Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1889, Page 6

THE OMAHA BEE.|THE NEWS IN THE BLUFES. | COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFIUE. NO, 12 PEARL STREET. . Delivered by ctrrler in any part of the City at wenty Cents per Week, H.W.TILTON..... MANAGER TRELEPHONE! usixess Orrice No, 42, 10ng Epiron. No. 25 MINOR MENTION, N. Y. P, Co. Gleason coal Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. Thatcher coal, see advertisement. Hest coal and wood at C. B. Fuel Co. Carbon Coal Co. wholesale, retail, 10 Pearl. Fall sale begins Monday. Boston store, The November term of the district court opens to-day, with Judge Carson on the bench, Justice Schurz hus the Gray perjury case under advisement, ana will render a decision to-day. 1 Chicken ple supper served from 6 to 8 o'clock Thursday evening, November 7, at the parlors of the Congregational churen. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P, MacConnell will entortain the ‘‘High Five Club” to-morrow ening} at thowr home, No. 831 Second enue. All thoso holding invitations to the Order of the Iiastern Star ball can procure tickets at Bractell & Cavin's corner book store. The opening party of the series will be on the 15th, The officers recently elected by the Inde- pendent Order of Good Templars for the on- suing auarter were 1nstalled last evening, at the lodge rooms of the order in the Merriam block. The Ladies’ Auxiliary to Woodman Camp ive n social this, Wednesday, evening at oodman hall. All Woodmen, wives, sons, daughters, cousins and aunts are invited to come and sce the ghost, The regular monthly meeting of the Retail Merchants’ associution, which should have been held this evening, has been postponed until Thursday night on account of General Manager Dodge being detained. The preliminary heaving of the case of C. W. Scott, the ex-policeman churged with the murder of Lottie Leland in the Clover bagnio on the 20th of Oc'ober, will be resumed be- fore Judgo Aylesworth this morning. Miss Bella Rolinson's pupils will give tho third of a series of musicales Thursday even- fng at Mueller's music hall at 8 o'clock. Parents interested in the musical education of their children, lovers of music and all atu- dents of the art are cordially invited to at- tend. Mrs. Walters, mother of the chief of the fire department, slipped and fell at the Mer- riam block last 'evening, where she was at- tending a sociable, and was severely bruised ud injured internally. She was removed to her home in a hack and medical assistance summoned. 1t is not thought that the result ‘will be serious, Judge Aylesworth wus kept busy yester- day iu tho superior court, issuing certificates and manufacturing voters thereon. This business has grown to very sizable propor- tions during the past few weeks, but there will now be a decided falling off in 1t, as the election is over. Eliza, the little daughter of Mr. and IMrs, Thomas Lefay, an account of whoso terrible burning by her clothes becoming ignited froin the stove appeared in these columus last week, died from her injuries, The funeral ‘will tuke place at 10 o'clock this morning from the family residence on Pleasant streev ‘between Pwelfth and Thirteenth avenues. Oue of the Main street motors struck a Doy at the corner of Fourth and Main last evening, knocking him down and rendering him insensible. He was in the employ of the * Western Union as a messenger boy, and was in the act of getting on the train. His shoulder was considerably bruised, and was scratched.in several places. He was taken into a neighboring drug store and was soon mble to go home. ‘The Pullman restaurant, 534 Broadw.y. e e L E. H. Sheafe & Co. mive special attent on 1o the collection of rents aud care of proporty 1 the city and vicinity. Charges wmoderate. Oftice Broadway and Main streets, et g Finest market i city—J. M. Scanlan’s, Cohs 81 a load. Gleason, 26 Pearl. etiellatiil Always on Time, 1f you wish to purchase a good and reliable ‘watch 25 per cent less than club rates, and on easy terms, then call at once and make your own selection at C. B. Jacquemin & Co., 27 Main street. el 8. T. McAtee has moved his grocery to Pearl street. — g C. B. steam dye works, 1018 Broadway. S Bixby has removed to Merviam block. byt “The Famous" cash bargain house, 200 By Meschendor{’s popular meat market, fluest in the Twin Cities, 833 Broadaway. S Dr. C. H. Bowers, 520 First avenue, LA L e i Personal Paragraphs, Mra. Dr. Farley, of Palmyra, is the guest . of Mra. Oliver Talbot, Miss Lida Near, of Ottumwa, is in the city visiting J. D. Johnson and sisters, on ‘Washington avenue. Martin Hughes is in Des Moines, where he was called bya telegram aunouncing tho death of his uncle, E. A, Troutman is home from Peoria on a shurt visit te family and friends, R. H. Bennett, with the Consolidated Tank Line company, has returoed from a two ‘weeks' visit to the cast, whither ho was called by the serious illness of his wife's father, Rev, . B. Stratton, of Tamworth, Ont., ‘who has since partially recovered. Mrs, Beunett will visit frionds in Canada aud Cleveland, O., before returning home, A boom edition of the Tacoma papers col tains an advertisement of W. B. Somers, an old Council Bluifs boy, who is apparently making a stir thove in real estato circles. Rev. F. J. Mackay left. last evening for Fort Scott, Kan., where ho was called by a telegram anuouncing the alarming illness of his mother, who 18 not expected to live. My, and Mrs, T. A. Clark, with their @aughter, Miss Sadie Clark, start to-morrow on an eastern trip, intending to visit friends In New York. M. C. Canerdy, of Waterbury, Vt., has bean spending o few days in the city. He is &n old time friend of I.'C. Smith, Forrest Smith left last evening for Plerre, Duk., to look after real estats [nvestments made by him some time ago in the booming eapital of Sout}) Dakota, 8. P. McCormick, of Tabor, is in the city. He gracefully surrendered the postmaster— ship of that place last Monday morning, Arthur Clark ana family left last evening for Portland, Ore., whore they will make their future home. The best wishes of many friends go with them, R The Boston store yesterday was as densely cked as the localiuies in the vicinity of he polls during the most exciting part of the contest. The crowds of people in the store ‘were more comfortable and much betier sat- 1sfied than the politiciaus, for they were get- Sing the benefit of the ‘{umll special' sale. 