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THE OMAHA BEE | “COUNCIL BLUFFS, OFFICE, NO. 12 PEARL ST. vy Cartler ¥ part of the City, TILTON - < MANAGER TELEIMONES: Businees Offce, No. b Night Editor, No, -_—m MINOR MENTION, N Y. P. Co, Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. Judgze Carson opens court nere tomorLw he Royal Neighbors of America will give & social i Woodman hall this evening, In the superior court yesterday little was done beyond the naturafization of citizens. Peymit to wed was yesterday given Thomas Bennett of Rockfor nship and Anna Laywler of Boomer township . Blizzard was avrested by Officers Kenp and Graham yesterday moriing for in toxication and disturbing the peace Colonel Sapp was reported not 8o well last night. His friends think the slight buckset is due to the unpleasant weather. Auyone wi to buy cheap afine of large mules hgeth with harness d wagon, shougd cull at Fred Davis' stables on irth streot Vice President W orders 10 the he Union Pacitic r to cast their ballots today. M. ¥, Miller was trying to on Broudway yes v in the shape of hor flesh. He was driviag a good horse but his attempt ed him on a pablic thorough- fare will cost him #10.10 The Daughters of Rebekah, Order of Odifellows, will be morrow evening at the reside O. Maxwell, Commercial stre fellows and friends are invited. were Leld in the city on Sunday jenefit of the prisoners, The young ninister who visited the jail two f0 for the purpose of obtaining per- mission, conducted the se 5, The city council met last night in regular sion, but, immediately adjourned row evening upon motion of Al- od out of respect to the memor , who served four terms in Deliver H. W Il Holcomb has issued of il departments of the 1l to allow the employes time 188 everything Independent tained to- of Mrs. H. All Odd- until tomo derman W of Horace the council, A silly story is being sprung that John Y, Stone is stillof the firm of Stone & Sims, and that therefore he s interested in the prosecu tion of saloons here, in which cases Mr. Sims bas been so prominent. The fact is that they dissolved partnership last spring, and M Stone has not _had any financial interest in the firm sin t spring. Ed N. Brown, the O. D. grocer, will close his grocery in the Masonic temple block today for the purpose of giving his employ holiday and a change to maturely deliber. ate how shall cast their vote. This is another innovation that Mr, Brown has in- troduced into Council Bluffs cannot fail to be satisfactory to his cl The carpentry work on the ne hotel is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. ContractorJ. A, Musphy, whi has charge of all the woodwork, is useing his best efforts to complets the building 1t ready for opening as soon after t of the new year as possible. Nearly all of he plastering is done and the wood finishing s under ay. The monthly report of City Auditor ange, repared for the council last night. shows hat the total amount of warrants issueddur- Octobe 0,820.54, of which &, 104 were gene: warrants, The shows the amounts drawn for the maint ance of the different departments of the overniment. ‘The fire department cost 1, .00 the police department £1,906.10, streets and alleys $1,245.04 and the marshal's depart- ment #4ii3.0 In the balmy days when Vaughan paraded the streets with his brass band and newly elothed police there were less than a dozen men on the force and the expenses were thuut £000 w month. The pay roll for October his year amounts tonearly £1,50. This does notinclude the expenses, nor does it include the expenses and salaries of the marshi department. The total expenses of the police force lust year was aby This year it will reach nearly The ladies of the Women's Christian hos- ital have taken upon tnemselves a heavy oad in the purchuse of the McMahon prop- erty, now occupied by them. Besides a heavy mortguge, they are compelled to raise about $1,000 for raising the buildir tilling the grounds and waking other improve- ments, which must be done within a year, The ladies are plucky and evidently ‘have faith in the generosity of the citizens to sup- port them in their laudable enterprise. They vill doubtless receive the ex pected support, and when they make theiv appeals, by enter: tainments or otherwise as they may decide, the public will not turn a deaf ear. Ofticer Fultz, the lone watchman on Cut- Offisland, had a littleo picnic yesterday morn- ing at an early hour with an individual named Joe Jones, whom he endeavored toarrest assaulting another islander whosé name notappeaved on the police records. Jones refused to be arrested, and it was not uutil had the “‘come-alongs” on the fe low's wrist that he consented to come to Councit Blufts. He had made the assault with a knife and attenaant circumstances indicated that he intended to commit murder or inflict great bodily injury. Joues was handcuffed and put ind wagon™ and brought to this side, locked up in the city jail and a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily injury placed against him, The election returns will be received at Moore & Bowman's cigar store, 410 Broad- way. Watclithere for the earlicst returns. e ‘The finest hotel in Council Bluffs today is the Gordon. Attorney General Stone. Attorney General John Y. Stonels in the city consulting with City Attorney Stewart in regard to the litigation by whigh an at- tempt is being made to slice off a portion of Cut-Off island and annex itto Nebraska. The park commissioners and others in Coun- cil Bluffs are greatly interested, and it is of the greatest importance to Council Bluffs that its rights should be fully guarded and ts interests protected, Colonel Stone as always been interested in Council ~ Bluffs, and iy showing