Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 15, 1890, Page 3

~ THE OMAHA DAILY BEEK; MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1890 THE OMAHA BEE COUNCIL BLUFFS, OFFICE, NO. 12 PEARL ST, Telivered by Carrler inuny part of the City H, W.TILTON. - =+ '« MANAGER TELEPHONES: Rusiness Offico, No. 41 Night Kditor, No. 2, niNonr m N.Y. P.Co. Council Bluffs Lumber Co.. coal. A goodly delegation of Red Men went over o Omaha ¢ to brethren of the Yahnandahsis tribe. The M. M. A, will give another entertain- ment this evening, with address by C nel R, C. Hubbard. Recitations and music. The concert given by the Treubund in Petersen’s hall yesterday evening was largely attended, A merry dance followed. There will be a meeting of the Women's Christian association Mond 4 p. m., at the residence of Mrs, George Phelps, corner | Sixth street and Willow avenue. The Frst Presbyterian church holds its an- nual meeting this evening. of the most important questions to be discussed and d cided is whether to have rented pews or sittings, Mrs. Colby's lecture in the Baptist church Tuesday evening will prove an interesting | one, without a doubt. he will talk on woman's suffrage, The lecture is under the auspices of the Women's Christian Temy ance union and will*be free, The typos are making great preparations for their annual masquerade in Masonic temple hall Christmas night. The varicty and novelty of costumes promises to excel any previous attempt, Yesterday's telegraphic columns contained an account of the robvery of Ilijah Kemp at Beatrice, Neb, Kemp was said to be a resi- dent of Council Bluffs, No one here, not even of those bearing the name of Kemp, seems to have any knowledge of such a man, The news reaches here that James Me- Laughlin, a former residentof this city anda bricklayer by trade, was killed last Friday at Pensacola, Fla., by falling from a_scaffold on which he was at work. He left Council Bluffs ten years ago, and was about thirty- eight years of ave, It s reported that the cause for the recent reduction of the pay of station men, clerks ght handlers in the Milwaukee sys- demand of the trainmen for in- The compuny was obliged to de to the demand, und did so by cuttine down one set of their employes to raise the wages of another, Oficer Fultz brought over over an unfortu- nate named Peter McNalley from the island last night and booked him for intoxication and disturbing the peace, MeNalley made the long trip on a buckboard and in’ irons, buthe was still <o thoroughly stupified by livuor when he reached the station that two officers were required to help him out of the improvised patrol wagon. The new 150 horse power engine built by he the Ogden iron works in this city electrie light station wiil be given test in a few It was built to with the Westinghouse automati four of which are working by the comy engine ide of the Ogden engine, If the results already indi- cated are achioved it will be an important victory fora deserving Council Bluffs o facturer. 10- e of Dutcher vs, Gallagher has L ied o finish, after a ¢ a week, in which the questionsof hog cho! was a leading feature, The jury has gi the plaintiff a judgment for #30." The plaint- iff is the owner of a farm leased by the de- fendant, and attached the crops to secure payment of the rent. The defendant made a claim for damaces on aceount of hog cholera and for endered the plalntiff in yae- ious ways. Pete Biltgen, the strangely constituted youth who has created so much trouble about the school houses by his depraved propensi- ties, will have a hearing in the police court this moruiug, A half dozen subpwnies were issued yosterday evening for wituesses who have seen the fellow prowling under the bridges near the Washington school. Uity Attorney Stewart will prosecute, and will submit an array of evidence that will make a stroug case, Biltgen has employed Burke & Tinley to datend him. His defense will be that he did notgo under the bridge for a vile purpose, A novel children’s party was entertained at the residence of J, W. Squire, on Third street, Saturday night, by some of the friends of Willie. It was a sight, sound, taste party. The prizes were won by May Percy, Anna Stephens, George Gerner, Hattio Cochran and Dick Stewart. After the games re- Areshmeuts were served, The following were present: Nellie Jacobs, Nellie Hardin, Auna Stephens, Mamie Field, Frankie Bo: man, Nellle Dodge, May Perry, Hattie Coch- ran, Grace MekKinzie, Magi ols, Lutie Pryor, Clinton Spooner, George Gerner, Bert Griffith, Ralph Mueller, Ed Sayles apd Dick Stewart. Dr. Plelps addressed a large number of rallway meu at the, Young Men's Christian association meeting ' yesterday afternoon. These regular Sabbath afternocn meetings speciully for the benefit of the railway men are becoming very -popular, and are cxerting a beneficial influénce upon the railway em- ployes who spend Sunday in the city ana no other places than their boarding and the common places of resort to go “The secretary and other ctive members vor to make tho meetings of inereasing interest, and will have best speakers 1n the city to deliver ad- es each Sunday afternoon during the winter, The eity council tonight will wrestle with the question of whether it were better to build an entirely new levee balf a mile north of the old one or repair and widen out the old bank. All the members are personally familiar with the situation and are advised protty fully us to the costof each of the