Omaha daily bee., 1888-12-03

| the mimic waves were murmuring
against the brick work. The last storm
in the fall OF 1887 developed a tendency
in the ocean to make an inlet east OF the
| Oriental hotel, on Manhattan Beach,
close to the lito-saviug refuge, but Mr..
| Corbiu thought nothing o! it.
| RErMBUuON -BROOKLGNIrEs LAUGH,
ma uN
The storm OF yesterday has made us
! even with MIR. COrbin. The sea in its
| fury has created something more than
an inlet at the threatened point, for it
has cut right through the island and
| there is now an angry torrent sweeping
into Shccpshead bay. which will perhaps
| by spring develop into n channel practi-
cable for sailing boats OF Il good size,
and in few years may be 50 enlarged
! that steamers will go through il. Then
! the race loving New Yorker OF lower
| broadway can go To COncy island track
all the way by boat. The sea next
! proceeded to sweep away the beach and
| gardens in front OF the Oriental and
| Manhattan hotels on Manhattan beach,
and TO carry off into mid ocean tho
whole outfit OF the Marine railway.
| For this rclicf,much thanks, kind ocean!
| The sea monster calmly winkCd its eye
ut the hotel Brighton and muttercd
"Ah there, stay thcrc,' and then con-
tinuod its work OF devastation by at
tacking Engemau' 8 Ocean hotel, sweep
ing it away. and carrying off choice
selection of wines and brandicS in the
bar and cellar, 1t next visited tho alb
surd bulkhcad Of Dutch mattrass which
the park commissioners had set up to
protect the eastern end of the Con-
course and the lots they had been filling
in. 1t smashed the bulkhead, 1t broke
the concrete into great cakes and de-
vourcd them, and spread itself in foam
f,,,,,, 1Nt4 I,, n1
the filing in. IL is clear that new
beach is being formed which probably
will be permanent. If the two hotels Of
Manhattan beach arc not carried back
ward they will he swept away, for the
formation of the inlet makes them now
the eastern end, which must go, accord
ing to Major Heaps hypothesis
THE GREAT wALilING MATCH.
The marquis of Queensberry comes
nightly to the Madison Square Garden,
and beams upon the pedestrians. Per-
haps it is on that account that there is
every night a big attendance, always
more than six or seven thousand per-
sons. But [ fancy there is particular
interest in the contest because Of the
insane hatred which one of tho crack
English pedestrians, Cartwright, shows
for another Englishman, Littlewood.
The latter is a beautiful walker, but his
stomach troubles him and when he is
wincing with collie pains, Cartwright
passes him in jaunty way and bursts
into loud taunting laugh, Then Lit
tlewood shuts his lips together very
tightly, fixes his eyes on vacancy ahead
OF him, and walks on with renewed de-
termination. Littlewood has been
the winner of one of these
contests and ] predict that
he will be again IN this, although it is
clear that Cartright will be willing to
upset hls own chances of victory if he
can only knock out his rival. Moore, OF
Philadelphia, is in the lead, and is in
excellent condition bodily, but they say
that his feet are beginning to trouble
him. Hclty, of Boston. is good Sec
ond, and as he is known to be staGer,
it looks as If, barring accidents, the
real battle will be between him and
Littlewood. The pinch will not como
until Saturday, so that the contest may
then be international, between Bos-
toner and a Britisher. If Herty wins
he will get a tremendous ovation, and
should not be surprised if the proud and
happy Brahmins. of Beacon Hill, pre-
sented him on the track with plate OF
baked beans, or some other costly mark
of their esteem and approval. The
Omaha man, Hoffman, retired very
early.
Is MITCHELL CUR?
Jack Dempsey is determined to fight
Charley Mitchell, and the sporting men
are all agog about 1T, because Mitchell
when he was here before showed a
great reluctance to entertain any pro-
position from the Nonpareil. In fact,
it is asserted that he left several cities
abruptly TO get away from Dempseys
persistent challenges. Dempsey openly
calls him a cur, and has been so aggres-
sive that Mitchell derives no reputa-
tiOn nor pecuniary benefit from his
battle with John l.. Sullivan. In quiet
way it is said that Dempsey is de-
termned to avenge Sully, whose condi-
tion from drinking was such that he
could not train, and did not, for his
battle with Mitchell. Dempsey
looks upon Mitchell as an
not fighter, and as
serts that his battles with Burke
were mere hippodromes. Mitchell's
answers to Dempsey's challenges are
ridiculous. He takes a high tone, and
offers TO box him for receipts and Il
dollars, but Jack will
have nothing but fight to n finish.
The marquis has misled Mitchell by
holding the Nonpareil too cheaply, be-
cause he failed to knock out Donovan in
six rounds with the gloves (lids). But
Qucensbury does not know Donovan,
who is wonderful man, and has 80
much science and so much power that,
in spite Of his fifty years, he can hustle
from decent living and sclf-re5tralnt.
Donovan is the professor OF the manly
art Of self-defense to the New York
Athletic club, and is fairly well oil and
much respected. SIGMA THOR.
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