his loyalty to it by giving special attention to the case which now threatens to deprive it of some of its termtory. ‘T'here isno doubt but that he will be re-elected, a result which will be gratifying to many citizens here, irrespec- tiveof party, for by his retention in office it seems that this city, and the s part of Towa will be mocotruly and enthusinstically weedirke@d After T such matters, than if his op- ponent, who lives in the extreme eastern xrt of the state, was elected to that position. n account of local interests, aside from other reasons, many prominent democrats here will today cast ‘their votes for Colonel Stoue. el Owing to my loss by fire on October 27, T am compelled to ask all parties indebted to me o pay upat once, J. SULLIVAYN. A fresh invoice af fine cheviot suits for oung men, just received at Model Cloth- g Co. e A Heavy Vote Today. ‘The probability is that the heaviest vote ever polied in Council Blaffs will be counted tonight. This is not owing to any extraordie nary interest taken in the campaign, but to the fact that the largest registry ever made in the city has been perfected. The correct lUists in the various wands show the following registration of voters : irst ward. . cond ward. .. hird ward . ourth wird, Fourth wird, This total of 5,628 will doubtless be swelled to around 6,000 by the number of votes that will be sworn in after the polls open today. This is an increase of nearly 1,500 over the registration of last year. Computing the population upon the basis of five people to each votor, Council Bluffs bas 80,000 people within her borders, — For boys' and children's suits durably made and at lowest prices, call st the Model C‘lotlln‘Ut THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: !I?L'E.\‘I)AY, NOVEMBER 4, AL ABOUT THE BLUFES. Death of Horace Everett, One of the Oldest and Wealthiest Citizens, MOTOR COMPANY ISSUING PASSES. ipected Today ~1ers ats - A Heavy Vote wonal Appeals to Demo Silly Story About John X, Stone—Minor Mention, of Horace Everet yesterday morning. It was uot unexpected, For the last three weeks he bias been prostrated from a paralytic stroke and nas been a constant sutfel His friends no- ticed that he was rapidly sinking Sunday af- teenoon, and they had littie hopes that he would survive tl ¢/, bit his wonderful vi- agh the day and night, after he had seen the traggle and quietly ous almost to ay quictly and with- ame 1o the reli and yesterday mogain sin rise ho gave up th dropped asleep. Ho v the last, and passed aw outen struggle. Mr. Evertt was oné of the oldest citizens of Council Bluffs, a man of g vealth and influency He was born in Wi y Ve, In 1519, He entered the univewsity of Vermont attne age of fourt years, and graduated with honors in 1537, After leaving coliege ho fitted himself for the legal profession and after two years study was admitted to the bar, Immediately after his admission he left his native statcand went south, settling in Gainsville, Ga., where ho pragticed law for fifteen y and built upa largs practice inthat and aajoiving states, In 1851 Mr. Eve married Miss Leonar aughter of Abicl Leonard, judge of the supreme court of Missourl. After a further residence of four years in the south he cometo Council Bluffs, Siuce 1855 he has been a continuous resident of this city, and has always hold at prominent position amoug his fellow citizens He was chosen a member of the v Council four times, and was always a prominent and activework for the city’s welfare, His nd the one tiat will enduro sin connection with public | He was one of the movers in the enterprise, and never ce take a decp and practical interest in it. His contribution in books was probably greater of any other man in the “city. He was aman of fine literary tastes and every od by him or purchased with aised for the purpose was of such a that it added lasting value to the collection. His work in connection with the library was always cheerfully and enthusiastivally performed no matter how pressing other matters were, i M. Bverett leaves a wife and two childven, Leonard, who 1sat present a leading lawyer inthe city and a member of the city council, and M Waddell, who has spent a large part of her married life with her husband in Jupan. Allof bis family were at kis bedside when he died. The arrangements for the funeral-have not been compieted, but it will probably be held tomorrow dTternoon, The interment will be made in k funds nature TORE. il Blufrs The cold weather is fast approachin is the time to lay in your winter suppl. bought an immeénse stock of winter zoods of every description lang before the high to was spoken of, und for cash, giving us every benetit, We customers the full benefit of our pureha read the following low prices and judge for yourselves, but bet- terstill, call ind” compare our goods and prices with thoso of other markets.and the saving can plainly be seen, BLANKE We have just received another large in- voice of blaukets, including white, scarlet, natural wool and'sheeps gray, which will be placad on sule Monduy morning at the follow- ing low prices : 10-4 white blanket, 69¢ (special), 10-4 white blanket, $1.0), 9. 10-4 white blanket, $1.75, was §2. 10-4 white blanket, §2. 10-4 all wool blanket, & 11-4 white blanket, $ 11-4 all wool blan ket, 33 we guarantee all wool, £5.00 blunket in the n blankets in beautiful col weight and large sizoat 3 10-4 gra. full si rkets, 1 borders, 50, 89.00and § blunket §1.19, was £1.33, blanket $1. 