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THE DAILY BEE-SATUR ] DECEMBER 30 Whoop la ! Got along ! Qol CLEAR THE TRACK. 213 and you may know We're ' en rente for the Boston Store , Nothing like it since old "Noar , " Heaved Ms anchor and left the Shore i BOSTON TEA CO. , 16 Main Street. COUNCIL BLUFFS SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE. Special advertlsemsnts , lac Lost , Found , ' to Loan , For Sale , To Reel , Wants , Bearding , ( to. , will b * Inserted In thli column at the ow nlc of TEN CENTS PER LINK for the first Insertion and FIVK CENTS PER LINE lor each' ' subsequent Insertion. Leave adr ertlsemsnU at ont ode * , No. 7 Pearl Street , near Broadway. Wants. Competent girl for general hou ew rk can A find employment at 423 South 2nd St. Apply at once , His 1. K. Cavfn. decST-2l \T7ANTED-MO buildings to move. Wo mak VY nxscUtty of moving houses and safes ! Address W. I * . Ayleswortn , box 879 , Council Bluffs. Ia. Evsrybody In Council Bluffs Ute WAHTKD Tni Bii , SO cent * per weak , d * llvered by earrten. Office , No I Pearl Street near Broadway. For Bale ana Rent BENT. Fnrnlshod roomi to rent , * ttk TO board , at 78 Mynster street. Bay board , V 33.50 per neck. decIS-tt beat rcntuarant stand on Main street. Stock for sale , with furniture , etc. Cheap iorctuh. Write to me or call. J. WINANS , 17-Gt Corner Willow Aye. BEES In paactge * 01 a hundred at ! 6c OLD package at Tun Bwi office , No. 7 Pearl troet. tf TJ10K BALE lieautitul residence low , BOO P each ; nothing down , and tSpertnonUi only , by EX-MAY011VAUOUAN. aplS-tf Miscellaneous. "POUND A colleffo society pin. Cense to the J } BII office , pay for this ad , prora prnpnty , * cd got the pin. 427 tt ORDERS for Cob ] to Upper Broadway SEND , or to N. J. Bond , by mull. d22 Iw renewed at the Excelsior g l- EVERYTHING strict , for brilday work. Oo where you can get civility and Ulr treat- , ment. B. W. L. PATTON Pfcyetclan and Oculist. Can cure any cam of sore eyed. It In only ! v ? ( matter of ttmo , and can cure generally In ilrom three to fire wooki It make * nr differ' \ence how long diseased. Will straighten croaa . 'Oyea , operate and remote Ptyrcglnma , etc. , and < N Insert artificial eyes. Special attention to re- movolnjf tedonormi ap5-tf AND 3 Br , Meaglier.ziOoiilist , Aurist , AN If SPECIALIST. In Chronic dlf ease , off era hit tonlcM to all at dieted with dlitaaci of th i Eye , Ear , or Cbrenlc diseases of any character. Warrants a cure la a'l Rheumatic affections Can bo consulted by -call orMn ceruon at the Metropolitan hotel , Council Uluffa , Iowa S. E. MAXON , .A. xc o BE oc ran xi tea ? . Office orcr saving * bank , ! > OODNOlLi BLUFFS , - - - Iowa. F0TODEY. WINTHERLICH BROS. , Are now ready to contract far small tastings of every description In MALLEABLE IRON , GRAY IRON , And any ALLOY OF BRASS. Special attention Is called to the fict that the metals are me ted In oauciBLiw which gives tbe very beat castings , Burning Brands pen DISTILLERS , BREWERS , PACK ERS , CIGAR and TOBACCO FAOTOUIES , Etc. , Etc. , As well as Cattle Brands AUB NICELY EXECUTED. Works : Corner SUth street and Eleventh areuue , COUNCIL BLUFFS , IOWA. mot , orrioiB. w. D. u. rran. OFFICER c& PUSEY Council Bluffs , Ia , Established , 1866 Dealers In Foreign | andDomestlo ) ] Exchange ftod home securities. EDWIN J. ABBOTT. Justice ot the Peace and Hotary Public. 45Broadwav | , Council Bluffs. T. D , 1DUVKDSOM , I. L. HIIUOikT. A. W , STRUT , President. Vlce-Pres't. Cashier. CITIZENS BANK Of Council Bluff * Organlud under thu laws of tbe State of Iowa Paid up capital t 76,000 Authorliod capital 200,000 Interest paid on time deposits. Drafts Issued on the principal cities of ( be United Blatoa and Europe , Btxcl&l attention Klven to collection ! ftnd correspondence with prompt returns , PIURCTOttB. * I.D.Edmnndton , K.L.8buKart , J. T.IItrt , W.IW.lWallace , J. W. Holler , I. A. lllllei A. W filreel. JvTdtf NEW STORE. iNew Joods. PRICES. "For Dry Goods and Fancy Goods go to L. HARRIS , 734 Lower Broadway , COUKO1X BLUFFS RAILROAD TIME TABLE. cnicioo , ROCK ULAKD HID ricino. Depart. Arrive. Atlantic Kxt..B:20pm : I radflo Kzt..9:18am Ex and Hull.0:2.1 a m El and Mall.6:0 ! ) P m D. Uolncs ac1..7:15 : a m | DCS Molnosac.4tO : p m CUICAOO , SURUflQTOS ADD QCIXCT. Depart. Arrlte. Atlantic Elf..Bi pm I P clDc Ext..920am Mall and Kx . .920 am Mall and Ex . .7KWpm N.T. Kx 4:00 : p m | Neb i KM Kx..8:20 a m ClllCiOO AND KOKTDWnTBIUt. Depart. Arrive. Atlantic Ext..0:15 p ml Padflo Ext..9:18 : m Mall anil Ex.9:20am Mall and Ex.0:15 : p m Accom. ( Sat.DM p m | Accom. ( Uon..l:43 : p m KARSia cnr , ST. Jos AK > COCSCIL iLcrrs. Depart. Arrive. Mail and Ex. . . , 9:55 : ant I Exnresn. 