Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 24, 1891, Page 3

THE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS, OF¥ICE NO. 12 PEARL STREF Deliversd by Carrler in any part of the City. H.W. TILTON, - MANAGER, 1 Business Office. .. No. 4 I Night B i No. TELEPH ONFS Y. P. Co. Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal, Craft's chattel loans, 204 Sapp block. Wanted—A girl for general housewcrk at 616 Bluff street 1f you want water in your yard or 0 16 Bixby's, 302 Merriam block. John Kane, James Quirk, James Maher and co Foreman, will come up in police court this morning to be tried on the charge of hivhway robbery. Robert Frost died Saturday night at 10 o'clock of kidney trouble, at tho ago of 74 yoeurs, The fureral will take place this morning at 10:30 o'clock from his late resi- dence in Garner township, Michacl Gilfeather died yesterday morning at 1 o'clock at his ro<idence, corner of Thir- teonth street and Sixth avenue, aged 70 veurs. Tho funeral will take place tomor- row morning at 9 o'clock. H. J. Coker of Fort Scott, KKan., preached an interesting and eloquent sermon yester. duy morning in the Baoudwav Methodist chiiireh to a large audionce, Heo is visiting the family of Henry Coker. Che trustees of the Chautauqua association will have a meoting this evening in the Board o rooms. ‘The changes suggested ut Inst meeting to be made in the constitu- ith reference to the annual_election of officers will be among the subjects to be con- . 1 Harter, William Jeffrios, John Sander and Frank Brady got into a fight yesteriny afternoon at Bie Lake, and were arrested by Oficer Beswick, on complaint of some partics who wero witnesses of the trouble. An infor- mation will b filed in the superior court this morning charging them with disturbing the vei Some of the merchants of the ratherfeareless about o wing their i open at night. A prominent wholesale lig dealer on Main street seft nis door open b Saturany wnd Sunday nights, and if a police ofticer had not happened to notice it and keep his eyo on the place, there wonld probably bave beon another burzlary to chronicle I'he cold weather prevented most of the regular patrons of Mannwa from spending the day st tho lake yestorday, although quito & numbor resurrected their ' overcoacs and wanawed to spend the afternoon there with- out freezing to doath. Most of those who went aaywhere went'to Fairmount park to hear the band concert. The colored Baptists of the city are mak- ing a heroic effort to raise money to put their church at the corner of Thirtcenth streot and Pirst avonue in a habitable condition. “They are holding a sories of meetings in a tent at the corner of Broadway and Seventh streot, and collections are being taken ¥ to help on the work. 1 Rasi,a young man from Syria,loctured vday morning in the Trinity Methodist ch, on the subject of the customs aud ion of his native land. The lecture was illustrated with orfental costumes, and the audience was given a great deal of informa- tion as to the manners of this strange people. The lecture was repeated last evening in the Congregationul church. Judge McGeo held house city are nt doors or a special session of police court yesterday morning to hear the caso of J. J, O'Brien, who was ested Sate ight on a charge of drunkenness, and d interested themselves in gotting him out of jail. O'Brien was fined $10.10, which he paid out of a good sized roll of bills he had in his pocket, and was re- leased. The custom of holding police court is a new one, and will be apt to meet with muich favor from the quasi-respectable tonghs who do uot like to stay in jail ail duy Sunday whilo waiting for a trial. Tho residenco of Hon. Lucius Wells on Oakland avenus was entered by bpurglars Jesterday morning shottly after midnight. Ir. Wells thinks an attempt to burglarize his' home was mado enrlier in the evening, but was prevented by tho return of himself and family from Mauawa. The burglars returned after the family had retired and liad began o systematic search for valuables but were [reightened away & second timo by Mr. Wells coming down staiwrs. They wot out without attracting his attention, taking anew pairof snoos from the dining room- When the family aroso yestorday mornin g they found several of the doors in" the inter- ior of the house that had been locked the night bofore unfastened and an outside door standiug open. Nippers had been used to turn tho keys in the doors. The only articles taken were the shoes belonging to Mr. Wells. Removal sule. Bargains in shoes. L. Kinnehan has remeved from 323 Broad- b ¢ way to No. 11 Pearl street. \ Pienic at Manhattan beach, Round { trip tickets from Omaha, including boat i ide, 50¢c; on sale at news stands at Mil- lard and Murray hotels. IT'S A GREAT ALE. The Sensational Sale of Blankets and Comforts at the Boston Store, z Council Blufrs, There has been such a suggestion of cold weather in the air for the past few that people’s fancies have lightly ed to thoughts of blankets, and the great cost blanket sale at the Boston Store has been a leading event in Coun- cil Bluffs during the week. Hur | dreds of pairs of blankets have { been sold, and hundreds of dollars saved to the purchasers. Recollect that b the sale only lusts seven days, com- mencing last Suturday, and that the largest and finest stock of {all grades blankets and comforters ever brought to the city will be ready for your selection This sale means a suving to you of 50 lu-r cent on every dollar’s worth of blankets or comforts vou buy, and you ean buy blankets from 0 cents '« pair up and you can got two pair now for what you will have to pay for one aftor the close of this sale. BOSTON STORE, INGHAM, WHITELAW & CoO., Council Bluffs. SONAL PAR - H Forn PE GRADHS, Mrs. 0. O, St. John is visiting friends in { Glenwood. G, Keil or Sionx Falls, Dak., is in