11-4 gray blanket # vi .39, gt all wool, extra lurge blanket $4.35, was 5,00, We handle a full line of Dr. Price’s sani- tary, all wool blankets, which we can recom- mend to bemade from pure natural wool, and come in fourdifferent mixtures of natural wool, sanitary, sheep: and blue grays, at the following low price: 104 blankets #1.50, 114 blankets 5, 124 lankets £ Welso show extra value in arlet blankets at £2.50, all wool blankets &), %3, and $7. iding the combination on com- fortublos wo own our goods 10 per cent bot. ter than last scason’s prices and are prepared tosave you the same on all purchases. xamine bargains at e, #, §1.19, $1.9, ), 3175 to & Bostox Sronr, wham, Whitelaw & Co., Leaders and promoters of low prices 401, 403and 405 Broadway, Council Bluffs, la. Tsthe Motor Company 1ssuing Passes? Last spring T. J. Evans, one of the stock- holders in the electric motor line and bridge company, procured an injunction in the dis- trict court restrainiug the ofiices of the com- pany issuing passes to any persous at all ex- “cept officers and employes of the company. Numerous efforts have been made to knock that iujunction off, but it has stuck upon the backs of the officers tighter than a gauze shirt in hot weather. The oMcers had many friends whom they wished to favor, and for business reasons they desired 1 15sue a few passcs, but the most caveful analysis of the order of the court, failed to reveal even the smallest crack through which they could stick alitte bit of pasteboard with the magic names and numbersupon it. While thankful that the restraining orderof the court gave them an excuse for refusing to issue passes indiscriminatoly as the previous custom had been, the oficers were still very anxious to get avound the embargo tosome extent, It 1s not probablo that they have ceased trying to find some loophole, but it has been generally supposed that thero was little hope of succeeding, Recently little things that have ome to light have satisfied some of the pry- ing ones that tho motor company has at last discovered # means of getting round the court’s injunction andis conferring its favors sl People who have been riding on the cars or driving over the bridge have seen certain iduals simply haited by the ticket collectors and heard “a few whispered words, and have seen the indiviguals pass on without giving or receiving a ticket or pass- ing any of thocoin of the realm. This ereated the impression that the bridge tenders were usurping the ubridged pre- rogatives of the officers aud _were bestowing their favors upon & few friends. But the matter was somewhat cleared by a little oc- currence o the bridge a few days since. Chief of Police Carey was driving over in bis Following him noisclessly came upon a bicyele. He came up within & feot of the chief's buggy without at- tracting attention of the driver or the ticket take, and heard the punch-weilder say. yes; Chief Carey. Your number is 100, it The chief nodded and drove on, and the bioyelist paid his tell and followed, wonder- ing who beld the osher ninety-nine ‘‘num- bers,” which served the purpose of the old pass so well, S Miss Maud Plerce and M, C. P. Rails- back aw prepared to take orders for portrait and decorative art work. Instruction will be given in all branches at their studio, room No. 304 Merriam block. —_— Personal Appeals to Democrats, The local democratic managers have issued personal appeals to every democrat in the oity to get out and work at the polls today for the success of the demoeratie nominees. The | appeals are in the shapo of letters printed in | typewriter type and signed by the party mane | ngers. nts to go to the ible and get their ballot 9 o'clock, so that they of the da ‘1o e cast betweon S and can have the remaj 1o missionar k among tho opposition In each ward the majorities are given which are stated to bo absolutely necessary to en. able the party munagers to make good their estimates for the y @ In the First , for instance, the individual is told the must wark to carry his ward b 200 maj the Second by 600 aud the othe » same proportion rticulae stress is laid upon the import of the individual tting his vote in mainder of the day to k among the opposition.” It said that every democrat whose name 1d be obtained hias ceceived onc of these ilar letters, and some have fallen iuto the are not sound democrats them a wide o 1 As the ady tain is excellont and asks nothing dishonor- able or in any way discreditable to the indi- vidual the republican recipients of the letters will doubt.css follow able,' and it can b safely given to all the other re- publicans in the ci X Got your books ready for the new year at Morchiouse & Co., Council Bluffs, La. An elegant line of Malton ov duced vates at Model Clothing ¢ Res. Ogden house. Ats 4t re- Seybert. Tel, 140. nd wood of C. B, Fuel C phone 136, Deputy Marsha's v Tnanswor to a petition signed by twenty three prominent citizens of Council Bluffs United States Marshall D. B. Miller yester- day appointed a number of speeial deputy marshals, one for cach polling p in the city, who are empowered to arvest under the laws of the United States any person detec- ted in attempting to bribe a voter, or any one acceptinga bribe, or attempting or offering to commit any offtnse against the election laws. They are appointed under section 2021 of the revised statutes of the 18tates providing the protection of the ballot box in congres- sional elections. An arrest by these officers your coal adway. dlection Da will not mean simply a few days in jail, but it will mean a term in the penitentiar The oflcers were appointed last evening and were sworn in_ by United States Commissioner George 1, W, They are citizens of Council Bluffs w stand the situation thoroughly. They F. H. Hill, A, T, y F.J. Day, H. H. Van Bruuat, C Bosen, William Dudley and W. M. McCrary. In his letter of 4nstructions Marshal Miller says: It will be theduty of cach special deputy United States marshial to attend the several