pro- posed improvements, and they will be pre- pared to discuss the problem intelligently, It s estimated that the new levee will cost about $16,000, while the improvements pro- pesed to be made upon the old_embunkment will cost buta few thousand. The question will resolve itself simply into the plain one, will enough nroverty be benefited by the new levee to justify the expense of orecting it? Twoof the most prominent attorneys in the city will examine eight or ten prominent ladies ana tlomen in_Justice Schurz’ court this afternoon for the purpose of en- deavoring to fix the legal status of littlo Johnuy Jameson and Lis 50 cont drum. Johnny has declared tne truce off, and now the complaining witness, Mr. K. Wies, has decided to push the rnmuuhm and ascer- tain what privileges the son of his neighbor hus. George K. Wright, Solomon Foster, Mrs. Jennie McConnell and Captain O. M. Brown ave amoug the witnesses that have been called for the prosecution, and many others of equal grominence have been sub- pavieed to defend Johnny and bis drum, ——— Kid Glove Sale At Elseman’s. For Monday 100 dozen kid gloves at 40 cents a pair. They are sold the world over at #1.00 and $1,25. We have them in ull sizes and shades, andall are frosh, new goods. Of all the kid glove sales we have ever had this beats them all. Don't missit. Beon hand carly Monday morning and get your choice while tne as- sortment is complete. Only two pair will be sold to any one cus- tomer, so please _don't ask for more. Henry Eiseman & Co., Broadway and Pearl streets, Council Bluffs, Ia, PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, to. of the association will ende only we otfer ‘W. B. Oaks, cashier of the bank at Silver City, was in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. N, P. Dodge leave this week for California, where they will spend some time, Mrs, Colby, who is to lecture here Tuesday eveniug, will be the guest of Mrs. D. C, Bloomer during her stay in the city, P L. H“f"l”"' who has been so active and successful in newspaper work, has concluded to turn to the wministry. He will live at Neoln, and also supply the church at Marne, iu the meantime pursuing a course of study necessary for final ordination as a Presby- terian mimster. He has been for some tine active in church work, and will dountless win success, — Elegant Fans. ‘The finest assortment to select from at Eise- man's, —— The only first-class frosh candy made for the holiday trade, at A. C. Dewpsey's, 105 Main street i il THE NEWS IN THE BLUFFS. Councilman Hick's of Philadelphia Seeking Valuable Statistical Lore. TAXES WHERE THE COME FROM. Council Bluffs Pays Off the County's Total-A Place for Priz: Fights— Hit With a Billlard Cue— Minor Mention, Councilman Thomas L, Hicks of Philadel- phia is not troublel with the belief that the position of mayor of a live town like Council Bluffs is a sinecure, and he consequently does not hesitate to ask Mayor Macrae a whole string of questions, Hohas forwarded o list that required an hour or two for his typewriter to transeribe, and requests that each one be answered in detail, In a pre- fertory note Councllman Hicks informs the mayor that he desires to repeat the experi- ment attempted three years ago when he pro- cured similar statistics from the city govern- ment of this city, and after tabulating them gave the exhibit a prominent place in his Pliladelphia office, Tt served to attract a [ deal of attention to the growth and re- sources of ti The mayor realizes the importance of the showing ‘and has agreed to furnish all de- sired information. Colonel E. J. Abbott, who is putting in his time under the direc tion of the finance comimnit of the council v clerk and auditor, ot ather the statistics und furnish them in an accurate and_comprehen- sible form, and he will begin the job today. When it is concluded he will forward them to Philadelphia, where Mr. Hicks says they will be compiled and _printed with similar statistics of other important cities and given a wide circulation over the country. The questions are subdivided under the following he: General, financial depart- mont, highway department, water de ment, gas department, police department, fir department and school department. Under the first head Mr. Hicks inquires what area of the city square miles, what the popu- lation is, the number of arc and incandescent hts, the amount appropriated for electric light extension in (800, the number of gaso- line lights used and the number of wmiles of steam, horse, electrio and cavle railways in operation h Under the head of the financial department a vaviety of questions are propounded, Mr. Hi wants to know, for instance, the as- sessed valuation of both real and personal property tuxed for municipal purposes, the sources of revehue, the tax rate on $100 valu- ation of property, the gross deot, the amount of the sinking fund, the net debt, the per cent of interest paid, the gross revenue and annual expenses, the amount paid for in- terest on the debt, the annual department e penses, the amount appropriated in 18w for permanent improvements und extensions and the revenue from liquor sellers, In regard to the highways the questions asked concern the miles of strects or roads in the city, the miles of paved or macada- mized roads or streets, the number of miles of sewer, both mains and branches, the amount appropriated during 1800 for repairs to paved aud unpaved streets and sewer ex- tension: Mr. Hicks also wants