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    OTUATTA DATT/Y / TWR : RA-'RrnnAY. ' .TANTTATIY a
THE OMAHA 1VEE
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
OFFICE , NO. 12 PEARL ST.
rellvrrrd by Carrier In uny part of the City
II. W. Tll.TOJJ. - - - MANA.OKU
TELEPHONES :
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Night Editor. No. 21
K. Y. P. Co.
Council Bluffs Lumber Co. . coal.
MlM Lou Olbson Is homo on a week's visit
from lion Hoinnio county , Dakota.
Joen Mcsseus was llnX'd $15 yesterday for
Intoxication nnJ indecent conduct on the
street.
Subscriptions to periodicals nt wholesale
prices. Drop men card nnd I will callouyou.
F. J. Hongmnd , No. 100 ! Sixth nvcimo.
In the supreme court yesterday Judge
McGco was listening to the onso of Thomas
'French ' v J. I' . Klckert it Co. It being a
ult on a note.
_ Deputy Marshal Fowler yesterday picked
, up in the superior court room a gold ring ,
, whlch the owner can have by applying t the
marshal's ofllco.
_ JIt Is said that Judge McGco will Inquire
into a recent attempt to bribe a witness who
had been summoned to testify in a police
court case- The witness took the money and
reported tlio case after the trial was over.
jf-Tlio Modem Mooilmen installed their new
ofllccra la-it nl ht for the ensuing year. They
were C CI. Saunders , V. G. : C. W. Atwood ,
" W. A ; John Ciilbort , R. II. ; Ilr. M. U. Sny-
) r , cnmp iihyslclun , nnd M. liublctz , escort.
Dnn Cmrlgg yesterday sold the sa
loon nnd fixtures Known us the Mint. Ilo
Iwlll snow ! the greater part of the winter In
the sou lit and will return to the city next
spring and engage in the chattel loau busi
ness.
ness.Ofllccr
Ofllccr AVyntt had the cosmopolitans who
constitute tlio chain gang nt work yo-ttcrday
shoveling snow from the struct crossings nnd
sidewalks where tlio owners hnd neglected
to keep the walks clear In front of their
property.
In the case of Schlcsingcr Brothers against
It. C. Baldwin the jury has returned n ver
dict of $ :107 : for the plaintiffs. The clutrn wns
for pasturage- for the defendant's cuttle. The
defendant claimed as un offset , damages be-
eauso of improper euro of his stock.
The special meeting of Harmony chapter
Order of the Eastern Star , which was to beheld
held Satimlav ' , January ! l for tlio purpose of
installation o'f onicers is postponed till Satur
day owning , January 10. Visiting members
cordially Invited. Hy order of the W. M.
Frank Llndon.Tohn Ilermon , Frank Smith ,
Fred Moycrs nnd Frank Collins , live trumps
arrested'by Ofllcor Wugcck , were discharged
hy Judge McOee yesterday morning. The
evidence showed that they were simply un
fortunates hunting for tlio means of gaining
a llvilhooil.
Mrs , Mapgio Van Dorln hns commenced
, divorce proceedings to release her from Frame
M. Van Dorln , to whom she was wedded in
Fremont county in 1SS5. She charges him
with cruel nud inhuman trcntment and with
having forgotten her for a notorious woman
IP Uod Oak.
The regular monthly meeting of the Potta-
wnttuinlu County Fruit Growers and Gard
ners' association will bo hold In Farmers'
hall ut the county court house , this Satur
day afternoon , January ! i , nt 2 o'clock. All
persons interested in horticulture and garden-
ug are Invited to bo present.
There hns been u good dnal of complaint in
the city of the work of irresponsible insur
ance agents , whn have charged higher rates
thun the hoard of underwriter. ! fixed. It is
reported thut n movement Is on foot to effect
'nn orcanl/tlon , of Insurance men for the pur
pose of pr isocu'.ing the fellows who make
( xo bltantcharges.
.Among the many business changes mndo
eliii-o tlio now year begun arc the co-partner
ships formed between Attorneys west and
Wheeler , who will practice law together and
onieov. 1 h Captain Hayes , nnd the doubling
o' the real estnto ofllces of J. P. He s and P.
, f Day. Thu latter firm will hereafter bo
k lovvn as Day " * IIoss.
John B > ii'k was lined $15.00 in the police
yesterday for intoxication. Ho was arrested
for vagrancy the night before , but whcu ho
wus searched at the central station six
I ttles of wino were discovered stowed
. ' .vay la various"pochctH. . This , nddeil to the
.fact that ho hnd emptied the contents of
Several moro down his throat , induced the
olllccrs to change the charge to intoxication.
Little Daisy , the daughter of J.V. . Pcro-
goy , was stricken with dlpthcrla yesterday
end n dark shadow is cast upon the homo.
Althcugh the disease Is not pronounced to beef
of a uuil annul type , yut the sickness of the
Hltl3 plrl onuses the grave t anxiety to her
parents , who wcro cruelly bereaved by the
Biuno disease n few years ago , nnd to whom
the very name of the malady causes a shud
der.
der.Tho
The man Shonqucsturrcstod at the instance :
( f L. S. Nixon of Hot Springs. Duk. , on a
charge of op3ning letters , will take place to
morrow morning nt 10 o'clock boforoCotninis-
-alpuer Hunter. Tlio defendant claims the
letters were addressed to Nixon in his ied
pud that ho unintentionally opened them and
that as soon as ho noticed they were not for >
him ho replaced thorn In the envelopes with :
out reading them.
An accident happened to "Old 1'at , " the
veteran horse of the llro department , while
marching In the procession following the
funeral of Aldermnn Lacy. The snalllo of
his bridle caught on some projection of a err
rmgo nlfead of him , and n sudden jerk back
ward resulted in painfully wounding him kIn
the mouth , Several teeth were knocked out
and tlio nido of his mouth badly torn. The
firemen are taking tomlor care of him. ;
At the time when an attempt was being
rondo to secure the Hed Oalc carriage factory
of Ivoyos Brothers , the board of trade passed
about a subscription list to raise a bonus as
an inducement for the removal of the factory
to this city. This subscription list was as
signed to ICoycs Brothers and most of the
amounts were collected. Some of the sub
scriber * hnvo neglected to pay , and yesterday
suits were commenced ngnliibt thorn by ICoycs
Brothers , In the district court.
