Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 26, 1889, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEEASATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1889. THE OMAHNA BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFIOE. NO. 12 PEARL STREET. Delivered by carrfer in any patt of the City at wenty Cents per Week, B W TILTON .o MANAGER TELEPHON usINEEs Orrice No. 42, st Epiron, No. 5. MINOR MENTION. N. Y. P. Co. Glenson coal. Council Bluffs Lumber Co.. coal. Boston store, the leaders in dry goods. Carbon Coal Co. wholesale, retail, 10 Pearl. Don't fail to hear Mrs. Bailey's talk on “Physical culture” at Prosbyterian church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The registry books will ba open until 8 o'clock this evening, when they will be olosed until one week from to-day. The Press club rooms have been rented to the Christian Soientists, who wili hold ser- vices there every Sunday afternoon. Mr, W. W. Bettieston and Miss Grace E. Merriam, both of this city, were married at the M. . parsonage yesterday afternoon, Rev. D. C. Franklin officiating. The Congregational social was entertained last evening at the residence of J. Mueller, There was a large attendance and the ever ing was passed wiost pleasantly. Oliver Vance, colored, charged with the larcony of a coat and vest from an Upper Broadway establishment, has had his case st fora hearing before Squire Schurz on the 28th inst. The Women's Christian Temperance union will give an informal reception to Mrs. Foster at their room, No. 302 Merriam block, this evening from S (o 10, to w! viends of temperance are cordially in Emily Haugo, aged six years, died _yestor- day of diphtheria. The’ funeral will take place this_afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence, No. 111 Ridge street. The ser- vices will bo hicld at Walnut cemetery. the four-year-old adopted daughter and Mrs. R, Morgan, died Thursday clock. The funeral will be held Sun- day afternoon at 2 o'elock from their resi- dence, No. 410 Harrison street. Friends in- vited. Jobn Grant, night clerk at the Ogden, mourns the loss of his watch and §0.70 10 cash, which another employe of the hotel took from his room and skipped to Omaha, whero he was arrested, and i8 held 1o await the action of the tluffs authoritie Attorney Houlton yesterday filed the first Bopers of_ s injunction case ageinst Jacob ims and W. H. Be The injunction Is sought against Beck as tho saloon keeper, and Sims as tho owner of the property, which is situuted on Lower Broadway. The Detroit Bulletin says of M of New York City: *‘Her perception of character of her subjects is very fine, while her ability in personating the same is of a high order.” Gio and hear her at tno Pres- byterian church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, state president of the Women's Chiristian_Temperance union, wiil lecture next Sabbath evening at the opera house, instead of the Presbyterian church, as previously announced. Noadmission fec, but a collection will be taken up to defray expenses, i The Pullman restaurant - Western Lumber ana Supply Co., 13th and 14th streets and 2d and §d avenues, carry the largest stock of Inmber, piling pole,ties,lime, cement and building material i the west. E. W. Raymond, manager. il i Desirable dwellings for rent at mouerate rices. E. H. Sheafe & Co.. rental agents, roadway and Main streets, up stairs. Ees “The Famous" cash bargain house, 200 By Children's double Spanish Pnlr will 4 Broadway. mitts. One last two winters. Council Bluffs Knitting works. Personal Paragraphs, Hon. D. C. Bloomer has returned from New York. Hon. H. O. Siffert, of Avoca, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. T. B. Estep left yesterday afternoon for her home in Cineinnatl, after a visit of several weeks with her son, W. C. Estep, of this aity. ik e o Fine dresscd chickens. G. Mottaz, Tel. 173, ————— Finest market 1n city—J. M. Scanlan’s, Sl Dwelling for sale on easy payments. Also ing lots at lowest market prices, Call and examine our list. E. H, Sheafe & Co. C-— Bixby has removed to Merriam block. b Always on Time, If you wish to purchase a good and reliable watch 25 per cent less than club rates, and on easy terms, thon call at once and ' make your own selection at C. 3. Jacquemin & Co., 27 Main streot. 5 i - Ledgers Made for your special use by Morehouse & Co. - Money loaned at L. B. Craft’s & Co.’s loan office on furnituve, pranos, horses, wagons, personal property of all kinds, and all other articles of value, without removal. All business strictly confi- dential. P J. G. Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadway. il Get Fountain 5e cigar, next to Eiseman’s, — Must Have Dodged the Watchman, 4 Qidn’t get there soon enovgh,” remarked & well known business man, who does busi- ness in both this city and Omaha, as he stepped into Tur Bee oftice yesterday after- noon. *Iread in Tue Bee that the Union Pacific wagon bridge was thrown open for free travel, and I sent a team down that way this morning, but 1t cost 20 ceuts to get across, and the watchman said ‘no free bridge here.'’ Inquiry of a Union Pacific ofiicial failed to Alsclose anything concernng the case, as the bridge is handled from the other side of tke river, Said he: *The wagon bridge don't , but I am of the opinion that the compang (eeps & watchman there. If, a8 you -say, teams were passing over free at times last week, it must have been during the absence of the watchman. It might be that they stepped in at one end and had to pay at the other, If there is only one man, it might prove to be one of those places that you can g0 in free, but have to pay to get out. It would undoubtedly pay better to lock the gates than to keop them open, so fur as the financial situation is concerned,” In discussing the situation, a wholesale maon remarked: “Ihave to send several teams to Omaha every day, and I would like 1o see the bridge opened to free travel. At the same rate of toll I would of course pa- tronize the Broadway briage, as it is reached by & straight, paved street, but if the Union Pacific was free I would uot hesitate a mo- ment to go out of the way to save that amount of money. The bridge don't pay the rallroad company, and it seems to me that the two cities might obtaiu a right of way. over it and make it a free bridge, The Bluffs OURLE not to stand the whole expense, as it ‘would greatly benefit both cities, It seems to me the most feasible scheme for a free bridge that has yet been advanced.” e Men’s double ribbed underwear, all wool and lots of it. Council Bluffs Knitting works. — - —— Morehouse & Co,, w'f’g blank books, bang and commercial work. R — Let Rasmussen beautify your house in best style and cheap. 12 North Maia. ———— Bwanson Musio Co., 335 Broadway. e E. H, Sheafe & Co, give special attent on 10 the collection of reuts und care of property 10 the city and vicinity. Cbarges moderate. Oftice Broadway and Main streets. p s o Meschendorf's popular meat market, finest 1n the Twin Citles, ' 333 Broadway. Steam ug, first-class lumbing. Work done in both cities. John ilbert, cor, Peari st. aud Willow ave. e e C.B. P, Co, Btephan & Harmer, 83 Pearl IN AND ABOUT THE BLUFES. The Coro .er's Jury Investigating the Leland Tragedy. BROOKS WANTS A NEW TRIAL. A Disgnsting Oase in the District Court—Toll Still Demanded on the Uulon Pacific Bridge—Notes of Gener: Interest, How Did Sho Meer Her Death? Mrs, William Ladd, alias Lottie Leland and other aliases ad infinitum, the victim of Sunday night's bagnio tragedy, died from her injuries Thursday might. 'The remains were taken to the undertaking rooms of Field & Estop, where the inquest was held yesterday afternoon by Coroner Waterman. The jury empanelled consisted of William H. Robinson, H. F. Wilkinson and Willlam M. MeCi Colonel D. B. Dailey, attorney for Scott, with whose revolver the decd was done, was present to ascertain what evi- dence might be expected ageinst his client. Dr. T. B. Lacey was the first witness called, and testified in substance us fol- lows: Was prosent and assisted -in probing for the ball and in_subseauent operation that was performed for the purpose of fluding the bullet. 'The skin beneath the eye was badly powdor burned. The ball passed from left to right, its course being upward and back- ward, through tho base of tne skull almost behind he right eye, The bullet wound would produce death. ‘The woman’s montal condition was such that she would reply to a question after she was spoken to sharply or shaken, hut she replied in such way tha one would place little confidence in what she suid. 1 would not place confidence in her statements Dr. John the woman's state was undoubted, 1 that he_thought able. Her brain flected, but as sho re nized Dr. Waterman and her attendants by their voices, aithough she was biind, ho thougit that any stutements she made were rehable. . Huttio the colored chambermaid, was then called, and her testimony was repotition of the repor intor- th her, which has already appeared solumns. e Gesback, alias Clover, the landludy of tho louse of which the deceased Was ail inmate, was the next witness. She also cos roborated the statements previously made to the reporter, with two exceptions. When asked whether Scott was drinking in the house, she replied that he was not, while to the réporter she stated that he had been drinking since Friday, und on_Sunday might. he had a bottle in his pocket, from which he was drinking a great deal. ' When usked to account for this discrepancy after leaving the witness stand, she stated that sho did not see Scott drink, but that the girls told herso. She also stated that she was not under oath when she made the first state- ment but was telling the truth at the inquest On the stand she aiso denied huving see Scott take any cartridges from his revolver after reaching the foot of the stairs. The girl Blanche was the fifth witness, This witnose, s well as the other jumates of the house, Daisy Hamilton and the pirl known as 'Hazel, practically repeated the stories proviously told by them. i dence was, in_the main, corroborative, and related to wransactions beforo and after the shooting, ns there were, of course, but two witnesses to the shooting, one of 'whom is now dead, and the other isin jail. They testified that the deccased stated that she did not shoot herself, and did not know who did it. It was late when the examination of these wore completed, and an_adjournment s taken until this’ morning at 9 o'clock. The examination yesterday afternoon em- braced the testimony of the medical experts and the inmates of the house. Two of the attending physicians, Dr. D. Macrae and K. S. Thomas, were not called. They wore secn last evening, however, by a Beg reporter, and their opinion regarding the mental condition of the deceased after the shooting solicited. Their‘opinions were at variance, as wero those of tho two phy- ans_who tegtified before the coroner jury. Said Dr, Thomas: ““The utterauces of the woman were very incoherent, She could recogmzo some of those around her, and I think that perhaps sho realized something of the situation at that time, but her memory was defective as was shown by her saying one thing and soon afterwards stating it differently and some- times gdirectly contrary to her pre- vious statement, apparently oblivious of what had taken placo before, 1 would not call her condition wholly rational and I don'v think much dependence’ could be placed on anything sho said.” De. Macra stated that he considered that the woman was in a very rational condition. She recognized those about her, gghough she could not seethem, and answered questions quite ntelligently. He was of the opinion that anything that the woman said was on- titled to credence. 