polling places insaid city, prey fraudulent voting or fraudulent conduct on the part of any officer of election, and me- diately, either at_the polliug place or else- where, either before or after voting, to arrest and take into custody, with or without, pro- cess, (warrant) any persoy who commits, at- tempts or offers to commit, any offen: against the laws of the United States, as pro- vided b 021 of the revised statutes of the ates,”? This a 1 insure a cl today, and it will bo a sorrowful time for the fellow who attempts to buy or sell a vote, or who resorts to the usual practices of election ay. . day For stout men's clothing call at Model Ciothing Co., L. H. Mossler, Mgr. The Manhattan sporting headquarters, 418 Broudway. are nelection here N J.C. Bixby, steam neating, sanitavy en- gineer, 943 Life biilding, Omaha; 202" Mer riam block, Council B il X Miss Grace Osborne will organize el for study of the German language and liter: ture. Class work to begin November 5. For further information enquire at 620 First ave, J. G. Tipton, real estate el The Humane Society Org inized. There was a large attendance at the meet_ ing called last evening in the lecture room o the Presbyterian church for the purpose of organizing a branch of the American Humane Educational society Mr. C. S. Hubbar d the Boston agent of the society, gave a very interesting explanation of the work and aims of the organization. At the conclusion of his remarks the brancn socicty was organ- ized. Dr. IL. M. Stevens was chosen secre- tary pro tem. On motion of Rev. ( W. Crofts the constitution and b laws resented by Mr. C. S. Hubbard wero unauimously adopted. The following ofticers were elected. Hon, D. C. Bloomer, president; M Georgo 1 Phelps, vice president; Dr. S.” Stewart, sec- retary ; M. Thomas Officer, treasure The following were constituted a board of directors: Rev. T, Mackey, Dr. C, H. Pinney, Mrs. Ruth Traul, Mrs. R, S. Os- borne, Mrs. E. L. Shugart. It was yoted that one-half the membership fe2 be paid to the parent society at Boston. Hubb; reported that he had met response from Council Bluffs people, he having enrolled the names of fifty-two of our leading ens as charter members, and organized eight *“Bands of Kindness" in tne publicand parochial school: With a little effort on the part of the offi chosen the membership can be largely in- creased. He leaves this afterncon to com- plete the organization of the remaining cities of Towa. Broadway. ey The McKinley Bill Has not affected the prices at the People's installment house. K thing goes at the same old figures that have made our patrons elad all summer, defied competition a:d made It possible to furnish a house from top to bot- tom at little expense. Our specialties this week will ve the Peninsular heating stoves, cheapest, neatest, most_economical stove in the world, Mandel & Klein, 820 Broadway e Dr. A. H. Gillett of Chautauqua fame will give his lecture on Palestine, with stere- opti illustrations, at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, Novembert, at Masonic Temple, The lecture is under the auspices of the M. M. A. and the proceeds will be devoted to the new M. E. church, Admission 25 cents. Gents’ underwear in great variety at prices to suit all at Model Clothing Co., L. H Mossler, Mgr. October Improvements. During the past month thenumber of build- ing permits 1ssued was only eighteen, The consideration of the same was $17,510, Five of the permits were for $2,000 each, one for £,000 and the remainder for sums ranging from 8150 to 8600. This is far bewow October of 1880, At present the contractors are ail busy and ave employing as many men as last year, but these are contracts made earlier in the season, ——— Experts and families who have used the tea in the imported Japanese tea-pots sold by Lund brothors, pronounce it the best to be obtained in the city. It is direct from the custom house, fresnly packed, hermetrically sealed. The tea-pot alone retails from $1 to #2, but you get a pound of the best tea and a handsome, highly beautified tea pot for $1. They are going fast. 25 Maiu street.* S Withdrawing Deposit Wasnizaroy, Nov, 8,-—-The president of the Revere National bank of Buston wrote Secretery Windom the other day, callihg attention to the fact that the published state- ment of the money on deposit with national banks October 31 showed an increase of $ 000,000 since October 15, and asking 1f the department is increasing deposits, The secretary replies that the apparent increase is that the funds placed in bunks since the 15th are subject to checks of United States disbursing officers. Instead of increasing de- osits with banks the department s with- drawing them as fast as it can without injur- ity to commercial iuterests. “One touch of nuture makes the whole world kin. Diseases common to the rece compel the search for a common remedy. Itis found in Ayer's Sursaparilla, the reputatic of which is world-wide, huving largely super- seded every other blood medicine in use, —— Mr, and Mrs. Joho Thurstou_were at the Midland iu Kausas City yesterday, AMESEMENTS, Gilbert and Sulllyan's charming sative the msthetivion whivh so domi half dozen years ag by Duff's opera comphny at Boyd's ing. After the season of favees wi theater goers have become satiat 1t to | bo treated to a vevival of ud Sulliviy's famous opera, which was given with all the embellishments that marked its prodicgion by the Duff company at the Auditorium fu Chieago. The audience last evening was large, made up in most part of the representatives of the smart world, who greatly applaudea the dainty conceits of the prince of librettists and the master composer of comic opera scores. Pretty were the costumes of the love-sick muidens tho stage