Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 28, 1882, Page 6

6 ‘COUNGIL BLUFFS. ;I‘uesdny Morning, Mnrchr 2.7’57. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrler, 20 cents per week y Mail, #10.00 per Year, Office: No. 7 Pearl Street, Near Broadway. C. . MAYNE, Wanager City Circulation. H. W. TILTON, City Editor. MINOR MENTIONS —Prang's Faster car J« at Seaman's, mchlédt® There will be a meeting of the Light Guards this evening. The city ealaboose is actually being whitewashed. Will won fers never cease ~Haye yon seen that lisplay of? Easter cards 2t Bushmell & Brackett's? h11odtf ay given $o Vallend of fine +—Permit to wed was yester ‘William Johnson and Mary Hazel Dell. —The young man who was taken found in an insane condition at the transfer ha« been taken away by friends, Robert McAuthur, charged with the larceny of 85 from a saloon keeper, was yesterday sentenced to three days in jail. —Oge of the tenms of Mayne & Co's broom factory took a whirl on Main street yesterday and smashed part of a wagon successfully., —The city park begins to put on a look of green, and if the boys can be kept from playing ball upen it long enough to give the grass a good start, all will be well, A young girl accompanied by a verdant basking youth, applied to police headquar- tece yesterday for vengeauce, claiming that some one on the street had talked in- sultingly to her as she walked along —A delegation of the Knights of Pythias of this city last evening visited their brother Knights at Missouri Valley, going and revurning by the Northwestern road. There were about thirty in the party | —A telegram was received yesterday from 8t. Jo, stating that Markell who is wanted here for stealing a goll watch from Phil Williams, has been captured there. Later lnventigntlnmgx-u\e that the officers had the wrong man, —One of the smallest souls in the city is réported as having sent in a bill to a widow for $2.25 for securing pallbearers for her husband’s funeral and for performing some other services which she deemed of a friendly nature, The case of Johr Pierson, charged with perjury, was again before Judge Aylesworth yesterday afternoon, but the hearing not being completed, an adjourn- ment was taken until to-morrow after- noon, —The news reached this city yesterday that Dr. Nye, of Avooa, died in that place DEADLY DESPONDENCY.| It Oauces Qeorge Harter to Bleed Himself to Death. His Body Found Stiff and Cold in His Bmployer’s Shop. Yesterday morning, about 7 o’clock A. T. Schultz, of the firm of Schultx & Hill, on opening the door of their wagon shop on Fourth street, found a startlingly hor- rible sight, 1t being the prostrate and lifeless body of one of their employes, George Harter. Mr. Schuliz was ac- companied by Mr. Hane Johnson, and the condition of the body showed to them conclusively that Harter had { committed suicide, TIn the right hand of the dead man was clasped a pocke! knife, covered with blood, while upon the wrist of the other was a gash from which the blood had spouted up upon the adjacent wall, and had formed in a pool upon the floor. Life was extinct and the body stiff and cold. There was nothing to indicate why the act was done—no note or other evidence showing the feelings or purposes im- mediately preceding the act. Coroner Faul was at once called and summoned a jury consisting of J, F. Brodbeck, B. H. Riddle and John K. GCooper. The evidence of Mr. Schultz and that of Mr. Johnson was taken, and after viewing the body the jury found—*‘that the said George Harter came to his death by cutting his left wrist and bleeding to death,” The deceased has for years been addicted to drink, and has in vain at- tempted several times to reform, The seasons of debauch have been fol- lowed by seasons of despondency, and it is supposed that it was in one of these that he took his own life. Sev- eral years ago he made a similar at- tempt, but was saved, and the scar which bore the record appeared on his left wrist close to where the fresh and fatal gash was made. .He was last seen on Main street about 9 o’clock Sunday evening, and did not then | seem to be intoxicated. It is sup- posed that soon after this he went to the shop where he was employed, and to which he had a key, and entering that locked himself in and taking his pocket knife cut his wrist and bled to death, Harter was a German, aged about fifty years. He has been a resident of