'il":arn Wwas uot a dissatistied purchaser in the ro. L el 1800 Ledgers and journals, spectal ruled, extra first class paper and well bound, by More- house & Co., Pearl St., Council i3lufts, ——— Lot Rasmussen beautify your house in best style and cheap. 12 North Main. et J. G. Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadway. ——— Get Fountain B¢ cigar, next to Elseman’s, i — Bwauson Music Co., 835 Broadway, ——— Sheet music 10¢, 538 Broadway, —_— C. B, P. Co,, Stephan & Harmer, 33 Pearl i for rent at mouerate i e & Uo., rentul ugents, WAy snd Maio streets, up stairs. - Neumeyer hotel, first class,reasonable rates 3 cabinets, oniy §1.75, Schmidt's, 220 Maln, Desirable dwelling 1. H. She Oonsiderable Interest in the Hiec~ tion, But It Passes Quietly. A MOVE TO REDISTRICT THE CITY. Alderman Everott's Views of That Falrmount Park Warrant—Othoer Notes of Election Day About the City—Personals, The Battle at tho Polls. Election day passed auietly in the Bluffs, Considerable interest was manifested, and the ward-workers were busy at the volls during the entire day. Both parties Had carriages running to all parts of the city, and the domocrats sported the extra luxury of a band and fife and drum corps to help enthusoe their followers und stir up thewr interest and animation until after the polls were closed, The democrats were fully organized and did very effective work, and in this respect the republicans were lacking. This fact occasioned u great deal of adverse criticism by members of the party, who thought that so little preparation wus unexcusable. One well known republi- can complained that when he went to the polling place in the Kirst precinct of the Fourth ward he was unable to find any- one poddling republican tickets, and was finally suppiied with one by a vrominent democrat, who happened to havo one in his pocket. ilar apparent indifference was manifested by the republican leadors'in nog- lecting to present a list of names of speciul policemen to the council for approval, at the meeting Monday evening. During the forenoon the 100-foot law was fairly well enforced, but in the latter part ot the day it was openly and notoriously over~ looked and neglected, the ward workers cir- culating tickets and button-holing voters al- most at the edge of the ballot box, Little at- tention was paid to it, as thero seemed to be o foregone conclusion that it could make lit- tle difference, as the result was anticipated early in the day. % The only fight on the county ticket was for sheriff, and on the state ticket for governor. Many of the democrats were so anxious to secure anti-prohibitory votes for Boies for governor that O’'Neill, the democratic nom- inee for sheriff, was very freely traded, par- ticularly in the Second ward, Tho republi- cans were bent on electing Frum to the shrievalty, and many of them were accord- ingly only'too glud to make the trade, espe- ciully as they were also anxious to vote against probibition, to do which they had o endorse the democratic nomince for gov- ernor. ‘Tha polls were closely watched, and every vote calculated as it was nollea. From these estimutos, numerous though widely differing, predictions as to the outcome were made. The generally expressed beiief, early in the day, was thay the republican state ticket and the democratic county and township ticket woula be elected entire, Later, however, as the cutting and trading became more ap- parent, the opinion found frequent expres- jion that Frum would push O'Neill to a v close and exciting finish, with mora than a possibility of being clected, and that Boies would go out of the county with nearly two thousand majority, while Thomas stock for the legislatura piciked up most wonder- fully, and that of Ware for the same position looked correspondingly biue, Votes came in very slowly and it was evi- dent soon after the poils were upened that a hight vote would be polled, At 4 o'clock the total vote polled in the city was but a few more thau half the number registered. The polls were closed at 6 o'clock and a canvass of the wards showed that the total vote polied was 1,727 less thar. the number of voters registered in the city. The count proceeded very slowly on account of the great number of scratched tickets, The re- ports from the outside towns throughout the county which could be reached by tele- graph began to come in about 11 o'clock, and it was soon evident that tho entire demo- cratic county ticket had been elected. The doubt as to O'Neill’s election was removed when Avoca reported a_majority of 108 for sim. Neola giving him 17 majority, and Min- en 117, The democrats had feared the strongest opposition to him 1n Avoca and Neola, and the result was a surprise all around. The total vote in IKnox township (Avoca) was 407, the atraight democratic majority being 122, and O'Neill's 105. In the Second ward there were 450 straight republican votes volled, 218 straight republican, and 315 scratched tickets. The vote polled in the Third ward was 57 In the First precinet of the Fourth ward Boies received 419, and Huwhinson 251, - ‘Tho first precinct to furnish complete re- turns was the Second precinct of the Fourth ward, which resulted as follows: Democrat. Republican, . 3,4’3 Hutchison. Bostom, Poyneer Freeman. Thomas Smith Bostedt. ... Waterman, Brodbeck. Dodson. Wesley. .. ... In tho first ward 570 votes wero polled. Of these 274 were straight democratic, 123 straight republican, and 101 scratched tickets. The total vote polled in the city was 8,137, which is nearly as heavy as was ever poiled at a stato election, despite the opinion enter- tained early inthe day that a very light vote would bo polied. ‘Tne number and size of the bundles that poured out of the Boston store yesterday in- dicated that the public had found 1t profita- ble to attend the special sale that has been advertised for all this week. ol finls J) The special sale at the Boston store this week includes everything in the store. There never was sfich bargains in dry goods of- fered in Council Bluffs. B That Park Litigation Warrant, In the report published of Monday even- ing's council proceedings Alderman Everott 18 made the father of a resolution passed ordering a warrant for $2,000 drawn, for the purpose of taking up a note for that sum given by Alderman Lacy and the mayor to raise money to secure the title to certain lots in Fawrmount parl, The resolution as pre- sented by Alderman Everett was that the warrant should be drawn in favor of the finance committee for the purpose of as: ing in the park litigatiou. @ strenuously objected to it in the form 1w which it was passed. 