Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1883, Page 7

/ Palace . . Wholesale and Retail. J. MU EBLILEIR, OOUNCIL BLUFFS, - - IOWA. Proprietor of Music Hall and General Manager for the Celebrated estern Gottage Organ Go,, and Migsouri Nebmfim Sowthern Mionanote, awd bk b Dealer in the Matohless I b, Ko -+ smien ek Tul SRR LINDEMAN, AND HARDMAN BURDETT COTTAGE ORGANS! ~ALL KINDS OF— MUSICAL MERCHANDISE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, —SUCH AS— VIOLINS, GUITARS, ACCORDEONS! ~—A FULL LINE OF— Italian Strings, Music Books and Binders, Music Boxes, Best i Sheet Music, Etc.,, Etc. ® Mso a Fine Stock of Fancy Goods, All Kinds of Games and Toys. Asa specialty in the Piano line, I would recommend most heartily the Eardman Piano? A fine tone, finely finished, first=class instrument in every respect; they are not the cheapest iunos, bub within the reach of all who really desire something that will last a lifetime. TRY THEM. They are fully warranted for SEVEN YEARS. ‘ SHODDY PIANOS AND ORGANS, #0 largely advertised like patent medicine, and like it, good for everything and nothing in particular, 1 DO 4 " NOT KEEP IN STOCK. I cannot afford to sell them, as I live too near home. But if desired, I am pre- ‘ pared to furnish any of theseffhsnp .Pilmo.s and Organs at eastern prices, save freight, provided I am not held responsible. In connection with this I will state that my Organs contain 6 full octaves of Reeds, to one set, and do not call a single octave of reeds, a full set, as advertised by shoddy makers and dealers, 1 sell Pianos and Organs on Monthly and Quarterly Payments; also for cash, with small extra discount. Bend for circulars. Address J. MUELLER, Music Hall! THEDAILY BEE---()MAflA. MONDAY. DCEMBRR 31, 1883, — COUNCIL BLUIFS. ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS, PERSONAL. J. P. Fitch has been appinted deputy county treasurer of Crawford odmty. Hon, F. W. Hart, lately of Linn county, wasin the city Saturday, H¢ has recently located in Logan, and will entir in the prac. tice of law there, Mr. J. R, Rice, son of Dr. Rice, haa rived hero from Minneapolis, thero ho was married on the 27th to Miss Jetie L. Miller, most estimable young Iady of int city, Mrs, Rice will remain at her Mineapolis home until about the first of Febiaty, whon she will join her husband here. She wil be hoeartily welcomed to Council Baffs circles, in which Mr. Rice is held in so hih esteom. James C. Harris, of Chicago, Sundayed at Bechtele's, G. C. Chapman, of Fairmouny Minn,, was at Bochtelo's yesterday. Thow, Olark, of Racine, was bighed at the Pacific ypstorday. h Charles Bullock, %f Denison, was at the Pacific yesterday, Sheriff Daniel McDonald andhis brother Duncan McDonald, together witi Jobn M. McDonald, the claim agent of thiMilwaukee & St. Paul, and John Piorce, Sior City's big land man, woro at the Ogden yeterday and loft lnat ovening for tho east, Charlos Koith, of tho C., B. & )., haa re- turned from Canada, where howa' called by the sicknoes of his mother, M, Wiedonsall, of Y. M. C. \. promi- nence, was in_the city yesterday, n will re- main horo a day or two, consulting vith mom- bers of the Council Bluffs associatin in ro- gard to tho advisability of gettin; a local secrotary hore, ho having a man in fow who can be obtained. Dr. Hanchott and wifo, of Sao fity, are hero visiting relatives and frionds, He is o brother of Dr. A. P, Hanchett, of tis city, and their wives are daughters of Xr, and Mrs, McMicken, of this city. The fauly re- union is naturally o very happy one, i R Digging Dusty Diamonds, CumpERLAND, Mb.