Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 7, 1889, Page 6

HE HE OMAHA BEE., COUNCIL BLUFFS NO. 12 PLARL STREET. carrier nany part of the City at ifteen Cents per Week, H.W. TILTON MANAGER TELEPHONES: Pusixess Ovrice ) 3 teen Cents n Week ¥From and after November 16 Tae Dainy Bee will be delivered by carriers in Council Bluffs at tifteen cents a week. - -~ MINOR MENTION, Council Bluffs ~ umber Co., coal. Western Lumber and Supply Co. Thatcher coal, see advertisement. Hest coal and wood at C. B. Fuel Co. Carbon Coal Co. wholesale, retail, 10 Pearl. Boston store opening Thursday, Friday and Saturd Nels Johinson was fined §9.60 in police court yosterday morning for assault and battery. Mail Carrier Ben Weber hus been notified that a republican will attend to the duties of his position after the 1st of January. Justico Hendricks will today hear the case of State vs Syivester, charged with assunlt and battery on the person of young Clatter- buck. The Young Women's Christion Temper- ance union held a meeting last evening at the rooms of the organization, in the Merriam block. Three new cases of diphtheria were re- ported yesterduy. ) Flora 15, Ogden, 1220 Avenne O, ttle daughters of John Wilson, 316 Broadway. Leon Lozer, the well kno this city, won an eighty-five race at Oukland, Thursday, defeating’ Al Thornish in 91y seconds, The ruce was for a purse of 81,200, The report that the Heine give a concert in the Omaha Baptist church, is denied by Mrs. Heine who writes from Denuison that the company is giving con- certs through Towa at present. A new mission will be opened tomorrow by the Presbyterians at 2635 Avenue B, A hapel will be erected by them in that 1o- cality early in the spring. Rev. I W, Grossman will have charge of the mission. ‘The annual meeting of tho Pottawaitamio County EFruit Growers and Gardener’s asso ciation will be beld at the court house toduy. There will be a fino display of fruits and vegetaoles, Everybody 18- invited to attend, No charge for admittance. Frank Mackben, charged with the burglary of Robert Duact's market, and the larceny of ® bam, lad u hearing beforo Justice Schurz yesterduy and was discharged. Ho alleged that the property was received from another v, and us thére was nothing to aisprove tement, he was rejeased. The seventy-five foot cxtension ladder has again been mounted on the big truck, and an exhibition was given at the city mills yester- day. The truck will hereafter answer all alarms in the paved districts. Chief Waltors will have a trial of the truck at the new Sapp block, corner of Scott ana Broa s the building is completed. Much complaint is made by passengers who have to wait at the corner of Fifth avenue and Pearl street for motor car con- nections. The company will be requested to either run the transfer up Pearl street and Broadway and around the loop, or adaopt ch a scheaule on the Fifth avenue line as Wwill insure prompt connections, ‘Lhe report of the death of ex-Sherift Perry Reel was u false one, and u messenger who was sentto his place yesterday noon f2und him able to converse a little, but his condition is very alarming and his physician offers no encouragement for his recovery. He is 80 weak that his death is regarded s & question of buta very short time, Mrs. Ahnio ., wifo of B. §. Dawson, died Thursday evening at her home, No. 18 South Seventh street, after a long illncss, The de- ceused had been a resident of this city for che past eighteen years, and was engaged in the millinery business in _the Ogden before its destruction by fire. She leaves two chil- dren. ‘lhe remains will be takento Mt. Pleasant today for interment, Sheniff O'Neill went to Avoca yesterday, where he took Windom and Beus to receive their sentences for highway robbery, to which they pleaded guilty a few days ugo be- fore Judge Deemer.” Windom was given a ear and a half and Betts two years and a alf in tho penitentiury at Fort Madison, They were brought buck here last night and will be takes across the state in a fow days. ‘The Coursing club is arranging for a big wolf hunt cast of the city 1 a few days. The club is also preparing to pu; voral new hounds. A litter of nine puppies, which the club contracted for several months ago, will be received about the middle of Junuai The pups ure now but a few weeks old, but the hunters have vut up $100 for them, Ihe kennel now contans some very valuable dogs. Numerous complaints have been made of late of a gang of young toughs who loungo about uear the corner of Sixteenth avenue and Ninth street. The conscienceless loafers insult ladies who pass and muke life burden- some for all the residents in that locality. Judge Aylesworth states that he will punish the entire outtit severely if they are brought 10 him, which will surely be the case uniess there is a decided change in the situation. Chairman Waterman of the fire commit- tee yesterday ordered a pair of Barrett shears, for cutting electric light wires, and a counle of pawrs of rubber eloves, for uso in haudling the dangerous current conductors. They will be of untold value in clearing a way for the ladders on streets obstructed by the wires. A request was also made to send figures regarding the cost of a pompier equip- ment of three ladders, belts, snaps, rope, etc., it being the intention to add this im- vortant feature to the fire department, The jury 1n the case of Buehr vs A, A. Clark & Company went out yesterday morn- ing, Judge Carson delivering the charge as s00n as court opened. Colonel W. F. Sapp then moved that court adjourn as a mark of respect to the memory of ex-Sherift