7The history of the eutire transaction regarding = this note has never been published, and for someé reason certain parties are opposed to having wanything said about it. It will be remem- bered that several weeks ago it was exclu- sively announced iu Tur Bie thut a com- mitteo consisting of members of the park commission, city council and the legal gen- tlemen employed Lo defénd the city's title in the Fairmount park case had just returned from a seoret trip to Denver, where they had been for the purposa of sécuring a quit claim to certain portions of the park from & Mrs. Willlams, in whom a ttlo to the property was vested, The commit- tee paid this woman about 1,200 to secure the quit claim, which, 1t is believed, will completely knock the bottom out of the suit brought by a well known law firm to wrest the park from the city, So much for the trip and its object! 1n order to furuish money to defray the expenses of this trip and to purchase the quit claim, Alder- men Laoy and Weaver and Mayor Rohror gave o note for §2.000 at the Citizen's banl, wod this uote is now overdue, Quite natu- raily they want to be relioved from the re- spopsibility, and desire the city Lo advance the money to take it up, inasmuch as they have virtually been furnishing money to pro- tect the city’s 1uterests, None of the wembers of the council are oppased Lo paylug the mote, aud ihe ouly poiut in controversy is this he cost of the i, wcluding the purchase money, was avout $1,500, and the balauce of was turned over to Mayor Rohrer, The mayor claims that out of this amount he paid about #300 for attorney fees and other incidentals, @ud bas about §200 of It pow in his posses- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1880." sion, The resolution as passed says that the £2,000 ahall be appropriated to take up the note, and Alderman Everett does not want the records to read that way. Said he yea- terday: “1 wanted the warrant drawn in favor of the financs cammittes for the purpose of pssisting in the park litiga- tion. That would read all right, and the financo committee would have charge of it. How will it look to read in the records a few oars hence that the council approprinted 2,000 to take up Alderman Lacy’s notel! want_to see the vouchers for the amount filod with the city clerk, The quit olaim deed is voucher enough for that part of it, and the committee should file the rest. I don’t mean to insinuate that there has been anything out of the way, for 1 am certain there has not, but I waunted it arranged this way as it is more business like, and will explain the matter on the records,” —_—— Money loaned at L. B, Craft & Co.’s I office on furniture, pianos, horses, wagon: porsonal provorty of all kinds, and all_other articles of value, without removal. All bus- iness strictly confidential. - Dwelling for sale on easy payments. Also building lots av lowest market prices. Call and examine our list. E. H. Sheafe & Co. More Wards and Alderman Wantod. The move to have the city redistricted, for the purpose of giving more wards and an increased number of aldermen in the city council, is meeting with much favor, and it is quite probable that it will be carried into effect before another municipal election. Said a prominent citizen and ex-city official yesterday: ““Pne move is a_very important one, and in all justice to residents in various parts ofthe city should be consummated with- out delay, In tho first place, the manner in which the city is divided at present, is not satisfactory, on account of the aifficulty ex- perienced in polling the ward vote. “If there had been the usual turnout at the polls to-day, it would have been impossible for all the parties registered to have voted. In the second ward, they would have had to voto at the rate of turee a minute from the time the polls were opened until they closed to have got in the registered vote of the ward. The Fourth ward 1s already divided_into two voting precincts, yet there aro 1,150 registered voters in the first pre- cinet, which is too many votes to be polled atone place. In the second place, thers should be more aldermen for the purpose of facilitating council work. Under the pres- eut system, each alderman is on three or four committees, which of necessity makes the chairman in reality the entire committee, as the other members cannot find time to attend to the work, and the result is that the entire council has to do routine work that should be disposed of in the com- mittee room. The unsutisfactory features ot this systom can be seen by a visit to the council chamber on any night when the council is in session. 