Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 28, 1890, Page 6

THE OMAHA BEE, COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFICE. NO., 12 PEARL STREET. Telivered by carrier in any part of the City, 1. W, 11LTON Gifeess MANAGER TELEPHONES: DUeInres Ovrice 3 MINOR ME LY. 1. Co. Council Bluffs Lumber Co.. coal. Thateher coal, 114 Main street Spring goods, Reiter, tailor, 310 B'way. Carbon Coal Co. wholesale, retail, 10 Pearl John Norwood was vesterday fined $0.00 for disturbing the peace, James Wilson was examined yesterday by the insane commissioners and will be taken 10 an asylum, Oscar Carlson and Miss Sarah Hadtleld, both of Underwood, were married yesterday afternoon ix the parlors of the Neumayor hotel. E. B Allen was charged with disturbing the peace, in police court yesterday moin- ing. Ho pleaded not guilty, and as there WOre no witnesses to prove thut he was he was dischurged, Judge Aylesworth gave seven foreigners their naturalization papers, yesterday, The voter factory wili be running full blast for the next ti.reo days, but thero will be a de cided let-up aiter Monday. ‘I'he defendant in the Forscheimer-Stow- art ham case has moved for a new trial. If granted this will make the fifth time the case has gone through the judicial mill, and it is getting ground very fii The funeral of Mrs, Eliza Fairman will take place at 2 o'ciock this afternoon from the Broadway M. . church. Itev. D. C Franklin will oficiate, The remains will be interred in Pairview. Ira McCollom has been held to the grand Jury on two counts of forgery, the bail being fixed at 00 in each case. He forved an order on L, Biederman for a §15 suit of clothies, and on Sargent & Kvans for a_pair of boots, ned the name of Willam Lowis to each. He was unablo to give vonds and was sent to the county jail. Information was filed yesterday in Judge Aylesworth's court chareing A. Rogera, Chiarles Roberts, Lovely, J. I’helps, I Hansen anid S, Rackbough with larceny. “They are all accused of stealing coal from the Wabash yards, Lovely and Rackbough pleaded guiity and wanted to pay their fines aud sewtle with the railroad company, but the were continued. g Aty Tivery ono is mvitod to cail on Pusey & Smith in their now quartors at tho bead of First avenue. Everything new. All old &00ds huve been cleansd out entirely, leaving a8 completo a stock of stuplo and faticy gro- ceries as_can found anywhere, and all fresh. Dont forget the placy e et el Don't'be decoived. The finest, best meat market in the twin Mescheador(’s. cleaneat, citics 18 1 hereby annonnce myself as an independ- ent candidate for alderman from the Fifth ward, BLAND RISHTON. SO iy Drs. Woodbury haveremoved their denta ofic to 101 Pearl street, up stairs. - The +p eral Venire. A specinl venire of jurors for the district court has been drawn us follows: Henry Green, Third ward; Gus Larson, Sccond ward: T. T. McPherron, H. M. Thomas Hardin township; James MeGill, First ward; Ernest Pranke, Keg Crook; Thomas Slater, Cresc Charlos Groen, Lowis townshir W. Cook, H. W. KKost, Fourth ward; Henry Gitens, Boower township; Lioyd Prouty, Garner township; G. A. Rob- inson, ourth ward; J. F. Smith, Silver Creek; James Burnes, Robert Miler, Washington township; A, _J. Hall, Hazel Dell townshipi A. O. Brezee, Eirst wara: HenryiSchmaedecker, Norwalk'; Feter Hetrich, York; James Clinch, First ward, Peter Tnoll, “Third ward; Thom French, Sharles Shicls, Havdio D. K. Dodson, Firat Henry Huelsdonl, Norwalks; H. M. , Third ward; Vic Stevenson, Second ward;' A. A, Richiafdson, Second ward; Henry Kelley, J. A. Maxwell, Norwalk V. S. Miller, S'fi» Third ward: S, W. Scott ond ward; W. L, Biges,' Fourth wa . Scott, Hazel Dell; Mike McCarthy, Thira ward; R. W. Hough, Neola; D. B. Houcock, Charles S. Proctor, 'William McCrary, Jobn Fox, Secona ward; W, C. Chapman, Neola; Henry Siebels, Minden; W. H. Wiswold, G. T, Miller, Second ward; 1. €. Raymonad, Third ward; C, . Hagerty, K. M. Williams, First ward; E. Parrish, Hazel Doil, et S, M. Willinmson sells the Standard and Domestic sewing machinos. 108 Main st. ol ey Dr. H. S. West, porcelain crown and vridge work, No. 13 Poearl, iy Dempsey Bros,, candy manufacturers and wholesale dealers. Send for prices. — Desirable dwellings for rent at reduced prices by E. H, Sheafo & Co., rontal agents, roadway and Main st., up stairs. Ak = A ten S The Coungjl Bluffs Insuranco companys’ average annual_income since organization has been £120,000,00, Disbursemonts since organizauon for losses and othor ex- penditures now oxceeds $1,000,000.00. Risks written since organization, - $42,770,545.00 Every properly owner should patronize this nome institution, and in_that way encourage and build up ou J. B, Allen s the city agent of this compaty, anda more onor- aoble, raliable and ' trustworthy man can not be found. The directors of the company are Hon. W, . Supp, E. L, Shugart, I M. Gault, John Reuncrs, M. C. Bramerd and J. Q. Anderson, < e i Towa lump conl, spot cash, $3.50 per ton, Council Bluffs Fuel Co, —— Save 80 per cent on tombatones and monu- meuts, Design sheet una prico hist froe, L. Kelloy, 208 Broadway, Council Bluffs, s L C. 8. steamdye works, 1013 Broadway R e Personal Paragraphs. Simeon Barnes and wife of New York are guests of Judge . B. Aylesworth, They have been on & tour to the Pacific coast and the west, extending over several months, and are uow en route home, G. B. Klingebiel of Warsaw, IlL, is in the city, the guest of Willism