. . 6 . THE . . _ . ( . . BIAHA . . DAILY . . . . . BEE : WEDNESDAY . . . . . . . , JANUARY J. 1890 _ _ _ .M1
THE OMAHA BEE
cou noilTblu efs
Ol I ICK NO IS PI AIM * STItMr
I tllvcrru' ' by furrier In nny part of the City
IIW ail TON MANAOhll
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MINOR ML.NT10N.
n y p Co
1 GlcasoD coal
| Council Blurts " /.nibcr Co coal
I 'I hatcher coil sec advertisement
1 The lloston stoic for holiday good3
I licit coal nnd wood at C U 1 uol Co
I Carbon Coal Co wliolcsolo retail 10 Pearl
I Sochi of the Second Prcsbvtcrlan church
I 1 rldav ovcnlng nt Mrs C. M Rich's , on
I Uroadway
I Wanted A coed girl for general house
I keeping flood wages paid Mrs Lr ) Han
| ctOtt ) , 1-0 1 om tli street
1 A telegram announces that Hov lr Hon
f son of Chicago has the inlluenra and will not
I f bo able to lecture in Council UlulTs until
ij soma later duto
I County Auditor Hcndrlchs yesterday
J turned over to County Treasurer Plumer
i thu tax boolcs foi the comlnu ear Iho
| totnl tax to bo collected is * ? JI 1.03 CO Of
[ this nniouut tlio statu and count } receives
I MT1TO87 , city , 200ir7 00 , sieclal tux ,
H The postofllco will bo open lrom 10 to 11 a
y tn and from 7 to " TO p m Now \ curs ( Tjy
| Carriers will mnho but ono delivery un 1 col
I lection , and that In tlio f ircnoon after the
I arrival or the eastern malls The cirncrs
I wl 1 bo in ulti tut inru ut their windows for
I the delivery of mall from 7 to 7 JO p r
Tod-ivbccms the tonus of the new county
ofllcials Messrs Plumor Hendricks
0 Nclll Coo | ci , Hrolbeck and Waterman
Ruccccd themselves On tlio county board
A C Graham succeeds C 1) Waitc , and
August Hostedt of Mlndcu succeeds bam
1 rum lhc now ofllcials are all democrats
Ciirollno rnnnic the youngest dauchter of
Mr ant Mrs Coniiid Goisc died \esterday
morning nt2 HO death resulting from diph
vl crin IhoA'hlldvvus ' four yoirs and eight
days of tigc i | o little ono was n bright
child mi las late as Christmas day wis out
with a | artj of lit lo folks having a grind
llmo jho ruucrnl will talto place this after
noon it 3 o clock from the rcsldcnco of Mrs
Hock on 1 ist Plerco street
Duiing the past year there have boon Is
\ sued s"U marriage licenses nt the clerk s
_ . ofllco iii thU city With these issued uttho
1 Avocunfllco it is piooiblo that 500 licenses
have been issued in the county for thecar
9 Ycsttrluy licenses were Issued to Jens
Icnscn and lohauna Senburg both of this
3 city Simon Johnson and riniua Hcicheu
el bach both of this city , L \ , Hmden of
l | Carson and Nantiio Hayburn of Macedonia
SI Prleo Gibson mil John Uachwitz it Is al
imI . lcgcd , furnlshcl money to assist r N Peter
jJm son in opening a tailoring establishment in
{ J tlio southern pirt of the city mid m turn
iffl Peterson wis to m iko each a suit of clothes ,
IS" which ho did but they did not lit like the
Urn pat cr on the wall uud there was a little dif
IP llculty concerning the payment Peterson
IH refusing to civo up the clothes and a ro
B plcvln suit was couimonccd before Justice
P& 13anctt
IB Yesterday a ehango was made in the Fifth
UK nvcimo motoi time enrd and ull the c irs on
n this line now run to the corner of Pearl and
K Iiroilwuy thus connecting directly with the
llroihvuy cars -uid dome nvviy Willi the
tedious wait ut the coiner of 1 tfth avcuuo
and Pearl It Is intimated that the schedule
of this line will ut , un bo changed and the
cars run aroui d the loop , in case the Union
Pacllic dummy is discontinued which woul 1
ys ncicssitito tilt runnlngof several morotralnB
0 und woul I cicatly Improve the service
m Av oik on the Sixteenth street motor line
H Is progressing rapidly and will bo completed
-V In about two days rtio ov erhcud wire Is
aire idy in position mid all connections made ,
1 and tl e work now in progress Is the ro-
I plncliif , of the old street cir rails with
i motor tracks It is yet undecided whcthei
1 a slnglo motor vv 111 bo used on tins branch
I between I ifth avenue and Avenue A or
9 whothermoro < "ars will bo used and run
throui.li to the transfer The completion of
< 1 this branch will end the extensions of the
I motor Hues for this season
J The voar 18S0 has been a disastrous ono so
JL far as llrts nro concerned when compared
with the year 19S8 Duiing the pas year
the boys icspondcd to ninotv five alarms of
which thirty live rcquirod actual service
At us many mora hose was laid but no
streams were turned on In making these
runs the hoys travolcl 5b0 miles by com
pinlcs In mnkliif , these trips and service
ntilros COOhouisof actual woik was put in
acuiust the lira llend In this service 12.450
feet of hose were used ind 1 030 feat of lad
dois The cost of maintaining the dopirt
incut for tl o year was S45 4J1 18
\ I ) Toll graph Co
All persons In the city who have tele
phones can call up telephone 179 for mes
sengerhois cabs ana cxpioss wagons oto
Pi empt attention ( , um inteed C O Hoblu
son , miunijcr Ho 11 Noith Main street ,
Have \ou trlol "
McClurt's Pastry Wafer Sodas ?
Tlioy nro delicate , crisp and delicious
Hereafter the dining room or the Now Pa
cific will bu rjn on semi I uropean plan All
mc lis served at 'a cents each
Saddle Hock restaurant 403 Hroadivav ,
opou day and nlfeht lirst class J L.
