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iJB OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. APRIL o 188 * . of Shenandoah , Page County , Iowa. fen the Wabash and Hamburg Branch of the 0. , B. & Q. ] T. II. Heed President of the Firs Nntiotml Bank H. K. Wilson Cashier of Page County Ban ! I C. S. Burr & Co Steam Elevator nnd Mil K. W. Morse & Co Steam Klovato Eddy & Smith Steam Elevate : / . D. Mathusa Grail I. T. Kemp & Uro Coal and Grail < < co. Palmer & Co , > : . . . . _ .Lumbci Uriflith it Lester Live Stock B. W. Carey Mvo Stock Campbell , , Livery Holloway it Witherow Livorj F. M. Park Park's llotc II. C. Gillespie i Boarding and Kestaurnn M. ,1. Jlcstor Boarding , Bakery and Kestauran lohn Argus Bakery and llostauran .1. F. Jackson , , , Grocery and Rostaurnn Pace , Wilcox it Co - . . . . .Dry Goods and Clothing Vawtcr it llaggorty Dry Goods A. McCormtck Dry Goods P B. and U. F. Craso , General Merchandise Meittzer Bros ; Groceries Trotter it Lincoy Groceries Woodford Bros. . . . Groceries Brown it West Groceries W. C. Campbell Groceries A D. Hurlburt it Co Groceries J. D. Thomas. Koots nnd Shoes A. J. Croso .Clothing W. C. Martin A Son Jurmturo SI. C. Johnson : .lutnituro Burr , t Crosse Tin and Hardware H. C. Holme & Co v. : Tin and Hardware A. D. Hurlburt Tm nnd Uardwaro .7. Q. Anderson it Bro Farm Implements Elliott , Cass & Co Fa " I'Jip omonts Hoagland & Co . ' Fri Implements C. V. Mount Jewelry W. E. Palmattor Jewelry Ilockafollow Bros ' . Meat Market William Priestman Moat Market John O'Day * Moat Market W. H. Brewer Photographer D. W. Trotter it Co Wire Fence Manufacturing Company Wm. Ryan Shenandoah Manufacturing Company Gao. A. Quimby Carriage Factory Bollis it Davis General Blacksmith and Repair Shop Cyrus Rood Wagon and Carriage Shop W. T. Pcnnington Blacksmith R. B. Craso Secretary of Creamery Company P. II. Mcntzer President of Canning Works J. G. Schneider Merchant Tailor Mias M. A. Tnlbut Millinery Stoco Miss M. A. Daniels Millinery Store Ladd it Son Books and Stationary Jacob Bender Harness J. B Armstrong Harness H. P. Dufiiold Co Drugs Burnet it Miller Drugs J. C. Stevens Drugs H. P. Duftiold , M. D. , . . . ' . Physician Ross it Whiting Physicians E. K. Bailey , M. D. , Physician J. C. Stevens , M : D. , : Physician J. W. Humphrey , M. D. , Physician James McCabe Law Geo. H. Castle Law , Justice W. p. Ferguson Law C. S. Keenan. . ' : Law M. Oppenheimer & Co. . Foundry , Machine Shop and Agricultural Implements Cotrill it Beard . ' Contractors and Builders Rhodes it Stcphonson Contractors and Builders Copson it Gaff Republican G. W. Gunnison Reporter E. M. Gaddy ; . . : Iowa Amateur Wm. Laws Brick Yard and Coal Redficld Bros Barber Shop M. T. Morse Barber Shop W. S. Staples Barber Shop and Bath Rooms T. E. B. Mason Nursery D.1S. Lake Nursery C BETWEEN 13th and 14th STREETS ; 3E3 S ® r wQ C 3 Black and Colored Silks , Nuns' Veiling , Brocades , TOT 3E3EI "T ESS00 > ' 3 All the New Novelties in Ecru and Pearl Shades. A Large Assortment of Elegant Styles , HANKEROHIEF3 AND LACE NOVELTIES WOETHYYOUR ATTENTION , IE * J&L : RJ s . , "TOO UTTERLY UTTER. " We want you to call and Examine Goods and Prices , GARRABRANT & COLE , 1307 Farnam St , tii-natl JEWELRY AND IVIUS1G HOUSE , ANGELL , BOWEN & WHITE. Fine Watches and Clocks. Pianos , the Stock and others. Diamonds at Importers' Prices. Organs , Whitney & Holmes. Jewelry , most Artistic Styles. Music Books , Sheet Music. Silverware , an Elegant Stock. Accordians , Violins. Spectacles , Eye Glasses , ttc. Flutes and Fifes , Guitars. Opera Glasses , Choice Assortment. Music Boxes , Harmonicas. Engraving ; in Best Styles. Violin Strings , Guitar Strings , i Fine Repairing a Specialty. Inducements Superior to others. Prices in Plain Figures. Our Motto , "Plain Figures. " * 2TAs we cow none ( if our competitors STYLES or advertisements wo politely re- rjuest a return of the compliment , Opera House Block , ANGffiLL/BOWEN & WHITE , tucs&sat R. J. SAXE , * Has opeueil a New Hat Store in Opera House Block on 15tli St , ' where can