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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1890)
W G TH1 ) MaSHl j THE OMAHA BEE COUNCIL BLUFFS 1 UIKICK NO 12 I'I.AUIj STltKirr H J'clrurul by carrier In any part of the City l II W. 3)1/102 ) ? > JIANAOKlt H TKLEl'll02r.3i H muht kiiitoii noi B MlSoTrfliliNTlON ' n. y. p. Co H Council Uluffs Lumber Co , coal B Thatcher coal , 114 Main street H Carbon Coal Co wholesale , retail , 10 Vcnrl H Him taken flvo premiums Angelina Hour | Try n sack H Jnmci Casey was yesterday sent to Jnll for | ten days for boating bis board bill , H Knto Crnrv will lccu.ro lit , the Cuncrcgn- H tlonal church Friday evening on The lirlt- H lsh H City Auditor Ilnmraor yesterday * lisucil H M.5UU In cortlllcatos to Mcmrs Wlckham H Hosloy and Miller for Intersection sewer H H Elder W. VV lilnir of Lamonl will m preach at the Lnttnr Day Saints church , on H l'icrcu street near Olcn avenue , at 7:45 : each H evening this week M Judge Avlpsworth has honrd argument on M n motion for u now trial in the Moschcndorf H mid Kcnrnn vs Nonl ot al case , and has taken j the snmc under ndvlsnmcnt 1 Tlio firemen complain that several parties H drove over the liosa at .vosterdny morning * B fire It is some tlmo siuco nny fines wcro H indicted for tills ofTunno , and It is evident B that such action in it few ciisos at the present IB time would provo bcncllclul , B The following Jurors have been drawn for BB the next term of the superior court , com BBB niencinir February 7 : M , Keating , .losluh BB Djmfortli , L. 11. Williams , N. E. Tyson , M. BBBj A. Moore , Jonn Mulnucon , , Ucorgo Dallon , BB O , J. Jncohs and W. 1' . Aylesworth B William Lund , n farmer residing In the BB Plumcr sottluiiicnt , while en routa tn this BB city Monday nfternoon lost a pocketbook BB It contained a First NiUlonul bank ccrtill- BB cato of deposit for ? 7tM , a note for * 35 and BB two money orders for $25 each ; also Buvoral BB dollars in monny He reported it to the chlof BB of police , to whom the Under can return the BB lost package j llnttln Arthur was arrested by Con BB stable Coviilt on a warrant sworn out by BB Kmma Woodward , chnrglng her with ltocu- Iiir a house of ill-fnmo nt No 112(1 ( BUroad- BB way She was taken before Justtco llar- BB nott , who rclcnscd her on her own rccog- BB mzanco to nppoar for trial tomorrow Sua BB said she wan the mother of six children , aud BB denied the chnrgo made against her J Some timongo n darkey named Johnson , in BB the employ of Ed llurko , was arrested for BB the larceny of some laundry work from a BB Cascade'laundry wagon Ho asscrtod his BB innocence , claiming ho secured the goods BB from a colored man named Jack Woodin BB The latter was placed under arrest , but n bciirlug tn the case wns postponed Just lea BB Bcliurz heard Anally the testimony , resulting BB In the discharge of Johnson , and Woodin ro- BB cciving a Jail scntonco of thirty days J Some of the alleys in the business portion v ot the city have been allowed to remain in a BB disgustingly lllthy condition for so long that BB the adjoining property owners have do- BB cided that forbcaranco has ceased to bo a BB virtue The result is that the alley south of BB Ilroadway , between Main and Pearl streets , BB is placarued at either end wltn largo cards BB inscribed ; "Commlttco on streets and ol- BB leys , Lacy , Kvorott , Weaver " That alloy BB will bo cleaned up before many moons H The city council held a short adjourned BB meeting yesterday afternoon for the pur- BB pose of pusslng the ordlnanco establishing BB the grndo of Lincoln avenue As thcro BBJ wcro several objectors to the grade as fixed BBj by ilio ordlnanco , it wns deemed best to let BBJ the matter go over until the next meeting , BBJ whHi will bo held next Monday evening BJB Mrs Amy appeared before the council with JBB reference to the doslrod reduction ot her BJB assessment The council had promised to JBB take snmc action in tbo matter whenovcr all BJB the nldcrmcn were pi cscnt , and as Aider * BJB man Uellinger was absent , they refused to JBB consider It After tiansactlng a little busl- JBB ness of minor importance , - council ad- BBBJ Journed , BBJ W-r. HnnilHoiiin New Goods H . The Council Bluffs Carpet company antic ! JBB " pate a very heavy trade this season , and BJB have prepared for it Heavy consignments JBJBJBJ of new goods wcro rccoived yesterday , JBB among thorn some very handsome novelties , JBB notably a now Chinuso muslin for curtains JBB handsomely ornamented and rqual to silk in BJB texture and llnish Also new turcomens , BJB derbys , chenilles and valours in noavy BJB goods ana LSrussols , tambours , Swiss and JBB nottlngbams in laces , xho now styles of BJB carpets are very handsome , JBB * BBJ City Steam Laundry 84 Main Tel 134. BBJ J The ( Siiarils' llnziinr J Last evening witnessed the opening of the J bazaar to bo held by the Dodge Light B Guards this wcok at the armory In the Ma- m sonio temple The principal feature of the J evening was the minstrel performance given M by members of the company , nssiBtod by M Ualby's orchestra Consiuorlug the fact M that all ot these who took part wcro uma- M tcurs , and many of them had never before M appeared on the stage , the performance was M highly creditable , and it wns thoroughly on- JBB Joyed by the largo audience present The JBJBJI gags were now and were received with re ut uppluuso The solos wcro well ron § cred , nnd encores were quite numerous BBJ The singing of the quartette mlgnt BBJ have