Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1892, Page 4

[ r o { | \ |\ ( [ 1 \ ']‘lll‘] OMAHA BEE. | COUNCIL BLUFFS., tof tho ik Ecliveredly Crorier n HoW. 11T N VA LisnesOn TFLEPBONTE X SR or MINOR MENTION. N, Y. Plumbing Co. Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. Crafu's chattel loans, 204 Supp block. Mrs, . G. Payark of Lincoln isin the city, the guest of her brother, H. C. Scheidle. Invitations are out for a party to be mven by-Miss Dora Grass at hoer home on Sixth street and Washington ave.uo. Don't forget tha reception in the Royal Arcanum hall this af.ernoon. Tnis enter- tainment i not for Episcopalians alone, but for all. William Libbeka, arrasted on suspicien of havine robbea W, A. Russcll, was given a fifteen-day sentence in the county jail for vagrancy. Every one will be delightfully entertatued this afternoon by the Episcop .l ladies in the Royal Arcanum ball. Admission 50 cents, children 25 cci The Misses Alice Alterand Josephine Nor- ris, who have been visiting relatives in this eity and Omaha for several weeks past, have roturned to their home in Wauseka, Tl F. Grung was given a trial before Juige Bmith yesterday on the charge of practicing medicine without a license from the Siate Board of Health, The case was taken uader advisement, Miss Emma Leutzinger ontertained a party of frionds last evening at her nome on avenue E. Abouta dozen were preseat and the evening was spent pleasantly in various amusements, Tn the district court vesterday Louis Ot- teuheimer was on trial for contempt of court. At the conclusion of the testimony the case was argued by the attorneys ana was taken under advisement, A series of revival meetings are being held at the Christian church, cornor of Seven- teeuth and Broadway. Elder Reed of Omaha is conducting thcm. bave already been eight conversions, Jotn Howard. missionary, of Logan, Ia., will conduct children’s mectings at U Mission, 714 Broadway, Saturday and Sun- day at' 2:0 o'clock. All children invited. John Wells, S, S, M. The reception to tha general secretary of the Young Men's Christian association will take placo this evening at their rooms in Merriam block. Everybody invited. A short program and social time, The jury 1n the case of Dick Roborts, who fired a shotgun at Joha Audorson, compiotely shattering the door out of which Anderson was just going, brought in & verdict finding bim guilty of simple assault. Hoth oid and young are assured a hearty welcome ana a royal good time ut the danc- 10g party given by the Episcopal ladies in the royal Arcanum hall this evening. Ad- mission #1.00, which includes danciug ticket. Tho postoffice will be open today at the same bours as on Sundays, The deliveries will bs made as usual during the forenoo while only one collection will be made in the afternoon, the carr leaving the office at 2:30. H. O. Cook, manager at the Union elova- tor. was surprised vesterday morning by tho pipsent of of a fine leather rocking shair rom his employes. He has been contined to, his bed for some time past by sevore illness but is now slowly recoveringz. The gift proved very acceptable. The case of the Kiuports against H. H. ana C. M. Oberholtzer, in which the plamtift asks for a writ of injunction restraining the defendant, H. H. Oberholtzer, from foreclos- iag the chattel mortgage which ho bolds on the cigar busiuess of his codefendant, was brought up yesterday afternoon in the d trict court. Tho dofendants filed an answer and 4 motion to dissolve the temporary writ, and the case will be heard Saturday " mora- ing. The application for a receiver, which was made severnl duys ago by the same plaintiff, will be argued at tho samo time, Mr. E. T. Powers is now the landlord of the Hotel Gordon. There is really no change as far as the munagement is concernod as Mr. Powers hias been in charge of the hotel gince Me: Straub & Hermann took possession, Mr. Powers has an oxtended reputation as a hotel man, having scrved a long apprenticeship in the hotels of New York City. A gentleman of his expericnce asa caterer must succeed and the Hotel @ordon preserve her reputation as one of the best hotels in the northwest, This nouse o commercial patronape, and com- mercial men will always be wartaly welcomed by the new landlord. Constipation poisons tne blood; NeWitt's Little Early Risors cure constipation. The causeremoved, the disoase is gone. e The L iex Receive, The Episco ladies re friends today in Royal from half past 2 o’clock to 7 o’clock this afternoon wnd from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock tonight. The entertainment is not intended mervely for those of that church or society, but for all, and the invitation is broad and cordial. The following form the reception committee Mesdames Crofts, George Phelps, Ter- williger, W. A. Maurer, Osborne, Van Brunt, Hill, Pinney, S. 'I. McAtee, MeDowell, D. W. Archer, Forson, J. T, Stewart, Babeock, Odell, Cavin, M. k. Smith, Atkins, W. W. Loomis, Donald Mucrae, sr., . W. Hart, J. 1. Myers, Tromas Meteall, Rockwell, C. IL Bow- ers, J. L. Stewart, Hanchett, D. C. Bloomer, George D. Brown, Bert Sar- ent, James Beard, W. H. Treynor, Richmond, George Keeline, H. C. Cory, J. McConnell, Gault, Rice, C.T. Stewart, Alford, E. I. Test, W. I. Sapp, Bushnell, Misses Stowart, Robmson, Rockwell, Davenport, Reynolas, Bowman, Helen Bowman, Butts, N. Zurmuehlen, Ben- nett, Nova Brown, Angie Wickaam, Buldwin, J. Baldwin, Woodbury, Os: borne, Gleason, Pierce, Oliver, 7 Pota N 25¢ per bushel at . O. D. Brown's, 845 B'way, Council Blufls, ——— Reiter, the tailor, 310 Brondway, has all the latest styles and new winter \goods. Satisfaction guaranteed. R Remember the dancing party in Royal Aveanum hall tonight. Contin Ten Duys, J. I, Klmball and George H. Champ were 1o bave liad a hearing inJustice Sweariugen's court yesterday, but an afidavit filed by Fluley Burke, attocney for the dofense, caused a continuauce to be granted once more, this time until January 11. The sub- slance of the aftidavit was that the defendants had uot had an opportunity of going whrough the compaoy’s books sufiiciently to be able