Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 17, 1890, Page 6

1 6 THE OMAHA BEE.| COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFICE. NO, 12 PEARL STREET, Pelivered by carrler in any part ¥ th City, H.W.1ILTON ...MANAGER TELEPHONES: INEER OFFICR NO, 43, Hr Eniton, N 25, MINOR MENTION, N.Y. P, Co. Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. Thatcher coal, 114 Main street. Carbon Conl Co. wholesale, retail, 10 Pearl Hus taken five premiums—Angelina flour, Try a sack. H. Wakefield, Thomas O'Hearn, W, Demp. wey, Charles Metcalf and W. A. Woods were rounded up at the Northwestern depot and bauled in for drunkennes Henry Halfman, a Chicago stockman, 18 at_ St Hernard's hospital, where he was taken Saturday night after falling from a stock train in the Milwaukee yards while under the wfluence of liquor. He was badly bruised, and sustained serious though not necessarily fatal internal injuries, The patrol wagon was telephoned for, but it was stated that the driver refused to answer the call, and a hack was secured to remove the in- jured man to the hospital. vory seat at Dohaney’s was occupiod last evening, when Corinne and tho Kimball burlesque company appeared in “Arcadia.” Not only was it the largestaudience that has ever attended the Sunday night theater in the Bluffs, but it was one of the largest seen there this season. The costumes and sottings were elegant, and the rising of the curtain on the beautiful earden scene was the signal for general applause. The performance was n genuine surprise, and guve general satis- faction, Mrs. Kate Crary's lecture at the gational church last evening on * Palestine” was unusually fine, and greatly enjoyed by the large audience pres- nt. was he lectures again this evening on and Rome,” Her lectures are very ting, aud the audiences grow nightly. thoroughly conversant with her sub having been all over the ground, and ipws shown under a stong calcium light make her descriptions the next thing to see- ing the originals. Ed Harris is held at police headquarters for obtaining goods under false pretenses. Ho secured u dress at Eiseman’s, reprosent- ing that it was for **Mrs. Neal.” It turned out that hie took it to his mistress, s woman living in the Danforth block, on Lower SBroadway, und 1t was through her that the police learned of the identity of the party wanted. Harris is a bartender in a Lower Broadway saloon, and was in a barber's chair when arrested by Oficers Martin and Jusick. The woman in the case is notori- ous, and she picked out the dress before sending Harris after it. Although she is unaoubtedly an accessory, she has not yet been arrested. A e S. B, Wadsworth & Co., 207 Pearl street, loan money for Lombard Inv. Co. —_——— S. M. Williamson sells the Standard and Domestic sewing machines. 106 Main st. ey Travelers, Hotel Jameson 13 first~class. T Full line of importod and domestic cigars. Keliey & Younkorman. T D The water runs when Bixby plumbs. e The Koss Investment and T'rust company. - Personal Paragraphs. W. E. Pattison of Kansas City Simdayed n the Blufts. He leaves this mornmg for Deadwood. LS The Leaders of finc watches and jewelry in the city, and the place to buy the best goods ut the 1owest prices ia the establishment without rivals, the most reliable firm of C. B. Jacquemiy & Co. e Their First Round Table, The first Round Table of the school super- intendents of the blue grass region 6f south- western Iowa was a grand succes There was an attendance of over & score of the most prominent educators in this section, The entire programme was carried out as originally prepured. The next meeting will be held at Atlantic on October 17. The fol-" lowing ofticers were elected: President, Su- perintendent Davis of Avoca; secretary, Su- perintendent Lambson of Glenwood; treas- urer, Superintendent McNaughton of Coun- oil Bluffs, Executive committee, Superin- tendents McConnell of Atlantic, Coleman of Missouri Valloy and Burton of Griswold. The following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, Thatit is the sense of this Round Table that a high school should be placed in charge of one who can devote his ‘whols time to that department, and thav he ought, under the principal, to have entire control; it bemg understood by principal, patrons and pupils that such teacher is the head of that department, That more effort should be made to eon- vince the boys that the mental development to be had from the thorough high school course is the most practical preparation for business; since success in_life deponds very largely on the power to think, other things being equal, aman who has the best de- veloped mind 18 the one who takes first rank on every occupation, ‘Ihat the bigh schools outside of large cities are not in & condition to successfully carry on a business course as such, and that we deem it besy for each school to solve thi problem, of the introauction of special con merciul studies, in the light of local needs and facilities. That the synthetic method of teaching primary reading possesses many points of merit with few objectionable features. ‘That a law should be passed giving school boards the power to go into the market and contract for the besv books they can get at the luwest prices, said contract to continue for a period of years, and that such law should allow the electors to decide whether books shall be bought by the district and furnished to the pupils at