Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 28, 1891, Page 3

THE OMAHA BEE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, OFFICE: No. 12 PEARL STRE Delivered by Carrier in any part of the City W, TILTON . - MANAGER. TELEPHON Business Oftico, No. Night Editor. No. % ‘MINOR M N. Y. P. Co, Council Bluffs T.umber Co., coal. Craft's chattel loans, 204 Sapp block. Genulne Rock Spring coal. Thatcher, 16 NTION. 1t 18 reported that the Model baseball clob will reorganize shortly for the coming season under the patronage of the proprictors of the Model clothing house. The residgence of R, J. McBride, 216 South First street, was visited by sneak thieves a oight or two ago and a lot of catables were taken from the refrigerator that stood on the back porch. The Young Woman’s Chiistian Temper- union will meet this afternnon in room 2 Merriam block at i :30o'clock. All young ludies interested in home mission work are coraially invited to be present, E. A, Gallupof Hancock, tho patentee of the well known Gallup car coupler, bas orranged with the officials of the Roc! d road at this point to make an experiment with his coupler in the yards nent Tuesday. ‘T'hio Klonas society nict last evening at the tho residenco of Miss Jen: itar ou North Eiglith street features of the evening The edi- tors of the society | Will Van .. Orman and Jonn Reynolds. Attorney General Stone and City Attorney Stewart bave been busily engaged preparing the answer 1o the petition of the state of No- brasia in the law suic which is now pending before the supreme court, 1t is a voluminous document, and it will be completed The attorneys are by no means confid gaining a complete victory over the st the other side of the river. Special communication of Bluff City lodge, No. 71, Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, this evening for work in the first de- gree. Al Masons invited. By order W. M. Manager Hazelton of the Chautauqua as- sembly has drawn up two propositions which will bo presented to the Omaha and Council Bluffs bridge company at_its next meeting relative to the extension of the motor line to the assembly grounds in time for the coming season. One provides for a lino running out east Broadway and the other over the Jof- fries road, Mr. Hazelton will not say at present, what the propositions contain, but o states that he thinks the chances for one or the other being accepted are good, as the; are both very liberal. Mr, Hazelion states that during tho spring the Woman's Christan Temperance union expects to erect a two story building on the grounds, The lower story will be occupied by a large room to bo used for mectings and the upper story will be divided into apartments, which will bo rented to lodgers. The examination of the members of the firm of Henry Eiseman & Co., which w nave taken place before Judge McGee yes day forenoon, was poctponed until next Mon- day moruing. The following cases of contagious diseases were reported yesterday at_the oflice of the clerk: Scarlel fever, Tessie Wilson, 1210 Avenuo A; diphtheria, Olivia Jameson, | Vine strect; measles, Annie_Schlicter, Lincoln avenue; J. Debster, 712 Avenuo I'; J. N. Clark, 514 North Seventh strect; James 30 Avenue C, A marriage license was 1ssued yesterday to Jens Hasen of Omaha and Hansena Madsen of the Bluffs. The_fifth annual bull of Council Bluffs lodge No. 83, Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Asso ciation of North America, will be given at Temple hall Tuesday evening, April 7. The Traveling Men's association will at- tend services at the Broadway Methodist Episcopal church 1n a body at 7 :30 tomorrow evening, ‘There is a great deal of regret expressed on account of the sickness of soveral members of the Inisfail dramatic club, who had been ongaged to ropeat “Eileen Oge! for the hen- efit of the St. Barnard's nospital fair, There i 1o hopo of tho company, boing able to fill 1ts engagoment and the dramatic part of the week’s entertainment has been declared off. Friends of the various traveling men in the clty who expect to put them forward as can- didates for the satchel to be voted to the most popular commercial tourists at, the St. Bernard’s fair are requested to send in the names of the mea .not later than Monday night. Colonel John Fox takes exception to the article that appeared in Tk Ber yesterday morning, in which he was mentioned as a candidate for the position of oversoer of the poor. He states that he bas never mado any effort to got the place aud that his friends who ave working for him are doing so with- out his permission. He has & number of friends among the candidates, he_says, who could make the oftice pay much better than he could, and whom he would not thinik of run- ning against. He can run for oftice enough and get beaten, be thinks, when e is willing to run, without being run and defeated aguinst his will. A. A. Hart, the jeweller, is somewhat out of sorts over having his name mentioned as among the candidates. As a matter of fact, the name should have read A. Hart, referring to Prof. Hart, w.o