Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 14, 1884, Page 6

U S— T — THE DAILY BEE---COUNCIL BLUFFS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 188 e — THE DAILY BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS. Thura;luy Morning, Feb, 14, S— * SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Oatrler = « « « = « « 20 centa per woek g T $10.00 ';:.' Year OFFICE: No. 7 Poar] Street, Near Brondway. MINOR MENTION, Additional local on séventh page. Cheap railroad tickets af Bushnell’s. Remember the noonday prayer meet- ing at the Y. M. C. A. Rooms. Union revival meetings every afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Presbyterian Church. Leave to wed was yesterday given 1. N. Empie and Josie Ridpath, both of (HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST The Bained Bfidv of & Girl Fonnd in the Ruing of the Blufs House Fire, Peter Bastian, the Proprictor, Also Seriously Injured. The burning of the Bluffs house, which occutred yesterday morning betweon 12 and 1 o'clock, proves to have been a more torrible affxic than was at first thought. There were in the house about cighteen pepsons, boarders and all, and the building burned so rapidly thatit was with difficulty that the inmatos, all of whom wero aslcep, escaped. Whon the building was a1l in flamos, it was whis: pored about that thore was one girl missing, and that she must be still in the buildlng, but there seemed no certainty as to this until the firc had been so sub- this city. Bertie Bliss, the boy wonder, will give another exhibition at the roller skating rink this evening. In the circuit court yesterday, the case of Duncan vs, Miles was on trial, it being a claim for damages for a dog killed by Miles. The new Scandinavian paper, of which Theodore Hessel is to be the editor, will make its first bow to the punlic this week. The police force is being reduced in nnmbers, Hayes has resigned, and Officer Cusick is now suspended until further orders. Messrs. Schneider & Beck have cleared out their first floor and it will hereafter be entirely devoted to their wholesale liquor business. One Omaha man was over here yester- day wanting 150,000 brick. Council Bluffs is short on brick, and has a good deal of building of its own on hand. The first “‘club night” at the roller skating rink will be next Monday even- ening, and it is now planned to give a gold medal to the most graceful skater. Marion B, Baxter spoke to crowded houses in this city. On the rostrum she is bright and interesting, speaking with great ease and fluency. Her lecture was full of pathos and tenderness.—Hillsdale Business. The police pigked up a black pony on Pearl street, blit it was soon ascertained that it belonged to Daputy Sheriff Clat- terbuck, who had left the pony standing while he went about some business on foot. . Of the talented lady who is to appear at Dohany’s new opera house, Monday night, the 18th, for the benefit of the Home of the Friendless, the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Telegraph says: ‘‘Marion B. Baxter delivered the most interesting lecture of the season. As an orator, few surpass her in eloquence and power.” There was a close call for a fire on Upper Broadway yesterday, in a little house above the Weston house, occupied by a man named Vogt. Some paper near the stove caught fire in some way, but the blaze was discovered in time to be suppressed before any great damage was done. Z The work done by the department at the Bluffs house fire showed that the boys, from chief down, are about as plucky a set as any city can show up. It was & hard siege, and the boys were nearly frozen, but covered with ice they kept at their posts, and some of them took big chances in trying to save the propetty. 