Reel, whose death bud been reported. He spoke in eloquent terms of the life, character and work of Mr. Reel, whom ho had known per- sonally and oficially and who had been one of tho best citizens this county ever had, At the close of his remarks the court ordercd #u adjournment until this morning. A mistake in_making the announcements for the revival meetings at the Pilgrim church, cornor of Ninth - street and Avenue A, created the impression that the lasy of the mectings was be held last night. Anothor meeting will be held tonight, and the meotings will also be continued 'next week. They ave being conducted by Rev. C, A, Towlo, superintendent of the Congroga- tional Sunday schools of the state, ana have thus far been very well attended, Much intercst is mauifested, and the indications are that this school will develop into one of the lurgest and most flourishing in the city. ——— The Puliman restaurant, 554 Broadway, Morey loaned at L. B3, Craft & Co.'s lo oftice on furniture, pianos, horses, wagons, porsonal proverty of all kinds, und all other articles of value, without removal. All bus- iness strictly contidential, e, P. C. Miller, best paper hanging and dec- orating. The best is the cheapest. vrinter of family would ¥ e Go to Burhorn's for wedding presents at cost. i — Fountain cigar, a strictly 10¢ cgar At the l"nunu:‘ln. Try DII‘:, p dor- o S Saddle Rock restaurant, 402 ‘Broadway, oven day und unight, rirst class, J. k. Yaucy, prop. s Wanted--To trade for a (ot two good 2 and 8 year old horses. luquire at the Fountain cigar stord, e L Personal Paragraphs, R. E. Wilsey left tast evening for Topeks. A. Hruegger, an ageut fora fire apparatus, Was iu the city yesterday, He left inthe afterncon for the south, Mrs, Mergen leaves toduy for Germauy, Bbe goes for the bewelit'of her health and will be abseut several months. Rev. A. M, Leiobliter of West Uaion, Ia., is \hlm‘ueflb\n.l lElhll brother- l&n\v, H 7 , on urth avenue, @ s on L b on lus THE NEWS IN THE BLUFES. City Bogineer Stimson Gives His Side of the Sidewalk Question. TRIMBLE HELD FOR VAGRANCY. Constable Wesley Wants to Do the Busincss of His Ofice—A Church Dedication—A D flicnlty Sets tled Amicably—Notes, What the City Engineer Saye. ““There are two sides to every story,” re- marked City Enfineer Stimson, nas he stepped into Tne Bee office yesterday after- noon, “‘and I rather think that the account in your paper yesterday relative to the difti- culty between certain aldermen and mysolt, was from tho position taken by the other side. Now tho facts in the case, in regard to my not properly examining work done on side- walk, and that no estima ave been made by me without first satisfying myself that the work was done according to specifi tions. Ttis not m, to act as sidewalle inspector, as a man is hired by the city for that apecial purpose. Tho statement made by Alderman Kunophier that tho contractors were using less sand than required by the specifications is absolutely without founda- tion. He said that in some cases they did not use two inches, wnd the inspector, Mr. Mither, will tell him that thatis not so. I have measured the sand in numerous instances, and have always found about four inches, sometimes a little more, and some- times a trifle less, but it was fully up to the requirements, 1 am not at all surprised to find certain aldermen making such moves as this, for there is _an election coming in the spring. In a wee candidates for aldermen will be vominated, and souie such alarmiog display of nterest iu the affuirs of the city is to be expecte There will be soveral of these outbreaks in the allegod interest of the taxp and in favor of mumeipal retrenchment in various foris befors the primaries ure leld Mark wy word, thero will be more vetrench- ment talk on the part of certain aldermen in the next six woeks than there has been in past ten months, While they are doing alittle work n their own behalf thoy want to do some against me. You sce, it is very convenient to have a city engincer who will work with them when thero is a groat deal of public work to be done, and the aldermen and contractors want to understand what i going on. When bidding is close it is doubtedly pleasing to have the city engine tabulate bids so that the contract can be let 10 the right party. My relations with the majority aldermen uave been very pieas think they are in favor of having every open aud above board and are satisfied with the work that is being done in my depart- ment. The idea that the city ought to get along without a sidewalk inspector and that the city engineer ought to attend to this work is preposterous. He has enough to ao in his own department without having ad- ditional work heaved upon him, The idea of his going around all ovi the cif taking out bricks and so forth to s if con- tractors are doing thew duty is a re- trenchment scheme without any foundation. The city pays il ors and shonld sce that they are responsible men. These inspectors are_approved by the council, and they ¢ hardly expect some one else to be respou ble for their appointment. It must be re membered thav the layiog of new sidewalks is not the only work that is going on in the’| city, and the city engineer is supposed to have a general oversight of the whole of it, 80 that e canuot be expected to devote his wholo time to looking after a small portion of the work.” — - The Woman's Exchange. ‘This organization is composed of many of the leading ladies of the city. At present they are making special efforts to secure funds for the maintenance of that worthy institution, the Woman’s Christian Associa- tion hospital. 