been much better , the slug JBJBJI era falling to do themselves Justice JBJBJI This was probably owing to insufticlcnt ro- JBJBJB lioarsais , which was apparent ull through JBJBJBJ the perrormauco The banjo and guitar JBJBJI duet by Keating nnd Mlchoner wns vocifer- JBJBJ ously oncorcd , as wns the string quartette , JBJBJI consisting of Micheiior , Patterson , Keating JBJBJI nnd lloss Their selections captured the JBJBJI audience , and were the most enjoyed ot any JBJBJI thing on tbo programme Tbo performance JBJBJI closed with an aftorpioco entitled The JBJBJBJ Crazy Tragedian , " by Huff , Johnson and JBJBJBJ Uonnott All in all , the performance was a BJflJflJflJflJ aurpriso to these who attended , and was BJflJfl * equal to that afforded by some of the pro BJBJfl fcssional troupes which have played hero at regular prices J It will bo repeated this ovonlng with a BJB few changes , and Tommy Keating , the boy BBJBJ phenomenon , will uppour in song mid dance BJBJB At the close of the programmo tbo hall was JBB cleared and the remainder of the evening do- JBB voted to dancing The booths , which were JBB numerous and very tastily urrangod , were JBB well patronlzod There are several articles JBB to bo disposed of to popular parties , among JBB thorn a cane for the moat popular candidate JBB for city marshal , which will bo qulto a bono JBB of contention , The bazaar starts out In a JBB most promising manner , nnd the boys will JBB undoubtedly clear enough to tuko them on JBB their western summer Jaunt in splendid 8tyl0 , _ H The Council Uluffa Insurance company * ' BBJ avorogo annual Incoino since organization JBB has been (120,000.00. Disbursements BBBJ slnco organization for losses and ether ox- JBB ponditures now exceeds 11,000,000 00. Hlsks JBB written slnco organization , H2.770.545.00 BJBJBJB Every property owner should patronize this JBJBB homo institution , aud In that way encourage JBJB and build up our city , J , 11 , Allen is the city JBJBJ agent of this company , and n more honor JBJB nolo , reliable and trustworthy man can not JBJBJ bo found Tno directors of the company are JBJBJ Hon \V. P. Supp , K. L. Shugart , P. M. Oault , JBJBJ John Konnors , M. C. Hruiuerd and J , Q. BBBJ Anderson , • BJjlB J , U. Tipton , real estate , 527 Broadway M liAWann 'i'nlki Uauk M Mr , Lawton of the school board Is not in- B clincd to submit In ailenco to the Intimations B and insinuations which he deems dlrectod at H him in , various interviews concerning tbo M school board wrangle lie said : When H the public understand tbo facts I am willing H to leuva the matter to thu good sense of the H people , These gontleinon seem to think I H have somothlng to deny or defend My M course on the board has been an open book , H and I am willing to stand on tbo record I H have nothing to retract or rescind , If there H is an/thing to bo ohurgod against me , why H dent they como out squarely ana say what H it is , aud not indulge in insinuations1' ! H Mr , Luwsou then procecdod to give the H intcrvlewe ' r his history of the squabble la H regard to the treasurorshlp ; Senator Orono- H woe > U < 1 Mr Schooutgen huvo bottt BBB mndo publio tholr versions , I want the public to understand the former course of thc o gentlemen Mr Schoent- gen has repeatedly said to mo that when Senator Oronowog was treasurer of the school board the use of the money bolonglug to the bonrd was worth thousands of dollars Mr Srhocntgcu wanted mo to vote for a man for treasurer whom they named , be- couso they could again nave the u o of the bnlanco on hand Mr Schoentgcn said this was his mission on the board I told him it should bo for the Intcrosts of education , at which be scoffed I further stated that Mr Perogoy had mndo a good treasurer , having kept nil the funds In the bnnk , nnd I con sidered It much hotter for the monny to bo kept that way , where it would nlways bo available Ho said If bo would keep the mouoy In some other bank , or use It In his business ho would not objoet so much Ho objected to the bank in which the funds wcro dopositcd , and It bocmo very evident to mo whiit was the real niotlvo of Mr Schoentecn nnd his partner Ho did not in troduce the resolution to have the money de posited for the boncilt of the county until after ho know that Mr Keller would be de feated for ttoasuror Mr Keller is recog nized us n worthy man , and the only objec tion to him wns the fear that ho would bo inlluonccd bytheso men As to thu question of depositing this money so that the district would get the bonollt of the interest , wo were ull very nnxlous to do It , and that quo ton ! was discussed in the board , nnd the decision of nn attorney secured long before Mr Schoentgen's resolution Mr Stownrt , ns ntf attorney , declared that it could not bo done legnlly , und relying lurguly on his opinion the board decided I cant see how Mr Orouowcg can construe It that politics has anything to do with this money question I for ono will vote at any tlmo to deposit the inouoy In that way , If wo have tbo legal right " Hut what about the matter of toachersl" Oil , ns to that , I um quito confluent that every teacher now employed in our Hchools in American born , unless it would bo some of the four now employed In the high school , who , I am told , are nil Germans , nnd came hero from abroad , being selected nnd recom mended by Mr Schooutgen , chairman of tno committee on toucliurs Now as to tno schools being crowded with Irish Catholic teachers , the following Is a list , which t bo- llovo