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I o THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : ) &ONDAY , JANUARY 27 , 1890. T * THE OMAHA BEE COD NOIL BLUFFS OI I ICIw NO 12 PI Altli STItl-iVr. rtllwtrl by rnirlrr In any part of the City lin.linON iI\NAOEH 1H VtHOMSi riPINffUdlUCR No 41 , hiniiT I niton No Z\ \ sTrNoiriMiAnos N. % t' Co GlPBeon loal Council Muffs I umber Co coal 1 hatcl or coal 114 Main strcot Corb onCoat Co wholesale rotall 10 Petri four drunks uni the sum total of tlio en tries on the nollro rcRister nt midnight , rep resenting the result of tliu ( lav s roundup A rlxteen-uarold boy naniol I rank behortneyer died Saturday afternoon of Influ on7n Tli" funeral occurred at 2 o clock \cs terdaj Jroni tlio rcsldenco In Hurdln town ship Or HV Hurt of tlio board of Insane commissioners will todiv lnvestltato tlio cnto of Jaunotto Duncnn , who has been suf ferine from tnentil ilisoiders that require treatment In the Insane asylum 1 onlKht tlio theatrn Roors will fin 1 an nt traction In Ste ' nt Dotinnv s It In n now dramatization of It Uidci HiiRRiird a work , nnd is claimed to bo f ir suiorliir In mnny to- s | ccts to the ono prcM ntc 1 hero last season J ho prosl lencv of the Uluo tlrnss loaRUH of southwestern Iowa tins been tendered Tohn Hayes of He I Oik , but ho a inounccs the fact that ho is couipello I to dcclino on account or his duties us president of the btato Agricultural BoclotJ Thotasoof Davis will bo concluded In the sii | orlor court this afternoon Dtvis is chnrRcd with the larceny of an ovcrcoit from n Northwestern pnssenter coicb tlio property of V 11 Himsoy of 717 Mynstcr street llio owner and suvcral rullroidom plovcs will testify that ho stolu It nnd ho will claim ho bought It of u strnnKcr ' Don t say la ( , rlppo -tltoKOtlior bid " said Captain O M llrovvs the voter in Chicago lturlhiktcm t ( Juincy ticket agent last ovonlnjr It has ubsolutcly cured mo of the habit of using tfllmco Until 1 had it nobodv loved a&ood clpnr better tnan I but now I don I utio it , don t want it , and have bad no Jcslrn far it nt nil I'vo lost im crip on tobacco that a sure , and I am vcr > much obliged to In krlppo for the favor " 7i ostorduv s warm < iun finished the sleigh InR which for a wock had been first clns3 Numerous rh ulcts coursed down the cutters of the | a\cl stroats and the streats In the unpivcd portions of the city wire trans formed Into uninviting oxpanscs of slush nnd mud Owing to the persistent work of the chain fcariK during the past summer , In kocp ill ! the pied streets clean they uro now in comparatively good condition , Instead of be I in colored with several inches of mud as has heretofore been the case in tlio spring and after the winter thaws This ulono is sulllclciit recompense for the summer s work , oven If it svero not for the prcatly im proved condition of the ] ubllc thoroughfares during pleasant weather * Drs Woodburj havoromovod their deuta onico to 1UI Pe irl street up stairs Pull line or Curtis 13ros' ctnnol goods , all best trades Kelley % . Younkorman The icknowlc lc.o I le ldlnr photoeraphei in Council Bluffs is Schmidt , iiOMnln street mi Xlio water runs when llixby plumbs J ( j Tipton real estate W7 liroadway Bush < v. Cert s piauos 53Q Uroadwuv Tlio In n < ler < of flnewutches an 1 Jewelry In the cltj and the pluco to buj the best uoo Is at the lowest prices is the establishment without rivals the most reliable linn of C H UccJLEMIN „ CO Tlin Siiiuln ) Open The first Sunday ov onlng opera in the i HlulTa was | , licu last evening nt Dohany s by the Qrau oporu company The Un- gands' was advertised , but owing to the Illness of one of the principal sinters the , opera of ' Atnoritu" was substituted Iboro was n fair house and the audience pave ovl dencoof its approval byenthusi istio encores About tlmtj members of the Aronsou op-ra eompnm availed themselves of the oppor tuulty to bn present A feature that was i % cry much onjojeil bi thonudienco although > not down on the programmo , was the red hot roasting of u jay in the Mllcri who at tempted to guj ono of the singers Ho wus roasted to the quocu s tustc , and w ill un ! doubtedly bo veri careful In picking out i subjects for fituro hoiso play The music was vorv L.ood bettor posslulv than that of the Aronsou company , but the costuming and staco settings were not to bo compared [ with that seen on Trlduy and Saturday nights fersnunl Pnrnurnpln Major and Mrs M M Marshall are living temporarily at tlio Klol house Mrs II C Lvnchard rotu rued to her homo In Mt I'lcasaut InatdvoliliiL , bho has bcou i Msltiug 1 or son \V TI l\nchard during the recent scvoro Illness ol Ids wife , who Is now very much better Hallroad Commissioner Smith toes to Sioux Cit this morniug for the purpose of Inquir ing officially into a crossing dlsputo ladles recollect that Mrs C h Olllotto is at MrB l'folffor s 14 Mnin closing out her stock of liuir goods to pilt business It is the finest stock of switches wives frizzes ornaments curling Irons , etc , in the west all mndo up in latest stjles , bho will offoi those at less than h ilf foiuicr prices for ono month \Vhnt Iliry Sny It is doubtful whether moro interest was manifested \estorduj by the uttondunts at tlio vurlotm churches than by the thorough bred dvol In the wool politicians who assembled bled ut the public lounging places and dls cussed in th ? most soul absorbing manner the respective clmncos of pel candidates foi municipal oOlces l'opular slates as pub lished in Jestorduy s Ilii vvoro the subject of funeral discussion ami tliov were en doricd or