5 Attentton is called to the card of J. H. Armstrong, the civil engincer, which appears in another column, Mr Arm- strong is & new-comer here, but is by no means a stranger in his profession, He has opened an office in the new opera house block, and will give his attention to all kinds of engineering, land survey- | ing, ete, The exhibition of fancy roller skating given by Bertie Bliss last evening at the riuk was very pleasing, and was heartily enjoyed by a lavge gathering. The little fellow is almost as skillful as Dan- iel, and, considering his age, is more of a wonder. The lookers-on were very en- thusiastio at the many fancy movements made by him, and the grace and ease with which he executed them, Somé object to the building of a new oourt house, because the crops were so poor last year that they cannot bear the burden of an extra tax. If it shall pass there will be no extra tax this year, and none in five years except to pay the in- terest. The extra tax for five years on a | the quarter section of improved land will only be a fow cents, and there arg very few farmers who will have to pay to ex- ceed one dollar extra any year. The noon duy prayer meeting still con- tinues at the rooms of the Y. M C A, No. 12 North Main street. All are invited to attend, Business and profes- sional men will find it & pleasant place to spend a few moments, The meeting is - very informal, and any person can come in or go out at any time he desires, with- out interfering in the least with the ex- ‘ercises. ~ The nyoessity for the immediate locat ing of & hose cart on Lower Main street 'was made very apparent at the Bluffs - house fire. Had there been such a hose thus located it could have been at o oo Gy - the fire in time to have thrown streams from the hydrants in time, probably, saved much of the and it would probably have least The first five dued that the building could be entered. It was then found that the fear was well- founded, for there upon the floor of one of the chambers, in the lower part of the house, was the dead body of a girl. She was removed to D. M. Connell's undertaking establishment, and there the remains were cared for. The en tire body was horribly roasted, and in the hands of the local sheriff, then the court could inquire further into the matter on a writ of habeas corpus, but if in the hande of Sheriff Cannon, then the in-| quiry could go no further than to ascer- tain’ whether he really was the agent of the state of Tennessee and armed with & genuine warrant issued by the governor of Nebraska, The Ne- braska officials have been especially in- terested in watching the proceedings for they had some curiosity to know whether any Towa court would feel that it had tho authority to interfere with the action of the governor of Nebraska in response to the demand of the governor of Ten- nessee. It is unfortunate that the case was not pressed to a decision to satisfy the curiosity at least, “‘the doctors’ spoiling it all by concluding to go along voluntarily. FACTS AND FIGURES, For Every Voter on the Court House and Jail Propositions. The day is fast drawing near when this county will have to decide whether it will have a new court house and jail or not. What the voters need is facts—not a mere howl—and the following, taken from the county treasurer’s books, will be, or should be, perused carefully and thoughtfully: Tha county bonds will be all paid by June, 1884, when the county will be en- tirely out of debt. . The state of Iewa levied one-half mill extra tax to pay the balance on old war presented too sickening a sight to at- tempt to describe in detail. It appears that the girl’s namo was Emma Neisins, She was sleeping in the same room with Mrs, Bastian, and, when the fire broke out, both started to run out in their night robes, the smoke being then so stifling that they could hardly breath. Mrs, Bastian thought of her little grand- child, and turned back to save'the child, and, getting it in her arms, with difficulty make her way out of the burning build- ing, and in doing so thought the girl was ahead of her, but it seems that soon after starting she must have fainted or been overcome with the suffocating smoke and fell to the floor, there lying in an uncon- scious