Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1890, Page 6

S orating, 6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 1890 e eI E— e L LS THE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFICE. NO, 12 PEARL STREET. Pelivered by carrler in any part of the City, H, W, 11110 MANAGER BLEPHON No, 3, 0. %, Pusixpgs O NianT Evir MINOR MENTION, N. Y. P. Co. Gleason coal. Council Blufts *..mber Co., coal. ‘Ihatcher coal, see advertisement. The HBoston store for holiday goods. Hest coal and wood at C. B. Fuel Co. Carbon Coal Co, wholesale, retail, 10 Pearl Social of the Second Prosbyterian church Eriday evening at Mrs. C. M. Rich’s, on Broadway, Wanted—A good girl keeping. Good wages paid. cyott, 130 Fourth stree A telegram announces that Rev. Dr. Hen- s0n of Chicago has the influenza and will not for general house- Mrs. Dr. Han~ be able to lecture 1n Council Bluffs until some later date, County Auditor Hendricks yesterday turned over to County Treasurer Plumer the tax books for the coming year. The total tax to be collected 18 &724,008.66. Of this amount the state and county receives $IB,508.87; city, #2200 special tax, 8145, 142 The postofil Il be open from 10 to 11 a. m. and from 7 to 7:40 p. m. New Year's day. Carriers will make but one delivery and col- lection, and that in the forenoon after the arrival of the costern mails. The carriers Wwiil be in attendance at their windows for the delivery of mail from 7 to 7:30 p. m, Today begius the terms of the new county officials, Messrs, Plumer, Hendricks, O'Neill, Cooper, Brodbeck and Waterman ceed themseives, On the county board Graham succeeds C. B. Waite, and ugust Bostedt of Minden succecds Sam Frum. The new ofticials are all democrats, oline Fannie, the youngest dauchter of " ana Mrs, Conrad Geise, died yesterday morning at 2:80, death resulting from di wicria, - The &hild was four years and days of oge, little one was a bright child, and as late as Christmas day was out with a party of little folks having a grand time, The funeral will take place this atter- noon at 2 o'clock from the residence of Mrs. Bock, on Bast Pierce street. During the past year there have been is- sued 432 marriage licenses at the clerk's oftice in this ¢ ‘With those issued at the Avoca oftice i probable that 500 licenses have been issued in the county for the year, Yesterduy licenses were issued to Jens Jensen and Johauna Seaburg, both of this city: Simon Jobneon and Emma Reichen- bach, both of this city; B. Braden of Carson and Nannie Rayburn of Macedonia. Price Gibson and John Rachwitz, it is al- leged, furnished money to assist I, N. Peter- 80N in openiug a tailoring establishment in the southern part of the city and 1o turn Peterson was to make each a suit. of clothes, ‘which he did, but they dld not fit like the paper on the wall and there was a little dif- ficulty concerning the payment, Peterson refusing to give up the clothes, and a re- plevin suit was commenced before Justce Barrett, Yesterday a chango was made in the Fifth avenue motor time card and all the cars on this line now run to the corner of Pearl and Broadway, thus conn ng directly with the Broadway cars, and doing away with the tedious wait ut the ner of Fifth avenue and Pearl. It is intimated that the schedule of this line will ugain be changed and the cars run around the loop, in case the Union Pacific dummy 18 discontinued, which would nee e the running of several morc trains and would greatly improve the service. ‘Work on the Sixteenth streat motor line 18 progressing rapidly and will be complef in about two days. The overhead wire is already in position and all connections made, and the work now in progress is the re- placing of the old street car rails with motor tracks. It is yet undecided whether a single motor will be used on ths branch between Fifth avenue and Avenue A, or ‘whether more cars will be used and run throush to the transfer, The completion of this branch will end the extensions of the motor lines for this season. The year 1880 has been a disastrous one so far as fires ure concerned when compared with the year 1888, During the pas’ year the boys responded to mnety-five alarms, of which™ thirty-five required actual service. Atas many more hose was laid but no streams were turned on. In making these runsthe boys traveled 580 miles by com- panies. In making these trips and service at fires, 096 hours of actual work was put in against the fire fiend. In this service 12,450 feet of hose were used and 1,080 fset of lad- ders. The cost of maintaining the depart- ment for the year was §15,434.18, el L A. D. Telegraph Co. All persons in the city who have tele- phones can call up telephone 179 for mes- senger boys, cabs and express wagons, ote. Promptattention guaranteed. C. G. Robin- son, manager, No. 11 North Main street. e Have you tried McClurg’s Past They are delicate, Wafer Sodas? sp and delicious, Reoies 1 = Hereafter the dining room of the New Pa- cific will be run on semi-Buropean plan, All meals served at 25 cents each, —~— Saddle Rock restaurant, 402 Broad oven day and night. lirst class. J, Yancy, prop. e Fine stock of watches and jewelry for the holidays at Wollman’s, 533 Broaaway. 4 A Bush & Gert’s planos, 538 Broadway. — -— Wants the Knot Unti It was stated in these columns somo time ago that divorce proceedings would be insti- tuted before the january term of tho Qis- trict court iu the case of R. B. Westcott and wife. The petition was filled yesterday, ‘Which prays for an annulment of the mar- riage ties that bind together Robert B. and Florence M. Westeott as husband and wife. The plaintift states that he comes nov in leyity, but in all seriousness and alleges that there are three separate and distinct grounds upon which the decree ought to be granted and they are thusly enumerated: 1. Cruel and inhuman treatment, in that the defendant has made a practice of swear-. ing at him and using toward him the most obscene and vulgar language; that she has repeatedly been guilty of striking and biting him and during his sickness neglected him most shamefully, 2. Plaintiff alleges that the defendant is guilty of habitual drunkenness from mor- phine, to the use of which sho has become addicted, and that she is scarcely ever froe from its debasing influence, 3. That the defendant did commit adultery on July 13, 1880, with ouve James McCul- lough, a traveling man for @ New York house, at Hambure, la., where the said de- fendant did occupy “the same bed and room with the said McCullough, and that atdivers times since then the