THE DAILY BEE MONDAY , MAY 4 , 1885.
MURDER ON THE OUTPOSTS ,
A Mystery of the Rebellion ,
Told for the New York Trihuno by nn old
xoldier.
It was in Virginia during the antamn
of 1801 , the first year of the war. 1 was
icrgeant ; in an Infantry company which
had been selected on account of its fighting -
ing quilltlos to guard an important point
on the line of commnnlcatlons. The
W T had stripped that part of Virginia
of mott of Ita pooplo. Hillaldo and
valley teemed to belong again to the wild
things of nature. The scream of an
cnglo eoarlng In the gray aky would call
ont a perfect din of anlrtal notci. Even
the handfnl of loldlers prowled about as
stealthily as the foxes thomiolvea which
now and again scampered out of the
laurel bushes. Graceful door , with
with spreading antlers , sometimes peered
ont from under the foicit growth. Ono
afternoon a boar oven made bold to invade -
vado a picket-post's ' cooking oamp-kottlo ,
licking the fat from the edge with great
relish and contentedly loping oil before
the startled soldiers could iMllr.o the
character of the visitor and fit their bay
onets to turn him into hotter moat than
mess pork.
Ono evening , just at Gna the second re
lief was changing posts , the sharp crack
of a musket rang ont , from down the
river apparently. It was a dark night
and nothing could ba sotn , At the shan
ties the pokor-dooks were cast aildo and
there wai bustle for a moment , the rush
of feet , the rattlojjof tholr air traps as the
men put en the hsrnoMoa , & cnrao or two
aa soiuo ono failed to find his own mus
ket , and then all was still again. Cart
ridges were looked at , pieces clutched
and balanced in a half jocose manner , as
if to s y the "Johnnies" would got more
than they ctuue for , and all listened for
the next shot , or a volley , and the older
to"f lllnl"
Wo had a captain and two lieutenants.
But the first lieutenant , a crusty , good
soldier who was killed the next year at
Anttotam , TTM serving his turn on guard
that day. Just before dusk , wo know ho
had crossed the bridga with a corporal
and private to go to the loft along the
river and up the ravines to see that all
was In order at the posts for the night.
Tun of the men also from the shanties
had boon missing slnco early In the after
noon , and it was supposed they had
dodged the posts in order to ford the
fiver , and had gene to a hut in ono of
the ravines whore an old negro had been
smcggllng whisky for some tlmo and
aelling It clandestinely to our soldiers.
The lieutenant had intended to visit the
hut in quest of the stragglers.
Mlnutas passed , and though wo stood
about at the shanties with arms in hand
iio sound cnuiu but the murinor of the
rlvnr eddying along under the bridge , the
sighing of the trees , and the coti h of a
sentinel pacing his beat down the road In
front of the guard-house. Suddenly
ihoro was a challenge across the river.
"Halt ! Who comes there ? " Quick foot-
slops up the rood brought a messenger ,
and the captain ordered no to take a
equad to the guard-house. Down the
stoop road my guard and I wont at the
doublo-qulok. The moon was rising
from behind the mountains toward Win-
cheater , throning her white light through
the graceful wires of the bridge and
athwart the trembling lipples of the
river. I arranged my men at the guard
house as I had been ordered , and took my
stand near the sentinel. A llttlo pro
cession roaohed ns from the other side ,
and as it neared the centre , where the
curving cables seemed almost to touch It
on either flank , we could see It was formed
by eight men bearing another wrapped
in a blanket on their shoulders , and that
it was led by the lloutanant of the guard.
Behind , between two guards with fixed
bayonet ) , reeled a drnnken soldier. I
was called from my astonishment by the
sharp voice of the officer ordering mo to
glvo him men to release his of their bur
den. The eight men and their burden ,
and the drunken ono who followed , were
the ten stragglers to the negro hut.
The transfer was made and tha proces
sion continued up tbo ro > d tp tbo shanties.
The Intoxicated man fell to the ground nt
he neared the guard house with an attack
of mania a potu. He was a raw-boned ,
generally well bohavcd Pennsylvania. .