pitikssh dissected according to the personal feelings of the Inspector Said u lcidiug democrat This ticket Is nil rikht with ono exception nnd that is regarding I uev's candidacy for mayor Ho is not In tlio llcl I and has no deslro to cuter the contest 1 have his word for that , and I um positive that ho means it 1 don t believe ho would accept the nomination If it was unanimously tendered him bv the con vention 1 r ithor expect to sco Judge W C Junius nominated J 1' Weaver Is in tbo Hold ami ho is very anxious to kot the nom ination rhoiuas HniMiian uilkkt tri to tct it it It was not for Weaver but as long as - Wtovor has nnj show Hovvman will not como to the front Of course , it wouldn't ' do foi both of tliom to tij to knock the same I lum M\ opinion Is that it will bo olther James , Weaver or Keating If James was out of It , it would bo bo twcoii the ether two , with ICeat nig very considerably la the lead 'i ho Judko hurts Kcutink s chances n great deal mora thuu ho does Weaver B Anolhoi thint , I oxjiect to sco lVunk Quaiiolln mursnul for another term Ilo wont work to get the nomination , but there are so uiunj of those other follows who want it , that there will bo trouble In tba conven tion , and tcu to cue his uamo will bo sprung us a durk horao and it will ciiry with a rush Tiptou seems to talio with both par t lea for assessor and I kucss it Is n pretty sure thing for htm Ic looks as If tlio rest of the ticket was nil rijlit What no must look after is to sco tli it some good nldormeii are sent in If tlio council is composed of good mon the city's business will bo carried on all right but If uo' Its a uucuor on tbo taxpayirs " The Council muffs Insurance oonipanv' * average annual tuuomo slaco organizutlon has been f 120,000 00 DisbursnuienU slnco organization foi losses and other ex penditures now exceeds 11,000 OOO 00 Ulsks written alnco organization | ) ' 771 513 00 Lvcrj property owner should patrouizo this hoiuo institution and In that way encouroko and build up our cltj J 11 Allen Is the city ugeutofthls cam pan j , and u moro honor able , reliable and trustworthy man can not be fouud 1 no directors of the company uro Hon W V , bapp , E. U Sliujfart , P M Gault John llenners , M , U llrmucrd and J Q Anderson SUNDAY [ NEWS IN THE BLUFFS Roprosontatlvo ] Wnro'a Opinion of the Logislatlva Dondlock j FROM l REV G W. CROFTS'PULPIT.i Political Ulilipeilnas ( nimlit On the I Ij lho Hiindny I vcning Opera nt Oolinnj'n Gen rrnl llnppi > nlnc Itoprrscmrtlvo ttnn's Op'nloitt Hon \V II \ \ are , rci roscntnllvo from this count ) , came in vestorduy n ornlng from Des Molnrs to soond bundiv nt homo Ho wns kept bus answering questions as to thd situation ut the enpltol nnd bis opinion ns to the t robiblo outcome of the deadlock was ' eaeerlj sought . ' How does It lookl" Inquired Tiir Uisr It loooks is if it was fifty to HftJ and would remain so for a lent , while was the decided answer No Indlciit'ons ' of i\ break or coinpro misol • ' Oh It'i ' hard to toll Thorn nro llfty plans for acompioniisc and it Is linposslblo to tell what our * , If iny , will bo accepted , or when It will take place bomo thltif , maj happen now nlmost nnv tlmo When the rikht chord is struck It wont take over llfU or minutes Lvorvihlng will go with i rmh 1 his gerrymander business is hirdly what some folks think it Is I w is tulkliv with a rcnubllcan the other dnv ind ho tel 1 mo that the members from these si\ teen districts are not outitled to their Beats Ho said ho was from one of the districts nnd ho knew th it this inov o vvas ono of the most shntnoful lm | osltluns ovei porptrjtcd in politics Ho tel 1 mo that ho would do w lint ho could to prevent their being seated at thoukb it would throw him out with the rest of them lho republicans urc not half os much nfrnl 1 of the democrats ns thoi are of this moiiiber lho fact is that the icpub Hems nro tJving the matter a great deal moro attention than nro the domocrits Wo pro ) ese to sticlc It out nil throukh the sosilon lr no have to and then wo will como homo Ilia twill louvo \ncanc > in the senate wlion MlWoii s term expires " lhonvoir new governor wouldn't bo Inuuktiratcd " No , nnd a now United Stntos sonitor wouldn't bo elected , olther Pretty near n stand off , ain t Itl ' 1 , Voll , but wouldn't Governor Lirrabeo then hnvu the appointing power I" Not much He would It the legislature lndn'tmet but since tlfoy have mot that power is taken away from him " ' The legislature is simply n body of eitl- zons until an organization is effected It still looks as If tbo appointing power would rest with the kovernor " ' Don t joulicllcvo It The governor wont liavcauj linger in this pie L.ven if ho had it would bo n bitter pill for him to appoint Allison However I don t nnticipito th it It will como to that pass although wo will stay if wo hive to Wo nave ofTored tlio republicans the entlro temporarv organiza tion if thc will give us the pcrmauont speaker the to have the clerk and after that the committees to bo disposed of alter nalcli thci to hive Hist cl oicocs It keeps us piottv busy We are In caucus the groatcr part of tlio time bomo of the mem bers nro looking for a brook tomorrow and pcrhnp3 It will como 1 hero is no telling what mav happen Well - its pretty near triintiine I h iv o to leivo ut 5 o clock to i kct back in time for the regular morning nzzle dazzle ' fir C II Honor 5 0 First avc Pel 220 P Tansson teichos zlth r musio lerms reasonable 187 id avenue lhu Manl alt-m snorting hcudq rs418 B way • Ur 11 b West guaranteed dentistrv ho 12 Pear st , , over Hei qfilco Iowa