7The ladies are prepared to furmish on short notice all sorts of cakes, breads, ices, ete., for families and f¢ li also gladly receive or- of the nt, and I a for fancy articles of all sorts for the holiday scason. Plain sewing will also ba doune by them, Orders can be left with Miss Hattie Ross, No. ¢17 Willow avenue, L Chapman’s urtdisplay will be kept intact during the holidays. Go and see it, mie e e o = All fancy silks at T3¢ per yard, this week only, at Friedman’s, sack at “‘The Famous,” e Trimble Stays i Judge Aylesworth passed upon Frs Trimble’s case yestesday, Trimble v rested Sunday for vagrancy and disturbiug d his hearing was continued until yesterdu Deputy Marshal White acted as prosecutor, The ground upon which the charge of vagranes was based was ab- sence of visivle means of support. Trimble mado things lively and showed that he was an attorney, and recited a list of bis cases and the f¢ he bad drawn, showing an in- come of about #10 a month, Thero was no chance of securing aconviction, 8o the pros cution amended his peuition, bringing o charge of habitual drunkenness, Trimblo got upon bis aigoity and refused to make aby defense against so ignoble a charge and the court decided that he would have o give a bond of £100 for his good be- havior or go to jail until the district court would let him out again. The defendant an- nounced that he could easily furnish the boud, but he failed to secure a bondsman, and is still i jail, Good flour Jail. — Stamped linen goods at cost this week at Friedman’s. B Coul oil 10¢ gallon at “The Famous.” Lot The Baston store Opening. This is the last day of the formal opening at the Boston store, and if thore stll remain any peoplo who have not visited the place they cannot afford to deluy any longer, Tak- iug'in everything at a glance, the beautiful decorations and desigus presented almost be- wilder one, and the display of beautiful boli- day goods is simply wonderful. The pro- prietors state that gooas will arrive daily until Christmas, and thatthey intend making one of tho grandest displays over seen in the city. Holiday goods will be sold cheap, and the display will cover the first and second floors, Visit the Hoston store any day and see the grand displ S Constable Wesley's Say. . Wesloy, the constable, says: “I wish Tae Bee would correct an article which up- peared in the Nonpareil regarding an alkeged trouble in Justice Schurz' court. It was made up of whole cloth, except one state- ment, that 1 wasn ’Squire Schurz’ ofiige without any invitation, That much is true. Being legally elected constable, I thought it a proper place to look for busine: I have not commenced any proceedings against Mr. Fox, nor against Mr, Schurz. 1 have said that I thougnt it unfair and unjust that Mr, Fox stould be made a special coustuble, when there was a legally elected one ready to serve papers. 1 bave never asked Mr. Schurz to give we his busiuess, and shall not complain if he does not, but I should like to :in ve him give it to somie duly elected of- cer,” e Best country butter 25¢ 1b at “The Fam- ous.” e reduced, this week ouly, yer yard at Frieduman’s, Fancy from §3.50 to § Six foot vein of coal only $40 per acre. An proved farm of 160 acres, 14 miles south of Indiauols, near C. B. & Q, railway, from Charitdn to Des Moines in the White ‘Breast valley coal district, 8. ¢, of see. 8:73-23, Will trade for Omaba o Council Bluffs property unincumbered, ov sell on easy payments. T, J. Lyuns or J. R. Rice. e Dedicating a Ohureh. ‘The Bethany Baptist church will dedicate its new chapel on High street at the eastern extremity of Sixteenth avenue to-morrow, Sunday, the Stb, at 2:30 p. w, The dedica- tory sermon will be preached by Rev. I, W, Parsons of Glonwood, the prayer of dedi tion will be offered by Rev. A. W. Clark of Omain, and other appropriate exercises will be hield. In the ovening at 7:% Rev. J. W, Harris of Omaba will proach, In the morning at 10 o'clock there will bo held a apecial axercise for the Stnday school, In it representatives from the various Sun- day schiools of the city are expected to take part. iis promises 1o be a very interesting oceasion, Altare invited to the services. Beautifui, sensible, usefal ents, per cent discount, O, Co., 407 Broadway holiday wvres- B. Furniture - Granulated sugac 13 Ibs §1.00 at “The IPamous. Siiks reduced from $1.95 to 73c per yard at Eriedman’s, —— Fine stock of watches_and jewelry for the holianys at Wollman's, b y - Dra. Woodbury nave remo office to 101 Pearl stroet. up st - - - Now is the time to buy your furniture. A. Beebe & Company have foo many go for their storage capacity and_ar prices to make goods go. Berkey chamber suits, sideboards and dining tabl Windsor, Welch and Ber folding be parlor stlites, lounses and all kinds of fano; chairs at unlieard of figurcs, Those goods are all of the finest desizns and finish. Don't buy until you learn their prices. A clean sweep to bo made. Come and see for your- self, The Ross Inves their dental - ment and Teist compan y - We Don't Olain the Eurth, But we do claim that we make the best fit- ting pants, especially for fat men, 1o bo ob tained in the twin® cities. Reiter, tailor, 810 Broadway. A Diflic The case a; William Smith, P N 1ty Amicably Sottied, iinst George Meschendorf, Bert Tostevin and Johu Creed, for disturbing the poace, was dis- posed of yesterday by Judge Aylesworth. Meschendorf stated that he was alone re- sponsible for the trouble und ploaded euilty to drunkenness. He was fiaed $).60 aad the costs in each of the other cases taxed up to