to know the number of miles of water pipes laid, the total daily capacity of the waterworks, and the total storage capacity of the reservoirs, the aver- age daily consumption of water, the uumber of fire hydrants in use, the general annual charge for water per dwelling, and the reve- nue from water rents annually, how much was approprinted for department and the nlllpl‘ priations for water exteusions during the la: He also wants to know regarding the num- ber of miles of gas pipe laid in this city, the number of public gas lamps in use, the daily capacity of the gas works, the averago daily consumption of gas, the average price of gas 1o consumers, the revenue from the sales of gas annually, the amount appropriated for the gas department during the year 18%0 aud the amount appropriated for gas extensions dur- ing the same time, Under the head of police department the number of police, the amount appropriated for police service during the year, the system of subdividing the force and the titles of the officers are all asked for. Under the head of the fire department the number of engine companies and hook and ladder companies is required; also tho number of men engaged and the amount appropriated annually for the sumnrt of the department. The questions ilso cover the total number of public schools, teachers and scholars, the value of school properties, and the annual cost of the school department, See the elegant Christmas cards, thousands to select from at Eiseman’s, Vasos wotth from 40 cents to 75 cents, only 25 cents, Lund Bros., 25 Main st. paiinde Money toloan at straight 5 per cent per annum, E. S. Barnett, agent. Onelot of vases worth from 50 cents to 80 cents go this month at 49 cents each, Lund Bros. LY “A Wonderful Toy Department.” That is what every man, woman and child says when they look throuh Eiseman’s third floor. It feasts theeyes of cvery body, not only i the great variety of goods on exhibition, but when they learn the low prices, Ordinarily merchants who handle fancy goods ask big profits, but Kiseman’s are selling their toys so cheap that $1 goes further toward buying o supply than £2 clsewhere. The ussortment is s0 1mmenso that it would be impossible to enumerate them. It would take more than the entive columns of this paper to enumer- ate them. We have everything ornamental and useful for holiday presents. Come and seo them. Prico them and you will surely ouy. HENRY EISEMAN & CO., Broadway and Pearl street, Council Blaffs, Ia. Lamps greatly reduced. Lund Bros., Main st. o S Elegant Handkerchiefs, From 1c apiece up to $50.00 and thousands to select from at Eiseman’s, i Buy your coal and wood of C. B. Fuel Co, 580 Broadway. Telephone 133, J.C. Bixby, steam neating, sanitary en- gineer, 943 Life building, O.mahy; 203 Mor viam block, Council Bluffs, Lt et smash-d With a Billiard Cue. Some time after midnight Sunday morning William Langdon hunted up Justice Schurz and exbibited to bim a badly bruised and swelled head. He informed tho jus- tice that & warrant for the ar- rest of the man who bad assaulted him would " do him more good than a visit from a physician. Langdon signed the ia- formation charging William Probstle, alius Duteh Bill, with having been the author of his misery. A warrant was issued aid Wil- liam was pulled out of bed and locked up in the city prison at 3 o'clock in the morni Probstalé keeps a saloon at 2 y and he says Langdon came there a few min- utes before midnight and wanted to get credit for enough beer to finish upa good sized drunk. Credit was refused and. Laug- don then attempted to break up a bitliard game in which Probstule was engaged. Probstale dissuaded nim by the vigorcus use of the butt end of the cue, inflicting some ugly looking bruises. The case will be heard today. ——— Eiseman’s store is the center of attraction at the present time. The real live Santa Claus will arrive at their store tomorrow Mouday eveuing, and will quarters at their store. Children who wish 10 write to hum must bring or send their let- ters addressed to “Santa Claus,” care of Eiseman’s stors Who Taxes? The completed balance sheets drawn from the county's books by Auditor Hendricks, which have just been made public, furnish some interesting information. It is presented in a formidable array of figuves, It shows that the total valuation of the county is over $13,000,00 returned by the as- sessors for taxation, which is based upon 40 per cent of the real valuation. Of this amount over $0,000,000 are returned make his head | | origin. from the city of .Council Bluffs, The figures also show the total amount of taxes for each fund that will be realized for the year. In Council Biuffs the general fund gets $57,210,87; bond and in- terest, $11,43.97; intersection paving and rading bonds, $14,448.37; funded debt, $5,- 2,58, intersection sewer, #5,721.60; general 48,4 sewer, § judgment, &14,330.11; eity §4,5 library, #5,721.60; park, ) park sinking, $2,860.85; water, £25,005.44 ; spocial paving, #7,402.50; special grading, §1 special sewer, 20, total, $640,000, e total valuation of the county is 81 3 02 special curbing, £,800 S0, £14,0 special - sidewalk, insane, §10,3" soldiers' rel 16; cont school house, 815 cemetery, £2211; Oakland Jarson city, Avoca city, Wainut Manawa &40 city, 81, 3 ; Neola city, #1,8 A’ roeapitulation shows the county and school taxes to be & city of Council Bluffs taxes, 8101,676.51; city of "Council Blufts special, $72,731.08; total, $640,000.76, e