'There is 80 much busi- neas to be transacted that the reading of the minutes of previous meetings has to be dis- pensed with, and there is often a jangle over unimportant matters which never ought to be heard in the council chamber. An- other reason why the city should be redistricted is that the suburbs are builaing up so rapialy that these por- tions of the city are entitled to a representa- tion in the council, and if they can be made to see that their interests are not recciving the attention that they descrve, they will come in with such a demand as wili bring about the change in a hurry.” gl Sl Y New Ogden, largest, best hotel in western Iowa. Special attention to commercial men. ot . Boots, shoes, rubbers, Kinnehan, 326 B'way ysieent: el LOCKED-WIRE ROPE. An Invention Which Will Revolu- tionize Wire Rope Making. A style of wire rope, quite new in this country, although it has been used for & year or two in England and on the continent, called ‘locked-wire rope,” bids fair to take the place of the greater portion of the other makes of wire rope in use, particlarly where great is required and as small a rope as possible is desirod, says the Chicago Tribune. The outer layers of which the rope is made are irregular in section, and not round, as in ordi- nary wire rope. The inside or heart of the rope 1s formea of wires instead of hemp, and these wires are round like those we are accustomed to see in daily use. In order to prevent the rope from twisting and getting the tackle in which it is used in a tangle or ‘‘cable laid,” as the expression is, the aifferent layers of wires as'they are pat on over the core are laid on alternately laid right and left handed, which counteracts the tendency to snarl in any particular di- rection. The great feature of the inter- locking of the wires isthat inthe event of a wire being cut the ends can not spring out and unlay, a feature that will no doubt be greatly appreciated by ail who have to deal with the grips on cable traction roads. The closeness with -which layers and wires fit makes the rope almost perfectly secure against water or dampness getting at the inside layers, while the smooth surface of the finished rope reduces the wearto a min- imum, not only of the rope 1tself but of the drums and sheaves on which it runs, Experience has shown that under simidar conditions locked-wire rope will wear from two to three times as long as an ordinary rope of equal diameter and of like material, and it has less weight and size than rope of the older kinds of make of corresponding strength. A rope of one inch diameter weighing two and one-fifth pounds per foot can stand. if of steel, a breaking stress of 86,000 pounds, if of iron, 40,000 pounds, and can be worked over a drum or sheave five feet in diameter. Hoisting sockets are used in connection with this rope which have conical thimbles for securing the end of the rope and preventing its being drawn back out of the socket. Coupling sock- etsand tail end sockets are used for i"nlning the ends of two ropes together. Clectric welding can also be most ad- vantageously used, and a neater, more effective, or more expeditious method of “tailing” one rope on another does not exist. For cables, ships’ rigging, anchor ropes, elevator hoists, tackles and pur- chases of all kind, in every day use, as well as for mining use and traction pur- poses, it would scem as though this sys- tem of locked-wire rope was particu- larly well adapted, B A Gentle Hint From the Editor. Willows Journal: We contemplate publishlniz the photographs and pedi- grees of all the young men of our town, 80 the young ladies and grass widows may know who they are dealing with, 1f we have an Oregon horse thief or a Texas train robber in our midst it will be the height of prudence for him to evaporate in thin air, for the truth musi prevail, and a blemished character must succumb to a shower bath from the edi- tor’s pen. In plainer Saxon, our re- portorial sausage mill will soon com- mence to grind, and its wheels will re- fuse to be clogged b{ the bones of ruffianism or shanghaie Pass in your shadows while the inspiration is upon us and your light shall not be hid- den under a bushel. — e Ancient Brick Making. The great perfection to which the ancients carried the art of brick mak- ing is probably due to the abundaace of labor, plenty of time to devote to each stuge of the work, their greut patieuce nnxs. painstaking and the natural drying and preserving climate of the cast. The dry, warm atmosphere of Egypt, Assy- ria and Babylouias, which™ countries were the nurservies of the ceramic arts, have kept in a good state of preserva- tion for more than 3,000 yeurs the sun- dried bricks so common in”those coun- tries. Many well-preserved adobes are ;ll&:‘:)und in towns and walls of ancient n MILLING IN TRANSIT RATES. They Are Causing & Commotion In the Northwest. MILLIONS OF ORDERS ARE OUT, Trafic Manager Hamblin's Ultimatam to the Favored Roads—A Tempo- rary Truce—Other Rall- road News, Bronght to Time. Cmicaco, Nov. b.—[Special Telogram to Tae Bre]—The outstanding transit of the Northwestern and St. Pau! roads is already creating disturbance in the northwest. It must be understood that transit is, in brief, freight mileage, giving the holder the privi- lege of paying, in transit, orders for the transportatien of wheat or other product, the transt in each case represeating miieage of the proportion of the through rate from the transit point to destination, = For instance, a shipper living on a line west or north of St. Paul, owns a car of grain. He bills the car of grain to Chicago, pays the through rate in cash, and receives a transit order en- titling him to stop the car of gramn in Minno- neapolis, have it milled in transit, and then pays in the so-called transit order the trans- portation of the product to Chicago. He can afford to pay cash for the through billing, and then if he wishes to sell his wheat in Minneapolis, disposes of his transit at a dis- count, and still be money in pockot, owing to the difference between the through rato and the sum of the locals be woula have to pay if he shipped his grain locally to Minneapolis, had it milled, and then shipped it locally to Chicago. Theonly difference in transitorders is that the Northwestern will only accept them on transportation of the equivalent product, while the St. Paul allows an cqual amount of grain to beshipped from the west. Nine- tenths of the graia shipped from the west to Minneapolis now and for a year or more has gono on through rate with the transit privilege, put especially for a year tha “S00" line has been carrying east immense quantities of flour, not to mention that taken by the lake lines via Duluth. The consequence is that far more transit orders have accumulated 1n Minneapolis than can bo used by shippers over the Northwestern, St. Paul and Rock Island, the northwestern transit lines, Naturally, transit orders hava come to be a speculative commodity, and are dealt in by the twimn city boards of trado with the same freedom as wheat, pork or railroad stocks. While the local