be found all the desirable Styles at Moderate Prices , A complete Spring Stock has been bought and will arrive in a few days , A Full Line of Gents' Furnishing Goods will be added soon. R , J. SAXE , FASHIONABLE HATTER , ' ' * SHENANDOAH ; An Elaborate Pen Picture of Ono of the Boat Towns in Western Io77fl. Society Note , Pomoiml Monitcm of the City nntl Vicinity. Corrfdonilcncc ol TIIK lr.K. ! SHENANDOAH , I0a , Atnrch 18. In the year 1833 7,000 1'ottawattamie : assembled at Chicago and agreed to move "beyond the Mississippi , " and Chicago was organi/.cd with 050 in habitants , numbering 2 ! ) voters. The same year Lieut. Buchanan , of the regular army , was drowned in a small /itroam in 1'ago county , and what was supposed to bo the same stream bears his name to the present day , although the monument , erected to his memory , was many ycara ago destroyed by the Indians. The forty-nine-ycar lifo ot Chicago has made it a wonderful city , and given it n history unparalleled in the annals of the world ; and yet , fifty years ago , who would have ventured to predict its future , or dared to prophesy its greatness , even wflon it became noted ' 'the as city on very lo\y land , " or "the city of wooden buildings , " and still retaining its In dian name "Onion ? " TKN YKAUS AOO , when n railroad station was located lioro on the lied Oak E ranch of the "Q"nnd named l'air ( Oaks , it was little dreamed by the most enthusias tic , that oven an eventful decade would build hero a city of two thou sand on the banks of the beautiful ishnabotany , eo much resembling ho Shenandoah of the Old Dominion. [ t is now understood that railroad on- .erpriso had intended to lend its strung assistance to another place down the road , and did make an effort n that direction , but the indepond- mco of the "average American , " the ngonuity of the Yankee , and the on- orpriso , of the western farmer , wore po much for even the fiat of corpora tion plans , 'and so , despite the oppo sition , and the probability of strong competition , a town company was organized , and the necessary stops : aken to keep up \ \ ith other villages n the various trades , professions and general business. Two years ngo , when the Wabash road began to add ts business by it crossing here , a new mpotus was given to the general prosperity of the place , and th im portance and final success of the city vas established , where before it had seempd like a venture , the efforts of a 'ow ' business meu against "tho field , " or "pluck against luck. " THE CITY s situated on the beautiful bottom ands , and the gentle slopes on the oft or southeastern bank , and nearly a milo from the river , with itsbusincss louses mostly between the two rail- oad stations. Its broad streets , fine ) rick blocks , manufacturing cstablish- nents , and trading houses , conven- cntly located , form the nucleus of nany largo business enterprises , and ias concentred he.ro a class of oner- go tic business men whose ambition is ts noticeable as their prudence and iberality ; while along the varying ilopes , and on the tops of the little nils , the clean residences , with fenced ards , shaven lawns , trained shrub- jcry , and healthy shade trees , the cemetery on the hill far to the cast , ho fair ground , with its strong fence , eng rowj of stiblcs and stalls , its minted buildings of ornamental deigns - > igns , and its grand stand and splen did track , on the plains to the north ward , all in full view from the rcsi- denco part of the city ; tholongrowsof 'ruit trees , flowers and evergreens , in , ho nurseries to the eastward , the jroad valley , dotted with farm houses , ntorsccting fences , and clustering icrds of cattle , and the rising bluffs , still further on , give a completeness ; o the picture ; and an order and good : asto that commends itself to the oathetic offering , at the earno time , nducomontR to capital and homes for the refined and cultured. GOOD SOCIKTV , so often lacking in our youni'er towns is plainly predominant here , for no city in the state , probably , has a bet