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THE OMAHA DAILY BEIfr FRIDAY , JANl AKY 18. ] 88iX THE DAILY fiEE. urrici ; . NO t' PIAUIJ : STUKUT. rellmcdby cnrilfr In Anv I'nrt of licCltyn 'IwcntyOnH 1'crWeek. , . . . II. W. TII/ION . MANAOKIt , TIUIMIONIS ; : : ! 7ll'M.M(111 KB XO. 41. Niftiir llniToii. No.Ul. _ auxou ainx N. Y. iMuinlniip company. Coalnndwood. K.K.MnjMC , 010H'wny. N. C. Phillips nnd .1. W. Morse Imvo opened an nttrnclivu rciil cstnteolllcc in the Kvurutt block. Two vims eomprlfcd tlio sum total of biwinoHS in police court jostcrduy morn- luff. Tlioy worn run out of the oily. Tlio Pall Mall club will tfivu its third party of the soubon next Muntlny even ing at the Koyul Arcanum parlors. It will bo nil iMijoyable nlTtiir. V. 3 , Hrcoxo hat just completed and placed on exhibition a niiiiiiflcciit ! specimen of Klk's head. It is the prop erty of ( itiorjj'u II. llonjrlanil , of Omaha. It may be heen at the store of Council lllulls carpet company. John llodericlc was arrcstod yesterday for the larceny of MIIIIO curpon tor's tools which ho was I'lirrjiiig around and trying to bell. Ho denied having stolen tii'oin and was marched around town by the Dollco In an attempt to find an owner. Another case of varloloid is reported at the residence of Mr. Sears , lilK Harrison risen Htruot. Mr. M. Sears is the latest patient and has the disease in a mild form. Jlis wife is recovering from tin attack of the tame malady , and will boon bo able to attend to her unties as usual. Attention is again called to the fact that a number of parties arc neglecting to comply with ordinance rolaling to building permits. It is very desira ble to have all new buildings reported in this manner , as the year's improve ment can readily be ii coitainud from Hiic'li iihonrcu , aside from the fact that the law requires it. The Dodge Light Guards are malting an ollort to gather a museum of _ curios for their quarters , and in this very commendable elTort , .should b < ; assisted "by every citizen in the city. Persons having curiosities which they are will ing to contribute to the bojb arc re quested to communicate with Captain C'owlcs or Ambrose Uurko , who will sec that they are properly placed and fully protected against injury. The condition of Mr. J. T. Oliver is quito serious. An ulcerated tooth has caused inllammation of the glands of the throat , and it is impossible for the patient to open or close hib mouth. Yesterday an operation was performed and a .small tube inserted in the side of hit ) jaw to carry elY the put * and pre vent any more borious complication. Mr. Oliver sutlers great pain , but the at tending physician , Dr. Macrae , hopes to pull him through all right in a few days. Dr. Cleaver , ! > ( l North Main. Tel. 147. See W. C. Stacy's ad. J. G. Tipton , real ostuto , ? > - ' B'dway. Notice the beautiful finish given col lars , cults and shirts by Cascade .Laun dry company. Hock Spring coal , Gleason , 20 Pearl btreot. _ _ Have our wagon call for your soiled clothes. Caicado Laundry Co. Sleigh bells , sleds and skates at cost to clobo out. Ouiu < & BKYANT. Once Koolcd In Knout ; ! ) . Sarah Berry , the prosecuting witness in the seduction case against T. .1. Casey , called at Squire Sluiiv. ' ollico yesterday , and informed the court in very forcible language that "no man could como fooling around her and then sneak out like a boy. " She had no special object in her visit except to con vince the court tlmtbhe meant business. Two calls during the afternoon wore necessary to convoy this idea. Casey is out on bail. His father and Mr. Kern- ken ncy furnished the necessary $1,600. Casey , 'sr. , is reported to bo q to well off. AH water rents must bo paid at , the ofllce of this company by January 21 or water will be turned oil without further notice. notice.C. C. B. CITY WATKHWOKKS Co. , 115 Pearl street. Office hours 8 a. in. to Op. m.1 , Satur days , 8 a.m. to 0 p.jm. Money loaned at L. B. Crafts & Co.'s loan olllcc , on furniture , pianos , horses , wagons , personal property of all kinds , and all other articles of value without removal. All business strictly cotili- dential. Mrs. E. B. llarkness offers for sale at her residence , No. ( JOSBlutl street , some of her household goods and furnituro. . L. E. Hoe , dentist , No. 21 Main St. , over Jacqunmin & Co. 