I THE OMAHA BEE I COUNCIiTbLTJJPFS l . / OIKIUK O. 1U PKAUIi BTttBKT 1 Dtllvncd by carrier In nny part or the City Hl | II , W. 'J 11/1 ON MANAOKIt HI telwiionks : H nifiNiFsOnicE : : No 42. B Nhiiit Hihtou , No si B i. _ . . . , H MINOR MISNTION H N. Y. P. Co B Glcnson real B Council HlufTs.mbcr Co , coal ] 'J hotelier coal , see advertisement Tbo lioston store for tiolldny go oda Host conl nnd wood at C. O. b'uol Co Carbon Coal Co wholesale retail , lolearl ' A case of diphtheria was reported nt 1103 Seventh uvoiiiio A newly arrived son gladdens tbo borne of Mr and Mrs William Bonn on Harmony H Hl 'Jlio funeral of .Tohn lloosoy , n rostOent of H the Pliimer Rottlomcnt took place from the ' rcsldonco.vc9tcrday morning H The Conrcld opera company proontnd H The Kings Fool to a good sized und doil . lighted nudlcncont Uohany's last QVontug H A meeting of the P. II O. will bo hold nt l' the rcsldonco of Mrs \V. V. S.ipp , Jr , on V Oakland iivouuo ut 2:3J : o'clock this after H noon H Five drunks were nssostcd regulation Hr lioozollnes in polfcocourtyosterd.iy morning , Hj unil three vugs wore turned loose upon the H : couuuunity H The funeral of ( lortrudc , cldost daughter Ht of Mr nnd Mrs Pennington , took place .vos- H tcrdny afternoon from tlio coildouco on H Third avenue B The rati estate oxchungo will properly eel I cbrnto Us organization Uy a public mooting at the nncrn house , nnd the proininont uiti- J zona will bo Invited to bo present und muko BBJ addresses , J. K. Kulo of How City , la , and Miss Wint 1 mo 10. lircllicrton of Loadvlllo , Cole , Wuro R married at the parsonage of the Broadway Bf M. 13. church Thursday evening by Hov 1) . H ] C. Frnnlilln Hh Uurglars visited PHes's harness shop on ' South Main atroot Thursday night und j helped themselves to nearly 5100 worth of H ! goods Among tea property curried nway Hl were thirteen line lnprobcs The polled j linvo thus fur found no uluo H A number of the young people of the city | hnvo arranged to visit the state institution H , for the deaf and dumb this evening Barges H- will leave Ucno'a store nnd the roiUlcnco of ' A. T. Fllcklngcr , on Fourth r.vonuo , nt 7:30. : ; The faro for the round trip will bo is cents , H nnd all who go nro assured of a hearty re- L ccption nt the hands of Superintendent j Itotlicrt nnd hU estimable wife H The larceny cuso of State vs Curnngton j was concluded when the district court adV - V Journed last evening The ovldenco ts all in m and the arguments suhnuttod , und the case B' would hnvo been ready for the Jury , but the H court hud not written out his instructions H and the cliargo was reserved until Mils morn H fuer , wlicu the Jury will bo sent out The H next cuso to bo tried Is that of State vs H Ccyle H The funeral of Marguerite , etdostdnuirliter Hi of Mr und Mrs II , J. Worcester , took place H yesterday morning from tbo family rest H deuce , No 721 Fifth avenue Tba class ! mates of the deceased testified to their ap- H prcciutiou by u handsome floral tribute H. Owing to the malignant nature of the ills Hi case , dlpbthcrin , the funeral was private , Hi the services being held ut tlio grave In Fair j view ccmotcry Hj F. Wnllor , who was arrested for tearing j tin nsidowulk without n license for the pur- Hj pose of putting down n now ono in front of H. tbo Munlmttari , had his case dismissed yes j tcrdny Thoownors of thobulkling , Alessrs | Kimball & Champ , waited on Mayor Hohrcr J nnd stated that bad they known of the now 1 ordinance It would hnvo boon complied with , B- oud at tlio request of the chief executive the B matter was dropped H < .Tohn Uynn reported to tbo police Thurs H. duy night that bo hud been robbed of two B' watches nud ubout iW mid an ofllcor soon B' ' ' afterwards arrested a man giving tbo uamo ff of Michael Hunucr , as the guilty party Ho C bad C OO in his possession but no watches ft Yesterday morning ho was fined $7.00 for drunkenness nnd ordered held until tbo lur- Jj cony cuso could bo investigated Yestordny J ! afternoon liyau visited the station and * , stated that llatinor was not tlio thief , und ho J- ; was released and his booze line remitted BBf Tbo Koyal Area mm ) council takes exception - | tion to the statement that tlio Pull Mull club m owns tbo dlsbes und tables used in their bull , B1 claiming that tbo Royal Arcanum Is tbo solo SB ; owner of the property , which wns leased by BV , them with the bait Thov have ovcrJiOO BBS worth of dishes , nnd in this respect the Pall BBB' Mall club Is mums , us their property con BBS v ists of merely u low napkins nnd other BBB pieces of tnblo linen The Koyal Arcanum BBS * claims to rather hold the edge over any sun BBB' liar organization in tlio state , and is no' ' prn- BBBL pared to tnko a back Beat recurdlng either BBB the culinary department or any other BBB brunch BBB' ' BBB'B Fancy books nt the Boston Store , Council BBfli Bluffs , at ono-thlrd usual prieo asked by BBBj book stores k BBB Money loaned nt L , . H. Craft & Co 's loan BBB ofilco on furniture , pianos , horses , wagons , BBB personal property of all kinds , mid nil other BBB' ' articles of value , without removal All bus BBB luess strictly confidential B Tliu Manhattan sporting lieudq'rsllS B-way. BBB' ' * BBB _ AHvnj'H mi Tlm . B , If you wish to purcliaso n good and rollablo BBB watch S3 per cent loss than club rates , nnd BBB on easy terms , then call at once nnd mnko BBB r your own selection at C. B. Jucquetuiu & BBBCo. ; . , 27 Main street BB < m BBBi , Prolistlo's'hurness hop , or- : opera house BBBr block , headquarters for robes and blankets , B B/ Sheet music 10c , CH3 Broadway , BBB Chapman's urtdispluy will uo kept iataat BBb ' < during the holiduys Co and see it B B | I'ersonnf Inrnernplu BBVf' The llttlo son of Deputy Murshnl White is i