The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23
BILL NYE.

The announcement in the telegraphic
news of this morning that Edgar Will
lam Nye, better known as Bill Nye"
has passed from earth to the land be-
yond he shadows, will be received all
over this nation with regret Especially
will the newspaper fraternity, of which
he was a bright member, be affected.
For years he has been before the public
as humorous writer and the columns
of the metropolitan press have been
lightened with his work as long as can
be remembered by some of the younger
ones. who are now closing up the ranks,
the reaper death.
1t is said that the man who writes
humor is usually a crank The rule did
LIol Apply IN the case OF Nye, for never
tnere lived mere genial fellow. His
lie was one perpetual sunshine for his
friends. 1t was his happy faculty of see
ing something funny in every action of
ms ms companions and in every aspect of
life, that inspired his genius. He was a
man with many conceits and combined
in his personality traits worthy of emu
iation While combining himself chiefly
to humor, there were times when | e in
dulged in the sombre tints of literary
work, but these We're seldom. However
when he did he was eminently success
full.
Nye will be remembered by the mem
bers of the Press club of this city long
years after others have forgotten him
lie was the guest of honor at recep-
ton held here some two years ago by
the members and never was there a more
agreeable time passed. The boys one IND
all voted him the jolliest man who mad
ever graced their apartments with his
presence, and It was with sigh of re-
gret they heard the announcement that
1t was time to go to press"
His acquaintance embraced every
newspaper man from the Atlantic to the
N0t @l,s1
ers of northern Canada to he sunny
shores of the gulf. The morning papers
OF every city and town II America will
have the announcement of his end in
be those who refrain from saying some
thing editorially OF the one who has
gone.
Nye first came into newspaper pron,fn-
ence through the efforts of o. H. Roth
ackeF, the gifted Journalist, who died in
Omaha five years ago. Rothacker,
Eugene Field, Stapleton, and others were
in Denver on the old Tribune, while Nye
was in Laramie struggling with his
Boomerang, which was all its name i'm
plies.
His efforts at making his paper read
able were noticed by Rotlacker who
finally made him an offer to some to
Denver and work for $50 per week He
accepted, threw up the Boomerang, and
ms Office Of justice of the peace and
postmaster and accepted the situation
His letter of resignation of the office of
postmaster, published in the Tribune, at
tracted attention at once. Among other
funny things he included way the state
mont that the key would be found
under the door mat" Nye's humor was
varied and unique. While justice of the
peace in Laramie he performed the cere-
mony which united in marriage one Bill
Allen and Pawnee squaw Years after
ward Nye visited Laramie and among
others who came to greet him was Allen
Nye writes the story as follows:
ic
wffe?"
thanly, Judge Nye. Jest as clipper as
she wuz the day we wuz merried. She's
a good woman, Judge Nye. The coolest
woman ever see
" Got any children J asked
Children? Yes. Judge Nye, got