Vatuy , prop
Tine stock of watches and jovvolry for the
holidays at Wollman s 533 llroaow ly
I3ush t Gert s pianos 5,13 Uroadwav
Wants tlio Knot Untied
It was stated In these columns seine tlino
ngo that divorce prococdlngs would bo insti
tuted before the January term of the ills
I triet court lu the case of H 1 $ Wcstcott anl
vvlfo Iho petition was Hied yesterday ,
Which prays for an annulment of the mai-
rlogo tics tliot bind together Hobcrt U and
riorouco M Wcstcott as husband and wife
Tuo plulntlft states that ho oouics not in
levity , but iu all sorlousuesB and alleges that
there are thrco soparatoand distinct grounds
upon which the decree ought to bo granted
and the nro thusly onumoratcd
1 Cruel and inhuman treatment , in that
the defendant has made a praetlco of swear
lug at him and using toward him the most
obscoiiouudulgur language , that she has
rcpoatodh been , ullty of striking and biting
him and during his sickness uegloctcd him
most shiimofulh
J. PliiliitilT iiIIllos that the defendant Is
guilty of habitual drunkenness from mor
phine , to the use of which she has become
addicted und that she is scarcely ever free
fiom its debasing liilluenco
' ) . lhat the defendant did commit adultery
on July 11 , 18S.I with ono James McCul
lough , utra\oling man for a Now York
house , at Ilambuii , la , whoietho said do
fenilant did occupj the same bed und room
with the said McCullouch and that atdlvors
tlmos alma then the defendant has boon
guilty of adulter ) wlthtbosuid McCullough ,
both in this city und Omaha Plaintiff fur
ther ullo cs that the dofendunt Is in the habit
of keeping company with disrcputablo partl6s
, In this olty and Omaha , that she Is a fro
nuontor of wine rooms , snloons and houses of
ill fame in both cities , and has mot numerous
parties iu udultoi )
Iho cuso will bo heard at the next term of
court , which convenoson the 14th lust
. " "Plnost line confcctlonorj , fruits , nuts ' aud
liolutio groceries iu the city , B i Mc-
Attcos
V C Miller , host paper hunting und duo
orating Iho best is the choagjost
-
; lllank books , all kinds lodgers und Jour
> uals , ) to IJijuires , at loss than cost bond
for prices Masonio book store , Council
muffs
Smokers presents at Moors S Uowman s
Neuinejerhotel , tlrstclussroasoiiablorutes
The Itoss Imcstmeut and Irust company
3 U Tipton , real estate , 5J7 Uroadway
1S
M ! s Mary Gleason has removed her dress
mnklntf parlors to the rooms lately used by
the puullo library No 14 Pearl street , where
Mis will bo glad to see tier old friouds
A SEASON OF PROSPERITY ,
The Coming Year Full ot Promlso
for Council Bluffs
TALKS WITH BUSINESS MEN
Tlio Outlook Tor 18110 Considered the
DriuhtcHt In the History of tlio
City Some Ititcrcst-
liiK 1 Igiircs
Ono \cni h \ \ oiiilorful Showlnir
becretarjecl \ of the board of trade
lias Just completed his second nnnual report ,
Bhoivlnp the amount of business transacted ,
public and pnvato improvement condition of
trade and commerce , municipal statistics
etc , etc , of the city for the joir Just close 1 ,
together with irevlow of the work per
formed during the jcar by the bonrd of
trudo , and the manuscript will within a day
or two bo In the hands of tlio printers The
report will ho Issued in pamphlet foim and
will undoubtedly bo In great domind by the
business men oi the cltus well as by out
skiers who h i\o investments hero or these
who woul 1 like to know what Is going on in
ono of thu most progressiva cities Iu the
couutri I ho report Is complete In ull re
spects and is u cirolulli protarcd account
gathered from numerous reliable souiccs of
tlio progress and business history of the
llluffs for the pist twouo months
Iho historv ot the union depot project mid
Its status nt the present tlmo Is clculy sot
forth with the ussuraneo lhat early In the
toning springuctlvo steps \\111 bo taken in
thownv of propirit g the c.ronud for the
mignillti nt MOO 000 structure thu within
eighteen m nths from toda\ will bo polntel
out as Council Hluffs' union depot In this
article J he Hi i ipiotcs lrom Mrevelys
rcpoit
Tlttlll VSI > ( OMMEIIC1
Iho ear lbs I 11 is boon one of wonderful
and uni neelentcd growth aniahance \
ment Louncll llluffs stinds todij as tlio
mostIro , ressl oclt In Iowa lhoincrasu
in tr i lo an I loinincrcp as compirod with
the preceding \ cir has bcou m irke 1 und
satisfictoij K G nun V. Co state that the
con lltlon Is bettor than fet rh o yenrs Pass
Inc hy the Mist number of small houses
souio of which lionor are no luconsld
enule factors in the general triac there are
llftj two bouses ompioviug each a camt il of
$100 000 or o ; ei an I forty llvo with a capital
of over ? 20 000 The six binklng institutions
ofthocit } have a combined cipitul of over
three qimrteis of u million dollars The do
a discount business amounting to neatly
$2 000 00J and nu exchange business of ocr
$ • 0,000 000
1N\ I STMl NT COM ! AMES
The rapid growth and dovolopmout of the
city has made it nn attractUo point for in
vestments The Kimball Champ Co npany
is doing as hirj.o i business as any invest
ment bankers m the country and is rated
fifth of tlio mortaio ( loan ard trust com
panics of Omiiha They have nlaced the
| nst jcai the laigo sum of II " 00 000 1 hose
11 cures ri i risent thu actual suiply caused
dlrectl\ \ the domund for un appro\cl outlet
lot for the sui plus oirnints of the region of
the cist The great growth of the business
of the com ) un is i strong aigumcnt in fnvor
of the conlidcnco oi o-istcrn lapit ilists in
this line of investment iu this county and
si oiks volumes for Council bluffs as the
vant igo ground to will h must come custom
cn | itnl scelting investment in southwestern
low i Ihoiecentlj orkanized Ross invest
ment company is likewise doing alaioand
rapidly incrcisluc , business
M\N01ACTtjlU8
The manufnctiirini Interests of this city
nro In n he iltl y condition Iho encourage
menttiven bv the clti/ons Isolioady beniing
fiuit Out factories have run to their full
capacity Now ones nro growing nn 1 old
ones have enlirgcd their works or will do so
the coming yen Ihcio is not a manufac-
toiy in the citv tliat is not piying , nor a
mauufneturor w ho hus expressed tlio slight
est dissatisration with the result of tlio
Vearswork The same advantages which
make of any point a metropolis or trido renter
tor , as a iuIo m iko of It n center of the man
ufnrturmg industries of the country Heia
are the uiciub of collecting the raw mutcn il
and of distributing the manufactured pro
ducts and all other things boim ; equal the
poiut which is the certcr for the collection
of articles for export and for thodistilbution
of articles of import for consumption is the
point where tlio l ictory may bo most advnn
tngiously opciatcd Ibere is no city that
has nndo a bettor begiunlng oi has a bettor
outlook foi unlimited growth intha direction
of a thriving system of manufactuilug than
Council Bluffs
Iho following flgmes nro the result of a
careful canvass of the manufacturing enter
prises of the citv for the business of ISiO
Artificial stonu pav ing uud curb
ing $ " 8 2r0 00
Hokories and crackci factories _ 2D 7-5 00
Ulank books nnd book binding 41 000 00
Uottling woiks 2.11 OTO 00
Hrick IDoJOOlO
Carriij.cs and wagons . 15r 700 00
Chan factory T ' 00 00
Cigars 47 5 0 (0 (
Confoctiouoiy 5J 000 00
I lectiic bells ttusses , etc Oj 00J 00
I loui mills 101 000 00
roundnos 47,3 5 50
Ponce woiks . . 4 750 00
Galvanbcl iron works . L too 00
Hnrncss 10. JU0 ( .0
Ilorso eollnis 0 010 00
Marble and granite works , 2J 1)00 ) 00
Pipormlll 10 000 00
Puui ) s nnd wind mills 19f bi i JO
Sish doors and blinds 104 ) o0 00
J ruuks o 000 00
lool handles . 05 000 00
Total 1SV1 . SI 513 405 ' > ( /
1 otal lbbS 1 7r > 17tJ 71
Increase $ 1J8 310 J7
VMIOLl aAI f TIUDK
Thu past von has undoubtedly boon most
conspicuous for the largo iuceaso in the
wholcsalo trudo In ISS3 It amounted to ? 10 -
lb5 711 21 ! and during 1889 tbo volume of
business done amounted to $12 ( Wl 7111 .J , un
Incioisonvor lb8S of ever -0 per cent
nir joiiuino Tiunp
There are .J 1 houses in the city Interested
in the following trades It is illv idod up r > s
follows Aguculturulimplements 14 , whole
snlo hurdwaro t , lime , couiout , eta whole
sale 1 , refill 4 , goucralcommlsslonr0 , jewelers
ors , 0 , orockory ind glassware , wholesale 1
retail J , ( .rocers , wholesale2 , retail70cloth
Ing 10 furnishing foods 11 , furniture ,
wholesale 1 retailscoal wholesales , fmlts
wholesale 8 , prinliiig ofilcos , 8 , murehaut
tailors 0 , wines nuu lUuors , wholesale 2 ,
cltars and tel acco , wholes ila 2 , retail 18 ,
boots mid shoes 10 , drujs , wholesale 1 , retail
tail JO paints and oils l'i , millinery 5i lum