'a jewelry store. . - - The JS'ovt Term or Court. The January term of the district court opens Tuesday , with Judge Thor- nell on the bench. The attorneys are busy getting ready for it , and the term bids fair to bo a long one. Several of the cabes hot down for trial are inter esting ones and will not fail to attract a large number of spectators to the court room. The bar dockets are now in the hands of the printers. The London "TalJorV is the place to got your clothes made. ( )37 ) Broadway. * All grades boft coal , C. B. Fuel Co. All grades hard coal , C. B. Fuel Co. - Illinois and Icwzi bout soft coal , Glca- EOII , 0 Pearl blroet. \V. S. Cooper 1ms cash on hand to loan on approved oily property , No. 130 Main atruct. The Board of 'Jviule. Sixty momborshiu have thus far been subscribed for the hoird of trade for the ensuing year , find the committee has been able to do but little canvassing us yet. It la doslrcd to Imvo every now member present at the mooting next Tuesday ovonmg , when the election of oftlcers will take place. Kvory member whoso name is subscribed will bo al lowed to vote. Bargains in real estate In all parts of the city , W , . S. Cooper , ISO Main street. Monov loaned on futnituro , pianos , diamonds , horses , buggies or anything of value at low ratnsof interest. No , ; fair and honorable dealing. A , A. Cliirlc & Co. , olllce cor. Broadway nud Main , over Amnrlcan express. Dr. 0 , O. Hazon , dentist , Opera house bloolt. Si B. Wudsworth & Co , loan money. Pickled tripe and pica' feet at Tib- bltts' , 815 Broadway , HER LETTER SUPPRESSED , Its Suicidal Writer Pumped Out and the Dying Epistle Burnod. JUDGE THORNELL'S TERM NEXT Wicks Not Utility of Trcntonlng to Knife nVoinnn The Bcliocil Aliiiiini Other News oft lie IJltifTa , A Hit ppi outwit Prior to swallowing bis grains of mor phine with suicidal intent last Monday evening , Annie Burke indited a brief epistle , gh ing a few words of advice to "others of lien-lass. " The letter was placed in an envelope on which was in scribed "Head this. " The chief of police followed the directions on the outside , and did read it. It would have been read by numerous other parties , but the chief did not relish the con tents , and the letter was destroyed without its contents becoming known to anyone outside of the force , except Tin : HIK reporter , , vho took in tne whole affair. Even the attending phy sician was not permitted to pcru&o Ihe interesting nngo. When questioned concerning the matter , the chief's momorv was very defective , and while lie believed that there was borne such letter , he could not recall its contents , but Dually admitted that it haiMiecn destroyed * , lie did not care to discus- . the matter , and would say nothing that would explain why the contents of the letter were kept secret , or state why it was destroyed. The fact of the matter is that the letter writer scored the police force most unmercifully , and told several things that would not look well in print , hence the desire of the boss of the "peelers" to keep the whole matter away from the scribes. When asked what they knew about the ea-o , several of the policemen expressed the belief that the woman wrote the letter to create a seiibationai > d escape paying her monthly line , which was overdue , and she know that Captain Dyer would shortly appear to collect it. They also scouted the idea that she took poison. and professed to believe that she was feigning the whole thing for effect. Dr. M. .1. Hellingcr disproved that theory , stating that the woman took at least six grains of morphine , and would have died but for the fact that a physi cian was soon on hand , and relieved her with a stomach pump. The circum stances scorn to point to the fact that the woman intended to commit suicide _ and took the fatal dose ( irmly believing that she would die , and wrote the letter under these circumstances. She said that olllcors were in the habit of visit ing her , and had deceived her with false promises. Intimately concerned in the matter are a pioniinent South Omaha ojllcer and a lessor light on the local force. Nothing has boon done about it. except to try to keep it quiet. The chief ro- fuseb to attach any importance to the case , but scorns to think that it is quite as well to suppress it. If the letter had not been so hurriedly put out of the way , it might solve all doubts itself , but in the absence of that dependence will have to be put on refreshing the chief's memory. AVIcUs Acquitted. The case of State vs Wicks was heard by Squire Ilondricks yesterday. The defendant was charged with assault with intent to kill. Airs. Gilmoro. the prosecuting witness , testified that the prisoner was not allowed to get into the house , but had a large knife in liis hand and threatened her. The testi mony of other witnesses disproved her statements , ana the evidence not being deemed sullicicnt to warrant binding over the prisoner to the grand jury , ho was discharged. I'erHoniil E. E. Alvcrson Esq. , grand treasurer and IX M. Rowland , grand secretary of the Northwestern Legion of Honor , were in the city Wednesday evening and installed the ollicers-elcct of the local council. Both gentlemen will visit other places in the interest of the order before returning to their homes in Marengo , fa. J. L. Tompleton returned last even ing from York , Neb. , where he wont for the purpose of trying to get the Ne braska Statu Firemen's association to hold their annual tournament in this city in .lunc , uniting with the Iowa association to make the event an inter state nllair. The matter is not yet de cided , and it is possible that the move will prove successful. Agents Wanted For Prohibition IJeor and Nerve Tonic. A strictly tem perance beverage. The best substitute for beer known. My "Happiness" has no equal. Send orders to L. M. Kinkol- stein , Omaha , Neb. , or Council Bluffs. Allen Knocked Out A > ; aln. Tho.sparring match at Planter's hall ast evening between Charley Allen and Billy Crockett , was a tame affair until the fourth and la-st round , when Crockett turned himself loose and lioundcd Allen all over the stage. It was in vain the latter shook his head md implored Crockett to "lot UP. " rhcro was no lot up in the slightest do- grco until Allen received a right- liandor in the neck that nearly un- jointcd his spinal column , Ho sprawled out on the stage and re fused to wiggle until after the match was decided in favor of Crockett. The latter is a very clever middleweight , and evinced considerable science. Allen was clearly overmatched. Tommy Brooks , who had iusl returned from Knn&ab City whore ho defeated Nolan in an eleven round battle , acted as timokoopor. The crowd was not largo but very enthusiastic. Tlio Alumni Association. The graduates of tlio Council Bluffs lilgh school met at thu Bloomer school ' building last o'von ing , for the purpose of reorganizing ; the Alumni association. There are 171 members residing in the olty , but no mcotingd have been hold for two years. Kmil Schuiv presided , and Emmett Tinloy acted as secretary. A committee consisting of Prof. Me- Naughton , Mrs. J. 1C. Cooper , Mrs. Isa bella Paulson , Miss Barbara Anderson and Miss Vonnlo Reynolds was ap pointed to draw up a sot of by-laws to submit at the next meeting on the llr t Thursday in April , when ollicors will be elected. The association will also give a banquet about that time. At\ico to Mothers. Mrs. NVlnslow's Soothing Syrup should al ways be used forchlldren teeth IMK. U soothe * tbe child , softous the gums , allays all pain , curcswiud colic , aud is tbe bout remedy for llarrUcca. 25o a bottle. A Reek Island fireman named Tracy fell from his engine last evening just baforo the train pulled out from the local depot. Uo was not seriously iu- jurcd , but sustained sov6r.il jiainfu bruises and was ilnablo to go out on the trip , llo will be laid up for sovera days. _ Onklatul. Mr Knndnll mid wife started for Califor nia on Monday. Miss Hnttio licndcr is visiting her lirothc mul family of Onklntid. Mrs. Picrson U enjoying a visit from he sister. Tlic week of jinivcr was observed by the different denominations , In union meeting licld at the different churches. Tlic teachers of Bulkim ] ) township had no schools on Monday , as the.v were KIVUII the dnv to visit Mio town school in the forenoon niui attend the teuchcis' inciting in the after noon. noon.Mr. Mr. J V. Atkinson , who was < o badly torn up bv n corn shullur , died from the effects and wns burled last week Triduy by the members of the Grand Army post of Oakland Mrs. Hartwcll's mother has been sick for time. some _ _ Graves of Klch Men. Savannah News : "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good , " said a woll- drcssbcd , active-looking young business man the other day. "Now , it may souiu' ' strange to you , but the robbery of Stew art's body lias been a great benefit to me and n grunt many other people whom 1 could inline. ' ' "In what way ? " Inquired the friont to whom the remark was addressed. "Well , it opened up nn entirely now line of business and created a domain for goods in a quarter I had novel thought of before. You know I manu facture electric watch clocks design ec ; for use in factories and other large buildings whuro watchmen are em ployed. Well , ever since the Stowarl grave robbery there has been a demand forlhose watch clocks in every part of the country for use in cemeteries. The grave of every rich man or public man is protected in some such way , and 1 could toll you of graves that are watched night and day by private watchmen. "There's Vandorbilt's grave , for in stance , down to the big mausoleum on Stnten Island. I bold thun two of my electrical clocks , ono Is placed inside the tomb and the other outside of it. Every liftecn minutes each clock is vi&- itod by a Plnkerton detective , two ol whom are constantly on guatd. One ol these detectives patrols outside the tomb , while the other is locked in and sits behind the iron bars with a loaded repeating rille on his knees ready for instant use. It would bo next to im possible for any robber to getaway with the remains of William II. Vanuorbilt so long as the tomb is protected as it is now. The Pinkerton men are hired by the year , and there is quito a little col ony of them down there on Staten Is land , very near the mausoleum. I think they'kcep eight or ten there all the time , so that those on duty at the grave arc relieved at frequent intervals , and are therefore , not liuble to mil asleep at their posts. It costs more to look after the o'.d man now that lie's dead than is spent by most men when they'ro alive. " An Aljsoliiro Cure. The ORIGINAL AUIICTINE OINTMENT Is only put up in largo two ounce tin boves , and is an absolute cure for old sores , burns , wounds , chapped hands , and all skin erup tions. Will positively euro all kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT- MEixT. Sold by Goodman Drug Co. , at 3d cents per box by mail yo cents. She find Pretty Feet. York Herald : She was a very pretty girl , and many a glance of ad miration was cast upon her as she took her scat in a car of a Sixth avenue "L" train at Ono Hundred and Twciity-Ufth street the other afternoon. Sue was a blonde of twenty summers , aad was most bewitchingly arrayed , in a dark green dress , over which , snugly lilting her well rounded form , was a sealskin sacquc. On her head saucily perched a pretty little felt hat with a big black feather. A black veil gracefully tied over the hat fell in a pretty wave over a pair of laughing blue eyes brim full of mischief , but did not hide the swnet lit tle mouth with rosy lips. From her cars dangled little hoops of gold , and her feet were encased in a brand now pair of shoes. There was a look of porrow in the fair face , and every now and then the flash of the eve and twitching of the mouth denoted too plainly that some thing was wrong somewhere. This something was a pair of very tight new boots , flow they did squeeze those lit tle feet and cause their fair owner no end of sutleriiig ! At lirst she suffered bravely , but was soon compelled to give way to the pain. One moment her feet were drawn up beneath the sent , the next they were stretched out full length and then crossed one over the other. How those rosy lips did suffer from the bites inlhclcd by the pearly teeth , and her shapely hands opened and shut in the paroxysms of pain. The last straw that broke the camel's back was inflicted when a lady of con siderable avoirdupois , while passing the fair sufferer , planted her whole weight upon one of the little foot. A sharp cry of pain startled the surround ing passengers , who stared with aston ishment at the little blonde , now cov ered with blushes. This was too much to bear , and when the train stopped at Twenty-third street she beat a hasty retreat , amid the admiring gaze of her follow passengers. "Give us a rest ! " cried a bootblack , from the gallery of the Opera Ho'Uso , to a party who had boon constantly coughing during the performance , "Uno Hull's Cough Syrup I" chimed in another. At this