—The Daily News published this: Among miners anl the people generally, the greatest faith eists as to the wonderful power of St. Jaiobs Oil. e — COMMEROIAL, OOUNCIL BLUF¥S MARKET, Wheat—No, 2 spring, 700; No, 8, 60c; ro- jocted, b0c; good demand. Corn—Lsealers aro paying 80c for old cen and 25c for new. Oata—In good demand at 20c) Hay—4 00@6 00 per ton; 50c per bale, Ryo—40c; light uupplly. Corn Meal—1 25 per 100 pounds, Wood—Good supply; prices at yards, 5 0@ 00. Coal—Delivered, hard, 11 50 per ton; soft, 600 per tony Butter— Plenty and in fair demand at 20c; creamery, 85c. Tggs—Ready salo at 25 per dozon. Lard—Fairbank's, wholesaling at 11c. firm; ' dealers are paying for live, 2 50 per dozen. Vegetables—Potatoes, 50c; onions, 40¢; cab- bages, 30@40c per dozen; apples, ready sale at 2 50@3 50 for prime stock, TFlour—City four, 1 60@3 40, Brooms—2 00@3 00 per doz, [LIVE BTOOK. Cattle—8 00@3 50; calves, 5 00@7 50, Hogs—Local j)wksm are buying now and thereis a good demand for all grades; choice packing, b 00@5 10; mixed,* 4 G5@5 00, e —— B! H. Douglas & Sons' Capsioum Cough Drops ar manufactured by themsclyes, and aro the result of over forty years' experience o compounding cough modicines. e — Had to Syeak to Him. ““When you press this curb bit of steel, you see, Mrs. Clyde,” Mr. Clyde, who was teaching his wife how to use a pistol, *‘the hammer comes down so”— There was a bang, a puff of smoke, and Mr. Clyde reeled and fell to the floor, with blood gushing from an ugly wound in his side, For a moment Mrs. Clyde was unde- cided whether to faint or fly for help, but the moans of her wounded husband soon roused her and she dispatched a servant for a surgeon *‘He didn’t know it was loaded,” she oxplained when the sugeon arrived, and then she became hysterical and crie *‘Oh, will he die, doctor! Will he die? James must not die—no, no, no! James must not die. 1 was going to the Cat- skills with the children and he was learn- ing me how to protect them and myself 1 the horrid thing went off. O, doc- tor! doctor! doctor! will he die?” By this time the surgeon had examined the wound, and the expression of ll'“im:e as he looked up gave her hope. “It is an ugly wound,” he said, with- out committing himself further. At this an awful expression crept over her face, and she moaned and cried piti- fully. ““Will he be able to speak to me before he dies?”’ she cried. ¢‘I think not, Mrs. Clyde.” ““Oh, ke must! he must! he must!” “Be calm, Mrs. Clyde, We will do all that we can to revive him,” ““You must revive him,” she cried, *‘if only for a minute. We will have to take up this carpet before the funeral, and I want him to tell me whore he hid the tack-hammer,” o ——— Horsford's Acid ¥hosphate For Lemons or Lime Juice, is a superior substitute, and its use is pos- itively beneficial to health, S m— AjMonster Engine, Oakland Tribune. i There is now a mammoth locomotive in in process of construction at the Central Pacific shops at Sacramento. The name is El Gobernador, The total length of the engine and tender is 65 feet and five inches; driving-wheel base, 19 feet and 7 inches; five pairs of drivers, 4 feet and 9 inches in diameter, with a four-wheel truck in front; water capacity of tender, 3600 gallons; cylinders, 21 inches in diameter, with a nch stroke; total weight of engine, 73 tons; weight of drivers, (4 tons; weight of tender (light), 50,650 pounds; tetal weight of engine and tender (light), 98 tons and (50 pounds, There are two six-wheel trucks under tender, making a total of twent; wheels under the engine and tender. The valve gearing, designed by A. J.Stevens, is something entirely new, there being nothing like it in the country. It is said to be the largest engine in the world, It is for use on the BSierra Nevada Moun- tains, and it is expected will do more’ work than two of the engines now used. with less consumption of fuel. The heaviest engine now in use on the Centra) Pacific railroad has hauled nineteen cars, loaded, up a 116-foot grade, Its dimen- sions are: Weight of tender (light 000 pounds; weight of engine, 123,000 pounps; water capacity of tender, 5000 gallons, It has eight drivers of 4 feet 8 No. 103 South Main Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa. \ inches each; driving-wheel base, 10 feet _ doubls about the success of such a mon- ster, and entertain the idea that the weight of the engine will spread the track and crush the metalfinto tho ties, L — ZONT'S POZMEDICATRD COMPLEXTON POWDER, For infant's toflet it is an_indispensable ar- ticle, healing all excorations immodiately. Mothor's shonld use it freely on tho litvlo ones. 1t is porfoctly harmless, For sale by all drug- gista, CHEA S— A FLESHLY SPIRIT, Performing Medium Was Entrapped, San Francicco Chronlcle, An amusing incident, by which a skep- tic obtained considerably the best of & spiritualistic medium, to the great nmuse- How I8 e TH Bl PEST PLACE IN OMAHA;.TO BUY Furniture AT ment of the audience, occurred at a pub- ’ lic soance given by Mrs. Foyo at Wash- ington hall on Sunday evening. The demonstrations of the evening wore to bo by rappings on the table, names appear- ing to the medium written in tho air, and writing on paper through inspiration. e P FOUgH INAINCl They always have the Those of the audience who desired to hear from » dead friend or relative were ro.