settings were very appropriate, The chorus was in excellent voice aid sang the conceited num- bers in a manner that left little to be desired while the cnsemble whs well nigh perfect. There was strength und dash about the presentation which mented the praises that echoed from all parts — of the house, not once but many times oy Digby Bell, one of the leading lights of the comic opera stage, sang the rols of Buuthorne, and it is not ex- aggerating his succes y that he is one of the very bost Bunthornes ever sesn in Omaha, In addition to a most unctuous humor he is the possessor of a_very pleasant voice which was heard to oxcellent advantage in his duet with Lady Jane and in his scene with Grosvenor. [t was a thoroughly agree- ble portraiture and one that cannot help but add to Mr. Bell's veputation as an artist, ra Joyce Bell might be truer to say no actress on the lyrie ! much dramati 1 1o yet have due regard for its delicate shadings, as Mrs, Bell, H *Un the Coming b and oy," was boantifully done, so well, in- deed, that she hud to répeat the song four times, Miss Leonore Snyder, a pretty and petite ung woman, was the Paticnce, and a right cellent Patience she was, too. While her is not particula large, it is sweet, s greatest development in the mds Her entive work last evening and inteliigence, Laughlin was the Colonel C v, avole which gives him an excellent opportunity to o rtistic instine Clement Bainbridge's Grosvenor was like- wise adm , which can also be said of Joseph Fay's Major Murgatroyd ond Wallace Mucrery's'D f Dunstable. MissCornelia Bussett made a very sprightly Lady Suphir, Miss De Rue playing Lady Angela. 1y on oty & given e was delightfully st ¢ which it is a Voters, Attention, Another illegal prohibition voter has de- veloped in the third district of the Fourth ward in the pe n of William M. Dustin, who appeared at the Capitol hotel, 150 Far= nam street, last and said he wanted a room until aftor He was assigned to room 1 for it for four days Mr. Dustin then s sred into the registry of that district, at arnam, and asked to be registered. ' [n response to the usual ques- tions he said, umong other things, that he had been living at the iitol hotel for about He was accordingly registered and ame appears on the list. To a number of gentlemen in the vicinity Dustin said he intended to vote for prohibi- tion. Dustin has been outof town for some and made a practice of loating Paxton hotel last summer. He ve unything to do. 'y voter in this ety should go to the s and vote early in the morning. Look out for the prohibitionist istributing bogus demoeratie and republ tickets in every house in the city with th prohi 4 anti-high liconse amend- ments Lf you vote these tickets, you vote for prohibition aud the injury of Omaha and the state. Vole no ticket which is not vouched for by a well-known anti-pro- hibitionist and & friend of Omaha and the stat For the sake of Having some ground on which to contest the election, the prohibi- tionists have had # nymber of strangers from abroad register in the various districts of this cit, Judg id clerks should look out for these men and ha vested and punished time und the never ap- They ave them promptly ar- he names of several of these people who are known to have been in this city but four days ha been regis tered in some of the precincts of the Fourth ward, The prohi nists will endeavor to vote these men, without, however, prosecuting them for theiv perjury. They will later, however, show that these fellows had not resided in the city there- quired length of time, and thus attempt to invalidate the electi Today will be s 3 complete cessation of labor inall the stores and manufactories of the city. The freight depots will be closed, the railroad headquar- ters will be closed, the banks will be closed after dinner, as also will the railroad shops in all parts of the city. It ramored that a number of women agitators are comiug with banners and chil- dren from Lincoln to try and seduce Oma. hans to vote for prohibition. These, it i said, are to be aided by some other local agi- tators, who will offer as an equivalent for a voto a piece of cold ham and a cop of much colder coffee. *“These women,” said a mer chant, “will find that our peovle ave able to provide their own hamand coffee now something which they will not be able to do if they vote us the agitators request.” All persons desiring to loan teams and wag- ous for use at the polls today should com- municate immediately with Louis Heimrod, of the Personal Rights teague in Tne Bree building, ou have not registered and U must £o to ti and swear the ¢ sworn before the registrar, ~ You must, besides, bring with you two property.holders who ceside in your district; to swe hat you are a citizen of the state and di: 0 have known you for thesix months preceding election, The civy clerk will give you a cer- tificate showing these facts and this you must, present to the judges at the polling place of your district, Seyenty sacks of the Lincoln Call were re- cefved at’ the postoffice October 20, and were held as being illezal matter because the papers were not marked *sample copy,” but purported to be for regular subscribers, whereas they were not. The prohibitionists telographed ta the postmaster general and Postmaster Clarkson veccived instructions deliver the papers, Major Clarkson said terday that he had started the clerks at work distributing these papers as soon as the instructions were received but as the office force was not large enough to handle the reg- ular matter, it was a very difficult matter to handle such alarge amount of extra work. He said the night force was working double time and doing everything to get the papers out. i e, PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. an almost desire to city clerk’s oftice to- you wouid B. Thompson regisf in St. Louis yestevday. . J. G Peterson was at the Louis yesterday. irant Beebe was among yesterday’s guests at the Southern in . Louis. M. Ateshian left yesterday tinople. He will return in th -~ The pointed baug, like the traditional dog, has had its duy. The fashionable’ girl parts lier hair in the ‘middle over her “brow's di- ine expanse,” aid combs it down on each side of her forehead in a big swooning curve that makes her faco a lovely oval. If her face is very broad she draws down auother curving fold of hair, and draws it back to be fastened just behind ‘the ear with a jeweled hairpin, i34 Shot and Killed Two Men. LAPAYETTE, Ind,, Nov. 3.