I THE DAILY BEE MONDAY , APEIL 13 , 1885. COUHCHJ1LUFFS , ADDITIONAL LOCAL. TALKS ABOUT TBA'DE ' , How Council IlluiTri U Gaining * nd Growing. "Do you know what la the moat on- cournging feature about the blty now ? Well 1 will toll you , " raid ono of the bnsincsj men the other day to 'tho DEB man. "Ever ilnco I caino here , eovoral years ago , I hnyo noticed that citizens themselves , who ought to praise the town , and stand up for It , have always been talking blno nbont U 1 Why , a stranger coming here with any Idea of settling In business would bo drircn nway by the way the cltizana themselves wonld run down the town. When the folks who llvo in n pUoo have no confidence in the town , yon cannot expect strangers to have ranch. Since the court honso question lias boon settled and * the government building has boon started I hear loss of this discouraging talk , and moro hope and confidence expressed. The people acorn to'foel that they not only can * have but will have a city hero. If they only back up this confident talk by Investing their money In homo enterprises , there will bo no trouble In getting outsiders to have confidence enough in the plnco too to ettlo here and invest capital horo. The people by having faith themselves Inspire faith in others. This ii what makes mo feel good abont the prospects of Council lilnfia , for I haven't seen any such con fidence or heard any such cheerful talk on the part of the people before.r "This year Is an important ono for Council Bluffc in many respects , " said another wide-awake business man. "If this city over grows to any great size. It must socnro mere jobbing houses and manufactures , for the retail trade will noon reach lla limit , if It has not already done so. The smaller towns around here keep cutting Into the retail trido moro or loss. Council Bluffs must have some thing that they Ho not have , and some thing that will draw trade from a dis tance. This means jobbing and manu facturing. Th\B \ city being a great rail road cantor hai advantages for handling and distributing 'goodo p&sscseod by no other city In this part of the country. This year bolcg ono of special growth , there should bo special pains taken to call attention ta the city and Its pros perity , and efforts made to got capital to Invest in thcao lines hero. While the city Is having a prosperous time these efforts should bo pub forth rather than wait until the building boom la over. ' Now is'tho time for Council Bluffs to get up and dust herself. " "That sounds very nice1 spoke up an other , an old settler , "but the trouble with this town Is that as soon as any firm talks of settling here , and happens to look at a ploco of property on which to build a factory , or anything of that sort , fancy prices are slapped on , and the strangers are collared arc dragged about as If they had got to settle hero anyway , and each onu was deter mined to uinko all the money out of him that ho could without any regard to the general internals of the town. Then , again , sorao of iho enterprises which have been started her a have baon given the cold shoulder jast as soon as they were settled horo. < That has boon the trouble. " "All that sort of grab-game business is now pretty well stopped , hofovor"spoko up another. "I believe that the old fos sils and grabbers are now en the back neat , and are there to stay , while the warmer-blooded ones and the enterpris ing men era at tbo front ready to pull to gether. There is a new and glorious day dawning for Conncil Bluffs. Already a number of heavy enterprises ara think ing of .tattling hero , and negotiations are going on with them , and I toll you that If they do como here the business men will give them substantial support , and itand by them. There it eolng to bo no moro foolishness about it. Council Blou" < , with 8500,000 of building Improvements in eight , is going to grow and the manu facturing and jobbing Interests are to yec bo ono of the loading features of the city's prosperity. Mark that down , Mr. Reporter - porter , and tell your readers that Council Bluffs has tbo host show it has over had und it docs not propose to fool it away. HEAVENLY MUSIC , Tin * Concert ? by thn Bernharcl-Ijlste. mail Compiuiy. As choice aa audience as over waa soon In the opera houao gathered there Satur day evening to listen to the Bombard- Lbtomann company. The numbers wore larcjo , too , and proof wtu given that Cjun- ell Bluffs can appreciate and will support choice entertainments if rightly rnnnoRod. These