; -T-T- - - - - - - - - - - - ; - - - - - - - - - - . I -c-- - - - : - - - - - - . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -c----- - ' - : - - . TliE Ol\r.AIL\ . DAILY DEn : 'rUJ SD.AY - ; - , J"ANUAUY 1 , 180 . . ! 1 ; 1 - - - - ' 1----- : IN COUNCIL BLUFFSput Thc Od Year nas Trcntcd it Mere Xindly Than Other Oitics - BUSiNESS 1 SOLD - AND PROPROUS : , Ent Two Small rniurea , and Light .LOES ? ' to Oredltor - I l. HAPY OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW YEAR ! ; OpinIons Leading Busines Men on Pat , Present and future SOME OFFICIAL FACTS AND FGUR S s healthy Increase in the Oiy'a Population I nd Building Improvemmt3 " JOBBERS ARE All WELL SATISFIED Uer Iccord for , the Yenr JIt 1lded : Is Un- , 1 1'llroachell In Ibo Country - Nuiner- " I \Ihlltngc , Tn"l II 1118- t nest-I"lke EiiiIIIi. , , 'l' ' - ( The year 1891 hn made a highly sats- - . factory recorl for Council Illuffs. Boms , . 1 have bt'n scarce nil over the country , am } I this city Is not dlslJOsed ) to grumble over ( the scarcIty or the crop. Booms are too much like bombs-they are lkely to explode - plode and low everything In the viciniy to Itngdom come. Instead oC clmbing ) fa high ) I as to render a tall and a rractum or the , necle among the probablites ) ) ) , Counci Duts lns gone on In the even tenor of Is ) way , with 110 commercIal faiures oC any consequence , anti hardly any financial embarrassment to blacken the memory oC 1891. On the con . trary , there ) was never a time In Its history - . . . . tory when the prospects were any brighter for the future than they are now. Numerous - CUB buslncss ) plans are now In the process or Incubation , and If there comes the revival - vival In bUslue circles throughout the nation that Is naturally to be expected aCer so long ) a time spent in burrowing nfor bedrock , CounciL Buts can he looked for among the first cites or the country to get up anI dust Itself. c'/ , ln discssing tim past year and the outlook 1- look for the future , a representative or one or the leading commercial agencIes of the coun- try sah yesterday : "During the year l89 4 there have been no failures of any magnitude In Council Buts , aU only two oC an , size , 1oth ) of these were groceries , and their combined lI 0- bllics were less than $5,000. No dry gods , hardware , nor beet and shoe m ' lohant : have failed. In vIew or the general faiure In crops and financial depression , that Is a record which wi hardly bo duplicated In any cIty or the sIze In the country. lerchants . tel me that notwihstanding the hard tmes the holday trade this year has bCn beter , than last. Along the additons In the con 1- " 1erclal line , the Terminal bridge , which was thrown open to the public last spring , Is by all odds the greatest. The expenditure of ; 5,000,000 that this bridge Indicates was not made for run. I prophccys great thing " fur the city , and the len who own the stock ( will , In the course or a very short tIme , begin to show that they had a purpose In view. 'w _ "Tho McCormick Harvester company has J concentrated Its western busIness In Coun 'Ii Counci , Dluts by moving all its great warehouses from Lincoln , Omaha ali Des 10incs , The 'varehous built cost $60,000 , and lakes a big , addition to tIne lIst ot busIness houses to be found In tine Implement distrIct. The Cor n- binaton Fence works has been moved here from Yorl" Neb" , on account at the excelent $ hlpplng facIlitIes , and will be enlarged as loon liB spring opens. ii. A. Hco has opened an excelsior factory near the Terminal COI- .pany's bridge , and has been having 'llny's brhlie a good trnde. Ho Is making arrangements by I which he wi secure the capital necessary to branch , out his business In all dIrectIons. "Tho Council Bluffs & Lake lanawa Rai- way cmpnay has been organized during the I past year , with acaplal stock or $25,000 , ad Is layIng Its plans for the buIlding at a roa ( } between Council Buls ! and the lake. I Is composed mostly or Omaha men with IJlenty i of means and will carryon operatIons In , conjunction with the Omaha & Council Duts c IrHge company. When the new road Is cm- : pleted the Main street line wi be made . In reality the main line , all Omaha trains . being run down that street Instead or halt of I them going up Broadway as they do no IW. I The worle or buildIng the road wi commence as lon as spring opens , so I am told by one ot the lending men or the company. Extensive - sive Improvements are projected at Mamma va during the coming spring In view or the p : ro- posed new road. I Alogether , the year has been a very suc- . . . ressful one In Council Duts , and the outok : m8t from an unprejudiced standpoint , Is a most flattering one. " There are now 18l6 mIles or paved streets In tIne cllY. or this 2,37 mIles arc ot grnnlt' , " .M' ' or brick , and 11,58 or cedar block. The Value ot the pavements all told Is estinnal Lcd estmaled by the city engineer nt $75t , 33. About one \ anile' or new sewer has been laid during the I year , making a total mileage or 22.62 , valued , at $12t1,000. The prospect for good tmes In the futil ire , partcularly for owners oC property In LIme I 'jstern part ot the city , Is bettered hy the recent developments In connection with the I ' - Omaha BrIdge ali Tcrmlnal company. The expenditure or several millions at dollars by this company apparel } a year ago to have been done without any particular PurPc ao. Comparatively little money was taken In the I way 01 toils , and to the curious public It leemed very much as though the company had overreached Itself , Little by little durIng - tug the last twelve months the plans have p. been shapIng themselves , amt the hull Ca- tons now are that before many months the company wIll be playing an Important part In developing the business Interests at the northwest part or the ciy , Within the mast few weeks the company sins secured a rlght-or-way along Union ' { avenue , and having accepted the ordinance 1 granting It , announces its acceptance. This ordhlalce requires I to expend $76,000 In - I grading , laying tracks , and other like Im- , ' provements. The completion or this track : will enable the ompany to connect with ' almost every railroad company wih' Counl fluffs , anti a powerful competitor ot the Union Pacific will thus be put Into \ 9me field. Among other things the Terminal ; people promise a union depot as soon as the railway companies can he induced by offers or trackage anti depot facIlIties to use It. The Missouri Pacific has already determined to cross the river ns a result of the Terminal people's plans , amid ! energetic and prayerful efforts are being mad to induce other com. , panics to unite In the ( scheme ; p The general , eelng that something was going to happen caused quite a flurry In real estate In the northwestern part or the city throughout time year and a large ciy property changel ! hands-not In such quan- titles at anyone time 1 to create a boom , but enough to keep the real estate men bustling . Front a COmlJlaton made by J , ' N. Squire It Was found that during the six months tram Apri to October tlero were 193 transfers , at a total valuation at more 'mr5 ' than $200O , In that hart oC the city lying J north at Hroallway ami west or the NorthWestern - Western tracks. Unfortunately , no atempt has been made , this ) to enforce the law requiring the taking out at building permis , 10 that the I record Is very unsatisfactory. Only slxt- tour property owners have taken the troube ! I , vOluntariy to comply with the law , and the I Ilxty-four permits cover only $74,125 , lied ' , the , city authorities entorcN $ law etrictiy . . 