6:50 pro Express. 9:10pm ( Malland Ex..0-43pro duos ricmc. Depart. Arrive. Overland Ex.ll:30a , m. Overland Ex , .4:00 : p. m. Lincoln Ex.11:30 : a. m. Denver Ex. . . . 8:00 : a. m , Denver Ex..7:00p. : ra. Local Ex 6:30 : a. m. Local Ex 7:23 a.m. " Ex 9.05a.m. E > ilgrant.DSOp. m. 11 Ex -00a.m. . u , sr. LOUU AID Memo , Depart. Arrive. Mall and Ex. . B:45am : ] Malt and Ex. . 4:30 : pm Onnon Ball. . 4-fO pm | Cannon Ball. . 11:05am : siorji crtr ARD rAnno. Depart. Arrive. For Sioux CltT,7Mam Frm Sioux O' 'y.6SO : : p m For FortNlobrara. Frm Fort Mlonrara , Hob * 7:55 am Neb ' 6:50 : pm For St. Paul..7:40pm : From St. Paul..8 0 a m CHICAGO , lllLWADKU AUD ST. FiUL. Lear * Council Bluffs. Arrives Council Bluffs. Mall and Ex.920 a m I Mail and Ex.0:65 : pm Atlantic Ex.5:15pm | : | Atlantic Kx.9:10a [ : m CmCAQO , XILWADKIK AND BT. fAVL. Leaves Omaha. Arrh cs at Omaha. Mall and Ex.7l5 : am I Pacific Ex..tU:45 : a m Atlantic Ex. . 13:40pm I Holland Ex.7-25pm Except Sundays , t Except Saturdays. ( Except Mondays. ( Daily. Council Blufia & Omaha Street R. B. Leave Council Uluffs. , Lcaro Omaha. 8 a m , 9 a m , 10 a m , 18 a m , 9 a m , 10 a m , 11 a m , 1 m , 2 p m , 3 p U a m , 1pm , 2p m , 3 p m , 4 p m , 5 p m , 6 p m. | m , 4 J > m , 6 p rrS 0 p m , Street cars run half hourly to the Union'Pacific Depot. On Sunday the cars bcffln their trips at 9 o clock a. m. , and run regularly during the day at B , 11 , 2 4 , 5 and 8 o'clock , and run to city time. D. M. CONNELL , Funeral Director and Undertaker , No. 17 , North Ualn St. , Council Bluffs. Calls promptly ansKered &t' all hours , nljlit or } . riew hearao anil londsn carriages direct rom the factor/ ate run In connection therewith. JACOB SIMS , Attorney and Counsellor at Law. COUNCIL LLUFF3 , IOWA , Offle * Broadvay , botwetn Mi In and Pea Ire eli. Will practice In State and Veda arts BATH INSTITUTE , FOR LADIES & GENTLEMEN. Corner Bryant Street , Ono door north of Dolmney's Opera Hoiue , where tho-o nuQerXig from recent Coldi. KheumatUm , Neuralgia , Lumbago and other alstroulngr ali ments may find relief In the timely use of either the Thermo-Electrio s Kedicated Bath I desire and hope for the patronage of phjcl- clans who may wish for their patlenU Oil * auxil iary , and will give any BO directed every possible attention. I Ecsldca mr wife , a competent lady , will attend tulles. F. M. LOCKWOOD , Proprietor. MADKEB & ORAJQ , ARTISTIC POTTERY , Bleb Out aiasa , Flno French China , Silver Ware &o , BiO BUUDWAT COUNCIL BLUFF8 ME8 fl. J HILTON M D , . , , , , , PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON , X22 Broodwav. ConnoillBlnff * . SuHivan & Fitzgerald , DKALKK3 IN GROCERIES , PROVISIONS , Orookery , Glassware , BOOTS , SHOES , ETC Also agontn for the tenoning Ilnea of Steamship Companies : Canard , Anchor , Gulon. American , and BUto Steamship Comptnlea , X XC. urx X * ? CB for sate on the Koyal Bank of Ireland and Back of Ireland , Dublin. Those wt o Intend to send lot friends to any part of Europe will Hod It to thelj ntereut to call on Sullivan & Fitzgerald , AGENTS , 343 Broadway , Ooanoll Bluffs HEAT YOUR HOUSES FURNACES IN THE WORLD , UAUK IIY BIOHARDSON.BOYNTON & 00 CHICAGO , IlJLS , Embody new 1882 Improvements , lloi , pruotlaal foamrw ; Co-it loss to keep Io Jider ; Uwlos * fuel " "I Kir more beat uid a larger volume ol pare air than toy fornacc made , ffli by Plerey and Bradford , Omaha. A CHRISTMAS STORY. A.KH1K ROBBRTSOJfVl-Iplf. Oh , joy it snows ! " orlcd the rich man's plump llttlo girls , popping out of downy boda on the mornlcg o OhriitmM ere , while a handmaiden stood by to dock thtru in purple and ormiuo. The