defendant has been uilty of adultery with the said McCullough, th n this city and Omaha. Plaintiff fu ther alleges that the defendant is in the habit of keeping company with disreputable parties in this city and Omaha; that she is a fre- tfluonmr of wineroowms, saloons and houses of ill-fame in both cities, and has met numerous % o adultery, ‘The cuse will be heard at the next term of court, which convenes on the 14th nst, sy o ——— = Pinest line confeetionery, fruits, nuts and holiday groceries in the City, 8. T. Mo- Attee's, — P, C. Miller, best paper hanging aud dve- The'best is the choapest s iy Blank books, all kinds, lodgers and jour- vals, 1 to 12 quires, at less than cost. Send for "vrlve:. Masonic book store, Council Bluffs, hocch il Smokers' presents at Moors & Bowman's, AN Neumeyer hotel, first class, reasonable rates ot "The Ioss Tnvestment and Trust company - J. G. "Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadway. — ————— Miss Nlrr (leason has removed her dress- makin® parlors to the rooms lately used by the puolic library, No. 14 Pearl street, where e will be glad to see her old tricuds, A SEASON OF PROSPERITY. The Coming Year Full of Promise for Council Bluffs, TALT(S WITH BUSINESS MEN. The Outlook for 1800 Considercd the Hrightest in the History of the City — Some Interests ing Figures. Ons Year's Wonderful Showing. Secretary Zevely of the board of trade has just completed his second annual report, showing the amount of business transacted, vublic and private improvement, condition of trade and commerce, municipal statistics, ete., ote,, of the city for the yoar just vlosed, tovether with a review of the work per- i during the year by the board of and the manuscript will within a day or two be in the hands of the vrinters, The report will be issucd in pamphlet form and will undoubtedly be in great demand by the business men of the city us well as by out siders who have investments here, or those Wwho would like to know what is going on in one of the most progressive cities in the country. ‘Thereport is complete in all re- spects, and is u caretully prepared account, gatnered from numerous reliable sources, of the progress and business history of the Blufis for the past tweive months, The listory of the upion depot project and its status at the presedt time is el sot forth, with tho assurance that early in the coming spring active steps will be taken in the way of preparing the ground for the magnificent 100,000 structure that within eighteen months from today will be pointed out as Couneil Bluffs' union depot. In this article Tne Bee quotes trom Mr, Zevely's report. THADE AND COMMERCE. The year 1540 has been one of wonderful and_unprecedented growth and advanc ment, Council 8IS stands today as tho most progressive city in lowa. Tho incr2ase in trade and commerce, as compared with tho preceding year, has been marked and isfactory. RR. G. Dun & Co. state that the condition is better than for five years., Pass- ing by the v of small houses, some of which, however, are no inconsid- crable factors in the general trade, there are fifty-two houses employing each a capital of $100,000 or over and forty-five with a capital of over £20,000. The six banking institutions of the city have a combined capital of over threc-quarters of a million dollars. They do a discount business amounting to nearly 2,000,000 and an exchange business of over $20,000,000, INVESTMENT COMPANIES, The rapid growth and development of the city has made it an_attractive point for in- vestments, The Kimball-Champ Company is doing as largo a business as any invest- ment bankers in the country, andis rated fifth of the mortgage, loan and trust com- panies of Omah They bave placed the ge sum of $1,700,000. These figures represent ,the actual supply caused directly by the demand for an approved out- let for the surplus earnings of the region of the cast. The great growth of the business of the company isa strong argument in favor of the confidence of eastern capitalists in this line of investment in this county, and speaks volumes for Council Bluffs as the vantage ground to which must come eastern capital sceking investment in_southwestern Towa. The recently organized Ross invest- ment company 18 li o doing a large and rapidly incrcasing business, MANUFACTURES, The manufacturing interests of this city are in a healthy condition. The encourage- ment given by the citizens is already bearing fruit. Our factories have ran to their full capacity. Now ones are growing, and old ones have enlarged their works or will do so the coming year. There is not a manufac- tory in the City that 18 not paying, nor a manufacturer who hus expressed the slight. est dissatisfation with the result of the year's work. The same advantages which make of any point & metropolis or trade cen- ter, as a ruie make of it a center of the man- ufacturing industries of the country, Here are the meauns of collecting the raw material and of distributing the manufactured pro- ducts, and all other things being equal, the point which is the certer for the collection of artjcles for export and for the distribution of articles of import for consumption, is the point where the factory may be most advan- tageously operated. There is no city that has made a better beginning, or has a better outlook for unlimited growth in the direction of a thriving system of manufacturivg than Council Bluffs. The following figures are the result of a careful canvass of the manufacturing enter— prises of the city for the business of 1859 Artificial stonc paving and curb- ing. . vesa s 3 Bekeries and cracker factoriea. Blank books and book binding Bottling works, Brick.... . Carriages and wagons. Char factory Cigars. Confectionory Electric bells, ti 5,000.00 Flour miils 301,000, 00 Foundrios 47,4 Fence worls, Galvanized iron works, Harness. Horse collars Murble and gr: Papormill......... Puwmps and wind wills sash, doors and blinds ‘runks. . Tool handies 2,000 .00 102,300, 60 W Total 13 Total 1883 Tncrease. . St WHOLESALE TRADE, "The pust year hus undoubtedly been most conspicuous for the large iucrease in_tho wholesile trado. In 1585 it amounted to £10,- 711,20, and during 1850 the volume of business done amounted to $12,609,761.23, an increase over 1883 of over 20 per cent. THE JORBING TRADE, ‘There are 201 houses in the city interested in the following trades. It 18 divided up as follows: Agricultural implements, 14; whole- sale hardware, 4; lime, coment, ote,, whole- retail 4; general commission, 8; jewel- rockery and glassware, wholesale 1, retail U3 grocers, whotesale 2, retail 70; cloth- ing, 163 furnishing goods, 11; furniture, wholesale 1, retail 8; coal, wholesale b; fruits, wholesale 8; printing offices, 8; merchant tailors, 6; wines ava liquors, wholesale 2; cigars and tobacco, wholesale 2, retail 18; boots and shoes, 19; drugs, wholesale 13 re- tail 20; paints and oils, 15; milhnery, 5; lum- ber, wholosale %, retail 7 notions,” 7; books and stationery, 7; bookbinders, 2; plumbing, Ras and steawm fitting, 7, ‘Tho total number of firms and individuals doing business 1 Council Bluffs in 1835 was 1{17. and in 1859, 067, & net gain of 50 over “The following nfiurul for business done during 1580 wero obtained from the agency of It, G. Dunn & Co.: Agrivultural implom Awnings and teuts., its. .