who wore enterprising enough to secure the presence of this company , and had faith enough in the city to run the rink of great financial lota , cer tainly merit the gratitude of every one who was present Saturday evening , The programme mas an excel lent cue and furnished each a musical treat that all were delighted. The au- dlenco waa very appreciative and encores were numerous and worthily bestowed. Bombard Llstoman la a violinist of dazzling , bewildering brilliancy , excell ing doubtless any other nrtUt in this respect - , spoct , but falling perhaps shcrt of some ia sympathetic emotional phases. Mr. E. U. Delndl , on the iluto , la no leas of an artist. Sweeter , purer tones were never hoard , and thuso who with George MaoDonald live held that the tlutolstho sweetest and most expression- Icai of Instruments , were almost Induced to change their notion , ho throwing BO much soul and oxprotslon into he not r , Miss Emma Howe , the vocalist of the evening , captivated and , enthused the audience greatly. She has a voice ol wonderful swoetnoes and flexibility not the strongest of voices but one whoso notes are as clcr.r and sweet as these of Hcndl'a Hate , and whcso trills are as the warbles of a bird. Her closing number , a lullaby song , was tbo sweetest music ol human voice ever heard hero , The viollucollo solo by Mr. Alex. Illndl , nnd the double bass ono by Mr. Henry Greene , weio very fine uumbon also , and each wai successful. The company , In Its "Danco o ! Death , ' showed itself to the best advantage. Tin composition is peculiar , nocesiitatiog vor ; careful rendition , Tbo company through out wai excellent , and a choicer , even Ing's entertainment has never been pro vided tbo mnslo-lovera of Council Block ; blilpiuontH. The following are the shipments o took from Union atock yards In Counci Bluifc since last report. Ilaskor Bror. , one car of hcru.s , 1 fcu d , to Bt , M ul via N. VRy. . Daw & M , ono car hogs , 74 head , to Chicago via Mil. Ry. Robins Bros. , three cars cattle , Gl head , to Chfengo via R. I. Ry. Chapman & S. , onn car cattle , 32 head , to Ohoyonne via U. P. Ry. M. Chose , ono car horses , 15 head , to Klmball , Dak. via U. P Ry. 0. E. Cooley , one car horses , 18 head , to Valentine , Nob. , via U. P. Ky. Rent Bros. , "four cars cattle , < 8 head , to Chicago via N. W. Ry. A. W. Brent , three cars cnUlo , 54 head , to Chicago via. IS. W. Ry. T. S. Evol , two cars cattle , 38 hood , to Chicago via R. I. Ry. Hall Bros , two cars cattle , 70 head , to Denver via U. P. Rp. COMMEKOIAlj , COUNCIL ELUrrfl Wheat-No. 1 milling , C5j No. 2 , 'COj ' No. 8 , 5. Oorn Now , 25C. Data For local rmrpoeos , 23o. Hay $7 00 per ton ) baled , 60 , Rya BOo. Oorn Meal 1 80 per 100 pounds. i Wood Good supply ; prices at yards , 6 009 6 GO. ) Goal Delivered , hard , 0 60 per ton ) soft 40 per ton tard Talrbank's. wholesaling at 9o , Flonr Olty fl6ur/ 1 D0@2 90 , Brooms 2 953 00 per doz , LIVB STOCK. , Oattlo Catcher cows ] 3 253 75 , Batcher teen , 3 7E ® 1 00. Sheep 3 00@3 50. Hoge 3 60@3 76. raoDUOB AND rauim Poultry Live chickens , per doz. 3 00 © 3 50 ; live turkeys , Oo per Ib , Batter dreamery , 25@28o ; choice country lG@18o. Kegs Finn ; lOc per dozon. Vegetables Potatoes , -15a50o ( per bushel ; onions , 1 00@1 25c porbu ; apples , choice cook ing or eating , 3 § 0 ; boana , 1 00@1 50 per bnnhol. Orangoa Florida , 4 00 per box ; California. 2. BO per box. Lemons 3 CO ccr box. HOW 'IAVAS DONE NONE KNEW. Wonderful Tnlo of a OntlliU XliRt AVont Up tlio Spout. , omo ( Gn. ) Bulletin. Percy Wood , the genial nud popular ckot agent of the East Tennessee , Vir- ula & Georgia at E t Rome , whiles way the dull hour * between trains , when ot otherwise employed , In telling mar- oloua stories for the edification of his olnda who might bo present to take them n. Yesterday ho entertained us with a onderous ono , while awaiting the delay- d trains. It Booms , according to Percy , that the couo was laid at Cass station , and far- her , that the base of operation was In ho water tank near the depot. 