to make a dofonse, when they were interrupted by several arrests made one after another. On this ground thoy were granted the addi- tional time they asked for, DeWitt's Little Early Fisers. Best little Il ever made. Cure constipation every me. Noneequal. Use them now. —— The second annual ball of Calanthe pssembly, No. 1, Pythiun Sisterhood, will take placa this evening ut Masonic temple. A splendid program of populur dances has been arrvanged, and Prof. Dalbey’s orchestra will furnish the mus The ludies will serve oysters in the empty room downstairvs to all who wish them at £5 conts a person. Tickets can be purchused at the doo R —— To the Publie, On January 11 will move my stock of . boows and shoes from No. 11 Péurl street 80 the corner of Broadwuy and Bryant t. formerly occupied by Mandel & Kiein, L. KINNEHA The Boston Store, Council Bluffs, In,, will be closed all day today, New Year's day. Fotboeringham, Whitelaw & Co, the VIGURES THAT CANNOT LIE. Council Bluffs Proud of Its Past and Confi- dext of Its Fature, FEELING SO, RTASONS FCR HER on the Old and 1 Parpo ast Day, Views of th New Business Me T News of the ie Plans Council Bluffs closes the old volume and opens tho new with boasting, but with sercne satisfac'ion at the record of the past ear and coifidonce for the coming ore. It hus shared the dangers of the perilods times all have felt, avd while it tus not bovmed it lins grown, while cthers have stood still or shrunk. Tho record of the past year is full of encouraging facts and Hzuros, and they are much more satistactory wdications of the condition of the city thau are rencralitics and rhetorical bombast. Heuce Tiue B:p simply presonts what it gleaus from oficial records and other authentic sources of v formation, Council Bluffs takes pride in its public school system aud expauds upon it about £100.000 yearly, of which about half goos for the payment of teachers, of whom there are at present eighty-five, an iucre:ss in two years of twenty. This incroass was due in part to tho opening of seven additional schools. T'ne teachers are exporienced, not ouly in the general educational wori, but in the al local needs. One-half of the teachers have served six years or more und a majority of the other half have served from three to four years, ‘The properiy of tho school district Is valued at &00,000. There teu lurge buildings and several small ones, The bonde. indevtedness is only #l10,000. Tho uverage number of pupils belonging to the various schools is about 3,000 and the seating capacity of the_buildings is 3,600, ‘Tne high school bas already sent out into the world 122 graduates, young ladies and gentiemen woo by their inaividual successes are piting up testimonials as to the efficiency of that branch of the city’s educationul system. ‘U'he past year has scen commendablo increaso in the attention pmd to the pnysical scicn the laboratory and the muscum, to which many additions have been made. 3 Qe of the surest indications of prosperity is the payment of debts. I'he people of tois city uud county are evidently prospering, as shown by the books in the county recorder’s office, for the last six months. During that timo thero have been five times us many mortgages paid off as there have been given, ‘The loan agents grumble, the eastern credit- ors aro getting their moioy, and ke interost is boing stopped. 4 The bonded indebtedaess of the city has boeu reduced the past year $50,000, aud ur- rangements made and ~ money 'provided for reducing it to the extent of $118,000 in 1802, The assessed valuntion of the city is fixed at $5,611,250, ana thut of the county $13,162,- 544, a total net increase of §2)0,000. As’ the city forms so_large a partof the fiuancil strength of the county, it is necessarily af- fected by all that affécts cthe county. 1t is interesting to note thay not ouly has the eity aebt been reduced the’pust year, but also the county debt. On the Ist'of July lust tuo county paid off ,000 of the Jail bonds, witt out making any special levy for hut pur- pose, and next July tho county will pay off £,000 more aud §30,000 of court house nouds. The financial arrangements are such that this will be done by muking ouly a levy of 4 mlls, £0 that the total tevy will be but 1 mill more than this year. Outside of the 4-mill to cover the maturing bouds, the tax will be 3 mills lower thau this year. The total levy 1n all, for state, county, etc., is 15 mills. The county’s linencial conditiou 15 indicated by the fact thatthe vear opened with a county debt of ouly 180,000, and the cash on hand amounted 10 05,27, Besides the reduction of the debt tie county bulit a new jail at avoca and paid for it in cash out of the general fund, The banking institutions tinue on a solid basis, with a steady increase of business There are six banks, with a total cupital of §602,000, to say nothing of the surplus. In the numerous perilous times, which have caused 50 many wreeks of banks, it is o proud showing for Council Biuffs that nevor in the history of the city has there been @ single bank failure. T'wo or three banks in the past twenty-tive years have re- tired from Lusiness, but none have ever faled, The number or other failures has been remarkably small, considering tho na- ture of the times, and exteut to which other cities have been affected. flad it not boen for the failures of the Kimball-Champ ln- vestment company and Eiseman & Co., the past two years would hurdly bave boen marked by anything indicative of panicky times, Council Bluffs has not becn having a baild- ingz boom, but it has been muking commend- able progress in tnis line, cven while most cities have been trying to keep their old buildings occupiod, and not attempting to put up new ones. The ordinance requiring the securiug of building permits is so gene ally ignored that the stubs of tue hook fu pish but a meager showing of what hus really been done. yet even these, which do not furnish half the facts, show that 140 per- mits were 1ssued, aud the'total valuo of the buildiog improvements reached #164,550. Many buildings like Joun Dunw’s block, on Broadway, are not iucluded