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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1889)
" " " ' I H l 0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ! TUESDAY DECEMBER 24 , 1889. - r ' ' ' \imm \ t THE OMAHA BEE I ; councilTblttffs M\ office , no 1a fkakij sTituBr Hi relluicrt by carrier In any part of the City , F ll.W.ail.TO.t 4 MANAQEU | Tit.Ki'iioNis : : ! H | nvMNHMltricn No t | WKIIIT KlIITOII NO , 8 > . h ' - F Ml.NOIl MKNllON Mj n. y. p. co HU Gleasoncoal H | ' Council Bluffs Vjinbor Co , coal Hi Uhalchcr coal , see ndveriUemcnt The Boston siorc for holiday goods I , licit conl and wood at C. U. Fuel Co ! ; • Carbon Coal Co.wholesale retail , 101'carl. H John T. Crnlff and Mlncrvn llunsaker H were married Sunday by Justice Harnett , H T. A. Johnson and Stina Petersen , both of Hj thl * city , procured a marriage license yestor- Hj day morning and were married by Squlro Hj Uarnctt Mrs O. E. Williams were out a warrant Siiulro Schurz' ' court yesterday morning for the arrest of Joseph Wordier , on the cliargo of assault and battery H Jacob Oman aid James Ilusncll , the two H men arrested for nttemptlng to rot ) the store i of Isaac Blank , wcro yesterday removed to j the county Jail for safe keeping , H' The MeKcoHnnkln company , which was H < booked for Dohuny'a tomorrow nflornoon H nna cvcnlne , will not bo nblo to reach here , end the engagement has been cancelled H' The meetings of the Overton mission the 1 past week have boon very suttstnetory , nnu L largo nudlenccs uro m nltfhtlv attendance f Services will bo held every night thlswook I except Saturday Ii It was reported yesterday that Frank : > Teller , the j outig farmhand who was serb ously injuiod In a runaway accident In Nor : walk township Saturday afternoon , died yes tcrdny moinlng from his Injures H A meotina of the Scotch residents of this t city and vicinity will bo held at the oMco of Hi > Dr Macrno next Saturday afternoonv nt I ' o'clock , at which tlmo arrangements will bo H" perfected to colebrnto the anniversary of the H' _ birth of Robert Hums H" Rev rather Fitzgerald of Omaha dellv- H- ered a Very ontortalnlng lreiuro heforo a H , largo audlcnco nt St Francis Xavior's H , h church Sunday evening His suojeet was x Christ and Poverty " The lecture was do- H § Uvcrcd under the ausptcos of the Murquotto m\fi \ society , H Four pug puppies constituted nulto an ntH - H > traction In ono of Kiseman's windows yes ' < terdny The Utter is valued it $ C00 , and the - little fellows are very actlvo and handsome l Kpcclmons The sire was imported at a cost Hf of $150. The puppies nro the property of J. Hf IS Allen of Hancock Iv District court did not convene yesterday L morning and only two motions wcro ro- # corded A notice of n $ ? 5 attornov's lion on H ; ' funds In the bands of \ VV. . Shiorbrock was filed A. E. Goodwin appears ns plaintiff t | The dcfondnnl in the case of the Rtate vs W. H W. Camngton filed a motiou to sot aside default - fault in arrest of Judgment H * One of the teams employed In dirt haul H Inp for the tilling in of Toutli street ran . nway yesterday morning The frightened horses veered from the street to the corner : of Third avenue and Tenth street and ran ' directly Into an electric polo The shoclc ll broke a shoulder of ono of tha horses and both were badly bruised * The members of the real estate exchange Hg > righteously object to having tliolr sessions < termed town meetings " They Insist that HI the Bluffs has outgrown the time when any Ht public gathering , from a dog light to a Hf' funeral , called out the entire population and H ? could appropriately bo termed a town moet i ing , and for this reason they refuse most ) positively to tolerate such evidences of rurul- > ism Hi , lho work nf drivinc piles for the founda- B' . j tlon of the new hotel was commonccJ yes Hff terdnv morning , nnd attracted n largo num- H& bcr of spectators dutiug the cutlro duy The Hi constitutional overseers , who nro always on B- " | / band wherever any work of importauco is Urns going on found It ratbor dlOlcult to glvo UM'f' , their full attention to both this work and UtiL - that of properly replacing the paving at the Ut ; , corner of Pearl and Broadway , but fortun- Utr ntoly tbcra wcro cnoueh of tliom so that l neither job suffered from lack of super MK vision Hlf * HJ | . ' - . There is nothing better than a Standard p or Dotnosttc sowing inachlno for a Christ < ! < mas present For sale at 100 Main street HI The Ross Iuvostmont nnd Trust company Hj Christmas tree decorations , costume uiot- f , tos , etc , at Palmers , 13 South Mum Hit ? * * k Miss Mary Glcason has removed her dross | & 5 making parlors to the rooms lately used by Utw tha puolic library No 14 Pearl street , where B i the will bo glad to see her old friends : & • Drs , Woodbury have removed their dental > | | ofllco to 101 Pearl street up stairs HJJv Dempso.v's candy Is homo tnado and pure , mv 105 Muinstreot HJ'5 