Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 6, 1890, Page 6

THE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS OUFFIUE. NO. 12 PEARL STREET, Lelivered by carrler in any part of the City, H.W.TIION. ... MANAGER TELEPHON PUSINESS OFFICE NO, 40, NGt E N. Y. P. Co. Gleason coal. Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. Thatcher coal, 114 Main street. Carbon Coal Co. wholesale, retail, 10 Pearl Episcopulian sociable tonight at Royal Arcanum ball. Good music at ¥ o'clock The Marricd Ladies' high-five club wiil meet next Suturday evening with Mrs. W. W. Loomis, Remember the Chautauqua meeting this evening at the Baptist church at 7:30. Meet fog free and a fine programme. The young married folks' high five club will be entertained at the re o of J. W, Smith on Second avenue this evening, Tho supreme court has afficmed the de- cision of the Pottawattamie district court in the case of Bray va A. T. Flickinger. The funeral of Mrs. Harey Hall will take at 8 o’clock this afternoon from the: family residence, No. 361 North First street. Several telephones in the contral part of the city were burned out Tuesday evening by the wires crossing an electric hght wire. The funcral of Ida, the fourtcen-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Klemi ook place yesterday from the residence, No. 1428 Eighth street, A new hose wagon which has been sent here on trial by the Michigan Fire and Truck company, will be on exhibition today at the Upper Broadway hose house. Colonel L. W. Tulleys will address the Young Men's Chiristian association this even- ingat8 o'clock. Subject: *‘Ihe Power of London.” The public are invited. Admis sion free. George H. Bennet, secretary. B. McCarty has filed a petition 1o superior court against Bea Marks for $120 damages, caused by a prairie fire started by employes of the defendant, which burned a large amount of hay on & farm four miles from the city. John Cramer, an employe of Cole & Cole, received a severo shock in opening the store ‘Tucsday. Investigation proved the electric wires were improperly insulated, and the curront was conducted to the iron door of which he took hold. A sneak thief entered Black’s clothing storo Tuesday eveniog and called for some articles behind a counte While the clerk n charge was obtaining the goods the visitor nipped soveral pairs ot pants, but the clerk pulled & small revolver and compelled him 1o drop the goods. The thief escaped. Benjamin H. Wright, who was one of the indicted by the grand jury for em- ment, in falling to turn over to John I\ Stewart and Samuel Haus money he col- lected as their agent, has been placed under arrest by Sheriff O'Neill. He gave bonds for his appearance for trial. Peter Beck, Johu Olsen and George Har- rington bave given bonds for their appear- ance in the dictrict court to answer to the charge of Rontempt. The case is being pushied by the temperauce alliance, which obtzined the injunction now pending against the defendants, ‘the cnse agninst Henry Hayes, who was taken before Justice Schurz Saturday, charged with obtaining monoy under falaé pretenses, has been dismissed by the prose- cuting witness, Mrs, T. E, Clark, as the de- fendant returned to her the money he had borrowel on the strength of a check which he alleged to have in his possession. A committee consisting of 8. H. Foster, S. P. MacConnell, J. 'E. T. McGee, S. Saun- ders, L. P. Judson, W. C. Dickey, . J, Day, N. C. Phillips and H. L. Shepherd, has been abpointed by the real estate exchange o solicit subscriptions for the fund t en- large the Home for the Friendles: PR The Council Bluffs Insurance company average annual_income since_organization has been £120,000.00. Disbursements siuce organization for losses and other ex- penditures now exceeds $1,000,000.00. Risks ‘written since organization, 2,770,545.00 Every property owner should patronize this home stitution, and in that way encourage and build up our city. J. B. Allen is the city agent of this company, and a more honor= able, relinble and " trustworthy man can not be found. The directors of the company are Hon. W. F. Sapp, E. L. Stugart, F. M. Gault, John Renuers, M, C. Brammerd and J. Q. Anderson. -— The Leaders of fine watches and jewelry in the oity, and the pluce 10 buy the best goods ut the 1owest Drices is tho establishment without rivals, the most reliable firm of JAcqueMiN & Co. —_————— A Fatal Cattle Disease Recently Dr. S. Stewart, the Bancroft street veterinurian, who®1s the assistant state veterimarian for western lowa, re- ceived word from Des Moines that an in- vestigation into a fatal cattle disease in Silver Creel township was necessary. Mr. Stéwart visited the farm of George Brown, where he found'the case as reported, and pronounced the disease spinal meningitis, though not necessarily contagious in chaf- acter, and he aid not believe it would spread to other herds. The cause of the diseasc could not be ascegtained, . When first taken the cattle were noticed to arch their backs, switcn their tails in a lively manner and stamp their hind feet, In about an bour they would rub their buttocks 80 vigorously that the parts became bruised and swollen, and blood stains marked the objects they had rubbed ugninst. The dis- easo progressed 80 rupiply that the animals became paralyzed in their hind limbs and. would sit up on their haunches like dogs, and they would lick and gnaw tneir hina legs. The difficulty rapidly increased and death resulted in about twelve bours. In all Mr. Brown lost about & dozen head of cattle, part of which were stockers and a part feeders, B We want you to list your rental property with us and wo will secure you good, re- liable tenants. Rents collected and special attention given 1o care of property. E. H. Sheafe & Co., Broadway aud Main st., up stairs, e The Manhattan sporting headq'rs 418 B-way, R Personal Paragraphs, L. B. Cousins 18 out _ugain after wrestling four weeks with ia grippe. J. Peregoy 18 out again, though somewhat wn.llen«“by his illness of several weui‘:. 