was formerly principal of the high school. . Mr. on A good girl can find a situation to do general housework by applying to Mrs. P. M. Pryor, 610 Bluft strect. —_— HAY FOR SALE, Fifty cars of hay for salo by the Council Bluffs & Omaha Transfer company. Orders must be sent in at oace, as hay is scarce aud vrices advancing: rapidiy. Orders received av 1219 Farnam atréet, Omabla, and 1005 Fourth street, Council Blufts. Maundel & Klein have the only house fur- nishing goods house in the city. They carry a complete ‘stock of furniture, carpets, stoves, crockery, curtains, snades, fixtures, lamps, in fact éverything needed to furnish ahouse frow kitchen to attic. They sell for cash or on casy terms, at prices which are their own recowmendation, This week sev- eral car loads of new goods were received. Call and see the splendid line of new carpets, We are suro you will ba pleased with botn patterns and prices. If you need furnture nd have not the ready money to pay for it, call and seo us. We sell on easy payments as well as for cash, N s KLELN, 320 Broadway . — Baster display of miliinery Friday and Saturday at Monteith's, 317 Broadway. e PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. J. H. Westeott is very ill, Attorney 8. E. Henry starts today for Deadwood, 8. D., where he will locate, Mus, C. E. Luriug, who was expecting to return this week to her home in Council Bluffs after a long visit with friends in Cin- ciouatl, is laid up with an attack of la grippe, and writes that she will not be ably 10 start tor home for some time yet. Drs. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Pearl strect, next to Grand b Telophone 145, High grade,work a specialty. Mrs. M. Pfeiffer has returncd from tbe east with a full line of spring millinery, and will be glad to see all her friends. Call and see hor Easter display noxt week. Will find prices lowest in the ity Evans Laundry Co., 50 Poar! stroet. Tolo- phone 200, Goods called for and aelivered. J. B. Atkins, wostern agent for DePau w's plate glass company, will give estimates on plate delivery in lowa and Nobraska, The Manbattan, sporting headquarters. N O'Brien. s Oldest G, A. R. Chaplain, . Edward C, Ambler of Danbu , died in Brooklyn, N. Y., las aged eighty-four, He was or- dained to the ministry in 1840, and was actively engaged in pastoral work until quite recently. Mr., Ambler was chap- lain of the Grand Army of the Republie up tothe time of his death, the oldest living one in the country, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY.-MARCH 28, 1891.—TWE NENS. FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS. Frits Stampf Was the Man Killed by the Wabash Freight Train, ACTIONS OF THE DEAD MAN'S FATHER. Grant Loses His Case in the Federal Court-Lamcke Let OFf Easy —Other City Matters. The body of the man who was run over by the freight trainon the Wabash Thursday night was identified yesterday morning as thatof Fritz Stumpf, whose home was near Minueola, about fifteen miles east of Council sluffs. Ho left Minncola, so the Wabash agent at that place states, Thursday evening on the passenger train, and was at that time noticed to be staggering about, evidently under the influence of liquor. At Nanson he had secured a place to work, and it is sup- posed he had left the train and was on his way tohis employment when he fell ina stupor on the track and lay there until his death. This theory is rendered somewhat »able, however, by the fact that at the the man was picked up there was not lightest odor of liquor to be detected anywhere about him. ‘Tne coroner stated that if tho man had been drunk the whisky would have certaiuly manifested its pres- ence. As s00u as the remains had been identified the fathier of the dead man, who lives on a farm near Minneola, was notified. He came to the Bluffs yesteraay afternoon, and visited the undertaking rooms of W. C. and when that gentiemun's bill W osonted told Mr. Estep to box up the mains and send them down to Minncola, and charge up thoe expenso to the county. The undertaker replied that tho county was not furnishing transportation free, and that if the body was taken away, he would have to p the expenscs himsel ast one of his friends took the und er to one side and slipped 20 into his d, telling hin 1o fix_the body up in as good shape as possible for that wmouut and senn it out to Minneola, He cautioned him, however, not to let Stumpf know where the money had como from, but let him think tho county was paying for the funeral. The re mains will be taken to Minneola today for burial, Oid 'man Stumpf is said to be financially well fixed, and his actions caused consid- eruble remark among those who were the witnesses of the occurrence. In accordance with the plan of the coroner, a post mortem was held yosterday morning with a view to finding out whether Jhe de- censed was u vietim to heart disease, Dr Waterman and Cleaver held the post mortem, but they were unable to find any indication that the death had been caused by any irregu- larity in that orean, In the evening the coro- ner's