lump coal spot cash t3 SO per ton Council Hluffs b ucl Co Coo lUc Holy Spirit At the Cingtcgatloual church yesterday morning the Kov Dr Crofts chose for bis text tba words of Christ to his dlsclules at tlio conclusion of His address on the subject of prayer , us contained in Luke xl 1J If j e then being ov 11 know how to glvo good kifls to your childicn , how much mora shall l j our Heavenli Father glvo the holy spirit to thorn that ask Htm " Our life is from the Bpint of God The spirit of God is the breath of life Its mam- fcstatlons are seen ovoryvvhoro , in the twlnklinc stars tbo blushing rose the blossoming cheek thobcamlnge.ve it Is heard in the thunder s roar , the sighiug wind the murmuriug brook , the song of bird , the molt ; Ing voice It is felt in the pattering rain the breath of summer , the krasp the deed of kindness the tin 111 of social Joy Wo realize Its presence , without within every where , at nil tlnios 13 } it wo arc as Ultiu savsin lob The spirit of Gou hathmido mo nnd the breithof the Almighty hath given mo life " Wo ncod the spirit to help usundcrstaul and n | prcciato the word of God Pcrhos [ I oukht to ko Dack of thin proposition and deel ire that wo need it to give us u hungering for the word so much so that wo would desire the word above all other tilings Wo would bavo the blbla moro than nnv other book , Spiritual things are spiritually dlscorned It translates us fiom the kinkdom of durk J ness into the kingaom of light Dr Hod go says , It n man born blind were suddenly rostorcd to sllit ( such a Hood of knowledge and dnllkht would ilow in upon him through the orgunsoflsion thut be might well think thut all being consisted in seeing bo the new testament represents tbo chan o cense iuent on the opening of the ojes on the certaintv klnrv nud excellence of divine thinks nnd esj eclally the klorv of God re voaloliuthn person of Ills son as compro bending almost cvotythink which pei tains to spiritual life to understand the word wo need the spirit s help Wo ncod the spirit so we inuj boar its lrults The fruits of tbo spirit uro love Jo } peace , long-sufTonnif , gentleness geol ness faith moeictiois temperance No tru * Cluistlun desires to be barren or unfruitful If ho is bo Is no Christian Much less does ho want to bear the fruits of sin The Holy Spirit unites us with Jesus nnd that union is the secret of Christian actlv ity Wo want not onlj tlio fruits of gracq and chaiaclor , but of llfo as well Christ wont aboutdoln good , and tlio Holy Spirit helps us to do like Him ItioIIolj Spirit creates within us the neil of living water This Is what Paul had Ibis Is what changed John Newton from a slave hunter to a soul seeker , n liberator It was ho who when convicted , went right Into the moral de gradation of London of which city Shelly said hell Is a cit } much like I ondon " and there found souls blacker than tlio skins of the I thloplati , but bv the grace of God he changed the in end mode them white in the purltj of heaven On Sundays ho preached ( a tbo rich bankers and tltlid ladies and on week dav evcuinks ho would sit on a three legged stool In bis blue sailor Jacket and open up his rich ox | orienca and who eoun sols to the poorest of the poor who came to him ' I was a wild beast on the coast of Africa once " ho used to say , but the Lord Jesus caught mo nud tamed me , and now people como to see me us they would go to look at tlio lions In the tower Wo do not need to fall In order to rlso Wo want this power of God within "It a mu i love mo ho will keep my words and my father will love him and wo will ooroo unto him and niako ournbouo wltlililm " Tbo handsomest nnd cleanest mnrkot , best meats and Ion est l rices , J M bcaulan a. Homo restnurant.O b Davis , Prop & 17 H v Tbo Koss Investment and Trust company C ii stoamdje works 1013 Uroudwiy Travelers , Hotel Jameson is first-class - i i Save 80 per cent on tombstones and inonu monts Design sheet ana price list trio L. Kcllo ) , JOJ Broadway , Council llluffs . * -i Lafiilppo soon logos its grip wlion Chnmboflnlli'uCougJi Uoinedy ia freely tnUou HER EYES SPOKE Ilow , n Woman Wns siwjiI from Hi - lug llnriird Vlivr A hoi t , stout innn with a imuld\ com * plovlon j , blond mtistii ho ttnil blue eves snt > In tlio Lifnjctte ( . nfo last ovonlnp , tnlklnc of piomntuio burlftls enjs the Phllatlolphin Prcsa He woio a silk hat , it dark ulster ninl can led a slondci catio i on the tllvoi heart of which was otigtmod "riiomts Hooper , Now York Mi Hoopot Is a fotinor Phtla- tlelphlnn who has given much attention to lho subject on which he was eotners- ine last axoning ; "Caoo-i ol people holng buried alne , " ho said , 'aioerj into Now nntl then wo sco thorn lopoitod in the inpeis , but in noulj ovori iustttieo these 10- ports tuo found , upon investigation , to bouiitiuo bomccnrs ago , hoivovoi , a renl tnso tame uiuler mj notieo It was Hint of a hul > who lived In Media thovvlfoota musician bho sulTeicd from some oriUntuv illness , which to nil tippLiunnecs assumed .i fatal foi m In a few ilnjs the eold , lifeless botlj was takou in u easkot to a chinch , where funoril icivices were hold Large numbers of people neio pres ent , ami at the tlo o of n Holomn adthess the mlnistci hild vhnt all who wished might t iko a Inst look nt the remains Miuii friends wont foi waul , among thorn a woman who bout long nnd onrncstl } over the eolliii Suddenly she jumped bielf , ovJnlminr see hot oielids qtuvorl' Of coiujo thciowns intense oKcitomoiit lho husband of the ladi whoso bed j laj in the casl ot huiiied forward , as did a phvsician who was