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i THE OMAHA COUNCIL BLUFFS, OFFICE, NO. 12 PEARL Welivered by Carrier in any partof the City. H W, TILT - MANAGER TELED HONES: “w BE B ST, Business O Night Editor, MExOR N. Y. P. Co. Council Bluffs Lumber Co.. eoal. There were but two arrests by the polies esterday up to 5 o'clock, and they were two Pluin drunks, The game of baseball t 1o take place at Manuwa y afternoon between the Models of this ¢ nd the Ire- mouts of 'remont, Neb,, did not take plac on account of the failure of th mont_club 0 show up, A local ni gathered up and gave the Models an interesting game. The body of Mrs. Mary , who ‘h d in Omauha Saturc this city yesterday mu Estep's undertaking es d for shipment o Le ants w evening MENTION, advertised trains last night 10 desire to distinguish them- rizinal decorators must not forget 1 opportunity has been extended to them and materials will be furnished them to do their best if they will come to the old Eiseman building ming. The decora tlons for t n which the farm- e I 1l be ar ranged hie y of tholadics as de- ¢ 10 assist in the work must meet liere. It {5 dosirod to decoratathe opera house with unique aud original designs and the ladies can find a new and v wrwe field for orl nality. The committes will be on hand and uence receiving the exhibits und ma- ating at ¥ o'cloek this morn- - stoam heating, Life bailling, Omaha; riam block, Council mmv‘ Dr.C. H. Bower, % N - Scott House, ‘Council Blu iifs, transients 21.00 M st. S Seth C. Drake, wh man- ager of 1 k line in this city, severed h the com- on Saturday e id will leave to- tomorrow for the west, with the in- y of permanently locating in some of cific const eities. Mr. Drake has taken of the company’s business here and has beceme a very popular young man. The announcement of hisintention to permanently leave the city will cause a very T eret, especiallv among the young s ple, with whom he o general fa There not heen a young man who has left the city for many years accompanied by more generous good wishes than Mr. Drake. St Mandel & Ko arcoffer ng great bargains in every department. We show the b line of “cook stoves and range from£10 to £40. In tinware we d sold at bottom price we ji t beat the price of carpes , now 40 cts., and 80 on through the entireline, We show a large line in novelties in our parlor goods depar . Carpets, 1d, former ment. In bedroom suits we pride ourselves of carrying the most complete assortment, cha styles, Book casos, rock dining chairs of every deseri boards, wardrol and cent with this unloading sale. where and Broudway. o along prices els. & Klein's Get compare Mundel If you wish to sell your propert Judd & Wells Co., C. B. Jud Broadway. 2t rtion Bridge. There is some talk among the real estate men of getting a pontoon bridge over the river, They are ugitating the matter, and hopetd be able to soon form a company to build such a bridge. They estimate the cost at §100,000. The purpose of encouraging such rprise 18 to secure some way of cross- river at rates than those now charged by the bridge and motor company. The desire fora 5 cent fare is so strong thit unless the present. company makes some con- cession there will bo an attempt to secure the endin some otherway. Almost any enter- prise which will tend toa cheaer communi- cation botween the two cities will besustained by a strong sentiment i Council Bluffs. The pouteon scheme. may ot be praciical, and may not materialize, but there are many who are bound to get relief from the present rates, cail on the , president, 606 - RS e| The Blue Grass Palace. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy hs arranged to give balf rates to the Blue Grass palice at Creston, August 21 to 30, from all ‘l‘gmluns in Towa west of and including Chari- n, e The Munhattan sporting headquarters, 413 Broadw Tried to Fool the Justice. Judge Barnett is long suffering, patient and slow to anger, but he oceasionally loses his paticnce, and the parties who are responsible for the rufiling of the judicial temper, gen- erall, ave wood reasons to recollect and re- gret it. C. Ellsworth, who filed a $100 boud for his brother, A. 8. Ellsworth, which was required to keep him out of jail for an assault upon a grader numed Wallico o few wecks ago, regrets that his attempts to fool the justice excited the judicial ive. The lattor Ellsworth assaulted Wall; with the seat bourd of a dirt wagon and inflicted some severe injuries upon him. Wallace filel an information and the fellow wes an ed, but it was slown that the complainant was so badly hurt that it would be several days be- fore he could appear and prosecute, and Ellsworth was put under 100 bonds, The case was continued from time to time, and finally Walluce recovered and not desiring o have hi lant punished any further agr ss it if he would pay the cos tion was accepted, and the ]ualltu fixed a day for settlement, Wien the day _amived Eliswortn appeared with his attoruey and announced his reaai- mw for trial, and us Wallace not there pmm-utullw attorney moved for the dis- missal of the case on the grounds of the fail- ure of the prosecuting witness to appear. 