Money loaned at L. 13. Craft & Co 's loan M ; ofllco on furniture , pianos , hornos wagons , Mi personal property of ull kinds , und all ether i. articles of value , without removal All bus M % tness strictly conrldontlnl B \ Parsunal l'nriiirnpli | . m Leonard Kirscht is visiting In Missouri , HJF- Miss Aau Fulrman is visiting in Des H & Moines Mrs William Brown ana son nro visiting H . ' " In Karllng It Albert Hoiks of Orange City was In the - . . niuiTs yostctdaytl'u cuest of Messrs Burlco r & Hewitt m % T , F. Decrwcstur lias been called to Peters fe : burg , III , by a telegram announcing the 111- i | ness ol his brother HK3' George II , Hewitt and v/lfo loft last oven ' Hbit5 " ' lnff iov Chicago and ether Illinois points H > They will bq absent about two wcoks BpT Will Ij Don ally lias returned from St Pp Ambrose seminary , Davenport Ho will ro- ra . turn after spending the Christmas vacatton Kg with his parents , Hj * Airs Charles D. Smith of St Paul Minn , jL lias arrived in the Bluffs to spend the boll mW days with her parents , Mr and Mrs C. 1' IClclno , at'JSO Harmony , strcot H ' Mrs Frank Grossman , wife of Rev Mr Mtr Grossman of the Second Presbyterian .V church , has arrived In the city They will tb ; make the llluds tholr homo , having secured gt' a neat cottage on Avenue B. HlK" Mrs O. S. Henderson loaves this morning | F f ° r Villisca , la , to attend the marriage ot fflK , nor sister , Miss Lucia Kimpton , to Mr John Mfh Marscllo , both of Taylor county , Iown , HP which takes pluco Christmas afternoon She m will bo absent about two weeks , HHI' Mrs , W , M < Shepard rocclvod a telegram Ivm * Sunday announcing the sorlous illness other Ir mother , Mrs A. Coo , at Edison , O. , and loft 6 for that place on a late evening train An- EfL other tolcgrum yesterday morning brought b the sad news of Mrs , Coos death , Sbo was Hfk : . seventy-soven years of ago , ami Increasing Hk inflruiltiea was thu cause of her death k HIk rhrlHtniMH Dinner HBf The citizens of Council Bluffs are Invited pL to cat Christmas dlnnor ut the Hotel Jumo- E' son , under the uow management , and bo Hf/ : convinced that there is a hotel la tbo city Hlf' that can bet up a ilrst class meal Hft HbF Smokers presents at Moors & Bowmans H * H | Shoes l'crry , Bhnes Hp Will sell gents One shoos at less than oost Hjv ' until Januury 1 , Corner Broadway aud | Main , under tbo bank MF 3 > G. Tipton , real estate , S37 Broadway Hl ' P. C. Mlllor , best paper hanging and duo | . * orating The best is the cheapest HI HHf- | Kclloy & Younkormnn do not try to palm oft P shoddy Xmas goods on their customers , but HR their utooic is strictly llrst class , and it al- HbS ; ways pays to buy tha best HB C Blank books , all kinds , lodgers and jour ' nals , 1 to 13 quires , at loss thun cost Send HR for prices , Masonlo book store , Council HW # ulu 8 , HK t Tha grent rush to Hurhorn's indicates , that H * the majority of the people of Counoil Bluffs Kf . are availing themselves of the opportunity R' ° f a lifetima in patronizlug tha great marked H ? down sale Christmas presents at actual H- cost at E. Hurhorn's , 17 Mala street MMHHjHHHH JgJgW2SS , THE NEWS IN Till ? BLUFFS , The Fostlvo Burglar Makes a Good Slzod Haul THE REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE Ilurticd by Canl Gas The Printers Itnll The Ijcuso ol Ditliany's Opera llnuao Not Ojn- btiiiiiiintcil "Unrein" Slnkn a llnnl The liardwnro store of Shugnrt U Co , No 11 South Main street , wes burglarized Sun day night and about $135 worth of goods stolen Everything was loft as usual ut dark Sunday evening , and a gas jet was loft burn ing When the place was opened yesterday morning It was discovered that a rear win dow had been forced , nud an empty gun ruck In ono of the front windows showed what the burglars hud taken rlho gns had boon turned down very low , the depredators evi dently fearing to turn It Gut entirely lest It might attract the attention of the pollco The window was forced with n couple of harrow tooth , and some hoavler Histrumont , that was not found , was also used The thluvei secured eleven revolvers , flvo shotguns and about a dozen pearl-handled pocketknives They did not tarry long to malto an assortment , as they took the Ilrst ilvo guns In the rack , although there wore more valuable ones but n llttlu further awuy They removed every revolver from the show ense , but left u couple of rhoip onus of "JJ- culibro , evidently thinking them not worth carrying nway It was the sumo with thu knives , the depredators Ignoring a lot of razors and other cutlery cUfto at bnnd There was undoubtedly more than ono of the burglars , and they took about nil they could carry 'I ho window through which entrance was effected is ut the corner of the two alleys in thu block , so that the lookout could easily keep truck of the approach of any suspicious characters It was thought nt ilrst that the burglars must have had n wagon to cui ty away their