ter atmosphere about its hotels , the entertainments for public instruction md amusement are of the higher and jotter classes , the order and quiot- 1C33 on the Sabbath , and the almost universal attendance at the churches , are rigid and habitual , and I believe , , l\o \ record of the city has been , never o allow a saloon in the place , for the early courts of the country occupied ho principal part of their time in try- ng to wipe out the illegal traflto in iquor , and m sett ingdiflicullios which iroao through the u o of strong drink. TIIK LOCATION , ifty miles from Omaha , by the Wabash , hftecn or twenty miles from any rival city , with two prominent railroads already doing a largo busi- less , n third ono , the Ilumiston and shenandoah , already graded and the track being laid between this and the county scat , and with the bright pros- > cct of another westward , direct to incoln , Denver and the Pacific , with ) lonty of coal in the county and good milding stone conveniently near ; vith good water power hero , as well as on all the numerous streams in the county , with rich farming lands bear- ng all the grains and fruits , surround- ng it ; n wealthy , intelligent and pro gressive farming population occupying every foot of this productive prairie , vhero farms are worth from 830 to SCO per acre , and are fast being fenced n and divided up into convenient fields , with school houses every mile or two , and the hard-earned money of he farmer , so oiton spent for whisky , a invested in fat cattle , largo barns , vindmills , and creinenos , with a beau- iful and healthy location and pure \-ater , and with nn miorgolio clasa of msinesB men , whoeo influence and rado relations reach out to all the lurrounding country , drawing in capi- al , and strengthening every valuable enterprise , Shenandoah may well be ailed the future rival of St. Joe and vansas City , and the Chicago of southwestern Iowa. THE HLVKN t'llUllCIIKH. is iayo each good substantial church and wo suppose are in as prospering n condition ns ( ho scvci churches of Asia , to whom the Apostle tlo John wrote letters from the Is ! of Patmos. The Methodists were th first in the field , nnd it is rulnted tlm llov. John lillcr prpnohcd tlio firs normoii in the depot ; but the churcl has lccomo ) numerically strong , urn the Snbbnth school , under the efli cient management of Miss Ivittio Liws , one ot the teachers in the higl school has become very popular , ant' a now house is to bo built this season. The Presbyterians' nro a _ stioig as < sociation , while the Daptists have beautiful house in the centre of the musical circle of the city. The choir of this church 1ms just completed i two or three weeks musical convon lion , with Jliss Alice S. Mitchell , of Chicago as director , and gave a con cert in the now opera house , as a purl of the series of entertainments which composed the grand opening of thai institution. MISS MITCHELL is one of the few ladies ] whoso quail fications are of n superior order , ami wtioso good sense has led her into n field of great usefulness and popular * ity. She has n power over her classes that is possessed by few , _ and she dares nnd accomplishes , in many places , where most of the American "masters of the baton" have been de feated. Ole Hull , sitting in his castle tlo overlooking his Now Norway and 31eona colonies , " which ho brought trom Scandinavia to Patter county , L'II. , and musing over the financial 'ailnro , cnuld play the mast sad and wild music over heard by mortal , and clinging to his violin , wont down to the gravo. Guisppo "Verdi , who forty , 'onra ago , from his Milan home sent > ut his waves of song , .intil lie del uged the new musical world , and shook the orient with operas , gave up n dispaie at the death of hit wife , png before ho had attained n repute- ion , and doubtless would have re- naincd n failure , hut for the friends vlio supplied him the necessary cour age ; but Miss Mitchell has silently and patiently toiled to support a fee- ) lo mother and youthful sister * , keep- ng the