1t wias phnul\ evident to the court that it was a hrewd little scheme that Elsworth was working to throw the costs on Wallace, and hequietly dispatched o messenger to bring Wallace in. Five minutes later the attorney aud his client were paralyzed by the appeai- ance of the prosecuting witness. When he was told of the perfidy of the man ‘who had assaulted him and whom he had so geuerously forgiven he was anxions to rosecute, but the defense asked fora con- 0 \Ill\ll Saturd This was granted, the honr arrived fo cuse neither the defendant nor his uttorney was present, The $100 bond was declared forfeited and u warrant was issued for the rearrest of A, S, Ellsworth, Judge Bamett hus a civil case in whicha well known druggist und a contractor who is building him a house are the principals, ‘where the same scheme is being tried, and it s probable that an execution will be issued wgainst the druggist toda, —— We have customers for inside improved property, terms all cash. If you bave a bar- guin tooffer call on E. H, Sheafe & Co. at ouce, hearing the Commercial men, New Pacifie, Council Bluffs, is under management of W.Jones with new l&llllpld roomms, et Seized the tircus Tent. Some of the employes of the 10-cent circus, which had its tents pitched near the North- western depot for a few aays, became anxious about their pay. They consulted lollm attorneys, and concluded to attach the ow. The showman fussed around a good dmfl and did his best to persuade the angry creditors to relinguish their holdon the tents, put finally came down with the cash, paying in ail nearly $200. He then folded his tent and started for the west. J. G, Tlplon, eal ostate, 527 Broadway. worendaslls t reduced rates loaned on chatte lldlu{umamflvbyl. H. Bheate & Co SUNDAY NEWS IN THE BLUEES. The Enervating Inflience of the Summer | Days upon the Churches. A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. Benton Street Citizens Ohjecting o a Gride-A Pontoon Bridge Fricd to Heat a Justice —Scized a Circus. Even themost enthusiastic of the church | organizations donot seem to beable to escape | the enervating influence of the summer days. In some cases ittouches the preacher himself, and while the pewbolders may put on an out- ward expression of regretat the necessity of granting him a vacation, they do not seem to mourn deeply because they have an excuse for rematning at home, although other church doors swing open invitingly, Yesterday was wvorable for church going, so s weather was concered, but, those churches b were open for business did not 50 great a rush as one might expect, in view of the fact that some of the | ding churches g Men's Christian vertisement h npt many to log the park ven the | , with its | furnish all wor- could » their homes or for- wor to “fans and ice wat not t Outsideof the so-called orthodox churches the other societies, such as the Salvation d it dificult to get enough folks to- cther tolold o service of any sort. The army procession which nightly parades the reots keeps the usunl number of less than a dozen, and makes as much noise as ever, but while new appear, tuey only seem to ke the place of od ones, and there is no apparent growth The spiritualists have been trying to hold meetings for a fow Sundays t. Tho sor of auinspiviting speaker have been s d. but while her praises are loudly pro- claimed, she does not scem todraw, Oue of the band thus explains the situation: “Some faces of her addvesses are excellent, others very ordinary, [t depends of course on he control. M 1 is yood, and she de hich anybody would 1 slays down doe- trines which any Christian can endorse. Her own personal views are rather toward infidel- ity, but of course when she speaks shé is under the control of somo other spirit, and ler controls are good and almost alw: trines. Council Bluffs is that they are di There are 2 good many w > i 0o materialistic communications and that has wse. ['ve been to some meetings where there were such performances that [ 1 disgust, When wo get sbme good in- icers there are a good many who 20 0fF and hold private an goet lllL manifes ta- ys give sound Chyistian doc- -.pmmn sm on toolow a plane, “The Ci equal difliculty in uniting platform, Tlic at- tended that they some times have noneat all Oncof them, in_ explining the situation, says: “‘One trouble about them is at there hais been too much of a money-making tend hurt the canse ind 8o disgusted investigate ruth really is. Ci is 10t & mere winw of treating si foeor hing them for a con There’s beentoo much of this. Tt is a and should be given ot as such, Christ taught, not for lire or to out of it, but fo dogood to one! “Those who believe in Christian avesortof divided up. 1f together you would see it making headway than ever be fore.? Anotlier singular feature of life in_Council Bluffs as reveated on Sunday is the con- spicuous absence of any Unitarian or Univer salist organiztions. Theveare many inclined to such beliefs, and they bave attempted time and again to organize, butall in vain. Brilliant speakers have come here, pleadeda fow Sundays and retirved discouraged. There is bardly another ity of 85,00 in the whole country which does Dot give support lo sev- eral of these so-termed liberal churches, istian Scientists seem tobe baving on some mmon ..uv.