1/ a muoh better showing would atrlcly r1 . . made A single firm of archItects , a ben wi appear In another appar Part of this Issue ha I 4 _ tullerlnlende the cOllstructon or oYlr $6,00 / worth or new buildings during the past twelve months In Counci Butl ) ) alone , whIch m h the best Indication poulble at the amount ot public lmpro\'emenl that have been made m by private property owners. I II to be . : hoped 1hat during 1895 a stricter watch or r this prto ot the ol\y \ buslneu will bo kept1 , - , - . 1n orner that the showing may come nearer being a correct one. Among the larger buildings that have been put up are the $ & ,000 buslnes house of n. l ; Mosler on Main street , near Story : the $5,000 dwelll at J. Ii. Peregoy on Second avenue , near Eighth street : the $3,000 dwell - Ing of John M. Oalvln on Seventh avenue , near lghth 1 street : the residence of I. A. Devl na , In Plntner's grove , costing $2.C00 , and the brick buIlding erlcted on ourlh strrel by Van Brunt & Waite , at a cost of $3,500. Tithe me opening of the Or.lul hell Is one ( C the thIngs for whIch the people or Council muls , a well a the traveling public gen- eraly , have reuon to feel grateful. And that I should start out once more under the management at E. 1' Clark Is another grounl } for congratulaton , The hotel ha always been a paying Institution , and even the tact of Its being closel for a number ofwit months , owing to an unfortunate quarrel wit h the owners of the plOIJerly was not sufcIent to destroy ( the "gooll wIll" It hall as the best hotel In lo\a. Ever since Its reopening last September It has done n business - ness that was a surprise even to the enter- prising men who bought the property , and its success Is n good indication of the general pro perly of the city. promT ime city schools , which 1' year ago were hampered hy a lack or funds , owIng to the neglect of the boartl to make an nllPloprlnton , have again obtaIned their accustomel , pros- I > erlty , There are eighteen school buildings I , wit h a total ot nilcty"dx rooms , In which 3,300 young lucas are daily put through the prInciples of shootng , These bulhlngs have n sentng capacity or 4,822. The Igh school has shown the same gratifying increase In nteulnnce this year that has mark el its course for several years past There have : been 34 enrolled In the 1gh school this ! yea , an increase oC seventy over the en- , roil mmment of 1803. The business course having bee n nlllell , to the curriculum Is no doubt Inrgely responsible for the increased Interest among the young peolle. Within the past few weeks I has been le- chle ! to let the schools brlnch out stl more by having night sessions , from 7 to 0:30 : o'c lock , five nights In the week , for the ben efit or these who have to work tiurimig . the day. More thnn thirty have nlready slJnlfe ( } their Intention of Joining the classes , which will meet for the first time nt the lila orner school : lo\lay evening , January j , : 189 5. 1895.n I n the matter of fires Council muls lIas u been exceptonnl\ fortunate. Whlo other cit ies In this vicinity have been enjoying I heir $1,000,000 blazes this city has not hall I ono where the loss his oquliell $10,000. Tie z fir e departmnemit Is In good Ihal'e , tIme apparatus - paratus Is mill that Is neeled IH } the water pressure Is excellent. During the year the Iepartment has responded to elJhty-three alarms , In which $200,000 worth or propert p \\'ns Involfell. The total loss has been ' $32 ,907 , of which amount $26,052 was To - ceh'ed by the owner from the InBurnnce companies. The buildings visited by fire , with timir contents , were covered by Insurance - surance to Ole amount or $00,800. A deluge set , at a cost of $200 , and a repeater , costng $8 00. have been added to the equipment of 1.th e department In the last few months , antI I I t Is now thought to be able to cope with any : fIr e that may occur. fly means of this repeater the emclency : oC the department Is increased so that I 1 S .s now equal to that at any fire department In the coun'y. Under the old system all Is Imperfectons a fire was likely to get such a start whIle the alarm was being sent from one house to another that It would be imu - pos lblo to prevent great loss. Now the oh ml machinery , which was often out at order , his been supplnnted by new , the alarms are transmited automatcaly by an Instrumnt which works with all the rapidity or'lghtnlng nnd all the sureness ot death or the tax collector - lector , and the deparlment Is able to fght I Its arch enemy nt the drop or the hat. Deputy County Clerk J. :1 , I'enlon hns pro\'ed himself a valuable assistant to Sir Cupid In making connubially inclined 'oung peel > le happy-or otherwise. During the yes r he has Issue licenses by which 09t heart _ s hnve acquired the legal right to beat as ,10. The mortality record as usual , comes to I the front as one or the things or which Corn ci i Bluffs cnn be proud , and proves It anD oC the healthiest places emi the contnent DurIng - Ing the whole twelve months only 242 people have shuffled off the mortal l con-about lout ot every 150 InhabItants. Measles has succeeded - ceeded In adding 591 to the list oC contagious dlseag s , which numbers 554. Both measles nan d scarlet fever have had their usual innin t ; . Doth came In a very mild lorm and between them caused the death at just two victims. , There Is no tale at present or dispensing i wih the cIty Jail. There have been 1,37 : persons put behind the bars for varIous o C- fense by the police and marshal's depart- m ents. Besides these 000 men , women and cbldren to whom other 10teis were closed on account or their financial depression have been given lodging over night. : Tit : PULSE HEATS OF TU\DE The flee Pils Is Fiiigors on the Arteries of : Commerce tintS leeorls time le"ls , Interviews with tIme leading business men or Council Duls , after each has rounded up his year's work and had time to think ot the future and study Its portents , are the bet means oC arrIving at nn nccurnle eel Li- mate or the real situation . The confident tone : that pervades all that Is said In the tolowlng columns shows how well Council Bluffs has weathered the storm that has been so disastrous : - astrous to many other cities. Such a showIng - i mig and elicit strong expressions or confence In 1 the future would aloue he sumclent to make 1805 a more prosperous year. But with the outook .that all see the future Is mdc eli not at all dscouraglng AS SHOWN BY SIO S. "I have been In tie shoe business for many : y ears , arid came to Council Bluffs a year a goer tor time reason that I thought I was a phenomenaly good retaIl point , " said H. 11 Duncan , the vigorous young merchant , who has h built up such n 'niagmmlulcent hUKIness at the bIg shoe store formerly owned hy I" n EVans. "My experience during the past year has been sUfclonty satisfactory to demonstrate the wlsllom ot my choice. I wante to make $1,000,000 , hut wanted to make It off or 1,000OO ieople But the year hns l been a remlrlmhle one In even re- i sl > ect. I opened up with the country In the t throes or the greatest panic In Its history - tory t , and this warm followed by the inov It- able stagnation cauud by mull kinds or lii si- ness gettng down to bedrock foundath mm. This would have made close amid careful : ( fnanclerlng necessary Ir there hall hon no other ! Cause , but when this In turn was folowedy the nearest approach to a crop faIlure we hnye known In this section In "erton forty years alH } a complete ralure In hal of the adjoIning states , I provided all that was necessary to try men's souls. The