Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 18, 1886, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE 18. 1886, THE DAILY BEE.| COUNCIL BLUFFS. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 18 OFFICE, NO. 12, PEARL STREET. Delivered by carrier in any part of the ity at twenty cents per week. H.W.Tiwrox, -« . TELEPHON Ruerxres Orrrce, No. 45, Kiont Eviron Manager. New York Plumbing company. New summer goods at Reiter's, Don't fail to take advantage of the cheap prices at Bliss', Wanted—Chambermaid and laundry irl. Enquire immediately at Pa Touse. A number of citizens hunted the out* #kirts of the city yesterday for the miss ing Henry Steinkopf. ‘Ihe New York Plumbing com todo the plumbi e A, chett's new inc carloads of rails and spikes are being unloaded at the dummy depot tor the Council Blufly street railway. Friends who terday visited the home of W. 8. Péttibone had slight hopes of his lasting throughout the night. 2. and R. L. roads still continue 5 rate _to Chicago, i and Northwestern ro: and Mrs. H. C. Gillingham last evening held a reception at their new home in_Logan, having returned from their wedding to Two drunks fined $7.60 each, two tramps remanded to jail and a f tween two prostitutes settled by ng one, was the amount of business before valice court yesterday. Zo-morrow the children’s matinee will be given by the ladies of the Episcopal church, beginning at 8 o'clock, in the building in which the earnival of au- thors is being held ission to children and parents t It is reported by a lady that she believes Henry Steinkopf, who 5o suddenly disap- cared on Saturday last, can now be found in Denver, whither a young lady acquaintance of his went just before his strange disappearance. This his parents deny. A regular “slugging” match took lace on Wednesday night between two ‘females of the town.” ~ Julia Beecher, it is claimed, got off with Fannie Demp: sey’s parasol, and the two had a *‘regular setto.” Yesterday Judge Aylesworth fined Dempsey $21.70. ‘The annual examination of the pupils and boarders of St. Frances aca k been taking place the past thre i Tl anding of the scholars has certainly been satisfactory to all concerned. Yes- terday afternoon seven young ladies graduated. The board ug exami were: Mr. Rush, of the signal servi Omaha; Rev. B. P. McMenomy, Rev. R. J. Healy und Rev. B. Lennahan, of Den- 1son, The Brr's space to-d is too much crowded to give the examination the words of praise it merits. = Beard has an 1mmense stock of wall En]mr and room Mouldings which must e turned into cash, so down go the prices at Besrd nny is >, Han- el The Quick Mcal Gasoline Stove is a success. Try one and return at our ex- pense if not satisfactory. CooPER & MCGEE. S GRSl John Templeton has moved his cigar lfichl)‘ry to 050 Broadway, opera house lock. s We Claim. The American Round Washer is the best made. Actual trial has proven be- yond doubt that it will wash cleaner, quicker, with more ease and less injury to the clothes thun any machine now in use. Try one. CoorER & MCGEE, Western Agents. e The Carnival. Last evening was the third entertain- ment given by the ladies of the Episco- pal church, in the building lately occu- pied by M. E. Smith & Co., OX Main street. The following 18 the programme: 1, Grand March, 2. Mother Goose March, 8. Tableau, “Dream of Fair Women.” 4. Jubilee Singers, B Witch Scene, 6. Duett.. .Mr. and Mrs, & g‘:bl(’nu. h\'ungfil\ne.” 10. Miss B. Merkle, 8 “Martin Chuzzlewit. The following ladies are in_charge of the booths: Moore’s, Mrs. G, W. Thomp- son; Shakespeare's, Mrs. D. B. Daily; Longfellow's, Mrs. Benson; Whittier's, Mrs. F. L. Clark; Mrs. Stowe's, Miss N. Robinson; Tennison,s, Miss L. Brown; fancy goods tables, Mrs. F. A. Conover and Miss Bradbury: Mother Goose’s, Mrs. ¥. M. Gault and Miss Mollic Rice. Besides the entertaiament the ladies are serving daily an elegant lunch be- tween 11:80 and 2:00 o’clock. Wanted, 1,000 families to take Ameri- ean Round Washers on two weeks trial, with the privilege of retur-ing at our ex- mse if willing to part wiui them atter a r trial. Coorer & MCGEE, Western Agents. M, Treynor, il Go to Beard for room mouldings. e Substantial abstracts of titles and real estato loans Ww. E. L. Squire, 10 Pear! street, Council Blufls, ——— Ladies, ‘Ihis is Reynolds Bros,’ fine shoe day at our store, which means that we will sell all of their make of shoes less than cost Z.'T. Lanpsey & Co, i The Third Day's Trial Yesterday was the third day of the * trinl of Arch