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( J THE OMAHA DAILY BEE-MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 8 , 1800.
TJIE OMAHA UJBE
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
GlTICi : , NO. 12 I'HAUL ST.
I f'I * prod bj I'urrler In any part of the t'llv
II W TU/ru.V. - MAJxAt.il.lt.
llnrlnos OllloiNo. . ( I.
NlKlit IMItiu , NH si.
N Y 1' Co
Count II HluffH Lumber To . coal.
A few erj stills of frost \\cru vlslhle nt 11
o e-loc-U lust night
'Ihoro will bo 11 weotltiL' of Hit utitMtrcil
Kiul | > llnin dub In M nuns' hull tills iv-uning
nt S o' lot k ilohn Pox , > hiiliiiisui
It IsoxKutd | that work will be commented
on the now ii\ci lesrivolr for the vvtilii'-
vvorUsrominnj this week The iiinoimtto
'lhi > first < | widrill < % piity of th pn. on uill
lie In-Ill In Hiifcties * liull on Thursday ovui-
liitf. anilill bo ( 'lvon under tint iiUHplics of
the Ci ! rinaii Catholic : ladles
It lujuircd the old stunner Kwiuc to jnnnp
tlio watiu into tliu llK ) tunk used ill tlio show
In tinojieni house hut nielli 'llio piesc-mo
ot the steamer puniiitfiind [ iiiinplni ; iittiacteil
n tsri'ul ill-Hi of uttciitlon mid was a good ad
vutlsttm-nt
In thti dlsttletiouit toitny It is prohablu
that 11 ticat ileiilof tliu sosslon will bo t.ikcn
no In lii-ai INK tlio lliior ( | injunction cases At-
toinoj Sims Is uiuiiiK tint uvsi-s to tlio front
In mister to tlio doninnds of Iho Invv and
Oilier ICilKIIU
A foiciof nicti will lie put to vvoik thin
inoriiini. on Xditli Flist stioet ii-puini ? the
foundations of the hi'ldgo n\ei Indian t-rrok
and Mitntrtliliitf the dun iiliovn It A hutto
ninoiiiit of InoUcn stonu will bo plitc.eil In the
vvnshont bdieatli the Initial * ,
Tliostatobo.uil of liodtti rendered u de
cision on Satnida } tint Is nf soimi iiiteiost to
| Koplovvho lonte-inplnto coinnilttinK nmtrl-
inonj lloieiftfi tin1:100111 will ht-ieiinited
towiltc' Ills full iiaino and thu lady her full
natni- not as u bride , when signing the inn-
The Model huso hull t-lub wint to Ulnlr
jo-tiuihij to meet their old mitnijonisls 'llio
pinto that was stheduled for Manavvn vester-
ila > atternoon iietwecti them nnd the ricaks
of Omiiliu did notoetur on nciount of the
Pioalis di ; iovciing tlmt tht ) had tin engnye-
incnt at home
A glove contest forseli-iitllle. pnlnta was to
hitv o tnUen plntoln a Noith M.dn stieet sa
loon Satin day night , but ono of the piinii-
pils fniled to coino to the suutch Tlio con
test li is hten postponed until next S.ituiilny
ovpiiliifr nnd a couple ol ofllit-is will ho pivs-
int toseoth.it them Is no violiition of the
peace litvvs
It Is being quietly vvhispcicd mound tlio
nttoiiii'i'sollleis that n ptoininuit gentleman
residing on Kiist A\enuo nariovvly esenped
usphjxiation a few nightsngo He letnrned
homo nt u Into hour nnd thoughtlessly blow
nut the fins A HOI unit gill discovered the
tumble bofoioit uns too hit,1 , lint she h.id
tonslileiablo tioublo In arousing him after
throwing open thuvindows and doors
Ills it'iiurted that n dog light took plate
\VeslHioiidwavliiteSatiudaj night Tlio
pit uns nude in a ilvi-ij stnhbi The stakes
were Wi The dogs vvcro owned hv an
Omahn fancier nnd n lot-ill spoil 'I ho battle
Is s.iid to hilvo listid a long time and ended
In u vit-toiv for the lllntls canine As 111011-
Heqiienco .melt is % i-ij piond of his dog , nnd
Is anxious to pit him ng.iinst any dog in the
iimntiy foi an ) culinary stakes.
Ne.ttlv all of the interior woik of tlio old
Methodist chimh has heen taken out and the
woikinon will loininenco this morning on Iho
loof U\ HID mil of thovvceU lliciu uill ho
llttlo of the building left standing ' 1 ho idle
bnnteis ate mum ions and i-omprisu main of
the old citizens , wUonro willing to eatrv oir a
plecoof uboaid or n liiltk to leniind them
of the old pioneer dnvlicn the chuichwas
built and was consldeicd ono of the llnest In
the west.
The imivor hns uutlinii/cd tlneonci tion of
the tity tux levy h.lidding tin ) \ mill Mtetl
by the | Koplu hist spiing In eic.ito , i fniul for
the ptneh iso of a puk inlhii-fre-t | Mlt 'Of'
the i ity 'J ho taxVus'i < , . , | , , tll ) omitted
In in ikliitf un the levy It tins hrt-n eei tilled
to the County iniditoi and approved hy the
boaid of supcivfcoM , .mil itill reall/o about
* l,0 < Xlasiistaitei for the fund. Tlio pnk
( onimlsslnners vvill selctt the lotation nnd
puithnsotho piopert ) vnj Hhotlly
Oflleer Chun in tested n snmuuhib noted
ncRro limned .Ilm Hmlthat'l o'eloi k list even
ing , mid the pitiol vvngon tonvovul him to
the central Htntion. lie w is wur ( hid , bnokod
nnil throun Into the hole , nnd then bis trou
bles Just ( omincnc-c-d Uho gam : ntte'inpted
to iiiuUo him submit to tlio ilecues of the
"knngaroo" eonit , whitti Imposoda line of
toolarge piopoitlons to suit him His IP
fnsal bronght out a sentence to ncoho
tvvcnty-tlvo Dlovvs with the hose pipe whip ,
nnd although the \ilnc-c was tilled with bail )
rufllmis none of them hud tlunoui igo to pl.i )
thep.titof thou\eintloner Tlio d.uUov has
a physique that icscnihlcs .Ink
hon's , nnd theio was soinelhlng about
him that imed the c-iowd Kinall.v
they dcto.xed him Into \ne.int cell nnd
locked the doot on him , and then thev toi
lured him for iitout an horn A section of
hose that Is li ft in the con hint foi some pur
pose vvns nttiuhed to tholiyitumt .mil an Inch
Htrenin turned on the defense ! -ss daiKcA and
ho vvns nenil ) dioivned. A lold slih nf steel
fora bed , and th.U next to -whitlow pie
tectm only \vitb Inn s. i.nd with his clothing
HO iked , the nc.fi o p issed u night tlmt h id lew
I'loubiiiit feattnes conneeti d with it
'IhopiUo il-ht ( nf Saturdaj moialii\\ns )
tholeadliif ; topic of eonM-is.itinn in main
jilates Msterdiy. The opinion was t-uieiMl
that tbeinMIS no question but that Sainplev
was the bust man , and h id Mjuster \ \ hipped
in Iho foiuth loiind The disuissions biouKbt
out tlio seei el nt his defc.it. Tlio last blow
lu Hie finnth lound.is a stunner , mid It
lifted Miiistu elt ir oil his feet and laid him
upon the platform \\ith siuh fouo that his
head and shoulde-sstiink llrst The blow
resulted hi a b.ul ntddent for Sample ) It
disloented his il.'lit thumb and dio\o thai
niembor bat-It upon bisilst The i em limit i
of the IlKht , t\\ohi lounds , was tallied on
under the most pali.ful disuHantiiKe , tlio
broken hand e-xplainimr the lightness of tb
HUliscUi-ut blo\\s Ycsteid.iv tbo slieiiff
and his deinties | weio looking foi tbn piiuti
pals , but thej t-oiild not ho fouml M\nsttr
quietly bomded a Kansas City tialn , ami is
listing from tlio b.ittlo somo\\hoio in Mis
souii Thowamnt.s Mud upon losn-
phdnt of Colonel He-e-il , but theie is noiiues
lion of Juusdlaiou , and theilToitto lliui the
bo\h was not prt > Miutedlth anei ) Kie.il
dPfrit'oof visor If tlitro Is iiuUhinn in the
Supy touit ) tlalm the battle \\iu fotifiht In
Nibiaskn. Undtrthe loua hnpiio light-
ill iIs nothing moio than a misdemeanor , mid
tlio punishment t ould lie nothliif ; more than a
light line , but in .N'lbiasUa It is a felon ) .