this city for about seven years, and was a wagon muker by trade. He leaves a wife and twelve children, the elder of whom are married and living in New York state. Of the children living, among the eldest here is a girl used for the support of the school, The first class in the academc | department was organized in 1857. | For fifteer. years its success was va. | riable, part of the time being ab- | worbed by the public schools, until the year 1872, when the board of trustees decided that a change must be made at all hazarde, and Rev, A F. McDill was chosen for president He at once organized the school on a collegiate basis. A normal course was added to the curriculum, and the outlook bade fair for a prosperous carcer for the college. Under Mr. McDill’s able managerent the school grew rapidly until the year 1877, when he resigned, and the board were obliged to select some one else to fill the position. The choice fell upon Rev. 8. C. Marshall, then pas tor of a United Presbyterian church | in Monroe county. He is a fine| scholar, a graduate of Muskingum “ollege, Ohio, and also of the theo seminary at Alleghany City, Penn., and is woll qualified for the position, Under the present administration the college is steadily growing in thoroughness and in the number of students in attendance. Connectes with the collere are two flourishing literary socicties, the Christomathean and and the Philomathean, The| former is just entering its second | year, being a reorganization of th Union society formed about nine years ago. Its members number about forty. Tts object is to give an opportunity for frequent practice in extemporaneous speaking as well as in declamations, cssays and orations. During its short period of existence it has been more than usually success- fully, both financial and otherwise. A number of the gentlemen members of this society, calling themselves the “‘Websters,” meet overy Saturday night for further practice in debate, but is not aregardly organized society. Phe Philomathean socioty is a unien and reorganization of the Amitonian and A. B. L. societies and is, we are informed, reasonably prosperous, 1f any young lady or gentlemen see- ing this article should be contempla- ting going oft to school we would ad- vise them to try our college, especially if it is necessary to use economy. The expenses are lower here, we presume, than at any similar school in the state. Good board can be obtained at $2.50 to 3.00 per week, and the tuition is very low. . C. H. W, — ——— THE LAST SAD RITES, | Tributes Paid to the Memory of W, J Phillips and the Remains Laid at Resu. Last Sunday afternoon all that was in the employ of Mrs, E. J. Harding and her sons. The others are quite small. The woman is left in a desti- tute condition and Coroner Faul, on learning this, started a subscription Sunday. A number of the Knights Tem- plar of Ivanhoe commandry, of this city, to which he belonged, expect to attend the funeral which will be held at Avoca this afternoon, ~—The United States court did not open yesterday, Judge Love, of Keokuk, not arriving until evening. The court will open this morning. There are few and un- important criminal cases to be tried, but the civil docket is heavier. —Two fellows from Osceola have been lying in jail here sinoe last October on the «<harge of selling two boxes of cigars with- out a liceose, They were arrested imme- diately after the adjournment of last fall's term of the United States court, and not being able to give bail have been in custo- dy ever since. & —The w@sthetic entertainment to be held at Dohany's opera house Thursday, Mareh 30, consists of dramatic readings, tab- leauxs, vivants, the celebrated fan drill, the movements of which were sug- gested by Addison in **The Spectator” and “1711,” vocal and instrumental music, and the event of the seuson, “‘The isthetic Sisters, —8t. Alban’s lodge, Knights of Pythias, has been preeented with a handsome sword and scabbard by J, J. Monell, of Omaha, for the use of its commander. The gift was made because St. Alban’s lodge has purchased more uniforms and equipments than any lodge in Omaba or Council Bluffs, and because it is better fitted out in all respects, ~—1It is stated on good authority that the company which now has the charter for building the water works here fails to £0 on with the work, another company stands ready to take the enterprise off its hands and push