Coffman for shooting J. K, | Mayne in a restaurant at Avoca. . The frst witness placed on the stand b was Dr. Mc(‘olllwiFlmy. He testitied that . hereached the body of Mayne just as he - was expiring. Witness then stated as to * the weight of the ball taken from Mayne, " it _being a trifle less in weight than that * of & 32 calibre Smilh & Wesson ball. ~ " B. 8. Harrington, Avoca, a constable, went with Coffman to his home and then " to Fremont, ~ Benjamun, an attorney, heard Coffman “Buy him a good coftin.” Coffman me he had had trouble with Mayne the field, and told him (Mayne) he would meoct and settle with him (Maync) Tryson's restaurant, Frank Stowell was placed on the stand $o0 show what had transpired in the after- m in the field, before the night of the Mayne and Coffman had * words_and both got off stack. I don't w if Coffiman had a revolver. The te tried to prove here that Coffman X not armed during this time, but that ~ ke took the revolver when he went to g t Mayne in Tryson’s. Coffman came stack, but Mayne said on account of ‘n{’hurfl he would not fight him. . C. Hazen, justice of the peace, related regard to the case being before him and to Coffman’s then saying he would =0 allow any man to black his eyes. e iy Go to Beard for wall papor, have a few more Refrigerators and ake low prices on them tll they are CoorER & McGEE. —— Reyuolds Bros.' Day. ~Read local elsewhere. $ 7e . Laxpsex & Co. THOSE ORPHANS" LEMEN-AID. It is Now Being Squeezed Out By a Very . Olose Pressure, ORPHANS BEATEN AND STARVED. Suicide of An Old Citizen—1he Car- nival of Authors—Other Doings Avout the Blufls. Squeezing the Lemen. The following additional testimony has been taken by the trustees of the Chris- tian Home W. C. Unthunk, a poli ied A8 to going to Mrs. Nic Belle Walters there he Nichols family expressed a willingness to let Belie go back to the Home if she wanted to, but Belle did not want to go. The president of the board then an- nouneed that they he » officer, testi ' and see- queer sort of a way to try a ca on one side and then on the other, Mr. Lemen first ealled Lig matron, Mrs Dakan, to the stand She had been matron simee February 6, 1885, Mrs. Lemen and herself had control of the food has been good and “T'here is not as much help as we need. I am not financially involved in the Home. o 1 any money; 1 lent a little but expect to get that b: The amount is §35. [ h horse and cow and other things there, but 1 can ¢ them whenever I go away. [am ng.. I feel ‘it is one s. I think the work arried on as well as possible under the circumstances. Up to a week ago not one of the children had dis- obeyed or spoker: ucy word." On cross-examination she admitted there had been dissatisfaction on the part of some of the childr nree children or four, had run away last winter. Under Mr. Lemen's questioning sie claimed that she had arranged the diet for the children, and she had often found fault with Mr. Lemen for over-feeding the children The children in the winter were bathed once in two wecks, and sometimes it would over-run that. She did not know of uny cruelty. Somctimes the cornmeal bread was made of simply cornmeal, water and salt. That was preferable to the other modes of making bread. She thought that the statements made in the Christian Home were cor- rect, to the effect that there had always been food eno re, and that the children we ained and edu- ; .ux,l.l than in the best institutions in the and. Mr. Lemen explained that he had a house of his own and there wasno use of questioning as to whether his children and family had better fare than the other chitdren. -~ He had had a separate tabie, but had striven to give the orphan child- ren good, wholesome food. Mrs. Dakan, ter Mr. Lemen had closed his statement with_an _argument, and a closing fling at the Baptist church, procecded. There were cases of corporal punishment. She sometimes whipped, ete., children. Sometimes with a ruler, E i with her S with a switch. She had plaints from the children about insuffi- ciency of food, although sometimes chil- dren asked her for an extra lpi ce, which she ref Some of the children were not in school. Probably one-half of not in school. There were min among the children, but any tumily had to look out for that. She believed that the children who were not in school were getting u better education than in the best public institutions in the land. The manager often inflicted punishment in yarious ways, by mal ing the children sit down or using the rod. There is a