Wo carried him In and laid him on the
hard bunk , made of pine bark with E
blanket spread on it. The excitement o
finding the dead bcdy of Parr , who wai
well liked in the company , had soberec
all the ntragelers but the Pennsylvanian
and had made thorn cautious as to whs
they said that could have any bearing oi
Parr's death. The body had been stum
bled on in the dark by the lleutontan
when on the other sldo of the river noa :
the outlet to the ravine , as ho was re
turning from the negro hut with tbo nlm
scapegraces ho had mot thoro. Btfon
the body had boon carried far it had boot
examined in the light of a picket fire am
no wound or trace of violence could bi
found.
found.What
What was the connection between th
shot and ( i o'clock and Parr's death ? Dai
i the enemy had anything to do with It
moro than ono shot would have boei
heard , for all the stragglers were armed
and , drunk as thty may have been at tb
time , or rather btonuso they were drunk
there would have boon a lively fusillade
But all agreed that there was but on
hot.
hot.Tho
The Ponnsylvantan writhed In his de
lerlum on tha bu k , and was held dowi
by three or fonr men. He appeared t
have no int f t In aught but the hot
goblins and creeping things that aiMllo
aim In his fancy. But he had soml
rational moments , when ho would sit ]
nd carry on a conversation with hlms l
In muttered , lnoobero t tones not eat ]
to understand. And whenever ho spok
wo listened , as If for iev ) atlon.
Our only light in the hut WM from
single candle sst Into the socket of a bay
onet stuck IB tha oarthern floor. Froi
time to tuna ho wonld force hlrx
elf out of the stiong hand that wei
holding him , and , as he swung his arm
mournfully about , his shadow and oui
wonld be thrown npon the rude wall * an
cotton ceiling of the hut , making ab urc
yet , under the circumstances , frlghtfi
caricatures of human suffering. Onl
once did he say anything worth whll
"Poor P rrl but I wan't ' to blame. " Ye
poor Parrl but who was to blame 1
It wu b dreadful thing to believe th ,
murder could have boon committed the :
among comrades whosa Urea were In co :
slant peril for a common cause , even
done in a drunken brawl. But the
was no certainty that all of the nlno hi
been much In liquor. As I scanned tl
the faces of the other stragglers 1 w
puzzled by one countenance , that of
little Welshman , well-knit , about thirl
dark complexloned , t.nd having a pilr
black eyes , which even on ordin'iry oc <
ilons were foil of firo. But now hit oj
glowed like two burning coals and 1
cheeks were when white. HU nunr
and voice were agitated in the extren
and to every question his aniwered vari
but slightly from ; "Look yc , ah know
nothin' about It. " The dollriona follow a
ravings had seemed strange , but now a
suspicion was growing that the man who
did the murder , If a murder was done ,
was this Welshman , whoio violent temper
and vindictive nature were known to us
Whllo the horrible thoughts ( suggested
to my mind by all that had occurred on
this stirring night were crowding upon
me , another sergeant relieved mo with
orders to take the tr gglors to the shan
ties , all but the Ponnsylvanlan , who
could not be removed.
In a hollow placs behind tha shantlca
burned the great fire where the company's
cooking was done , Ita glare was hidden
from distant observers , and the wind kept
oft by the shanties In front and the rldgo
which rose steeply behind , and at each
end was shaded by ecroons of laurel
bushes interlaced with pine branches.
In the open space before the bright em-
bora that sparkled against a huge back
log , the men gathered to whllo away the
long evenings until the hour came to
"turn in" for sleep. Many of the sol-
diora wcro striplings , not yet out of tholr
teens. But thorn were aomo there In the
groups that used to stretch their feet In
to the ashoi before that fire who could no
doubt have told stranger tale * than they
told , had they been so Inclined ; half-griz
zled walfa from various p ita of the world ;
veterans of Earopoon , Asian and African
wars ; sailors who have sailed in all the
known seas ono of those had made aov-
oral slave voyatzcs , another had boon an
accomplice In a famous mutiny where the
crow kllltd Its muter and matca and iroro
running the ship off to turn her into a
pirate when overtaken and captured by
an American man-of-war. There were
the fag-ends of humanity onlUtcd for
pelt and from hatred of work , and aiso-
ciated with honest and patriotic men.
Like some of the crusaders of old they
were fighting for meat and drink , and
pay in a glorious canso. Yet mercena
ries as many of these mon were , and
frankly acknowledged themselves to bo ,
they were mostly bravo and loyal to the
flag they hod chosen to follow. And over
us all was a captain who was an earnest
man In the cause of the Union , a gallant
and skilful soldier , very pious withal ,
and n gro t hater of intoxicating drink.
In front of the fire , within a eomi-clr-
cle formed by all of us at the shantioi ,
lay Parr'a body , decently stretched out
on the blanket In which ho had boon
brought across the bridge. Fifty facoj
looktd down upon their dead comrade's
ruggad f co. I'arr was a finely-shaped
man with strong but good features , and ,
in Bailer fashion , for ho had boon a man-
o-war's-man , ho were a thick beard en
circling his throat from oar to oar , the
rest ot his face being shaved smooth.