|NO STAIRS TO CLIMB quested to write the name of such a one on a slip of paper, fold and place it in a hat passed among the audience for that largest and best stock. ELEGANT PASSENGER ELEVATOR TO THE DIFFERENT FLOORS. purpose. The medium explained that of TR course all could not get an answer that | 0nk, and it is plain that the trees were ovening, but modestly suggested that rlnnhid there, Thoy are very large. Tho they try again or call privately upon her | belt is probably half a mile wide. The and roplenish her coffers, The idea oc- | Water in thelake is twenty-five feet deep, curred to s skeptical young man,|88cold asico and as clearas crystal who was one of the auds | What I would like to know is, who built oyce, that this medium would oporass tho wa'l, and how did xlm{ Iw_hl qxg only such papers as became unfolded, s | Water back while they were building it! she could read them as she glanced thom [ And how did they eart those jmmense over. It further occurred to him that by [stones for on miles! 1f you over go to ng the namo of somo porson now | 1owa don't fail to visit tho Walled lake. g and unknown to the medium, a You'll find it in Wright county, 160 miles alloged | from Dubuque. The cars will take you recolved | &lmost te it,"” li fair toat could be mado of her powers, He, therefore, at once to writo his own name on a slip of paper e —— and seo what came of it. He printed it What Millionaires Rat. * out in full—“Fremont E. Wood"—80 | tudianapolis Sentiuel, that it would readily catch the eye, and} Josoph E. Brown, of Georgia, is the folded it but once, wo it would open in | woealthiest and one of the oldest of the U. handling. The papers were then placed | S, gonators. He is also oneof the plainest in o heap before the medium on a table | men to bo found anywhere. He may be and strict silence enjoined. Calling the | called at home*‘a home granny.” He wears spirits to aid her, Mrs, Foye began by |long white whiskers and store clothes. lifting the papers one by one, in her | Hejs fond of old-fashioned things, es- fingers, saying. “Is the spirit of this|pecially olden-time dinners. The other ono present! This one? This onet” ete. | day he sat in the cloak-room on the The audience, breathless with antici- { democratic side of the senato with a num- pation, awaited the result. Suddenly |per of his old senatorial friends, smoking the medium paused, three raps being[and joking., Finally the conversation given on the table, which was under- | tyrned on dinnersand good things to eat. stood to mean “Yes." Passing her hand | Senator Butler, of South Carolina, knows over her eyes, as if to clear the vision }s good dinner as well as any man when of her intellect, and then staring dra-|it iy sorved out to him, and in his most matically into vacancy, Mrs. Foye said: | gloquent terms he told of how he liked “I see there, written in the air, the | sanyas-back duck and sauterne, and Can- dim outline of the name Fremont Wocd. | adn grouse and champagno, and terrapin Is anyone present who recognizes that}and good old sherry, and how he wanted name(" . |it served up hot, with a royal old crowd The flesh and bloodof this restless spir- | of hoys about him, Then several other it then arose, and i““‘wdi“"“]y all ©yos | gonators named their favorite dishes. were bent upon him. Senator Brown looked on and listened, *Did youknow thisspirit when living!” { while a stream of water trickled out of asked Mrs. Foye. . his mouth. Finally he broke in: “Yes; ho was a personal friend,” was| = «Well, gentlomen, you may