Pot- Salt * .
Our retail fimilturo busiiioss , with good
established tr.ulo Sto-kli lirst t-lasi uml
\\ellseloc-tod Uonoa for selllni , ' , are Kolni ?
Into tliooxeluslvoJoUbhu Irulo.
Any onu wishing to ( rol'ito baslt ss should
Investlpito this , us It Is one of the fuwRoliloa
oppurtunlties of a life thno.
( ' A U i IIB v Co
Ml dozen ladles' Jersey libliulests at the
Boston btoro for U' e , woith lie , tills \\t-iU
Count 11 lilulTs , la
A \ IT ) Qulec Hiiiula ) .
Yesteidiu as ono of the phcnoinenall )
quirt Sabbaths that l\o Count II Illuffs biitb
ti deslnihio icpuUlloa as a elvIll/id illy ,
lllled with people whocajo ) thomsehes with
out fiattuling human or dlvino l.iws 'Iho
attendiineoat tlm cbuie-hes was MIluifo \ ?
uml servlees wt-ro held hi all the usual pint us
of worship. A vei.liirgo loiiun'fnitlou
f.-athoiod in tlio Masunlo temple , wheio the
lueotinps of tlio I'rst Methodtst fhui'tb will
lien ufiOiho held
' 1'ln'io ueio iiulet and onleily iro\\ds at all
the pleasure ieuuits about tin * eitj.buttho
nunilitis were miiih biualler than usual
Many | K'onlo found It plois.uit to nit in tlio
i.irlis duilii ; ; the afteinooii wlian tlieeloucis
liiiiUo auand the suashlno \ \ is bilubt and
warm All the bent-lies in lu\ll ! > s pink \\cro
oeeupled tliu Inn the itltt'riinon , anil the people -
plo took f'ivat ple.tsuro \\atchliiK the
Miilnvlx | f-'iithoilng up thi'lr winter suppl ) of
nuts and lllllng their IIOMS uith leiive.s.uul
( ,1'aste-i for the winter nests ,
ralimount attrattid lustrowds also , and
ihe vi ltoi-s fouml plenty of enJu.Miient in the
jiagultlix-nt Kioitiuloof ] t-ltlos. lakes , ii\e-r \
, nd tlelds t > pix-ad out beneath tlioir feet , and
irlKhlcncd and ix-fivshed bv the Into rain and
rendered moro dlsieimihlo by the puiitleHlat-
mosphcro.
In the evening social parties were made
THE NWS IN THE BLUFFS ,
Arrangement * Made for the Fall
Eacea anil an Enlarged Programmei
BEBEE BELIEVED TO HAVE PERISHED.
KKMIN of a Quirt Suiulny Talk-
Ahont tinItenlon Street Ijliit )
Minor Mention and
Pi
f oeal hoisonicn are voij "wiupilno over tlio
prosped for lUolv meet at the drhltifr paik
Ill's fall 'I here will bo sonio slight tils-id-
raiitiifcu In the fiu-t Ihnt the mntliiK 'icie '
will lie the Inst of the season and tlio eloso of
the .Misslourl Vnllpj cluu.lt. liuttho hoisu-
liien ate ( onlldint that the pui-scs to be
offon d will hi inn some of the best hoi-scs on
thu tin f. 'Iliodilv IIIK ] taik tt.uk U superior
to anIn the elruiitand the horsemen will
come with the c\K-e-tation | of malilnfr sonif
\ ory fast Hint'
Anothci meotiiiB was hold yestcnlav after
noon anil the proKiamnio lovlsed and en-
luiffcd l > \ tlio addition of another da > 's ' i.iees
It was nUo de. Idetl that the National Tiot-
tliij ( association mlt-s shall Kovein the ton-
tests
'I'be follow Iii ( , ' N the rcIsed prop .until i of
the imotiiif , ' bivlniiing Ttiesdiv. ( Jctobei 7
i nisi mi.
2 ' ) 1 ' n t- - * Kid
TlueojcniolilTiottln ?
-i ( USD tut.
_ 'iU-TioltlliR - * ! < ) .
jjo 'riottiiii ; < nx )
TMO-J fin-old tiot ? TiU
rmtin inr.
'J T.I - Tiottinjfloo
l"ii.efoi .ill-'l'roUltif
Ye.nlini ; tioltiiiK t.ie-o $50.
lei urn nil.
"
! M-Tiottim. ( ) MIX ) .
Fivo-foi ill l ai-inu * .VM.
Kiee-toi all btulllon
Spa-l.U prii-es on Mi-iiu h bleached Ooi man
dam tilt table linen at the Doston slou ) at
Hi' , Me , Vic1 uml 5 i Council Hlutlfa
Monev it , loluual r.itji louiloi i-'iitto
aiiduuloU.i'osoe-arity bv-C II Shufu.t ( Jo
Onei-aso Cents' oithiK tlnimol shlits , .tie
and l'ie ' this \\eik at , the Hoiton store , Coun
ell ItlutTs , la
still :
Although the se.iieh foi the missing man ,
H T Uccbe , h.us not been discontinued , the
fi lends bnvo about nbandotied hope of uvei
seeing him alive. Mr II O Hebei' . ni.nuigei
of the AVclls P.iiv'o t'\pioss comp.inv , re-
tinned vcsteiday from a long and vveai.v
scinch , nnil announced despondcntlj th.it
theio wiw nothing moie to be done Almost
cveiy Inimc'i-tu Ilauison eountv his joined In
the search , if not with seirching path's , go
ing over his fin m nnd oiiofully looking into
ovuv possible plieo wheio thobodv of a
man tonld bo ronuulc.il Thciehni not hi en
a fit in within tvvent ) mil-s of the place
vvhoie thennfoitnnito nun tllsappeiied that
h.isnot been tints i.uofiill > scan bed The
sitpposit'on ' is now tli.it the mail lias lidlen
intoIJovei rivei and be-n diovviit-A
Ihe diovvning tlicotj is i-.iuiod out bv - > cv
er.d ciruimst inces Mi Bo'oco loft Musouii
Vjillc-j to visit his biothei at Uelocto\vn lie
lode out with some people fiom that plnce ,
and did not appeal to boat all confused It
was ' . ) o'clock at n light \\ht-n the wagon
lenihr-d the place , unit when it 0,11110 to the
house of the biothu Ml BobeoreiinesiOi tlio
. ; ttiiT"icT him out , us ho It nil
, . _ _ _ tb house HP ( tul so mil the un-
foitnmito in.in started tovvai 1 tbo door , not
mom than sixtv ftci uvvuy , mill the \vngon
with its Oi-i-un Kits drovoaw.ty.