ber wholesale I letnil 7 , notions , 7 , books
and st itlotion , 7 , bookbinders , 1 , plumbing
gas and steam Jltting 7
The total number of firms and Individuals
doliik busiuoss in Council llluffs in ISsS was
U17 and In 18b9 , 007 , a not gain of 50 ever
IKS1'
IKS1'Mho
Mho following Ilguros for business done
during lb89 were obtained from the otoncy
ot It U Dunn iV Co :
Acrioultural iinploments $ 5 410 S29 DO
Awnings and touts , 15 000 00
Hooks and stiitlonery , 87 4bU 'hi
Hoots and shoos , . 101500 75
Canned goods . . . 125 000 00
Cai | ets . 75 000110
Cigars an 1 tobacco wholesale 1 ° 5 000 00
Clais ( und tobacco , retail , , , 172 350 00
Commission Provisions , oto 401 .05 IU
Coal . 150 750 00
Croekory and t'assvvaro ' , 202 OOJ 00
Clothing . , . )0 ) > 000 00
Dry goo Is . 811000 00
Drugs , paints and oils ! 47 000 00
1 ino aits and artists materials 32 250 00
1 urnituro , w bolcsalo and retail 312 000 00
Grain , 2 710 000 00
Grocorlos wholesale and rotall J,7u > ,0l5 U5
Hardware ( ostlmatcd ) . . . 800 000 00
Hides and tallow . , . 100 050 00
Jewelry , . . , . . , . , . „ 00 423.00
I ima uud cement . , , . 208 200 00
Lumber , wholesale and retail 1,112 ooo 00
Musical instruments and toys , 00 520 00
Notions , wholesale and retail . b7,000 00
Plumbing ms and steam llttiu * 2Jo,000 00
Hooting and builders sUoplles . 100 000 00
tt ull uapor und uicturo frames 01 OSo 00
\\lues und IIuiors , , . , . „ „ 75,00000
lotalforlbbO , . . , . . . „ tl716J1H73
lotalforlBSS 104788J8 J
lotalforlbS7 , 133 > d5l8.60
Increase over 1S > S , . , . . . . . OSa.015 60
Iucreaio ov or 183T. Sbs9,7V5 11
rot
An avoriga of 15 000 tons ot Pcnnsvlvnnl *
authraclto coal Is b milled In this city every
vear Of this amount 12000 tons uro con
sumed in lh citv nnd 1000 tons In the job
bing trnlo to the tributary torntorj Of
soft coal for domcstii use about 30,000 tons
are consumed annually Prices In this class
of coal rauco from ? 2 f0 to $4 25 per ton , the
supply being principally derived from Iowa
Per steam and manufacturing purposes
there Is consume 1 nuntialh nbout20 OOO tons ,
the price thereof ranging from 41 Ji to * 2 DO
per ton
Fl rCTKK MOTOR t \F
The motor tompiny tnalo cxtens'vo ' lm
provements d iritis lS I und the uninviting
horse car has given place to the rapid tian
sit ears tun by electricity In ull parts of the
city During tl o past vonr the company has
oMcnlod its line totho head of Uroadway ,
with lateral bratiches to Pairmount parlt
the locnl depots and the Union Pacllio trans
fer Regular and frc lucnt service } s given
In connection with the main line bringing
rcsldcnco pioporty in nelghborhoo Is hereto
fore inconvenient to roach , within o isy ac
cess of business
Iho cumpai v now has between eighteen
nnd twenty miles of road in oper Ulon The
capacity or the boiler enulno and dynamo
plant has been moio than doubled nu 1 the
cuulpmcnt of cars and motors of Pullman s
latest design handsomely uholstcrcl |
lighted by electricity nnd heated hus also
been nearly doubled
Another electric line Is projectel for 1SO0
llils will ho practlrilly n belt line giving
lirst class Borvlco to rani lly populating soc
tlons of the citv 1 ho line will extend lo the
city limits on the south and cist A charter
has boon granted und as entaiprlsing ant
energotlo citizens are behln I the scheme it ,
may bo idled upon that nnother year will
see the line completed ami in uctlvo o | ci i
Hon
w vrmvvoni s
The Ulrkinblnc svstom of waterworks
givcslhoclty an utilimitel supply of iuro
water The cotnpinj has thirty four an I a
h ilf miles of mains on nil the principal
streets mid through the suburls During
the p ist year the coini any has c\cudcl |
fit ) 000 in Impiovomonts nnd plans for ex
tensions nnd Inn rovomnntB In lbJO compie
bond an outluv of * . > 000 Iho pjuupiiir
station Is I ix 0 feet an 1 contains the
Kuowlcs compound duplex pumpingcugincs
which furnish the witcr to tlio city The
two Andrews centrifugal pumps operate 1
bv > ouucnsing engines b wo c ich a c ipicity
of 17 2s0 000 f , illons a day These pu ups
l also the w iter from the river toil o settling
bislns and the 1 irgu ca | ulty Is use 1 so as
to give moro tlmo for settling Iho dilly
e ipaclty of the Knowlos engines is 7 0 )0 ) 00i5
gallons Ihu total puni | lug caj iclty per
day is 4" 500 000 gallons 1 ho entire pi int
coat fiO1 000 .
Tl VSSPOUTATIOI
Nine trunk lines of railroad oporitiug
311m'It miles of road terminate in Couu
oil llluffs and furnish ficilities nnl promt
nonce as a distributing point not enjoye 1 bv
man of the crcit commercial cities of thu
country
Durh g the year just closed the freight re
ceived con ignel to Council liluffs anl
shipped out under consignments froTi our
mcichants nnd jobbers was as follows
Ions ro Ions for
coiVed warded
January 10108 II (80 (
lobruiry lu 421 ldb2 !
March 2I0 > 1 15 003
A | ril 10 UO 1(1000 (
Alav . .0 1W1 12 740
Tune 17 0J3 1130
luly IS 405 1..010
Vu ust 18 211 1) ) 744
September U (00 ( 10 210
October 27 7"0 14 131
November 2)503 II o 3
December 10 150 1.0 jO
Tot Us 2J7,401 lOOow.8
1OIIIVT10N VADIUM FIjTlTl
The i opulation of Council llluffs according
to the Lnited States census of lb70 was
10 0-0 United btates Census of lbbO was
l * * OH , directory icturns 18sJ showed 1)110
directory returns 18bJ snoive 118 712 lhis
Btoudv lnercaso in population has naturallv
lcsultcd in a corresponding advance In red
est uo values and u proportionate increase
In teal estate transfers
The number of real estate transfers in
18b8was 23 1 the negrofeato considoritlon
being $2 015 Oil ) b2 The numbci of transfers
in lbbJ was - ols und the consideration
ii 000 3.0 11
Till , HI irDINO ULCOKD
During the year lbb" 713 now dwellings
were orccted in the city In lbS8 1 1 ( J now
buildings were erected but lbb9 will ho down
in the hlstoiy of Council liluffs as a most rc-
tiaikabloono both us to number and chur
actor of the improvcmei ts During the year
5 ( J bull ling permits were issued by the citv
cleik the estimated cost being recorded as
flob7 8o3 Iho city clerk nnd numerous
coutrac tors stuto that thopotmits issued rep
resent about ono tuird of the buildings
erected and the values as civon are about
0 per ceut below the actual cost It is fair
to say tli it no less than 1 ( U btllldu gs have
been complotcd or noai ly so , durlnr the
year at an unexaggerated cost of fJ 3 4 000
These figures do not include business blocks
The comparative record of the past three
ycuro is as follows
so HUIX.P a v ilui
lbS " 13 s'rooroo
lbbS 1 If J 2,107 200
18bJ 1 ( J2 ) 381000
Increase in number over 18b7 0-19
lnercaso in value ever 1S37 ? 7b.i TOO
lucreaso in numb"r over lSbS > ZA
lnercaso in value over 1S88 81 210 & 00
Iho business blocks completed or nearly
so during the yo ir uro as follows
Merriam block fllO 000
1 iscmnn s block I 0 000
Sapp s block 30 000
Marcus block 15 000
Palmer s blocks 14 000
Hughes block 11000
Murphy Manufacturing comp my 14 000
Jeffucs block 8 000
Kinuoy s block . 10 000
Drown block 10 0J0
Mrs Keys'block , 10 000
Hagg block 0 000
Clausen block i 000
Grahl block . 4,0.10
MIMCItW 11NVNCKS
Durint , the vear the city auditor drew
wan ants for if 123 00 , 28 I ho outstanding
bonded indebtedness proper is 1140 400
which is const tci iDly under the 5 per cent
constitut onal limit bpecial nonds for inter
section grading pavine , cm bine , and sewer
work amount to { 210 000 and special bonds
for similar work nsscssablo to property
amount to f 128 000 making the grand total
f < 84 800 I hose bonds fall duo in part every
year , with the exception of lbJJ , for the next
twentv four years I he valuation of taxable
property Is JO 187 003 which Is about 30 per
cent ot its actual value
1UIII10 IMlltOVKMI'NTS
During the year 1SS9 the following public
work was done
No Miles Cost
Paving . 15 10-100 J080 555 60
Curbing 15 OS 100 87,001 00
Grading 403 718 cubio v ds 91 510 00
Sewers 2114 100 12j 591 00
Sidewalks bncic .19J7 10J 45 592 00
Pine l lank and oak
strinters io 8S100 08,339 00
urn cation vt
The city Is dlviled into fourteen school
districts in each of which Is a line brick
school building Die value of Bites and
buildings is ns follows
Grounds . f HO 800
Hulldlnts and lixturcs , . 215 bOO
Purnltuio . -1700
I Ibrurlcs nnd apparatus . . 1 30J
Geological uud zo3lO ( leal cabinets • > 100
Total , . , J351/70O
J ho enrollment is as follows
18S7 . . . . . ,8 172
Jb ! > 8 8 3b9
18b ? . . . .9 411
IL'lllIO I11UU1IV
The free public library has upon its
shelves registered volumes
No registered boon tukors 1887 . . . 3100
No registered book tikors 1883 .442
No roclsteroJ book takers 18S9 , , , 1 bOONe
No books taken In 18b7 27 ( M9
No books taken In 18 8 . . 29 314
No books tunou lu lbbO r k > 138.
