Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-26
REP0RT0RIAL DUTIES.
THE CITY OF OMAHA BY GASLlGH?.
What the Reporter Saw-The Dog
Fight-Thc Scrmon-Thc Poverty
stricken Family The Coroncr's
1nvuest.

The life OF a reporter on a daily paper Is
nHt sins one of the mos happy lots lie Is cast into nt
lowest drcgs OF society. AT one time he Is call.
ed TO attend an inquest to write up the sud
den death of man, who for years was known
to be reliable railroadcr, teamster. car.
penter. II not perchance bricklaycr or even
common laborer. On his way back to the Office
with his notes u friend says. 81 can give You the
names OF party To be married ut n certain
hour. In quest OF news the reporter finds
poor mother and several small children in a mis-.
cradle kind of hovcl and In u famishng condi-
tion. Promising to do all in his power to relieve
them the scribe wends his way again. when his
thoughts are turned to his note book. In an in.
stant ms eyes are cast on memorandum which
ssys Sey comes A e9S ,S hGh, tTt tor the m Well
leading minister is to preach sermon from u
text which he desires printed and the reporter
copies of the paper containing that sermon is to
be mailed to The ministerial friends OF the pas
"nERE is A PRETTY NESS"
A coroner's inquest, starving family. a dog
fight and prominent divine Sermon all to bo
written up by the same person for the same
paper published next morning. All OF the above
has happened within couple of hours. The
porter makes the effort and by holding the
forms, for half an hour is successful and gets
rid of his load of care, but such was not the
case with the gentleman who makes the follow
ing interesting statements
TO the writer who met Mr. William Crowder.a
teamster located at the Farmers Hotel, corner
some years ago. said MIR. Crowder, 81 was en-
ployed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company
as lhDOfer. III was warm weather ana | was
working without any coat on and became some-
what warm by the time quit work. | started
home with my coat OF. A, sudden gust of wind
came up and before | knew it was chillek
through and took a severe cold and 1t settled in
my face and head. which seemed to get very
sore, and became swollen that at tunes my
friends would not recognize me. 1t panied me
very much. My head would ache from morning
until night and from night until morning. MY
bowels were very Costive for number of years,
and to tell the truth | cannot remember when
they We're regular until recently. My appetite
hnp y.ar, I 10
weight.
ICouLD NOT SLEEP At NIGHT.
and when arose in the morning was tired
as was before retired at night. would have
some of the most horrible dreams Imaginable. |
also became iow.spirited and despondent. and
worse rapidly. The fall of the year came and
would take colds on the least exposure. My head
blow out hard chunks or scabs which seemed to
be blood They were putlid and emitted bad
after a while that l had buzzing or ringing
noise in my head, and my hearing seemed to be
siiected,as could not hear so plainly as before.
charged, especially at night. when the pillow
case would frequently be soiled found the
climate of Colorado did not agree with me and
returned to Omaha where have resided ever
since
that my trouble was nothing more than catarrh
and that it had become chronic. as my bronchial
tubes were effected. was troubled with hack
ing cough and would have to hawk and spit u
greater part of the time in the morning. 1t was
of no uncommon occurrence for me to gag and
vomit before could clear my throat; read the
advertisement of Drs. Mccoy and Henry, and
something more than month ago l consulted
with them and was surprised at the low price
they agreed to furnish me with medicine and
treat me for one month. They did not promise
to cure me, but said they would help me very
materially. ! began treatment and have only
been treating for little over one month and
the remarkable change that has come over me
is simply wonderful. l hear as well as ! ever
did, my nose does not stop up, l do not hawk
and spit any more my bowels are as regular as
clock work. my appetite excellent. sleep
soundly and do not have those horrible dreams
any more, and feel better than have felt for u
number of years.
81 feel very grateful that am much better
because never expected to feel this well again.
and have no hesitancy in giving my testimonial
to the many already published by Drs Mccoy
and Henry and freely recommend their treat
ment to those suffering from catarrh, as they
cured me after several other doctors and nu-
merous patent medicines failed"