BBb - reported seriously ill BBVc D. M. W.vland of Harlan was in the city BBV yesterday , the guest ot U , S. Muck B'L P. C. Miller , best paper hanging and dee Bflfli oratlug The bent Is ttio cheapest B BJif KlionH Icrry Shoes BBBg Will sell gouts line shoes nt less than oost BBbP until January 1 , Corner Broadway and i BBK" Main , uudor the bank Bt * Solid KoldringTnt Wollnuin's , 538 Uway BbbI * BBK' J. Q. Tipton , real estate , S27 Broadway 1 Neumoycr hotel , first classreasonablo rates i BBB BBB' Now Is the time to buy your furniture C , BBB A. Ueebo & Company bava too many goods ! BBBfor tholr storngo capacity and uro cutting BBB ; prices to make goods go Berkoy&Gay ; BBB chamber sultH , siduboards nud dining tables , BBBj' AVlndsor , Woloh and Berkoy folding beds , BBfl parlor suites , lounges nud all kinds of fancy \ BBfl' chulM at unheard of figures These goods BBfl ' nro a" of tllu Huest designs and finish Dent BflB r , buy until you learn their prices A clean BBBtweep to bo made Como nnd see for your Bflj : BB * Bflj Miss Mary Uloason has removed her dress * BBflj ' . waking parlors to the rooms lately used by BBBj' the puolio library , No H Pearl street , where ) BBBJ * hu will bo glad to see her old friends BBfl Fountain cigar , n strictly 10c cigar for 6o nt tbo Fountain Trr duo , BBB ' * > Bflflj' Saddle HocU restaurant , Vii Broadway , BBBj open day and night , iflrst class J , K. \ BBflj , Yuncy , proj ) , ' Turkey shoot at Tutus gallery , 800 Upper BBBj' ; Broadway Three largo turkeys for tnreo BBBj best i > corcs each week Turkeys given ouch BBflr ijaturday ovcuing Bflj lira Woodbury have removed their dental I Bflflj Ofilco to 101 Pearl street , up stairs Bflj The Bcchtelo has boon remodeled and re- ! BB' fitted und name cbaugod to Hotel Jameson ' Bflj < ' 0 BBBJ C , B , steam dye works , 1013 Broadway He < Flno stock of watches and Jewelry for the Bflj ' , holiduys at Wolltuaa's , 633 Uroaawuy J . . . Tbo Kost Investment and Trust compauy fffli' " ' IN AND ABOUT THE BLUFFS , The Cause of Thootloro Mankor'a Oondltlon RoraaluB n Myatory PROBABLY MENTAL TROUBLE ills Physician Predicts n Spcoily Uc- onvcry Tim hast of TIicmu N'ortft * tvestern Ki'clilit Cur Cnsos Ucucrnl Ngwh nud Notes Thcotlnvn Slntikrp's Queer Onso The amateur detective employed on n locnl paper yestordny dlsned up n column account of his success In unearthing ono of the most diabolical crimes over committed in ttrn city of Council lllutT-i. H was the story of the finding of Theodora A. Mnnltcr , propria- . tor of the shot tower , ' 1 corner of Sixth streetand Tenth nvoiiue , In n scml-uncon- bcIoiis cauditiou on the door step of his resi dence No ' 'IS South First street , shortly after nightfall Thursday evening As stated In | these columns yesterday morning Mnu- kor' , .i story guvo rlso to the rumor th it ho . hnd boon slugged nnd robbed , und tlio oondl tlon ot lus clothus , which were very wet , and his stutouient that ho hail boon in tlio river [ , led to tlio supposition thatthounkiiown highwaymen j hud uttemptcd to add murder to the original urimo It transpires , however , that the supposed dastardly , deed wns purely n mutter of con jecture , nud that u much tamer solution is \ the proper ouo , although there nro several points ' in connection with thu case that uro yet shrouded In mystery The theory now J commonly uoeoptod is that Maukur wandered nway while suffering from tomuoriiry nientul aberration , and whllo In this state got into the t river There is absolutely uotalug on which , to bise u theory of nssuult Slunkor loft his hnmo uttlillou'cloclcThurs- duy i morr.liig und look tbo llrst Main street car , reaching the corner of Main und Tenth avenue i , only u block from hib place of busi ness I , about tun minutes later He states Unit lie went to the mil . ) , nud going up t to his ofilco placed Ids watch and pocket cook containing * . " , < ! in money in a box , pre paratory I to going to work , nud then started down ' stuirs to tlio engine room That is the last ho remembers until about 3 o'clock in the ' nftornoon , us nearly as ho can Judge when he found himself lying on thu bank of the river flvo or six miles south of the city Ho bad boon In the water , as his clothes were J saturated , and some ono had pulled him ' out upon the bank Kegnrding his rescuers ' ho could give no Information Ho got j up und walked a short distance , when ho Iuy down and remained there for nearly two hours ' , and then started on again A wagon cumo j nlong bound for the vicinity oT the transfer J , and ho climbed In and was brought to ! the southern part of tbo city , nnd then started homo on foot Bo roacho.1 the business j ness portion ot the city , where ho was found by J Letter Currior Watts , leaning against u lnnip post und spitting blood Watts put hlin on n Dark line motor und sent him home Ho reached his door and fell exhausted , und was found there by Mrs Frank Levin , who lives , next door He went Into the house nnd went to bed nnd has slnco remained there ( Dr T. B. Lacey was called and hi rcsponso ; to the doctors queries us to what was the mutter , ho replied that ho guessed ho had trlod to Kill hlmsolf because of busi ness troubles " lie said something wus the matter with his brain , nnd told what ho knew of what had happened us nbovo nar rated He stated that when ho llrst found himself ] on the bank of the river und noticed that his watch was gone , ho thought ho had boon slugged und robbed , but uftor resulting previous events , tliut Idea wus dissipated Manker hud not been thrown Into the water , but had walked in , as his clothing was wet nearly to his shoulders , but his nair hud not been wet uor the upper portion of tus body It transpires that Doforo leaving the mill Manker wrote a note to his wife , the only words being Goodbye " It was written on a letterhead from the mill und enclosed In ono of Mnuker's envelopes A mail carrier delivered it to Mrs Manker in the afternoon and she at once visited thu mill The on- uloyes had scon nothing of Mr Mankor , al though they were ut tlio mill nt ? o'clock , but fifteen minutes after the proprietor lint reached there , proving conclusively thnt ho wns tbero but a very stiort time What hap pened to so suddenly dorangc him und start him out on his eventful trip is a matter of conjecture An investigation of Monitors financial matters rovoais the fact that ho was owlug a tow hundred dollars nud that ho was consid erably worried ubout it There was nothing , however , that should have given him any un easiness , as Ins creditors state that they were ' perfectly satisfied , and ATanker's credit was such that ho could have raised the necessary amount without trouble After Mrs Mankor visited the mill the news of Mnukur'H ub- boiico spread nnd the Citizens bunk , to which ' ho wus Indebted , took possession of the 1 books Yesterday morning A. 11. Walker , ' who owns the mill , had the sheriff attach the property for several months rent .Mankor told where lie loft his watch and 1 pockctbook , and the messenger found it as i directed , but the pockctbook was empty What became of the money und chucks is us yet n mystery His unolo , J. W. Ljtlo , 1415. ' South Tenth strcol , Omaha , was In the city yesterday and stated that Manker told mm but two weeks ago that his business was very satisfactory und he wus making money Ho could not account for his condition , as there i was no insanity taint in the family Munkor still complains of his head , but thdro Is no > mark of a blow ot nny kind which would fol low an assault or fall The case 1c quite a iuyJtor.v and will hardly bo fully solved until ho Is ublo to get out again , evou if it is then 9 Toys for the children hi endless variety at the Boston Store , Council Bluffs , at ouo-hulf usual prices A. I ) . Tohtitrnpli Co All persons In tbo city who have tele phones can call up telephone 170 for mes senger boys , cabs and express wagons , oto Prompt attention guaranteed C , G. Itoblu- son , manager , No 11 North Muli\ _ street Hcroaftartho dining room of the Now Pa cific will bo run on aeml-Kuropoan plan , All 1 meals served at " 5 cents each , Holiday goods and books as low us the lowest ut Doll G. Morgan's , 74'3 Broadway , m Iiaat ill the Freight Car Guncs Dotectlvo Itlloy of the Northwestern , arrived in tlio city yestordny to appear as a witness lu the cases of Loronson und Peter son , the lust two of the gang that was ar rested several months ugo for being con " nceted with the robblug of freight oars In the Northvvostoru yards Those cases have dragged through four terms of court und It is n roliot to leuow that there is a prospect ot their shortly being disposed of , Uotecttva Johnson will also bo hero before the eases uro ready for tvial , which will bo the latter part of next week In order to make more room for Christmas goods the Boston Store will huve a gru.it coat sale next week every day , bctwoen the hours of'J and 0 in tbo afternoon ; every garment In thu store this sonsou's goods , no ante diluviuu styles , every guruicnt lu ladles ' , misses and children's to bo sold ut the top murk cost price Remember the time , every day next week , betwoau the hours of 3 and 0. Boston Store , Council Bluffs Presents for smokers ut Moora & Bow mans Fine perfumes , sachet powders and toilet bottles for the holidays at DM O. Morgan & Co 's , 711 Broadway , * Tbo place to buy your children's books for Christmas presents Is ut the Boston Store , Couucil Bluffs DOUBLY LOST Uliuovcry oTn I.onu-lost Olil vt lie He- tiiidintcH hep Mother Snn Francisco Chroulclo : When the coast Btouuior Santa Rosa arrived in port yostorduy from the south there were two hidius umuiitr the pussong-cra who hud roturnud from it elfaiigo ort-uml in Sun Dlogo , Ono was Mrs J. H. I'rovi of 601 llaltflit street , the wife of u neil knowti business man , and the olhor was her Bister , Airs Goortfo ttlloy i At her homo on llatght street yeston tiny nftorunon Mrs Cross told it tatnoHcI nhlo story to n. Chroiilrjlo reporter Twelve yoara ago Mm Cross llvort in WinnobaRoCity . , Minn She wns then the wile ot William Trnwhrlu ( ro Ifor husband i died , nud she wns loll it widow in destitute circumstances with two little - tlo ( huigiitors Mrs Trowhrid ( , 'o wns utinhlo to euro herself and her two children , and one duy gave her yoiiiiRor child , .losslo , aped three years , into the hooping 1 of • Ininoi Huntington Uo rep roscntcd ' hunsolt us an honorable man with sumo moans , who would roar the child properly It was arranged by enntrnot < thnt Mrs Trowbridge wits to see her child us often as she dual rod She wns also ponuittcd to correspond with , the daughter , ICigfit yours ago Mrs Trowbridgo lost nil i clew to the I rttntlugton family , and she i mitt her child became separated for ever i nt least , so she thought Thou the widow liiurriod .1. H. Cross und soon uflor ] romovoil to this city She is now n ' woninu or property , and Is the mistress - tress ot a beautiful home During the passing yours Mrs Cross hoard nothing of liur long-loat daughter until three weeks ngOj when she rocolvoil u letter from a sister in Minnesota whiuit con tained a newspaper ellppingsuying that Tames Huntington wns living In Ogden , Utah Immediately upon tlio receipt of this Information Mm Cross , accom panied by her faster Mrs Hitoy , proi oeeded toOgtlen There she found that Huntington and his family had removed moved , only iv tow weeks previous , to San IMogo Lust wool * the two liulles followed the lluntingtons to San Diego The fltintingtons were living at a. cheap lodging