Wim. It transpires that the case was less serious than was at first supposed and was v the result, of Meschendorf's hilarity. sport that he had_an encounter with Horaberger of Omaha turns out to veen merely a fricudly seuffla, and the as in which lie Swith became in- of a wisunderstanding, i Creed, who is one of Meschendorf's drivers, thought it was a fight and started in to help Meschendorf. The matter was adjusted to the isfaction of ull the interested parties yesterday morn- ing, and it is a matter of regret to all that the uufortunate affair occurred. The sweeping reductions 1 furniture ad- vertised by the C. B. Parniture Co. are bona fide facts, A e Chenille tassels 25¢-per dozen at Fried- man’s. Go to Burhorn's for holiday gools at cost - Fine marble clocks at cost at Burhorn's, Finest market 1n civy st S A Blind Sculptol idal, the blind sculptor, is one of the wonders of the French capital. He has been blind since his twenty-first year. We can quite understand how a blind farmer would cultivate tl ground with the plow. spade and hoe; how he would feel around the tender plants, and gently loosen the dirt from their roots, or how the blind Birming- ham, Ala.. miner tells, with the sense of touch alone, the direction and to what depth to drill his holes for putting in a blast; but the werk of Vidal stands out in bold relief, unique, wonderful and incomparable. To be a sculplor it is generally supposed that one must have the ‘*mechanic’s eye” and th. ist's tuste and perspicuity. latter faculties Vidal has an exceptional degree—even more acute, he believes, than if the former were not lost to him for ever. By slowly passing his hands over an ob- jeet he notes its external proportions and imitates them in clay in o manner which strikes the beholder dumb with surprise. A dog, horse, human face ov anything dead or alive he models with as much eas any of the dozens of Pa- risian sculptors who still retain the fac- ulty of sight. From 1855 to 1875V idal recived more medals than any other ex- hibitor of worksin the Pavis art exhibi- tion. Many of his works, made in the solitude of his perpetual midnight, are vow on the shelf at the great exposi- tion, where the blind wonder contends in friendly rivaley with his less unfor- tunate brother artists. e never com- is genial and festive ds, who always speak of him and to him as though he conld see, and well may they do so, for he 18 one of the best art critics in Paris, —_— C. B. steam dye works, 1013 BBroadway. ————— The Mankattan sporting headq'rs 418 B-way. L Always on Tim~. you wish to purchase a good and reliable watch 2 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, AL ey Miss May Gleason has removed her dress. making parlors to the rooms lately used by the puolic library, No. 14 Pearl atreot, where she will be glad to see her old friends, -— Bull Doz Mitched Against Gorilla, Sporting men who are interested in novel and brutal combats will be inter- ested to know that a match was made in this city today betwesn William Stew- art’s gorilla and the thirty-five-pound bull dog of William Wilson. of Marion, Ind.,says a Fort Wa ,Ind., disi h, The match is to be to a finish, which means until one or both animals are killed, and the money is in the hands of u Chicago sport named Carter, who is also referee. The oviginal stakes were $100 a sido, buv an offer of another $100 by Stewart that the dog would not get out of the pit alive has been accepted by Wilson. The battle will take place in a pen to be built of high oak planks, in the woods near this city, and within ten days from today. The gorilla is six years old, weighs eighty pounds, and has alveady killed three fighting dogs in matches. Wilton Lackaye, the young and promising actor who made himself famous ina night by his careful, pains-taking and correct act- ing of several most important dialect parts, such as the Portugese suitor in Minuie Mad- dern’s play of “Featherbrain,” which bad such o run last summer at the Maaison Square theater, the twin brother in McKee Rankin's play of *'Allan Dare” and the lead. ing part in Bronson Howard's “Shenan- doah,” has decided, after receiving numer- ous offers from several well-known man- agers, to star in some appropriate play next ason, which he will hereafter select. He is scarcely thirty years of age and bhas been before the public but a few years, but dur- ing his short career he bas made a name LLaL few artis Solid gold rings at Wollman's, 538 B'way, i J. G. Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadway et L Neumeyer hotel, first cluss,reasonable rates e Probstla's harness shop, 552 opera house block, headquarters for robes and blankets. e e The Bechtele has been remodeled and re- fitted aud nawe changed to Hotel Jameson, R Since reducing tho price on all grades of furniture the big establishwent of the C. 13, Furoiture Co, has been orowded with pur- ehysers. OMAHA DAIi.Y BEE now erected at Deptford 13 feet. SATURDAY ELECTRIC LIGHTS: 0" LONDON. Facta About the Magnificeat Plant of the World's Metropolis. IT'S VERY ROUGH ON THE RATS. A Young Omaha Electrician’s In- genious Merhod of Slaughter ing the Ruodents—A Tc graphic Thermometer. The earl of Crawford has the facts of clecvrie lighting in London at his finger-tips, says the Pall Mall Gazette. o has boen i good few years now act- ively engaged in daveloping the light of the future, and the chairman of the London electrio supply corporation, whose d. methods and mechanical appliances astonished even Mr. Edison on his recent visit to the generating station Deptford, On cu phi terrace our representative found