rich mun'a house stood like n winter palace behind magnificent hemlocks , heavy with icicles , and the inorry twitter of well fed sparrows on the polished tnarblo court-yard , made 0110 think of building time in spring. "Oh , goody , goody , itsnowel What larks we'll hare to-day coasting and snowballing the rnilkinonl" ncronmod A flock of boys who daihod around the corner , all in comforters nnd jolly blp tuitions , glad that Christmas eve had had the groo to fall on Saturday. " 11.8110 * * . , " said the postman , blowing - ing on his purple ungon , nnd dread * ing to think of his dreary ronnds , Ho had some dainty little parcels in his bat ; which were certain to make him welcome somewhere ; but , alas , ho had nlaonfim black-bordered letters to ( deliver which would sadden the al ready aching hearts dreading to hear his ring at the door. How sirango It is that grief should come to viait grief , and happiftoas to joy ! The dainty parcels were for tboto who needed nothing on this glorious Christmas eve , while the mourning cnvnlopos wore for the poor who already had too much black around them , "It snows ; it snows , " said the mer chant , rubbing his hands gleefully , as ho saw the coal black horses dashing down the street jingling their silver harness , while the smoke of their nos trils congoalcd in a llttlo filmy cloud like a mofllor on their shaggy necks. "Trade will bo brisk to-day ! This will bo an ideal Christmas , sure enough ; people always buy plentifully when the snow falls. " "It snows , " said the farmer , jogging to town behind a fat grey horao with a monstrous load of turkeys and goose , whoso pleasant voices bad all through the happy autumn days hailed hia ad vent into the barn-yard clamorously. How could they torosoo this cruel tlmo , when cold and starks , "browny" and "whity" and "speckle , " lay with glased eyca upturned to the thick groy sky."I "I can stand out for my own price in such weather as this , " aald Farmer Jacks , with a satisfied smllo , "and I reckon mother's mince moat will geoff off ollck enough , too. Git up , Jerry ! You're a tarnal sight lazler'n you waa in flytlmo. I shan't git to town till the market is glutted with fowls , like as not. I'd oughter started at four o'clock. " Away wont Jerry at o shambling trot down the hill , past dozing farm houses and snowy hay-ricks , under the shelter of which a few forlorn tur keys sat looking with tearful e ca after Farmer Jacks and their murdered kinsmen. "It unows , " said the widow , aa she sat by the barren hearth , wherein lay smouldering the embers from her last Gro. The wind , which whistled so merrily through tops of the naked maples , blow bleak and chill through the crovlces in her hovel ; the door rattled on its hings and the windows trembled at every gust. The wan light which passed through an open ing cloud fell on an empty cupboard end shone plaintively on the meagre- ness around. "It snows like all pos- seat , " said the big policeman , pausing at a windy corner , where instantly the heavy flakes settled on bis bulgy col lar and giant arms , until he looked like a funny soaro crow with a very rod nose. "There hain't been such a deep snow for ten years or more at Christmas tlmo. Thls'll bo a tough night for old Mother Casey and a few of her kind. I hope I shan't moot any of 'em ; they puts mo clear out of all patlouco with the blessed yarn about their eon in tbo hospital , and no light or broad in the houso. It's the moral truth that them jolly thinks a pollconmnVpay ought to go their corner grocery. I'm bloat if they don't. I reckon I'll have to step around atnsntr 'om though to-night and leave a few things. I couldn't sloop last night for thinking of 'om. Lord , Lord , If the rich people what'a down yonder this mlnlt a buying big cakoa and diamond necklaces could just take a nice little walk with mo to-night to wards the river , I don't think they'd have the heart to shut themselves np in their carriages and roll away to their grand unppors and their flowery boodwolrs without laying out a little money for the poor. They'll bo to church on Sunday and Christmas morning at that , and will look that sanctified as you would think they