boy in the Home who has a sore back, spinal trouble. He sleeps in a bed with two or three others. President Roby called attention to the fact that there was a seeming pressure brought to bear upon the board—a cry to treat the matter fairly. The board needed no such suggestions. It was the intention to be fair, Rev. Dr. Cooley, in self-justi- fication and in defense of the _Baptist church, stated that the Home had never been mentioned in any pusiness or church meeting, and the Baptist church had nothing to do with the present investigation. Mrs. Walters, mother of the girl Belle, took the stand. She had been told by Belle that she was not enticed away from the Home, but ran away because they used her mean. She had to work too hard at the Home. She wanted her mother to come after her and take her and her brother home. Mr. Lemen had wlupped her three times, once so that she could not sit down for several days. She said Mr. Lemen made her go back, and pulled her buck. ~ Belle was ten yeurs old. She wanted to accompany Belle to the investigation, but Mr. Lemen rather - sisted on it. Mrs. Waiters had bound the children to Mr. Lemen, but he had given them back to her, and she was going to take them home to Mondamin. Her lit. tle boy had told her that he had been whipped a good many times, and ‘“when Papa Lemen is mad, he is mad, and he whips ver’y hard. He whipped one boy until the blood run from hie legs." Miss Mieckelsen, the teacher at the Home, said she had taught there since last November at#4 a week, teaching two hours a day, from 9:30 to 11:30 o'clock. Afterwards she taught three hours eveiy morning. She did not hive at the Home, She went there prejudiced against the manager. She had twenty-one children in school out of the forty-ii Four of them were in the second reader. These were the oldest. She thought the school was all right. Had little trouble with the children, Belle Walters was especi good, One day Belle told her she didn't Want to “stay in the old Home any lon- rer,” She was in a dreadful passion. fter cooling down she said she wanted to go to her mother. Belle told ‘her that Miss Suennin had told her that if Papa Lemen whipped her again she should go over to Mrs. John- son'’s, and she, Miss Suennin, would get the police and haye Pupa Lemen ar- rested. She thought Miss Suenmin had Deen stirring up the trouble in the Home. Dr. Cooley explained that Miss Mickel- sen was an excellent teacher, and all had confidence in her Christian character, Mrs. Brooks said she bad visited the Home frequently during the past few months, She thought the children were cared for as well us the means rvrmitlvd. She thought the children were happy and contented, She had seen no more” than four children in a herd at once. Mrs. Judge Dow, whose hus of the trustees, said she had Home several times, and always found the children as well cared for as crowded rooms and limited means would permit. She thought they were as well cared for a8 they could be under the circumstances. Miss Gilbert was then called to the stand, She had been in the Home until her health broke down, The children often asked for food after they ha their regular allowance. Eve they got a chance to steal br bread closet they did so. The food was not such as Mr. Lemen had on his table. She ate at Mr. Lemen's house. The gravy for the children was mostly made of water. The children complained of not having food enough. 'Th were very severcly punished sometimes. They were sometimes obliged to staud from oune to three hours. ‘The bathing was gene doue in & tib, one after another being putinthe same water. Sometimes more thau three or four children were bathed in the same water, Those who had skin eraptions were washed last instead ot be- iven clean water. Mattresses were mouldy, and the children could not be kept cican. Piles of dirty clothing and old shoes were placed in the food closet. Each child was allotted a certain amount of fooa and not allowe ore. For sup- per the large ones had twoslicos of bread and the little ones one. They nevel drank anything, not even wate, half an honr after the meal. They ate the bread dry, very scldom having but. ter, or anything clse. The corn bread was baked on top of the bread often. The gravy was made by stirring some flonr in a kettle of water. The children had meat once every two lad a little piece e, Some- 3 of them about an inch and a nhalf sqs times they had soup for dinu Judge Dow, one of the marked, " on hearing the d of flour and v ny one who had roughed