Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 13, 1884, Page 7

g ———— THE DAILY BEE---WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 13 1884, -3 THE BLUFFS HOUSE BURNED, The New Watsr Works Tried and Prove Satisfactory. A quite disastrous fire broke out last night about 10 o'clock, making an almost total loss of the Bluffs house., The fire was first seen in the west end of the building, and, it is supposed, originated from a defective flue. The furniture and movables in the house were nearly all saved. The house was used for hotel purposes, and was run by Peter Bussian, The fire company responded very prompt- ly and did oxcellont service, tho new water works being all that could be de- sired. L BLUFFS per bale, 5 per 100 pounds, ¥ 0\3 vod-Good supply; prices at yards, 6 00@ 700, Coal—Delivered, hard, 11 50 per ton; soft, 500 per ton Butter—P] enty and in fair demand at 200; . 00d demand at 25¢ per dozen. rhank’s, wholesaling at 11c. Poultry—Ready sale; dealers are paying for chickens 11c; turkeys, 1dc. Vegetables—Potatoes, 40¢; onions, 40¢; cab- bage, none in the market; apples, ready sale at 3 00@3 50 for prime stock, Flour—City Hour, 1 60@4 00, Brooms—2 95@3 00 per doz, Cattle—8 00@3 50; calves, 5 00@7 50, Hogs—Local ers are buying now and thereis a good demand for all grads hoice packing, b 85@ m e IOWA ITEMS, Rock Rapids has incorporated a board of trade. Orange City will vote oy incorporation on the 20th inst. Miss Miunie Swain has been made deputy treasuror of Crawford county. The winter weather does not stop the building of new houses in Orange City. The Merchants’ National bank of Fort Dodge has increased its capital stock to $100,000. 3 The Crawford county fair will be at Denison on the 9th, 10th and 11th of September. About $1,000 has been subscribed in Burlington, so far, toward the Dodge monument. The value of Davenpori fire depart- ment property, inclusive of buildings, is about £30,000. The Jeffersop postoftice sold 10,000 2-cent stamps 1tr January. The entire proceeds of the office for the month amounted to §350. Judge Mitchell, register, declines to recommend the acceptance of Polk & Hubbell’s offer of $300,000 for the as- sets of the Allen estate.in Des moines Ho also rejects their claim for interest on unpaid dividends, and thinks the best interests of the estate will not be pro- moted by the sale of the assets by public auction.” He recommends to Judgo Love thaf the entire assets be sold on the terms proposed by Polk & Hubbell for $350,000. They will take the case up for further hearing before the United States district cou e —— The Matter of Fence-Posts. It seems certain that steel or iron barbed wire will in the future supersede boards for making farm fences. The objections to it are few and are gradually diminishing as animals become accustom- ed to it. The advantages‘of it are many. It is cheap, easy to transport, durable, und convenient to put in position. Prairie fires do not burn it and violent winds do not blow it down. A fence made of it does not harbor vermin or provide a place for a nursery of weeds and bushes. It does not occupy the space of a Virginia rail-fence or a stone wall. It does not trespass on the ground or injure growing crops like the roots of hedge plants. Ir is easily removed if it is no longer wanted in the place where it was first erected. Barbed wire has obviously ‘‘come to stay.” It is likully) that it will be improved and cheapened, but it is not likely that it will go out of use. There is now an ex- cellent opportunity for inventive talent to £ind a substitute for the ordinary material for farm fence posts. Cedar is fast be- coming scarce and high. The largest trees, are used in the manufacture of cooperage and for various fancy articles, The tallest trees are employed for tele- graph poles. A vast amount of cedar blocks are now used for paving streets, Numerous large cedar forests have been destroyed by fire during the past few years. There are few or no cedar trees within easy reach of the territory that is now being settled up. Chestnut, which furnishes the bestsubstitute forcedar,does not grow to any considerable dxtent in the west. Some varieties of oak that grow in the west make very good posts, but mest of them do not, The southern pitch pine and cypress make good posts, and it ap- pears strange that they are not more ge- nerally used for this purpose. Much has been written during the past few years on the advantages of employing living trees for supporting boards or wire employed for fencing. The appearance of a farm is greatly improved by having it surrounded by stately trees, If these trees could be used for the purpose of supporting fence-wire they would be both useful and ornamental. Great troable, however, has been found in attaching wire to them. As the trunks expand they grow over the wire, cause it to rust, and finally to break. Of course it is im- practical to remove the wire after it has become imbedded in the wood of the