his lovdship in the board room, and he courteously communicated all the in- ormation desired with respect to the work of the company. The company,” said Lord Crawford, “‘began practically through Sir Coutts Lindsay undertaking in ovember, 1884, to hight the Grosvenor gallery with electricity, When he decided to do that he received offérs from neight bors to supply them with the hight, and the work was made in consequence much larger than was oviginally in- tended. By October, 1885, two small enginesand four smali dynamos were at work, with a capueity of 10,000 lights. We then found that insuflicient, and ordered two more dynamos from nti, of a capacity of 10,600 lights and put down another engine. uti's dynamos were nominally 10,000, but they were sable of supply- ing 15,000, The demand kept onin- ing, but we were unwilling to tuk e on more than 30,000 lights, for there was no space availuble, and indeed the whole of the conditions of the engine room were very unfavorable for venti- lation, it being forty feet below Bond street, right under Grosvenor. In October, 1887, we found it absolutely necessary to move, and consequently we extended our company and adopted the name of The London. **Our land at Deptford is a little over three acres in extent. We commenced erecting our works in A pril, 1888, and huve been at it night and day ever since. Now we have a very large en- gine house erected and h engines and dynamos at work of power. Two otherayuamos and engines are in course of construction of 5,000 horse power eath, The boiler power we have put down is 14,000 horse power. We found when we iuqui to the construction of th dy that thero were no tools wough to deal with them, except'a few in arsenals and private works., We tried Krupp in Germany and the Creuzot works in France, and neither of them would con- tract to deliver under three As 1t did not suit our: purpose wait 80 iong, we pus up machinery ourselves. at an expense of £5,000 to £6,000, and we shall be able to compiete these dynamos inayear. They ave unprecedented in sl The lathe required to turn the main shaft is of the sume dimensions as that used for turning the 100-ton gun at Woolwich. The shafts are 56 inchesin digmeter, and in the rough weighed70 tons. They were the largest castings of steel ever made in Scotinnd. The dynamos are 42 feet in diameter at the armature. The dynamos in the Grosvenor are only 9 feet, and those it s to their lighting power, the Grosvenor dyuamos have a nominal power of 10,000, but actually 18,000 each, Those orking now at Deptford will supply 5,000 lights, and the two being con- structed will rise to 100,000 ench. These new ones are devised so that as the de- mand avises we can put another engine upon euch dynamo of 5,000 horse power, s0 that each” will be up to 10,000 herse power, making them 200,000 lights cach nowinally “We are also manufacturing the mains ourselves, and four machines ave turning them out in 20-foot lengths, his is all that we require for 100,000 ghts, The largest of our mains will inches over all, and the smal 1t inches. There is no cable. Weliave a tube of copver having a quarter of an inch of sectional area, through which the current is sent out. This has a cover of insulating material, and a sec- ond copper tube is com sed around that for the return cu t. Another er of insulating material used, and over all is placed an iron tube “drawn down” ov made tight mechanical protection against in the street. With this main we require no box or brick- work in the streets, as it is put naked into the earth. The outer tube is of wrought iron, a quarter of an inch thick and is sufficiently flexible to bend at ight angles without breaking, while strong enough to resist any weight that may go over it without damage. There will be a joint for service at each twenty feot, so that every house can have the light if required. ~ A main on this princinle is absolutely safe. A man can touch the naked copper with im- punity, as it is alveady, as it is tech- nically called, ‘to earth.” He is on the earth, and is therefore touching earth. The only way in which he could geta shock isby cutting the main open and getting to the ior tube; so that he would have deliberately to cut through the thickness of iron, then a thickness of copper and through the insulation before he could reach the point where damage could be don There is the sume protectiod 'against danger from the connecting wires, “The primary current issent tipata tension of 10,000.- That pressuro has never been approached befove in elec- trical work. What we ave doing at the Grosvenor is a§' ligh as anything that has ever been done, and the tension there is 2,400 volts, We bring up our mains to distributing stations, where the tension is reduced from 10,000 volts to 2400 volts. Then it is sent through the strests underground exactly as wo do at the Grosvenor, and at each house it is again reduced by means of transformers 40 working pressure of 100 voits, By arrangement with the railway company the current isbrought up from our genevating station at Depu- ford along the Southeastern lin We have running powers into the Caunon street station, over Ludgate railway bridge, and over Chaving street bridge. Two maius are laid alongside the line. The advantage of this is that we have got a private way, in addition to the right of way through the public streets under our order, which we intend in due course to make use of, We have also rnning powe the district underground for mains. Event- ually wesshall have eight or ten sta- tions to distribute the light from, and at present