Omaha daily bee., 1882-09-09
QU'ZZING a MARQUIS.
Governor General and
His Maiden all For Lorne
Take a Peep at Coun-
Gil Buff.
They are Peeped at in Return bot
Not by Many Eyes.

Yesterday morning John George
Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland
Campbell, the oldest son of Sir George
Douglas Campbell, the present Duke
of Argyle" as he is known in the
pedigree book, but wIo is better
known to the common herd as the
Marquis of Lorne, passed through
Council Bluff, yesterday accompanied
by his wife. Princess Louise, whose
proper title is Princess Louise Caro-.
line Alberta, Duchess of SaXuny.
Others were in the party who also had
high titles, and to accompany such
lengthy appellations it took five care
to make up the special train.
Col. De Winton seemed to be the
right hand man of the marquis, while
Miss Mcneil and Miss Hewey lept
the princess company, and others of
high body andtpure blood shared in
the excursion party, forming quite q
numerous and apparently Jolly com.
pany.
OF C, urse The BEE was the only
paper whose representative was up
aud around early enough IN the morn
ing to capture the royal train, which
was successfully done by counting
railroad ties out on the Rock Island
until the train was reached, where it
stopped to give the engine q drink,
and the newsgatherer having success
fully climbed into the baggage car,
gradually worked his way back to the
Car containing the sight to be seen,
the time and distance giving oppor.
tunity for him to gather up the need
ed courage to meet face TO face a live
mar luis.
How did he look2 Why, very much
like any good. natured, business like
Scotchmap. Instead of finding a
curiosity, bedecked with medals,
crosses, guilt quiz-glass and patent
leather, there appeared to view, a
man, perhaps a little better than the
average. OF fine-build, broad. should
cred, unless deceived by ingenious
coat padding, dressed in a snuff color
ed, rough surfaced business suit, a
soft semi. military hat, a little on me
side of his head, and put a little
back, he appeared neither formidable
nor dainty. AS for jewelry he wore a
sparkling solitaire, and aside from
that there was no display. He had
little to say, but what that little was
indicated that he was not ut all EN-.
barrassed by the presence # 80 formi.
dable a parsonage as an interviewer.
He had posted up, %pparently, a littl
on Iowa matters, for as the
neared the Rock Island depot h
CHANGED TO see from the car window
little saloon, with the usual numbe
of two legged eigns holding dow
some empty kegs. He seemed sur
prised, and quickly asked: "Why,
thought they had shut up all the place
for drink in this state. Haven't they?'
The reporter, not knowing from expe
%rience, could only give him the resul
of external observations. The mar
quis on being asked whether h,
thought Anderson or Pussy was tn,
best man for congress-, showed
lamentable degree of ignorance con
corning the state of the country, ant
even went so far as to admit that h,
had never heard Of either gentleman
and really asked who they were
He had got hold of som
facts concerning the Union Pa
cifc bridge from a railway guide
and seemed to be more interested il
this than in whether Anderson hac
given a bond, or Pusey had tapped
barrel, and stopped talking about
them to ask him for the facts
about the bridge, which no seemed
aXlous to see.
He called Col. De Winton's atten
ton to something which attracted hi!
attention, as he looked out of the ca,
window, and which proved to be tn,
big pile of oil barrels belonging to tn,
Tank Line, "N by / didn't know
there were any oil wells in this part o.
the country, Colonel" The latter
turned to the news man for an ex,
PLANTATION, and soon after the twain
started for the next car to SEQ whether
Louise had finished her breakfast, ano
all was ready for the transfer.
There sat the princess lust finishing
her repast of the morning, and actual
ly finishing a chicken in very much
the same primitive banner in which
an ordinary woman would. The new
man with characteristic modesty ad,
mired her at a distance. A hearty
looking, sensible, woman she appear,
cd, with not what would be
termed a pretty face, but which as she
talked with the marquis, aud the la.
dies by her side, would light up, and
her eye would sparkle, and once sht
really laughed out loud-a live prin,
cess at that. Afterwards THE Bel
man learned that the cause of thi.
outbreak was the question propoundet
her by N of the ladies, II wonder
if that is n of these new hotels they
are building in Omaha" pointing &c
the mammoth elevator. By this time
the transfer was reached, and, as the
royal party was placed in safety upor
the Union Pacific track, aud rolled of
across the bridge, THE BEE man
standing upon the platform, watching
their departure saw a pair of com
passes with a white hat glide by, and
lean up against the wall all out OF
breath. The Rt, Rev., had got there
too late 10 catch the score, and the
marquis and Louise missed the privil.
eye of seeing him.