'One day the pipe which conveyed ator to the tank became stopped np and 11 efforts tj remedy or repair the ovll ore of no avail until I unloosened a joint i the pump , and upon examination ound that a catfish had orawlad into it. "Tho fish was as large as my arm and early aa long. Now , the pipe was only wo Inches In diameter ; and heir the cat ver got Into , it or hour it got out was a omploto mystery to me , and also the man who was with mo who had but ono rm , "After a whllo wo struck a brilliant dos , and catching a small minnow , we leld him in at the other end of the plpo ottlng him wiggle promiscuously , and ut came Mr , Catfish. " His witnesses , who will bo subptunaed n the adjudication of the tale , are ono- rmod man , two deaf mutes , ono Baptist iroacher and three yaller dogs. If the ish tail had been half as big as Percy's ah tale ho couldn't have crawled through hogshead. ho Days of the Desperado IB Over. ) etioit Free Press. Be looked la at the door , saw six or ight men around the stove , and then ho row back to arrange his toilet. In his olt were tvro revolvers. Down the back f bis nock was a bowle-knlfe. In his iyo the lightning lurked , and around his month was an expression to freeze blood. When he entered the saloon It was with war-whoop which should have lifted very man a foot high , bnt no ono moved. When ho advanced to the bar and asked or a glass of doublo-and-twi&tod death t forty rods , his voice and manner should bavo driven the bartender down through ho Hour , but ho didn't sink an Inch. "This Is my day for gore ! " bellowed ; ho stranger as ho held up the glass and urveyed the audlenco. Nobody seemed to caro. "Who put Tiger Jock under the sod ? " ho demanded In an awful volco. Nobody answered. "Who run Bloody Pete out of Deadwood - wood ? Who made Awful Smith take water at Denver ? " Ono man said something abont tbo weather , but no pne minded the Inquiry. "And I've come down from the moun- alns to got n dozen scalp looks for a new tsbleclotnl" howled tbo stranger. "I want a dozan 'leven won'tdo mo ! whoop whoopeel" At this point one of the men who had bom trying to catch a nap got up and walked overdo the stranger and took ilm by the ear end led him to the door and gave him a lift. As ho returned to his cbalr ono of the crowd inquired : "Who wai ho ? " "Dunno , but ho made me tired , " waa the reply , and the entire affair dropped without another wrrd. Good-bye. Catamount Sam , Panther Jaok and Buckskin Rill. You've had your day. It's no use ringing up the curtain on empty benches. Bred In the Bone , Owensboro Knqnirer. Two youthful politicians , ono of Repub- ican persuasion and the other a red-hot champion of the democratic cause , had the following animated diacusslon of the iltuatlon on Fredorlca street o few oven- ogs since. Slid tbo republican lad : 'Dlmocrats can't be no gangers and storekeepers. " "Why not ? " questioned the irate Dem ocrat. "Cause they can't do no figorln' , that's tbo reason " Then , " responded the disciple of JeiV.rjou , "I'd like to know who found out how Now York went democratic if It wasn't tbo dimorcrata that did ? " This was a poaer , Tlio Same Thing , Wall Street New * . "Father , " ho said as ho came running In from school , "did yon over drill an oil troll and make $50,000 ? " "No , my son , I never did. " "I waa In hopes you had , for I wanted to brag to tha boys. " "Well , you can tell 'em that , althonRt I nevtr drilled an oil well and made $50- 000. an oil broker occo drilled me and made $75,000 , which is about the sami thing , I quess. " The mean elevation of this coun'trj above the sea Is 2,500 feet , and the aver age rainfall is 29 Inches. . IOWA IN CHUNKS. A Collection of lDteresliD2 Items From the Other Side , Prohibition Points anil Pranks FutiU Accidents and General Sioux City's \Vntcr "Works and Prospects , A now rolllng.mlll , the only ono In tbo atato , has boon started at Burlfngton , Glab , the Dubuque brewer , was elected mayor of that city by a majority of over 000. 000.Charles Charles Gallagher , who lives six miles northeast of Batavia , claims to bo 120 years old. Marlon has closed a contract with a Philadelphia firm for the consttuction'of a water works system. At iho Davenport municipal olocttou on the 4th.3,357 votes were cast , Claw- son , the democratic nominee , receiving a majority of 1,104. Domestic troubles drove Tlmoth Lucy , of Clinton , to attempt sulcldo with rat poison , which failed of the doslrcd effect. Timothy was pumped out. Flvo saloons were raided at Falrfiold , simultaneously by sheriff , constable and marshal. The latter was the only officer who failed to seize liquor. The Chicago , Burlington & Qalncy road expects to have Its line from Dos Molnoa to St. Jo , Missouri , opened for traflio in about three weeks. The Dea Molnes , Osccola & Southern railroad has passed into the hands of a receiver. It is a narrow gnage running from Des Molnes to Catnavlllo , Mo. The ministers