4 R, W. Tilton is able to be about again after & wearisome three weeks' siege with neural- gia and la grippe, , nee Miss Mable Wallace of s reported out of danger and her friends are expecting a speedy recovery. Judge Peake of Blencoe, Ia., I8 in the city visiting his daughter, Mrs, D. J. Rookwell, W, L. Berry and wife of were in the city yesterday, 3 , Berry had not been iy, Cou Bluffs for fifteon years and he was very much sur- prised at the great progress the city nas made. Miss Olile Clark, night operator at the telephone exohange, is confined to her home on Benton street by illness. W. H, Copson has tendered his resigna- tion as city editor of the Nounpareil on eount of ill-bealth. He will take a well earned rest of several weeks before agim taKing up newsbaper work., Mrs, G. A. Bullis and son of Hastings, Neb., are visiting her mother, Mrs. J. £, Gould, in this city. F. D. Hyde of Dubuque, architect of the new hotel, is 1o the city. C. E. H. Campbell, chief engineer of the King Bridge company, is in Sioux City on business. ———— New Styles in Oarpets. New styles in spring goods arriving dail, atthe Carpet Co's. Ladies are deligh with the beautiful new pattern carpets. Call aud see thom. —_————— %o Trinity Guiid sociable will be beld 'riday evening, Fevruary 7. at the residence of Mrs, George Rudio, 287 First street. All are cordially nvited. The ulur meeting will be beld the s: afternoon at 8 o'clock with Mrs, Harris, First street. IN AND ABOUT THE BLUEFS. The Motor Company fs Mum Re- garding Passes ani Dividends. WORKING FOR A NORMAL SCHOOL | Arrested for Burglary—A Oyprian and Her Vietim—Officers of the Board of Trade —Gen- eral Notes, The Motor Company's Annual. “What action was taken at the annual meating of the stockholders of the motor company, was the question propounded to T. J. Evans yesterday afternoon. “Very tittle that would interest the public, although the sggsion was quite a long one, and there was a groat deal of work done. The stockholders' mesting did not occuvy ten minutes, the same board of directors being elected, The work was all done at the directors' meeting, held immediately afterward. The same list of officers was elected. Of course I did not vote for them, but that made no difference. 1 moved to re elect the same exccutive committoe, and that was done. The reports of ofiicers for the past year wero submitted, and the show- ing was ‘quite satisfactory. There was o nice cash balance on hand, showing & very good year's work." as no dividend declared ) “No, and there never has been, There is a casl balanco of $100,000 or such a matter now on hand, but the Omatia National bank is too poor to let the woney g0 out! so no dividend was declared. It is worth about 2 day to have that money on deposit, so it couldn’t be expectel that all of the directors would be in favor of 4 dividend. Al the differenco would be that in that case some of the mem- bors of the company would get u little inter~ est out of it “How about “Nothing except a roduced farei” done aboutad cent fare, School children under ot bo given 8 between the two cities, und a 21§ n either city. ‘Ihis is just half the r fare. Furthier than that the question of fare was not considered.” “Itis understood that the puss question was also passed gently by “That is correct. Thé matter mentioned."” And your injunction any consideration (" “Of course uot. If one had been men- tioned the other would naturally have fol- lowed. The injunction is still in force. I still maintain my position taken some time ago, They have moved to dismiss it, but beyond that no action has been taken. - Save 50 per cent on tombstones and monu. ment Design sheet una price List free. L. Kelley, 203 Broadway, Couuncil Bluffs, - Drs. Woodbury have removed their denta office to 101 Pearl street, up stairs. Bk x The acknowledgod lendine photographer 1 Council Bluffs is Schmidt, 220 Main street S Towa lump conl, spot cash, $3.50 per ton. Council Bluffs Fue was not did not come in for —————— Arrested for Burglary. Albert Roscnthal was arrested yesterday in Owaba on a warrant charging hin with burglary. The warrant was sworn out bs fore Justice Barnett and Constabla Wesley went o¥er the river to get his man. The fol- low was arres.ed by an Omaha policeman, andon his asnnouncing his willingness to come without a requisition, was turned over to the custody of the constable. Rosenthal was taken before Justice Barnett, but as the prosecuting witness, Charies Moore, was not present, the case was continued and the defendant lodged in jail. The information aileges that the prisoncr entered the house of Mr. Moore, No. 426 North T'enth street, on the 25th of January, and stole @ number of articles, the nature and value of which was to the informant unknown. Rosenthal refused to talkk about the case, more than that he denied his guilt, and stated that he wus @ brother of the proprietors of the Rosenthal instalment house. He declares that he can prove au alibi. . Now kor Chaap Wail Paper. The Boston store yesterday received two car loads of wall paper, all of the latest styles, and it will be put on sale at popular prices within a few days. —————— Reat Kstat: Exchinge. Yesterday's daily acssion of the real es- tats exchange was lively and well attended, and a good deal of business was transacted. Mr. Harkness announced to the exchange the possibility of securing the location of & state normal school here. A com:mittee con~ sisting of Senator Groneweg, Reprosentative Ware and J. E. Harkness was appointed to take the inatter in_charge nod push it for all there is in ip. ‘ihey were instructed to confer with the school board for the purpose of securing the donation of the Hill school building to the state for normal purposes. This, it is argued, will secure the permanent location of a state normal school in Council Bluffs, and the location and advantages of this city will make it the chief institution of the kind in the