‘vmu the folles hn‘ o deration. just ake “moncy fellowmen. nee hem they would join greater il Twenty-five carpenters wanted to work on new hotél. J. A Moweny, ) Hose at cost. We are going to handling garden hose, and bave doubly the largest stock in the city. To close out we will sellall gradcs and fixtures at dead cost, for cash, C. B. Paint & Ol coupany, Nos. 1 and 3, Masonic temple. et A Narrow Escape from Death. Fred Hanson aud Jack Anderson, two car vepairers workingin the Union Pacific yards, had a narrow escape from being crushed to death beneath a car they were vepairing urday afternoon. Therepairs on the-cars ure all done on atrack that isknown asthe re- pair track, but frequently the switchmen find it necessary to st cars on this track that do not need repaivs, Toavoid accidents. when the men are working on the car, and the work is almost underneathit, a green flagis placed above it while they ave at work, and the orders are not to interfere with a car thut has such a flag upon it In this case the flag had been properly placed, but the wind_ bad wrapped _the ¢loth around the staff so closely fhut it could not be seen, and © the switchmen = supposing tha the repairers had fleft, eral other cars flylug down npon it. men were at work on the trucks and had the car raised on jack screws. When the other cars struck it it was knocked off the jacks and both men were caught beneath it Both were badly squoezed, but not seriously hurt. The car ‘was driven several yards, and if it had gone a few inches further both men would have been crushed beneath the trucks, The car was raised us quickly sible and they were tuken out by thel los. quit P. C. Mille home 1o his frie the puinterand decorator, at ids, SIS South Sixth street. o 7 Nctice to Contracts Sealod proposals will be rec flee of the archit ed atthe of- rooms 244 and 45> Mer- riam block, Comcil Bluffs, la., until 2 ?. m. on ',he 1th day of August, 1500, or the erection and completion of the new it Methodist Episcopal church at Council Bluffs vised plans and specifications. will state the amount he will present building, Kach panied by a cortifind check for 00, 0s a guaranty that the party receiving the award will enter into acontract and give satisfuc- according to the re- Each bidder allow for the bid shall be accom- tory bond, The committee reserves the right to rejoct any orall bids, By order of the committe P, 5 Co., Architects, Chairman, , Secretary. - Ohjecting to a Grade. Thetrouble over the Benton street gmde has not been settled, and severl members of the council and the city engincer will goup there this morning for the purpose of investi- gating it and wcommending a change that will satisfy the property owners if it can be done without injury to the street. The original grade of the stieet was vory satis- factory to them, and there ave not many who are able to realize that the changeis anim- provement, especially where it piles up four feet of clay in frout of their homes and changes a gentle slope over the original hard black dirtinto a steep declivity, Therehas always been a great degree of uncertainty as to the heighth of the established grade, and it has not boen relieved by the numerous sur- veys that haveshown a variation of from a few inches to afoot, Some of the proporty owners have taken whut was given them as the grade line and built expensive houses, One resident bus just completed a nine-rom house upon & wall that was four and @ half feet above the old street level and has 1uu finished filling and sodding his lot. Althou, hie filled the lot nearly two feet above t! gmdn line mark that was sawed into a wue )y the city engineer, he nnw finds the filling in the street p led up her than bis filling and bigher thau the 0P of his will This 'I‘HE OMAHA DAILY [ etther competstitmto taks thewater andst hoise in the uting on - Washington ex pense of such w | block, except those fr avenue, will have o beraisel hnul|tw’u\,ll with the proposed fill. AlL the fine 3, which aro the chiel glory of the street, will bo destroyed by the dopth of clay that 18 being ound thewm, The perty own anton destru petitionedin vain for relief. T fraine ng to the o until it is perhn They have now reached the conditn of quicscent, spooeh. 1 i ol against this imendation fora drop of a foot [ e estabimhed erado belween Harmony &trect and Washington avenue, and it is this purpeso that t ibars of the cou and the city engineer will visit the locality this momin —— A pood hose reel free with every 100 feet of hose purchased at b a Runawvay Miller was the victin ofa Padly Hurd i Jacob €. thestrect level and makes aserious obstacle which is vsually avoided by driving on the eat side of the str . Miller attemptel to go on the wos sid, ad a wheed of his caight between the flange of the curie aud therail. The sudlen stoppiog and the creak- ing sound producal frightened the horse and hemaden vidous lungeand stared to. i and Ouk - ul both s tirown out, Mr, Miller Bold W was dngged ek until seve men came to his lu| stopped the horse, Mrs, Miller was still 1ying where she fallen, and when hier friends got tohe she was they found ke budly hurt. Shewas pickedup and eirried into’ Youkernan's store, and amintion revealed th injurics stited. The foot Wi turned atrghtangles with the