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THE DATLY B i | ton, Atoxander 1 K. THE pnni tHE DAILY BEE COUNCIL BLUFFS Monday Morning, Dec. 17. *SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrlor = = = = - = - 20 conts per week By MMM A« #1000 por Year | a1 at yuth Main street last evening. ; = lial io. | Varions 1tems Captured by “The Bee G OFFICE Tn response to the cordial invitation i Mo TS No. 7 Pearl Sllrec'.. Near Broadway. sued, about thirty of the Omaha society = MINOR MENTION. Holiday goods at Seaman's. eiter’s fall goods. ad Tickets at Bushnell’s, Soo Joseph Cheap Rai Christmas cards and toys at Seaman's There was only-one drunk in the city calaboose yesterday. The Round Table is to meet to-morrow cvening with Miss Boebe. The bricklaye a dance next Friday evening. Thero was something in the wind yee- terday. 1t proved to be snow. Shenandoah is to have a musical treat Thursday evening, it being a concert by the Omaha Gles club, G. A. Tbinson, at the Pacific house, is local agent for the Sloam springs, whose card appears in another column In the district court Saturday the time was taken up with the trial of the dam- age case of W. C. Barton vs. Elizabeth M. Lackey. The city calaboose is getting worse and worse, when a man seventy years old, blind and almost too drunk to move, et- capes easily, It is passing strange that there are so fow fire alarms, considering the carcloss. ness with which ashes are dumped and scattered about. The crush which is an every Sunday occurrence at the postoffice is a strong showing of the need of the new govern- ment building. Rev. Mr. M ered another of his lectures on “Women ” Jay last evening doliv- exeellent series of This time it was * union is preparing for John i | pears that it is practicable to have beef . A MERRY TIME. dressed in Council Bluffs and shipped | v from here, instead of sending the stock The Tarncrs Dedicate Their New | through alive, and having it dressed in N Hall With the Aid of Oma- | Chicag: . ha Visitors e f PR Ladies' and_gent's clothjpg cleaned, | 4 . T ; : : | > dyed and repaired at Hurlburt's, 34 Pear] [ Our speech is short, hut to the point. Best Chicago discounts every day in the A number of the German citizens of | of year on street, Council Bluffs, organized Turr Verein, last evening dedicated their new NEOLA NEWS. | eame over to join the doings. They were and cared for, and [in turn added much to ss of the entertainment. Nrota, Towa, December 15, —William Sells, formerly with M., H, ving stock for B, T. Lovell, Esq Mr, Lovell is to be congratulated on so valuable an addition to his business [ hospitably recei | the enjoyment and The evening abounded in music, and it was now b | excellent. The Omaha Tur- ‘;.:u‘ ; quartotte, with H. Hau Mr. Baman, proprietor of the ‘“Blue “bens as leader, wielding the beautiful | Front” harness shop, reports trade in his little ebony, gold mounted baton, which | was lately presented to him, furnished rich music indeed. Wm. Stocker, of Omaha, gave a very amusing and humor- ous recitation, There were gymnastic exercises by some af the Omaha Turners. A happy dance formed the closing of an evening spent in music, muscle and mirth, and the Omaha visitors were taken home at a late hour by a special train. Such occasions cause the ties between the two cities to be pleasanter and stronger, and this occasion will doubtless lead to other social reunions of similar arrangement. line very brisk at present. He says the people have not the time to spare to visit other towns to buy goods as long as the price at homo is cheaper. John Roane, who went to Chicago last week with two cars of cattle, is again visible on the strects, The festival for the benefit of the Pres Dyterian