house , and Mrs Ulloy secured a room there to become ac quainted with the long lost diiughtor ot Sirs Cross , Jessie Is now a slender girl of nearly sixteen years On Mon day Mrs Itlloy proposed that they should visit the bathhouses on the whurf The child consented , but by an understanding previously made with her husband Mrs Huntington accom1- muled them Mrs Cross wus in wait ing and rode on the sumo street car with the party Booing her daughter for flic llrst time in many years At the bathhnuso Mrs Cross made herself known to her daughter She urged the girl to return with her to the city , but her daughter refused Mrs Cross told her that she would bo well tnkoti care of and p/ovided with all the comforts and luxuries that money could buy Mrs Cross says that the lluntlu gtoiis uro course pcoplo , poor in purse , and that Huntington is a drinking man The girl has been rcarod without edu cation Huntington - was for several years in the mountains , living on ranches in Dakota and Wyoming The child grow tin lileo it heathen She wns laught to slcin sheep and do other menial work wholly unlit for a girl to perform Huntington refused to allow nor to return with Mrs Cross to San Francisco The girls mother olterod . to pay him a Iariro sum of money to com pensate him for thecxponsoof the girls keeping during the past twelve years , hut ho used vile and insultlngianguago and utterly refused to part with the , girl The mother , unnblo to pursuado her long-lost daughter to como to San Francisco , returned alone , ar riving hero yesterday She says the hardest thing of till is to see how uncouthly - couthly her daughter has been roared She thinks the Huntingtons have poi soned her child's mind against her , and fears nothing can persuade her to leave them She was not permitted to talk with her daughter after the brief inter view in the bath house She loft Sau Diego distresscdiana disheartened "I had thought to Invoke the nid of the law , " said Mrs Cross to a Chronicle - iclo reporter yesterday , ' but I have ubout concluded to do nothing and lot the whole matter drop Jessie has boon legally adopted by the nuntlngtons , and refuses to como with mo , consequently quently I nm poworlcss to act When she becomes of ago I may bo able to huyp her come homo " Why dent you try Rod Cross Cough Drops , live cents a , box IN FAVOR oVsHORT HAIR fjong and Klowinc IjucIc * not Wanted by the Barber * . Short hair will coutinuo fashionable among the mon of Amoiica , writes a Detroit , Mich , correspondent of the Chicago Tribune The Harbors con volition , by a vote of i8 ! to 3 , . docldod that it would bo impolitic , unbusiucss- like , , and useless to , uttcmpt to foster the custom of wearing the locks long Figaro Louis Lassango's learned ar- guinont went for nothing , and Mr Las sango is an educated Frenchmen who lives in Boston , und his argument was Introduced in a paper entitled The Perfection of Hairdressing " Diseuss- ing the modes of capillury arrungo- niont , " as ho expressed it , ho mtulo short hair and the pompadour the cs- pocial objects of his attack Short hair , " ho- said , "is a barbar ity , my horror of which cant bo ex pressed in words It is the child of the prize ring and the rooster light From the days of Apollo , that perfect typo of manly beauty , down to the early years of this century , the long , sometimes curling locks were emblematic of gentle - tlo brooding Hut when the rowdy lords around George IV forgot tholr breeding and beenmo the patrons of the nrizo ring and the associates and friends ot the bullies of the day then the fashion was sot for the horrid cus- torn , the locks were shaven , und tlio de- ollno of the aristocracy began For myself I would aa soon boo the body nude as the naked , living bond showing a hundred scars , and forcing inspection of the uncomely ridges with which the human skull is marked "Tlio pompadour was another sugges tion of tlio evil ono , and I am glad to 1 boo that it is dyingout us a fashion with the rollor-skating rink , its accompany ing iniquity ' On women whoso fore bonds nro naturally low it is not unnie- : turosquo , hut on mon , mon dioul I never boo a follow with a pompadour that I do not Boy : Surely hero is ouo ] who has but lately omorgoa from bo- hind a counter ' " . It will bo Boon by this that Mr Las stingo is by no moans an ordinary bur bor Ho has swont the stubble from i Ollvor Wendell Holmes face and i mowed his swathe across the clearing j bctweon James Uussoll Lowell's nigh i and oil whisker Ho was the last man i who shaved Ralph Waldo Emerson , Some of his old customers are : Mr llowolls , Colonel Taylor of the Globe , Thomas Halley Aldrich , Uoylo O'Roilly and Lawrence Harrott Ho was a baron i orsomothlug in the old country , und his practlco Is almost altogether prl- vatu Just the same the harbors cou- volition did not four tordlsputo his prop osition President Koch of Muekogon , who is a pretty lly harbor himself if ho does live in the woods , attacked him on the historical ovldenco ot long hair , and George II Stewart of St Paul said ; "A barber who proposes long hair deliberately - liboratoly throws uway half his in- como " Mr Lassango took issue with Mr Stewart on this statement Ho said the loss would bo more than balanced by a gain onshumpooufng , , You knowyour- salvos , gbntlomon , that a largo measure of our profits is dorlvad from the shum- pee Uosldos , with long hair trimming would bo more frequently nocessury thuu hnlr cutting is ut present " Then the country barber uroso IIo BiHnMHHMIMWmMIKajMHM ga comes from Metropolis , Ind Ho ts a full I , stout younjwfhan , with a pulo face and a heavy Ba ' n , iij | mrmsiucho IIo wears spring bottom ninvondor trousers , a watch chain as'bji as a street car trace , and i n horsoshod charm Ills