No vIsltors to reading room Iu 1883 , , liMWJ
No visitors to reading robm lu lSbJ 30j0
Total cash receipts * 5P00 07
IIKIITII Kl 10UT
lloturns from the national board of health
and the Iowa state board show beyond dispute
puto that our death rata bar boon lower
than that of any city In the United btatos
and tlio recoids show that there were but
224 deaths from all causes , for the year end
lug October 31 , lbb9. being ut the ratu pf 5 0
perthoutanl During that same year there
were but tvvo days , January 25 and February
15 when the mercury weut to or below zero
\ \ 1th it il those facts apparent regarding
the great ndvantljls surroundol by so
magnificent nn ngriflunural country , rocarl
lug the prodigious apYjIneonicnt mndo in the
Inst llvo oars , particularly In the yoirs
1SSS si who can cstlnfate the future lmpor
tance wealth nnd power of Council liluffs , n
city istabllshcd onn sure foundation nnd
situated In thu center pf u nation )
The Pulse of Tiiulo
The following Interviews with lending
business men bIiow how well ploncdthiy
nro with the busihdss locord ot 18S9 and
how hopeful for the coming year
THE ( AIIIIOVVOAI eoMrvsr
" Il was a nnughlft right to swim In ' ns
tlio fool said to 1 cur < nnd this has been n
bad winter for coal dealers , " said 1 11 h
Clark general mnnager ot the Carbon Coal
Coinpuiy Hut , notwithstanding the sum
mcr weather in December , wahnvo dona a
business in fuel that evoedcd our cx | ccta
tlon so fur tint we will bo too much sur
prised to oat our Now cars dinner
tomorrow or make our Now \nr calls
Wo have located wholesaln vnrdsin tbo city ,
nnd have us complete facilities for handling
coal for tl o wholesale trudo ns Unlimited
means nnd n thorough knowledge of the
business in all Its details can give Wo nro
sntlsllcl from our oxicileneo during the
vc ir that CoUt ell Bluffs Is in n position to
aomlnnto the wholes do coal trade \ \ o uro
mlno owners and boIo nonts ( , for the largest
coil companies In the worldu own tvvo
auilirieito mines and the best western mines
that have ever been devcloed | Among
these mo oui coal uroi ortlcs at II unpton
la and Lxccllo Mo It Is ut thu latter
pi ilo where we iret , our peeilcss caniiol coil
nnd the ci cater part of our stc un coal H o
have six mines there Ono ot Ilium shows it
clear vein of nineteen and n half feet In
ot ct ititiL them vvo luvo been compelled to
construct nnd nro the owners of ten miles of
roadway
As nn hilt ; itlon ot the business we hive
trnnsacte 1 take this little straw Our books
show nn output of ovoi ' > 200 tons in the Inst
sl\tv days ml our contiacts doublu that
Wo are sills Ho 1 with the old v cat ind not
an\lous to d s ount the future '
nib wns MtioutT co
' \ os we c in look back upon tl c year lbS9
with abundnnt satisfaction sail Mr Wies
of the \ \ ios Shugart eon p inv I a-.t yeai s
tr ilo in all II ics shov 4 n splenlll increase
ever the prev lous y car The firm hus been or
biinbel twoyearsl anl is ically tie out
growth of tlio old llrm ot bhuc irt \ \ alto S *
V\ ics the improvoiucnt iu ti ido has been
lu nil linns but the line of coids we llnd
that liJ3 had n liutori il lucre ise is vehicles
Iho silo of ougejos and cardites alone
mnountcl tel | ill ) In this toutititioui articu
larly is the Piereo coil spiiiif lujifhi , which
was inttoduccd about tvvo vc irs nco , It
takes the lc id of all Moro tli m soventv
pel cent of all we have sold wcic of this
ol iss It Is without question the euslest rid
ing und most durably buc.t.i on the market
We me the cxcluslvo western mcnts fir it
Our vv agon trade csi Ci I illv In I irm w ions
h s show n n 1 ireo lucre iso the p tSw season
Our le idei s m th s lluu hav e been the Huln
on 1 thu risk Hros too well known to re
quite comment in spring wagons our sales
exeocd live hundred In ugrlcultur il Imple
nients it is notorious that ca"h year bri is
now improvements wiought by the
prictical inventor nnd fanner and
jn lo ncecssarv by moro in
tclllfent iiriculture Wo have of course
tnudo it ati aim to uecp abreast of the times
nudtho improvements 1 vciv vear shows
seine ( , io it Improvement somewhere upon
the tools used the I iisj year lor the com
int scasm well ivo somethinc nlmost new in
the way of listitig cultivitors It is true
they have been mado'foi ' scvcinl vcars but
many showed dcfo < , ts Uectnnow give the
farmern perfect listing cultivator , th it will
give s uisla < tlon ov co bpon 1 lllsldo It is the
Wier listinn cullivutoi and it will ta o ftont
rank with the \S icr lister which istrojtly
improved for the crlminu season 1 his ma
chine is something ci tirely different from
the regular cultlvutor , which is lntouaod for
cultivulinf , corn plan C I bv a coin ] 1 inter
and lor which the Wier cultivator has held
Iront rank us < very doaloi un I f irmer in
this western country tknovvs Another im
pie nent vv Hch is ilidBpensablo for raisiug
coin is the diill for drilling corn following n
listciV a uro the a cuts for the Ohio drill
which is as ii ° nr porfttt as cau bo made
Our sales of this tool for the year have been
very largo
Another article that has become indispensable
ponsablo infirm economy , und tint has
made its way to thofiout is thoietdgrindor
Coin grin 11 ic for stock has pioven its value
uu I now thcie is no longci a question as to
the utllitv an 1 nesessity Yo liavohaudlcd
u great m i ly different sty les to which there
were moio oi less objections in many wuv s
but for the last three yo us wo have had the
Modern Heio grinder which is is complo o
ns that maehlno e m he m idu It is liiuenoud
ont of the power and connected bv a tumb
ling rod It is well milt on 1 well llnislied
Its pievlous cnoi mous sale his shown a
gra lual inci case U o sold ov er tw enty c ar
loads lust year
In plows of course wo nrogoneialagonts
in the west for the celebrate 1 Aler plows
Upon ttieir ( oed and duiable qualities it is
useless to enlarge i verv body knows their
merits ind every fnuuci has used them Our
trudo has largely increased Capceiallv niNe
braska nnd wi will surely do u still lar or
business in lb 0
I icc.ret ' conclude I Mr Wles ' tint the
prlcos that firmeis uo getting for tholr pro
duce is not sufficient Tor ttioui to roillzo as
much as they shoul 1 to i av for the farm
labor but the bountiful cro | s of last year
made up for tlio shoit pi ices I slneorely
hope th it the next season will bo as good
uud thej will tct better prices "
JI I HL Mils t i eWe
Wo can afford to lot lbbJ die without
locict , " slid Mr Lucius Hells of the great
111 in of Dccro Wells < L Co , to I m llui yes
teidav afternoon It has had n crcnt , u oas
uro of business success for us und vvo can
assure you that the outlook for the future Is
brightei than ovoi befoic The business of