state. Several subscriptions were received for the Charitable Home fund. A Go to Dempsey Bros. for fine confection- ory, Boston chips, butter cups, etc., 105 Main. e The handsomest and cleanest market, best meats and lowest prices at J, M. Scanlan’s. Y ————— e Full line of imported and domestic ciga: Kelley & Younkerman. bl The Board of Trade. At the meeting of the bosrd of vrade Tues- day evening the following officers were chose President, F. Weis; first vice presdent, S. P. MacCounuell; second vice presdent, J. E. F. McGee; treasurer, C, B. Wi 3 finance cpmmittee, C. B, Waite, W. Siedentoff and F, H, Hill, No secretary was chosen. Congressman Reed was elected a delogate Lo the national board of trade meeting, which convenes in ‘Washington today. A resolution was adopted asking the rail- roads which huve Council Blufts as their terminal point to advertise the fact upon their cars, iustead of giving the credit to the city across tho river, A communication from a lock comnany in Seward, Neb,, wanting 1o locate in this city was read, and Mes: Walker, McConnell and Shugart were appointed a committes o look over the schemo, The company has & plant costing about $30,000 and employing twenty men, It was decided to hold the meetings the first and third Tuesdays of each month, in- stoad of monthly, as heretofore. e Hotel Jameson 1s firstscl e The water ruus when Bixby plumbs, . Dr. H. S, \\'lei‘ dental surgery, No. 12 Pearl street, over Tue BEe offl Travelers, — - Fulllineof homeopathic medicines at Ellis’, e —— Avoca Iten Horace Dewey, an old and respected rosi- debt of this county, died Sunday, February 2, 1 Omaha at the Omahs medical institute, where he had gone for treatwent. The re- mains were brought to Avoca Monday wud luid to rest Tuesday at 11 a. m. by his Ma- sonic brethren, John Liggitt, a resident of Avoca, twenty- one years of age, while braking on the Diag- onal railroad from Das Moines, was instantly killed Monday by tulling from the moving train, steiking oo his head, crushing his skullL he remains were brought home Tuesday morning aud the funeral services held yosterday at 10 & m, el L ‘The Koss Investment and Trust company. R C. ¥, steamdye works, 1013 Broadway e T She Wanted His Rol), Myrtle Jones was the name given by the foulest mouthed and altogether the most ue- graded being that hes figured in bolice THE - OMAHA DAILY circles for some time. She 18 o denizen of the Omaha slums and the coutt fixed her age at twenty seven years. She fell in with a Kansas City fellow who displayed quite a roll, and she started out to get possession of it. She brought him over tne river fora hack ride aod endeavored to get him full of fowa benzine, He was proof against it, but sho succumbed, and in getting out of tho fell into the hands of an oMcer, who hef up. When arraigned in court she ed all that was charged, and more 100, and lamented that she had failed to obtain possession of her companion's wealth. She was fined and sent to tho county jaii for five days. Her Kansas City friend, who was taken to a hotel, had skipped before court opened yesterday morning, and his name could not be ascertained. J. G. Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadway. - - I\ Janssen teaches zither reasonuble. d avenue, -~ Masonic. Regular conclave of Ivanhoo commandery No. 17, Knight Templars, this evening All sojonrning sir knights are invited. By order . C. e — S. B. Wadsworth & Co., 207 Pearl street, loan money for Lombard Inv. Go. -y Desirable dwellings for rent at reduced prices by K. H, Sheafe & Co,, rental agents, Broadway and Main st., up stairs. P WHAT BISMARCK READS, Very Fond of Zola and Caring Noth- ing for American Writers. Although Bismarck is old and becom- ing less strong he still finds pleasure in his_library, writes 1. W. Bok in the Ladies’ Homa Journal. He isa fluent [French and German scholar, and,al- though he hates the French people with an intensity that ecan hardly be ewphasized in cold type, he i an admirer of the realistic school of fiction writers. Of these he prefers Zola, but he is asoften engrossed in the feuilleton of one of the KFrench dailies us he is with a unew book from the master's hands, He has a small and valuable library. That portion of it de- voted to politi history and statecraft isas valuable asany in Europe. Thevon chaucellor is quite connoissour in books, and has added without very much expense at any time to the small hibrary that he began to gather when a stu- dent. Heisa good Greek and Latin sholar also, and often amuses himself transiating from the original. He suot nearly so voluminous a reader as Mr. Gladstone, and is not aiways look- ing for a gem or something that will repay the perusal of a stupid chapter. He once explained to a friend that the book must interest him at the begin- ning or he would have nothing to do with it. He pays little or no attention to English or American hterature, and although many of the Enplish and American men of letters have been pre- sented to him. he is not well acauainted with their work. He possesses a well- thumbed copy of Whittier’s poems, and likes to spend an hour or so occd- sionally with **The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.” When some great work hus appeared in either England or America, and is translated into Ger- man, Bismu reads it, but it must be of sul ng interest to engage h tention. Of the English and American magazines and newspapers he knows but little. The various representatives of Germany in Great Britain and the United States send to the German war office translations of everything bearing on German affairs, and these are filed and properly indexed for re- ference with copies of the original, but only occasionally does Bismarck feel sufficient'interest 1n them to devote his own time to. reading and studying up the subfect. He prefers German literature and German music, and he cannoy be blamed perhaps for not patronizing letters when he is such an ardent believer in statecraft