TJIJU OMAHA DAILX : , JNOVJU-UHIUK THE OttLAHA HEE COUNCIL BLUFFS. OFFICE , NO. 12 PlJAltL. SI' . 1 > y fattier In unr part of Iho City. II. V. T1I/TO.N. MA.NALsr.Il TKLEI'IlONESt ntirinrM Oflleo. Nn. 4'1 Night Kdltor , No.23. 311tM .T/K.VJ/OA , K. V. I' . Co. Council muffs Lumber Co. . coal. The city council meets this cvcnlnp. The Acme club will entertain n social this evening at tlio residence of Mrs. blinoii KlHVIIUUl , Permit to veil was yesterday dven to Al fred A. Hybce mid Corn . Kobinson , both of Homy Creek. Aiivono wanting to buy chenp n ilno team of ItirKo mulcH , toother with Imrncas nnd wnj , on , should call all/red Davis' ' stables on Fourth street , Woman's Christian rcm- Thu la-lies - of the pcrmirc union will hold their ro-Kulnr inwtln- , ' this nftornoon nt : io'clock at their rooms in the Merrititn block. All lutorcstoU in the work Invited. Tlic fuiiernl of Horace Everett will take plncotliisaru'i'iioonata o'clock from burnt l > nul's clmrcb. Seats will bo reserved for the inijuibers of the vcitry , the trustees of the public library uml tlio city ofllcluls. Articles ol Incorporation of the Oddfellows Hall nssocliitioiiera Illed ypstordnv. llio capital stock Is Used at KWXX ) divided Into Minna of 10 cuuh. Tlio hUhost amount of liHluIjto.lness which pan bo Incurred li WO.- W)0. ) It it ex iiccletltlmt tlio Oddfellows will at nn cnily Uuto erect nllnc building. A telpfirntn was received froin JudRO Boiil- ton lust uviinlnK uimouncinj , ' the death of his daughter Mjitle , nK l twcntj'-ouo jeiirs. She tiled yesterday at enio n at Charles City , la. , after ft short Illness from TOIIKCS- tloti of thu brain. Judge Boultoii , who left on Sunday evening" ! answer to a tclej'i m nnnoimcliiB her w-rious J Inoss , wni nt nor bedshlo whcnsho died , blie w a lovely and accomplished youtiR Ituly , and her father and frii'tuls arc licavtbrolwu over her un timely death. L , A. ncrgmnn , familiarly known as 0V' w having a rather dreary Mrthday on account or a severe cold and uas codcUiiiK himself by the llro when a company of frionSs marcTiwl In on Win "d n boh .ill . of the Muemioivhor society nrcacntod hi a with uold-heaclcd cam- , duly In- cleifiint - an ? _ rlb& and Ulc-tli hl.aBO by the vcara ' Captain Klrsoht n ado ho IWiO and IS'.K ) . praciun Ion sncccb , Bl.ort . , toj.iv and to ha point. The reelplit - of the c.mo wis i so cbulr. His Riven by friends uii elegant easy cold Is better , ladles of tlio ' " 3 tlie Tlio nicotine of p' Chtdrtl" Miwrimro Union will be , he d t , s nftcrnoon at II o'clock In their room In no Miriambtoek. It will hoof spccl , . ! i t | res to all members and they should attend. Mrs. ' ) ' . eftlust.i o account Montgomery will Blvo nn convmtlon at DCS Molnes whichi ho a eidul as tlclcKato from th s union. Oiler mm- " ? entertainment will bo afforded. 'Iho rttstic tramforinntionof the ° ° n * fft ? 4/llti0 | lornstmo artists who Have subrcutcil it of the adds greatly to the attractiveness IcmpcraiH'O worker's ' hciulqunrtcM. ' has been awimled an ex ( 'harlot V liruv tensivearodl "R contracton the Northwestern railroidand : is at the present time 1 na nc for a small army n nborinit about'llvo Imiulreil and thirty men and sixty tcaim and Is still wanting more. Iho Northwestern Is bnlUlinR a double.tracko . : the main line from Chicago , and Mr. Biav has a contract to Rra < lo Iwon v-two miles of Clinton and Lw- thi new road bed between bon.Iii : Charlie received his instructions as a railroad builder undcrsueli able tutors as J. J"Brown and Gc. . . . Q. M.UodKO , niu tnero Is no doubt that ho will got through with his present contract in good shape. Tickets for G Welt's 'lecture at Comer boolc storeiind Crockwdl's. Aid the Broadway church. _ Clias. T. Bray wants to ship a lot of rail road laborers and teainstcrsto eastern Iowa. Sco his advertisement iu waat column. 1SD1. Now is the tltno to order yours ledgers , Journals , etc. , at aiorchouso i ; Co. , touncll Uluffs , la. _ Owing to my loss by fire on October 27,1 am compelled to ask all parties Indebted to me to pay up at on co. JOUM.IVAN. . Hilled by a Gravel Train. Louie Flerllnio , n Italian laborer , was killed by a gravel train on the Milwaukee railroad yesterday morning at 8 o'clock , or rccolrod injuries at that hour from which ho filed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon , The accident occurred Just cast of the Mil waukee yards near the Omaha and Council UluftsChautaun.ua grounds. ITlcrtinlo has been In the employ of tlio company for some time , and was working yesterday with a lot of other laborers on a gravel train. The train was being switched after a load of pravcl , lmd been dumped. Fiertlnio was on n section that contained a flat car and the caboose , which had been pushed down the track by the engine. It had reached the point where it was desired to Btop , and the Italian endeavored to sot the brake. In some unaccountable-'manner his hands slipped from the Imikovheel and ho fell headlong on the track infrontof the mov ing cars. Ho endeavored to save himself nnd pot partly off the trade , when the vylicclt caught him. Ills head and body were on the outsldo of the rail , but the gravel car and the caboose passed over his legs , inaiisllng them In u horrlblo manner from the ulpsdowu- \ \ ard. Ho wns picked , up and taken to the com pany's yard ofllco anct a telephone message gent for an ambulance. Ho was coavcyod In It the St.JJernaril's ' hospital. Dr. Macrae , the comnany'ssurgeon , was summoned. An examination showed that amputation of both legs would bo necessary , but the injured man was so prostrated by the shock that the oper ation couhl not bo performed at onco. Stim ulants were administered , , and every effort inado to revive him , but ho never rallied enough to penult to performance of the operation , but kept sinkIng - Ing gradually until ! ) o'clock In the afternoon , When death ended his sufferings. The body was taken to dunkloy & Porter's ' undertaking establishment and the coroner notitlcd. It was decided to hold an inquest at 10 o'clock this morning , Bo far as could bo learned Flertinio had no relatives In this country cxecpt a second cousin living In Omaha , whoso naino coukl not bo learned. Ho wan unmarried aiid about thirty years of ugo. The Manhattan sporting headquarters , 413 . . . Broadway. _ J. C. Blxhy , swnr. noatinj , sanitary en- glnecr , ll : Ufo bulldlnsr , O.iulii4J1 ; Mar riain block , Council Uluffs. A fresh Invoice of Him cheviot suits foi young men , just received at Model Cloth , ing Co. Ilonnrini * Horace Kvrrctt , The vestry of St. 1'aul's ' church holdo meeting yesterday afternoon for the purpose of taking proper action on the death of Horace ace Kvorctt. Kcsoluticns were adopted , ex pressing the sorrow anil regret of the ofilccn of tbo church la which bo has been so lout an active worker and Member , and orduriuc the usual observances. The board of trustees of the public library , where he has built his most enduring mouu inent , will meet this morning for the sum < purpose. In the city council tonight similar rcsolu tlomwlllbo presented and adopted. Thcro am many cxproslous of sorrow nm universally kind words for the dcnd man. Hi was n limn of sterling honor ami integrity and never trh.nl to shirk a responsibility o failed to meet nn obllgntlon Ills word via ai good as his bond , and If lie promised to pa' ' a man $10OOO at II o'clock on a certain day h < would bo nt the appointed pluco sovcml mln utes in advance of the time. His punctual ! ! ; and hut nut of cruelty wcro amoug thostroni joints of his character. Tlio finest hotel In Council Bluffs today I the Gordon. Miss.Grace Osbonio will organize classe for study of the German InnguaKo and lltora furo. Class work to begin Novembers. I'o f lhfr inforraaUon cncjuiro at CM Flwt V THE MS IN THE BLCFFS , Democrats Probably Elect Both the 'Oily and Oonnty Tickets , AN ITALIAN LABORER KILLED. Louie riertlnlo Crushed hjr n Mil waukee Ornvel Train Prisoners Taken to tbo Penitentiary Minor Munllon. "Awfully quiet , Isn't III" "Yes , how U It in thootbcr words ! " "Tlio same thing. Never saw It any more quiet. " U'nat was the talk heard over and over nt each of the polling places. Thcro was the usual number of ticket peddlers , wagons with banners , bands of music and all that , but iluring ho day there were few crowds , little loud tallc and no disturbances serious enough to bo so named. The votlug pro- pressed rather slowly in moit of the pro ducts , niul the Indications -were against there boinK anywhere near a full vote. Itlmvinp been predicted that there would be many attempts to run In fraudulent votes , much vigilance wni exercised. A number of cltl7Cns liad been sworn In ns deputy United States marshals , and the mayor had also put on nn extra police forco. Thcio ofllcials found little to do. In the second wnra yes terday afternoon ono man was noticed , who had voted once , nnd was again In line ready to cast another vote , using some absentee's nuir.o. It was whispered in his ear that ho had not better try it , ami although at lirst ho made a bluff denial of hU having voted before , ho concluded to retire. A few such Instances occurred-d'ai-lnp the day , but the presence of vigilant * wntuhem seenml to bo cITectlvo In wevcntini ; tills Itluil of work being done to any extent. The polls were kept open until S o'clock , with the exception uf the Fourth nnd Fifth wards , whore tlio necessary proclamation not belriR inado at the opening of Iho poll * , tlio voting stopped ut t ! o'clock. At the polls kept open after ilurlt , there wis n llttlo better op portunity for Illegal voting , but it is not , thought that there was any great number cast. cast.This city and county bolnpf stronply rtonio- crtUlclhoinivatlon of the local result was ono mainly of inujorlty. Thu accurate figures could not bo obtained lust night , and only shrewd truo-jscs could bo made. The polls closed without an ex citing event having transpired during the entire day. Only ono arrest for Illegal voting was made , and that was n colored man named Fred Stone. Ho was-arrcsteii noon i-omplnlnt of Democratic- Challenger 11. K. Wlilttlcsey at the Second ward. Jt was known thai ho In tended to cast a republican ticket and Had neglected to qualify himself by reglsterine at the proper tlino and had procured the neces sary anidnvit to swear In ills vote and bad coino to tlio polls to cast It. U'lilltlesoy had been Informed that the ilnrkey was In the city on Saturday and hud been "taken before the registrars by Co'onclJone-s ' , but had re fused to register. He was looked up in the station and will have a hearing today. The total vote ii this city wis much smaller than was anticipated , and was but a llttlo ovor'.wo-tlilrcls of the rcRlstr.v. The 11 wt ward cast iWt votes ; the second , l)8 ) ; ) ; third , , " > Sll ; fourth , flrst precinct , a'.VJ ; fourth , second precinct , KM ; lift it , At ) I : sixth , lirst precinct , J0 ! ; second product , 104. Tlis Imllots wore terribly scratched , nnd there was little prosiiuct that the count In the heavier populated wards would be com pleted before daylight tlii. morning. At 10 : ' ! 