our branch covers Iowa nnd every western
stuto uud territory and our traveling mon
uro eonstnntly scekln0 new Holds to con juci
lhe Meat parent house munufactures rearly
the entire line of goods handiid und as tbo
greater p irt of what is ban lied is made ut
ono point ( Moline ill > wo have many ad
vantages in shipping coeds in cat lots not
possessed by oui competitors Wo have di
rect connection with all the factories whoso
goods vvo han Uo and on that account lire
ulway s able lo make fuctorv pric s " and
not be compelled to charge jobbers profits
Wo prldo ourselves as much upon the coeds ,
carrie las the amount sold und on the fact
also that nearly ull the fuctorios with whom
wo deal nro located near by givim su h ad
vantages in shipping and totting Buppjies
that vvo uro not compelled to carry stock
from year to year in order to have ample
supply to fill the demands of trade With
thlsdiiect connection with irauufacturcrs
dealers may bo assure 1 that when they tuko
up i line of goods und build up a trudo upon
them they can keep thorn from year to vear ,
and not bo compelled to introduce sorao now
plow nr sorao other nrtlclo every veur
Mr Wells did not $ iy so but the reporter
incidentally learnodthat there was u foico
of thirty men kopticanstantly employed In
conducting the business of the brunch house
and every man conncuted with the establish
meat is sharp keeriund tilled with onoigy
Among the spociatfps | handled uro John
Deoroplows Deerocultivators ruludtercul
tivntors , nutolopo touguelcss cultivators , Co
lumbia riding cultivators King listed corn
cultivators Deere combined llstors Deere
riding listers gazelle sulky plows new deal
plows , pralriocein'breakers prairie queen
breakers , Deere coin planters uiansur corn
planters universal checic towers , Moliuo ono
horse drills Deere dhyi harrows Deere hay
rakes , Moliuo firm w d sprint , wagons , Moline -
line mountain watoiis , busies aad c vrriages ,
all styles , Molina draynvatons Wells real
carts harness , buckeye feel minders buck
oyecorn anl cob mills , Stavor buckeye food
mills now champion feed mills hoi so pow
ers all kinds btavei tank boaters , superior
press drills superior seeders , Moliuo seed
ers Deere force feed seeders seeders for
disc harrows eclipse loreo teed wuzon seed
ers Deere stalk cutters , Deere garden tools ,
\ Ictor standard scales road sciapers , favor
Ha coru shollers " 1 lour city ' buy press
slolghs , bob sleds , etc
Wo challonga the world to show a line ot
goods equal to the above Correeponlenco
solicited
AUTMAV , MU I.BU CO
Well I think woouthtto bo about satis
fied " said Mr L H Ilunscoin , manngor for
tlio western branch of Aultman , Miller
Co 'iho lluckovo pools are away In the
lead lhe Huckoyo output was ever 40 000
machines duringjha year that dies tonitht
The Uuckoyo muchmo is like the Arab s
camelwhen It guts Its head underthe tent its
hump soon followed , onlv with the trillng
difforeuca that It made Its competitors do
the humping Tbo company has had forty
years experience In manufacturing these
machines , and while the orlgmal principle ot
construction hns not bcon materially changed
the Uuckoyo lias been simplified until it
gives the farmer no more trouble than nn
old rcllnblo fnrm wagon Wo have lost no
tlmo nnd caused nn expense to the farmer by
useless nud expensive ex ) crimenting with
so called steel frames , etc , vvhlla our com
petltors hava boon conducting continuous
experiments always nt the expense of the
former instead ot themsoives While It is n
fact that It costs much less to build a so
callel steel frnmo machine than It docs to
build a rcllnblo wood frimo yet It plucos
the frnmo nt the mercy of the machinist
The wool frimo is so mucti lighter nnd
stroimci No i ( nt up Utlea contracts our
powcis Whorovcr wheat and grass grow
thrro you will flnj the Uuckoyo mnehinrs ,
just ns homelike nnd fundiu looking ns
they appear In the Holds of Iowa and No
braskn Wo have ono agency nt lluonoa
Ayres bouth America that sold 100 self
binders during the so ison of ISS 1 , nnd our
foreign trale est cciiillv In Australia , Is
lnr Q and ntpi llv increasing
Wc have less traveling n en on the rend
than nny other harvesting company doing
business lu Iovvn nnd Ni br iska hvory i e ir
l roves the sterling north and merit of the
Hockey o and makes It just that much harder
for out competitors to maintain n foothold ,
consequci tly they nro compelled to lnercaso
their Held force Iho best is always the
clicipcst , and hat is why the Hucl eye
always wins
" 1 ho outlook for 189J is simply tromon
deus nnd vvo vv 111 in iko more tl an ever of the
sturly yocmnnry of the I md dependent
upon I ouncil liluffs '
nt SSI 11 v coNe
'No lm not 901 rv to see the oil yent
die sail vlr r C Harris western mnn 1
goi of Hussell & Co to 1111 llti last ovin-
Ing us bo urncd In bis easy chair In hiscoy
ofllco on P irlstiuet I am not uny moro
sorrv to sea it ulo tl in I a 11 to see tl 0 sun
decline on a busy dav Ihoyaai has been 11
busy ono with us Ihcbcst ntiswer 1 enn
Uvo to your question nbout the 1 rospoets of
18) ) ' Is to point to the last 1 ho brunch
house of tl 0 coini ) inv has been estiblislicl
heio foi thu pist llftcon yoirs , und every
y c ir hns shown n stc idv lnercaso 111 the vol
tune of business we h ivo Iransaeto 1 nu 1 for
the 1 nt two yenrs tlio Ineicisocui bo best
0x1 rcssod by arithmetic U | ioltcssIo 1 Our
romp inv Is 0110 of the oldest established fur
the 111 uiufiicturool thtoshcis engines horse
powers 11111 s ivv mills Wr > 111 iko tlio
colebralol Mnssillon tliieshois ind mills
that uro well known sy nony ins foi economy
111 I profit for the Users Oui engines ringo
i 1 size from 4 to 12 > horsepower , uu 1 include
every trade of stationary nndtrietion mn
chines nn I uro desitnu 1 with 1110 iillcitiaus
for binning coal wool 01 tobs Wo nlso
muko a struvv burnint oninc that 1 as been
in treat dcin ind foi scv rilveus escilully |
in Minnesota and D lkul 1 vvhuro fuel is
scarce The new auto nulic cut off cntmo is
a model of simplicity duriblllty ind steadiness
ness of power quilitics th it biing them in
trc it don nnd for mills clov itors and eloc
trie llghtmt One of thcso > ntincs is driving
thu electric lithlliig pi int In the Iovvn Insti
tutiou for thu deaf an i dumb nnd vvo ever
tame the combined competition of ull the
best riv al cntine 111 liters to tet it there W 0
confidently rofei n ercsti I pirties to super
intendent II W Hothcit for his opinion of it
' \ \ c are not u minute behind the times in
anything , ho contln led vv it ti a tw inkle ' and
you can doiond upon It vvo will in iko our
rccoid for 18'0 one that Council HlulU need
not bo asln ncd of
Till M 1 JlIU VS CAIIKt v 11 tovrvM