A car repairer named Dunton , employed by i
the Northwestern railway company had ya
narrow e.-capo from death yetsenlay. Ho
was working in the yards and started to pass
between ' two freight cars that wcro standing
Bllghtlv'npnru Just as ho got between hoist
bumpers another car wns shoved against
them by the switch cngino. which ho had
not observed npuroachlng. Ho was taken to l
his residence on Avcnua J and the company's '
physician , Dr. Lacy , summoned. His Injuries
were found to bosufllelont to conlUio him to
his bed for several weeks.
Sec the Mostou Store advertisement and tee
what they are offering in coats for this week ,
lioston Stoa , Council H lulls.
All our toys Just bnlf price for the week. ?
Prices cut In two , every thing in the tov Hue
marked in plain figures , you can half 'U for
yourself. fl.X ( ) for 50c , 7So goods for 3Sc aud
so on. Boston Store , Council Blunts.
Great reduction on Indies1 , misses' nnd chil
dren's coau to clear at the Boston Store ,
Council Uluifs.
The Boston Store never itocs anything bv
IwlvcM. They hnvo put the knife in ladles' ,
misses and ehildrun's coats. See advertise .
ment in another column for this week , Bos ' *
ton Store , Council Bluffs.
Worth or n llrokon Ann ,
Mrs. Mary MeCauloy commenced suit
against the city yesterday by her attorney ,
J , G. Tlptcu , claiming 5,000 damages. She
was walking along Broadway on New Year's
liny , 1SW ) , and when at the point whcro the
Northwestern railway tracks cross the street
fell und broke tier arm , She claims thut the
cause of the accident was the neglect of the
city to lay uny sidewalk along Broadway nt
that place. Her Injuries have Incapacitated
her from following her usual uvocatlon , and
she thcroforo wonts the city to pay her ,
First-class fresh candy made for the boll-
'ilny ' trade , ut A. 0. Dompsoy's , 105 Mala st.
Buy your co.al and wood Qf C. B. Fuel Co. . ,
tSSt Broadway. Telephone 13i ) .
Horse blankets and lap robes at cost at
Thco. Doclduau'it , ! EJ7 Main street. i
The American District Telegraph Co. has
been reorganized and U now prepared to give ;
service. Special utteutlou to express
Hnpt delivery.
THE SEWS IN THE BLUFFS ,
Two Missouri Valley Men Badly Mangled
and Under tbo Surgeon's ' dire.
THE WORTH OF A DISLOCATED ARM.
Mrs. McCuulloyVnntH $5OO ) from
the City An Unruly Son in Trou
ble Plenty ol * Dniungo Suits
In Bight Minor Mention.
Freight train No. 10 , on the Northwestern
railroad , brought in two badly mangled men
nt 1 o'clock yesterday morning. They were
employes of the Fremont , Elkhorn & Mis-
sour ! Valley road , cngnged In the shops at
the Valley. A brief account of the accident
was published In TUB DEE yesterday morn
ing , but the men were moro seriously hurt
th nn was at first supposed. At 10 o'clock a
dispatch was received from Dr. Colt , thu
company's surgeon at the latter place , asking
Dr. Lacy , who looks after the company's
medical business in this city , to meet him at
the Northwestern city depot with ambu
lances and stretchers to convoy the wounded
men to a hospital. Tlio train was expected
to reach the city at midnight , but an extra
hour was taken to make- the run on account
of the dcspcruto nature of the men's wounds.
Another hour was occupied in getting them
to the Women's Christian association hos- ,
pital , They were kept under the influence of
opiates until daylight , when au examination
of their wounds showed the necessity of re
sorting to amputation in both cases.
The men wcro Nrls Eclienhaugh and Ncls
Mntson. They were boiler makers , nnd did
not work on the first day of the year. They
spent the day largely in the saloons , nnd
when night cnmo they accompanied some of
their acquaintances to the depot who wanted
to take the St. Paul train for Council Dluffs.
They were very drunk , but went aboard tbo
train to sco their friends off. The train
started before they got ready to leave , and in
attempting to get off one fell against the
other and both went under the wheels. Kck-
enbaugh had his right nrm crushed from the
shoulder down , and his left broken , and sui-
fcrcd serious Internal Injuries. Mntson hud
his right leg crushed at the Unco and one nrm
broken. Yesterday Urs. I.acey and Colt am
putated the mangled members , Mntson losing
a leg nnd arm and JCckonburg his right arm
at the shoulder. Both recovered very well
from the shock of amputation , and were
doing very nicely yesterday. It is feared ,
however , tliatKlcueubaugh's internal Injuries
may prove fatal.
ISlatson Is an unmarried man of abouttwon-.l
ty-pght | years of ngo. KcKonbaugh is thirty ,
und lias a wife unu three children. Both live
in Missouri Valley.
For Snlo 115 acres , one mile from market ;
finest grain or stock farm in Pottawntatnio
county. Very cheap. Most ofground has boon
In tame grass from live to ten years. For
particulars sco Ohio Knox , 0 Main street ,
Council Bluffs , la.
\\'hy pay $1.50 when you can get jnst ns ,
good fare and beds at the Scott house for
\Vo have Just received 100 pairs cured live
geese odorless feathers in pillows of l Ibs
each , M ha In the pair. The price while they
lust , $ \ r > a pair. Wo also keep on hand n
full stock of fcithers in bags from ono to live
pound bags from a medium to the llncst live
geese cured odorless feathers. Boston Store ,
Council Blurts.
I
Hooks.
Charles Dickens' works , 15 volumes , bound
in cloth , excellent type , $3.85. Boston Store ,
Council Bluffs.
Iia.st Yonr'H Itcnl Kstnto Denis.