and helpless condition an easy victim to the devouring flames. The girl was about 20 years of age, of jerman birth, and rather prepossessing in appearance. Her old home was in the same part of Germany as that which Mr. Bastian came from, and, with her family, came to this country but a few years ago, they settling in ,Chicago. er father and mother both died there. She has a ounger sister and brother, who are now iving in Crown Point, Ind. While in Chicago, it is said that she became be- trothed to an enginer on one of the rail- ways, and he bemng transferred to this Fnrt of the line, she concluded to come here where she could be nearer to him, and at the same time have a pleasant home with the worthy couple at the Bluffs house. 1t was not until the excitoment of the fire had somewhat subsided that it was realized how_badly Mr.; Bastian himself was injured. The alarm was given by one of the girls in the house and on being aroused Mr. Bastian jumped up, lighted alamp and started through the house. The light went out and in the darkness he stumbled and fell. He was nearly suffocated but the fresh air at the bottom of the room revived him enough sothat he got strength enough to crawl to the win- dow, where ho was helped out by Mr. Mikesell and Mr. Pierces. He not only had a narrow“escape from being burned, the hair on one su;:a being crisped, but it appears that he must have been scalded inside by hot steam and injured by the smoke, He was yesterday confined to his bed, and suffering greatly, besides being very despondent over his losses. He is about 60 years old, and to meet with such revereses at that age, and such a shock, is hard of itself, while his in- éuriuu are of such a nature as may prove atal. He has built up a nice little busi- ness there, his house being full every night, and his business seeming prosper- ous, To offset his loss of $3,000 there is an insurance on the building of $1,500, and §500 on tho clothing, furniture, ete. ‘The origin of the firo iv still a mys- tery. The barking of the dog roused one of the girls, who on awakening rushod through the house sounding the alarm, The fire originated in the ell used for a kitchen, and spread so rapidly that it was scarcely ton minutes before the Whole buildinfl was in flames, Coroner Connell yesterday impanelled jury cousisting of F, B, Patton, T, E. Bradenstein and Ed Pierce. The evi- dence brought out little that was new boyond what is stated above, and the jury brought ina simple verdict that the irl came to her death by being burned. hief Templeton and Mr, Pierce were the first to find the body. The chief be- ing anxious to get out a trunk which contained money and valuable papers be- longing to Mr. Bastian, and as he enter- od theroom where the trunk wus, after the fire had been subdued enough to al- low of entrance ho was horrified at find- ing the body of the girl lying on the floor near the door of the room. It and defense bonds, and to assist in com- pleting the capitol, and the tax of 1882 and 1883 pays that debt, thus taking off one more half mill, The present valuation of the county is nearly eleven millions, and one mill on the dollar on that sum makes eleven thousand dollars. Eleven thousand dollars will pay the interest at 5} per cent on two hundred thousand dollars. The one-half mill bond, and one-half mill state tax off after June 1884, now being paid, will pay the interest on the two hundred thousand. Every tax-payer cansee on the back of his receipt just what he is paying{taxes for. He can see that the whole amount for state, county, state school, poor, bridge, county bond, and insane, amount to a total sum of 14} mills on the dollar, or §14.50 on §1,000 valuation. He can see also that all the remainder of his taxis purely a local tax, and is made by each local echowl district, town and city authorities, Such tax does not affect in any way a tax for this two hun- dred thousand, The only place this bond tax can ap- ggnr will be in the tax levied by the