v visiting ber two sons, D. aud Honry Holst. T:Tinton Graft, representing the visited both citios yesterday, v with ‘Tue Be Inter- He Hon excellont e Concert, programme Is nearly com- pletea for the concert and An vantomime to be given on the lawn of the Christian Home { Tuesday ovening, Septembor 1. Several 3 musical actractions are yet to be added. Six { musical numbers will be rendered by ! the childron of the home, the bal- ) ! woce by talent from tws city 1 and Omahu. Twelve beautiful tableaux will 3 be given from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress as follows: “Bunyan Dreams," “Christian' Parting” “Christian Benoath Mt. Sinai, “Christian’s Burdens Falls O, “Chvistian und the Three Singing Ones,”’ “The Pillar of Sult,” Christian and Hopeful Deliverea from the Net," “Christian and Hopeful Meet Two Men of the Land of Beualab,” “Christ- ainand Family Start on the Pilgrimage, “Mercy's Dream, “Jucob's Ladder," Mercy's Marriago." Piunos, organs, C. B. Music Co., 589 Broadway. Drs. Stewart & Patty, veterinary sur. geons, 45 Fourth street, Council Blufls- y — Swanson musie company, 336 way. <SR Broad- Union Park races, Omaha and Coun- 1 Bluffs, September 8-11, $6,500; Oc- tpber 202 $4,000. For programmes ddress Nat Brown, Merchants hotel Omaha, s | NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFES. Offiosrs Finally Overtake a Young Man who Robbed a Dwelling House. HE RETURNED A STOLEN WATCH, Reward of the Vigil of a Householder Who had Been Robbed W hile Away on a Vacation, Carlos Woods, a voung man who has been working as stage carpenter at the Broadway theater for some time past, was arrested by OMeer O'Connell yesterduy afteraoon on a charge of grand larceny. Some time ago Mr. and Mrs, John Veezey, who live on Williams street, left the city for a short vacation trip. Duriug their absence their house was left empty. When they returned they fougd tnnt their bouse had been entercd and thorougbly ransacked from cellar to garret. A uumber of articies of more or less value were missing, among other things a tine gold watch ana chain, a couple of rings, a revolver, and several dollars in cash, They kept very quiet about it in hope of catching the thief, and they soon learned that young Woods had been seen about the place on the afternoon of the robber Woods was confrouted with the crime, and firally admitted that he had some of the property, although he insisted that he had not stolen it, but had gotten 1t from sonie one clse. He returned the gold watch, aud that fact, Veezey thought, was all that was neces- sary to establish his guilt, When arrested Woods admitted having the rest of the stolen property, and offered to go with the officer and show where it was, aproposition which was declined, for fear that the prose- cuting witnesses should decide to drop the caso when thoy had recovered their goods, Ttis said that Woods has been impiic in several other burglarics, but he has alwi caped prosccution by raturning the booty. He is well conneeted, and his friends are very wuch mortified over his actions, He is now omployed ns stuge hand in one of the theaters in Omaha, The C. M. & St. P. ticket offico has been removed from 506 Broadway into the clegant new quarters in the new Baldwin block, 5 Pearl street. The Other Side. Couscn, Brures, Tn., Aug. 22.—To the Ed- itor of Tue Bee: For the last three days wo bave read in tho Omaba and Council Bluffs papers articles concerning the troubie bo- tween the Omaha Royal Arcanum and the management at Lake Manawa. To ono who was there and saw the wholo affair these articles aro enough to cause a man to wonder 1f there is any truth or justice in this world of ours. As a rulo thero are always two sides to every affair of the kind, and this one is no exception. The Royal Arcanum of Omana no doubt’ is composed of gentlemen, at lest it would bo inferred from the char- acter of the members of the Royal Arcanum generally, but certainly some of them must have forgotten and left their general good nso, roason and fuivness in the 10dge room, and tried to seo how rediculous they could perform at Manawa. Tho committee it is understood contracted with Co'onel Reed for luucii for 100 people, They were there, nad twenty-five more of tho.n wer. there. Colonel Reed was compelled in order to serve the 125 guests to close the regular_dining room of the hotel and put his whole force including himself into tbe har- ness to wait upon the quests. Hotel Manawa is not so largo norso well cquipped as some of the palaco hotols of Omahn, consequently the sorvico might have bean a'little slow, but to oue who observed the party at supper it seemed that they = were having & good time and had no reason to complain. After supper the party enjoyed themselves dancing in the Pavilion until a lato hour_und then the committeo in charge of uffairs called on Colonel Reed aud offered him the munificent sum of $15 for their evening’s on- tertainment. Colonel Reed of course pulled his silk tile down over bis eye and walied off. 'The committee rcured and after a con- ference came back with another enlargement of the heart and offered §25, which of course Colonel Reed refused and politel informed the committee that his bill was conts each for 125 persons. This bill they refused to pay and walked out tothe motor lineand expected to go right straight homo but Colonel Reed ordered the engineer not_to pull out until he got orders from bim, During the next halfor three- quarters of an hour Colonel Reed did his best 10 get a settloment but nothing but the worst kind of abuse, threats of law suits, etc., ote., fell upou his cars, Finally Colonél Réed in ordor to accommodate the iunocent oues on board the train ordered it_to pull out, ut the time telephoning to the city 1o Hold the cars for Omaha, o those who wero there and not interested in_the Omaha party there was but one opinion and that was that Colonel Reed acted the part of a perfect gen- tleman notwithstanding the terrific abuse he roceived from some of the Omaha crowd, Colonel Reed has made Lake Manawa what it is, has built it up from a resort for the lower classes to one of which the best class of people from both Council Bluffs snd Owaha are patrons. Colonel Reed, of course, is human; he is liable to make mistakes and the writer who s thero und able to Judge, confesses that the colonel made two mistakes on that even- ing. One was to contract to feed 125 appetites for 45 cents, and the other was to allow the committee who contracted the_bill to leave without paying it. X Drs. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Pearl streot, next to Grand hotel. Telephone 145, High grade work a specialty. IT IS DL FEKENT NOW, Mayor Mucrae's Sunday Closing Order is 1 0 L nger Efficacio s, There 1s & great aud growing suspicion in the miuds of the public that the Sunday closing ordinance which was to be enforced with such amazing strictuess about the time the citizon’s ticket was pleadiag for election a yearand a balf ago, has been allowed to fall into a stato of disuse. For some time alter the election took place the saloous aud gambling bouses woro closed, front door and Duck, all” day Sunday, aud those few who had hardibood enough to keep open in spite of the special orders direct~d to them by the mayor through the chief of police were brought up with a suap that made their eyes bulgo out of their hen: Of late, bowever, it has been aifferent. Some of the saloovs in tho busiuess portion of the city are fortunate enough to huve cigar stanas in the front part of their estab- lishments, and as these were not under the wayor's ban, their doors huye been allowed to stand open without any interference from the uuthorities, Their bars have been fenced up with scrupulous care each Sunday ac- cording to orders, but, if the statements made by certain well kiown and non-provaricating cltizens are to bo believed, the fences have not served to keep the thirsty wayfarer from getting all the refreshment tio wanted, from The foaming beer to the inspiring forty-rod whiskey. The business is not carrled on with as wuch publicity as might be supposed, how- ever. Ou the coutrary it is about as difficult for a stranger Lo get his swig as it ever was. Saloonkeepers und burtenders hayo had too miuch and too bittor experience with “detec- tives" not to have loarned that who comes up to tho bar and asks_for some- thing with @ wink in it is uot to be trusted fwplicitly. But as it does not take the aver- #ge bartender long to find out who are his truo friends, it is correspondingly: easy for one of these true friands to get just what he wants after having won the confidence of the wan with the white apron, It is estimatod that at least a dozen sa- loons in the city setup the drinks as regu- larly on Sundiy as on any other duy, aud that half of them are within theee blocks of the ceuter of the city. Gambling is another thing which it is said is going on daily and nightiy without any at- tempt being made at interference. It is done with even greater slvness than the liquor sell- lng, bowever, so that it is not often the fresh THE OMAHA DAILY BEE MONDAY, AUGUST 24 man from the country gets done up There are places, it {s sad, 1n the very heart of the city where the whiz of the roulette may be heard by any one who will take the troubleto sneak up within listening distance of certain windows, Mem bers of the police force have now and then run across quiet gamos of poker in their rounds, but they have always fafled to make any arrests, the guilty parties taking to their youn, for his roll. heels in precipitate flight at the first sound of the unwelcome visitor's approach. Buy your furniture, carpets, stoves and hot'sehold goods of Mandel & Klein, Couucil Bluffs. Prices very low; freight prepaid to your city. Theatrical Affairs. For the first time in years the sign, tanding Room Only,” was hung out at the Broadway theatre Saturday night and the hearts of the members of the “Council Bluffs Theatre company,”” who have been dropping 10 apiece into the slot with monotonous regularity for the past six months to defray the running expenses of the house, were correspondingly gladdened. It was the clos- ing night of the Spooner company, which appeared in “Uncle Josh Whitcomb.” The pluy is old to most theatre goers, but tho umusing incidents were grocted with as much laughter and appiause from tae ence as though they wero still new. nooners leave today for Harlan, where they will play during fair weel. The extraordinarily good patronage the house has had during the past week has en- conraged the management of the opera house and redoubled efforts will be made to push it to the front and show the public that thereis no need for any one to leave the city to set eood plays. A aumber of the finest com nies iu the country have been booked for next month and the fall and winter following and new attractions are being constantly added. The prospects are that it will be a prosperous yoar theatrically . finest line in the city, 310 aud; New fall good just received at Reiter’s the tailor’ Broadway. Love Among the Sioux. To me, one of the customs of courting 1s very strangely in keeping with the wild, yet romantic life of the Sioux, writes Warren K. Moorehead, in the September Ladies’ Home Journal. A young man desiving to make love to the lady of his choice, works patiently for soveral days and constructs a reed flute Thero are five or six holes in the instra- ment, ana eight or ten notes can be pro- duced upon it. The sound is wierd and plaintive. Some beautiful moonlizht night, about eight o'clock, the young man leaves his home,and stationing him- self about oue hundred yards from the home of his intended, plays