—George Bennett, a painte, today. shot and fatally wounded John Werkoft as the latter was walking along the street. He then attacked W. H. Scott, shooting and killing him instantly, The reason for the killing was that Werkoff had broken his paint brushes ant Scott had quarreled with him over aunother mattor, ennett had been drivking. - Berlin's Doctors. Berlin, with its 1,500,000 inhabitants, has 1,398 physicians, 107 dentists and 120 licensed apothecaries. For ev persons there ave therefore cionsand four-fifths of an ) There are thirty-four hospitals with 4,085 beds in the cit ered at the Lindell Moser in St. for Constan- pring, e S A Winderfal Stenogesphic Macli e, A new stenographic machine in use by the Italian parilument is capable of recording 230 words u minute, and can be readily manipulated by a blind per- son, l- i ATA 1890, OF THE PRAIRIES, Lights and Shadows ofa in Dakata. Great is the land of the between sundown and waters of Minnesota, but wondersome ways, Five or six years b while wandering through thatprai rie realm o Washington Sta man passe quiet sunday at an inland town. The day was one of those which all nature secms to sy Subbath, Tt sun shone with a sacred light, the dewy dscape sparkled with o divine rac iance, the birds joined in the chovus of the spheres, while the lowing of the hear 1d bleating of the flocks seemoed mellowed, as if even the brutes were touched by the hollowed influence of the pay. It wos o time peculiarly fitted for the spivits of the dead to be borne buo, antly away to the land of the leemed; and accordingly the spirit of a young n hrd takenits flight, but the body was left for human disposal. The mor i was yet fresh when the country procession w n, 1l desert, moving slowly along the praivie roud, ignorant of metes and bounds, to- ward the drowsy village. The friends of the decens pay him_ ps had drafted into secvice as they possessed, and the none the less earnest and sincere if carts instead of cushione f bore them to the village churel n took up the journey to the new made grave, Some of the mourners—and none hut mourners gathored there—were drawn by horned and cloven-footed steeds, and neo was a wagon mounted Kk, on which which a score of serious people sat cushioned a few forkfulls of sun eured praivi the most noticeable and | featuve of the procession was the lumber wagon hearse containing the plain pine collin, astride of which the deiver sat, inmoved and immovable, as if determined that whatever become of the departed spivit its desceeted abode should be held in the rural churchyard for rent to lesser worms than man, = He ear poils, unmindful outof keeping with his surroun id at last stolidly beheld the ten- antless bandiwork of d consigned to the dust from which it came. Theve was no professional weeping and no set pro- gramme for the mourno They sobbed in solos or broke forth in a symphony of emotion as, under changing fecling, the heart leaved forth and recoiled, The deceased had come from his pa- ternal roof near the Baltic sea only few ye before, but so qu is the transformation here that he seemed al- together an Ameriean, I was told. He had taken a homestend under the stars and stripes, and his sister, a pretty Danish givl, had recently joined him, Her lonliness and subdued sorrow made her more than usually int ng and attractive. Astheonly relative to her brother she succeeded 1o his te and kept open the little prairie hom In six months she knew enough English to conjugate the verb “to love,” and “within o year she was ma ried to a young school teacler, who becoming cnamored of her beauty, sue- ceped in winning heraffeetions, Sorrow for the dead was transformed into love for the living po gave wry to clouds and sunshine. The young nisband was the next year elected to the legislature, in which he has since taken an active and prominent part, and stands now in in the line of political promotion. [t is moye than likely that "ere many yew pass by he will come to congress as the representative of his people, and then the pretty Danish earl, who wept her ok weep at her brother’s grave in a foneign land and would not be comforted wiil become a bright particular star in the sociul firmament of that national capital. - Yes, great are the Dalkotas, but greater still the inspiration and pos- sibilities of our countr - BIGGEST HOUSE ON THE GLOBE. nday scene Dakotas, lying the laughing ater are its this is the Contains Over 1,200 Rooms, 2,112 Persons Live in It. Every American, European and O tal country hasits scores of public srivate mansions, yet Vienna, Austria, has the giant of them all. The Friehaus (free house) situated in Wieden, a suburb of the city just men- tioned, is the most spacious buiiding on the globe, Within its walls o whole city of human b ings live and work, sleep and eat. It contains in all batween twelve hun- dred and fifteen hundred rooms, di- vided into upward of four hundred dwelling apartments of from four to six rooms each., This