rate.on flour, Minneapolis to Chicago, has been 7§ cents, transitor- ders for exactly the same amount of tr: portation have been sold on the Minneapolis oard of trade for 3 cents, It can readily be seen that the issuance of this traasit practi- cally gives control of the traffic originating on their lines to the transit roads. The Burlington & Northern, Wisconsin Central and Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City had to depend entirely upon the Northern Pacific and Manitoba for a elice of the grain and flour traffic, and even for this they found the transit lines keen competi- tors, It was the transit privilege which caused the refusal of the northwestern lines two weeks ago to accedo to the proposition of the trunk lines, the Canadian Pacific and the ‘“Soo,” for an advance in rates. When the trunk lines wut on the screws and convinced the northwestern lines that they had better accept, it was only at the point of the sword thut the transit lines made concessions. The Burlington & North- ern, Wisconsin Central and Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City, under the leadership of Trafic Manager Hamblin, of the first road, saw thoir opportunity, and used it to nullify as far as possible the advantage the issuance of milling in transit orders eave to trausit roads. Their ultiatum was that the flour rate, Minneapolis to Chicago, should be 10 cents; that millingin transit orders should e good for transportation over any line, and that the orders should be redeemed by the line issuing them at 9 cents, irrespective of their market price. It was a bitter pill for the transit lines to swallow, but they had to do it. It is promsed, however, that tho truce will be temporary, and no sane man believes it will last after the opening of navigation in the spring. From the general freight agent of one of the transit lines it was learned to- day that the St. Paul has outstanding nearly forty-four million pounds of tramsit, the Northwestern nearly twenty-three million and the Rock Island about three million, Transit is presented daily for redemption on transportation which is all the way from two to ecight years old. The practico *has come to be an established one. It is a very unprofitable speculation to keep on {ssuing it at a low proportion of a through rate and be compelled to resell it at 9 cents, and bets are already being made that the agreement will not last a month. Western Passenger Association. Cnuicaco, Nov. 5.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.| —Every lino in the Western States Passenger association was represented at to-day’s meeting. The committee on winter tourist rates reported progress and the asso- ciation defined the time limits in which the ratez should apply. Chairman Abbott was Instructed to confer with the United States quartermaster- eral with reference to rates on troops. A conference of eastern and western lines was agreed upon to adjust differences aris- ing over the issuance of objectionable Cali- foraia round trip rates. Hohday excursions from St. Paul to Canada were also agreed upon. A New Road Incorporated, DeNvER, Col., Nov. 5.—|Special Telegram to Tue BEee.|—Articles of incorporation of the Rio Grande Southern railroad were filed to-day in the office of the secretary of state. The contemplated road will be 160 miles in length. It will begin at Dallas, in Ouray county, on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, and will bo extended to Telluride, in San Miguel county; Rice, in Dolares county, and Durango, in La Plata county. The directors for the first year are Otto Mears, Job A. Cooper, Henry R. Walcott, Samuel N, Wood, M. D. Thatcher, John L. McNeil, Edward Richards, D. C. Hartwell William Barth, Ernest Waters, and Fre Walsen, The proposed line will give rail- way connection to tho exceedingly rich mineral section of the San Juan country, An Abvance in Iron Rates. Cuicaao, Nov. B,--[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—1n spite of the strenuous ob- jections of Penunsylvania iron men, the Chicago committee of the Central Traflc asso- ciation to-day decided to restore the commo- dity tariff on iron eircles to the old basis, an advance of from 20/to 40 per cent in rates. Special rates on pig iron and articles taking pig iron retes will ‘also be raised to the old asis. The changes go into effect Novem. 18. e THE KEY WEST CIGARS, ere— A Glimpse of the Tobacco Factories and Cubah Workmen, A visit to the clgar factories of Key West would repay any tourist. The finest leaf from northwestern Cuba, from the Vuelta'Abajo, Partidas, and Vuelta Arriba is brought to our shores, where, under the same climatio influ- ence, it is rolled into cigar shape. says a writer in the New York Times. While a novice can roll a cigar that will smoke, considerable practice is necessary to become expert enough to earn $25 or $35 per weck, because work- men are paid according to the number of eigars rolled. The operator rolls to- gether a sufficient quantity of material o form the flling of ono cigar, Ex- perience enables bim to select leaves of uniform grade. This filling may also be made by machin but the best Havana brands are always volled by haud! The filler is then wrapped in tbe inner cover, which is an oblong piece of leaf, then rolled to bring 1tinto proper shape, aod then rolled in ihe outer cover or wrapper, which is so shaped as to inclose the whole in a spi- ral cover, beginning ut the thick end and running down to' the fine point, where it is dextrously finished by being — twisted to a fine point between the fin- gers, The cigar r:thon allowed either to dry naturally or tho process is hur- ried by artificial heay, The finest brand of Havana oigars is the ‘‘veguera,” after which come the “regaline.” The fosmer are made of the leaf when half dried, and no water is used, but the latter or regalias, made from the dampened, dried leaf, are in no way superior to the Key West cigar made from the same leaf, While the word “legitima” brands n Havana cigar as made in_that city and of Cuban_to- bacco, the brand **Key West cigar” does not mean that the cigar was manufac- tured in Key West, bocause Tampa and Jacksonville, being in the* same