$ 5,410,820.80 . 15,000.00 Books and stationery.. 1111111 8748658 Boots and shoe L 10450075 Canned goods L 125,000,00 Carpets R 75,000.00 821 Cigars and tobacco, wholesaie Cigars aud tobueeo, retail Commission--Provisions, ete., . Coal Crockery Clothing . .. Dry goods Driigs, paints and oiis Fiuc arts and artists’ Furniture, wholesale and retail — 812,000.00 Grain ceenr 2,750,000,00 Groceries, wholesale and retull 2,725,015.63 Hardwaro (estimated) 300,000.00 Hides and tallow 106'650.00 Jowelry. ... £6,425.00 Lime and cem 208,260.00 Lumber, wholesal Musical instruments and toy Notions, wholesalo and retail Plumbiiig, gos and steam iting Rooting aud builders’ swoplies., Wall paper and victure frames. 65,085.00 Wines and liquors, . .. 75,000.00 Total for 1889, ..., $17,164,318.78 Total for 1858 10,475.808,23 Total for I887......... 18,3'3,518.60 Increase over 1885, ..., 085,615.50 Iucrease over 1857 . 8,589,795, 14 . shelves COAL. An average of 15,000 tons of Pennsylvania anthiracite esal is handled in this city every year, Ol this amount M0 tons are con- sumed 1n the city and 5,000 tons in the job- bing trade to the tributary territory, Of soft coal for domestis use abont 30,000 tons are consumed annually, Pri in this class of coal rauge from $2.50 to $4 23 por ton, the supply veing principally derived from lowa. For steam and manufacturing purposes there is consumed aunually about 90,000 tons, the price thereof ranging from £1.25 to $2.50 per tou, ELECTRIC MOTOR LINE, The motor company made extensive im- provements during 1530 and the uninviting horse car has given place to the rapid tran. 8it cara Yun by clectricity in all parts of the o During the past year the company has extended 1ts line to the head_of Bromdway, with ateral brauches to Fairmount park, the local depots and the Union Pacific trans- fer. Regular and frequent service 1s given in connection with the main line, bringing residence property i neighborhoods hereto- fore inconvenient to reach, within ousy uc- of business, The company now lias botween eighteen and twenty miles of road in operation, The capacity of the boiler, engine and dynamo plant has been more than doubled, and the eauipment of cars and motors of Puliman’s latest design, handsomely upholstered, lighted by electricity and heated, has also been nearly doubled, Another electric ling is projected for 1800, This will be practically a belt line giving first class service to rapidly populating sec: tions of the city. The line will extend to the city limits on the sonth and east. A charter has been granted, and as enterprising and energetio citizens are behind the schemeo 1o may be relied upon that another year will sco the line completed and in active opera- tion. WATERWORKS, The Birkinbine systom of waterworks gives the city an unlimited supply of pure water. The company has thirty-four and a half miles of maing on ail the principal streets and through the suburbs. During the past year the company has expended £10,000 in improvements, and plaus for 3 tensions and improvements in 1 hend an outlay of #23,000, The pamping station is 45x00 fect and contains tho Kuowles compound duplex pumping eugines, which furnish the water to the eity. The two Andrews centrifugal pumps, operated by condensing engines, have each a capacity 0f 17,250,000 gallons a day These pumps raise the water from the river to the scttling basins, and the large ca ity is used so us to give more ti for settling, The daily capacity of the Knowles engines is 7,000,000 gallons. The total pumping capacity per ,000 gallons. The entire plant 000, % TrANsPORTATION. Nine trunk lines of railroud, operatiug 31,652.11 miles of road, terminato in Coun- oil Blafts and furnish ities and prouwn- nence as_ a distributing point not enjoyed by many of the great commercial citics: of the country. During the year just closed the freight re- ceived consigned to Council Bluffs and shipped out uder consignments from our merchants and jobbers was as follows : 'l'ons re- ceivad. Tons for- warded. 680 January. February March August, Sepremb The population of Council Bluffs, according to the United States ccusus of 1570, was 10,020; United States census of 1380, was 18,003; directory returns, 1859, showed 163 directory returns, 1559, snowed 88,712, This steady increase in population has naturally resulted in a corrosponding advance in real estate values, and a proportionate increase in real estate transfers. The number of real estate transfers in 1885 was the ageregate consideration being §2,045,910.82, The number of transfers m 1880 was 2,548 and the consideratiou £4,000,340.14. TITE BUILDING RECORD. During the year 1887 743 new dwellings were crected in the city. In 1888 1,164 new buildings were erected, but 1889 will go down in the bistory of Council Bluffs as a most re-~ markable one, both us to number and char- acter of the improvements, During the year 564 building permits were issued by the city clerk, the estimated cost being recorded as 1,5 . The city clerk and numcfous contractors stute that the petmits issued rep- resent ubout one-tbird of the buildings erected, and the values as given are about 30 per cent below the actual cost. It is fair 1o say that no less than 1,692 buildings have been completed, or nearly so, during tho year at an unexaggerated cost of §3,354,000. 280 figures do not include business blocks. The comparative record of the past throe years is as follows: 0. BUILD'S VAL £2,600, 3,67 sase in value over 1837 Iucrease in number over 18 Increase in value over 1888.... 216,500 The business biocks completed, or nearly 80, during the year are as follows: Merriam block veenenes $110,000 iseman's block o 60,000 Sapp's block. 2\ 80,000 Marcus’ block 3 15.000 Pahner’s blocks... . 