nocktlo is purple i Ills hair is banged low on his forehead i , nnd his hnuds , which nro largo 1 and ndorndd with rings , are also coinmomoratlvo ot vocont labor in the barn 1 i • "I niiso , Mr President , " the country barber 1 sakl , "to remark that the gen tlomnn I from Hoiiton has proposed the chumptcst i idea I over scon proposed in a convention I do not know nothing about i Apollluaris , and If ho was a cus tomer I ot Mr Lassanges I have not i a whole lot to say against him 1 , On that point there will not i bo no discussion between him I and mo ; or perhaps I had hotter say i , ho nnd I. But I want to say this hero 1 , that the people In these parts wont ' ' Btand it What does the honora ble I rooster proposoV Does ho expect that I mon with raw material in tholr head Is going to put tholr hair up in curl i panor before votlrlng into bed , or push it back with a round comb and wear ' It In a not when going out to a high-toned dnnco Saturday nlghls ? Not much " Vigorous upplnuso followed this spcoch i , and when the vote was tnkoti , us | has boon Btild , twenty-eight barbers opnosod i the proposition , which Mr Lassaugo put In the shape of a rosnlu • tion , aud only eight favored it They wore : M. A , Hogors , Adrlou , Mioh ; William Swisslor , St Louis ; Delegate l'Morbrook , Portland , Mo ; Delegate Mastorson , Philadelphia ; Delegate Rus- tcrn , Htirrisburg ; Delegate MO Kelly , Haltimoro , and John L. Kl water ( Colum bus , O. No delegate from Ghlcugo was present Vor Coughs mill 'Ibroat Disorders use Browns Bronchial Troches Have never changed my mind respecting them , ex cept I think hotter of that which I begun thinking well of " Key Henry Ward Beceher Sold only lu boxes i A MICHIGAN FROGGERY _ The Culture of the CroakcrH Quito n. Profitable Industry The subject of frog culture ts attract ing considerable attention qf Into years nnd n good many frog farms have been established nt different places through out the United States and the Canaaas ; but failure has boon the rule rather than the exception , and many a san gulno proprietor of costly ponds and pastures has dropped a snutr little for tune in his attempt to imitate our French relations ncross the Atlantic who find the business of frog raising something of pleasure and no little profit It is , therefore , noteworthy that Messrs George M. Stevens and Chnrlos J. Swan , of the Homedulo pot stock farm at St . Joseph , Mich , hnvo succeeded in thifj 'itidustry to a degree highly satisfactory to themselves and patrons , although their knowledge of frog raising has.cost them many hard .carnod dollars and several years of faithful study and close observation , writes a Benton4lnarbor , Mich , corre spondent to the Chicago News Mr Stevens takes great pride in his industry and never tires of showing vis itors about tbo ponds and explaining the habits and , characteristics of his big fnmily of croakers Mr Stevens owns several acres of land adjoining the city of St Josaph on the south Through the fiirmi runs a large ravine , at , the head of which are never failing springs of pure ' water At some dis tance below the springs are located the frog ponds , three iri-numbor. Water is supplied to the ponds through a pipe from a large , deep lake formed by a dam placed across the ravine near the springs The largest of the ponds is well filled with lily-pads , Canada bog moss , and ether varieties of water plnntssaidto bo ossontinl to the life of the frog The smaller ponds are friugod with the plants , while the centers - tors are kept comparatively clean Mr Stevens estimates that there now are no less than 200,000 tad poles , polywogs , and small frogs in the three ponds , and his statomoutis undoubtedly correct , as the bottom of tlio ponds are literally covered - erod witli these peculiar looking little follows These will bo ready for the market early next summer , and will bring any whore from $1.35 to $2 a dozen Most of them will bo shipped to Chicago cage , and will find tholr way into the fashionable hotels and restaurants Frogs for brcodiiig purposes , which nro raised on his farm in great numbers , bring $5 a dozen There are in the ponds about six hun dred full-grown frogs kept for breeders , nnd these are fed by hand at regular invervals to prevent thom from devour ing the smaller frogs Every aay a certain numborof thom nre found out of the water waiting for their meal They are fed on hoof liver by moans of a long pole with tiHhortstring attached On the end of the string a piece of liver In fastened , which is dangled before the eyes of a hungry froggy , who sccuresit by jumping It is Baid that ono focaing satlsllcs a frog for about two weeks They are very fond of birds , and often succeed in capturing a sparrow that may chance to alight on tlio ground near where a big frog happens to bo sit ting The raulo frogs are savogo fighters , and when two of thom moot thorc is sure to bo a conflict There are several frogs in these ponds that are badly crip pled by fighting One has lost a foreleg log ontlro , and another has a broken and mutilated hind log The largest bull in the ponds is called Sullivan , and ho is said to ho ublo to whip any of the ether greon-hended pugilists on the promises The frogs live in families ot generally ono male and not loss than live females , each housohould occupy ing some sheltered nook ulong the shore of the pond i - Mothers will flnd Mrs Winslow's ' ( Scfothing Syrupntho best remedy for tholr children , " 2-9 eouts a bottle io _ QUEERt EDITORS Methods or the Brilliant Staff of tbo lionisyJBo Lodger Chicago Trlbuno : Ono of the queer est newspaper combinations I ever on- countered , " remarked an old member of the profossioiV , 'Jho ether day , "wus that employed Jnt18G9-70 in the Louis vlllo ( Ky ) Lodger The paper