inter- nal revenue district are taking advan- tage of that fact by turning out Key West cigars, and it is for this reason that Koy West wishes to have its own separate district for tho better protection of its brands of cigars. Tampa and Jacksonville have not the samo climate as Key West and Cuba, and putting the cigarsof those two cities on the market as of “Key West” make injures that brand {un as much as the California wines nade in Chicago injure the reputation of the genuine brands from the Pacific siope. ‘While it 1s all bustle and work at Key West during the day, after working liours it is a singularly quiet town. The mild, soft evenings permit families to sit in the open air, and in strolling through the streets at might the lighted ends of cigars and cigavettes are so thick in front of the houses as to rve- mind one of fireflies. The little darkies and childven of the poorer classes of Cubans play together on a footing of social equality. On one occasion I saw an amateur minstrel performance by fifteen or twenty little feilows not more than thir- teen yoarsold. For imitative skill T had never seen anything superior to the little Cubans when mimicking their negro associates. Jokes were cracked between the ‘‘end men,” tambourines and bones were there, and the solf, mel- low little voices singlng southern melo- dios made us n whole an entertainment worthy of a higher stage. 1 had secn Christy’s, Kelly & Lyon’s,Dan Bryant’s, the San I'rancisco and . Dockstader’s minstrels, but none of them had the natural charm of that Cuban-darky troupe at Key West. Bright and early on the following morning these min- strels could be seen working atthe cigar tables with faces so solemn as to pre- clude the idea of any sense of humor in their composition. = The character- isctics and tastes of different nations as smokers are as well known to the Key West manufacturers as to the retailer. TFor the English market a heavy. strong, richly-flavored cigar is tho favorite,while for the Continent,a mild, quick-burning one must be made. The United States consumes every kind of cigars, light and dark, large and small. S WONDERFUL LUCK, Lost Fortunes Strangely Restored to Their Owners. The paymaster of a railroad company, having its headquarters in Boston, went out on one oceasion with $30,000 to pay off its employes, says the Cincin- nati Enquirer. = The money was car- ried under his arm, wrapped up in an old newspaper. He stopped at a little wayside eating house for dinuer, and on going away, in a fit of absentmind- edness, left the money lying on a chair. He had got gone many miles from the ploce before he missed it, and his dis- may on discovering its loss can well be imagined. Almost dispairing of dis- covering the package left in 50 public a place, e hurried back, and, with trembling voice, asked -the woman in charge if she had seen the parcel. “There’s a bit of paper on the chair be- yant,” said she, “‘perhaps that’s it,” which it proved to be, and the gentle- man returned a happier and wiser man, A man in the same city lost a roll of bills amounting to $10,000, which also was wrapped upin a newspaper. He told a friend of his loss, and the friend made him describe all the ground he had been over since he had the money. The last place mentioned was the post- office. The night was wet overhead and slushy under foot. They visited the postoffice, and going to the spot where the man had been standing they found two or three bits of torn news- paper. It was the same. They looked further, and at last found the lost treasure. It had been kicked in. turn by every one who came’ into the office, and when found was untied and com- pletely soaked with water. I was all there, however, and the friends return- ed to their hotel and spent several hours in cleaning and drying it. The gentleman was so grateful for the sen- sible advice which had saved him from serious loss that ho took out his friend and bought him the handsomest gold watch chain that he could find in the city. g A still more remarkable incident is related of the finding of $130,000, lost by M. Pages in the Northern railway sta- tion in Paris some ten years ago. As one Ezelot. a French soldier, was walk- ing with two comrades through the sta- tion, they noticed on the floor a small package wrapped in a newspaper. They kicked it along before them for some distance, ana when Ezelot was getting into the train, going home on a short leave, one of his comrades, picking up the package, thrust it into the can- vas forage bag slung at his side, Izelot going on his way without having per- ceived thedittle pleasantry. Arriving at Neuilly, where his parents lived. Ezelot’s mother, emptying the for- age pay, discovered the bundle, but, thinking it a roll of old newspapers, ut it on the table on tho kitchen, nere it remained for four or five days, ull a married sister, calling and seeing the package, was moved by an un- wonted curiosity. Opening she discov- ered documents representing £26,000, the loss of which M. Page had adver- tised throughout Furope. The soldier and his parents, however, had not seen the advertisement, and not knowing what else to do, had recourse to the maire. This functionary, communi- cating with Paris, speedily brought down M. Pages, who u[mlly paying the promised reward of £1,000, went off with nis oddly recovered treasure. It would be an interesting supplement to the nurrative if we could have a record of the feelings of the soldier who thrust this unexpected good fortune upon Kzelot when he heard the sequel of his little joke. B The Dead Sca. The Dead sea is one of the most r markable phenomena ou the earth, says a writer in the New York Mail and K press. The bible calls it the Salt sea, or Sca of the Plain, the Greeks the Lake of Asphalt and the Dead sea, while the Arabs know it as DBabr Lut, or Sea of Lot, preserving the memory of the tragic cataswoohe which oc- curred on its shores, According to the old traveler Maundrell, the name Dead sea is derived from the fact that it moveth not, but is ever still, A modern traveler says it is the least dead of any- thing he knew, On the day of my visit it was greatly agitated—its high and angry waves crested with foaum. For