Maloney, Mra. Max Mohn is quite ill with pneu- monia, but her condition is not regarded as serious. Miss Lottie Green loft Wednesday oven- ing for the Pacific coast, Mrs. W. F. Vic Roy is visiting Mrs, Clem Wells 1n Croston, . M. H. Judd left Wednesday eveming for Fremont, Neb, J. O. Bixby is at Grand Island on business. —— City Steam Lauudry, 8¢ Main. Tel, 141, e 8. B, Wadsworth & Co., 207 Pearl street, loan money for Lombard 'Tuy, Co. e A full line of jellies, presorves and jams just opened, Kelley & Younkerman, { ———————— Gillette & Freeman, practical decorators, Pearl, T J. G. Tipton, real ostate, 527 Broadway. e L We want you to list your rental property with us and we will secure you good, re liablo tenants, Rents collectod and special sttention given w care of property, E. H. S'::lle&(,‘oq Broadway and Maiu st., up stairs. e The popular’ wall Juper and decorative establishment of P, C. Miller bas been re- opened with Mr. Miller us manager. The entire stock has been purchased by Jacob L. Jensen, and largely increased by the addi- tion of all the Iatost styles and desigus by the bust manufacturers. old establish- ment is ready for business agaiu, a fact the public will note with iuterest. e The handsomest and cieanest market, best weats and lowest prices at J, M, Scanlan's. ——— ‘The water runs when Bixby plumbs, R e Fulllineof homeopathic mediociues at Ellis', ———— The Koss Investment and Trust company. N AND ABOUT THE BLUEES. The Citizens Convene and Noml- nate a Municipal Ticket, THE DISTRICT COURT JURORS, Grievances of the Fortunates and Unfortunates in the Political Fight—General City News Notes, The Plot Thicksns. From every indication the coming election will be one of the most hotly contested ever held in the city, and there will be half a dozen tickets in the field, Dissatisfaction 18 the prevailing feeling and there 18 no telling what the result will be. 1t is dificult to fina a man who is not kicking. The majority of them have grievances of some kind, and those who have none are kicking %0 as to bo in style. The democrats who were defeated in Wednesday's convention have a reason to gricve, and the successful ones are uneasy on account of the citizens' movement, which is rapidly mcreasing in popularity and bids fair to sweep the field, as democrats and re- publicans are flocking to its support. A caucus of thirty representative men, orats and as many republicans, afternoon at the board of trade rooms for the purpose of breparing o ticket to be submitted at the citizens' con- vention 1n tho evening. Among those pres ent were Colonel W, . Sapp, George I Champ, Brow muel Ford, 1. L. Shugart, Peter Petersen, P. Wind, . Jep I, J. Evans, Biand Rishton, George I bt, John Schoentgen, Jerome MeClin- rd Wies, K. M. Gault, William ntopf, Max Mo 3ergman and 5 of equul promivence. After discus- sing the situation at some iength thoy agreed upon the following ticket Mayor—Dr, Donald Macrae. Marshal—D. A, Faerell, Solicitor—G {olmes, Treasurer—F. petman. Superior Juc Stewart. Assessor—William D, Hardin, Audito Lange. ’red Johnson, Surveyor—Thomas Tostevin. Alderman-at-large— Alex Woods, Park Commissioner—A, C. Graham. rs of School Board—Lucius Waite. sers of the meeting passed a res- olution pledging secrecy regarding the meet- ing until the convention should assemble in the eveniug. This was to prevent the subporters of the straight democratic ticket from ascertaining what had Leen done, and give them time to drum up a big delegation of bummers and heclers to attend the convention and try to capture it. The opposition, however, managed to get wind of tha procoedings, and realizing that an attempt was 1o be made to knock out their ndidates, they at once went to work to get a crowd to go down and run the menting. A part of them declared that it would be better to call another citizens' meeting, and they accordingly secured 10,000 handbills an- nouncing *“‘annther citizens' mectine Friday evening, Februar, at the court house. All taxpayers, laboriug men and citizens in- vited, Doors open to oll at 7 o'clock. Come everybody.” 1v1s stated that this meeting is to'be held in the interest of the Mahoney and James portion of the straight democratic ticket, and that tho plan is either to secure the en— dorsement of the democratic ticlet or to put up a citizens' ticket which will include several of the regular democratic nominees, and which is to be distributed at the polls in the hope of catching unwary voters who de- sire to vote the regular citizens' ticket, The ticket mominated by the Maloney- James combine in the convention has sick- cned o great many who have never voted anything but the straight democratic ticket, and they have declared that they can not BUDDOTE 1L, Weighmaste Wells o T The Leaders of finc watches and jewelry in the city, and the place to buy the best goods at the lowest vrices is the establishment without rivals, the most reliable firm of C. B. Jacquemy & Co. A AT T The Manhattan sporting headq'rs 418 B-way. T The Citizens' Convention, Haif past 7 was the nour set in the call for the citizens’ convention, At that time the south court room of the county court house, a8 well as the npper corridor, staircase and a part of the lower hall were crowded with over 400 voters. It was utterly impossible for all of them to get within sight of the speaker, or even within range of his voice. ‘The windows were occupied und a couple of adventurous individuals climbed to the tran- som