Special $ale of Blankets and Com- forters, This week. Prices way down, They must go. We have too many of them and must sell them. Call at Eisemian's. kit § The Manhattan sporting headquarters, 418 Broadway. e Special Sale of Furs During this week at Eiseman's, — Holiday presents. Lund Bros, The Greatest Offer of the 19th Century At the book department of the Boston store, Fotheringham, Whitelaw & Co., Council Bluffs, Ia, Some kind of a eyclopedia is recognized as a necessity, and hitherto the best has been most costly. We now offer you the heaped- up knowledge of the centuries, the latest, greatest work in English literature, the great Britaunica, at the lowest prics, We give not (‘mly reasons but reasonable reasons why this s s0. The Henry G. Allen company, by new methods of bopk-making, have reduced the cost 50 as to permit its sale in stores, Here- tofore sales have been made by the expensive house-to-house canvass, which alone added greatly to the price. We dispense with the traveling canvasser, the installment deliverer and the periodical collector, and you pocket, the saving by coming to our store and trans- acting your own business, Quite recently there has been perfected the Sy the Book Sewer,”” which sews our books precisely as the “Oxford Teacher's Bible" is sewed by hand. This labor-saver accom- plishes @ two-fold good—it makes the most durable of bindings, and at the same time re- duces the cost below former prices | A “Britaunica war” is now on. The prices are cut nearly to cost, until now it is merely a question of endurance. In our judgment this war will soon end, either by surrender combination. Therefore if you hope to own the great work you should act now; we have but alimited _contract and are not sure of holding this offer open for twenty four hours. You need not pay for the set at once, but if you only order “now, you will secure the work at these figures, no matter when, aund no matter how high the price goes up. Since the necessity of ‘‘cash down’ is removed, 3 1" Why! We will give Vol. I for , for a suificient answer from one who appreciates the work! The Allen reprintis the only completo re- print, the only unmutilated reproduction of any Britannica, the only reprintof the latest, *‘Ninth Edition.” If your present knowledge or casual examination does not satisfy you on these points, call at our store and we will prove these statements or forfet a set of o0ks ! The only poptlar-priced edition of the only “‘American Supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica,” is controlled by tho Allen con- pany exclusively. Five firms have failed in attempts at Brit- aunica; only the Allen company succe You need not fear a fragment; the entire set of thirty volumes is now ready. You need not take all at once, but may take oneor any numbor of volumes per month, justas you please, and paying 8s you get them. Green cloth $1.20 per volume, and half Russia §1.50 per volume, If you have begun the purchase of any al- leged reprint, and have received not too many volumes, we will take up yourvolumes, trade ours for them, and compléte the set at your price. Come and see, and look over the work carefully or write for a fuller explanation. Very respectfully, FornERINGHAN, WiiTELAW & Co., Boston Store, Council Bluffs, Ia. NoHumbug. Our special sate of watches and diamonds isnow the great attraction. The best goods furnished At the lowest prices. We make it & poiut net to be undersold. C. B. Jacquimix & Co., 27 South Main streot. Chinese goods, Japanese noveltics at No. 330 Broaaway. 0dd Christmas gifts. Jim Long For clothing and furnishing goods, try Ot- tenheimer's, 414 Broadway. A fine lino of China dinner sets, Lund Bros., 23 Main st. Lk Holiday Gif'ts, See those beautiful silk umbrellas at Eise- man’s, Just the thing fora holiday gift from alady t0 a gentleman, or vice versa, Go to Lund Bros. and buy one of those tea nots and geta pound of good tea thrown in, 28 Main st. . Mus, Louis' clearance sale of millinery com- mences this week. Masonic block. L One lot fine toilet sets, worth from £1.25 to .00, only $1.00 this month. Lund Bros. e Will Witness Many Fights. The fact that there is no law in Iowa pro- hibiting prize fighting and that the partici- pants in the most savage battles can only be prosecuted for simple misdemeanor unless they accidentally kill one another, coupled with the additional fact that two athletic clubs nave been recently organized here, malke it certain that Council Bluffs will be the scene of some first-class encounters in the fistic arena, The first event of importance that is in sight und certain to transpire before the holi- days cud is an encounter between Jack Terry and Jack Davis for $2,000 stakes. The arti- cles wore sigued on Saturday afternoon, but the date has not been rovealed if it has boen definitely fixed, the agreement being that the fight. shall take place within fifty miles of Council Bluffs within two weeks. Two ounce gloves ure desiguated, and the battle will ouly end when one or the other of the pugs is put to sleep. Although it cannot be stated as a ract, it is quietly whispered that the fight will take place in a building not more than a block from Broadway and the date will be Christ- mas night, — Dolls Given Away, With every misses’ or child’s cloak pur- chased at our store this week we will give a beautiful doll fora prosent, besides saving you at least 25 per cent on the cloak. Take advantage of this offer, and trade at