cost, whether they shall bo owned by the district and rented to the pupils, or whether they shali be owned E'liho district and loaned to the pupils free. v 50 Resolved, That we extend to Superintend- ent McNaughton and the teachers of the Council Bluffs scnools our thanks fcr their courteons and hearty welcome. et Towa lump coal, spot cash, $3.50 per ton, Connall B Sal By e .0 per ton B s— J. G, Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadway. L L We want you to list your rental property with us and we will secure you good, re liable tenants. Rents collected and special attention given 10 care of property. E. H, smm & Co., Broadway and Main st., up stairs. e —— City Steam Laundry, 84 Main, Tel. 134, el Lightening Strikes Twice, Burglars again broke into the hardware store of Shugart & Co., on Man street last night, This is the second time the place has been burgiarized within six weeks, En- trance was effected through a rear window, the same as before—this time by breaking out a light of glabs instead of forcing the window. The burglary was discovered by Captain Anderson about 11 o'clock. He q:urd.d the window and sent for assistance, but the burglars had gone before his arrival. An inyestigation of the premises revealed the money drawer lying on the floor, but it could not be ascertained last night what bad been taken. Itis supposed that the work was done about 10 o'clock. The polico went to work on the case at once, but up 1o & late bour no clue had been discovered, o e Drs. Woodbury have removed their denta oftice to 101 Pearl street, up stairs, bt The Manhattan sporting headq'rs 418 B-way. e The popular wall rver and decorative establishment of P. C. Miller has been re- ed with Mr. Miller as mavager., The entire stock has been purchased by Jacob L. rgely increased by the addi- atest styles and designs by the best manufacturers. Tha old establish- ment is ready for business again, a fact the public will uote with uterest. ———————— oan seoure 8 good situation to u‘ hl rk by calling on Murs. P, v OUSAWO! g 34 Fryor, 010 T st . SUNDAY NEWS IN THE BLUEFS Bishop Newman Dadicates the New Fifth Avenue Church. BURGLARS MAKE ANOTHER HAUL. Takes the Lead in the Race—~The Blue Educators — The New Horel, Wadsworth Mayoralty Grass Growth of Methodism inCouncil Bluffs “The Methodist church is the church of the masses,” remarked Rev. D. C. Franklin of the First Methodist church. ‘It is broad in its scope and aims, liberal in its teachines, following literally the teachings of Christ, and takes its converts from no special or privileged classcs. All can come in and feel at homaun its fellowship. I could preach to a congregation of a thousand cvery Sunday nignt it my church was large enough to hold them.” 1In strong supportof the pastor's words are the facts of the remarkable growth of the church in thig'city. The Broadway Methoaist church was one of the first tem- ples of worship erected in the city,and it has ever since held its position in the frontrank, and today it has u larger membership than ever. It would have been much to have been proud of if it tua sumply held its own, for the growth of all the religious denomina tion in Council Bluffs has been very rapid during the past ten years. Missions have been established that havo developed 1nto churches, and new charges have been founded, and all this without any ioss or check upon the vigor of the parent organizations. 'The First HBaptist church is atronger than it ever was, and has estab- lished four new independent organizations in the city. The Presbyterians, Episcopals and Congregationalists foliow ' closely be- hind, and the Catholics have built two splendid structures in the past three years, but the Methodists head the list with five independent organizations. The fifth was deaicated by the venerable and eloquent Bishop Newman yesterday. It is located on Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street, and 18 known as the Kifth Avenue Methodist churc It is a beautiful structure, of mod- ern architecture. It sits on the street corner with an east anda south front, and occupies three lots. The inception of the work and its execution is largely aue to Rev. S. Alexander, who was placed 1n charge of the missionary work in that partion of the city. The building is not yet completed, but has been advanced w0 a very comfortable und cozy condition. It lias @ seating capacity of about four huns dred with class and Suuday school rooms in the wings on either side separated from the main building by folding doors. Georze H. Bennett, who has just resigned the secre- taryship of the Young Men's Christian asso- ciation, has been ordained to the ministry and called to the charge. On the occasion of the dedication yester- day every available foot of room was occu- pied, and there were many who could not Ruin admittance, eager to see aund hear the eloquent bishop, who has done so much to advance the cause of the church and human- ity in this country. Tho altar was covered and surrcunded with cut and potteu flowers, and iu the alcove back of it were all the local ministers of the church anda the choir. The venerable bishop chose Psalm 93, v. 5, for his text: *‘Holiness hecometh Thy house, Lord, forever.” The sermon was & practical discussion of the duties ofithe church, and a philosophical presenta- tion of the Christian’s duties in life. The bishop addressed the audience upon the sub- ject of the church to be dedicated and the debt that still rests upon it. He said: “There is a balance of $1,6)0 of unpaid obl- gatons, and I cannot dedicate this beautiful edifice to God until these oblizations are paid. I cannot usk God to take a morigage upon it. You have given the Almighty too many mortgages already, You have no right 10 give away what does not belong to you. Rase the $1,600, and then I will dedicate your church.”’ Subscription papers were started through the immeuse audience and the amount of 81,200 was given in_a very short time in sums ranging from &5 to #500, but it was Jate in the afternoon before the remainder was raised, and the ceremonies of dedication concluded. ——————— The handsomest and cleanest market, best meats and lowest prices at J. M. Scanlan’s. Fullline of homeopathic mufiicinel at Ellis’. oo ik C. B. steamdye works, 1013 Broadway Sl The Council Bluffs lnsurance companys’ average annual income since organization has been $120,000.00, Disbursements since organiza.'on for losses and other e: penditures now exceeds $1,000,000.00. Risks written since organization, $42,770,545.00 Every property owner should patronize this home 1nstitution, 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, reliable and trustworthy man can not be found, “Tne directors of the cpmpany are Hon. W, . Sapp, E. L. Stugart, F. M. Gault, John Renners, M. C. Bramerd and J. Q. Anderson. e, Will Enlarge the New Hotel. As stated in these columns a few days ago, a deed w: recently filed with the county recorder conveymng to D. W, Archer the property immediately west of the new hotel site, the consideration being $10,000. This in itself is of no more than passing in- terest, but certain facts in connection with the deal render it of unusual interest. The property was purchased by Messrs. Kimball & Champ, and it is to be used for the pur- pose of enlarging the hotel. The hotel, as originally planned, was 90x100 in size, ana that is the size of the pi nt excavation, The purchase of this additional property, ‘which has a fifty-fool frontage on First ave- nue, will make the hotel site 90x150 in size, and the new hotel structure will cover the whole of it. The deed was recorded in Mr. Archer’s name, 10 await certain develop- ments in the matter of the condemnation of an alley, The condemnation was asked for by the hotel projectors when the move was first made, as there is no alley at that point and they desired a means of access 10 the rear of the hotel. The council ordered a ten-foot strip, 102 feet long, condemned there for the purpose and the coudemnation committee fixed the damages at §,700. The council has not acted on the report of that commit. tee, but the matter will come up at *he meet- g this avenln% Mr. George H. Champ was seen regarding the intention of the hotel company and when asked what the resuitof the purchase wovld be, said: “It simply means that we want more room and want to be independ~ ent of the adjoiung property owuers for hotel rooms. Dr. Woodbury mtends fiting up @ business block just to the north of us ou Pearl street and will _run it up stories if can leuse us the wupper floors for hotel rooms, Such a deal us that might prove satisfuctory for a while, but we don’t want to be tied by any such lease, and thought it better o muke all permanent preparations for the future at the present time, while we had a ®ood chance. We can’t Lell anything about this alley just yet. After the council takes some action we wili be able to determine what we will do. In case they refuse to pay us the $2,700 awarded by the ccudemnation committes for the property for alley pur poses, we may make a private alley or we may have no alley there at all. If “we have an alley we will probably bridge it over, so @s L give & continuous building above it, which would make it virtually a covered driveway tlrough to the rear of the hotel. We do not intend to nave the hotel proper cover the entire space, but the west end will be built as French flat ‘They will be three, and perbaps four stor! bigh, aud will conform in architecture to the general style of the hotel. The additional grourd will also give us more hotel room than we had before. ‘I'he houses now stand- ing there have been sold to Dr. Barstow, who will at onee remove them to Ridale's sub-division. We are now receiving bids for tbe cut stone work of the first two stories, wod lh!{ will be opened about the middle of the week. There will be uo stone work ahuve the first two stories, the other five being of pressed brick and terra cotta, It will bo o magnificent building when it is finished. All the entrrnces will bo of mar- ble, and it will be elegantly finished through- out. There is nothing in Omaha or Sioux City that will touch it, and it will bo with- out exception the finest hotel in this part of the country,’ PR Save 80 per cent on tombstones and monu ments. Desian sheet and price list free. L. Kelley, 208 Eroadway, Council Bluffs, - Go to Dempsey Bros. for fine confection- ery, Boston chips, butter cups, ete., 105 Main. - Wadsworth Coming to the Front, The spring election takes place two weeks from today, yet it is far from beiug settlod who the nominees for some of the offices will be. Judge Jumes still has some little backing for mayor among the democrats, but his cnances for the nomination are far from being as brilliant as they were a week ago. Several of the leading democrats are openly opposed to him, and