we have practically six, i cluding the Crosvenor, from which the machinery will be removed later on. These distributing stations need not be larger thad a good-sized room. *We do not regard our station at Deptford or our very high tension as an 18 .chamber of deputie DECEMBER 7 experiment, and although some people have suggosted risks and drawbacks, we nre unaware of them. 1t is much more economical to send electrieal power from a distance if high tension is used, because the section of copper ro- quired 1s very much smaller. The see tion 1 spoke of just now, with a diame- ter of 2} inches, will transmit with high tension 100,000 lights, but with medium tension (that is 2,400 volts) it will onl transmit 40,000 lights. With low te sion (that is, 100 volts) they could only distribute 1,000 lights over n mile. 1 short, what we do is to bring it up undi luted and break it down to the re- quired strength before supplying it to our custom rs. Although we ave not. actually at work sending the current from Deptford to London, for our own wformation we have been lighting Deptford from the Grosveunor, and the result has been equal to our expecta- tions, although the conditions were un- favorable.” 'he overhead cables which radiate rom the Grosyenor, have to come down within the spuce of two yoars. We propose to lay down a very considerable amount of underground work, and as fast as that overtakes the overhead the latter will be removed. A Tolegra Thsemom stor, For many purposes it would be venient if the te mperature ind athermometer in some ressible could con- ted by situntion not bo telegraphed as it were, to some spot convenient to the observer. Many methods, more or sful, have been devised, somne of which are well worthy of practical smplification. Among the latest and most useful as far as its range of appli- ability will ¢ itis a French inven- tion. This consists of a thermometer with a seale about eight_inches long, readinge from centigrade. ‘The bulb holds mercury as usual, A platinum wire of about .0003 inches in diameter runs from end to end of the tube. being connected with platinum terminals fused through the glass. The length of wire between the above-men- tioned scale of degrees has o rosistanco of 200 ohms. The resistance of the whole thermometer, theretore, ill vary considerably as the mercury rises and falls in the tube, and it is on this that the acrangement for telegraphing the temperature toa distant point de- pends. The r ving instrument con- sists of a low resistance galvonometer and an auxiliavy resistance of about two hundred ohms, Two cells connect- ed ir: parallel are employed to send a current through the thermometer, re- sistance and galvanometer, the deflcet tion of the latter indicating the heigh- of the mercury in the thermometer tube. Rough on Rats, Victor Poissant, a young electrician of this city, has a very ingenious way of killing rats. As he has been prac- ticing this method of electrocution at intervals for the past three years he may be fairly credited with having an- ticipated tho New York scientists, who are now puzzling themselves and the vest of mankind us to the propriety of sending Mr. Kemmler out of the world by the overhead wire system, The prying rodent is caught in an or- dinary oval trap. the bottom of which is covered with tin. Mr. Poissant has a small dynamo of his own manufacture. One wire, connected with the dynamo, 18 fastened to the tin lining of the trap, and another is thrastinto the prisoner’s cell. The weli-known propensity of a caged rat to show battle asserts itself, and he scizes the wire between his teeth. Inso doing he mukes the mis- take of his lifs The circuit is com- pleted. his jaws close on the wire with a death grip, and without a squeak and most without a ‘quiver he passes into a state of eterndl and innocuous desue- tude. The process is equally effective with mice, though somewhat more difiicult to apply, as these little animals will not tale hold of the Wire as the rats do. Nomark is lefton either. In both cases death is practically instantan- eous. Ingects are more difficult to kill. Mr. Poissant thinks thisis due to the fact that they bave fewer nerves to act upon. Grasshoppers die very hard. One peculiarity about thewr electrocu- tion is the fact that as soon as the cur- rent is applied their hind legs fly off. olution of partnership between more or | violenee, and the di ered limbs are frequently shot seve feet away. These legs are attached to the body by a ve icate ligument, and the sudden contraction of the big muscles in the thighs pulls them off. Voting By The plan of voting in assemblies by tric current, and thus @ the time Jost 10 making divi- been before the French and . report on the subject was presented by M. Mon- tant last November, says a London pag In that report the advisubility of employing a machine which would 1ndicate not only the total votes “pour?’ or ‘“contre” a measure—that is to say the “ayes” and ‘“noes”---but also the number of voluntary abstentions from voting, us distinct trom the number of absentees. Suchan apparatus has been sed by M. Le Goaziou. On overy desk in front of a member is placed a a small box fitted with two handles, which the member works when regis- tering his vote. The right handle registers his ‘‘aye,” the left his *no,” nd both moved simultuneosly indicate his abstention from voting. The results ave printed by meansof electro-magnets in a receiver, and are visible at a glance. Provision is made for & mem- ber to recall and correct his vote during the time allowed for the purpose. Sparks. The Edison