Eise- man’s, LR Wanted—Boys at American District Tel- egraph office. C. A, Beebe & Co. are going out of theraf tail trade and will close out their fine line o ladies' writing und office desks, book cases chiffoniers, parior tables, parlor and chamber suits, folding beds, plain and fancy rockers, cabinets, wirrors, eic, ete. for less than cost. e Fur Muffs Given Away. With every cloak bought at Eiseman's this woek vou will receive an elogant muft for a present. S BB R MISERY'S AUCTION, How People Become Heirs to Sulcides ~An Odd Feature of City Life, *“Misery’s auction sale” took place the other day in New York City. It was held at 5 Duane street, and though that is not its official name, it occurred to a reporter who heard it called so as a most appropriate one, ‘I'he auction has an odd and gruesome When a man commits suicide by vistol or knife the coroner takes pos- esion of the weapon, Says the New York Sun, If the man has no friends nor relatives and leaves, no will, his | clothes and any personalieffects that he may have go w Rt After the unfortunate 14 laid beneath tho sod of potter’s field, ‘and all the legal formulas have been observed, the coroner hands all these things over to the public administrator. The large mmber of suicides in this big city, the mysterious deaths of unknown men and women, and the deaths in the poor gar- rets serve to swell this official's interest. ing collection of estates and heirlooms tosuch a size that a gpecial man 1s kept busy looking afterthem. Should any of ~these articles be valuable they ave placed in the office safe, or else sent to a safe deposit company. Butthe bulk of the stuft that falls into the ad- ministrator’s hands is of little value, consisting mostly of cheap furniture, clothes, bedding, revolvers, knives and odds and ends, of which every man pos- sesses his shave. These things are sent to the storeliouse at 5 Dunne streot, nd- joining the Newsboys' lodging house, and there they accumulate until the pile grows Lo big for tho place, when they are auctioned aoff to the highest bidder, One of these sales was held last Thurs- day, and very interest'ng it was, The building is an old, dilapidated structure which seems in imminent danger of collapsing. The auction room ig on the first floor “upone flight,” as the rude sign on the wall declares, The flight is a wild one, The rough wooden steps squeak, and, if the visitor is in a hurry, the building shakes and the walls tremble. When the reporter entered the place the sale was in progress. The auctioneer's pulpit-like stand was in the middle of the room.and that function ary, in a sillkhat, was deeply engaged in‘overcoming the objections ‘of a poorly dressed stout Irish woman to buying a cheap watch that might have beensilver or ste The room was filled with a motley gathering of men and women. It was & poor looking crowd, although here and there a scintillating spark betrayed a diamond on the person of a Chatham street “‘curiosity” dealer, Many people who daily pass the curiosity shops on the Bowery have wondered where all the odds and ends displayed in the win- dows came from. Had they attended this auction they would have known. There were perhaps a dozen of these dealers present, and they hought largely. Then there were many women, poorly dressed creatures, who stooped bidding when the article passed the dol- lar point. Where they came from, or what they wanted the stuff for, nobody knew save themselves. The auctioneer got nis money—he didn’t care. The curiosity dealers shrugged their shoul- ders—it was none of theirbusiness. The stock offered was scattered about the room. It included knives, umbrellas, old clothes, bedsteads, rusty bayonets, billiard balls, carpenters’ rules,peddler’s outfits, .chromos, revolvers, chairs, tably stovepipes, ete., all mingled in rusty, dusty confusion. The sale pro- ceeded this manmer. The auc- tioneer saying: ““How much d forty, forty—fort brella. ‘e bid? Forty, forty, 3 Fine silica um- Maybo a duke owned it; maybe u duchoss; maybe a bumstole it. Forty- fivel Once, tw Mrs, Mulligan, t name isn't it? Now wo have lot number 238, n sab.o, How much d’ye——,"" and so on. There was a story connected with every one of those articles, a romantic one undoubtedly in many cases, but no one there knew it, or evinced the least desire to learn anything about it. A suit of clothes was held up by the boy. “How much d’ye bid? Those nearest the stand felt the cloth and examined the clothes carefully, then a bid was offered,and another and so on, until the hammer fell. Mrs. Mulligan must own a second-hand clothing store, for she bought a great deai of clothing. “‘Lot number 3847, one coat and vest. How much d’ye bid?”” came the monoto- nous formula of the auctioneer. “Lemme see, cheviot,or what? What's it made of,” asked Muvs. Mulligan, She examined it closely for a moment with an eager face. Then she said in a dis- appointed way: “Tt’s got a hole in it.” Yes, sure enough, there was a small hole in the coat, right above the upper outside pocket. The auctioneer pressed his finger on the spot for a moment andthen remarked in a matter-of-fact voice: “I guess that’s where the bullet went through.” The coat and vest were sold, and when some poor fellow buys them he wilt never know that a bullet once pierced his coat and reached a man’s heart. 