14,000 Hughes' block s 13,000 Murphy Manufacturing company 14,000 Jeffries’ block 8,000 Kinney's block 10,000 Brown block ., 10,000 Mrs. Keys’ block 10.000 Hagg block 6,000 Clausen block, 4,000 Grahl block ., 4,000 MUNICIPAL FIN 3 During the year the city auditor drew warrants for "$123,00228. The outstanding bonded indebtedness proper is $#6,400, which is considerably under the 5 per cent constitutional limit. Special bonds for inter- section, gradivg, paving, curbing and sewor work amount to §210,000, and special bonds for similar work assessable to property amount to ,000, making the grand total $7%4,800, These bonds fall Mot part every year, with the exception of 1892, for the next twenty-four years, The valuation of taxable property is &5,137.008, which is abont 30 per cent of its actual value, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, During the year 1889 the following public work was done: No. Miles, Cost, Paving. . 16 36-100 §6380,555 50 Curbing 35 65-100 87,001 00 Grading, cubic yds. 04,516 00 Sewers, caeee 24 14-100 125,501 00 Sidewalks, brick.. .....10 37-10) 45,502 00 Pino plank and oak stringers.............46 88.100 68,330 00 EDUCATIONAL, ‘The city is divided into fourteen school districs, ju each of which is a fine brick school building, The value of sites and buildings is as follow: Grounds .§110,500 Buildings as . 215,800 Furniture 'y . 21,700 Libraries and apparatus « 1,800 Geological and zoological cabinets . 2,100 Total......... oo ‘I'he enrollment 1887 . 1888, 185 Ak LIBRARY, The free public library has upon its registered volumes, . registered book takers 1857 rogistered book takers 1383 . régistered book takers 1889, . books taken in 1857, . books taken in 1835, . books taken in 1839, § . visitors to reading roow iu 1888, . visitors to reading room in 1889, Total casu receipts . HEALTH REPORT. Returns from the national board of health aud the lowa state board show beyond dus- pute that our death rate bas been lower thun that of any city in the Uniled States, and the records show that there were but 224 deaths from all causes, for the year end- ing October 31, 1589, being ut the rate of 5.6 per thousand. ' During that same year there were but two days, January 25 and February 15, when the mercury went to or below zero. With all these facts apparent regardiog . 2,100 the great advant surrounded by 80 magnificent an agrighifural country, regard- ing the prodigions yancemont made in the last five yoars, partienlarly in the yeurs 1888-80, who can esfinfate the future impor- tance, weaith and potfer of Council Blaffs, a city established ona sure foundation and situated in the center of & nation | The Paise of Trade. The following [iterviews with leading business men show how well pleased they are with the busiticés record of 1880, and how hopeful for the eoming year: THE CARBON 'COAL COMPANY. ‘1L was a naughfy night to swim in,’ as the fool said to Lear, and this has been a bad winter for coal dcalers,” said J. H. B, Clark, general manager of the Carbon Coal Cowpany. “‘But, notwithstanding the sum- mer weather in Docember, we have done a business in fuel that exceeded our expecta tion o far that we will be too much sur- prised to eat our New Year's dinner tomorrow or make our New Year's calls, We have located wholesale yards in the city, and have as complete facillties for bandlin conl for the wholesale trade as unlimited means and a thorough knowledge of tho business in all ita details can give. We are satisfied from our experience during the vear that Council Bluffs is in a position to dominate the wholesale coal trade, Wo are mine owners and sole agents for the largest coul companies in the world, Wo own two authracite mines and the best western mines that have ever been developed. Among these are our coal properties at ITampton, la, and Ixcello, Mo. It is at the latter place where we wet our peerless cannel co: and the greater part of our steam coal. Wo have six mines there. One of them shows clear vein of mneteen and a balf feet. In operating them we have been compelled to construct and are the owners of ten miles of roadway. ‘As an indication of the business we have transacted take this little straw: Our books shiow an output of over 5200 tous 1 the last sixty days, and our contracts double that, Wo are satisfiel with the old year and not anxious to d'scount the future,” THE WEIS-SHUGART CO. “Yos we can look bac with abundant satisfaction of the Wies-S T comy trade in all | WS o aver the prev The firm has been or- ganized two y and is really the out- growth of the oid firm of Shugart, Waite & Wics, ‘Lhe improvement in trade has been inall lines, but the Lme of woods we find that hus had a material increase 1s vehicles, The sale of buggies and carriages alone amounted tol |20, In this conncetion particu- larly is the Pierce coil spring buggy, which was introduced about two vears ago, It takes the lead of all. More than seventy percent of all we have sold were of this class. It is without question the easiest ri ing und most durable vuggy on the market, We are the exclusive western agents for it, Our wagon trade, especially in farm wazons, has shown a large increase. the past season Our leaders iu this Line have been the Buin and the iMisk 13ros’, too well known to re- quire comment, In spring wagons our sales exceed five hundred. fn agricultural imple ments it 18 notorious that each year briogs upon the said year 18! lr. W Last year's ndid increase new improvements, wrought. by the practical inventor nud favmer and made necessary by more in- telligent agriculture. We have of course mude itau aim to keep abreast of the times and the improvemes Every year shows some greal improvement somewhere upon the tools used the past y Por the com- ing season we have something almost uew in It is true the way of lisung cultivatc they have been wade! for sev many showed defects. We cx farmera perfect listing cultivator, that wil give satisfaction even upon anillside. Itis the Wier histing cultivator, und it will take front rank with the Wier Hster, which'is greatly improved for the comine season. This ma- chine 15 something entirely differeny from the regular cuitivator, which is intenaed for cultivating corn planted by acorn planter, and for which the Wier cultivator has held front rank, as cvery dealer und furmer in this western country tknows. Another im- plement which is indispensable for raising corn is the drill for driling corn, following a Lister. Wo ure the.ugents for the Ohio drill. which is as near perfect as can be made. Our sales of this