jury was reassembled and brought in a vordict that the deceased met his death by being vun over by a train, und that no blame could bo attached to the company or any of its employes. Do you want an _express wagon or boy! Ring up the A. D. T. Co,, telephone 179, No. 11 North Main stroet. J.C. Bixpy, steam neating, sanitary en- glneer, 202 Morriam block, Council Blufts St. Bernard’s hospital fafr commences Monday. FEDERAL COURT NEWS, Grant Loses His Case—Indictments Return d Against Bootleggers. At nbout half past four o'clock yesterday morning the jury in the case of John Grant against the Union Pacific railway company brought in a verdict. Tho verdict was read at tho opening of fedoral court, and was found to be & judgment for the defendent. This caso has been watched with consider- able interest by the publi¢, from the fact that the plaintiff was suing the company for £5,000 damages, as the result of injuries which he nad reccived in North Platte by reason of the neglect of the company to keep its road bed in good repar, Yesterday morning was tho time which had been set for the arguments of thé attor- neys on the railroad cases. An opportunity was given for the arguments, but the attor- neys for tho companies stated that they had no desire to make any speeches in the mat- ter, as the court had already as much as said that his mind was made up. An entry was accordingly made in the docket, the sub- stance of it being that the parties had sub- mitted the case to the court, und it had been taken under advisement, Tho remainder of the day was occupied al most entirely with the trial of crimiual cases. The grand jiry made a report, returning in- dictments against the following parties, all of them being charged with violations of the internal rovenuo more _commonly known as *'bo Lee Rutherford, Cass count; er, Adair_coun James Clark, Adams county ; Elmer Watrous, Guthrie county; Thomas H. McConnell, Adair county; Love Kinney, Monroo county S. R Ramsey, Shelby county; Albert Wash- ington, Monroe county; T. J. Arnold, Admr county’; Luther Bovell, Montgomery county; William Martin, Fremont county ; Robert B, Walter, Monroe county; George Barkins Montgomery county ; James Borden, Monroe county, Of these Georgo Basskins, A, Washington, 8. L. Gardiner, I, J. Arnold and Love Kin- ney pleaded guilty and were given the regu- lation punishment of thirty days’ imprison- ment andafine of §100." Frank Snowden was tried on the same charge und the case was given to the jury during the afternoon. William Denton of Adair county was tried and discharged for lack of evidence, A. W. Barton was also tried and the jury returned a like verdict. The casein which Council Bluffs people feol the greatest interest is that of J, M. Lamcke, charged with sending obscene mat- ter through the mails. Lamcke, atter spend- ing a night in tho city jail, was brought into court for a trial. He faced the court with many tears, and finally pleaded_guilty with s0 many signs of emotion that the court was moved to leniency, aud imposed a fine of $10 and a term of three months in the Polk county jail. The prisoner was taken to Des Moines last night by a deputy United States marshal, It is thought that the work of the term will notbe completed by this evening, as was at first expeted. There ave still a large number of criminal ses to be tried, and it is not probable the court will be able to adjourn be- fore next Tuesday or Wednesday. Fruit farm for sale on reasonable terms; within oue and one-half miles of the P, 0.} all in bearing; good buildiugs; possession given at once. Callon D. J, Hutchinson & Co,, 617 Broadway. Our spring stock s now completa, ‘want o be in st 810 Broadway If you e call at Reiter's, the tailor, Spring Goods, Tmmense arrival of spring goods at the Boston Store, Councll Biuffs, Ia., in dress goods, black and colored silks, fancy dress China silks in figures and polkadots, elegant line of surrah silks i plaids for dress und dress trimmings, dress trimmings in black, steel and gold, the latest in the market, Almost every shade in the velvet line, A special offer for this week in black silks at 8100, $1.19, and #1.25, worth from $1.2 #1650, Noveltios in hosi; in silk, liste and cotton, novelties in und vear in silk, lisle and cotton. Windsor ties, the best line in the aity from de to Wall paper—our immense stock of wall paper just received. Call and get our prices, we can save you money. BOSTON STORE, Council Bluffs, Ta. Fotheringham, Whitelaw & Co. st Cook an Imposter. A man giving his name as J. Cook has been working up a dress making trade in Omaha for some time past, representing humself to be travelllug for a firm located at 360 Broad- way, Council Bluffs, A suspicion has been aroused that he is not perfectly straight, from the fact thathe has failed to deliver clothing that bas been ordered, and the goods for which have been futnished him. There 18 no such place as 560 Broadway in this city, The number on the corner of Sixth street and Broadway Is 558, %0 that the dress making establishment, if located at tho