plunder , but no tracks could be discovered , nua It is thought they removed it n short distance , and that It is now concealud somewhoio in the city The authorities in nil the sunounding counties have been notified to be on the lookout for the property , and a reward of $50 is offered for the arrest aud conviction ot mo burglars Have you tried McClurg's Pastry Wafer Sodas ! They are delicate " , crisp and dollcious Holiday goods and books ns low as the lowest ut Dell G. Morgan's , 743 Broadway Hereafter the dining room of the Now Pa cific will bo run on soml-Burope.m Dlau All meals served at " 5 cents each C. 13. steam dye works , 1013 Broadway The Oncninir Day The real estate exch.ingo opened for busi ness yesterday morning at the new rooms of the organization In the Brown building on Broadway , botwocn Scott and Sixth streets Piesldent Judd niado the opening address and wus followed by Mayor JRohrer There wcro a majority of real estate man and a largo number of the reprcsentativo business men of tbo city present Several pieces of pro petty were listed , but none ot the property was put up at auctionui the exchange has not yet fully settled down to working -dor , and the rcoms nro not yet thoroughly flttod up A resolution was adopted instructing the secretary to correspond with Congressman Reed requesting that no census taker for this city bo appointed until the exchange has boon conferred with in regard to the matter Correspondence on this subject will at once bo commenced , as it is desired to have a census taker who will not bo opposed to Council Bluffs , and will see that tbo city is credited with its full population The exchange - change will hold sessions every regular bus iness day between the hours of 11 and 13 o'clock , and all parties owning property or dealing in real estate uro invited to become moinbers and attend these meetings A Magnificent Display Among the bounteous displays of Christ mus luxuries there are none that glvo bettor cheer thun tLo exhibits at some ot the butcher shops Among the llnost on Broad way is that of Eugene Mottnz ut 103. His market is always clean , neat and attractive , but at the present t'mo ' the place is simply an exposition of the fat of the land On each fildo of the shop are hung up the bast pro ducts of Pottawattainlo furms On the hooks are flvo corn-fed short horn steers , skillfully dressed and garlanded with ever greens and ( lowers The show windows are filled with dicsscd turkeys , chickens , gecso and ull other edible fowls In the last win dow there are half a dozen slxweeksold pigs dressed ana stuffed ready for the oven and each with a big red npplo in its mouth The prize object in the west window is a twenty-four pound dressed turkey that would make a roast fit for nn emperors dln nor The monster bird has plenty of com pany of his kind , for ho is surrounded by his kin , all ready for the oven , ranging from twenty to ton pounds each The display of dressed fuwls is the largest in the city , nnd it will well repay everybody bofo ordering their Christinas turkeys , Bteatcs or roasts to visit Mottuz's market Telephone ITU The Typus' Ball The eighth annual bal-masiua | of the Bluff Cltv Typographical union , No 30JV takes place at the Masonic temple Christmas night A largo nuinbor of tlckots have been issued nnd a big crowd will bo present Dalby's hand will furnish music for tbo dancing , which consists of twonty-throo numbers There nro no dances given in the Bluffs which are moro ably managed , und in which nil participants enjoy tnemsolvos moro hugely than those given by the typos of this city city.Tho The committees for this occasion are : Arrangements IC S. Rowlings , W. II Copson , J. W. Warfol Reception J. II , Dietrich , G. W. Ryan , W. H. Treynor , R. G. Oliver , P. H. Katzon- uiyur , J. C , Richards , Hurry Westcott Floor J. W. Warrel , Q. W. Irvln A. D. J. Kuhn , D. W. Foster , J. M. Thomas , W. O. Fisher , C. M. Muynard John E , Collett will ofllciato as master ot ceremonies A l'rl/o Dlsplav Six of the hnost thoroughbred two-year- old steers that Pottawattainlo county has ever produced were drlvon through the strcots yesterday morning , and after a brlof exhibition were driven to J. M. Scanlan's slaughter house aud dressed for bis Christ mas trade The six steers averaged 1300 each drosscd Ono of them was but eighteen months old , and being smaller than bis fol lows , . reduced the average considerably Yesterday afternoon this magnitlccut lot of bcof was put on exhibition at Scauliln'a now market , 13d Broadway , and the market dressed In holiday attire Tbo exhibition is immense and attracted a great deal of at tention It Is ono of the finest places In the west , and trimmed up with evergreens , llowers and tbo Christmas holly , made a splendid appearance Every product that can bo obtained in a first class batcher shop Is on exhibition , and tha public will have no dltliculty in getting the materials for a Christmas feast To noinody itio