other reasons it deserves the title, Not a shrub grows on its shores. Not a ftish dwells in its brackish waters. Not a boat floats upon its surface, Here and there on the beach lies the dead trunk of a tree, brought down by the Jordan, TWIN CITY STEAM DYE WORKS. The Best Eqnt Rsteblishment {n the West, TPy Dry Cleaning ot fine Garments a Specialty, Goods of every description and material. Does Dyeing ana Cloaning of Garments and Out of town orders by mall or express, will recéive prompt attention. Works on Motor Line, Corner 26th St. & Ave. A, Council Bluffs OMAHA OFFICE, 1521 FARNAM STREET. but thrown up by the unwilling lake. Irby and Mangles tried to light one of these pieces of driftwood, but in vain, on account of the impregnation of salt. The old trudition that birds could not fly over the water and live was a mis- take. The lake is the deepest de- pression on the surface of our conti- nents, being 1,300 feet below the Med- iterranean and 600 below the Lake of Galilee. Itis forty-seven miles long and ten wido, covering three times the arenof the northernlake. The wateris intensely brackish and bitter, contain- ing 26 per cent of sait, which Dr. Daw- son says is not cornmon salt, but mostly the phloride and bromide of magnesium and calcium. There are hot salt and sulphur spriugs in the hills along its eastern shores. The lnke has no out- lot, but receives the sweet current of the Jordan, whick pours 6,000,000 tons of water daily into its deadly and insa- tiate bosom. - Filtering Drinking Water. Pure drinking water is one of the es- sentinls of hoalthy existence. Therea- sons for this proposition multiply with every advance of our knowledee of health, of aisease and of morbific agents. Our recent knowledge of germs has given a new impetus to the study of drinking water, In many communities water is filtered because of its cloudy appearance, in others to get rid of some supnosed un- healthful ingredients. The cfticiency of ordinary filters has been frequently questioned, and as employed it remains an open question whether, on the whole, they do more good or harm. Dr. Charles T, Curries gives us the results of some extended stud of ucteriologically, says Medical As this bears upon the value , we quote his results. Boiling sterilized water within thirty minutes kills harmful bacterin. No chemical agents sterilizo water when used in amounts that ave safe. The rl'u 2ss of distilling water do- stroys all germs. nary filtors, even if satisfactory in , fail to remove all bacteria from drinking water. It may, indeed, allow a more rapid multiplication of the micro-organism in the filtering material itself. The finer the substance through which the water passes, and the lower the pressure, the more perfect is the action of the filter in holding back bacteria. Porous rebaked porcelain, carefully selected, is the best of all substances for domestic filters. If thick and strong enough to allow the use of a large surface, and the substance remains per- fect, this may vield a f. low of c‘un- water free from all bac! To insure the permancy of action, the filter should be occasionally sterilized throughout by steaming or other means Where filtering is really necessary. is, in general, best for the community that it be done carefully,on a large sculo, through sand beds, upon which a fine layerof organic and inorganic mat- ter is expressly produced forsedimenta- tion, because of the valuable action of the latter in holding back the great majority of bacteria. A bad water filter is less desirable_than pure water in its natural state. When,therefore, filtera- tion is employed becanse of real danger of infection, the filtered water should, asarule, be boiled, ac the entire ab- sence of sediment and cloudiness does not 1nsure that the bacteria of disease have not made their way through the filter. The habitualdrinking of boiled water would insure escape from sickness and death to thousands of the human race Yyearly. Light as a Magnetizer. Shelford Bidwell has published a pre- liminary notice of certain experiments made by him, which apparently show that a piece of iron can be slightly mag- netized, by allowing a ray of Light to fall upon it. Mr. Bidwell does not con- sider the results entirely free from sus- picion, but, if further experiments con- firm the experiment, it isof tho highest importance, and will go far to prove that light is an electro-magnetic dis- turbance—a theory which many other facts apparently tend to confirm. SRR L A Familiar sparrow. Macon, Ga., has a queer freak in an £nglish sparrow. Lvery morning this sparrow flies into the oftice of the city clerk through the window, tarries awhile on top of the inner blind, chirps a merry good-morning, and then makes itself at home. It does not scem at all frightened at the people coming in and going out, but flits about the room from window to window, from the top of the book case to the maps on the wall, as unconcerned as if sporting amid the branches of a tree. The chill of the morning causes the flies to remain dor- mant for some time and it has been noticed that the bird makes a meal on these limp flies. After gathering them i and making a hearay meal the spar- row perches on the window through which it came, chirps its profdse thanks, and then skips out to_join its less for- tunate companions. It happened sever-. al days ago, when the morning was chillier than usual, that the porter at the city hall did not lower the window at tho top as usual. That day the bird was seen to fly against the window pane and kick up considerable fuss at not be- ing allowed to come in, and it was not until the window was lowered that it seemed to be satisfied. SPECIAL NOTICES, COUNOIL BLUFFS. T FOR SALE AND RENT. " few table Loacders at Sl HAVE on Lincoln and two on Sixth avenue for sale on terms to suit, modern improved. I per cent. less_ than you C. B, Judd, 606 Broad- will sell these houses can duplicato the sam way. HY pay rent whon you can buy a hoy 810 per month and unwards, rost, of C. B Nuw improved real estate to trade for unim. proved Omani o Council lutrs property. udd, 005 Br o for . including Wdd, 606 Broadway? [ am contempluting lurge mprovements in Council