number at the number which it is said to be, must be somewhere in.the middie of the street. —— St. Bornard's hospital fair commences Mon day evening and lasts all week. gy 1ncrense of Taxation, The following tabulated statement has been prepared by County Auditor Hendricks, showing the numbor of miles each rairoad has in Pottawattamie county, the assessed valuation of the railroad vroperty in the 1500, as compared with that of the present year, and the total value of the property in the two years. It will be seen from an examination of the table, that the total as- sessed valuation has been increased §23,019.04 in this county smmap g 1 v gl ‘avow 40 IKVS 523 ‘(881 205 aevazour St. Bernard’s hospital fair commences Mon- d ayovening. John Schicketanz has opened a barber shop at 1043 South Main stroet, and is ready to serve his frionds and the public in general in his line of business. ey Shugart & Co. carry largest stock of bulk field, garden and flower seeds in the west Catalogue and samples by mail. Death of Mrs. Laing. Mrs. 3. W. Laing died at 9 o'clock yester- day at her residence, 32 South Sixth street, after an illuess of a few weeks from typhoid fever. Hor condition was not considered serious until a weels ago, when she began to fail rapidly. Mrs. Laing was a noble Christian ‘voman. Hor maiden name 1vas Mary Trowbridge, and sho was born in Southville, Oukland county, Mich., forty-five years ago. The gréater part of her adult life has been spent in Council Bluffs. She camo here in 1863 and lived as a member of the family of her uncle, Judge Douglass, until 1810, when she was ‘married to Mr. Laing, She leaves threo children, all under age. The eldest, Will, is eighteen, Robert fifteen and Sophia ten. The only other surviving relative is her brother, Frank Trowbridge, a lunber cealer of Do- troit, Mich., who arrved yesterday morning in answer {0 a telegram acquinting him with the dangerous iliness of hs sister. During her long residence in this city the lovely character of Mrs. Laing had endeared her to a large circle of friends. She- was an active and tireloss worker for the good of others, and her charitable work has been the means of blessing hundreds, The funeral will occur Sunday afternoon at 4:80in St Paul’s church of which she was & member. Her pastor, Rev. T. J. Mackey, will ofiiciate, The hospital fair at Masonic temple all next, week. Thirsty Visitors. Marshal Templeton has had his hands full during the last few days, taking care of the people who are attending federal court, from outside towns. There are a large number of hangers-on who have evidently come from some place where prohibition prohibits, for every little while some court man is run in in company with a jag several sizes too large for him. Yesterday morning the grist was somewhat smaller than usual, and only two drunks were in police _court, Their names wero T, Wallers and V. Kelly. They were fined $10 apiece. Reuben Sternsand William Wallace, two highly respected gray-headed men, were fined $10.40 each for drunkeness and insulting a lady on the streot Thursday night. A girl living atJ, J. Brown's resi- dence was the prosecuting witness, Another Fatal Accident. A telegram was received last cvoning at 9 o'clock by the Burlington officials trom W. F. Lavely, agent at Isiand Park, a small station four miles south of Council Bluffs, stating that a man had been run over by the south bound passengor train, and had been found lying on the track. They were re- quested to notify the coroner and come to the station at once to take the corpse in charge. An effort was made to find Coroner Waterman, but he was in Omaha, and it was therefore decided to pat off the journey until this morning, when the coroner and Undertaker Estep, a companied by W. J. Davenport. general freight agent, will start for the scene of thoe accident by special train. An inquest on the remains will 0o held on the ground. Who the dead man is, or the particulars of the killing, could ot b learned. il il The Donkey Lied. This is credited as one of General Lew Wallace’s Turkish jokes, accord- ing tothe Washington "Post. There lived ‘n Stamboul, Turkey, a well-to-do Turk named Ismail Hassam. A neigh- bor called on Ismail one day and wanted to borrow his donkey to use an hour, Ismail made a low salaam and said: “*Neighbor, I am sorry, but my boy started on the donkey an hour ago to Scutarl. By now he is gayly trotting overthe hills far from the sacred pre- cinets of Stamboul,”? Justas Ismail finished his speech, a donkey’s loud bray was heard in the stable, which was- under the same roof as Ismail’s house, but in the rear, The neighbor suid 0**Ah, I hear your donkey bray.” Iemail protested that his neighbor’s ears were deceived, and that the noise was not a donkey’s bray. Then the donkey which was™ supposed to be jog- ging “along toward Scutari, brayed twice loudly. It was too much, and the neighbor eried: “Oh, that is your donkey, Ismail; Allah help me. I'can now borrow him,” Ther Ismul said: ‘*Which do you believe is lying, the donkey or me#” The neighbor