There was no sign about him that wo
could BOO of a violent death. Ho was
scarcely even paler than usual. The cjp-
tain ordered the stragglers placed In the
front rank of the semi-circle , and In his
Indignation burst into a scath'ng hariii-
guo against drinking.
The Welshman , however , drew the
covert scrutiny of all by his behavior.
Ho shook violently as his eyes searched
all the faces about the ring , and it was
noticed that never once did he lot his
turn toward Parr's body. But while the
captain was at the height of his eloquence ,
pointing to the lesson of total abstinence
to be drawn from the tragical incident ,
one of the stragglers , a very loquacious
fellow , of an envious mind and bitter dis
likes , had boon uneasily watching the
Welshman. Suddenly , as if by an In
stinct , ho rushed over to the body , and ,
kneeling down beside It , called the first
lieutenant's attention to something under
Parr's beard. It was a throe-cornered
gash tlnkliig deep Into the throat. At
the exposure of this wound , now for the
first tlmo observed , another of the strag
gler , usually the sprlghtllest young fellow
In the company , fell m a faint across the
corpse. The captain ceased his eormon
and a whispered conference took place
among the officers.
The stragglers were ordered to glvo
over their muskets for Insptctlon. All
were found to be loaded , as wai usual at
such an outpost , and none had been re
cently fired off. Barrels , and bayonets
too , shone like silver , without stain , or
rust , or flaw , on steel or stock. The
bayonet-scabbards too might have boon
examined , but somehow in the excite
ment this was ovorloeked. The delirious
fellow's arms at the guard-house bore the
search equally well. It was certainly
myterlons. The eight sober stragglers
all agreed about ono thing , or seemed to
[ agree about it , that they had drunk
i liquor freely at the negro hut and had
1 then broken up Into small parties with
no show of Ill-will so far , but none ap-
k peared torocollect who constituted the sev
eral parties , or when or how Parr became
separated from the rest , or who had
b been last seen in his company. All but
Parr had returned to the hut for more
liquor , and were there found by the first
lieutenant. Tbo nlno were sent up tc
Romnoy next day and put In Irons , but
i after a preliminary examination all were
1 released but the Welshman , who was sonl
to Cumberland jail to await his trial foi
murder.
Stonewall Jackson shortly afterward
dUpltccd us all from that gloomy regior
and destroyed tbo beautiful bridge. Thi
Siven Days' fight was scarcely over truer
the Welshman , wasted away almost to i
skeleton from the effects of nearly i
year's imprisonment on low diet , rejoined
joined us at Harrison's Landing. Ho bac
been lot out of jail for want of ovldonct
ggalnit him.
But what was alwa'i curious to us wai
n the after career of the young fellow whc
o fainted or.r Parr's body. He was neroi
a d y well after that , though ha had bo
fora baen remarkably active and vlgoroui
the best athlete hi a company of ath
? lotos. He was constantly In and out o :
t hoipltal , a study and. a pnraa to the mod
leal men who saw that he was ailing , bu
could not dUgnote his ailment. Hi
waited finally away and died In a mill
tary htwplUl In Philadelphia , of teen
long Lathi-named dUe&se , according t <
hotpltil report , which hid to give oem <
scientific rrason for his death. Ho diet
the a me day the Welshman was dlt-
charged from Cumberland jalU
Not l ng after , in September , 1802
d the cavalry of both aidei , manoeurrluj
. after the battle of Antlotam , came inti
il contact near Harper's Fairy a vor ;
ly trilling affair , Indeed. One of th
wounded federal cavalrymen was trough
to the rear. Death wiu settling dowi
upon him and he began to speak to th
nt surgeon In charge of a murder on th
re outposts not quite a year before. Th
a * surgeon , amaxod , listened attentive !
1' ' and heard tha dying man Insist th t
ro WeUhman accrued of the murder ws
> d Innocent. But the cavalryman , when h
be hBd got that far , was seized by the lai
a agonies and his voice was silenced foi
& ever , This man , who had been tram
f erred from our company to the cavah
regiment in which he mot bis fate , wi
the , ta'kativo ' person who had called a
' 01 tention to the wonnd In Parr's throa
till What did he know ? and how did I
ler know it ?
10od The mystery of that night at tha Wl
od Bridge wui never cletred up ,
THE HAWKEYE STATE.
Eyenls of Moment Gatlrt From a
Yaribty of Sources ,
The Splco of Life Over the Klvcr
Accidents , Incidents , Crookedness
ml Other Events the Iilqttlil
Droutlr.
Sibley ia sjloonloas and the thirst Is
Religion and boor downed the Ottumwa
skating rink.
It coatfl (50 n year to operate a billfold
table at Algona.
A uniform Honor llconso of $500 is
charged in East Dnbuque.
The llllnoU Central w putting down
stool rails on the Sioux Olty lino.