immense house has thirteen court-yards—seven open and < covered-—and a large garden within its walls, A visitor to the building lates that he onee spent two hours look ing for a man known to reside in the house. Searcely a trade, handiwork ov pr fession can be named which is not repre- sonted in this enormous building. Gold and silver workers, makers of fancy ticles. lodging house keepers, bool bindars, agents, turners, hatters, off cers, locksmiths, joiners, tutors, scien- tific men, government bakors, eighteen tailors, shoemakers und many other tradesmen live in it, The house has thirty-one staircases and fronts on three streets and one square. Inone day the postman’s de- livery has amounted to as many as 1,000 pieces to this single but Titanic house. To ad@ress a lotter to the house and to the person it is intended for does not assure the sender t the person to whom it i dressed will ever receive it, In order to ‘“‘make Surance doubly sure,” all letters addressod to the “Freihaus™ must provided with both the given and the surname of the person for whom in- tended, the number of the court, the number of the sta se and the number of the apartmont; otherwise it is apt to go usteay, as though addressed to u city unprovided with directions as to strect and number, At the present time 2,112 persons live in this immense building, and pay an an- nual rental of over 100,000 floving, - - Yew Jdersey's Cranborry € prominent New Jo eranberry grower says that the Noew Jeérsoy berries this vear ave unusually fine. Jerscy ber- ries can be kept in good condition from now until May or June of next year, with little or no shrinkage, and no loss to the owner. Cranberries are grown in the poorest lands of the county, but vield a large profit. The culture of cranberries is rapidly becoming the chief industry of the lower countics of the state, particularly Atlantic count The swamps and inarshy lands are hardly fit for any other use, but make excellent hogs, The people are be- ginning to realize that the bavren lands which have hitherto been only an pense can be utilized, and large sums of money made from @ v small invest- ment. A grower who has had long e periencé in making and managing bogs said recently that a first-class bog cun be made for from #600 to %500 an according to the quality of the bog Up Mont Blauc by Elevator. A passenger elevator to the summit of Mont Blanc is proposed by an Ameri mining engine The shaft is to be of eight compartments, h six et squure, intended to carry a teipple- decked elevator for twenty-seven pass- eng and be anof the | PARIS 10 LIVE IN, It is Essentially a wn o of Middie nd resis | dential pren over £1,00¢ considering that tho qui G tal into gly small, wealth reputation wh capital h narks th Pall Mall “Phere ave jn this capi- together 81201 houses, divided [FREIN tendencies, of which 0 are workshops and manufactori wre shops and places of busine ppartements or *ho! for human habitation. Half of theso ppaviements or flats do not bhring ina hor rental than €12 perannum, That age sum which o workman ve'to pay for two diminntive rooms on the fifth, sixth or seventh story of o crowded tenement, where the only advantage altitude gives the chance of breathing some of the fresh air of heaven, Of flats vanging in vent from £40 to £60 o year the 82,074; from £60 to £160° rental, % from £160 to £400 rental, 12, €400 to €800 o year, 1,980 while of inhabited houses with ital of over £800 theve ave only 470, Shop rents in the busy parts of the town ave enormously dear, It will thus be seen that, with per- haps the exception of the districts of the Faubourg Saint-Germain, the Champs . and the we Monceau, Pavis 15 essentinlly 8 city of middle: class people and workmen, who in the matter of rent, taxes, and octroi have to pay pretty stifttey for the privilege of livin L blocks of buildings helong, not to private individuals, but to insurance companies and haniking est: lishments, who chavgoe what i do not o much whether a s 1 appar thoy | 'ment stands on theiv books empty for a time beeause anapplicant re fuses 1o pay an excessive rent, feeling sur that soon they will be able toextort their own terms, It estimated that the gross vental of Paris whes the spectable total of O00,000 ¥ while the value of of the prop: y in tho EFrench capital, dwelling hotses, shops and mant yies, i pub down at £140,000,000. At the present moment there ave nearly 49,0000 places of business or flats vacunt, or about 2,000 more than at this time two year ago. Taking ) consider tion the conventence en in ex- change for the rental, the average London vesident, with his compact house and little bit of garden, has much more enjoyment for his money, the Daily Tele- h thinks, than the nehman in a similar social position in France, packed up in a small flat on the fifth floor of a tenoment for which he pays from £80 to £100 a yea Much of the Parisians' love of cafes and open air cafe concorts i aue to the cribbed and confined apart- ments in which they are obliged to muke their home! is w Lie wholc e Ruined by Fiction. What does a young givl know of life suve whatshe hears and reads the Atlanta Constitution, 1 would rather take an innocent ing ereature through the worst part of New York city at mid- night than put bad books into her white hands., There isalittle romance or al- lurement in ked human vice, bat o clothed with o poet’s faney, beautified by the imagination, is another sort of thing. Th is 80 much in a givl’'s com- mencing right in the things she reads. Tt is often the making or marring of her whole future life There aregwomen today forty year old still living in the pernici hool they read, They started with bad books in theiv teens, They followed bad heroines, and