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B 0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : jffONPAY , DECEMBER 30 , 1880. THE OMAHA BEB I , COUNCIL BLUFFS , B. , oriiuu no ii ! I't.Aiiii snucKT HK * rcllvcrcd by carrier in nny port of the City L > 11.W.T11.TO.V MANAOKlt V ; timi'HOvis : : : : Hr * ' ncsisrssdt iter No 43. , MniiTKiiiToit No.J. . , > ' L MINOIC .MION LION H ; ' n. y. r. Co HH Glcason coal HB Council Muffa Ifemucr Co , coal BS , Thatcher coal , sco advertisement ' BM' Tlio Uostoti store far holiday Roods BK Ileal coal mill wood at C. U. Tual Co Bv Caruon Coal Co.wholesale retail , lOJl'tarl H The Council Bluffs department or tlio Bv Omaha Excelsior Is now In chnrRO of Mr C. BS Hf .Itulson , It Is fortunutc In having so BV brlpht nnd newsy a correspondent as Mr BK Juuson ft Tlio funeral of Elm Honlz took place yes BK tcrdny from St Francis Xivler's church BC Death resulted from heart disease The de- Bh censed was flfty-ono years of nje , nnd ro- Bft aided nt No lul l'icrcn street Intormcnt Bm , was mudo at Walnut Hill BM 1 ho funeral of Mrs S. II Smith took plnco BS nt ' - 'M o'clock yesterday nrtcrnoon rroiii the BV family rcsiduuco , No 11M South Seventh BS street , Hov Dr l'hclps oniclatlng A largo • number of friends attended the services ' The rrmalus wcro tenderly laid to rest In the BC" family vault In falrvlow ccuietor " . BC Ora A. , daughter of Mr und Mrs Frank Bb Peterson , residing on l'lerco street , died at Bk Co'rloclt Saturday morning after a hricf lll- Bv ncss with congestion of the lungs , 'lho fu- Bb > ncrnl took placout 4 o'clock .vestcrdny nftcr- t noon from the family residence The roBS - BS' mains wcro interred lu Wulnut 11 111 cctno Bk\ tory Baf Mr K. Morgan the veteran undertaker , Bvi > who some tlino ngo sold out bis business to Bflt Herman & Stevens , has opened u llrst- > ' ' < class undertaking establishment at , 7 2Broad- BS' way Mr Morgan has secured a liandsomo ' fun oral cir , und will carry a complete Btoclc Bji of the latest designs In caskets and other lur- BJ ; - nlsliings in that line Bj < The railroad managers and the cxccutivo BL cominittco of the union depot eotnunny meet Bff In this city tomorrow , ut which time the all BE' ' Important union depot question is to bo BJ' permanently settled , and If the roads can BV * como to nn umlcablo ngicotncnt details will Bk bo arranged for beginning work atonco , B > , preparatory to rushing things us soon as tlio Bf h season opens Btv II Gordon's ' cao will bo reviewed by Bt' Jiulgo Aylosworth this morning Gordon is Bt ! nhalf crazy colored man whonas n penchunt Bffr for terrorizing the Indies Ills last outbreak BlL consisted in throwing boor bottles nt Mrs Btf Alohn , wife of the proprietor of tlio Crcston Bmj house , nnd that lady only escaped serious in- Bflr jury by dodging through u door that stood Bb conveniently open The only cnuso for the Bm ' assault was that Mrs Mohn remonstrated Bl * with Gordon for raising a racket lutho vloln- ity of the hotel B > „ J. Omar was arrested last ovonlng and BE locked up on a clinrgo of larceny Ho is BVL suspected of being the thief who stele the BS rasolino btovo from Mrs , Plumb n short BS time ago , over which thcro was so much BM detective ability displayed Omar Is colored , B and fs accused by two other colored men of > ot only stealing the stove , but of raidlug Hjr numerous hen roosts 'n tha northern part of B * thQ oty ' Uo was arrested by Ofllccr k Thomas He will have a hearing before H Judge Ayloswoi th today BS ; There is every Indication that the Sunday v theater in the Uluffs will prove a paving venture , it properly managed and ndver- * Used Last ovonlng uTli6" Two Johns Bk ' held tlio bonids at Dohnny's and wora Bftt erected bv n full house The idea that the BY.respectable people will not attend the theater B > 4 on Sstindiiy evening was completely dls- BBr proven , ns last nights audlcuco was oem Bf' ? prised of many of tlio most prominent citi- Bb > n zens of tlio Dluffs Manager Dohnny's now Bjv departures has met with gratifyingrucooss Bll' ou the two occasions on which he has tested Blx' " ana llIS "ow practically settled that a Bl' Sunday oveniog pcrfonnanco mav bo looked BS1 * * or during the remainder of the win tor , if Blr tD0 manager can arrange Sunday dates with Bl * tuo managers of the theater companies , Bji : Flno stock of watches and jawalry for the BVi holidays at Wollman's , 533 Uroaaway Bm c , * Bj r Saddle Kock restaurant , 402 Broadway , f f open day and night First class J. U. ' ; > Yaucy , pro ] Bl * > ' • * | A. D. 1 oli-srapli Co Bm All persons in the city who have tclo- Bfl § phones can call up telephone 170 for mes- Bfljf longer bojs , cabs and express wagons , oto Bm , $ Prompt attention guaranteed U. U. Uobln- J * ,0Di manager No U North Main street Mil . ! PorHonnl Inrugraplis TV J. Gratlnn oQlciatcd yesterday for the : last time as organist at St Puuls Uo leaves about the middle of the week for bis new homo m St Louis I Have you tried McClurg's Pastry Wafer Sodas ) They are delicate , crisp und delicious Bush & Gort's pianos , S3S Uroadway The Maukattun sporting hoodq'rs418 U-way. t Finosl line confectionery , fruits , nuts and BStf holiday groceries in the city S. T. Mc- mk . Atteos Bf- , It AVns Wlntc llnatliillorntctl BJifi The last Sunday of 1SSU made itself felt In Bt ; tlio HlufTs The high wind of Saturday BJ < ! night