few nights ago, when we were MAX
ing ourlast survey of the locality pre-
paratory to writing this article, we
gathered some interes ting items upon
tins point
Il knew how't 'ud be" said an
old veteran. who was standing in
the midst of a group opposite the
Mission, whence the sounds of fsino-
ing and prayer could be heard-sI
knew hOw't 'ud be when this yer
thing begun, an | told 'em. But
the fool. thought as ho,-'t was q Joke.
and let these prayin' and singin;
chaps get a foothold, an 7lolg they're
a goin' to hold on, and tUc'Ue got to
go. There's poor Curley he's gone.
An there's Fogarty : he's gone An
there's Brooklyn johnny, an Soier
Brown, an Missis BRIDE, an Scotch
Mason, they've all gone dead. and
more's a-goin'.n
On making inquiry at the police
station, we learned that CurIey. and
Eogarty, and BROOKLYN Johnny. and
Sojer Brown, and Mrs. Bride, and
Scotch Mason, all of them noted
characters in Water street, had ac-
tualiY died since the prayer meeting
WAS inaugurated.
kit Burn rays he has not had
4 bit Of luck since he let the PRAYER
meeting folks hold their meetings in
his dog pit.
Il tell you what" said kit, "that
was the wu'st match | ever made.
EVerything's gone wrong with me
since let them fellers into nv pit.
| haiut done business enough 10 Dav
my rent. Them prayer meetin'chap-
is the onlucilicst ours for me that
ever Yelped in Water street"
Kit has actually had to close his
| old establishment. He lives in what
was the bar room, and has fitted up
! the residue for tenants, on the tene
mcnt house plan, and has taken the
! "Bandbox," next door, which was
! formerly kept by Brooklyn Johnny
one Of the victims OF Reinforcement
mentioned above. Kit merely keeps
2 drinking saloon-the pitt as he
says, being played out"
John Alien has altogether retired
from the field, having given up his
old place to Kicking Jack, who is
yainly trying to make his fortune
there. We have not seen John for
several months; understand that
he has finally resolved never to for
give rs for writing 1.-The Wickedest
Man" article-the cause of all his
neighbors' woes.-OLIvER DYER, al
I Packard's MoatHy, for June,
To ''puu' n man is to arrest him.