too! for the year have been very large. “Anotber article that has become indis- pensable in jfarm economy, and that has made its way to the front is the feed grinder. Corn grinding for stock has proven its value, and now there is no longer a question as to the utility and nesessity. We have bandled a great many differcnt styles, to which there were more or less objections in_many ways, but for the last three years we have had the Modern Hero grinder, which 1s as _complete as that machine can be made. It is independ ent of the power and connceted by o tumb- ting rod. fv1s well ouilt and well finished. Its previous enormous sale has snown a 1 now give the Rradu We sold over twenty car loads last year. “In plows, of course, we are general agents in the west for the celebrated Wier plows. Upon their good and durable qualities it is uscless to enlarge, Everybody knows their merits and overy farme has used them, Our trade has largely increased, especially in Ne- braska, and we will surely do a still larger business in 1800, “I regret,” concladed Mr. Wies, “that the prices that farmers ave getting for their pro- duce is not sufticient for them to realize as much as they should to pay for the farm labor, but the bountiful crops of last, made up for the short prices. 1 sincore bope that the next season wiil be as good aud they will get better prices.” WELLS & €O, firm of Deere, Wells & Co., to Tix Bk yes- terday afternoon. “It has had a great meas- ure of business success for us, und we can assure you that the outlcok for the future is brighter than ever before. The business of our branch covers lowa and every western stute and territory, and our traveling men ure constantly seeking new ficlds to conquer. The great parent house munufactures cearly the entire line of goods handied, and as the greater part of what is handled 1s made at one pomt (Moline, [1L.), we have many ad- vantages 1 shipping oods iu car lots not possessed by our competitors, We have di- rect connection with all the factories whose goods we handle, and on that account are always able to make “factory prices,” and not be compelled to charge jobbers’ profits, We pride ourselves as much upon the goods carried as the amount sold, and on the fact also that nearly all the fuctories with whom we deal are located near by, giving such ad- vantages in_ shipping and gotting supplies that we ure not compelled to carry stock from year to year in order to have ample supply to fill the demands of trade. With this direct connection with mauufacturers dealers may be assured that when they tuke up a line of goods und build up a trade upon them they can keep them frow year 1o year, and not be compelled to introduce some new plow or some other article every year. Mr, Wells did not say 80, but the reporter incidentally learned’Lhat there was a force of thirty men keptconstantly employed in conducting the business of the branch house, and every man conntuted with the establish- ment is sharp, keen und filled with ene) Among the sp '3 1ips handled are John Deere plows, Deeré cultivators, reindeer cul- tivators, antelope tongueless cultivators, Co- lumbia riding culti King listed corn cultivators, Deere combined listers, Deere riding listers, gazvlle sulky plows, new deal {:lowl, prairie gem ‘breakers, prairie queen reakers, Deero corn plauters, mansur corn planters, universal ¢check rowers, Moline one horse drills, Deere dige harrows, Deere lay rakes, Moline farm pid spriog wagons, Mo~ line mountain wagous, buegies aud carriages, all styles, Moline dray wagons. Wells road carts, harness, buckeye feed grinders, buck- eye corn and cob wills, Staver buckeye feed mills, new champion féed mills, horse pow- ers, all kinds, Staver tank heaters, superior vress drills, superior secders, Moline seed- ers, Deere force feed seeders, seeders for dise harrows, eclipse foree feed wagon seed- ers, Deere stalk cutters, Deere garden tools, Victor standard scales, road scrapers, favor- ite corn shellers, *‘Flour city” huy press, sloighs, bob sleds, etc, We challenge the world to show a line of goods equal to the above. Correspondence SD“\.'“-UI‘. AULTMAN, MILLER & CO. “Well, I think we ought to be about satis- fled,” said Mr, L. H. Hanscom, manager for the western branch of Aultman, Miller & Co. *“The Buckeye goods are away in the lead. The Buckeye output was over 40,000 machines during the year that dies tonight. The Buckeye machine is like the Arab’ camel,when it gets its bead under the tent its huwo 'soon followed, only with the trifing difference that it made its competitors do the humping. The company has had forty years experience in manufacturing these machives, and while the original principle of construction has not been materially changed the Buckeye has been simplified until it gives the farmer no more trouble than an old reliable farm wagon. \We have lost no time and caused no expense to the farmer by useless and expensive experimenting wit so-called steel frames, ete., while our com- petitors have been conducting continuous experiments, always at the expense of the farmer instead of themselves. While it is a fact that it costs much loss to called steel frame machine than it buaild a reliable wood fr the frame at the mercy of the machinist, The wood frame 18 8o muen lighter and stronger, No pent-up Utica contracts our pow Wherever wheat and grass grow there you will find the Buckeye machines, just as bome-like and familiar looking a8 they appear in the fields of lowa and Ne- braska. We have one agency at Buenos Ayres, South America, that sold 300 self- binders during the season of 1589, and our foreign trade, esvecially in Australin, is large and rapidly increusing. *We have less traveling men on the road than any other harvesting company doing business in lowa and Nebraska, Every year vroves the sterling worth and merit of the Buckeye and makes it just that much harder for onr competitors to maintain a foothold, consequently they are compolled to increase their field force o best is always tho clicapest, und hat is why the Buckeye always wins, *“The outlook for 181 is simply tromon- dous and we will make more than ever of the sturdy yoemanry of the land dependent upon Council 1Biufrs.” RUSSELL & €0, does to me, yet it places “No, I'm not_ sorey to seo theold yoar die,” said Mr, Hurris, western m of tussell & Co, to The | last cven- us he tarned in his easy chair in his cozy oftico on Panrl streot, I am not any more sorry to see it aie than 1 Lo see the sun decline on a busy du, The year nas been a busy one with us. 