Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1890, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEK: SUNDAY) 50, NOVEMBER 1890.—TWENTY PAGES. THE OMAHA BEE COUNCIL BLUFFS, 'E, NO. 12 PEARL ST\ Pellvered by Carrier inany part of the City. H. W. TILTO - = - MANAGER LEPHONES: Busine: ( Night Editor, No. % MINOK MENTIO N. Y. P.Co. Couneil Bluffs Lumber Co.. coal. Benjamin Tinnel and _Francis Bishop were umited in marriage by Justice Barnett yester- day. A young girl can finda place to help at housework by applying to Mrs, PP M. Pryor, 616 BIuff street, “The regular monthly sociable of the Roval Neighbors of America will be given i Wood- mien hall Tuesday evening next. The district court is in session at Avoc County Attorney Organ is consequently ab- sent from his ofice here, being concerned in cases on trial there, The Women's Christian association will meet at 3§ p. m. December 1 at the home of Mrs Phelps, corner Sixth street and Willow avenue. Prompt attendance desired. A bond has been prepared and will be sub- mitted for approval tomorrow for the release of Pete Belgin, the “Pecping Tom” of the Bloomer school building, and te will be re- leased from jail, A pigeon committed suicide at the expense of the county yesterday by flying against one of the large plates of glass in” a window, It bypoke the glass and the pigeon's neck, ‘The glass is of 1o such thickness as should be put in windows of this size. Thomas Ticrney, an employeof theSprague Union Iron works, suffered “an_injury to his left hand on Thanksgiving day that will cause hini to give that member Special care for some days to come. A heavy casting fell on his hund, tearingaway a part of one of the fingers. Mrs, M, Sherman, mother of Mrs, J. W. Blunchard, died last evening after a brief 111- ness from rheumatisu of the heart, The fu- neral will take place from the residence, %04 Second avenue, on a date to be anngunced later, Mus. Sherman was eighty-cight years of age. Andrew.Lash, aged sixty-six years, dicd lock ab the res of erysipelas. The funeral will take pl tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'ctock from the res- idence. The body will be buried in Walnut Hill comotery. Captain C. Healey, an old resident of Avoc, died ut his home i that city yester: day morning. He was about fifty yeurs of wage, and bad been in peor health for some time, in fact ever since his return from the soldicrs’ reunion in Boston. For about four weeks past he has been confined to the house. wife and guite a number of sons ughters, The Chicago & Northwestern rallway com pany has notified the mayor thatit wil ac- ‘cept the ordinance recently passed in its in- terest, and also that it will comply with the council's ordor to ercet gates ss Broad- way, The communication incidentall marks that it is also the intention of the pany to commence work av an early upon the finest local depot along the pany’s lines in the state. Letters were received torday from prominent men in Des Moines who are inter- ested in the proposed new railroad between the capital city and the metropolis. The writers_desired to know what amount of bouds Pottawattamie county could be de: pended upon voting to assist ihe new cnter rise und the amounts that had been voted o other railroads, There is smail hope of the county voting i dollar to aid the enter- prise. The public feeling is that the day has come when railroads must be built because they are needed and not because a bonus can be obtained to aid in their construction. The Pottawattamie horticultural society held a meeting in the room devoted to the use of the association yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance and some business o public interest transacted. It was decided o hold a winter exhibit at the rooms next Saturday, to give the public an idea of the number and beavty of the varieties of fruits not beiug raiscd in this county. The fruit on extibition will be contributed by the mem- bers of the association, and the exhivit will be free to the public. 1t was also decided to hold an immense display next fall either in the opera house or Masonic hall, and churge an admission fee. “The drummer boy case, which will be con- tested in the police court tomorrow mor: at 10 o'clock, bids fair to occupy some timo and attract some attention. When it is over Zistle Jobnny Jameson’s drum will be a more historic instrument than ever. Mr. Jameson mployed A. T. Flickinger to defend him nd protect the drammer privileges of his Wics, who files the complaint, has also gagaged counsel and tho case will bo stubbornly contested. A host of witnesses have been subpacnaed, including nearly all the neighbors in the aristoc locality where the disturbance is alleged to have oc- g whom are married and un- amarriedladies. Ou Thanksgiving evening Joseph Tuller, o former employe of Lovie & Motzgar, burglir- fzed_their place on Broadway and ca away an armful of their choicest s, The fact of the burglary was kept from th reporters and the case’ was quietly werked up. Tuller had sold five boxes of the cigars to 4 frind for&2.50. Ho discovered that they had been stolen immediately after he had urchased them, and remembered that the rana was sold exclusively by this firm, Mo returned the cigars and told the owners where he had got them. Yosterduy Tuller was arrested and confessed to tho crime. Ho worked for the firm several months ago, and was discharged in_disgrace. For the past month or more he has been wan- dering around in the country. He returncd 1o the city a week ago_and claimea that ho had been working in Kansas City. He bas Been penutloss and has slopt 1. the city Jall two or three times since returning hers. He effected an entrance into_the store by forcing a rear window. It is a clear case of burglary aginst him and he will go tothe penitentiary sure. A Christmas Puzzle. Whatshall we buy for the holidays? If this puzzles you come in and see our holiday attractions;” brilliant dianonds; gold and silver watcies and chains; quaint, novel, new tterned jewelry, rings, bracelets, neckiaces, ockets; gold-headed canes; solid silver and plated ware: too many noveltics to name; you must see them to appreciate them, they are so artistic and beautiful; visitors wel- come to see our display. C. B. Jacquemin & Co., No, 27 Main st. e Dr. Seybert. Res. Ogden house. Tel. 140, 8 ct. meals, 250, Scott House. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. G. W. McGovren and J. F. Fensler of Mis- souri Valley, membors of the Anti-Horso Thief associution, were fn the. city yestor- ay. R. B, Williams of Waukesha, Wis., was in the city yesterday, and Sundays in Owmatn. He 15 un extensive manufacturer of side springs and buggy gear. Mrs, W. H. Campbell and aaughter, May, of Missouri Valley, Mr. and Mrs, Clare and daughter of Nebraska ( and Mrs. D. Gregg and duughter, Jessie, were guests of Mrs, Walter Young yesterday, Buy your coal and wood of 539 Broadway. Telephone 136, —— Leon Lozier, the foot racer, 1s at the Revere house, Council Bluffs. s Burned to Death, A distressing and fatal accident occurred _in Hardin township yesterday by which Mary Gutah, the five-year-old daughter of John Gutah, lost her life in a horrible man- ner. A fire had been set in the fleld, and the httle child had been playing in the vicinity, The fire had almost entirely burned out, and it is supposed that the child had endeavored to revive it h{ blowing the embers with her breath, and while doing 80 her clothes came in contuct with the couls and caught fir When noticed her clothing was in flames, and before assistance could get to her thn{' were burned off of her. She was frightfully burned and died shortly afterward. ——— The Manhattan sporuug bheadquarters, 418 Wiy, . B. Fuel Co., THE NEWS IN THE BLUFES. The First Steps Taken for Another Million Dollar Bridge Across the River, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FILED. Petty Thieving-Anti-Horse Thieves As- sociation—Coombs Gets a Ve ~The A, 1 An important document, filed at Lincoln on Friday, is of nolittle interest to Council Bluffs. It 1s the incorporation of the Inter- state bridge and street railway compan, The incorporators are well known Omaha men, John A, Creighton, A.J. Poppleton, H. W. Yates, R. C. Cushing, J. L. Wool- worth and A, L. Potter, ‘The principal place of business is named as Omaha, with the power to establish branch offices in. Council Bluffs and other places. The avowed pur- pose is to construct, maintain and operate a bridge over the Missouri at or near the lands owned by the Iast Omaha Land company in Nebraska and Towa, and also a system of steam electric motor, horse, cable and other railways, and to operate said railway across the bridge be- tween the counties of Douelas and Potta- wattamie. The capital stock is placed av £2,000,000, divided into 2,500 shares, and_the existence of the corporation is placed at nigety-nine year Representatives of the East Omaha land company were in the Bluffs yesterday, pre- paring to present an ordinance to the council giving the needed franchise in this city. T'he well known standing and financial abil- ity of the projectors gives assurance to the public that the scheme is not _one merely of paper. They represent that they mean busi- mess and will push the enterprise (o 1 spocdy completion in case the franchise is obtained. Tt is the intention of the company to operate the line by the storage system instead of by the overhead wire systen The franch to be asked here will fix the fare for a continuous passage between the two cities at not more than 5 cents, and 1o charge will be made for parcels or handbags carried by passenge 'he assurance is given that plans and esti- mates are now being considered for the com- plete iquipment of the line, which will have its western terminus withiu a reasonable dis- tanc i iter of Omaha, and the n jon_is being made for procu ary franchise in Omaha. The project has beeri cousidered for about four months past, and the plans have been maturing, the withholding from the public being for the purpose of securing more defin- ite information in regard to the securing of a bridge across the river, The representatives of the company talk confidently and business like, and the [.II‘LN(‘I’\N\“OII of " their desired ordinance will be watchea for with no little mterest, Isis expected that it will be pre- ented at the council meeting tomorrow ROPOSITION. We Have One to Talk to You About. BUSINESS FOR YOU AND BUSIN S FOR U Ixperience has proved to you and us that the time to make hay is when the sun shines. T'he sun is shining for the buyer this season and the seller has to come to time and sell his oods in the scason they are bought for. We have an overstock of goods and right is the time to sell it-——we know it! The veather is unfavorable for the dry goods trade, but we propose to sell our stock, if low prices will doit. We will offer tomorrow and during this weck such attractive bargains in el s’ and children’s heavy clothing at such prices that it will pay anyone who studies economy to lay in their goods for the season, Our stock is all fresh and of the Iatest and best styles. Our holiday department, which is the ac- knowledged center of attraction, will be open to the public after Monday. 1t takes up our entive third floor and consists of the latest, choicest &.nd rarest novelties that the Amer- jcan and Buropean markets produce. A trip through our house and the various depart- ments will convince every loyal citizen of Council Bluffs that our institution is not be- hind the times, but the leader of all estab- lishments in the nortnwest, Everybody cor- diully invited. Call and see us. Hexry Eiseymay & Co., Broadway and Pearl strect, Council Bluffs. —_— China dinner sets at Lund Bros.', 23 Main street, ) —_—— A Traveling Manufacturer. Yesterday afternoon an itinerant peddler named A. E. Howard was run in and locked up on the charge of peddling without a license. He was selling wire coat hangers for gentlemen at a reduced price, and as he was selling a nice and useful article, fug a thrifty business when he was inte 1 with by the police. He demanded an adiate trial and it was granted him. When brought before the police judge he asked to sce the ordinance under which he was arraigned. It was shown to him und he glanced at it hurridly and then mande an cloguent plea for dismissal. The grounds upon which he based his motion were that he was not guilty of the offense charged under the ordinance. Addressing the court, he said: *“The city of Council Blufls is wide awake and progressive, -and like other thrifty western cities desires to cucourage manufacturing, Your board of trade has offered bonuses for the location of legitimate manufacturing establishme here, and I understand your aity council h guaranteed to remit the taxes for a period of Hive years upon the property of all nanufac- turers that may come b The council that passed this ordinance could not pass an- other that would divectly conflict with it. 1 ama manufocturer, and whilel do not cluim exemption from taxation, I do contend that you have no right to interfere with me in iy business until you repeal the ordi- nance under which you have arrested me and pass another waking it an offense to manu- acture and sell goods in Council Bluffs,” “Where do you manufacture your goods? the court inquired with a good deul of curi- osity, “f can make them right here, before your honor, and with your permission 1 will make oue of my peerless holders and present it to ?