"I uni cont'dcnt ' no\v , " said Mr II. C
JJobeo bnt evening , "tint licubunvvent to tbo
deoi anil found it dosed md tinned and
% v ulko 1 avv in. Thli wis .v habit ho h.ul lie
has fieijuputly coinn tomj bouse anil ilndliu
Iho dooi i losod would not \valt foi it to be
opened , but would linmediatelv tiun and
walk b n k to the point fiom which lie started
I think lu ellil MI tills time , for
nobodj siivv him about the
little villige duiing the night When the
people w lilt w horn ho rode fiom AlUsotiti
Viillev K-.icln'd the Bojor nvor on the io.id
usnnli.v ti.ueled they fjund tbo bridge out
and weio compelled to tuin und go down to
anotfioi briilfit scv trul mllm below. I fear
in ) brother stuitul to vv.ilkbicl : to Allssoini
Valluv raid took the lend that had thu brokiin
biidgeon it It.is seven tnile.j fiom Ueolito
town , mid bj the time he would reach thu
liver lu would bi- well uiph exliaustcd , and
if he had fallen into the liver could not have
hid stic-iglli to get out' '
Mr Ilobeo vv.isn man of fortv-livo ) ears of
ago ami foi- the p ist few jpius bus been In
frill lie.iltb , uhith hns hid the cflectof
vvL'.ikeiiing his mental povveis.
A good hose i-ocl fioo with oveiy 103 feet of
liuso piueih.isod at UKby 's.
If j ouvlsh to soil join propel ty call on the
.ImUl .1 Wells Co , O. H. Judd , president , Wli
Iliouilvviiy.
To the f i lies Miss M irj CJle.tson hus 10-
mnetl tiom her ii.stern tiip and is better
prepared thin ever tositlslj all who want
liiat eliis itiesjinilcliu Rooms in the old
llbtarj bullJiii } ; , I'e ui stieet.
ri.nl Hcntoa Stiet't IJiie.
The question of the width of lienton street
between Harmony mid Washington avenue
is still unsettled , and a dellnlte undeistaml-
iiiKwiliprob.ibliiiotboaiilvel.it until the
t oni Udeoido the matter. Onlj the property
lines on tlio west side of the stioet aie
nlTeettd , but thoeiitlio e-itj is Inteiestcd m
hiving the stieet made of unifoim Mhltli all
the wiy aloiiK The work of Kr-adiiifc has
been completed us tin its it eau ho until the
lines , utlxed , but tlm piopeitj owmrs will
piotCi > tiiKain- the allouanuo of the ton-
tiac-tor's estimates lj the council until the
woikla tlulshed The Interested pioputy
owners whoso fenees w ill bo moved If the
cltv Oitabllshob Its i lalms to the disputed sK
feet hive emplojed eCitj Attornej Holmes
to lesist the mimlelpil demands , and ho hat ,
notified thuioumll tint an injunction \sill bo
foitluominir If anj attempt is made to inter-
feio with the \\est hide lines as thov now
stand i.nd h ivostoodfor thlity jeirs Holmes
Is conticlont of litlan able to be.it thu e-itj in
any len-al action Unit may take place
iSiiKiucui-Toitovlii is eonlident that
the claims of the eiti , aio elear and \mass ill-
able , and lie ba-es Inn el dins upon tlio ori
ginal KO\ eminent suut v made In lv" > l. Ho
\\asiippoiiitedtodothoworl ; and made the
Mirve.v himsilf Ho still has hi his posses
sion all of Iho origin il Hied notes , oven the
pencil notis of the Hut vt , \ In running the
in itfimil Hues ho was iequiie.1 to ilcllno the
boundaries of tlio squattou' el.iiius , who had
pie-cmpted the land and dished to piovo up
and buy ital the Koieiiunent prlee of ilJ. . "
per itcieBenum htixet was tht-n the county
load , mid this survey established It its stieh.
'Iho amount of land 1 > infill each tntet | ire-
einptcil was dc.linlu.-l ) im isuretl inn
eac-li claimant was cI\ui ull ho
ilaiimd 't'lus loft the ioadwa.1 \t\-sK
fcotwltle TukliiK ttio moisuiomeiits fiom
thoiornors establishoil thi-n oveiv lot ei
both bides of the street contains exactly the
Mime number ol feet Unit tlio oilRinal decdu
fi-utn tbo KU > fi nmeut cull for. Toste\ claims
Unit he did not plut.-oany Htono at the e-oinur
of llio Powei's lot on what was foimeily
1'i tiiii Htn et hut simply nlaci d a stukt ; tliorc.
Tliostonu that was lound recently six feet
out fiom the oilh'inul point tl.\id by thu KOV-
urnnieut sun e ) , Tostevln says was put there
' ithout authoiity and is worthless. Tbo
stone u us of alot ofono hundred that unit )
eut uioii | the order of a aubseiiuent stuvejor ,
mid its prone-lit location was c-itber the nsult
of an t-irorlu measiiieiiuiit oriis moved
without uuthoilty.
' The original ou tiers of tlm jiroportv ( ? ot
all their dee'ds call for , " sulit hntvejor Test < > -
vlu , "anil there U nothing at ull hi thu claims
nf the prcsont o\\ncr . Whether the fuel
that the street lias boon fenced up for a goii-
crutlon or inoro without protcsta from the
city ftlvcs the present owners uny clulm
uyou UM ftxtra Lk foot , 1 do iigt kuow. It U
ll question that the rou its alone cm dcter-
iiilna , I siiiK | | ) e , but I am siitltlled tlmt tliey
can Imvo no other claim The original sur-
vevt nnd the orlf'liii\l pint nil show tlio strict
to beslxtv-slx feet witlu , and In the subse
quent confusing orilliiiiiuesNherathowldth
Is dt9lfMinted us slxl > uml nlxtj-slx I inn In-
rllned to think that a llguro "six" hns
ben mistaken for a cipher
" ' 1 ho council ouirlit to take tip the mutter nt
once end settle It ono way or the other mid
let the Improvements already commenced bo
uoinplcU'il "
Iloso nt cost.o nro pomg to quit
hamlliiiK garden ho ' , uml hmo doubly tbo
largest stoe-k In the city To close out wo
willsf-ll nil fudcs mid llxttlres at tic id cost ,
foreash C. H Paint iS : Oil compmy , Nos.
1 and . ' ! , Masonic templo.
New fall pooilsjusttccrlvciiiitKulUr's , me I'
elinnt tullor , : I1U Uividw. ! ) ' .
J ( J. Tlpton , real esUite , ojj Uroilwuy ,
.7 C. Ill * by , sto-itn heatins , sa-iltary cu-
( 'incer , ' 111 Ufo bjlldltiK.O nllu ; JJ1 MJt-
Ham bloik , Cuuncll ItlufTs
: ) * nlo7cu ladies , swlss rlhbcil jeiseyests
, r > c , or ttiiL-o for * l 00 , fornu-r ju-lco oleiiuli. ) .
Hostou stoic , Counell HlulTs , lu
The Manhattan sporting heailquaitcrs , 41S
H i cad waj . _
' /he Cltj'H I'oi-koth.iolc.
Cltx Tieasuier Kinuchnn toinpleteJ his
monthlj it-port of the- condition of the city
llnanees Hatiiiday ovenlntt. The follonhiK
shoHS the amount received and paid out tlur-
iiiK the mouth of August uml tlio uist to the
taxpayers of the vailous de-pat tineiits of the
municipal fjovcinmciit :
Total amount drawn
nenernlfinid . $ 0.4fiO 05
Polite fund. . 1'lir HI
Inteise-ctlon ( 'indiiif ; . 1,110 1 ! !