for one or two hours aseries of strange melodics, all of them in the minor key. The sound floats out on the summer’s air, and. per- haps, a prairic dog on the plain near by, disturbed by the music, may raise his small voice in protesting barks; or a great white owl in a scrub oak may hoot and whoo in derision. The sound is as sweet to the maiden’s ears as tho voice of the lover himself. ~She listens atten- tively, and when she concludes that ho has played sufficiently long to assure hor of his serious intentions she timidly walks forth from her home. Throwini the now useless reed upon the ground, the young man vushes forth. Then en- sues u scene such as only those who have been lovers can apprec Majestic. New York Times,Aug. 20: August has been ared-letter month for the White Star people. Never before in the history of ocean vacing has a line won such unex pected and repeated triumphs within so short a time. Belore the Majestic’s brilliant performance in wresting the championship from the crack flyer of the Inmun line has ceased to be a won- der, her sister ship, the Teutonic, comes rushing over the ocean with a record of five days, sixteen hours and thirty-one minutes. This remarkable run displaces the Majestic and her hard-won record of five days eighteen hours and eight min- utes from the front rank, and relegates the City of Paris, the former champion, to third place. Traversing u distance of 2,778 miles, the Teutonic cut one hour and thirty-seven minutes from the record time. This is one mile longer than the route taken by the Majestic and ten miles less than the course of the City of Paris. The just completed voyage of the Teutonic was a wonderful one in many respects. Tho weather was favorable for a quick run, and no accidents oc- curred to retard the swift progress of the racer. An examination of the log shows that the vessel began her record- breaking voyage with an ordinavy run of 460 miles for the first day. Day by day the distance traversed was gradually increased until the vessel reached on Wednesday the tremendous speed of 517 miles during twenty-four hours. This eclipses by two miles the best single day's run of the City of Paris, and makes the Teutonic twice a winner., The new champion is under the com- mand or Captain S. J. Irving. She began her remarkable trip August 13, At 4:52 a. m. that day the vessel dropped anchor in Queenstown for belated pas- sengers and mails, About noon all was ready to snid, and the vessel stood out wsen. At 2:05 p. m. departure was tuken, with Daunt’s Rock Light abeam. From this point the race began, A strong westerly wind and head sea were met when the vessel cleared the land. Nothing remarkable in the way of speed was accomplished during the first day of the passage. An appreci- uble decrease in the force of the wind the sccond ¢ en- abled the ship to traverse 496 miles. It was on the last three days that the lively times came. As near! as could be ascertained the vessel burned about three hundred tons of coal per day on this trip. Each day consider- ably lightened her burden and had the effect of increasing her speed. Thus Sunday u splendid run of 505 miles was made. This is a gait equal to about twenty-three geographical miles per hour, and was made over asea as smooth as wmirror. The passengers gathered about the rail and gazed with pleasure at the white fonm as it rolled from the bow of the vessel and ruced past them to form a wake. Variable w nds were encountered the following day. At one time it blew in & strong gust from the eastward, but the volume of smoke which was pouring from the smokestacks trailed in a straight line astern, and literally faster than the wind the swift Teutonic was speeding toward this port. Five hun- dred and ten miles were traversed that day, und great was the excitement umong the passengers when it became known that the vessel had a good chance to vindicate her former disputed claim for the championship. When ut noon the bulletin was posted in the cabin_showing thut the unparalled run of 517 miles had been naded to the dis. tance traversed there was a storm of cheers and great enthusiasm among the passengers, With undiminished spe the vessel People Don’t Grow Fam us in a Hurry. Carlsbad Sprudel Salt did not become known in a day. It took centuries to acquire its present fame. For all dis- eases of the stomach, liver and kidnoys, as well as in constipation, rheumatic affections and diabetes, it is without equal. Obtmin the genuine article, which must have the signature of **Eis: ner & Mondelson Co., Agents, New York,” on the neck of every bottle, I sped on toward the flnlnl("lnd at 1 o'clock yesterday morning the lightship was abeam and the race against time gloriously won. The engines of the racer wore slowed and tha shiip leisurely procceded up the rivew to her picr, which she reached nbout 8 o'clock. Following are her daily runs: Knots. | Knots. Aviust 14 TS AR Total N 8 Following is tho Majestii’s perform- ance: Abgust i 01| At 4 Total Below are given the daily runs of the City of Paris on her record voyage: Knota. August 2481 | Avguat 28 o Aukust 20 15| A uking " o Aukust 23 August 23 6 Chief Engineer Hugh Currie of the Teutonic yesterday gave the average number of revolutions us eighty per minute, The day the great run was made the revolutions averaged eighty- one perminute. The steam pre was 180 pounds and the horse powe veloped ranged from 15,000 to 20,000, The vessel’s average speed per hour is given at 20.35 knots, which is one-quar- ter of a_knot better showing than that of the Majestic. The Teutonic brought 478 cabin and 1,02 rage pusseng i e WILLING TO PLE SE. The Druguist Had all Kinds of but He Only Sold Gum. A weary looking young womun came into & Second avenué_drug store when [ 1s waiting for the shower to pass ove y& M. Quad in the New York Evening World, and plaintively said to the drug- gist: Poison, wi another quar not had do ol with care to live any have i Mike, and longer.’ **Yes, just go, just 80,” he replied as he briskly rubbed his hands together. Anythiag I can dofor you today ? 1 think [ will take strychnin she owly veplied as she cast her eyes along he shelves, “Exactly, ma’am, finest strychnine in New York. I suppose you wint about a dime’s worth?” *Would arsenic be better?” she asked, as he held the jar in his hands, *No better, but fully as good, ma’am, 1 have a fine lot of arsenic on hand just now, and can warrant it fuil strength. Just make a ham sandwich and spread on about 15 cents worth,” “Mebbe,” she drearily replied as he waited, “mebbe Rough ‘on Rats would be better.” *“Just ns you think, ma’am. Give you a sclection from two dozen boxes, all fresh stock only yesterday. It's a little slower than the other poisons, but per- haps you won’t mind that. Can be sprinkled on bread and butter or taken in milk. One box, ma’am?” He took down a box.and held it ready to dump, and she looked around the stove, wiped a tear out of her left eye, and asked: “How long kill?”? “Not long ma'am—only a lew hours. Many prefer it to any other poison, as they want to write a farewell letterafter taking it. Iean warrant my stock as perfectly fresh and pure. Should it fail to kill, come right back and your money will be refunded. My object is to satisfy customers. Half a pouud, ma’am?” She wiped her nose. Then she signed. Then she fished up two g\:xmien from her pocket, walked over to the chewing gum | machine and dropped them in, and as she stuffed two sticks of gum into her mouth she turned and said: T guess I won’t take any today, but if Mike comes in teil him I was here inquiring for poison.” “Certainly, certainly, with the great- est of pleasure, Nothing else today? Please call again.” paditel SR Hunting Guinea Eggs. Harper’s Young People: To find a guinea nest was the very poetry of egu— hunting, The creatures are half wild and feed far afield The bush pasture was their chosen haunt and had such store of hidden nooks, such clumps of brakeand brier, such steep grassy banks, such tangle of sedge and dewberry and plum thicket, that we would never have ound an egg but for the bird’s queer habit. When the hen goes to her nest her mate stands guard over her on the nearest bare spot and fills the air with his harsh buzzing cry. . Following the sound, we came upon the paiv, Madume chooses her home daint- ily, and deeply hollows the clean dry earth of it. Flowers often nod above it, grass is sure tospring greenly above the edge. Overhead is always ' shelter of some sort, for the maker knows instinct- ively that sunshine will addle her precious eggs. Her small cousin, the partridge, so admires hér taste then sometimes she decides to share the nest. Sometimes, too, a hen of independent mind comes a-grasshopping into the bush pasture and puts her eggs into such shelter. Very often we found forty eggs to the nest. And when we took them out it was always with a silver spoon. Black mammy taught us, “Ef yer pull han’ in dur do guinea’ll smell it, an’ quit de nes’.” Whatever the reason, the fact was none the less fact. et Violating the Proprioties. Boston Couric In the good old city which has been immortalized in story as Rivermouth it chanced that a couple who did not move in the most exalted society circles and from whom the most refined sentiments might not have bheen does it take paris green to expocted were united in the holy bonds of matrimony upon the day which followed tho funeral of “the first wifo of the groom. The conventional sense of propriety in the neighborhood was shocked by this haste in furnishing’ forth the mar- ringe tables with thg funeral baked meauts, and upon the night of the wed- ding u company of sons of Belial gath- ered themselves themselves together and went to serenade 'the bridal pair with horrid uproar of“horns and puns and guns. ; The charivari was at. its height, and all the region was awoused by the hideous noise, when the bride appeared darkly at the window abeve the riotous crowd and with supréme feeling ap- pealed to their delicacy, “Ain't you ashumed,” ghe cried in hot indignation, *‘to come here making a disturbance like this when we had a funeral only yesterduy?” Bovine Bisection Down in Texas a farmer recently sold to another farmer one-half of a cow and then refused to aivide the will, main- taining that he #old only the front half, The purchaser was required to provide the feed the cow consumed and com- pelled to furnish water for her three times a duy. Recently the cow hooked aman, and the seller mude the pur- y the damages cluimed by the is chuser p man_ hooked. This ruminated upon. a cuse to bo One of the greatest miseries is a want of money. It is wretehed to have to con- foont a just and oft-repeated demand, and to be without the means to satisfy it; to deceive the confidence that has boen placed 1n you; to forfeit your 4\' | | } fearing they way be balked in the robbery of | credit; to be placed at the power of an- other; to be indebted to his lenity; to stand convicted of having played the knave or the fool, and to have no way left to escape contempt but by incurring pity. The suddenly meeting a creditor, on turning the corner of a street, whom you have been trying to avoid for months and_ had persuaded you were several hundred miles off, shatters the nerve il iiiein Sink or Swim Egge. Pock’s Sun: “Hi, there! These eggs don’t swim,” exclaimed a man in a Mil- waukee restaurant one day last week. Ho had been trying to float some soft boiled eggs in a glass of cold water. | “WThay don't awlm® Well, supposin’ they don’t?” roplied a waiter who had come to find out what the man was yell- ing about, “That's what's the matter; supposin’ they don’t. I'll tell you what's the trouble pretty quick. “Do you notice that egg? It'sinks to the bottom ker- chug when put into cold water. Now, my wife is just as good n cook as there is in this town, and she says that an egg that will sink in cold water like that after it has been soft boiled is just about ready to hatch. Sh! Can’t you hear a ep?”’ The eggs that could not swim exchanged for others that were while a number of other customers who had soft-boiled eggs spoiled glasses of cold water to find out whether their eggs were sink eggs or swim cggs He Set"Em Up. were fried, A group of young fellows sat around a couple of adjoining tables in a St. taul cafe, when, in a_short pause in the con- versation, one of them said to another: “I was right, Jim, about that subject Wo were arguing over the last time we met. " “Come off, will you? Indecd you were not,” was the response. I looked the thing up and found you were dead wrong, as usual, “What are you two fellows squabbling about, anyway?” asked a thivd, *“‘Let’s all hear und the majority can decide.” “What we were arguing about,” re- plicd the first speaker willingly, **was the proper transtation of the German sentence, ‘was wollen sie haben? “Why, that's simple enough,” replied the third man, gratified at the oppo) tunity to show his linguistic accomplish- ments, It’s *“What will you ver “Beer! beer! beer! beer!” came in rattling chorus from all the company, and the wise man footed the bill. But it Dian't Work. Detroit Freo Pres: The street car was very crowded. All the men were hanging on by straps and the seats were fillod by women. A woman squeezed in and stood up with tho men. Oneof the men suid to the well known Mrs, ——, who accupied a seat: “I belicve, muadam, you are a woman's rights woman?” “Yes, Lam. yours, is it?” “Certainly not, madame. wished to know if you believe ing your principle’to practice. SOf course Tdo. What of i *Oh, nothing, except that in that e 1 think you should get up and offer th lady your seat.” Bul she didn’t. = Up to Snuff. Boston Transeript: Proprictor of Dry Goods Store—If a lady, after examining a piece of dress zoods, had expressed her satisfaction with it, would you ask her how many yards she desived? Applicant—No, indeed. I should ask her where she would have the sumple gent. I guess you'll do. experience.” R Both Drink In a Measure. New York Herald: ““This follow makes me tired. He preaches temper- ance and drinks like a fish.” *No, he doesn’t.” ‘Itoll you he does. I've scen him nk whiskey by the quart.” .*Yes; but, you know, fishes drink by the gills.” Buv that'’s no business of I only in apply- I sce you've had a ek o0 The Fool Killer. Munsey’s Weekly: First Passenger— “Well, is this hot enough for you?” Second Passenger—*No; I'm never happy until_the thermometer renchos 100 degrees,” “What do you do then?” I go around slaying ull the men who previously asked me if it was hot enough for me. Your card, please?” 'HE BUREAU AND FRAUDS, Sharks Indignant Because They Lose Their Innocent Vietims, During the past month the Examiner Ber Bureau oF CLAIMS has been in roceipt of a number of letters from clients enclosing threatening and argumentative circulurs from attorneys formerly employed, and ask- ing if the asscrtions therein made wera true. “The said clients are parties who have been previously robbed by claims agents, eagerly grasped the opportuuity for relief by trans- ferring thelr cases to this bureau when con- gress opened tho door by anuu!liug previous contracts, Tho establishment of Tue Bre Bureav or Craivs has proven & God-send to the uufor- tunates who huve loug had claims agaiust the generai government. ‘These claims they had odged with professional claim agents who have held them pigeonholed for years. With these agents, tho clients onterod into a con- tract which was made generally 1n the inter- est of the sharks. Nothing could be dono by the agentand the client was at intervals compelled to keep the agout fecd while the latter appeared to be taking little or no in- terest in the matter. S0 many evils grew out of this custom that, atlength, congress annulled the contracts leaving clients to again seck the collection of their claims in what manner soever they saw fit. These clients come to Tue Bee Bureau or Craivs and this fact has caused the ire of the agents to arisu._ Now, the afaresaid claim agent cormorants, tho prey thoy huve so long entangied in thoir meshes, have begun to flood the country vith circular lettors i which harp on two themes, viz: no power to annul private cont their powers of attorney are irrevocable thev constantly ‘That congress has ts, and that be- cause coupled with an interest, numely, a 0. a1 tes, : We 00 not propose at the present Himo to advertise the names of these partios who now masquerads undur the cognomen of &ttorneys though strongly tempted to give them the celebrity their quasi-litorary-legal s0 richly merit. Oue in_particuls desorves HARMLESS. T0 ASSIST NATURR 1 "™ the body is the great mission of SWIFT'S BPECIFIC. Microbi cannot: exist in the blood when lis properly taken, as it promptly forces them out, and cures the patient. It has relicved thousands in a few days who had suffered for years, Mg. F. Z Nevson, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Fremont, Nebrasks, suffered for years with SCROFULA, and it continued to grow worse in spite of all treatment. Finally, Four Bottles of 'un d him. He writcs: ‘*Words lure inadequate to express my gratitude and favorable opinion of SWIFT'S SPECIFIC, Treatise un Blood and Skin Discasca mailed free. BWLFT SPECIFIC CO,, Adlanta, Ga, Drawer & l ideavors | REMOVING | W from | ®#nd by that time, | | ? l | cer, with the exception that no jurisdiction is _RUY \SNRGENZT special recognition, that of a maudiin com- munication of eight pages in which he jum- bles uscless facts with fanciful theories, gar- bles judicial decisions, and 