to bo correct , of the nationality of the tcachors now employed in our schools : Qer- uinns , tliirtv-four ; Americans , twonty-six ; Irish Catholics , cloven ; Canadian , ono ; Eng lish , one As to the religious beliefs of the teachers I know noth ing , neither would It change my de sires for or against thum , if I did I do not know that overv Irish teacher upon our payroll was rccommonded anu voted for by Mr Schoentgon , except Miss Delia O'Hourkc , and of Her nationality I know nothing She Is the adopted daughter of an Irish family She Is not a graduate of the Sisters school , as stated by Mr Schoentgon , but of tbo Western Iowa college She is well quulillod and experienced Mr Scbnent- gen stated that ho know nothing of the qual- illcutions of Miss Knto Morris This is strange , for she has filled a position in our schools for a yenr , and Mr , Schoentgon voted fur her election As to the statement that Mr Stewart would resign should I bo reelected the need fear this - people not re sult , for Mrs Stewart was a cnndldato for a position as teacher before Mr Stewart came on the board , and wns not elected I was in formed that Mr Stewart was much offended , and stated that bo would bo a candidate for membership himself Ho was , nnd was elected , and immediately secured the de sired position for his wife It seems to mo that ho will not hasten under such circum stances to resign from the board " The popular wall paper and docoratlvo establishment ot P. C. Miller has been re opened with Mr Miller as manager The entire stock has boon purchased by Jacob L. Jensen , and largely increased by the addi tion of all tbo latest styles and designs by the best manufacturers The old establish ment is roadv for business again , a fact tbo publio will note yvlth interest The water runs when Ulxby plumbs Whnt the Exohnnica Wants The Council Bluffs real estate exchtuge has become a largo and ncUvo organization and wants about everything that Is neces sary to build up the commercial and mater - lal interests of this western Iowa metropo lis , it wanted the cooperation of the west ern iowa branch of the Farmers alliance in the effort to secure the next annual meeting of the National Farmers congress , and at the meeting yesterday took a very long Btep towards getting It , when Mr E. P. Powers of Neola secretary of thu Pottawattamie county Farmers alliance , appcarod and btatou that his organization bnd instructed him to officially notify the exchange that the association would cooperate und use ull Its inllueuco in the effort to secure the mooting The beard of trndo wants the intor6tato commerce law repealed , and at the last sos ston of tbo board passed a resolution In structing our doloirates to congress to work for the repeal ot the law This rcBOlutiqn was presented to tbo real estate exchange nnd concurred In and the secretary In structed to send a copy to Congressman Heed and the entlro Iowa delegation In Washington , and assure them that it was the dcslro of the business men of Council Bluffs to have the law rcpoalod L. A. Casper was elected as a member of the exchange Tbo Hess Investment and Trust company Iowa lump coal , spot cash , (3.50 per ton Council Bluffs Fuel Co Travelers , Hotel Jameson is ilrst-class. Full line ot Imported and ilomostlc cigars Kelley & Younkcrman , Wo want you to list your rental property with us and wo will secure you good , reliable liable tenants , llents collected and special attention glvou to care of property E. 11. Stieafo & Co , Broadway and Main St , up stulrs Thu Manhattan aportlng hcadq'rs 413 B-way , Pprnonn.1 Paragraphs Mr D. Hancbett , father of Dr A. P. Ilunchett , is hero on a brief visit , being on route to Dakota to look after some property interests ttiero A. L. Smith of the Wabash frolght ofllco is confined to bis room by illness , Dr Gillette , superintendent of the Chau tauqua assomblv session of last year , was in the , city yesterday and mot with the execu tive couimittoo , In consultation as to the pro gramme for this yenr Ho lstt on tbo even lng train for Do Funiak , Fla , where bo is interested la Chautauqua work Colonel Wells Cook leaves this morning for Colfax , where no hopes to recover from an aggravated attack of the grip " Hov , B. P. MoMonumy returned yesterday morning from Colfax Springs , whore he has boon for some tune His boalth is greatly improved by his trip Hartram Zovoly loaves todiy for Des Moines , Elmer and E. L. Qolso of Logan are visit ing in the Bluffs Hon , J. M. Palmer and wife left yesterday morning for Little Hock , Ark , Miss Delia Dohauv has gene to Now Or leans for u short visit , County Auditor Hendricks and Suporln- tendont Graham loft last evening for Ilea Moines , where they will attend u statu moat ing ot county boards They were Joined at Avoca by Supervisor Oslor , Miss Annie Hand of Burlington has re moved to tbo Bluffs and will make her homo with her sister , Mrs Charles Mautz Sbo will attend the public schools In this city Go to Dampsey Bros , for flno confection cry , Boston chips , butter cups , etc , 105 Main , . Dr II S. Woit , dental surgery , No 13 Pearl street , over Tub Hee ofllco Full line ot houioopathio medicines at Ellis , S. M , Williamson sells the Standard and Domcstia sowing machines , 100 Main St An Old Land Murk Gene Ono of tbo oldest buildings In the city was destroyed by Ore yesterday The old structure was located at OiO Broadway , adJoining - Joining tbo Hotel Dnnruark , and occupied as au adjunct to that hostelry , The lire caught in the roof