0 the count was finished on the head of the ticket In the lirst precinct of the fourth ward. ItgavoUucd L'OO. nnd Bowman 1811. At midnight the indications were thai Bowman would run ahead of his ticket , butte to what extent was merely matter of specula tion. The chairman of the democratic county central committee was claiming his election by a.TW ) in the district. Ono feature of tlio day was the universal ' scratching of G. W. Cul'llson , democratic can didate for district Judge , and the substitution of the naino of Walter I. Smith , the republi can. At 4 o'clock W. H. Ware , Smith's op ponent in Council Bluffs , conceded Smith's ' election and ceased to nuiko iinv further ef fort. fort.Onlv Onlv n few of the countrv precincts re ported before midnight , Celltnnp township gave Heed , H > 1 ; Bowmnn , W , n net republican pain over the vote last ytar for Governor Holes of 2-2. Carson ( jnvo Kced , 114 ; Bow man , 9J , republican gain of 0. Kane , out side of city , HcuO , It ! ; Bowman , ; t. Knot , Kced , 10.V , Bowman , * > ) . Allnden , Reed , SO ; llowmnn , I'M. Garner , Kced. 0 1 ; Bowman , Wt ) . Pleasant , Heed , > . * > ; Bowman , 100. For stout men's clothing call at Model Clothing Co. , L. II. Mossier , Mgr. ScoGillett's view of tlio Holy F-and to thoroughly understand Talmaije's sermons. Masonic temple , Thursday evening. Tickets , Corner book store and CrbckweU's. IJOSTON"STOII E. Council IllufT-i. The cold weather Is fast approaching. Now Is tlio tlmo to lay in your winter supply. Wo bought un immense stock of winter goods of every description long before tun high tariff was spoken of , and for cash , giving us every hcaellt. Wo pivo our customers the full benefit of our purchases , read the following low prices and judge for yourselves , but bet tor still , call and compare our goods niul prices with those of other mantels and the saving can plainly bo seen. IIUNKITS. : Wo have Just received another largo in voice of blankets , Including white , scarlet , natural wool and sheeps gray , which will bo placed on sulo Monday morning at the follow ing low prices : 10-4 whlto blanket , OOc ( special ) . 10-4 whlto blanket , $1.00. was fl.lO. 10-4 whlto blanket , SI . " > , was f J.25. 10-4 whlto blanket , $ -2.00. was $ ' . ' .34. 10-1 all wool blanket , $1.50 , was f l.'JS. 11-4 whlto blanket , $1.1" , was $ : > .00. 11-4 all wool blanket , i&.lX ) , was tf.75 , which wo guarantee all wool , full HZO ! , and best 15.00 blanket in the markets , California blahkuts In beautiful colored borders , heavy weight and largo sizoat$7.GO.i.OOandf ' I'j.oiS. 10-4 gray blanlcctd. ! ' . ) , was tl.il1. ; 104 gray blanketfl.45 , was ft.T. " ) . 11-4 gray blanket f 1.7. , was $2.25. 11-4 gray blanket W.76 , was fll.'iO , _ 12-4 all wool , extra largo blanket $1.25 , was Wo handle n full line of Pr. Prico's sani tary , all wool blankets , which wo can recom mend to bo intido from pure natural wool , and romolu fourdiffcrentmixturesof natural wool , sanitary , sticops , gray nad blue grays , t tlio following low prices : 10-1 blankets fJ.fiO , 1M UanUcU tf , 12-4 .blankets $5.75.Vo also show extra value la scirrlct blankets ut $2.50 , till wool blankets M , SI.50 , * . ! , 5 and ? 7. Notwithstanding tlio coniblnntloa on com fortables wo own our goods 10 per cent bet ter than last season's prices and nro prepared to save you the same on all purchases. Examlna bargains at 75c , $1,11.19,11.U9 , $1.50 , f l.'S to f4.T5. Rovrox Sroui : , PotherliiKlmm , Whlti-lavr & Co. , Leaders and promoters of low prices , 101,403uud 403 Broadway , Council Dluds , la. Tlio MuHiiiloy Dill Has not affected the prices nt tbe People's installment bouse. Everything goes at tin same old ll'urcj ( that liuvo iiiadoour patron : clad all sutnmcr , dclled coiniK'tiLion and liiaiU It possible to furnish a l.ousu . from top to bet torn at llttlo expense. Our spodaltiw this week will tie thu I'eiilnsulnr heating atovor cheapest , neatest , most economical steve It the world. MuudeUt Klein , UJO Broadway Dr. A. H. Glllettof Olmutauqua fame wll glvo bis lecture on Palestine , with stcvo oiitlo illustrations , nt 7:30 : p. in. Thursday IsovcmberO , utMnaouIaTeinnlo. The loctun is under the auspices of the M. M. A. am tlio proceeds will bo devoted to the now M H. cluiroll , .Admission J5 cents. Taken to tlio i'on. Sheriff O' ell has returned f--om For Madison , whora ho took Uvo prisoners , son tenccd to terms la the penitentiary. The ; won ) ! Wilson , ODO year ; Oranily , elgh years ; Davis , six years ; Fox , too years , am Williamson , thrco years. The trip was devoid of any startling hid dents. Fox , who UubbureUso freely on re colvlng his sentence , anil who seemed to 1 > to badly sUakcu by tlio thought Umt he , u Innocent man , should thus bo treated n < n criminal , wnsi-iiito iu rhccrtul as nny , niul wasted no U-nrs. Ho was yoUcit with the colored man , "rttippory Kain" DnvK who was running over with lil < negro diollery. Davli inado Fox a constunt target for Ins fun , and tormented him eotitlnunlly , to the nniwomcnt of nil except Fox himself. At the depot , whllo waiting foi'the train , a com pany of snow people seemed much interested In learning the history of the man In Irons , nnd one gcntlcinnn , who seemed to bo the manager of the troupe , Interrogated Davis , who gave the desired Information , while the Indies In the party gathered closer to satisfy their curiosity as to the nature of the crimes Which thcso men bad committed. Tills ono had committed forgery ; that ono had stolen n horse nnd bugpy ; another had committed burglary , and so on until Davis came to Fox. Ho bepanto tell in the plainest of Hngllsh what Fox hud hcnn guilty of , but the ladles scattered In iuick haste , nnd there seemed no further desire to satisfy their futility. On reaching the penitentiary "Davis was recognized nt once by McCiec , thccolorcil iniin who Is serving a lltteen years sentence for shooting another darkey at the Ogden house n few years ago. Cult Johnson , also colored , who was sent from hero a few years ngo for murder , Is said to bo ono of the hardest working and best be haved prisoners in the penitentiary , A short time ago lire broke out In the shops , nnd Ouft was mainly Instrumental In putting it out. His action on this occasion lias won for him much good feeling. Sheriff O'Neill ' carefully avoids giving miy publicity as to when ho proposes starting away with prisoners. When a day is thus publicly announced there nro too many friends who gather at the jail and depot to say tliolr goodbys , and this Is bothersome and nnnoy- Ing , as it requires extra vigilance to prevent articles being passed to the prisoners , nnd there Is too much talk to suit