5 “Where's lot 38077 tioneer, The assistant handed up a package wrapped in a dirly piecoe of yellow poper. It was untied, and with'a clat- tering noise a lotof gevolvers and knives fell out on the table. Big revolvers, little revolvers, old-fashioned ones, self- cocking affairs, Colts, Smith & Wessons, bull-dogs, American and Buropean makes, daggers, bowic-knives, stilettos, bright, rusty, all kinds and in all condi- tions, and the sight enough to send a chill through a man, The people who were gathered in that room, however, did not see anything suggestive in this, and offered their bids on each weapon as it was put up as though it werean every-day occurrence with them. Some of the revolvers were etill loaded, and the empty shell and the trigger in the AR they were after the last shot had been fired. These weapons were sold at remarkably low prices, and often & lot—for there weve several pack- ages of the same kind—was sold at one time. Then pawn tickets, for small amounts generally, were sold for 25 and 30 cents apiece. When the last article had been s0ld the auctioneer said: “The sale is ended, ladies and gentle= men., Thank you for your courtesy, I hope to see you soon again,” Then there was a clatter and din as each buyer insisted on having his or her purchase delivered fiyst, and quiet was not restored until all the strange stock had been taken away. asked the auc- California’s Shipmasnt of Raisins. Ducing the last year 'thousands of acres have becn planted to raisin vines in all se tions of the state where %0il, climate and tem- perature are condusive to the successful cul- ture of the fruit, says the San Francisco kx- aminer. In F'résuo county alone 50,000 acres are devoted to raisin grapes, all of which will be in full bearing in four years. As a rulethe crop from an acre is valued at $200, 5o that in 1845 the product from one wil be worth $10,000,000. This is a conservative estimate as instances are known where under favor able circumstances and by careful cultivation one acre of Muscat vineb hias yielded as much as $150, e Change Cars? No. Among the many exigencies of modern travel there is one requirement which is always popular and always in demand, and that is “a through vice,” Life is too short to *‘change cars” every few hundred miles, and the travelling pub- lic have very properly rebelled against all such old-fashioned railronding. The through equipment of the Union Pacific, #the nrlglnulI overland route,” provides for a through car service for all west from the Missouri river, points ——— An Embezzling Bookkeeper Suicides. MuLwavkeg, Wis. Dec. 14.—Emil F. Wolf, bookkeeper for Gross & Co., Who was yester- day found to be §1,200 short in his accounts, committed suicide this worning by shooting himself, Earnest A, Young in the Yankton Blade: "I do wish,” exclaimed Mrs, Deacon Appleby, “‘that everything wouldn’t allus comei n a heap!” “Wall, wall, Samantha, don't fret,” said the deacon, who sat in a corner mending a “hold back,” which had broken while driving home from town that afternoon, *1 guess if somebody didn't fret,things would git wuss than they be, for all the procrastinatin’ eritte u beat the wust of 'em. Theidea of you waitin® till Sat- urday afore you went totown to get thom clothes, and not a thing to put on your for Sunday!” 0, uso of stewin’ about that, now that I've been and got back, and bought the clothes, id the deacon, his tem- pernot the least ruffled by the lashing of his consort’s rather sharp tongue. u've bought ‘em, but they ain't returned the good woman, “I couldn’t wait for 'em to bo fixed. The misfit parlor man said that they allus callated to have the goods a per- fect bang-up nobby fit afore he delivered ‘em to customers, Lucky, Samantha, that I see that advertisement of the mis- fit parlors, for there you can git custom- made goods at ready-made prices!” “You picked up a good hy slang words, for one trip to town, it seems to me,” said Mrs. Appleby, amid a great clatter of tea kettic and other domestic utensils upon the kitchen stove, “Them “ereain't slang, They’re terms that belong to the trade,” explained the deacon, “Wall, I dunno whata suit o' clo'es *Il amount to yo, with you in one town and they in another, s'posin’ they don't come.” “I could wear a shawl o' yourn to meet’n and have it given out from the pulpit with the restof the church no- tices that 1'd got a new outfit some- wheres on the way,” suggested the deacon with a humorous twist of his lips, which always had a_smile lu about them, ready to spring into visible existence. ST wouldn’t make sport out of sacred subjects, if I in your place,” said Samantha. with unabated asperity., The current of debate was turned at this point by the appearance of Dovis, whose twenty years of life had developed the energetic qualities of her mother with the never failing good temper of her father,—a combination, by the way, which went very well with a sweetly simple manner and a full share of besauty. “The coach is coming, father,” she announced, “‘and I think it brings Mr. G 8, the new minister.” “For pity sake!” eried M “I never thought of its bein the coach yit,” exclaimed the deacon, hastily thrusting the piece of harness into a pocket, and running to the sink to wash his hands. “Doris has got to meet him at the door. Ishan’t with this faded caliker on,” said Mrs. Appleby. “I willmeet him, mother, and show him to his rcom,” said Dorris, and she added, ‘‘you and father will have time to brush vourselves upa bit before he comes down to supper.” . With nothing but sunshine upon her sweet face, she adjusted a ribbon at her throat, and another at her waist, with the effect of a general change of attive. for it took but little to adorn her simple beauty. She onened the front door just as M. Gravesalighted from the coach. He was a pleasant-faced young man—au stu- dent sent there for one Sabbath asa “candidate,” As yet he had not gained a very ministerial look, especially. since he wore a traveling suit of gray, with russet shoes and crush hat. Doris greeted him with unconscious grace, but he was a little emburrassed. “If T may tax your kindness so soon,’ he said, as he paused in the doorway of the pleasant chamber to which she con- ducted him, *I would like a needle and thread. 