and eoloon keepers , In their united and holy crusade against tbo skating rink , are trying to force a license of $000 upon the unlucky rinks of Ot- tumwa. The citizens of Gnthrlo Center are making strenuous efforts to learn who is the cause of so many firca In their town. A reward of 81,000 is offered for the per petrators of the crimes. Woodrlng , of Waverly , defeated Reed , the LaCross champion , In the pigeon ahoot at Dabuque on Monday , Woodrlng killing 8G out of 100 birds to Heeds 78 , and winning the $200 purso. Rev. F. X. Miller , of Tama City , claims that ho has , with the aid of his assistants , closed forty-four ealoons in that vicinity , and canted fines to bo im posed on offenders aggregating § 9,000. Assassins attempted to blow up the homo of Wm. Stewart , a prominent citi zen and temperance man of Cedar "Upldu , last Saturday night , by the uao f an infernal machine. It failed to ex- ilodc. A printer In the Fort Dodge Chronicle ffico has resigned his position to prepare or the ministry. There is nothing that 10 effectually fits a boy for the walks of Ifo as playing the devil around a nows- iaper office. A son of George Todd , of Alden , wont unting on Sunday , and while crawling hrongh the brush , accidentally dls- ihargod ks ! gun. Young Todd will lose tls right arm. The Fort Madiion jeweler who met with a similar accident on Sat- iday is dead. A ministerial looking individual , with ell curved bnrnsldes , played the poverty amo on the pious and charitable of Ores- on , and secured quite a donation of cash. He could not stand prosperity , and while io was Investing In gaudy livery ho was rrcsted and locked up as an Impostor. A sliding scale of prices has been greed upon by the mining companies and the minors at Angus , the minors ro- oiving 87A cents per ton when coal lells x § 1.05 and when coal sells at $2 00 the miner Is to receive 99J cents per ton , all oal delivered on the coal Hats and the ontract to last for. one year. The Chicago , Burlington & Qutncy Is tulldlng a nnmber of now Iron bridges n the west end of Us Iowa line , to re- ilace old structures. The bridges are or a single track , bnt the atone abut ments are all being made wide enoogh 'or double track bridges. This looks like .ho company Intended to extend the donblo track west from Chariton at no distant day. The Leader claims that Des Moines is m the brink of a great bnilding boom , but recent arrivals from the capltol city report business decidedly flat there. Dozens of stores and residences are vaant and socking tenants , ronti are so low that it does not pay to build and the city generally wears a dull and gloomy aspect. So much for contradictions. The five Angus minors who were bound ver to the May term of court for partici pating In the riots resulting In the death of a young Swede , were taken before Judge Mo Henry , at Adol , last week , on a writ of habeas corpus , when Lloyd , Davis and Thomas were discharged , and Canfiold and McOahill held In bonds f $1,500 each , which they gave. As an ovldenco of the baneful effects wrought by thojeuforcenunt of the pro hibitory liquor law , Is cited the case of an old soaker named Klncsnorth , who reached tbo arid town of Croatcu with red hot flues. When unable to secure anything bnt cider to cool his burning copper ho was taken with a violent at tack of the tremcni , and his lifo de spaired of. A man named Irwin , living eight miles distant from West Side , fired a email pralrlo adjoining his premises acd those of a neighbor , Wm , Lindsay , which burned tbo prairie all night and likewise the homo , barn , farming Implements and stock of Mr. Lindsay , who lay sick ( n bed and unattended at the tlmo. Mr. Irwln is very sorry that his neighbor's liouso , etc. , were bnrnod. There ia a hot fight In progress over the Waterloo postofllco , the term of whose present occupant expires within two weeks. Ono candidate , L. B. Edwards , it backed by M. JM. Ham , of the Da- buquo Herald , Congressman Murphy , of the Second Iowa district , and Congress man Fredericks , of the Fifth district ; another , B. G. Button , has the endorse ment of Samuel J. Tilden , Dan Manning and II. P. Flowar , and other prominent eastern democrats , while the third can didate , G. M. Barnes , ia a relative of Postmaster-General Yllaa. The Holly water works at Sioux City were officially tested last week. Foui streams were thrown at the same time t < a height of 150 , 140 , l'58. and 101. Tin water supply U obtained from drive well Into which , during