was ready for heaven afore they died , and all the time the church bolls are ring ing in the very cara of poor dying tinner * , actually perishing for vittals and drink , It's a queer onovon world , this hero Is It gets worse every Christmas , More diamonds np town and sealskins , and moro hunger and dlpthery down town. " "What are yon standing here get ting frostbites and lecturing mo for ? " said the street lamp , flaring np In a spurt of yellow flame , which gave his ono eye a sinister expression , "I ain't got anything to do with how the world goes on ; why don't you hire a hall and toll them all about it , and much good it would do and many thanks you'd got from all classes ? Don't they want to cut down police men's wages and charge you for every day you're nick ? You go and harangue corporation's ofDcurs and lot me go to aleop. I've half a notion to go ont and have the city down on the gas company. A great howl about bad gas. and water in the motor that would bo funl"v 'I know what I'll do , " growled a surly voioo at the policeman's feet which raado him jump , at which two ugly demons shrieked with laughter "What right have they to have a fire plug so expoHod to the weather I'll just freeze up , and there's sure to bo a tire in the next block before morning , and the wind is rising ; then you'll see dancing , I like a bit of excitement , myself , it's as a country churchyard here except when Kolfey beats his wife , or Mrs. Carter's baby cries from sheer hunger * , Why don't you go into Madigan'a grocery , officer , and warm your toes ? You might take a hand at the radio , and if yon win the turkey go and put It that Carter baby's stock' ing , if it owns anoh a thing. I saw a good natured man offer a car-driver a drink of brandy awhile ago , and he re futed it point blank , bcoaosinBho thought the man was a spotter , l\ot devil , ho hadn't soon fire alnco lie crawled ont of his bed at 3 this morn ing , but ho dasiontgo to the Gro , SB it would only make It worse for him , and the bitter cold harder to boar. I know my taato la open to criticism , but I'd rather bo a Gro-plng or a street lamp than a car-driver in this weather , And as for the horses , poor dumb things , it makes my heart ache to think of thorn. " "Well ; you'vo got nerve , I think ! A fire-plug talking about hla hoavt , " said the lamp post , spattering frightfully in a fresh gust of wind , "It was only yesterday you got ont of order nnd wouldn't work at all and poor old Aunty Simon * ' llttlo bakery burned up entirely , and no insurance , " "Tho sassy thing ! and you wont out last week and loft us all in utter darkness and Ahnt poor young letter carrier was robbed and boat over the head with n sand bag , and loft for dead on this very spot. " "Good graolcua ! " said the policeman - man , jumping away briskly , "If I stay here much longer I'll ' hoar some other horrid tile. I RUOBS I'll try my luck at the r fflo. I'll bet n dollar Jimmy Monahan'a in there , and hia boat is further off than mine , " "Well , It snows , " aaid the cash boy , half crying with fear and cold. "It ain't no USD looking for that dollar bill now ; the snow has covered it "up. I guess they'll dieohargo mo and keep my week's wages , too. Oh , I don't see how I could a * lost it " "What'a the matter , my poor childl'1 asked a kind hearted girl go ing to a great homo with a bundle a most beautiful white satin dross , embroidered In pansies and moss rose buds for A fair young debutante to wear at her first ball. "Lost a dollar ! Don't cry ; that's a small matter ; of course , It's not to yon , though ; wait nntll I run Into Miss Wooltou'a with this party dross. I'll give yon a dollar. I made it all myaolf , and mother and I arc going to buy our winter's coal and a Christmas turkey with the money. I did It cheaply , too ; but the bill Is high , I fear ; at least they always pretend BO ; but I can spare ono dollar ont of forty- six. " The boy dried hla toara aud took up hia Christmas dream of three dollars and what ho could buy with it , whist ling nntll the girl came down the walk bitterly weeping. "I can't help you any ; they said I waa late and the work looked horrid , and that they