increased until , liy sunrlso Sunday Bmi- morning , It was blowing a gala The mor- Bj' ' cury continued to drop until it reached a BmP | ] point 143 above zero , where it rested for Bwt sovqral hours , apparently convinced that it Bam ' was the prooor place for the time of year " Bh Indeed , It was very respectable winter BmW wcatUcr during the entire day , ' the mercury Ban - at no time registering more than 20s above Bh l zero The wind blow flurcoly until about ; l Jr o'clock In the afternoon , when it lulled con Bal ? * aldcrably , und the remainder of the day was Bmk , comparatively comfortable Bfll' Until utter the wind went down tboro was BSffi voryjittlo travel , and the strcots were do- Bal sorted Thcro were few who possessed the Barr inclluatloa to 'lcavo cozy firesides to bravo " ' Bar - H'd blustering , wintry weather without un- Sw 1css lc wa * actually ncoossarv , and as it was Balv Sunday this was not generally tlio case BmVvTravel on the motor line was unusually Bafi < 1'Rht ' , n fact greatly appreciated by the BBft motormen , who found it far inoro comfort Bf nul ° l0 nestle in the rccessos of their im- BBL muuso lur coats than to twist the brakes and BBb'1 pick upor lot off pussongorsat every street BBF . crossing , BBfv > < It was really tlio first wlntor's day ox- fK , porienccd this season , and for this reason BaSJ tuu co'1'1 ' was fo11 , 'ooro , togothcr with the BH ) . fact that the change on Saturduy night wns BbV * ucu q decided one It caused the coal men Bf Bu'1 olothlng uioi'i'hants to roam about with Mi b Bolf-sntisllcd air , whlh a yard-wide smllo f Illuminated their countenances Few others BBi : aaw anything particularly funny about it , BB& tut ns llcilrly n whole month of winter had Ba * "cen a" ° wed to slip by without oven a • K suspicion of it blizzard or "norther , " thcro an > vus lltUo disposition to kick Bflr ' PC. . Miller , host paper hanging and dos Bmr , oratiug The best Is the choauost BMP ' Bf Blank books , all kinds , lodgers and jour Bfl na,9 , > 1t0 ' quaes , at less than cost Send Bl , for jirlces Masonlu book store , Council Baj Bluffs , Hl ' Fountain cigar , it striotly lOo clear for Ser r * l tu0 Fountain , Try ono Bm | * < _ Bfle Smokers present * at Moore fc Bowmans BSm Mahimtc BBE Special meeting of Bluff City ledge No , 71 r nd Excelsior ledge No , US'J A , F. and A. M. , BE this oveulng nt which time tha ofllcers of BBSeact , 1oJkq > vill be Installed for the ensuing BBSt your , All members are cordially Invited to BBk " ° pr * ont K * Neuuioyerliotol , first classrcasonablo rates BBS The Itoss Investment and Trust company BaBF Jf 0. Tipton , real estate , 637 Broadway BBmb" * BaB' Always on Time BBFi ] ' > 'ou wish to purchase a good and reliable MB tvutcli 85 per cent less than club rates , and Bag on oaty orms , then call ut onoa and niako * your own tolecllon at 0. B. Jacquemlu St Bci to 27 Wain trooU BW c * SUNDAY NEWS IN THE BLUFFS The Kludllngr Ignltod and the Polit ical Pot Slmmorlng THE PEDAGOGUE IS SUSTAINED Winter Ariwofc Just In Time to Sco tlio Old Yonr Out General DolugH on a Windy Sub bath Dny Klndllne tlio Pnlltlcnl Fire Although the spring election is vet two months dlstnnt , the political workers are gotttng their wires in readiness to pull nt the city convention , and It is an undisputed fact that the spring campaign of 1890 will bo n llvoly ono The Indications are that the principal bnttlo will bo fought in the conven tion , ns there are Bovoral oandldatos und all linvo n strong following The o&lccs to bo tilled nt the next election nro mn.yor , marshal , city solicitor , city engineer , nudl- tor , treasurer , police Judee , superintendent of , markets , two members of the school board nnd live aldermen 'J ho aldermen to bo elected are from the first Second , Fifth and Sixth wards , and ono aldonnnn-nt-largo. As there will bo quite a light for several of the oDlcoi , the campaign will buposscssod of unusual interest For thoofllccuf ma\or nnd the nccompa- n > lngSlSJl ) n.ve.ir tliero nro numerous as pirants , among them being S. U. Wndsworth , Dr 1) . Macrae , Judge W. C. James nnd 1' . Lacy It Is understood that Mayor ltohrer will not seen rc-c' .cctinn , but as soon as his term of olllco expires will devote his ttmo nnd energies to compel the city to evacuate that portion of Sixteenth avenue , between Main and Third streets , that is claimed by Mrs Uohrur ns her personal property Thu belief Is o\prcsded by politicians of both parties that the democratic majority in the city is suflleicnt to insure tlio election of u democratic mayor , unless nn un usually objectionable ean.dkl.ito is selected to niako the race 'I hero nro these among the democratic can didates who would poll many republican votes It is known that any of the four above mentioned could bo prevailed upon to accept the nomination , but whether tuey are prepared to get out mm work foi it is n question Mr Licy is the presi dent of tha council , and hold , over for an other vc.ir , but it U understood that ho could hardly muster up lho courage to say no If the mayoralty was offered him The indications nro that it will narrow down to a fight between Wndsworth oud Macrae , with Lacy as a dark liorso in the background ready to take ndvantago of any favorublo development The republicans have made no move ns yet , anil the only candidate mentioned is Leonard Kverott , nldormnn from the Fourth