in this showing, s no perimit was taken out. ‘rhe Grand ho” tel, costing #225,000, was comvleted this vear. Thenew Broadway Methodist chureh, costing 15,000, is being completed. Tho ole- gang Balawin block, costing’ $10,000 to £50,- 000, was also completed this year. Dan Car- rigg bas just startod on _the ercction of a lurgo warehouse. [, E. Sanborn is just fin- ishing a fine three-story brick block at the corner of Broudway and Bryant, The Shugart block has been remodeled and greatly improved. N. . Dodge has im- proved his business property on Pearl street. So here and there throughout tho city are to bo seen indicatious of a healthy growth. Numerous fine residences have been built, tho most noticeablo of which is probabty that of Finley Burke, on_Oakland avenue, its cost being probably $20,000 to $25,000. Dr. Moutgomery, H. A. Cole, W. A, Couiter, £. J. Shuvert, 'A. C.” Harig and maoy otrors here bullt resiaences costing from 2,000 upwards, while those of lesser value are t be counted by the hundreds. Colonel . J. Abbott who complied num- crous statistics for the census, and to whom Tuk Bee is indebted for many facts in this article, has made o careful estimate of the wholesale trade of the citv for 1501, and places it at £14,000,000. The retail trade reached 15,500,000, Few citios can show as many publie build- ings, considering always the population of Council Bluffs in testing the truth of the statement. ‘T'he following ave the values of the different classes of public builaings : vernment bulldings. tinte bulldings . County buildlngs City bulldings.. ... 100l buildin s, urches Hospitals...! of the city con- & 265,000 1,600.0 0 . 82,440,000 Council Bluffs has of streots, nineteen of which are paved. Two miles of paving bave been laid this year. Oue mile of uew sewer has beou laid, makiug a total of ffteen miles of main sewers and eight miles of branch sewers, I'he length of water mains bas been increased to 1,107,824 fect, connec| ing with 270 hydrants, which furnish ample fire protection. Although olectricity has so far crowaed out the gas, yet there aro twenty-two miles of gas supply pipes now in use. Tho public library is one of the most ap- vreciated and most important educational features of the city government. Thero are avout 10,000 well selected volumes, to which all have free access. It costs about 3,600 a year to maintain the library Counell Bluffs justly boasts of the extent and beauty of its parks, #,000 people having 616 acres of parks. Fuir- mount park alone would bring $1,000,000 guick 1f it could be transported to Chicago. It 15 already winning for iwelf & name throughout the eountry. The pirks cost the city less than §10,000 & yoar, and even out of this limited amount the park commiasioners manage to make numerous improvements. Couucil Bluffr is one of the most brilliant lighted citles in the country. The public aro lights, bung high on_towers, number 117, and there'is not & part of the city but is made as light as though under a full moon, and that, too, throughout the whole night. The system of water works has baen Rreatly 1mproved the past year. The open conduit and the river has given way to an Total Think of & oity of | THE | tron pipe. A new reservoir has bem bait baving & capasity of 2,000,000 @iilons. The o.her ressivoirs have been rebuilt and a large amount of moacy oxp nded in various | ways, with a view, not of inerasing the ea- pacity, for that i+ slr ity suMiciont fo ity of 100,000 pronie, b I the fuenishiog clearer wator i being made by whic th e systom will bo ndopted hore, 1t hin £ simice (o that u e at Florence. All po sions to Mis souri river water aro b tog rvapidly over- come, and the service i+ (¢ beitor than in most'cities. During the yoar three milos of new mains have been luid ‘and tweaty new fire hydrants put i Thers are sov purnos tions itoan miles of olectric street car service, and four miles of staam ¢ lino. Organizations havo been t and charters obtainod by which it is exp another gear will bring an in- creaso of from five to ton miles at lonst. The eMcioncy of tho fire department and the abundant supply of water have helped make the record of the vear rather remark- ablo. The department was calied upon to ke sixty-throo runs, and the total loss by theso fires awounts to ouly 17,502 The Marcus block fire was the largest of any in three years and it reached a loss of ouly £12,000. Asido from this tho average 103s to ' fire was only #4100 and the total losses by fire for the yexr dida not much exceea tho cost of maintaining the department. ‘U'bis cost includes purchase of new property and pavment of runniog expenses, and ches about £0,000 a4 year. Inall buta half dozen cases the insurance fully covered the losses by fire. “I'he fire department has twenty-one with one chief, four captains and ~one an. One steamer is stiil retalned to be used in case of emergency, but the work of putting out & bluze falls 'really upon four hoso carts und two hook and ladder tracks property manned. The polica force has been incr twenty-oue men, with a chiof, two ono sergeant and a clerk. I'ne number of arrests during the year reaches 1, Ad- mitting that there has been no decrease in the efficiency of the force, the showing for the morality of the city is very encouraging. Two years ago the number of arrests reached 1,015; one year awo, 1,i05, and now_for the past twelve months théy are only 1,503, City Marshal Tompleton, besidis caring for tho prisoncrs at the ety juii, has provided for 576 lodgers. When the warm weather permits out of door slumbers the numbor of these homeless, hungry applicants fails off, as for instance 1 July and Augnst last there were only throe, while in January and Pebruary there wore 24 The city marshal has turned over to the dity since March | more than 231,000 in money, mostly collected as fines or forfeit- ures for nonappearance at trial, but prac- tically licenses from saloons and from bawdy nouses. Council Bluffs has had its full share of the grip, and yet the rocords of Dr. Jennings. the city physician, shows that this is eithor a remarkably healtuy place or the doctors