Buzzing , Manager Atkins , ot tbo local telcpliono ofllco , has just received two and a half mltos of No , 6 insulated copper wire , which will at once bn strung on the poles on Pear ) and Main streets and Bioadway , to form a return turn ground from all the Instruments Since the motor line has been In operation there has been moro or loss trouble from induced currents , and fur soma time Mr Atkins has been working to have a return wlro put up The ground wtro from every Instrument will bo grounded on this re turn wlro , which will itself bo grounded on a largo water main It is insulated , as it Will furnish the return from so mauy instru ments that It will bo qulto heavily charged A laigo slzod wire Is used so as to furnish tree conduct to the currents from the vari ous instruments without interfering with the service on account of several parties talking at once It u not expected that moro than twelve or fifteen parsons on n single division will bo talking at once , and the re turn wlro will easily provldo for twenty people ple talking at ono time without in any way Interfering with each other It Is claimed that this will do nway with the buzzing that has been the source ot so much annoyance ot late Return wlros of this Kind have Just been put up In Omnhn nnd the sorvlco is greatly Improved Work will bo begun today put ting up the wlro here , nnd it will require about u month to finish it Conn il Prnucrtllng' . The city council met in adjourned session Inst evening The mayor was absent nnd President Lacy occupied the chnlr Alder men Walcrmnti , Bolllngor , Wonvcr nnd Knepher wcro in their accustomed places In the mnclc circle The petition of Mary II Crane for ilupll- cite curbing certificates was refericd to the city engineer The grading bills of T. Gnlvln , 8107 : M. J. Kclloy , * 2r.40 ; C. It Mitchell , tiidi M. A. Moore , Intersection paving , $13.75 ; Wlckhom Brothers , $193 for llusnlng tanks ; T. O'Hearn , grading , 150,70 ; R. H , Huntington , city olork , $53.33 , were nil allowed The street commissioner reported that the cost of changing the paving nt the corner of Twenty-second sticetand Broadway \vns23. Alderman Knephor moved that the amount bo charged to tl.o city engineer Alderman Bullingor amended by moving to rolor to the committee on streets and alloys , and after discussion It was so roforrcd Several estiuiatos were read and ordered published A protest against the grading of Slxteonth avenue was read , bat no nction was talci'u on it and that avcuuo was ordered graded from Mnin to Third street This is the property which the mayor claims 19 owned by his wile and the nction of the council in ordering It graded virtually amounts to pissing tbo resolution elution over his head , as ho cut this portion out of the original resolution , which had the effect of a veto , A number of improvement resolutions wore ndoptod A ro3olution was passed recommending Now Orleans as a suitable place for locating a navy yard and government docks Bonds of L > . Tamesea us patrolman and Dr T. J. Cady as votorlnary surgeon were read nnd approved , v The report of the mayor m regard to the reduction of the taxes ot the Council Bluffs canning company recommended the refund ing of all but the bridge tux On motion the matter was roforrcd to the city solicitor The chief of the flro department reported that tbo rear wheels of No 3 hose cart were In a defeetlvo condition nnil the mnttor was roforrcd to the mayor nnd flrdcouiniissloncrs The city marshal reported that It was im possible to serve nottco to rotnovo n house bo- longingthoto McLaughlin family from Thir teenth strcot , where it constitutes an ob struction , as tbo father was recently killed by the cars , the mother is in the insane asylum and two boys nro In tbo reform school It was referred to tha mayor aud the poor commissioners Petitions for extending the water mains were considered , now mains being asked for as follows : Ninth uvonuo Ninth to Tenth street ; Sixth uvonuo Fifteenth to Twentieth Btreet ; Avunue B , Twenty-sixth to Twenty seventh strcot ; Fifteenth avenue , Eighth to Ninth street ; Ninth street , Fifteenth to Eighteenth aveuue ; Eleventh ave nuo Ninth 10 Eleventh street ; Eleventh street , Eighteenth street to Twentieth avenues ; Fourth street Tenth to Eleventh aveuues ; First avenUe , Ninth to Tenth street The question of locating hydrants on the new mains was discussed at some lengtn , ul o ns to what sire of mains should bo used , and It was tha opinion of all the nldormcn that as little four-inch pipe should bo used ns possible Alderman Lacy understood that about thirty hydrants at $ ? 