80 {nexiricab) ntangles his words that i many instanc the closing part of his sentencos have no ap- pareat conection with the beginning. To any one versed in the luw of tno land, such idiotic letters are a matter only of rid: culo and amusement. But when we consider that the claimant i the wost s nec- essarily ignorant of the law govering the prosccition of claims in the city Wash- of inkton, we are proue to treat the matter more eriousty, T'he quostion of extent to which congress may go in its interference with private con- tracts, is undoubtedly one on which some of tho most emiaent logal minds have difforod, and it were easy to write a volume on aither sido. However, the philosophical and po- litical arguments pro and con are sometbing with which we at present have no concern. We confine ourselvos to the coid, hard logic facts. ‘That the last congress did specifi cally cancel and annul all existing contructs betiveen cluimants and attorneys in the In- dian deprepation act of March 3, 1801, fact which noteven squirming claim agents deny, and which anyone interested muy read for himself by applying to us fora copy of | the law. Possibiv the eminent constitutional lawyers and jurists in the senate and house of reprosentatives should huve consulied those obscure claim agents before passing the act which _so scriously = cur- tailed ~ thoir Shylock propensities But we apprebend thiat more reliance was plased upon there cent decision of the United | States supreme court. caso of Mitchell aa | clerk, reported in 110 United States report, page (3, where in the tighest tribunal in the land asserts “‘no provision of the constitution | probibits congress from interforing with tho validity of contracts.” The " second logal that of revocation Sm\\'t'ri of torney. When and under what cumstances the claimaut can recall | an existing power and empioy another attorney! Our eight-page friond leads oft with due solemnity by quoting JudgeStory: *\WVien an authority or powo 15 coupled wvith an interest it is from its own nature and character in contemplation of luw rrevocable;”’ then proceeds to argue that the retaining of an attornev on a contingent foo 15 equivalent to coupling tho power with an | interest, ‘This i3 avsolutely false froma legal | standpoint, but it is au assertion well calcu- lated to mislead the ordinary reader. What really meant by an “finterest’1s an inter- est or right in the thing itseli. 'Thus, if an estate is conveyed to a trustee, with power to sell, this power cannot be revoked because is At cir- problem involved of the trustee has an interest in th state itself: he holds the legal right to tho property. Agam. if tho owner of a patent assigns one-tenth of it to a second party and gives him power of attorney in connection, said power of attorney cannot be revoked ne- cause the assignce has an interest in the patent itsetf. But ifa claimant gives a power of attorney to an agent to prosecute his claim for a contingent fee this power 1s not coupled with an interest and can’ be revoked at the pleasure of the claimant. When the agent agrees to work for a contingent fee he cepts a very sevious part of the ‘‘con tingency,” the possibility of having his power revoked. And a fee contingent on the successful prosecution of a claim can, 1n no way, bo construed as an “interest” in the claim which would render a power of autor- ney irrevocuble. | ndian Bepredation Claims Bearrice, Nob., Aug. 7.—[Special to Tie Bee.|—Hon. L. W. Colby, assistant attorney general of the United States, in charge of the Indian depredation claims dopartmont, has beon iu tho west taing depositions in cases vefore the court of claims for the past two weeks. He was found by Tuz Bre repro sentative and askoa to give the status of tho suits that have beon brought, and any other matters of general interest. Hesaid: *“The next session of the court of claims will bo tho most important in number of cases since its organization. In addition to claims under the French spoliation and Bow- man acts, the court now has the jurisdiction of claims brought for damages to citizeus for Indian depredations, under the act of March 8, 1801 “Are there many claims on file in the de- partment (" “Since tho passage of theact, up to August 1,1 have docketed, in my ofiice, 3,040 cascs brought for Indian depredations in the court of claims, and under the law about five hun- dred of these are entitled to priority of con- sideration, under the provisions of the act, and will come up for hearing at the next torm court,” What s the nature of the claims that tho act takes special coguizance of ¢ “Ihe terms of tho act provide for the ad- judication and payment of claims arising from depredations by Indians upon the prop- erty of citizens of the United States, and con- fers the power of settloment upon the court of claims. Regular suits have to be brought and petitions filed by claimants as ‘n ordin- ary cases.” 1s the method of procedure differont from tho consideration of claims before any other of tha national departments *“The ordinary rules of practico have been adopted for Indian depredation cases, as far as applicaole.” 