over the doorway, and there remained scated as long as the session lasted. Colonel W. F. Sapp was called to the chair and County Auditor Hendricks was olected sec- retary. The first vote taken was for mayor and re- sulted, Macrea 134, McGee 122, Wells 6, Dr. Macrae was declared the unanimous nomi- nee, For marshal two ballots were taken. Far- rell received 101 votes, Templeton 89, Lucas Peterson 23, O'Connor 5 on the first bal- 1t was then decided to vote on the threp highest, and the vote stood, Farrell 118, Templeton 143, Lucas 8, lempleton was declared the unaniwous nomiuee, For treasurer the first ballot resulted, Spetman 93, McAteo 48, Kinnehan 104, The second ballot gave Spet 5, McAtee 89, and Kinnehan 149, Kinnehan's nomination was wade unanimou, For assessor, Hardin received 140, Shoes maker 0, Petersou 45, Tipton 20, I'he unaui- mous nomination went to \V. D. Hardin, ‘Che candidates for alderman-at-large were 8. B. Wadsworth, Alex Woods, W. H. ‘White and John Gilbert. But one vote was taken, which resulted: Wadsworth 79, Woods 144, White 45, Gilvert 18, For superior judge two ballots were taken. The first gave Stewart 133, McGee 183, Aylesworth 7. The second Stewart 124, Mc Gee 102, Aylesworth 1, and J. B, ¥. McGeo was declared the unanimous nominees, ‘There were three candidates for city licitor. ‘Ihe contest was settled on the first ballot, Holmes receiving 57, Stewart 132, and Flickinger 61, For weighmaster Spaulding received 64, Johnson 183, Paris 7, I'yson 4. There were but two candidates for auditor —J. C. Lange and C. A, Hammer. The vote resulted, Lange 176, Hammer 10, For engineer, Stimson received 95, Brod- beck 20, and Lostevin 165. A. C.'Graham was nominated for park commissioner by acclamation and has no one to defeat but himself, as he is also the nowi- nee on the democratic ticket, For members of the school board C. B. Waite and Lucius Wells were nominated by acclamation, In each instance a vote was first called, buv almost every hand in_the house was raised in their support, end tne tellers moved their unsnimous nomination to 8ave the trouble of counting. At the close of the nominations Chairman Supp demanded to know what was the mat- ter with the ticket. The information that “'1t's all right” came with a vigor that nearly raised the roof, Befora sajourning, the secretary w Strected to read the following resolution: ‘The citizens of Council Bluffs in conyen- tion ussembled, irrespective of party afiilia- tion, adopt the following declaration of principles: We demand reform in the po- Jice court and reform and retrenchment in the police depurtment by weeding out all unworthy men aud placing wone but reliable and well knowa citizens upon the force, We demand reform and retrenchment in the oity marshal's department by reduciog the num- ber of deputies under pay of the city and Wwhose earnings i fees inure to the benefiv of the nlurlhl{ We demand reform and retrenchment in the management of the fire department, re- ducing tho enormous cost of over $20,000 per anoum t a reasonable figure and placiug the service of the department upon the high and eficient standard gaived under forwer administratio We demand reform ana retrenchment i the city engincor's riment by cutting off all superfluous as uts, requiring full days’ work, accuracy and complete records of all oficial surveys. We demand reform and retrenchment in the clerical department, by reducing the present force of four clerks, exclusive of lot. in- uditor and city cle of said officers, We demand reform and retreuchment in the cost of printing, by letting the same to the lowest bidder We demand reform in the letting of con- tracts and the ordering of improvements asscasable to private property, and demand that the wishes of the property owners be consulted ana regarded The convention then adjourned. During the evening the floor was covered witn the handbills calliog for another citizens' mect ng, but after the adjournment it was ascer. tk, to one deputy for each ained that it was by no means certain that the meeting would be held, as 1t was cailed for the purpose of defeating Farrell in case he was nominated for m; —_— MONTANA'S WOMEN FAMINE, shal, Teachers, Domestics Sweethearts and Wives in Great Demand, There is a cry going up from all sec- tionsof this new state of Montana for more women, saysa tHelena correspond- ent of the New York Journal. The married iadies want them for do- mestics, the mining camps want them for cooks and laundresses, the school trustees want them for teachers, the young men of the cities want pretty, entertaining girls to take to the thea- ter and to parties, and the old bachelors want good, sensible women for wi While thousands of women huve come 1nto Montana from the east and west in the last two years, thesupply is still far below the der and promises o to be for several year: The reason for this disparity in the proportion of tho es is found in the fact that the first settlers of Montana were single men, or, if married, they had left their wives in the east. Theso forlorn single creatures dug in the ground or took the yellow mbtal from the rivers for ten or twelve years there- aftor, never marrying until they a good bauk account. So today the large major i Montana are chil- i erago Montana man, while he thinks the Montana-born girl is the best in the world, is not exactly content to wait until she grows before taking u wife, so he keeps an eye on all the desirable women immigranis