The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-07

ana three OF the gang were OF tnat n
to spot = country store sOme even
miles distant.
The negro and I stood guard all
night, for l sOOn found that I could
trust him. but il the fellows returned
to the neighborhood we did not Sec
them. Next day VIC got the boat down
to the mill. which was hardly four
miles away. and from thence she vas
taken to Clarendon and the goods re-
turned to their owners. as far As pos
sible. The robbers were all identified
by name and person by the negro. and
within u few weeks were either cap
tured and c n to prison or run into the
swamp and shO: DOWN.. Y. Sun.
WINGED SCAVENGERS.
How the Crows Are Respected In Omafs
for Their Good Worha.
The city of Omaha has in its service
a force of thousands Of scayengers who
draw no pay, report to no official. but
are protected by law from m~OlestatiOn.
They are the crows who flock i'm town
rs regularly as cold weather comes.
stay during the winter and vanish in
the spring. Each evening a. the shad-
Ows fall legiOns Of crows wing their
way in q seemingly endless flight to
the willow cOpses and clumps of small
cottonwood trees on the banks O; tho
Missouri, where they roOst for thu
night. A favorite haunt is at the bend
of the river between Cutoff and Flor
ence Lakes. where the banks shelter
the northwest wind. The air is thick
with sable wings and resonant with
hOarse caws there after sunset each
night. as the scavengers settle down
among the branches to dream Of back
area lunches and carrion spreads
With the break Of day the sable flock
bestirs itself. Each member hops
about to warm its chilled legs. stretched
its shiny wings and heads back iowa
the city. The vast flock breaks iheA
small groups and they alight here and
there on the tree-tOps and survey tho
back yards and alleys until they can
pick out foraging places. Then they
descend and in short order the remains
of the breakfasts. the scraps Of meat
from markets and the rats killed by
household dogs and cats are gObbled
up. Some crows do scavenger work
about the residences. Others alight
cautiously in the alleys, and others are
attracted to the stock-yards and pack
lighthouses At South Omaha. They
fight shy Of the business blocks. The
crow who inhabits the Missouri is Of
the same breed with the who
pulls up the farmers corn in Vermont.
In the East he is . nuisance. The
granger shoots him ON sight, tries 70
brighten him with scarecr0ws and dips
the corn into coal tar before he plants
1t. In the hopes that it will spoil the
pretty ravens appetite. Two healthy
New England crows can devastate q
twenty-acre corr field if unmolested.
But the crow who migrates to the
West becomes . respected resident,
and nobody asks. what was your
name back East?" or asks how he
stood with the farmers. He mates
with q clipper Dinah crow in a clump
of willows on the bottoms. and in due
time they hatch out . nest Of hungry
crowlets. The father rustles for grass
hoppers. bugs and toads, while the
are growing their pin feath-
erA As Dol Is they can fly their
leads them away from the con-
influences Of the city into
the pure. green country, and the whole
turns loose upon the vermin and
None Of them ever trouble
the corn-flelds. and none Of the farmers
ever trouble them. During the fall
they pick up the loose grain, and now
and then play free-lunch fend on tho
In the West much Of the
eosn il left standing in the fields during
The winter. while in the Eassit is stored
In the barn before snow falls Perhaps
this apparent generosity on the part Of
The farmer in Nebraska has something
do with improved conduct Of the
bird. However this may Be. the bird
In the Missouri Valley does not rely
upon tho cOrn-6eld. summer or winter.
Tor subsistence. Nebraska Iowa and
Missouri Crows rendezvous larRelv al
Peru, In this State. II 10 . famous
roost for them, and has attracted the
Of ~natnralistsL Pro-. TAYLOR,
u the Normal School q Peru, has
made . Close study Of the habits OF
these crows. and = writing . series Of
papers on that subject Meantime the.
sable crow contisues 70 spend b umN
mers IN the country and his winters IN
The city. following the fashion which
his wealthiese biped patrons set for
themselyeA-Omaha Word.
Tho 1eece Of ten goats and the
work Of several men for half q year ara
required to make q cashIaere sssaWl
. yard and . half widA.