it awched’ it as much as he had, this s considered a pretty good sort of a dish. A voice in the erowd sang out, “But children ain't expected to rough it that way. Mrs. Gilbert, who lived near the Home, testitied to numerons abuses and in- stanees of mismanagement which fell under her notice. She related how she I undertaken to clean out the vermine and lice on the children’s heads, One boy with sores all over his head, had his head covered with lice. It could not be combed, so she smeared 1t over with carbolic salve. This helped the difficulty. The children had no combs with which to comb their own heads. The children were disconte and it was _anything but a Chris Home. Mr. Lemen tried to porsuade her daughter to prove false to an engagement and to give her life to the Home. He took her one day into the study, saying he wanted to pray with her on " this subject. The door was locked. Mrs. Gilbert did not want to go further into this matter, but stated that her daughter after that re- used to fi" nding with him. Mr, Gilbert interjaculated the remark that it was not necessary for a Christian minister to lock himself into a room with oung lady. Mrs. Gilbert thought it w: imply an in- descretion. There was nothing improper occurred. Inquiries were made as to whether there was not something more to this incident than what was stated, but Miss Gil and all stated there was nothing really improper. An allidavit was presented to the com- mittee to the effect that indecent famili- arity among the children had heen wi d by a married lady who made the idayit, but who did not want publicity. The committee took this ter i charge for private investigati Alon, itit trustees, condition to be present had sewed for the Home and take payment goods that had been donated which Lemen had told he could do with- out; had received flour, ico and mus- lin for sewing; children did not have enough to eat; only a_ slice and a half of bread was given eich a meal when light bread was served; children had come to her and begged the crumbs when she was cutting bread; Lemen charged her ten cents a yard for muslin she could get at the stores for eight cents; had received two sacks of llour and three pair of shoes for her children; Lemen still owed her 75 cents. On the day be- fore Christmas she cleaned two bedsteads in the Home and caught two double handsful of bedbugs; it was very cold weatner, the bedclothes were wet as if they had been drenched with water; (dampness from the walls is asserted by the other witnesses as the cause of this, notwithstanding it was intensely cold weather); the children’s own dirt lay on tha floor; she washed ten or twelve chil- dren one day this spring; their heads were covered with lice and” sores; would comb oft six or eight lice at & time, be- sides what feli on the floor: saw Miss Gil- bert comb lice from the children for an hour at a time. Mrs. Compton, the former matron of the Home, related some of her experience. Mr. Lemen would fly into passions. Generally he was very pleasant, but in one of nis bursts of passion, beeause she had said gomething, he told her that she must be a know-nothing, and say nothing to others. One time he tried to get her to let him put in the public report that he had paid her salary, when he had not, and he really did publish it this way. when it not s0. Mr. Lemen had I.ufd her it would become the best money- making institution in the land, and if she would stay by in twenty years he would make her "the richest woman in the land. When there were any children came whose folks could pay anything, they made room for them, but if a poor child came, it was crowded. In winter the kitchen was the only plav- room, and twenty-one were crowded in there, and were there picking over beans by the bushel. Thy iren were filthy and uncared for. She cowd not help it under the circumstances. Mr. Lemen got a contract for having the children Kwk over a good many bags of beans, Ir. Lemen at one time got so mad that he shook his fist in her faae and ordered her out. She said she would go if he K:\id her. Sometimes when slie asked im for money he insisted that he did not owe her anything. One day after refus- ing to pay her anything, she stepped into the printing oftice, and there found Mr, Lemen and Mr. Robey. Mr. Lemen called out to her: “Mrs. Compton, come here. I 3 1.” This was for s ears. Then he handed her h it was a present, but he said privately in a low voice, that this was to apply on what he owed her. The chil- dren were obliged