season of fast driving and acci dents to man and beast keep Salvation Oil on hand. His Annual Report. Wall Street Now : An old chap who lind boon conducting a private bank in a Wisconsin town for the last five or six years , wns told by several of his deposi tors in December lliatho ought to como out on tlio lirst of the year with an an nual report "What fur1" } ho asked in great sur prise. "Why , to let people know how you stand lliianoially. " Soon after Now Years day the old man incited up a paper on the bank door , reading : Notice. This 'ore bank has got 155,000 behind hor. She don't owe no body a ciibsed cent. Good paper dis counted as heretofore , and nobody pro- noses to cut sticks for Mexico or Canada. " THE COUNCIL BLUFFS MONEY On hand for city loans ; lowest rates of interest. Fine farms close to Bluffs to exchange for city property. Western land to exchange for city properly. Big bargains in Broadway lots. Fine business properly to exchange for well improved farms. Good stock of groceries for sale , netTer Tor trade. Houses and lots on monthly payments. SmalUpayments down. Prices ranging from 8775 to 54,000. Cheap lots in Evans1 , Wright's , Cooh- rail's and most all additions to city. Fine acre property for sale from $100 to 8500 loss than present worth. No. 101'curl St , Council lilufft. THE WORLD'S C1IA1IP10S LIARS They Are FounA Among the Htimloos mid the Burmaso. AND THEY FIB FOR A PASTIME' One of Unnimn'H AK"iits Measures Strength With 'IhiMii and IH Woructl 'I lie Ethics ol Ijxnuucrntiun. Dlsclplrs nlAnanian. . "For able-bodied , unequivocal , out landish and loquacious lying commend mo to the mcok-eycd vegetarians of the Orient'1 mused Manager Tom Davis of the Stowaway company , to a , reporter for the St. Louis Republic , who caught him in a reminiscent humor. "I spent two years chasing game in the jungles of Asia and forrotlng out freaks for liar- num among thu foot hills that skirt the southern extremities of the Himalayas and 1 enjoyed educational advantages in the science of hyperbole that would make my fortune as a circus bill writer but for one drawback. The ambition of nn alumnus of the Hindoo school of pre varication would inevitably overreach the credulity ot oven the great American circiib-going public , and 1 would find it hard to Ho within the limits of the possible. It is a part of the religion of these children of the Mini to amiibo the stranger within their gates by match games of pre varication , and whether menial or Maharajah , the weakness affects till alike. 1 wont several seasons ahead of a show before I wont to India , and Haltered myself that I was pretty well up in the business. I came away abashed and crestfallen , conscious of i grade of assumed sincerity that I coiilti never hope to attain. And then , too , their lies are told with such simple and childlike- earnestness that one readily forgives the deceiver in his admiratio n for the actor , even though put to the greatest inconveniences by his pen chant for falsehood. I had been but a bhort time in the country when my bus iness becairio generally known. It was I who purohiisod and exported to this country the famous white elephant , which , perhaps , was the greatest draw ing card Mr. Barnum over billed. Ho was the first and I expected the hist kingly beast of this quality and color that over crossed the briny deep , and his coming away has forever closed the gates of Burmah against mo as a sum mer resort , llo was stolen from the king for me , a hjghoflleial being bribed with -10.0(10 ( rupees to consummate the job , and the aiiccess of the undertaking makes me to-day a fugitive from Ori ental justice. But'I digress. "In Buriiuih white animals are sac red. and it is the ambition of every good Burmese to transmigrate his soul into an animal of that hue. f suppose in attaining to that high estate they reform - form to some extent and tell only 'white' lies. "Anyway , it soon became known that I hankered after albino novelties , and the way I was beseigcd with liars led mo to believe ( at lirst ) that the jungle underbrush was given up to the breed ing of nothing but pink-eyed freaks. Every infernal Indian within 500 miles ' inark'cd me for his prey , and the ear nestness and sang-froid with which they told of white lions , tigers , hyenas , and otncr tropical attractions would have forever blighted