W u m ilo a very careful study of the sit
uation 111 the west utter deciding upon estab
lishing a western brnnch slid Vli W I
Hinkins local man iger of the McPurlun
carri i.c company md selected Council
UluHs for good business n isons Wo hive
ha I ercetcd for oui especial use a building
dxUO three stories liiLn , located on the coi
ner of Sixth street , and Iwclfih avenue anl
we have lease 1 this lnrto double stoio room
in this tlio Mernam block where wo will
lmve our ofllco und salesioom Oui comp 111 \
located ut Connciville Till is one ot the
1 lrgest cai rino 111 muf ictui int linns in the
woill Wo maka thirty eiiht styles of bug
gies ind e irriatcs nnd make these at the
ra a of 14 > a d ly In each line there vv ill bo
two grades the first vvnieh is peifect in
every respect and without cquil and then
a leconl grade Wo will give a tuar
autco that is worth millions ot del
lus th it even gia 1(3 ( is just as
represented Ourcompanv durmt this year
of lbn0 will tuin out over ten tnousanl completed
ploted vehicles and w 0 will have 1000 of
them in this c ty for oui western wholesale
an I local trade W 0 vv ill nev cr hnvi less
tl an five hundred vehicles in our wuieiooins
and vvo will have lifty s imples in oui sales
rooms here for the trade to select from und
for our retail 01 dors Mr Ilcniv Lurmt
tha nssislant manager will have eh irto of
the locil business an 1 the waiohousos.and I
will bo on the real luring the grcatei part
of the time
The Mel arlan carriio ! company is com
posed jf young men of in lomit iblo energy
md unli nitod cipitar mil will push this
western business to the furthest extent
Wo will subjULnto new territory to the com
mcrcial sway of Council lilulfs Wc lire oven
better 1 le ise I than wo ho | od to bo it the
outlook for the futuie and will to ahead
with the contllenco of assure 1 success '
a 1 ixoitm ci nu
1 ho ye ir hus been a prosuci ous ono v > ith
us ' remarked Mr Ungar of the firm of
Drown 1 Untar , pioprioto s of the 1 ountun
citar stoiovc have ha ! u bl < r trade In all
oui brindsof citais buthnvu hud a great
mn on our siccuilty the loutitim'o
have sold 40 OOJ of them slneo wo opono I out
hero last suuimoi 1 ho 1 honouieuul success
is duo to the prosperity of the citv and the
f ict that It is the finest 10 cent cijai made
aid is sold foi a nickel lhe outlook lor
1SJJ Is very llatteiint' '
DVVIl ) HIUllII 1 s. co
In olden times all roads used to lead to
Iiomo but in these modern days David llfud
ley \ , Co have taken 1 ains to show bv means
of a 1 irgo illustrulou iu I he 111 1 that all
the modern artorics of ti ulic tlio railrouls
Icid to their ostibllslimi nt which stands at
the bond of the ucriculuual distiict on lowoi
M iln itreet It Is ono of the larcost and
most piominont bulldlnggs in the c ty nnd
can bo seen miles awuy It is llvo stories
high nud has a iloor area that is best mcas
ured In acres Inero Is n broad platform
running urouud It Hint tives nu uldilioiul
areuto 111 squaio feet of JUsjO liom which
trucks vv icons nnd ears can bo loaded with
great rapl litv Iho trnckogo surrounding
the building Is cipablo of pormlttint the
loading of tvvelvo cars nt oncj nnd the cntiro
wirehouso facilities are so perfect that the
time , cost and labor of handling goods nro
reduced to a minimum 1 rom the bascmont
to the roof the diffciciil floors uio connected
with un elovutoi of 8 000 pouuds capacity
Lnch floor Is occupied by soma special class
of machinery , and absolute genius is dl *
plived in utilizing space
\cs , " reniuiked Vlr W W Loomis ono
of the local manatms to Tin Urn inter
viewer , wo are fully satisfied with our bus
iness for tbo past vcai and have no reason
to anticlpato any thing hut continued pros
pcrity for 1S90 Our business has shown an
lnercaso every year since wo established It
hero and has done its part towards making
Council liluffs the t'cutest implement dis
tributing loint in the world When vvo
started Boven years ago wo had butona ofllco
employ a and three trav ollnt s ilcsmcn , and in
the lirst eight months of that yeai wo did 11
bUBiuess ot 1150 000 Now vvo have a total of
twenty six employes and wo have no orna
mental or 1 Ilo men Ainouc the specialties
that have grown into popular luvor wherever
agrieulturo has kept pace with modern
advancement uro the following Implements
made by the David Hradley Manufacturing
com ) any Hradley s Gar lea City plows and
breakers Hradley s Grasshopper breakers ,
vvo id or btool beams , Uiudloy s bquaro Cor
tier gang and sulky plows Hindley's Duplax
cultivators , wood or steel whcols , Hradley s
Improved lontueless cultlv itors stool
wheels Hradloy's Chlcato Combined culti
vators with wood or steel wheels llradloy s
Vulcan Combined cultivutors with wood or
steel wheels Hradloy s G irdon City Com
bined cultivators with wood wheels , Urad
ley's P &P hand lever sulky rake , with
wood or steel wheals ono or tvvo
horse , Hradloy s No 2handlevoi rake with
wood or stool wheals one or two horse ,
Hradley s self dumprako , improved for 1887 ,
with wood or stool wheels , ono or two h ) rso
Hradley s Hold rollers , iron or wood six or
el.ht ( feet wide Hradloy s I ellpso harrows
cheap but durable , eight or twolv 0 feet wldo
Hradloy s Prlodmann harrnw , nine or twelve
feet wile Hradloy's P & II aljustablo
harrow , well known as the best ten or lit
teen foot , smoothing or cultivating Hrad
ley's steel floating harrow , six or twelve foot
cut , smoothing or cultivating Hradloy's S
steel harrow , smoothing 01 cultivitlng two
or moro sections Hradloy's ono and two
row stalk cutters The other specialties are
tbo Old Reliable Peter Schuttler , the I urn
bull , Kitchen and Sterling wagons that have
withstood the severest tests that any vohl
cles were ever subjected to and have boon
the uvuuut couriers iu the mountains and are
now lending American civilization into
Mexico They nlso enrrv the laigcst stock
ot buggies , carriages , spring wagons , sand
vvngons , rend carts etc , of any hoiso In the
west , n also everything in the implomout
line wanted by tbo vvostoni farmer
Thu Manhattan sporting houd i'rs41s 11 way
Fountain clgnr , n strictly 10c eicar , for Bo
at the touutaiu lr\ one
Holtcr , tailor , 310 Hroalvvnv
b M Williamson sells the btaulaid anl
Domestic sewing machines 101 Main st
Solid gold watches cheap nt \ \ oil 111111 s
Always on II111-
lfou wish to pnrehaso n goo 1 and rellnblo
watch So pel coi t less than club rates , and
on easy terms then call nt onto and make
your own solcction nt C B Jncqucmlti vt
Co , 27 Main street _
Atotoi Posses nio Tnlioonil
There nro many constitutional motor
riders lu Council liluffs who will flu 1 vvalk-
ini teed enough for them hereaftoi , uuloss
thov nro wllllngto pay their fares V11 order