merchants - chants that were able to stand time pressure were certainly the strongest ones , amid the tact that our business men were able to title over the disastrous rear Is the strongest proor that Counci mufs has enJoye(1 a degree oC prosperity that many other cltlea . have not known. J the shoe huslnes clirs. be taken as an hHlcaton , mine at least will show UIJ w'tl the best years we have wi haul I have done a bigger business ibis year than was done by my predecessor In any previous year. This of course , Is accounted - counted for by time tact that I IUl'o made prices closer thrum cost mark tlan ever BuyIng - lug for spot cash and In big orders from the manufacturer when monpy was of such presing Importance to them , 1 have gotten all the edge from tlem that could be given , and this has enabled me to put prices I down to just about what some wholesale houses wel'e jobbing - bing them for. Thus lY trade hues had the newest and best goods at ordinary whole sale prices , and oten In some of mmiy special sales at prices far less than cost I , ) I specal learned that the people want tIme best goods for the least money , and I have given them goods at prices thy could not timid ammywhmere else In this country , Confidence begets Confdence begets con- Idence , tumid I believe tIme public has con- fdence enough In m8 to tel sure that when I advertise a bargain It has no siring 10 It. I ha\o never advertised a timing that I didn't hafo , nor a bargain that I \as not prepared to give everyone who called for it. "As to the tuture , I have every confidence In it. Council lurl Is lS lold confdence ground upon which It Is built. lersona1y , I propose to make It a record breaker. I hue no old stock on hal1 ! , and In a few days I wIll have a buyer In the eastern markels and get the best olerlngs lt the factorIes for spot cash , and It I don't sell shoi cheaper than they were ever eDIt ) , and make Council lull more than ever remarkable as a retell shoe point , then I wi confess that J don't know my buslneu. Thank the publlo for me , and say hat t I hno somethIng - thIng better than ever for the future. " ] NDOATED BY lMi'IlMhNTS. "The ) ! , , beat , barometer ID , the - , - ' - . . - . - - : . . . , _ to Indicate the state or trade , especially In this western farming country , Is farm 1m- lement , " said C. W. McDonahl , manager or the western branch ot the Sandwich Manure tacturlng company. "Trade In Implements Indicates the condition of the farmers , who ar/ ' mere than ever the backbone of the country In times like these. The past year has undoubtedly been the worst they have kn own , the worst In forty years , but the farmer of Iowa antI ( } Nebraska are prosbe per ous today , and "hle they have not the surplus at farm Ilroducts they have had ( nt the Mme season In other years , they , han received better prices for what they sold , and except time few that are overloaded with debt they arc In good financial shape. Our d61lng with the retail Implement men bring , us Into close touch with them , and we reel every throb \\e were never more ready to pin our faith upon their future than now , To the farmers of Nebraska , ta- peclnly , we want to say that we are going ( to stand by them wih unfaltering fidehity , unCalerlng flely and that we arc going to sell them more goods anti on better terms than ever. The evr. tot al volume at our business , barring sheller trade , averages up wel wih prevIous years Slght curtailment In some lInes was hiul- nnco(1 ( by increased lemanll In other Our hay Ilress trade was away ahead ) at other 'lars , Scarcity and high prices of hay cale ( } for the best methods or prelJarlng It ror mnrket , afll the ( Southuwick anl Suthwick baling machines - chines won golden opinions In thousnlis at new fields , emit } established . their estahlshe.1 pre - mln- ence over their most ambitious comumpetitors on all Important poInts ambiious , ! , com ctness or work anti low operating , operatng IJOWlr More steam balers " were put out than ever before e\r "No coml.lnlnts . , hut only universal words of praise from al "arts of our great tcrrl- tory , which extends ! over a11 Nebraska o\er 'al , west- ern Iowa , southern Dakota anti connors of : lnnesotn Sandwich , Missouri antI Colorado , corers show that tie goods are satisfactory stnnd- ards e\cr 'where. satsfactory "The outlook for the new year Is very bn igiut. The mid winter Is enablng farmers I to carry their stock through with light grain fe etiuimg . hard tunes , lke we maya been lmnv. . : \ Ilv- lng , will drive greater nlubcrs of men Into I farming , and compel better fnrmlng and b ter fnrmlng means the use or more of the t Sandwich inmplemnonts So we part with the t oIl } year without regrets ammO welcome the i new whIm Illenty of conifldence. " TESTED BY 1IUTCIIIUt'S SCALgS "I owe dame fortune nothlug but thnnk , " , aid J , 11. Pac , the leading butcher , who hns been In the business comntinmmously In m Counci Bluffs for sixteen years amid who 1' a bout as prominent In tIme provision huslness as n governor Is In politics , "The butcher business may not be tie best thing to In- I\cate the state ot general trade , for people nre bound to . ' eat. Timey wilt not go huugry even Ir they are not rolling In prosperity , but Ir It Indicates anything my business shows that the Peollo or Council Iuts hay S n ot stiffened seriously In their Incomes , Trate has not . been just what we might have d esired , for wo have become so used to Increasing - creasing each year In big rates that when we strike a 'er that only permits us to cleat up the satIsfactory business or time prevIous year we are apt to think that wo are not doing what we shou11 do. To hold the t t rade oC last year I have hal to pay close atenton to details anti supply the yen : I ? best meats obtainable. The hulk or all my : purchases have come from Hammond' , , whose dressed meats you know are famous al over the war Il. lly long experience has enabled . me to pick the best , and my hl.t\.y h trde , which Includes some big steal ( y contracts , Iw the D. and D. , for instancu has b caled ! for large purchases and carload ratcs. I wi not hnndle any hut the best and lY customers can depend upon It that nny grade of butchers' products they ( get from me Is the very best ot that grade. "I am thorough I satisfied whim the out Look L- lool l for thin new year , and my knowledge at the aaairs or my fellow merchants cOl'lnces me that they are equally prosperous , and en m. abies true to assure the world that Counci Bluffs has a greater percentage or safe , strong amid fnnncialy sund mer hants than any other city I know at. \Vith tils bell ut and this enthusiasm I enter upon the work ot the new year , confident that I will end prosperously with us al , " I NDCATED DY ANOTHER BIG ] NDUSTRY " \Vithn our fingers on the pulse or trade , whose arteries reach from the capital or Iowa I to the Pacifc coast , what's the reason We cannot tel you something about the g - ural - eral properiy ? " queried Mr. Carlisle , general - eral manager for the Sharples Creamery company : - pany one or the most prosperous at the many big branch houses that dls'lnguish Counci ? DIHts from all other western elties. "W 7 e come Into touch with the producing classes In I a territory that coves more than hal or the United States. Measured by our su C- Cuss the year bas not been one of disaster Our business Indicates some things that are or real public Interest , and the most prom it. nent Is the fact that the farmers and dairymen : - men oC all this western country are usIng their brains as well as other natural forces In their conflict