had to give Ismail the benefit of the doubt, and went away, Youth's Every bell in every steepla Peal on peal its summons All the birds in all the b Trill on trill their anthems singing Sweetheart, rise, and let your voice with Bells and birds the song repeat. To the churches fair with lilics Happy feet their journey taking. Every heart to joy and rapture With the joyous earth awaking. Rise, sweetheart, and with your gladness Make the glad duy more coniplete, WHERE 10 FIND A C00D HOME, Land That Unole Sam Offers Ris People for the Taking. VAST ACRES OF PUBLIC DOMAIN OPEN. Land Districts and What They Afford —Chances for Pioneers—Peculs farities of the Kirst Sete tlers Descrived, Lexixaroy, Neb., March 24,—[Spectal Cor- respondence of Tine BEE | — With the warmth of April and May 8 curious army will make its appearance on the western plains. Its ad- vent will cause no surprise; its methods will excite little comment; the sight will bo familiar to anyone acquainted with that west that is nothoast of the Mississippi.e 1t will be an invading body, but hostile to nothing human, This army is known by various appella- tions; perhaps the one most frequently em- ployed in literature is: *“I'tie bold and hardy ploncers of civilization.” In the dialect of the prairies its members are called ‘“sod pounders,” but in general parlance they are designated ‘settlers,” “homesteaders,” and the “folks moving west hese aro the people who take up land, Where will they find it! The person of average intelligence reading of the rush of settlers to Oklahoma and the Sioux reservation might readily infer that in thoso territories alone last prospec for free homes. It is a fac the old time onst of the Fourth of July orators that Jucle Sam is rich enough to give every man a farm,” is no_longer n reality, unless many of the farms were chosen from the arid re- gions of the farwest. It istrue the day is not far distant when those in quest of free hoties will be compelled to choose between the alternative of reclaiming the parching districts of tho west from the desert or wresting the rich alluvial tracts of the south from the swamps, a_fight with drouth or a fight' with water; still, although the choicest. spots of our domain have owners, there are yot open to public entry thousands of quarter Sections of available farming lands, In tho fine stato of Oregon there is much good agricultural land remaining unoceupied. The greatest part of it lies west of the (las- cade mountains and is covered more or less densely with brash and timber. When cleared y productive, On the large afucnts of the Willamette river there 1s room for hun- dreds of settlers, there beiug not less than 2,000,000 acres of available land after making proper deductions for, tracts that aro worth- css because too rocky ortoo steep. This amount would be capable of supporting from 50,000 t0 100,000 persons. At present these tracts yield mo income except to a few who graze cattle or sheep in the more open spots. In VWyoming the land that can be culti- vated with the natural water supply is mostly taken, but in Cook county there is fairly good land, 'stili open to settlement, where tion is unnecessary. Colorddo, too, has mil- lions of acres—Colorado, that wonderland of shape and color, and the wondertand, also, of future possibilities ; but Colorado farms must have irrigation. Neithor need the settler turn his oyes toward Utah, forall the watered land therd has been longago taken up. In dry seasons there is not, under present meth- ods, enough water for the land already culti- vated. The same condition of affairs exists in Cali- fornia, although iu Humboldt county thero is timber land that will some timoe b of great value for the timber alone. Kausas has vast aistricts of vacant land, more than will be taken up in some time to come, The Garden City district alone has 700,000 acres, In the Wakeeney district there are vacant quarter sections in_ every county. Much fine “pasturage is unclaimed: in this state, ; In the Crookston district, Minnesota, thore are 100,000 acres, much of whichis suitabla for agricultural purposes. The most of it lies in the eastern part of - Kittson and Marshall counties and is principally prairio land. In the Duluth district there are 3,000,000 acres, much of it covered with brush and timber. There ate large quantities of vacant land all overthestateof Arkansas. This state hasnever sustained the reputation of being an ideal farming country on account of the amount of swamp land it possesses, but thero are many localities where _excellont quarter-sections can be found if tbesettler has suficient ais- crimination to select them from others less desirable. The territory variously designated as “No Man's Land,” “Public Land Strip,” and “Neutral Strip” isan object of interest to every farmer in search of a home. Possess- ing 4 delightful climate, fertile soil and fine timber, this country would be a veritablo farmer's paradise were it not tor one draw back; the farmer cannot get a title to his farm. When congress taies this strip again