The real estate record for the past year
shows n larger number of transfers , nnd the
payment of u greater sum of money , than any
previous year in the history of Council
I ! lulls. This statement includes the boom
years of 1SS7 and 1S33 , and It is a very excel
lent indication , that the phenomenal activity
in real estate in those years did not have a
depressing effect on succeeding years. Dur
ing the boom there were hundreds of trans-
ford that never wanton record , a single piece
of property often chan nig hands a do/en |
times before a record was miido on tbo re
corder's books , the original seller -
finally making his deed to the last
purchaser , the intermediate transactions
being covered by contracts only. This gave
an unreal activity in the market. In subse
quent years , nnd especially the last , tbo
transactions were solid and every ono wont
on record , rolling up line totals for eaeh
year. The transactions last year were nil
larger and the capital invested came largely
from outside purchasers. The following
statement , prepared from the record boons ,
shows the record of the various years :
Veur. Transfers. Consideration.
! > . i.M } l,4H.w.T8 : : )
1SSS . 2.ff3 : 2,015,919.02
,
IttH ) . 2,5.14 < , IK .00'.27 ' )
According to this showing the transfers
for IbUO have exceeded these ol ISb'J by
srcs.cor.is.
Notice of Dissolution.
Notice Is hereby given that the copartner
ship heretofore existing between the under
signed , under the llrm name and style ot E.
II. Sheafo & Co. , conducting business of
real estate and loan brokers , nt Council
Bluffs , Iowa , is tills day dissolved by mutual
consent. Tuo business of the firm will bo
conducted by and in ttm iniiiio of K. H.
Sheafc" , by whom all liabilities will bo paid
nnd all debts owing the linn collected , and to
whom all the assets of the copartnership
hnvo boon transferred.
Dated at Council Bluffs , DccemberSl , 1S90.
K. H. SlIUtFK ,
S. B. W.UISWOIITII ,
C. D. ETN-YIIE ,
W , II. Gtni.roitn ,
DAVID ETNYIIE.
J. C. Bixbv , steam heating , sanitary en
gineer , 304 Mo rriani block , Council lllufts ,
lioyH Wanted.
Wanted Boys at American District Tol-
egraph oftlco.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Get our prices on ladles' , misses' nnd chil
dren's coats. Boston Store , Council Bluffs.
Shnntln : ; .
Thcro was some wild nnd reckless shooting
by these desiring to usher In tlio Is'ew Year :
with nil the nolso posslblo. William irJ.
Matthews , maiding nt No. 203 Hloomor
street , has evidence of this In the form of srn
largo slzo.l ball fired from some revolver , anil
which came through ono of the windows of
his house and struck a bed , cutting through
some of the clothing and lodging la the s'bt )
board. A boy was asleep In the bed at the
" time , but luckily escapou injury ,
llooks.
Thackery , 10 volumes , hound in clotb > beau
tiful clear type , $ a.Si. ! Boston Store , Council
Bluffs.
C. A. Beebo & Co. are going out of the ro-
tall trade nnd will close out their line line roof
Indies' writing and oftlccf desks , book coses ,
chiffoniers , parlor tables , parlor and > er
suits , folding ucds , plain and fancy rs ,
cabinets , mirrors , etc. , etc. for less than
cost.
Sco our prices oa coits In another colania
Boston Store , Council Bluffs.
An Unruly Son.
A telephone call was uiado for pollco assistance
sistance by John Green , proprietor of a boot >
and ahoo store ou Middle Broadway , yester
day afternoon. The mcisago demanded the
presence of an ofllccr at once to quell what
was re portent to bo a serious disturbance.
Deputy Marshal Wlilto responded , and whcu
ho arrived In tno vicinity of the little shop
the sldowalk lu front wus blocked with pee *
plo. The glass doors were shuttered aud the
pavement was covered with broken glass , giv- '
tug the Impression that a Jesse James raid had
been mndo upon the place. The proprietor
!
was ou the street , bare headed and
In his shirt sleeves , excitedly gesticu
lating nnd urging the crowd to go
in and bring out the author of the mischief.
The crowd lacked the courage or the disposi
tion to do so , and when the oftlcer entered
the place he found a very small young 111111
itia stage of intoxication that approached
delirium , wielding a heavy iron poker with
great effect on the stock und llxturcs. The
young mnr. was II , Green , son of the proprie
tor. Ho wns working off n New Year's '
drunk , and after his father had put him out
of the store and locked the door ho hnd
broken Into it by smashing the glnss. Tim
oflleor found It necessary to choke him into a
submissive state before ho would surrender.
Tlio young man was locked up and will
answer to Judge McGco this morning for his
remarkable conduct , .
The Manhattan sporting headquarters , 41S
Broadway.
tlO.OO conti for Ki.OO , JI2.00 coats for $5.00 ,
$17.00 coats for W.OO , at the Boston Store ,
Council Bluffs.
.Mail Contracts Awnrdetl.
The hid of the Omaha i Council Bluffs
bridge nnd motor company for the transpor
tation of malls between the two cities has
been accepted by tbo government , and the
carrying of nmiU under the now contract
went Into effect yesterday. A special mes
senger meets the mall trains at the brldgo
and carries the mall to and from the Omaha
ofllco. In the Bluffs tlio conductors receive
nnd deliver the mall nttho postofllce.
The mulls will leave the BlufTs nU5H : , 8:2(5 : (
and 10:33 : a.m. . 1'J:17 : , 3:40 : and 0:31 : p.m. of
each day , nnd will arrive at 7:00 : , 9:45 : and
11:57 : a.m. , nnd 0:09 : , 5:05 : and 7 : W ) p.m. The
schedule running time is thirty-four inluutcs.
All our $30.00 , $ ! 3.00 , 15.00 nnd KW.OO plush
coats ( ) | reduced to f J5.IX ) . Now Is the time to
buy your plush coats , all guaranteed Walker
plushes , best London dye , at the Boston
Store , Council BlufTs.
Great success.
Kcllabla good * . *
Fair dealing ,
Bottom prices.
AtC. B. ' Jacquemln & Co. , No. 07 Main street
Damage and I.Uiol Suit.
Yesterday morning Constable Wesley
served notice on C. W. Scott , L. B. Crafts ,
\ \ ' , U. Kemp and G. W. Jacobs that suits lor
unrnago hnd been filed against thorn by the
uhovo named plaintiffs. It h alleged that the
parties were arrested by Ofllcers IComp nnd
Scott. The bondsmen for the twoofllccrs are
made parties to the suits. Each plaintiff de
mands $10,000 to heal their wounded feelings ,
The petitions claim that they were Injured In
mind nnd body by being falsely Incarcerated ,
nnd that they lost the respect of their many
frii'nds by being thrown into Jail , A glance
nt the citv records fails to record any such
names as Nasinusscn and Koblo on or about
thut time.