with nature , and they are reaping benefits that were not dreamed or a few years I go , Improved modern dairy machinery - chinery on the rams has made the ml lIe and butter business as profitable as the feedIng - Ing lots and thou ands , at farmer who have tailed In other lines are now recovering through the assistance rendered by the talL I- ful family cow This new education that makes possible the finest butter on farm a : uI In dairy has created a wonderful demand ror daIry machinery , and that Is just what the Sharples Creamery company Is smrpplyIr I has grown Into a business that has reached a wonderful magnitude , and In the production of our machinery the best brain and ak or the lay has been emploYe The ski resul Is that the Sharples brand Is the recogrmiz eel standard at excelence everywhcre. Our stock Includes everylhlng used about the dairy , cream separators , vats , churns , huter tubs , milk cans , butter workers , sal , cal br and clolh. Each article Is the best ot the character than can be produced , anti the dairy products that result bring the Ilghest prices In the markets of the world. The new year opens up wih bright prospects , ror I the lard times wi compel a closer atenton to smaler details , and adlrymen wIll real : ize more than ever the necessity or hnvlng the very best modern appliances , and that Is the term that most fully describes the Sharpless Crlamery compnns articles , The company occupies one ot the largest rcoms on the ground floor of the Mernl : am Jerrlam block , In the heart or the hlol" city , besdes : a ban ge part or the basemmnent I Is a hive or Industry - try , surrounded hy an air or plqnant push : that IndIcates confident prosperity In all dir cc- tons , NNISON ROS. ' ASSURANCES "This Is our second year In Council flints , " said Mr. Frank Bennlsol , the eno - getc junior memher or thu thrifty dry goods firm In the Sapp block thrly first ' I frst' was up to our expectations , and this has ex- I eeeded our hops In time ( middle of time sea- son wher the drouth respects I looked so bad for business or alt Illnds. Every month II the year , with a few exceptions , our trade has doubled the figures for the corrosmomnding period or tIne Ilrovlous season , correSltondllg Sep- tember I has shown a most gratifying increase - crease \'e lave been up to the tImes and have let peple know that we were W'o have tallen that happy-go-lucky Irlhman \0 Donn'broole FaIr for our example In some respects , and wlenever we saw a head wo hit i It good and plenty. Whenever we Saw that the people wanted to \e hit harder with moro balgalns we just got up and huit , and hi before they had time to get over the effects at the attack wo hafe been ready to elects tempt them with still greater bargains We have given especial attention to our cloak depart- menl , ali there are hundreds or ladles who have realized the benefit , We have old more goods at lower fb'res during the last months ( or Limo year than I have eve known In all my experience In the dry goods buBlness al "Council Iutl Is all right , and so la the future , and I am confident the coming year w1 be a prosperouse one to us all . This season wo will pay a greater amount or atten. tel to the carpet buslnesl More people have gone out of town to buy carpets In the Inset than have been led astray In the hUnt for dry goods This we are going to counteract by giving them ( wlces that they cannot get anywhere else and an assortment - ment to pick from that ( will b large enough to meet all tastes and demands. "Complments or the season to our friends , with the assurances that Dennlsop Bros. yfl do their Ihar toward making 1895 a wil be reirnennrberec.l. " yar THE MCORMICK COMPANY CONFIDENT , " "Eferybody knows that time trade for the past year has been attended by peculiar difculies , owing to short crops , " remarked W. O. Sawyer , manager of the Council flhuffs branch or tine McCormick harvesting lachlne Uuts company , "but the McCormick company Is not depressed thereby , beleving tuly comlany the dago that the darkest time la Just before Iay and hopln for good crops m 1 ll eason The consignment or mahlnes fot' 195 will soon begin to arrive 200 ' ' , as c rJr iave nl- read ) been ordered , anti every prf'aratOI la\'e Is being mails for an Increu ' buslne . The company mend to CouncW 1i'Trmffs e- ! pectn to fn(1 ( It a very dcslrabhIpolnt ! for distributng , anti his not been"I.npPolntel In any way , as the facilities 1on'fprompt ) m oving goods In any directon ! , are of tIne hest , This was dEmonstrated lash year by tin e rapidity with which we wero' i enabled to handle large shipments for Utah , Colorado , Wyoming , Nebraska , South , and North Dakota , Minnesota and Iowa , anti } "Ilarts of M 1&ourl , The company Is here't016ta ) ' , as Is e\'hlenced by its magnificent new wareof house , whIch Is said to be the largest and most complete of any building or its clan on the ? lIssouri river , anti which has a calJacly of 3GO carloads. " SOME BOSTON STORE IEAS , . , " I hardly know whether It Is the New Year or the Fourth oC July we are to celc- h rate anti talk about , " said 1r , A. Whie- law , manager or the Boston store , the big ly goods establishment hint bias bten such an Important factor In the counmmurrrclmml life oC Council 11uts antI the Missouri vnle ' . "December has certainly been ns plesant a .Mny , anll we imagIne that It has cut Into our wInter trade ( to some extent But whether It has or trot , we are very agreeably stircl Ilrl11 l ) , to find that our holiday bus ness haD grent ) ' cxceclled that ( or lat 'ear , The entre 'enr's trade , however , has not been ruly wimatto counted upon , but ns there are several milon other Icrchnts In the l and who are In just tha same fix. our grief Is i not ulhearable , limit has the year been such a bad one ? I coul } certainly have been lots worse aroulHI the Dolol store , and s till not have boom disastrous Jut out at It i all come sauna things that are extremnuely extreme\ g ratifytng. ' Council Burs people have learne(1 b ( lore than ever that ( lucy can get bargaIns . every tiny In the rear nt home antI ( we have IIClt less trade from going abroad to gratify ; its whims , More peolle out of : town have learned time same valuable lesson , and we have drawn thonsanll oC dolars of glt.edgel } trade to Counci luls , which has benefted other merchants as wel as our. seh'el'e can do business here nt less I eXllen50 than It can be done In arty ciy that I am familIar with , nI buying gools , m as . we rIo for four o the largest stores II the Umniteil States , w th a resident bnycr right at : the foultnln head ot tno ( New York m.trltets u e very day In the year , we get a ! great atl- vantage ns can be given by factories , job hers t and Importers. Then we lay these goods down here In car lots l anti reduce the ( ; costs again , an(1 ( when al this Is added to ; extrordlntl : ) light expense In doing buti l- leS , yomn CIn really account for the many great bargains that have inured the doliai from Its lulling Place amid people frol their : lorries Iles away We have use . ) 'fho Bce ac ; other newspapers liberally to let theworld I know what we had for It. rind I other commercial - mercial houses hall Iione so to the same extent - tent we would have had still greater success I This Is the fIrst year for the new Ilrnn , owler , Ick ! & \\'aiker. We are not here to try ann experiment , but are here to stay : and grow w th each ) 'ear. \\e have the capital , the goods , the opportuily and the determinaton , and wi make muse of all of them for the . 