Davenport claims the smallest debt for
city of iU size in the northwest.
Mra. J. N. Carr , of Nevada , committed
salcldo on Tuesday by taking corroslyo
sublimate.
Dubuque Is discussing a system of
sowers. Estimates of coot are close on
$150,000.
Senator John Sherman , of Ohio , Is
visiting his brother , Hoyt Sherman , in
Dos Mutncj ,
The mayor of Clinton has began a de
termined assault upon the gambling bolls
of that town ,
The Taylor County Republican feeds
the hungry tramps of the town on roller
glue and tear pasto.
A largo nail manufacturing firm in
Illinois has sent out fedora for a bonus
to remove to Dos Moinca.
Decoration Diy promises to bo moro
generally observed throughout the state
this year than ever boforo.
The Ottumwa high ichool will grod-
uato a class of thirteen young ladles and
four young gentlemen In Juno.
The state census of Dubnqno , just
completed , gives that city a population of
20aJO , an increase of 4,000 einco 1880.
The oupromo court has decided that
the Ottnmwa packing houto was not re
sponsible under the deal on the board of
trade.
The board of supervisors of Polk
county granted twelve liquor permits
on Thursday to twelve Des Molnoa
dealers.
Dos Molnoa officials continue unearth
ing contraband liquors in that tonn In a
way that makes life a burden to the illicit
doslers.
Oucools county has decided to refund
its § 80,000 bonds at a rate of 5 per cont. ,
a saving , if successful , of 2 per cont. per
annum.
The cedar Riplda reaper works report
orders in excess of a year ago , and state
the prospects for the coming season na
particularly flattering.
Sioux Ulty claims a dog population of
3,702,820 of all sizes , agoi , colors and
nationalities , showing that the canine
race is a whining ono.
The citizens of Fort Dodge have
pledged the site and $10,000 required to
secure the location of the Presbyterian
college at that point.
An old German farmer was conGdenccd
out of $50 , all the money he possessed ,
by the ancient moss-covered chock game
at Des Molnes on Monday last.
Postmaster Haln has received his com
mission and baa taken charge of the Dn-
buqno postoffico. Ho has adopted the
tclssors as a cancelling trade mark.
Rev. G. W. Nemoro , a colored preach
er In Sioux Olty , has thrown up hfs job
because the congregation refuied to pay
him the pittance of $225 a year and
board.
At Davenport on Tuesday morning a
runaway team of horses attached to a
beer delivery outfit , froncied with fright
ran into the Mississippi river and were
drowned. The outfit was recovered.
Van Bnren county has some 50 per
cent loss wheat than last year. The do-
creaseod acreage has boon causad through
fear of a return of the army worms that
destroyed four-fifths of last year's crop.
The Chicago , Burlinoton & Qalncy
railway depot at Btdford was broken
Into by burglars on last Thursday
evening at about 8 o'clock , and a revolver
and some other small articles wore stolen.
The 0. , B. & Q. has eight miles of
iron laid on their now track between Pa
cific Junction and Council Bluffs , and
they will have the twenty miles of traok
complete before the Juno rtso in the old
Missouri.
Mrs. Helen KonechI , a Davenport
woman , 40 years old , attempted suicide
with poison on an Incoming Rock Island
trein on Tuesday last. The would-be
salcido had $950 in gold on her person at
the time.
Dr. Ristlne , a Cedar lliplda physician
and surgeon , lately removed a cancer
from the mouth of Mrs. Berry , of Marlon ,
a lady 80 years old. The operation was
entirely successful and the patient Is Bald
to bo in good health.
The now Iron hull steamer being built
at Dnbuqno Is 120 feet long , with 20-foot
breadth of beam , will bo fitted with 250
horse power condensing engines and will
bo afloat for service May 15. She U tc
bo christened the J. K. Graves.
James Swearlngen , who had settled
down in Des Molnoi , purchased a home
and surrounded hlmiolf with a family ,
wai arrested last week for stealing a
horse in Ohio four years igo. He wai
ttkan to the Buckeye tate for trial.
E. 0. Ellli the skating expert who
married Mlaa Aicherman , the Eldora
girl , whom ho destrtad after five weeks ,
ha boon arrested and jiiled at Marshall ,
town , charged with bigamy. When
Ellli deserted Mlas Alchormon he pawned
her clothes , leaving hir In a terribly des
titute condition.
1 Two Sioux City titters fought a due !
with oJe IcnlTM about a lov r. Ono oi
thtm reoeirftd a painful wound In thi
waterfall , while the otbor got a ilast
across the panler which will disable hei
until she gets a new dress made , Thi
loror sat on a fence and laughed like ire i
villain.