‘n\l.” Permission was granted una the fel- ow went to work with & pair of phers and a piece of wire and dextriously twisted up one of his hangers and handed 1t to the court with a profound bow. The court had to & cept it and announce his decision discharging the “‘manufacturer. Prices for This Week. A good sweeper, §1.25. Oil cloth, 25¢ yard. Cotton and wool carpets, 25¢ to 50¢ & yard. All wool carpets, 630 to 15 vard Brussels ca A Mogquette carpets, §1.2) to $1.40 yard, Lace curtaius, to $10 a pair. 0 t0 §25 @ pair, Plushies, friuges, silk, ete., at lowest prices, Special rug sale. Couxen Bruers Canrer Co. C. A. Beebe & are going out of the re- tail trade and will close out their fine line of ladies’ writing and oMice desks, book cases, chiffoniers, parlor tables, parlor aud chamber suits, foldiug beds, plain and fancy rockers, cabinets, mirrors, elc., ecte.) forless than cost, — Tea sets at Lund Bros,', 2 Anti-Horse Tuief' Society. A soclety that has maintained its organiza- zation in the western part of Iowa for 4 num- ber of years, and has exerted a beneficial re- straint over the class of people who desire to appropriate property belouging to other peo- ple, beld its regular monthly meeting in the court hourse yesterday afternoon. It is known as the anti-horse thief association, and is a well oficered and manned organiza- tion, amply equipped for business, It is com- posed of members from several counties in western 1owa, who meet quietly once a month and compare notes and arrange for the distri- bution of Dbusiness on hand, When- ever @ horso is stolen, or other prop- erty taken belonging to' members ofy the order, the fact is at once communicated to the president and secretary and by them sent w0 al' the members, Carelul descriptions of Main streat, the proverty stolen are furnished, and every member then becomes a detective, watching keenly for the appearance of the property or the thief. The meeting of the association vesterday was rather secret and it could not be ned just what transpired, but it fs understood that it was decided to take vigorous meas- ures to suppress the petty thieving that has 1 going on around Council Bluffs from which the farmers and market gardener have been such heavy lose — Points of Piety. Rev, T. J. Mackay will address the railroad men at th ung Men's Christian associa- tion tomorrow at 2 p. m. All railroad men invited. Temperance mission society—Rey. J. Fisk, chaplain, Meeting corner North Tenth street and Avenue G, at3 o'clock this after- noon. Al invited. R Young Men's Christian Association, Mer- riam block—An interesting meeting will be held at the young men oms today at 4 p. m. All men of the city invited. Come and bring a friend. Berean Baptist church—Divine service at the usual hours. By requestthe sermon, “The Model Young Woman,” will be preached again in the evening, Sunday school at 11:45 a. m, Latter Day Saints -Pierce street, west of Glan avenue. Social service at 10:30 o'clock p. m. Elder H, C. Bronson will occupy the pulpitati:30 p m. Seats in this church are free and every body cordially welcomie, First Presbyterian, corner of Willow avenue and Seventh street, Rey. Stephen Phelps, pastor-Preaching by the pastor at 10:30 0. m. and bbath school at Young peoples’ meeting at 6:30 p. m, angers are cordially 4 Congregational —Serv. evening S and Morn- morning Preaching by the pastor. ing subject, “Man's Part in theGr ‘Work." Evening, *‘Good Out of Evil." Young Peo- ple’s society of Christian Endeavor at 6:30, All are cordially invited to these services, First Baptist church, near postoffice—Rey, H. Meredith of St. Louis will preach at 10:30 a. m. and Subject for morn- ing, “The Pow Gospel to Save.” Subject for evening, ““Tiie Prodigal Son.” Sunday school at 12 m., Young people's meeting at 6:30 p. m. All are cordially in- vited Trinity Methodist church—South Main street opposite Eighth avenue, S, Alexander pastor, residence Lloventh avenue, Quar- terly meeting servi today, Preaching at 10:40 0. m. and by Rev. W. 8. Hooker, pre- siding elde 30 p. m. Sunday school 11: a.m, Quarterly love feast 7p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. Broadway Methodi pi Services at Masonie temple, and Broadway. Quarterly mecting services, Preaching at 10:30 a. m. by R M. S. Hooker, presiding elder. Sacrament of the Lord’s = supper following tho sermon. Preaching at 7:30 p. m, by the pastor, McK. Stuart, pastor. Residence, Fletcher avenue. St. Paul's church—Divine service today at 45 4. m. and p.m. Sunday sclhool, 15p. m. Bible class, 6:30 p. m, topi morning: “Indian and White Mes- siahs,” Miss Miles will sing a solo from the Messinh during morning service, Evening Sernon “T'he secret of thepower of Chri: tianity.” The boy choir will rep-at the Thanksgiving day anthem during evening service, Young men and strangers alwa cordially welcomed to these sel . J. Mackay, rector, —— Gleason, the coul merchant of 26 Pearl street, has received five cars of Cannon Cit, soft coal. He is theonly dealer in the city who sells the Cannon City coal, and it is rec- ommended by all who have used it to be much bot}vr and cheaper than the Rock Springs coal. church— corne ourth — £1.00 buys a fine tea pot and one pound of extra fine tea at Lund Bros.’, 23 Main street, o J.C. Bixby, stcam nea®ng, sanitary en- gineer, 943 Life building, Omaha; 202" Mor riam block, Council Bluffs. ——— Petty Thiev At regular intervals complaints have been made to the police of the depredations of petty thieves upon farmers gardeners near the city. Allkinds of property has suffered, and nothing seems to be too small or too large to