1t 18 @ genuine case of doctors disagree- ing. As the matter stands av present, it seems to make but hittle difference whether she was rational or not. as her statements were so contradftory that they could be claimed either way. It is cortain that either she shot nerself or Scott shot her, yet she insisted that neither was the case, There are several more witnesscs to bo ex- amined this morning, and it is rumored that their evidence will be unfavorable for Scott. The evidence of the prisoner, Scott. and of Coroner Waterman will also 'be introduced. ‘The other witnesses to be examined are un- known_parties, outside the house, and it is claimed that their relations had to do with the relations between Scott and the de- ceased, and it is mysteriously asserted that whot they lrave to say will throw an abund- ance of light on what is now exceedingly obscure. The relatives of the deceased are now here—two sisters and three brothers, They have acquaintances here 1 the city, aund are highly spoken of. 1t is stated that tho whereabouts of the de- ceased had for some time been unknown to the family, aud that they had no idea of the nature of the place where she was. Even now the mother is in ignorance of the true state of affairs, She was given to under- stand thav the missing daughter was sick, and that her brothers and sisters cama to at- tend to her, and for this reason they are hes- itating about taking the remains back to Chicago, lest the whole agonizing truth be made known. It is at the request of friends that the name of the family 1s withheld from the public, that no unuecessary suffering may be caused. The relatives culled at the city jail yester- day afternoon to see Scott, aud ono of the brothers demanded to know of the prisoner what ho had to say for himself, to which Scott responded, *Nothing, except that [ am innocent.” ‘Tne auestioner was naturally somewhat excited, but it was deemed best to cut short the interview. 1t is stated that the prisoner was not aware ot the identity of his visitors, The arrangements for the funeral are not yet completed, and will not be until after 1t is decided whother or not @ post-mortem is to be beld, C. B, steam dye works, 1013 Broadway. el DS Sheet music 10¢, 535 Broadway. e Motion For a New Trial, The defendent in the case of Statevs Brooks, who was convicted of murder in the first degree abouta week ago, yesterday filed & motion and afidavit for a new trial, The new trial is asked for on the following grounds: First, the verdict is contrary to law. Secoud, the verdict is coutrary to and aeainst the weight of the evidence, Third, the court erred 10 admitting and allowing to £0 to the jury the evidence of the witnesses, Richard Baker and Lars Jensen, of other and distines transactions of the defendunt Hrooks with the said Baker, which were in no wise connected with or related to the shooting of De (Goode by tne defendant. Fourth, the defeudant has not had and was not given & fair and unpartial trial. Fifth, the court erred in not fully and fairly defin- ing and explaining to the jury what consti- tutes murder in the first degree under the statute of lowa, Sixth, the court erred in the giving of the imstructions frowm the second to the twenty-second inclusive, be- causo the same were misleading and did not fairly present the law &8 ) to the evidence introduced upon the trial. Seventh, because one of the jurors, named George Bodurtha, had formed and exnressed an un- qualified opinion as to the gailt of the de- endant, prior to M selection and ac- Septance as & jutor, and prior to the commencement of the trial of the defendant. Eighth, becauso another juror,J. R. David- son, the foreman of the jury, had formed and expressed and declared his opinion as to tho defendant long prior to the trial and about the time of the preliminary examination, which fact was not known to the defendant at or prior to the trml, and did not come to his knowlodge until after the trial and the return of the verdict, said facts to ve shown by annexed afidavit of A, T. Whittiesey. Said affidavit of Whittlesey, however, did not appear on file. Anamdavit of George T. Miller is fur- nished in support of the seventh section. It is in substance to the effect that affiant and Bodurtha walked together to the court house on the morning of the second day after trial was commenced, and after the said Bodurtha had been examined and passed for cause. Bodurtha stated that he did not expect to sit as juror upon the case. That ho knew that Thomas Brooks was guilty and ought to be Lung or imprisoned for life. Affiant is not in any way related to defendant nor con- nected with him in any way. Stibseribed and sworn to before Eugene S, Allen, notary public. Ladies’ knit skirts at Council Biuffs Knit- ting works. - For Blank Books write Morehouse & Co., Council Bluffs, Ia, it Until further notice all of our orders for o8 and provisions will be fllled by N. A. Taylor, No. 10 Main st. Ho will give our customers the same prompt and courtcous attention that we have always endeavored to do, and we are satisfied will give entire sat- 1sfaction. Parks & Sox. A Case of Juvenile Depravity. The case of State vs Omeg, for attempted rape, was still on trial in the district court yesterday and was not completed, as a tele. fram was received about 4 o'clock by one of the jurors, J. S. T who resides at No. 810 First announcing thav his mother was dying at her home at Farview, 11, and requesting him to come at once. Aft short consultation between the at- and the cou 1t was decided to con- tinuo the trial until next Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, to give the juror an opportunity to attend the funeral and return. ‘The jury and witn were excused until that time, and the renainder of the regular panel until 9 o’clock this morning. ‘Phe case will require about one more day to complete, the evidence for the defonse being about haif submitted. There is no evidence to show that rape was comnmitted, and the state is endeavoring to prove the at- tompt. The swearing of somo of the wit- nesses is remarkably strong us well as amus- ing. The father of the defendant, in testify- ing us to the boy's , stated that his wife died in January, 1576, and that his youngest son was born in Decomber of the same vear. The death of his wife was afterward post- poned a year, 8o as to make the column bal- ance properly. When questioned as to the date of his marriage with his second wife, he was profoundly ignorant, and could not state whether it was a month, a week or a day after the death of his first wife. Much of the testimony is of a most disgusting nature, and, if true, reveals the most aston- ishing depravity among children of the neighborhood in which the interested parties reside in Crescent township. After the con- tinuance of this case, court adjourned until this morning. el e My 1890 Ledgers and journals, special ruled, extra first class paper and well bound, by’ More- house & Co., Pearl St., Council Bluffs, S Cold Weather Comforis. At the Boston store to-day will be put on sale a full line of bed comforts. The line is the largest and most complete ever brought to the city and the patterns are very hand- some. ‘U'he qualities are better and tie prices lower than any ever sold by us before. The second floor of our establishment 1s devoted toour cloak and shawl department. We Lave all the correct styles of this season’s goods. Have you seen the new style shawls? ‘They are handsome and cheap Our ladies’ coats range in prico from $3 up and cmbrace every new thing. plin T o The-Council Bluffs Carpet company sold a fine Lill of goods te Omaha customers yes- terday. Their wagons make duily deliveries now in all parts of Omaha and South Omaha, A 25 per cent discount will be given to-duy on every lace curtain sold. Lo Six experienced knitters wanted Monday morning at the Council Bluffs Kuitting works ———— He Trapped the Crows. Sixteen-year-old Harry Spencer, of Ransom, Pa., is a successful crow trap- per. Young Harry’s guinea hens got in the notion of laying their eggs in the bushes back of the house last sum- mer, and every now aud then the crows would swoop down and carry off the eggs. At first Harry was at a loss to account for the disippearance of the eggs, but one day he caught two crows 't of stealing them,and he went to work to outwit the Out in the field he built a little well of sods with an open- ing on one side wide enough for a crow to pass through, and in the passage he seta steel trap. Then he placed an egg in the center of the well and the first crow that w it alighted on the outside of the circle of sods, tripped into the opening after the egg and got its foot into the trap. The crow began to flutter like fury, and Harry ran out and clubbed it 1o death. He has caught nearly two dozen of the sly birds in that way this season. e Pigeon Flying in England. Pigeon fiying is growing to be an ab- sorbing amusement in England, partic- uiarly among the Birmingham labor- ors. The spread of the sport has de- veloped quite & new branch of railway trafic, 1t is the practice of tiyers to send their birds in baskets, addressed to the stationmaster at a particular sta- tion, with a request that he release them, mark on the label the time that they were released, and return the bas- ket. This request is regularly granted, The officials ratber like the work. in cloudy weather porters have been known to feed birds for three days be- fore setting them free. et Discovered a Snow Flower. Accounts have been received of a so- called snow flower, said to have been discovered by Count Anthoskoff in the most northern portion of Siberia, where the ground is continually covered with frost. Tho wonderful object shoots forth from the frozen soil only on the the fiest day of ench succeeding year, 1t lives but a xingle day, then resolves to its original elements. The leaves ave three in number, and each about three inches in diameter. They ure devol- oped only on that side of the stem to- ward the north, and each seems to be covered with a microscopic crystals of BUOW, ———— Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup tfor children teething cures wind colic,diar- rheea, ete, 25 cents a bottle, - Oysters in the West. The trade 1n oysters with the west, says & New York dealer, is increasing annuall Time was when