should not pay mo now until after Now Year , bocauao I waa not there at 4 o'clock. It ia only a trick to keep mo ont of it. What shall I do ? Wo have depended on this for two weeks , and I have worked night and day , scarcely stopping to oat or Bleep. " Into the curtained recess of an arch way two waltzers atrayod , panting for breath , their happy hearts boating high to the pnlao cf the music , while the perfume of dying roses pervaded the atmosphere. "How Miss Wool- lovely yon are , - ton. What a beautiful dross. Pressed flowers , are they not , or painted , per haps ? " "No. It la embroidery imported from Naples ; the poor nuns in the convent there do such work beauti fully , but at fabulona prices. " And the great , good God alia in the high heavens and sees and hears It all. On , waltzer , in the mad'nlng crowd , While lound the timbrel and the fife. Seo'at thou the grave , the worm , theihroud ? I pray thee live another life. "It snows fast now , " aaid the burly landlord , drawing on-his mlttona and turning up hla velvet collar , as the snow drifted into every nook and cor ner , and likes nothing better than to got down the shirt collars of fat land lords. "It snows , and all my tenants will be whining horribly about the high rent and no work , but that is nothing to mo , out they go , every blessed mother's son of them ; before the new year if they can't pay. Do they take my houses for charity insti tutions , I should like to know ? I'vo made money ; nobody over gives it tome mo , and I'm going to keep It , that's moro. I'm too lenient , that's what 1 am. I'll just atop and got mo a Tom and Jerry , It's bound to bo an awful night ; I'm nearly frozen In this ulster , lined with a blanket , and sealskin gloves , 1 wonder the carmen don t die ; but , pshaw ! they get used to it. " Ah , landlord , BO they do , and they got used to lying in paupers' graves , where corporations and fat landlords have driven thorn. Think of thla aa you ait toasting your feet to blazing fires Christmas eve , when the angola are chanting in the skies oi.d the chimes are ringing in the church. Think of the April grata that shall spring and grow on the gravea of bard pressed creatures driven by atony hearts into the eternal peace and free rent of the church yard. If you do not think of-them now yon will when you lie , remembering all the ulna you have committed , in that hour whou all your millions could not purchase ono poor llttlo moment of time ; and all the selfish past rolls away like a fitful scroll , and the inaccessfblo wall of the yet to bo rises before you. "It BIIOWB very fast , dear , " aaid llttlo Jnuey'u mother , tying an old shawl about her oars aud giving her a kisa on the red lips. "Run faat with your baakot and when you've given it to poor old Mrs , Holland come homo as quick aa you can ; I shall alt np for you. " "Will Santa Cloua bo here then , mamma ? " naked Janoy , with the light of expectancy in her dark oyoa. "I don't know , my darling ; I am afraid not ; Santa Olaua never comeu to poor folks , you seo. " "But Sapta Olaua told you to send this backet to MM. Holland , the wuahor woman , and she's awful poor. " "Thoro , run along , ( ' .our , it is get ting so dark. " "Oh , I wonder If Charley got any work to-day ; ho had auoh high hopes , na thp chopii needed extra hands , but ho la BO weak from hia long illncaa , perhaps they would not take him. I have divided my last cruut with that poor woman ; If ho comes homo with out money , what uhall we do ? " The door burst open aud Janoy'a father stood there , covered with enow , a haggard look of misery in hla paleface face J'Oh , Charley ! You nru starved and.frozon ! You ara unsuccessful , I know. " "Nobody wanted mo , Clara , and I could not stay ont and torture yon , I have not tasted food alnco thla morn ing. Yon had bettor take Janoy and go back to your father. To think ol uo fire in the houao and nothing to THE OTTAWA CYLINDER CORN SHELLER , SIIIKMKT IMPLEMENT CO. , GENERAL AGENTS , COUNCIL BLUFFS , tOWA cat on Christmas ovo. Oh , It maddens mot" IIo covered hla face with hta handa and wept aa only a strong , desperate man can. "Aud do yon think I would ask my father