may, according to their now disensed minds, find themselves an improvement on the creatures they imi- tate. They ave, if not actively vicious. silly, unnatural creatures whom ever body ridicules and no one respec know a young woman who has be ing out Irench novelsall her d best of her ability, with the dressing like o gy when she means to be artistic, acting like & coarse woman when she means to be a siven, and talk- ing absuadities when she means to be enchanting. — “One More' with the Corpse. A few » Herman Henry Lut- terly died of quick consumption in o flat at McLean and Harvison avenues, suys a Cincinnati dispateh to the New York World, His prosirated widow was sent wther-in-law’s, while *Tubbe’s’ anged to pass the night with wik Scehicrenbeck's saloon occupied the floor below, and the merry mourne had carte blanche for refreshinents, Their griel was soon drowned in liquor, In the midst of their revelry some one suggested that “Tubbe” be “propped up inst the stovepipe and is oae more” alen with him. No sooner said than done. About that time a baud came } ana it was proposed to invite it in some mus This, however, Finally, a policeman and ended: the horvible y. It has also been learned that the four watchers afterwards set the 3 the stove and kicked it for much, nd ulking too The same watch was kept the following night and next day. Rev. Monschueelt, a German Protestant min- ister, held thefuneral in the same room. Danger ¢ cording to m | damp or cold beds, come into fashic protest against avming pans should again. One medical ot only the guests, but y, often suffer the penalty of »ing in cold rooms and chilling their bodies at o time when they need all theiv bodily by getting between cold sheets, ven inowarm, summer weuther a cold, damp bed will get in its deadly worl. It is a necdless peril and the noglect to provide dry rooms and beds has in n’ the clements of murder and spicide.” A Corn Thermometer, A corn cob thermometer is to make and is Weful and eff the Chicago Post. Get a yel any farmer or grain « wil ve you some to choose from—then remove two rows of the kernels, leaving a place the exact size of u smnal mometer, which you canbuy at ar where thoy sell mater worik, Tie the stem bon to muteh, and present ready. “Judgement should bo displayed in buying medi- cine above all things. In selecting & remedy for any disease, you should be positive that it contains nothing inju- rous to the health, Many remedies on the market leave the patient in much worse condition, tuking them. £ 8.8 fs purcly v harmless: the m you have another than beforo etable, and perfectly wt delicate child can take it with absolute safety. It containg no mereury or minerals of any kind, and yot it never fails to cure the dis- s it is recommended for, Book on Blood and Skin discases free, Swift Specitic Co., Auanta, Ga of | Civer and Bowels, iwches and fevers and cur sonstipation, Syrup of E many to all and havi popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs i excellent qualiti giste, 3 may not have cure wishes to tiy substitute. it. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL LOUISVILLE, KY. Or Council Bluf! PAID UP CAPITAL.... SURPLUS AND PROFITS ® LIABILITY TO DEPOSITORS DIk TOR 0.« 5 . 1 Pransiot g st capltal suthwostern [owa. 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H. McDaneld & Co., Butchers' awl Packers’ Supplies, Market Fixtures, Casins, P Also deale Truss AGENTS WANTED. 27 MAIN B, Jacanenin & Cos ART The Amer highest intell Itls the most s \ Itis the duty of the head of eve muke the lome the me 1 beantiin ne is the is 150 ot choose it | tosomething dull and unattraeti Are ashandsome ns o plece of the niost from noopl nonical ol 11 new Grand ind handsone where you only and in cold ‘Wonther. have b Husine i when I g dupon it. ( [ P. C. DEVOL, 504 B Counci SPECIAL 0 NOR SALE or Trade— Lurge 1l teen months old way, Council Blufls, Tow '\ J ANTED-A good work. Apply atb [JOR RENT — 1) brick block, No, 35 8. J. W, Squire ReoN to e heat und | husiness. 1S, QO Forty from Ogden hous dafry. Will build ha years. Apply to Leon o ke ih Main st, t, for sin £h roon Address L suitable f o und ing. Squires, Jopr ke ished, with R s, furnished ut, fight and b By town Tefereneos; u Bluis, MOR RENT—Good five other houses different i hous o oric TO0I OVEE Store neur court lots forsale on monthiy and lot #200 ders street cheap. J desirable husfy North Omiha, for 1t Davidson, 625 Fifth I stock of tinwire Juqui =0 stove o) for b Mo ing Jucks. R, 0 M M ULES -For sule ohe M working mule: Apply to Frod Davis' stubl neur PIfth avenue, a burg MOR SALF. established grocery store, ot store uiid flxty A colus for sale. Tug | Binith & Son, 718 16th ave., Coun ({OR SALE or Rent—Garden | bo married man, house WO 0-ncto tarua for siie near t es, of the th the v fim fortuble to STty an o e n ver tat At heating 01 pall rooms an want a fire occaslonally v In roadw 1 Bl ack ju it n Belts, Chest Protectors, Ete, DR. C. B, JUDD. A06 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia Jewelry Store IN THE HOM nielens of the carthy e ar v 1q ind da 1150 artiele of itul eicrence THE GARLAND STOVES. NOTICES. COUNCIL BLUFFS. —— sixe A.Schulter, 516-¥15 Brouds three story withelevate r A cholee piece of gurder near Council Blufts, with good new b Iumediate possession 1t desired d und v ath, TS 00Kk Tease avenue W, urn. ulre position im sport per. K 110,003 s sl houses Dy AyIIents: one louse e lots on Sanne or sale ngl ORI SALE—Conplote sot of thnners toolsy 4 bargaioe 1 block I 1 st ar ter wn WigORy ire of 1 Blufts an aln. Wo AL Wood & Co., 50 Mali s T on Fourth streety y uy The stoe'c and fixtures of 4 wel will sell also thr i \

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