0S ulbul.llg oC CouncIl Bluff S Counci Dues and Its dry goods trade "The outlook for the ICW year In the dr : I. goods trade Is very fattering , and Is , In m ) : opnlon ! , the brightest we have ever Imown : I. The woolen tar I schedules ] , take elect to I- morrow , and these will give us great ad- vantagcs In carrying out anI c ntll Idea oC being the Iromoter. of low prlccs. Glv 0 Gvo our heartest COlplulenls : to all or our frlents and patrons al } tel them ( to just keep their eyes on the Boston store niunin g " turlng 189 ; A PHODGOUS ( ] ROWTII . "U you \ant 10 measure the prosperity at Council Buffs duicing 180t by the growth all prosperity or the Unlel Stales Masonic I m Benevolent assocIatIon and ( lid Guarant Pmrnd LIe association , you chin just epitomize It In a few scntornce. : that will best scntence wi express success , " said iuIr W. J. Jameson , sFcretary or both nasoclations. "YoU can ' safely do It for we have made a prodlgius growth , even compared with our best years. And when you take Into consideration the general . : deprsslon In business affaIrs ; bur success : I Is still more strongly marked , tflurinig the I year wo have writen over $6:000bOO : ! ole \ I business , about equaly divided between th me two associatons , and we haV3 Increased our guaranty funds and assets accordingly. "Our growth ant ability , to pay are the best indications oC success In the Unied States Masonic we ha\a paid $ 9OOO or death losses tram Interest nnd surplus , saving the policy holders just tha much cold cash during the year 1891 and we have dlstrlbute mml $213,750,00 to the wIdows and orphans or deceased members. "Our plan for the two associatIons Is to build UIJ strong and safe organizations of carefully selected risks : to collect funds rrom surviving members , In proportion to age at tune of joIning , to pay death clnlms prompt ) . . Each assoclpton bias created a reserve fur y.id which Is constantly Increasing , and which affords a financial standing which cannot be questioned , and places the asociaton In I posItIon to meet any emergency. These funtls are under the supervision ot the Insurance I - , surance department or the state an the interest Is applied to the , payment of death 10fses. Old and new members alike pattI l. pate In the benefits of thIs safeguard against exceslve mortally , which also obviates the necessity at advancing time rate as age In- I creases. "The results oC our buslpess for 189t are highly satisfactory to both the members and : the management The faVor we most de- m slro for the new year Is rime careful Inves Li- gaton or our plans , for we know that the closer and inure IntellIgently they are ex- amlne1 the better will b the result for I us , The outook for the new year Is brighter than ( ever before In the history or our as- sociatons , With our substantial corps of agents throughout the United States , Cou mu- cit Burs can wel bo proud of two such as- sociatons , which are tOday In the front ranks at the Insurance world. " hEIGhT DRUaGIST'S OPINION. " "The past year has tried us all thorouJhly and made great hustlers or the most of us , " said George S. Davis , erie or the brightest ot the successful young merchants or thl I city. "I'ni not a sage nor a seer , but sort ne- how I got the , got Impression before the new y ar got old enough to look out for Itself that ( It was going to be a year that ( would ' make I us nib scratch , and I made an extra effort to meet alt tine requirements or the publIc In a frt.class drug etore. , The result has I been that I have little cause for complaInt anti few regrets to express. My year's balance - ance shows that 1894 .imas bon the blgg oat yearI have hall since engaging In busine as. I have Increased my stock with the Iner" " " . - _ . - - - - or trade , and among other things have alded " glass to my paint and oil slack , under the supervIsion or ! r. Adams. In this depart- mont we will be able to meet all the de- al mlnds or buider and contractors , and give prIces that will satisfy them , What do I thInk or the coring yearY , rJust say that I have not got the dyspopsla but have all al the standard remedle to Icure It , and that I ] 'r goIng to do a better hUllness than ever In 1895. I wish all wih al my nejuy customers a lmalupy New Year , " maly HaplY , r C J HERE'S "YIO.ETS FOit'TIIOUGIlT. , " "I have been too busY to hear much or hard tImes , " salt J , I . " \Jlaox , the vigor- one young man who hast ' built up a forist , , fruit and vegetable buslneJsr beyond the comprehension - prehension or the general , ) publc. "It has been more than a busyryjenrr with meIt has been a highly prospfr911j anne I hnve hat ) from sixty to 125 , UellJmployed ! con- stanty all the year ald. In the busiest ! seasons as high as 150. . J , h1me grown , too , a'11 have added to my t1oicqjturai establsh- mont four new houses , threof _ , them 2xl00 and one 20xl50 , and a jmht' } , packing shed 150 feet j long and wide to leq\ l drive a team through , giving m ? , rpn ; to haul In potting earth and greatlemdItIng , ' packing and hlpplng. I have about 300,000 square feet or glass , which I can say without hoast- Dig II more than any otiue establishment In othet establshment tine west possesses ; notven Chicago. I have altogether five places anti about 200 acres or land under cultivation. I requires ten steam boilers to furnish the nmecessary heat In the hot imouses I certainly necesar have ) every confidence In the future , and expect to go right along Increasing the Investment arid the output. " lr , Wilcox Is too modest to speak fully of the wonderful business he has created - ated , and which has reached a magnitUde that places I by the side or the largest com- mercimil interests ot the city , 'fhe capital required Is sumclent II run a national bank ' ' natonal 'l'be enterprise and time brainy young man who has created It are or more than ordl" lary Interest to time public . a furnishing the most striking example Dr , the possibilities that are burled In the hills around Council ] u I. . He supplies the bulk or the flowers at home and In neighboring cItIes , and the whiter \&ftables that term the exotlea ot YOUr N-w Yar' dinner ' today were grown ID the tropical climate ot his botbouse ne . - - - - - came to Council Bluffs not mnny years Ago , nn unknown and almost penhlcs huly , but ho steppell quickly antI Ilght . over ) obstacles ant I turnN nature's frowns Into pro\'ntg smies , lie Is bending his aggressive nM practcal energy to tIme fruit culure huslness and Is making the sale characteristc sires - cess of II thaI has followed all his other etorts , SOI 101y 10tSIEO ! OPNI0NS. ] "If tine laundry busIness Is to be taken as an Illcaton of what the year has been generally , Council luls has ! utered no curtnllnent ot her lulI prosperIty , " were Ilmost the ( Identical words tittered hy both P. J. Duerr anti S. P. henry , managers oC the Eagle I anti time tvamus , lint ( have brouFh an Illtse terrier ) ' Into tribute to Council Burs , : Ir. Henry , continuing In recrenco to his own big plant , said : "I I\m . moro than plesel } wih the total reslls ef the 'car'8 business , With the close of last year , when the prospects looked so dark for all kinds oC business , 1 Felt that my most sanguIne expectations would be re.1lzel If we Were able to hold our own Iurln ' H ! , bun t when I fnll that my blulness has in- creased far beyond } the ( imroluortions attaimnemi ) prOIJortons atahlell during the Ilre\'lols year , and lear from Mr. Duerr that his has sustaIned the ( same re- markahle growth , I nm forced to the con- clusion that the People are n great deal more cleanly Iran ( the ' usell to be or that tIn e ) ' are more