three-wire system of dis- tribution worlks at its highest efliciency for a given lamp supply when the two external mains carry the same current, The fact has been pointed out that in the orguns of the electric fish the elec- icity is not already formed, but that it is produced at the will of the animal. The protection of wen-of-war from the effects of lightning has reduced casualties from that cause in a remark- able degree. In fifty years before the introduction of lightning rods over two hundred English men-of-war were struck, while from 1810 to 1815 only forty-eight vessels were more or less damaged, It is well knowa that the passage of a current ueross the junction of two dis- similar metals produces heating or cooling, according to the natwe of these metals and the diraction in which the curvent flows. This phenomenon, JACOBS O[] N CURES PERMANENTLY SPRAINS. ington, Tex, June 26, 1888, flad suffercd off aud on for fileen years ith strained Lack; no trouble with it o W0 yenrs g0 was cured by 8L, s Ol No relira, % M CARTMELL. At DRUGGIST AND DEALMRA THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO., Baltimore, Md, Coall A. T. THATCHER, Chicago, Ills, I We will gl to consumers direct, | following reduced prices: GRATE AND EGG RANGE AND NUT CHESTNUT And the best grades of Soft Coal. 00, Juckson $5, Ceduc $3.85, Cannel $6, creened, $3.00, Gas House Coko 12¢ per A I{].\l.\' ~Cash with order. All conl red. FESSIONA H. BIRKINBINE N. SCHURZ Hyd Spoecification Building, Co Justice of the Peac Broadway, Council Council Bluf P. J_MONTGOMERY & ur {1 @ Roes out or burns pooriy and leavs great in bulk as the conl consumed. 10 the cheapest. | have no cheap coal, but » 18 Clieaper than the stufl allic lump avlowe:t prices. Stove and L. M. SHUBERT - known the Peltier effect, has been an interesting scientific fact for years. It is now utilized in an invention in which the electric carrent is employed for frcezing and refr \ing purposes, Telegraphing from a moving train is accomplished through a circuit from the car roof, inducting a current in the wire or poles along the track SPECIAL NOTICES. _ COUNCIL BLUFFS. FOR SALE AND RINT. 30 ACRE farm_near the ity in high state of & cuitivation. ~Easy terms, ¥§3 per acre, A big WA Wood & Co., 620 Main s NTED- By two _gentlemen, comforta, furnished room ; must have heat; cony fent to business, B., Bee oflice. Council Biutrs. d stoc {108 und nobbiest patterns as - r dealer in Council Rlufls or Omaba, aud 1 am seliing out everything to quit Lusiness, My de- tormination to out the entire stoc once calls for great sacritices to prices of yr value to the public, and [« o lnere is not a single article in the line urniture from the parlor to the kitchen that Iwiinot sell 20 per ceut lower thint i3 quoted Ly any ot dealer. Vou can get an elegant bearvom or parlor =uite, tho lat- ties in coalrs anc tavles, for nearly that will mae royal holday prosents. tinware and housenold £oods of every ption, clocks, hall racks, mirrors, and brica-brac. An endless yaziety to select Goods packed and sent to wll points fre charge, Come yourself or send your friends ro wspectour bargains. A, J. Mandel, 52} und 525 Broadway. {OR S Atthe farm of A. Pinnev, four ana a half mi of Council hina plies, both Prices reasonable, 3 n, large and everything in fine Prive £2,500; terms casy. ARGE lot, large hou 4" woodshed, fruit, order; good location, W. A. Wood & Co, GOOD business lot, 5) ft front, within less than two blocks of the battk corners: one of the best bargains in the city, at & per frony foot. W. A.Wood & Co., 520 Main. tt_on 1ith st A, Wood & Co. 1 F th st at #,000; cheap. [INE fralc and locations near the city egetuble land, n_ aif t W. A, Wood & Co, W ANIED -Au encrgetic gentleman of 00l address for special business: good cpening for vight party, Address B4, Bec oflice, Coun- il Bluffs, N B improve te to traae for unim. AN ‘provea Omaha or Council Bluils property. wilie and Suni STONE & SIMS Auprmexs Surgeon aud Homwpnth. building. 115 Pearl St. A, m., 260 6 and 7108 p.m, THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. Alleged Diurd coal that 18 halt screenings and mixed with slack is dear y I i mined, all rail a a1 to nt # a ton, dwool, | stove to théto) ! Hanna Coall H. A, COX, Western Sales Agent. P E——— R OFFICE: (14 Main Streat, Brown Building. Telephons 48, ILECTED ANTHRACITE COAL at the $8,25 8.50 8.50 Lump $7.00, Walnot Blook 50, Towa Nut, Extra Large size and rolles bushel, or $7.00 per ton. fresh mined, well screaned and promptly Wyoming L DIRECTORY. v Engineer. Plans, 1 s Supervision of Public Work. ¢ il Bluils, [owa, timates Brown e. “Offico over American kxpross, No. 41 Bluffs, lowa. Law. Dractico in Mo State and_Feds Rooms 7 and 8 Shugart-Beno Block, T3, Towa, Room ¢ Olice hours, Brown to 12, at any price, aplle of cinders und red ashes nearly as V't pay to bother with it. The best ix always Neneite al $ho0 coal, nut 2319 West Broadway All grades of so nd skates! Skito ! skate ! Bovs, there 1s magnifizent skating av Manawa, hard, smooth, safe ic geLu i of olir now ¢iub skutos, ey ara beauties, strong and sharp, and ara sold very cheap. Wohinve st 1ine of Kkates i the aty to select from, Come and se them, SHUGART & CO,, 11 Main Lake Come and COALL COAL, COoALL 1 propose to give consumers value for thelr money in Coal, and uotil furth prices are -all rail Anthracite: &y ¥ No. ¢ anl Range, 8.50; Chestnur, . Also Rest Grades or Tlinols and Towa Soft Conl— Edinbur. 