are extraordinarlly skillful, or the inhab- itants unusuaily vigorous. For the year end- g March 1, 1800, there were 303 deaths; for the vear ending March 1, 1801, there were 250 deaths, and for the year ending Januavy 1, 1802, only 245, On the basis of 33,000 pupula~ tion the death rate is ounly seven out of 1,000, In 1500 there were 78 deaths from membraneous croup and diphtheria, and in 1801 there were 64 deaths from like 'causes. Since March 1 thera nns besn but 19 deaths. This decraase in fatality is doabtloss due in the main to the strict eaforcamant of the quarantiue laws. elec- THE PULSE OF TRADE. How the Arteries of the City Throb With the Blood of Industry. The following interviews with well known business men indicate somewnat the feal- e close Council Blu: THE FURNITURE INDEX, 1 don’t balieve there is a botter thing to ato the general prosperity than the fur- niture trade,” said Mr. G. E. Myors, the spirited and vigorous yoang man who re- cently purchased the groat retail establish- mentof C. A. Beobe & Co., and the herr ap- parent to the leading furniture business in the west. *Itis a very safe rule with which to measuve prosperity. People will make the old parlor suite do, varnish up the old dining room chairs and sieep on a bed Lhat is not a modern luxury when money is scarce and prosperity s at low webb. But during the time I havo been here I have sold more fine goods than 1 had the l2ast anticipation of doing,while the sales of cominoner goods have bosmed up until they have siruck a $40,000-a-year gait. This warrants me in carrying a still heavier stock tho coming year, and convinces mo that Council Bluffs can be mada to domiuato the furniture business in the Missouri valley. I believe it is something of satisfaction to moro than myself that I have the largest estab- lishment right here that there is in the west, This buildi: is 40 feet wide and 165 feet Long and the our floors give me a total fioor araage of 27,28) square foet, 1 bolieve tuis year will be a hummer. I sball do what I an to mate it so. Peoplo of western low: Council Bluffs and Omaha will find here vthiuy from a kitchen table to the finest suites ever mude, and at prices that will beat by a good percentage the lowest retail prices in Chbicago. Furniture prices are tumbling and 1 am going to keep right down at the bottom of the tumble, and if 1 con- tinue to feel as good as I do wow I um likely to do a little tumbhng myself. Just suy thit if best goods and superlatively low prices cut any tigure, 02 will bo the prize year." PEREGOY & MOOKE'S TESTIMONY. *‘Looking back through the days of the past year we perceive that we huve made considerable smoke,” said William Moore, us he vilted back in an easy chair 1n the private office of the best known and the heaviest wholesale cigar house within a raaius of 500 miles. “Our trade has increased with growth as steady as a tree, and we oan 8eo no reason for the existence of a doubt thar 1802 will not be a still better vear. We dis- like to give in cold figures anything in the way of a statement of the number of the various brands of cigars we have sold, for tho aggregate is actually so large that it is asking too much for people to be- lieve. For instance, of oue brand, the Sterling, our old favorite 5H-cent cigar, we have received 10,000 a day for every working day in 1801, besides the scores of other leading brands that the smokers are onjoyiny all over the country." *They’ll believe me,” remarked D, J. Rockwell, the local freight transfer man, who was present, *when I tell them [ haaled the goods from the depot. One load I recol- lect comprised 500,000 Sterling cigars.” “The Santa Rosa continues to remain the prime favorite with thousauds of smokers, continued Mr. Moore, “and thera nas been no appreciable duminution of the sales of this famous cigar, which has had a run that has probably never been egceeded by any cigar made. We make our stamp a Rguarantee of excelence and when a man gets a cigar from a P. & M. box anywhere he can be assured he has gotten the bost to be obtuined for the money. There is no reason why everybody should not feel satisfied with the outlook for tho coming vear.,” YA HARVEST YEAR. “It has been a harvest year with us,” re marked Mr. W. M. Jonos, manager of the western branch of the Sandwich Manufac- turing company, “and it our trade bo taken as an indication businoss has certainly | been very satisfactory, and this portioa of tho country is io an exczedingly prosperous condition. ~ The territory covered by this western branch comprises lowa, Nebraska, Colorado and South Dakota, and our ex- porience, 1f it can ba taken us an indication, must show the prosperous condition of a ter: ritory as large as an old world empire, The tremendous corn crop in theso westorn states, which is now being prepared for markot, has taxed our ability to supply shellers fast enough to satisfy the shippers and dealers, Many aod mavy days during the busy season our sales of shellers alone have areraged $10,000 a day, and this has been kept up for weeks at a stretch. ‘This has compelled our factory to run day and night to keep abead of thé demand, but we have | held up our end, and tho hum of the Saud- | wich shellers has mado music in the land, | Of power shellers exclusively our sales since | October bave sggregated nearly 1,000 ma- chines. 