Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-19

eler would not have much difficulty to Sc
cure desired diversion. Inc Academy of
Music, in the Caldwell block on Douglas
street, was the scene of theatrical enter
inner by its own stock company under
the management of Mr.. Corri. Redick's
New Opera house had but shortly been
completed at Sixteenth and Farnam streets
and witnessed a number of performances,
Doth amateur and professional. before il
was knocked down as a capital prize in the
great Fattee lottery. Scattered about the
town were innumerable concert and dance
halls, where social gatherings of varying
degrees OF propriety were the powerful and
frequent attractions.
AS a hotel guest, our traveller would
hardly have Jared so well as he might
reasonably have expected. The famous
Herndon house had been transformed into
the Union Pacific railroad Headquarters and
the wonderful Cozzens hotel, which George
Francis Train had built in sixty days,
could no longer lay claim to superiority.
There were, nevertheless, som dozen hos
telries ready to receive guests and give
them good accommodations, and a host of
lesser hotel lights and boarding houses.
Among the hotels to which the business
man of Omaha would have
his friends in 1871 were the American
house, Atlantic house, Cozzens hotel. Dav-
export house, Douglas house, Emmett
house, Metropolitan hotel, Omaha house,
st. Charles hotel, st, James hotel, United
States hotel, Valley house and Wyoming
house.
Every hotel of pretension of course con-
Quoted a saloon In connection with IL, but
If that had been all. there would by no
means have been enough saloons to supply
the demand. The places where liquor was
to be had added up between eighty and
ninety and many of them had gambling
room attachments for which no effort was
made at concealment.
EARLY RELIGIOUS T
In contrast with this the organizations
of church-going people presented a strong
array and Omaha had made good progress
in the field of mission, church and Sunday
school work. The church directory of 1871
was as follows,
First Christian C~hurch-Harney street,
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth. l.. R..
Gault, pastor.
Trinity Episcopal Church-Corner Capitol
avenue and Eighteenth street. Rt. Rev. r.
II. Clarkson, bishop, Rev. j. C. Gasmann,
rector.
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church-Corner
Fourteenth and Cass streets. George C.
Belts. rector.
St, Marks Episcopal Church-Corner of
Eighth and Pierce streets. Rev. j. W.
RipDey. rector.
Second Presbyterian ~Church-Corner Sew
enteenth and Dodge streets. William D..
Hall, superintendent of Sunday school.
United Presbyterian Church-Tenth street,
between Pacific and Pierce. Rev. Thomas
McCague, pastor.
First Methodist Church-Seventeenth
street, near Capitol avenue. Rev. G.. De
La Matyr, pastor. Samuel Burns, superin-
tendent Of Sunday school.
German Methodist Church-Davenport. be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. Rev.
John May, pastor. w. Sanfeld, superin-
tendent of Sunday school.
First Baptist C~hurch-Corner Fifteenth
and Davenport streets. o. b. Seagraye,
superintendent of Sunday school.
Emanuel Lutheran Church-Douglas, be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Rev.
IL. W. Kuhns, pastor. j. b.. Detwiler
superintendent of Sunday school.
scandinavian Lutheran ChuTch--Redick's
hall. Metropolitan block. Rev. G. S. Lar
son, pastor.
Unitarian Church-Services held in the
old Congregational church, then concealed
by Redick's new building. corner Sixteenth
and Farnam streets. IL. +, Bond, minister.
First Congregational Church-sixteenth
between Farnam and Douglas streets. A.
i. Sheriff., pastor. w. l.. Peabody, super
of Sunday school.
Catholic Cathedral-Corner Ninth and
Harvey streets. Right Rev. ]. NJ. o'Gorman,