THE OMAHA DAILY BEE MONDAY , AUGUST 1 , 1892 THE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL DLU1TFS OFFICE : - NO. 12 PEA UL STREET. d Ij Cnrrlcrlonny pnrtof the City ll.W. TII.TON. - MANAGER. Huiltioss Office. .1 No 41 Edlor ) < . ; . ; . . . JllMIll MKXMUX. V Y. Plumbing Co. Council Bluffs Lumber Co. , . A mcctlnp of the city council will' bo held thlso vcnlng. There will bo no services nt St. Paul's church during August , John Dunltol died yesterday morning a his home , 22.21 Seventh street , and was b.ir- Icd nt 5 o'clock In the altornoon. Tno dl- case was lung fovor. Work on the now Avenue B schoolhouse Is progressing rnpldly , and the prospects are , tbnt the building will bo In shape for use by the opening of the fall lorm of school. The brick walls are completed to the top of tua second story and the roof Is balnp put en. Mrs. J. ( j. Lomcn , who vsa dnngorously 111 Saturday , was reported slightly Imurovod yesterday , and some hopes nro now enter- tntncd of her recovery. Her rather , Mr. Ilnplo , ana her sister , MM. Dr. Pembroke , nulvcd from Greenville , III. , yesterday mornlnp. A prizefight took plt oo Saturday night ncrnr the HnioltUn on the Crescent City road , between Xonti Iluqhos nnd nn unkiiovvn. There wus u great deal of stnrrlhi ; of a rather unscientific kind done , nnd the air wns the only thing th.it was vorv severely borilon. The fight was doclarcd n druw. The superintendent and sovanil members of the school board went to Cut-Off Saturday to make arrangements for opening a school tliori ) In accordance with u petition sent in by the residents of that locality at a recent meeting of the board. The school will bo opened nt the snmo tlmo with the othur city buhools In September. Tno case of Messrs. Pyburn and Hodion , churgcd with cheatlnc by fatso pretences In minting a trndo with one James Coylc , of CutOff - Off , was tried by Justice Hntnmor after numerous continuances on nccour.t of the parlies being unprepared. Tun justice has tulcon the case under navlscmcnt and a decis ion will bo rondereu tomorrow. A union meeting of Baptists of Council Bluffs was held last evening at the Fir.it Baptist church. M. (1. McLood , secretary of t ho executive committed of the Baptist Young People' ' * union , uuido the principal address of the evening , In which ho gave an account of the recent national convention of Baptist young people's ' societies at Detroit. A f lr- filzcd audience was present , urd the mooting was interesting. At the close several addi tions were tnudo to too Borean Baptist church by baptism. TOLEDO. Iowa , April 0 , 1331. Dr. J. B. Moore , Dear Sir ; My wlfo has used about six bottles of your Troa of Life , niul thinks that , she nas received greater ben efit from It than any modlclnu she has over tuken. Yours truly , L. H. Burui.v. Oen'l ' Agent and Troas. West Collozo. Since receiving the above testimonial , 1 am inrccolnt of a letter and cheek from the Uov. L..II Bufklnof Toledo , Iowa , April 2" > . to send Kov. J. W. Konworthy , Croulino , ICin sas , six bottles of Moora'a Tree of Life. l-'or sale by all druggists. Trains leave Matwwn dally at 8 a nillO n. m. , lliin. , and 1 , 2 , iiiHO , 8 , JUO1 , 4iiO : , G , 5)0 : ) , ( l , ( j:30. : 7 , 7:150 : , 8 , 8:30 : , 0 , < Ji : ; < ) , 10 , 10iO : : , 11 ntul ll.5 : p. in. The 3fi5 ] : train will rauko connection with the labt electric motor ci.r for Oinahu. j'//i.su.v.i/ Mis. Nclllo Bnncrs-fc-kolton Is the guest of Jndgo and Mrs. J. E. F. M 'Geo. Miss Eva Nnsnn h. i gone to Davenport to epond n week visiting friends. Miss Corn Nason has returned from a visit with friends In Missouri Valley. E. K. Pnttcrson has beonispending the past week at his old homo in Sterling1 , III. Mrs. W. W. Nasnn is homo from a visit with relatives nnd friends in Nebraska. Mrs. Mclvuno nnd Mrs. I. M. Troynor will leave Wednesday for a trip through the cast. Mrs. J. M. Cox and daughter Hattie of Polla , la. , are visiting at the Christian homo. Mr. and Mrs. C. Bosen and son Hey are spending a few days in Siloam Springs , Mo. Miss Etta M'i\well nnd Miss Belle ICalU have returned from a vacation trip turouch the east. Don S. Culver of West Superior , \Vls. , Is in the city , the guest of the family of Kov. CJ. W. Crofts. ' . Mr. und Mrs. F. E. Gilliland will leave tomorrow - morrow for n visit at Salt Lake Citv. Air. Gilliland will return in a wcok , while , bis wife will remain for several weeks. I'uro unit Wliolusnmo finality Commends to public approval the California jfciuld laxntlvo iciucdy , Svrup of Figa. It Is j.k'.ismit . to thn taste and by ncllng gently on the kidneys , llvor and bo\vps ) to clonnsu the system efTecluallv , It promotes the health nnd comfort of nil who use it , and with mil lions It is the best and only remedy. To biivo doctor's bills drink Mantxwa mineral water. You can got it fresh every morning1 by sending your jug down by the conductor. Ho will fill it nnd bring it up free. STIM , niiriu : : : curs. Crvat Clearing bnl > at tlio lloUnu Store1 , Council llluir-i. BARGAINS IN WHITE BED SPREADS. At G5ovo show un ( joe. At 7o ! ) our $1.00 spread. At ! )8p ) our 81.25 epioad. Our line of 25o towels for 19c or $2.15 per ilo/.oii. Ucsit quality pattern oil cloth for loc. Adjustable window screens for 1'Jc each. each.Wnsli Wnsli silkfl , tulTottn cords and Chilian cloth all in at lOu u yard. Light and dark cliallios worth Co and 7c for 'Ic a yard. Pours' unsccntcd sonp Oo a cako. Walker's Water Lilly , Dusky Diamond , Census Heap and castilc , all in at ! ! calcuB for 10o. iiuttormillc soap lOo a c.ilco. Colored parasols at half price , $3.00 for $2..r)0 , $ : i.OO for $1.60 and BO on. All our black HUH umbrellas at COHt during the 11-duy salo. Come early and buuuro the best bar- pains. HOSTON STORE , U , WlllTUlV&Co. . , Council Ululfu , fa. hnniliiy ut .ll The people who visited Mumiwa yesterday wor < ) treated to a novel ami oo.iutlful spec- tuck' , a storm on the lake. It was not a hur ricane , but It was sulllclcut to send the bll. lows rolling on the beach with nu onurgy that trannformed the luku line a bit of wild ocean surf. It was decidedly too wild for the bathers , and thov all loft the water ooforo the storm fairly \ bioko. The wa'er wns covered with pleasure craft , and there was n good deal of unxicty felt for sonio of the light row-boats that oucusioually went out of sight between the billows. Tiiero wore no accidents , how ever , but all had to ( ounper for shelter In tbu nearest direction. The verandas of the hotnl were Jammed with pcopln , und they had u tine opportunity to view tno storm on the water from a safe nnd comfortable el.cltor. All the motor trains carried full load ? dur ing tlio afternoon , and the t.torm interfered but ilttlu vtllh the pleasure of the crowd * , Tonight , lifter the Ogawa show , Dal- po.y'u band will glvn an open air concert in front of Hotel Mnmiwu. Summer atiits for gentlemen ; cool , t'omforliiblo and cheap. Roller , the Uilor , aiO Broadway. The Jewel ( 'tisollno Btovo IB the host in the world for biifoty , durability and economy , und the now Jewel In its equal. Boo thorn ut Churlotf Swuluo'a , 737 Broadway. NEWS FROM COUNCIL DIMS Rev , G , W , Crofts Preaches His Farewell Sermon. IMPRESSIVE SERVICES AT THE CHURCH Jinny Tropic Uirnblo to Kntor tlio Ituildlnc So ( Ircnt Was tlio Crowd All Uc- noinlnatloiiK Came to Do linn Honor. There wns a rush nnd n crush nt the First Congregational church yesterday morning , to hear the farewell sermon of Uov. G. W. Crofts , "tho poet preacher , " whoso povon years oastorate Is now ended by hii own resignation. Before the usual time bad ar rived for commencing service , every pow was filled , por/.plrlng usher ) were dragging In extra chairs which anxious sitters eagerly occupied , ulslos wore filled , the gallery was packed , standing room In the vestibule was nt a demand , the pulpit stopj wore used for scats , nnd uvon the gonlus who pumps the organ found his plnloin crowded by those who had crept Into the organ loft. And still the crowd kept climbing thz church stops , orlv to Und that even tli9 sVindinif room was exhausted. Many turned back toward homo , being unable to got Inside ttio church. Not only was the sizoof the crowd an Indi cation of how groatu hold thl * bMoved pastor has on the hearts of this community , out n still mora Imprmsivo tribute to his worth was maulfost In the muko-upof this congre gation. Hero weroCatholics and Protestants , Mctnodlsts. Baptists , i'l fact representatives of every denomination and of no denomina tion. Saints and sinners , rich and poor , young nnd old , nllko seemed to share in the reprotthnt Council Bluffs is to lose ono of these few preachers who are too big for any OHO church to own. The Prosbvtormn church courteously gave up its morning service that Its cancrouatlon might hear the farewell words of Mr. Crofts. Its pastor , Dr. Phelps , occupied a place on the platform and assisted in the services , as did also Kov. Mr. Uico , the first pastor of the Congregational churcn. Tno musical ser vice was rendered by n quartet consisting of Messrs. Ogilini and Allen , Miss Oliver and Miss Porwrllold , with Mrs. Jones nt the organ , The pulpit and platform wore beautifully decorated with plants and ( lowers and ap propriately conspicuous in front appeared the floral word "Mlzpah. " 1'limlly , Itrethron , I'arcwell. "Flnallv , brethren , farewell. " Such was the text from wnlch Mr. Crofcs nroachcd a sermon full of thouchtfulnoss and lundor- ness. Ho said thai nlttoutrh noarlv twenty centuries had rolled by with their multi tudinous events and dropped into tbo silent sea , those words sv.ll live. Criticisms may come nnd go , attacks may rise and fall as regularly as the tlaos , but the great Gibraltar of divine truth stands unmoved in the awful grandeur of its power nnd sublimity of Its silence. "Finally , brethren , 'are- well , " spoken with a trembling Voice , written - ton with a trumnling hand , read with n trembling heart by the Christians at Cor inth , by the covenantors in their caves , by Huguenots in their nxilo , by the pilgrims as they sought a father's pure shrine bovond tno sea , by Christians In nil ages , and now by us as wo come to speak these words that mark thu limit of a long period of religious thought and effort. The word farewell was ono of largo mean ing uot merely a formal salutation. Neither was it significant ot the end of joy. the grave of hope. It was not an urn to hold the ashes of regret , moistened bv the tears of despair. There was a pathos of parting In tbo word , but It was made sweet as the song of u nightingale with tbo note ot exultation. The word mount wel-fnro , fare-well , a salu tation tilled with the very essence of benevolence - lonco , good will , charity and love unfeigned. As that word stands whore the paths sep arate pastor and paoplo , lot it stand , not for a more regret at parting , but let it point uot onlv backward , but forward , Mr. Crofts In thus using the word "fare- well" as n benediction , suggested Roma lines along whlcli this coveted prosperity would bo found. Wisdom was one of tbu necessaries for faring well. "Tbo fear of tbo Lord is the boclnning of wisdom. " Again , in order to faro well there must bo a firm acceptance of Chriv , as prophet , priest aud king. Then , too , there must bo tbn Holy Spirit. Lastly , IIL tl.o language of Paul , " 1 commend you to C3od and the word of His grace that is able to build you up and glvo you an inheritance among all them that are sanctiHcd. " The speaker having enlarged uoon these suggestive thoughts than dwelt upon the use of the word "farewell" in the sense of a parting salutation. Casual ac quaintances had no use for the word , nor these who mlnglo on a sordid business plane , or in the light nnd vain frivolities