'I'his phenomenal rush indicates the popularity and superiority of the Sandwich shellor a8 well as the prosperous condition of the eroat agricultural territory tributiry to Council Bluffs. To handle this busine s We have had ten road men, In addition 10 all grades of shellers we make a line of bind ers and mowers and we shall push this branch of our busiuess in our territory with reunewed vigor this year. We are In good shap) o fill orders for the different stvies o ‘lhnuan. We also make a full line of feed identitie] with those of grinders and cutters that are just as popular OMAHA DAILY men | BEE: FRIDAY a8 our ochor machinery. Wé aico do a stor- ago and forwardioe budiiess for tho Eagle Manutacturiug compwny of Daven- ort, the Haworin Uheok Rywer sompan Woodmansio & Hewitt Mangfacturing com: pany of Freeport, TiL: the O. K. Enagate company and Bryan Plow chmpany, and have storage facilities for handiing on ditional lines, an i can alse furnish room for tha representative,of ment conpanies looking 1tes. It has been the bait yeir wo have ever bal, and wo predict extraordinary prosperity i 1892 for all lines, with Council Bluffs 8 \fely dominating the agricdltural implemsnt bustness," ofice uny im for transfer facil- 18 AND PHOSPERITY. rpat business is an index of tho past year's prosperity, 1501 has been a good year for all,”” said Mr. D. W. Keller of the Council Bluffs Carpot conpany. *‘Our busi- ness has been vory satisfactory and we can see no reason why it should not prove even more 80 for the coming year, Our trade has not been contined to Couucil Bluffs, by any means, and our experience must indicate tho condition in u large scope of territory. We have carried a hoavier stock by a good many thousand dollars than on any previous year, and while in sowe lines we are heavier stocked than we wish (o be at this season, we have cleared away an immense amount of goods. The surplus in some lines will only call for spocial cut sales that will be of interest to housckeepers everywhero, A very pleasing foature of the year's business 15 Lhe growth of our out-of-town trade. People have learned that they can comoe or send 100 miles and purchase a bill of goods and save a good deal more than their ex- penses, and get even bettor than Chicago prices on all grades of gools An instance of this kind occurred this week. A Neola lady spent a duy in the carpet housos of Cui cago and came to us with samples and pricos of what she wanted. We were able to do considerably better than duplicating every- thing on a §10) order. We will carr) still heavior stock the coming year, and with light expeuses and content with small profits, wo will make botter prices than ever and draw uew trade to Council Blufts,” DOMINATES TUE BUTCHER BUSINESS, My bank book shows that my salos bave amounted to o oven $1,000 a month more during the year that is just closing than they dul the past year, and who's complaining of dull trade ' 1 Georgo H. Meschendorf, tho busy butcher, with un inflection of voice that indicated a strong determination not to be inciuded in the Kickers, if there were any. “During 1501 we trausacted a nice little business, and balance sheets hero have just mformed me that we have crowded $9,000 mizhty close. If that 1s nota pretty good showing for a retail moat market in any city in the world I would like to be informed what would constitute a fuvorabie showing. A provision markee may not be the best busi- ness to show the state of general trade, for people ere bound to cat. They won't go bungry, even if they are not making fortunes out of their businoss, but 1 believe the splendid business I have trans- acted during the year must be tuken as a mighty good indication of the prosperous condition of the people (f Council Biuffs and Omaha genevally, Take the monthly bills of my customers as thoy run and you will see that few of them fail below $10 while many roach §40. People cannot pay this amount for the single item of ineat alone un- less they are in a prosperous condition. I have adopted the cicck system, which is a sort of an elastic cash system, and I know every night just where [ stand. You must COunt up 4 good Many new eustomers to ac- count for thu extra §1,000 a month I have taken in during 1801 Of coirso much of this phenomenal succoss is due to the fact that I have nothing but first-class stock here, and [ heve taken pains to let the world kuow it turough the columns of Tue Bre. The; o fifteen or twenty of as fine boeves on those hooks as Iowa or Nebraska ever produced, and [ never hang on my Look anything that I do not know to be good. I gel the best that Swift and Ham- moud kill, and retain the privilege of insp ct- ing on the hoof all that i3 killed for me. My years of practical exporionce enable me to izet tae best, the very fat of the lund, for cus. tomers. The growth of my Omaba aud South Omaha trade is sometbing remarkable, ana occupies all the time of five of my wagous and nine men, and I tell you it runs into money fast, thousauds of dollars a month. [ furuish all the large consumers in this vicinity. Yes, [ thoroughly satis fied with the outlook for the new year, and my knowledie of the business affairs of my feilow merchants convinces me that they ure equally prosnerous and enables mo to assure tie worla that Council Bluffs has a greater per cent of stroug, safe and financ merchants than any other city 1 With this belisf and with this enthus 1 cutor upon the work of the new year con- fident that I will make a better record than ever, foed moro of the hungry sud convince a much grester number of people that thay can get here every staple aud duinty article Kkept in a first-class meat market.” THE SAVINGS BANK TEST. ““The savings bank business is perhaps the very best medium for measuring tho general prosperity of cities,” suid President John Bennott of the State Savings bank, ‘“and measuring the prosperity of the piople of Council Bluffs by our business during tho yeur 1t certainly makes u very salisfuctory exhibit, Our business has steadily increased since the first of last, Junuary, the incroase not being coafined to tho increased deposits of old customers, but from the greut number who huve opened new accouuts.” Our nickel stamp deposit system has become very nopu- lar and has been the means of hundreds of boys und girls saving theiv small earnings, 1 rogurd the savings bank us being of equul importance in the moral education of the community as the churches and schools. It is the school that educatos people in econowy. We do an exclusive savings bank business un 1since we organized March 21, 1885, we have haa working people for our ' de- positors who bave uow accumulated suug little sums who proviously —spent all they curned and were iu debt. Come in any Saturday atternoon and look at our depositors and you will be couvinced that we are affording ull classes of people the best s of