the ambition of an Ochiltrcc or a Perkins. "They were full of pscudo information and anxious to yield it up at so many genuine rupees a. yield. I was tlio vic tim of many a wild geese chase or rather wild beast chase after animals that never existed save in the diseased imagination of Indian knaves. Nor did they confine themselves to mythical brutes in selecting a field for indulging their provaricative penchant. A native of homo standing in the com munity once told me that back in the swamp country on the Coodrey river , about SOT miles away , in an almost inaccessible district there lived the smallest dwarf on record , a perfect man on the most diminutive scale , standing at fifteen inches in height and revel ling in a luxuriant growth of beard. By the time this story was told me , how ever , I had grown careful , and 1 sug gested that lie was lying , or greatly overdrawing the facts. Not he ! On his most sacred honor , as ho hoped some day to enter the carcass of a white don key , ho spoke the truth , but if I be lieved him not , if the great Tatmslm- giver ( show proprietor ) whose train was five miles long , and whose tent covered 1,000,000 acres in far-oil America , be lieved a poor servant like him would so far lorgot his own humility , his master's greatness , as to lie , their good neigh- Dors who hadsoon the infinitesimal com bination of llcsh and whirikora referred to would bear him witness and ho actually called in representative men of Lho community who substantiated what ' he said , one g'oinc so far as to say ho had measured the freak. The journey to the Coodroy country , like a life policy on a railroad brakeman , was 'extra haz ardous , ' but 1 made it and encountered a world of hardbhips on the trip. Finally , however , I arrived in the domain of his infinitesimal niblets , and what do von suppose I found ? No , you couldn't guess in a thousand years. A grown man of the ordinary size , with his legs sawed elf at his body , I was wroth and panted for vengeance. Turning on the infamous liar who guided mo thither , 1 began a tirade against him , when , nothing daunted , and with a nonchal- inco that I could V"t admire , ho turned Ills eyes heavenward and said an evil spirit must have entered the man and caused Ins transformation. "At another time ; I spoilt several hun dred dollars to bo brought in phyifllcal contact with a giant that a local rail- oad magnate from England put mo on .0. The man , though an Englishman , md lived in the country so long tlia the national disease had spread through out his household ivith tropical rapidity , i ml ho could lie like a native. The giant , ho solemnly assured mo , wasnine cot high. Ho had measured him. The reak , when I fou'nd ' him , measured 'ovon ' feet ono inch , and was so slender 10 had to loan on crutches to keep from joing blown away by the balmy brco/.es that swept across the equator. "But ! got oven with the myriads who nlmblt that far-away land of tlio now- iorn day , and lie for pastime and I did t by proceeding on tho.prineiple that { oiniin jnaniiurisniti are the proper caper in a Roman community that is to say , that when thrown in contact with them I did some pretty tall lying nysolf. Some of the yarns I told wore of a class that would make old Ananias surrender the belt without a struggle. For instance , in the spring of 1881 , I entered the city of Mysore , capital of .he province of Mysore , at the bnso of ho Himalayan , in u bullock cart , at- .ended by my interpreter' . No sooner md I registered at ono ol tno inns of the city than I received an imperious summons to appear before the Mahara- ah ( Little Prince ) in his castle and give in account of myself and country for as amusement. My 11 rut impulse waste to obey with alacrity , but on BecouU thought I concluded I would uot. It may no neil to remark parenthotifallj Unit the Orientals are the most orudu- Ions ix'oplo on earth , as , vcll as the big gest blow-hards. The latter is the nat ural offspring of the former , 1 pro- Mimed. I diMiiisj-ed the gaudy court lackey with nil the hauteur my sun burned complexion and travel-bunged accourtrcmonts would warrant , instruct ing him to toll his imperial master that I was an American n man of great im portance , the oinoyof the great Bar- mini aTanasha giver ( showman ) whoo current expenses were 100,000 rupees a day , and