ward He and Lacy nro in the saino boat ns far as odlco is concerned , the term of neither expiring until lbUl A nice plum , for which sovernl hcioio as pirants nro willing to sacriilco themselves , is tlio olllco of city marshal nnd Its liandsomo salary of several thousand a year Just wlut the ortlco is worth no ono knows , with the exception of the present in cumbent , nnd ho is not disposed to advance nny Information on this point Candidates for this position nro ns plentiful as the professional jurors who haunt the dis trict court room , and they are piecing out their little clubs to as great a length ns pos Mhlu In hope ol being ublo to knock the per simmons Among the candidates reported nro the two present deputy marshals , Charley Whtto and John Uarhytc Chief of Police Lucas and Nick OBrien Hcforo the development of certain affairs in the city clerks ofllco it wns leportod that ex-City Clerk It II Huntington was also an as pirant , hut the bottom has apparently fallen out of his little boom O'Brlon was In the rnco a year ngo , and mndo a ratl'ng fight , but his friends assort that ho will not try it aguin this spring , ns ho has something bet tor If this is the case it is doubtful whether any of the remaining candidates will llnd It easy sailing over the bar The present in cumbent is not a candidate for reelection , hut la the event of a mpiabblo In the conven tion , and such a thing is far from improba ble , it is very possible that ho would rccolvo n noininntlou for a fourth term , in which case the republican iiomiueo would discover that ho had a light on his hands Candidates for the minor city offli.es have not yet developed , but they will blossom forth in becoming splendor ere many days More intorcst is manifested in regard to the now members of the council than any other ofllco With live aldurmon to elect thcro is nicplo opportunity for guessing It it , how ever , generally conceded that Alderman Waterman of the First ward will not bo his own successor , and Robert Unln , a retiring member of the school board , Is spoken nf as an available pleco of timber with which to replace him The opinion Is expressed by many that Alderman Bellinger will succeed himself ns alderman from the Second wnrd and , as.it is known that ho is willing to bo returned , it may bo sot down ns a settled fact that ho will make his opponent do soma lively bustl ing.It It Is a matter of speculation who will suc ceed J. P. Weaver as aldermun-at-largo. Ho declares that bo has had enough of It ; In fact , that ho cannot afford to remain in the council as ho is a contractor and his odlco prevents his bidding on any city work Liltcwlso , it is diflicultto hazard a guess ns to who will bo sent in from cither of the now wards , the Fifth and Sixth They will not become Bcparnlo wards until the 1st of Fcbruury , nnd the available timber In each is as much u mystery as Is their political complexion , Hereafter the dining room of the Now Pa cific will bo run on soml-Kuropoau plan All meals served nt 23 cents each Shoes Iorry Slior-s. Will sell gouts flno shoos nt less than cost until January 1. Corner Broadway and Main , under the haulc Uolter , tailor , 310 Broadway Thu Rn 1 Wioldur Vliullontoil The case against School Teacher Sylvester , which was heard by Justice Hondrlcks some time ago , has been dlsmissod The justice held that n school teacher when hired to teach Is warranted in organizing some sys tem of school work and is vested with au thority for carrying It out The exact plan adopted lies iu the discretion of the toachcr , who has power to punish suitably for viola tions of the rules Thu only question was , therefore , whclhor the punishment was out of proportion to the offense committed by the youthful Clattorbuck The evidence showed that the urchin was very iusubordlcato and • ho jury decided that beget no more than bo deserved , . The case of assault and battery brought against an elder Clattorbuck by Sylvester was to have been heard Saturday , but a change of venue was taken to Justice Schurz and the case was continued S. M. Williamson sells the Standard and Domestic sewing machines , 103 Mam st m Solid gold watches cheap ut Wollmans Miss Mary Gleason has removed her dress making parlors to the rooms lately used by the uuollo library , No 14 Pearl street , where eho will bo glad to see her old frleuds Money loaned at L. B. Craft & Co 's loan ofllccon furniture , manoa hornos wagons personal property of all kinds , and all other articles of value , without removal All bus iness strictly confidential Drs Woodbury nave removed their dental ofllco to 101 Pearl street , up stuirj * PKOF ADLER ON DIVORCE Tl o ISvor Intorostlnt ; subject Pre * Hcntod In a Now Light It was to inuko cortuin inveattgntloiiB into tha statistics ofdlvorco wlnuli huvo just boon compiled by thu department of labor , Unit Prof , Felix Adlur cwno to AVnalilngton Inst week , says the Post of that city The dUUiirulnhc4 { toucher of othlcal culture is no less distinguished as a writer upon social economies The Btnrtllnp presentation of figures mndo in Colonel Carroll E. Wrlpht's report ling Interested Professor Atllnr greatly , anil lie speaks in the wnrmost terms of tlio clitrnctor anil vnluo of the work : uccomplishud "I have not the report before mo , " said ho to n Post reporter , "nnil muy not bo absolutely accurate In my state montof the figures Hut there is food for