Great preparations are being made b ;
newspaper mi n for the excursion of thi
prota association to Portland Oregon , It
June , They are to to ; over the Unloi
'acifio and Oregon short line , and wll
be gpno tigbtsen days. The train wll
consiit of a baggage oar , emoker and a
many Pullman cars as are needed.
| { flte puonUgo of the babe abandone
kt Vicar-General Brazil's residence 1
Des Molnes a few days ago , has been dli
covered. The father proves to be ono P
T. Gray. The mother gave birth to th
child at a email place mear Ames , who
the maternal grandmother brought tt
babe to Des Moinei and abandoned it i
stated.
re t ) The sUto contains 123 national bank
baring a combined capital of 910,145
500 , a bank note circulation of $4,163 ,
Oil , and hold as individual deposits
$16,123,700. Their sarplns fund amounts
to $2,103,05527 , find the undivided
profits to $1,000,843 76. The ; have out
as loans and discounts $21,237,085.60 , ,
nod have a deposit with the treasury to
secure their circulation bonds in the sum
of $4,074,000.
Lifayetto Tnompson. a "freeman" up
wards of fifty years of ago , has just died
in poverty at Ottnmwa. Thompson was
released from bondage by Major MoAr-
thnr , now of Memphis , Mo. , in the early
Dart of the war , and thereafter followed
the fortunes of the gallant soldier as his
body servant. On learning of his old
sorrans'a death the major telegraphed to
give the remains respectable burial at his
oxponio.
A correspondent who has made on in
vestigation of the mining troubles in the
state reports the following facts : At
Angus the men have won in a strike at
the cost of three months' Idleness , and
have also secured the resignation ot a
snporlntondent who had become odious
to them. Ono man killed Is also an
incident of the strike , and the operators
and the men are In a state of armed
neutrality. At DCS Molnes the operators
are soiling coal at prices that most teen
load to trouble with their mon , who hare
already discussed the question at a called
meeting , and a strike is not improbable.
This is the largest local consuming point
in the state , but the people wore well
enough satisfied with last fill's prices , and
did not ask the reduction nor have they
needed It. At What Cheer 350 out of
1,000 living there have a contract prefer
ence for such work as the companies are
giving , a sort of delimitation between
thoto who have boon "victimized" and
those who have not. The separation of
sheep from the goats is not relished , but
all the companies will now say is that if
they can increase their orders for next
winter they will contract with a proportionate
tionate ) number of mon , and profess no
intention to colonize negroes. The un
employed class say they arc on the verge
of starvation , and they doubtless aro.
The businoas mon are now uniting with
them In an effort to indues the operators
to cancel their agreement , and so enable
all hands , with economy , to tldo over the
dull season. At Oontorvillo the COO
miners have come out , but full particu
lars of the difficulty have not yet boon
received The Oahnlocm mines are
filled with colored colonists , and , as corn
Is still cheap , no complaint Is hoard.
Back of these troubles is the want of
legislative cro for the men's Interests.
Inspector Wilson , himself a miner , has
boon largely instrumental in eocnrlug a
ventilation law , and has done his best to
enforce it , but the tardiness of the courts
has handicapped him heavily. In 1884
the miners besought the legislature to
protect them from the steadily widening
bars of the coal screens. A bill was
framed , but the mining committee , to
which it was referred , held a few meet
ings and did nothing. Models of the
screens in actual use were shown , and
the notorious fact that the minor gets no
pay for a third of the coal he sends to the
dump was urged , but the committee
could not stop for sooty faces when a
democratic senator was their proponent
and advocate. Taught lessons of circum
spection and humility by the events of
the last eighteen months , the republicans
now propcsa to stepmother the Iowa
minors.
MIW. FEYH'S STUDDED GAUTEU.
Sold with Other Diamond Ornaments
at Fancy Prices to Old Friends.
New York Journal.
"Oh , oint these lovely ! " exclaimed a
beautiful young lady as she spied the al
most Innumerable pairs of high heeled
and French-toed shoes and slippers of the
late Mrs. Foyh at her late residence No.
22 Eiat Seventeenth street yesterday
afternoon. It was the third day of the
auction sale , and the number of people of
both BOXOS who seemed trilling to pay
almost any price for a memento of the
dead woman was amazing.
Ladles draped in the most expensive of
Spring fashions , with diamonds sparkling
from their oars and throats , drove up in
private and hired coaches and hurriedly
atceuded the rather steep flight of stops
loading to the brown-atone mansion oi
Mrs. Feyh. It had been announced that
the lady's diamonds and jewelry were tc
be sold , which announcement perhapt
more than anything else caused the great
crush.