'The best answer 1 can ve Lo your question ubout the prospects of 1800 §s’ to poiut to the past. The branch house of the compiny has been established here for the past fifteen years, and overy year hns shown o steady in y 1 the vol- ume of business we nave t cted, and for the last two years the increase can be best expre by arithmetical progression. Our compuny is one of the oldest established for the manufacture of thresners, engines, horse- powers and suw wills, We mako the colebrated Massillon threshers and milis, that are well known synonyms for economy and profit for the users, Our nes range in 8izo from 4 to 125 horsenower, and include wrade of stutionary and traction ma- ines and are designed © with modifications for burning coal, wood or cobs, We aiso muke a straw burning enzine that has been in great demand for several years, especiaily in Minnesown and Dakota, where fuel is scarce. The new automnatic cut-off engine is a model of simplicity, durability and steadi- ness of power. quaiities that bring them in great demand for mills, elovators and elee- tric lighting. One of these angines is driving the electric lighting plant in the lowa insti- tution for the deal and dumb, and we over- came the combined competition of all the best rival engine uakers toget it there. We coufidently refer sted parties to Super- mtendent H. W. Rothert for Ins opinion of it. ‘“We are not a minute benind the times in anything,” ke continued with a twinkle, “and yoil con depend upon it we will make our record for 1300 onc that Council Bluffs need not be ashamed of. COMPANY. udy of the sit- uvation in the west after deciding upon estab- lishing a western branch,” said Mr, W. Hankins, local manager of the Ml arringe cowpuny, “and selected Counci 1ffs for good business reasons. We have had ereeted for our especial use a building 55x110, three stories hizn, loeated on the cor- ner of Sixth street and Twelfuh avenue, and we have leased this large double store room in this ine Merriam block, where we will our oftice and salesroom. Our company, located atConnerville, Ind., is onc of the tuving firms i th We muke thirty-eieht styles of bug- riages and mako those at the 5a day. Ineach lme there wil bo two grades, the first, wiich 18 perfect in every respect and without equal, and then A grade. We will give a guar- that is worth millions of ~ dol- that every grado is just as represented. Our company during this year of 1800 will turn out over ten thousand com- pleted vehicles, and we will have 1000 of them in this city for our western wholesale aud local trade.” We will never have less than five bundred vehicles in our warcrooms and we will have fifty samples in our sales- lurgest carriage manufa world. rooms here for the trade to select from uand for our retail orders. air, Hen , will have ‘charge of s and the warehouses,and I ad during the greater part Luring, n carriage company is com- posed of youn u of indomitable energy and unlimited capital, and will push this western business to the furthest extent. We will subjugate new territory to the com- mer sway of Council Bluffs. We are even better pl d than we hoped to be at the outlook for the future, and will go ahcad with tne contidence of ussured success,” A EAVORITE ClGAR, *Ihe year has been a prosperous one with us,'” remarked Mr. Ungar of the firm of Brown & Ungar, proprictors of the Fountain cigar store. “*We b, ad a big trade in all our brands of cigars, but have had a_groat run on our s y, ‘'the Iountain.”” We have sold 40,000 of them since we opened out here last sunmer. ‘The phenomenal success isdue to the prosperity of the city and the fuct that it is the finest [0 cent cigar made and is sold for anickel. The outlook for 1890 is very fattering.”” DAVID BEADLEY & €O In olden times all roads used tolead to Rome, but in these modern days David Brad- Jey & Co. have taken pains to $how by means of alurge ilustration in ‘I'me Ber that all the modern arteries of trattic, the raiiroads, lead to their establishment, which stands at the head of the agricultural district on lower Main street. It is oue of the largest and most prominent bui'dinggs in the city, and can be scen miles away, I is five stories high and has a floor area tuat 18 best meas- ured in acres. Tnere is a broad platform running around it that gives an additioral areuge 1n square feet of 10,550, from which trucks, wagons and cars can be loaded with great rapidity, The trackage surrounding the building is capable of permitting the loading of twelve cars at ones, and the entiro warehouse facilities are so perfect that the time, cost and labor of handling goods are reduced to a minimumw, From the basement to the roof the aiffercut floors are connected with an elevator of 8,000 pounds capacity. Each floor is occupied by some special class of machery, and absolute genius 18 dis- played in atilizing space. Yes, " remarked Mr, W, W. Loomis, one of the local managers, to THE Bee inter- viewer, “we are fully sausfied with our bu: iness for the past year, and have no reason to anticipate anything but contiuued pros- perity for 1800. Our business has shown an increuse ey year since we established it here, and has done its part towards muaking Council Bluffs the greatest implement dis- tributing point in the world. When we started seven years ago we had butone ofice employe and three traveling salesmen, and in the first eignt wonths of that year we did a business of $150,000, Now we have a total of twenty-six employes, and we have no orna- mental or idle men. Among the specialties that have grown into popular Lavor wherever agricuiture has kept pace with modern advancement are the following implements made by the David Bradley Manufacturing cowpany: Bradley's Garden City plows and breakers, Bradley’s Grasshopper breakers, wood or steel beams, Bradley's Square Cor- ner gang and sulky plows, Bradley's Duplex cultivators, wood or steel wheels, Bradley’s Improved ' Toogueless cultivators, steel wheels, Bradley’s Chicago Combined culti- vators, with wood or steel wheels, Bradley's Vulcan Combined cultivators, with wood or steel wheels, Bradley's Garden City Com- bined cultivators, with wood wheels, Brad- ley's P, & P. hand lever sulky rake, with wood or steel wheels, one or two horse, Bradley's No, 2 hand lever rake, with wood or steel wheels, one or two horse, Bradley's self dump rake, improved for 1887, with wood or steel wheels, one or two horse. Bradiey's field rollers, iron or wood, eight foet wide. Bradley's Eclipse ha cheap but durable, elght or twelve feet wide, Bradley's