thought iu the report Aniorlca has a most iinenvinblo reputation nt homo and nbroad on account of tlio number of divorces which nro granted Within the last twotity yenrs 0:18,000 : divorces have boon granted in Amoricn What does it moan ? In all Europe , with many times the population , the divorces have not aggregated ono-tontli that number in the siinio porlod Are wo morolmmoral than Europeans ? Is the marr'ngo tlo looser ? Are the laws moro lnxV What are the reasons ? These nro the questions which are being asked , • Hero tire a few of the deductions which 1 make The laws are no moro lax In this country than In Eurouo Jn the now stales of the west , particularly in Illinois , the great dlvorco stitto , tlio laws nro as strict if not moro so thnn in Austria , for instance , where dlvorco * are qulto rnro The same is true all over the country Kor is there nny laxity in the oxeoution of the laws Over 4i0,000 ! applications for divorce were ontorcd In twenty years , yet 30 nor cent were rujocted Does this look like laxity ? Not at all What next ? About 75 per cent of all aivorcos have boon granted to women That proves Hint Amorlcnn woman are not offenders to a marked extent There were no divorces In Prance before the rovolutlou , but mor ality in Franco was at a low ebb On the contrary , lho largo number of di vorces In America goes to show tlio su perior sonsitlvenessof American women An American woman will not tolerate for a day offenses which u European wlfo calmly , not to say indifferently , onuurcs American women are extreme ly sonsitlvo of violations of the mar riage vow They will not endure per sonal violence yet wife boating was permissible under the English common law , and among the lowur classes of Great Britain is ti very common olTenso , tnkon In a matter of course way "By fur the greater number of di vorces from any ono cause have boon for dosoi'tton , mainly on the part of the husband These add up , Ibollovo , some 140,000. Desertion Is largely due to the migrating habit of our population , uot only from state to stale , but from place to place in a city Wo are bocomlng largely n nation of touants The vast majority of town nnd city dwcllors rent the houses in which they live The land question lies at the root of this As a result the people have no fixed homes You seldom hoar of a man deserting his wlfo If they are living In a homo of their own Ho has something to tie to It is the tenant husband who doscrts his wife The remedy for the difficulty lies deep I have never boon able to see in legislation a panacea for all social troubles The remedy must como first by tlio creation of a correct sontlmcnt Laws follow public sentiment Laws which are against public sentiment are always inopor.itivo in free irovernmonts You may think It a fur call , but I bo- lioyo the root of the whole dilllculty lies iu the current theory of individu alism Tlio Idea which Rosseau formu lated , that each human being Is an en tirely free agent , has swung nearly to the end of its reach It has yet a little further to go , and then it will swing back It destroyed the old feud alistio idea , it destroyed bcliofi in the divine right of kings , and tlio obligation of the subject to a personal sovereign But it obscured truths as well as destroyed false ideas "It should never bo forgotten that wo do not como into the world of our own wills , but regardless of our wills Wo are continually bound down , hnmporod , restricted by the oqunl rights of others Tlio state is not an aggregation of indi viduals It is the individual who is the fragmentary particle of the state His rights are subordinate to the rights of all If he has inalienable rights , ho likewise has inalienable duties VVhon this conception of the position of the Individual obtains and is generally accepted social reforms now out of reach will bo at hand " THE DliOOHIJlt COSTUME " KCziliolh Cndy Stanton Mm Wore nnd Iiiirnduucd It The following letter from Mrs Amolin Bloomer , whoso name became world fumous years ago in connection with what was known as the Bloomer costume - tumo , "is pt'in ted in the January Ladies Homo Journal , and has a koo n degree of interest in that Mrs Bloomer de nies the credit of introducing the cos tume In America This letter , recently written , Is now produced lu print for the first time : COUNCIL Bmjffs , la My Dour Sir : I hardly know how to write about the costume associated with my name But I was not its inventor or originator us is so generally bellovcd In March , 1851 , Elizabeth Smith Mll- lqr , dauirhtor oi Hon Gorritt Smith of Potorboro , N. Y. , visited her cousin , Elizabeth Cndy Stanton , at Seneca Falls , N. Y. , which wus then my homo nnd where I wns publishing The Lily , ' , and where Mrs Stanton also rosldod Mrs Miller came to us In a short skirt and full Turkish trousers , a style of dross she had been wearing some two months . , The matter of woman's dross having boon just previously dlscussod in The Lily , " Mrs Millers appearance led Mrs Stanton to at once ndopi the style , and I very soon followed , Airs Stanton introducing it to the Seneca Falls publio two or three days iu advance of mo In the next , number of my paper following my adoption of the dress ( April , 18. " l ) , I wrote an artielo announcing to my readers that I hud donned the style to which their attention had boon called in previous uumbors The Now York Tribune noticed my