Intel-section paving . 15 ( M )
Speeial assessment p.ivitiK . 21 < > "i
Spielal assessment radintf . 1,01. ! 0) )
Om bint ; and sidewalk . 1 ( U
Intersection sowei . I'l ' 4fi
( Ml ) liildfjcs . bO OU
Totnl . ? Hi8 ) ' ( (5S (
Disbmsemcnts
Pirodeiiutinent . S l.dll ' 1
Police depattinent . 1'iM ' SO
Miishttl's dipiitnent . fiTJ r > ! l
Mlstcllimeoiis . 2Ti ) ! U
Public huildlliBS mid Kionuds . 4" HO
Shoots and alleys . 1,1U ( 51
Salaiiesof oftltcrs . d7t ; i'i
Citv oiiineu's | dep. itment . I/U ( U
Pi Inline and supplies . I'l" 01
< 3 us and stieet lamps . Jlli . "
Inspectois . 11 ! 00
Inte-rscctioiiRlMiliiifr . l.ll'l VI
Intersection paving . 1500
Spe'i ltd assessment i uliiff . "J ( Vi
SpceialiissessmoiitKradlnu . 1,04. ! 01
Cm hini ; and sidewalks . 1 ! )1 )
Intersection sewer . Ill t" )
City biidges . bO 00
Total . $10JI)8 08
Tirst class drosstnakiiifc by Miss Wallace ,
over Cattlemen's bank
vourlumbei of The .ludd i\VellsCo ,
SllUioulwaj.
Shoithaml Miss Hlioiles , Blown building
Dr 0 II. Bower , -0 N M tin at.
i'itetu\Ai , I'.iit.iuMt.i MIS.
Aldtiman Hverctt and biothcr Nul nnd
\Vattlellietiiined vesteula.v fiom an ux
tended hunting tut ) in Dakota. They b.uKod
ninety piaiiio chickens dmnifr their hunt.
r\cd letiiinsto bthool this inorning ,
Pop Hiilc.
M > house , hoibt-hold fuinituie , hot e nnd
btifrgy ai call fors.ilont 'J20 10th ave.
D \V MiDniMii ) .
su > < inisi | ) Arrivals.
"At Queenstown The Lout dough , fiom
1'lilladelphiifor Mvi-iiiool.
Passed the Li/aui. The Belgcnlunil ,
fiom I'liiludclphii for Antvveip.
'Ibo Choi MM 111 Spain.
M MIIIID , Sept.I'ifteon frc > li cases of
choleta and cloven deaths from thodise'aso
we-ie icpo Hid in Valencia City today.
AVAIl IN TiiH P
The 1'iii-t Itallwavs Will Play In Move-
meats of Tf ops.
In futtno w.us i.iilwajH , the number
of which in I'jiitopo in diiilv iiiureasinjf ,
will phiy an uiiprece-ilontcillj imnortant
part , not only Htnitofiiually , but uUo tae-
Ikally.lys n \ \ iitotin Portnl htl }
Uovlovv. Fti-moblli/titlon mill t-enti-al-
l/iitioii ut the outhot of war their value
\Misbhov\n in 1870 , with armies of in-
erotived sl/o they will bo still inoi-is es
sential. ACtoi the coininoiiceniont of
opiMMtloiw they will wtill oc'aslonnlly
esputiiillj in the e-aso of the nirny vvhiuli
assume tlio tlofensivo ho used foi- the
utpid i-oiu'oyaiieo of troops , but nan rule
they A ill c-hiclly bo cmplojetl for the
transport of food and atoies. It lias
be-on calculated by the Ainoticans ,
fiom tlio o.\porienco of their great
civil VMU- , that to htinplj ati itriiij in the
liold of a hundred thousand men foj
means of a single line of uiilH thcio
should ho twentylivo locomotives ami
six fioljfht iMitiiajjL's to ovut-y mile of
load Tt is thoiofoio evident thut o\cn
with double lines mi army o ( a huiidieil
thous ind men vvorUiiifj a hundred milc
fiom its ba o vwwlil le'quiio bottiiiff
iihi'io the luquiruniunti of siefjos an im
mense quantity of toihiifj htoe-k.
As to tlio inovoi'ionts of tioopsby mil ,
oxpeiiunc-o on the continent shows tlmt
time In not yalned when the proportion
of hajonetH and MiberH toanilloof double
line is trieatot-than four liundietl ami
thiity-live. Apait , tliorpfoto , fiom the
fautthiitoncotho aimj is in llio Held , thu
lulhviy tosources will bo ahsoibed in
bringing ui > stores and tuking b.iek sle-k
nnd vvoundod. the railwnj tiansixnt
of tioojis will huldotu bo piolitablo
for an iiiiuy on the otlonsivo.
Tln > strain ou tlio mil way needed for Iho
e-omoyanuo ot food ami blot OK will be
liu-Kflj uiigumonted , PL-oinj ; that in ull
lirobihility the si/o of armiob will bo
ninth ineiotiNMl. Tlio limit to tlioir t-i/o
will , in fact , bo [ iiae-tlcolly dotounined
by the fii-ryliifr capacity of the rallwnjw.
Hence , two things aio obvious : Mist
that for Htr.itegic.d operations iail\vn\s ,
w ill , aftei the coiniuoneoinent of a cum-
pal ( { bo iibud compaiutively little ; second -
end , that oven if onlj ) inploycd for the
trainpoitof stores , their e-apncity will
IIUMJ to bo largly tiiureiibcd by tlio tnlill-
tion of hiding , thu uoiistruution of iil.it-
forniH and tlio doubling1 of Hues. I'oi
this lonsoii nil atmius arodailj pa.\ing
incicasenl iittontion to tlio fomuilioiiaug-
inontatkm ami training uf military i.iil-
wav battalion , \vci , puihas , lea-t of all.
I or operation * \\liluh \ lie In the boidur
land botvveon tiictitirt ami HtMitog } , oceu-
hional use withtjieiit elTei-lvvill piobably
bo made of inilwayrt for tlio coin oyaiu-o
of tioops for shott distance- ' . Had IJa-
/nlno tin nod liih i all unj faelitict ! > to full
account at I'orbaeli , the lesiilt of tlmt
ImUlo iniglit havu hueu dilloront. It can
oasiij bu undurtitood tlmt though thoio
\voiild bo no-living of thno in tiiuiriMit- | )
ing'an m my corps , wltli all its Impt-di-
inunta , a dihlaiico of thu ty miles by inll-
VMIJ , it would bo feuslblo and tlosirablo
to t-oiuey a liri ado of four batlalinim
with a Hold luttci.v. uUac-hed , adistunco
ot liftmen mile.s.
Ill the former cau 18" tinlns vvould'bo
required , and the opouition inidor tliu
most fuvorablu t-ltciiinstani'os , would oc
cupy four dny > . In tlio latter eat-o tlm
troops , moving with nothing but men ,
tillieoi-H , ehurgoi-jt and vvlrit the I'ronc-h
call a tiain do e-ombat , the whole foico
could bo tiaiisioi-tud } to Its dcntination
in two hours from the time the llrrit man
ontorud to tbo time the hiht mini quitted
tlio train. AH to arinur-cliul tuiitiri.thoy
uill on exceptional invasions bount-diind
bo of great value , IIH was bliown in the
ease of Sir Archibald Alitjon's oporutloiiH
ut Aloxundilu iu the Urot Ugyutlau war.
WASIIKCTOSA'fcESTORYACO ,
> a
in
The Rude Beginning of the City of "Mag
nificent .Distances. "
I' ENFANT AND HIS \V ( DERFUL PLANS ,
A. Ornplilo Stui-y ( if Tlovv the Notional
Ciiillnl , the Mockery " ' l' f-
L'l nei'H , llcviinui llio Ailuilr-
tlon of the \Voild.