the west was mainly supplied by the little fresh water cove oysters of Baltimore, but the westerners have now learned that tne Chesapeake oyster cannot touch, in point of fluvor, the juicy salt water of the north. So New York city is getting all the Baltimore trade. There are seven houses in the western packing trade in Gotham, and each one opens 150,000 shells daily, — The only Complexion Powder in the world that is without vulgarity, without injury to the user, and without doubt & beautifyer, 1s ni's, FORTUNES 1N ‘THE CRUCIBLE. Dealings in Gold and Silver Odds and Ends. DOWN IN A DINGY BASEMENT. Refiners in New York Who Buy Odd Jewelry and Plate and Melt Them Up~An Interest- Ing Business. Junk Shop Jewelry. “T1l taik to you all the afternoon if you'll just wait while [ granulate some silver,” a John street refiner said the other afternoon toa New York Times reporter who had called upon him in his dingy littie basement and asked him to reveal some of the interesting feutures of his trade. “It will only take a few minutes, and if you care to see the op- eration, come along.” The refinér led the way to the back part of the basement, where one of three brick furnaces was sending a pleasant glow through the red-hot lid which closed an opening in its roof. This 1id the refiner shoved aside, and, peering through the opening, the re- porter saw a crucible surrounded by coals burning at a yellow heat and filled witha trembling liquid, in which were some metal articles whose shape had not yet been entirely lost. One was, very clearly, a smail box. Another looked like the ghost of a baby’s birth- day spoon; a third faded away be- fore the mind could well deter- mine what it resembled most. and then suddenly the ghost of uspoon and the box vanishod, and all the crocible contained was a quart orso of sparkling, dancing liquid, with o trifle of thin scum at the edges. The refiner to d two little bits of borax into the crucible, and tben the scum disappeared. Then he replaced the lid of the furnace and selected one of sveral pairs of queerly-shapad tongs ranged against the wall behind him, With this he ina moment lifted the crucible from the fire and poured its contents slowly into a large tin vessel filled with water. Five minutes later his assistant, to whom he left the remainder of the work, brought to the front part of the basement a frying pan full of what, though much™ brighter, looked like those irregular-shaped lumps of lead which superstitious young people smelt on All-Hallow’en in the hope of striking the coming true love's in- itial. *This,” said the refiner, as he lifted up a handful of it and held it to the light from the street, “is fine silver, such as I scll to the jewelers. There are about a hundred and fifty ounces of it there,” ““And before it went into the pot, what was it?” “Quite a variety of articles went to produce that lot. Let me see; there were two snufl boxes, five watch cases, a baby’s spoon, three spectacle cases, w0 baby’s mugs, some mutilated coin, four medals, somp family plate, sup- posed to be sterling silver, but in real- ity only plated ware; four chains, a couple of finger rings, and sundry other things which I catnot call to mind. TLook in any well-stocked bawn-broker’s window and you will get a correct idea of what in the shape of old gold and sil- ver comes to us to be smelted down into merchantable metal.- During the talk the reporter had with the refiner he learned that the business of converting old-fashioned, worn-out and broken articles of jewelry and other manufactured forms of the precious metals into bullion is a very important industry, hasly a ge city in the east being without its refinery. The rapidity with which the fashion in modern jeselry changes is the prin- cipal cause of this lively trade. The heirloom fancy has no application to jewelry nowada, A nd- father’s clock may, unow that that dreadful song is no longer heard, inspire a dutiful grandson with feelings of veneration or even affection, but a grandmother’s watch, or still worse,her sarrings or long neckehain would not fail to be greeted with a disdainful toss of the head if offered to a granddaugh- ter advanced in her teens. Inten years at the most an article of jewelry will have goue out of fashion, and. however rogretfully, it goes sooner or la‘er to the refiner’s pot. The jewelers, who, next to the pawn- broker, are the most active caterers for the refiner and deuler, promote the tiring of old jewelry whenever an oppor- tunity offers. A lurge majority of the unredeemed pledges left in the pawnbroker’s hand are ruthlessly turned over to the refin The bulk of the jewelry taken to him i old-fashioned. It is taken to him for that veryreason, and the loans made are always based simply on the value of the article as old gold or silver. They will be even more old-fashioned by the time the pawnbroker is free to do what he pleases with them. Both he and the jeweler keep a kuen-eye open to the chance of becoming the passessors of un “antique” piece of ware, but this cuts no figure in the dealer’s or refiner’s calculations, While the reporter was accumulating information from the refiner, one of the latter’s customers entered. There was nothing about him to indicate that ho was engaged in any particular line of business, but the refiner said he was a jewelor. He said nothing, but drew from his pocket a piece of dark-colored metal of an 1rregular, circular form, and of about the size of a #5 gold piece, but thicker, and tossed it on the coun- ter. The