the teat , the watei came as fait as Ft was pumped. Thi Journal says "the pumps that draw thi water from the drive wells and force 1 through the hydrants ara the Gaskll patent , manufactured by the Holly com pany , of Lickport , N. Y. , and of the kirn known ti experts as compound conduce Ing. The contract w a for tw pumping enzlnei , with 10 Inch blgl prweure and 20-Inch loir pressure cvllu dcrs , and 18-inch stroke , the two to have a daily capacity of 1,500,000 gallons. The company , understanding that a high reservoir was to be used , made apeclali patterns for the Sioux City pumps , cant ing delay in delivering. But the pumps fnrnlihcd were enough bettor to pay for waiting , having 14-inch high , and 24-Inch low pressure cylinders and 21-inch stroke. Mr. Holly says that the pumps furnished are fall 2,000,000 gallons capacity , and are such aa his company usually gets 530,000 for. Sioux City paid $18,400 for puropitlg plant complete , including boilers. A horrible case of burning occurred on the farm of Mr. Coo , southwest of Sloan , last Tuesday. Oharloa Plxlor , the ten ant on the fatm , had stilted a fire In a rubbish heap , and gene away. Mra. Plx lor , who was busy abont her household work , did not notice lhat the Cro had spread to the hontd until the building was In flames , and the only door Impassa ble. Seizing the eldest child , n aon 4 yours old , aho dropped him out of a win dow , and then returning took the other child , a baby , and carried It out of the house. When outside .the house the nearly frantic mother could find nothing of her little son , the lad who had boon put out at thojwindow. Her screams brought neighbors , who were able to got a little way into the burning house , but nothing could bo found of the boy. At hat , when the logs from the burning house It was n log-house had partly fallen donn , the oy was lonnd dead under a barrel that aa under the window , his head burned a aa to bohardly recognizable , It scorned lat the mother , in her freight , had ropped the lad into the barrel Instead t on the ground as the supposed. The ttlo fellow feeling something of hia mother's excitement , had cuddled down n the bottom of the barrel In terror and emaincd there without making a move ntil overcome by the heat and smoke. A SIOUX CITy SQUEAL. , The Sioux City Journal aaya : "Ono f the advantagea under which the wholesale trade of the city is laboring i.s ack of capital. The capital has boon In- rcaiod by the growth of the older firms nd the addition of now ones , but not nongh to keep pace with the growth of lat country that looks to Sioux City as base of supply. For instance , in the holesalo grocery line , ono of the most rowing , there was but ono firm vo years ago , and now there are four , nt the country has outgrown the trade , nd little benefit is likely to bo derived y furtfier extensions of our railroad sjs- em until there la capltbl to handle the rado already in each. By the oxtention f the White River line the trade of the lack Hills- country will bo within roach , y August 1. Sioux City has had , and s to have , equal freight rates with maha on this extension , as on other arts of the Sioux City & Pacific in fobratka. If Omaha and not Sioux ity gets tbo trade of northwest Nebraska nd the Black Hills country , and the rado of the Wyoming country into which 10 same road will bo extended next yoarit wili bo because Omaha has the capital to o the business and Slonx City has not. his ono Una is only mentioned as aaam- lo , for the country In Dakota Is devel- ping as tvoll as in Nebraska. Now linen E railroad are projected , and the coun- ry already traversed by railway lines Is King up with now settlers. It bos been uggosted by business men who have the nterost of tho-city at heart , and who with to see It retain Its place as a dis- ributlng point , that a stock company bo rganizcd to supply the lack of a heavy wholesale grocery house. A. Military Man , Mr. L. B. Ferguson , Kentucky M1I1- ary" Institute , Farmdale , Ky. , writes : 'I have used St. Jacobs Oil and deem it he best medicine made for rheumatism nd neuralgia. " YOKK NOTES. Special Correspondence of THE BEE. YOKK , Neb. , April 10. Our town la njoylng moro than usual prosperity In mslnoss and Improvements. Moro now inlldings are going np this spring than ny previous ono. Our election passed off quietly. Pro hibition has coma to York to stay , and hero wai no Issue before the people. Traveling men often come up hero 'rom Lincoln to spend Sonday , They omstimes