it forward to a successful completion, At last accounts the com- pauy was still trying to dispose of item bonds in the New York market in order to get money to build the works, ““Texas” is the name of abig and un- aper, and in a short time had secured g‘ , which amount will speedily be swelled. Arrangements have been made for holding the funeral this morning at 10 o’clock. —_—— AMITY COLLEG! — Rapidly Growing in Prosperity—Its Fame Spreading Far and Wide, Courege SrriNes, Page County, Ia., March 21,—Amity College, the educational centre of southwestern Towa, is located at College Springa, a little town of about 600 inhabitants, six miles east and two miles north of Blanchard and twelve miles south of Clarinda. Great efforts were made by her citizens last summer, as well as several times previous, to obtain a railroad. A subscription of about cight thousand dollars was raised for the branch of the C. B. & Q. road from Clarinda, but the company coolly withdrew from its part of the bargain and again left us disconsolate. None of the roads have come to us yet, though they run around us in every conceivable direction as if tan- talizing us by trying to see how close they could come to us and miss us, The Wabash road, with its Clarinda branch, forms a B and the Page City branch of the C. B. & Q. cuts across the top forming a triangle, with College Springs in the contre, Hence, without a railroad, we cannot, as a town, compare with surrounding towns, We have one blacksmith, one harness, one wagon and one cabinet shop, one drug, one book and one hardware store, two grocery, two milliners and two dry goods stores, five churches, viz, Meth- ocouth darkey who was yesterday arrested for knocking too heavily on the door of dug-out in the eastern part of the city, His gentle tapping not bringivg any re- wponse from within, Le seized an axe and rapped with that. About the same time the door some how fell down, whereat the i ate female mside complained gently and had him arcested, PERSONAL. Frank Bullard has returned from Nyack, on the Hudson, where he has been attending colleg.:. Joha Powers, of Chicago, one of the fleetest men on foot in the whole country, is stopping at the Revere house, R. Howard George, represcnting the Chicago Herald, dropped in yesterday to adwire the new Bee office, and to compli- ment this paper on its enterpriss and suc- cons, Dr. Harry Palmer, who has been spend. ing the past two weeks in visiting friends in this city, left yest ay afterncon for his bowe in Bellefontaine, Ohio, intending on the route to svend one day in lookivg over Kookuk, Among those in attendance United States court ave Distr J, 8, Rupnells, of Des Moines, and his assistant, W, ¥, Rankine; Mr, Burr, ot Burr & Marshall, attorneys of Li Judge H, H, Trimble, of Keokuk; J, W, Blythe, of Burlington; and Smith Me- FPherson, of Red Oak. e No head-ache or back-ache for ladies ~ **"3k “WINE OF CARDUL.” upon the t Attorney ;| land sold by the college is sold under odist, Episcopal, Wesleyan Methodist, Oongregational, Presbyterian and United Pr.sbyterian, two hotels, and hvery stables, a daily mail to Cla- rinda, & tri-weekly to Blanchard and Hamburg, and a semi-weekly to Hop- king, Mo, Thus we have all the ne- cessities and some of the luxuries of life, and are prepared to entertain the travelers who chance to finds his way to our quiet but industrioue little town, The very quietness of the town is fa- vorable to the student, The college, our great feature, gives a libral edu- cation to both sexes, and, while it is unsectarian, it is a Christian col- lege. Its endowment fund was obtained by selling shares of stock of a company called the Western Industrial and Scientific association, ufterwards changed to Amity college. The funds thus ob- tained were used to purchase govern- ment land at $1.256 per acre. This land is located in Page and Oass coun- ties and in Missouri, After the pur- chase had been made, each stock- holder received in land at $2 60 per acre the amount he had invested and also, with every share of stock, a scholarship entitling the holder to five years free tuition in the college In the land remaining to the company, the town of College Springs was laid out, and the remainder sold or held for a permanent investment. All the express stipulation that such land shall not be used for the manufacture or gale of intoxicating drinks. One- fourth of the funds