and war- fare. He is a profound student of sociology and a philosopher as well, and one of the rules of his life has been not to undertake what he could not ac- complish. He unhesitatingly pleads ignorance of American men of letters, but is always willing to learn, * jidnuin s Th:+ Laborious Life of the Stage. All the stage-struck girls throughout the length and breadth of the land fancy that an actress’ life must be an ideal one, full of adulation, flattery, amusement distraction. Anactress was speaking of this to me. She is a woman who, by dint of arduous work, has climbed far up the ladder of fame, says the St. Louis Republic. “My life is very uneventful,” she said; *'it is full of hard and monotonous work. Excitement—yes, at night when L am before the public; but for the rest of the day—no. Suppose [ give you one day’s routine, and you can judge for yourself whether my life 1s one round of exhileration and pleusure. At9inthe morning I ring for my bouillon. After I have finished it I take a cold bath and then my breakfast. Unless I am due at the theater for along, tedious rehearsal of four or five hours I attend to my cor- respondence, sorting and answering va- rious letters. After that is finished and my household duties are looked after I g0 for my constitutional wulk of two or three hours. Ieatnoluncheonand when 1 return from my exercise it is nearly time for my dinner, for I dine at4:80. After this meal is dver I have just a little time to rest before the real busi- ness of the twenty-four hours begins. I must be at the theater by 7:30 sharp. At midnight I am home again, aud atter supper I go to bed. Now, thai isja fair sample of my life. Every hour has its duties. I have systematized my work and allotted my time so there are very few idle moments.” ————— Queling an Elephant With a Puppy. Lattle Willie, the elephant who occu- Ems the middle cage in the elephant ouse at Central Park, says the New York Tribune, has been causing his keeper a good deal of trouble recently and several times hus made vicious at- tempts to strike him and break out. As a last resortalittle terrier, smaller than & cat, has been tied 1n Willie’s cage. This precaution has proven effective for Willie, who has killed several keepers and is almost as high as the roof over him, is thoroughly afraid of the puppy. When the elephant is drinking the puppy frequently drives him away with a snap, Dirvector Conklin 1s preparing Lizzie, the gentle and intelligent female of the Cole pair of elephauts in the park, for carrying childven about the park next summer. He is 1n & quandary over the question of fure for elephant rides and would like to hear from uny one inter- ested in the matter. A small fee was charged for a ride on Jumbo in London. e A V ry Promising New Meral. Schmiedbarenguss is the inconven- ‘nusic. Terms "iently-long name given to s new com- posite metal for which almost marvel- ous properties are claimed, siys a Cin- cinnati dispateh, It is composed of pig iron, wrought 1ron, copper and alumi- num bronze alloy and a flux. It is pro- duced direct from the cupola without annealing, yet it can be welded and bammered like iron or steel and can be manufactured, at u less cost than malleable iron or steel castings. At a test made Januury 20 at Louisville it is said to have endured a tensile strain of 168,000 pounds per square ineh, that being the limit of that muchine. The new composition is the discovery of Mr. Hatzfeldt of Newport, Ky., who has made many ilwrimauu B producing aluminum BER: 1§ URSDAY FIST-LOGIC IN CONGRESS. How it Has Frequantly Been Em- ployed witn Sucosar SAM RANDALL AS A BULLDOZER. He was an Bick Expert Before ha Took ~Many Men of the Same Kind in the Present Hougse, The Argument of Muscle. WasniNaroy, Feb, 4.—[Special to Tne Bee.|—Recently T explained the process of bringing about and maintainiog a deadlock in the house of represontatives. This was in anticipation of the exciting scenes which provailed in the lower house of congross last week, and which iay continue for some time, and it will be renewed periodically during the entire lifo of this congre There was one feature of these tactics which [ did not mention. It was tho pnysical force which is often applied to enablea single indiviaual or body of men to make a poiut in a parliumentary hody. There are bullies in congress and they are loc both branches of that organization, J. Randail has been the typical bully of tho house for almost a quarter of & century he is no longer tho champion of his espe role. Mr. Randall in s carly days was a “'slugger.” When he entered politics he got his strength from that element of politics that loves to attend prize fights and stand at the bar and “talk back.” A uumber of times in the lower house of congress mon have walked from one side of the great hall, durig debate, to the other side, and clenching their fists tightly have pushed their antagonists under the nose and threatened physical injury. Mr. Randall, during s days of robust physique, often cowed his adversaries and made & business of frightening timid men on the other side by standing on his tiptoes and looking down from his six-footone height, shaking his head and fist, looking pugnacious and speaking words of diveful threat. Men who did not know Mr. Randall personally but had an inkling of his pugnacious inclina- tious, were [rightened by his warlike up pearance, and in a majority of instances he had his ' own way by ~simply looking dan- Ko: ous. During the past ten years there have been several occasions in the house when the ser- weunt-at-arms or. his deputy were compelled 10 take the mace m hana and with the au- thority of law demand order. Men have been seen to leave their seats on either sido of the house and proceed down to the semi- circle space in front of the speaker's desk, reach for their hip pockets and utter words of vengeance between their teeth. On occa- sions like this the gallerics were fuil of ning necks and there was an uproar