say that they would not support him if nominated. This has caused his supporters to doubt the ad- visability of putting him up in the face of such strong opposition on the part of those of bis own party affiliations. The vrevails ing opinion just mow 18 strongly in favor of = Wadsworth's candiducy, and it is the belief of many that ne will receive the nomination at the bands of the democrats. He is strongly fa- vored by the republicans, and in case of his nomination would undoubtedly be endorsed by them. Said & prominent republican yes- terday, “There is little question in my mind but thav the republicans will endorse the democratic nominees in case they are good men. Weo can’t put up a ticket of our own with any possible hope of electing it. Politics must bo thrown out of the question, and we must work to secure the nomination of men who will have in view the best inter- ests of the city and not their own selfish ends. S. Wadsworth 1s popular with both parties and it looks very much as it he would be the next mayor of Council Bluffs. If tho democrats put up a weak ticket there 18 no doubt as to the placing in the tield of a citizen’s ticket. Mon will be placed on it who will receive strong support from demo- crats as well as republicans, I know that sore of them talk that no democrat would run on a citizens’ ticket, and that all demo- crats will vote the straight ticket and all kind of bosh, but I know better. Judee Jumes could no mora poll his party vote than he could fly, and his chin music about his ability to handle ‘the boys’ 18 all buncombe. He may be able to round up the floating vote, but he would find as strong oppesition among the leaders of his own party as he would have from the repuolicans,” John P. Weaver, at present one of the aldermen-at-large, is another whose chances are being considerably discussed, but he seems to lack the necessary - backing, _The principal canaidate factory is the Man- hattan, and there the politicians sat_yester- day and discussea the situation. Some of the bolder ones were willing to bet that they could call from two to twenty names and that one of them would be the next mayor, but no money was in sight. The fact is that there are 8o many candidates in the field, and each has u greater or iess following, that it 18 impossible to tell the strength of uny of them with any degree of cartainty. The democrats have put off their primaries until next Saturday night, and the conven- tion will not be held until the following ‘Wednesday, which 1s but five days before the election. The republican primaries are not yet announced. ———— Dr. H. S. West, dental surgery, No. 12 Pearl street, over Tue Bee office. Desirable dwellings for rent at reduced prices by E. H. Sheafe & Co., rental agents, Broadway and Main st., up stairs, A e i A VILLAGE OF LOG HUTS. On the Upper Congo Women are Con= sidered as Currency. Many of the villages on the upper Congo consist merelg of fifty to sixty i huts, two-thirds of the population being generally women. In many districts women are considered as currency, their value increasing as they attain a greater degree of corpulency. Each chief has as many wives as he can afford to buy or marry, which is only another form of purchase. Early 1n the morning few of these women are t0 be found in the villages, as they start off at daybreak to work in their planta- tions, and do not return. until noon. However, a few always have to remain to attend to the necessary’ domestic items of life, such as cooking and their toilet. In another part of the village are seen some of the villagers engaged in making fishing nets and basket-work, and being helped by the ydung boys of the village, who become initiated into these crafts'at a very early age, Again, under some shady trees, in an- other corner of the village, some na- tives will be engaged in the manufac- ture of pottery. 1In this they display & great knowledgo of their work, mixing the different clays so as to stand firing. They have no moulds—nothing but the practised eye and hand to assist them, and it is really wonderful to see a lump of clay, in the hands of an African sav- age, moulded, in the space of a few min- utes, into a useful article of pottery, rendered really artistic by its neatuess and tasteful design. A busy nook 1n a village is always the blacksmith’s shop, generally merely a grass rool supported on bure poles, writes Herbert Ward in February Scribner, Like the corresponding in- stitution of civilized life, it ls the resort of local gossipers. —_— TO CARE FOR A CANARY. Never Give it Sugar, or Sweet but Apples. A good many people don’t know how to take care of canary birds,and I there- for give them the following advice, which I got from a bird fancier, says the Epoch: ‘‘Never give your birds sugar or figs or raisina or anothing sweet, except a small piece of sweet apple (peeled) twice a week, Put the apple iv the cage in the morning and take it out at night. It should have all the rape and canary seed it wants, and gravel should be kept at the bottom of the cage. Avoid feeding the bird on celery. Twice a week feed it on one- third of a boiled egg, using both the white and yellow of the egg. Grate up the egg; that is better than putting it in whole. Give it the egg the day before it gets the apple, and as large ,a piece of the former os of the latter, Let it have a bath every day, using water with the chill taken off,” Anything e How New