was started as the jprgan of the unrecon- slructod and irrepressible domocraoy that faction which never was and never can ho whipped , bo Gawd , eahl" and the ofilco was headquarters for nearly n regiment of colonels without com mnntls und doctors without patlonts Some were ox-olllcors in the south , ethers Btny-nt-hoino coppcrhoads , but nil intoiiBoly southern in their prodll- ections und bibulous in their proponsl- tlos Moat of thom had adopted journalism as a pustimo , but all of thom exhibited all the eagerness of the tra- dttional thrifty Yankee to boo tholr names stand oyer against fat salary Hg- urea on the pay reel Iu the entire outfit there were hut three men who had had sufficient ox- perlonco to know that getting out a dally newspaper was not alt play that each issue meant so many hours of hard , grlnalug treadmill work , Ono of tuoso three wus the lamented George O Har- ding of Indianapolis ono of the brightest newspaper men ever • produced in the west , the ead ondlng of Electric Trusses , Belts , Chasl Pro tectors , Etc , Agents wanted in : , cit. . .ititm , rouirowflday Council Hlntn , hi , F , M , ELLIS & CO , ARCHITECTS AND bin MUKO flUPKItlNTCKDrcKTS Itoonm ltd nud IK lien llulldlni ; . Ouiuna Neb , and Honms-ll ami-11 . - - Mcrrlam llloric Council lllnirg lowu Correspondence Holldttil Coal ! Coal T1 A. T. .THATCHER , H. A. COX , ' I Chicago , Ills Western Sales Agt-nc * { 4 OFFICE ) II4 Moln Street , Brown Building Telephone 4B. , SW Wo will Foil to consumers direct , SKLKOTBD ANTHRACITE COAL ut lh | A ) following reduced prices : j GRATE AND EGG - - - $8,25 f RANGE AND NUT - - 8.50 , J CHESTNUT - 8.50 | | And the best grades of Sott Conl Wyoming Lump $7.0t ) , Walnut Moatl \ * I1.G0 , Jackson $ • , , Oodnr $ .1.85 , Cnnncl sjtl.60. Iowa Nut , IMrn Largo size and roller ( 'J < creenod , &I.00 , Gas Hoitsa Coke llo ! per bushel , or $7.00 per ton } delivered TERMS Cash with order All coal fresh mined , well screened nud promptly / } ' COAL ! COAL ! COAL AND WOOD ! _ j Bunp & Knotts No M South Mnln . St Wo hnndlo only first-clnss . brands of - of conl Our Ulnclc Peerless is indeed the If peer boft conl In the . nny market atovo wood on hand at all times Try It once und you will wnnt it nuxt time Wo also have good hard cord wood und3 lAill Remember the place , moasttro , prompt delivery , aud ourofully prepared fuel giiarantocd f. " SAPP & KNOTTS , " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Xo ill South Nam St Telephone No Oil whoso carcoratlndianapoltsa fowyenrs ago is well roinomborod ; another was Henry O. Underwood , a graduate ot the Courier-Journal olllco ; and the third shall bo nnmcloss here . These thrco were the actual working force on the editorial pages of tlio paper , the others were far moro ornamental than tisoful "It was iu tensely amusing Iosco ono of tbo 'colouois' ' ur 'doetuhs/ prepare an editorial Uo would lolsuroly stroll into the olllco about 4 o'clock lu the afternoon , remove his kid gloves , lny down his cntio and proceed to edit ' After two or three hours of lnborod ef fort his essay was produced the child was born Thou with a majestic wave of the hand the sweeping invitation was extended to all present : lMo boy , lc's go git a cawktall ' And this would bo tbo last soon of the editor till from 112 to 2 o'clock iu the morning , when , after spending half the night m'painting the town , 'ho would wtindor into the olllco about the time the paper should go to press , domund to see a 'proot of the jihtielc , ' and insist on rowritiug it on the mnrcin "At the head of this peculiar aggre gation of talent the managers of the paper had imported from Mississippi in order to give the Ledger the necessary - sary southern twang Colonel M. C. Clnskoy us mnnatrlng editor The col onel was a geuulno representative of Mississippi before the war IIo had represented the state in congress , nnd wus a man of much abllitybut possessed of the usual southern peculiarities of that day He was ot the time ho came to Loulsvillo about sixty years old , tall , straight as an arrow , litho as a panther , and fearless as a lion Chivalrous him self , he could brook no poltroonery In others rind his idea of bringing up a struggling newspaper was to light duels ! with his tall form surmounted by a wide brimmed sombrero , long curling locks sweeping dowu ever the shoulders of his capo , his gold-headed cauo and his military style and stride , ho made a picturesque figurehead , but a poor man aging editor , for a journal striving to make head against a. poworf ul and well established rival Oao morning as tbo colonol'camo to the ofilco ho onCountcrcd the business manager , who , with a sad face , an- ' noiincod that the paper was running fur behind financially , and in tremulous tones asked the question : What uro wo to deV DeV the piped gallant Mis- sippiau iu his peculiar falsetto voice , "do ? Git a gun ! Go out and light ergot got a man to stand up before mo I Do d n pa pah's gone to hell if somebody dent , light ! Wo ought to fought foh weeks ago ! " The business manager being from Inuinna and not bloodthirsty did not readily full In with the gallant colonels suggestion "On ono occasion during the Franco Prussian war there enmo news of a greatbattlo , and of course somb editorial comment must bo written It so happen ed that of the two editorial writers at the olllco when the news arrived the colonel was intensely Gorman in his sympathies nud tbo doctor was intensely French Each besought the managing editor for permission to write the editorial com ment The three sat down upon a sofa and the argument proceeded with oc casional interruptions to 'go out and got a cawktall ' The good-hoarted manng- ing editor was unnblo to decide between the contestants , nnd flu * ' ally agreed