curse the town because it has no saloons , yet they say it is a nco ! town , o spend Sunday , and so our hotels are ronded on that day. The trustees of York college hold a meeting last night to consult In regard to the financial condition of the institution. We had a number of magnates of Moth- idistn hero from different parts of the tato. Over ono hundred students uo now in attendance and the college Is increasing in ropnt Jtlon and Inilaonco ; Prcs , Thompson , Its head , its highly appreciated as an education. A convention was held in Doll's hell , Wednesday and Thursday evenings of his week , under the nnsplcoa of the Na- ional Reform association. It was un usually interesting , com is ting of ad dresses on various political questions from the standpoint of the moral law. All the pastors in town heartily cooperat ed. A minister from your city , E. B , Graham , was in attendance , and de livered a powerful address Wednesday evening , on "Christianity the presorva- sive element in the nation's life. " Ho said If infidels wera not satisfied with our Christian Institutions they should go to some heathen * land , and set up a gov ernment for themselves. President E. Thompson gave ono of his finest addresses on the bible in the ichools. Ho believed the moral powers n man could not bo trained without the blblo. There was a very earnest discussion on the Sabbath queatlon. Rev. A , W. Clark , of the Baptist church , strongly advocated the enforcement of our Sun day laws. Ho road from the Nebraska statute , section 241 , that If any person shall engage in sportln/ , hunting , nshlng or shooting on Sunday they shall be fined $20 or Imprisoned twenty days Ho aald It was the duty of tbo govern ment to look after the intelligence and morality cf Us citizens. A Seventh Day Advenliat minister , Her. A. J. Oadney , of Fremont , made an earnest ploi againat tbo Sunday laws , because they infringed on the conscience of his people , of whom tbero were 100 congregations iu Nebrabka , who diabe < lleved In the Obriatian Sabbath. Ho and some of his people were much excited - cited and atooi at the door during the evening session distributing tracts to all who came In. A letter was road from Protidon Rlng'and ' , of Hastings college , statin } that he could not attend owing to alck ness. Rev. B. F. Sharp and Rev. H. S Harrlaon mude atrong speeches on thi Mormon quettlon , and Judge Griffin de livered B carefully written addreea 01 religion and civil law. The meeting were well attended , and the question presented will bo discussed by our poo- Slo for days to como. Rev. M. A. ault at the close answered a variety of questions and the andlonco patiently listened till'near ton o'clock , The ladles of the Presbyterian church talk of getting Rev. Graham to glvo a popular locluro sometime soon. R. A Mlsilt Coiiln. Detroit Free Trcs * . "Yoe , " ho answered , aa ho seemed to bundle himself np In a heap , " 1'vo been thoro. That Is , I'o jumped from a rail road train running at a speed of forty- eight miles an hour , and I can't say I want to repeat the experiment. " "Where and when ? " "Abont thirty miles east of Chicago on the Michigan Central , three years ngo. " "What was the occaalon ? " "I waa half drunk , and did It on a bet of $5. The bet was that I daren't walk ont on the platform and take the jump without picking out my ground. As It happened , the ground wai pretty clear bnt a million dollars wouldn't ' biro mo to try It again. " "How did you como out ? " "Well , its hard to doacrlbo the sonin- tlon. As I sprung from tbo atop I seem ed to fly. I sailed along in the air until my wings grow thcd , mid then I dropped down to BCD the country. 1'vo got a good pair of eyes , bnt I didn't see much. I wai too busy turning cartwheels and handsprings and somersaults. Sometimes I boat the profession all hollow , and again I made a muss of it. It was my Intention to skip all the mud puddles and avoid all the stumps , but you can't always have your way In this world. By and by I rested my caso. That is , I brought up In a fence corner , and waited for a first class hospital to como along. " "Much hart ? " "Might have boon worse. Broke an arm , two ribs and had over o hundred cuts and brulsos , and It was seven weeks before I could walk a rod. " "But you won the § 5 ? " "Y-e-a ; but there is where I always grow sad. The stakeholder sent It back to mo from the first town In the shape of a pine coffin , and It didn't fit my length into seven Inches. I had to sell the con founded