under advisément and favors it, which will surely soon happen, the men who have been v on tho ground will prove the fortunate ones, Only a small portion has been taken up for seitiement and there remain some 1,800,000 acres. A lind problem but slightly appre- ciated as vet by the north is that presented by Louisiana. der a recent act of congress all United ates lands in that stato have bcen with- drawn from the market and_reserved under the homestaad and pre-emption laws for the actual settler and homesteader. They can- not be purchased at any price, but any per- son desiring to found u settlement and home can obtain 160 acres without costs except the officers’ fees of entry. This relates to the United States lands, Under the swamp land grant of 18 there are about five million acres yet belong iny to the state and undisposed of at this date. These lands avo chiefly alluyial and as a rule aro the richest lands in the state, mnot only valuable for their soil, but for _the mag- niticent and phenomenal grovth of cypress and pine timber to be found upon them. They are being rapidly purchased by tho southerners and capitalists from the north, Owing to natural causes much of it is becom- ing each day bigher and moro access to those seeking farms or buyl on speculation. They are found in every county in tho state, and can be purchased at the ridiculously low price of 75 ceuts an acre, South Carolina, also, has vacant swamp lands covered with valuable timber, Florida has abundaace of vacant land, but thero seems little prospect of ever reclaiming it from the swamps. In Alabama there is gov- ernment territory in the southern part of the state that is considered average farming land adapted to raisiug corn, cotton, peas and potatoes. It beaps varlous kinds of timber. The Daxotas have, 1 the last year, boen thoroughly discussed. > From all’ accounts, few settlors will be indyged to move there in the immediate future. = Nevertheless, there is good land idlein Dakota, In Edmund: McPherson, Walworth ‘and Cumpbell coun- ties, South Dakota, thare are 500,000 acres of praivie walting for owners, much of it ex- cellent farm land, where, with good manage ment, unless the seasos are wonderful unfavorable, farmers should succeed. South Dakota bas more than five million acres of goverament land exclusive of the recently opened Sioux reservation, North Dakota possesses more than twelve million acres of vacantland, and some good sections can be found 1y évery county, Nebraska has o larga area of government lands in Lincoln, ~Keith, Logan, Blaine, Hooker, Arthur, Thomas and Custer coun: A consideruble portion of this is saudy or arid, but there is an astonishingly large number of good sections. In Cherry county, aumatiSfl] SCIATICA EURALGIA Stldtabs0i7 townships 27 and 28, there are lyingidle some remarkably good lands. The Chadron dis- trict contains between elght hundred thou- sand and ono million acres, of which from 1wo to three hundred thousaud are farming lands, the balance being better fitted for graz- ing purposes, The Nebraska portion of tho Sioux reservation, which isnot yet open to settlers, contains 410,000 acres In the thousands of prairie schooners which will_soon be facing westward thero will be found some men of nerve and determination men who will make homes and_ standings for their families; who will become permanent and desirable residents of the communities where they locato; but where there is one of this class” there are a hundred who drift be- fore the progress of civilization as dust flies 1n advance of a storm, Seldom vicious, they aro thrftless and ficklo of purpose moving from one state to another af fancy and so-called “bad luck” dictate. As a proof of this assertion it is an acceptod fact in the newer states that noless than throe tides of settlers must possess the land before permaneat residents can be expected. The man with a family and but little else, taking up & quarter section of new land, from which he must extract his maintenance and who cannot bravely faco the most re- lentless economy, fuvites failure: ho invites “bad luck.” The craze for elaborate and expensive farm machinery has ruined many settlers, who but for that extravagance would bave been prosperous. A man buys amachive to harvest his wheat and pays more for it than the procceds of the entire crop would amount to should it prove the most successful of seasons. Or rather, he does not pay for 1t, he gives his note, and the proceeds to mortgage his possessions from the last little pig to his next year's yet unsown crop to secure the note. 10 could better cradlo his wheatand resort 10 other primitive methods than to lose every- thing for a new-fangled machine, When he has_succeeded in purchasing, always on credit, a number of these expensive luxuries, heallows them to remain without protection under winter's storms and summer’s blister- ing heat. Such a settlor usually has ‘“bad luck.” Such a sottler suffers and so does his family If he remains on his claim long enougi to secure o titlo he then has recourse to tuat curse