Mr. Charles P. Corponnlng , the broth1
er of the dead wo nan , who had on the
two previous days acted as auctioneer ,
found that his endeavors in pulling nj
the prlco of silk stockings had left birr
nearly voiceless , and ho was consequent ! }
succeeded by Auctioneer Merry. Mr ,
Merry succeeded in putting the bidding
In a state that resembled bu name , totlu
Infinite satisfaction of the heirs.
The potent interest of the day ocn'orec
In the sale of the dead woman's diamonds.
Consequently nnring the dlspoiitlon of
the brlo-a-brao , carpets , etc. , which won
slow to bo purchased , the interest in the
sale lagged.
At 1 p. m. Mr. Merry , noticing the
want of interest , changed the cceno bj
holding up to the audience a magnificent
diamond ring the original cost of which
was $1.003. The sight of it caused the
eyes of the ladles to spaiklo while the
gntlemon began to fnmblo for theii
chock books.
"How much am 1 offered far this mag
nificent atonal" a ked Auctioneer Merry.
"Two hundred and fifty dollar * , " ex
claimed a young man whoso beauty ex
ooeded the surplus of his pockotbook.
The bidding kept on until the trlnkm
was knocked down to a middle asjed man
who la well known in New York , foi
1700. It WM said by friends of the de
ceased that the buyer was original pur
chaaer.
Onaofthe articles that caused the
most ( plaited biddings was a diamond
"garter , " presented to Mil. Feyh by oat
ot the beat known club nun in this city ,
It Is ono of the moit expensive things o
Its kind ever seen , and when the anot
iouoer held it dangling from his hand i
murmur of admiration wont up from thi
ladles present. The bond was composes
of gold aud platloa , thickly studded witl
precious stones , the diamond prtdoml
natlng. There was much rivalry moo |
the ladles and gentlemen as to who shonli
bo the purchaser. It was finally struct
off to a young gentleman , whose nam
could not be learned , for $475.
As bo took his treasure he was applauded
od vociferously. It was loJcl that be wn
a very dear friend of the deceased , an
would have paid $1,000 It necessary t
procure tbo charm.
There were many things aold whlc
brought good prices , but the most costl
treasures still remain , and will be dispoie
of on Monday.
The Illinois Benatornhli ) .
u
uioi i * u . Illlnoli , May 2. It the Joi
Beision today ( our lenaton and twenty-eig
repreisutatiTe * wen present , Morrlion i
cured 10 votej , Logan ! , soaturing i
LOUP CITY DOINGS ,
Railroad Prospects and General Busi
ness Outlook A UitBlllug ,
Busy ully.
Lour CITV , Nob. , April 29,1885. To
the Editor- : Since I have escaped BO
narrowly from annihilation at the hands
of the llepnbllc&na , I will promise you
faithfully never again to wrlto political
editorials. There is something too
weighty in the general editorials of our
day , something Indicative of too much
thought , to suppose a woman to bo capable -
able of writing long ones that they may
prove interesting , and no ono over would
bo guilty of suspecting a para-
graphor in a woman she al-
waps has too much to "paragraph , "
But as a kind of consolation to the
Republican and In the way of gratofa
ness frommytclf , I take this opportunity ,
with your permlsilon , to tbnnk the
editor of the Republican for bis gallantry ,
his courtesy towards me. I only felt his
sarcasm was well nigh unendurable when
he spoke of my pen as not being sharper
than the point of the ordinary parasol ,
yet was so good as to admit that it was
sharp enough to enter his eye , and to
tavo mo I cin't toll whore the joke
comes in.
I nocopt the reasons given by
the Republican for its support of
Mr. Boyd , as given in answer to my
little effort , on the grounds that the Re
publican now has moroinilucnco over Mr.
Boyd than the democratic partyhas , for as
I take it thn Republican shall now bo the
means of making a good republican out of
Mr. Boyd , whom I know as being in
every respect a worthy man , a Nobraika
pioneer , ono who by his indomitable will ,
energy and portavoranco has donn not a
little In the way of helping the develop
ment of our young stito. As proofs of
this there stands as evidence his interests
in your city , in the way of substantial
buildings and helpful enterprises which
ho has inaugurated , all proving that
success Is no stranger to him.
Our llttlo city is ttlil indulging in the
hope that the Iron horoo shall como steamIng -
Ing into our valley before fall. Railroad ,
in fact , is at preiont the chief topic of
conversation , the men most interested
being anxious to know the opinion of the
voters of the county , so if there tball ba
submitted an opportunity to vote bonds
as a bonus the question shall bo pretty
well discussed. According to Ihopresent
state of aftairs $40,000 or $50,000 in
bonds would not bo considered too much
of a hardship by our voters os an induce
ment to any company to build
a line through oar county.