growing tree. A correspondent of an eastern paper suggests boring holes through the trunks of trees and passing the wires through them. This plan, however, would not prevent the wires from hecoming imbedded in the wood on the sides of the trees, while the injury done to the center would be likely to cause the trunks to decay. plan would seem to b to put a pieco of iron tubing, like a gas pipe, through the augur hole. This would exclude the air and allow an opportunity to stretch the wire when it became necessary or to re- move it altogether. In soww of the eastern siates granito fence posts bave been in use for more than a century. They are heavy to transport and are liable to be broken by having carts run against them, They are not liable to y and of course can not be iujured 3 ary fires There are n for dri s holes into them for nails or staples, and the latter fastened in place by the use of mclten lead or sulphur. in many paris of the west are deposits of limestone that would llent posts. Itis easier worked nite and lighter to handle. Ina few instances posts of earthen und con- | crete, as well as of artificial stone, hav been used. Iron is so well protected that the prospect of using it for protecting 18 to be very poor, If you want Corn Shellers, write to | " “ Peoria Planters, write to “ « Stalk Cutters, one or two rows, Write 10, § “ Rakes and Harrows, write to, # “ Feed Mills, write to L “ Fish Bro’s Farm Wagon, write to T s TR ([ Peter Schuttlex’siWagon, writefjto - asybhing from best to cheapest, « " « Barnes' or Royal Check Rows, write to “ ¢« Peoria Check Rows, write to o “ Bradley’s Tongueless Cultivator, write to “ “ Fish Bro’s & Co., 8pring Wagon, write to LU “ Cheaper[]8pring Wagon, write to ¢ Buggies or Carriages, write to 0 " “ Anything in the Implement or Vehicle line || g TN TR e thel write to ; ) “'(.’,‘. m, £ vehicles on the Missouri river or wri A better | £ ¢ LARGEST IMPLEMENT WAREHOUSE IN THE WEST! ‘David Bradley and Co., MANUFACTURERS CENERAL AGCENTS FOR FURST & BRADLEY MANUFACTURING CO'S PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, RAKES, EIL. Hearst, Dunn & Co’s Peoria Advance Corn Planters and Check-Rowers. OLD RELIABLE PETER SCHUTTLER WAGONS. And a Full Agricultural Nos. 1100 to 1116 South Main Street, FISH BRO'S & GO'S FARM, SPRING WAGONS, ETC. Line of Implements. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. ling. any soil. erly handled. lion, elaborately striped SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES OF THE Peoria Rotary Drop Planter 1. Lightness of draft and ease of hand- 2. Combination of hand and foot levers is such that Planter can be made rigid or flexible, at will of opeerator. 3. Hand lever is in centre of machine, hence one runner cannot go deeper than the other—n fault common to all planters with lever on side of machine. 4. Made of A No. 1 stock and substan- tial in ever particular, | 5. Painted with the best Oriental Vermil- making it very handsome and attractive. 6. Warranted to do first elass work in The check rower is very simple and warranted to do first-class work if prop- and varnished, a e e The Furst & Bradley Plow is so favorably known to every farmer west of the Alleghany mountains, that it is not neeessary for ys to recommend it. TR 0ld Reliable Peter Schuttler Wagon. FISH ever in » : Schuttler prices. many of our compe senting to the trade, The Oid Reliable PETER SCHUTTLER WAGON Needs uotona word of praise from us. It is known all over the United States, and where the very best wagon is wanted, you can always sell a Schuttler. up in your Warehouse will convince you that farmers will buy tha Schuttler at Owing to the fact that we brought the WAGON ! into this trade one year ago,;and sold in twelve months $100,000 worth of them, titors have heen repre- . \ because of the financial [ ley Manufacturing Co,,—first-class in every particular. difficulties of the Fish Bros., that we \\'Ul'lld not be able to suprly them, hegce we wish to assure dealers t the sale of this celebrated wagon, and call their attention to the fact that the wagon must be nearly perfect, if that is all t!ne fault our competitors can find with it. Fa- vor us with an order for any number and we will conyince you by a 1 that we are able to supply the large and ing demand. hat we have A sample set prompt shipment The Bradley Iron Beam Spring Cultivator has been well and favor- ably known to farmers and dealers for years, and we are hound to main= tain its enviable reputation in the trade. 1ty “ g " i ‘ This is our second year with the Bradley Tongueless Cultivator and are gnaranteed to be like all implements manufactured by Furst & Brad- arranged for H i David Bradley & Co., - TOYW A. Ji The Bradley Rakes are first-class. self dump, for one or two horses. 1100 T0O 1116 SOUTH MAIN STREET, : i 0 — e 8| This Thresher is manufactured by C. Aultman & Co.,, Canton, 0., and 2 with their new power or Traction engine is all that can be desired by the 8 rest threshers.