thn sheriff. Ilcnco no generally slips away quietly with them , and often nothing is known among their friends about their departure until they are safe In the penitentiary. Experts and families who have used the tea in the tin ported Japanese tcn-pots sold by Lund brothers , pronounce it the best to bo obtained In the city. It U direct from the custom house , freshly packed , hcrmctrlcally scaled. The ten-pot alone retails from $1 to $ . ' , but you. get a pound of the boat tea and a handsome , highly bo.iutllled tea pot for $1. They are going lust. a5 Main street. J. G. Tlpton , real estate , 52' Broadway. For boys' and children's suits durably made and at lowest prices , call nt the Mode. Clothing Co. An elegant line of Moltnn ovorcoitts at re duced rates at Model Clothing Co. Dr. Soybcrt. Kcs. Ogdcn house. Tel. 140. Gents' underwear in great variety nt prices to suit all at .Model Clothing ( Jo. > L. . U Mossier , Mgr. Buy your coal and wood of C. B. Fuel Co. , KJ7 Dioadivny. Telephone 136. m The City Council. Fourteen members of the council worp present at a brief session of that body lasV night. A communication from Vice President Hoi- combe , asking a permit for the Union Pacific railway company to use the sidoft'alk space nn the south side of Jones street east of Ninth , was referred to the committee on viaducts and railways. A resolution was adopted giving the street railway company permission to narrow the curb line on Thirty-second avenue , to glvo room for a double car truck outside the drive-way. , Chairman O'Connor of the streets nnd alloys connnltto was grunted further tlmo to prepare a report on the claims of the street sweeping contractor for September and October. The ' * ordinance I'cguhu appropriation , amounting to $ ! .Y2SUO.H ! ) , was passed and the council adjourned until Thursday evening. PJSitS OX A Ij I\ It A It A f'HS. C. E. Babcock and daughter loft yesterday for Mow York , to bo gone a week or more. . Mrs. E , Hcnowater returned yesterday from a four weeks' visit with relative * in Cleveland , O , Dlt. TAkMACE'S FlltST CIGAR. How It Tasted and How He Felt After Smoking it. The timu had come in our boyhood which we thought demanded of us a ca pacity to smoke , writes Rev. T. Do Witt Tahnnpo in the Ladies' Homo Journal. The old people of the household could abide neither the sight nor the smell of the Virginia weed. When ministers came there , not by positive injunction but by a sort of instinct as to what would bo wifo&t , they whiffed their pipes on the kick stop , If the house could not stand Hnnetifled smoke , you may know how little chance there was for udolos- caiitclgnr-pufllng. By some rare good fortune which put in our hands three cents , wo found ac cess to u tobacco store. As the lid of. the long , narrow fragrant box opened , nad for the ilrst time wo owned a cigar , our feelings of elation , manliness , &upor- io-ity and anticipation can scarcely ho imagined , save by these who have had the * saino sensation. Our lirst ride on horseback , though wo fell off before wo got to the barn , and our lirst pair of now boots ( real squeakers ) wo thought could never bo surpassed in interest , but when wo put tlio cigar to our lips and stuck the luclfor mutch to the end of the weed , and commenced to pull with nn enorpy that brought every facial muscle to its utmost tension our satisfaction with this world was so great our tempta tion was never to want to leave it. The cigar dia not burn well ; it re quired an amount of suction that tasked our determination to the utmost. You see that our worldly means had limited us-to a quality that cost only 3 cents. IJutvo \ had boon taught that nothing great wus accomplished without effort , and so wo pulled away. Indeed , wo hnd heard our older brothers In their Latin cssons say , omnia vincot labor ; which translated means , if you want to make anything go , you must scratch for It. with IhcHO sentiments , wo passed down the village street and out toward our country homo. Our head did not fool exactly right , and the street hognn to rook from slue to side , so that it was uncertain to us which side of the street wo were on So wo crossed over , but found oursolf on the same side wo were on before wo crossed ovor. Indeed - deed , wo iiiunagined that wo were on both sides at the same time , and several fast teams driving1 between. Wo mot another boy who asked us why wo looked so palo , and wo told him wo rtld not look pale , but that ho was pale himself.'o eat down under the bridge and began to rolloct on the prospect of early decease , and on the uncertainty of ' earthly ex pectations. Wo had 'determined to smoke the cigar nil up and thus got the worth of our money , but wore obliged to throw tlireo-fourtht * o ( it away , yet know lust where wo throw it in case wo felt better tlio next day. Getting homo the old people were frightened and demanded that wo stuto what kept us so late and what was the matter with us. Not feeling tlmt wo were called to go into particulars , and not wishing to increase our parents' ap prehension that wo were going to turn out badly , wo sifuuned up the case with the statement that wo felt miserable at the pit of the stomach. Wo had unity tard plasters adminihtored and curoful watching for several hours , when wo fell asleep and forgot our disapmmitmenl nnd humiliation in being obliged tc throw nway three-fourths of our cigar , . * The Unto ol' Head ing. An average reader gets through 40 ( words a miauto , GOOD XE\K'FOR \ ' FARMERS , ' ' i ii i I "T Ll J1 fc t Soon to Bo the M < &t Proipcrous Olassiu the THE HARD TIMES ARE NEARLY OVER. Director Collier "tor the Now York Mv- pcrlmont Stut'lim SII.VH tli.it the Krluiiltui-nl ailllcMiluni IH Now Close Upon Us. Tr. ) Peter Collier , director ot the Now York agricultural experiment station , in a recent address at Ovid upon "Tho Future of Agriculture in the United States , " presented fuels and opinions which have a vital Interest