for help when ho has never sought ua ot spoken to mo ainco our marriage , and Jauoy is eight yean oH. Oh , Charley , wo will atarvo to gether. " Janoy ran aa fast as her fat llttlo logs could carry her to the poor woman , and then the glare of the ihopa caught her oyo. The oloctrlo light way down the street shone out like a moon , and it gave the snowy streets a sort of unearthly beauty , A llttlo way aho ventured , and then aa ho drow-nlgh the plate-glass windows aho wandered on and on until slip no longer thought of homo , and the aol- omn quiet there , but of great , tall Ohriatmaa plno trees , and frosted cakes and dolls as big aa herself , and play-houses a d toy furniture. She waa only a llttlo girl , yon see , and she hoped to moot Santa Olaua. She saw n fat old gentleman squeezing in to look at the silver plato in n jowolor'a window , and aho drew nnaror. Oh , what a jolly rod face ho had , and rod mittona and snow-whito hair. Per * haps that waa the very old gentleman. 3ho grow bolder and pushed her tiny hand into hia , looking up into his face innocently. "Please , sir , ain't you Santa Olaua ? Won't you buy mo something ! " "Well , if I over ; hero's a pretty itato of things ; every young brat in kho street bogging for trash and frip peries. No , I'm not Santa Glaus , Miss , and who are you , pray ? " "I'm Janey , and I'll go homo now , " laid the brown-eyed baby , whimper ing."I "I thought you was him , and I ain't had no doll for over BO long , nor no oako nor anything. " "A how-do-do when pretty - - every young one in the street ia taught to oxpoot prosouta. Upon my word a nice atate of society. It'a no uao oak Ing thla creature her conditionSho'll toll mo a pack of liea of conrao. She ought to DO taken np. 0Ulcer , what ought to bo done with her ? She haa evidently got no homo. Well , never nlnd' I'll juat humor her ; it will bo better than looking in a windowa. Dome In , Janey whatovor-yonr-namo- a , and pick ont your doll and what ever jim-cracko you want ; something for your ma , too , and we'll got a wagon and take thorn homo. " "Ob , what a darling old man ! Can [ kiaa yon juat once ? " Baked Janey , gravely holding np her llttlo brown faco. "Mamma aaid I musn't klia fontlomon , but you ain't a gentleman , are you ? " "No , I'm a brute an old wretch , my darling : that's the plain truth. I may have aoiuowhoro n llttlo grand child like you , but I , don't deserve to have her , and nobody has wanted to kiss mo for a great many yoara. " "I think you are nice , " aald Janoy , lolding ono fat finger In her chubby ! iand. "Don't anybody love you ? " "No , I guess not , Janoy. " "Then I will , and mamma will , ; oo. " Uy this tlmo the bundles had grown so that the big , old gentleman called a carriage and put them in , although Janoy'a wax doll could hardly bo per- auaded to lie down on the front seat ; oven then her blue kid slippers stuck igainst the window and the panlors of lior dross wore frightfully cruahod. There wore just plloa of pretty things , [ ura and cloaka and ahooa , warm droasoa and turkoya , oranges and lota of good thlnga ; in fact , everything ono could want on a Ohrlatmas ovo. "Wo mna'n't ride , " said Janey , stoutly holding on the fat finger , "I'll loao ray way if I do. I never rode home from nowhere in my life. Lota ua walk and lot dolly and the turkey ride. Goodnoaa mo , I hope aho won't grease her ball dress. " "If she does , we'll got a now ono , " said the gay old man , trotting ulonj ; with Janoy through a poorer quarter of the city than ho know. Tbo snow still fell steadily and piled up on atone torracea , fences , barberry buahoa and hung in beautiful wreatha from thu trooa , that atood whispering together about Janey , who looked like a llttlo live snow ball with logs to it , holding on to a llvo Santa Clans , in a long , groy overcoat and fur tlpput , By and by they trudged up a long , whlto hill , the wind talking to thorn aa they wunt , but no ooho told of their footprints in the deep snow , Janoy kept blinking her brown eyes every moment , beoau/o you BOO the tiny snowllakos crept in and felt so queor. Now aoinu big lull thinga utuck up through the auow and Janoy know them they