piosont The modleal man , aftoi nu oxmnlnution , b ihl that llfo was o\tlnct and th it the woman who saw the ovolld quiver must have hcon vcty imtgina tie lho doctoi alio uiged that the lntoiment take place immediately in order th it the hush md s horror might bo lessoned Hut the husbtnd would have none of it Ho „ boliovcd tint his wlfo was.onlv in u tniuec aftoi all , and cntroatioB fiom these piCbOtit provoct in vain Ho was determined that his wife should bo ic- vhed and io totathcsof evorv possible sort wore applied , Within an hour the supposed dead woman lifted hoi aim n few inches nnd lot it fall 1 ton she was removed to hoi homo nnd was taken out of the collln lho giavo clothes wore stripped fiom her , and she vvas put in bed Trembling , occasional slight contr ictiuns of the muscles con tinued , and her husbtml's friends worked tbo haidci ill night llio gray morning light wis cteoping over the dat kucss when she moaned Incessant efforts vvero continued for ncnily four diijs by which time she had fulh teoovorcd the use of her faculties Some time nftot this , " continued \Ii Htupci , ' this woman told a fiiond of mtno how she felt , for she vvas dimlv conscious all the time of passing events She was in a trincc , unable to move , \et she Into v what wns going on about her She savs that as pho liv there in the casket , be neath the pulpit , and hoard the minis ter tell her friends to como foiw ird to take a last lee c , hora onv wtssimplv indescribable Slio kno vail thut was hnpponinKassho know itnus not a her nolo niBrhtmato Weeks pissed before she h id recovered hoi sttcngth , but linally she secmod as well as cvoi Six > oars uftet waids she was singing at a niusicalc , ono evening , when she sud denly stopi ed in the midst of a song and stud 'Whj , what made the gas go outr These piesont slid it hud not been extinguished , but she insisted that the room w is perfectly dark Fiom that day to this she has not seen a single glo object While bingmcr that evening she bocumo blind InstantH I knov this is a rcmat kablo story , ' ' concluded Mr Hoopei , but it is ttue , and I can provoit" Do not throw up the sponge " Try tbo old st indard romedj Dr Hull s Cough Svrup Price -3 cts 1 highly lecommend Salvation Oil , it has done moro for niv vv ifo In one night than phisiclaiih haveiiccomplisheu 'u oars L nsn 1 A bcitui/c , < 12 W fcayetto street Haltl- more , Aid • The Worlds Ma4I An industrious statistician has been collecting flguros idating to the postal business of the ontiio world foi the \ yoai 1880 Ho dovolopessomo voi v sur- prising and impicssivo facts in union , howovei , itis oxcecdinglj hard foi the | otdinary mind to follow him Itisoasj to leud , for instance that in the yeat 1880 the people of tlio clvili/od wet Id sent almost ( > ,000 000,000 , of letters , moro i than 1 0 )0,000 ) 000 ot postal cards ncarlv 5 000 000,000 of newspapers , and moio i tl an 100,000 000 merchandise picknges , making in all nculy l.OOO 000 000 of } mail parcels But who cm possibly rcaliro the meaning of such iiguios Wo can ensil\ follow our statistican , hovvovei , vvhou ho proceeds to show us | what regions of the woild mnko the , laigostuso of tholi mail fieilitios in i proportion to their population America , with a voij much smnllei population than the eon tin nut of Pu- rope , sends moro than half as many mail pad ages as the whole of 1 urono Plin flrrnci.s urn little Howard of 7.000.- 000,000 for Uuropo and almost 4,000,000- 000 for America Asia sends a comparatively small 1 numboi , and Africa a much smaller number still less than ono mail pack ace in n > oai to evuo B < on inhabitants of the continent Ilow great a conti ist is prcsontod bv the case of Austrnlia , whoio tvvont > 3 four letters , catds , papois and paicels U are sent out on an average to ovorv in habitant iinnmillv I Austiaha , indeed , makes the lurgost use of its mill facili l ties of any continent of the lobo To eircuiato the wotld's mail mattoi no fovvoi than 500,000 poisons nro em ployed , tnd this matter is distiibutod from more than 150 000 postolliccs , of f which about ono thlid are in the United btatos Ladles who vnluo a refined complexion must use Pozzoni s Povvdor it produces a soft and bcuutltul skin Nnw Blovti In tin Oranso Trnir What premises to bo a revolution in tht Plorida orange tiado is now bomg developed by the workings of the Plor Z ida Ocange kroweis' unionan otcnnUa- tton that has boon crystallising for neiulj four \ctus , and that took doflnito nnd uctlvo ahapo u few onlhs . ugo i This is a movement to insure independ I- ent action as the oinngo gtovvors of rionda , and to change the tiado from the coiiimissloii system of soiling to the auction s > stum , which bus been success i- fully followed in the foieign oinngo tiado , lho objective point of thu I lori Ida Oiaugo Growoia' union is to control the supplv nnd concontrnto the sale in the markets of Now Yoik Cltj anil Clii- cngo lho members of the organi I- sation mo encouraged to believe that they can olTect this ievolution and theinbj force n compotltion among buy oia , instead of ihaving a competition among sellers , sucli its exists undot the commission sjstom Conceining this matter T. 