church, on the evening of the 13th inst., was quite a success finan- cially, William G. Clark, formerly of Little Sioux, has come to Neola and taken up his abode. He will be one of us hence- forth, Last Sunday morning Mr, James Fol- let lost seven head of fat hogs by theft. He says he is the victim of an open day- light steal, and that he knows who got his hogs, but does not desire to give his neighbor notoriety until it is necessary. He surmises that the party will soon feel chilly and pay for them. rs, lda McGrew has returned to Council Bluffs, after a brief visit withher parents and relatives here, More anon, Vit i . Six per cent city and farm loans, 8. W rgueson & Co., 39 Pearl St. mwd MOTHER A CHILD, e . Mrs. A. Bryan, having moved her dressmaking establishment to 604 South Main strect, up-stairs, wishes to call tho attention of her old costumers to the fact that sho is now propared to give personal attention to the cutting, fitting and re- pairing of dresses and cloks; also all kinds of children's clothes. LET THERE BE LIGHT. The Electric Lamps Started Up on Brondway. The much talked of electric lights were started on Broadway Saturday ove- 2 ning, and naturally attracted much at- Mrs., Todd's Daring Keat. tention, not because the citizens had| Srovx Ciry, Towa, December 16.—The never seen the electric lights before, but |Journal prints an account of an_abduc- becauso they had never seen them in | tion case of more than ordinary intercst Spe 4 P ~ .| to-day. 1t appears that a woman named Council Blufts, and it was the opening [mada; living near this city, went across night of a local enterprise, which is to be | the river into Dixon county, Nebraska, permanent and it is to be hoped prosper- | where her husband, from whom she had Tho start Saturday night was a | Soparated, lives, for the purpose of ob ous, Hagerty, is Voman in the Home” that he dealt mere. test, to determine how well the taining possession of their child, a girl of Rubber Boots, Shoes, AND ARCTICS. Goods WARRANTED as good as ANY in the market, They are made by the NEW JERSEY RUBBER SHOE CO. ig ino of SPECTALS and an IMMENSE stock of regular and 3oots and Shoes in ol sizes, ready to ship on receipt of orders, We have a1 EXTRA WIDE = T e Or second quality Boots we are introducin i y are better than many so-called firs quality, and we give a large E A discount on them. Z. T. LINDSEY & CO,, 412 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa. CASADY & ORCUTT, 502 BROADWAY, CGUNCIL BLUFFS, 10WA, Carpets and Curtains Also many pretty goods for CHRISTMAS GIFTS now on exhibition. Call and CASADY & ORCUTT MAYNE & PALMER, DEALERS IN Hard and Soft Coal, BULK }AND BARREL see us, LIME, LOUISVILLE AND PORTLAND CE! AND SEWER PIPE. ENT, MICHIGAN PLASTER, HAIR No, 639 Broadway, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, S THE FINERY . WEIOLEBES.ALE Hardware 109 and 111 8, Main Strect, | COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, Metcalf Bros., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN HATS,CAPS BUCKGLOVES, 342 and 344 Broadway, . COUNCIL BLUFFS, 10W HOUSES, LOTS AND LANDS IBought and Sold. Money Loaned, Abstracts Furnished P J McMAIION No. 4 Pear/ Street, COUNCIL BLUFFS. MRS. D. A. BENEDICT, DEALER IN Ll Furmishing G NOTIONS, JEWELRY, &C. - . CUUNE} 337 W. Broadway:. BLUFF; ‘M. CALLACHER. GCCROCER EBES. New Store, Fresh Goods, Low Prices nd Polite Attendants. T [?Y { R BROADWAY, Lo First Door east of Metropolitan Hotel, 11OV JUST OPFEINEIID® BECHTELE’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT UI'OPEaN ik cight years. The mother repaired wires and machinery had been arranged ?