thing for a misfit at naif price. " InipteiuciitH of Warfare. In the construction of implimonts of war the United States leads the world. When the Monitor was lot loose against the Morrlmao In the early stage ofjtho war Europeans were astonished at the result , The performance of the "littlo cheese- box , " as the Monitor was derisively called revolutionized the naval warfare of marl- titEonatlons.Within the past few weeks the journals have been filled with accounts of the destructive qualities of the dynamite shells invented by Mr. Shydor , of New Jersey. Experiments wore recently made with those shells at Washington in pres ence of the Diplomatic corps , and all were astonished at the results Tbo conclnaion reached was that no armed vessel or for tification could withstand their assault. They can bo fired from any ordinary gnn , muzzle or breach-loader , and ( with light charges of powdor. Following upon the heels of this revolutionizing discovery , comes an account oLa steel cannon , which is likely to displace ordinary' guns. It consists of three seamless steel tubes a half an Inch In thickness , drawn over each other by hydraulic presauro , thus making the tube ono and n half inches thick through its entire length. The first tube has a bore of eix inches. When cold , the second tube Is put on when -warm , and tbo same process Is repeated with the third. It Is said that this tube will stand a water prjssura of seventy-five thousand pounds to the square Inch. It is claimed that a gnn of this character , without any strengthening at the breech , as Is usual with ordinary guns , will throw a colld shot weighing one , hundred pounds. The steel used In Its manufac ture is of the soft variety , but changes Its character in the process of manufac ture , becoming perfectly tempered. It Is computed that 750,000 people go into London by rail every day to earn their livelihood , and leave It at night , and yet an accident rarely occurs. F. H. OBCCTT. S. T. FKKNCII I , H. TllKTNOIU COUHGIL BLUFFS CARPET QO SUCCESSORS ro Gasady ; Orcutt & French 405 Broadway Council Biufis Carpets , Curtains , Window Shades , Mattings , Linoleums ; Oil Cloths and Upholstery , ( : Mail Orders Carefully Filled' ! GijONGlL BLUFFS CARPET 00. rue . ornoxa4 Wt ! Win OFFICER & FUSE Y BANKERS. C4B4tl liloffl , . , . ! , established - - 1856 P * l r In rorttfn and DaaMtU K ka ( inl II SOUTH OMAHA Remember that when you buy n lot in South Omaha you pet 9,000 tqunro feet of ground , equ 1 to three lots 50x00 , or nix busimss lots 26x00. With this you nave the advantage ot alloys 20 feet wide and a street 80 feet wide. THINK OF THIS When yen are buying real estate ; ascertain hovr much LA.ND you are getting for your money. NOW > IS THE TIME To secure these largo lots while they are cheap. You can get ground now at 21 cents a square foot that will bo worth five times that amount iu three years. Send for a Rflap of South Omaha. Address , 216 S. 13th St , Omaha , Neb , M. A. Upton , Ass-t Sco'v and Manager. CIGARETTE Smok ara who ro willing to v V a U'tle more RICHMOND ( or Cifnrott | than the i > rlco clurnoj tor the ordinary trulo Clear- tk ( . . lll Una the RICHMOND STRAIGHT CUT NoI I SUPERIOR to all othcn. They are mailo from tlio brightest , most delicately fl roroil , and hlfrheit coat old loaf crown In Virginia , ami ate abiolutoly WITHOUT Ain'LT RATION orUrURS. Wourc the Conulno French RICO Pnpor ot our own direct Importation , which Is m do cspccUUy for Uw tcr marked with the name of the ornnd , Richmond Qtmlfiht Cut No. I. STRAIGHT CUT No. 1 each Cigarette ) , without which none are tronulnc. Imitations ot this brand ) > o boon put on n led d rigarotto smokora are rautlonou thotthla Is the old and orlpitml Iiraud , and to cbitrvo tnatoicli ckage or box of Richmond Straight Cut Cigarettes bears the elgnaturo ot ALLEYS & CXIWTER. Mamifactiiiers , _ Richmond , Virginia. . Wholitvd trin ( l anv tlidr outhftil vlcor anil power , wlionro snfrcrlnjrfrom terrible DHAlfiS nnil JjObH US , wlio nrtntunh , IMl'OTUNTand mult for tnarrlucc. MEN of adages , who find their POWER andiitnllty , ncrvu3 * ! ! . ! 