5 a year each would have to bo located , and wanted to know how many consumers tbo water compauy could got to cut down the expense to the city , before ho voted to order all Jtho mains He was opnesed to granting the petitions because ho did not know what ho was voting for The company offered to allow ilfty feet for every consumer , to olTaot the clause in the ordinance that provides that the company is to put in ono hydrant for every 400foot , thus cutting down the number of hydrants that the city would otherwise have to pav for The matter was finally allowed to go over , and the muyor was liiBtructod to appoint a man to go over the proposed routes und Bee how many consumers could bo secured An ordinance was read , granting to Clark & Denny the right to place Bettees or benches at tbo strcot earners along the line of the oloctrlc motor in the city , said bouches to bo neatly constructed , aud the Bala Clark & Donny to keep them in repair mid pay f I each per year , the benches to bo placed inside - side the curb line und securely fa stenod This is an advertising sebouio , the grantees to have the cxcluslvo franchise uuring the term of ton years It was allowed to go over to the ncxi meeting The marshal wes Instructed to notify the electric light comnanv to remove a pole nud a guy post on North Eighth street that Inter fere with the erection of the now bridge to bo built nt that point Grading bids from P. Sweeney , M. O. Honm , Fred Kllno , C. R , Mitchell and John Flngcollo were roforrcd to the city engineer for tabulation Sidewalk bids of George F. Smith W. J. White , Browlck Brothers , John Skinkle , W. W. Conns nnd Thomas Galvln were oltored andraferrodto the city engineer for tabula tion tion.Tho street supervisor was Instructed to (111 ( up the approaches to the bridges on Second , Fourtli and Seventh avenues so as to put thorn In a passaulo condition A communication from the Marlnotto Iron Works company , relative to sending a chemical engine to tnko part In the com petitive test in this city , was rcud und the mayor was instructed to Invite thorn to uomo The council then adjourned until next Monday night Go to Burhorn's for jewelry of every de scription They are soiling at actual cost Go to Burhorn's for watches at actual cost _ A grand holiday display In diamonds , watclios , clocks aud jewelry Everybody , should see the elegant array of Christmas gifts , and us our long established reputation for honest dealing removes ull doubt of high prices wo era suit thorn all at C , B , Jacquo- min & Co , 37 Main strcot Fine perfumes , sacbot powders ana tollot bottles for the holidays at Dell G. Morgan & Co 's , 743 Broadway , Always on Time If you wish to purchase a good and rollablo watch 25 per cent loss than club rntos , and on easy torras , thou call at once und make your own soloctlon at C. U. Jacquomln c Co , 37 Main street A. I > . Tolnarapli Co , All persons In the city who have tele phones can call up telephone 179 for inos- songor boys , cabs ana express wagons , ott ) . Prompt attention guaranteed C. U , HoblUT son , manager , No , 11 North Main street Roltcr , tailor , 310 Broadway S. M. Willlamsou sells tbo Standard and Domestio sewing machines , 103 Main st The finest line of home made candles lu tbo city ot Drueo & Reynolds , 1)29 ) Urdwuy * Glace fruit at Druco Si Reynolds , 339 Broadway • Solid gold watches cheap at Wollmun's , It Is a well known fact that the rcliablo jewelry house ot E. Burhorn's hus cstab- ilstupd the reputation of fair aud strictly honorable dealing with tholr patrons Tbelr representations uro recelvoa without ques tion by all who know them , and strangers can safely depend upon any warauteo they make , ' The Grcatost ay or All Tell the world tomorrow through Tub Bee , " said Simon Eiseman ( enthusiastically last evening at the close of business , that this was the greatest day in all our expert ; enco in the rotuil truao Wo have bad big days before but sales today will moro than double those ot any previous day in our his tory Wo have 105 clerks , and they have been not only busy but rushed all day They are a tired lot ot ladles and gentlemen to night , I attrlbuto the unprecedented rush to the unusually pleasant weather , tbo gen eral prosperity of all classes , and largely to llio factlmt wo have made good every promlsd nyuloto the public In our advertisements Today wo made n cut of 35 porconton all our-vholidny goods , nnd our sales would stock > n ordinary establishment "I want you to tell the people that wo have made extra preparations for their accommo dation tomorrow , tind no ono will have to ' wait long to get waited on It will bo the la9tday heforo Christmas , the lust rhanco to buy Christmas presents , and people who have delated making their purchases will una they win renptho greatest harvest or bargains , for wo ttra determined to carry nothing over Wo have cut the prices In two Everything in our holiday department will bo closed ( out if people can bo Induced to enrry the goods away Lot everybody co mo who wnnt bargains Ono dollar will go as far os 1-3 would a week u o. " Mixed randy lOo per pound ; a full line ot hnnd-nindo creams , put up In 1 to 0-pouua boxes , cheap Palmers , 12 South Main Finest Una confectionary , fruits , nuts nud holiday groceries in the blty S. T. Mc- ' • * Atteos ' b Free concert every uttcrnoon nnd evening 1 y the Jubllco singers Also free chance to toad yoursclvos with the llncst holiday goods a the city nt Lund Bros Fine stock of watclios and Jewelry for the holidays at Wollmun's , 5Jj Urouway. . Fine catulv , fruits , nuts , Christmas baskets , etc , at Palmers , 1J South Main Burned lv dial Gns Saturdny evening Mrs F , B. Hnbn , who resides at No 421 Eist Washington nvonuo , was severely burned about the face , head and shoulders She opened a door to a bard coal burner Intending to loplenlsli the fuel supply , Considerable gas had accumulated therein and as fresh nlr came In contact with it there was nn axplosion A huiro shcot uf llamo poured out of the stove , completely en veloping bor Her fnco was scorched , hair nnd eyebrows singed and she was othcrwiso Injured The burns , wliilo painful , nro not of a serious nature Bo sure and call nt Burhorn's before you buy your Christmas presents You can save money at their great mark down sale Fountain cigar , n strictly lOo cigar for Dent nt the Fountain Try ono o Ncumoycrhotel , llrBtclassrcasonablorates Uush & Gert's pianos 533 Broadway Dempsoy's is the place for 0no boxes of candy , 105 Mnln street • The lust Chanou Today Is the last chance to get your Christ mas presents nt the Boston Store You will save 50 per cent by taking advantage of it Go to Burhorn's fur your diamonds Re member you can buy thorn at actual cost The Iicaso Not Consummate ! ! . The repoit that Manager Dohauey has leased his opera house to Crawford Is de clared by the former gentleman to bo with out foundation Ho states that about two weeks ago Mr Minor , of the Grand , In Omaha , came to hint lo see about effecting a lcaso In behalf of Mr Crawford , aud ho sub mitted hU terms Jor n two years lease , refusing to leaso'tho house for flvo years Ho was to have nn answer within a week , nnd as that limu has passed he does not con sider the offer binding Ho says ho is wil ling to lease the house and rotlro from the DUslness , providing ho can arrange satisfac tory terms with responsible parties , but ho has no reason to believe that uny deal will bo offectcu from any negotiations that have thus far taken place Go to Burhorn's for your soild silverware where you can get jt ut actual cost The Manhattan sporting hoadq'rs 413 B-way. A fine line of imnorted French fruits at Druca & Reynolds ' J 32U.BroidWiiy. : Saddle Rock restaurant , 403 Broadway , open day and night First class J. K Ynncy , prop Marble nnd marbllzod clocks at actual c est at Burhorns The Hartlmnn Iieatls Council Bluffs , la , Dec 23 [ Messrs Mueller music company , city.J Gentlemen ; la reply to your request to glvo our opinion of the Hnrdman piano you Bold us sometime ago we state franKly that wo are fully satis fied with the instrument in every particular The tone , action and finish are a constant pleasure In our opiuiou the "Haidman , " lllco the "Stelnway , " takes the lean , Ro- spcctfully yours , J. R. LINDSAY All goods bought of E. Burhorn engraved free of charge MRS HOYT'S BIG SUIT A Decision Tlint Given Her $2,000,000 Worth of Property , Since the ( lospiitoh was rocoivctl in this city announcing the settlement of a suit said to hnvo hcou brought by Mnrylrono IIoytapainstWB McClurc , comrnissionor of school lands near Uliaricston , w. vn , , it tins upon learned that the plaintiff was not Mary Irene lloyt , but Mrs Marie E. Hoyt , of this citv , says the New York World The latter is the wife of Harris Hoyt , of 2200 Seventh avenue , a brilliant , entertain ing woman whotollsan intorestinpstory ; of this remarkable suit The " she said to World case , a to- porter , involves tnor.o than $2,000,000 worth ol land in West Virginia , cm- bracing 480,000 acres , probably the largest private tract in the United States This land , a hundred years ago was the property of Robert Morris , ono of the signers of the Declaration of In- dopoudonco We obtained possession of itabout twelve years ago , encumber ed with any amount ot doubt about the title and back taxes andboon Togeth er , including all the family , wo have put nbout $200,000 Into that prooorty In 1885 , during the absence of Mr Hoyt and myself In Europe , the Innd was ad vertised for sale for taxes , and it was a lucky fate that pormlttod Colonel Jesse R. Irwin to buytbuolc the property for mo , his client , au nod with a beautiful now clear title fppip the state , When railroads began to bo pro jected throughTJthat part of the state other pcoplo bogmi to open tholr eyes to the fact that the land was going to ho worth many $ inies the origluul pneo of ID cents an aaro and un nttompt was made by the commissioners of school lands to induce tlib state to rognrd the land aa wnsto und worthless , hold by mo on a fulso stifvoy , and to put it up for sale The result ot our Injunction put upon tbo defendants wus thut the judge ordered tfi to have a now survey made This wabubno and the old sur vey was upholdi That