SIOUN IKD JN.ANTUY. .
Upon n Growing Arm.
Recently a lecture on "Mounted In
fantry and Its Action in Modern War"
wns delivered in connection with the
school ( of military engineering at Chat-
hum by Lieutenant Colonel E. T. II.
llutton in London.
The lecturer began by defining
mounted infantry as infantry soldiora ,
who , in addition to their duties us in
fantry , were so organized nnd trained
as to render thorn capable of being
given means of increased locomotion
whereby they might net in their capac
ity ns infantry soldiers whan great mo
bility und rapidity of movement was
necessary , . , says the London Times
There should bo no confusion ns to the
functions of mounted Infantry and
mounted rifles. The hitter were horso-I
men trained to light on foot. Moreover ,
they were differently equipped. The in
troduction of mounted infantry into our
service was duo to the teaching of expe
rience thai directedly cavalry arc op
posed to infantry fire tholr further
action must bo paralyzed from their
sheer inability to compete with their op
ponents on equal terras. It was to give
our cavalry this necessary fire power
that our pro ont force of mounted or m o
bile infantry oxistcd.
It was intended to create for this coun
try a combined force of the three arms
vin. , cavalry , artillery and infantry isf f
which should ho able in all circum i-
stances to net freely und elfleiently with- ii
out any support from a slow movinpr in ii
fantry. Numerous instances were cited
to demonstrate (1) ( ) that the independent
action of ono arm without the other two
could never achieve nny real or solid re
sults ; ( - ) that the indopendonl action a3f
cavalry nlpno trained to rely mainly , if
not exclusively , upon anne blnncho was
liable to bo paralysed ; at any momontnnd ,
that its tuctlcnl . effect could nt best bo
temporary , while uny lasting strategical [
restlt was impossible : (8) ( ) that n certain
degree of tactical ollcct might still inof inw
looked for from the judicious use of
masses of cavalry against infantry : ( 4) ! )
thut If used in conjunction with such )
fire power as infantry mon carefully
trained to light on foot could nlono sup l >
ply , the independent strategical notion
of cavalry was increased u hundred fold.
If the maximum of result wus to d.JO
achieved by mounted troops noting
tactically on tlio Held of battle o > strat
egically i. o. , by independent action
it must bj by tin oin.jloy.net of the
combination of the throe arms.
Tlioro must bo cavalry possessing the
highest skill nnd training in the use 10of
anne blunuho , there must ho the employ
ment of a rapidly moving and a highly
trained infantry urmcd with the most
perfect flro weapon , and there must bean
an artillery armed with the moat olToct-
ivo guns and possessing1 siiuilur powers
of mobility to the cavalry und infantry.
It was u fair assumption to nmko Unit
the power which could 11 rst satisfactorily
solve this problem and achieve this re
sult would in the next great war effect
sucn a revolution in the tactics of the
past as would ccllpso the fonts of Shori-
dun nnd Stuart nnd astonish the world
with successes such as might rival these
of Napoleon und Alexander.
UNDIOKSOhl ) 11V IlUhGIANS.
They Send Us TlionsnnilH of Cheap
SIiiitKiiiiH Annually.
The upartmonts at the Tromont house
of All .Tansson of Liege , liolglum , pre
sented the nnporranco of a small arsonrd
when visited by a Chicago Tribune : re
porter the othorday. Not lossthan fifty
brooohlouding guns were arranged on i n
long table , and there were boxes full nof
them all over the room. ofn
"Thoy nro a choup grade of guns , n
said Mr. Jnnsson , "and wo ship thou
sands of them to thin country every year ,
\Vo make money , too , because labor ir.fn
Belgium is cheap. The workmen ho
mitKO these guns receive but U francs i a
day , If they were miulo in this country
the inanfiicturor would have to pay from
S3 to $3.50 a day for lubor. The duty is
45 per cent , hut wo willingly pay it , be
cause the American nrmufueturor could
not compote with us if the duty were GO
per cent. All the cheap grade of guns
wo manufacture ) tire miiuo hy hand.
"Xo ; I cannot say thut LJclgium is
much of a country for the poor man. His
wages uvorugo bO cents a day , and on
that amount ho can live comfortably but
can never hope to bocoino rich. Still
the government takes considerable inter |
est in the people , and enforces the school
laws , which uro rigid. Not only tire the
students required to learn French , which !
Is spoken in my country , but English
nnd Germun as well. "
Mr. Jansen hns boon In this country
only thro3 months , hot Hponks almost
porfeot EnjlUh.
ivTho best ami surest aye tjroior tno beard
brown or bl cl < , as may t.o desired is Duck-
i n gha m's d/o for the whisiurs. It never !
f 1'- '
THE PEOPLE OF TOE CONGO.
Very Interesting Lotior , from a Oolored
American Minister ,
WHERE THE LIVING JOIN THE DEAD.
How a Sava.no Klnx's ' Subject * Ar
' Korccd , to Follow Him to the hand
of Spirits Fantastic Peat-
tires of Dress.
Rov. "W. II. Shoppord , an intelligent
colored preacher , who recently wont
, . .
I .
1 from Georgia to the Congo independent
state , has written u letter , dated Decem
ber 1 , In which ho describes a 200-mllo
, tramp t through that country , says un
Atlanta , Go. , dispatch lo the St. Louis
Globo-Doiuocnit. Ho says :
"I was scouring carriers for a trip Into
the Interior east by way of Klngungo to
the Kussa river. There were 70,000 ear-
riorson olthorsldoof tlio rlvor. They
uro the only monns ol transportation
for the country's produce , its
steamers , provisions , etc. , till the
'steamer to run on land' comes ( the
railway ) . I nto and slept in the
homo of the Bucangos and saw their
worship , marriages , burials , etc. I
bought three idols , besides spenrs ,
knives and other curiosities in ono of
thofr towns. A man whoso body was
h :
ono who hnd hawitohed him had boon
orbt
buried alive. There Is a custum far
nway \ up tho-rlvor that whoa a king
many slaves , as well ns his wives , ura
mnssacred , so that they may go with
the king to the land of spirits. Ono
end of u rope is securely fastened to a
strong , pliable limb of a tree , the other
end is pulled down and fastened to tlio
head of the victim , who kneels beneath
the tree with his hands and feet tied.