artielo , und made it known to its thou sands of renders that I had denned a short skirt and trousers , and from this , it wont from paper to paper through out this and other countries I soon found my sol f noticed and pictured in many papers , nt homo nnd abroad I was praised and censured , glorified and ridiculed , until I stood in amazement at the furor I had wrought by my pou whllo sitting quietly in my little olllco at homo attending to my dutlos Suffice it that it was the press nt largo that got up all the oxcltomont and that named the dress I never named it the Bloomer costume " With mo it was always the short dross und trousers It consisted of n skirt shortened to u few Inohos below the kneed and tlio substi tution of trousers made 0f the same ma terial as the dross , Iu ether respects tlio dress was the same as worn by all woman At tlio outset the trousers were full and baggy , but wo improved upon them by making thorn nnrroivor and gutherod at the nnklo , and finally by making thorn on tl rely plain and straight , fulling to the shoo like the trousers of men To some extent , I think the style was adopted abroadbut not largely , nor , for thnt matter , at homo There were in dividuals hero und there who gladly throw ott the burdou of heavy skirts and adopted the short ones , but boon both press and pojplo turned upon It their ridicule and cousuro , and women had not the strxmt'th of principle in withstand the crlJjdWin , and so returned to their drugging sltirls For niysolf , I were the short flniss and no otnors , nt homo and every vhe'ro , for six or seven years , long after Mrs Stanton , Luoy Stone , and athnrs had abandoned It Lucy Stone were the dress several years , traveled and lectured in it , and was married In Itt think None of us over lectured on the dre s question , erIn In nny wny introduced it Into our lec tures Wo only were it because wo found It comfortable , eotivonlont , safe nnd tidy with M\ \ thought of Intro ducing a fnshlonbut with the wish that every woman would throw off the burden - don of clothes that was dragging her llfo out This dress question hns boon of sec ondary Importance with mo , and it is not for it that I wish to bo romoinborod As you will see from what I hnvo written - ton above , a wrong impression provalls In regard to my part lu that matter I was not Its originator I adopted the style and made it known to the public The press did the rest I nm not lecturing at nil these last few years , A throat dilllculty and my seventy yonrs hnvo compelled ino to rotlro from actlvo participation In works for the ncivnncomont of woman Respectfully yours , Amhija BrooMKit Watch the box , buy the genuno ! Bed Cross Cough Drop1 * , 5 cents per box GlndRtnnc'H Love for lten < llnn\ When Mr Gladstone tires of politics ho turns to literature , und no man lu tlio throe kingdoms has a wldor range of books to select from , for , just atpres- ont , or rather since the day that ho reviewed Mrs Iliimphroy Wards ' "Kobort Elsmoro , " and gave that much-discussed book an impetus that it would not have obtained otherwise , au thors , young and old , ami publishers , good and bad , have flooded the Grand Old Man with literature of till kinds , writes Edward W ; Bok in the Ladies Homo Journal It Is hardly necessary to point out the vnluo of the rovlow that Mr Gladstone gave Mrs Wards bpok , from a commercial point of view A great many people In England still in sist that it is a vastly overrated book , nnd that if it had not boon for the at tention which Mr Gladstone paid it , it would have run its slow length of a few thousand copies , and died us many bettor or worse books do every twelvemonth Bo that ns it may , It Is sulliolont for Mr Glndstono to lend his narao to any literary publication to give it prominence that i i could not other wise obtain , nnd h li library table is crowded with books on roliglon on statecraft , philosophy ntid roman'cc , sent by authors and publishers Mr Glndstono is , in every respect , a great rcador Ho spends moro time now in reading thhu ho did twonty-iivo years ago Anything nnd everything that comes to him is grist to his mill Ho doosn't mind wading through chap ter after chapter if'ho ' only litids a kea nol ol truth or a nugirct of pitro gold at the end Ho is barticulnrlv fond of books of travel ami'politics ' , and there is no country tliatjinterests him so much ns America , its neoplo and its politi cians Agreatdpalof his reading is done as a matter 'of duty , or work , If you please , and after ho has finished that and is so thoy/jnghly tired out that most mon who takuito the woods or to a sick room , the grout statesman turns to his Latin or Groojt.for repose If there is ono subject dear to his heart , after politics and statecraft , it is religion Ho has no favoriCdlutliqrs ; ho finds good In all schools , and lie says Indeed it must be a very poor writer who cant find something to say that will interest oven the busiest of mon , and the most loarncd Ho has the faculty of skim ming through a book and gottiug the salient points in a few hours To Americans it will beef intorcst to know that Mr Glndstono receives a large number of American newspapers and mngazinos , and that he is very well informed on all current American top . ics Ho keeps several secretaries bus , and when ho finds a striking point in a book or newspaper ho turns down the page or marks it to bo