that it would bo impossible for mo to lind in all tlio.oity n vehicle suf ficiently grand in appointments to con voy me to the royal castle ( my full team was in the back yard at the time ) . "Two hours later there drew up be fore the inn an English Victoria drawn by four horses , with a liveried lackey on the back of the coach , all Hanked by twelve outriders. This time 1 was re quested ( not commanded ) to favor his royal highness with my proeneo. My interpreter and 1 climbed into the vehi cle and enjoyed a ride to court which , by comparison with the way wo came into the city was ro al indeed. "I found the prince surrounded by the oldest and wisest men of the city , and thov.requested mo most respectfully to toll them something of my country. Hero was the opportunity 1 long had sought , and , clutciiing at it as a special gift of Providence , I murmured a prayer for forgiveness in ad vance , and then lot myself out. My circus experience was a golden treasure to mo then in that supreme moment of gratification and revenge. 1 lied to the nice old grnybenrds of Mysore till many of them actually wept over the stories 1 told of far oil Amer ica. 1 told them that all Americans wore rich and that every menial in the country was a foreigner , mostly Eng- lishme'ii , whom was imported under contract , but the trouble was that after they had been in the country awhile they became wealthy themselves , and hence the supply of servants was always short , Then I talked about my show , and Prince Barnum. How I did swell their heads ! The circus train I created into an unbroken section of _ live miles , propelled - polled by 17/5 / locomotives : the canvass 1 made seat comfortably 100,000 people , and when one old guy asked mo if it wasn't pretty hard to find ground in every city oil which to erect such a tent 1 assured him that an imperial decree had given Mr. Barnam the right-of-way everywhere and that when houses were in the way he tore them down without ceremony. " "How many horses has he ? " asked the prince. "Four thousand , " 1 modestly replied : and the old duffers , themselves the biggest liars on earth , believed me. In India a man's wealth and state is largely estimated by the number of elephants he owns , the Maharajah to whom I was addressing myself being considered rich because he possessed llf. 1 remarked , unconcernedly and in the bincorest tone I could command , that Mr. Barnum experienced tlie greatest dilllculty in finding , at all seasons of the year , provender for his 2,000 elephants. "That settled it. I was the hero of the hour , and , figuratively , if not litor- illy , the koya of the city were handed me. " Po..zoni's complexion powder is uni versally known and everywhere es teemed as the only powder that \\ill 5m- nrovo the complexion , eradicate tan , freckles , and all skin diseases. MERCHANTS Who Will Save You Money IFYOU BUYof THEM. / ) ADAMSV OO O & 0.'S = 0 SHOE House , 417 llroadwnv , W GO Council lllulls. 1 THEBEST Is Alivnyo nf-g ! § S ? _ 5 < s 09 CHEAPEST. As I can prove Toy hundreds. : C , Lanzendorfer , g § CO v A n C ? 4 * % . Xn. 221 j Sa - 23. IWA12V .s'ruRiyr. FIELD & ESTEP , FDNERAL DIRECTORS. I'nrtlciilarnttontlonglxc'ii to nmlmlmlnj ? . > < . 11 \ . itiin .m. , cotiiH'ii stiuiiH. riirnlturu ropaliliiK neatly done. Olllec calls uttcnded promptly diiy and night. TUB : IIKST a > i -4 MEATS O I | jf | K 2 ' ATTIIK 3 = * S Lowest Prices ! 11 ? : o a ' - 3 is JJ a Poultry of all kiiuli I r ES o it S I tj * " cd oO C/D < E3 S " OIVK .Ml ! A CA1.U E. Mottaz o X . llli : . IJnmilH'y GO TO THE LONDON - TAILOR , Ami get ilic best lining Suit you over had. No , 637 Broadway , Council Bluffs , Electric Trusses , Belts , Chest Pro tectors , Etc , C' . It. .IUIH > , Council IlluirIn , Tlios. OrriCKH. W II. M. I'UBH. OFFICER & PUSEY , BANKERS. Corner Jlnln and llronilway. COUNCIL liIjUKI < " 8 , IOWA. neolers In foreign tnd clomeittlc exchaiigo. Collections made sad Jnt iest paid ou WKYSHOULD YOU BUY A HARDMAN PIANO ? 1. It is tlio most ilur.itilo Piano irndo i ! . It Improves uiulvr use H. It IIHS more volume of tone Hmn nnj other Instrument. 4. It stands In tune lonp'r lima nn.\ other 1'lnno r . It in the onto I'iimovuli the new patent Imrp < torv J 0. It K the only Piano -v\itli the new metal key support. f , It is iinvii | llcil in net inn & It lends nil other * iiinone the best jicople. l > . It is tlio lmmlonu"tt Piuiin miule. 