to the state. The most thoroughly disgusted peo=- vle at tne luck of women are those who employ domestie help in the cities. Hundreds of girls come to Helena and Butte each month looking for work, which they ure without difficulty at wages ranging from §20 to $40 a month. After spending & month in the eit they learn that they can get better wages and have a much better chance of sccuring a husband and a home of their own by going out to some one of the numerous mining camps, which they immediately proceed to do, and the housewife is forced again, perhaps for the thousandth timé, to initiate an- other pilgrim domestic. Herbert Chuandler, a wealthy bache- lor, and the manager of the leading employment agency in Montana, tells the Journal correspondent that he ecan secure excellent places for 1,000 good girls at a week’s notice, and that this would not fill the demand. Mr. Chand- ler is not ouly called upon to find do- mesties, but receives many letters from iners and ranchmen asking him to ut for them a good wife. When s satisfied in his own mind that ho has the right sort of materiul on his books to make a good wife for the lone- some rancher or miner, as the case may be, he drops the secker after domesti bliss a postal, arranging a meeting, and if the preliminary arrangements are satisfactory he engnges the minister, sees the ceremcny is performed, and the only charges he makes is his regu- lar fee of $1. Tt1s rather surprising that Mr. Chan- dler, who is very popular and a great favorite among the ludies, not only be- cause of his success in a business way, but because of his many taking qualities should remain a bachelor; but he ex- plains this by saying that just about the time he would mulce up his mind to pro- pose, some one else would come along and snatch the prize. “There must be no hesitation,” said Mr. Chandler, “cither in proposing or marrying in this country just now, 1f_you want to make sure of the girl.” Next to those who need domestics,the school trustecs have pevhaps the most trying time of any "class of people 1n Montana. This state Mas a splendid public school system and each district has sufficient funds to pay the teachers first class salaries, and as a result it drawe the best class of teachers from the 5 The trustees have no difli- culty in-obtaining the teachers, but few of them arc able to keep them single for an entire term, A majority of the wives of the wealthy and prominent men of Montana to were teachers before they were married and at the presout rate of marringe among the teachers this1s likely to re- main a fact for many years yet. An apt illustration of the high es- teem in which teachers are beld by the male Montanians is given in the history of the school at the little town of Ch teau. This town is in northern Mon tana, close to the Blackfeet Indian re- serve, in the center of one of the rich- est agricultural and grazi sg nnesotine! the state. There are never more than fifteen scholars at the school, most of the settlers being bachelors, and the salary 18 $100 & mont The town is sixty miles from the railroad and the stage trip is o very tiring one. When the school was opened, some three years ago, a very prepossessing young lady from Ohio was the first in- structor. The school was opened in September, and in December she was married to a well-to-do stockman. Be- fore her marriage, with the consent of the trustees, she sent to her old home for a friend to succeed her, and the Spring saw the friend a bride, too. The trustecs then employed a man, but the bachelor ranchmen, who contributed largely to the maintenance of the school, protested, and the second year saw a lady in the teacher’s chair. ‘She and her successor were also married to good citizens before the year closed, and the school now has a man and wife at its head. The bachelors are pro- testing, and, it is thought,the old order of things will be resumed before many mouths. At Mingusville, the centre of another stock-growing section, the record is even more interesting than this, two months being about the extent the trustees can keep a teacher, How can Montana help but be a great state when the large majority of the mothers of her boys and girls are women of education and refinement? In every field of woman’s work Mon- tana offers great inducements, save ounly for saleswomen, In the stores the wages are low in proportion to those paid elsewhere, and men have the preference. But in every other line lmnen women can do well in Montans. e L A Comparson, The Maunchester Courier of England makes the remarkable statement that, while ships built in the English sor- vice cost about #300 a ton, the American estimate for their new naval construe- tions is about #350 a ton, says the Bo: ton Herald. Yet our domestic shiy builders are understood to take the ground that they can build as cheap ships as any one, and there is no rea- son why they should aot, if they are let alone, The real reason in thé matter, perhaps, is that government work of this kind is not apt to be work that has much to contend with in the way of cowpetition. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:"FRIDAY OF INTEREST T THE FARMER Does Orop Raisffg Necessarily Ex- haust the Soil THE THEORY OF AN IOWA MAN, Care and Managament of Colts—~How w Economize in Breeding— silage For Dairy Cowa— Two Bad Weeds. Plow Deep and Often. BOONE, Ia., Fed. 24.