clipped by his daughter , Miss Helen Gladstone , or his wife , or ono of his sccrotarios , and , strnngo to say , ho can turn to itycnrs afterwards at a moments notice Ho has a wonderful memory , too , und knows a great deal moro of American mon of letters than most people would suppose Ho is nu intense admirer of James Russell Lowell and Bret Ilarto Ho has a mugnificoiit library of oxecod- Ing vnluo uud is constantly adding to it Uo Is ono of the few great men of this world who is not ashamed to bo scon alone In the street , nnd ho often spends an hour or so in some old book sellers shop on the Strand or in Core liillHo is the owner of many rare and valuable works , and whenever there is an important book sale , either his son Herbert , or ono of the secretaries , is present to bid in nny valuable or rtiro volume thnt may bo olTorod Ho has spout iv fortune on his library , and ivlion annoyed by the cares of political lifo , always finds rest and contentment there Insist on having the genuine Rod Cross Cough Drops , 5 cts a box Sold everywhere The Allahabad papers describe n curious search for treasure bellovod to bo buried in the Alford park , says the Japan Mall , It scorns thnt sumo years before the mutiny the then king of Delhi rosigncd his appointment and brought his family and worldly posses sions to Allahabad , where ho built a lurgo house and underground uhumbor to keep his jewels und treasure This letter is said to have ineludod n lukli of gold mohurs , of the kind now valued nc 128 rupos each . Shortly before the mutiny ha dlod.i nnd , during tlio When order Was restored a , line of barracks was cdiistruetod by order of Lord Canning on-tha slto of the village in which tlio oxj-firomior's house was built , and the oxislonco of the under ground chamber , , was forgotten by all oxcont some rohit yea who , on trying to reach It on ono occasion , were so stung by hornotB whlohthoy had dtsturbed that it was takoiiv.os a sign that It was Gods will thf.t vtho treasure should bo reserved for future generation In lho course of tuilo tno barracks were also demolished dud the present park laid out ' " • Recently the existence of the treasure uro was brouglitj "fto " the nttontion of Captain Hamilton , an old resident of Allahabad , who had helped to prepare the slto for tlio barracks IIo obtained as much Information as could bo cot from the existing relatives and obtalnod from the collector permission to dig nnd a police escort On Muy 22 ubnut sixty coolies were sot to.woric and they soon ctuno upon some piasonry , but , uu- fortuuutoly , a young cobra was un earthed just then , und the mon refused to work liny moro , believing that the treasure was guarded by cobras , and tliut it was an act of saeiilogo to dig for It The excavations , however , were going ou when the mail left Have you tried , McClurg's Pastry Wafer Sodas ) They are delicate , crisp and delicious m Elseman's wiud-up of the old year with a gruud sllksalo , Sco thoeleKantlluo displayed In their show window today Prices will be cut la two for Monaay and Tuesday , i THE J. . A. . Murphy Manufacturing Co let Avenue nnd 21at Street SASH DOORS AMD BLINDS Ilnnd and Scroll Sawing , ltcSnwliifc nnd IlanlliK SsnlUKof ullKliiiH loren llriu'kot.i , KlmlllUR wood M ) par load doUvoicd Clean sawdust by the barrel Sic All work to bo llHt-class. TelcphonoS-U. Your Pntronngo Solloltocl " CHANCE FOR A PRIZE fnt 11 tlio ISth of Jnnunry \ > o will Rlrnntlckut to every ti r&sh nurchaaor ot concls ntour store The tlckot wfll cntltlo lho holder to n chance lu tha follow Itn prizes : Ut t beautiful Hold Coin Heater , prleo SIO . 2nd 1 ll-shelt flower stand villi arclicsand lmuglnit basket , 510. 3id Pair or lad lei club skate J2.U3. 4th Pair ot bovs club skates 7 < c. Theno nrlzos will bo distributed Immediately after the date given BHUU A UT > v CU , 11 Muln HI S. E. MAXON , Archite t and Superintendjnl , Room 2B1 , Merrlnm Block , COUNCIL BLUFFS - IOWA BELL & BERHGiiuF ; ARCHITECTS /YNI ) SUIM31UNTrNlKNlS. Koom 2 , Opera House Block , Council Uluffs , Iowa lnos OrricEx W. II Jl I'osr.v OFFICER & PUSEY , BANKERS Corner Main and Broadway , COUNCIIj IHiUPKH , IOWA Dealers In forelnn and domestic exchaugo Collections made auil lnterejt paid on time de posits | THE FAMOUS Apple and Plum Putter Mlnco Meat , Stttet nnd Sour Plcklet , Olives In Hulk , Saner Kraut I'uro Maple Sjrup and Honey , Buckwheat Hour and Hominy , Oranges , Cranueriies , California Drapes , Lamons Nuts , Halslns ana Celerr Ilest Conntry llutter , Uicper lb Our prices al ways the lowest No B0U llroadway , oppoalto Ocden House J. 11. ttDMU.Nnsow , E. L Hiinnxirr , Pros Vice Pros Ciias it IIannan , Cashier CITIZENS STATE MM , or council , nriirrs Paid up Capital siso.ooo.oo surplus 35ooo.oo Liability to Depositors..335,000.00 DniKCTOiis I. A. Miller K. O. ( Jlesson , K. U Bhugart , K. 13. Hart , J. D. Kdunason , Chas it Hunnan lran ict ucneral banking buslneis Largest capltcl aud surplus of any bnuk lu ! < iorthtte .U'm . Iowa Interest on time deposit ! F. M , ELLIS & CO , ARCHITECTS AND MUIIiDING SUPrIUNTrNDENTS Honms 100 and 1JJ lleo lluildtn ; . Ouulia Nel ) . , r.iul Hooms- nnd SIO Merrlnm Ulock Council JIlulTs Iowa Correspondence Solicited " special notices , COUNCIL BLUFF3. HOR SALE ANO RENT JJIOrt RUNT Nicely furnished front room : 9 Fourth street WA MUD Salesman ; experienced man pre ferred Apply UJ2 Tenth avenue 