not only to agriculturists , but to everybody who cats bread and meat , says the New York Sun , Dr. Collier believes that hard timca for fanners are almost at nn end , and that boon they will boeoino the most prosperous class iu the land. Ho makes this broad prophecy : "That agriculture of late years nnd at present has failed to bring the peeunl- lary returns whloh It mlgjit all must ad mit , but that the prospects for the fu- uro of ngrlculturo in this stale nnd in his country are forbidding I do not bo- liovo. In fact , at the rislc of being thought optimistic , I wish to bo placed on record as predicting that to the best of my knowledge and belief wo are about entering upon an era of agricultural prosperity the like of which as a people. wo have never known , niul which pros perity is to ho permanent. " In presenting the reasonsforhis opln- on , Dr. Collier duals with some signi ficant facts grouped in nn interesting way. Ho says : "First let us seek to learn the cause or causes of the present agricultural de pression , since obviously if It or they can bo removed the depression must cease. Wo find upon investigation that in this state of Now York , at least such depression is not duo tea a diminution in the fertility of our lands. If wo take the aver age yield of our leading farm crops , corn , wheat , oats , potatoes , and hay for the past quarter of a century nnd dlvido this period into those from 1862 to ' 70 , 1871 to ' 70 , nnd 1SSO to ' 88 , wo find that the average acreage yield of these flvo crops , the aggregate value of which is 92 per cent of , tlio total value of our leading farm craps , had fallen olT but 1.0 per cent during the second period from the average yield during the lirst period ; and the average yield of the third period was within S-G par cent of what it was during the lirst ; and this diminished yield is perhaps duo in great measure to less careful cultivation which the low prices of farm products seemed in many'cabos to excuse , if they did not justify. "On the other hand the average mar ket value of these llvo crops was , during the second period , mentioned , . only 7oG per cent of what' it was in the first , and during the third period dropped to an average of only 00.9 iier cent of what thcso crops upon an average sold for during the first period. In view of this great fulling off in prices it appears tome mo needless to seek further' for causes of the recent and present depression , anfl I think no ono can doubt that with a restoration of prices to something ap proximating what they wcro , a revival in agriculture would speedily follow. I cannot accept either the explanation wholly of 'over-production' nor the con clusion that it is long to continue. Tome mo It seems that this over-production Is relative rather than actual , that it is dctcrmined'rathor by the ability to pur chase than by ( ho actual needs of the consumer. To take for illustration o ur maim faetxi res , certainly there is of these products ot labor an enormous supply , but does this in fact surpass or as "yet oven equal the reasonable desires or legitimate needs of our people ? "Now , during the decade before the present century , from 1790 to 1890 , the annual per capita consumption of sugar in the United States was loss than ten pounds (9. ( Co. ) In 1840 it had increased to only 15 . pounds. It doubled during the next 20 years , being 31 in 'ISijO , nnd during the past 30 years it has ngain nearly doubled , since the present annual per capita , con sumption of sugar in this country is nearly or quite sixty pounds. Can any ono'boliovo that with such a record there is reason to question the general pros perity of the country ? "As with sugar , so is It with many another article of consumption by our people. It .is estimated that the per capita consumption of brondstulTs amounts annually to nn equivalent of fully 8 bushels of grain , mainly wh.oat and corn , 'niiiliing the fullest bread ration of any nation in the world,1 , as the statistician of the Department of Agriculture declares. Indeed it is proverbial that as a people wo are al most prodigal in our expenditures for food supplies. But I wish to call atten tion to tlio several points which to mo appear to prove that wo are upon the eve of whafj believe will prove the golden 'ago of bur agriculture. " 1. The population of the country Is very rapidly , increasing ; from 18iO ( to 1870 it incroaseu 23 per cent. , and from 1870 to 1880 , iJOipor cent. ; sothnt , if the Bnmo increase continued , as there ap pears no reason to doubt , the present census will show a population of 05,200- 000 ; but the inprqaso of those living In cities has boon-more rapid. There were In 1880 nearly 13 times us many people in the United States as in 1700 , but over 8 ( times as mnnyUlrlng in cities in 1880 ni in 1890. The increase of population was from I860 to 1870 , 23 per cent. ; of those living In clticM , 69 per cent. ; the in crease of population from 1770 t < 1880 was f\\ \ ( \ per cent. , but o these living in cities 10 per cent ; from 1806 to 1880 the increase in population was GO per cent , , but o these living in * cities. 123 per cent. Nearly one-fourth of all our peonlo llvo in cities , and since then the number has vastlv increased , and I think relatlvolj BO.Vo see , thun , that agricultural ! ] the consumers are Increasing far raoro rapidly than the producers. ' ' 2. The number of farms In the Unltei States hns nearly doubled (9(5 ( ( per con increase ) from IbOO to 1880 ; while the average acreage in the farms has dlniin ished during this same period 31) ) pe cent ; both facts of very great slgnill canco as evidence that the area of arable land was diminishing relative to the in crease in the number of these who desire sire to engage in agriculture. " 3. AVhllo the area in farms increase ! from 1800 to 1880.82 portent the improvci land in farms Increased 75 per cent showing that increase of tillable luau vns mnlnly soe'iiroil by ltnirovlng | lands 1 ready ooittpird. " I. The uvorntfo oroi'jroilucig'cai ] ! ) > nc- ty of our nolle IH illuiiiitohliiK. 