of confusion on the floor, 'T'he speaker would pound his desk and cry for order, but there \vas no order, ‘There are 4 £0oa many bulldozers and bul- lies in this house and. they are not alone lo- cated on the democratic side, Itis true thay, Mr. Randall, the cnief.of all legislative bul lies, 1s on his sick ved, probably never to appear again in the house; but he hasin a wentleman from Georgis, another in T'ennessee, er ' Arkansus, and gues, uble champions of the character bully. ‘I'hese men talk lound, sling their disheveled locks, iook pugnacious, shuke their fists and sometimes expose well filled hip pockets. There used to be two or three men from Te: who were great bull- dozers, and they are yev in the house; but for the last year or two they have been more quiet thun some of tieir colleagues, This is probably becausc thers will be a senator elected from T'exus within u short time and all of these gentlemen aspire to that seat. They represent tightihg and intimidating constituents, and they, hesitate to give yent to their teodencies Iest they might commit a fatal potitical error. Men of this churacter do not malke themselves powerful in debate by knowledge of the subjects they discuss, but their natural powers of oratory, They try to frighten their adversaries and carry the house oy storm. It1s fortunate for the country as well as the republican party that a man of Mr. Reea’s character is 10 the speaker's chair. Heis onc of the best man-drivers in the country. He knows how to crack the whip and stand on his tip toes at & height of six foot threo and make mea take their seats in deoate. He 18 a good match for Mr, Randull orany of his pugnacious followers. If a timid or small man were in the speaker’s chair there would be many times on occa- sions like these which bave seized the house during the past weck when that body would ingeed bo like a “‘Deer garden.” Mr, Reed is equul to any emergency and he intends to show the legislative bullies that they have their mateh once. Persons who hLave personal favors to ask of public men in the way of urging claims of various character in uny of the departments, ‘would save themselves a good deal of disap- pointment and trouble if they would remem- ber two or three fucts. There are rules of Emmcu inall departments—and the pension ureau is not an exception—the same as gov- ern the practice berore a court. The head of a department is more jealous of the rules which he estublished governing the presen- tution of claims, the usking and grantini of every kind of favor, and vhe dispensation of justice at large, than he is of any other pre- rogutive. It is unfortunate that many people have the idea that a senator, a representative in cougress, or cubinet oficer cr a member of the state central committee or other man prominent in the predominant party can get almost anything through a deparvment if he but choose to insist that ivshall be done. ‘This is an error. One cabinet officer cannot secure from another a fuvor which will be a matter of public record, that the most hum ble citizen cunnot secure. Itis truein re- mote instances, that cases are made special for one prominent man which would not be made special for a humble citizen, But in- stances of this sort aro very rare ngw. A few ycars ago, before tne ruies of fepart- partinents were so firm as now, and prior to the just indiguation which arose agaiust pol- iticians controiling the business in the de- partments, it was a comparatively easy thing for an influentisl politician in the predomi- naut party to have a caso made special in @ departwent or to secure favorable action upon anything that was not fraudulent. It was a very easy thing for a politician, or es- pecially & an in congress, to have a claim made special and pushed through to finul action, This practice was an abuse. It de- prived honest but hjmble citizens who had not the political influénce necessary to secure action ubon their claimsof the common justice which the federal goverament owes to all of its citizens. It gave the politician an undue advantage and was An ihcentive to all havin, aims in the departifients to back political ‘rounders” for the parpose of ‘‘standing in” with the political coutrel. It will be refreshing to learn that there bave been rules established under the present regime whigh ' give one citizen the same advantage thay s graoted another in presenting honest claims. Men now take the order in which their favors are presented. There {0 favoritiam shown. Now that the census supervisors are being nominated by the president, those who de- sire work as enumerators 1n taking the con - sus know to whom they should apply for employment, The senate will taka prompt action upon these nominations,and they will 8000 be confirmea, is will place in the havds of these ofiders the suthorily to designate who shall be enumerators, and to 0 ahead in the organization of the approach- fng summer's vmr{ It is true that the work of the enumerators will not begiu for some months yet, and that the employment will cover but period of thirty days, How~ over, & large army of enumerators will be employed. It wiil by no use tor those desir- ing this work 1o send their applications to the census bureau here, or to men in coa- gress. ‘Uha application should go direct to thesupervisor. [ migut also add that the endorsemeut of the chairmun of the county contral committee will, it uoderstood, have great weight in controlling these ap- pointinents. ‘Ihere is no one who has & bettor’ advan- tage 10 seA the proportions uf the growtn of the west and northwest thun a wan in con gress. No one can make a coutrust between the west and nortawest on the one side und New Eoegland and the central states ubon the other more strikiog and intelligently than @& mewber from the west or vorthwest. There is scarcely any FEBRUARY, 6, 1890 TH® BEST COAL Wa want our customers to be fully satisfled, and we guarantee that thoy wi'l be if they use our splendid Peerle Soft