midnight watches until the dawn. She has studied her work to iccoino master of her chosen profess. on ; and with the energy nnd business act of an old commander , organizing icr forces for the daily drill , while he studied the mimicry , the imita- ion , the advantage of position and ) osturo , and the soul of music ; and vhcn she waved her hand and the chorus joined in the harmony of the .riumphnnt . Verdi , or returned to the oot lights in response to an encore , ho put her whole soul in the music and the people went wild. THE SCHOOLS are fully up .to the times in modern ) regressive ideas ; and as might be ox- iccted of a school board of business sapacity , that is determined to make ho schools n success , they have just nado an arrangement , with Prof. C. I. Gurney , the present supcrintcn- lent of the city schools nnd principal of the hiigh school , to remain several 'ears. The old two-story brick school louse on the hill , with its "swallow nest" additions , has long since been outgrown , and the board will immo- liately take stops to build a suitable and respectable house. , THE FINE DEPARTMENT s organized with hook and ladder and lose companies , and the COO or 800 cot to bo attached to several force jumps , located in main streets , in justness centres , tnako an effective , and it is believed , sufficient protec- ion against iiro in the trading part of ho cby. THE yr.vr oriux : HOUHC , just finished by Forton ifc West , is a large two-story brick , tastefully orna mented , and occupied below for post- oflico and stores , and furnishing an opera house 50x90 , with many of the improved nnd modern stage appoint ments and extensive scenery , painted and arranged by the well known Chambers Bros. , of Rod Oak , who , with their families , assisted homo talent in presenting "Ten Nights in a Bar Room , " as the opening of the hall , which is the pride of the city , and will compare with any opera houao in this part of the state when fully cquipcd. The Shenandoah LITElUltV ASSOCIATION is composed of a few business men , who have formed n company for the purpose of securing n class of literary entertainments ot the higher order , and thereby avoiding the low grade of amusements of questionable morals : nnd they propose to pivo a series of lectures and literary scientific exhibi tions this spring and summer for the benefit of the churches , letting each church-select its lecturer and have the proceeds. THE TWO HANKS are doing a largo business , being sup plied with plenty of means and man aged by able and experienced men , the First National being a permanent fixture of many years standing , and having n cabh capital of ? 50,000 , while the Page county bank is n twin sister of the First National of Mai- vorn , a very honorable relation , nnd both are located in substantial brick buildings. A third , und now bank , ia about ready to stop into business , with eastern capital Messrs. / , , D. Mnthuss , A. \Voodford , John Nor ton nnd D. S. Priest being among the leading spirits in the movement. THE J.'EWSl'AJ'KUS nro of the strong and influential class ; the Itopublican having the InrgeHt circulation - > culation of any paper in the county , imd Messrs. Copaon it Claff may well feel proud of the enterprino and the prosperity that cling to them and their largo patronage in "jobs atid mis. " Brother G. W. Gun- nison works off the .Reporter on a good "Campbell,1 being well supplied also , with help nnd material for all kinds of job work , nnd wo recognized in him an old acquaintance ) from the Er/o / Dispatch , These two spicy and wide nwako papers have done much to build up trio town , nnd nro classed among the leading p.ipors of this part of the state. The lown Amateur , n monthly , published hero by Ed , M. Gaddy , uoyontuen years old , is n Mix- column folio , devoted to amateur jour nalism und good literature , nnd with ono exception , wo believe , it is the largest amateur journal in the United States , and hi u credit in every way to its editor nnd popular with the read ing public. HOAGlANll & CO. the name of a new