linb. She e the pan heroreally and did not Tose conseious- ness, although badly stunmned. to herhome on Fourth strc w summoned. Mi saped e Was_con- »tand Dr, Wi il|l a few slight lotely denol- Al traveler, brother boly krows him fa- cents per roll; not reme t's, 23 Pearl st. Wall paper a nauts, at C. L. G e The Day at Manawa. There wasa large crowd at Manawa yes- terday, and the splendid weatier and the usual amusements amply wpaid them, The special teature of the afternoon was Prof. Ten Broek’s ascension and leap from the clouds in @ parachute. It was amagiificet performance and ereated agreat deal of on- thusiasm after the many failures that d been made by other acronauts attie luke this summer. The balloon was inflated early in the afternoon and at 5 o'k was wady to go. Aud goit did, with the ng acronut hanging and swinging on the trapeze bar at the bottom of the parachute. It went to a Theighitof fully 3,000 feet, although the pro- fessor himself claimed that an altitude of 6 feet was rach He cut the rope attaching the achite to the balloon while e wis hangivg on the trapeze bar head do vi, and shot toward the earth with ter speed. The big am- brella went down nearly 1000 feet before it opened its winy and checked the speed, which was begming so terific that the thousands who were gazing upward became very uneasy. When opeied ot the rupid dex )t was quickly checked and the re- mainder ofthe fall was very gentle. The parachute swung backward and forward to an alarming degree, while the daring passen- ger was clinging to the bar with his hands. He cceupied one minute and threcquarters in making the descent, and landed in the willows atthe cdge of thelale, ————— A Missing Livery Rir. Livery man Paul Bouguet was at. the police station at 10 o’clock last night asking assist- ance in finding alivery vig that was taken fromhis stable on Saturdayby aman who gave the name of H. C.* Butler. Butler ob- tained the rig Satirday moming to drive about the city, and paid .50 in advance for the use of it allday. He rotumed itat noon and asked to have the horse well fed for he was going to do considerable more driving during the afteroon, He browght it badk at #o’clock aud left. At 6 o'clock heretumed and asked for the same rig for another dnve about the city during the evening, It was given bim and that is the st that has been scem of the man or the outfit. The owner is not sure whetherit isa case of theftor intoxication, but is inclined to be- lievethe latter theory, s Butler had ob- tained a teamn of himonee or twice st sum- mer, Hehas been away fromthe cty for a year, and told Bouquet that heis engaged in dlerking_in J.J. Sullivaw's boot and shoe store in Missour: Valley ‘The horse is o gra y about ten years ald, and the vehicle a4 Columbus buggy painted black, with niclkel-plated hub bands. S A Transaction in Saw Tust. Wedonot believe that there is a sin- gle banker inthe country who is not fa- milar with the notorions “groen goods® swindle. The circulars of the gentry which operates the game bear the stanp of eriminlity and it does not require an astute intelligence to penetrate their ef- fusive expressions of friendshipand good faith, The swindle has at last setiled upon a scientific hsis, and under tered conditions the men who are gaged init have the temerity toadd their seductive literature to the banks. A bank in South Dikota received a r«pcn'ml offer recently for aline of ¢choice “green goods,” Theywere not guaran- teed to wash, but, they Fl)»susmlll other ludlllus which rendered them desirable, "hoy were alleged to be soperfict a8 to defy the whole secret service to detect their bogus origin, The civcular was couched in the usual language, but with onestartling addition in the shape of a letter from o Philudelphian banking house, guaranteeing the Jun».mgh trust- worthiness of the writer, one Charles Wilson, The axtraodiniry letter of credit readsas follows: FOUNDED 1859, Auerican and European se and sold, Drafts, letters of crodit and mon. sued to all parts of BIEANCIE OFFICES AT 440 Stand, London, England, 39 Boulevarl des cines, Pans, France, 0, 80 and 81 Piazi di Spagia, Rome, Italy, icdrich Sivasse, Berlin, rhoss Strasse, Hamburg, Germny, SIMMONS BROS & CO, BANK LIS, PHILADETLPHIA, PA, Deanr Sig: Mr. Charles Wilson has ve- quested us to write to concerning his re- liability, Wetake pleasure in stating t he is thoroughly vorthy, and we guar. antee any transaction you may have with him, Yours respectfully, 1 AT AL 1,500,000, ritics bought. y orders is- Do, ons Buos, & Co. The letter is a transparent fraud, There is no such banking house in Phil adelphis, but the wisdom of serpents could not have devised a more subtile snare to capture the unwiry. The sig: nature of the firm,with its lowing hand, is lithographed in such a mamer as to suggest that a blotter had been used upon it when it came from the pen, The body appears to have been done with o t‘ypuwrinur. but was really printed, and then sonked, possibly in order to imitate the blurred appearance commonly noted in thatkind of writing. il oL LESIR Amarble medaliion has recently been placed in the abbey at Tewksbury, Eungland, as a memorial to Dinah Maria Mulock (Mus, gnlk) Tho town was a favorite resort of 5, Geutleman,” thexs, | work he has from thestred or tear out the had doneat great expense andraise his louso higher and suff nvenience and | content to let their goperty be | 1out hope of redres, | hope that remains lies in the Craik, and she wrote ““John Halifay, | to zlvow e BEE MO DAY, AUGUST 18, 1890, RATSED HALR. How the Passenger on o Wild Engine | Wore Swved by an Ollea Track. | “Talk about fiét fime” eid arall roud man on the Misourl the other to his companion, “butl have neverheard of a trip that beat one that T me vllvllll\-w‘f sime yours ago, not ofany half o iting, s the St Louis Globe Demoerat. 