[to a point near the husband’s residence, Que by one the sensational coal finds in Western Towa proves to be mere sen- satsons, The ome at Mannjug has dropped out and the little hole aban- doned. Col. Chantry’s little daughter Lilly, who had the sensational escape ot the ind whother, tho powet, was sufliciont. |ud ‘watched till sho discovered ho Tho tost, lasting & half hour or 80, wa# |\ould'bo absent in the evening. She in this rospeot yory, “"“".f"“"."’X' Now then secured a team and driving ;;vur the the company, being sure it is right, CaI | house, tied the horses, entered the room ?.“H‘C’E’L"i'i,"fffi',',‘i‘ ;'L’;'...},"T‘lfi'.y&'&“ k‘;‘;:} through a window, carried the sleoping the_ lights: burning. every mighbs . Me. child away, without even stopping tc his onterprise in overcoming obstacles, | e FaN ORI T S BTN, RSIO NG railway bridge near Malvern, has 80 far|and gotting the ight started in Council recovered from her injuries as to be able | Bluffs, while Prof. Story, the company's to resume her school duties. There was a large and closcly attentive audience at the Baptist church last even- ing, to hear what Rev. J. G. Lemen had to say on the *“Origin of Life.” Thedis- cussion of this intoresting question was made entertaining as well as thoughtful, and a synopsis of the line of thought fo'- lowed will be given in to-morrow's Bk, Gonductor Fred Bliss has a zon Ber- tio, ten years old, who is a wonderful adept on roller skates. Bertie in com- pany with Miss Nellie Fuller, who is also a wonder on roilers, are giving exhi- bitions of fancy skating at various rinks in this state. Mr, Fuller, the father of the girl, accompanying them. They ex- Kuct to be in Council Bluffs about the olidays. o ——— PERSONAL, electricianist, has certainly proved that he has a skillful knowledge of all the de- tails of the apparatus, Chauncy T. Bow en, the president of the company has ar- rived here, and will give his personal at- tention also to the enterptise, — Mrs. M. Carroll, fashionable dress- making, cutting and fitting a specialty. Apprentices wanted, No. 720 First avenue, up stairs, THE OITY COUNCIL. It Provides for More Street But No Fire Alarm, A meeting of the city council was held Saturday evening, and arrangements were made for filling Kirst avenue from Six- teenth to lileventh streets; Tenth street from Thirl to. Fifth avenue; Thirteenth Filling across the river in a skiff, a most danger- ous undertaking, tho time being 2 o'clock in the morning. From here sho went to the residence of her father, a wealthy farmer. The husband will try to recover possession of the child by law. The dar- ing and successful feat accomplished by Mrs, Todd has made her o heroine, and sho has the sympathy of eve ATEIDRRIL O oY Rtev. Mr. St. Clair, of Now Albany, Ind., has been assigned to the pastorate of the Methodist church at Malvern to fill_the va- um(‘)i caused by the death of Rev, Mr. Ed. mons, e — COMMEROIAL, COUNCIL BLUFFS MARKET, Wheat—No, 2 spring, 70¢; No. 8, 60c; ro- jected, 50¢; good demand. Corn—Dealers ave paying 86c for old corn and 20 for new, Oats—1In good demand at 20c7 Hay—4 00@6 00 per ton; 50c per bale, * Rye—40c; light supply. Corn Meal—1 25 per 100 pounds. \DVm)d-—Goud supply; prices at yards, 5 00@ Coal—Delivered, hard, 11 50 per ton; soft, of the Season is One of Those Elegant Overcoats Made to Ovder by Smith & Toller MERCHANT TAILORS. No. 7 and 9 Main Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa. DIREBCTORY, COUNCIL BLUFES, ITA. AL MERCHANDISE. nd 17 Pearl stre CRESTON HO! Hotel, d 210 Main street. DB:. J-fl F. WH.ITE,‘ Corner Maln and Fifth up-amn? idence, 809 Willow avenuo. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, ___Ofles over A LIVER N. SCHURZ, S. 8 WAGNER, wincontee toriparets i sy rates. 