prosperous and have more m mane ) ' to spennil . The facts nre ( hue launl ' business hns grown to the l > rollrtons ot other barge mnnufnc- ( tin ting Industrls , to a point where It re- rlulres brains and capital .o handle " "Yes , " said : Ir. Duerr of the Eagle , "we have n great deal more than heh our own tltmrlflg the l year , anti hnve grown In the most stsraclory manlier. To meet the rclulre- mcnts : Ir. Henr ) ' hns hnll to make extensh'e alldllons tQ his plant and wo have hall to in crease ours to nearly double Its capacity of a year ago. The Eagle was the youngest , nl } , of course , Ila.1 the most room to g row. The whole resul Is that ( nt the preent ( line Counci luts has the most moder laundry plants 10 be fOlnd In any : of time bIg cities , amid ot n capacity to meet ni l .lemalls ot the trade In a very extensh'e terriory , As nn Indicaton ofthls fact , one Iay last week wo received h ) express a conslgu- . . ment oC 200 shirts from Slolx Clt ) The ' went through with the : regular day's work aunt ) created no u ripple. Then the good ] .orl vouch- snfed us a special bless hi ! during the year . In the shape oe an Inexhalstble sprlnl thnt : wo struck a few feet beneath the surface In ; olr wnshroom , and which we have phJcd I down to n distance or seyennty-flve feet , mimi which gives us an unlmied suppl or the clearest pure water just bIke the Jynster ; springs water \\Ith the new year wo put I on extra wagons to handle our local trade a nti make the 1111cl , delIveries so necessary for the good nntue of our patrons "The oltook for the new year , " sal } Mr . IeNY , "seems to me to he very bright. nnd I I am confident that the Inlllrles of COlncl I Durfs wi he no smal factor In its genernl I prosperity during 1895 People generally do not have a full and correct Idea of the mag" nlude or our laundries , that give cmploy- ment to nearly 100 people nt good wages every working day In the year , and to en- nble them to comprehend It more fully I have m Issued , n general publc invitatIon to v isitors and set apart Wednesday and Thursday - day afternoons as recepton days when vis- I tors will he shown all Iors wi through al departments I , and the almost hlmanly intelligent machinery - ery be explained to them They will see whnt n modern laundy Is , and that I Is I the means oC preserving nnd not deslrclng al kinds oC wash goods. Our express pack age business has grown wonderfully and we now cover all or western Iowa amid eastern Nebraslm. People livIng 100 mIles away can have m their work done , just as promty and just j as cheaply as It they lived within sight of the marvelous mnchlnery thnt does ii L. \Ve have added two new wagons to our local del\'ery force to malle sure the quickest I'csslhle delfer ' . lii I laundry water Is the great desideratum , and , In additon to an elaborate flering process that ( renders tllc ( city water as limpid as a mountain spring , I hnve a piped well In the bnsement that gins an Inlmltcd supply ot pure artesian water , which Is used when the river supply Is unusunly unruly In the spring floods. "G\e our compliments to the' public al I assure the people that Council Bluffs wi have more than ever reason to be proud or her bIg laundries during the coming year. " 'OOD INSURANCE YEAR. "Premiums received about $70,000 , losses paid a little less than $30OOO-thero Is rsa concise and condensed statement or what the ( I year has done for us , " said J. Q. Anderson , secretlry or tIme Council Bluffs Insurance company , the strong old company that has spread its protecting wings over the homes or so many citizens ot CouncIl Bluffs and Iowa durIng the many years I has stood between them and the fire fiend. "Dunn ig the last rour months oC the year our losses . were almost nothing. The result Is much better thnn we could have anticipated , wit 'Inh the heavy dIsasters of June July and August , whIch time the unpaid losses were : $1,000. while today the losses unpaid are : less than $ ,400 , which Includes alt contested claims. Isn't that a record to be proud or , Wih the business or time year closed up the fact Is brought out with very pleasIng prominence that the CouncIl Duts was never In a better condition than ( at this tme , The company has been phenomlnaly rortun- ate In escapIng losses for the past four months. When wo have every reason to expect losses aggregating not less than $ GOOO for the four months we find that they do not exceed $600. Thus the company will start upon its ffeenth year with more vigor than , ever. Another thing that Is particular by gratifying to ins Is the fact that iveste : nfl' people are evincing I stronger deternuin a- tion thuan ever to patronize home institution . Timey realize that , with eLmer thmlnga heir is. equal , It is bettor to keep their money ai borne , and while getting time best protectl'e ( or tlnelr property , on Limo most advamitaf 'e- ou terms , hell ) thmemselves by strengtlmenl : ng their home company. It. has been a pro , 'l- dent mmml profitable year for us , ammd our cc rn- fidence Inn time future is unalterable. " SOME DYE WORKS FACTS. "The Council Bluffs Steam Dye wor kmm has been a busy place nigh. and clay sin ICe time first of last January , amid I have notiml rig to amy about inrird times , " cold C. A. Machmi un , thmo energetlci foumumler rind owner of tine whim 'ly knoivim steam dye worles at. 1013 Broamlwo ny. . . have Increaced my ( ores constantly , a mid mayo mad all that I could do. I imave titer n work for many miles around , country titermr - cimantus , witim faded and alnopoworn goou Is , ladles with drm'sses tlmat would have be en discarded as spoiled a few years ago , inn ye sent their goods to me and imad timem - c- ? turned as brigiut new fabrIcs. Our abll , 10 (10 irma mnmnnes gt-auu wura ms cue evme& of our success , Time new year will be butler timani ever , anti will finch rue better able to meet all demands of patrons , " SAFE ILEAL ESTATE MAN. First and foremmuost in time real estate 'busl- ness Is B. IL Odeit , manager of 0dehl' Real Estate exchange. For eignteen years ins imas bourn actively engaged in mantling real estate - tate mi Council Bluffs anti Omaha , .ini no one Is better POsted US to values of realty linen Mr. Odehl , Business entrusted to inI care receives prompt and courteous attention , Address No. 7 , Baldwin block , MANHATTAN IIEACII WILl. . BE IN IT. "Manhmattan beach ivill ho In it in great shape thI8 year , " said E. II. Odehl of time Beach Improvcmennt company , "I'eopo ) irill not know tine Place w'lnen they see it again imoxt summer. They will llnnd a new $7,000 pavlhlon , a forty-acre park , with tIne beech cx- tending all abommg its water fromut , and every new timing in tine way of noveittes to please the matrons of a first-class waterImmg place and Bummer resort , We will make seine large imnvestrnents , arid make ( menu imiteilt- gently , and make Lake Ztienawa whmat it should be , time popular pleasure resort in this part of the country. " WhAT TIlE SEED BUSINESS ShOWS. "IIvery year brings its Important chmannges in fine vicissitudes of life , " said C. 0. Ounen of tine Siuugart & Ouren Seoul conupamny , "In no instance is ttnls clnange more noticeable ( lion in the seed troth' . Altimougin our ( ratio Is not so niuchn affected by Inarmi tImes , caused by monetary luctuations anti other causes , as otiner kinds of businmess , yet we feel time tie. pressions the caine as othnera. However , the year lies becum all right with us , It has been the best year we lueve had. Tiuls activity In time seed business Indicates a thmnlfty conidi- tioni of tIme gardeners and farmers , and their