arising from the sale of land was to be used for a build- ing fund and the interest on the remaining three-fourths to be | things,jwe mortal left of \W. J. Phillips was laid away with a becoming service, The funeral was held at the family residence, a large number of sorrowing and sympathizing friends being In at- tendance. Rev. Mr. Bresee, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated and the services were very appropriate and touching. At their close the pro- cession was formed to take the remains to their last resting place, the pall bearers being chosen from the Grand Army of the Republic and from the Knights ot Pythias, to both of which orders he belonged. The veterans of the farmer organization joined in the sad procession to the number of about eighty, under Commander Lindt, while the Knights of Pythias, number- ing nearly a hundred, were under the command of Deputy District Grand Chancellor E. J. Abbott. heavy rain was falling at the time, and under such circumstances the ap- pearance of both of these organiza- tions was commendable, both as to numbers and mien. At the grave the ritual of the Knights was used in pav- ing a lasl( tribute, The following resolutions have been adopted by the Lincoln Post. G. A, R, as a still further expression of their sorrow and sympathy: ‘WuereAs, The members of the Lincoln Post G. A. R., No. 29, and members of the Veteran Association of Pottawattamie Co. do deplore the unexpected separation and death of our brother and comrade, W. J, Phil- lips; therefore be it Resolved, That we extend to his bereaved family our heartfelt and sin- cere sympathies. That while the dis- tressed family have lost by an unex-J pected death a true and loving father and husband, we have lost a true, de- voted and faithful brother and com- Resolved, In our conclusion we can in deep sorrow only say: The march of another comrade is over,and he lies down after 1t in the house ap- pointed for all the living. It seems well we should leave our comrade to rest, where over him will bend the arching sky, as it did in great love when he pitched his tent or lay down weary and foot sore by the way or on the battle field for an hour's rest, As he was there, so he is still-in the hands of the heavenly father; and be 1t further® Resolved, That we tender to the family of our late comrade a copy of these resolutions, and that the same be spread upon the minutes of Abe Lincoln Post, No. 20, G, A, R., and Pottawattamie County Veteran asso- sociation, and that our headquarters be draped in mourning for the period of thirty days; and be it further Resolyed, That we request the pa- ers of Council Bluffs, Iowa, to pub- rilh the above resolutions, Ww, CAMPBELL, Jos, CRAMER, J. J. Bouy, J. B, Herr, HENRY GENHEIMER, Committee, Sl The Election Date in Iowa, Des Molues Reglster, We stated the other day that late legislature had changed all annual state elections to 8 November date. We find on examination that this is & mistake in part. What it did was to enact that in odd-num- bered years the general election should bo held in October; ineven-numbered years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The change was to strike out the words ‘‘presi- dential years” and insert ‘‘even-num- bered " Why it did half work in making the change we do not know. It seems to be a queer proceeding. But why egislatures do such queer ve not been publishing a the the newspaper long enough to be able to iexlaiy. Tt would seem that, chang ng it in half, it would have changed it altogether. That would have been | the common sense way of doing it. Special Levies. A number of citizens and property | owners are talking in favor of having the city adopt policy by which many imprivements now made and a paid for by the general levy upon the whole city, shall be made and paid for by special levies upon the proper- ty in the immediate vicinity, and which is directly benefitted by the im- provement, It is urged by the ad- vocates of this policy that where it is desired to make any improvement of | a street that a petition shall be pro- cured signed by the owners of a ma- jority of the adjacent property, and that on the strength of this petition the improvement shall be made, and the expense taxed direc'ly against the property interested. 