be appropriated and carried away by the thieves. Last night there were five complaints made at the police station of this class of thieves, and the articles stolen varied from chickens to full wagon loads of hay and corn. Ono farmer tracked a thief who had loaded up a ton of his hay from his premises and hauled it to this ety The information imparted to the police enabled them to locate the hay, but ot the thief to a certainty. The hay was found on a vacant lot in the western part of the city. Another farmer organized a_crowd of s friends and followed a bold thief who had driven up to his corn-crib and shoveled out a full wagon load of corn and hauled it away. They tracked him toward Council Bluffs, but he entered the city by a roundabout way and they lost his trail near Mynster Springs. The five men hunted through the city until late at night and then came to the station and re. ported the fact to the police. They remained at the station all night and took up the trail azain in the morning, determined to find the thief if possible The farmers living near the city are talk- ing about organizing a vigilance committee and treating the thieves to a dose of old- fashioned justice that proved so effectual in pioncer days. Lamps at Lund Bros.’, 23 Main strect, —— Money to loan_at straight 5 per cent per annum, E. S. Barnett, agent. Scott House. Best $1.00 per day house in the city. ——— Tea at Lund Bros.’, 23 Main strect, For a Wrongful In the case of Coombs v plaintiff bas proved a winner, The jury was sent out Friday night and soon returned a scaled verdict, which being opened yesterday morning revealed the fact that they found for the plaintiff n the sum of £250. This action was brought by the plaintiff, who is a col- ored man, for alleged wrongful arrest on the charge of stealing a harness from the defend- ant, who is one of fthe wealthy and well known farmers of this county. Burbridge, on finding his harness stolen, suspected a man named Straight, who formerly worked for him, He wot word that Straight had been in Council Bluffs, and bhad driven over to Omahain a buggy. There were marks of buggy tracks near where the harness was stolen, and traces where the harness had been dragged to where the buggy tracks were, Burbridge went over to Omaha, and had Straight urrested. He confessed that he stole the harness, which was a double set, and the harness was found on a team belong- ing to Coombs, for whom Straight had some- times worked, and at whose house he oc- casionally stopped. Coombs was arrested also, and brought. to Council Bluffs, hand- cufted to Straigh There being no evidence to conviet Coombs he was released, On this trial he showed up his excellent character and reputation, and deeming this injured b the arrest he claimed 10,000 damages of Bur- oridge who had signed the informaticn against him, Arrest. Burbridge, the N Louis Ottenheimer has removed to 414 Broadway with a full line of clothing. Toa pots at Lund Bros.’, 2 Main strect. They Threatened to Hang Him. Yesterday afternoon & young negro named Joseph Hateh stole an overcoat from the old man Black, who keeps a little store on the corner of Broadway and Sixth street. The theft was discovered immediately afterward and the officers put on his track. Later he was captured in a livery stable, or rather was held there to await the arrival of an officer. The employes around the stable concluded to give the fellow a scare and they made elaborate preparations to hang him. A rope was procured and a hang- man's noose made at one end and the other was thrown over a beam in the barn, The darkey was marched to it and told to prepare for death, The situa- tion looked very serious and the darkey grew several shades lighter. They were all ready to hang him when someone suggested that a minister be sent for to read the service for the dead. The noose was loosened and several minutes of painful | suspense passed, during which the unegro made up his mind that the men were in earn- est and made i edirfession of the theft of the old coat. While wikting for tao minister Marshal Templeton appeared with a warrant for the arvest of the darkey, and he was rescued from his ‘sypposed would-be execu- tion He was thoroughly convinced that he was about to be hang and left in the barn with the officer fn a relieved and happy frame of mind. He will have a fhring on Monday morn- ing before Acting Police Judge Schurz, ——— The District Telegraph Sold. The transfer of the stock of the American district telegraph company was made yester- day, and the members of the old organization, among whom ex-Mayor Rohrer, John T. Stewart, I, J. Day and George Motcalf, were the heaviest holders, dropped out of the or- ganization and it was declared abandoned. All of the stock was taken by Fred Davis, proprictor of the Kiel hotel barn, Itis the intention of Mr. Davis to thor- oughly reorganize the service and extend it. The increase will apply to_both the messen- @er se; and the line of express wagons that will be run in connection with it, which has afforded a great convenience to the pub- lic in the past, Under the old organization there were nono of the stockholders who held enough of the stock to justify them giving the busines much of their personal attention, and the vice could not ve kept up to the standard de- sired. M. Davis wiit dovoto his best en g1es to it and will make it first-class in every respect, A great bargain in tea pots at Lund Bros,' —a Attention. Comrades. All members of the Union Veteran legion are requested to assemble in Grand Army hall, this, Sunday evening, at7 o'clock sharp, for the purpose of attending religious ser- vices at the Congregational church, Abe Lincolu post, Grand Army of the Republic, and all old soidiers in the city are cordially invited to join with the legion on this occ sion, R. C. Husnann, O. ANSEN, Colonel Commanding. ‘Adjutant ot e THE AWARD OF MEDALS, Prize Winners at the Western Art Association Exhibit. The award of medals and prizes was an event of great interest at the exhibit of the Western Art association last evening, The reading of the report of the committee on awards was made by Mr. G. W. Lininger, ‘The report was sealed, and even the names of the judges were unknown until announced by Mr. Liniuger just before the report was opened, The judges were Dr, Duryea and Messrs, Day and Adams. Before announcing the