—[To the Eiitor of THE BEE. |—The earth and air con- tain all the elements of fertility for the production of fruits and grains which are necessary tor the sustenance of life. The surface soil alone is usually relied upon to produce growth, but it is evi- dent that plant food and moisture 18 at- tracted to the surface for the use of plants from great depths in the earth below the surface soil, and besides this fact the air itself is ‘‘a great reservoir of fertility.” In order to produce the greatest results the cultivation of the soil must be such as to make available both of these sources of the supply of plant food and moisture. What are the conditions to be sup- plied by cultivation to make available to the groatest extent the plant tood and moisture stored in the earth and in the air by the hand of a bountiful prov- dence for men’s sustenance? A great lesson may be learned by the contem- plation of the wonderful production of great timber forests where each senson a vast growth of timver 18 prod d without the exhaustion of fer ¥y while a few years of ‘“‘cropping” to grain will reduce the fertility of the soil to such an extent that good crops of grain cannot be produced. Why is this difference? The same principles are at work in the case of grass crops and_yet it is known that a continuous production of grass crops envich the soil. Why is it therefore that vast growths of wood and immense crops of ncreases fertility, while the pro- on of grain crops as invariably di- minish fertili The answer to this query may give the light needed to enable the tiller of the soil to produce a continually increasing yield of crops improved quality and at the same time real a coutinuous increasing fertility of soil. Tho conditions of soil supplied by timber forests are mellowness and moisture which are produced and pre- served by the shade afforded by the forest and by the roots penetrating the earth. These conditions of soil favor to the greatest extent the attraction to the surface from great depths in the earth, the plant food and: moisture necessary for the growth of plants with- out exhausting the fertility of the sur- The same conditions of soil s face soil, crops. The grass crop protects the s from drying out aud moisture and mel- lowness of the surfuce soil is in this way preserved. And immense yields of grain crops ave produced each season with increasing fertility of soil. The same conditions supplied by culti- vation will produce L‘m same results, It may be assured that the leaves of the forest decaying supplies the fertility which prevents exhaustion of soil, but the decaying leaves ave only sufficient to produce another aroprof leaves and perhaps a litile more. .The decay of leaves is quite insufficient to account for the great depletion of soils in the case of grain crops ab= very great in- crease of fertility in the case of the growth of timber forests. [t may be said of grass crops that the soil is not drawn upon so much as those crops which produce grain, that the grain exhuusts fertility, But it must be born 1n mind that grass also bears grain or seed and the very insignificent differ- ence between the grain of the grain crop and the sced of the grass crop is quite insufficient to account for the total exhaustion of soil in the con- tinuous production of grain crops and the greatly increased fertility of soil in the continuous production ~of prass crops. The conclusion, therefore, is irrisistable that the conditions of mel- lowness and moisture of the surface s0il must be preserved during the sea- son of growth in order to make avail- able the best stores of plant food and molsture existing deep down in the carth below the surface soil and that also found in the air. True culture of the soil must be sufficiently deep to prevent dying out of the surface soil during the season of growth, quen- cy of cultivations forcreps which re- quire cultivation after planting has much to do in supplying the continuous conditions of mellowness and moisture of the surface soil. Deep plowing each season and surface plowing once in four or five seasons will preserve mel- lowness and moisture during the season of the growth of those crops which do not admit of cultivation after planting. Added to this, frequent cultivation of those crops which require culture after planting is perhaps all that the culti- vator can do to insure the continuous production of gooa crops of grain with- out exhaustion of soil. To *‘till the ground” is to overcome the ‘‘thorns’ und ‘‘thistles” that it was to “‘hring forth” to man, and when this 1s done, when by cultivation the noxious weeds are overcome, a higher state of fertility of soil will be reached. Man finds the soil in its raw state and it is his prov- ince to improve thé soil by cultivation, If he fails 10 this he fails in the vital matter and the result is *‘deflection” of s0il, with a continuing decrease in yield of crops of inferior quality. Deep and frequent cultivations must be given to insure constantly: increasing yields of crops and increasing fertility of soil. E. 8. TrEAY. Care and Management of Colts, Breaking colts is'an easy matter, if not deferred too lgng. Colts, to make good, safe horses, must be handled yuun;f. As a matter of course, they vary in dispositiom But there is one thing, you must mgke the colt under- stand you ave its master, says a writer in Farm and Tireside. Halter it at four weeks old, tie it beside its dam, give it opts; if iit: struggles at the balter, pat it, tallt to it, treat it about as you would a boy. Never