York Handles Fires. As to fires in New York, a gentle- man, born in this city, and for many years a Bostou merchant, but now a resident in the city of New York, says in a private letter, from which we are permitted to make the following ex- tract: ‘“Fires in New York are far less destructive as to yereage than in Bos- ton. Larger values are concentrated in the same spilce here than in Boston, suo0s the Boston Trapscript. Hence you cannot judge my remark by the insur- ance returns on any given gre, A $500,- 000 loss here means less acreage than it does in Boston. In fact, it seems as customary for a fire in New York to be confined to the building, where it origi- inates, as it is customary in Boston for it to spread and embrace several build- ings. This is chiefly owing to the nar- rowness of the streets in Boston, as compared with New York, but it is also owing to the buildings here being more generally fire-proof than there; this applies to the best districts, But there are miles and miles of poor buildings und narrow streets here. Why are they notdevastated by fire? Are the tenants not careless? I think the police and gre prurunenu must be more alert ere. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:';M()NI)A THEY EARN $IX CENIS A DAY, The Incoms of 'n Family of Irish Street, Musicians. A DANSEUSE OF THE STREETS. Irish Lassics ard Models of Grace, Modesty and/Beaaty and They Dearly Love to Flirt—In \he Market Place. Scenes in Ireland. A clear voice arose in the night in front of the hotel, says a Cork letter to the New York Sun, It was the voice of a boy of twelve, He was u modern Irish minstrel. His voice was a clear asa linnet’s. He sang the popular songs of the day 1 a quaint Irish way and in a resonant voice that rang far down the stroet. He held in his fingers hone clappers made from the ribs of a beef. They were polished by long usage. He used them to accomp: the chorus of his song. Rain was falling. His name was Christy Genahan. Ho was born in Clonmel. His feet were bare and his clothes ragged. His father died four years ago, aud ever since that time the whole family, consisting of his brother, mother, and a sister six years old, Lad been tramping around tho country. The brother was one year older than Christy, and he was more accomplished. e could use two pairs of clappers in each hand. The mother made rosary bends and _ hawked them in the streets. Tho fam- ily lived in lodging-houses whero beds cost 4 cents a night. When the family had exhausted the resources of one town they moved on to another on foot, the mother carrying the youngest child on her back The ordinary daily earnings of Christy and his brother were about 8§ cents apiece. From somewhere out of the shadows in Georges street there came 1uto the feeble gaslight two women. They were probably about twenty years old. One had a sash about her waist, the end of which touched the ground. She was bareheaded, She wore thin slippers and thin white stockings which were visible*to the knees. She was the danseuse of the company of two. She carried a piece of wood resemblin barrel head under her arm. The other woman wore ordinary attire and carried abanjo. The performers stopped be- fore u liquor saloon, and the girl with the banjo began playing a sort of Irish version of “White Wings,” plunking out an_accompansment in excellent style. Then with a graceful gesture the dancer placed her barrel-head upon the mud in the street, the banjo struck up a jig—a genuine negro melody—and the pair of white legs began to twinkle in the gloom. She danced easily and with muach grace,, Svch ascene in Park row would attract 5,000 persont in five minutes. Here it was commonvlace enough and nota wan or woman stopped to look at it. - The Irish high elass woman is a model of grace, modesty and beauty. Asa rule she is taller than her American sister. She dresses with a charming carefulness which is an admira- ble accompaniment 1o her personal at- tractions. She i#'the queen of flirts. Her garb is the perfection of grace. Al- most_invariably her cheeks are rosy. She does not mind a walk of five miles and can cover such a distance with ease. When she draves she is seen perched like a brown-breasted robin on a jaunt- ing car. She is gentle 10 manners and speech and coy as & partridge. Yet, on acquaintance, she will express her- self with a naive candor to a man as will cause him to gasp with surprise, if he be an American. Yet this is only an indication of her ingenousness and the simplicity of her nature. And in wit she has no equal on earth. The incense of her flattery is as delicate as the odor of violets. But she is only fooling thee. Here is a long, low building, usuaily of stone and solidly built. An iron beam traverses the building from end to end. Pendant from this at intervals are old-fashioned weighing machines, hung on chains, The dealers are women. The merchandise dealt in is usually potatoes, These are sold by weight, and twenty-one pounds of pota- toes is called ‘a weight.” The women make about 2cents a weight on their purchases. Other women, poorly clothed and barefooted; . sit about corners in the market and retail cab- bage, lecks and parsnips. A profit of 25 cents per day on their sales would be considered a very good day’s work, Outside in the square is a crockery store on the cobblestones. A little straw is placed on the stones, and upen this is laid a miscellaneous assortment of crockery