refiner took it up, filed one of its edges until the bright yellow shone out, and then rubbed the exposed edge against a small! black stone, leaving ufmu it aline of eolor. Upon this he placed some nitrie acid, He held the stone up to the lightand watched closely the action of the acid upon the trace of the metal, It darkened slightly, The young man threw down a smaller piece of metal, which was treated in the same way, This piece gave a better result, the color preserving its brightness, The refiner wuished both pieces, told his customer that the larger one was of ten-carat gold and worth $4.80, and that the smaller one was eight carats fine and worth $1.84, The customer nod- ded, took his $6.64 and vanished. A very simple transaction,” the re- porter suggested. “Very, I found the purity of the gold he had to sell by the usual test. These acids, that little stone and the scales are all that are needed in the dealing part of the business, no matter upon now large or small a scale it is —_— T —— Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. ‘When shie was & Child, sbe eried for Castoria, 'When she became Mias, she clung to Oastoris, Wh2nubhe ha¢ Children, she gave them Castoria conducted. These test stones are of a peouliar kind, and are found only in the beds of rivers. We buy atabout 4c a carat, and the result is the following standard of figures: Eight carats, 82¢ per pennyweight; 10 carats, 4003 12 carats, 48¢, and €0 on up to 24 carats, which is 81 per pennyweight. The largor lump 1 bought from that cus- tomer was of 10 carats fine and weighea 12 pennyweights; the smaller lump was 8 carats and weighed 6} pennyweights.” A Maiden lane dealer who contines himself entirely to buying precious metals which Lo turns over to the United States assay office for reduction, told the reporter that New York’s busi- ness in his line was in bulk far ahead of thatof any other city. His agonts were situated all over the countr and the supply from all of them was con- stant. ‘‘Strange to say,” he said, “‘the livliest business s is when times are good. 'That is because when peoplo are making money they getrid of their old fashioned jewelry quickly. When times are dull they make up their minds that the old articles will do. 1 can tell how general business is in the country at large or in any particular part of it Dby the way the old jewelry comes in to us. “Just now trade with us is quite brisk in all directions. I get practically all my refining done at the United States assay office, which; I believe, does more business than all the private refinevies in the city together. 1 do business mostly by agents, and by purchases made from the jewelers and from pawn- brokers of the city, but oc onally we do business divectly with poi vate individuals, and sometimes with very unceasonable ones. As o general rulo the owner of a piece of jewelry has a very poor iden of the value of the gold or silver it contains. Tohim all gold 24 karats fine, and all silve sterling. I have sent people away in high dudgeon at being told that stevling silver which the family had been guarding jealously for yeavs is of such poor quality of piate thav it would not pay to reduce it. When you explain to a woman that the gold in her proffered jewel is only 12 kavats fine, and worth only half its weight in pure gold, less the ‘moderate profit reaui by the dealer and the cost of smelt she is never able to conceal her con- tempt. We buy anything which con- tains gold. Many of the refiners do n lively business in getting the gold from the sweepings of jewelers, engravers gilders and lettering estabhishments These sweepings are caréfully kept, and the amount of gold which they pro- duce is astonishing. Fventhe water in which the artisans in these places wash their hands is carefully preserved and turned oyer to the refiner.” Bridge Jumping in America. The Palli Mall Guzette naively re- marks that “*bridge jumping is a more or less important industry of the states, which frequently gives the coroner work. and owing to the fact is not over- erowded, although there is a new de- butant every month or so.” Covered with Sores Boy one year and a half old. Fac and body in a terrible condition, being covered withsorey, Iphur Springs (ail. Cured by Cuticura edies, éured by Guticura Thave used your CUTICURA REMEDIES In two casos where it proved to bo successtul. The first was in the case of a boy & year and & half old. His facs and body were in a terribie con- dition, the former beéing completely covered with sores. I took him to the Massena Springs, but he did not improve any then advised to try the CUTICURA REMEDI which I did. He took one and one half bolties of CUTICUKA RE OLVENT, when his skin was as 00th as conld be, and 15 to-d; 1 used the TICUIRA on his sores and the Cu RA BOAP in washing him. He Is now five years of age, ‘The other case was a di washing e in the C CURA RESOLVENT belng y bave proved successful in every ci where I have advised the use of them. 1tis sul prising how rapidly a child will improve under thelr treatment. I recommend tnem for any disense of the skin s being the best In the Vi This 15 my experience, and I am rl‘m!y nd by my statement. JOHN R. BERO, American House, Hogansburgh, 1tching and Burning 1 have been affiicted since last March with a skin disense the doctors culled cczema. My face was covered with scabs and sores, and {hie itehing and burning were almost unbearable, Seeing’ your CUTICURA REMEDIES 50 highiy recommended, concluded to give them a trial, using the CoTICcURA and CUTIOURA SOAP exter- nally, and KBSOLVENT internally for four moths. T call myself cured, in gratitude for which Imake this public statement. Mns. C. A. FREDERICK, Broad Brook, Conn Cuticura Resolvent The new Blood Purifler and purest and best of Humor Remedes, internally, and CUTICURA the Skin Cure, and CUTICURA in Beautifler, externally, cleg of torturin, nmilating, ftehing, scaly, nn(lrlill\?) seases ofthe skin, p Dlood, with loss of hair, snd ali humors, blot °8, eruptions, scales, sores, and crusts, whether simple, scrofulous, or contagious, when ) lans and all known remedies fall, Soldeverywhere, Price, CUTICURA, M) SOLVENT, #1. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG AND C MICAL CORPORATION, Boston, 52 send for oW (o Cure Skin L ) N pautl- Absolutely B PAINS AND WEAKNESS Ot females instantly relieved by that new, elegant, and infallible Antidote 1o Pals ntlsmmation, and Weakness, he CUTICURA ANTI-PAIN PLASTER. The first nd only {nstantaneons pain-killing plaster, "SPECIAL NOTICES. UOUNCII: BFUFFS on 4th ave, L eap Benson & Shepherd, 9 Main Droadway, auywhe! Lwel H:ll Bluffs and Omaha, Benson & Shepherd, 9 Main st, DELL BROS, & CO. loan money. The most iiberal terms offered. 10) Pearl st. JPOR BALE-An old and well established drug store, “established in 183, Cash re- quired, #,0),'balance real cstate, ~Address A 3, Isee, Council Blutls, B N -1 lots in_Ridd] Grading all paid, room b, Everett block. very s sub, on Oth ave, Phillips, 1Q%8 fn, Terwiiligers 4 Phillips, room 5, Everett block. [ 078 in Van Brunt & Rice's add #2i0, y Jterms, N.C. Phillips, room 5, Everett bix, BARGALN in West Brondway property, N.. C. Phillips, room b, Everett block. QT8 1n Terry addition. Monthly pay ments JN. C. Phillips, room 5, Everott Dlock. ARGAINS In Phiilips, room 5, T ANDS for sale or exchange. N. rooin 5, Everett block, | parts of the city, verett block. TMPROVED farms in lowa and Kansas for exchange for city property. N. C. Phillips, room b, Byerett block. {UR BALE—On easy terms, choice residenc lot, Graham ave., on motor line, For Sale—s acre frult ana vegetable farm 1 miles eastof Chautauqua geounds. A groat bargain, Easy terms, Only #35 per acre, Kor sale, or will trade for Omaba or Council Blufls property, 480 aeres improved land; & fine corn and stock farm | mile from station, lm- mediate possession giver For Salo—o7 acres good frult and tarm land, well watored, 4 iile north of Chsutauqus rounds, ETYOF Saie 0 acres cholce grove lands on Grand avenue. Only §500 per acro. For Nale—140 acres, g00d house, barn and out- buildings, 1,000 fruit trees, four miles POsL- office, only 880 per acre, easy torma; also 33 &cres adjoining, well Lnproved, av 8% an acre, one-third cash, balance on teriys to sult, Yor Balew Lot 4, block & Hanscom' Pla Omaba, on 10 years' time at 1 per cont, * 20, - Brac Overa B Lms—f SURANC| A. B. Daugherty, Blugs. ual ¢ uning Coall A. T. THATCHER, Chicago, Ills. OFFICE!: _ Wo will sell to consumers divect, SE following reduced prices: GRATE AND EGG RANGE AND NUT CHESTNUT -~ And the best grades of Soft Conl. Jackson $5, Cedar - Coall H. A. COX, Western Sales Agents 114 Main Stroet, Brown Building. Tolephono 48, JLECTED ANTHRACITE COAL at the $8.25 8.60 8.60 Wyoming Tump 87.00, Walnut Blocl 5, Cannel $6.50, Towa Nut, Extra Large sizo, $2.00, Gae e Coko 12¢ per bushel, or $7.00 per ton. TERMS—Cash with order. All conl delivered. frosh mined, well sereenod and promptly COUNCIL BLUFFS FUEL COMPANY, * Dealers in ALL RAIL CLL NUT, OLIVE and JOWA LU and NU The Best Eqnipped Establishment in the West, Goods of every deseription and material, Dry "TWIN CITY STEAM DYE WORKS. DCOALulso 1 y JT COAL. Lime Cement, Plaster, Hair. Does Dyeing ana Cleaning of Garments and Cleauing ot fine Garnients a Specialty. Out of town orders by mail or expross, will recéive prompt attention, Works on Motor Line, Gorner 26th St. & Ave. A, Gouncil Bluffs OMAHA OFFICE, “Hydraulic an Spoci H. BIRKINBINE PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. rations. 1521 FARNAM ST REET. GEO. SCHOEDSACK, d Sunitar Super stimates Brown Pugineer. Plans, ision of Public Work. Building, Coucil Blufls, [ow: ~Justice of the Pen Broadway, Council N. SCHURZ Attorneys-at STONE & SIMS eral Courts, Oftico over American Expross, No. 41 Blufs, lowa. i L SR Law. Practice in the State and’ Fed- Rooms 7 and 8 Shugart-Beno Block, Counci! Bluffs, Towa. Surgeon and Hommpath. P. ). MONTGOMERY a. m. building. 115 Pearl St. ., 210 6 and 710 8 p. m. T JAVE houses and lota fn all parts of Coun- Lcil Blufrs, from §30) to $3,00, that Lean sell on monthly payments, or any tefms to suit pur- chasers, This is of particular antage to Omaha merchants, cles nics, Who desire a home near the business center of Omaha withoutbelng compelled to pay exorbl tant prices, O, B, Judd, 603 Broadway, Ceuncil Bluf's, . 013 in Cent Tsab cheap. k 4C. Phillips, roo orett block. @iarden land with houses, ice, 102 Main st., Council Blufts. ENUR A lots, corners, great barguins, Benson & Shepherd, 9 Main st. n dth Van Brant & Rice's A ucat young girl to help in won. Work. 