1t is urged that uch a financial course would do away with much of the complaints existimg among those who claim that they are being taxed for the benefit of proper: which does not in any way conce them, and the complaints of those who are pleading for improvements but cannot get them. Tn the latter case, under the proposed p.licy, they could] only lay the blame on them- selves and neighbors for not signing the required petition, and expressing themselves as willing to pay for the improvement, the direct benefit of which they scek. It is still further urged that in this way = the general levy could by used for repairs and general city expenses, for which an ample amount could be secured without exceeding the constitutional limit, At thesame time special im- provements would not be kept back by a lack of funds, for if the owners ot property to be benefitted desired an improvement bad enough to pay for it, it could be pushed right along. There are others who object to this sort of a policy. Some raise ques- tions of law against it, but the more common objcction, whea any is ex- pressed; is that there are property owners who have for years been pay- ing taxes for improvements which benefited other property than their own, and have' been waiting and watching for the city to get around to them. Such property owners would naturally object to haviog to hear the burden of improvements in their own vicinity, when they had helped to pay for improvements which were of bene- fit to others. The matter is being agitated some- what, and the discussion may give birth to a change in the city’s policy, by which it will be enabled to push improvements in portions of the city where they are wanted, and where people stand ready to pay for them, and stayed where the owners feel that their burden was all that they could carry without paying for them. PR PRI ok Changing Owners. The following transfers of real estate are reported as'taken from the county records by J. W. Squire & Co., abstractors of titles, real estate and loan agents, Council Bluffs: P. Bartel to P. Weis, nw 10, 77, 41, and lot 2 in 4, Minden; $2,000. P. Weis to N. Kroeger, nw 10, 77, 41: $4,640, M. F. Rohrer to J. N. Casady, 18 in 17, Mills’ add, city; $350. E. F. Bryant to D. L. Harcourt, 3 in 6, Street’s add, city; $250. S. H. Smith to J. F. Smith, 4 in 12, Beers’ add, city; $100. T. A. Cummins to H. Everett, ne 9 and wj se 9, 76, 42; $2,400. J. P. Goulden and D. J. Farrell to E. J. Lovell, out lot 4 in Neola; 150. J. W. & E. W. Davis to C. Batcher, part of lot 22 in 9, 77, 39; $200. A. W. Coffman and C. R. Smith to R. S. Hart, w} ne 17, 77, 39; $1,600. G. W. Ellis to 8. N. Goodhue, se 36, 74, 44, and 10 and 11 in 19, How- ard’s add, city; $1,000. J. F. & J. I Speed to 1'. M. Owens, se sw 6, 7. 42; §400. W. E. Elwell tc H, E, Pratt, 10, 11, 12, and part 13 in 17, Walnut. R. D. Hopkins to W. H. Ham- mans, n} se 16, 75, 38; $2,200, e The Iowa trotting circuit has been 80 far arranged as to commence at Du- buque June 6, Cedar RapidsJune 13, and at Marahalltown June 20, four days at each place, with about §3,400 In premiums at each meeting COUNCIL BLUFFS SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE. —Special advertisements, Lost, Found, To Loan, For Salo, Wants, Boarding, ete., will be- inserted column at the low rate of TEN ¢ o To Rent, this LINE for the first insertion and F| PER LINE for each subsequent Leavo adyertisements at our office, Room b, Everctt’s Block, Broadway. U1 & would recommend Joo Sandel as the bert VY hand in the city at sctt ut trees, He has o very fine lot of map es, bxelders and other shade trces on band. v Mexicin Natioyml $1,000 lue and history tkiknown A. D, PACHARD, NOR SAL coupon b me0-7t We ton, lowa PED—To buy houseand lot on monthly payments, Addres X, bee office, i _ mads e ANTED- Carpenter who will take h's pay in monthly installments, to build two small cottages, Aduress M, C,, Bee cff ma IOR RENT - Nice front office, up-stairs, E-- quire at Bee office, Council Bluffs, warl3-tf ANTED,—Girl for general house work Apply at 117 Vine street. + marlotf ANTED-—To rent a small cottage at once, Address C. M., or enquire at Bxk office, v houses side by side, Address P. 0. fox Council Bluffs, or applp at BEs ofice, Coy Blufls. NTED to tuk by carriers ay Tug Bx, 2 Ottice, No W FANTED--To buy 100 tous bro For particulars address Coun Broom Factory, Council Blufls, Iowa. b hui to carry ouncil Llute in “ WINE OF CARDMI " et ) 840 BroaDWAY, | W. 5, AME) TEET TOO WERUE. BOSTON TEA GO. Are