re- sult Mr. Lininger said he hoped that the awards would not be adversely criticized by the members of the association, as the judges were eminently quahfied to act in that position, and had not been influenced or swaved in their judgment by anything save the merits of the pictures in competition, He commented on the general worthiness of the collection, and the vast improvement over the previous exhibits of the association. The list of awards was then read, as follows: The best oil painting, *“The Toilet,” Mr. Omaha; the Western Art pciation gold medal, 'he best painting from still life, vase and s, Mrs. J. (. Borglum, Paris, France; the G. W. Liningor gold medal. The best water color painting, No. 271, Miss Nellie Rosewvater, Omaha; Emma Homan Thayer gold medal. The best china painting, Nos. Luel Phillips,” Grand Island teh & Lauman gold medal. Thé best flower piece, meriting the special prize donated by ‘A. Hospe, a£10 picture vase und flowers, Mrs, J. C. Borg- Mrs. Buras, The best game pibee, meriting the Rose Brothers special prize, $10 in cash: No, 48, group of quail, Mrs, Charles F. Catlin, Omaha. 1 The best fruit piece, meriting Mr, Roth- ery’s special prize, a crayon portrait; No, 75, peaches, Miss Ada K, Farnsworthi, Lincoln. The best piece in white and black, meriting the Katon medal; No. 289, “Monastery Gate,"” Miss Lynn Curtis, Omaba. 'he second best water color, meriting the Hoagland & Whitmore prize, $10in cash ; No. 230, acorns, Miss Lynn Curtis, Omaha. Honorable mention, oil paintings : No. 169, “Leisure Moments,”” Albert Rothery; 72, “Scene near Philadelphia,”Miss Ethel Evans, Keokuk, Iu.; also the work of Mrs. R. A. Willis, exhibited but not in competition. Still life in oil: No. 159, frait, George V. Platt, Chicago; 91, thist Miss Harriet Henley, Omaha: 166, oranges, Miss Nellic Rosewater, Omaha; 88, “A Chimney Corner,” John J. Herold, Omaha; 108, pink roses, Miss Teana McClennan, Omaba; 180, “Autumn Treasures,” Mrs, Frances Mumaugh, Omaha; 186, **Wine and Honey,” Miss Tiena Snow- den, Omaha, Decorative painting: Mr. Hereki: Portrait painting; everal pieces by No. 185, Miss Schu! No. Cu ter, Mesdames Gibbart, Ris- ¢ and Miss Edith Russell, Lin- 241 tis s Study of 22, pansies, China_paintin den, Whieel colni, Neb. AS the list was read, ribbon bedecked cards Jouncing the nature of the award were at- hed to the winning pictures by the treas- “urer of the association, and the medals and prizes given to the successful artists, if pres- ent, or ordered sent to them if absent. The several awards were warmly ap- plauded, and during the remainder of the evening the result was very generally com- mended. The successful artists were con- gratulated by their less fovtunate friends, and whatever of envy or jealousy there might have been was carvefully concealed. All in all, the result was gratifying to both officers and members of ehe association, Today will see the close of the third annual oxhibit of the association. The galleries will be open from 10 a. m, to 7 . m., and it is de- sired to have a very large attendauce. The successfull pictures as well as those that did nov win medals, will be on exhibition. Tomorrow all pictures must be removed, and the exhibit will become a thing of the past. Lo o The Road Scullers. The largest crowd of the week was present at the Coliseum last night to witness the close of the road sculling contest, The riders were all in excellent trim, and a number of exciting spurts took place. Following is the score: Miles. Laps. ] [ 2 H o 0 A Fight to a Finish, There will be g fight to a finish with two ounce gloves between Charles Davis, amateur champion of Nebraska, and 12, O'Donnell of Miunneapolis, at (fermania hall, South Omaha on December 4, Both men are in fine con- dition and will make a better fight than most of the professiongl fakers, —_—— Powderly and Politics, Scrantoy, Pa)’ Nov. 20.—Powderly left tonight for the south to attend the farmers alliance convention. He said inan interview that the general assembly of the Knights of Labor authorized him to call a convention of labor leaders and workers Feb ry next to frame n platform of principles 1o be vresented to the people of the country for ratification. It will bear an issue 10 be votea for in congressional and legis- lative e ons. He hinted that a new party will not result from the Florida convention next week, but that_thercafter alliance mem- s and Knights of Labor will vote for us well as work for their principles, Lo Wood's Electrocunion Delayed., SixG Sixe, N, Y., Nov. 20.—Arvangements for the electrocution of Wood, the colored murderer, have beeu about completed, but to night Warden Brush was served with a cita- tion to appear before the United States su- preme court the firsyMonday in _January to show cause why an error in Wood's trial should not be corrected, the murderer’s at- toraey appealing on the ground of the ex- clusion of colored men from the juries which indicted and convicted Wood, [ STATE NEWS, The Revolver as a Plaything. Youx, Neb., Nov. 20.—[Special to Ti BEE.|—A twelve-year-old son of Mr. Shively, who resides in the western part of the city, accidentally shot himself yesterday while playing with a 22-calibre revolver, The ball entered his neck, inflicting a painful but not dangerous wound. The physician has not been able to find the bullet.” The boy didn’t know it was loaded, and was pretending to shoot himself to frighten his sister. the Girl is Tnsane. Nenrasks City, Neb., Nov, 20.-[Special Telogram to Tk Ber.]--Upon the request heriff of Fremont county, lows, - wis arvested here this morn- ing on the charge of scduction. Parsley is a young farmer living hear Sidney and the girl in the case is an adopted daughter of a neigh- bor. Parsley says she is insane, New Cittholic Church at Crete, werr, Neb,, Nov. [Special Telegram to Vi Bee.|—The new Bohemian Catholic chureh will be consecrated tomorrow. Bishop Bonacum of Lincoln arrived this eveningand was received and escorted by @ great proces- sion headed by the Bohemian cornet band. The new church is a credit to Bohemian Catholics as well as to the city., New Nebraska City Distillery. Nennasks Ciry, Neb., No ~ [Special Telegram to T Bre.] It is given out here today on reliable authority that work would soon begih on a new distillery in this city with double the capacity of the present one and to be in operation within the next year. Bound Over $100. Pawxer, Neb, Nov. 