talk of the reply. X ¥ your terrapin and champagne, and your ““You know the age at which he died?” | srowds, and all_that, but you may “just “Yes."” dish up old Jo Brown and his old woman “Pleasemention severalages and among puddle duck and sweet potatoes.” them the right one.” : And he wiped his mouth on his coat- This was dor.e and_the information re- | gleeve and fairly worked his jaws at the eived by rappings that he died betwoen | thought of it. he age of 23 and 24 years. ““Ty that correci?” asked Mrs. Foyo. ¢No, madam," said the young akepido, m expression of interest and au wseMe.t aling over his countenance. *Ihe sjirit has made o slight mistake, If I kiow myself, Fremont Wood is not in sjirit land, but here to-night in flesh and bbod; in other words, I am that humble peson.” The audience was eloctrified, and gave vait to a round of heartly laughter. Mn. Foye was considerably disconcerted anc falled in several attempts during the res. of tho evening. She insisted that suci a spirit was present, and that there wasanother person, now dead, who had the mme name as that of Mr. Wood. Angostura Bitters, the world renowned IR THIRD GENKRATION invigo r,. Jsed now over ,fafter 1 had most signally failed by the most 2‘1‘.'",'?3{‘.‘1'., (;:1‘;' el &5.::;:? g Tr)} it, but bewaro | abprove SkhHLa foritrsasiient with mércury and of imittions, Ask your grocer or druggist for | 104d¢ Ot R "FRED A. TOOMER, M. D. the gemine article, prepared by Dr. J. G. B. By oo Siegert& Sons, Our treatiso on Blood and Ski freoto applicants. THE SWIFT SP) 0., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. ONE OF THE BEST PHYSICIANS TESTIFIES, T have heen using Switt's Specifio in my practice long time, and 1 rogard it the bost com- Dlood purifier und tonfe. 1t is entirely ing composed of the extracts of roots i« section of Goorgia 1 am familiar with its history from tho time the formula was ob tained from tho Indians. 1t ixa cortain and safe rem- edy forall kindsof blood polson and skin humor, and thore has never been o failure to cure, 1 have cured blood taint in , Ga. n Discases mailed — ROBBER'S DILEMMA, An Inddent in the Careorof the Post v Bandit of California Stockton Cal.) Independent. Black Bart tells of ono experionce he had insorthern California which came near stpping his careor as a highway- man. Fe had interviewed a party of travelersby stage and got a small haul for his touble. After starting tho stago on, with the gentloadmonition to the | T iawan defvor to g0 on and novor look buck or ho i, 1 8, KoL AT, i would drep him, ho, as was his custom, foration to JEatrs oo ol Nk Ditched ino the brush. Ho had nob beei ¢ Jtend ssquoascr Jiusiapd PRophies walking vary long when he heard voices QVI]LTA!L BELT (o, Marsaary, Moy behind hin, and looking down the mouN- | s s tain side caild see severs] horsemen and —_ - y footmen coning in his direction at & live- DLeCORMICIZ'S Patent Dried Fruit Lifter. A BIAG LECT LTAIO DELT, and of ancis. Wo will gend on ly gait. Tiey were gaining on him very fast, and e was compelled to do some- thing very mddenly or be captured, and his only chaice for escape was to secrete himself belore they caught sight of him. Ho began looking about him and no- NO DEALER ticed a large, hollow fir log which lay on A ™ % the ground. Plunging into it head first | just before the vigilants came into sight,| GROCERY Groceries he crawled to the farther end of the hole, but he discovered to his horror that he| gmoRmp P had company, which, by that peculiar odor emitted, he concluded was a pole- cat—in fact, hy knew it was, It wasa time for tears, but not for retreat, and he lay there in mortal agony and heard his pursuers come up and sit down on the log, while their dog made the acquain- tance of the fragrant occupant of the hole in the log. The smell finally drove them away and Bart crawled hurredly out, not only sick at heart and with the world,but terribly sick at the stomach. He declares that he did not get over the effects of his experience in the log for three months afterward, and that it nearly cured him of his propensity for robbing stages, o — Good health is the greatest of fortunes; no remedy has o often restored this prize to the suffering, as Hood's Sarsaparilla, Try it. O BB Without 1. A8 A PAIN OF H.G.CLARK, SOLE PROPRIETOR, OMAHA, NEB, B HANKROOD RESTORED A Prehistoric Reservoir, L N h ‘M"n New York Sun, ) DRt Qeeay. euse Baviag CH (i vain ovees *I've seen a good many wonderful Sre, ?.'