1 caught my cout sleeve on the door of the couch, and the result is a sad looking rent.” And he held up hisarm to show the extent of the damage. **That is too bad, but I can soon mend it for you. I’m afraid,” she added, with her sunny smile, *‘that unless you are more nimble with the needle than father is, you would bave a hard time mending that. It isa dreadful tear, and it will show, the best I cando.” Mr. Graves laug and handed her the garment with a grateful look. *The worst of it is,” he added, *‘T had a parcel checked on the cars, and the baggage man couldn’t find it at the sta- tion when I arrived. It contained more suitablo garments than these for to- morrow.”” **T hope it is not lost?’" said Doris, ““Probably it will be found in time for me to check it back again when [ re- turn,” In the meantime Mrs, Appleby was bustling about in the preparation of tea, and the deacon, having }hlis]md mend- ing the harness, was out attending to the chores, which always hurried him at that hour, Six o'clock came; supper was all ready. Still no express bundle arrived for the deacon. It oughtto have come on the coach. Mrs. Appleby grew more and more uneasy; even the calm deacon begun to brush with his hand the clothes he had on, wondering if they couldn't be made to answer in case his new suit did not come, Appleby. *time for But no—they would not do. He had been humilated enough by being compelled to woear them to town that day. The truth was, his thrifty wife had undertaken, a fow days before these events, to sponge the deacon’s clothes with a famous cleansing soap which had been recommended to her, The soap was indeed effective. It re- moved all the stains and grease. But it at the same time took out every vestige of the original dye wherever the sponge was applied. The result wasagenarally mottled effect which was so ridiculous that the warer laughed cvery time he looked at them, He had hoped that the new suit would arrive before the young minister came down to supper. But it wasa vain hope. ’ T guess he'll think wo're mortal poor, for you to wear them things,” said Mrs, Appleby. *Mabbe he’ll think I'm all the more stiddy fora deacon, if [ don’t pay so much attention to dress, like the world’s people,” was the ready reply. As o matter of fact, Mr. Graves did not think of noticing his genial host’s at- tire, and, although Mrs, Appleby was “fidgetty” at the table, Doris and her father were pleasant cnough to make up. But when 9 o’clock—the deacon’s bed- time—came, and Mr. Graves retired for the night, the Applebys looked at each other in dismay. “Now what d’ye think?” exclaimed Mrs, Appleby. “Looks as if I'd got to stay at home from meetin’ tomorrow, or go and wear these here brindled trousers,’” said the deacon, with a rather dismal smile, SIf it only wasn't wicked to pretend to be illnd not to go,” said Doris fuintly, “But it is wicked,” assorted the father, “Jestas I expected 'twould turn out when you come home without the new clo'es,” said Mra, Appleby, I don’t seo how I could help it. They | needed fixin' over and I knew you'd scold if T axed you to do it with so little time, " “You oughter got ‘om tho fust of the woek as I told ye to. It all comes of your procrastinatin’ that I'm allus tellin® ut.” ye at HTh is somebody at the door minute,” cried Doris, and she flew answer the knock, A boy stood on the step witl Hioxpross for the the youngsto to « bundle rried by on tother train, anda come on the one from the west. Dad told mo to foteh it vigit up, s ye might be wanting of it.” “There, th Samanthu!™ cried the deacon, holding the bundle exultantly close 1o the good lndy's face. Now what comes of all Here te the clo'es, and the just as they said they would Saumantha relented in spi your sent ally did after the worry of t} VoW over, and so they retired in poace. The deacon would have liked to try on his pur s before going to bed, but it oc- curred to him that that would appear like boyish impatience, so he contented himself with tearing o hole in the wrap- ping paper and obtaining a glimpse of the dark goods through the opening. In the morning, for some unaccount- able renson the A pplebys all overslept, and when the deacon and his energotic wife arose thoy found that they had a nurrow margin of time in which to do the ordinary morning work of a farm, which cannot be omitted even on tho Sabbath. This tended to irritate Samantha, and even the deacon found it hard to keep his Sunday countenance during a has- tily preparved breakfast. Mr. Grav was a little anxious over the coming or- deal of preaching, for the second time in his experience, a regulur written ser- sure as the for the doz- enth time, after Mr. Graves had gone to his room for a haif hour of meditation. ‘Time enough, mother; don't fret,” said the deacon. “But you've got yourclothestochange got, and no knowin’ whether they’ll come within a rod of fittin’ ye,” persisted Mrs. Appleby. S B, t. I'll wear 'em anyway. fit or no fit,” said the deacon impatiently, I will hitch up the horse for you, father, so you can have move time,” said Doris, “That's a good gal! T wish ye would, to he for I declare for it, I hate e ter hustle round_ so like a house afire Sun- morning . Gry came down, ready tostart. 