1 formerly lived at Garretl, Tnd., the 1 ntreal division of the Chice division of the Baltimore &Ohio rail- rond. T had litlle todo,and made the ruilrond yards my lofing headgubrters Atthat time the ‘Billy-O'had ar N go- | ment with the Wabesh to transfor all New Yorkfreight at Auburn Junction, nine miles distant,to the st of us “This vas done by the old switch-engine, the 642, which made two trips to the Juetion duil Well, one day T elimbed aboard a bo! * when the engrine left with a few carsof merchindise totr: There were six ofus inthe party s yardmen, anot her follow, and my self. fad ajollytimegoing downy made g0 us necident yesterday afternom by i sho sustained a ompond fractre of | U0 nskr,” wd weroto come badk | the right limmb just abore the ankle anl other | ‘.’l‘l""‘"t‘j“]";!:. A e bttty \‘h:- ..y.l‘l lhm‘ h|(|)~hx||\¥ \\'v'“n’ |t nder, tho sig s given and Gent utdriving and tirned down Onk st2et 1o | poygen the en thiew himself for- Pioce to get on Braadway. The ewveof | e hutled the throttl valye, md the theelectrie wotor trackat that point stands engine jumped forward s if shot from a ult. Wedid not thinlemuchof this ! ot thetin it W L fine engineer and Tundled the enginetosuit his fancy. We went fearing over the railroal eross- ing and frogs in 4 manner t WS iful. The tender rocked 18 if on s (i s Something must be wrong, we ght, a8 Gent was plicing our lives in jeopnady. an.mn;_r over the coal | we mou the eub full Of ste: and Gent am | and the fireman hanging at thesideof thi ne, imyp boys,” they said; ‘jump, for God'ssake! The throttle valve is pulled clear out and the engine is wild,! To jump running would have leen instant death.” Asone ofthe boyssaid aftor- wird, thetelegraph poles loked like a fine tootheomb, The nile josts flew by with useemly rapility, The yard fore- man dained it amile was cosered in 38 seconds, and notone would_doubt his word, St Joewasin sight. Would the track be clew? Only theee milesto avrett, with its netvork of tracks switcies,andspurs, The registered ninety pounds, hopeof the engine dying i wies. Wilh presence of mind cermn dished offa tew worls 1gine wild. Telegraph Gurrett to sleam gauge There wasno out in fiveor 1roppel us ve pissedSt. Joe ator, dear to comprehend the situation, sent it to the dispatcier on the east end, without a mll as we learned aftervard, ott in sight, withits t slehing forth smokes thor s filled with freight-cars :unl vn;:iu 8. A got doser we could sev men b hither and thithee. The other ) engine wis vushing mudly to the end of the yard. The maintrack cler. We passed the depot like a pursied victin, Palefaces watchel us in our mad flight. We passed the railvad shops, and hundrds came ruming to seo the cauoe of thecommotion, The engine was ina quiver, the bell was vinging wildly with 1 sway of the engine, the escaping steamwhistled as if demented, and fiy zed from the hot DOX| Thenwe saw something which m sthink we were domed. The swilth totheconlchute was open, and the long ascent could only end inour estruction. Welooked agiin, saw men workingon the track, andthen knew thatwe were saved. What were they doing? Why, bless my soul, friend, those fellows were oiling the track of thechute. We struck the ascent and slidup ahoutone hundred feet; and then thoold (42 stood still and the wheels flewarounds: sparks came from beneath them like from an emery wheel, Grad- ually theengine sid down, the wheels stillin the forward motion, and thus theengine died out. We all suffered a severe shockto our nervous system, but had it not been for the presenceof mind of the mastermachanic, who ordered the oil poured onthechute trick, I might nothave been here tolny.” “How fastdid you go?" “Well, vhe fiest sixmiles were made in less than five minules; the st three were made in much slower time, as the steam wis exhausting itself rapidly,” ——— AChoice List ot Summer Resorts. Inthelake regions of Wisconsin, M nesota, lowaand the two Dakolas, there are hundreds of charning lo ' pro- fitted for homes, following selected 1ist are r to many of our readers perfection of northern summer re- Nearly allof the Wisconsin points are within a short distance ago or Milvaukee, and none eminently Amnong th names fumi as (he from Chi of them are so far awiy from the “busy marts of eivilization” that they cannot be reached in a few hours of travel, by {requent trains, over the finestroad in the northwest—the Chiago, Milwaukee & St Paul railway! Ocmomowoe, Wis. Minoequa, Wis. Winkesha, Wis. Poinyvs Wis Clear Luke, Tov Take Okobaji, Towa, Spivit Lake, lowa, Frontaiae, Minn, Lake Minnelonka, Minn, Ortonyille, Minn, Prior Lake, Minn, < (Dellsof