A llttlo loss than n hundred years njro
the "imigiiiliicnt distances" that now IIH
the oyoof tliu htitinyerlth sm-pilno
anil pleasure were covered by ptlinoval
forest.Vhcio inllos of pilntlnl stitie-
tmos nowict'iill the htatllnes * of tbo
Homo thut Augustus Un.-s.ir loft , tbo
fowls of tbo nilsoiponls anil wild beasts
onjo.vcil ntiti-oubkd ( jovort , siy < n gifted
writer In IIiupoi-'s Woi-klj. Itvvivsnot
until 17IW tlwt the tcnipe-Hosseil con-
tji-css of the thli teen colonies saw tbo
Ih-st oviilenco of the foilei'ul city tlmt o\-
clte-il thomiitli of the wits , the f orbed-
hi'S } , ot tlio timid. Thociriiitnfetuiico of
thocitj its itnou hpi-oiids out unilor tbo
yrcat dome Is tfie.itl.v eontiai'tcd fiom
the iinposiii' , ' illmoii'-ioiiH oilLriuitlly luiil
out by tlio engineer L'Knfiint. Where
the supcih pitont elllco now stretches In
maiblo iiiaji'btjths poetic rrcnchiu.in ,
iiisiiirod by icceiit o\ent In Pails , litul
inuikod the site for a national tuber-
nude , whoio nationalevonts weio to bo
religiously eommuinoi.itod , v\hi'i-o ' nti-
tiontil obsoqttlcs vvorotobo celebrated ,
iiiidtlioilendhonoied bj the country veto
to bo btiritd and tlioir immumonts bo
poipotuiitud u soil of I'antliooti to tbo
fjloiiosof the republic , Two columns of
majestic piooitions ] ) woio to rite ut
siiccilied ( liMiiiii-es from the capital , the
ono rcpic-iuiiling hi bionxo and granite
the moniorablliti of tlio hovcn years' war
from Lexington to Yoiktovvn , the other
such piodif ies bj hen us in ton oui-b bad
made our littlu navy u uvnl of Hiitiiln'b.
Thostieots lumitiig' c.tstvuird fiom the
capitol woio to bo continuous arcades ,
like the sequestered alcoves of Hologim
and Vcnit-o. ISotvveen tbo capitol nnd
the picsidont'H lesidctico woio to bo
eljsian Holds , and palatial dwellings for
tb'e foitifrn ! inib.issadois , and the public
buildini'H. Hut oven tit tlmt turly duj
' 'lint's' ' and "jobs" found their account.
The indignant rienehinan , be'ol on all
side-h bj venal legislators and solf-hcck-
iug jobbers , threw up his commission in
dihdain , nnd Iho oity aa It stands was
peifected bv Andiow Clheott. In 17)2 ! ) ,
$ "iiO ( in gold weio olTereds ithout ro-
wti it-tion lib to calling , to the eitl/on w ho
should send In the accepted design for
the president's hoiHol I'Mvohundreddol-
l.us and a lot in tjio.now city , or a gold
modal , weroolYeietl ferthobohtdcHignfor
the enpltol. Toageiieiatioti tlmth.tsbiA-
i-otuo fainiliiu- with the sums annually
\oted for poitoflli os , ami eitstom houses
in Plumvillo and 1'uinnkintcmn , our
foiefuthei-H will ' .ecm tluLstj indeed ,
embaiking upon cilv building with n
grant of S1'1,200 ' f torn the ntntcbsf Vir
ginia and Marvlnti'l. 'i his was snpplo-
n.cnteu by a natlomil lottoiy , for -which
oO,000 , tickets \\cie soldi Sixteen thous
and seven hundieil and thirty weio to
draw prices , the capital ono being u
hotel which was to eot.t $ oOOOOI The
piico of a ticket was $7 , ami the pti/en
iiuigcd from $10 to $2.3,000 ! Nor need
the student of current moials and man-
noib , depressed by the laxity ot onr
times , wholly despond , when ho rollccts
that the lottery \uib made use of ahnn-
ill ed j oars ago not only in the building
of our national capitol. Chinches ,
schools colleges , oven Harvaid itbclf
were indobled to the wheel for moneys
to Hoeuio their Ubefulnessl In 171)6 ) the
piesideut'ti house and the capitol wore
the only evidences of a city whoio the
tiavelcr now sots sqmues ami monuments
ments , cdifites and gardens , th.it eclipse
Paris and Vienna in bounty and
taste. When the lottery failed , and the
sum * ) voted Virginia and Maryland
gave out. Washington was less of a city
than the humblest suburb of Jersey City
or Btookljn. Three hundred thousand
dollaiH weio nuked by the commissioners
to go on v ith tliooilc , and the country
was distracted by such piolligato outliij.
The pi ess of the time thumleied agaiiiHt
sueh wasteful oxtraMiganco. In 1800 the
capital was a hoio tiial to mon accus
tomed to the homely comfoits of Now
nngland and Now Yoik. Tliesovas but
ono good t.ueraln the town. The mom-
bora of congress weio heuled togethei-
In a few mean tenements like wldiors in
a bait auk. Lund was rated at 25 cents a
squaio foot , the speculators holding for
, i rise ! The rooluontsvero mostly ne-
giocs or HhiftlehH vagabonds , thiovsn
out of regular industry by the visions of
sudden cit-making , Though Iho whole
city was covered with woodMis. Adams ,
the wife of tholh-bt president who tool :
up his resident o in Washington , eould
bceuio none for the grates of the white
hoiibu. The house icijuiied thirty hoi-
vantHto Keep It in order , nnd all thu
food had tobobiougbt fiom Baltimore ,
( leoigetown 01 AloMindim. Oouvernour
Morns , wilting to the prlncoss do In
Tour ot Taxis , in December , 1800 ,
says , spoitiveljVo : want nothing
lioro but houses , collais , kitchens ,
wull-infoimed men , amiable women , and
other trilles of this kind to make onr
city perfect ; for woenn walk hoio us In
the Holds and woods , and lonsidering
the hard fiost , the air of the i-llv is voiy
imro. If , then , j ou are doslioim of com
ing to llvo in Washington , I hauton to
ashiiio you thut freestone is vorv abund
ant hero ; that oxeollont bili-lc can bo
burned ; tlmt thoroarono lack tf ) sites
for magnificent hotels ; th it contem
plated canals run bring a vaM , eommoiro
to the place. In bbort , that it IH the
vor\ best city in the world forfutmo
lesfdonce. "
Nothing was further from the wiitoi'H
thought than a verification of this
lionlcal ptophooy in thu spicoof a not
'
abnoimally loiig'lifoliine. For a quar
to iof a cuntutj the capital , wi grandiose
on piper , was thoimoe-k of foreign mtn-
isleis ami toutlxttj. Tlio gt > ssp | of other
davs gives us an atntihing glimp- of Iho
shifts our unity Hliitosinon and their
famlllosvoro \ put to in earrjlng out the
modest functions thilught j-i-iiulsito even
for JutTotMIIIinn simplicity. In IHIU the
cltv , shabby as it was. Invited the tou-h
of the lliltinli. > Vle-n | the lolmilding
bc gim. expc-iluni.'ii was of value to tin
new founders , and while ull of the
old ambition for Crook beauty and
inodorn hp.uionsmss was not wholly
lojictetl , tlio rltyaMHi ) moio coinpiiet
and hubltablt ) Hi in hofoio. Down , ho\v-
oxoi , to 18(11 ( Washington with far from
lovely or inviting The miigallic.-cja
iivt'iiui'H , that novilval the houlov.iulf
of Paris and Vioiimi , weio wiibtoH of led
clav , with thocapllol and white liou-o
lining at either endeinh ] ) fi/lng tin
H junior of tluiHtreots , the wiotcbodnoss
of the Htim-tmes. But It \\iis nut until
Iho war was 110.11 Iv over that the capllo !
and Its \u > ii < lmu- > dome bcfinno the ciea-
tion of beauty they now pii e-nt. Tbo
original hti ueinroi In tvlii-htho houses
Mil wore nit her me in in npiioarani'o , the
* ille alone giving them significance.