Friedmann harrow, nine or twelve feet wide. Bradley’'s I, & H. adjustable harrow, well known as the best, ten or fif- teen feet, smoothing or cultivating. Brad- ley’s sieel floating harrow, six or twelve foot cut, smoothing or cultivating, Bradley's S. steel harrow, smoothing or cultivating, two or more sections, Bradley's one and two row stalk cutters, The other specialtics are the Old Reliable, Peter Schuttler, the Turn- buil, Kitcnen and Storling wagons that have withsiood the severest tests thataoy vehi- cles were ever subjected to, and have been the avaunt couriers in the moustains and are build a so- | 1 now leading American civilization into Mexico, They also carry the largest stock of bugegies, carriages, spring wagons, sand wagons, road carts, ¢te, of any house in the west, as also everything in the implement line wanted by the westorn farmer. - The Manhattan sporting heudq'rs 118 3. way. - Fountain cigar, a_strictly 10¢ cigar for B0 at the Fountain, Try one, e % " Reiter, tailor, 510 Broadway, - 8. M. Williamson sells the Standard and Domestic sewing machines. 1( lain st, — - Solid gold watches cheap at Wollman's, - Always on Tim~, 1f you wish to purchase a good and reliable watch 25 per cont less thau club rates, and on easy terms, then call at once and ' make your own selection at C. 1. Jacquemin & Co., 27 Main street. - - Motor Passss are Taboond, There are many constitutional wmotor riders in Council Bluffs who will ind walk- ing good enough for them hereafter, unless they are willing to pay their fares. An ordor was yesterday 1ssued by Superintendent Reynolds to the effoct that conductors must 1ot honor any passes presented on or after January 1, and uo one s to be carried froo except stockholders or employes of the road, "This is the result of the injunction recently 1ssued by Judge Carson, on the petition of Director Evans, which restraing the presi dent of the road from issuing passes, and the superintendent fwom allowing his con- ductors to recognizo or honor them after tho first of the year. Among the preseribed are the police, fire- men, newspaper wmen, city officials and ofi- cers of railways or other corporations, to the number of nearly six hundred. 1t is stated, however, that some arraugement will shortly be made by which passes will be issued in cortain instunces and under certain condi- tions. The aunual mecting of the compan; will be held on the 14th instant, at which time it is expected that the pass question will be disposed of to the satisfaciion of the entire board of directors. Money loaned at 1. B. Craft & Co.'s loan oftice on furniture, pianos, horaes. ons, personal proverty of all kinds, and all_other articles of value, without removal. All bus. iness strictly confidential. ST Drs. Woodbury nave removad their dental office to 101 Pearl street, up stairs. - We now have in stock something particu- larly fine in the way of bill heads and letter heuds at prices which can not be duplic ted, To be honest, wo do not expect to be able to duplicate the prices after this lot 18 gone, at Pryor's Bee job printing office. g b C. B, steam dye works, 1013 Broadway. g E How to See the Wind. Take a polished metal surface of two feet or more, with a straight cdge; a large handsaw will answer the purpose. Take a windy day for the experiment, whether hot or cold, clear or cloudy only let it not be in murky, i ny weather. Hold your metallic surface at right angles to the direction of the wind—i. e., if the wind is north, hold your surface east and west, but instead of holding it vertical, ineline it about to the hovizon. so that the king, glances and flows over the edge, as the water loas over o dam. Now sight carefully wlong the edge some minutes at u sharply defined ob- ject, and you will see the wind pouring over the edge in graceful curves. Mako your observations carofully and you will hardly ever fail in the éxperimént: the results are even better if the sun is obscured. e = GOOD LUCA. Mr. H. C. Clarke, of This Uity, Gots 30,000 From the Lou si State Lottery. *Is it actually true that vou have re- ceived a part of the capital prize of the last drawing of The Louisiana State Lottery?” asked a reporter for Tho Star-Sayings of Mr. H. C. Clarke, a young lithographer, who has been tr ing to procure a home out of savings from wages, carned at his trade. Il has been employed at August Gast’s for somo time pust und resides at No. 712 North Compton avenue. “Yes,” said he, “I have actually re- ceived $30,000 in cash-—good United States curvancy—as a 10th part of the capital prize of $300,000. The moncy was paid to me by the Continental N; tional Banl, of St. Louis, is now in my possession, and a part of it will go into an elegany little home for mysell and my family.” T suppose you will give up the trade now.” “0, ves;” said he, with a smile that showed how happy he wa litho- graphy or any other occupation of 10 hours a y has littlo charm by the side of 30,000, which enables one to look his friends in the face witn a manly feel- ing.” What ticket?? **No, 93. T sent %2 to the New Orleans National Bank lasv month for a one- tenth part of a whole ticiet, and that was the number I received in return, I put the tieket away, and thought no more of it. My wi e thought it was $2 thrown away, but she is smiling and happy ewough now on accountof the new home we are to have, I had be- come tired of pinching along from weok to week, and was becoming discouraged at the slow progress I was making in procuring a competence tor the ‘rany day’ that impresses itsell so vividly upon any one who has o family to sup- port. Tho money I sent was not be- grudged, because in our business we have very little opportunity of getting out to take advantage of chances to go into business, or to look after any | ing investments, At any rate, I ¢ cluded if I did not risk somoth crease my income outside of my weekly wages it would be several years before T could get what my heart was set on—a comfortable home.” **And you feel like another man now?” ertainly, Tam prepaved to enjoy life, The transaction was no myth and the veports of the drawing no rumor, I assure you. I have the money in my possession, which will save me soveral years' hard work and allow me to live was the number of your respectably.”