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Be (. N. Lindley, supposed to be an all-round crook, who undertook to burglarize the house of Mr. Wilcox five miles north of Burcl , has been bound over in $#100 bonds. He has been placed in jail, ew Beatr ce Weekly. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 20.—[Special Tele- eram to Tie Bee | —-The Beatrico Weekly Times made its initial _appearance today. J A. Harris is the publishe The new paper is devoted espeei ally to the interests of West Beatrice. Escape of a Horse Thief. Bearnics, Nev,, Nov. 20.—[Special Telo: gram to Tk Bee.] -A valuable horse stolen rom the farm of John Warren last night was recovered this evening about fifteen miles north. The thief made good his escape. Death of Mrs. Sarah Hawke. Nenaska Ciry, Neb, Nov. 20.—[Special Telegram to Tik Bek. | —Mrs, Sarah Hawke, who was a subject of controversy in the cele! brated Hawke will case, died last night after o very short illness of heart disease. Death of Rev. Burrow. Lixcory, Neb., Nov. Rev. R. C. Bur} row, for twenty-five years state evangelist of the Christian church and one of the most widely known divines in the west, died this evening, aged fifty-cight. Horse Killed by a Train. Famnury, Neb., Nov. 20.—|Special Tele- gram to Tuk Brr)—A. S. Daggett, a far- mer living five miles south, had eight valua- ble horses killed by o train’ on the B, & M. road this afternoo el USSR Eighty-Seven Bodies Found. BenLix, Nov. 20, —Eighty-seven bodics have been found 1 the flood at the Anna pit. Frank McGee and william Hyde were sent to the county juil yesterday for thirty days for vagrancy. CURIOUS PASSES, Foreign Railroad Passes Secured by a New York Ofticial. A collection of annnal passes from rail- roads in all parts of the world is one ot the unique things in the library of Mr, Frank M. Baker of Addison, N. Y., gen- eral superintendent of the Addison & Pennsylvania railroad, says the Railroad Gazette, Tt will hardly do to 1 thi a *collection of autographs,”” which di guising phase is so often used to de- seribe a lot of documents of this kind, as the signatures to most of the passes are the worst possible specimens of spider’s tracks, Mr, Baker has setout to get one pass from each country in the world, and already shows specimens from Australia, Baden, Barbadoes, Brazil, Cape of Good Hope, Cuba, Chin: Cochin-China, France, Great Bri Hungavry, india, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Natal, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Russi Sweden, and Venezuela, Belgium, Java, The most artistic designs are the French, The English specimen is from the London and Northwestern and oval booklet (or book cover) of leathe vest pocket size, which, when open. revenls the pass pasted on the inside, The roads in soine of the Inglish colo- nies and others in the smaller countries, imitate this open book style, but the books are of ordinary shape with square corners. The others areordinary cards, mostly rather large. Oneis printed on cloth, It noticeable that in the ma- jority of the ler countries the r: roads are operated by the gover nment The Indian passes are good, not only for the holder but for “two servants in a third class car.” The manager of the hina railway company sends along & copy of his book of instructions, printed in Chinese, As our Chinese editor is now on his vacation we are unable to say whether this document conforms to the Chinese time convention’s standard or not, As our readers are gware, from oc- casional Chinese correspondence printed in these columns, the railroad system of that country is extremely limited. Most of the men ‘sending these passes “take pleasure” in granting these favors fwhich the recipient can probably never avail himself of) with even more zest than is manifested by traflic officers of roads which have to carry people for nothing in order to fill up their trains, If M, Baker were a wicked legislator instead of arailroad officer we should recom- mend him as a good party to be ‘‘seen” by persons intending to travel in Cochin- Chin Venezuela, Malta, ciwe. He is not likely to find time to use these passes himself., e~ When Grasshoppers Were Human, The grasshoppers are said to have been huinan beings in an age before the Muses, When the Mus, ume and song appeared they were ravished with de- light. and, singing always, never thought of cating and drinking, until at last, in their forgetfulness, they died. And now they live again in the grasshoppers, and this is the return which the Muses make on them—they hunger no more, ncither thirst any more, but ave always singing from the moment thatthey are born, and never eating or drinking,and when they die they go and inform the Muses in heaven who honors them on earth, — Very Fine Wine, Platinum and silver can each be drawn into wire many times smaller than a human hair. The former metal has been drawn into wire so fine that twenty- seven of them twisted together could have been drawn into the hollow of a hair; that is, if a human being or a human made machine could be found minute and precise enough for such a delicate undertuking. e Birds Colliding in the Air, The dule of Beaufort upon one occa- sion picked up a brace of grouse which had canoned and killed each other in midair,and colliding is not an infrequent oceurrence % s . A Very Liberal Minister. Rev, T. F, Conger, a colored minister of Chattanooga, runs a saloon to emphu | sizo his broad liberality, and this is the record he made last wee! Sunday morning he preached; Sunday afternoon hoe had his whisky mill in full blast; Sun- day night his barkeeper knocked a man | in the head In his presence ernoon he broke a heay, wife's head Monday aft- ¢ teneup over his Monday night there was n lively row in hig house; Tuesday he fived | at o man, and Wednesday he was before the recorder. The only break in the re- ligious services was the omission of the | rogular Wednesday prayor meeting. E THE WHAT WE OwW ITALIANS Their Industry in the Business of Frait Importation, Whatever the faults and drawb of the Italians in this country may be, they have helpad to develop the taste of | the New York public for fruits, especi- ally for the semi-tropical fruits, New York Times. Before the advent of the Ttaliuns there were very fow fruit stands deserving of the name