The ambitious pattlots who | irintei
the HubjoliH'd doggerel llnm when the
IoumUu [ , ' ( > t the cltv was mooted , would
iiivo found thorn prophecies eould Ihoy
invo fore-eiMi the city of today :
'o llio Untied States In c-oiitfi-ess assembled :
'ho iHitltlon of the Federal city Mio\veth :
'hat your PeJcral illy must soon hmo u
name ,
\nd wishes to have one that may comnmud
fume
'o posterity let It bo full handed down ,
Superior to each paltry cltv or town ,
Vud to ( ili'iisu ev er.v son of a great and free
'iiij let U ho thilstcaed plain Wn hln jtoii-
oplc
Tlio Now York .Unamil , which pub-
Ished these lines on August 10 , 171)1 ) ,
veroltln existence today , would huvo
to reason to com plain of the hnmlhvork
if the commissioners who for years mif-
erod the slings nnd ariows of publie to-
llemont for their inelllcieiu-y , jobbery
md mnlvorsatlon.Vhethet the > o nuu-li
iiirussed pa ti lots bulldcd wiser than
hev know or not , the ov Idonoo Is there
n imperishable form that they founded
i c-llj , and adorned it with edilkes , thut
omp ires not unfavorably with the older
md more fuvoied capitals of the world.
Cor is It wholly without slgnllicancothat
ho capitol itself , built in penury
md pi'ifocled in rlvll war , is or-
iiinit'iilcil b.v a dome that shares
vlth St. Peter's , the I'unllieon of the
'tiHiirs , tlio handiwork of Ih-unelle-chi
mil Mil-haul Angelo , thei-rlticalndmira-
ion of the cultivated world The gieat
irclo hasa dlamctor of neatly 101) ) feet ,
mda he'lght fiom the lim to the apov
nsldo of * " ) feet. It isi0 ! ( ) feet 'loin the
) n\eineitt of the lloor to the \ault of the
-oiling. The exterior , seen for inllos
ibout , picse-nts a poiistylo of l- ! ) " > feet
v ithln a fraction , * nipported by columns
17 foot in height. The top of the dome
s t0 ! ! feet above the paM'inont. The
untoi-n above this rises oU foot and U 17
eel in dlamctor. Above this again , is
1 bion/o Htatuo of hihertj 18 feet high.
It pinhahly does not enter In the m-humo
) f things taken atcoiint of bj the hiinoy-
noon tourists that , as thej ga/o upon
his colossal dome , they se-t-ji mastor-
) ieeo of urchltectuio that equals
ho most adiniied work of the kind ,
rom Michael Angelo to Sii Clniblopher
\Vien.
aiVKl'ntllKs OK THU I'ACIFIU.
IiitercslliiK l'v itlence ni' a Civilisation
ol ( iro.it Antiquity.
Modem sclonee , which hits In ought to
ight bulled Troj , revealed thu place of
indent H.ibjlon , untombed the muninn
> f tbo I'haroah of Alo-.esand constructed
something of a history for tlio A/tt't-a
ind the mound builders , stands ballled
joforo tbo mjhteiious rums of the lj.i-
t-ilic boa islands , si.vs Ihe Chicago News.
Knsallo , otheiwiso known as Stiong
[ stand , of the C'atolino archipel.igo.with
i eiicuinforenco of liftv miles , is covered
with massive ruins of a i emote date
I'hov bear the outlines of fortlliiMtions ,
mil arc built of htones ton feet lotigdnlv
squared on nix hides , of a geological
! oimillion not met witli on the Island.
Ascension Inland , Known also as
Pnnapo , is largoi than KtH.de , po-.sos-.i >
similar iniii- ! , but much laigiM- . In one
[ ) lieo bumains a wall , 'i ( ) ( ) foot long and
Jiiity feet high , forming a eomt.
Litllo Easter Ihlaiid , on the oafetern
jutskiits of Polynesia , his no running
water , no ttees , nothing to attract in-
liabilants. Yet this Island is peoplc'd
by Poljnosians of the fair typo , such as
aio found farawav , in the bocietj Island- ,
: ind is e'v "jd with lem.iins of a pre
iiibtorio civili/.tition of vvhieh oven
record but that of stone has perished.
At the southwest end of the island
theio aio to bo found the ininsof nearlv
iihundied btpno houses , built in reguhu
lines and facing the sea. The walls of
these houses are live feet thick and over
Iho feet high , built of la\eis of flat
stones and lined inside with ll.it blabs.
Internally tlio houses iueas > mo aboui
forty feet long bj thiiteon feet wide and
they aio roofed over with slabs overlap
ping like liles. The inside walls aie
painted in three colors led , black and
white wichliguies of bhds and mjbtie
beasts and faces and geometrical ligtii e
In ono of these houses WHS found u curi
ous stone statue , eight feet high and
weighing about four tons , which Is now
in the British museum.
Thosea dills near this ancient settle
ment aio carved into grotesque shapes
not unlike the paintings on the walls
and the coist is iniuked with hundreds
of these sculptures.
Again , on each headland of the island
there is an enormous stone platform ,
built of hewn bloeks of gieat si/c , lilted
together without cement. Thej nro built
on sloping ground , piesontingoii tlio sea-
waid side a wall fate tv.cnti or thirtv
feet high ami two or three hundred foot
long , and on the landw.ud side a will of
about tlireo feet in height , riblng fiom a
leveled teriuco.
Upon these platfoims are stone pedes
tals , which hiiM ) supported images , and
onbome , biokon liguies remain. On onu
plalfoini fifteen images wore found , In
sl/o ranging from tlireo to tliiily-lhu
feet in height. Thejaro of human shape ,
lem-oboiiting the upper part of the bodj
only , with arms and hands close to the
sides. The heads aio cut Hut to allow
ot crowns being plated an thorn whicli
ciowns Hoom to have bon m ule , not of
the same matoilal as the statues , but of
led tufa. This htisbjon traced to un
extinct crater within u few miles of tlm
houses , and on the brink of this crater
a largo number of eiowns wore found ,
finished and ready lor lomoval bofoio
bonioslrango fate duiieopled the inland of
these ancient vvorshippoi.s.
The imnges tliomseUes me made of
gray lava , which is only found at quite
another ciator at tbo other end of the
island. At this era tor called Otouli
there are sovoial finished and paitly
llnishcd images , just as thoj wote left
bv. the woikmen. The head of ono of
tboso ine.ibiires twenty feet from Iho
nape of the nock to the ciown Tlio
faces of the images have vvoil-defined
fealutes , with thin lips , bioad notus ,
expanded nostills , and a general disdain
ful o\probsion. It is believed , fiom the
uppoaiunto of the oio-nocki'ts , tlmt
obsidlun o.voballs were intended to bo
inserted. The ears are \oij cuiefnlly
carved , and aio prominent.
Thoio aio also , in dllfurent pints of
the island , woodun tublelh covered with
curious carvings and wtrango hieio-
glyphics , which noonocan oxplain.
AtOpai.i , or Kapiiti , C'apt. Vine Aall
found u temple , or castle , in Iho stages ,
surrounded by walls whh'li ineloio stone
houses , and also squat o platfoims of
stone on the sides of ono of the hills ,
himilur to thoio on I'listor island. This
iso ! isU)0 ( ) ( ) miles fiom I'.imipo , but the
Inhabitants of the latter say ihoir nn-
cesloin came fiom Oparo.