The executioner then steps forward , mid
with ono powerful blow from his hideous
knlfo ho severs the hand of the victim
from the body ; the head is sent tossing
Into the ulr ; it is packed up and with
others boiled und put in mils to decorate
the pravo of the dead chiof.
tltl "After seven days' rambling through
the jungles and over mountains , und
holding palavers , I secured twenty-ilvo
strong < men und started with them for
Stanley Pool. I staid ut Lukunga thrco
days. ( "The A. M. B. U. has n largo na
tive church. I stood bv the river with
hundreds of unlives while ton were beini ;
baptized. I ) The candidates didn't need to
retire to n room to change their wet gar
ments , for the heat of the sun soon dried
the t : little pieces of cloth.
In Africa , as in other countries , they
have peculiar styles of dress. Down on
the coast they wear plenty of clothes.
Up the Congo 100 miles a picco
of cloth the bredth of three fingers is
woron. On the upper river a few
strings of heeds only. Faraway up tlio
river a riinilo only. I was present when
n native brought to a missionary a little
ufllicted child to soil for brass wire ( the
currency ) . On being refused ho wont
toward the river with his barter , the
pluco to which they all go to get rid of
| ulllicted children. Such is the in
humanity 1 of the people without Christ.
1t At the slate station hero ( Lukuma )
they t uro throwing up barracks and pot
ting t their soldiers in 'trim for a possible
invasion i by the Portugese. Before
roaclung the Ukoso river i siuv the skel
etons of four native mon who hud died
or hud been killed yhilo on route for
Stanley Pool at this rivor. I inquired
about a sick man whom I had previously
pussed , and was told that ho had gone
Into the bush. I fully suspected
that ho must have fallen n
victim to seine ravenous boast.
I passed a Roman Catholic
prlost who had been dead only a few
hours. lie wns on route for tho'Kassal
rivor. Early In October the carriers
brought in another priest who died at
n place three days distant. White mon
dying on the road arc never loft there.
The faithful curriers make n hammock
of palm fronds and bring them in imme
diately ; their goods , too watches , brass
wire and barter g ° ° ds are equally safe
in the hands of the carriers , and are
turned over to Iho state.
My caravan halted at the Pumaa-
pombo market to buy food. These mar
kets uro held every fourth day. Hero
I mot Tippo Tasso , his stalT and n few of
his many wives. lie was tipsy and hun
dreds were sitting around him dringing
palm wino and making merry. Here I
wus shown the dead body of u man stuck
upon a thirty foot polo und the barrel of
a gun driven into the ground the pun
ishment this kinginlllctod upon the man
for bringing hla gun into the market-
but that law is now void , und every man
can now buy his old Hint-lock for 100
brass rods ( $1) ) . 30I
In the palaver house of unother king I
suw throe largo cannon. This king has :
vowed by his gods to make it warm for
the "land steamer" ( railway ) If it comes
within his reach. Before" leaving the
market I bought venison , chicken and
eggs. They had hero almost everything >
for sale drums , spears , swords , bows
and arrows , guns , powder nnd knivrs ' ,
tusks of ivory , ivory horns , buffalo and
nntolopo horng , wooden Idols ,
gourds , pots , mugs , basins , hatchets ,
hammers , axesanklets , bracelets , sheep ,
goats , pigs , ducks , chickens , eggs , Kns-
sava mats , palm fiber , sago , palm , wine ,
beans , iniliot , bananas , pineapple , to ,
bacco pipes , baskets , fish , pumpkins ,
potatoes , hollows , anvils , etc. After
inarching two hours more I had dinner.
I told my Doy , Kibo-Kn , to get soft
boiled eggs. When ho came ho said all
was ready hut the cg gs. Ilo said , "Thoy
had boon boiling1 half an hour , hut I
don't think they are boiled soft yot. "
Justt boforo. . J reached Stanley Pool i I
had un unpleasant experience with
"drivers. " They are always on
the move. They travel by mill
ions and drlvo everything before
them ; the missionary and native alike
must leave the house when they come ,
whether it bo day or. night. All kinds
of hihocts , lizards and oven chickens are
devoured by these voracious ants , which
area little larger than pur largest black
ants at homo. The elephant Is driven to
madness when those ants get up his
trunk. Upon reaching the pool wo begun
to mnko llnal arrangements for the trip ,
but the carriers .tyoing told by the
Uatokes tlmt for thrl'Q days they would
Und no water , refused to go on nt any
price , nnd therefore wo returned to
their town.
Hlbbcd lull s fur Hollers.
A series of experiments have just been
concluded with n now kind of marine [
boiler tube , which promises to have con-
sldornhlo oiloct on" the future of steam
propulsion , s.iyb the London Field. The
external surface of .tho tuba shows nn
dilToroneo to the ordinary pattern , but
internally It Is ribbed longitudinally , ac
cording to n plan patented by M. Servo.
These ribs are spaced one-eighth of , lie
internal circumference apart , and are ]
about one-sixth the internal diameter
apart. I i
The experiments were conducted with
two boilers of the samp size au t patu-rn
In nil rofipecls , oxciMitlng hi tho'malter
of tubes. The boilers tire 10 foot 0
Inches In length , ami thosanio in dlatno-
toi . The grate surface in each Is thirty-
ono square foot. The total hoatlng sur
face ( of the bollor fitted with llw tiorvo
tubes Is 1,63(1 ( pqtitiro foot nnd of the
other 05(1 ( square foot. The tubes are of
thosamo diameter in onch bollor , ittul
each lins 120. A twelve hours'
trial ] wns carried out on Octo
ber 22 , ouch bollor undo tlio same
conditions burning' 11,8712 pounds
of coal , but whereas the Servo bollor
evaporated 114,000 pounds of wnlor , the
other . only evaporated 1011,000 pound H ;
m. , the Servo boiler ninilo 0.05 pounds of
steam for ovorv pound of coal burned ,
tied the other S.O" . That is to say , Iho
Serve bollor evaporated ono pound of
water moro than tlio other did for caoli
ono pound of coal. If tills advantage
should prove to bo tlio sumo in tno ac
tual practice of using the steam , the t-lll-
cioncy of the ordinary 111:1 : vine tiibo
bo will have been increased more
th 10 per cent , nnd this , added to the
advantages gained by the use ofbtcamat
high pressure , will bring down the coal
consumption per I. II. P. per hour al
most to the vanishingpoint. .
i CANADA ANUNDUVKUOI'nDOlAST'
. . . ,
Hntcrtnllilni ; KautH About Our tt\K \
tlu > North ,
The Dominion government statistician
has just compiled some interesting facts
regardiiiL'tho area and development of
Canada during the last two ducndes.