was jestorday issued by biiiorlntendent
Reynolds to thecffocl that conductors must
not honor any 1 asses presented on or after
J uiu iry 1 , nnd 10 0110 Is to bo cai ricd free
except sto-ltholdors or employ es of thn ron 1
lhis is the result of thu injunction recently
issued by ludto Carson on the lotltionof
Director Evans which restrains the piesl
dent of the ron I from Issulnc , pisses and
the Bupcrintetidont frm allowing Ills con
ductors to rceogiilzo or honor them after the
lirst of thoyoir
Among tlio prescribed are the pillic lire
mon t owspaj or men city officials uid ofll
cors of lailwuys or ether coipoiutions to the
number of nearly six hundred It is stnte 1
how ever that soma nrra igoment will shortly
bo undo by which pisscs will bo issued in
coi t tin instances nud under ccituiu coudi
tions Iho annual meeting of tlio compiny
will bo hold on the 14th Inst ml nt which
tlmo it Is expected that the pass question
will bo dlsposo 1 of to the s itisfuc tlon of the
ontlro boaid of direetois •
Money loaned at L H Ciaft C Co s loan
ofllco on furniture , pianos Imnes watons
person il proncrty of nil kinds and all other
articles of value without romov il All bus
iueas strictly conlldontlal
Drs Woodbuiy tiavo removed then dentil
officii to 101 Pearl street up stairs
Wo now have in stock somctlili g particti
lnrlv line In the way of bill boils uud lcttei
heads at prices which can not bo tiuplhntu 1
To bo 1 oucst , vvo do not expect to bo able to
dup lcito the prices after this lot is t ° no at
Pry or sUle job printing oftlee
C U steam dye works lOllHroilwiy
o
Hovv to Si ct'iriu J
1 uko n polished metiil stn fuco of two
feet 01 moio , vvilli 1 sti lijjht edge , 11
lnrgo luttuls vvv will uiisuoi the pm pose
Take a windy d ty foi the cxpcinnonl ,
wliothet hot ot cold , eloai 01 cloudy
only lot it not bo in mm I \ t tiny
vvctithur Hold joui iiicttillic suitivco ut
light niiclos to the dhcitiou ot tlio
wind 1 c if the wind is noith , hold
your suif ice cast rinil west but Histoid
of lioldintr it voilicnl iiiclino it nbout
4J ilcciccs to the ln > t 17011 , so Unit the
wind stiilaiifj , , * hiiices ttid llowovoi
the odpo as the wati 1 Ilo vsovoi iv iltim
l ow si/ht eaiefullv ilon the od o
seine minutes nt u limply dolincd ob
jeet mid vou will see the wind iiouiuiK
ovoi the edfjo in yr icofiil cuives MnUo
jour ob oivntions ciiofully und jou
will hatdly ovoi fail 111 the oxpoiiniont
the lcbults aio oven boltci if 'ho sun is
obocuicd
m
GOO ! > MICK
Ml II V Clarke of TIiIh City , Gets
$50OO ( ) I10111 Iho lion hinii 1
' • tnte I otterj-
"Is it ictu illy tiuo that vou h ivo 10-
coived a pint 01 the cipitul tnl/o of tlio
last drawing ot Iho Louisiana St tto
Lottotyi" ' asked a lopottci fet Iho
Stm Stvyiuss of Mi U O Clarke , a
joun { , r lithojtaphot , who has boon tiy-
inp to pioeuio a homo out of savitiRS
fiom vvuges , eai ned it his ti ido Ho
has been employed at August Gusts foi
Bomo tune j ) 1st and resides it o 71J
I\otth Comptou avenue
' Yps " said he ' I have
, , actually te-
coivcd $30 000 in c ish go ) d United
St itcscui uiuy as a llllh put of the
capital puze of $100 000 iho money
was paid to mo by the Contiiioiitul Na
tion il Bunk , of St lotus is now in my
possession , and a put of it will go into
ttnologint little homo lot myself und
my family "
'I suppose you will give up the liado
now "
' O , vos , " said he with a smile that
showed hovv happy ho vv is ' litho
gtaphy or any ollici oceupilioii of 10
hotits a d ly bus little chin 111 by the ' • ido
of $ 10 000 whioh enables 0110 lo lool his
friends 111 the fico with a miinly feel
ing '
' vVhnt wis the numbci of join
tukoti"
No 01 I sent $2 to the Now Oilonns
National Bank last mouth foi a one
tenth part of a whole ticKct , and th it
vviiB the numboi I ictoivod in lotuin I
put the ticket away , mid th night uo
111010 of it My wi o thought It wasW
thrown away , but she in smiling and
happy ouough now on account of the
new homo vvo ate to have I liml 00-
como tired of pinching along fiom vvcuk
to week and was becoming ulscoutngod
at the slow progiess I w is imtking in
piocuting a conniotoneo lei tho'iainy
day that impresses Itself soividly
upon nnv ono who has a family to sup
pott 'Iho money I 6cnt was not bo-
gtudgod , because in oui business wo
hayo vol v little oppoituuity of getting
out to take advantage of chances to go
into business , or to look nftoi unv ply
ing invostnionts At anv 1 ito , I con
cluded if I did not 1 Isle something lo lu-
oiease my income ouUido of my weekly
wages it would bo sovcinl join a bofoto I
coulu got what my Iiottil was set 011 a
cotnfoitnblo homo "
And you tool like nnolhoi man now ? "
'Coitainly I tun piopiuod to enjoy
lifo The tt infraction was 110 myth and
the topoits of the diawing no luinoi , I
assuioyou I have the money in my
possession , which will save mo sovoial
ycuis'lmrd woik and allow 1110 to live
lospoctubly " fbt Louis ( Mo ) Stai-
buyings , Nov Zi
Tun Iloiiiarknlilu Inventions1
Seine of the lnoimstoitosof ltalj and
1 raneo sent curious inventions to the
Paris exposition Ono fiom afiiai in
1 loronco was a watch but tlio loin th ot
an inch in diumotoi , having tinea
hands , minute , hour and second , besides
an indicatoi which pnintRout the days
of the week , month and yeiu A 111111-
astoiy iu Bilttany , 1 iiinco , coutubtited
a plain looking nuiliognny table , with
nn inlaid chossbonrd on its sutlnco
The inventor , or any one who desiics ,
sols the piccos foi a gnmo and sits alone
on 0110 side of the bouid He plays
cautiously , and tlio opposite piocomovo
automatically and quito ftoquontly
comes out the victot , no odds bow soleu-
tiflcHlly the play o plays llioioiano
mochtiuistn nppaiont bonenth the tnbla
top , whioh booms to bo of solid mahog
any board
\\n are tlio Ponplo
llusliiebs mon fiom Nobruska foi Ch •
engo , Milwaukee und ull onstoi n cities
will plcaso not3 that by tbo now tlmo
schedule ( lu ofToct from and after No
vember 17 , 188J ) , they oauauivout
Omaha nbout I p m , can do business 01
visit with Omaha merchants and friends
tot neatly two hours and can then take
1 <
the through Pullman sleeping enr of
the Chicago , MlU-atikco A bt Mill
railway shot t line fust train nt Omaha .
depot of the Union l'nelllc uiilvvuV nt 0 "T "
11 m ( supper served on ( lining cm lca\- " /
ing Council UlulTs nt 0 10 p m ) , mid (
nrrivo nt Chicago nt ! ) 10 11 in ( monk B
fast nlso served on dining eat ) , In nmplo JM
time to make conticcttona with the fast Ji
innintiig trains fiom Chicago 011 the 4m *
principal ciistcin ami coiithonstcin H !
lines , 01 if desired , pi ongcrs foi the Hj\ \
east can remniii over in Chicago n ( tw i Kf
hours fet business 01 ploasmo itnil ic- H. .