determlnstion to get time best results from cultivatinng . tIne soil by ummimig the inighmest grade of seeds. Tlne droutii affected tine re- suits greatly this year , but we mayo found Invariably tinat where our seeds were used tine best resuia ( followed.e do a winolesale amid retail busIness Inn field , Itower amid garden seeds , We imave taken especIal pains ton ( Continued on Seventh Page. ) . E\\'S \ \ ' FRO1 COUNCIL BLUFFSJ Su pervisors Decide to Pay Silea & Galvn's O1nrns end Avoid Further Trouble. CL AIMS TO BE PAIl ) IN INSTMLMENTS luu , i of a SerIes cut Suits ilmiled on an trrmr of tlu Itierti in Lemying me Tax Inn JzccS of tine frito tt lotteci by I.asu' . T ime board of supervisors belch a special adj ourned session yesterday , at which the Pro Position of Slmea & ( lalvini for a settle- mmnur mmt of ( lie clnnlnns mold by tbnemni against the cou nty was accepted. These elmuinnit arose ou t of an error of time eotmnuty board In ttne ye ars 1SSS , 1SS9 amid 1S90 , 1mm levyIng a commnty ( ax of 2 mills in excess of tIme amniount al- lo weci by law. Shnea & ( lalvln discovered th e error inst year anti boinghnt up time clalmnns of pr oluerty owmiers , aggregating itbotit $21,000. Tlm ey mmmdc overtunres to tine cemnrnty board for ii settleniurmit , bunt fatling in tints , brought sun its inn tine district suit ) superior counrta. Th ey received jmudgmncmns ( inn all five of timeir su its. Tiney timen iiresentenh mm lmropOsitlonn for mm setlenmnemmt ( , iii whnlcln thney mngreeml to take tin e $21,000 in warrants , imaabbo one-imalf inn 0mb year and time other half in two , treating : imr terest at 6 er Cent. Tints PrOloslthOmm was I nll scusseml at time rnneetlng yestertlay , amuml it . w as decided tiunt ratimer tItan sltemnd amn' more , m oney in litigation , as time county clearly , ma il no tlefense. ( lint terms slnotnld be agreed I to . One of time stllumlatiorus contained lii tinc i ag reenment is ( liar Sinea & Gmmlvlrn shall bnlnnm ; rio nioro stnits of thus miature against th I co mnnty. Tine qmnestlonn of granutlnng a nigint of way t , tim Couniucti Iliumifa & Lake Manaiva Electric i R ailway commnparny was ball over until thu re ginlar mmiooing ( aim tine first Monday irm Jan . ua ry. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' iImIpiy New 'enr. Boston store will be closed mull clay. Domestic soap breaks hard water. tine rI , Iamn L'nu I , . Tins new coal train W'yomning for salt z o nly by ii. A , Core , 37 Main street. Tclephomu. . 3 4 8. Ask for circnnlars. Tom , l.mtto Ct , Tmilk vLtIn Itinui. TIme father of A. A. Truesniale , ivhm a su icileml , , arrived In time city yesterday nuormm - in g fronmi Frernont antI made nrranigeninenit : 5 to ( nIce time remains of the young ruinn hnomum 0 w ith imlun on time evemulng train. lIe statem :1 : ( m utt Ime believed iris sorn had beemn more o r le ss Imnoamno Tar a year or mnioro , amid was a f u nnounid mntnid wimen tine tragedy occumrrcti t. Mrs. Trmmesdale , who scrparateci front ire r lm usbamrd about a year ago , was iii time clt : y S unday hfternoon. as stated In yesterday' 5 h oe , and talkemb ivltim imor lmusband for sam e ( t une. \'iten going imonmie sire said sine woul ml n ot come bade to live wltn ! hmini ummtil im C c ould thud tIne nneans to support imer. Sin 0 r eturnmeti to tier lnommie In Omaha , hint nj . - p arentiy thnotrgiut better of what site hma rI s aid. In a short time after reacimlng Onnaim a e hme mmiado up imer rnulnmtl that sine it'ouimi coin e b ack anti see him agalmi mind talk time mmnal ( er over more fully.Vlnen siuc arrived o : ; l imo house of Mr. Collins sino itialiced inn with o ut knockimrg. Tine liglmt in the front pam : b ar , where the body of her dead hmtmsban d l ay , mad gone onmt , and the mnemnibers of tim Ic f amily vere sitting In tine back parlor. Sir lu w alked thnrcmmgim tine front lustier witlnoi nt k nois'lmmg thuat her husbannnl imaci conumnnitte tI s umicide , or ( bunt tine rerunnimis lay tinere. Whncr rn s ino was told of time horrible tlmimng tluat Inn d o ccurred she was taken with violent huysterlm 0 , a nd for a tIme was completely prostrated. 4 II'4IPY ' 1env Tenr. Boston store it'lbl be closed all day. Davis sels ! drugs , paInts anti glass cheni . Waslmorwomen use Damestic soap , Try Eagle laumidry , 724 rmroatiway , for goc ti work. Otrr medium ' gloss finish can't I ) e b eat , bn.t we tb strictly mnand work , domest Ic finish , when preferred , Tebcplmono 157 , Ittarnimuge LtccmrRce. The following marriage licenses were I S. sued by time county clerk yesterday . : Name nnd minicirees. Ag 0 , Albert A. Atlanirm , Potawnamia ( ( ( county , Mfli'Y A. Barlow , Pottawattamle coumit' . . , , - . G. W. Partridge , P.attawattamnie county. , 2r Annie Walter , Pottawattumnile cornuty. . . . . 2 Allen II. Sutherlnmiti , Quiche , Ia. . . . . . . . . . . . . ' Jennie Crumbnugim , Qmnick. Ia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3" h arry 0. SmIth , Connneii Bluffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . , ) Ada Sunithn , Council Bluffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 t happy euv Year , Boston store will be closed all day. The laundries use Domestic soap , l'erNntumIt i'mtrnngrnspins. ii. a. Baird is to be tine new deputy coun ty clerk , Timoomloro Robnlfs of Avoca was In time ci jy yesterday. Ben A. Frye , representing W. A , Maur or in Colorado , is In ( ho city. Willlann and Frank Stagemari are visiti , ng threir parents in Garner towrnsiniii , Slmerlff Job Card of Atlamntic ii'as in he city yesterday cr1 official bunslniess , 0. 1' , Mclcessomi , wino InCa been very Ill for time past month , is reported mmprovlr Dr. Thomas Jeffniea is reported lying the point of death at Iris Imonne on FIeLd : avenue , Misses Belle and Ueaaie Iharkness left It evening for a visit with fnlennds icr M mnoalnolis , Minn. C. E. Taylor amnd wife retnurneti luome , aft Ie spending Cinrlstmnnms wltin Mr , E , L , Davis a wife of Osaawattmrmie , Kamm , fl. U. Auld , time mmciv member of tine Bo of County Supervisors , was in the city , tending mis first meeting of tire board , A. F. Itamidaih , wlmo was visiting witin sister , Mi'u. H , I. Forsytin , m'eturnrecl yost day to Olmlcago to resunrts his studies denrtistry. Mrs. Mary B. Maynard , ivlmo spent 'tine I : two years in CoIoramio , retnmrnel yesterday , U is the guest of her son , C , M. Maynnarci , i North First street. Gas coaklng stoves for rent and ton' sale at Gas Co.'s oMco. 20 per cent dIscount on alt trimmed Units at Mrs. Itagadabo's. Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap. flounicius' music Inouca baa ( ow oxponseel inigir credo pIanos are sold reasonably , its Stutsman street. Mimer Ltiemtlomn. Grand hotel , Council llluffs , reopened Oct. 1 , Mayno Real Estate agency , 539 Broadway , Ground oil cake $1.30 mini. at Morgan & Co.'s drug store , 134 Broadway. A series of nneetinngiu will be imebml In tIme East Presbyterian cimurcin , commimnenchng Jamiu- any 15 , TIme Daugiuterru of Itelmecca mold a watchn meeting amnml social last evening icr time Odd Fellows imelh. Gray Davis , aged I year- anti C onoomtims , Is reported sick with tine dilninthienla at 1420 Third avenue , Mr. and Mrs , E. Tlnornton ceebraed ( the fifty-seconrd anniversary of tiner nrrarnlage Saturday nigint , at tineir home , 400 FIrst street , 'flmo firs department was called out yesterday - day afermmoon ( by an alarm of fire from Oak- hand avenue onear Avenue E. IL wan caused by a brusim lire started by some small boys. No dannago. Time Amiglo-Amnerican Mortgage and Trust connpamny hmas communnienceel a suit for $18,576 $ agalmst time firm of hiuronhmammn & Tulicymi , Time damn is based on tramneactions In a deal of several years ago , ititrcimer : , a Unnlonn Pacific ennployo liv- lag at 1726 Second avenue , wino 1usd been comifinect to mite bed for many mnontius blast , was taken to Omumaima yesterday to have arm operation performnenl err tine Imnjurenl arm which imas caused bnimn so nimucim troutile. A rrneetlnrg of the I'otawattmnmie ( Coumnty liar association is called ( or Wetimmesdey mrnorning at 9:30 : o'clock at tine district court roonn , for tine purpose of mmraking arrange- nnenitmi to attend ( lie fumierai of Mrs. AmelIa ± _ t _ - - _ . r.