to be seen inthe streets. Of course, there were the fancy fruit stores along Broadw where luscious fruits could be hought, but the prices horo sere generally so high that only the wealtliy could - dulge their tastes in this divection. The poor citizen or the citizen of moderate means had to content himsell with the apples and pears—generally of & poor quality—and the sticks of candy that were sold by the corner apple woman, who has now beeome a rara avis of the metropoli The Italians who first went fruit stand business genes the choicest kinds of fruits that th knew could be sold in the localities where they established themselves, The public took kindly to the frwt sold by Ttaliane gradually extended this business or the city, and now _the fauit stand trade amounts to hundreds ok thousunds of dollars annuall The Italians claim, and perhaps justly, that they have developed the taste for grapes, and it is undoubtedly they who have imported immense quantities from Missina and other parts of Italy., They have also brought over superior quali- ties of dried figs, but only love un- dried figs have been successfully im- ported. The fresh fig isa very delic fruit. It is green or black, orof a whito gage color. When plucked from the tree the stem exudes a milky sub- stance which is of an irritating nature, injurious to the eye, and will cause opthalmia if even rubbed on. Orientals love to eat the fresh fig early before breakfast, Another into tho ally selected fruit that brought over by [talian: the Ame: n public the pomegranate. The fruit is round and of the sized of an orange. The skin is hard and ved, sometimes whitest yel- low and red, and when that is slit and the fruit is pulled open a yellow pulp containing numerous red or pink ker- nels is seen, The kernels alone are to be eaten, as the yellow pulp has an acrid taste and is unwholesome for food. The kernels of the fruit consist of a very juicy pulp, sweet, with a fine aromatic flavor, Only the sweet qualities are brought to this country, but there are also sour and tart pomegranates: the sour are used by the Orientals for diessing in salads und for cooking pur- poses, while the tart pomegranates can be converted into a delicate, delicious syrup, very benefic for invalid The pomegranate tree is beautiiul in the spring. The leaves are then of a deli- cate green, while the thonsands of blos- soms are of a bright, vich scarlet. Several expeaiments have been made to introduce the prickly pear or cactus but with indifferent success. The ily pear like the fresh fig, is best a hours after being plucked, and while it is still cool. This fruit is oval in shape, and concave at the top. As the rose is among flowers, some Orientals, so is the prickly pear among fruit, for both ave difficult to pluck, being protected by thorns and_ prickles. The skin of the prickly pear has small tufts of minute prickles and the concave at the top is full of them, and woe to the man who grasps them with the naked hand before the prickles are rubbed off. It will take about one hour’s time_with apairof tweezers to pull the prickles out. The cactus tree on which the fruit arows i worse. The leaves are from h n inch to an inch thick, about a foof in length, and six inches in width, and these are covered with prickles and thorns, some nearly as long as darning needle: The tree, in fact, consists of leaves growing out of each other. Cut off o leaf and throw it anywhere on the ground, and in a few days it will strike root; while tiny leaves will grow out of its sides. As the plant grows higher the lower leaves grow hard and woody. The trees grow very close to cach other, and are often used ‘for Jiedges, Where such a hedg well cultival intruder can getthrough withoutcutting his way, and that is not an easy matt s the trunks that were formerly leaves are often three feet in circumferenc Early in summer the cactus boars a pretty light yellow flower, and before the flower has frded the fruit begins to sprout beneath it, Plucking the prickly pear is attended with considerable difficulty. The man who does this work often puts on a leather coat and, armed with along stick, to which is attached a thin sptke with a fine point, he goes in among tho trees thrusts the spike into the fruit, and with a skillftal twist gets it down, An Englishman who first saw a prickly poar, od itin his gloved hand and thrust it into his mouth, His first im- pulse was to shoot the dealer, and then he set up a howl of pain that was heard for a mile. To peel a prickly pear yroperly, the fruitis tuken in the left hand while a light slit is made length- wise, The two ends & liced off, and the peel is easily taken off. The fruit is wmass of delicious pulp and seeds, hut the seeds arenot to be masticated, as they ure very hard, ———— A Plain Spoken Preacher. There are some plain_speaking cler- gymen in the United States. An ex- change represents that Rev, James W, Putnam,a baptist minister at Tioga,Pa., vecently said to his people: “The church is rotten to the core, from the front scat to the buck, and if the people who live large houses and put on the most style paid their honest debts they would not have a_quarter of a dollar ‘to call their own.” It is alleged that he threat- sned to kick someof the members of the church 1f they did not go voluntarily. There was an uproar in the society, but his sulary was raised 300, Rev. W, L. Carre of the Shiloh church in New Y o is reported to have said that certain members were using the church’s money for horse racing, gambling and other immoral purposes, Also that some of the female members were dishonest. ——— Porous Terra Cotta Tiling. A species of porous terra cotta tiling is rapidly coming into use, Sixty thous- and dollavs’ worth of It was rocetly put into one building in New York City. Ex- perts suy, however, that as far as fire proof floors are concerned alternate lay- ors of plank and cement form the mpenetrable of constructions. —_— A Lively Congo Town. About the liveliest place in Equatorial Africa just now is Matadi, the starting point on the lower Congo of the Congo is occasionaliy but with which not familiar, is is ke | s the | most | rnilroad. A thousand men are working | in Matadi, and along the river within a fow miles of that place, suys the New York San, Missionaries write that it | would surprise any one to seo the num- ber of good houses that