The area of tno Dominion of Cnmin.i is
estimated tit 8,279,000 square miles , or ,
including its water surface , 8,610,000
square mlles , says the Chicago Tribune.
It is tbo largest of all the British
possessions , constitution 40 per cent
of the empire , the total nro a of
which is over 8,000,000 square milos.
It Is as largo as tbo wliolo conti
nent of Europe , nearly thirty times as
largo as great Britain and Ireland , and
600,000 square miles larger than the
United States , exclusive of Alaska.
Canada covois more than one-fourth of
the earth's ' surface , out contains only
l-2SOth tiart of tbo population of the
world. The Dominion of Canada from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean , a dls-
tanco of 4/JOO , / miles , and from the United
States boundary to the Arctic ocean , a
distance of 1,400 miles , and comprises all
the British possessions sn North Ainor-
iea. excepting Newfoundland , Labrador
ami the West India Islands.
QSoino idea as this immense country
and of its great waterways may bo ban
when it Is considered that its west line
on the Atlantic measures 10.000 miles ,
and over 7,000 miles on the Pacific ; that
2,000 miles from tbo ocean the .traveler
. may lese sight of land , and that with
| ono ] transshipment tit inontreal poods can
bo landed at tbo bead of Lnko Superior ,
itft tbo center of the continent , 4UOO miles
from Liverpool. Entering1 Canada from
the north by Hudson's Bay an ocean ship
roaches nt Port Nelson tbo outlet of
u river system stretching , with
few intoruptions , to the very
backbone of the continent , anil
I draining an Interior basin more ro-
inoto than that of tbo St. Lawrence.over
two ' million square miles in extent. In '
the praitio region the Saskatchewan af
fords 1,500 miles of steamboat naviga
tion. Close upon the north of it com
mences tbo MtiuKcnzio rivet1 basin , ox-
lending over five hundred and fifty
thousand square miles. This great
stream , with its tributary lakes and rivers -
. ors , nITords , with trilling obstacles , tip-
ward of two thousand miles of waterway
1 navigable for steamboats. From Fort
Nblbon to Liverpool the distance is 2,000
miles ; from Now York to Liverpool ,
2,040 miles , and from Ualifav to Liver
pool , 2-153 miles.
In Ontario , Quebec , Nova Scotia ,
Now Brunswick , and British Columbia
exist the greatest forest regions in the
world. In tbo extreme necopt"i"S
western provinces of Nova Scotia and
British Columbia , as also midway be
tween thq prairies , 'lio extensive coal
Holds , while the sen fisheries of tbo
maritime provinces and the fresh water
fisheries of the great lakes and rivers
furnibh u supply of food vastly in excess
of the needs of the country.
While a considerable portion of Can
ada is unavailable for cultivation , yet , as
the north ano northwest are opened up
gradually , enormous tracts of good land
are revealed , so that the orca of agnicul-
tural and timbered lands is now esti
mated to exceed 2,000.000 square miles ,
of which over 1,000,000 are adapted lethe
the cultivation of wheat. The northern
part of the center of the Dominion , from
the Hoehy mountains to Hudson bay , is
very extensively wooded , and has been
gonorornlly considered for tbo most part
unfit for settlement and useful only as a
preserve for fur bearing animals. A
parliamentary inquiry , however , has
had the oiTcct of dissipating this
idea. The area inquired into cov
ers about 1,260,000 square miles of
whibh , it is estimated , 800,000 are fit for
settlement , and tlio remaining 400,000
iboleas for cullivutlon ; 050,000 square
miles are suitable for potatoes , 4)7fiOO ( )
for barley and 310,000 for wheat. TUoro
is a rlvor navigation of 2,750 miles.
This territory contains largo aurifer
ous deposits , as well as silver , iron I
graphite , oehro , brick and pottery da ; )
mica , gypsum , lime and snndstonowhl' ifo '
the petroleum area is so extensive as lo I
justify the belief that eventually it will
supply the greater part of this conti
nent.
Furs are at present the chief commer
cial product of this region. Minerals of
almost every Mud are known to exist In
Canada. Gold is mined extensively in
British Columbia and Nova Scotia , and
has alK ! ) boon found in Ontario and Quo-
bcc. The natural industries of Canada
nro agriculture and stoik : raising , llsh-
ing , mining , lumbering and ship build-
UXA.WA.IIKS.
Kiolics Aw.ittitiK HI in for Six Years
nnd Ilo All UK ! Tim i
To bo a millionaire for six years und
not know it isn fortune thut rarely bo-
fulls a man in those lima * of telegraph
nnd postal facilities , yet that has appar
ently been the luck of Mr. A. P. ( Jun-
ningham of this city , says the Wash ing-
ton Post. Mr. Cunningham is now a
clerk in the document room of the sen-
uto. He hns hold various positions in
the government service , nnd Is well
known in Washington. On Friday night
he was informed that his uncle , John
Cunningham , hnd died in Australia six
years ago , leaving an estate valued ut
$1,500,000. Mr. A. P. Cunningham is
the solo holf of his uncle , all bin rela
tives who might have conio in for a
share of the estate being dead.
The bearer of the news to Mr. Cun
ningham was Mr. Browning of Sidney ,
Australia , now visiting in Washington.
Mr. Browning , upon ills arrival h'oro ,
ascertained the address of Peter Cun
ningham , Tenth and C streets , north-
oust , nnd culled there , but learned that
ho wus no relation to the deceased , Mr.
Browning was finally referred to Mr. A.
P. Cunningham , to whom ho communi
cated the Interesting intelligence about
the Australian fortune.