Bottled it , of course , since wp(11havo our tltlo and have paid our taxes The ptcturcsciuo part of the story is that this property lies in good part in the territory of the famous Hattlold- McCoy feuds The McCoys stele lumber - bor and dolled us right and loft Finally Colonel Irwin had ono or two of them arrested and shut up just long enough to frlghton them u Httlo Then ho ap pointed two of thom as caru-tukors for the property , soiuq of which was so fully appropriated by the lawless pcoplo that it was not safe to even venture over that part When wo sturted out to make the survey , Willam McCoy , armed to the teeth , wont every foot of ground ahead of the surveyor Ho was menaced right along , but when these men saw the lit tle armory ho carrlod and learned that , ho was a McCoy it was everywhere : 'O , ull right , Mr McCoy ; of course , If you insist on it ' The survey cost us $2,000 ; but it has saved $2,000,000 of , property tous " COAL ! COAL ! COAL AND WOOD ! I SappKnotts No 31 South Main St Wo handle only first-class brands ot coal Our Black Peerless is indeed the JUl l peer of any soft coal In the market Try It once and you will want It next tlmo Wo also have good hard cord wood und S } H stove wood on hnnd nt all times Full racasuro , promtit dell very , and carefully prepared fuel gtiarmitooil i ' H Remember the pluco , i M SAPP & KNOTTS , 1 No31 South Nutn St Telephone No C0.1. [ M " CHANCE FOR A PRIZE Until the 15th of January wo will Rh oft ticket to every K ! cssh purchaser ot go'uls ntour store The ticket will entitle the holder to a iluuicc hi the following prlzest 1st 1 beautiful Oold Com Heater , price $10. Sud 1slielt ! ) Mower stand with arches nud hanging basket , tin * Oril-rntr ot ladles club skntos , $3.25. 4th Pnlr of boys club skates , " 1c. These Prbcs will bo distributed Immediately after the date given BIIL'OAIIT , v Ol ) . . 11 Mnln St J , I ) , KUMUNDSOS , K. U SlIUOUtT , 1'ios. Vlcelras Chas H. HannAN , Cashlor CITIZENS ' STATE BANK , or council nr.urr * , PnklupCnpltnl 5150,000.00 surplus ' . . .v 33,000.00 Liability to Doposltors . . .333,000.00 DlimcToio-I. A. Miller , P. O. flloason , 1J. h. Slmgart , K. 13. Ilnrt , J. 1 > . 13dundson , Chns H. Ununnn , Transact ircncial banking business Largest cipltal and iiirpliw ot any bank In Northwestern Iowa , Interest on time deposits F. M , ELLIS & CO , ARCHITECTS ANDIWILMNQ SUPnitlNTHNDtlNiy Itooms 410 nnd II ! llee HnlMln ? . Ointhn Neb , nna Doomsit ! nnd-HI .Meirlam lllock Cmucll lllulls Iowa Coriesponduucu Soltoitul sTeTmaxon , Architect and Superintend nt , Room 251 , Merrlnm Block , COUNCIL BLUFFS - IOWA THE FAMOUS Apple and l'lum Ilutter Mlnco Meat Sntct and E-Our Pickles Olives In Hulk , Saner Kraut , lure Miiplo Syrup and Hones , lliiclcwheat l'lour and Hominy , Uranges , Cranberries , California drapes , Lemons Nuts , Halslns nnd Celery Hest Country Ilutter , Slepjr lb Our prices al ways the lowest No SOU Hroadway , oppoilto Ogden House BELL & BEflLINGHOF , ARCHITECTS AM ) SUPEKlNTKNDENrS Room 2 , Opera House Ulock , Council Uluffs , Iown QllOS OFFICEU W. II M. PUSKY OFFICER & PUSEY , BANKERS Corner Main nnd Bronaway , COUNOHj MjUI'TS , IOWA Dealers In foreign and domestic exchanco Collections made una Interest paid on time do- posies No 27 Main St , Over Jacque- mln's Jewelry Store SPECIAL NOTICES , COUNCIL BLTJPFS FOR SALE AND RfNT fitAYKD or Stolen A white dehorned cow , tip of ears red : had strap on neek with largo ring attached , l'lnilor will return to stock vards , Council lllulls , and recelvo reward Mrs M. Stewart FOR13XCHANOE- stocks of general merchandise to exchange for good farm lands nnd cash : invoice from $ . " .001 to tlL' OJJ Address Kerr ii Gray , Council Ulutls , la ' Ia7aNTI3D Atnonco , stoek of groceries oi VV general imlse that will invoice about } lO0O , lnoxcnnngo for iMD in good Improved iroperty near tnis place : bah in cash Address { Cerr &Oray , Council Ululfs DUOS & CO loan monsy The most ODKLIi terms oirered 10J learlst KSTA.TB llougnt and hoII ani ex REAL . Spsclil attention given to exam lnatlon of titles W. C. James Nn ill I'oarl sr am noout to engngo in otlier business and I until o losod out you will save money by ext amlning botore purchaslngelsewhoro , my stock of furniture and stoves You will find many art icles that will muko suitable and serviceable holiday presents A. J. Mnudol , aXJ and ; U3 Hroadway \X7 ANTI3D To trnds for n lot two good 2 and TT a-year-old horses Incmlro at the l-'ountaln cigar store Council Ululfs ITIOiTTIlAUU for stock , good lot In Hastings • Neb , Inquire Ittia Webt ilroailv/ay. Tj iOH SALE or Rent Oaraon land with houses , X ! by J. It ltlco ltt ! Main at , Council Ulutrs EXCHANQ E A good now fi-room house FOR exchange for nn Improved 80 m-ro farm in western or central Ion a , Keir& ( Iray BALB Nursery and small fruit farm 13 acres : farm 100 acres , improved , adjoining good railroad town In Nebraska : will take part trade iH. . Lamb , Council