and before it wan extinguished but little of the building except the frame was loft standing The force of the water ripped tbo ahlugo ) and weatherboarding from tbolr ancient moorings and scattered the debris In n lively manner The property Is otvnod by W. F. Sapp , Jr , and ho Is ex pected to build a line structure on the slto during the year The old building has some history Interest , for the reason that within Its nnclont walls Mrs Fannlo Kollogg-Uachort first saw the light and passed her happy childhood as a romping , rosy-cheokod girl , unknown to the audiences nil over the world that have slnco been enraptured by her marvelous volcod powers Elegant sugar shakes at E. Burhorns A good girl can secure a good situation to do gcnoral housework by calling on Mrs , P. M. Pryor , CIO Bluff st , C. U. stcatndyo works , 1013 Broadway * A Knrmor'd Orlovanco The Mueller Music company some tlmo ago sold on organ to n Nebraska farmer , who paid part In cash nnd gayo a note for the rcmaindor Uecontly tbo farmer wrote for nn extension nnd closed his letter thus : These i * never a rose without Its thorn , Our Joys have all their stings ; But the trouble this year with Nebraska corn Is the beggarly prlco It brings The crop was all right , the snnson Just hit , The yield was simply Immense ; But what is the use of us raising it , When it fetchcj but fourteen cents ! S. B. Wndsworth & Co , 07 Pearl strr-ot , loan money lor Lombard Inv Co The handsomest and clcanost mnrkot , bcit meats and lowest prices at J. M. Scaiilans Tlio Loaders of Dncwatchos and jewelry in the city , nnd the place to buy the best goods at the lowest uricca Is the establishment without rivals , the most reliable firm of C. B. Jacql'kmik & Co , Ofllcors < > r ilio Uii I Tor in Itank At the mooting of Bluffs division , No 37 , Uniform Hank , Knlijhts of Pythias , held last night , the following ofllcors were chosen : Captain , .1 , M. Scanlnn ; first lieutenant , C. A. Tibbots ; second lieutenant , Chnlmor Lyons ; recorder , F. W. KlzenholT ; treasurer , L. Kost Save SO per cent on tombstones and menu ments Design sheet una prlco list f no L. Kelley , "J03 Broadway , Council Bluffs Desirable dwellings for rent at reduced prices by E. H. Stieafo & Co , rental agents , Broadway und Main st , up stairs Drs Woodbury have removed their denta ofllco to 101 Pearl street , upstairs linkers I'uro Cud Liver Oil ( Known over 40 years ) Also Bailers Emulsion for throat and lung troubles All druggists LUCK FOR JACK TAR A Sailor In the Mavy Falls Hair to a Lariro Fortune Probably no onli&toa man in the United States navy is so well known as plain John Browiij who , today holds the position of coxswain aboard the training ship Now Hampshire , Btutionod here , writes a Newport correspondent His enlistment record shows his ago ns thirty-nino. For thirteen consooutivo years ho followed the fortunes of Ad miral Stoohen D. Luco , and since the admirals retirement ftom active ser vice ho has been at the training station at Newport Brown was born of wealthy parents at Rio do Janeiro , and early had an inclination to follow the sea Ho ran away from a comfortable homo , arriving in the United States at the ago of sovcuteen Ilo worked his way to Now Bedford , whore ho roughed it for several years , mid ultiraatoly fouiul his way into the navy Always a sober , steady man , ho pus hod ahead , and today holds the conlidenco of Ad miral Luco to a remarkable degree For twonty-two long years Brown has hold hardly any communication with his relatives , and the news that hu is now heir to a largo fortune takes him completely by surpribo Ono sister and brother are still alive , and owing to their efforts bis present location was discovered after a long search In an interview Inst night Bi'own very mod estly declined to make a very long statement , as ho wished to avoid any notoriety , saying ho hoped to mnke good use ot his fortune Ho said his grandfather , father and uncle , were all dead , and it Boomed each had generously remembered him , with his brother and sister , so that each inherited $140,000 , and that after a long scarohfthoy had discovered him at Newport , and all was straight for him to como at once into possession of the fortune , which , with tbo interest , will make him a very rich man Ho intends to apply for an itn- mediate discharge from the Borvico , but has not made no his mind as to his fu ture homo Brown is single , and lives in comfort able apartmorts on Warton avenue , where his shiDumtos are calling with hearty congratulations At the train ing station his conduct ns a potty of llco r in chnrgo of the launch running between the station and the shore hns given grnat satisfaction , and his always courteous demeanor has made him a favorite - vorito with all hands , from commnnd- nntdownto the apprentice boy , all of whom rojolco at his good fortune , which seems stranger than llction No need to take these big cathartic pills ; oho of Dr J. II McLean's Liver andlCidnoy PillotH isqulto sufllciont und moro ngrceablo , A WRONG TO OUR GIRLS Tlio Oold-Itlooiled Way In Wlilob Tholr Charms Are Hoc Knrlli Ono of the most discouraging social tendencies of the tlmo is that in the direction of rhorconnry mnrriages , and nno ot the most shocking and brutal abuses of typo and paper is the flippant and cold-blooded way in which cortnin newspapers of wide circulation nnd corresponding inlluoncoplnco the young girls who , from time to time , appear in society upon the block und rattle oil tholr porsonul and