Times are improviog somo. Strangers
among us all the while , In fact , home-
hunters come in a steady mrch , and they
all moot with a royal welcome , as wo ara
cartaln that the country cannot eottio too
fast.
fast.Somo
Some building is going on , though every
one seems busy gardening or beautifying
their grounds by fencing , etc. The com
mercial men maka their regular trips ,
moat of them having an encouraging word
for the bustling , buiy llttlo city , the
queen of the Loup.
MAX LINHAKT.
OOMMKUOIAU.
cocNoiii BLorrs UABKET ,
Wheat No. 1 milling , 70 ; No. 2 , CO ;
No. S , 00.
Corn Now , 28o.
Oats For local purposes , SOo.
Hay S 00 per ton ; baled , 60.
Rye OOo.
Corn Meal 1 50 per 100 pounds.
Wood Good supply ; prioaa at ynrdi , 6 00 ®
6 60.
Coal Delivered , hard , 9 0 per too ; lof
4 0 per ton
Laid Armour's , wholesaling at "i i.
Flour Olty BOUT , 150@2 90.
Brooms 176@3 00 per dor ,
LTVI STOCK.
Cattle Bntohor oowst 3 25@3 75. Bntchor
etoors , S 76@4 00.
Bhoop 3 00@S 60.
Hogs-3 60 ® 3 75.
FBODCOB AND TBDTTB.
Eggs Continue steady at lie.
Butter Choice new creameryJ2@25o : peed
held at 13 * 14c ; choice country roll , 15@17c ;
fair to good , 12/ai4c : poor and aid stock , 6@
lOc. The receipts of poor and fair qradea are
Increasing. Choice roll continues scarce nnd
lolli readily at quotations when wrapped ia
cloths and well packed.
Poultry Supply is short of the demand.
Live spring chickens , per doz. , C 00 ; live old
chicken * , per doz. , 3603 ( 75 ; live turkeys ,
per lb. , 0@10c : dreaaed chickene , per lb. , 12 ©
13c ; dressed turkeys , per lb. , l-J@15c ; dressed
geese , par lb. , 10@12c ; dressed ducks , per lb ,
ll@12c , The present weather ia unfavorable
for dreaaed poultry and great care should bs
taken in both dreeeing nnd packing.
Game Ducks , in fair demand at 2 00 per
doz , , for mallards , 1 C0@l 75 for mixed nnd
10 @ 125 for tea ) . Ship only best killed
birds. No Bale for old utock.
Onions Cheice stock Ecarco at 1 2 > @ 1 60
per bushel : wet and sprouted , 75@1 00.
Beans Supply fair , demand light. Handpicked -
picked navies , 1 50 ; clean mediumf , 1 20@
110 ; dirty and unscreened , 7Q@100o.
Potatoes Ihe market has been almost
for the past week. Choice stock of any
variety will bring 65@GOc ; fair to good
roc.
roc.Applna Good to choice Kansi and
eouri , 325@3 75 per barrel. Market is full
poor and soft stock selling at any price buyer
may w
Railway Time Table ,
OODNOIL BLUFFS.
The following re the times of Iba rrtvnl uid it-
rtrtnre ol iulna by ocntnl lUndard time , * l the
locil clepolo. Xrftlua le vo trtnaler depot ten mlo-
oteii eailler and arrive ten mlnutw Inter.
llRUABT. ARBIVI.
gmoAoo and noannmrauc.
0:25 : A u Uall nnd Eiprew flfO'r ; u
1S(0 : r uocommoilatlon 4:1-0 : r M
6:30 : t u Kxprem ; W A x
OUClaO AKB KO K IBLAHD ,
0:25 : A u Uall and Expreca CM r u
7J5 : A > < Accommodation 6:15 : T u
CM r x Expren fM : > A u
i MiivAum AHD n. rADL.
D'20 A M Mall aad Kipruw 0:50 : r u
f.n'f u Ezprcu 6:05 : A M
cmcAao , ir/BUKotoR AV > qnnn.
9:10 : A it Uall and Eipren 7:10 : r u
1SSO : r u > ccom iodaUon 2:00 : r M
tii ; t it Exprtw 8:69 : A u
WABAIB , IT. uxni IBS riant.
Fr u Traiuler oolr ,
1 0 r H St. touli Kjprosu 2:15 : p ki
7:10 : tu Oblcigo Kip via PeorU 0:10 : A M
KAMA * Cin , IT. JOB AID OOUBOIL ILUTTf.
] 0 , i A u Mall and Bxpreu < :4I : r M
8:16 : iu Exprce. C:2i : A M
BOUI cm ARD rAoino.