6. from 180(1 ( to 18SO the urea devoted o our lending crops Inei-onscil l'J7 per out , whllo our puptilutiou Inoa-a.-cd urlnjr this period til ) per cent , and whllo vorytlilnjj points to the fact that our rablo land is largely ocoiipledSIM wit- OM tlio hn-to to po uss Uklalionin , and hoolTorls to rcolnltu by Irrigation the rid roulona of thowo.st there nppoars o bo no oviilonco that our iiopulutlon r-ill not steadily Increase. "At proscntSjO porvontotourproihiotn ru consumed nt hemp , or 1)3per ) cent not ounting tobacco and cotton. It sean'oly ppoar.mus u hn/.anlous ptvdictlon that vithiu llvo years ami perhaps even oonor. the homo demand may fully qiml thu supply of ouritfrrleuUural pro- nets , nnd then , if they nro wise , tlio armors of the country will bo the man ors of the situation , and those word * of s'niiolc'on that 'Atf.iculturo isthobash nd strength of all national iirospcrlty , ' vill bo recognized as Hobor truth. "Awnitliif ( , tliunns I think wo nmyln onlldont hope the ( food tlino so near u/ ! land , what , wo may utop to Inqulro , are ho duties of the hour ; and 1 would say Irst. study economy in production. Lot no Indicate the possibilities , yes , tlio ) ro1jiibllltlcB which Ho In tills direction or the intelligent fanner. Two of our oadllig Now York dairymen secure iracUoally the wuno avorjiRO in-odiict In juttor from their liordsaiul , their results ire nearly three times the avorupo re- lilts secured in the stato. But olio of hcso feeds a ration costing M cents [ ally per cow , tlio other , getting no hot- or I'csult , feeds Ills cow a ration costing exactly double , 28 cents per day. But no conl a day saved upon the iliilry cows f this Btato means a saving of over 110,000 a day , a saving of nearly $ (1,000- ( 100 a year. This is one of the practical n-obloms upon which your oxporltnunt tatlon Is ciifjaged. "Hut I wish to say u word as to what iOcniH to mo the widest policy to pursue or the Immediate future.ro \ hiivoseon lint if thorb is any over production It mist obviously bo of those products vlilch are exported , ami they are very ow in inimbur ; corn , wheat , meats , and cotton constituting as I have said il ) ! per icntof our exports. On the other linnil , vo import annually over $ ; ! 00,000,00l ) vorth ol agricultural products , many of rhlch may bo , I am sure , prollta' ly pro- luced in tl lscountryfpr example , sugar and molasses , wool , hides , bnrloy , flbors uul horsofl , those nlono iigm'egatiriL' ' 170.000,000in value , or Go per cent of our iiniiorlecl agricultural products. Tone no it would seem wise to diminish by a ittlo tlio production of thcso products which are in excess of our wants , and li to produce those products for which ho demand exceeds the homo supply. "Lot mo mention only the matter of sugar and inolassoH , for which wo an nually expend about $100,000,000. I have a sample of sugar in my possession repre senting the result of an extended experi ment with several hundred tons of cane , which I have no doubt can bo produced it an expense not exceeding ono cent a lonnd ; and , within twenty-live miles of ivhcre wo now are was produced at a real profit a sample of syrup as good or liottor than any sold in the state of Now York. ' ' r men corxmii ; > JIBX. IxnmplcH or IvY-Blavofl in the South Who Have Grown Wealthy. It will probably bo surprising to know that in Galveston tliorois a colored man , who is worth over $ .T > 0,000 , MIVS the Chicago Tribune. His naino is Sylves ter , and ho lias a line mansion in the most desirable residence portion of tlio city ; and , what will most surprise Chicago cage people , his wife employs nothing but white servants. How did Sylvester got rich ? AVoll , liogotu start in poli tics , then ran a tmloon and gambling house for colored people for u few years , then went into ruiil estate and specu lated. Ho is shrewd and successful. Ono of the most successful nnd wealth iest real estate men of Houston is a col ored man. His name is Milton Sterrett. Ho owns a fine residence surrounded by immense grounds , all terraced oil anil planted la the finest ( lowers and shrub bery , and keeps n landucapo gardener to attend it. Ho was n waiter on the boats between Galveston nnd Houston before and during nil the war , and inndo every thing ho has in real estate deals during the last twenty years. Ho owns several largo plantations and is worth lit least $100,000. Then take Senator C. N , Biu-ton , efFort Fort Bend county. When the war closed and ho was freed , lie lived on n plantation belonging to his mistressu whoso husband and two sons were killed , leaving her nlouo in the world. She had given him n , good elementary educa tion ; ho was shrewd. ly ! attention to business he MJOII acquired a good farm. In a few years ho added to it , and bought in the plantation formerly owned by his mlstrcssj and had two other largo ones on the Urazos in ton years more. His old mistress being reduced to pov erty , ho undertook to euro for her. He saul when ho wus elected to the fctato fionato that lie owed all ho was to her kindness , and that ho felt it his duty to care for her. And ho sent her hack to her native state Virginia and regu larly remits to her , and has done so for fifteen years , $1(50 every month. Ho is popular with whites and blacks , demo crats nnd re-publicans , and studied law so that ho could depend upon himself to manage his immense plantation and ranch interests. Senator Burton is worth over $500,000. Then Henry Black , the shcop and cattle - tlo ranohinan of Tom Green and Tocos counties , is worth nearly $500,000. Ho has made it all in less than fifteen years. Are those men southern negroes1 ; Yes , every ono of thorn. But the largest plantation owner and the heaviest farm mud tax payer in the rich county of Lointir was u light col ored mulatto mimed Harvey. Ho