material advantages with the glibness of the auctioneer , says the Doiroit Free Press In no ether city is this lamentable class of imported snobbery so prevalent and so offonsSvo as in Washington , which is infested with a elnsj of correspondents who respect nothing in their hungry Eoarch fur news Every girl who makes her social debut lit the capital is duly catalogued by these reporters , and her beauty , her wit , her breeding most important of all , her fortune spread before the pub lie , accompanied by a portrait , if by any moans , fair or foul , a photograph can bo obtained , The vulgar coai'bonoss of some , of tiloso newspaper artiplos is enough to make the blood boil , and if they do not bring the blush of anger to the cheeks of these at whom they are directed it will only provo that public ity has already had the hardening ef fect which 1b its inuvitablo result • It these debutantes of toduy , the so cial loaders of the year 1000 and tlio mothers of the debutantes of 1010 , are educated down to thu standard of snob bery wliloh McAllister aud the Tuxedo circles sot if they nro taught that re sponsibility , thought , development nnd growth in serious things are for the common people while wealth may pur chase plenary indulgence for the neg lect of all the duties for the doing of which God created Eve then heaven help the society of the twentieth cen tury • Samples of Dr Miles Uouorativo Nervine at Kuhu U Co 's , 15th aud Douglas , cures ' beadaobe , nervousness , sleeplesancss , nou- ralfcrla , fits , etc SOUrilOMAlfBMLY EVENTS T'l ' Talks About Aunoxatlon With Several Lending Gltlssons SOME FOR , OTHERS , AGAINST IT Alpha Ledge Will Olvo n Valentino fcooinl A Family Qunrrol In the Pollen rourt City Notes mul Personals "Thcro nro objections to annexation nnd features in its favor , " said F. J. Persons , president or South Omaha's ' school board , but the benefits to bo gained by the move , I think , would offset its disadvantages If South Omaha was a part of Omaha the big ger and mora influential'city would , I think , locate her manufacturing Institutions along the railroad tracks that run through our city I know thcro would bo plenty of eastern capital invested in South Omaha If wo could only convince the money lenders and Investment scckors that within our midst there is ample security Omaha property can secure loans readily whllo South Omaha property often goes begging There Is not tbo same fcolmg of security in our stability The main objection to annex ation , and a good ono , 1 think , is the fear thnt wo would not got ns much In the way of publio Improvements.but as 1 said before , the benefits would offset the disadvantages " County Commissioner Peter Corrignn owiib considerable property in South Omaha Ho asked about annexation and duclarod himself hoartl'y ' in favor of It "Iho miitn objection seems to bo the fenr of increased taxation , " said Mr Corrigan , but I fall to see any ulfforcnco between a high valuation and a low levy and a high levy and a low valuation Units tbo dllleronco between O in aha nnd South Omaha and under a con solidated government It would bo equalized Then wo South Omaha taxpayers would save the oxpouso of a separate city govern ment and bo benefited in various ether ways , especially by Omaha's hotter 'llnuu- clal standing , " "I have looked the matter over thoroughly and fairly , " said C. M , Hunt , assistant cash ier of the Nebraska Savings bank , and 1 am of the opinion that South Omaha's inter ests would bo best subserved by maintaining a separate municipal government I am op posed to it for the present at least and 1 think tbo majority of the people of South Omaha agrco with mo , I dent think tbo proposition will carry if submitted to a vote " Social on Valentino Night A merry evening is promised at Masonlo hall on Friday night on the occasion of tbo Valentino social to ho given by the ladies of Alpha lodge , Daughters of Hobckah Each lady will bring a lunch basnet with her card in it and will lunch with the gentleman who buys her basket D. F. Boyllss will deliver the opening address Following are the managers of the aitair : Reception Mr and Mrs John J. Qorman and Mr and Mrs William A. Andersen To Hecoivo Baskets Mr and Mrs James and Mrs , II Hoyman Basliot Actioiieors Mr Claud L. Talbot and Mrs G. W. GlVnn Postmuster , C. WKJlynn ; assistant , Mrs Claud L. Talbot ' ' Mail Deliverers Messrs Robert J. Pier son nnd 10. J. Dauiel Music Committee Messrs John J. Gor man and David Anderson The names of ullljidles drawn from the baskets will bo reported to Messrs David Audersoa and Andrew H. Miller Just n Faintly Qunrrol Frantt McAleer uti& his wife llvo in the section of South Omaha religiously or irrev erently termed Prohibition Hill " McAloor is a butcher in lbo < qmploy of tbo Omaha Packing company nnd his wife has been endeavoring - doavoring „ b.o thinks ] , to swcl , the family treasury by keeping boardorst MoAlocr was of the opinion that be could provide all the necessaries of the family larder without the weekly stipend paid for bed and board , On this point ho and bis.wifo could nntagrco , Sbo had bim arrested oa a charge of.disturb ing tno peace , the occasion being one of their family tilts over the boarding house question , McAleer was rolcased on his own rccog- mzanco to appear for trial on Friday morn ing City Notes ami Personals The Uicbart building on N street will bo replaced oy a better structure Eunon Sbarron ' , accused of disorderly conduct at tbo Harris household , was dis