92 Fourth street. The only only hotel run on the European pla fin this city. ) New building, newly furnishedand all modern improvements, and is centrally located. PETER BECI TELE, PROPRIETOR, ;‘{os. ?1}6 'L71‘17d 338 Broagwafi, - - - Coun(jil Bluffs, Iowa. FOoOR BARGALAEINS GHINA, PLATED WARE, GLASS WARE, LAMPS, Table Cutlery, ]’l,:'J\\'cr Pots, Ete., call an W. 8. HOMER & CO., 23 Main 8t., Council Bluffs. N'T YOU CUSTOM SHIRTS? Fine Linen Collars and Cuffs, No. 716 Fourth Strest, Council Bluffs, Iowa. WHY DO FITCH BROTHER'S Perfoct Fitting, Best and Cheapest. Wholesale butter eggs, poul- o try and fruit. Ship to us, J. M. 8T. JOHN & C0..CASH BUYERS Draft by roturn mail. 14 Broadway. JACOB KOCH, MERCHANT TAILOR, Stock Complete. _Suits made at reasonable pricos. 505 Main 8b)__ PAWNBROKERS SALE W. D. Cromfs, of Woodbine; Tows, was i @. F. SMITH CONTRAGTOR AND BUILDER, Unredeemed Goods. 600 per ton ! osterday, and made his headquarters | *VePUO from Main to Sixth streét; and | Butter —Plenty and in fair demand at 20c; | | Barbone and 1. R. Thompson‘repre- sonted St. Louis at the Pacific houso yester- day. W. Hopkins, of San Fraucisco, is at the 0 Mra. O. M. Brown and her sister, Miss Nellie Robinson, left last evening for Chicago on a brief visit to relatives and friends there. 1t is reported that Fraak Shinn, of Car- son, is to move his law offico to Gilenwood, . Morgan, the retired editor of The (ilobe, has returned from Washington, M, Silloway, proprietor of the Ogden, and aluo of the Forthwestern at Codar Rapids, is here for a brief stay, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Ool. O, M. Druse,of The Nebraska Farmer. Lincoln, Feb,, spent Friday in Council Bluffs, accompanied by his wife and daughter, R. 8, Hair, of Chicago, i+ at the Ogden, Chauncey T. Bowen, of New York, presi- dent of the Electric Light company, is at the Pacific, 8,0 Drummond, of Davenport, was among yesterduy's sojourners at the Ogden, T, L. Slocum, of Des Moines, Sundayed at the Ogden. Frank C, Armsbury, a former resident of his city, but now in the office of J, H, Arthur, the Blue Line azent, a¢ Burlington, has boen spending a fow days with old friends hore, Mrs. K. J. Abbott and Mrg, Hammer have roturned from Chicago ani Cleveland, where hey have been visiting relatives and friends for about two moiiths. H. 8, Stephenson, of Shenandoah, was at Bechtele's yesterday. W. W, Carlisle and ¥, P, Carlisle, of Mis- souri Valley, were at the Pacific yesterday. Chas, A, Croney, having sold out his inter- est in the Clarinda Herald to A, A, Thomp- son, for some months past th local editor of the paper, now purposes to enter upon a tele- phone superintendency, His experienco in also a new sidewalk on Benton street, croamery, The council took no action at all con- | Fiks~heady salo st 200 por doren. cerning the firo alarm question. The | i s ™ Jonpuce ik 8t 1e public is getting very impatient at the | ¢ ? hickens 16 2 50 per ¢ Vegetables —Potatoos, agas, 30@40c per dozen per barrel Flour Brooms dilatoriness of the council in this mat- tor, a8 at_present the city is worse off |} than if it had no alarm, tho present sys. | ¥ tem being so unreliablo, The_council after considering a few bills adjourned until Tuesday evening. onions, 40¢; cab- applos, 3 00@3 5 City flour, 1 60@3 40, 200@3 00 per de od buy- : all NOTICES. e Go to Hurlburt's fancy steam dyoing [ in and French dry cleaning works at 51|% Pearl stroot. ££ et il SPE CIAiL DRESS BEEF PARADE. NOTICE.— Special advertiscumonts, such as Lost, Found, To Loan, For Sale, To Rent, Wants, Board- A Showing of Petty Spite and Rail- | e cte., will be inserted in this columnn at the fow way Control, <load lot: rate of TEN Ci for the st tusertion and FI for cach subsequent in- i AL 3 sertion. ts at our oftice, No. 7 The Nonpareil apends over a coluran | rear st in attompting to show chat it is impracti. cable to dress hoof auywhoro wost of the |« Mississippi river, and that therefore —the | VY ~Gun maker and repairer, ) St., Council Bluffy, Tows, No. . 