uro her lilac buahes -chanped , though. Now uho flaw a faint light In a window , and a woo little thread nf amoko stealing out of the ohimnoy to sail away ever the great city and hoar all the necrots. There waa no sound of baby volcoa or laughter in this house only u woman'u aoba now and then. "That's mamma aho thiuka that I am lost , " anid the contrite Janey , hug ging a Christiana cake to her breast. Now thu aliok grey horses , looking like ghosts , had pulled the dolly and turkey and othur thinga up the hill and they were stopped with a loud whoa ! at the lilac buahea. The door flew ooeu wldo and uome- body grabbed Janny up and smashed the handsome Ohriatmaa oako into llttlo bita. "Oh , you broke It ! Here'e Santa Olaua , mamma. I brung him with mo and now you can have every thing you want. " . "Charley , come hoto , It U father ! ' TITLE ABSTRACT 0 FF1GE. J. TOT. Q TT OC 3Et , 3EI Jta O O. _ . , Lands aud Lots Bought and Sold. MONEY TO LOAN AT LOW BATES. NOTARIES PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCERS. COUNCIL BLUFFS - - - - - - IOWA. MRS. D. A. BENEDICT , TIIK LEADING DKALKIl IN X X GO O X > 837 Broadway , Council Bluffs , Iowa , ( Successors to J. W. Rodefer ) WHOLESALE A D RETAIL DEALERS IN , - LEfflGH , BLOSSBUR& IOWA AND ALL GOALS ! GONNELLSYILLE COKE , CEMENT , LIME. PLASTER , ETC. Office No , 84 Pearl Street , Yards Oor. Eighth Street and Eleventh Avenue , Council Bluffa. ' "Yoa , Olnra , my darling daughter , do not lot ua apeak of the fooltah ea- trangomont. Thin little angel haa bridged the old gulf. She found mo wandering through the streets to night , wondering what I ahould do with myself. It waa I who waa loat , not oho. I felt the need of you nnd llttlo children moro than ever In my life. My heart waa jnat breaking tor some ono to lavish carcases and gifts upon when aho poked her llttlo hand in mlno. She Is juat what you wore at her ago , only aho la bolder and trongor. And now you aud Charles got on your things ; you are going back homo. The gaunt old houao la warmed andiUghtod , waiting for id Christmas glfW ; como. This shall bo a happy timo. " After Janoy had examined the gorgeous silk hangings , the velvet sofaa and gloaming marbles , aho fell aoloop in a great high bed , with her dolly pressed to her bosom , mixing her prayers with the "dingle dong , dingle dong" of the Christmas bolla away np in the sky , where the frost people live , and ailently they toaaud down their whlto anowflakoa , which fell on Janoy'a lilac bushes and cov ered them all ovor. Never mind , she did not need them any more. God had remembered her , as Ho doca all Hia little children at Chrlatmu. The Travelling Halecmvn Is an Irroslstablu fellow , brim full of stories , lokon , courage , nelf-imuranoo and prlt. Ho is very talcing withal. Burdock Blood Ulttcra ore a very taking medicine ; they take everywhere , and are sold every where. COMMERCIAL. COUNCIL BLUFFS , Ia , , December 29. lleoelpto of groin from wagoni contlnn * fair. About 1,500 bushels of corn received to-day , Ifaimera find ready sale for egga at 30 cents. The two new roller mills are DOW run ning full capacity and turnlug out a very ebolce grade of flour , Receipts of corn la Chicago tally 291 can , a marked falling oil from previous days , and confirms our opinion aa before expressed that receipt * at the bcflnoiDK of the Now Year will be very light and that we will see better prices for all kinds of grain , Purmara will be alow to dispose oi their grain at current prlcev , and as a general thing they are in shape to hold until it is wanted by consumers at better prices. No. U corn Is actually worth , la Chicago to-day , CO cents per bushel , which price we expect to ee Inside of SO days , COUNCIL m.urrb UAIIKET , Corrected dally by J , Y , Fuller , mer chandise brolcer , buyer and shipper of grain and provUlon' . office board of trade roams , Council lUullB , Iowa. WIIKAT-NO , 3 spring , 7Boj No. 3,63j rejected COc ; i(0od demand , COHN 28o to feedera and 27o to ship pers ; good demand for glilpment. OATH Scarce and In good demand ; SO ® 82o. 82o.HAY HAY 1 OOaO 00 per ton. HVK lOc ; light mpply. Co UN MKAL I 25j > er 100 ponnda. AVoon Good