firm which has just 'Wallowed" A. March and his business , nnd now oilers n mammoth stock of farm implements , havin headquarters hero and branch house scattered along the lines in this an adjoining counties , and they rcpor that they cannot begin to supply th demand for the "Maud S" cultivator it " > oos so fast. " Mr. Hongland wafer for years n mo nborof the well-knowi firm of Hoaglanditl'o , CouncilBlufla i. n. ANnniisox it 111:0 , another giant implement house centered bore , with branch cilices ii several other towns. They have grcin warehouses where they stoto away tin parts of a dozen varieties of wagons , carriages and farm machinery , froir which they draw and "sot up" in their show rooms as needed. Mr. iJ. ( ! . Anderson is largely interested it several banks nnd is treasurer of the Council Blull's Insurance companj\ nnd exhibited his books to show thai the $ . .0,000 worth of slock kept on linnd had met with n sale of $100 D.SS last year. The Shenandoah OAniiiAiu : WOIIKS ! ias been growing for seven or eight years , and Mr. ( eo. A , ( , > uimby , the 3ntorprising proprietor , is doing n argo business in making wagons nnd carriages , repairing , painting and rimming , and has machinery for re- it ting plows and n general blacksmith work. Ho "expects to build largo nnd ; \pensive shops this season and ex- end his work with tli3 facilities for all kinds of now work. CIKO. I'ALMKU it CO. , vho have lumber yards all over this > art of the state , and nro just open ng another system of yards a him Irod miles east of "tho Blutl's , " have icadqunrtcrs hero , nnd nro the focus > f another largo industry that sends ts articles of trade in all directions. TIIK NW.SEUY 11USINESS s carried on very successfully from his point , nnd the agents from She- landoah are found in all the surround- ng country , T. B. Mason , whoso csidonco and packing grounds are icar the Wnbash depot , and who , is ho proprietor of a similar institution n ono of the slates farther cast , has xbout n hundred acres in general nur- cry business and a largo trade in ionic grown fruit trees , grape vines ind evergreens , nnd oilers osage icdgo in any way to suit the buyer nd in any quantity ; while his mar- cot gardening is extensive and very mportant to the city , ns well as lis largo Block of garden ilnnts. D. S. Lake's oflica and csidenco is throe-fourths of n mile ast of town , where ho has over n lundrcd acres in fine cultivation , and s also the proprietor of another nur- ery nt Prairie City , 111. When I state lint Mr. Lake last year , planted a lillion of apples , and raised nearly on million ot Osage hedges , besides lie other general varieties of stock iropagatcd in such firstclasi nurseries , give a general idea of the magnitude f the work , wnich suggests his lib- ral terms , and classes him as the argcst Osage dealer in the world. H. P. OUTFIELD , M. U. , s ono of the substantial business men if the place , and his drug store build- ng and largo stock is probably ns ompleto and extensive ns any in Southwest Iowa , and his successful ) ractico and gonpral business rola- tons as a prominent factor in the iterary and commercial improvements of the city have placed him promi nently among the "primo factors. " .1. C. STEVENS , recently from Hancock county , 111. , n citizen hero ' of but few months , has ocaled with a stock of drug's , while lis brother , H. J. Stevens , M. D. , is about to open an infirmary for the reatment of chronic diseases , doing nn office business only. a. i , RO.SS , M. i > . , s ono of the old practitioners , nnd linn a very largo country ns we'll as an ox- enaivo city practice , and like nearly all the business men of this young emporium , "takes to THE BEE" ns laturally as a duck docs to water. I iroinisod to deny that the doctor is n mndsomo man , but I do say he is the nest healthy looking physician in 'ago county , and , on the principle hat "u merry heart dooth good ns a ncdicine , " if for no other reason , ho s our dpctor. ' Another young physi cian ha'a just shook the dust of Harriet ot ! county from