Tins Mr. Cunningham is the son of
1'utrlclc Joseph Cunningham. Tlio lat
ter hud two brothers named John
nnd Francis , who were imUvos of
Ireland , and came : l-'rom Dunknlk
to America In IS'JO. They wont
to Montreal , then to 1'liilndelphla , and
then to Australia. In 1850 John ro-
turnml to Philadelphia , and in thut
year Invited his brother Patrick , who
then lived no Kllicottvlllo. N. V.to
visit him. Patrhk attempted to nec-opt
"i"S V
ho Invitation. There was < m Irish cole-
brntlonnt UulTtilo , and ho started to it ,
Intending logo on to Philadelphia. The
train on which ho embarked was snowed
in between Dunkirk anil DufTnlo , how
ever , and Mr. Cunningham In the trying
times that followed lost the address of
hinl'hlhulolphla brother. Patrick lived
In a number of cities , dying in Pennsyl
vania some years ngo.
Now , nftor the Inpso of years , his son
receives the first dollulto Information
about the undo whom his father started
out to (1ml ( more than thirty years ngo.
UtiiMim-itltiiii or
QotoKxcelslor Spring , Mo.
Will Muko a ( iront City.
All the dllTorcnt forces nnd Interests
essential to the building of the largest
city on the gulf coast , after months of
negotiations , have combined to make
Aransns Harbor , Tex. , the largest city
in the whole southwest , ( treat auction
sale of lots January 7 and 8.
Vho only railroad train out of Oinnhn ,
run expressly for the uccomiuodution of
Omaha , Council BlulTs , Dos Molnos nnd
Chicago business Is the Hock Island ves-
tibuloct limited , leaving Omaha atMO
p. in , daily. Ticket ofllco , 1C02 Sixteenth
and Furnam sis. , Omaha.
Sl'AXlSIl DANCING OIItlB.
The Kaiulnnco an the CoutitCHS do
Otero lntorprotH It.
Spain is a nation of duncers. writes
Countess Carolina do Otorolntho Now
York Morning Journal. All Spaniards ,
it may bo bald , nro horn dancing , nud
there would seem to bo no need for apol-
ogi/.lnir for them ou that account.
Asa rule they are good dancers , because -
cause what wo love to dove \ genornllv
do well. Thoprovorb tolls us that : "A
pair of light shoos Is not all that is
needed for dmiclng , " mid I have found
Itnr to bo true. The fandango Is the oldest
national ilnnco of Spain , especially in i the
district of Andalusia. This dance inter-
nrots what may be called tv passionate
lo . Tlio opening is u mild bit of
in . It' is danrcd in couples in what
isac culled throe-four time. The nuibloai
accompaniment isn guitar and a tam
bourine , nnd castanets are used to keep
time. It is a wildly voluptuous nnd ex
citing dance , nnd it seems to bo appreci
ated by Now York audiences , if I can
judge from their applause.fl
In the fandango as I dunce It the
movements are designed to interpret
love making ; between a couple. Thcro
are coy glances on the part of the woman
and smiles from the man , advances und
retreats , feminine coquetries nnd nmscu-
liui no sup ) [ ilicatlon , and tlio eventual tri
uinph of the mini.
Such a dance affords largo scope for
intelligent pantomime nnd romantic act-
Ing. Tlio free , extemporaneous eliarae-
tpr of this dnnco has led to abuses at
times , and in Spain the church ha *
sought to suppress It. lint when danced
scas it should bo there is no hint of im
modesty nbout it.
Nearly all dancing in Spain is accom
panied by singing sometimes mi Im
promptu melody , but moro often some
song hamled down for generations , and
in : which nil the dancers can join.
Kvor.vbod.y should know how to dance.
With Spanish girls dancing veined us
naturally : as eating ,
SIR MORELL MACKENZIE
NTI2U WITH
PROF , KOCH'S ' LYMPH ,
The results of Ills experiments will bo
made public shortly. Both Prof , Koch
and Sir Morcll Mackenzie have for years
used and recommended the Sodon Min
eral Pastilles for Catarrh , Sore Throat ,
Coujhs , Colds and all throat and lung
1 diseases.
SirMorcll Mackenzie said in the . .TourI I
mil of Larnygology , oilitod by him ( No
vember No. , 1887) ) : "Tbo Soden Mineral
Pastilles ( Troches ) , produced from tbo
Soden Springs by evaporation , are pnr-
ticularty serviceable in Catarrhal In
flammation , Sore Throat , Coughs , Bron
chitis and Lung Troubles. "
Dr. Koch said : "A cough for which I
tried many other medicines , which had
not the slightest effect , teen became bet
tor and has now entirely disappeared. "
The genuine Soden Mineral Pastilles
must have the testimonial and signature
of Sir Morell Mackenzie around each
box
GITIfflS STATE BANK
Of Council Bluffs.
CAPITAL STOCK . 8150,000
SURPLUS AND PROFITS . 65,000 ,
TOTAL CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. . . . 215.000
Dinr.CTOiu I. A. Mlllnr , V , O. Oloason , R. U
Ehuuart , K. B. Hurt , J. U. GilmumUon , Oharloi
0 , iuimin. Transact Keuor.il biuiklut
lu'as. ljiirrost capital ami surplus ot auy
ban kin SoiHh westor n Iowa.
INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS ,
IX H. McDaneld & Co. ,
Butchers' ' aid Packers' Supplies ,
Market Fixtures , Casings ,
Fplcrsnnd Sausage Mnkon' Machinery. 8J1-
fcii Main st. , Council It lull's , lit. Also dealers
11 llldfs und Kuri.
DO YOU
! Use S , S. S. , when you inol n tonlo.
If you do not , you should. It Is tliosaf !
B t an tl
For Old People.
medicine
Mytnothcrwlio Isa vcrjold made , It
lady , wns | > hy lc.illy broVrti Is purely
down. Tlio UBO of Swlft'n
8ieclfl | (8. ( S. B. ) liis entirely co M t a i n-
restored lirr lic.-xllli , Ing nopol-
It. H. DiLWoiirn , 60-i of any
Orfomlllo , S. C. kind , and
can IK- tak
en safely hy the most do loitu child.