Joal, in nut and lump. Every person who has used it will give testimony to its good qualities. for If you want good Hard Wood choap call 01 us. SAPP & KNOTTS, Fuel Merchants, No. 33 Main Street, new Ohio coal superior to of our Hard Coal isnot excelled by any on the ma ket. ber the place. local dogislation befors congress affecting tho e Everything is west, and northwest now Bridges und public buildings, lana districts, judicial districts, weather and signal stations, ovening of reservations, surveys, and a thousand other thiugs are constantiy up for tho west, whilo there is uo legisiation proposed specitically for the oast, The humblest member from tho west 1s compelled to have a clerk or sec- retary in order to do his correspondence and keep up his work in tho departments, whilo a member from the east—unless he bo & vory prominent one, with presidential or somo oiher big aspirations in his mind—can play half his time. The members from the new states proba bly have more work than any others. 'Their wiiole country and their politicians are in embryo. They are constautly submitting new propositions Lo congress and to the de partments. I[n some republican districts of tho south, whore great improvoments aro Roing on, the work of the members of con greas is augmentod. As & usual thing the least congressionul duties devolve upon a member from the south. This is due lely to the fact that there 18 littie developmoent going on in the south. The work of u man in congress is gauged by tho development of his country. [ftis at a stand-still or going backward, his work is light; if progressive, they are heavy. This talk about “‘the new south” does not seom to have a very percep- tible affect upon the work of the southern members. There is very little likelihood that the ter- rifle assault wiich is to be made upon the Civil Service Commission will have any re- sults in legislation. I'ne fact cannot be disguised that the ways in which the civil service commission go about its reform are not ouly pugoacious to politicians, but a very large majority of the men in both houses of congress. Four-fifths of the people in the United States are civil service reformers. T mizht add that four- sfths of those who ure chnversant with the operations of the civil service commission are opposed to this kind of reform. The greatest objection to the rules which govern the commission do not relute to tho often ludicrous wnd impracticable forms of examination. The real objection, as I find it expressed among true reformers in congress, lies 1 the fact that appointmonts ars made upon & back examination without any rofer- ence to real experience or character of the applicant. A man may be able to answer the questions, and be thorougzhiy imcompa- tent to perform the duties to which ha is up pointed. There are very few opponents of the present law who have either tho courage or inchination to vote in favor of a reveal of the law, because their real purpose would often bo misinterpreted and used to their disadvantage. Tnere is only oue pos sible way to abolish the commis sion and that is for congress to re- fuse w0 make an approbriation for its contiunance. This is nov at all hkely. The proposition to designate in each of the de- partments one or more offlers who will have the power 1o pass upon applicinis for un- pointment, giving them & close oracular scrutiny, and ntal examinas tion by verbal questions, toucaing ths sp2 fic capabilties of the applicants to perform the the duties of the offive applied for, mects with great favor. This would be inten led to select men with a special fitness for the position they seek. Another proposition is popular—to have but one comwmissioner in- stoad of threc.—All the work not clerical which is performed by tne commissioners can be done better by only one than three. ‘The commission 18 simply & supervision, and deternnnes propositions wiich are question- able. All of the restof the work is done by clerks. ‘There should be no hesitation about the adoption of any proposition intendel to im- prove the civil service. The present com- mission and its raies are the first the couu: try has ever had and it is natural ther should be errors committed in the establi ment of as extensive a reform and impor- tant a reform as the civil service. It is an element of weakness to refuse to remedy obvious errors aud sirengthen obvious weak places. There i8 no one but that will ac- knowledge there are possibilities for great improvements in our civil servica. i S. HeaTH. e T A POLITE ASSASSIN, H: Congratulates Hiy Kivaland Then Shoots Him Dend. A Mexican courier reached the city today from the Norris ranch, some miles west of here, with the details of n fatal shooting affray, in which Manuel Ortegn and Nieves Quintero were the principals, and Juanita Roman was the ays a San Auntonio dispatch to the Globe-Democrat. She is a very beautiful .Mexican girl, sixteen years of age, und lives with her father afar At all the fandangoés and publie erings Juanita wus the belle and had numerous admirers, amongst whom Or- tega and Quintero were most prominent. The former is a vaquero or horse tamer, and the latter a farmer. The girl’s favor inclined to Quintero, and 1t was snnounced that they were to be married. Yesterday the men met and Quintero asked his rival to congratu- 1ate him. The taunt stung Ortega to the quick. Like all of his ruce he is quick tempered, but like all of them is suave and polite to the exweme. He was lighting a- cigarette at tho time. He threw away the hali burned match, blew a cloud of smoke from Lis nostr looked his successful competitor 1n the eye and responded cordinlly, *Cer- tainly, senor, with all my heart,” und shot him through the breast. Quintero cursed him, turned half round, reeled and fell into the road. Ortega, with a wave of his hat to the Mexicans of the settlement, sprang into his saddle and dashed away. Officers are in pur- sumt, but he has so long a start that there is no hope of