of westera homest takes afarmloan. So universal is this practice that when a man is known to have made final proof and to have received a patent on his homestead the first inquiry among his acquaintances is: **Did he take out a loan(" He probably did, He probably took all that he could induce tho lender to - vest in his property. Few men of this class know how to handle money; they seldom_possess largo sums: consequently when the farm loan is made the vorrower ex- pends the sum_injudiciously and wakes up shortlyto the fact that he is involyvea beyond all hope of extrication. The land, the hurd labor, all the fruits of five or six years spent in acquiring a home are swept away by his constantly accumulating mortgages, and he must begin again tho weary struggle for ex- istence with but his two hands for capital. A settler in the prairie states should either have money enough to support his family for two years or he should content himself with the barren necessities of life. It determined and industrious he can, with very little money acquire a home and independence pro- vided he is suficiently frugal. When on the ground he fi pense in obtaining the services of a locating agent in selecting his claim. _This charge is usually $25. The fees to officers for filing papers do no exceed $15, A little house on his land, if of sod, and the cheapest description will cost only $25, for he will perform the labor himself, but If he wishes it comfortable, with windows and wood floors, it will cost £100 or more. In somo places s0d houses ar tered with a specio of white clay found in the canons. A well, the first requisite, will cost from $7 to according 1o its dopth, The pump and windmill to manipulate it ail will searcely be purchased for 10ss than § The settler’s unavoidable expenditures, ac cordingly, will be from 250 to §350, deter- mined by ‘the style of house and depth of well. If he was well mformed he brought all his cattle, horses, hogs and farm implements; he probably had no breaking plow, they are not used iu the older states, and he will find it necossity. 1t will cost him §15 to purchase one for his new furm. It he comes in the spring he can broak during the season twenty or thirty acres. No heavy crops can be raised the first year vut the new breaking will produce potatoes, turmps or fifteen or twonty bushels of sod corn to the acre. He can live on this if he will; life can be supported on corn meal and milk, potatoes, turnips and_pumpkins and all of these he can raise the first season. In ad- dition he can earna little money by caring for some person’s timber-claim and can ob- tain a quarter or less amount of breaking to do for other partics. A settler coming to the west should bring his live stock. He should purchase as little furm machinery as possible. Ho should not sell his grain, but feed it to his animals and sell them; above all he should never even entertain the suggestion of a farm loan. ‘through all of the western states fine, im- roved lands can b purchased at a low' cost rom their original hoiders, who, suffering from proverbial ill-luck and swamped by un- necessary acquired debts, are anxious to sell regardless of sacrifice, and entering their dingy prawie-schooner will continue *moving west,” A E R PRIGE'S DELICIOUS lavoring Extracts. NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS . Of perfect purity. Of great strength. Almond -| Bconomy in theiruse. Ro! elc. Flavor as delicately and deliciously as the fresh fruit, HUMPHREYS' 'Diz, HUMPIREYS' SPECIFICS aro sclentifically nnd carefully prepared prescriptions used for inany ears n private practicowlt sugcessand for gver Tiirty years used by tho people. Every siugie Spe- cifio I'a apocial cure fo s diseaso Ramcd. 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Brown Bullding, Councll Bluffs Towa 1 carry afulllins of Beskeasers supplies, including comb foun- dation honey knives, smokers sections and all suwolies for an_apiary. M. S.ROOP, 220 East Broadway, CouncilBluffs, Ia | Asscts Specimen Figures from the Forty «ixth AnnualReport e OF THE e NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE CO. SUMMARY OF REPORT: Premtams. Interest, rents, et TotalIn Death clalms and endowments 5 Dividends, anuuties and purchased Insiranocs Total to Policy Holders ow pollcies Issued v ew lusurance written BUSINIS ome >U( INDITLIOD Linbilitie: ompanv'sstandard . Surptus (¢ ber cont ] Policles In force Insurance in force Hrisadry PRroc Increaso In tontine surplus... ... Increase in benefits to policy holdor Inorease In premiums . Increaso In fncome uso [ ssots @ In Insur in insura neo written oin force CROWTH OF THE COMP. AW INE Incre In tho yes In the'y In the yea In the yeur 18%0 In the yoar 15 In thie 180 Jun Tanuary 1, anuury 1, 1881 188 1801 ary 1. 1851 uary 1. 1880 January 1, 1891 . SURD N DURING URANOR 18§ OF 1800, S IN )N\IU.‘ e 103 PAST DECAD: UBD, 8 8000710 21,172 7 LUS. AID POLIOY HOLDERS, In the year 180)... WM. H. BEERS, President. HENRY TUCK, Vice Pr ARCHIBALD H. resident. WELCH. 