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MoKlbbln , the president of the I loiida otaugo giowbis'union , said "ihooraugo giovvciBof Horldu , nro naturally dissiilisllud with the com mission svstom bocnuso undm its work ings the gioweid had to take whatever the dealoi chose to • oturu to him , and the dealer aliv its ohose to return as little ns posslblo , and the vva > is al- readv oleai for controlling the riorida aupplj and foi concontt itlng the sale In the murkotsof ovv\orkauu Chicago " CAREER j OF BAr MASTERMAN i A Bonownod "oliootoi" Who la Well K ow6" in Omalin- HE | NEVER MIOSES HIS MAN ( Joiitloniniih nut Uim-isuiiilnir but Xhnra nrc I vvrntj live \ofclics mi HIh Gun , Sot Ctiunting IihIIhiih LieUIng i\porlence8 ' Ac uiunic Willi Ills Gun One of the most Important , jet most unussuming , , men at the light between folin L btillh in and luke Kllrniit , was Hat Mastctson , of Denver , n man with a i nondot ful record , Ho is known and appreciated i all over the west , and is considered ( almost asmUeh an attraction as , Pikes Peak or the Garden of the Gels , vvtitosa Denvai coriespondunt ot the Now 'Sork Woild Viiiious uovvs- papois dcelaio that Mastoi on huaded a gnng of "killoH' ' who went to the light determined to have the battle de cided in favor of Kill ain at nil ha/ards 1 his vv as p u tly i ight ninl p u tlj vv t eng Ihegnngof killeis" wOio all thcte sine enough , but the Instructions and dotoiiniiintion woie slniplj to "eovorull ovei blood aiii person who should nti tempt to mob the light in fnvoi of the big man from Boston Two months bo- foio the date set foi the light , ariango- munts woio mndu which tesultod in sending All Mitstci sou and it few of his filoiuls to Now Otic ins in a spoclal Pullman bulfot cai Thei aimed two dn s bcfoio the big light , md from the mlnuto Kiliain in lived in thoCiescont Cit > until the time he loft it a badl > do- featcd man , the quiet , geiitlenianlj Mistcisori vvasiilwajs tthissido , and at- ttacted almost is muuh attention ns did Kill am The loin lindet of the putv consisted of Lul u Short , Hud lung , Tack Aturphjj foe Copel md and Mike U' an , each with a personal lustoi j that would shtno led on the bloodiest of fiontioi stones , and with not vo enough to do ba'tlo with all tbo supporters of hullivan who wore gathered at Uich- buigon thatgieit daj But the wheel of fortune tinned mound and Kilraiii was whipped without the intotforenco of outsiders and Mr Masterson and his friends went back to then spcelnl pal acocar , which v ns loaded down with dohcaeies , both edible tnd potable and quiollj stole b ick to tbeit respce tivo homes Mi Alastorson paid sov- oial hundred dollms to the riiluud eompnny out of his own pocket nnd fitmlj uoi lined to take as much , is a cent fiom the earnings of Klltaln This was i h tractenstiuofithe man Mastci&on is knovn throughout the whole west as square , ' and although but thiitj five joirs old has sent twenty lho mon to tholi long sleep with thou boots on notcounting the miny Indians that have stepped bioathlng without taking the ttoublo to remove tholi moccasins Of all tnoso viitims not ono was killed outside of a fair light at 1 ust , frontiersmen who have known Mastorson all his lifts saj so Noailv all these deeds of blood have been com mitted while defending the weak orup holding the law , Tbo piopoi name ol thle frontier hero is William B irelav Mastorson Ho wis born in the quiet little village of Mtd- ( lleport , III , and at twenty years of ago was renowned tluoughout the west as a dnrlmr Indian lighter ard successful bullalo hunter Wh le nil the good lit tle lads of Middioport vvoie learning to ' read , write and ligirci , Bat vvas out in the woods practicing all the dav long with an old Colts lovoher which he cai lies and uses to tins da } As tic suit ho novei went to school a day in his life butdospite this ho can handle the Trench and Mexican 1 inguncos fluently and was at one time the owner tind ed- ltoi of a Coloi ado nowspnpoi Besides having boon ftbutlilohuntoi and Indian scout , Musteroon was shenir of I ord coimtj , Kansas , with hcadqu ntors it Dodge Cit > , whan tha place vvas at its bloodiest , marshal of hull a do/on fron- tioi towns nnd oivnoi of innumerable gambling houses Ho has won tnd lo t t dozen fortunes phuiiig caids , and until lccenth has been thoownor and manager of a % uietj thontci in Pom or , and is the head of a cultured and ic- spected familv It waB in 18G9 , just as Mastorson wns turning into his lifteontli jeai , thatjio detoi mined to beeomo i bullalo hunter Ono blight motningcaiU in the wimoi no nnnouncod his intention to the fam- ilj , and the old gentleman aftoi vainlj tijlngto voibtlly poisuado the voutli to desist , leaped upon his udvcntuious hen with a tannic stutp nnd gave him a light husl j body be itlng Tivo nooks latei the bov rndo into Vex t Dodge on tlio old mans best hoiso , armed to the tooth and iciidj to take his pirt in the chnsu foi bullalo hides In less than sin months the most expe rienced huntoi on the plains vvas ioad\ nnd anxious to go into putnershln with this beardless bo > with the cool , blue eye and quiet smile who could outiido , outshoot and outfight the hardiest and most skillful of their b md There vvas plent } of jnonov mndo in hunting the plain monnrchs of these dajs , as a taw hldo was vvoith $3 , and thioo mon eould onsily take llfty lu a dn } In chasing the butralo the huntots scoured the tor- ritoty compi'istng the Punhaudlo of loxas , the ' Staked Plains ILlnno 1 stacado ) nnd the Indian territory They got to know oveiy path in this i vast area , and this knowledge is what inado Mastorson mi valuable to the gov - eminent as an Indian-scout a fovv yoats lntoi , , , It was duiing ono of these trips after bullalo that the flaling of the youthful Mastorson boeamo vHdolj known Ho , was tlio decidodooro | | of the greatest Indian fight knovvf ) jl ) wostoin hlstoii , and just piovious to it killed his