sumo thoit * joiiinoy by the iiftornoon 1
Inst ami limited trains ot nil the cnslet n I
roads I
tiddltion the nnnlhor v
In to fotogolng ,
through shorl line train lcavci Oiuitha 1
dally nt 9 lo u 111 and Council UlulTs nt
< M0n m . auivlng In Chlcngo nt 0 60 |
a 111 , making clcoconnection with Iho I
o\pross trains of all enstorn ro ids !
lortickots and further pat titulars
apply to the nearest ticket ngcut , 01 to
1A. . Nash gonetnl tigont , loOl Tin 1 mn
sttoot Onitiliti , Neb
>
runcinl oT ltnliert Hrovviiing
London Dec 11 The f uncial sot vices
over the remains ot Hobort Browning took
place nt Westminster Abbey todnv Wioiith' * ,7
fiom lord Tontijson nnd ivtiss Brow mug
were placed on top of the conln Many
wreaths were receive ! from ether pursons
Including Bcnrv Irving Mr llnncioft bir
lohu Millnls Mr Alma Tnuomu md bir
lhcodoro Martin '
Boocham's Pills euro bilious nnl nervous ills
SPEClAL NOTFCESr
COUNOIIj blitpps
FOR SAUE AND RZNT r B
_ _ - _ m
IJ Olt IlKM Nicely furnislu I ftont room I
X1 DC lourtlisticot J
WAMI 1) ' • atesman oxpcilon 1 1 lusii pie I
11 turret Apply bX lentil avenue y
a ltlttvl unfurnished rooms foi rent No isi \
1 irth st J
FOltl\CH NGK-tor4 stocks of 1,0111111 }
merchnndUd to evchauga f r 1,001 faun •
Ian Is and cash Invoice from $ XI ) to M 000. \
\dlross Kerr V , ( < iny Co incll Illuirs In , '
W ANll Itaonco I sto kof grocciies ot II
i geneial lntse tint will invoice ube tt tl
$1000 Inoxcl anco for-i0)ln ) uool tmpravsl '
proptrty nearthfs place l l imash A Idrms \
Kerr &Uray Council Iiluira : '
ODhf I , I1KOS & CO loiu mousy The moil )
liberal torras otlcrod IOJ 1 o rl st \
RLAI KSTATK-llougut and mil nit el- J1 '
chngsd Spsrlal uttoutloa clvsu to oxtvm- I
lustlon or titles VV o James Nn lui'eaitst ( '
WANT1 O-Totradsfomlot tnogooUanl lU
J-yearol I liorsos Impilru uttho fountain fli
cigar store Council Illulls ah
ITIOKTIlADhforBt ct goo I lot iu Hastings ' 1/
- Neb II pilro ltt ; West llron Iway 1 i
1ii01tS\IPorHent Oirdon Ian I with houses J ft
by J It nice lir Main st tojntll llm U 9 V
1710111 XCH VNQ V A good new (1-rooin Ho iso St
Jto e\thnnio for an Improve 180 n 10 farm )
liivieskrnorccntril lena Ivcir W ( Iraj { !
Jam anout to cngftKo lu other business nnl ] !
until c losed o it you will save 111 in y by ext II
amlulni , betoro pureh isl iolsi ( wi are my sto"K li
off unltureanlstovos 1 nu willllu 1 many art * * i _ All
tclostliit will mike sultnole and Berviiiibla HlfV
1 olldvy presents A J Maulel 3"J uid X3 s W.
llioulwuy s p p pjr
FOItS\II or Txcui e-The f unit ire and HR
1 asoof nl , > ioim liotsl dolnc a bif , business Pii
iu eastern Neb 1 rice } S 0)3 ) 81 MlJcasc b il oij _ "TB7
easv terms or will take > , In goo I 10 il eitate jM l
\ 1 Ircss Kurr & . Otay Council llltifls jHi
NI W Improved real ostofo tn tra lu for unlia iBIf
provoa Omaha or Council 111 itls prop ity V V
C II Juld Cuailroatway Bjl
T7IOHKKNT Onesoveu roomh lujoon i-ouith B'i' '
Jnvanuo ono osht room bona 011 soc HI
onlHveuue nn 1 one lht ( room h uio on 1 titll Hr
street all lltte 1 up with nllmolein conven-- !
lencos VV VV fill tor learlstioer fll '
NOllCK If you hav e roil estate or clisttols HU
j oil want to dlsposo ot quick list then with UM'il
Kerr A : Gray Co uicll lilutts Ii %
- H'J
WANT IDtt once goo 1 first class 8
draughtsman Apply ohlco 8 1 Maxor ,
architect , room -jl Mcrrfam Wick Council MMii
lllnlfs ; /
J. . A. . Murphy Manufacturing Co m
let Avenue and 21st Shoot
SASH DOORS AND BLINDS M
Hand and Scroll Sawing Hi nvviit am , ' . .S IH.J
1 lai Ing Sswini , of alllvln Is 1 ici llru kclsi 'i ' B' ! '
Klndlluf , wood t'W pm load delivered CI u. 1 > Ifi
Maw 11st by tie birrcl ie All work to bs M $
Hist class lei pi ono ) m
Your Pationago Sollcltod' H
CHANCE FOR A PRIZB W
Until the lrth of January wo will given ticket Brl
to every ti cash purclmsoi ot cojls ntour Hl
sti re lie tick twill entitle the hoi t n ton Hf |
cb inco in the follow Ing 1 rlzcs : J B f !
1st 1 btnutlful Oold Com Hentoi pikoJIO H.r
-nl l i-sholf How or stand with aich ind Vil1
hauclng basket $10 M'l
Jrl-lalroflallss clibsknfes r 3 M )
4tU I all of bors clubsknti s 75c Hti
Uiosa nrl/cs will bo distribute 1 linim llately ill
after the duto glv uu UUUQAIU A. CU H
11 Main ' • t H
S. E. MAXON , • J
Archlte t and Superintend nt , 1
Room 2B1 , Merriam Bloc , Bji
COUNCIL BLUFFS , - IOWA jl ] ,
' BELL & 8ERLIN6H0F , K
ARCHITECTS I
AND SLiPLm.NTKNDI.NlH Hj
Hoom 3 , Opera Elouso Block , Council liluffs , |
Iowa H '
'Iiios OtriCKii VV II M I usKir B
OFFICER & PUSEY ,
BANKERS I
Comer Main and tlroadwajr B
COUNClIi IJIjUI KH , lOU A J
Dealers In foreli n an I domeitlc vx hauy * B
Colluetlons made and Interest p ld ou time US' H
posits
" " I
| THE FAMOUS
Apiloanl I lum 11 ittsr Mlnco Mear.Swtet and Bai
t-o ir I Ickles Olives In II ilk Hauer Kraut 1 ure H
Mux lu Syrup anl Honey lluckvrhoat 1'lour and
llomlny , Oranxes , Cranberries California H
drapes femois Xuts Halslns and ( clery , MU' '
Heat Country Hitler * > ner lb Oir pilres always - H
ways the lowest No M Uroadway , oppuilto H
Oj , Ku House H
J 1) lliMUNDSON E I ; BlHKHiir 'VS
Irs \ Ice 1'iei. M
Ciias It IlANNAN , Cashltr
CITIZENS ' STATE BANK , I
orcouNcir uruics BM
Paid upCapltal 5I5OO0OO0
Surplus . . . 35,000.00
Liability to Dopoaltora 335,000 00 BJ
Diiuctoiis-I A Miller , V O ( llerson I ! lM
BhiiKait L. 1' Hart J 1) ) Kdundson Cbas II
lluunan Transact general bunking buslno * * B
I ttrhtst capital and surplus of any bank lu B
Northwestern Iowa Jutoreut ou llmo deposit *
F. M , ELLIS & CO , Xdfl
ARCHITECTS < %
AND HUII DINQ BOPFIllN ffNUENlfl |
HonmsOOaiidiU Itee Hull Uuk , Omaiia Neb ,
ftiid ltooms < i | | aixAJM Merriam Mock Com ill MB ]
llluds Iowa Correipondenco tJollclHd
_ MillflVJ
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