died a few weeks ago and loft n , widow , who will bo able to pull through , probably , ns her husband loft four largo planta tions , a flno stock farm , some city prop erty la 1'aris and a big bank account. Hesidea this , ho left her a snug little in surance policy on hislifo ser $18,000. i A Ilcrole f-oiitliorii Girl. Judge James I1. MoTcor , a mcrnbcr'oi the bar of Virginia , and who happened to boon the Louisville & Nashville train coining to Now Orleans the other night , furnishes the following to n correspon dent for the Now York Times : "I was a passenger today on the Louis- vlllo& Nashville train , which was llvo hours late. Heforo reaching the long bridge beyond Itlloxl the onginuoi1 , running at full speed , observed a negro on the trestlework near the north end. The negro , observing the approaching train and hearing the warning sig nals , turned aside mid clung foi a moment to n telegraph polo. Ho then left his place of safety and ran for the next pole , in his excitement forgetting to jump to the water , a distance of per haps fifteen foot. Ucsplto the engineer's warning signals , ho stopped ; bowed hit head and the pilot of the engine crushei his skull and knocked him into the water , where ho lloundorud and struggled glod for some minutes. The water was two and a half foot dcop , and flvo or nix big , stalwart negroes stood by and re fused to nm In and try to feavo tlio.iw fortunate man's life. "From a house near by a beautiful glr of seine olghteen summers was buou to mm STATE HANI Or Council Bluffs. PAID UP CAPITAL SURPLUS'AND PROFITS fO.OOJ LIABILITY TO DEPOSITORS 350,000 Dim.'Tinn-t. ' A. Mlllor , P. O. tilciitan , I ! r eimiwt. ! : , K. Hurt , J. I ) . IMnuimlyou , Clmll'i BEAUTY POLISH.- C Illinium , Tminuet Kom'r.il banking luisU SAVING LADORCLEAMLINESS ; , IKSI. liiirjtnit cuiilttil ami surplm of any kmUIn yoiitliwcstorn f , nvi ; DUHADILnY&CHEAPNESS.UHEQUALIED , Ho ODOR V/HEH HEATED. INTERESTON TIME DEPOSITS , ALL COAL t'N'DKK , COVKH. DRY AND CLBAN AT ALL Tl.MHS. CARBON GOAL GO , "Wholasrilo nntl Rnl.rUl rjonlors in HARD and SOFT COAL. \ The above cut shows our- now self-dumping retail delivery wagon , by which three tons of conl cnn be unloaded in n numito and carried into the cellar or conl house if it is 2O foot nvvny No conl lett In the wogon. None scattered on the around. Used ex clusively by us. OFFICE , JO PEARL ST. Yard , 10th Ave & Fourth St. J. II , L5. GLvAUK , Manager. OOUMOILx BJUUFFS , ia. Telephones : Olllco.SOO. Yard , 310. FOR MEN ONLY MAfir HUH'irorl'OST . or FA I M NO MAN- Jlnlilu VUHu iiouj ) ConiT'il and S'KI > YOU3 nr.lHUTV , WcukneW nf llody a'nil mind ! Klli'otsof l.rrois or nxopssosln Old or Voune. Kobust. Noble JIANIIOOI ) fully re- itnrcd Wo Riiiiriintco every cat ! nr mimoy rufiintlpd , bamplo eoursp , live days' treat ment. $1 ; dill I'OiirM$5. . Scc-iiruly su.itud from bsur vatlon. Cook Ueim-dy Uo. . ' Uiniiha , Noli Ollleo. St.Oliilr Hotel , Cor. l.'Jthand OodituSt OFFICER & PUSEY , BANKERS. Corner Main nnd Ilronaway , COUNCIL BLUFFS , IOVVA. Doalera In forolii ( ! and ilotneitlo ofObaiiTO Collections inado ami Interest paid on tltno COUXCIl BLUFFS STEAM DYE WORKS AllUlixliof Dylii ? nnd ( Jlnmlng ilono In thn IllKliMtdtyloof tliu Art , 1'udod ami Stnlnod rubrics nude to look us ciiod : n now. Work l > ronitly | ) ilonoiuid dollvurril In all partj of tbo country. Bund for iirlrollst , 0. A. MAOIIAX 1'roii. , IdlS Ilroaihv.iv , Near Noitliwcstcru IJepot , COUNCIL Huji-'FS. TA. vim with all possible speed. She dashed into the water anil pulled the dying man to the shore , where ho died in a few moments. This daring , heroic deed was observed by n train full of passengers , \viio , from their position on the bridge , were unable to render help. " BANISH 'IIIB .NOVICES. Otherwise , Dr. I'.iiiiiiiuoSa.vi , lie Fate of I'oiiipdt A\vaitH Gotluiiu. Rev. T , Do Witt Talmago delivered in Kow Yorlc the other night the first of a series on the holy land mid surrounding' countries. Tlio text was part of the thirty-second voreo of the lulth Psalm : "Ho tnuchotli the hills anil they gmoko. " The congregation were carried in funny to tlio scenes in the museums at NanlcH nnd at the entrance to the buried city of Pompoll. "From the pictures to bo .seen on tlio walls In these museums. " said the lecturer , "tho City of Pompeii wia not lit to llvo. "Therefore God touched the hill at the back of that city on August , in the year 70 , r.nd wiped the wickedest city on earth out of existence. ! ' IIo argued that science and rovohtion did not disagree in regard to the ancient history of this world. "Wo will hold on to our bibles a little lon < ; or , " ho said. "All the bruins of this country and of the world are coin- ills' out on the side of the bible. Wash ington was u believer. Gladstone is a believer. Raphael , Handel , Ilhydn , lleothoven and Mozart- were all believ ers. " ( Jed employs volcanoes for the de struction of cities characterized by one particular bin. Of the won cities which have been destroyed by volcanic action the sin was always the same , and if the Russian , French and American literature of a particular dcmoriilixlng sort Is not banished from our news stands and the ladies' parlors in this country God will let loose some of the monsters which ho hus chained up in the center of the earth by touching the hills about our cities. Thcro is aUo a volcano in political life , as well us do mestic and social , and purifying IB needed or the volcano will burst forth. " nrniH Vacant. An enormous number of furnw have Dccuino vacant this Michaelmas , nnd nil ever England It appears to bo extremely probable that land owners will have them thrown uiion their hands , as in most counties there are half n dozen vacant holdings for every eligible applicant , says the London World. In Immpshiro , KontSussoxnndothorcoun ties , where the principal land owners alroudy have thousands of acres unoccu pied , the prospect Is really very