.:'i.‘;‘ffl Wil dend oy P o things in my travels,” said ‘John Gregg, | _Addres. J. H. commercial traveler, “but the Walled lake of Iowa rather lays overeverything 1 ever saw, Just immagine a body of water, covering nearly 3000 acres, with a wall built up all around it, not a stone in which can be less than 100 pounds in weight, and some as heavy as three tons, and yet there is not a stone to be found el metho within ten miles of the lake, The wall n Moalua "Eront i frogs i ten foct high, about ftecn feet wido| MARSTON HEMEDY CO., 48W.14th St NewYork, at the bottom, and way be five at the T«lhuunufl-lLfl frota the top. The country is prairie land for miles e e nd 9 inches; total wheel base, b3 feet 1j inch, Bome of the old railroad men have around, except a belt of heavy timber | eay, lost manhood. ete.. I will send you particulars ofa that encircles (ho lako, This timber is | {uuiis,aud oriain spieas of sall ogerfhve of charee Tho use of the term * Shor Line" in connection with the corporate namo of s greatroad, conve) n idea of ust what v the traveling and the best of accommodas @ tions—all of which are furne (axcaco, MjmwWAUREE Northern 1llinols, Wisconsin, Minnosota, Iowa and Dakota; and asi ts main lines, branches and conneos Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers the desoription of 8hort Line, and Best Route between Chicago, Milwaukeo, La Crosse and Winona. Chieago, Milwaukeo, Aberdeen and Ellendale Chicago, Milwaukee, Waosau and Merrill, Chicago, Milwaukee, Beaver Dam and Oshkosh, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and Prairiedu Chlon. Chicago, Milwaukoo, Owatonna and Falribault, - » Elgin, Rockford and Dubuque. Chicago, Clinton, Rock Island and Cedar Fuplda. Sloux City, Sioux Falls and Yankton , Milwaukee, Mitchell and Chamberlaln, Davenport, Calmar, 8t. Paul and Minneapol Pullman Sleepers and the Finest Dining Cars In B]’. and every attention 18 paid fo passengers ‘ous employes of the company, e Short Line, Quick f".': tahed by tho greatest railway in America. It owns and oporates ovor 4,500 miles of road n tious reach all tho groat Vusiness centros of the “Chicago, Milwaukoe, St. Paul and Minnoapolis. Chicago, Milwaikeo, Eau Claire and Stillwater: Chicago, Milwaukeo, Waukesha and Oconomowos. Chicago, Beloit Janeaville and Mineral Point. Council Bluffs and Omaha. Rook laland, Dubuque, 8t. Paul and Minneapolir, wMorl|i|_ £ i‘fl’i“ zg« .n‘lnlnllug Rrfihlv_ H Em y 8. 8. MERRIL, Gon'l Mauager, J. T. OLARK, Gen'l Sup's. P A YV E —WITH— 00X FALLS RANITE. And your work is done for all time to time to come. WE CHALLENGE The World to produce a more durable material for street pavement than the Sioux Falls Granite. ORDERS FOR ANY AMOUNT OF Pavig Blocks MACADAM! filled promptly. Samples sent and estimates given upon application. WM. McBAIN & CO., Sioux Falls, Dakota. ST, LOUIS PAPER WAREHOUSE, Graham Paper Co, 217 and 219 North Main 8t., 8t, Louis. 'WHOLESALE DEALERS IN IPAPERS, (V% ENVELOPES, CARD BOARD AND ERIN TERS’ STOCK Jash paid, DR e e sy » I8 an interesting adyertisement loufl’:uu in our paper. In reply to inquirics we will say that there ia 10 evidence of humbug about this, - On the the advertisers are very highly endorse, rsons may got sealed circulars giving allpartic faew by addreacag Erio Medical Go. & 0box Buffalo N ¥.—(Toledo Evening Blacil A. V. H. CARPENTER, Gou'l Pass. Agent, GEO H. HEAFFORD, c. BOOK, NEWS, GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878, 9 Warrauted absolutely pur? Cocoa, from which the excess o Ol has been removed. Tt has thres times the streugth of Cooow mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, and Is thorefore far more cal. It 18 deliclous, no strengthenlng, casily digested, admirably adapted for luvalids ws well as for pereons in health, 80ld by @rocers overywhere. . BAKER & C0.. Durehstr, M. -