his feet and cast his ot hero ns "homoophathy physician \o. ! i , " and so they come every day. THE LAW a fully repiesonted hens , and perhaps Tames McCnbo is a good typo of the ivo , energetic business man ns may bo ound , and it is "remarked" that ho Iocs as much or moro hard work than any other man in the city , although 'single handed , " nnd few men in this tart of the state are moro respected or integrity , energy nnd legal ability ; vhilo G. II. Castle , by years of sue- cessful law practice has won the cs- com of all , has a lucrative business in aw , real estate and insurance , and ontinuea to "fill the ieat of justice. " Within a few month * the largo ) Hck hotel , thu loading public houses n the city , has como by purchase into ho hands of F. M. Park , nn expo- ienced commercial agent , and hnv- ng for years been familiar with the vants of the traveling public in all In forms , ho at once put this house in rder and opened it as I'AIIK'.S HOTEL , nd on account of the convenience of ho building , number and amplitude f the apartments , nnd the complete- less nnd system of nil the details in ho management , it is pronounced vithout n rival in this part of the tutu. . 0. F. Spurlock , the gentlemanly ropriotor of the 'bus line , thoroughly mderatands his business , and has icarly becorno a part of the hotel sya- om , ns have also the now livery firm f HALLAWAV AND WWIHtOW lese by , who have just formed a mrtnership to supply the needs of the mblic , and nro fitting up with first lass teams , although they now load lie van , Whan a equad of fresh prisoners ere brought from the battle fields o the "bull pens" of Andorsonvilloor ! .ibby , the poor follows insideof the tockndes would great thorn from all > arts of the prison with t.io salutation if "Fresh Fish , " but in this case it is now stock of HOOTS AND SHOE" , rhich is just being opened in the ) pora housobuildingby J. P. Thomas. Ir. T. has for some time been a resi- ent of Af tontho county seat of Union ounty , and for some years filled the oflico of county superintendent , nm now comes to Gotham and display his fine stock in this beautiful roon nearly n hundred feet deep. But space and time forbid my not icing the many largo business house with mammoth stocks of goods , sucl ns the Mcntzer's and the Croso Bros1 where the troocls are on two or thro lloors , and u strong force of aalcsmoi are busy. / . Mnthuss , who has grail hotuos in nearly n score of towns nm is to build several now steam elevators this season to increase hit largo business , which , during last year amounted to live or six hundred thou sand bushels of corn , bcsido other grain , the brick yard and coal house of William Laws , ono of thu early citizens and an active business man ; the largo nmount of live stock , ns rep rcacntrd by ono item , the four Poland China hogs I saw n few days ngo , bred and raised on ono farm and averaging over r > ! 0 pounds when brought to market ; the two largo farms , just across the river , containing 1,000 tores each , fenced in and divided into hundred ncro fields , and well stocked with choice cittlo , the property of Benjamin Lombard , Jr. , of Boston , and personally managed by his uncle , limijatuin Lombard , of Chicago , pro prietor of the old Lombard block nnd probably the heaviest loser in the jrcat flic ; the wire fence company and ; ho nost-holo digger , both of which will have now quarters of largo pro portions this season , and next fall the > osfMiolo digger will bo around nt the airs for everybody to gnzo nt ns ono of the wonders of the world ; the mer chant tailoring house ; the half dozen ) low and wagon repair shops ; foundry ind machine shops ; thu now brick lotcl ; the beautiful wagon H and bust- icss of thu milk companies , which 'urnish the lacteal fluid for family use ; ho beautiful fair ground sot with shade trees ; thu bakcrk'9 , which are ihipping daily i. la. go amount of > rcnd to Missouri and scores of towns n this part of the state ; the business if the railroads which , in 1880 , on the 'Q ' alone , amounted to GOO car