first \ man On the nltht of Juno 12,1874 , Mastoisou and ht Uwo partners rode i into the sottlumoni of Adobe Walls , a tiading post situated on the Canadian river in Texas The bottlomont eon aisled of two stores , a saloon and it i blacksmith shop After supper a poker game was got up/and Bat who was pas sionntolv fond of g'tj bling , took a hund During the progroas of the game ono of [ itho plnjcis loolc""occasion to call I the joungost plllycr in the parU a liar , and at the uamo time pulled 1 his gu i. It was the last act of his ca • root , foi hofoio ho eould pull the trig igor , Hat had out the old Colts rovolvoi ho had learned to shoot with nt homo , , and ho quai rolsomo gambler wns dead , shot through the right ojo riio bo lj wus burled in loss than half an hunt , , an d the game w o n t on When the lights vvoro all put out in the sottlomout that night there vvoro just twont > ono hauli buffalo hunters vv tapped in tholi blankets and sleeping soundlj Ton of them including Mus- ltorson. . vvoro in tbo saloon This was can ndobo building , one stoi\ high , vvltr" an immoiiBO Cottonwood beam l mining clear the length of the teem fiom one gnblo to iinotho ! About 3 o'clock in 1the moinin „ ' tlio beam bioko with a noise like a camion , and the sleepers all I rtishnd out into the air The lottou beum liad saved the llfo of ovoo man " u M\M \ uffl \ if m v L r ( R ia U ru hu , , , , , uor \i \ J2s ) 11 UlM iilMi i ± ± Jii l\ii HJJsJlJs tisa a v 7 • l liSJo in/nirnmiTo / Jm s lH = ? * ' 'Km ' is A > . &trJF oiA rS ! fflssH FarmWagons , / M Missouri imcR S M " Qntinrr U/orrnn / \ / ' • • jfi"zlJIwpL srif , Q'IPPICQ a WTi PflRRlARF If iifif * mdff- - " * - • ( ( lUCspillIdllO THE WAY TO GET TO THE LARGEST IMPLEMENT HOUSE IN THE WORLD THEBBSTCOAL Wo < want oui ciiBtomois to bo fully catisDocl , and wo ifuainntoo that they wi'l ' bo if they ueo our splendid Pooilosa SofcOoil i in nut and lump Evoiy po son who has u-od it will plo testimony to its ctood qualities Wo have a now Ohio coal suporlor to and ohoapor than Wyoming foi Riato use Tlio qnn'lty ' of of our H ird Oonl lg not oxoollod by any on the ma kot If you want oed Hard Wood cheap call o l U3 Bomjiu > boi ' the place V SftPP & Kmin , Fuel Baerchants , Nd 33 ain Street dl in i the settlement , tor just nbout daj- bioakwhen ' the beam hndbeou mopped upseeuiolj j , down from the ndjoiutng hills swooped a band of COil Indians Thej were eomposod of Choyeiines , AiapahoosComanchos \ and Kiow ts , tlio mostblool , thiisU combination ovui on the \ vvni path lhoj vvoro the bghtors of ( tholi lcspectivo tiibcs , and as thoj dashed stiaitrht foi the ' dobjs" tlio huntnis j thought tholi time had come However j , the doois were b mod and the ( Indians w010 mot vvilhauhowoi of bullets ] that gioatlv sutpilscd thotu foi | thoj expected to ilnd the hunters j asleep lho gre it bttllo ol , the Adobe Walls then boguu in j earnest and din not eenso foi fifteen days , Hofoto it ended Mttstor on had taken | til Mintage of tin oppoituniti to prove liiniEelf the most d uing man in the ( west and gain a lenutntion that is todan \ > sp < > etLd thioughouttho rrontioi countij , lho Indinns vvoie led bj a gignntic , tlesootate negro who h id do soiled , fiom the United Stales ai tnj Ho wis a bugloi , and with a biuss trumput . blow the 1 allies and charges tliatguidod tholndi ins ill then attacks Ihev r followed him vvliorovcr ho went md ho wont picttj neirlj wherever ho pleased After the men had been fighting foi ibout thirtouu days mittois began to gotseiious Wells vvoro dug inside the buildings to got a supply of water and the end of the pi ovislons eould bo seen 1 very da\ the Indians lieidedbv the big nogio seemed to glow moro eonli dent nnd light hinder Itwas concluded th it the onlj wav to win tlio bittiovvas to kill the cunning negro but he would not bo killed At last the quiet Bat showed the Kind of stuff ho vv ts mndo of bi rushing from the saloon one daj just us the Indians wore tmout to dop u t nf tot an attack , and yelling at the top of his voice This attracted ittontion and the entire band made it rush at him When thoj got close enough , the old Colts tevoivct ot his childhood spoke out and the nogio tolled oil bis hoiso , shot through the head lho death of the letidet seemed to disma > the gang , nnd thej rotlred into the hillsand fie days latoi were driven into the Chovonne aonci aftei havinglostsovontv ofthoir numbei Ihe hunteis lost tluco of their number the two Suddlor boys and Hillv Tjler Thcso vvoie wiappod in blankets and buried in ono grave , in the cornoi of the old saloon lho siege vvas uctuilly lifted on Julv 1- , tnd thiity dnvs later Gonoial Nelson i A Miles sent foi the intrepid bov nnd mudo him second in command ol a body of eighteen government scouts \ nook or two later woid came to headquartois that the Indians hnd at tacked a vvaron tialn on the line of the Kansas Pncilio lailroad , and had niui- dered all in the trim oxeopt four sis teis named Gcrinaiiio llieso unfortu nates , who were brought up in luxuiv in the cast , vvoro eairied away tap lives Their ages vvoio eighteen , bix- teen , lho and tlueo joais rcspoctivelv Bat bonded a patty that wont out to rescue the sisters Ono daj whilohunt ing foi nntolopo with which to supply the larder , tlio voung mnn saw in In dian qulto a distance awiy acting in a suspicious mannei Ho followed and found the two \oungor Germititic sisters tors sleeping ou a law bulTilo hide in a ravine , guaided by thteo Indians The main body of Indians had gone on a oil lagiiig expedition , nud vvoro fat autj at the tlmo