ware. These are designed to catch the eye of the country people coming to market, An old woman wearing three tattered overcoats and a thin pair of shoes was crying her property, calling out in a thin, pipin voice: ‘‘A pinny furua cup and saucer Buy wan fur your hittle gurrl or b'y!” The rain fell, but she heeded it not. As it was holiday time she did quite a thriving business, and only gathered up_her stock when night fell. Just around the vorner from the market place a flshing boat was coming ashore with a load of sprats. A sprat is much like a sardine. The boat con- tained about one hundred firkins of the little tish, and was manned by ten men. The money accruing from the sale of the tish was divided equally among the fishermen after the owner of the who is usually some busieess man of the town—had taken' out one-third of the receipts. A number of fishwomen were watch- ing for the boat a3 it approached the shallow water. Lifting their skirts they waded out to meet it until they were immersed to the walst, They did this in order to get a few of the fresh fish, After securing a few sprats they dashed k to' the shore and ran quickly up the street crying: ‘‘Fresh sprat!” The difference in time gained by wading was no more than two min- utes, and yet this little difference made the fish more valuable, When the boat arrived at the quay a number of smalk favmers with donkey- carts and a cr of townsfolk were fish. They were aTirkin, at wholesale, A bare-footed fisher- from the boat. man stood in the middle of the boat u) 10 his knees 1n sprats, which filanma like silver. He had an iron pail in his hand, A wowan of sixty stood on the quay and threw down into the boat an old pillow-case. “Put a penn’worth on that,” she suid, The barefooted man dipped up a pail- ful of fish and put them into the bag. “Usha,” uiS the woman, ‘‘thare’s plinty of fish in the say. You may as well give me good messure.” _ Thus appealed to the lishermau threw in an extra half-pail of fish. Then the woman told him to put another penny- worth in the pillow case, and used a simular argument to pursuade him to md.f(uod measure, This she kept up until she secured five pennyworths of P EBRUARY 17, 1840. Manufactarers® General Agents for Full Line of IMPLEMENTS Farm Wagons, Spring Wagon BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, ETG, ETC, Agents Wanted in Every Town. Correspondence fish and cnough added in the way of good measure to more than half dupli- cate the amount purchased. She went off laughing at hor success. AR it Many people believe that goods of western manufacture cannot be sold east 1n competition with old established houses in that vicinity. It depends en- tirely on the merits of the goods them- seivos. 1f superior to the goods now sold there, they will soon become popu- lar. Up to November 1, 1889, Chamber- lain’s Cough Remedy had not been sold in Pittsburg, Pa., now Messrs, F. H. Iggers & Son, prominent druggists there, say it is the most popular patent medicine they handle, also . 1. Heck of Allegheny City, Pa., says: *‘I regard it as the best seller in thatline of reme- dies T have 1n the store and one of the most satisfactory 1nits results.” Sl e BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE. It is Still to Be Se and the Monster Actunally Existed. On a bright morning in May, 1887, I left Angers tor Nantes, the metropolis of Britany, writes Louis I'rechelte in the Arena. As T was about to take the train, a friend, who had come to see me off, said with a parting hand-shake: *‘By-the-by, before you get to Ancenis there is a station called Champtoce. As the cars pull up look to the right and you will see the ruins of an old chateau. Take them in well—they are the re- mains of Blueheard’s castle.” ‘‘Bluebeard’s castle? What Bluebeard a0 you mean ?” *‘Surely there is only one — Per- reault’s Bluebeard, Offenbach’s Blue- beard.” *'Did he ever live?” “Certainly, in flesh and bone, s you and I, with this difference—that he was o hard case to begin with, and n mar- shal of France into the bargain.” *‘Really? What was his name?” “Gilles de Retz, a descendant of one of the oldest families in Europe. His career was most extraordinary.’’ The name was not unknown to me. I had read of it in the chronicles in which is handed down to us the myste- rious story of the Maid of Orleans. But what could be the condition between it aud the bloodthistry hero of Perreault’s celebrated tale. This question suggested itself to my mind as the train bore me at full speed over the waving hills that border the Loire, and from one thought to another 1 found myself unconsciously rehearsing the different scenes, phases and catas- trophes of the childish drama which grandmothers take such delight in pre- senting to their little gaping and shud- dering audiences. 1 could see the youthful bride, led on by curiosity, creep tremblingly, clutehing the ¥mlu gold key, to the fatal door, open it noiselessly, utter a cry of horror, and drop fainting at the sight of the bloody bodies hung in a row. Then the sudden return of the angry husband to the castle, his fury on see- ing the little gold key soiled with blood, his brandishing of the deadly sword, with the infuriated cries of *‘Prepare to die, madamel” I could hear the pitiful tones of the poor victim, during the short vespite granted her, asshe called to her sister perched upon the tower: ‘‘Ann, sister Ann, seest thou no one come?”’ And the lamentable reply: *‘No, I see nothing but the shining 'sun on the dusty road!” And at last came the sigh of relief of yore, as I fancied Icould hear from afar off the sounding approach of the gallop- ing rescuers. e The vision haunted me till we reached Champtoce, where, sure enough, I saw on theright, as my friend directed, about a quarter of a mile off the jagged form of a lofty medwvil tower which rose about a heap of ruins and a clump of stunted oaks, casting against the heavens its vast and sombre outline, This was Gilles de Retz's castle, Blue- Beard’s home., Or rather 1t was one of his castles, for he had many, the whole surrounding country which bears his name (Pays de Retz) having once been his. ——— Take Care! There is Danger in sMowing inactivity of the kidneys to grow through neglect. The deadly shoals of Bright's disease and diabetes will wreck the ®oodly bark of health if it is allowed to drift rudderless upon them, The bladder, too, if inactive, and judicious medication does not speedily direct the heim toward the port of safety, will be whelmed by the quicisand of disease. In selecting a dwretic let your choice fall upon Hostetter's Stomach Bit- ters, which stimulates the renal organs without irritatine and exciting them, two effects to bo apprenended from the urmedi- cated stimuli largely resorted to. These have a tendency to react prejudicially. The Bitters invigorate the kidooys and bladder, in common with the nerves and the digestive organs, acd so afford lasting aid. It also afforas dual assistance in preventing and curing intermittent and remittent fever. Biliousness, constipation and rheumatis) 1t also subjugates. e VERY PROLIF/C ANIMALS. Insects, Fishes and Reptiles That Mul- tiply Themselves by Ynousands. According to naturalists a scorpion will produce 64 {uung,n common fly will lay 144 eggs, aleech 150 and a spider 170, A hydrachna produces 600 eggs and a frog 1,100. A female moth will produce 1,100 eges and a tortoise 1,000, A gall insect has laid 50,000 eggs, & shrimp 6,000, acd 10,000 ave been found in the ovary of an ascaris. ,One naturalist found more than 12,000 eggs in a lobster and another more than 21,000. An insect very similar to an ant (Mutilla) has produced 80,000 "Elfl in u single day, and Leuwenhoeck seems Lo com- ute 4,000,000 as the crab's share. Klllly tishes produce an ineredible num- ber of eggs. More than 86,000 have been counted in & herring, 38,000 in a smelt, 1,000,000 in a sole, 1,130,000 in u roach, §,000,000 in a sturgeon, 842,000 in & carp, 883,00 in a tench, 546,000 in 8 mackerel, 992,000 in a perch and 1,857,000 in a flounder. Butof all the fishes hither- o discovered the cod seems to be the most prolific. One naturalists computes that this fish produces more than GAS FOR COCKING AND HEATING. The ideal fuel is gns. It gives the greatest degroo of heat, is alwa sundo control and is absolutely without dust ana there ¢an be no accidents from its use Scientifi for cooking and heating, It will pay heaters and cookers are the greatest suce EVERY DESIRABLE QUALITY. ECONOMY, GREATEST ABSOL SAFETY, ELECTRIC L C No- 210 Main St. COUNC MERRIAM BLOCK, L BL HEADQUARTERS FOR ou to vestigute this. tions have shown that food cooked by it vetains 20 per cen more of its nutritive properties than if cooked in tha old wi good stenk unless you have tried one cooked by gas. Electrie Light company have made it desirable in point of © You never ate a The Council Blufls Gas and nomy o use gas Their new gas They combino s 08 modern times. READINESS FOR USE, BATING CAPACITY, NO LOST FHT FINXTURES OF ALL KINDS, . AND KA M No. 211 Pearl St FS, 10WA., CALIFORNIA ORANGES DUQUETTE & GO, ——WHOLESALE—— Fruits and Commission, 347 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia C. A BEEBE & COMPANTY, ‘Wholesale and Retail Dealers 1in FURNITUREK, Largest Stock and Lowest Prices, Nos. 205-207 Broadway, and 204. 206 Pier 8,686,000 eggs and another as many as | R 9,444,000. A rough calculation has shown that were 1 per cent of the eggs of the salmon to resuit in full grown fish, and were they and their progeny o continue to increase in the ame ratio, they would in about sixty years, amount in bulk to many times the size of the carth. Nor is the salmon the most prolific of species. In a yellow perch weighing three and one- half ounces have been counted 9,943 eggs, and in a smelt ten inches and a half in length, 25,141. An interesting experiment was made in Sweden in 1760 by C'harles F. Lund. He obtained from fifty female breams 3,215,000 young, from 100 female perch 3,215,000 young and from 100 female mullets 4,000,000 young. — Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething softens the gums and allays all pain. 25 cents a bottle. Lt Royal Crests Out of Place. Before the fashion gets here and is adopted by an exclusive four hundred it must be aunounced that the working of a monogram or crest in gold on the top of one’s stocking is affected by the aris- tocratic demi-mondaine in Paris, says the Washington Herald. She has the audacity of her kind, and doesn’t hesi- tate to use a crest belonging to one of the noblest families in the world, or, indeed, many times she coolly and calmly selects one which is royal. She has confessedly a weakness for that be- longing to the prince of Wales, for the aspiration of all these ladies in Paris 18 to be as English as possible. Pistache silk stockings, with their crest onin gold