to sleep in frosty rooms, and the bed clothing as found frozen stiff' in LKe morning. Mr, Lemen had published the fact that she and Mr. Bovell had quarrelled so mucl and he had got so tired of being a_pea maker, that he had discharged them both. This she declared to be false. She had no confidence in Mr. Lemen. He said it she must not give the children all they wanted to eat. He refused to let them have any ulnlxln'x, say- ing they were not good for chiidren, She found that Mr. Lemen was keeping a children’s boarding house, inste; u‘ of an hans' home. Onc woman brought children there. He wanted her to fin advance. She couid ot do-so. 1¢ wanted money, and toid her if she would pay $10 he would credit her with He “tried to get one woman to de- 200, and followed her to the depot ed to persuade her, but failed. . Kinscy, who succeeded Mrs, Compton as matron, gave about the same facts as those stated 1n her letter, already gubhnhml, only going more into’ details. She gave & horrible description of the condition in which she found the chil- dren when she returned from a trip on the road in the interests of the Home. One of her boys was nearly starved and wus hardly able to walk. His body was covered with vermin, Four healthier children never entered the Home, and tour children more nearly rainéd in health never went out of xmg‘ house. Her statements gave in detail the facts con- cerning the s i rations which were doled out, i crowded into four beds with the vermin. Mr. Lemen told her that if she told what condition the Home was in he would prosccute her, and other- wise he would be a friend. She knew of other children being taken away in a half starved condition, When company came they were ushe) into Mr, Lemen’s house first, then after the children were cleaned up they were ushered over there. She superintended an cating house at the state fair and Mrs. Hand had the handling of the money. He was mad beeause she did not bring back money from it. When she first wens to the Home she was told by Mr. until | Lemen that its horrible condition was due to Mrs. Compten .and Mrs. Borell, He never used abusive language until after the state fair when there was no money made. He ] my children and eet sut, and go to Des Moines, and let the a8t Baptist church there e care of them. She saw Mr. Lemen once kick one of the children from the Home to tha woodpile because the boy did not want to go and saw wood. Mr. Raymond called attention to a case where one lady who wanted to adopt a child was compellad to vay $25 for it. Mr. Lemien admitted that he had de- mand nd collected the $25 of the woman b fo ¢ letting hér have the child, but he puiished the %2 donation to the Home, and not to hims The secretary of the board stated that the published financial reports had been approved and deemed satisfactory 3 rpenter, testified immer while at work ona house near tho Home, he saw nman Teave two voys there, and as he left one of the boys etarted to follow his father . Mr Imen-n ran and the t very hurshly he r the child say was that he wanted to see his fathe Kinscy again took the stand. chance to show up a refu of theinsinuations of Mr. Lemen that she had collected and x\pprl?»ri:lll'll to her own use some money. T board thought it was sufficient for her simply to make this statement, without going into details. Mary Kinsey, danghter of the forego- ing witness, then testitied. She was a irl now thirteen years of age. She had een inthe home one y She did not get good treatment there, and had not enough to ¢: She w wllowed_ to ask for more food. S Lemen's family, dren in the home bedbugs running all around, tron knew about it, and tried to stop it, butshe had too much work to do. There was noth- ing todrink on the tabie. She helped do all sorts of work. She had been whipped. A part of a buggy whip was used. She unted the strokes, but it left which she showed to another ;zi , 'and _ thea got a licking or that. She did not think she always deserved these lickings. ‘The work was too much to do, and sometimes she wes whipped beeause it was not done, At other times she was whipped because of misbel or. She could not write her mother because Mr. Lemen held them She knew they wouldn’t go through 1vthing not nice about the She had to leave these letters un- led, so Mr, Lemen could see what shi Her brother Willic was neal h the chil- ¢ picture for a plat s slices of bread and boiled pof s too weak to run some of the time. Mr. Lemen got the only time she cver hea Frank Smith, one of the