Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-03-19
glossy" ON HIS TRAVELS.
How They DO Things On the Other
side Of she Continent-Ihe FASH
Ions and Follies of the Sunny
south,

south.
CHARLESTON s. G. March 10th
En- BULLETIN Arriving nj Charles
ton, | took up my quarters at the best
hotel, the Charleston. When shown
to my room | WIS surprised ut the
number of bolts, latches and locks ON
the door, there being enough to protect
fortress. No sooner had turned out
the gas and jumped into bed than
was RECALLED by a serenade, the singing
Icing sublime for the kind, but it did
not meet my appreciation. | lit the
gas and discovered that the basSo and.
tenor were old in the business, portly
belonged to the breed called mosquitoes,
and as large AS canarics. | wrapped
myself in mosquito bar. The night
was suifocatingly hot. That was just
month ago. When the thermometer
reaches 45o above zero 1t is called
excruciatingly cold.
CHARLESTON
Has population of 10000, of which
10000 are blacks. The principal bust.
ness streets are King, East Bay, IIayne
and Meeting. The stores, in interio!
arrangements, will compare favorably
with san francisco, the merchants
carrying very heavy stocks. You will
| find many, however, with II business
| of few hundred dollars making "A
living. The town has an antiqualed
appearance, excepting the Custom
House, Postoilice, City Hall, guard
houses and churches, which are fine
ediices. Nearly every church has its
burial ground adjoining, which /
| don't admire.
TIMES.
The cotton crop this year has
yielded but one.fourth the average
it having been destroyed by the
caterpillars, which makes times dull
1t is odd to see Summer goods dis
| played in the windows at this season,
when out West we are freezing. Sat
Gems in large lowered patterns will be
the style this Summer for ladies
dresses.
STREETS.
The city has fine streets, laid with
cobble stones, granite, and Nicholson.
lthas splendid fire department. seven
steam engines, five hose carts and five
hook and ladder trucks. There are
large number of ariesian wells, which,
supply all wants. The city is lit with
gas. Last week n test was made us to
the relative merits of gas and cleo.
tricity. 1t was decided Ia favor of the
latter.
pRoaENADEs.
The center Of attraction is the Bat
terry, which extends one.half of mile,
and Is the great resort during fine
weather. You see carriages with
colored liyeried footmen, equestricnnes
with their chaperones. The ladies,
dressed in their riding habits, with
stove pipe hats, make Il beautiful sight.
There are Il number Of small parks in
different parts of the city.
POLICEMEN
Are as thick as bees, there being one
on each corner. They are principally
whites, and heavy-set men. They wear
double breasted blue coats and brass
buttons, three.inch leather belt ON
the outside and scabbard for their gun.
which is buttoned in the scabbard
also, 14-inch black walnut club.
While they are drawing a Western
man could lay out n half dozen before
breakfast. They wear tall, stiff.
brimmed hats with the number of
their beat.
THE STREET CARS
Have no conductors and will not
change larger amount than 81. The
driver takes the money, hands you
sealed envelope and you take out the
change and drop it in the box.
REsTAURANTs.
Outside of the hotels, there is not
first.class restaurant in Charleston.
They are all attached to bar-rooms
with side entrance. They charge
fifty cents a meal, which is very ordi-
nary. There is not fit place to take
Il
alter. Although this is IA tropical eli.
mate, there is not lit ice cream
saloon for ladies.
DRESSING.
The ladies all have fine figures, but
lack the Western dash and beauty.
For the latter we can excel them in
Hawthorne. Their dresses are rich
and elegant, but do not fit. In speak
ing of the fair sex, there are any
amount of young ladies, old maids and
widows, who all have large means and
only want an opportunity to be asked
to be had. | made mash on sweet
little widow, but remembering the
sage advice of Tony Weller, to " beware
of the vidders," | managed to get out
unframed. The gents wear stiff
brmmed hats, a bob-tailed walking
coat with three buttons, tight-legged
pants and those cussed tooth.pick