loads of live stock shipped from this station , and received nearly 1,000 car loads of ncrchnndise last year nt the name itation ; thu prospects of the round- IOUBO nnd mnchino shops of the rail- oad , the S7,000 creamery , nnd the ; 15,000 canning works , to use up all ho small fruit nnd garden vegetables hat can bo found or contracted for ; ho now plow factory nnd n second arringo works which parties are hero tow to establish ; the college expected his season , on the offer nado by eastern parties , that 810,000 aisetl here would bring § UO,000 from ho east to put with it ; the largo amount of business done by the American and Pacific express com- mnics ; tho. crowds who attended the 3. A. K. reunion hist fall hero , -and rho will go to the 15 hi Us to attend text autumn ; the young telephone on ho "limited plan ; " the great number of now buildings constructed this past rear , including over a hundred .good csidcncos ; the whole blocks that are > oing made ready for buildings this season , and the long list of now rcsi- lonccs going up next summer , costing rom two to six thousand dollars. It may bo interesting to recall some terns of early history , and none will jo moro BO than the story of the no ble hcrso. When Gen.V. . T. Shor- nan was moving on Atlanta , some citizens of Lancaster , Ohio , offered ho general the "best horse in the ilnto" if ho would capture that strong- lold , and they kept their word by nirclmsing for him the famous borough bred for § 3,000. This horse vaa n child of imported Monarch nnd Jady Canton , and had taken the first iromium all over the state. The le- end continues that the general rode lim on his march to the aca , and af- orwnrds when Sherman became gen eral , with other farm property , this lorso was sold at auction to Gen. lammond , of Missouri , ono eye having been destroyed > y accident on the cars , while being shipped during army lite. Ho after- vards passed into the hands of "Kato Burgess , " of St. Joe , and eight years ngo ho became the property of Dr. Iclmes , ofClarinda , lown , who sold lim two years later to A. J. Pierce , of Shenandoah , where ho died last lunoat the ago of twenty-five , having ) eon entirely blind for n year. Ho vas , indeed , n noble horse , of great speed , wonderful endurance and pow erful action , and weighed nearly . ,300 , pounds , full of lifo , so ncces- ary for war , but trusty , intelligent nnd gentle ns n kitten. His throe- oar-old colt , owned here by lliloy Jgloston , is sixteen hands high , and s said to be almost perfect. The old cry that the "no license sys- em will "kill a town , " might fadoun- , er the embellishment of facts which , n this case , seem to "point n moral ind adorn n tale" most wonderfully. The rapid growth , from the days vhcn the late Hon. W. E. Webster lad just opened the first store here , nnd his brother , Dr. B. M. Webster , was the first and only physician.whon Miss Kunico Barber taught the first school in a small room over Mentzor Jros. ' store , and the people wor shiped in the Q. depot , to the present city , thronging with business trades- nun from all the surrounding states , ms boon like n fairy tale , and has ausod numerous business men to finder or St. Joe nnd Kansas City , u pros- > octivo'futuro rival in this metropolis if Southwestern Iowa , the Chicago of ugo county. BUCKEYE. A lihl package of "BLACK-DRAUGHT" ron of charge. M. R. BtSOO i , Ben'l ' Insurance Agent 'lioonlx/nsuramo to. , of l.undon , CuahAtfeUts . 5,301,1,01.00 , VcBtchcsscr , K V. , Capital . 1,000,000.00 The Mcrciint9 ) , ot Ncttarlt , K. 3. , Oltal . J.27B.COO.O ClardFIro , I'hlUdclpbla , Capital. . . . J.200.000.0 ircmen's KunJ . , . , . . 1,230,016.0 Irltlnh Amorlcu Absuraiitt ) Co . 