thread, are the fad. And a lady whose shape is not to be questioned, and whose gracefulness is known to all the gay French world, fell outof her victoria that she might have an oppor- tunity of displaying well these sympho- nies in green and gold. Truly the ways of women are wonderful. AL D Flits, spasms, St. Vitus dance, norvousness and hyateria are eoon cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Free samples at Kuhn & Co., 15th and Douglas. COUNOIL BLUFFS. FOR SALE AND § HAVE several housos an: ots to_trade for uncil Blufs or Omaha unimproved Ymvv aty. C. B, Judd. 606 Broadway, Council Bluffs, WV ANIED - Tmmodtutely : goed gicl for gou- eral I ork. 100 South 6th st. GENTS wanted in every city and town in ‘America, Can make from $10 to &0 & week, Aadress Dr. W. L. Capell & Co,, Council Blufts, Tn, it RENT or sale—Eight acres of land, three Bores 10 grapes, Sxoom houss, large burn, all convenience for' gardening or pouliry rais- ing. Tarec miles from city. Inquire at C. B, Carpet Co., Council Bluffs, W ANTEDSome good man to work at gar; dening. Call_on or address D. Wise, 1061 Bouth ave., next to J. H. Rice' Coun- il Biufr: (VANVASSE S Wanied —Good rteady man ‘can mal 0% aday. 211 Broadw Niwfiiyrn'vd roal 8aLAto Lo trads for nlm Provea Omaha or Councll BLulfs property C. B. Judd, 606 Brosdway. BARGAIN—Comple! ler mill and saw- il for sale Capacily of oller mill, forty Darrels daily. Will sell farm iu connection wit mill if desired, Good reusons for selling. Al nquiries in reiard to said proverty sent to toe ollowing: address will ive prompt atten- tion: O. D, Reel, Reols, Ia. {IOR SALE My residenco, 53 Willow av- enue, on south side of Bayliss park, Heated Dy stearn, ignted by electricity aud containing all modern fmprovements. Lot 100 by 20) feat. ‘Also will sell or exchange for improved city Droperty, my farm of b0 acres, ten m t of Council Bluffs. N. M. Pasey. Council Blu ORE— For rent, No. 13 Broadway, Peterson e Shoe splenald focation for dry goods, baots d shoes, Iuquire of J. ¥, Peterson. UNC T,lfifis}n‘ép} ¥ for sule at great bargains. The followiny, ainong the most eautitiil boines in {ha oity, Wil be sold ut g.-t“h_-rlum!. on moathly ments, or terms Bult: Three new 8-room hou: tWo blocks from electric nursery, tric motor line on North Seventh sireet. Turee new 6 and 6-room houses one block Trom electric Iotor lige corner Avenue A and Uwelfth strect Hesides the above I have houses aud lots in all parts of the city. One new h-room house on Mul st. C, B, Judd, 606 Broadway, Councll Bluffs, wudel, 820 Brosdway, CABH for uwnd#uld furniture, stoves and carpets, A. J. Dealers, send for Catalogue, ex- given to exam- ames, No_ 10 Pear] st. TAL RSTATEllougnt aad wold aat C.llllild- Bpecial attention ination of titles, W. C. J JHORSALE or Rent—Garden land with houses, by J. R. Rtice 102 Main st., Councl Bluir: QR B000r Lm0 you can buy & nice, new clean stock of hardware, stove and tinshop in one of the best locations’ in” western lowa. Ifyou want a hardware business would be pléased to refor you to reliablo partics that now all about our business. Very satisfactor, reasous for selling. 1o wiil pay you 1o investh atothis.” Aadress B0, lice “ofice, Council nrs, —THE— J, A Murphy Manufacturing Co. 1st Avenue and 21st Street. SASH DOORS AND BLINDS, Band and Seroll Sawing, Re-Sawing and Planing. Sswing of allKinds, Porcn Brackets. Kindling wood £2.50 per load delivered. Clean sawdust by _the barrel Zic. All work to be first-class, = Telephone 22, “Your Patronageé Sol(urlged,: Mrchite.t and Superintend nt Room 281, Merriam Block, COUNCIL BLUFFS, - IOWA., BELL & BERLINGHOF, ARCHITECTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS. Room 2, Opera House Block, Conncil Bluffs, Towa. THOS, UFFICER. W. H. M, Puskr OFFICER & PUSEY, BANKERS. Corner Main and Broaaway, COUNCIL BLUFKS, IOWA, Denlers in forelyn and domestic exchas Collections made and taterest paid on time vosits. DRUCE & REYNOLDS Fashionable Con fectioners e very latest noveltles for banquets an rivate parties. Choice Eraits, bon- tons, choco Ties, buttercups, and old fashioned malasses ndy a specialty, Orders for parties and mail grders promptly tlled. 20 Boadway, Louncl) &, Blutfs, CHRIS BOSEN SASH & DOOR FACTORY AND PLANING MILL Best equipped, most centrally located factory in the city, A1l modurn lutest. pattern muciii; ery. Operated by skilled mechanics. Bpecial atténtion glven to scroll and band sawing, plan- ing and triming. General contracts and estis mates for houses and buildings & specialty, Corner North Main and Mynster streets, Couns cil Bluffs, Telephone 240, THE RUSSELL. Automatic Cut-off lnn,lno. Espociuily aaupted for Electric 1ighting. Milly Elevators. Hegulation, Durability and Economy no¢ Excelled. Sizes rumAm to 300 t. WA 3 L] 510 Pearl Hh‘!-kl,ol}u”n"lfl b Send for catalogue. “Complete turnished and erocted, Gwa, w plants J. D, KEDMUNDSON, B L l!l{l;lui.n'. ros. Vice Pros, Cuas, R. HANNAN, Cashier, CITIZENS' STATE BANK, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Dirkcrons—I. A, Miller, F. 0. Glozson, E. L, Shugart, E. E. Hart, J. D. Edundson, Chas. K. Hanuan, Transact' general banking busioess krgeat capital and surpluy of wny bank in Northwestera lows, Interest on time deposits F. M. ELLIS & CO., ARCHITECTS AND BUILDING SUPERINTENDENTS, s 430 aud 432 Hee Hullding, Omana Neb., and Rooms 244 and 248 Merriam Block. Couned Bluttsjow . .Cesrespondence Sclgeited.