leave it until it has done as you wish it; do not tease it, resent ifs inclination to bite, strike or kick; rup the fork handle and shovel against its heels and legs; make it used to noise, bells, blankets and robes; if frightened, pat it, talk to it, give it to understand you are its lriemf and it will have contidence in you. Teach it to come at your whistle, and give it something when it does. No matter how durfi it is, or where my colts are, if they can hear my whistle they come on the run, and Ialways greet them Kindly, 1 think a colt safer aud a truer, beiter horse if broken young o hurness; nothing but light driving should be expected until rising four years old, Break your colt with a quick, active horse. It makes a better walker and driver. When you want it to draw, commence light, increase gradually, and the colt will think it can draw any- thing., Teach the colt to stop st *‘whoa” and use the word ‘‘steady” if you want him to go slower, Shove the gearing 1890 FEBRUARY BLACK PH The following testimontals from large consnmers of fuel, who have given all Kinds of coal A for al recommendations that our celebrated Black Pesriess 1s the hes! Thave given the fflack Peerless Coul a thors ough test, and am satisfied it is the best conl for ]l purposes in the western market, and | have burned thousands of tons of coal. A V. BIeoLen, Steam Laundry, We have heated our mammoth dry goods Sold 1 all kinds of { house with Black Peerlass Conl and a oughly satisfied with it i point of he omy and cleanliness. Tt gives off leaves littlo ashes and fe HExRY EISEMAN & Co, We have used several hundred tons of Black Peerless Coal during the winter for boiler and onto Lim, rattle the whiflle-tree against | his heels, teach him it is nothing that will hurt him, and should anything give way, it will hold the load coming down hill—at least, such is my expori- once. Feed the colt anything it will eat. I never had a case of colic by | enanging teed; but T always used salt when 1 changed. Never feed heavy; water freely while on the road. There i wnger in watering a horse ing it o too long without it. 1f you have driven hard all day and can not feed or water, put him up, giving hay tirst, water in about an hour, and then feed oats. See that he is well i taken care of, and he will be all rmght in the morning, I have had twenty- five years’ experience handling horscs, and never lost one yet nor had a runa- way, but in break-downs, tin-overs and accidents I have had plenty, and came out O. K. omy in Breeding. is tho right use of money or It is nota mere saving pro- “There is that scatte seth,” 1id the an- Econ Fconom and yev iner cient wise man range Judd A fast walking horse is far more use to his owner than a slower one, and much more economical, even though costing a higher price. Im- ved cattle are worth more in the and for the block than the com- mon sort. The best is always the most economical in all classes of stock on the farm. One is not doing right by him- self who does notcontrive a way to have superior stock on the farm. A wealthy farmer has no excuse but his own negligence for not keeping up with improved methods, if he is now raising any kind of stock at a loss. He has not invested in superior stock of his kind and vow finds himself behind com- petitors when trying to sell scrubs which no market wants while better animalscan be had, even at consider- ably higher prices. He could have bought a good-blooded sire, and in case of a'horse or a bull by giving his neigh- bors the use at a modorate fee, but one renumerative to him, notonly himself but his community would now be more Prosperous. The average farmer has, sometime: an excuse, to some extent admissibi for not having bettor stock. The capi- tul to buv a stallion or a bull was not at his command, and debt was not advis- able. If his farm was paid for there was 1om any good reason for neglect to improve his cattle, and there is none now. Co-operation is vracticable in most neighborhoods. A few farmers can guarantee the buyer of a choice 1 sire a given amount of patronage for one or more years. Or from two to six farmers can own a horse jointly. The exchange of sires_is ofteri practicable in case of swine and sheep. Butif there is a wiil there is a way out of all this dificulty, and there will be the It when ‘stock raisers sce and ap- preciate the advantages of importea biood. Varieties of Sweet Corn. As with nearly all other Kinds of gar- den or truck pafch crops thereare quite a large number of varieties, too muny, in fact, to choose from, unless you have had some experienge. Tn growing sweet corn asupply for as long a time as possible shou" be se- cured, and while this can be done by re- peated planting, a better vlan is to use two or three varieties, one early, one medium and one late, and then loss planting will be necessary,says a writer in the Nebraska Farmer.” Some allow ance must be made for a difference in soil and climate as well as different plans of management, so that often a variety that will prove the best in one locality will not always prove the best in another, For an extra early corn one of the best is the Cery, but it isa small corn and for this reason cannot be recom- mended for a general crop. A small patch to come in very early will in many cases, however, be found an advantage. Sarly Marblehead is o good ‘early viety. Following this, one of the b 18 Barly Minnesota. Bither this oe Crosby’s Barly isone of the best for