Ululfs HUNT Ono flvo-room house nttT.M per ' month , Inquire at H00 Thlra St , Mrs Don ohue TjlUHNISHED rooms for rent , 715 Tirst ave - girl to work in kitchen No WANTBD-A Ctb aye Mrs A. II Walker TTKHlSALRor Excange The furniture and J } lease or auj room hotel doing a big buslncbs in castorn Neb lrice 18,000 ; (1,000case bal on easy terms , or will take ! i In good real estate Address Kerr Pray , Council muffs man wants position as night watchman Address X Y , Uee olllce , Coun- cll lliulta KENT One seven-room house on * ourth IrtOH ' ; one eight-room bouse on Second end avenue , and ono eight-room house on Tenth Btreet ; all nttea up with all modern conven iences W. W. llllgor , Pearl street Improved leal estate to trade for unlra NEW Omahu or Council Ululfs property C. D. Judd CQtl Hroadway . If you have real estate or cnattols NOTICE to dispose of quick , list thorn with Kerr Ac Gray , Council lllulls , la D At once , good , Hrlt class WANTE . Apply olllca 8. UMaxor architect , room Ml ilerrlam block , Council mulfy , 1X7 ANTED A man of business experlenco VV and olltro work , position of trust Call at or addrets U.ili Hroadway , Council lllulls 'TXrANTEW-A girl for general house work : VV good w ageH for ono who is competent end reliable ; none others need apply Mrs Lucius Kella Uaklan d ave , Council illulfs Electric Truss33 , Belts , Chest Pro tectors , Etc , Aeenuwanteu Aeenuwanteu.c < iij1)l ] > t OQODrowaday Couucll muffs , la , 1 NOW Ii is I imni I iuui " - ' ii FROM NOW UNTIL I JANUURY Is ! I WILL SELL II OUR II ' ' I / EN'S , BOYS AND 111 CHILDREN'S I SUITS 1 AND 11 OVERCOATS I AT • II OOST 81 METGALF BROS , I ] 342 & 344 BROADWAY , . . . : , I'l • COUNCIL BLUFFS , ; : IOWA . fl Coal ! Coal-T I A. T. THATCHER , H. A. COX , 'ffl ' Chicago , IIIs Western Sales Agent | 1I OFFICE : 114 Main Street , Brown Building Telephone 48. Ill l Wo will soil to consumers direct , SELCOTED ANTHRACITE COAL ut thft U l following reduced prices : [ \ M GRATE AND EGG j | - - - $8,25 RANGE AND NUT - - 8.50 CHESTNUT - - 8.50 M Ami the best grades of Soft Coal Wyoming Lump $7.00 , Walnut Bloo\ . f. ' .S 8.00 , Jackson $5 , Cedar $3.35 , Gunnel $0.50 , Iown Nut , Extra Largo size and teller | | H crooned , $3.00 , Gns House Coke 12o per bushel , or $7.00 per ton [ i TERMS Cash with order All coal fresh mined , well Bcroonod and promptly wU llvorod tvH THE BEST BS ALWMS THE CHEAPEST j'J Alleged bard coal tlint Is half acreonlncJ and mixed with slack Is dear at any price ; 1H Yourllre goes outer bums poorly nud leaves a pllo ot cinders and red ashes nearly un ! Breatlnbulkasthocoul consumed It doesn't pay to bother with It , The boat Is ulwava IvH the cheapest I have no cheap coal , but my hrlnht , fresh mined , all mil anthracite at JJ.Wl f lfl is cheaper than the stud nlludod toatjlaton Try it All grades of soft coal , nut and frliH lump at lowest prices Steve and cord wood FH | L. M. SHU BERT - - 2319 West Broadway H GAS FOR COOKING AND HEATING I The ideal fuel is gns It gives the grcatost degree of hont , is iihvnyH undo * lifl control nnd is absolutely without dust una there can bo no accidents from its ube ! ' Scientific-investigations have Bliown that food cooUod by it routine 20 per cent & . moro of its nutritive properties than if cooked in tha old way Yon never ate a I'H good Btoak unless you have tried ono cooked by gas The Council UIuITh Gas and ] Electrio Light company hnvo made it desirable in point of economy to use gna n V for coolclng and lieutlng It will pay you to investigate this , Their now gas § heaters and cookers uro the greatest successes modern times They combine III eviuy i > esiiiaiiii : < iuaiitv wM ECOXOMV , KKJlltllVXSB l' K USE , MM Aitsoi.uTi : SArarrv , giihatkst iiia'i'in' : capacity , Wm NO LOST inAT Wm Licrmc : moist rixruitrs or all kem > s. WM call am > uxamim ; . flifl No 210 Main St MERRIAM BLOCK , , No 211 Pear ! St , H ! | COUNCIL ULUFFS , IOWA H ' . - , , . . ) M * PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY j NT Hydraulic and Saniturv Engineer Pltum , Eatimatos mM HRIRtflNRI , DiniMnDlnu Specifications Supervision of Publlo Work Urowu M Building , Coucil Bluffs , Iowa | H IDV Justice of the Peace Ofllco oyer American Express , No i\ f M NQPUI . Broadway , Council HlulTs , Iowa , j B CTniMC j ? , QIIWIC Attornovs-at Law , Practice in the State and I'od- H O I UI1L ( X OIIYIO oral Courts Booms 7 and 8 Shugurt-Bouo Block , MM Council Blulfs , Iowa H R/lflMTPniVICDV / Surgeon and Homoupath Boom 0 , Brown M PI . IVIUIN I uUIVILnl building US Pearl St Olllco hours , 0 to 112. H ix in , 2 to 0 and 7 to 8 p. in j WM NEW MEAT MARKET ! l | just oi'i\ii : : > . aos ichoadway ] H The best Beef and Veal In the market Everything of the best quullty and | H prices right down to the lowest notch Lard , Suueago , Oysters , und everything ImM kept in the butchers line Free delivery to ull parts of the oily , B JT L , UUAY , Proprietor * H BaBBBBBaHIMiiiHHHHBHHBiifl