nuijply ; prices at yards , 5 nao oo. COAL Delivered , hard , 10 00 per ton ; eoft. D 00 per ton. IJUTTKH I'Jeuty and In fair demand ; 25o. KOOH-.Scarce and In demand ; 309 per tloron , * LAUD Valrlmnk'H , wholesaling at 13c. 1'OULTllY Firm ; dealer * paying 13o per pound for turkoyx and lOo for chickens. VKOKTAULKS I'otatooi' , 4f > o ; onlonx , 25o : cabbaged , ! ! U@40o per doien ; applet ) , 2 60 @ 3 60 per barrel. KLOUUHeat Kunaai wheat flour , 2 30@ 2 CO ; Minnesota wheat , 2 60@3 60 ; bran , 7tia per 100 pounds. lluoojirt - 00(23 ( 00 per doiea. BTOOK' . OATTLK 3 00@3 50 ; calve * , 6 00@7 CO. HOCIB Estimated receipts , 7&0 head ] good demand at packing bouses , paying in car Iota , for common , 6 4&@C 65 ; good mixed packing , 5 G0@6 80 ; heavy packing , 5 7C@5 05 ; butchers and shippers paying for w ou lots 6 2T > @ 5 CO , 2-Bl ahleve2 Dyspepila and debility are two blij thieves ; they creep In and steal our healtu and ootiifort before we know It , Let ui nut a atop to their Invidious with a lottlc of Burdock Blood Bittern , to be had at any drag store , THE BAD CARPENTER. Be Loved too Unwisely and Now late ' to bo Bent to the Penitentiary. The trial of Harry Carpenter , the bigamist , came to an end yesterday noon in the district court. The wit ness examined in the cane vroro the Virginia wlfo , the Council Binds wife and Carpenter himself. The "Virgin ! * wlfo testified to having boon married to him some yoara ago , and produced her certificate. She also testified to his having deserted her and her four children nearly three years ago. The defense tried to break the foroo of her orldonco by causing her to admit that she had a child ainco his depar ture , and of which ho iraa not the father. The Oonnoll Bluffs wlfo , a girl of only fifteen , nlso testified on to his- marrying her only a few mouths ago. and that he had deserted her , leaving her In a dolloato condition. The young man only tried to explain that ho had hoard his first wife had got | a divorce from him , and then on learning that aho had not he [ oft his second wife until ho could got ono from his first wlfo. The jury promptly and justly returned a verdict lindlng Carpenter guilty of bigamy , and in a few days ho will receive hi * sentence. Carpenter's mother , from Virginia , was present and sat boaido her sou during most of the trial. The two wives sat bosldo each other and aeomod qulto friendly , and while the jury was ont the prlionor moved ever to where they were and chatted with them for some mlnutoi. Much sympathy is felt for the women who have boon the victims of the knavo's villainy , while an equally universal feeling is apparent that the full extent of the law will bo too little punishment for such a rascal as ho has proved to be. Another chapter has boon added to Carpenter's history. It Is claimed that when ho loft hero ho was in com pany with a crook , and that they com- mlttod a burglary in the eastern part of the state , for which his comrade was arrested , and a warrant iainod for Carpenter's arroat , also. Carpenter's pal , who is known as McOroa , oliau Henry , is also wanted here for seduc ing a hired girl and , after getting her money as well as her honor , skipping , away to commit other deviltry. A Qeoeral Stampede. Never was such a rush made for any Drug stare as Is now at O. Goodman's , for a Trial UotUo of Dr. King's Now DIscovery - covery for Consumption , Coughs and Golds. All persona afflicted with Asthma , Bronchitis , Iloaraonesa. SOVOB Caught , o any affection of the Throat nnd LUCKS can get a Trial liuttlo of thla greatremedy rtt , by calling at above ] named Drug Btoro Worked "Wonder * . "My daughter waa very bad oil on ac count tf a cold and pain in her lungs. Dr. Thoiuao' Kclectrio Oil cured her In twenty- lour Hours , Una of the boya waa cured of tore throat , Thla medicine ban worked woudeiu In our family. " Alvab 1'inckney , Lake Mabopao , N. Y. MBS , , J , HABDINQ , M , D , . Medical Electrician AND GYGNEOOLOGHST. Graduate ol Electropathlo Institution , Phila delphia , Feona. Offlco Our , Broadway & Olomi Ave. COUNCIL DLUm , IOWA. Tb treatment oi all dtseuei and plntul dlt- flcultlM peculiar to Ica > lw ipccUlu , ,