sce- ond crop, while they are ‘few varieties that will excel Stowell’s Evergreen for the main crop. Black Mexican is one of the best varieties for the table. The soil should be vich so to se- cure a strong, vigorous growth and thorough cultivation should be given. It can be planted at intervals so as to eep up a supply until frost. Two Bid Weeds, Canada thistles and quack grass are the worst to kill unless one kuows how —not very diffieult if done the right way. For quack grase,observes the Al- bany Cultivator, plow 'in May, harrow and cultivate in June, two or three inches deep every weelk,and once in July; be suve to cut the tops off; do not dig up the ground over three inches; do not plow a second time. If you wish, sow it to buckwhent the first week in July; if not, keep on cultivating until the latter part of August and sow wheat, rye or grass; and [ know from experience your quack grass will be gone, besides other foul weeds, For Canada thistles do the same, only plow later, the last half of June, before the thistles blossom; put a chain on your plow 80 a8 to turn the tops all in, Com- mence by the middle of July to plow, harrow and cuitivate every week, and by the first week in September your thistles will be gone. This is what we call here the smothering process, These two pests both grow from the root and seed; the rooi is worse—every little piece, if broken and left in the ground, will surely grow, Quack grass makes 1ts greatest effort to grow through June, Canada thistles later, A good spring-tooth harrow, with points made square, is an excellent tool to cut the tops off. Some gang plows do very well; some wheeled ~ cultivators, if bright and sharp, will cut the tops off. Be sure to cutoff tops every time—no half-way work. No poor tool should be used. A good three-horse team and a good man can clean fifty acresin a summer and have the finest seed bed for wheat or grass that can be made. \ Ensilaze For Dairy Cows. Some ignorant fault finders always stand ready to retard the wheel of pro- ress rather than assist. One of the filwsv. instances brought to our notice is the most absurd and ridiculous state- went that *‘the butter made from cows fed ou ensilage is not s0 good as that from cows fed the ordinary dry feed in winter time.” This question has been raised in the east by those opposed to the silo, yet it has never been proved true. The matter has been fully and carefully examioed, and resulted in producing evidence showing that where milch cows had ensilage feed they gave u rvicher and bettor quantity of milk than when they did not get such food, The silos are not very plentiful in this state, hence the opportunities for test- {na this question are not very plentiful, 1 through the kindness of A, G. ’or- | Drapery, Silks, Plush Window Shades, etc. (thon any hsuse in Io and see us or write for COUNCIL ~ BLUFFS Fruits and Commission, 347 Wholesale and Largest Stock and Lowest P! Nos. 205 207 Broadway, and 204. ter, who runs a dairy near this city and keeps a silo from which he feeds cows, we had an opportunity of testi | the value of butter made from cov fod 1 ensilage, and while we use none but the best butter, we must ncknowledge that Mr. Porter’s was of fine g: flavored, and as good in quality as any we ever ate. If there is any difference it is withoutdoubt in favor of the butter made from cows fed ensilage. We snould il be pleased to hear from any of our read- ers on this subjec GrowingSquashes in Young Orchards Last season T used most of my young orchard jn which to grow [Hiibbard squash. I think it answers the pur- pose of shading the ground as well as any crop 1 know, and furnishes shade only during the hottest months of the year, when it only is needed. I have often maintained that corn was the best crop for a_young orchard, siuce it did not cover the ground till late in the season, aud was cut in time to allow the ripening of the trees. Then, again, Ilike it much better th many other crops, because there was no working of fhe’ soil around the trees in tho fall, which so genorally tends to promote a late growth. But as I am situated [ can get five times as much money from the squash crop that 1 can from corn, especialiy since I now have a most ex- cellent squash cellar in which I keep Hubbard to the first of March, when they always bring a good price. gt 13 A Nimrod Among Skunks, There lives i Preston City in this county a farmer named W. W. Park, who is a more than loc: famous rab- oit and skunk hunter, says a New Lon- don, Conn., dispatch to the Globe-Dem- ocrat. Mr. Park takes great pleasure in hunting the “black and white birds,” as he calls them, and is anxious to get up anovel contest, in which he wishes 0 enter his ton-months-old dog. This dog he wishes to pit against any one of his age in rabbit hunting. Mvr. Park says: *‘I have al lived ona farm and I enjoya day of good hunting. I hunt moré for profit than pleas As to the skunks, T must own some good catches. I have a suit of old clothes that I use for hunting these per- fume peddlers in, and I don’t think the moths will infest them this season. ‘I haye taken from five to ten of these sweet birds out of one hole in less than two hours. Isold the poorest of the pelts for 25 cents, and I got $1.25 for the best black one. You will see that the hole was a profitable one for me.” The dog which Mr. Park wishes to match is a one-half beagle hound and and one-half fox hound. He can al- ready handle a fox, and Mr. Park