'SKXUAI. blltKNUTll weakened , ur early li.ililia or F.XCCJSF.B , can reecho aiioaltlvnniid InntliiK CU Hi : . NO matter of how IOIIK ntamlliiR the case may lie. or irhu Las foiled to euroby n few weeks or inhntlis IIKO nt tlm celebrated .MYRTLEAIN TREATMENT Athomeuthoulcxposurc , In LESS time , and lor LhSS money than any other method Intlie world. SVcaV back , licodaclie , KU1SB1ON8 , lassitude , liiBsofsplrltsniulainliHInnloony ( thoughts , d ra nil tut dreams , defective memory , iniVOTHNOR. fits. liniipdlmenM to marriage , aud manynier | ! > initoins | leading ta CONbOMlTION or INSANITY , uru iirouiptly removed by this treatment , and vigorous manhood restored. Married Men , ortJioscwJio intend to viarry , nEMTSIDEIt , perfect ncunl strength ixeans. health , \lRorous oil" . Fprln ? , lonfrllra andtlio lovonnd respect of a faithful \vlfu. Weak nicimhoultl be restored tolgor ti manhood before marriage , 1'roofs , tcxtimouliilH and valuable treatise U etnmps. OS6tab.lS77.Addrcss ) The Climax Medical Co , 5O4 , St. Louis , Mo. KIEL BALE STABLES Keep Eoraca and BInlcs constantly on hand < rnu wo frill eel ! In retail or carload lota. All Stock Warranted as Reoresented , Wliclnale tiurctM ) rtimui Ii Oioln icJ 1'eltd lloy. Price oonablo Satisfaction Guaranteed. OHZaLTTTEI ? . & BOLEJ Corner Fifth Ave. & Fourth St. UouncllBlnffa , COUNUir , UlUFFS , April 2. FOnSlIAN Hold this epace 111 the advertisement ot Drs. JuilJ & Smltli'e Klo.trlo Aiphancee. are too busy filling their orders acd celling their new factor } , Ko. SO , fourth Strcot , to rlghta , tex t i any copy lust now. J. L. DiBKVOISE. I No. 507 Broadway Council Bluffs. Railway Time Table. COUNCIL 'BLUFFS. The following are the tlmca of the arrival , and de parture oi trains by central standard time , at the local depots. Trains leave transfer depot tan mlo- atei earlier and arrlio ton minutes later. f moAaoand iroBTnvxanar. 9:25 : A M Mall and Kiprcts 60'r : u 2:40 : iM cccintnodatloii 4 : 0 r M 5:30 : IM Express 0.05 A 11 OfflCASO AND KOCH IBLAHC. :25 : \ M Mall and Express B(3 : r M :25 : A ii Accommodation fili : ( ) M :30 : iu ExrciH 0CO : A u CHICAGO , 1IILWADE11 AND It , fADl , i.ZOjA M lla'l and KxpriM 0r : > o p M > :2S : iM Kxprcsi 'J 03 A H omoAso. D u are AHDQCIIOT , O'fcO A M Mall and Exprtss 7:10 : r M .2.3' ) r M Acciimmod.itlon ? : oo r u 0:45 : r M Eiprous 8.60 A M WAUSU , tT. LOUIS AND rACinO , From Transfer only. :30 : r M St. Louli Expresi " :15 : I1 v : IO i > M Chlcxgo EXQ via I'eorli 0:10 A u KABHAl OITT , BT. J01 AND CODBOlb ILtTTTB. .O.Oti A u Mall and Express 6:10 r M 8:15 : r si ixpree9 : 6:26 : A u HODI OITT AND FAOinO. , ' :2U : A M Mall for Sioux City flCO : IM : EO iu Exproitt for Bt I'tul 8:50 : A ti t'MOX rAOItlO. .1:00 : A M Dinver Express 4:35 : r M 1/5 i > M IJncoln Pus O'a & II V 2:36 : r n 7:65 : ! M Otcrlind express 8:30 : A M DUMUr TRAINS TO OMAHA. Lea\e Council llluffn - 7:16-8tO-fl:30-10:80- : : : 11:40 : a. in. 1:80 : 2:30-8:80 : : 4:23 : fi5 : flB : l : < 5 p. m. Leave Omaha 8:40 : 7:5C : eIO : 10fO ; 11:15 : a. m. 12DO-x:00 : : 3.CO-40-4:65 : : 6:65 : 11:10 : D. m. MANDEMAKEKS & VAN , ARCHITECTS , CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS No. 201 Upper BroadwayCouncil BlutTs. E , Eice M. D. or thu tnmorj rtsa T > 4 wlihoit U > . k Ufoi rawlnffoU * c. CHRONIC DISEASES----1 ' * Oer t&trtyjtm prastiwl txpulMM MtM Hi I , P arl street , Ooondl Blnfl * . Dr. W. H. Shorra&oa DENTIST , * Masonic Temple , Council Blnffif I Iowa. „ la ii | > lircxi ! lac , areas r t'U activity , i * ltlvuly I curua liuiotfeiicv. | loc _ tll Ity , all weukncaa ofut'ucratlvo Bystvm ; t ltli r uux tl Uvtuau. ,1. ll.AVuniur.'lDThUtuSt.UlJlcMO COUNCIL BLUFFS Wholcsa1.o and Itctall Dealers In Hard Soft ana Blossburg O O J ± L . - W. H. SIBLEY , Manager. Offloo. 88 Main St. Yard , on 0. n. I. P. and O U. & St. 1 * . Hallway. THE RECENTLY IMPROVED REMINGTON STANDARD TYPE WRITER NO. 2 , Ta the ffiflficxl Achievement in Writing- Machines in the World. With cnly S3 kcyn to learn an operate. It print * 70 character * Including caps and email letters , punctuatloos , flKiircu , tlgng ami ( ructions. H > th simplest ami mobt rapid writing michlna nuulu as well an tlio most durable for free illustrated pamphlet. Wyckoff Sea/nans & Benedict , Chicago , 111 , , Solo Agents. 0. II. HHOLIIS , Council IJIulTs Agent fur We torn Iowa. JTA.COS SIMS , Attorney - at-Law , OOUNC1I. BLUF1 B , lOVf A. Office , Main Btrwt , Ilooma 7 and 8 , Bbujcart and HeuoMock. Will practice In Hi ito and tatu oourta. H. 80HURZ. Justice ofle Peace. ornox OTKR AUKBIOAM RXFKEM 'OUNOIL BLUFFS. SCJXMJDT , PHOTOGRAPHER ! No. 220 Main Bt , Conncil Bluffs , OIXN Sundaj , First-Man work gimanlted. ONLY HOTEL In Council Dlulls bitl'iK a And all mo Jem Improvement * , call belln , ius alarm bells , etc , , U the _ CBESTON HOUSE Noa. 210 , 'J17 and 'J10 , Main Btroet , MAX MOUtr , - - PHOWHKTOK