Who woio Iheso iineient people ? The
inins pre-ent an antiquity tquulto that
of the prehlsloilo chill/ations of
Amoilca. The present inhiibitants 1110
simply tattooed savagm. The uni-lent
. fai hojond
lace pos-0-.sod intelligence
an.\ thing mm found in the I'ae-llie ; had
Ideas of au-hitectuie , Miilpture , paint
ing , and engineering and an elahoiuto
loliglon. A ivha-ologlsts and ethnologists
lmo given us no light ol. The mj stcry
of the l'aellle-.a\vails \ solution ,
Htanloj'H Aiiicrliiaii VNIt.
Stanley will bo accompanied on his
loL-tming lour in America by Mis. Still-
ley and nor young brother , t'oombo Ton-
mint , whoso engagement h ngnln announced -
nouncod to Ml s i'urnlxs of Now York ,
who has bcenfor 11111113 J in filwnil of
Ills mother and whoso marrlago with
this snino poung iniia was dlsciiBsed
two or tincouars ago , Hamilton
Aide , the Anglo-Oiook author , a klnw-
muu und \vurm udmircr ot Mr. Slunloy ,
will also acoompaiii thopaily , probibly
as hlstoilographor of the tour. Thoon-
ternrlsols rcsiarded with unusual interest -
est In Haghuul , not only bj the Immcdl-
ute friends , soc'lal , iirtlstlc , celentillcaml
imllllcal. of Mr. and Mrs Stanley , but
also In circle * that touch upon tliotmn-cd
proelncts of Iho tin one. A companj , of
which thu duke of Fife Is chair
man and which counts among its di
rectors * oveial jie'i-sonal file-nils of the
queen , contributed hngeli to the lilting
out and cupport of thooxpodltion for the
relief of Ihiiin I'asha , und It Is believed
thai u good portion of the largo and
niolUablo African investment of the
king of the llelgians will bo disposed of
in America bv Htanloy. The king
put about ' ! 1,0HUHH ( ) into tlm
Aftlcan M'tituio and sold out
for about flolH)00. ) ( ) It is undnr-
slood thut honow olTc'is toitmkonvcr his
Inteiost in the C'ongt ) fioo state to Ung-
lish caiiitllbtH. piovldod llmtasa return
ho Is assured of the Interest on f > ,0HUU ) < )
for life b.v the KiujUshumoiniueiit. Thus
Stanley's leclure lour in America tscon-
sideied lu some circle's to bo hngolj for
the pin ( HMD of enhancing I IIH Miluo of
l nglish proiorlin | Afrloa ,
C1TIISS MAIJIJ HKAIiTlirUI/ .
Col , Gdit-ui * \ViuliiK 'lalus Alioul
Sniiitiiiv Nevvi'ia o.
Kale 1'ield'sVashiiisrton "Hov\ long
have you been engaged in jour pro-
fc-ssion of diainnn'o engliiee-r1' ; '
"So far as honsi ) and lown di.iinngt is
com-erned , twentv-IUo ye.iis. "
"Then your cxpouenco begins with
the art Itself almost , does It not' " '
"V'ei neMilj , for thi ) ail ol f-cwer.igc
was so much modllled in l.r.rl md about
_
ISIO that Iheie au ) no useful ex.uniil
eailier than that date. "
"Ilcavonsl Uinv did peoiilo Ihcbi'
foie ISW
"Tht-j lived as they do lu a goodl.v
null of Boston , us thej do inmuib of
I'hlltulolphlii , in nc-ail.v all of IJiltiiiiori'
in but if I wont on I shouldn't Know
\vhere to slop. "
"Dojon lueludo New York1
"N'o Niurly ull of N'ow Yoik isvv.-ll
'
diiilned , The'Ciolon aqiiodtut iieiiart
nient b'guii a reoi'nanl/ition of the
sertor system about Ihhtj .vears ago ,
and much-abused Gotluim Is mm h better
scnvert'd thiin our other old towns ' '
"How about Now Orleans ? "
"Tlio Crescent Citv is too poor to SUM *
ll-i'lf fiom epidemics Its sole dr.iinage
isbv sin face.1 gutters. Its deatli-r.Uo is
high , und no wondoi ! "
"Among tow us on the Pacillc toast ,
San Diego stands foietnost in good dr.iin
age , does it not/ '
"San Diego h.is a complete anil well-
.iirunged sjslem , which is probably as
good ais to be found anj wheio.
"I'm delighted , for I look upon nan
Diojro with Its wondeiful i limite ami its
siih-ndld Coionado be.'t-h and hotel MS
thelincst all-tlio-yeiir-roiind ii--oit in
Kttiopa or Anwriea. When c-isti'tn
] > coplo appiecialo Its unique chuu-ter :
they will'llotk thoio. > < * iw , what of
\Va'-hiigtoii.J" !
"Wusliington has a prett.\ goo I
sjslem , Rofur us it goes A ' iMeiililv
commission has justforniuliited.isihi'iiio
for its o\tcnuiomiiid impi-ovunont , but
the report has not jot been made
puulie "
"The sooner the cmilai of the nition
hi comes a model in all thing's ' , the butter
for pui credit .isu republic , especially in
smitay inatteib Wo can't alToitl to
Uill oil the brains of the whole roimlr.v ,
which is whit impeifoct dralnngo
means Hut , siuolj , to leturii to tlio
pist , ancient Homo was well diatnul. "
"In a souse , .ves ; by brooks th it we-.o
walled in , Tho. > biought enoimous
iliiantities of vvutor into the city for
fountains , and tlie-io kept the -uvveis
re.ibon.tblj clean. The Roman was tbo
Hist sy&tein now delmltc-ly known
uboiit. "
"What levolution took nlacc in ISMi ? "
' 'The si/cs of sewers wore reduced ,
and the How was i-oalini'd to a comp-irt-
tivelj uuriovv ibiiunel , v.lth n \ iovto
Hushing out matter which li id been
deposited in the huge Hat-bottomed se\v-
cis of older dajb. "
"When woreeiirthonvvate pipes sub-
btituted foi biiek , and vvbyV
"At about the same time. Tlun give
u smoother channel and moie eonccii-
tiated How , and the ) are better for tin
binallei , local service. "
"Is bousedraln.igo admitted to Pails
bOVV Ol i ? "
"Ten or twelve jcirs ago , not at all.
liven today comi ) iratiyelj little' . Mo-it
'
houses are' supplied with cesspools that
mo pumped out from time to time- .
Thin very serious defect Ih reiognl/e 1 by
tbo mottdistinguished Kiench ongitieois ,
who tire actively sludying means of
telief. "
"Then jou do not think Paris in
healthy asour Inrgo towns ? " '
"Ceitainh not. lib doith i.Uo is
much higher. Uemombor how subject
it is to epidemics of tj phoid fovoi "
"London is bettei , I fmu-jV"
"Yo- , but a great part of fold London-
cspecmllj the east end and nuu-h of the
west end is bully covvoied , The out-
lolwoiks of both these towns is bolter
than the intoilor sjutoni. "
"London lias u lower doathrato than
our towns , \Vliy ? '
"Orting to bjttoraltontio.i to liouso-
ihaiiugo und ton moio oijuabli ; ilimale.
Then it his a larger piopjrtUm of am ill
houses. "
t'M'hatof Herlin ? "
"The Ciormmi capital Is b > ttor equip-
pad than anj ether of the Inrgo Kuiope.ni
tovin. . Doth its system of seweragtand
Itssowor.igo disposal aio good , anil both
aio now. "
"Tho art being now , the in-west
Amciican towns aio bjst diained , aio
they not 11"
"Yes , when diainod at all , si-it n-
title-ally. Theio is nothing to undo M
"Wliat hVbtem t * moil enlightened. ' ' '
"That depends on local coiidiliotiB.