100 TANTED —Insuran agents to canvass Co ‘REVERE HOUSE, and Broadway. Plans and specifications furnished. MERCHANT TAILOR, Artistio Work and reasonable charges. 872 Broadway. FURNITURE STOVE HOWE & SON, st st suped LINDT & HART, stwer s SANITARIUM i EDWIN J. ABBOTT, JAMES FRANEY, 803 Broadway. AT LAW, co_in state and federal courts, . L. Sovereign, Prop. P. J. Mont- ! 415 Broadway. IITH & NORTC TNroadway opposite New Opera House, i tted €1, 8160 per day OF ALIL KINDS. Sold at the Lowest Prices At MRS, D. A. BENEDICT, IN THE WEST, QUALITY CONSIDERED, - 837 W, Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa. GREAT In diamonds suitable for ladies and gents, also in ladies’ and gents’ solid gold and and silver watches and chains, and a full line of set and plain gold rings, 250 men’s and 90 boy’s overcoats. Al these articles must be Money lent on ALL KINDS of personal property. D: GOLDSTEIN, 228 Middle Broadway, opposite city building. Council Bluil STEINHART & FRrEYHAN,M Wholesale ILiquor Dealers, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, WILL REMOVE THEIR BUS NESS 10 Omaha, Neh., Janusry 1st, 1884, HAVING SECURED WEST & FRITCHER'S OLD STAND, = No. 180 Douglas ! t. conclusion is what it seems to ¢loat over W —the new ciiterprise in Omaha will prove a dismal failure. The whole tone of the article is such tha’ considerable indigna tion has been aroused, not because the citizons of Council Blufls mourn greatly 7 at any attack on Omaha, but becauso of | ~TwNET PHOTOS— 6 by the dosen at the excel: the littleness of an editor who, for the sior gallery, 100 Main_ sireet, Council Bluffs, b Nl Dinner, and dummy fare both ways to Omaha eus. sake of making a thrust, is willing to ad- | tomers o 810 and upw it} vertis, 8o far as his oripplod ciroulation | Y ANTEORRI Yo biv, & SIratuas pree will permit, that his own city is a poor | the Matual Lite n-urance company, of Now York, . Aoy (the largest company in the world( rates lower than place for the investment of capital in a|any other M. F. Rohrer, agect for west legitimato entorprise. He says that if [2f'o%% it had not long since been shown to be impracticable todrossboef in the west, that enterprise would have been started in Council Bluffs two years ago, and warns | capitalists not to invest any moneyin any such enterprise here or in " Omaha, or in pluffs and count 308 Farnam strc. ANTED—Every boay in C TurBrx. Deliv Addross D, Campb Dact-3 e ncil Blufls to take od by carrierat owly twenty » wanting o set of Johne yeloped it volumiies, can gt a bar- at Tk D office cal FOR BALE AND RENT. FPNO RENT-A good room, 80 by 16 feet, over the D ttofion, faclug Pearl street. Apply ab Bxn office. ki itk il OUN fuiorey, whieh owner can have by jroving same. - Apply at Bex otice. Leing found fault with in the newspaper husi- ness, an experience which all newspaper mon have in common, fits him well for Learing the “Hello” and ity accompanying grumblings with patience, SMASHED HIS SKULL, A Well Digger Struc Bucket of C A fatal accident occurred on the farm of Mr, Bradock, north of Imogene, Mills by a Falling fact anywhere in tho west. The motives so apparentas tho inspira- tionfortho articleare pronounced by many citizens here as despicable. There are those here who know whereof they speak, and who declare that it is not only practicable to dress beef in the west, but that the time is fast coming when it will be dressed, not only here, but much farther west. Besides the desire to thump Omaha, even to the injury of Council