—[ Louis (Mo.) Star- Sayings, Nov, 2 S Two Remarkable Inventions. Some of the monasteries of Italy and France sent_curious inventions to the Paris exposition. One from a friar in Florence was a wateh but the fourth of an inch in diameter, having three hands, minute, hour and second, besides an indicator which points out the days of the weel, month and year. A mon- astery in Brittany, France, contributed a plain looking mahogany table, with an inlaid chessboard ou its suriace. The inventor, or anyone who desires, sets the pieces for a game and sitsalone on one side of the board, He plays cautiously, and the opposite piecemove automatically and quite frequently comes out the vietor, no odds how scien- tifically the player plays. There is no mechanism apparent beneath the table top, which scems to be of solid mahog- any board, e We are the Peoplo. Business men from Nebraska for Chi- 20, Milwaukee and all eastern cities will please nots that by the new time schedule (in effect from and after No- vember 17, 1889), they cas arrive a Omana about 4 p, m., can do business or visit with Omaha merchants and friends for nearly two hours and can then take the through Pullman sleeping car of the Chicago, Milvaukee & St Paul railway short line fast train at Omaha depot of the Union Pacific railwa¥ at 6 p. m. (supper served on dining car leay= ing Council Bluffs at 6:30 p. m.), and arrive at Chicago at 9:80 a. m. (breaks fast also served on dining car), in ample timo to make connections with the fast morning trains from Chicago on the principal eastern and southeastern lines; ov if desired, passongers for the eastean remain over in Chicage a few hours for business or pleasure nd sume their journey by the afternoon fast and limited trains of all the eastern ronds. In nadition to the foregoing, another through short-line train leaves Omuaha daily at 9:15 0. m, and Council Blulls at 40'a. m., arviving in Chicago at 6.50 a. m., making close connection with the expross trains of all enstern ronds. For tickets and further particulars apply to the nearest ticket agent, or to I, A. Nash, general agent, 1501 Farram street, Omaha, Neb. L T eral of Robert Browning. Dee. 31.—The funeral sory over the remains of Robort Browning took place at Westminster Abbay today. Wroaths from Lord Tennyson and Miss Browning were placed on top of tho cofin. Many wreaths were received from other persons including Henry Irving, Mr. Bancroft, Sie John Miltais, Mr. Alma Tagema and Sie Theodore Martin, F e T Beecham's Pills cure bilious and nervous ille SPECIAL NOTICES, COUNCIL BLUFFS. FOR SALE AND RENT. JP0i RENT-Nacely furnistied frout ron, 0.2 Fourth street. ‘ 7 ANTED--Salesman forred. Apply o exporionced nian pro- 2 Tenth avenue, FPMHREE unturnished rooms for ront. No, 1% Fourth st, 1 for good farm invoice from £5,00) “to $12,000, vay, Council Bluils, In. JOREXCHANGR-Ror4 stocks of goenera merchandise to exchange lands and_cash Addross Kore & W ANTED-At nonco, stozk ot gracerics ox geneval mdse, that will invoice about #,00, in excnange for §,50) in_good improved Property near thls plae bal. in cash. Addross Korr & Gray, Council Blufls. DELL BROS. & CO. loan monsy. The most liberal terms offered. 103 Pearl st, JREAL ESTATE Hougnt and sold ani ex- changed. 8pecial ttention given to exame ination of titles. W. C. N 10 Pearl NTED~To trads for a lot two gooil 2 and d-year-old horses. Inquire atthe Fountain cigar atore, Council Blufs. JOORTRADE for stock, good ot in THastin gs Neb, Inquire 1522 West roadway . TR SALE or Rent—Guraon Jand with houses, by J. K. Rice 102 Main st., Coancll Buds, £00d new f-room honse xchange for animproved 8) acre farm in western or central lowa, Keir & Gray, [ 2 poout to engage tu_other business until ¢ logad out you will save mone; amining before pus 5 of furniture and stoves, You wiil find many arte fcles that will make siitaole and_servicenbls holiday presents. A.J. Maudel, and 325 Broudway. QORSALE or and y by ext ilore, 1Y Stock xcange—The furniture and lease of a6 room hotel doing a big business in eastern Neb. Price, $8,0)0; 31,000 case bal. o or will take 15 in' good renl estate. rr & Gray, Council Hluf J EW improved real estafe to traae for nnim provea Omaha or Council Blutls property B. Judd, 605 Broadway. {'OR RENT—One seven-room house on rourth Avenue: one eight-room honse on_ Nece ond avenus, and one eight-room house on Tenth Atreet; all fittea up with all modern conven= 1ences. W. W. Bllger, Pearl stroet, OTICE—If you have real estate or cnattels you want to dispose of quick, st them with Kerr & Gray, Council Blutfs, I, W ANTED — . draughtsman architect, room Biulrs, once, good, first class Apply oflics S, K. Maxor Merriam block, Counctl J: A Murphy Manufacturing o, 1st Avenue and 21st Street. SASH DOORS AND BLINDS. Bund and Seroll Sawing. RoSawing and rd Planing. Sswing of alikinds, = Porca Brackets 1 Kindliug wood 8270 per load delivered, Clon. sawdust by the barrel All work to be first-class, - Telepliono 220, ‘“Your Patronage Solicited"” CHANCE FOR A PRIZE. Until the 16th of January we will give a tickes to overy 8 cash purchaser of gonls atour store, The ticket will entitle the holder to o ‘hance in the following prizes: 18t—1 beautiful Gold Com Heater, price #0. 2nd—1 1elf flower stand With' avches and hanging basket, $10. ard—Pair of ladies' club skates, 4th—Pair of boys club skutes, 7ic, Those prizes will be. distributed immediately after the dute giyon. — SHUGARD & C0 S. E. MAXON, Archite £ and Superintend ICNIE.T and duperintend Nl Room 281, Merriam Bloek, 12 COUNCIL BLUFFS, - IOWA, BELL & BERLINGHOF, ARCHITECTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS. Room 2 Opera House Block, Council B3luffs, Towa, THO8, OFFICER, W. I M. Pusey OFFICER & PUSEY, BANKERS. Corner Main and Broaaway, COUNCIL BLUFKS, IOWA, Dealers in foretyn and domestic exchauge Colloctions mado and luterest pald o time 08its, Apple and Plum Butser, Mince Mear, Sweet and Sour Pickles, Olives in Bulk, Seuer Kraut, Pure aple Syrup and Honey, Buckwhent Flour and iny, Oranges, Cranberries, California o8, ' Lemons. Nuts, Raising'and Celery, Best Country Butter, 20¢ por 1b, Our prices al- ways the lowest, NO, 20 Broadway, oppusite Ogilen House, E. L. 8 ros, Cias, R, HANNAN, Cashier, CITIZENS' STATE BANK, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Paid up Capital $150,000.00 Surplus ... 35,000.00 Liability to Depositor: 335,000.00 DiRECToRS 1, A, Miller, F. 0. Gleeson, . L Shugart, E. E. Hart, J. D' Edundson, Cliss. i Hunnan, ‘Transact’ genoral banking busin Lurgest capital and surplus of any bauk i Northwestera lowa, Interest on tue deposits : e — » M, ELLIS & CO., X ARCHITECTS « AND BUILDING BUPERINTENDENT: Hooms 430 aud 432 Hee Bulldl Omana Neb. sud ooms 244 snd 246 Merrisw Block, Couse! 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