are going up at Matadi, substantially built of stone, brick, ivon, and wood. The advent of the railroad laborers have made things exceedingly brisk for the fow mission aries of Bishop station in that neighborhood. These missionaries, it is well known, depend mostly upon their own exertions for support, They | find that they have now a ready market for everything th can produce in their Mr., Teters writes to the African News that he has as good a market for his produce at Ma- tadi as he would have in New York or London. The Congo state has given Mr. Tetor a site upon which to build n churcl at Matadi and also o supply of lumber and other building maverial for the edifice, Some of thenative lahorers on the railvoad are contributing money to support this church, whieh, it is ex- peeted, will be entirely self-supporting | from the first. One native subsceribed $20 and others nearly equal amounts toward the building of an ivon church, which, as soon as possible, will take tho place of the temporary structure, These natives were probubly brought from mis- slon stations further horth on tho west const, and they wish to have the same religious privileges on the Congo they have beeu accustomed to at home, THE NATURE OF A “‘coMic.™ Men Who Can Make Good Ones E, Lots of Money. The late James S, Goodwin, who was run over afew days ago by o train, was a contributor to humorous periodicals in w way which, if not peculiarly his own, was one in which 15 wiis cnsily fivst, says the New York Sun. Although not the originator, he was the chief author of the “comie,” as the humorous illus-"" teation with an explanatory dialogue, either overhead or underneath, is technically termed. The dialogue, even when underneath, is stiil ealled the eap- tion, because originally it wus always printed over the illusteation, Tho “eomie” does not requive any skill ns an arti All that is necessary is to oute line the picture, leaving its” elaboration, if not entire Irawing, to a skilled hand. Mr, Goodwin, although he wus originally a bank note draughtsman, could not draw—his figures were stiff and his work generally mechanically and labored. All he atfempted, therd- fore,was to make askeleton of the pictor- inl idea he intended to conv He some- times cut counterfeit presentments of men, women, horses, dogs, or whatever he wanted, outof the back numbers of the publications to which he contrib- uted, and then grouped them to suit the situation he wished to depict. He oc- casionally tpaced such figures in place of cutting them out, and in this way made the illustratedy gmor of the past contribute to that of the future. Comic was made to produce comice. The elabe orator, of cou disgruised the figures g0 that their identity with those of tho back numbers could not be recognized, Mr. Goodwin did not write his dia- logue and then manufacture u picture to match. It was the other way. He saw a humorous situation in real life. in_his mind’s eye, and then wrote a dialogue to explain it. After holding the mirror of humor up to nature, he « made the word suit the gesture of his torial puppets. This is the princivle on which the best comies arve believed to be made, and it is the one which Puck, a wholesale purchaser of Mr. Goodwin’s work, teaches his imitators to follow. Tt is not even nex wry to draw an outling to be the author of a comic. A descrip= tion of the scene to be represented will do. Sometimes, too, as M. Jourdain, in Moliere’s play, talked prose . without knowing 1t, so'a man may be the author 0 a comic without intending to be. That is, he m write a funny dinlogue without realizing its capis bility of illustration. Ifor such a contribution he is not likely to get more thun 50 cents, while for a --nnm/ oven if the picture ho only outlined, h gets three times as much, $1 is paid for a comic in which the pictureis described instead of being delincated. Fora very good comic more is paid. Contributors of comics, if they are at ull prolific,make handsome incomes with what seems to be little labor. Mr. Goodwin, who con- tributed not only to Judge and Puck, but to the San Francisco Wasp and othoer out-of-town publications, realized a large income, It was a poor week when he didn’t r Monument to Dog and Man. A monument willbe erected at Helvels lyn to the memory of Charles Gough, who in the year 1805 was killed while mountaincering, and of the faithful dog who for three months watched over his master’s remains, Siv Walter Scott de- seribes the event in the poem *I climbed the dark brow of the mighty Helvellyn;”? uad Wordsworth records it in his lines on “Fidelity.” The cost of the monu- ment has been borne by Miss Frances Power Clobbe and Rev. H. D, Rawnsley, vicar of Crossthwaite, 5 T e Longevity of Thinkers, A physician has compiled some very elaborate statistics to demonstrate that men of thoughtlive on an average, three years and o half longer than men in the ordinary vocations of life, Pl A The Population of Alaska. Mr. Petroff, who had charge of census of Alaska, estimates the popula- tion of the territory at from 385,000 to_ 88,000. Of this number one-seventh e white. PECIAL the NOTICES. COUNCIL BLUFFS, m:.lnlu L0 0 days Bluis. McMahion threc-story 95 8, Maln st, withelevator .8, 607 NOR RE! brick blo JoW. Willow avenue, Co e D—Llnce to bourd by brizht boys 1il pay 87 o month and do chores, 20, Bee office, T ARGE stock of gencral merchandiso to 4 change for clear land in lowa_or sk, and cush. Johnston & Vin 'ED net X~ istorn ten, Ay @iri to help at_houses Mrs, 1, | Eryor. 616 Bluft street, T{OR SALE eheap. A good office desk, nearly new. Room 4, Brown building. 1\‘ RS, AMELIA NIELSON, M. ., wite, 1826-8 ave, Council BIGMTs, [ SPECIAL BARGAT I renti also two Omala. 7. K. Davidsor VWALTER & sv Notary Publi TOOR SALE—Loaso and furniture of Scots House, Council Bluffs, i ( bargain. Address J. 8.0 JQR SALE or Rent ardon land, w houses, by J. R. Rice. 102 Mauln st. Goun Blufts CITIZENS STATE BANK Or Council Bluffs, | PAID UP CAPITAL. ..., | SURPLUS AND PROFITS LIABILITY TO DEPOSITORS DiRkcToRs—I. A, Miller, F. 0. G Shugart, E. B. Hart, J. D. Edmundson, Charles C. Hannan, Transdet general banking busis ness. Largost capltal and surplus of w0y bank in Bouthwestern Lowa, L INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS, S in houses for sule op unders streot lots, N 15 blool ctions, Ly ge wrmn:'. ,$150,000 . 50,000 >