saving their money and making it them something. We nave had a grad- ual increase from the beginning, and while the growth must necessarily be slow, we feel that we can build up a very fine busine by close attention and ocareful management. We have nearl forty stockholders, who are among the besy business men of the country.” Mr. Hennott censed speaking to receive a deposit from one of Tuk BiE newsboys, who supports a mother and sister and nover fuils to mako o weekly deposit. Mr. Bennettis one of tho oldest citizens of the city, und has held every important place of trust his fellow citizens could give him in the county government. The cashier, Willam Arnd, is one of the most populur’ young men in the city. A PLUMBER'S VIEWS, *Just say that I have every contidenco in the future of Council Bluffs und faith in the new year," smd J. (. Hixby, the leading plumber of this section of the country. ‘I have established a pluinbing business that takes in every town aud village within 200 miles. 1 base my succass primarily upon my ability to do saiitary Blumbiug and first- class steam and water heating, and inoident- ally upon my determination never to mis- ro .1 carry s yory heavy line of plumbing goods and give my porsonal atten- tion to all details of tho busiaess. I have only good und cheertul'words for my fellow business men, and extend to all beartily tho compliments of the sedson."” SOME REAL ESTATE TALK. Mr. F. J. Day, of Day & Hess, who are as well posted in real estato as auy men in the city, say of '01: “Of pourse we huven't had @ boom this year. We.don't want any more, But it_nas been u good, healthy sort of a vear, City property i low hore, and always has been, and 30 instead of taking a rush and then a drop, there has bren a steady advance, and there is confidonee falt among all prop- erty owners We have had a good deal of activity in farm and garden lands, and thoso of our cuslomers who have invested have done weil. ‘The outlook for the coming year 18 good. We ure haviug many inquirie and the induements we can offer to invi ors are so apparent and necd so little urging that wo have little difficulty in keeping busy, and we spend no time in grumbling." WEIR SHUGART COMPANY, (es, trude has been all that we could ask for, especially in. the last sixty days,” said Fred R. Davis, secretary and treasurer of tho Weir-Snugart company, wholesalo agri- cultural implements, “Sales for immediate +hipment have beeu 50 per cent greater than for the same time in 188) and 155, Orders frsprivg shipwment wre coming in freeiy O irnew ste:l corn planter, the *Parmer's Feerd,' mado in Dayton, O., 'promises to bo a bonanza. We bave alreaay pla ordocs for en var louds, and expect to double it be- fore the season is over. The light vehicle trade is still on the gain, sud bids fair to ex- ceed that of 1801, which is conceded Lo be the JANUARY 1 wo ad- | 1892, best in the history of the trade. Dealers In tho 1500 ‘burnt-out’ districts of western Ne- oraska aro paying up old scores much better than expected, and another good crop will entirely overcome the prejudice which somo jobbers have against that territory outlook for the future is very flattering, and 1802 gives ovory promise of being @ hummer. " AT MORNINGSIDE, “We have no oceasion to complain of '01," romarked oue of the Me(ioo brothers. ‘“in almost any other western city it would bave been impossible to do very much the past v ds pushing new adait on, *Morningside’ has, of course, so many ad- vantages and uttractions that lots thero will always sell, in the dullest times, but the gen - oral healthiness of financial matters in Coy cil Bluffs helps greatly to make it comps tively casy to develop this addition. Then, 100, We do not seek to seli to speculators, but to those who will build homes. Morningside is being built up rapialy sud will continue to grow, dull timnos or good times, and instead of there being any mercurial changes in prices, thero is and will be a steady, sure ad- vanco, Other folks are just as quick t this as we are, and hence they do not hesi about securing property thero as soon ns they can arrango their finances to do so. We help them, t0o, by casy terms, and thus on- courage home-building. A GREAT DRY GOODS EMPORIUM, John Beno has veon 1 the dry oods bus- iness ever since 186, when he started out on o small scale in this city, By degrees’ ho built up a business that is rivaled by few mercuants in the west, until now the name of the firm of John Beno & Co, is a familiar ono among all classes and conditions of peo- ple within a radius of 100 miles of Counc Bluffs, The store is located in the Shugurt- Beuo block on First avenue, running fr Main chrough to Pearl stroet, and occupies three stories, 00x102 feet in size. To go through this large establishment is & pleasire to anyone who enjoys gazing on a rich and ed_assortment of dry goods, no- tions aud furnishing goods. In the extreme south room on the first floor is onc of the rgost stocks of curtaius, draperies, rugs and tho like to be found anywnere in the west. The articles arc urranged s0 s to make the best effect possivle, and the array of lace curtains, por- tieros, blankets, poles and trimmings, rugs, cloaks, wraps, shawls and draperies in_end- less varieties, is one calculated to fill_the fominine mind with irresistibie longing. Butterick’s patterns are also on hand in this department. The adjoining room is tilled with an im- mense stock of notions, including corsets, un- derwear, hosiery, gloves and mittens, vib- bons, laces, tablo linens, towels, napiin tidieS, umbrellas, parasols and faus, and everything else going to make up a complete stocks, In the dress goods department are the silks, velvets, plushes and. wools, - cluding the finest silk warp and domestic dress goods, together with all’ sorts of trim- mings, while in the domestic department is carried a complete line ot ginghams, ull the way from the finest zephyr gugham to the orainary domestic goods. The zeuts’ furmshing goods are on tho north side of the store, and here can be scen hats and caps, clothinz, gloves, suspenders neckties, ete., in large and