111011 KENT Nicely furnUhed suite ot rooms also ono separuto 100m ; one block from motor cars Hoard If desired 70S 1'irst ave IflOJt SALr A full set of new hounonold furniture ; will bo sold cheap No 3 Hast Washington avenue Ii10UKXCHANQE- stoclcs of general merchandise to exchange for good faun lands and cash : Invoice from $ o.DOI to flUlKI. . Address lCurr fe Gray , Council Ululls , la WANTED At aonce , stock of groceries 01 general indse that will Invoice about W,00i , In exchange for W.50J in good Improved property near tins place : t-al. In cash Address Kerr &Uray , Council lllulfr ODELI DUOS & CO loin money Tha most liberal ternu ottered 101 Pearl st RltATi K8TATK llougnt and koW ant ox- rhangeX Spsclil nttontion given to exam ination ot titles W. C. Ju-noj. ? < n U pearl st ANTED To trad * for a lot two good a and 3-yoar-olil horses Iuqulre at the fountain cigar store , Council Ululls FOH TItA DE for stock , good lot In Hastln gs Neb , Inquire \.iii Went Uroadnay 1i iOU SALU or llent Garden land with houses , byJlt Itlco Mi Main St , Council limits FOlt KXCIIANQ K A goo 1 nsw 8-room house to exchange for an Improved 83 uito farm In western or central lo a. Keir & Uray , Iain aoout to engage In other business nnd until c losed out you will have money by ext amlnlng before purchasingol3uwliora , my htock of furniture nnd stoves Von will hud many art icles that will make bultaulo and serviceable holiday presents AJ Mandel , 3 ft and 3ii llroadway FOR SALE Nursery and small fruit farm 13 acres ! farm 103 acres , lmnroved adjolniug good rail toad town In Nebinska : Mill tukepaic trade , 1' . 11 , Lamb , Council Illults 101t SALT ! at less thanrashraluooninonthly , - payments or terms to suit , or trade for Omaha or Council Ululls uulmpiowd prop erty erty.New 11-room house , lot Mxl3) , with nil mod ern Improvements , on hlxth avenue , between Tenth and Hloenth streets One block from electric motor line ana oneblock irom Manawa motor line New s-room house adjoining the above . Three new Broom honscs ou Lincoln avenue two blocks from eloctrlo motor line Two now i-room houses fourolocks from electric motor line on North Seventh xtreet , Ono twwMnom house four blocks from elec tric motor line on North Seventh street Tureonewa und it-room houses ono block fr > m electric , motor line , corner Avenue A and twelfth street Uesldos the above I have houses and lots In all parts of the cltv The above property Is all my own and 1 will sell on terms to suit for less thau you can bur as good property und 1m- Biovolt yourself for cash C. II Judd , UUD roadway Council IJlutra , la IJVMBALEor Excange-The furniture and . leasoof all 1 room hotel doing a big buslnoss In eastern Neb , Price , { S , < l * ) | gl.MJcase bah on easy terms , or will take ti In good leal estate Address Kerr Uray , Council lllulTs NEW Improved real estate to trano for unlm proven Omaha or Council Illulfa property C. 11. Judd , QM llroadway 771011 It ENT One seven-room house on * ourtli . avenue ) one eight-room houst on Second end avenue , and one olght-room house on Tenth atieet ; all fitted up with all modern conven iences W , W. Itllger , I'oarl atreec NOTICE If you have real estate or cnattels jou want to dispose of quick , lilt them with Kerr i Gray , Council IllutTi , la WANTI5D At once , good , flrst claas diaughtsnun Annlv olllco 8.1 ! . Manor architect , room 'iiMerrlam \ block Council lilutrs WANTED girl for general house work : Tl good wages for ono who Is competent and reliable : none others ueud apply Mrs Lucius Wells , Oakland ave . Council Uluir * . No , 27 Main St , Over Jacque- min's Jewelry Store PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY U HRIR k I N Ri N C Hydraulic anil slmltnry KnjrlnoorT lliui % UstlmtttoS M 1 Uim\lllL\L. | | SpoelflciUlotiB Supervision of Public Work Hrowit ] H Hulldlng , Coticll niulTn , Iowa MH N sPH I I R7 , Tustlc0 of t1l ° 1'onco. onico ever American Knoiom , No 41 jfl 1 OVM U n/L Hroailway Council Illuirs , lowiv l TfilMF Xi JIM n AMornoys-.it Law 1'iuctlco In the State nnd [ . oil * { ( ' O I UllL Ot OIIYIO oral Courts Koonn 7 ami 8 Shujrurt-Hoiio Mock , ' ; Council BlulTs , Iowa - * | MOMTriniyiCDV Surff ° 0l > n (1 ( Hommpatli ltouin tl , Uiowa nfl PI . IVIUIN I VjUIVILllT butldinir 115 l'ciu-1 St Olllco hours , I ) to IS [ ! a. 111. , 2 to 0 nnd 7 to 8 p. hi F H GAS FOR COOKING AND HEATING 1 The Ideal fuel is pas It gives the groatcst tloprco of heat , U tilwujs initio oH control anil is absolutely without dust nmi thcro can bo no accidents from Its ueo fl | Scientific In vcstifrntloiis have bIiowii that food cooked by it rpluitiB " 0 } ) er cent bH moro of Its nutritive properties than It cooked In the old wny You iiovi < i < ute a S Rood Btoak unless you hnvo tried one cooked by lus ' Thu Council DhilTs ( las und i l Klcutrie Light company have tnmlo it dosirnblo in point of economy to use gnd j | for uooKliifr nnd heating It will pay you to lnvcbtignto this Their now gas H heaters and cookers am tlio greatest success 03 modern times They combine H l jvikv : okmuahm : uuamtv FS r.coNoniv , itiv aj > iss ; rou use , / aiisomjti : s.vrarrv , itnvTisT iiiati\o caiwcitv , ' mo mist iiivt : ij'H uLUci'iiiG Miiiir rixrustrs or all jumks , : aii a.m > ixajiim : : . | , H No 210 Main St M ERRIAM BLOCK , No . 