1,600,000.0 OfflcB , lioyil's OpraHouBB. _ _ AMD ALL TRAJvBACTIOM rOXKICHD TUXKIWITII. Pay Taxes , Bent Houses , Etc , | lf TOU WANT TO HUT OR ECU. 0 Offlcc Boom 8.CicVb'C2u | > 0U.OjBiii . ticlnj tbo mast direct , quickest , n f ff t line connecting the preat Metropolis. CHI CAOO , n < ] the KASIHJI.V , Nojmt.EAiTnn.v , I > ir mid Sotiin-E * TKn.N Linus , which tcrmlnntctticre , with KiS'iMS Cnr , LUITKSWORTII , Aicnison , COUNCIL Bu-frs And OMAHA , the COMKiacui CIKTIAS ( torn which radlato EVERY LINE OF fTOAD hut penetrate * the Continent ( rom the Mlwoni U er to the Pacific Slope. The CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND & PA- OIFIO RAILWAY the only line from Chicago owning lr ck In Unscis , or which , l > y Ita onn roaJ , reaction th > onta ! ntovc numcd , No TRAKsruiui IT CAxmoi NO vtssixo coxxiicTiojml No huiMlltiff In 111 ventilated or unclean cars , M every ranaenifcr carried In roomy , clean nj TentlUtcd ccachtl upon Fiwt r.inrcp * Trains DAT CAM ol unrivaled miirnlflconce , PutAMlH 'AUCI SLitirao CARS , and ourawnworld.fiuous ) imo CAM , upon which meals are served of un < uryvvsscd excellence , ot the low rate of BRVKS-T' Finn Cn.vre lien , with ample llmo for healthful nloyment. Through Can between Chicago , Feorlt , Mil ivAultcc end Mlaxourl River Points ; and close ccn' nectloni t Ml polnti of Intersection with othrr oadt. We ticket ( do not ferret this ) directly to every ilaco of Importance In Kixnsaa , Nebraska , Elt-k Illli , Wyoming , Utah , Idaho , Nevada , Callforriv , Oregon , Washington Territory , Colorado , Arizona nd New Mexico. Aitl bcrat arrangement ! rcjfardlne bmrcico at ny other line , and ratca of faro alnayi si-l owr M coinrcUlori , who furnish but a tlUio o the com * artDon Don and Ucklo of eportomen free. Tickets , icapg and folders at all prlncljia Eccs In the United State ! and Canada. U. R. CABLEt K. ST. JOHN , 'Ice frca't fc Ocn. Ocn. Tkt andPasa'rAg Uanavcr. Chtcaro Chlcaco. Sioux City & Pacific THE SIOUX OITY ROUTE Hum A SnllJ Train Ihrough from Council BluStj to St. Paul Without Change Time , Only 17 Hours IT IS 1LOO MILES TIIK SHORTEST KOCXB COUNCIL BLUFFS 0 BT. PAUL , MINNEAPOLIS DULUTIT OR niSlf AHCK nd all point * In Northern Iowa. Minnesota and lakota. This line Is equipped vtlth the Improved I'eetlnghousc Automatic Alr-brako and Mllle 'Utlonu Couulir and Uuflcr : and for SPEED. SAFETY AND COMFORT s uneurpnBtcd. Pullman Palace Bleeping Car run through WITHOUT CHANGE between Kail saa City and St. Paul , \la Council Illulls and loux City. Trains leave Union Pacific Transfer at Couii. U Muffs , .it 7:35 : p. lu. dolly on arrival of Kansas City , St Jo rph And Council ISluffs train from the South. Arriving at Sioux City 11:36 : p. ra. , ndat the New Union Depot at St. 1'aul at 12:30 : oon. TKN HOURS IN ADVANCE OF ANYOTflEK KOUTK. /3TRcincmbcr In taking the Sioux City Rcuto ou irct a Through Train. The Shortest Line , he Quickest TIrau and a Comfortable Ride In the "lirouirli Oara between COUNCIL BLUFFS AND ST. PAUL. jJvSTSco that your Ticket * read via the "Sioux City and Pacific Railroad J. S. WATTLUS , J. R. BUCHANAN Superintendent. Ocn'l Pasa. Agent. P. E. ROBINSON , Asa't Ocn'l Pass. At. , Mlsnourl Valley , Iowa. W. H. DAVI3. Southwestern Agent , nnunrl IMnfTx inw % SYPHILIS n any stage Catarrh , EOXEMA , a30 m v > ld Sores " " ' ) , I o oj Pimples ojC CO , f 3g B O i LS , S&.1 or any T. WJ Skin ' ? B Diseas , Cures When Hot Springs Fail MAVXH.V , Ann. , May 2. IBS ! Wo have iioi In onr oun town who lived at ot SjirlunB , and wuru finally cured with S. H. S , McCAUMON&Mnttv. ? YOU Uoubt , como toiuouH and \\K WILL UllE YOUR OK charifo riothlnir ! I Write for lartlculara and copy of little Book -'Message o the Unfortunate aufTcrinf. ul 81,000 Reward will Lo paid to any htmut who will Hud , on analysis 100 bottlev . H. U. , one particle of Mercury , lodlda 1'oUs- 11111 or any Mineral oubntanco. HWJFT SPECIFIC CO. Props. Atlanta , Ga. Price of Small size , $1,00 , Lnrge vice 31.75. Hold by KENNARD BUGS. & CO. , nd Drujftrlsts dtnurallr. IMPERISHABLE PERFUME. Murray & Lanman's Pest for TOILET. BATH HANDKERCHIEF. qpl-tU'tliur-tat-in&eCni ELLIOTT & CO. J. C. . Plumbing , Steam & Gas Fitting I it 1 AOt.NTU I'OB Turbine Water Motor. . [ ALSO JOBBKR8 IN Pumps , Pipe Fittfug tiud Brasi , UoodH. Jor. 14th and Harney , Omaha , Nob. . AV4TCK MOTOR la Cosmic OCKUATIOV , John G. Jacobs , { Per < trlyot