tho Wis’ White Ber Lake Minn, Big Stone Lake, Da Malison, Wik ta. For detailed in!nrmmun apply at ticket oftiee, 1301 Furnam stret, Burker Block, SH, Gen Agent. . l;.l’lu-luv Pass. A\guu. —_——— ER GERIRUDE AS SEES She Thinks Much of the Malignity of Leprosy Can be Arrested. We have just reecived o letter from Sister R Gertrule, dated July Kilihi Ree Station, Ouhu, Hawaii islinds, in the courseof which she s “Wehave hala great many severe illnesses, such a8 pleumonia, entoritis, et 1 gel the papers regularly ani the pictures are very acceptable. With regard to offers 'u help, we have all the workers needed, 1 think, Hore my boys help in the dispensary, and ut \olokai ther are the Francdscean I haveread and received many concerning lepers, but L think I muy sy, from all I lave seen here while under Dr. Lutz, that to treat Tepers a reil physicin is required, with a practieal knowledge of all the drugs of the phawrmicopwia, their action, affini- ties, ote., and a further kunowledge of many cutaneous disesesond efficicious reme 3 also he must be versed in i~ croscopic matters, SWith all thee vequisitions it Is pos- sible, as T see here, to arrest tho pro- gress of the disease, to disarm it of s mulignity und to establish perfect nutri- tion and good generl health, Without this knowledge, I think, an uler, a tubercle or any iniiteation whatever mightquickly be mude o look better, bt _other eruptions would prove the futility of the attempt to cure the disease, That is what has happencd always when incompetent persons have tried 1o deal with the disase, and with- out the above knowldgenot evenu cor ingmosis could be made, Fridayis aholiday, and we are going to have a fete, The doctor gave tyo pigs and sweet potatoes;l am umul, rizs [from the English e boys lor junping and ruu- people] Pacific teadn | would | ferminus of | ning races, hose who cannot ran will ’ Tie consolation prizes, for which they | will fish in water, One amusonent is nnning after apigwhich has been well preased, and it eosequently vory slip- | pery and harl to catch. The peojle, tom the oldest to the smallest ehildron, | are looking forward to the fete with the greatest excitement, We shall close the diy with fireworks and native songs by moonlight., Just now we are busily preparing the cotillion decoratims nd | the prizeswonin the ra - The new offiees of the great Rock fs- land route, 1602, Sixteenth and Farnum m'onl Omaha, arethe finest in the cty. Calland seo them, Ticketsto all points st ut lovest rtes IN SOR SPro’ OCIAL SYSTEM Arrogant Contempt of Our American Avistoceacy for 1ts Own Origin, New Yoric Worll: Mr. Thomas Went- worth Higginon, in & recent Chautau- qua address on the **Arvistoeracy of the Dollur,” placed his finger upon the sorest spot inour social its. ystem—nar ant contempt of itsown or Hereminded his audience that Iu]uH Urban, having been acobbler, bravely |\mn-~Ll\ ook n cobbler's tool forhi of-arms, while during a tyvel residoncein New port: M. Higy never seen anything on any ¢ u\l that, H~ l)\\lll‘l] llnnl inhetited Kings, veuk -minded, mean- h ll\‘l]\(~~l|\ll 5 th contemptible. Ouraris- shamed of the honest toil or trade from which their money came; they hold in shume the memory of the futhers or grandfathers whose better pride in worlke made them rich, Theyhourly wt adebasing lie for shime of an honorable tth. Some_even opely talk of their aristo- eratic descent and affect asuperiority of birth because it was their greardfather rather than theirfather who lived ov the shop wherein their money was made, Inall this thereis forgetfulness of theo most honorable fact in the descent of American men—the fact, namely, that their ancestors were plebeians or per- sonsof what the English call “the mid- dle cla are descended fron honest men and women andnet fromthe middle age highway- menor the later debauchees and royal favorites whowere the founders of old world stocratic families, The plin truthis that fromthe Eng- lish point of view we are all “common people” in this count thedeseend: ants of farmers, mechanics and tmdes. men, and that we are the better for dt, Wecome of o cleaner strin than that of old world avis We have achieved more than they, for we conquered acontinent, and in century have created the greatestand freest republic onthefaceof the carth, The silliness of the usflnnn(inna touched upon by Mr. Higginson hasbeen shown in a crystal by the poet who wrote: Ot all the notable things on earth, The querestone is pride of birth Among our fiere democracy. Abridge across a hundred years, Without a prop to save is from sieers— Not even a wupleof mtten peers— Athing for laugiter, feers and jecrs, Is Auericn a . tocrats honest 1like ny wite touse P powder hecause it impr as fragrant as vic zzoni’s_complexion s ter loks and is S A FAMILY OF FIGHTERS, Thirty-Five Sons and Seventecn Them in the Union Army. YIf it came withinthe linesof his in- quiries.” sail W, C. Moyer of St. Clairs- ville, West Va., “thecensus enumerator for Moundsyille, near where 1live, must have found sbout as wonderful a domes- tichistory as any enumerator will run agiinstelsevhere inthiscountry. 