's. Appleby tried to entertain him with becoming bofore-meeting topic while the deacon was getting read ame in and said thete Deacon Appleby did not put in an appearance, His wife fidgeted, Doris becume unensy, and Mr, Graves looked at his watch. » name of natur aimed Mrs, / be don’ 15t Sho started to go and see, when door opened and Dy in. His face was was o queer pucker at though he were suppressing an inclina- tion to laugh. j00d lany man at the on Appleby came very redand there ut his lips as ejaculated Mrs. Ap- by. *Why, father!” Doris exclaimed, ple! - My, Graves staved at the apparition in the doorway, then looked down at his own slim length, and back again at the ample figure of his host, while his palo checks became almost as red as the deucon’s, *‘Got the hoss ready?” ventured the latter. *Yes, father. But--" *V7all, we hain't much time to spave. Ye see—" tho good man was on the point of making an explanation, but checked himself, and began, with short, cautious steps, to cross the room, add- ing,— e Gomat 1t e tue e ready.” A more ridiculous figure than that cut by the deacon it would be hard to imagine. He had put on his new suit of clothes, They were made of dark goods of fine quality. But the legs were soveral inches too short, and so tight that they ike the ume of a cireus-per- forme The coaut was equally short, and to introfluce the buttons to their re- spective button holes would have been an impossibility. And every moment the deacon made a vain attempt to stretch the too-economical waist-coat down to cover a zone of white shirt and suspender buttons betwixt that garment and the trousers. “What in the world did you buy them duds for?” gasped Samantha in the dea- con’s ear, when they were seated beside each other on the forward seat of the beach wagon, “Don’t a word, plense don't, and mabbe there won't nobody notice it!” sas the hurried response. *Not notice ‘em!” echoed Mrs. Apple- by. ““There’s a pesky mistake, unless the cloes_shrunk tremendously after 1 left them, ™ suid the deacon, At the meeting house the latter glided intoa pew near the door partially unob- served, after the services were begun, And in perspiring misery he sat through the hour of worship, until aroused by a touch upon his arm. It was the boy who had brought the express bundle the evening before, and he another bundle now. “Dad didn't see this one when he sent me up last night, and so T fetched it here, knowin' you always was ter meetin’,” said the boy, handing over another bundl; “What have you there, father?” Doris exclaimed, noticing the bundle hugged had ves—I forgot--but it’s your'n, T " he stammered, giving itto Mr. The latter looked head. think not, plain wrapping. Tk at it and shook his Mine was lurger, and in he dencon stared at the bundle which was returned to his charge, and the words-- MISFIT in large letters On the way Doris did all the taiking. The de: went into the house with the bundle the first thing he did was to open it. “Wall, I do vum!” he exciaimed, hold- ing up coat and trousers which were cer- tainly a fit for himsell, “Them are the elo'es 1 bought!” he clared. Then whose are them you' tryin' to squee: heen yoursell into, I'd like toknow?” domandad Mra. 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Funeral Director nd Embaln cation and preached regularly at the little meeting-house, With the next term he graduated, was ealled to the rural parish and sct up his home there, with Doris Appleby to furnish sunshiné for him, e b Lunch Etymologioally Cons’dered, Lord Coleridge objects to the word “lunch,” and so do some other people, when it is used to designate any meal served after 12 noon, says the Boston ald, Whether “lunch”or “luncheon’ t mattors little, if thoss partak- ing of it will recollect that the word sig- nifies a “lump of food,” only that and nothing mor A luncheon—according to Dryden a hunch of bread cut from the loat. sw when it is said by elip shod writers that ‘‘a nice little lunch was served during the evening,” that is not what is meant at all. The hunch of bread, the stop-taken at noon time, is a very different affair from the *‘supper” menl, whatever its proportions, which follows dinner as surely as night follow If that appetizing repast, consisting of erackers and cheoso, or the toothsome Welsh - rurebit, or any other indigestible dainty that tops off an evens ing art is called “‘lunch,”it is a grievous error in the judicial ears of Lord Cole- ridge and other etymologis! - 01d Folks at Home, Thoy will be there and expecting a vigit from you at Christmas time, and the Union Pacifie will sell tickets on Do cember 24, 25 and 31, 1890, and January 1. 1801, to all Kansas and Nebraska points at one and one-third fare for the round trip, good returning until Janu ary b, 1891, LUl Go Oa a Visit, Here is a chance to go home and visi the old folks during the holidays, The Union Pacific will sell on December 24, | 25 and 31, 1890, and January 1, 1801, round trip tickets to all Kansas and Nes braska points for one and one-third fare for the round trip, good returning Janus ary 5, 1891,