The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-03

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THU "Poel Abs drinks'' place 70 justioe.
II b . den Of thisvsa. lisa school Gbs
thieves. Every day md every night Il
h opea in Violations Of tho ]sw. Fight
TAKE pl>cs hesv every night, and Aght'
Ing man b kept hero to look after the
interest Of the houae. Men have tteil
pockets picked here every night, boys
ct drunk here, day after day and night
after night, and yet the place b never
entered bv an odlcsr Of the lsw-except
when he comes to ct HE cocktail.
A few nights ago l visited this place
for the purpose Of inducing one Of 1t.
new c,,stomers, . boy Of seventeen, to
90 home to his mother, an estin,able
lady living in 34th street, who had not
seen her con in three days. 1t was
o'clock In the morning when I entered.
The rooms were crowded and every
table was busy. On the seats ut the
sides Of the rooms were about Afty
)oungen, . fair proportion OF whom
were asleep. The young man I waa
looking for was not In sight, % I to0k
seat and waited, knowing that sooner
or later he would make his appearance.
Just opposite to me = casual" Wa
Numbering peacefully. Nearly in front
Of him stood one Of those char>cters 90
vel Known and % easily distinguished
nowadays In New York; we'll dressed
but thoroughly bad looking young fel-
low, whose business In life h to live
without work, to prey upon the cup
shetlen fools and the simple lusticv a.
ways to b found on the busy thorough
fare Of the great city. To the right Of
this man who wss evidently. serving ~
screen for bis comrade, was another Of
simtlar aspect, who was b,sily engaged
In probing the sleepen packets. His
work was done with the utter n,atter-of.
fhct GOODNESS Of man measuring Q fence
rail, and he displayed no more nervous
ness nor fear than though in the per-
Torrance Of the most ordinary honest
labor under the eye ofthe passing world.
I quietly called the attention of two
young men sitting near me. "Do you
see that fellow over there picking .
sleeping mans pockets said 1. "Now
look . here young fellow, "said one Of
the two" your photograph would look
. heap better II you only kept your
mouth shut. Cant you let that man
make quiet dollars" In . moment
afterward the fighting man Of the estab-
lishment was on the SPOT, and the pick
pocket was % thoroughly battered that
I doubt whether his mother would
recognise him.
our WHITING oBELIsK.
New York h beginning to b disoou-
solate and cast down with grief, some
0raphtc reporter went prowling around
Central Park the other day and took It
INTO biz wise head that the obelisk Wa
crumbling away. Now New York h
peculiarly proud Of it, obelisk. It has
reasons to be, and % has Mr.. Wander
bilt. He paid over 100000 for ito
transportation to this country and 1t
would not b pleasant for him TO go
tnis expensive toy crumble away under
the incaemency Of New York winter.
There y no doubt, however, that the
American climate b producing . bed
eaect on the dear old monolith. It has
been accustomed to balmier ain and the
wind, rain and suow Of . full grown
New York winter do not agree with 1t.
There b no doubt that tho inscriptions
ne becoming somewhat indistinct and
that the form Of the mouolith II beoom-
Ing somewhat changed. The Graphic
Duggests that special accommodation
b. made for It In one Of the museums In |
Central Park, and the idea 10 not bad |
pne. When It b remembered that, out
hide Of Egypt, Paris, Lo:don and New
YORK are the only three cities that can
boast . Cleopatra's Needle there Ger
Eainly should b good care taken Of the |
American article.
Bill; y T0N's NEW sONo.
Blind Tom b hack again. He has
oeen playing this week to crowded |
houses. His weight h now about 275
POUNDS. Tom has dropped into poet
~" and lest night 1 had the pleasure Of
rearing him sing the following Ibis
'wn comp0sition- music of his own
make. He calls It 1.-THE man who
mashed his thumb:
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