to submit the question to George Harding as arbitratory Harding wns always in for fun nnd his black eyes twinkled with merriment as ho sug gested that each write an article from his own standpoint , Colonel McCluskoy to tnko both articles and from the two make ono consistent and brilliant ed itorial This was such a happy solution of a troublesome problem that , of course , it was necessary to celebrate it with another cawktall ' ' • Then the work of composing the 'ahtlkles' begun , the managing editors solitary injunction being , 'liy Gawd , gciitlomou , yo' must maico your artiklcs cawnslst ' [ And , by the way , this was the origin of that phrase , vf hioh has slnco become so well known in newspaper per odlcos.l Filially , after mUch labor and the consummation of numerous 'cawktails , ' the articles were completed und submitted Then cumo the work of the final arbitrator , liy this time the gallant managing editor hud at tained the lofty exaltation of complete impartiality , in fact , ho wasn't quite certain whether his failings leaned to Franco or Germanys side So ho took his scissors and deftly divided each ar ticle in the center , then ho neatly pasted the French tall on the Gorman head the complete effusion , as it hap pened , ouding witli u colon and sout it to the composing room ! And so It ap peared in the paper next morning Moat complexion powders have a vulvar lare.but 1'oz oni's Is a true beautiflcr , whose effects are lasting How Whist Is PlnyeU In Alabama , "I was a enrpetbnggor in Alabama in 1870 , " said a Washington gentleman recently to a Post reporter "Of course I wns ostrclsed sociully by the native whites There wus ouo cIubs , however , which was ray friendwhich stood by mo in trouble which loaned mo money , which warned mo of danger nnd oncour- nged mo when distressed It wis the Hebrews of the olty where I wus stalionod , There wus one place which I frcquontod oven lugs a little cigar store kept by a Hohrow , named lko Slnshausor Two other Hebrews catno in and wo used to piay whist for hours I wus an indifferent - ont player , anyway , and care and worry made bad play woi-bo , whllo the Jews were all three fine pluyors.and intensely fond of the gumo Iko always took me for his partner an not of great goner osity The game would begin and Iko would groan ever my indifferent play ing • ' Did you watch dot play ? ' ho would say , 'I pluyed the ten-spot of spadoa Dot vos a sfcknal for trumps ' "I would lead trumpa aud wo would , . j PROFESSIONAL PIRECTORY HRIRKI N Rl M F Hydraulic and Sanitary Knglncor Plans , E limt\lC3 i .Jll iIUIlDIINL Specifications Supervision of l. 'ubllo Work Rrowu lUillding , Coucll Rlull's. . Inivn NGPUI ID"7"-Justleo of the Peace Olllco over American Express , No IV . QLnUnZ Uroadway , Council nittlTs , lowu \ QTHMF Si QIMQ Attornbys-at Lu7v7"Prnotlco in the State nnti Foil > 1 O I UlNL QL OIIVIO oral Courts Rooms 7 und S Shugart-Runo Rloolr , $ Council Dluirs , Iowa 3' PI IWIfiMTPPln/irPV-Surgeou and Homiupath Room ( I , llrown ft , . J. IYIUIN I bUIVItni building 115 Pearl St Olllco hours , 9 to 13. . ] a. m. , 1 ! to C and 7 to S p. m. fiJ NEW MEAT MARKET ! .hist oib.vki : > . aoa kkoaoway The best Beef and Veal in the market Everything of the best quality anil ! j ( prices right down to the lowest notch Lard , Suusugo , Oysters , mid everything Kf kept in the butchers line Free delivery to all parts of the city • v\ \ J. 8. . < at.\V , Iionrlclor got all the trumps out Then I would have forgotten whnt his strong suit wns and load a card at random Iko would grab it off the table and thrust It back in my hand : " Dot vos an exposed card You dent piny no such curd Dis wlllin on my right led a sehpado Dor robber on my loft led a dinmond Glubs vos trumps Now vet Is my suit ? ' "I lead an ace of hdarts and sent back a little ono on the second round Ikey finessed the knave , caught the queen on the third round with his king , and then dented the table with his knuckles as bo played out his thrco good cards " 'Maehor , if you played whist vit mo for a partner for von .vcar , you uud I could boat the vorld ' " . m Dent buy traany imitations Got the genuine Red Cross Cough Drops Clarence L. Hownrd of Beverly , Pa , has submitted a now design for a gov ernment postal card It substitutes the reverse side of a penny in place of the head of Washington , us at prcsoot , and has lines-drawn for writing on the city , county and state to facilitate the work of the postal clerks Tlio design was forwarded to Washington It may be that the now powders now being invented for European use will loud to a marked chatigo in the style of guhs The Gorman powder is said to explode in a manner to rona ' er the gun liable to bo blown out near the muzzle The now French powder has burst sev eral guns in the same way That man was not without porsonnl vanity who , obliged to wear an nrtifieiul eye , were three dllforout eyes oyory day an eye for morning , when the pupil was uot very large ; an eye for afternoon , when the pupil was smaller , and un eye for evening , when the pupil had expanded to its full slzo C'OUNOUj KlUPPS CHICAGO , HOOK ISLAND & PACIFIC n No 3 oi5prnA | No.n nullum A No 4 0:40am : D No 1 BUOam A No 0 5:0Jpin.V : | No Si Dj : > ] > ui CHICAGO & NORTHWCSTKltN No.2 0.10a mlNo.fi t:27 ) : a m No 8 4iVii > m No il 7:15 : aln No 4 8:0UamNo.l : | 6:15 : pm CHICAGO , M1MVAUKI5B & ST lAUh A No.J DMOamlA No 1 7 : < Mam A No 4. , UJpinjA No.fj fiiljpm KANSAS C1TV , ST .lOSKlHl Si COUNCIL IILUI'UU A No 3 10:07a : niiA No .1 fllf ) nm A No 4 lo:35pmlA : No 1 UiWpm / OMAHA & ST LOUIS A No 8 t:3SpmA | No , 7 12fXm CHICAGO HUltLlNGTON & QIJ1NOV. A No 4 OslO a. mlA No 3 fi:12p. : m ANo.o : : sup in a No.5 H:30u. : m. A No 8 ( i:00p. : m.l bioux cm' & PAcirin A No 10 7l45amA | No 0 JJimii A No 13 0fi0pinA ; | No , 11 OiMpin A daily.II dally , excont Saturday : 0 except Sunday : D except Monday : 'fust mall CHANCE FOR A PRIZE Until the llith of January wo will ulva a ticket to every 83 cash purclia er ot coeds atonr i store The tlcki > t will entitle trio holder to a cbunco In the following prlzon : Ut 1 beautiful Gold Com Heater , price 110. 