catching him, Quin- tero lived two hours, and he and Juan- ita were married by the padre, who re- sides at the mission near by, She reached town today, but a short while after the courier, and at once mude affi- davit against Ortega for the murder of her husband, She brings Quintero’s ante-mortem statement, in which he says he was unarmed and guve Ortega no cause for his act. The beauty of the girl created a strong impression in the city, and she has been the object of much admiratidn and sympathy. e e ‘What Bacieria Are. The great majority of these micro- scopic plants are what botanists call bacteria, the smallest form of vegetable life, says »t. Nicholas, So small are they that it would take, in some cases, us many as fifteon thousand of them ar- ranged in arow to exiend an inch, They have different forms, some being round, some oval, some rod-shaped and others much the shape of a cork-screw, or spiral. In all cases they are so small that one needs a powerful microscope Lo study them, and in no case can we per- ceive them singly with the naked eye. When countless” millions of them are grouped together in a mass, or colony, we can see them about as we are able to see at a great distance an approaching army, of which we are totally unable to dmfugux.h a single soldier. We have said that these bacteria move about; and this is true of most of them, although there are some which do not appear to move at all. but remain fixed where they find a good feeding place. Those that have motion behave in & very peculinr manner; some wobble about in one place without moving for- ward in the least; others dart hither and thither, back and forth, at an ap- pavently furious rate, rocking and twirling about and turning a hundred somersaults as they move along. Bacteria multiply very rapidly, and they do this in @ strange way. A single and c¢heaper than Wyoming PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. H. BIRKINBINE N. SCHURZ Spooi Justice of the Hydraulic aad s {ons Building, Cou Broad way, Council Blufls, lowa. STONE & SIMS Attornoys-at ernl Courts: ‘We have qnality o Romem= grate uso The wital ngineer. Plans, timntes ipervision of Pablic Work., Brown 3lufls, Towa. . Office over American Expross, No. 41 actice in the State and Fed- and 8 Shugart-Beno Block, Law. P Rooms Council Blufts, lowa. HEADQUARTERS FOR CALIFORNIA ORANGES + DUQUETTTE & CO,, ——WwHou Fruits and Commission, 3. one breaks itself in tw grows to he as large these in turn divide on, until from a single one we have many thousands in . shorty time. To give you the figures, such as they are, a single one can multiply at so enor- mous a rate thad in fo ight hours 1t can produce like 250,000, 000,000 of ba teonsequences foliow this enormous inerease of teriu, for, while one which is so smull in atself ¢ the vastarmy re- alting from the multiplication of one is ablo to accomplish much. Hen Burtes v General Benjamin itler, who spends a good deul of time in Washing- r rides on a street car. 1f only three blocks to go he vohicle of some sort. The jehus all know him as one of their best custom ers and are always anxious to get his parronag. Somatimes the doughty gene disagrees with the owners of the vehicles. Frauk Shelton, a eabmau, was at the police court this morning, saysa Wash- ington dispateh, trying to obtuin a war- raut for Ge Butler, charging him with defrauding him out of his hack hire. He said that the geueral em- ployed him to drive tothe eity hall, where he had to go to attend to his suit against Samuel Strong, now on hearing in the court in general term. He drove him there and General Butler left the cab without paying the (are. He sup- posed by this that he was expected to wait, and he did so. Four hours later General Butler came out and called another cab. Shelton approached him and said that he had been employed and had not been paids apon he was offered 75 cents, which he refused, claiming that he should be paid for the time he had waited. The general's only answer was to climb_into the other cab and drive off. The driver did not get a warrant, as there is no law under which it.could be issued. **You shouid have kept him i the carriage,’” said the warrant cleck, ‘‘and carried him to the police station. After a man leaves a carriage there is no law under which the money can be col- lected.” “Then I sue,” exclaimed the driver as he walked out to look for a lawyer. ————— THE MONKEY'S REVENGE. then each half s the first. Then up again, and so Aow He Got Even With the Cockatoo for Pulling His Ta %, Visitors to the zoological garden have taken special notice of a prettyMittle African _money with a tremendously long tail and an interesting, little shrivelled up pink face, says the Wash- ington Post. He is very bright und amusing, with no bad or vicious traits, 1f you look closeiy you will notice that the tip of bis tail hus been neavly stripped of hair. Tne handsome white cockatoo with the fiery eyes and sulphurovs y crest dia that, His big cage h on top of the monke; little monkey had swung his it rested against the bars of the bird cage. The cockatoo grabbed it and pulled it in with his sharp beak. Then thore was a chattering and screaming, yells, croakings and a diminutive in- ferno for about a minute before the monkey got his tail ose by the heroic method of pulling it loose.” Then the cockatoo spit out & mouthful of hair and suid, **Yah-h-u-g-gh.” To this con- temptuous remark the little monkey said nothing. He sucked the lacerated end o1 his tail and said nothing. Some one had presen him with a piece of mirvor. It wus the apple of his eye and the prize of his collection. His little storehouse contained a couple of chestnuts, some spare peanuts, two or three bright,pebbles ana the mirror. This httle strip, havaly two inches square, he would hold and admire by the hour. He never tried to solve the mystery of that other monkey which he saw in the glass. Not being ouarrel- some, he nover tried to fight the strange monkey, but he