Tupplying the Aesthetic Wants of the Public in FINE GROCERIES. With Everything in Staples at the Lowest Prices, Fre:h Roast Coffees, Chioce Drawing Teas. Boston Tea Co. 16 Main 8t. and 15 Pearl St., Council Bluffs, 0 T, W. W.SHERMAN ~—MANUFACTURER OF— Road, Track, Coach & Livery HARNESS! FINE WORK A SPECIALTY. E. H. SHERMAN, Business Manager, ‘WM. CHRISTOPHER, Mechanical Manager, 124 8. Main St.,, Council Bluffs, Ia. The Leading GROCERY HOUSE IN THE CITY, We keep everything you want in First Cliss, Choice, Clean GROCERIES and PROVISIONS [t will pay you to look our es- tab/ishment throngh. Every- tuing told for Cash, and at the very (losest margins, We have a line of 10¢ CANNED GOODS. Aud we al:o sell the finest Im- ported Goods, Eastern ana West- ern Gooas put up All Canned Goods r-duced 10 per cent. . Rend for our Prices, ! triot atteution paid to Mail Crders, . Agents for Washburn's Super- lative Flour, F. J. OSBORNE & CO,, 162 Broadway, Opposite Ogden House. COUNCIL BLUFFS IRON WORKS, MANUFACTURERS OF ENGINES, BOILERS, MINING AND GENERAL MACHINERY Office and Works, i\daln Street, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, We give special attention to Stamp Mills, Smelting Furnaces, HOISTERS AND GENERAL MILL MACHINERY, HOUSE FRONTS. RAL REHPAIR WORK A general as. GENE will receive prompt attention. sortment of Brass Goods. Belting, Pining, AND SUPPLIES FOR ‘| Foundry, Pig Iron, Coke, Coal. CHAS, HENDRIF, Prosident PERSONAX. Mrs. Smith, where did ge: those fine J\Imuduhcrs? ¥ T BIXBY & WO0D'S THE PLUMBERS, ’ On Bancroft or (Fourth ttreets.) J. M. PALMER, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENT, COUNCIL BLUEFFS, IOWA. MAURER & ORAIG, ARTISTIC POTTERY, Rich Cut Glass, Fine French China, Silver Ware &c., - COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 'KELLEY & M'CRACKEN, Marble and Granite, you o | North Fifth 8t., Council Bluff Drs. Woodbury & Son, DENTISYTS, & 1st Ave. COUNCIL BLUFFS, JACOB SIMS. AMENT & SIMS, " | Attorneys & Counsellors-at-Law, COUN CIL BLUFFR. IOWA, SDAY MARCH 2 P A | L A C " 8 1882, HAR DRY GOODS AND CARPET HOUSE. Broadway, Cor. Fourth St,, Council Bluffs, Iowa. mar-2-8m J. MUELLER'S Jhickering, Weber, Lindeman, J. Mueller| and other Pianos, $200 and upward. Burdett, Western Cottage,” Tabor and Paloubet Organs, $50 andupward. Musi- cal Merchancise of every discription. Italian Strings a specialty; imported direct. Music Books, Sheet-Musie, t'oys, |Games, Fancy Goods, Wholesale and Re-| tail. Pianos and Organs rold, for Cash and on Time, Stock is large, full and com. plete, Musical Journal treo on applica- S tion. Correspondence Solicited, Address: o J. MUELLER 45 ‘ d 3 103 South 5th Street. @ COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. EN A XK. Xa.. BOWMAN, ROHRER & CO, Storage and Commission Merchants, PURCEASING AGENTS And Dealers in all kln.du of Produce Prompt attention given to all consignments, NOS. 22, 24 AND 26 PEARL STREET, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, ( Ll W._H. FOSTHER ———WILL SUPPLY ON SHORT NOTICE Cut Flowers, Greenhouse and Vegetable Plants In their season. Orders promptly filled and delivered to Express office free of charge. Send for COUNCIL BLUFFS. - - xa. S. S. KELLER, VLA VI VI O T EX FURNITURE HOUSE. Mirrors, Upholstery, Repairi t i i k LA R A eyt ol opod, nd Metallio"Cotiive IOWA WYOMING COAL. HANDLED WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, STARR & REYNOLDS. /07 Main St. METCALF BROS, ~———WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—— Hats, Caps, Straw Goods, and Buck GloVos. CHICAGO PRICES DUPLICATED, 3 COUNOIL. BLUFES, - IOVWA.Y E. COOX, REAL ESTATE AGENT, Has For Sale, Town Lots, Improved and Unimproved, also, Railroad Lands, and a number or Well Improved Farms, both in Iowa and Nebraska. Office with W, 8. MAYNE, over Savings Bank, COUNOIL BLUFF, ELEGANT! ELEGANT The New Styles for 1882. WALL PAPER | Largest Stock in Western lowa. A SEND FOR SAMPLES ! Geo. R. Beard, 11 PEARL STREET, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. WE CARRY THE LARGEST ST OCK OF FINE BOOTS ZSHOES, Slippers, Etc., ‘ Within One Hundred and Fifty Miles of Council Bluffs, All Mail Orders Promptly Attended To and Highly Appreciated. OUR PRICES ARE VERY LOW. Call and See Our NEW SPRING STOCK, whic |has Begun to Arrive. Z.'T.'LINDSEY & CO., 419 BROADWAY, GOUNCIL BLUFFS, [0WA And WEST SIDE SQUARE, CLARINDA I0WA, B ]