7:50 : A u Uall for SloaiClky 8:60 : r n
7:50 : IM Expreu lor 8t Paul bW : A k
i-xioi neinc ,
1:00 : A u Djnvcr El press 4:35 : r n
1f6 r M Uocola 1'iii O'n t U V 2:35 : r >
7J5 : r u Orerliod Lxprct * 6SO : A
El'UMt TRAB TO OUAUA.
tear. Council Wuffi - 7:16-8:10 : : 9:80-10:50- : :
1:10 : . m. lM-2:80-8ac : : 4:28-66-eZ5- : : :
1U6 p. in. Leaye Omaha B:40 : 7 : tlO : 10C : <
-11:15 : a. m. 12M-Z:00-8CO- : : : : 4tB-6SI : :
U'.lOp. ra.
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( Sacoeuort to Feck , Kern It Bible ; .
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07 CHICAGO.
Oaring tecured a print * wtr. drretl'to tha
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try btwlimu a ipeelaltr. Kefereotci , United Bltt <
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CJNONKNING
The Mutual Life Insurance Company
'
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3. Its rates ot premiums nro LOWEIt than tlioso ot any otbct company.
t U hid no " tockhtlJati"toclalm any parl of Its jirollta.
6. It ofTeiBiioBOIUlIKJ unilor the lumo of Ineurajico lot ( peculation by tpcclal < Utti upon the
misfortunes ol each ot ) cr.
, Us present ( na'UMo ' CASH HL30DUCES eicood these of any other Life Iniurano Company In th
H liaa rccoU-oil In CJ > h Irjm ill source * , from February. 1F43 , to Jamiaty. Iff , f20.tD ? 5f4.CC.
It has returned to the pooj U , In cash , from February , 1813 , to January , 1SS5 , 921P,09IS1IOI.\
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AIKKUILL & FEKOUSON ,
Gen. Ajtf. for Michigan , Indiana , Illinois , Wisconsin , lownnnd Mliuicnota.
M. F. KOHKKll , Detroit , Michigan.
Special Agent for Iowa , Council Blutf , ) . lown. W. If. ALLKN.
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cdneKlrcuIar address , EIITEL & CO ulicy , Illinois.
n Horn tablisbcdln 1863.
MVlio IIAYO trifled nivay Iliclr > outliful v Igor ami power , irlio arc
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land vitality , iiervM&aiiil'8KXUAfhTllKNOTH wcukcncd , uy
'early ' liablla or KXfnsSES , CM cccolvu ai > osHlv < > null InHtlnR
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REMEMBER , perfect sexual slrciiRlli means , liealib. vigorous ofl-
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fc JSOJLTE ,
Manufacturers of Ornamental
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Wyckoff , Sor- Tins & Benedict ,
Chicago , 111. , Solo Agenta.
O. H. SIIOLKS , Council llluffa
Agent for Western Iowa
JACOB SIMS ,
-at-
COUNCIL BLDF18 , IOWA.
Office , Main Btrcwt , Room. 7 and 8 , ShuRart'and
Beuo block. Will practice la Suteana Ute court *
MANDEMAKERS & YAN ,
ARCHITECTS ,
CONTRACTORS
AND BUILDERS
No. 201 Ucper Broad way , Council Bluffi.
ONLY HOTEL
Ia Couno Illufla harlot ; a
And all modern Improvement * , call bell , fire
alarm belle , etc. , ia the
CBESTON HOUSE
NOB. 215 , 217 nnd 219 , Main Street.
MAX MOHN , - PROriUKTOK
TIIOH. OKKIOKll , W. II. M. PUB1T
Officer & , Puaev.
Council Bluff * , la.
1856
Established , - -
Dealera in Foreign and Domestic Excbangi
and Homo Securities.
I b T a toiltlto rtroid/ for lb al 4lii i I br IU
( it thoui i > Jior u lof JU worn klidapaolloa
.
iUQdlnllnr t > ncurtd.ln.I 1K > itronjliniTf.U |
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laltlVtaucr.llotlwtll 4T O KOTTlFU 0.11 *
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toYnTiafforer iid r O * JUren.
w * ' llt P' " >
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Curtains , Oil Cloths ,
Window Shades ,
Linoleums ,
Mattings.
Hugs , Etc , , Etc.
Careful Attention Given to Out
of Town Orders ,
Upholstery and Drapery Work a
Specialty.
Our atock IB the
Largest in fte
and i being continually replenished by
all the latest and choicest novelties ,
405 Broadway Council Biufls
PHOTOGRAPHER !
No. 220 Msln St , Council Bluffc.
Open Htuulajr , Flm-cUu ftcrk fuutnteed.