211 Pearl St M COUNCIL ItP.lil'rS , IOWA fl Coall CoaiT I A. T. THATCHER , H. A. COX , < Chicago , Ills ' Western Sales Agent ; H OFFICE : 114 Main Street , Brown Building Telephone 48. " M Wo will sell to consumers direct , SELECTED ANTIIItAOITE COAL at th 'fl following reduced prices : ' H ' ' GRATE AND EGG - - - $8,25 RANGE AND NUT - - 8.50 ' < CHESTNUT - - 8.50 : And the best grades of Soft Coal Wyoming Lump 87.00 , Walnut Bloolr i M 3.GO , Jackson $5 , Cednr SB.35 , Caiincl $0.50. Iown Nut , Extra Largo size and roller ? i H crooned , J3.00 , Gus House Coke 12e per bushel , or S7.00 per ton ' H TERMS Cash with order All coal fresh mined , well screened and promptly H livered ; H THE BEST IS LWMS IM CHEAPEST * M Alleged herd coal that Is half sciecnlngi and mixed with alack la dear at nujin lee | | Your in e goes out or bums poorly and lowcs a pile ot cinders nnd rod asltci neatly in I H great lu hulk as the coal consumed It doesn't pay to bother with it The best Is nlnnvi I H the cheapest 1 have no cheai ) coal , but my blight , fresh milled , all rail anthracite at { l.'l ' I B la cheaper than lho atuir nlludodtontjl nton Try It All giaucs of sore coal , nut and J B lump at lowott prices Stove and cord wood t H L. M. SHUBERT - - 2319 West Broadway H NEW IilEAT MARKET ! I .hust oikned : tor nuoAnwAY H The best Boot nnd Veal In the market Everything of the best quality and ' ' H prices right down to the lowest notch Lard , Suusago , Oysters , uud over.vthiiiff H kept in the butchers line Free delivery to all parts of the city . H J. Li < J11AV , Propiiclor H - A. A. HART , FIUST-CIAPS Jeweler nil Walcl BmniNr Has removed from 110 Main St to & 17 Uroad- • way ' Flno watch woilt a specialty and satis faction gunranteed A full line of holiday gooda and novelties \ DUUCC Jk KEV.VOLDS FasliionaWc CoiifcctioDcrs- - lho very latest novelties for hnnrpielH nnd private parties Cholco f rult-s bon-tous , choco late ! , buttcrcuiis , and old f'ishioncd molasses candy a spociufty Orders for parties aud mall orders promptly filled , afll lloadw ay , Council llluirslu Electric Trussss , Bells , Chest Pro tectors , Etc Agents wanica IMC G. II , IUIII > , CCC Brow nday Council lllnfTp , la FIRST NATIONAL BANK - V. S. DEP0SIT0H7. OMAHA , - NEBRASKA Capital $500,000 Surplus 100,001) 1IEHMAN IvOUNTZB , President JOHN A. CltEiailTON Vlco President , III DAV1B , Cashier W. 11. J1KUUIKH , Asslutant Cashier , II , K. OATHS Assistant Cushier Safety Deposit Vaults In Ilaeemont NEBRASKA SAYINGS BAWL Corner ICtU nnd I'arnam Streets , Chamber of Comtneico llulldlng Cnpitnl Htock $100,000 Liability or Stockholder800,000 Klroiier cent paid ondopoilti , loaiD mnilo on real citato and pereonal > ccurilr | noles , warrauK , itocka ami bonds purcbuaedorncRitsi orncRitsi JOHN Zu Mlfrq l"re lclent BA31UK1 , tOl'NUIt , Vice rrcildent DKXl'I' .lt UTIIOUAS , Caililer noAlii ) oi > ' uiHitrroiiH John I , Mllea , Kraitua Ilcnaon , HuiuuclCotnur , .lolin II Kvuna , Andrew ILnewater , Morrla Morrl > nn , w. A. I. . ( Iltiuon , lleor o K. Marker < jv Altlu l-aunilorl , llcjlcr U'J'ao.ual , Norman A. Kutin , JnmeaTUODiiiiuu , l" . II Jobuton , JulmlluiU , DAndorion jmmBmmsmmmatmmmmmm IWHOLESALE PRICES MEN'S ' WESCOTT # CALF SHOES HHWf ( Joodyear aowed , I fil iriimlria viiMipH , 1 p = = / f § icreaa Tipped er/ t2Z 3\\ iilnlutoca.JIedX i = = s3VI luin or vldo X kS3 W SIZES 5 TO 12. - - - - S2.55 Wrlie for our catalogue Elioea lent bf ex- nrmO O. II KUIcautaliaeiii ifilli order FAVORITE PIKE & CO . rB aiiVndoiphSi.rcWcACoTituNois : Wtrtfet to Armour & Co , Ctleaga , typtrmlislon , aw aa > "fjiMM uui < tu r > " ' , rM- mm md Ha Wkl.r-n kaara J1.U..UJ. Ci > srorulU Rinuhlaacrl all Kf talu > hlluwuraMa Vmi l > pimIi m $ * i ( iiWP flB5ly. • i > H The larKOit , tastot nnd Uiilx In tlio world , I Hb U PaBscngcr accommodations uuoxccllcd Ua Hl Not York to GiaiTOTr vli Lnbib : . - / 1 1 I'urneasia , Jan Ith I Ethiopia , J ill lbtli hMIh Clrcassla , Jan 11th I Auchorln Jan . . 23tu • ' ] | Now York to Azoro3 , Gibraltar an ! Italy i H Assj riit , Dec 1 ! 1st. Victoria , Inn 81H d H Baioon Second Oi\hs asu Btckh tin : r.itji ttl l on lowest terms Hxcurslon Tickets reduced , j BVil made available to return py olthr > r fie 1'lcturtiUBa esque Clyde nnd North of Ireland , or itlver r'Jewl tlersey uud South ot Ireland , or Naples and /B I aibraltcr < H H KXCUIISIONS OT PAIIIS Oil COVTIN'I'.NTAC il H Touns on lowest terms Travelers Circular IbHb Letters of l redlt and Drafts for nny amount at t' ' H lowest current * rates Apply to any of our local vi Ba ngents or to H l HcalGK'in ' ErotliBFo ; Ctiicap , 111 ; . ( : US Ham * i MB II \ . MOIIUBS _ //V / HV 0.11. Hakes U. 1 * . Dfpot /H TIMKEN SPRING VEHICLES M a aaa auartan aocordintf io tha walaat pal on ibaav 'tp p lH XJdapUa aaaallr vaU to rouuh country or fin * ( t | * * fffl \U drive * will alia im cat atlafaotlon JKKB | KEEP TO THE BIGHT < H PonotbelmpotcdontyaDxoftheDnmcroni | MKb Imitations , aubttltuux , etc , which are flooding 1HH the world There is only one Swifts Bpecioc , HH and thcro Is nothing like It Our remedy c n < iHH talca no Ucrcnry , I'otuh , Aracnic , or any polsHI oaoas iub < tanco whatever , It builds np the cfa- IH M ] cral health from the flrit dose , and has nevet iBKa failed to erwlliato contagions blood poison and I rSJ lUellccU from the eyatim Be cure to get Ibe HH Senaloe Bcwl your addrcea for oar TreiUao ou BH Blood and 8Ula VUcatei , which will be mallol jBl fro * . BWUTflPBCinO CO , Atlanta Q , } HH