3 | “It appears that a large number of cases have begun sinco the passage of the act. How count for itf The larce number of cases commenced slnce the passage of the act may be attributed to tho clause which forbils the exclusio claims not previously presented to the sec tary of the interior, or other department oftl o you a granted in cases where ciaims bave accrued prior to July 1, 1865, unless disposed of or peudiog previots to the pussuge of ‘the net, before congross, tho secrotary of tho interior, mmissioner authovized to wims by the governmont r, are permitted for depre- or some agent ot e inquire into such No claims, howe dations committed after the passage of the | act.” “When does the court of claims again meot I'ho court of claims convenes in October next, and at the vate of filing the number of cases of this cluss will veach five or six thou “Whit is the average of amounts repre- is oy sented i the clains now filed ( The cases raug amount from a few hundred dollirs to The larzest s it you brought 15 in favorof the legal repre- sentatives of Bon Halliday, the old overland $1a6 niab. Wit | huve to the limit of L nt their claims ! “Claimants have theee vears from the passage of the act to present their claim, so there is pleuty of time for every one to hve his duy in court.” . Are thera any special features of the law inyolving the goverament's liability 1n these cases that are of general intercst The law involves wany uew and impor taut questions as to the liability of the gov that claimauts eroment in specisl cases, und the rights of the parties, their k or assigns 1o the rom- edies provided for, The act is one of un | cluims BUARDING AND DAY SCHOOL. FIFTH AVENUE AND SEVENTH ST Can be reached from uny of the depots on motor, Condueted by the Sistors of Churity, B, V. M, TERMS— For board and tultion, embracing all branehes of a finished elducation for young ludies, 5 for of five months, moneing first Monday in Soptomber und ruary, respeetively. © For urticulars addr SISTER SUPERIOR St Francis Academy, Council Blufrs, COUNCIL Galvanized Iron Cornice Works, BLUFKFS R GRATIL & SON, PROIS, 1015 and 1017 Broad\w timates furnl<hed on atl ki nico Work. ron R0ofng, 1y, 14 0f Galvanised Store Fronts and “podlalty. | Corross sulieltod from points 300 miley (rom Cou pee Work fglone COUNCIL BLUFES STEAM DYE WORKS, All kinds of Dyeing and Cieantng done in th higheststyle of the art, Faded ind staied fubries made to look us good s new. Bed feathers cleaned by steam in first-cliss mans ner. Work prowpty « i delivered in all Ppitrts of the country. - Send for prive list. C. A MACHAN PROPKRIETOR. Depot, 1013 Broa.way, Near Northwes ern OUNCIL BLUFFS, TOWA CITIZENS STATE BANK Of Council Blulfs. CAPITAL STOCK..................$150,000 SURPLUS AND PROFITS......... 70,000 TOTzL CAPITAL AND SURPLUS.....$225,000 A, Milier, F. 0. Gleason, E. L. rtoJ. D, Eduundson. Charles 3 ¢t general binking busi- ness. Lurgest cpital and surplus of any bank in Southwes Lowa. Just the thing for bath rooms, bed rooms, ete. Cull'and sce our lurge assortment. C. B. Gas and Electric Light Co., Poarl and 200 Main Street FIRSTNATIONAL BANK OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. Paid Up Cap'tal......... ..$100,090 Oldost organized bank In tho city. Forelgn and domestic exchange and local sccuriiles. Especial attention pald to colleetons. Accounts of Ipdivide binks, d corporations soliclted. OFFeupo Invited. 20, 1 SANFORD, I AW SPECIAL NOTICE COUNCIL BLUFFS. FPAKEN UP-A brown horso about 5 years old, with black points, bind in one eye wnd about 5 hands high, Taken up by Po- Heeman Martin and left at my stable. W. Ay Hayes, CLEAR #.000 Towa favm to_oxchan Omaha res denee. Will assumo small en= gumbrance. Johuston & Van Putten Gounell Hutls, gree 1ight re 911 to 0 brooder. good us tonce. Address or Avenue D, or John JFOR SALE o Feloh pedi mas for $1.00 cach Dbirds. A so incubutor: and wi very cheap It taken eall ‘on 1. 8. Swick. 2012 Beno & Co., Council Bluffs, g dulry for sale 100D payl: GOZOm ke n & Van Patte ut bur- of John= . Everett block. "v.\\ 3D to Trado— house. full 1ot in Omaha for house and lot in Council Bluffs. (¢ D. Brown, 12 Broudway. LATRVOYANT und - sychomotrlc, o chur- fetor rendings: wiso dingnosis of dlseuse, nend lock of hair for readings by lettor. ~Suns Suys und evenings. Mrs, B Hooper. 1422 Ave- due E, near corner 15th street, Council Blulfs, Terms, 5'c und #1.0). MAGNIFICENT aore property in five-ncre tracts locuted 214 miles from postofce, for sale on reasonable’ terms Somo fine rosts dence property for rent by Day & Iless. {ORSALE or Rent—3ardea land. with Biohouses oy JU R ios, 105 Maia st Gounell uffs oo eaereereesamany Wyoming, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington and Montana,” “Do not some of the claims date back & number of years (" “Yes. Most of the claims date back twenty or thirty years, and some of them even forty venrs, "Tho claims in Nebraska, Kansas and the Dakotas are confined mainly to between 1560 and 1870, and to the Sioux orsome tribe of the great Sioux nation.'! THE BUREAU'S AIM, 1ds o Secure a Just For Its Patrons. When the San Prancisco kxaminer estabe lished its cluim bureau it priuted the follow= ing prospectus; Tho Examiner has recoived so many com- plaints from its subscrivers in various lccalis ties on the coast of the delay, extortionate charges and uusatisfactory work performed for the by the various claim agents that it has decided to establish in Washington & bureau for the collection of all legitimate claims against the government or its various departments. This bureau will be in charge of its Washingto wspondent, who has had much experience in the prosecution of st the ious departments of Charves for ices pers formed by this bureru will be nominal and designed 1o cover only the actual cost of the work and such legal services as may be neces. sary in order 1o proporly presont claims to the heads of the varlous departments and the court of claiws in the supreme court Hearing the government Pensions tor Ag d soldiers Straoge as it muy appear, thers are thous sands of veterans of tho rebellion, who are old, weary, infirm and beyoud tho skill of physician’ or surgeon to restoro to health usunl lnterost and affects i targe number of | Many of these are incapacitated because of cltizens in the states and territories west of tho Mississippi river, from Dakotw to Texas, and including Nebrasks, Kansas, Colorado, exposure or injuries sustained in the late war and yet, many of Lhese are unprovided with peusious,