fi mates of the Home, and who lived there for some months, testihed to the diet and insufliciency of food, H never been whipped. Several barrels of apples were sent in for the children, but the children get nong of them. The ap- ples were sold to u grocery store. There was clothing sent there, hut it went over to Mr. Lemen’s house first, and some of Mr. Lemen's children wore some of these clothes. He saw Mr. Lemen whip one child, aged about two or three years, switching the child oyer the face and hands so that the marks sere there for a long time. When_ cross-exami he admitted that h and cared for when had no home. Rey. T. 8. Bovell of Indiana was called to the stand. He had been connected with the work of the Home. He to have been drawn into the work by mis- representations on the part of Mr. Lemen. He was to be nt manager of the Home and asso astor of the church. Unaer this arrangement what couid be ot out of the church and out of the the school, ete., were to be divids and Mr. Lemen repre- sented that this would be a good, fair salary. Mr. Bovell was to be incipal of the school or academy. M en falscly represented that church was harmonious; that the church was out of debt, and very httle due for current expenses, while in fact there was a grocery bill of §209, and other bills all over town. He had misrepresented the prospeets of a school academy. Mr, Bo- vell also found that Mr. Lemen had rep- resented, before the coming of himself and wife, that they had been_educated 1n France and Germany. Glowing accounts were given in advance of their superla- tive qualities as teachers, all of which had no basis in truth, as they made no such pretensions. Therce were muny such pretenses. There was no association or org: on, practically, although one was so represented in the paper of the Home. The conviction was forced on their minds that the Home of the Friend- less association was Mr, Lemen, and Mr. Lemen was the Home of the Friendless There had never been any financial set- tlement with the witness, and he could never bring Mr. Lemen to a settlement. The witness claimed a balance of §80 still due him. One of the reasons why the school was not asuccess was due fo the fact that the Home children were go dirty and covered with vermin that children from other families in the city would not attend, and hence the paying u‘\)ils dropped out. ‘The statement of i Lemen that the witness and Mrs. Comp- ton had quarreled and caused all the trouble was fal; It was represented to the public that there treasurer, whereas there & ally no 'treasurer, pt in name. Maney paid for the board of the ehldren imes publicly credited as do- e public was led to believe 1 orphan’s home, when it was more of a children’s boarding house, Mr, Lemen then introduced some docu- ments, attempting to show that Mr. Bovell bad at one time endorsed the Home and Mr. Lemen. He also pro- duced the contr by which Mr. Lemen and Mr. Bovell were to be partners in the enterprise, Mr, Lemen put little’'Arthur Wilson on the stand. He was nine yéars old. The little fellow stood upon & chair and” told s story. His father ad been killed by the cars when he was fivery old. He apparently had a speegh prepared pretty well, He was weil satisfied with the Home. He had learned! the printing business so he could set half o galley of type a day. The childrenhad had straw- berries a gzood many times. He had his bair cut only a few days ago. On buingi cross-oxamined he stated that he had been whipped only once, 'and then for hitting a boy, and witha very little stick, about a foot long. He!was in the second reader, and set up *Papa Lemen's copy for the paper. In this copy there was no words but what he could read. No words longer or harder than he found 1 the second reader. Mr. Lemen offered this boy in evi- dence, as showing that the children learned trades. The boy, on being ques- tioned, said that he was the only orphan who had been taught to set type. Mrs, Dakun explained about the straw- berries sent to J:e children, but used at the manager’s table. She said they were brought in before breakfast und she had not time to pick them over for the chil- dren. Some were used for Mr. Lemen and some for Mrs. Lemen, and then Mr. Lemen sent the rest to-the children, In general, the supplies went to the chil- dren. Mr. Lemen said he admutted that some- times there was butter for his table, when the children had none. At such times, however, the butter he had for his table be bought out of his own wmoney, and d by Mr. Lemen had been taken in pooxr and when he ven told me to take | s;:meumel gave the children a little of this. Mr. Dakan corroborated Mrs. Kinsey's .