2d V. Prest. RUFUS W. WEEKS, Actuary. K. GC. SMITH, Agency Director, SAPP BUILDING, COUNCIL BLUFF 3, ADVERTISERS ] = = Can reach more teachers and officers school through the columns Local School Journals, published by Nebraska Teachers Fublishing Com- pany, than any other teachers’ published in the West. of our paper A largge circu- lation in Nebr., Kan., Colo., Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota. If you want to sel your Advertise. Addr-ss, D. V. STEPHENS. Mgr. Fremont, Nebr. goods, _ Nebr. Teachers Pub. Co. From the “Pacific Journal «A great invention hns heen mado by Dr Tutt of New Xork, Mo has produced Tutt’s Hair Dye which Imiates nature to perfection;itacts instantancously and isperfectly harinless. Price, 81, Office, 30 & 41 Park Place, N. ¥ SPECIAL NOTICES. COUNCIL BLUFFS. —Good girl for general houss Apply at Mrs. P. M. Pryor, 616 Blufl street. WAN udent in dentaloflice. Apply at No, er Bee office. customer for o—1 have purcl feh [ will seil by car loud or in Leave orders at No. 152 small qu oldstein & 0g, West Broadw well located nd barn, and good JRUTL farm for sale or tr. and all in 101 house i1l ta ko som ivew on MoPhail pland lor NOR SALE—A house and lurge lot on easy Dayments. Iluquiro at 46 Park avenue, Couneil BlufTs, Tu, warelhouse fr Brondway, whe k of furnace Iway Lo {0) o he will ke hand a fin fixtures. 160.00 will muke the first payment on 16) os of fine land in south western Minne- Wl ten yeurs to pay the balance in, s for rent In s on improved fari send for circulars, to | on or Patten, 5. 2stop laddl Keelino & fuhon block, ot and elevator. i M ek, with haser 101 Pearl st ston JW. Bauire FORSALE—A burzain; now modern houss with all the ] improvements, seven H piyments; local wotor line. D, J. Huteh! OR SALE or Ren: houses, by J. & Rioo. 10: Blutts At Cole’s hardware streot, you can get the best seeds. We sell in' bulkc and can give double the sceds for the money that you ean buy by the pa Our seeds aro all frosh and tested und recommended by local gar- deners to be tho best seeds obtainable, Full line of fleld and store, 41 Main wden seeds, ng tor 1801, We are the people J Eicy to figure with for your mount for this year. With our ten years' oxperience in this line we are !n-up:u d to offer the best value to be had in this line. on a bieycle, Ou The ¢ It is easy to get fooled prices rang lobs from $25 ated Vietor LE & COLE, 41 Main Stre 3LUFF3 to Grant line, and et, UNCIL B Medical and Surgical Institute. DRS. BELLINGERS, PROPS. Chronie diseases of ull kinds und doform- ities specinlties. 1 Bluifs, Sims & Sauader: federal courts, Rooms & 4 nd 3 lieno block, Counell Blufts, low.a. Nos. 2001 and 263 Brond wuy, Attornoys at Law. Prac tce 10 un. Shugart the state ney at Law, No, (0 f Bush Busines s 1 Blums, L D. H, McDaneld & Co,, Butchers’ and Packers’ Sup)liss, Market Fixtures, Casinys, Epfees and Sausago Makers' Machinery. #2) 2 Muln st., Council Blufts, le Also dealers b Hides and Furs Electric Trusses, Belts, Chest Protectors, Ete, AGENTS WANTED. DR.C.B. JUDD, @306 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia TELEPHONES, OFFICE, 07, 27 MAIN STREET. over C. B. Jacquemin & Co., Jowelry Stors COUNCIL BLUKES STEAM DYE WORKS All kinds of Dying and Cleaning d Highest style of tho Art, Faded and whrics made to look ds good as sathers Cloaned By Steam, hn ki . Work prorptly done and delivered parts of the zountry. Send for price O. A MAOHAN, 1018 Broadway. Near Northwe OUNCIL BLURKS, [A. CITIZENS STATR BANK Or Counclil Bluffs. CAPITAL STOCK.... --$150,000 SURPLUS AND PROFITS. . . 65,000 TOTAL CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. ... 215,000 DirEcToRs—I. A. Miller, F. 0. Gloason, B I Shugart, E. E. Hart, J. D, Bdmundson, Oharles C.Hannan Transnot general banking busi= ness. Larzest cupital and surplus of auy kin Southwestora lowa. INTEREST OUN TIM: DEPOSITS, RAGS AND IRON Highest cash price paid for rags and all kinds of scrap mevals. Country dealers and merchants will find 1t to their advantage to communi- cate with us before disposing of their slocks. GILINSKY BROS., Union Brondway Depot, Counail Bluffs, Ia. M. H. CHAMBERLIN, M. D EYF, EAR. NOSE AND THROAT SPIECIALIST, Councll Blufty, Tn. All diseasos of tho i Tel. 301. ASTIIMA VER troatad With eminont. succoss. SURGICAL OF g lossly performel with t st roau s y prasrib. noat caro and skill, ase FINEST GLASSIES noone- correating il refrastiva troubles eropla and_ Astl and piiniess” CHILONIG Hoom 1, § Counell filurs, i :d93 Hotel, in Goanoll Bluils, d rofurnlsied an modern* 20 througnont, and i3 now on s of the bast Liotels in ths state. it is locatad in the by aess part of tie city an 1 thy ele: mitors D185 the door every four minutes, Fire o3« capes and fire alaris throuzhout thy hailds am heat, hot and cold water anl unSAINe in every ro)m. Table unsarpiss sl wmywhere. Rates, $2.00a day, GEO. M. WHITNEY, Manager. OFFICER & PUSEY, BANKERS Corner Main and Broadway, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, Dealers 1n forelgn and domestlo xchan Golleoton made wnd lnterost pald ou time deposite