When possible , Hint system is best
which leinovos the foul vvaslo of houses ,
manufacturing establishments , etc- , inn
separate , system of small pipts fiom
'
whiih slo'rmwaler is excluded , which
Is ihoro-.ighly and logulnrlj Hushed by
urlitii'iiil means and whiih Is
Ihoiotighly and eontlmioudy vc-nti-
laled. '
"When was this sjstem flint In-
( induced' " '
"In Memphis in I8S1 , aftoi thojollow
fovei upldomlu of lH7h-7 ( ) . Kinco then
it bus bctomo almost universal in our
sm.iller towns "
"Has there been a reouriom-o of
jetlovN fovo.V'
"Xollhui at Memimls nor els-whe-n
"What do jou advocsito foi linger
towns ? "
"Wli'Jto some moans of uiulciground
lemoval of Moimwator Is nuossn v it is
oftou thought host , as It is cheapest also ,
to carrj both nowago and htoimvvator
in Iho sivjiio conduit. In mv opinion the
storm-water soweis shoithl bo eonllnetl
101111111111110-1 , leaving the gutters to
cariv storm watoi fiom minor dis
tricts. "
27 MAIN STRUCT.
Over 0. ! ) . Juc < | ueulu & Co't , Jewelry fctore.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
, I , I _ _ _ _ - , _ . - | . . . . _ , I , - . . - - . _ \
HUNT-Hotel .lampoon , ull fninlOu-il.
inoll 1 - ulM'ii ( K-teilinrl lor Inforinft-
lion iiddn-os V\in \ &lc dc-iil > | > f , or Chris Mi.
I'OIIIIC'II I11"-
vltli liniiid , 14 toH per
iel III S'lno-
ir.D rooms , lKird ) ! , } l to to
wet-U 141 Vlne-t
SVI.P-I'lin lloini-Itt-itaiiriiiil for fiilo
* ? un PI * t rnis. t'liv nni-t pniiuhii iilaoo In
thiu-lli S. VV Sioll. .ki : IIHKUluay.
" \\'ANIKJ ) A MOIIIIIII I'oo k III M. lee hiilisi- ,
> 1 No iL'l Main M. t'onnpll lllulTs.
\\r.\Niri ) Hoodirlrl to It itiiiltKs.mnnklmt
trade. Miss \\alhce \ , o\ei Cut tU-nicu <
b ink
Orvvlll tiiilo for K < ( ri io\d
L ; tea ill st tltlim > d ( .III rc.'lstercil In Wai-
line II ) Dr Aiolilli.ihl , dam by Keiitueky
fin } i J T ieirs old. Apply to Dr. M ic-rui-
T710II sTlE or ItonT- irdoii land , wltli
JJ houses , by J. K Ulc-i > 1UJ Main nt. , CouiKll
lllulfs.
I/l' ' It HI. N'T I'WOIUMV iiiodi-inT-rooni Imiivn.
i. Miood loeatloii Apiilj ( li'il'lfth avi-mio J ,
U I ) IN liKen
" \\Tin piy ii'itl vrliiMt vou o m liny a luiinuiiii
> ' lhosiinoterio4 ami In oiiu of vour tbitlt
at mv tlmi ! Ititvo jo.ii family thu honiu c-loif
ontliu following terms :
A niiiiiu w mill * ! , ( o it } 1) | ior month
A In ) no vviiitli * t ' > ) ) al f Is JUT iiiiinllL
Alioniu woilli JiOll utiJI pet month
A lie ncv ii rill WftH tlllt | ) er niimtli
A homo rtoitli Jli ( ) ut tis i or nuiiit.li.
Other prleol IniiniM on tlic * iiuti tortiK Tli §
ulinvo iiioiithlv tiivnuiilIneluilo iirlnt-ipil
mid Intch'st I'orfull o utlc-ulars call un or
iidllesstho Til Id AVells Co. . UM Urothv.iy ,
Counell HlulTs IL ;
IlKXT riiostoii' run a , .No H. fiotitiii
un IV ill t. \ \ I'
DR B E L , l N G ER ] ' S
Surgical Institute
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- - - -
Private Hospital ,
CoDioadwny and 20th Bts. ,
I Ol'M II. llllll K , lOH A
I'oi tin 1 1 1li nit ill of all sii m lr il mill chiiinlo
il-.i | IMS .mil dlsuises of llio lit tied
I'llv ' lie dl-i-iiH sof Iho iiilnui ) anil SDMI il
01 u us us syplillN , itssti Id HUM v sill N spi i-
ni ilin lolioi- lust m inliixid.se-Miiil linpoUnu
.ind VM.iUni'ss lu tli'il siicnssfullv
I 'nit ' Uul in at Knt Ion paid to dNe ise , < if Iho
Innjrs , us Aslhiiii , I'oiisiiinptlon Kiniu'lnlls
( it. mil I'll' I'uilysU. Mdiii ) Dlvuiscs is
Dl.iln'Ullrl hl sDl i isc. Ulieiiiiiiitisin , I'llis ,
Cinioi V.nloei le lljdioi-ile. Diopsj I'linu r ,
llseit"ts ) ot UK- \ ' \ \ \ and I'.ai < hib Int.
spin. 1 1 Cu ii it in e mil ill I ( IU < nsi 4 of UKIn mi s
Uc Ii i\oji depnrtini nt ili'Mitid o \ilns.\ily
tn DMlieatln in nf I'll I Ini1 I ) si iv-s
\Ie.lli lni"-i ntsieiiulj packed anil fieefnuu
nlist-i \ it Ion.
( in lespiindeiK-i eonllileiilliil.ddrt * s
DR. BELLINGER'S
Siiicil ! : | , Insti'ntc anil Private ll
Ci i MrniiiliMi ) nail 'i.ih Cnniull lllulln In
ATTEND
stiU tly to hns I u" < i 14 ti ipli n till intittct 1 \ \
t"l HIM u H In ( * vi ly llntinf hum iti i nnrwj hrt-
bjluiu tthu liulds to * > ( tin j n < Uitu ] I HI u Utt ! >
WESTERN
I'miiloiri ! | irniim < Hc ! tall . , f I'liurjjr nnil mou'-jr
nnklim' HLlienui Ihc-i nuuil pui-al tnlii.ru lur
llU9llll-
IOWA
Iouls In jopulur cilucitloii Ht'r public nrliruli
am dniiu cnn I work fur hir Inc-oisliK tittlliuus *
VK'tuii ) luiv.i ,
COLLEGE ,
Coniinpnro * full tt-tin 'Jtjpt Ut Mho ptclc-M liq !
liallr prictlml fur hcr-tnlont < No-tint HinU
lies sh irtli in I nil I I'u un i l-.li ! > ' ( i ir ni well nr-
Kinl/cl unit inmfiilly cniiiliicul Stuilciit' iniif
i n or nt nny llinu VV rlto for tur tor jiii tluilurii 10
VV S I'uiiliDii
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I uhilis in. ulo tn look us good us niuUnlf \
| ir tuiptly tlone .md ilellvueil In nil p.nis ot
llucimuti j Si ml foi in lie list
' . A. MivCIIAN l'ni.
1011 llioiulnnv , NIMI OIlll\vcstcrll Diputs
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81'KCIAIj HAKCAINS.
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I1 iltin
/ " 11.1. AH lots In Out ihiito t radii fora KOOI !
V ilihlii loiini , Oiuiei of lint lots n III t'UO
an c Ml i oed li ido. Johns nuV Vim I'lillen ,
I ven It lilni'li
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