ard of supervisors, which will take the place of the present one-half mill state, or one-half mill bond tax. Now, conceding the above facts, the tax as levied by the board of supervisors need not be increased for the next five years, 1f the county valuation does not increase one cent in that time. Then at the end of five years, when we do begin to pay a part of the princi- pal, is it not fair to expect that the valu- ation of the county will be increased enough 80 that the tax-levy for principal and interest need not be much more than the one mill levy? Council Bluffs has during the last four- teen years paid an average of 36 per cent of the whole tax of the county. Cannot we expect that in five years from now its increase, aided by accumulating railroad property in her limits, will pay fully one- half of the whole county tax? Now we would ask the farmers, in the face of the fact that Council Bluffs citi- zens almost unanimously are willing to vote the tax, if it is not fair and right that they should be willing to bear their proportion to build a building that will for all time make the records of their prop- erty perfeotly secure! and a jail strong enough to hold a criminal after he is caught! And any candid man will admit, if he will take the trouble to examine, that neither the court house or jail are in any way secure, ————c— 'l’ninting done to order and leasons iven by S, D, Rehse. Studio 12 North ain street. L — 1t was scrub day at the new jail yes- terday. The lecture of Marian B. Baxter, to be given at the new opera house, on “The Handwriting on the Wall,” will doubtless draw a crowd, not only because of the merit of the entortainment, but because of the fact that all the recepts go to the benefit of the Home of the Friendless, the lecturer charding nothing for her services and Mr. Dohany gen- erously donating the hall, e PERSONAL. Mr. R. J. Manz, the popular “‘con” who runs o the Union Pacific between Omaha and Graud Island, and his family were visitors in this city yosterday. . B, A, Stovens and P, 1, Flemming, of the Dan Morris-Sullivan company, are at the Ogden. R, Stmwmons, of Cldveland, 0., was smong seems that she must have fallen there in a faint, and if it had been known that she was in that room she could have been resoued doubtless, as the room was on firet floor, & small room, and she lay ::t ever eight feet from the outside win- W, THE CANNON GOES OFF. yestorday's Ogden house arrivals, Art Litile, of Oskaloosa, was in the city yestorday, ¥. 0. Robertson and wife, of Minneapolis, were at Bochtele's yesterday, David Campbell, of Auburn, Neb., is at Bochtelo's hotel, et o B The Sheriff of Memphis Takes His Prisoners, the “Doctors,” Back to Tennessee, Yesterday morning Sheriff Cannon, of Memphis, Tenn., took the two pris- oners, ‘“‘Dootors” Reeves and Turner, back to Tennessee, they having con- cluded not to fight with any more habeas corpus proceedings, it being evident that they saw more trouble ahead in case they resisted further. Sheriff Cannon has had a hard struggle to get these men and & harder struggle to get them through, He stopped over night here, thinking it better to take the morning train, as that went right through, for by taking the ovening train he would have to lay all day in Kansas City, He accordingly left the prisoners at the jail in care of Sheriff Guittar, and*when he salled for them in the evening was in- formed that Sheriff Guittar could not cive thew up, as a writ of habeas corpus had b served on him, One of the Tmumum the w::.l to decide was prisoners were in Sheriff Guittar's hands or Sheriff Cannon's. 1f Ornaments and - « Covsau Buverr. » R. 8. COLE. & CO, Manufacturers of and Dealers in . Lightening Rods, Fixtures, Iron and Wood Pumps, Pipe and Fittings, 604 5. Maix Sr., | Wholesale. and Retail, We have the following goods in quantities to suit purchascers: Sheep Skin Slippers, Kid Sock Protectors, Magnetic Insoles, Cork and Imitation Cork Soles, Shoe Dressing, “T. M. 70” Blacking, Heaton Button Fastners, Shoe Laces, Shoe Brushes, Shoe Hooks, Etc., Etc. As we buy above goods of Manufacturers in large quantities for Spot Cash, we are enabled to sell them low enough to suit competition. Orders promptly attended to. ¥ Z. T. LINDSEY & CO, 412 Broadway. Council Bluffs, lowa. . MAYNE & PALMER, DEALKRS IN . Hard and Soft Coal, AND WOQD, BULK !AND BARREL LIME, LOUISVILLE AND PORTLAND CEMENT, MICHIGAN PLASTER, HATR AND SEWER PIPE. No, 539 Broadway, - . - 5 COUNCIL BLUFFS, 10WA. SMITH & Tol“l;—;‘. l Sp”ng Gflflds LEADING MERCHANT TAILORS, Just Heceived. 