varied assort ments, whilo on the second floor are tnrec large rooms devoted exclusively to men’s and youths’ overcoats, trunks, valises and travel ing bags in_every style ‘and quality. The basement, which takes up all the spuce un- death the'store, is completoly filled with auplicate stock that would do credit to a Chi- cago jobbing house. ““Peoplo may talk as they please,” sald Mr. Adolph Beno, one of the membérs of the fiem, yesterday, “about times belng hard und trade dull. In our business we have aimed 1o give the public just what 1t wants, and we have mot with suceess accordingly. Wo tave had a goo | trade so far durinz the winter, and you mizht extend to tho public our thanks for the cenerous way in which we have been patronized.” THE PIRST NATIONAL BANK ““The year has been a very satisfactory one withus,” said Cashier Roikman of the First National bavk, the oldest pank in the cit, aud the pioneer financial institution in wes| ern lowa. “Our prosperity, of course, is in timately associated with that of the many busiuess houses of Council Biuffs, and it cer- tamnly indicates a very satisfactory condition of affairs, It seems to ms the now year is full of promise for all lines of business, with g00d prices assured for all products.” THE M'FARLAN CARRIA COMPANY. “While the rotail carriage trade has not been just what we expected this year, we be- lieve, bowever, that we have had our full hare,” said Manager H. Luring of the western branch of the McFarlan Carvia company. *“The jobbing trade has been quite good. We have increased our this year over last with the came force and expense. Collections ave reasonably fair. Our factory at Connersville, Ind., which is tho largest exclusive carriugo factory in that state, is now increasing its force and expects to turn out more vehicles this year than ever before.!” A MILLINERY INDICATION. “The ladios are always the first to feel tho pinch of hard timos,” ‘vemarked Miss Ella Ragsdale of the Council Bluffs millinery par- Jors, *but 1f our business 18 auy indication, thero bas been no luck of pros: perity in the city this scason. Wo "have had a splendid trade, aud prices have been so low that occasion’ scems to have been given for the belief that we wero going out of business. Ploase say to the ladies that this is not at all the fact, but that 1 will make extra efforts to please them while continuizg to sell all remaining winter goods at absolute cost to clear up for the spring business,”” — Notice is hereby given that T will no bo responsible for any bills contracted by John C. Cottrell. MARTHA A. COTTRELL. Holiday Goods, Remember that Delaven has one of the most elogant stocks of hohday novel- ties in the city. It surpassos all former years both in beauty and low prices Call and see them. Carman Feed and Fuel company, wholesale and retail hay, grain and feed. Special prices on hay und grain in car lots. 706 Main street, Council Bluffs. e S i) Robbed by votpid, John Sheridan, who has been workiug on the Missouri Pacific railway, camo to the city a day or two ago and took cousiderable pleasure in flashing a roll of bills, About 10 o'clock Wednesday night he separated from Poter Egan, a man_ whose acquaintance he bad picked up and left for home. When on Ninth avenue ne heard a fuotstep behind him, and almost 1mmediately received a stunuing vlow on the head. ~ Halfan hour later he awoke to tind himself lying on the ground with his pockets turned inside out nd all their contents missing. OmMeer Rob- ean yesterday and be was charged w ault, battery and robbery. Sheridun 1s held as a witness, Ll B Mothers will find Mrs, Winslow’s Sooth« 1@ Syrup the best remedy for their chiidren, cents a bottle, The Boston Storo, Councit Bluils, In., will be closed ull duy todny, New Yeur’s day. Fotheringham, Whitelaw & Co. LR Do not fail to see the unusual display of beautiful lamps atthe Royal Arcanuimn hall this afternoon. e Walnut block and Wjyoming coal, fresh mined, received daily Thutcher, 16 Main, We have our own vinayards In Califor nia. Jurvis Wine company, Co. Bluffs Commercial men, Hotel Gordon the best $2 house in Council BlufTs, tat 250 per bushel at C. O. D. Brown’s, 845 B'way, Council Bluffs, It is a well known fact that people can get better goods for less money ut F Burhorn’s than any other place in the city. Go and be convinced yourselves Very handsome Christmas novelties at De Haven's—uothing poor or teushy. Cont pt Proceedings ¢ "w ced, Yesterduy afternoon & warrant wos issued from superior court for the arrest of E. Say- ors, i, H, Sayers, Giregg Suyers snd D, L. The | Wilson on tho chargo of contomnt, and the whole outfit was rearrested and placed In the county Jail to await n hearing. ‘I'ne warrant was made upon the strength of a couplo of aidavits filed by Willlam Plumer and J Peters, the receiver apoomted by the court ke ohargo of the Suyers farm. s He1inone 1oy, At Be sure and attend the grand ball this evening at Masonic temple given by Calanthe gssembly, No, 1, Pythian Sisterhood, saler's Magl headsches in 20 w afors, Cary a all drugsisty — Tho only kindergarten in tho city 1s in the Morriam block, next to the Young Men’s Christian association. Experi enced tenchers and only one-half usual vatos are charged. e — Jarvis 1877 brandy, purest, safest, best, Drs. Woodbury dentists,next to Grand hotel; fine work a specialty, Tele. 145, forget that the Episcopal ludies receive their friends on New Year’s day from half past2to 7, and from 8 to 12 in the Royal Arcanum hall. v The iadies of the Episcopal church will receive their friends in the R A hall on New Year’s day from half-past 2 to 7, and from 81012, All ure cor- dially invited to be present, Jarvis wild blackberry is the bast Three Divorce Sults, In he district court yesterday threo petitions for divorce fled. In the first Goorge Kellogg was plaintiff and May Kel- loge dofendant. L. Baradaand C. O. Watts sue for divorces from their respoctive wives, Mary Barada and Maggie L. Watts, oh grows sticky—common have a vulgar glare, Pozzoni's is complexion powder fit for use. All are cordially invited to attend the dancing purty this