serious. It is nearly Impossible to lot arable fnrmson any terms , nnd even good gra/- Injf farms will only find tenants at re duced rentals , The Kent hop farms are reported to bo dilllcult to tot oven ut half the present rents. Cliuroh Kcrvloo by Telephone. Church service Is now supplied to the public by telephone in IJlrminghani , England. Transmitters are set up in the church , so that tmbscribors to the telephone can hear the service and the sermon at their private residence , If do- slrod. At the end of the choir stalls , on the top of the lectern and the read ing dusk of the pulpitthe small metallic- tii8od transmitters nro placed , and they are HO regulated tliut the sound Is gath ered In without "requiring , ho voice to bo directed especially to them. "What shall I do on Christmas dnv. II mv Bray ioosu ; .should rim iiwnyV" Wo don't oMieulniirurnygoifee lenin awnr , but we shall allow I liu following torn a .t ' * OnOlirlstinasdavi 1 Imni'l ( 'iinuliilL'l : siinur. fiOllnMoi-ii n nil , Iu v.i vo live. HOO llw K. T. UnUs' Jin. 10 Hour. 10 Uiifcliclsof polatoi'S. Blhs. liost ti'ii. The aliovo woods will Bctiiwny. anil If you can capture any of tlirm you mo wHroint to them. If you want to know finllnM ii.-irin'u- lais ask any of our snUnnu'ii , ai.il ut tlio sumo tlmo save yoursulf * T per cont. Wo buy for casli niul .oil for cusli. and iiro nlili ) tosavoourcustoniors'l.'i JHTCIMII iii'iii ; : is WHAT vou CAN DO ruu I-ASIII JAllis. KramilHto.l sugar fur . ( i CO in Ihs. o\t riiCHiiuui1 . j [ 00 IT UK. ( . ' suuai- . | oo 7 liars ( \Vlnlc Hiisshin soap for . . ' ; . ' , ' , < > - bins nf KOOI ! laundry M > : III . ro I.iirui' lnil tic liluhij ; . so California Iiams pur pound . . ] . ( IQ Kdiicliliiiiim per ) > < iuml . no "ream Cli i > o-o JUT pound . 150 I'olutoi's purlinslivl . ' .Wo ( iiiml llrooin . . . no .Idly IIIT iioiiml . f > ( j Navy hoans per iioiind . r > o C'lMukt-is | ) < ir pound . so Thruu luaviMof bru.'xl fur . 100 Mint in cl Siiiillnus pur i-iin . 7q ( ill Kanllnus , pnrciin . 7d l' < itlt' < l hum , per can . no Dcvllc'll Illltll , IHM' I''lll . Co Two o/ . hot IIo lemon pvtrncl . rte Tvmoz. bottle vmilla cvtnict , . ' . . 5o VliinRiir , per cut 'im ' . 15o ( Joal oil , per Ballon . ] 0o Flvo irnllons tiusollno . dOe \V are llradtiiiartorson Hour. K.T. Davis' No. 10 , porsaolc . | CO 1C.T. DarKMIlnoll. pvrMicIc . 1 : rt ( old incdiil. per suck . l f > o HaL'o , Norton , V Un' Hiiir.'iloriour . 140 A.ltiitllcr , tiy It , | ) i > r wiulc . ] ou A All jjomli warranted ns lopri'scntccl u nil 10 oimcciilo tinpound. . Wxli-li your jrooils 111114 don't ho deceived liy your htuh prlucil Ki-oeer- niiiii. Any Kroecr wishing tobullout. c.ill ou ED. N. BROWN'S. C , O. D. Fourth Strcot and Broadway . Council Bluffs. Town. ATTE N D Strlr tly to htiilnoi j" M n * i > lciiillil motto. Th" li'ili. GitiiiLTOM lii every line of liu man energy hru.ieliej byhlm TT'IO lioliU tosoine nilopln.1 ni | > liltr. WESTERN I'o plo nro progressive , full of cnur < r. iiml moiier ninkliitf nclioiuos. They ncoil ipeclal training foi tUllllU33. IOWA r.onl In popnlnr ciliicallun. Her puli'lo jc'ici nro ( liiliicuraiKl work for uer ncroailti ; ml Illo Wuatoru luwn. COLLEGE , Cnininnnret fnll term Sopt. Ml. Sim ole" < th rcnlljr jtrartlral fur her Mtuloati , .Viinml llinl no' , .Shotliiiiilunit Poiiaiii nlil.i rouncM. neil or. . Knnl > o.t mill iwrofuHjr ciindiictol Hlinlcnn ttur untornt nnjr tlmo.Vrltoforfuttliur ii.mkil.i 14 \V. 8. 1'uiiliun. | Council Bluffs. Iowa. NsVlilir ? Justice of dm 1'cace. Ofllro oior . ouiiii. & Ainoilcaii K\iress nl \ | , No. Itroadway. Couuull IttulTH. Iowa. Attorn'yR ut i'rac- tit.u , , , 11 , , , federal courts. Unomx : i , 4 anil 'j bloclc. Council Hliiir.H , lo\va. SPECIAL NOTICES. COUNCIL BLUFFS. viintcil. II. j { . men for work la Mistonilowii. JI.- pT ( day. ! t.-anistcrp , f-O.O1) ) uml board per iitonlli. 1 riiu tiuiMioiti- : tlon. Apply to U T. Hrny , No. II * s'cott St. Council lIlulTs I own. \irAN"TKI-A KlrI. 1.1 or'lR ycanTntilTfo * i llxht ImiiHuworlc. Addrcis , "Mr > . . J. bWRiisun , JS9 ( Jlon avoniio. FOIt SAM3nrTradu-Iarin ( black JnrU.six - ti'cn.iiHintliieild. A.Sdiultor , ( lO--l-llM.ini- \vay , Council Illullrt , I own. V\f ANTED-A Rood ulrl ' work. Apply tit . ' . * . ' ; I' 'lftli a v . FH [ ItKNT 'llio MuMnlinn time lirlolt hlook , No. in S. Malnst. wild Ho L "I OIt ItHNT-A'fJiiiiui' ploco of ciii-dcri'liiiiiJ J- near Coiincll Illiitl's , with jjondiicw Inillil- liiK. liniiiedlatu possuMlou If ilvalrcil , J. Vf , t-ijulios. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \\7ANTKD-Ily 11 married man , position In i storoln country town ; is vt'iiV ' lAporl- nnri'j A No. 1 lufornic-i's ! iroml liuukkci'iiur. 1C SU , lloo olllue. Cmuiull llluir , _ TflOlt IlKNT-OMiMl llvo-room ti'iii'-o ' ; IO.W | J- other houses < lllf < > rcut prluos ; one sln ln room over stout near < ! < > iirl IIOUKUI IIOIISCH and lots for xulo on iiiiintlily payniont. ) ( inn lions * and lot t.MU ; iloslriililu hiisfnets loin < in Sn stii'ot. Noi-tli Oinalia , for lease ur clieiip. J. It. Davlil'.oii , ( ! * . > I'lftli .ix FDH HALK-Coinnloto not of tlimi.-is lonH , iiiHlbinull Htovii of llinvaio in u laigalai IiKjnlro ut room : * IK Moirhun ulouk. Kn stovc < atcnst tiulosoont. lluail- , - J for hard inaplo hoiiio ninvliii , ' rollcrb urn ) J auks. 11.U. A my k Co. ua ) Mil 111 ti et-l. TVIUJjKS For ale Hieap. u span ut Rood afJ. working inult-1 , with liariiusH unit HIKJOII , Apjily toKrod Duvb1 Htablesou I'ourthstreet , nour 1'lflli avciino. rnWOM-uorofiirmii for Bale nt'iir ihncTty at - * a buriulii.\V. _ A \yo ) il k Co. , i'.D Muln st. FOR HAIJ'Thostouli anilllxtiirei , iifu well UHtuhlmlicd xrocury Htoro , iir will sell Htuckuml rontHtoro ainl.Ilxliiri'S | nlwi tit 4-yrar-old colts for Hiilu , liuiiiini < it T. I * biiilHi&fon.7m ( Itttli avu. . Ooiiuull lllulTn. FOK HAI/K or Itunt-Onrdeii land , with IIOUIIK , by J. U. Ulce , 1W Malu it. , COUueLf Uluffi.