| Show delimit mm shark TRAVELERS ROBBED experience had in grossing the border scenes on the journey correspondence LAS dec 20 1890 in taking the trip from salt lake city to mexico it is better to board the train leaving there at ten p m as by so doing one has a through train to pueblo colorado without changing cars after a half hours wait at pueblos magnificent union depot the train for la junta is announced and as we make the two hours run to that point the second sun since leaving home may be seen rising apparently out of the prairie at la junta another wait of an hour and a liala and another change of cars all eliat day and until the next morning at nine we are speeding south past spanish hamlets and american settle meat and oyer an almost level stretch of prairie when is reached where the laatch inge is made for dom ing X M which is two hours ride away De a railroad rai road town of about 1800 or inhabitants about liala of whom are americans and the refit mexicans chinese and negroes its great est importance is from being the cupply paiit for the mines and farming districts of maxico demina however is the home of the governor ot lie territory who is editor of th headlight a weekly paper of influent ce published there one may meet here almost daily people from all pans f utah some up from the settlements in mexico for supplies others on their way south to find the rest not afforded them in the land of the free alie mexican consul baa an office in dening as also have other mexican officials the chief duty of the custom house officials here teems to be to make radical free traders of all the projectionists protectionists with whom chev have to do they can usually make the transformation a half hour A life long advocate ot protection tried to run the one day last and at the close of the exercises concluded that lie had work enough for the rest of his life in the united states m supporting geover cleveland but most of the in ones effects over the hiie is by the double dealing on the yi 1 of the mexican custom house officials on the one hand and the lack of information at the command ol 01 the proposed settler on the other As an instance of the former our experience will suffice as one of many after one of had been an hour on the road and as another was just starting alic custom house broker came up and informed us through an interpreter that the other wagon must be brought back all our effects examined and listed and a triplicate colv of the necessary papers made out before we could leave doming we had been informed of this before but as it had aft orward been contradicted e had chosen to act on tho latter advice how long would it take four or five hours what would be the cost nine or ten dollars what would be the result if we refused to stop all our goods would be confiscated we concluded to wait and see the consul rather alian put up the imposition and so informed him this however seemed so put a different face on the matter the official would like to see ua at his office and when the expression of our determination was renewed and a few immaterial questions answered through such work as this we are told settlers have paid from five to fifty dollars each to these land sharks the consul to doming kiowa of this conduct and tells the settlers it is nothing but robbery but seems unable to render assistance si stance what adds to the complication is that one or two parties have had their goods and teams confiscated and most of the settlers would rather pay the demands of the customhouse custom house broker than to run the risk of which more anon A are you troubled with gravel diabetes or any derangement of the kidneys or urinary organs oregon kidney tea is a safe sure and speedy remedy for all such troubles ask smoot drug co emma abbott to giva a grand opera heres a go jemma abbott the famous english opera queen is coming witcher great bie opera company and will produce on a scale of stage magnificence never seen in the town opera bohemian girl business busi nesa manager was in the city yesterday making arrangements he said emma abbott is this alagon in the best voice and condition of hei life and promises the greatest she ever had chii has been the case all tho bason and lias distinguish ed thia season above all others mr loomis also said tho present company is anas one engaged to support miss abbott and the largest and best ahe hag ever had there ar a T er of artists who haa een with miss and they are the best to be fluid in english opera anywhere but chorus and orchestra and soma of the cast artista are ney to this company gathered from america and europe it is said no such organization exists in english opera as miss A brotts bb otts the principal artists are emma abbott miss Annon dala miss mirella senor michelena mr pache mr eudolph mr dubois mr keady mr pruetta Pru etts mi JB roderick miss vernon and miss ellerington and herr krausse Krau ase director of tha big chorus and orchestra the company numbers about seventy people every one chosen for merit clone chorus and orchestra are alie largest ever carried by abbott the company will appear at the provo opera house on monday january 5 1891 in baffes balfes most beautiful opera bohemian girl the most popular opera on the american biage emma abbott will positively sing supported by the entire company this ia an affair that is of an extraordinary character and ia brought about by special arrangement ran gement the manager of misa abbott wag induced to stop by the management of the opera house and the grandest opera ever heard in provo will be produced when emme abbott cornea on monday january 5 the aale of reserved seats will open saturday morning january ad prices will be and 50 cents |