-;‘:m‘-(m(-n{"nbol\ul the v}‘:r]{:“'[l lniingl 80 thigk op Mre, Kinsey's child that{he shirt Hind to Bo butned: Mr. Lemen explained the onfon story. He went out and bought some onions, he wanted some for breakfast. Some of the children wanted some of tne tops, and he sent them over to them, Mis. J. P. Filhert, wife of one of the trustees, stated that she had visited the home frequently. and_found that while l'\'vrf’ihiug wasnot what could be de- sired, still they did as well as they could under the circumstances. She never worked about the kitchen, and knew little of it. The board of trustees of the Home of the Friendless concluded their investiga- tion last evening. The manager, “Papa Lemen, made an appeal for sympathy but did not attempt to deny that there was ground for the es that have been made in re, mdition of the Home. "The tinding of the board will be made known this morning. - - Disappointed. When we bought the first lot of quick meal gasoline stoves last spring we thought it the best stock made, but it has yroved even better than we expected. n fact it is perfect. Try one t & McGEE. PRttt Suicide of an Old Resident. Ernest Knabe, an old resident of this city, was yosterday found dead in bed in his home corner of Washington avenue and North First street. The coroner summoned E. A, Morse, Philip Warehan and George Swmith as a jury. F Ed Burke, colored, swore: Came to house to get some vegetables; couldn't find Knabe; peaked through the window at 11 o’clock in the forenoon and saw him lying in bed; went away and ne again about 8 o'clock and he was still in the same position; went for an oflicer. 0. E. Beswick, policeman, testitied as to finding the bedroom door locked and Knabe lying dead in bed without any clothes on; his body was then cold. Ferdinand Grobner saw Knabe pass on Broadway at 10 o'clock yester morning. J. W. Hosier, of the Big, swore as to the finding of an empty vial labelied “poison’’ on a stand in the room on_his arrival in company with Coroner Faul. C, Deetkin, M. D., druggist, said Mr. Knabe came to him Wed ¢ evening to get two ounces of aconite; he wanted the tincture out of the root, the stron put it up and told him a dose w: Jes dropayKnntie siid the not remain in the harness bu because all of his customers were dying off and getting old. Borghausen testified that he he morning with Knabe, d he would n see him again. he jury brought in a verdict that the ed commi(ted suicide by taking an over-dose of aconite. He has long been thought not exnctly m his right mind. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Hugh Oliver. Mr. Knabe was born in Germanv, and came to Council Blulls in 1854, and was engaged in harness making for years. Latest st,rles, cheapest prices in mil- linery, at Bliss”. e Attention, Everybody. This is Reynolds Bros,’ d: with us. All shoes of their manufacture will be sold less than cost, to-day only. Inorder to closo our shoe business out we are doing reckless things. T. LiNpsey June 18, 188 e Personal Paragraphs. Miss Kitty Adams, of Des Moines, is the guest of her cousin, Miss Laura Miller. Miss Ida Wallace has returned from Colfax Springs benefitted somewhat in health but not so much so as her many friends could wish. J. W. Green has returned from Towa City with his bride. Mr. and Mrs, Green receive the hearty congratulations and good wishes of friends. May they meet with the success in life that they deserve. Sesemmingse ol The Hardman piano piano par ex- cellence. The company is over 300 in- struments behind their orders. The Muecller Music Co. handle them most suc- ceasfully. & Co. AL ivery Shoe Less Than Cost. To-day, June 18, we will sell all goods made by Reynold’s Bros. less than cost. %.T. Laxpsey & Co. At e B ity Prof. Hammon('s Successor., The board of trustees of the Iowa Deaf and Dumb institute met _at Towa City esterduy and clected Prof, G. L. Wye: <off, onc of the teachers of the stitute, to succeed Superintendent Hammond. The present corps of teachers wus re- elected. S Purify Your Blood. Among spring preparations, do you neglect that which * is most important’ to all—your own body. During the winter the blood nhmrbsmuny impurities, which, if not expelled, are liable to break out in scrofula or oth dis The t spring medicine is Hood's Sarsaparilla. It expels every impurity from the blood, and gives strength to every function of