10. And most important of all it U sold n ! ? , < ) 00 OF T MUELLER MUSIC CO. , xo. ioa MAIN s ' < > ixiu , ULI rrs , This space is reserved for C. J. CoL-1 BY'S Real Estate -advertisement , which ; swill \ will appear in our next issue. Look out J for "bargains. An old established Boot and Shoe business in Council Bluffs , Iowa. The Phillips stock of Boots and Shoes at 413 Broadway , is for sale and the store wilP | be rented. Best stand and trade in city. Nearly thirty years in one location. Present' ' ] stock from $12,000 to $15,000. For further1 ! particulars apply to GD. . Phillips , at tin store , or to N. O. Phillies , one of the execuj j tors of the J. M. Phillips estate. N. P. DODG-E , Executor. SIZES FROM Especially Atlnptod foe 25 TO 300 ELECTRIC ; HORSE LIGHTING , HORSEPOWER ' POWER , Mills and Elevators , Specifications mid estimates furnlsheil for complete steam plants. Itrgiilntlon , Iliinililllty innr ] | | [ tntecd I. tun show lettcis liom uscriUicio iuil i ; < onomv U win.il M Illi Corliss Non-.foii loaslnjfi | E. C. HARRIS , Ag-ent , Semi for Catalogue. No. 510 IVarl yti-cot , Council Blulld. F. J. BREZEE , ( Taxidermist and Naturalist ] 'I'prniiiui'iitlj lomlt',1 , nt No. II Noith ith St. . opposite poitolllce , Ollrl .Motor I.Ill' ' , I clinic II Him ! * , Iu , 1 If > ou h.ivo specimens don't \\alt for prices. Send thom to him lii'foiu they hpull. Ifjou don't ant them aftui they aio mounted ' IIP will pay you tlu < highest imuU't pi I o icu thom. Will maku a Apci.l.tlty of Imad-i anil d fiirti during the ulntur. NEW BARGAINS nllOADAVAV IjOTS , JilitST AVKNUIS IiOTS , KHIiltY > iriO\ LOTS , 1'KKIIV AUDITION LOTS , EVANS' ' BRIDGE ADD , LOTS STHBHT'S AIUMT10N AlboiXlncicot ) the licst property iu town for platting. W. C. STACY , JIOOM , OIM3JIA JIOIISK IJIjOCK. Council Ulullc , Iowa , 13PEC1AL NOTlCEST WANTS. _ ANTI5I ) A N" . 1 Initrliur mid meat cnttur. W Jlnln street. Council lllnllH , _ -i \ J HAT IH IT ? A stock of Clothing , Hoots T > and Hhocs. llatsmid Caps , ( JoiitH1 I iir- nlMliliu ? ( Jooda. Diy ( JootK Invono < | 0.iK ) . What Imvo yon to olluri1 l l llroudHiiy , Council lllulls , la. _ ' J'AND AND CASH to oxclmngo for merrlmn- J dlb , mid merchandise for good I a ml 4. Wanted Hardware. AddiesH H , II. IVOR ] , No. 28 1'earl st , , counvll Illnira. _ _ looms ; nlso unfu r - nlslied roomspplytit 15 N. Mam ni _ _ OIMIKNTrmttished fiont room to I or i ! gentlemen. No.jwmiuive. _ ANTii-To : exchange city property lor unemruniboieil land Johiibton \ \ an Patten , ill Main ht. , Council lllmiH , Iu. _ _ _ - , cor. hill t. mid lOtn me Imiuiio lit stoio of J. li , Hinltli , 718 Itllli uve. _ _ _ ITlOlt HA liU-My house aud lot. corner Second X1 uvenuu mid Ninth struct ; aho hoiuu mil lot tt.'T Hlxth avenue ; terras easy. I. A Mllliit. : JuiiU-niin-lnenj.111 l ; _ _ bmlnmi hoino , No. on HUNT -Two-story .UJ llro.nhuiy oimosltu OK-len Imui-o. J'OH- hlon glvi-n March ! , liuiulio ot Alex Wood , liliinankstre-ot. _ 171011 KUNT-Nlcely furnished rooms lor man -L1 and wife or two Kantlomuii , with unu of Imlh , heated by fiinuco , a.'l t . 7th . . Ament block , Council Illuira. _ _ " DTH"MiDANEflr& CO , ( , , Highest maiket prices. I'lompt letuins , Kfl buiid M2 Main Bt. . Council IJluHs , low * . CITY MEAT MARKET ! ' TO THEJPEONT ! : vr.Tii n imii.it .NOIICI : i nu.i M'.I r , BEEF , VEAL & PORK Oh iM m\fi 1)111 ) SMST ! Qwa Cattle Fedoi taaCorn ! , And will mnpt miy honest rompotltlou on pi icef | 01' I ilht-l lUHS Ml.tf ! > . J , M. SCAHiLAH , l'-O llro.-nln.-iy. - - Telephone -Ol , TKV OUR niUHII. A. F. CLATTERBUCK , I ) IMF HWATtf DIHU/I ? ! ) liUAL lla I A 111 DliUlllilf , .110 COIJM IIJ MM/WB , t i IOWA , PRIVATE JDEJECTIVE. 1'ilMitu w "hn MI iurnl'ilml nt any ami nil MW > uil attention lwi to colli-i lion of chat * tcl mrxttfuguii mid notim. Mimi'y lo loan on good chattel Kucurlty Itcfeiencu Any bank , ullorncy , or bufttnoss miin In thu city. t. K. O. A. IIKUMNCIIOtf BELL & BERLIMIIOP , Architect * , ficsipcK anil Superintendents of Construction , Mr. ItcilIiiKliuf mis KUU-II jcars nidi MciiileUsolin , J'lslKTiV J < oury , anil Iiua 1MIIIIJif UlO lllll'ht in Omaha anil Council 111 u IPs. Plans and Specifications Prepared Estimates made on Application , Studio , Room 4 O ; > em JIounc AlIU Till' II1WT. PEERLESS DYES K