2nd 1 : j-slioir llowcr btand with arches and liaUL'lmt basket , tlo Urd Pair of ladlei' club skates , J2.23. 4th Pair of boys club skates , * , r > c. these prizes will bo attributed Immediately after the date given SHUOAItT & CO , 11 Main St SPECIAL NOTICES , OOUNOIL BLTJFFB FOR SALE AND RiNT DULL 111103. Ic CO loan money The moil liberal terms otrered , 1011'earfat. WaNTBD A KOodlvaTter , " I oulo " * Tfetz ger , 62) ) Ilroadway , NOW Wellavalt Oneofthebest stock farms in Western Iowa , 410 acres 4 miles from a live railroad station Improvements cost about half we ask for It Only a Bbort ride from Council llluirs and Omaha markets , \V. a. Wood & Co , S' .ll Main St LOST A pocketbooK with about M. Leave al 1'Janters hotel ANTKD A gtrl for general housework Oood wuKes will be vald to one who Is competent and reliable None other need ap ply Mrs Lucius Wells , Oakland avenue Conn- . clffllutla BV sure and cull at llurhorn's before you buy your ChrUtmai present ) , . You can srive money at their great mark down sale WANTHO-To trade for a lot two good 3 and 3-year-old horses Inquire at the Fountain cigar store Council llluirs " I ilOU SAL15 We have a farm ot WW acres In in Thayer Co , Neb Well Improved , flood bulldlnes , barns , etc limy terms Kerr & uray ITUHlTltADK for stock , good lot In Hastings , 3 Neb , Impure lita Went Ilroadway ANTKO-Agtrl for general housework _ Mis , F , A prague.JljJ t fjnue ; KSTATB - llouant and ola a oU • REAL . Special attention given to exam ination of titles , W , O. James , No 10 Vearl sc other biHtira-i and until c losed out you will save moiu-y by ex nmlnlug before purchasing elsewhere , my mock of furniture und stoves Vou will llml many art * i , teles that will make tultutilo and ser Icablo holiday presents A. J. Mimdel , S i and U2S Ilroadway 10 AUKK lots for sale : iJ ! inllo.i from court , house , $70 per ncre W. A. Wood A t' < > . TilOIl S.iLE A lintel , r mnisUod thrnugliou JL' lu Gunnison , Col , di > lnp n big business ) cIohh to depot Will sell or eixrhnnRfl fur clC ( ' or fiirm property near Council JIIutrB Addrot ' Kerr Uray , Council llluirs NBW improved ro.il.citato to tranc for uiilin- i pniven Oinalin or Council ItlutlNliropcrtr C. I ) , .ludd , nm ) Itroaitway 3/iOlt BA1.I' or Kent Gnrdan land with linuse * , ? by J. It Itlca lUSMoinst , , Council lluuM NOTIC1' If you have real estate or rnattels ynu want to dispose of ipilck , list them with Kerr Gray , Council llluirs , la , X1 will buv live good lots in Mc.Malioii , $2 Cooper & Jolleris If sold noon W. A. Wood \ lo fl AGENTS Want eel Wo pay W to WW per ( mouth to etiorgetlc gentlemen and ladies I to procure tnumbcrs for our association It : you can only devote n few hours eurli week to { our buslne > 3 It will pay you well For further 3 particulars undress National Library .Woclai Hon 1U3 State street , Chlraio 111. . 1T4-7" ( WANTED At once , a few general Mncks of i ; merchandise Tor good banning lands und A cash Kerr * dray - I BAHGA1NS Wo have bargains In sumo No * 1 property this week ; muu bo sold Kort Gray „ , OH HXCHANGH A good iiawR-room house il to exchange for an Improved 80 a < : ro farm In western or central Iowa Keir k Gray i 171011 SALK-An old and well established .1 . drugstore , ostabllslied In IBM Cain ro ' cnilred , JJ,5)J ) , balance real ostutn Address A 2 , Itee Council Hlulfs "W71. have a bargain in acre proportyoa il Madison Btreet No hotter laud for platting near the city W , A. Wood & Co W ANTKD A good girl to do genernl house work Mrs P. St 1'ryor. Utti llluir St , TjlOltHBNT One seven-room house on fourth JL- avenue ; one elglit-room house on Sec * end avenue , and ono eight-room house on Tenth street ; all utti'U up with all modern conven iences W , W. llllger , 1'enrl street > : Skates ! Hkutet ! sknlc ! ' Itovs there it magnificent skntliiR nt Lnka ' ' Manawa , hard , smooth , safe lco Coras aud got a pair of our now cluu skatei They nro beauties , strong tind sharp , and are sold very rheap Wo have the largest Hue of skates In i the city to seldct from Come and s e thuin ' SIIUOAUT\-CO. . 11 Main St No.27 Main St , Over Jacquomln's Jewelry Store , > S. E. MAXON , Jfctiite.t and Superintend nt . : Room 2B1 , Riorricim Block , COUNCIL BLUFFS , - IOWA , BELL & BERLINGHOF , ARCHITECTS AN'I ) 8Uriitl.NTiNIUN is UoomS , Opera iiouso Block , Council I Huffs , ' Iowa THE FAMOUSr Sl'KrlAI/riKrt , Apple nnd Plum llultor Mlure Meat.8n < et uail Four l'lckles , Olives In Hulk , Hr.uer Kraut I'uro i Maple Syrup and Honey , Ituckivheat flour und Hominy , • Oranges , Cranberries , California i Grapes , Lomoiia Nuts , Kalslns and Celery i Host Country Uuttcr to per lb Our prices ul- \ waya the lowest No , SOU Ilroadway , opposite % Ogaen House A Thus Orrictu W. II M. 1'ubkv \ OFFICER & PUSEY , BANKERS Corner Main and Uroaawuy , COUNCIL IIIiUKKH , IOWA Dealers In foreign nnd domestic exchange Collections made uud luterest paid on time a * * posits J. D. EnVIUNDSOfV 15. I * HllDOlllT , , Ires Vice Vf * . Ciiab It Hannah , Cashier , CITIZENS ' STATE BANK , | : orcouKCib m.uf rs Paid up Capital $100,000,90 . Surplus . . . . 30,000.00 I Liability to Doposltors..333,000.00 fj UltlEOToiis-I. A. Miller , I' . 0. Ole&son , IS r > j V Khiigart , i : . 12. Hart , J. J ) . IMundson CUa * . II 1 ] Hannan , Transact general banking buslactsj ( a Largest capital uud uurplus of any bank la u Jl Northwestern Iowa , Intoreatoa Hue OepoaiU I ]