the body. Sold by all druggists. YA LE n touris 5 writes to the Freen of that village that he ac ntally left a cigar-holder of rubber among the small relics in the relic muscum of the ancient city, and now he understands that the tists have proved that the ancient pompeiian smoked cigars in rubber holders, from Cooperstown, u's Journal —— the conplexion of a_peach- Medicated Complexion Powde, Sold by all druggists. —— A queer story comes from East Hart- ford, Conn. The ownes of the one hearse moved away recently, and not finding any one wlo would buy it, and being defermined that no one shoula use it without paying for it, stored itin a to- bacco shed, where it now stands with the wheels chained together and the chain passed around a beam und locked with u heuvy padiock. — What can be more dissgreeable, more disgusting, than to sit in a room with a person who is troubled with catarch, and 1as to keep coughing and clearing nis or her throat of the mucus which drops into it? Such persons are always to be pitied if they try to cure themselves and fail. But if they get Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Rem- edy there need be no failure. S -— % A thief in Fort Valley, Ga., hired a little negro to go down the chimney ot a certain_store and open the back door, romising him 50 cents and half of what Ru could earry away. The boy went down several feet and then stuck fast, and he could go neither way. He yelled for a long time before he was heard, and seemed very glad to go from the chimney to the lock up. e Rev. D. M. Carpen er, of Clymer,Chan- tauqua Co., N, Y., writes March 2, 1885 My boy, two years old, took a severe cold which settled in his throat and lungs. Nothing afforded relief, and I thought he must die. Finally I put an Allcock’s Porous Plaster around the throat and one on the chest. In less than an hour his breathing became better, and he fell asleep. twenty-four hours the child was well. 'WHERE DO YOU BUY BUGBIES? FIRST CLIASS. [N EVERY RESPECT Rates and Testimoninls, HIRAM W. DAVIS & C0. Established In 1877, CINCINNATI, OHIO. BUILD OYER FIFTV DIFFERENT STYLES. 20,000 Vehicles Annually. Send for Catalogue, Prices, Freigh HOUSE MOVER AND RAISER Brick bailding OBLittleQinat truoks~the bost in the woril any kind raised or maved and satisfaction guarantecd. Frame houses moved 808 Eighth Avenus anl Eighth Strest, Council Bluffs. bl wy %ow— f«:we,a, a—/ %wt::- and examine teds, Beotel Buiting, ) nchomd Sorkorn. Euglish Ricadeloth # Dants ever shouwrn in thin bity. " MRS. D. A. BENEDICT, HAIR GOODS WIGS MADE TO ORDER. 337 Broadway, Council Bluffs, lowa BARGAINS! To close the summer stock to the 'ow- est possible point. HARKNESS BROS Are offering bargains now every day. Good Corsets for B0c worth 7¢ Paresals for 75c and Upwards. Embroideries and Patterns, very Cheap. Only a few of those Summer Silks Left Lace Flouncings in Spanish and Chintilly Laces. WHITE DRESS 6OO0DS. Cheaper than you ever saw them, Fine assortment for graduation dresses, Samples sent when requested, CARPETS. Choice patterns, good quality and lowest prices. gpecial disconnts to churches, socie- ties and clergymen, Harkness Bros., 40( Broadway, Council Bluffs. TIMOTHY SEED. 1 have & quantity af sound, well cleaned seed which 1 offex at reasonuble fgurcs. Seod of the crop of 188, Correspondence solicited. F. @ ULIEL & CO. 226 Broadway, Council Bluffs, SWAN BROS,, Dealers in Milch Cows. A 3 N Our Stck Yards No 502 and 506 E. Br way,Council Bifs Creston House, Tie only botel in Council Bluffs having Fire HEscape And all_ modern improvements. 7 219 Main st. MAX MOHN, Prop. "~ JACOB SIMS, ATTORNEY AT LAW COUNCOIL BLUFF3. Practices in State and Federal Courts, Room 7 and 8, Shugart Block, REMOVED TO U. P. BARN, Broadway. Council Bluffs, opposite Dummy Denot. “Dajuaseaday €2 g S = = =] = I~ =1 = a B £ Horses and Mules kept constantly on hand for sale at retail or in cur londs. Orders_promdtly filled by ¢ Dotice. Stock sold on col jon:EN SHLUTER & BOLEY, Propriotors. Formerly of K1kl SAL ABLEB, corner 5th ave. and 4th stre itract on short CARPETS Choice Display of Latest Pat« terns, All Grades. Council Bluffs (ARPE (COMPANYi 405 Broadway. A Sclect Stock of Cholce Novelties in, CURTAINS. FOR SALE Extra fine PLANTS Grown and selected from Seed by J. R. McPherson, Grower and Dea ABLES, TAB Muszati AND FRUIES. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Horses and Mules For all purposes. Lought and sold, ut reall uud nlots Large quantities 1o sclect trom MASON WISE.