Blufts, { will sell houses and lots ou monLhly payments or terms to suit bo- low thelr cash ‘value for the next 3) days. It costs nothing to lnvesugate. C, 1. Judd, 606 Broadwa; it rth Bocs street; ali fittod up with all modern conven- iences. W. W, Bilger, Peurl stroet, FOR SALE-To quit busne 8t0ck Of furnitare, stoves un be s0ld av cost, without reserve. - mishing good references can buy on instell- ments, maklig we A. J. Man- dell, 42 ana Vi DELL BIOS, & CO loan nionsy’ liberat terms offerel, 103 Pearl st. QR SALE-An ol and drug store, established n 1) uired, $1,6)),'balaucs real estate, "%, Councnl Bluirs, T, INSURANCE at actual cost. Addross 4 A. K. Daugherty, Canning st, Council Blutts, QUK REN avenue, Tho most wo furnished rooms at 747 First GEO. SCHOEDSACK. OR R ot room cottage. cheap to tetie ants without children, Inquir Firstave, [T'_\ il are looking for investmonts that will net yon handsomely ih a short time, wo hav them. " Write or call on Kerr & Gray, Counol Blufts, Towa, N K 1f yon hiavo real estate or cnath I t t dispose of anick, list them wit Council Bluft F Ly hors narness and carriage for n clear lot. Wi give you a gcod trade. Soe Kerr & Gra ARG ATNS—We have some lots on Ave. A, Sentrnl tub., at & barkain. Good {nveste ts for some cne, Kerr & Gray. JOOR EXCHANGE-We have acre »: o adjoining city, for garden purposes, that WA exclinngo for'improved clty properey. Kere Gray. VWV E have fieat class improved city property in good location that we will exchange for fCod improved farm lund {n Towa that 18 clear, rr & Gray, Council Riuffs, R SALE or Rent—Garden land with houses, by J. K. Itice, I in st., Council Kiu W ANTED-A neat young girl to help I gene oral louse wWork. Mrs Jacob Sims, 918 Platuer st. RrAL RSTATE Hougnt md sold Ani ex- changed. Special Attontion given to sxame ination of titles. W. C. Jamas, Na 10 Pearl {OR SALE—Acro lots in Orchard pla property 18 located in the Rica nursery, Houtn of thoe main part of th* city, 14 miles from court houss, Geo. Metealf, 1) Pearl st, M. SIEDENTOPF, Keal Lstate. Special attention givon to examnation and cor- rection of title to lands and lots in city and county. No. & North Maln st, {OR SALE ACre fAD IN JASDOL COunty, Towa, loc oar coal mings that are in operation. Thereisa five foot vein of coal under the farm, _Geo. Metcalf, No. 10 Pearl st, USINESS Jocations or: Main and Brondwa; at great bargamns. Geo, Metealf, No, I Pearl st. IO SALE—Improved and unimproved prop L erty in every part of the city. Rara oppor tunities for {nvestors who seok spesniations; splendid opportunities for those Who dosire homes. Geo, Motcalf, No. 10 Pharl st. K80 feot lnko frontage locatad CB. boat house and M Also a number of choice lot Geo. Motealf, No. 10 Pearl st. {0R REN'T- G way. A fine re tion. Inquire Councii Blufs. Flower Pots. Something entirely new, and the handsomess article of the kind that ‘ever adorned a bays Window or conservatory, &roour new. painted and ornamented Flower Pots and Vases for house plants. These goods are entiraly new and aresold e in Council Bluifs by us. The Rustic Pots are highly oraamental’ and will beny 11y house. Oile grade 1§ SmoOLhlY. puinted in brigit colors for decoration by ladies who paint. These handsome goods are sold at prices commonly asked for plaing fie for puintel pot and saucer, and plata at cor LUND By responding prices, COAL. COAL. €O 1 propose to eive consnmers valuo for their money o Coal, and unul furter notico prices aro—all rail Anthracite: Grate and No. 4 and Range, $.50; vhestnur, 3 Bost Grades or Illinois and JTowa Soft ¢ Tlinols, Tump, $4.50: Maplewood, Senterville, Lowa, Tump, §5.7; W k lamp, & Hamilton lump, 83 Whitebreast lump, %.50: Whiteb: nut, Pen, 82.00; Steam, §2; Slack, $1.80, Terms cosh with order or d .0, D. WM. WELCH, 615 South Main Telephione (. business afl_point, In good condis . Muyue, 617 Broadway, COUNC! Omnibus, Carria WM, WELCH . 4 The Finest Line of TLand; Hacks In the Clty. §27°1 have o new satin-lined carriage for priv mt:- call. 1t is the most elogant coach in the el Ehciul attention givon to commercial men and theatrical troupos. — est taciiities in the city for handiing scone: OFFICES: OGDEN HOUSE, 615 SO, MAIN ST.. Telephone No. 53, Teiephone No, 98 BARN. Teloplione No. 23, The only line authorizecd to answer turned in to Am. Dist. Tel. Co. BELL & BERLINGHOF, ARCHITECTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS. Proprietor, Coaches ‘and Room 2, Opera House Block, Council Bluffs, 0} pues ‘3[erads v Surme.y o -SQIV 03uIUQ) JOISSA SM00I 348 JO 21N 359Uy oWy 1AL 38 WRAd T ‘48 Wi 9L -an3oreIes PROF. L] PHYSIOLOGICAL MANIKIN Adapted to the public schools., The ofly complete thing of its kind in existence and in- dispensible in the school room. 001 Boards desiring the most perfect heip for tho teaches are invited to examine this, Address H.A.BALLINGER, General Agent. —_— o —r— — THE LADIES 0f Couucil Bluffs and Omaha, and surroundin country will find 1t to thelr ‘advantage to dosl with me when they want any kind of HAIR GOODS AND ORNAMENTS. ' Two months ago I determined to close outmy stock and quit bisiness, but the stock was (60 large to be disposed of, snd T wiil continue the Dbusiness wich more goods than ever. Every- thing 1x first class and made up in latest style. Mail orders receive prompt attention. MRS, C.L.GILLETTE, No. 20 Ma cll Bluffs, 1108, OFFICER, W, H. M. Puseg OFFICER & PUSEY, BANKERS. Corner Main and Broaaway, 4, BLUFKFS, IO0WA, i und domestio exchauge rest puld on time E. L, suvoanr, Vice Pros, OnAs, R, HANNAN, Cashier, MTITENG CTATD CITIZENS' STATE BANK, OF COUNCLL BLITFFS Pald up Capital..... . Surplus [ Liability to Depositors . Dikorons—1. A, Miller, F. 0. Glozson, Shugart, E. B Hart, J. D.' Edundson, Chias, Hanua ansact’ genoral banking bust Lirgest capital and surplus of any bank Northwestern fowa, Interest on (i e deposity "MRS, L. SIMMONS ias recpencd her Dressmaking Parlors over nans’ old stand, §14 Broadway, on Motow e, wnd s again pormancnily 1ot wuarantees aatlstaction (0 ail who cluss and tashionable work, To Omahi ladies’, Motor fure will Bo pald and dresses fisted whild waiting, Prices:—Woolen Dresses 4 10 35, 11k, Fluslies sud Laces 8 to 812 —