The Indians showed light , but again the old Colts revolver of childhood dajfl bulked with liipidlty , and that night Bat ioda into camp with the twojoungor Gotmains sistcts , the heads of three Indluns and an nntolope lho ghasllj trophies ho thievv at the feet of his com iitdea and added anotnoi laurel to his lecklcss reputation Liipry olToit was mndo to icscuo the othei Gormuino girls , but it was onlv aftorhaid lighting that the band of scouts succeeded in ( hiving the bloodthlisty lodmon into the Ghevonno agency the following spring , ihoy then gave up the can tivos to the scouts About lho months later the two girls gave birth to half bieod ehlldion , and to this day they tire tno charges of the government A cot tain amount is taken every em fiom thoChojonno annuities and ghon to the sisters Tlio government decided to solid Bomu of the tingloadors to the Diy Tottugas the government ptlson Bat was detailed to take thorn Ou the vvuj to prison old ' GraBoaid , ' ' a Ohojonno ohlof attempted to escape , and again the old Colts lovohor pie uouncod it death sentence , and with the Eitmo voice executed it Upon ills rotutn to Texas Mnstorsun took actlvolv to gambling Ilo Bottled dovvu at Caiitonomoiit , now known as I iirt Llliott Here his aeth o tin oor of killing whlto mon began Ono nl 'ht ho had some words with Soigoant King , of the Touith United Stntos cnvnliv , dtn- ing the progress of a pokei game Two hours later King hid himself outbido of the "doby , "aud when Mnstorcon stopped out tno soldici shot him through the abdomen It wns his last shot , however - over , lor with lightning speed and bofoio ho foil to the giounc1 , Mastorson hud pulled the same old Colts nud borgoaut King was a corpse Bat got hotter in twontj days , and as aiesult of the quaiiol was tom . polled to kill three other soldleis in self defense Thov nttaeked him in a bodj About this tlmo Bat locohcd vvoul that his brother Had boon ap- pointed Mniaiiul of Dodge City , Kan , 1 at that time the most notorious of all the fioutler towns , and the buffalo huntoi lost uo time in getting there llio residents of the county wtleomod him with open arms foi it was | > osltholy . unsafe foi an person but u cowboy to PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY 1 HRIDI/IISJDIMC I -njdriiilicaudSuitliuv 1 nginooi Plans , 1 timiitos I i DiniVllMDInL Speellltations Sunoivision of l'ubllu Woik Blown M Buihliiig Cniicil lliulTs Iowa NQPUI j ID7 Tustieeor the Peace Olllio over Ainti lem I xpioss , No 41 , " _ _ 1 • OUnUlliL Ihoadway , Council Blttlls , lovvn CTHMC J ? . CIIWIQ Mtornovs it Law Piaetice m the Sttto aiiti led B O I yjlSL 06 OIIVIO oral Courts Hooms 7 and S ShujtitBono Bloulc , Council Blulis , Iowa t walk the strcots of Dodco City lie vvas at onto elected shot ifl , and as soon as he had taken tno o ith of olllco the bloodiest nut of his tocord began Ono night euh in the spring of 1S7" a partv of six loxas cowboys lode into Dougu Cltj and boldlj nnnounccd that thoj were woho * , and they had tome into town foi the express pui pose of howling j lhoj dianl bad whiskv nnd showed thoii utter dinroguid for the law i bj riding like wild devils tinough the sttoets and bhooting into houses nnd at nuj pcisonthoj saw Aftci awhile thoj cicw tired of this sport diow up in front of a dnnco house dismounted and prop ired to enter and mnko m i tioi AInishul Miisteraoii , the btolhm of Bit , who at that time had thioo oi foui notches on his gun stock , to Quested the turbulent cow punchois to disarm themselves before uiiteiiug the ditueo i house Ho told Ihtm it was the 1 in lhoj Killed him on the spot Bat ] was stitndincr neiit , tnd ugim the ancient Colts sprung out ind "be an woik Befoie tno six cowbojs eould cet | under shcUot they woto killed and from 1 that mlnuto quiet Bat Master son wns the cowbojs bittorcstcnomy In mannei Mastorson is a Chostoi field 1 , and under no citcumslancc c in ho ba 1 niduted tobptak of his cnreui Uo is a coniiois'oiu in matters ofdtess and a stiangor would bo mete apt to take j the handsome Mastoi sou foi a ic lined j tiavclci than foi a froutiersm in with a sccoid Besides being the swiftest and suiest pistol \ shot in the west , B it can hold his own i with anj 160 pound lighter in a fistic 1 encounter Ho lsvorscd in the laws in j the ting side , und has tunneddo/ens of < pri/o lighteirt fet oncountois Is there \ much wonder Kilrain ehoso such a man foi his timokcopoi it Richbuig' ' < > IIip Inlkliic Vlynnh The puiotis gonernlh supposed to liave the monopoly of the powoi of talk ing among birds but as a mattoi of fact ] , the ptiriot is d ( aidudlv infest lot to the mjnah , snjs the Pall Mall Ga/otte lhcio nio ilvvavs oMtniptes of these bit ds in the insect house at the 7oo , and thoj repeat vaiious phutsos with gioat tloaianco of utterance Ourioush enough the h"ii has a gruff voice , while the cock speaks in n cleai , high tone , l'ke ' that of a child lho mjn ihs cau bo easily piovolod into showing oil then powci of speech , and v ill greet tlio visitor with Good morning in rcsponso to his saluta tions The mjnah is a kind of stal ling , mil this luttor bird is well known foi its imitative povvois Some jcais ago an account was published of a ' t liking canarj , " which could in tii u- late quito plainly and would topoat a soiios of phi uses SPECIAL NOTICES COUNCIL BLUFFS FOR SALE AND RNT FOH THAPl100 acres of clBir Kansas land partly Improved will tmda for it flow stocli of ( iry kuoJs un 1 hrocerles or will trada K. ) ucrou for - , < U sto k of moctrles Address tlU Avenun C Council IlluirJ In FOIl UKN1 Now 