- . . . Ub oonier , I ) . (1 , Bloomer , tine husband of tbe de easth , Is preideflt of the association , J udge Macy sent Judge SmIth instruotlon. yeOm sterday to overrule tine motion of tire Om nahna & Council IlluiTe BrIdge conmipany foBr r mt mmciv trIal In time snuit iii 'uvlmlch Mmiucl Br yant received a $1,500 $ jumnlgmnemnt not long ag o , amid (0 ( enuter nip jnmdgmnuent for ( ho amn iount , Time case will be appealed to ( mo su preme court , 1mm all vrobabllity , 4 Judge Smrmitiu heard e'hlenco yesterday In th e case of Nova Mumrphy against Siglem' and eig ht otimers , tIne ilefentiemits being chargemi wI th comitemmipt. Time thefemuse Is that timir co urt hnas mro jnmnisdlcniomm , tine Place whmere tin e offense is alleged to mayo been comnurnltted be ing In Nebraska , o it is clnulmmneti , Tine ea se ivlll be taken up again tonnorrow , ' C. II. Gootlnlchn lulckcrtl mmli 10 vents off thus lust nch cotrnter at tine Emnmuet inomise on SIxth st reet amid Sixteenitir nvenuue yesterday nnorn- ' ' la g. A iraron ( of time eomnnen' ( Inad jmrst pint it thmere , Time cook tumrneti nuronnnuci just in tin rue to see Clootlrlchn munakitmg for tine noon , ' It o ran after inlmmn amnui after ebmaslng inim se veral tmlocks , cauglnt hum , Gootlnicin was n sele ptisitenl Iii tine cooler with time chuargo of la rceny emitt'reti agaInst hnim. } : tl Iirunmmmsteln Inns been in tIme habIt of m'a ir.inmg ( romnlnio mit the' mmieetimngs of tine Free M ethuonlists at ( ho conner of Avemnmne A and Tsi welfthn street. Nigint before last mo per- si sted in saying "Anienn" tin a ipasso rotnmnsto io ice wimenover time luastor , Rev , Mr. llrlttonm , mnm aule a Poiim ( , Charles ( loft , one of time Pi llars of time cinnnm'cln , wemit for thifl liolico. llto rummmiselmm ( caumgimt bun oumtsicle amid thmreatemnoct to blow hulmmi ( mmli of luoles , wbmcretuiiomn ( Jeff de eluieml to go back to chmtnrclm. Yesterday irn onnulnig hue screweml mmii courage c'nionmghu tea lil a ann iunformnatlomm , arid llrunnnstt'imn is mow in ja il on a cluargo of eaeo nlistunrblmng. ' mayo $100,000 to loan umpomn imuuproved fa rmmis un Iowa amid iiili take miii thne gilt- ed ged loans otTrcci at low rates.e tb ma t wnunt wllti lmitls , amid wilt riot loam inn Ne- ' br nlra. Lougee & Towie , 235 l'carl street , . - ' 1utt of I . , wmi Nit w' . I' FIre tlestroyeti time school hmotnso at ( lii- be rtavilie , There was an inmsnmrammce of $2,000 er r t lie tuulluilmig. A Stamnwoorl young Imutly ( aolel , wlthn a re- v oicer and her is ' ' leg nina' dututlgmmremt w'ltln mm bi g bullet in It. Time ii'ouummd is not a tl aungercmis nile , Unit is very laimntmml , There is mm hot conmnty seat. ivnr oil in'ln - n ebago coumnty , F'orcst City wamnts to ro- ( a ttn tlme capitol , luumt time 1)001110 of luke Mills brh ave raised $50,000 to iumlld a new conmrt. h oumse. ' ' ' Steve Dickerson of Ottunmniwa entered a s aloomm anti ( numb to rnnise a row , \Vimen lie i ( o uniti lie cotmlnl not tb it , lie smut down omn mu. b eer case anti In a few unuiniutes dropped ds ead. lie mad been drinleinig lmeaviiy for s onic tlmnys. Joinni Gibson of Prcstonn itas irounndeti nip a t a cbzrflce because me wamitemi a different k ind of a ulamrce ( hum was cmi time program. N ow hue inns smmeJ thuree 1)001110 wino Pounmided m is for $15,000 tiamnogea , anti hmas mmmi ( mean a rrested bestties for assault anti battery. Frauds Smuithu , time yommng sari of tIme rio- ( oriomis lies ( ) ' Snuuitin , servlmng a life hemmtermco in n the state penitemrtIary nut Amnamnosa for ti me murder of bier innisbanti , Micinnel Snuith , im mis beenn ordered taken from lIes Moines t o tire orpimarms' imonno at Davenport , Time c oinmnty will be reimmibnnrseml for the boy's keep- im ng at time maitre frommi $1,000 of the $3,000 li fe Insmmrammce nlenivetl fromn time policy imeimi im 3t Mlclmael Smnultiu hr tine beneficiary order o f locomnotivo emuginneera at time time of hnlmi d eatin , Tine lmoy is tIne last of tIne notorious f aminiby ol whmicin Ire was a nuerunber left in D es MoInes. TI1I DaiLgor S0ISTIIE1LN 1ttJTii vi time Itook lslaunt-'hnortet Limo annul Enmn4tc5t TInmue. To all points in Kansas , Okbalmonna , IndIan T erritory , Texas antI oh ! points in soutimern ' C alifornia. Only one rlgit out to miii poInts I n Texas. The "Texas Ltnnlteti" leaves Omaha 'eLI a t 5:15 : a. mu. daIly except Smnnrtlay , landing p assengers at all POirmts in Texas 12 imours in ac dvance of all eLmer lines. Tbrrougin tourist c ars via Ft. Wortim amid El Paso to Los An- g ehes. For full particulars , maps , folders , e tc. , call at or address flock Island ticket o ffice , 1602 Farriamn St. CIIAS. KENNEDY , 0 , N , W , P , A , jt Ciment'p Trip Somntli. Tickets ivill Ire solul at' one fare round trip t o points in Tennesse Kentmmcky , Alabama , MississIppi , Louisiana and FlorIda on the l ine of'thne Louisville & Nashville , amid Nash- vJ iii. , Cinettanooga & St. Louis raIlroads , on J anuary 8 , February Ii , Marcln 5 , AprIl 2 amid 3 0 , 1895. Ask your ticket agemnt about it. ' a nti if lie cannot sell you excursIon ttcket write to C. P. Amhrore. general iassenger a gent , Louisville , ICy , , or George B. llorner , D. 1. A. , St. Louis , Mo. * 1'eiv onruammns I.Inrniiecn Train. On each after Sunday , November 4 , thmo Clnicago , Milwaukee & St. l'muul "eleetrho lighted limited" will leave Onmuaha at 6 p. m. , arriving in Clntcago at 9 a , mum , Itemenn- ber this train carries dinner a Ia carte. C. S. CARRIER , Ticket Agent. 1504 Farnam St , 4 Children Cryfor Pitcher's Castorla. Chfldren Cryfo Pitcher's Castoria. Children CrV'or . Pitcher's Castoria " . ' , " ; _ ' _ _ _ I. _ The11OMEDAER aod ROASTER rs not a luxury , but a. nmccemslty. , Makes tough meat tender ; saves mmli Ita flavor and richness ; bnnhzea bread moist amid moirnkene dry bread fresin ; is easily hmnnmilemi when in oven , Write for circunlarns fully clescriinirmg this , nnd also six-blade droppers , combination dIpper , frying pan , cake griddle , etc. Agernts wanted , . , , j CHAS. SOHULTREISS , 519 l'omirl hi , , COUNCIL , J3LULt % IOWA , alto. , SANFORD. A. W. RICKMAN. I'reaident. Casbier First National Bank of COUNCIL BLUFFS , . 'oWu. Cnipltnl , . . 'iiooooo . ; I's-ofitH , - - - 12,000 One oC tins oldest banks in tins state 05 IOWa. WI sommcit your business sad coni.cttomn. . W pay C per Cent Cmi tIme deposit. . wilt L pleased so so and servo you. AGENTB WANT1D , MONEY TO 1.OAN-OHATTELS. GRINDING , IzIIt , z ni , i 11TH flP P Attormneya-at.1.mw , iJmlu unlmuIun uup Practice in tine State mumrcl Feclarmul Courts. Itoonums hO-7-8. , 5fmugar hilock , ( Jousmunt isnutr. , lows , _ sllSpeC1a NoHces CiiiMNiYB CLICANED : VAULTer ci.55AfliD : . , so.n Burke , at W , * 3. iloma ? . , 143 Broadway , iVANTFh ) . 6001) COML'R'I'FNT Omlib 'TO DO enernnl Inusework ( , HI ) Oaklund avenue. ' W'ANTID , liT YOUNO LAUY , ClIANC1 TO work for met bound wimilu attcnun1ln comiege Ia , Coumi1i Bluffs. Addrt * 't' Em , Ut ames , , ' ' ' -