evening in the Royal Arcanum hall. Admission $1.00, Do not there were powders the only Bigzest bargains in holiday goods in the city at 1% Burhorn’s. — Calanthe assembly’s 20d annual De Haven has his usual stoc tiful do Is, They are worth seeing way down in pr ball. of beau and Walnut block coal, $1.25 por ton, De livored anywhere in city. Carman’s 706 Main street. Solid silver and plated ware for less money than anywhore else in the city at 5. Burhorn’s, 17 Main streot. Genuine tortoise shell combs at Bur- horn’s, - SOUTH OMAHLA. De James Begley, one of the p N braska, died yesterday moraing at his late residence, Twenty-fourth near I, at the ripe age of 7 years. Ho had been ailing for only four days. Mr. Begley has been a vesideut of N braska for forty years and is well known by the carly settlers of the state, He was for- tunate in his investments and he leaves a handsome fortune. For over six years he has been a respeeted citizen of South Omana, o funeral exercises _over the remains of . Begley will oceur Saturday morning at St. Agnes’ church. Carlin Held in Court, Tho trial of James Carlin was continued yesterday in the police court and cousnmed the greater part of the day. The charge azainst him was sccuring §1,000 under false protenses. Judge King put him under £1,000 bonds to appenr for trial before the district court. Carlin was locked up. A Runaway Wi Peter Anderson, a Swede of 41 years, was in the city lookiug for his runaway wife, and he found her and her two children with a friend near Twenty-fourth and Q streot. ‘I'he wito, who is an American 24 years old, refused to return to hev home. Lump Jaw Cattle Rejected, The annual report of Clark Howard, tho cattle inspector at tho stock yards, shows that during the year there were 371 cattle rejected on account of the lump jaw, This is 120 more than those rejected by the in- spector last year. Magie City Miniatures, ho Knights of Pytaias will give a ball on February 22, B, F. Bowman, the fellow who robbed the waiter girls at the Adams boarding house, was arrained before Judge King yosterday and fined $0 and costs. Willlam M. Leavitt and his sister, Miss Helen, who bave been visiting Mrs. Frank Hayward, left yesterday for Jacksonville, Fla., to spend the winter. The funcral of Mrs. A. M. Keenan wiil occur at 10 a. ‘m. from tho residenco at 1'wen- ty-fourth and I strects to St. Aznes’ church. Father Moriarty will officiate at high mass and will be assisted by Fathors Mugan and Hickie. e DeWitt's Littio tarly fisers : - Newman Out of Danger, uk, Dec. 3lL.-—-Rev. Dr. Heber Newton has been pronounced out of danger by his physicians. for the liver. DR. MILES' NEW CURE —ronvue— | ¢ 4 HEART. 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Put up in scaled vials—a perfoct ves pocket remedy, always convenient, fresh, and reliable They'ro tho cheapest pills you can buy, for they're guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is returned. You pay only for the good \nll; t. Can you ask more ook at the Map!” PENNSYLVARNIA SHORT LINES. atrons of that O1d fable Train— Teaving Chicago at 8:15 v, M, take sup- per in the Pullman dining ear, and the next v enjoy a dellghtful ride tLiough historic Johnstown and the Conemaugh Valley, over the moun talng and among the pleturesque scenes of the Alleghanics. This is a fast train from Chicago to Dittsburgh, with thirough Pullman sleeping cars from Chicago to Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphin and New York. Address Luck, 248 Clark Street, Chicago. Tickets Sold Kverywhere Over The Pennsylvania Short Lines. NO OTIIER LEAVES A DELICATE AND LASTING ODOR, For sale by a1l Drug and Fancy Goods Dealors or {£ unuble to procuro this wonderful sonp send 25e {n stamps and receive u cako by roturn mail. JAS. 8. KIRK & CO., Chicago. SPECIAL-Shandon Bolls Waitz (tho lat 7 Walti) sont FIREE t 'unyono seoding s “rappers 0f £hendon Bolls Soap. ~hbsolutely the BestMada.” & <A Delicious Medicated Con= fection” for the relief of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, and for clearing the voice. For sale by all Druggists and Confectioners. Packed in full two ounce packages, Price 5 Cents. If you are unable to procure the Pomona Cough Tablets rom your dealer send us 8 cents in stamps and receive a box by mail. Made by the manufacturers of the celebrated Pomona Fruit Juice ‘Tablets. DUQUETTE & CO., Council Bluffs, ta. FIRSTNATIONAL BANK OF COUNCIL BLUFF3, ION\ Pald Up Cap'tal...............$100,000 Forelgn an 10330l Acoounts of fnfivias Oldest organized bank Ha th domastic exchings A attontion pald to eollvction s uuls, bank s, b Corraspoiid sne GKO. P BANKC Of Council Bluffs, DA% MSTOCKESTSEE +0. 2. $150,00) SURPLUS AND PROFITS, 70,000 TOTAL CAPITAL AND SURPLUS...,.$225,00) D recToRs~L A. Mil or, I, B L Bhueurt, b J. DB Charles R. Hanna nsuct general banking b news. Li pital and surplus of any bang inSouthwestern 10w, k. I T TEREST ON TIME DEPOSIT —_— SPECIAL NOTICES, COUNCIL. BLUFF 3, | W ANTED=A ‘wouan to owre fora buby, Wages 8100 per week, Apply to ) Horace kverett, corner 8th streot wnd avenue. JANTED=By u respectuble Indy, o posis tion us housckeeper or to tuke onre of children, Good referonves. Address A 2, Bee, Council Bluifs W ANTED-Tiy u sltuntion. trie lheht Blufrs, W ANTED—Plal 1n fuilles; cun con Address U2 l“lllt exchange, 20 acres of lund In South Chicago, suftanle for platting, for Omabha Droperty or olon Noorasin land. Addiess ab onee K, 2 Bee, Councll Biafrs, Ok SALE or oxcha Iand 34 miles from postofice. Will take viueunt property. Greenshlelds. Nicholson & Co., 610 Broad wity, Council Bluirs. WANT W buy stock of grocories or boots and shoow: will pay part’ cash and park by w room house and 10t In Omaha, G % Dog, Couneil Biuffs, L, AOMPLETE outfit bir fixtures and two poo} Jtnbles for sulo wnd bullding for rent. G wetion. " E, 11, Svate, ovor Officer & Pusey's it K. 1 exporienced electriolum, Have hind six_yours in eleos works. Address V 20, Bee, Counol} well recommended, 0 noros lmfinuv:\r OARME, gardon lands, housos lote and business blooks for sale or ront Day Hous, o0 Poarl stroot, Uounoll Bluffs,