is now training him in that work. Mr. Park, it is said, has at times as many ns 200 skunk skins, captured by himself and dog, nailed up on his barn to ful‘d. el daicy Superstitious Ofl Men. Mrs. M. V. Taylor, the only woman engaged in the o supply business in the country, sprained her ankle yes- terday and is room, says o Washington (Pa.) special to the Pittsburg Commercial. Oil men have a superstition that good luck will fol- low them if they buy from a crippled person, and, it is said, Mvs. Taylor was overwhelmed with customers today. SPECIAL NOTICES, COUNCIL BLUFFS. HAVE several housss aud lots to trade for Council Bluffs or Omaha unimproved prop- ©. B, Judd, 606 Broadway, Council Blurs, W AN A capable womun for general nousework, The highest wages pail, Apply at Mrs, J. 1. Stewart's, 500 Bluft st, (QJANVASSERS Wi can make ¥ to M & day, 00d rleady 211 Broadway, man BARGAIN—Complete roller mill and saw- mill for sale. | Capnclty of roller mill, forty barrely daily, Will sell farin in connectioh with mill if desi All inguiries in operty sent o the Ive Drompt aiten- room coltage at the id avenue and itn street, Also 5 cottage occupled by e’ on 34 property will be 80ld on easy 3. EW improved real estate 1o trads for unim pfoved Omaha or Couucll Blulls proporty N | €. B, Judd, 606 Broadway, 1"“" SALE or Hent —(iarden land with houss by J, K, Rice 102 Main st. CUL’NUI L BLUFFS rru,wr')' for sale at great bargains. The followi Among the ost Dbeautiful homes in the ¢ will be sold at 'rent’ bargains, on moathly psyments, or terms 1o suit: Three new 8-room h two blocks trom electr Two new 4room houses four electric motor line om North Seventh street, One new i-room house four blocks from elec- trie motor line on North Beventh sirest. ‘Turee new 5 and 6-room houses one block from electric motor line corner Avenue A snd ‘Iwelfth strect. Hesides the above I have houses and lots in all parts of the city. Oue new h-room louse on Mill st. C. B. Judd, 600 Broadway, Councll Blufts, hlocks from ERLESS COAL,. practical and crucial tosts, aro the best possible Ipurposes on the market: 1t aslies and einders and grec of heatof any coal used, and s by far the cheapest and cleanest fuel in the market, HOLST & BPETMAN, Kiel Hotol, Kitchen use, and would have no other. ast smoke makes the clusively by SAPP & KNOTTS, 31 Main St., Council Bluffs. GREAT SLAUGHTER In Carpets, Mattings. Qil Cloth, Rugs, Silic and Lace Curtains and Fixtures, Portieres es, Uvholstery Goods, Will make prices lower wa or Nebraska. Call prices and Samples. NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY, CARPET ~ COMPANY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA HEADQUARTERS FOR CALIFORNIA ORANGES : DUQUETTE & CO, ——WHOLESAL Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia M IC. A BEEBR & COMPANY, Rewail Dealers 1n FURNITURK, Dealers, sen for Catalogue, 2006 Pierce 8t., Cou (QASH for second-hand furnituro, stoves and Jcarnots, J. Mandel, 2% Brondway. JFOR SALE-My rasidonco, 553 Willow ave enue, on south side of Bayliss*park. Heated Dy steam, ligntol by eloctricity aud containing all modern fmprovoments, 100 by 20) foets Also wiil sell or exchange improved city property, my farm of i a ton miles oash of Councfl Bluffs, N, N. M. Pusey, ‘Council Bluff O SA LE—House and ten _acres on Upper Brondway; well suitad for brick yardsy good improvements; reasonnble term: rare chance for right party. Inquire Thomas Johns 801, 01l promises, No. 27 Main St.,, Over Jacque- min’s Jewelry Store. THE RUSSELL AUTOMATIC GUT-OFF ENGINE, Espociaily aaupted for Electrio 1 ighting, Mills and Elevators. Regulation, Durabiity and Economy not Excelled. Teom 15 t030) H. Ps E. C. HARRIS, Agt. 510 Pearl Street, Councill ulufls, lowa. Send for catalogue. Complete steam plants furnished and erected, THOS, OFFICER. W. H. M. PUsrY OFFICER & PUSEY, BANKERS. Corner Main and Broaaway, COUNCIL BLUFKS, I0WA. Dealers in forelyn and domestic oxchange o+ Collections made and fnterest pald on time Dosits. S. E. MAXON, Archite-t and Superintend:nt, Room 281, Merriam Block, COUNCIL BLUFFS, - IOWA, F. M, ELLIS & C0., ARCHITE AND BULLDING SUP Rooms 430 nnd Rooms 244 an Bluffsjow . Neb,, Councf -Correspondence Sol citod, —THE— J; AMurphy Manufacturing Co, 1st Avenue and 21st Street. SASH DOORS AND BLINDS, Band and Beroll Sawing. ReSawing and Planing. Sswing of allKinds, Poron Brackets Kindling wood £2.5 per lond delivered, Clean sawdust by the barrel Zic, All work to be tirst-class, ~ Telephone 22, “Your Patronage Solicited.” g —ry B. L, Buuaan, T Vice Pros, CHAS, R, HANNAN, Cashler, CITIZENS STATE BANK, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Pald up Capital.. -$150,000.00 Surplus ... . 35,000,00 Liabiilty to Depositors....335,000.00 Dinkcrons—1. A. Miller, . 0. Gloason, B. Ly Shugart, E. E. art, J. D, Edundson, Cias, K, Hunuan, Transact’ general banking business Largest capital and surplus of any bank in Nortuwestera lowa, Intorest on time deposits CHRIS BOSEN SASH & DOOR FACTORY AND PLANING MILL Hest equipped, most centrally located factory in the city, © All modera latest’ pattern machine ery. Operated by skilled mechanics. Bpeclal attention given to scroll and band sawing, plans ing and triming, General contracts and estl mates for houses and buildings & specialt Corner North Main and Myoster streets, il Blufts, Telephon 3 " BELL & BERLINGHOF, J. D. EDMUNDSON, ARCHITECTS ™ AND SUPERINTENDEN I'S. Room 2, Opera House Blook, Conncil Blutta, lowa