1 re- ferto afamily of the name of Brandon, The father of that fumily, Char Brndon, died when he wasninety-six ears old, but his youngest child was ?uas than 4 year old. He died just us the eivil war brolke out from a brolcen heart, his wife having refused to live with him any longer, and brought suit for divorce against him. Hehad at the time thirtydfive living children and had been marrvied three times. His fivst wife bore him onlytwochildr His second wifo died after bearing eightem. At the ag rvent married Swrah Barker,she being six teen, and the youngest of sixteen ¢ dren. She li with him twenty-one rears, bearing him ffteen children, and then left him, tuking her yewr-old bahy with her, and sued for adivorceon the rounds of incomptibility of tempor, Brandon was then still hale and hearty, but the desortion of hi fe broke him down, and he died within a month after she left him, “When his third wifo marriel him tho eldest of histwenty chillrenby his two provious wives was thirty-nine, and the entire twenty lived under the par- ential roof, The young wife reared all of the twenty that werc enough to necd rering besides caring for the fitteenof her own, the eldest of whom was but twenty when she left their father, The funilyof (hivty-five kept togethor for many yeuws after their father’s death,and if the patriarchial Brandon had liveda few months longet he would have 1seventeen of his sons cnlistin the union army. It isaqu il in thisor any oth stance can be found where one family contribut venteon sons of s sorvice, There were two (hm and two Johns among these brothe The names of the other thirteon were Simeon, Kwins, Peter Josephus, Himm, Janes, n Buren, .lu('o‘x Abrabam, Alexander, David, Androw and Ruse. Besides theso three of Charles Brandon's sons sorv. Mexican war. The seventeen brothers were all inOhio and Indiany regiments. Two of them, one of theJolns wmd me of the les onsof the third Mrs. both taken prisoner b Clipkmaia and placed in sonville prison. John 'dicd in the prison. Charlos v there twenty-mne months when he es- cped. Al “the rest of the sons w children of thesecond wife. They wer in “every important battle of tho war, home when the war Peter, who was killed and all Tived to was_over except at Shiloh, “These boysall cmeof good fghiting stock, for thelr father wasu famous [n- dian fighter himslf, md o veleran of the war of 1812 and the Mexicn war. When western Pennsyl us he frontior, and the Indian fi the most important and indispen or- son in thesettlements, Char Brandon, wecording to all tradition, wis one ofthe bost and most during of all the active | fes of the red men. His father wis killed by Indims when Charles was only threo years old, ~ He himsell was mado i | prisoer, and lived with the Indins | twelvo years, hating them more the hearty ot the age of sixty-seven, is over six feet high and as stradght as an wror Of her thirty-five childron and stopchillren she knows positive She SPECIAL: NOTIOES. COUNCIL BLUFFS. the whereabouts of but fifteen. N STt rest arescattorel about the country and Ince, By Dr. Anhibil N dey The thivty-five childven were all iy ol Apply sons e i 7 AN Good giel for gonoral houses Through couches—Eullr palace \‘“,,.‘,._”,,.,,“" SR I Y0 3N sleopors, vl\nmgvu <, frooreclining chair — R—— J A intorverning OR SALE or u.-m rden tand, wit ; Tiland rovle. houses, by J. R, Rice, 102 Main st ruuucl, oftice 160 Blufts. \i\h'l"nl i 1% Can Read |I|l ||||i|(‘ in the Dark. arnam. W I pas rent when you canbuy s honeon o saio tormia, undl i ouse of your dgntly he home cle atany timo leave . When Henry G, Stevens of this ity | ontho followingterns: sits down (0 “ved lis Diblo a porson |4 B worth O3t & per mond. walehing him might think he had o ¥OrC 2000 At ® ho & MO pile of thin ashe tirns| and fall w th ELOO0 At &5 por month, thM,00at #8 por month, dur bourds in his Lap, and tl Other priced Tomeson the Sao torms. fafter lc v erackle The thud, M [ Above monthly payments Include principal Conn,,dispitchto the \4-\\- \...q\ and fnterost, For full particulirs call o oe Another remarkable thing about e B s i\ OLE; DOw| 0l LRIRER APy Stevens' rending his bible s that he | Sonnel B needs 1o light o scarch the sexiptures | \\7A l‘ll' .\u with and itis not necessary for him 1o | yave 't Tand ey 1 Oma ol and look at the book. He his the biggest, | pernmient postion. Tgiiee b uflice, hewviest, and queerest bible in Cons | Coumell Bluirs necticut. Ho 5 a deal and blind sol- T ] diee ol tho wbellion. His wonderful l“ff,f‘.'vf'.‘h'..”"C"""u.‘?fif" hovuithddit ) bible was preentel to him 1y the SR — an Bille sodety and it iterc - Biloran. pvam . AN nea § to produce the book for him, Ulidorvood, | . ; s [tis in eight volumes, with embossed print, and he rends it by touch, feeling \\'h““\ lwu‘»“-'. uln; uititulmo i £ b h»\.-x i it e will traude oren s it vi: Vho letiers; yethe it S anl qu a 1m~mum.|. v of Ot \Mm‘x‘ Tho Judd & that kind of peruss Lhe whole eight | Wel ouneil Blufrs, la. valumes are quite alift for aman of or- dinarystrength, *h volume isfifteen and one-halfl inches , twelve incles , and six inch L umes one onanother e thicknes the stack is th and eight inches. Altogether there are 1,840 leaves in the bible, ewh of which s ¢ of letters. 