'Mes” dncob” Hims, 916 NTED ral house Platuer st. opposito power house Densou & Snepherd U Main st. OT8 on Glen ave., genuine snaps. Beason & Shopherd, 9 Maln st. T.omoen Manawa motor line, corners, 10 cash, balance 810 per moath, Donso & Shepherd, 9 Main st. RTAL ESTATE changed. Sp fougnt and sold And_ ex- 1al attention given to exam- ination of titles, W. C. James, No. 10 Yearl st. € {OR SALE—Acre lots in Orcaurd placo. This property s located in tho Itice nursery, South Of the main part of the city. 1% milas from court house, Geo. Metcalf, 1) Pearl st. e FOUSES and ot $10) casn, 81)) cashy, $57 cash, balance oasy. Denson & Sheplierd 9 Main st, e G W')I. S 'TOPF, Real Esiate, & attent von tb examination’ and co n Tection of title to lands and lots in city and No. & North Main st month. Henson & NOR SALE—120 acre farm In Jaspe Towa, located near coal minss thi operation, There & five foot vein of coal he fi 0. Metcalf, No. 10 Pearl st. lons or Main and Droadway ams. Geo. Metcalf, No. 10 Pear] st. {ORSALE—1mproved and unimproved prop erty in every partof the city, Raro oppor tunities for investors who seck specuiations splondid opportunities_for those who desir homes. Geo. Metcalf, No, 10 Poar! st, OR BALE—0 feet lake frontage located be tween O B, boat house and Manawa beaciu ‘Also o number of choice lots in” Regatta place Geo. Metealf, No. 10 Pearl st. 018 RENT-— way. A fine tion. Inquive E. Council Blu Flower Pots. Somothing entirely new, and the handsomest article of the kind that eyer adorned a bay- window or conservatory, areour new painted and ornamented Flower Pots and Vases for house plants. These goods are entice] arosold exclusively in Conncil Bluifs by us. The Rustic Pots are highly orasmental and will beautify any house. One grade is smoothly pututed i bright colory ready for decorution hy ladies who paint. These handsome goods aro sold at prices commonly asked for plai o for painted pot und saucer, and platn at co responding prices. LUND BROS, 25 Main Str ocd business front, 537 Broad- tail point. In good condl- Mayne, 619 Broadway, y niew and COAL. COAL. COAL, T propose to give consumers value for their money in Coal, and until further notico my prices are -oll rail Anthracite: Grato and Egg, No.4 and Range, 8050 Uliestnut, 8050 Also Bost Grades or 1linols and Towi Soft Coal Edinburg, Dlinols, lump, 81.50; ~Maplowood, lump, 81.50; Centerville, Towa, Tump, $4.75; Wal- nut Block lump, $3.50¢ Hamilon lump,’ §.25; Whitebreast lump, Wlitebreast nut, & Pea, teain, l with order or delivered C, 0. D, WA, South Main strect, Telephone . BELL & BERLINGHOF, ARCHITECTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS, Room 2 Opera House Block, Council Bluffs, Towa, NEW MEAT MARKET ! I have opened & new meat market on the corner of Sixteenth St. and Broadway. It will be my aim to please my customers by giving them the best meats to be obtained. Everything to be found in a first-class butche sLiop will be furnished at the lowest prices, Please give me a call and inspect my new establishment. JOSEPH WARDIAN, T CoUNeIL B i Omnibus, Carriage N WM, WELCH The Finest Line of Landuus, Hacks in the City. §97° 1 have s new satin lined carriage for priv ato call, v is the most elegant coach in the i Bectul attention iven to comme:cial men and theatrical troupes. Best facilities o the city for handiing scenery. OFFICES: 616 BO. MAIN & Telephone No, Teiephone No, 9. BARN, Telephone No, 250, The ouly line suthorizeed to answer calls turned 1o to Am, Dist. Tel. Co. anli fransfer Proprietor, Coaches and OGDEN HOUSE, Room 6, Brown Oftice hours, 9 to 12, T THE RED CROSS STOVES. It §s conceded to bo ths best maae and mosy admired stove on tne American continent. It is constructed on_the most approved scientiflg principles, to aevelop tho greatest degroo of With the feast amount of coal, It i the only stove in which the system of ‘cirenlating fluds 15 perfact, taking thie cold alr from the floor and heatiig it, B stove s convertible ingo adouble heater to warm the rooms above, with no difliculty or expense, Another poing in thewr fayor 1% tho fact thut they are cheaped 1< stove on the market, only by 11 Main han any other frsi-c For salé in Council Bly SHU THE LADIES Of Connell Blufs and Omaha, and surroundiny conntry will find 1t to their ‘sdvantage to de with me when they want any kind of HAIR GOODS AND ORNAMENTS. ose out my tock Was 100 Tiwo months ago 1 determined to stock and quit business, but the large to bo disposed of, and 1 will continue the business with more goods than eve Hverys thing 1+ first class and made up in latest style, Mauil orders recefve prompt attention. MRS.C.L.GILLETTE, No. 20 Main 8t,, Conncil B "GIVE US A CHANCE To Price OurStoves. Fuller and Warren's Splenaid and Abraham Cox Radiunt Novelty Buse Burners are 100 well known 1o require comment on_thein here, Hemember, we guarantee all Stoves, Cooks, Itanges and Heaters to glye perfect salisfac: tion or 1o sale, BARTLETT & NORTON, 7 Broadwa; AT VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH, Bargains in School Shoes and Winter goods at ER'S, Main Btree OFFICER. W.H, M. Pusex OFFICER & PUSEY, BANKERS. Main and roRAWA Y, 8, IOWA. Dealors in foreim and domestic cxchange Collectionsaudo aud oterest pald on time posivs. D. J. EDMUNDSON, B, L, BuuGAw Pris, Vice Pros, Cnas, R, HANNAN, Cashier, NTIZENG! CTATE CITIZENS' STATE BANK, OF COUNCLL BLUFPS, Paid up Capital $150,000.00 Surplus ... . . 35,000.00 Liability to Depositor: 335,000.00 DirkoToRs 1. A, Miller, ¥. 0. Glezson, B. Ia Shugi . Hart, J. D, Edundson, Chas, i, ransact’ general Lanking husines apital &na Surpluy Of wny bank 14 Northwestera lowa, Interest on tiuie deposits PROF, WH '8 PYSIOLOCAT NN N Adapted to the public schools. The only cowmplete thing of its kind 1 existence and i ispensible in the sclicol room, School Boards desiring the most perfoct heip for the teache aro invited 1o examine this, Address H.A.BALLINGER, Qeneral Ageus, /