was always try- ing to coax him out to play. It-wouldn’t work, One day the sun shone down through the skylight and struck the mirror, Tt cast a bright, burning beam right into the monkey’s eye and nearly blinded him, Here was another immense prob- lem to wrestle with, After a few min- utes he found that by turning the look- ing giass in diferent directions he could make the bright ray dance over the wails and into the other cages, Ha!l that was funny. The cockatoo had been moved across the aisle and one of the rays struck him in the eye. He blinked and rufed his feathers. The monkey saw it and said to himself as plainly as possible:— “Wonder if old Cockey doesn’t like ity He got the focusagain, and the cocka- too ducked and squawked. “Aha! [ huve you now, old Cockey:. Q1 uinch you to pull the hair off my tail.” Again he focussed the bird and the bird jumped. Up, down, sideways und across, he pursued the bied with that blinding ray, while the latter screamed and beat his wings und rattled the cage in a whirlwind of rage. But it was use- less. The ray und monkey were in- exorable, and not until o convenient cloud obscured the sun did the monikey cease its persecutions, e English Dock Laborers Strike. Loxnox, Feb. 5.—The dock laborers at New port and Monmouth have struck. Ship- ping business at those places is consequently paralyzed SPECIAL NOTICES, OOUN?[L_ pLV!fFS. __romaweaiimar O THADE-—Lots for horses and cattle, Swan, East Harmony st., Councll Bluds. ALE — 17 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ta BARGATN—Completo roller mill_and saw- mill for sale, Capacity of rollar mill, fort barrels datly, Wil setl farm in connsetiof with mill it desired. Good rensons for seiling. ~ All mquiries in reizard to said property sent to tae following address will recelve prompt attens L Reels, Ia. My residence, 533 Willow ave uth side of Buyliss park. Heated m, lignted by electricity and containing il modern improvements. Lot 100 by 20) foet. Also will sell or exalAngo for improved oity property, my farm of 570 a ton miles eust of Council Blus, N, M. Pusey, Coanctl Bluils. es and lots wle for Al Uniniprovad bron- 836 Brondway, Cour i T MAVE soveral ho Council Bluirs or O erty, C. B Jud (ouNeiL o U bargains. veautiful i great barg: to suit: “Ihres now S-room hoises on Lincoln avenue 1o blocks from electrie motor fime. Two new 4-room houses four blocks from clectrie motor line on North Seventh street, oom house four blocks from elec- tric motor line on North Seventh street. Threo new b and 6room houses one block 1rom electric motor line corner Avenue A and Lwellth strect. Iesides the above I have houses and lots in all parts of the cl One new 5-room houee on Mill st. C. B.J udd, 606 roadway, Council Blutrs, FFS property for su A he followl amony the mos| th: o will be 14 at D8, on moathly Dayments, or terms JOOR TRADE-10 acr partly” improved; of cloar Kansas land, I trads for a $1,00 &tock gr dry goods nud grocorles, or wiil trade 8) acres for $£2,0)) stoxk of wroceries. Address 102 Avenue C, Council Blufs, la, OR RENT—Naw j-room house, with 2) acres of grouad, on Upper Brosaway. F.J. Day, ¢ stenographer and typo- xperience and salary ex . Bee office, Counell Bluirs. (O £1,60 or 80) you can buy & nic cloan stock of hurdware, stove aud tinshop inone of the best lo-stlons’ in ¢ want @ hurdware bust you to reliabl rbusiness, Ver. g, 1% wiil pay y: Aadress B 6, Leo o westorn lowa., s would be parties that satisfactory reasous for se jeate this, Blnfrs. OR RENT--Storeroom in good iocition, F.J. Day. YW ANTED -Compotent girl, family of twa, nighest wages patd. Mrs, J. I Kimball, £07 4th ave. ~VASH for sccond-hand furniture, stoves and arpets, A. J. Mandel, 825 Brondway, O RENT “Two, thres, four, fivé and room houses. K. J. 1 FAL ESTATZllougnt aal xoll ani ex- clinnged. Bpecial attontion given to exam- ination of titles, W. C. Jamss, No 1 Pearl st. JOQRBALE or itent—Gardon land with houses, by J. K. Rice 102 Main st., Counctl W Ta, OR RENT—S-room house with modern cons { Jellencos on Gth ave. bot. ith and sth ste. Ok SALE_00x150 fest on Glen ave, Otficer, 12 Main st. R P OR SALE—Beautiful home at » vargain F. J. Day. [OR RENT—The businsss house lately occu. pled,by B, T, McAtee. Apply at biT Fitth enue. EW improved raal ostato to tra 13 for natm. AN ‘provea Omaha or Councll Bluils property C. B Judd, 606 Broadway. DRUCE & REY LDS Fashionable Confectioners "rho very latest novelties for banquets an private parties. Choice frults, bon- tons, choco buttercups, and oll fashioned molasses iy a speclalty. Orders for parties and mail orders promptly tilied. 129 Boudway, Council Blutts, Ta. J: A Murphy Manufacturing Ca. 1st Avenue and 21st Street. SASH DOORS AND BLINDS. Band wnd Scroll Sawiug, awing and Planing. Sswing of sllKinds. 1 Iirackets. Kindling wood £270 par 10ad delivered. — Clean sawdust by the barrel Zic, All work to be tirst-class, ~ Telephone 224, ‘Your Patronage Solicited.” BELL & BERLINGHOF, ARCHITECTS AND SUPERINTENDENII'S. Room 2 Opera House Block, Council Bluffs, Towa, 1108, OFFICER. W. H. M. Pusex OFFICER & PUSEY, BANKERS. Corner Main and Bronaway, COUNCIL BLUFFS, 10WA. Dealers in forelrn and domestic exchange Collections made and lnterest paid on time de- Dosits. J. D, EDMUNDSON, - B. L, SHyoART, Pros. Vice Pros Crag. R HANNAN, Cashior, CITIZENS' STATE BANK, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS. Pald up Capital --$150,000.00 Surplus . 35,000.00 Liability to Depositors.... 335,000.00 Dingcrons—I. A. Miller, F. 0. Glezson, E. L Shugart, K. E. Hart, J. D.' Edundson, Chas. R, Hannan, Transact’ general banking business Largest capital aud surplus of auy bank Northwestera lowa, luterest on tme deposits F, M, ELLIS & C0., ARCHITECTS AND BUILDING SUPERINTENDENTS, Rooms 4% and 432 Bes Bullding, Omany Neb., nnd Hooms 244 and 26 Merriam Block, Couned Bludsow . .Correspondence Solicited. e S. E. MAXON, hrchite.t and Superintend:at, Room 281, Merriam Block, COUNCIL BLUFFS, -~ IOWA. Loy