3 1l began llmn AlLSE WORh VVARI(ANT!:L)] DR. J.D. Allkinds bl fon your = at room 20 M A RG] KSON, Dental Surzeon, work done, 1l ublock, aised lotte three yoarsago, e rader, Many curious persons ¢ see him read with his fingev tips, s by nefl Bl fls, cilling ing 11 m HOTEL BARGAl.N 1602, Sisteenth and Farnam streets is the new Rock Tland ticket ol Tick- ets to ull points enst atlowest rates. Fad., panese ud, and e tohe fnpe Well, the faddists might cliuss husin y good hotel Apply 1o JAMESON BROS, Props. Council Elufls - . - - T he Next Thestudy of the to be the nest Japanese princ teach it. worse, vouchfor theirroyalty. They might of course, bring with then copies of the lhnnl\ te but it is to be feared At (n(hu n\flul- i mailen ss a8 a Chi- h bill, It would tobe twgrht Japanese by a Jwnnese man whose father was in trade, and yet this is what may happen if our girls go into this Jupnnese business. nguage is “01 Towa. DR Bl:.LL[NGEF‘ S do But about the princes, who iy to 1 laundry mm s W be dread ful St. Vitus dance, ne are son aredoy 1 ampless atlKuln & Co., 13 Fits, spasms, and b burmul Institute AND-— Private Hospital Forseve pinter name s W house ard has been a feature of St, Louis 1 He slept in engine houses and neve nnuwwl a fire, He was known as “Crazy and in his Cor, Broadway and 2ith Street. time he w\.-(l. Ve s in burning Council Bufis, la huildings, By thedeath of relatives in | gy thetreatmentot alisurgeal and chronlo New Orleans, Wurd has inherited | ais i1sen nd diseases ot the tlood $100.000. cdisenses of the urinary and sexual b okl LA e u-., as syphilis, stricture cystitls, spore lost manhood, sexual fnpotence For Reverent Funerals, and woaknodstroated s A South Cawlina paper confains an I f ) s ption. alvertisenent for bids from undertakers 16, IKlinoy d who will agree to conduet funcrals *‘rev- ¢ crently.”? . —— S. B. Durfey, mate of steamer Ariona, Tad his foot baadly jammed. ‘Thonus' lec: tric Oll cund it. Nohing equal o it lor o quick pain relieve @ ‘oxelusively ofUterlne nllw S8 curely +ked and free from observation. Correspondence confidential - Address: DR. BELLINGER'S Surgical Inititute and Private Hospital, Cor. Broadwiy and26th st. Counell Bluffs, Ia. ST, FRANCIS ACADEMY Boarding and Day School, Filth Ave. and Seventh Street, atmi Medicine sef A tramp piled a lot of ties on the Northern Padific railroad a few miles from Portland, Ore., a few nightsago and then gave waming to an approich- ing train, He figired as ¢ hewo for a while and lived high until close ques- tioning elicited a confession, Can e reiched from any of the depols on motor. (unlluwtwl by the BV, 'IERMa —Por hond and tuition em. bracing all branchesof afinished oduens oung ludies $75 for session of five months, commencing first Monday inSeptember and Fehruary respectively, For further particulars address PER SUPERIOR, Aeademy, Bluils, Towa F. M. Ellis & Co., ARCHITECTS tors of Chavity 27 MAIN STREI Jae uemin & 00's Jewelry Store " OFFICER & PUSEY BANKERS Cormer Mate and Broadway. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. Deilersin for and domostic exchinge, Collestions made and interest pald on ting deposits And Building Superintendents, S0 oot 4:3) da Ulvl.lhl §. B Maxon. 1.J: b. Bourseos, . C. Cooke. | NhOOIS #50 an JAXON, BOURGEOIS & COOKE, Superintendents, J. D B CrARLES R II\\\\\! sl CITIZENS STATE BANK Of Gouncil Tiluffs, Paid up Capital..... $150,000 Surplus and Profits 50,000 Liability lo De positol . 850,000 1 A Mler F O Gloason, E Ly Part, J. D, Bdmanson, Chiarlos i bunking busie niss apltal anl suplus of g Bink 1o Southweslorn lows INTEREST ON I'Mt DEPOSITS, A n‘hitwh‘ anl ATTEND ild matto. The highe Lyhim who holds o WESTERN © progie sive. full 0f energy, And money Théy need speciil tralning fof IOWA Teads In popular education. Her public schuolg ne i work for her ineceasing wililons o Lows, COLLEGE, Wt Eleetric Trusses, Belts, Chest Protectors, Et ¢ Ag>nts Wanted. Dr.C. 0 Judd. 600 Broadway, Council Bluffs, | . vm' ndw Commeonces fll tenn Sept. it She selects the n I rnly peaetial for her stidents. Norml. Husle g no 8. Storthan | and Pennnash, woll ors and tolly conduted ty nay or iny e, WFiLe for further particnlsrs @ Councnl Bluffs, lowa, entire cxpeno of coning, ral thoworid A » We dalleny hisjape DY €O, Oma C. A. BEEBE & COMPANY, ——Wholesale and Retall Doalers In—— FURNITURE. LargestStock und Lowest Prices. oy andliotel Covsc Ty —_— = . 3 > -7 Dealers, send for Catalogue. longer h'e was with them. At the : fiftecn e cseaped,and afier learning his | mother tongue, spent all his time Tntil fhey weredriven away to nove remote | settloments in I.uulln;, and kiling In- 1 dinns, He v -ole years of age \hen the war of x~| brole outand he was one of the firstto join the American | armyand was inwhen pace was de- | olare He was seventy-four when he enlisted in the Mexican war, The third wife of this wviile old fighter isliving at Moundville, lale snd Nos 205 and 207 Broadway, and 204 and 205 sroe Street, Council Bluffs, T PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. 1 H_\wh' alic and Sanitary Engineer. Plans, Eslimates -Specifications, anl Supervision of Public Work. Browa Building, Cosncil Blufls, la. — n Express, No, 42 1, Bll‘klllbllle S[one & Slms ttorneys atLaw, Practice in tho Stite wna Fedors —Courts. Rooms 7and 8 Shugurt-Beno Bloek, Councd Blulls, Towa, .