The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21
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Two Years Ago q Matabe1e krnnl, IL
Now Has Clubs and Hotels.

Two Years Ago a Matnbe1e kroni, II
Now Has Clubs and Hotels.
Pail Mail Gazette.
Buluwayo has become Unexpectedly, and
through no desire on its part. the center
of unusual interest to all British people. A
little mere than two years ago it was the
chief kraal of old Lobengula and his dusky
stepped in. claimed 1t for his own, and
fashioned and modelled it into the sem
blance of a motherland township, with
n mos q o civilized tls Community Now we are
alarmed with the news that the Matabeies
have risen in force. and are trresistibiy re-
minded of the struggles In the earlier parts
of this century between the white pioneers
and the Kaffirs.
No better idea of the position occupied by
Buluwayo to-day could be obtained than oy
a glance through the columns Of its paper.
The Bulawayo Chronicle Is. a weil-printed
eight-page journal. published twice weekly,
and containing a brave show OF aovertise-
ments as a testimony to the enterprise OF
the settlers. Already the editor nnds cause
to chasten: There are various events oc-
curing In Buluwayo which denote the
transition OF the town from inc ~rougn.ano-
ready period to that Of the settled stage:
Men are more careful In their dress. ana
the age of starched shirts and dress SUITS
is relegated to the old. obstinate pioneers.
who will not change. But IL the change
has its good side, 1t has also its reverse,
for there is not the dependence on tne woro
are more busy, and the reading Of this or
that clause is now contested, ana a guoicial
decision obtained. where previously the
spirit IN which the contract was entered
was reIigiously acted up to-
What right have dress clothes In TINS re,
eitalI And what connection rave starcneu
shirts with an Indifference 10 ones word! Is
1t the advent of the lawyers, who, unlike
their English brethren, are not ABOVE az,
yertising their presence9 Lit;gauoan md 5w wSa1
has Buluwayo to do with dress clothes! Do
| they dine there at a fashionable hour. OF
are the young exquisites preparing ior tne
opening of the new opera house, which Is
to be erected by a company with a CAPITA
of EGO, 600? This opera house is to nave an
elegant exterior" seating
for eight hundred and to be lighted py eiec,
| tricity' Modernity with a vengeance In old
Lobengula's Buluwayo.
Buluwayo, too, has its club. a number OF
c eo59,s. = = i Building society on mutual prin.
ciples, a Chamber of Commerce, q circuit
Court, a polo club, and a lodge OF Free
masons; True, a remnant OF priml'ive nap
| here and there. What shall we say, Tor IN.
stance, of the stubborn old pioneers wne
persist In turning their horses aarlIt II
attended to the stables? No wonder our ed'
| itor calls ii an extraordinary pastime.' Int
thing couldn't be done in London; Buluwaye
One piece of gratifying news Is that the
Buluwayo Laundry Company wen
through sWimmlngiy, Delng largely over
subscribed" Buluwayo will now have the
opportunity of getting decently clean shirts.
| This is, we repeat, gratifying, Dress
| clothes would look strange without the COM
| element of starched shirts. Then one nnds
| innumerable other instances OF the progress
| of Buluwayo. Some one has become bank
rupt there, or gone into liquidation,. and a
/ shop keeper is already holding a clearance
| sale. at which enormous bargains are to be
had. The Wesleyans have built a new
church on Ninth avenue, and NAG a con-
versazoine to celebrate the event. Suburban
resorts. too. are springing into existence. Q
| certain gentleman having taken the Welsh
| Harp Hotel, at the Umgusa river, six miles
out, with the intention of making 1t a pepu,
lar place for shooting matches pigeons, no
| lions), cricket. tennis and other essentially
| British sports.
English farmers will turn green with envy
on reading the prices paid for produce In
Butter realizes from IS to IL:
/ Sd per pound. Eggs are to be had for mod
| est little sums varying from SIS Cd to rs pei
dozen, though this is somewhat difficult OF
| comprehension when fowls are only worth
from IS Cd to 6s EACH. Do not the hens lay
in Matabeleland? And IL they do not
whence come the fowls? Cabbage. too. !:
at a premium, being worth from Is TO As &C
| each. Probably the people OF Buluwayo dis
pense with butter, eggs and cabbage a.
superfiuous luxuries, unless they are all be
coming wealthy.
And now, like a bolt from the blue, W.
read of Buluwayo being In danger itsel
from the men who once owned the land
an unpleasant reminder that sayages canno
he suhiueated and civilized in a day.