1llinols, lump, 85.00: Maplewood, lump, #.14: Centerville, Towa, lump. #.70; W nut Block lamp, $3.6); W Whitebreast nut, § Black, §1.8). Te) ). DL WML ‘elophone v3. " A NEW STOVE. latest trlumph of the stove makers’ has u cast fron jacketed fire box openiy Bt air fitie, (hat runs trom the' hotton of passing throigh the intons nn It takes the cold afr from Ats it by dlivect contact with the hottest parts of the stove. Why pay #4 fora stove when this perfoct heater can bo Tliad for It burns anything, Only wt Odell & nUs, 708 and AL, .50 Steam, #23 v Showith order or delivered WELCIL 616 South Main street. hoat of t the floor and | E. L. Snuaanr, Pros, Vice Pros, Crias. R, [IANNAN, Cashier, ITIZENS CTATR \ CITIZENS' STATE BANK, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Palid up Capital.. $150,000.00 Surplus ... . . 35,000.00 Liablility to Depositors....335,000.00 Dri 3 . 0. son, E. L. Shugart, dundson, Chias, R, bunking business Largest capital and surplus of any bauk in Nortawestera lowa, Interest on time deposits x C()l'.\C.lL BLUFES Omnibus, Carriage an ! Transfer LIN WM, WELCH -Proprietor, The Finest Line of TLanduus, Coaches and Hacks in tho City, $9°1 hiave mnew satin i ' ate call. 1¢ i5 the most clogant cou city. for priv 1 in the attention giy theatrical tronj city for handling scenes OFFIC [t cial men s iu the n to comino: lest facill OGDEN HOUSE, “Telephone No. i BARN, el b Tho only line nswer calls turned in 10 Am, Dist T ome No. 93 C. B. Judd, 606 Broadway. HAVE thrce houses on Lincoln a 1l two on Sixth avenuo for sale on terms to sult, These housos are mew, modern improve will sell these hou per cent. less than you can duplicate the same. C. B, Juda, 903 Broad- contemplating large 1apro i Bluils, L Wil sell houses and yIGLLS or terms 10 suit bo- xt 3) duys. It costs nothing to investigate. C. B. Judd, 60y Lroadway. TFOR RENT-One seven-room house on rourth avenue; one eight-room house on Nece ond avenue, and one sight-room house on Tenth street; all fittea up with all modern conven- 1ences. W, W, Bllger, Pearlstreet, YV ANTED—Av once, u fow goneral stocks of merchanaise for good farming lands and cash, Kerr & Gray. 1 ARGAINS—We have bargains in some No. 1 property this week; must be sold, Kerk & Gray. an EXCHAN %0 exchang, Western or « Biufs, te or cnattels YOU WA to dispose of quick, st thens with Kerr & Gray, Council Blufrs, 1 Trom, BaALEwt lews than cash valie on moLily’ payments or tovins fo sult, or trad @ for Omaha or Council Bluffs unimproved proderty’ New Il-roomn house, 10t 57x13), with all mod- ern dmprovements, oh 6t ave, between 16th and 1ith sts. One block from electric wmotor line and one block from Manawa motor line, Now &-room house ad joiniug the above Thres now & houses on Lincoin ay Vlocks from mator iine, "o new *4-room houses foir blocks from eloctric motor line on Norta 7th st, One new 5-room four blocks from elec- ric motor lice on ! il st Thr ee new h and_-room houses one blork rom electric motor line, " corier Ave. A wnd th st. Tesldes the above T havehouses and lots in all parts of the city, The above property 1% all iny own and 1 wifl soll on terms to suit for Tes. han you cun buy a3 good property. and impFove it yourself for cash B, Judd, 606 Broadway, Council Blufs, s, RUAL ESTATE - Hough o ox- chianged. Special attention given to exain- ination of tifles,” W. 0. Ji Pearl OR SALK-—An drug store, establ guired, 81,60, balancs P two tablished Cash ro- Address A + lluf DELL BROS, & CO. loan money, liberal terms offered. 103 Pearl st. e most pay rent when you can buy a home for #15 per mouth and uowards, iucluding interest, of C. B, Judd, 606 Broadway? ..‘l‘)\\. “Cooper & Jefferls It sl soon. ENTS Wanted—~We pay #) to #20 per month to energetic gentlemen and ladies fo procure members for our assoclation, 1t you can only devote & few nours each week to ur business 1t will pay you well. For further Particulars aadress Natfonal Library Associn- tion, 103 State strect, Cileago, 111, Il v iD—"To trads for a I r-old Lorses. Inquir re, Council Blufr FgE gL in Thuyer Co., Neb, buildings, uray. phil ARE Chance—Those wishing to meke lu: l vestments in Council Bluffs property that will double in the next six month s, Row is the time, Welave 8 number of good bargaius, Call or address Kerr & Gray, two good 2 and at'the Fountain ) acres in d, §ood herr & We have & farm of Well fmpr barns,’ etc, Eusy termns, Eloctric Trussss, Balts, Ghest Pro- tectors, Efe. Agents wiantea, DR, €. B. JUDD, WiBroadway Council Biufrs, Ta, A. A. HART, —FIRST-CLASS — Joweler and Walch Repairer Has removed from 110 Main 8t to 53 Broad- W Fino watch work a specialty and satis- faction guarantesd, A full line’ of holiday ¥o0ds and novelties. " DRUCE & REVNOLDS Fashionable Confectioners. he very latest noveltles for hauguets and vate parties, Cholee frafts, bon-tons, chocos buttercups, and old fasiioned molisse candy a specialty. Orders for partivs and mai orders promptly filiod Brondway, Council Blutrs, and 19 8 10th 8t., Omahia, S. E. MAXON, Archite-t and Superintend of Room 281, Merriam Blocl, COUNCIL BLUFFS, - IOWA, 1105, OFFICER. W, Il M. Pusey OFFICER & PUSEY, BANKERS. Corner Main and Brosaway, COUNCIL BLUFFS, 10WA, rs in forelgn and don o exch Collections made and uterest paid on tie posits, BELL & BERLINGHOF, ARCHITECTS AND BUPERINTENDEN i Room % Opera House Block, Council Blufts, Towa, “ ” THE FAMOUS SPECIALTIES, Apple and Plum Bu'ter, Mince Meat, Bweet and Four Plckles, Olives tu lhulk, Fruer Kruut, Par Maple Syrup'und Honey, Buckwheat Flour su Hominy, Orauges, Crauberries, Californis Grapes,' Lemous, Nuts, Haisins'and Celery, Heat Country Butier, 80 por 1D OUF prioes ways the lowest, No, Hroadway, opposite Ozden House,