7 and 9 Main street, CouxorL BLurrs, - - - - Jowa. e e DINRBCTORY, COUNCII BLUFEFS, TA. fo et o e et i et o el et e ATTORNEY AT LAW. M. JOHN W. BAIRD, #¥Siikenas JOHN BENO & CO., MAX MOHN' T id 210 Matn stroet. DR. J. .E. WHITE, Corner Main and Fitth upfl[échfiunu,mwlunw N. SCHURZ. : 8. 8 WAGNER, wicommareeds J. M: ST. JOHN & 00..CASH BUYERS, %t o to ug. Draft by return mail. 146 Broadway. ks JACOB KOCH, NAGER OF PUTTAWATTAMIE COUN- Office corner Broadway and Main streot. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. 18 Main strect and 17 Poael strent. CRESTON er American Expr RY AND FEED, at MERCHANT TAILOR, Stook Comyicte. _Suits made at reasonable pricos. No. 805 Matn 8t.¢ CTOR AND BUILDER, Plans and specifications furnished. 415 Broadway. Q. F. SMITH, Corner 7th and rfi?@ JAMES FRANEY, sowewmipicipmomon . = LINDT & HART. James Blook. A"T%fi‘;fié{mx& and federal courta. SANITARITUM Antstn houso, 42t and 23 roadway. L Soversign, Prop. P. J, Mot EDWIN J. ABBOTT, ot rae ST om0 BEVERE HOUSE, srostway oupostto xéw opere Bnsa™ * Refitted $1, $1.50 por day ‘):::x‘l‘x‘lgg:iu‘;’ % J_. . ARMSTRONG, Laud " Sur. ivil Enfiineer! :.'.‘.‘.’.‘-’.‘.fLiLi,fl ROOM 6, NEW OPERA HOUSE, COUNCIL BLUFES, IOWA. ete., ete. All Orders by Mail Promptly Attended To. A LARGE STOCK OF STOVES AND FURNITURE, At VERY LOW FIGURES. Don't forget I pay the highest price for MIXHED RAGS! As T am compelled to buy to fill contrects, . S. GOLDSTEIN, 538 Broadway. M. CALLACHER. G R OCERIE S, New Store, Fresh Goods, Low Prices and Polite Attendants, TEFET{ First Door east of Metropolitan Hotel, }MVERRIGAINAY AS AN ECONOMICAL INSURANCE, THE EQUITABLE MUTUAL LIFE AND ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION s considered the best 82,600 in case of death, and §1 000 endowment st the expiration of ten years. Assoss- ments payavle according to age. Mre. Olive Filley the agent will call and explain the plan upon your ro- quest. Direct your cowmunications to 244 Vine St. Council Bluffs Tewa, LIVETO EAT, EAT TO LIVE, RESTAURANT AND CAFE, TW7.". BIRATN Caterer to 'The Public. Ed. 0 lison } 404 Broadway, { Mesls at all Hours, 0o Chet d'cuisine 1 Bluffs, Parties a Specialty. Peter C. Miller, DEALER IN ALL THE LATEST DESIGNS OF WALL PAPER AND WINDOW SHADES'! Interior Decorations. 13 8. Pear] Street and 20 N. Main Street, - COUNCIL BLUFFS, SPECIAL " NOTICE.—Special Found, To Loan, For Sale, To Rent, Wants, Board- g, ete., will bo insorted in this eolumn at the low | 2T T o - —A large nic r Toom wi rate of TEN CENTS PER LINE for the fret tnsertion [ 'O} EFITRE Jarky Weely forpianed xoom with and FIVE CENTS FER LINE for each subsequent b« | blocks from post office. sertion. Leave advertisements at our office, No. Pearl Stroet, near Broadway JOR SALE—House No. 725 Harrison street and soven lots, §250, Half cash. |Fou RENT— a large nicely furnishad room with hard coal fire, Tquire 620 JFiest avenue, two Xy blooks fro p: 1] — B three or four re office. DNILY | CORNER PEARL ST, AND FIFTH AVE, CHAPMAN & MARTENS, - . - PROFRIETORS. 