Vo ! It euros all boul ! troullos from
n orillniry fnoo Dimple to tlio worst
form of contagious lilood Taint.
lOovso/t / BLOOD 4X0 SKi/toiaewa FHIC.
Tlio Swift Specific Co. , Alhnti , On.
SPECIAL. . NOTLCES.
COUNCIL BJ.UFFS.
V\rANTM > ( liHxl iimn a * ernprnl iiuontl
' naliiry * 7ft per mouth , < 40 security re
quired. I'nll January 0 or" , OJ7 Willow uvu.
Vjunoll Ilhitrs ,
\\rANTKI ) -A pooddrl for Kwpral liouso-
> work In family n ( tlinv ; u KIHHI jilaco for
lliorlxhtilrl. ; Cull uU'KU Avenue li.
OWA farms for Kali' , nUorlioici1 Kiinli-ii nnd
fruit liind near ( . ' ( Hindi Bin Its Johnston
Van I'nttcn , Kvnroll block ,
. - KKNT or l' ir Salo-Tlio liM-aore farm
! li mlirs from the city limits , known UH tlio
Itrceii faint iitul Just south of tliaSupn farm'
occupied liv Mr. KOIIIII. Uoml IHHH : ' . li.iru ami
slicila. tlooil wi'll ' and spring or llvlni ; wator.
About CT > nrrcs In c'l.ltlViitlon. Hiiltulilo for
Riink'ii utul dairy farm. Ki-nt la ( lee per year.
Apply to l.conaril Hviwtt ,
AltO Als'slni fruit uml vc otalilo IiuiiK
1'or sik ; % , . ' > ' in'riw , S > roils north of I'liaii-
lamina groundi ! oustorn slont' , line spring * ,
llnosprliitflirook.lanilvoryrleli : will * i'll lull )
or lOui'ru lots atfjO ioruereor ) I ? ) jioracre fur
whole trui'U
I ueros nn Orniid iivcniio ; fliu ( nrchanl
jvlml mill , line erovr , sltu.itotl on .Myii.ster
jiroiiii'.i'd motor line ; prleo J.I.M ) iior aoro.
10 neroH lullolnlnu city limits , tun stoir
liousc. uroo.I burn , Hue orohanl anil Hiniill
fruits. I'lloo.OJO ,
0 nrros un ( nun ! avenue , I'/l mlles from" .
0. $ ; 0 an iiuro.
llOaercs , thron milts from olty llinlH , Rood
IIOIIM' , barn anil out lulMln s , S > liparlnZ
nnitlctri-osanil Miiall frultt. l'rlci > , JrtKX ( ) .
Stuck farm , 4M aerrs. line linprovi'iiiunts
well watorcil , only ono in Ik' from station , ?
un acio if tikL : > ii soon. B-isy tornn.
I'nrni unit oily pnipprty for silo. W , 0 ,
Stacy , room 4. Opera liouso ull , I'ouni'll llliidH.
TTHIHN'ISIIKn rooms nt very roasoimulo
1tiTiiis , on sulloor slnslt1 ; hnthn and sto.mn
liciit ; now IHIIISO , iiinvlv furnished. Mrs. tito-
lilionsnn , 1(01'ark ( avuniio. Oounoll llliilfs.
17 > AKMS 1'or Halo -A lou ? list , ninny of them
J- ntlow prleosi iilsn VO ncrus line
and fruit land ii"ir ; the city limits , lioiiso ,
barn and other Improvi'tiit'iit-i ; nlsr > ill iiori'i
fruit anil ( .Mi'.lru luinl hint oiitstdn tliot'lty at
Kr < W , W. A. Wood & ( "o. . KM Muln street.
171OH KKNTTlio MoMalion tlirco-story
-L lirlolc block. No. U3S. Malnst , wltli olovutor
J. \ \ .
POU SALE or Kent Qanlon land , with
homos , by J. U. Uloo. lUJJUlii st , , Oouuoll
UlulM
BHappyMBwYear
Talk about Home rJrosipil naeH I liava
line ! 15 corn fed cuttle 1,60 O weight ouch
-ctr Hied by tha Cmlaliv Paciclug Co. o (
South Jiiiahi. Tlio art.stio work % vai ilono
by Lurry Noonan , the champ 0:1 : bao
dresser of the United States , who toolc thu
honors both hero aud Chicago , In dressing
beef on exhibit on. Coma and judge for
yourself If those cattle don't ' beat uny homo
dressed cattle advertised yet or Itllled In our
city for New Years or any ether time , which
I will sell for cash nt my market ,
333 Broadway ,
At the followln T pKco % which moan
cash or O , O. D. only.
!
OFFICER & PUSEY ,
BANKERS.
Corner Muln nn 1 Hroidw.iy ,
COUNCIL BLUFFS , IOWA.
Dealers In foreign and do nustlo xchun i
Collection made uud liitorojt lulil on tlmt
deposits.
rinloy Burke.Gc-o.W. Howitt-Thos , E. Oosady
Burke , Hewitt &Casady ,
Attorneys-at-La\v
1MIACTICI5IX 'J'1115 KTATU AND K12UKKA&
COUKTS.
O dices : J. J. Drown lliilldlng , Coiilivllllluffi ,
lowu.
W. C. ESTEP ,
Council lllufTM , lowii.
14 North Muln Street ,
funeral Director and I3inbalmer.
A FINE LINK OF
HDLIDRY
AND
WINTER
FOOTWEAR.
At prices that will sur
prise you. Tlio best
goods ot lowest prices
in the city. Consult
your own interest and
buy your 'Winter Foot
wear at the
HOOT UPSIDE DOWN
,1 , CVPi
25 Main Street.
PEERLESS BUCK PEEELESS ,
Is in every respect the best Conl for domestic purposes In the
market ,
H lasts longer , produces moro heat nnd burns up clennerthan ,
nny other Iowa coal , One ton will go as far * ns a ton and a hnlf o
the orainarystuff , nnd itcosts no rnora than thochenp , unsatisl'nctor
grades commonly sold , T y it for cooking and heating. Sold only b
L. G , KNOTTS , FUEL MERCHANT ,
All kinds of Wood and Coal. Cobs n specialty. Full weight and
prompt delivery.
29 South Main St. Telephone 303 ,