charged yesterday morning His wife will bo arrested und an effort made to convict bor bor.Ira Ira Miller ot Genesca , 111. , is visiting J , D. Jones J. M. Wnugh Is in South Omaha visitiug his son The revival meetings In progress at the Methodist church will continue ail this week A flno ladies brown veil , found by Oillcor Moso Kedmond oa N street , awaits an owner at the police station The South Omaha ofllco of Tun Beb Is located - catod in the Nobr.islta Savings bank build ing , ground floor , on Twenty-sixth street just Bouth of N street Orders for delivery of papers dvertljemcnts , notices of society meeting , personals pr other news notes of local interest left at the olllco will receive prompt attention The ofllco is in charge of Dan C , Shelley , lessee of the South Omaha circulation ST VALENTINES DAY Interesting Old-Fnslilonoil French Ceremonies Connected with It The , good Bftint whoso day the churches will celobrnto next Friday is in no sense responsible for the custom of vulontino sending that adds such in terest to the modern celebration of his fete day Good old St Valentino wbb neither nddictod to marrying nor giv ing in marriage , and the whole of his amatory correspondence , if all put to gether , would not cause a smile or raise a laugh in ono of our modern breach-of- promlso cases , says the Globo-Domo- crat The true origin of the custom observed on ttiis day is to bo found in the relics of nuturo-roligion , a pagan ism that prevailed in northwestern Kuropo long before the ago of chivalry was invented to poetize the too utterly natural ways of some of our lovelorn ancestors Thoj/fiustora / of Valentino selecting in its original form had nothing jh common with the nineteenth century opera tion of visiting a stationers Bhop or fancy Btoiv for the tiurposo of buying some prciJjf embossed cards , or hand-painted card , as a love token , The lads and lassies of Mnlno and Lor- raiuo in Fraiicoiw well as the people generally unwedded of Scotland und England , had a c.Qrtatn custom dating back cortniuly to-itho seventh century , of holding lotteries of Bolectlons" of young mates of 'Wach year Names of young people of.both sexes wcro written out nnd put into properrocoptaclus , and drawings took plaju in which each sux could secure a partner from the other , and it was customary for tlio senti mental bond set upiby tbo selection bo mudo to inure fop ono year and no longer , unless , as a snrcastlo bachelor observer , terminated by the marriage or death of the parties 1' ' During the year ouoli stood to the ether in the re lation of chavalior and lady of beauty , the knight being bound to the honor und defense of his fair ono , for which slio repaid him in smiles and silk favors , when silk was obtainable , and too much good-natured encouragement was not Btrletly forbidden by the par ents aud guardians Both sexes were prlvllogod to draw for sweethearts in these lotteries , bo that a gentleman might bo sought by a lady ho sought not , and a ludy draw a gentleman wiiom she did not desire , In relutlon to this feature of the pluy for it was after ull but a pastime and in the main a harmless and Innocent ono Mission , a noted traveler und witty MnnufncliircrV i . . . . . > . . . 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UtyMearn Laundry Wo have used several humlre J tons ot IIIiick Hoist , V Bi-mt vn Wo have heated our mammoth dry goods I'ocrless Coal during the winter tor boiler and Kiel Hotel Sold Exclusively by SAPP & KNOTTS , 33 Main St , Council Bluffs author , says : The man invariably stuck faster to the Valentino that had fallen to hi in than to her by whom ho was chosen " At one time it was cus tomary for both sexes to make each other prcsonts , but latterly these obli gations seem to have been restricted to the men During the fifteenth century this amusement vus very popular among the upper classes and at many of the Kuropoan courts , and during the rolgn of Charles II many are reported as having married ns well as they chose " Later in England and Scotland the festival ceased to possess the grace ful symbolic moaning it formerly had and be came somothlng of a nuisance At the present day the Valentino is merely a pretty epistolary method of communicating the preferences of in dividuals Some of the favors are vorf handsome , but inoro often they consist of the male or female figure with averse verso of alleged poetry beneath St Valentines day the 14th of Feb ruary became the festival of early love and youthful promise rather because of the season than from any devotion of the saint The connection of this cus tom with St Valentine is purely acci dental In the legends of the different saints ot that name no practice peculiar to that date is found Douuco in his illustrations of Shakespeare suggestb that the custom descended from thu an cient Romans who , during the Lupor- calia , celebrated in the month of Feb ruary , were wont , among ether things , "to put the names of young women into a box from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed ; and that the christian clergy , finding it difficult or impossible to cxtirpato the pagan practice , gnvo it at lonst a rnlieious as pect by substituting the names of par ticular saints for these of women , " and it is now to a great extent , a usage , moro or less extended in the Roman Catholic church , to select , either on St Valentines day or some ether , a patron saint for the your , who is termed a val ontino Valentines are now used to an enormous - mous extent , and though a few years they rarely exceeded in size a sheet of common letter paper , they nro now muchlarcror ' They are very handsome , and the best ones are ornate aiTairs of plush cardboard , painted satin , embossed - bossed work , illuminated lettering , coating as high as $25 apiece In the trade many valuable naintings on silk , plush and satin have been especially mounted as valentines to the order of • wealthy people Many of thorn are whims costing a hundred or moro dollars lars , but these fancies are rarely in dulged in Themiuiufacturorsof Christ mas and Easter cards supply most of the handsome valentines , many of the speci mens being beautiful The commoner varieties come from Germany , and in Cincinnati is a factory that turns out millions of the carionturo valontine3 that are sent broadcast over the land , and that retail from 1 cent to 5 cents each Valentines mndo up with real flowers are moro popular than the painted scones , birds and angels The ( lowers are Imported and are nearly nil Alpine plants , including'raro dwarf ferns , tlio edelweiss , a lovely Biorlutcd wax-like blossom , now very fashionable Then there are dwarfed roses , daisies , immortelles and varieties of clover , ono of which is identical with the Irish shamrock , Handsome plush books are given as valentine favors Rooms in actual llowors , hand-painted panol-work ecrcons , photographic gems , faced by punslos , are now all tlio rage Like Christmas and Easter cards , valentines of merit are very expensive m All Absolute Cure The ORIGINAL AUtfclTINE OINTMENT is only put up in larao two-ounee tin boxes , and is an absolute euro for all sores , bums , wounds , cbappod hands and nil skin erup tions Will positively cure all Hinds of piles Ask for the ORIGINAL AMETINE OINT- MENT Sold by Goodman Dru company at 85 cents per box by mall 30 cents CHINESE WIT Sample of the Jokes Printed In Tholr Hook of Ijauitliior " The Chinese have a largo volume cnllod the Hook of Laughter , " which * contains of full soluctlon of anecdotes and joats current in the middle king dom General Ghon-Ki-Tong , ohnrgo d'affaires of China at Puns , has recent ly published a translation of some of these Chlneso jests Many of them are vorv comicul , possessing , oven in trans lation , n peculiarly dry humor , uud some of them provo that jokes and anec dotes well known in the west are also classic in China There is , for instance , the very famil iar story of the nervous man who lived between the two blacksmiths only in this Chinese version one of the men is a coppersmith , Tlio nervous man tries to induce the two noisy artisans to move , nnd ono day they nnnouneo thnt they have made urrangomonts to do so Overjoyed , the man treats him to a magnificent dinner , and after they have purtuken of it the blacksmith informs him thut ho Ib going to move into the coppersmiths shop and the coppersmith into his Loss familiar is tlio btory of a worthy old gentleman who was unmorclfully boatou , at regular intervals , by hio un- dutifulBoii This cruel treatment did not prevent the old man from lavishing caresses upon hi ? little grundonbring ing him presents and indulging all his caprices , , Ono day the old man was asked why ho wnB so very good to the cliild of the undutiful eon who boat hlin so cruelly , "Shl'f said the old man , "I'm spoiling him , so that hell boat his father when ho grows up " According to another story ft uiuor GAS FOR COOKING AND EATING , The ideal fuel is gas It gtvos the greatest degree of boat , is tilwuyiuimlo control and is absolutely without dust ana there can bo no aceidont3 from its two Sciontlflo investigations have shown that food cooked by it retains 20 per con more of its nutritive properties than if cooked in the old way You never ate a good steak unless you have trlod ono cooked by gits The Council HlulTs Gas anil - - Electric Light company have made it doslrablo in point of economy to use gtu V for cooking and heating It will pay you to liivostigtito this Tholr now gas heators.aud cookers are tlio grcatost success os inodoru times They combine EVERY I > ESIKAItL.E QUAE1TV. 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Largest Stock and Lowest Prlcos Dealers , send for Catalogue Noi 205-307 Hroiulwny , mul 201-200 IMerco St , Council Ulullw In had three sons-in-law ; ono was a tailor , another a jeweler and the third a spend tbrift , who did nothing at all Ono day the miser called the third son-in-law in und said to him : See hero , your two brothers-in-law nro thrifty mon , and are gradually add ing to the family fortune , the tailor by cabbaging a little of his customers'cloth now and then , vou know bless youthoy dent know itV and } ho jeweler by well , by debasing the jowoloy just a little , dent you see But you , " ox- cahmod the miser , what do you do : " ' "Fathor-in-law , " Baid the no'or-do- well , you say well Give mo a crowbar ; I will go out , and watching my chance , I will brouk in merchants doors , open their tills and bring you back thousands of pieces of silver , where my brothers in-law bring you only paltry gains " "Whatl How ? " exclaimed the miser in torrihlo anger , can it bo possible that you would actually bo a thief V" Whom I'limlco Siouo Unities Prom , Wo often hoar it remarked , and par ticularly after an eruption of a volcano , that pumice stone ought to bo plenti ful and cheap , as quantities must have boon ejected during the volcanic dis turbance Ad a matter of fact , however , none of the white stone 111 general use is obtained