0 to &c; llmy water and tuber | Moruiog b NES, Keal Eatate agente., 1500 | Afterncon 38140 ERY Haraey 8t., Oma} & JO ha Evening. ... ... e o ey Tiires-apd | Commutation tickets good for twenty wduii pool table, cheap, & Goldstoln 140 b 41 W, W. CHAPMAN, ~ -+ = Manager. Councl Blufty lowa, ' Soldateln, G40 Bioadway, | T X onatie charasters will be aduitted. Empkie Hardware Co W IO XS A TL D Hardware 109 and 111;S. Main Street, 1L BLUFFS, - Metcalf Bros., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN HATS,CAPS BUCKGLOVES, 342 and 344 Broadway, - . COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, FEuropean Hotel. The only Hotel in this City on the European plan of “PAY ONLY FOR WHAT YOU New Building---New Furnishings. MODERN IMPROVEMENTS—CENTHALLY LOCATED. Fine Sample Rooms---Elegant Restaurant. PETER BECHTELE, PROPRIETOR, Nos. 336 and 338 Broadway, - - - Council Bluffs, Iowa. TOWA. GET.” ALL » (OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.). NONEY T0 LOAN ON REAL ESTATE! Complete Abstracts of Title to all Lots and Lands in the County. COAL GIVEN AWAY | Every one who buys a ton of the celebrated Centervil e coal of Platte Overton, office 501 First avenue, yard 804 Main street, Council Bluffs, is entitled to a chance in the drawing for one ton of coal, to be given away March Ist. You may thus get 4 Ton of Coal for Nothing. oL HEATING STOVES AT COST FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY. CARPENTER'S TOOLS AND HARDWARE! Granite and Tinware. Latest Novelties in Fancy Hardware. Ime of extiaordinary Fine Carvers. DeVOL & WRIGHT.™ *siiifsitee. ™ WHY DONT YOU GET $DME OF FITCH BROTHER'S GUSTOM SHIRTS? er Fitting, Best and Cheapest.§iFine Linen Collars and Cuffs. A large No. 716 Fourth Street Council Bluffs, Iowa. FROM NOW UNTIL FEB. 1, WE WILL GIVE EXTRA BARGAINS In all our Bocts and Shoes, regardless of Quality. Don’t miss this chance. S. A. PIERCE, 100 Main Street. CASADY, ORCUTT & FRENCH, WHOLESALE AND RETATL CARPIEITS CURTAINS, And General House Furnishings ! MAIL ORDERS FILLED CAREFULLY. 502 Broadway, Council Bluffs. | CASADY,OrCUTT R RiceM.D. (1 M‘GERS, or other tumors removed without the knifo or drawing of blood. "RENCH. JOSEPH GAGHEGAN. HARD WQOD CHRONIC DISEASES e e e AND Over thirty y e. Office No 6 Pearl stroct, - Lo g A0 MG (ree Corner Muin strectand Eighth svenue, C3aa _ — Bluffs. JACOB SDMS. E. P CADWELL, | &9 Lowest rates and pronpt delivery §IVMS & CADWELL, Attorneys -at-Law, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA Office, Main Street, Rooms 1 and Shugart & Me. Mahon's Blook. Will practice in State and eders] Mys, . J. Hiltoz, M, B., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, 222 Middle Broedway, Council Bluffs, Railway Time Table. COUNCIL WINTER _RESORT. SILOAM MINERAL _ SPRINGS. CURE OR NO PAY Wo guarantee the cure of the following named dis- scases, orno_ pay: Rheumatism, ula, Ul Good hotel, livery aud winter and sun L and healthy y vons, or C., B. & at Albany. Corre o solicited, Key. M. 3t TroMp Siloam Springs, Gara, P. 0. BLUFFS. The following are the times of the arrival aud d arture of trains by ceotral standard tiw Focal depota. Traini loave teausfor depot earlier and arrive ten winutes later, CHICAGO, BURLINGION AND QUINCY, BAVE. ARRIVE B:20pm Council Biuffs Express, am 5:40 p m Chicago Express 0:40 & m 9:45 8 m Mail. 1100 p KANBAS CITY, 8T, JOE AND COUNCIL BLUFPS. 10:10 8w 8 and Express, [ Paciflo Express, pm 5:86 pm CHICAGO, MILWAUKER AXD ST, PAUL. : g Alu 5195 p Express, 940 m wLe 0 Organicand Volatil 5 o w BEpe, 8 0Pm ) rotal sclide per gallon 7,174 AUICAGO, ROCK ISLAXD AND PACIFIC, Wiiour & MeRKILL, Chemista, Atlantie F od0am| 65 pw e Yrhm| muos ornou, 1 X rusay, stam ... OFFICER & PUSEY d0pm Cannon dall, nisam *At Trancter ouly. BANKERS CHICAGO And NORTUWESTERN, - 3230 p m Express, €50 p Counctl Blufly . a Ia 945 m Vacifiid Express, o ) h . stabiishea - - 1856 SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC, v 5 Dealers ln Foreign snd onwestic K . 7:40 p m ‘wul Express, 9:00 8 m = & €tle Exchenge sng 7208 m Accommodation, 6:50 p my | Howe Beunti *UNION A — 150 pm am ik W VAUC 7408 m (31 . R' A - 1204 8w Lincoln Exj ot " Justice of the Peace, Omaha ana Couneil Bluftr, Real eatate collec 1on agency ol Ovehysatate cvlec ton azency. Cdd Felows Llosk Suvday, & 4-5:24 ud 11:04 p. B 10 7 clure leaving tiuie. . 1% xive 80 minutes . e