Bluffs, there is apparently a strongdesire to serve the railways, of which it is an acknowl- Mrs. H. J. Hilton, M. D, PRYSICIAN & SURGEON, 222 Middle Broadway, Couneil Blufls Make Your Coutracts Now for Your Winter Supply of Missouri Hard Wood ! AND HALD AND SO¥T Coal county, last week, two men, Charles “d{"‘l 1. orgsn, l'““’ r]nilv\n)n are ~WITH~ . naturally opposed t ing beef A N Huston aud Alex, Labor, belug engaged | drossca” i © o s 708 P, OVERTON M in digging » well there. Huston was in the well digging, and Labor was doing the hoisting, and when the bucket, filled with clay, was about ten or fifteen feet above Huston’s head, the hook gave way, it fall upon him, It was wi mfi]wm”wuu be got out, and then it was found that his skull was crushed ts driven into | is about twex:tx' stockmen claim that several carloads of cattle can, when slaughtered and dressed, be shipped in one car, thus eutting down the cost of transportation greatly, mak- ing quite a profit to be divided {leuull consumer and producer, instead of being given to the railways. 1t is also claimed by cattle wmen here that the loss by shrinkage on live cattle per cent., 5o that there ditional saving in dressing “his hdui."-fil e was still alive, | would be an yet there was no for even the | the beef here, e #fl# cill to save In view of these and other facts it ap- 505 First Avenue, - Council Blufls, lowa, And secure the best artic very lo et price. of the ity and full measure atthe Stove wood delivered 10 wuy par Eimball <& Champ, (OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.) MY 000K OF B BSmune PREMIUM» PORTRAITS Grayon, Tndia Tk &n Water Golors, Selar Camera Enlargement for the $rade at reasonable rat Orders oy mail promptly filled. 3. D. LU 143 Broadw. '~ GROSVENOR & GUNN, MANUFPACTURERS OF BROOMS, 311 Upper Broadway, Council Bluffs; Iowa. PETER C. MILLER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Wall-Paper and Window Shedesend Painting In all Its Branches. FRESCQING IN MODERN STYLE, Wo.18 South ¥FPoarl St. Dounceil Bluaffe JOSEPH GACGHEGAN. Corner Main strevt aud Elghth avenue, Coun s, &eLowest rates and prompt delivery Corner Main and First Avenue, Council Aicy e "~ IF YOU WANT BOOTS,SHOESOR RUBBERS CALL ON S.A. PTHRCOCH, Blufls, He has Them Having a LARGE €€ TRACT to il I am obliged to offer the Very Highest Market Prices FOR RMEEIXEITP RAGS. S. Groldstein, 538 Broadway. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Our line of Stoves is the mos. complete in ae city and includes ald the most Desirable Paftterns and Latest Improvements We have hammerec. the prices down as thin as they will stand without breaking, and you are invited to call and see how thick the stoves areim comparison. PECIAL DRIVE ON A LOT OF HARD COAL STOVES, Niekel, slightly tarnished, at a reduction of $5.00 each. DEVOL. W7 IR IGHEXT,| 504 Broaawayand 10 and 12 Man St,, Council Bluffs. 'W.R.VAUGHAN. | WINTER RESORT. Justice of the Peace. " SILOAM s pess. oz MINERAL ~ SPRINGS. Cure or No Pay. Ve gna sutee the e e of the follow s, 8o Teal estate and collection agsncy look, _over Savings Bank. n 0dd ¥l jan JACOB SIMS, E. P, CADWELL. SIMS & CADWELL, Attorneys -at-Law, COUNOIL BLUFFS, 10WA usinud di Kidney aud B 8, Thes swplaiat, K lcia wud Asth Ofce, Main Stroct, Hooms 1 and 5| at o Mo: | Niniee and suswaer. 3 courts solicited, TREV. ML M. TH “THOA. OFFICHR, . M. PUBKY, OFFICER & PUSEY| BANKERS. CANCERS, ts tamer, et St 2 0 CHRONIC DISEASES osioie e Ia Establishea 1856 | V57er hissy yiurs proctont sxpariouce. Office No, Dealers ri Foreign ayd Domestic Excharge and | 6 Pearl strect, Council Blugly, Homie Secutics &4 Consultation free, Siloan Springs, Gora, P. 0., Gentry R. Rice M. D, or other tumors removed without the