1 room hcu o w Ith0 acres ofgrnml on Uppf liroauway t J Jlny FOIt IIIN I " i im house with modern con vtnUmceson rth avu bet itlmndftUBts 1 Ml iy FOH IirM rwo time , four , nvaandnlx room houses , iJ Day ANllil ) lly nuhonorablo Boutluman tba aciiualntanco or a lady liiulnk' her own liomi mrlctlyconlldontlal anil nlllotteisie tiitiui ) vvltli leplldditss A 1) ) Ilea olllce , Council IIIuITh OH IIFNTBtoreroom in Kood locatl ) iu I J Day ' 1 jlOH \lB-lleautlful home at a Dargaln K J J Day FOUHOOOorfiOu : ) yoiuan buy iv nlro now clean stoticof hardware Move und tlnHliop laonaof the bust lo allons In western luira iryou wunt a hnrduaro biulne vvoul 1 bo pleuusd tornfer jou lo rcllablu partita that kn iwall about our biuinena ury natiafactory reasons for atlhtit , It will l a > you to Invest ! eata this Address II 0 , lieu ollko , Council 7)1 ) ilfw NOriOK If you have real ustata or enattels jou want lo dispose of < | ilclc list them with K rr Jc dray Council HlulTn Ia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mill WKsl BIDK J UlbUINU BOCIETY of Xtouiiell llliilfs Invites the attention ot men w orMni , ou salaries and other persons ot mouer ate means to their co-oj era tlve plan for securing homes In this city It Is btllevi 1 that better terms of purchase and cro lit can I e effecte 1 under tl Is plan than by lu 111 Idual action an t that a better site neighbor ) oxl and surrounl- Ings cau bu secure I lliun bv purchaslnt , an 1 Im ivlng tudepeudentl ) und In aeparata districts fir the city 0 he un lersUned will furnish In formation and bl ow the property to all In pilr- ers OITloe open from 7 to on week day ev en lugs c M ness , room .3X1 Merrlam bluet IJIOIt KXCIIANafc A Kooa nawfl-room house J' to exihango for an Improve 1 S3 a re farm Inwestern or central Iowa Kenr Jl Oraj C1ASII for second hand furniture stoves and , Aariels A J Mundel JJi liroadway oirHAI K-Bewlni , inachlne almost new , a great bsrtpvln for tasl lost 1(7 ( Cun I e seen In Oman * . Address J S lllrcli , poitoilke , ( ouuctl lllufis FAT KSTATB-llougat aal aol I ao t ex changed Bpecl\l attention civso to exam Inatlon of tltlet _ W JU James No Upaarlst 1i OUSALBorltent aarden land-with houses I Ji by J IClttw lit alnsu , Couucll lllutfs X TAVl PI ) < onn otontKhl f irRenornl Iioubo- > T worl at 118 0 ith7th st Mrs S II Coch M rtn V ; WAMh ! ) Competent jlrl family of two > nihilist waes paid Mrs J 1 KlmbulL M * o mlavo JjiOl : S \ I r On ensi terms , ono of the best JH . - restaurants In Council lllulTs Rood bust m ness well ( sttbllsned llcst of leasons tor _ sellhiR Aillicss K .XI Ueo olllce Council IIIHirs I m FOH HI NT Ihe business house litclv nccu | _ _ | plod b ) S 1 McAtee Appl ] at Gf 1 ICtU _ av enue _ _ _ _ " - IilTliT" \ ( -irrNOK-lorl co ks of ( .eueral H . merclinndlse to nchame f r ( too I farm _ _ , nn la and cash Involco from S > U3) ) t > { 1 000 _ \ddress Kerr S , ( Iraj Council HlnlTs la J B J' OrSforaaloluOilcdrovnnudUreenwiulad- _ H J illtlon Paiy t ruts Iluuses un I lots on _ monthly j pigments 1 [ , . Uoblc cor Cross and _ Ilatelst ] H lAN 11 Otaonci Kto Kof trocerio ( ot _ V general nils * tint will Involco about _ . < H U I mm InexcliaaKB f > rl > 0JlnKool Improved v _ * propeitj ncartals placj tat In cash Address _ ] Kerr&drHy Counell lllnlfs T _ . _ 1TVOHSAJ t or I xcan e-rhe furniture and { _ _ _ _ _ . lease of aft , room hotel dolus ; a bin business * -J * _ _ _ lnenstrnNeb j 1 ric taorj * l MJcase bul ott VH eas > terms ot will take i In uooj rotj estate H Adlrcss Ken \ Ori > Council Illuirs H Nl W Imi roved rotl estate to trii , ) fjr unlm H pruvei O nnha or Cornell llluifip-opjrty C ' II Jul ! 600 liroadway M 91. II CIlATIKriKL.IN , 11 ! > . , ' B bi \ crlallst In Hiirclc tl dtcenses of eye ear nose fl B and t iroat nn 1 all Uncases of the neid 1 ain M ful vision weak eves defectlvo vision deaf H ness j oar ache dlscli irees fiom cai lieuralklas , H hcada l be catairh mil lnllieaza treited with j B hiuccss Olu es ncciiralelj prescilbel In all H rcfrictlvotroiblesanddllllcuitvhlon Heat of M references j elvcn Olllce corner Mala nnd B llroatlwaj , Council HlnlTs Ijwa M Electric | Truss33. Belts , Chest Pro * lectors , Etc Agents wanted . , M it c. it iui > u , luos OrriCKii W II M I'usnt H OFFICER & POSEY , I BANKERS I Cornel Main an I Droaavray 1 cnUNCiii isiiiri i h , low a Dealers In foreb n and domestic ( xehanjje H Colleetious made an l Interest paid ou time d * > T | posits 1111. J. . ArMurphy Manufacturing Co , 1st Avcnuo and 31st Street SASH DOORS AND BLINDS Hand and He-roll tawing Hi Sawing and Planing Bswlngof alllClndJ I ncn llriicket * Kludllug woo 11 , jU per load ilellveied Clean how dust b ) the tiarrdic All work : to b nrst clasa Tcleph > no iJi Your Patronage Bolloltod • J l > KnuuMisnN B Ij Hiuiimtr Irs \ ice 1'rst. Cuts II Hannan Cashier CITIZENS ' STATE BANK , orcouNcu Hiurm PoldupCopltal $150 000.09 surplus 33,000.00 Liability to Doposltors 335,000 Od Dlim-Toiix-l A Millet I O ( Ile&sm , U f _ Rhtigart I' I' Hart J D 1 lundson Chas It . Hannan Transact general banking business * _ r Larg st capital aud h lrplus of any 1 ank la U fturthwostera Iowa Interest ou time deposits \ F. M , EtllS & CO , ARCHITECTS ANDIIUIf DINOBIII'l'lllNTINDKNH . Ilooms110andU lloollullUng Omulm Vebe andltooms.il uuliM Merrlam Jllock Council lllutTs lowu cortespondenco ttollettol ' BELL & BERLINGHOF , ARCHITECTS AMI bUriMtlNXI.NDHNIb , Uoom S , Opcia House Hlock , Council llluffs , lown ' < I . 1 S. E. MAXON , V * Archite t and SuperioteiuM at-1 Rooin 201 , Merrlam Bloclc , I COUNCIL , OLUFFS , - IOWA