from active1 volcanoes It comes from deposits of the article dis covered In 0110 or twoqunrtors of the globe , the best of which is nt present to bo found in the Island of Liphrl , eitu- nted in the Tyrrhenian sea The island is mountainous in character , and con sists of tulTs nnd lavas and of highly 11- licaous volvunic products The district whore the stone is found is culled Campo Blunco or Monte Potalo (1,500 ( foot above the level of the sea ) After riding a considerable distance , partly along precipitous paths sulll- ciontly daiigorous to bo interesting , nnd partly thronsrh vineyards nnd ever grassy plains , ono almost suddenly comes upon a seemingly snow-clad , narrow vnlloy inclosed by hills , also quito white , and the whole glaringly bright on a sunny day Into these hills workmen are ceaselessly digging deep burrows , working within by candle light In their excavations they como across many lumps of pumice stone , which are placed in baskets , subse quently being conveyed along the valley - loy to the seashore , where small boats uro loaded aud gnilod to the seaport nearby , where the stone Is sorted , packed and shipped to distant parts , either via Messina Leghorn SPECIAL NOTICES , COUNCIL BLTJFF3. FOR SALE ANO HINT IlAltUAlN Complete roller mill and saw mill for hale Capacity of roller mill , forty imrrola dally Will null farm In connection with null It desired liooJ lomom for Helllntr All inquiries In regard to said property sent to trie following ailJreis will receive prompt Rtten- tlnns C ( ) . Iteel , KeeU , la zVl fANTKIl Good live men in every town to T V sell tlie great American i'luylrjK Card l'u/- le , Hell on Bight , Head - ' 5 cenlH fur sample All ( 'oo < i8 returuabln If not told and your money refuurted Jtoberti4. Co.,8'J'hlrty nr t street , Chicago , ill BUS 1 fANTKD A housoVeoDer to go out on VV farm AdilrcBsT A. filling N1MPIIUVEI ) Iowa laifil to exclian e for stock of trrocerlei , boots ana shoes , or horses and cuttle Address T , 1' , Hpenccr , Jtamlolph , la , HAVR several houses and lots 10 trade for Council lllutfs or Omaha unimproved prop jly C. U , Juild 030 llroadwuy , CouiiUl lllulls IJVJll 11,000 or JI.OK ) you ran buy a nice , new ? clean stocic or hardware , store and tlashop la ono of the best locations Id western Iowa Jfyou want a hardware butlness would be pleased to refer you to reliable purlieu that fcuuw all aliout our business Very satisfactory reaaons for sellmi ; . It will pay you to Investi gate this Address li , Be * office Council iiluirs FOR SALK My residence , f > 53 Willow av enue , on south side of lliiyllss park 'Ileatod by steam , llirnteil by electrlcltr uud containing all modern improvements Iot 100 by SIX ) feet Also will sell or exchange for improved city propnrty , my farm of 5TO acres , ten miles enst ot Council Bluffs N. M. Pusey Council Uluffa aOKK For rout No l.W llroadway , 1'eterson block ; splendid location for dry Koods , boots and Blioes Ibqulre ot J. F. Ietersou COUNCIL DLUFFS property for Hale at great bargains The following , among the moss beautiful homes In the city , will be sold at great bargains , ou monthly payments , or terms to suit : Three new 8-room houses on Lincoln avenue two blocks from electric motor tins Two new 4-room houses four blocks from oleetrlc motor line en North Seventh street One new ft-room house four block ! , from olee trlc motor Hue on North Se\cnlh street , ( m Three new 5 anil U-room houses one block ; JM from electric motor line corner Avenue A aud - * " * v Twelfth hireet . . . . ' " llesldes the above I have houses nnd lots In all parts of the city Ono new Vroom house on Mill st C. II , J udd , CPU llroartwny Councll-IlliilTs. for secondhand furiilMiro , stoves and CASH . A. J. ilandol ajj Ilroadway , KSTATn-llouglit and noli ant ex- REAL changed Special attention given to exam * lnatloa of titles XT C. Jamss N-i 101'earl st SALK or Pent Onrden land with bouses , IjiOK ? J. It Hlce 10 ! Main St . Council limits Oil BAl.lMlxIM ) test onOlou ave , II V F Olllcer , 13 Main fit _ _ KW'lmprovod real estate t3 traao for unlm proven Omaha or Council Muffs property C. 11. Juild 000 Ilroadway ! THE J. . A.Murphy . Manufacturing Co lBt Avenue and 21st Street SASH DOORS AMD BLINDS 1 Hand and Bcroll Sawing Ho-Sawlng and - Planing Bawlngof allKlnds , 1'orcn Itrackets ' Kindling wood V.O ) per load delivered Clean sawdust by the barrel Sic All work to b Orst-class , Telephone : M. . Your Patronage Solloitod " S. E. MAXON , Archite.t and Superintendi , Room 231 , Merrlam Block , COUNCIL , BLUFFS , - IOWA a iios orricnt W , II mTFuskt OFFICER & PUSEY , BANKERS Corner Main aud Broadway , COUNCIL ItliUPKH , IOWA Dealers In rorelgn and domestic exebanga Collections made and Interest paid on time do- posits J , I ) , KuuuNusnif , E. 1 * BimoAiiT , Iras Vlcal'rss , Chad , It , IIannan , Cashier , CITIZENS ' STATE BANK , n orcouNOii murM Paid up Capital SIHO.OOO.OO surplus 3Qooo.OO Liability to Dopooltore..333,000.00 DlHKOToiis I. A. Miller , F. O , Ole&son , H. L , Bhiigart , 11. K. Karl , J. O. Hdundson , Chas It IIannan Transact general banking business Largest capital and surplus of aur bank la t\onhwestern Iowa Interest on time deposits F. M , ELtlS&COTi ! ARCHITECTS AND HUILTMNQ SUlKHINTKNDHNW IlooinsiWamUt : Ilea llulldlnir , Omatia Neb , mid ItoomsiHI uuduia Merrlam Illock Cjuncl lllulTsiaw . Correspondence Solicited , BELL & BERUNGHOF , ' • ! ARCHITECTS \ ANO BUriSUINTKNUENTK J * Itooio 2 , Opera liouso Illock , Council lilufft , Iowa I