o'f life. It could only bo used appropriately after years of association , where hearts had be come knit together , where voices nad be come musdo and faces bunshlnu. So n pastor had a right to use this word as ho leaves bis flock , unto whom ho has broken many times the bread of life , who has been with them In their sorrows , nnd not only stood it the open grave as the ambassador of Him , "who Is the resurrection und the life , " but at the marrlaga altur , whore human bliss blossoms into celestial baauty ; nnd at the baptismal font , wboro the divine gr.ico is seen to sparkle on tbo brow of infancy. Scores of such scones cocfor upon him tbo rignt to say farewell. Ills Clf > * Iii ! ; Worilx. In closing Mr. Croft * said : "And so I speak the word to you tod'iy , not only to the members of thU church , but of all churches in this community ; to all of God's children , ray own dear brolkors and sisters in Christ , of every name and denomination. 1 speak the word to thsl city which I bavo learned to love , nnd which has given mo so largo a plucu In Us confidence and affection. On thu retina of my mind Is eternally stamped the picture of those heuutlful lulls , whore nature uas exhausted her skill In the formation of all that is graceful "mid enchanting ; of your beautiful homes made doubly attractive by social amenity ; above nil , the pictures of your smiling facni nmdo radiant with the pure light that shines from within. Wher ever I go I Khali carry with mo many a bunch of forgot-mo-nots , gathered as I now stand upon thu summit of a mountain up which I have been struggling for these years , "On the 1'JiU ot this month 1 maclo the nsccnt of Pike's L'eak. For two hours nnd u half the sturuy little engine struggled with the tremendous grauo until It had pushed its guests two miles nearer ttio sky ; from sum mer to winter , from n burning sun to u driv ing Miowblorm. The ascent was subllmo. A mountain stream , clear as crystal , dashed and foamed and sparkled and sang. As we rose higher and higher , vlow changed to view , beomltiKly topless battlements of rock and mountain crest sank bonoatu us , and all the way , until we passed the ttmbor liuo , bcautf ? ful flowers answered smlla with smile. But only us wo nuared the top or the grand peak , ns wo n eared the roulm where winter , crowned wltti its silver diadem , eternally relgni , did we discover the delicate blue forgot-mo-nots. It wns then tus t > plrit of the great mountain seemed to spaak to ins through these tlower * , t > o smnll , eo delicate , and the sentiment of Its ho.irt. was convoyed Into swoel little bloMoms that it hud hacrcdly kept In the last expression of Its life and beauty. It was then that the grout mountain became to mo a little child , to bo caressed and closed about with arms of unVctlun , yearning for sympathy nud remembrunco. Its vast ruggedness disappeared , and Ita heart of stone became as ono of lleali. 1 felt as never before that on the summit of true greatness U simplicity , and that It is only upon the great heights that humility , gentleness , tenderness , ohlldlikc- iiesn , nro to uo found such ns we find In Him who tias been enIIoil the lowly NiuArcno , but who In reality is the Son of God. Today , thru , upon till * summit , lot us gather up the sweet forgot-me-noti of God's love , and learning the lesson they teach us co on until the night has faded away and the eternal uioriilQR lies dawned In Its glory. " I.octiiro lluforo thu Iiiitltutti. Dr. Bernard Blgsby of Ujtrolt will deliver a free lecture this evening at tbo First Pres byterian church under the auspices of the PoitawuttamloTuacbora Institute. His sub- Joot will bo "ArooU und Uugby. " 1'rof. tSawyor who has heard him lecture itate * that ho U tbo cq.ua ! of Archbishop Uynu , Robert O. Ingorsoll or any of the other kings of tbo lecture platform Outsiders ns well ns these who are attending tnci Institute are invited to attend. - Nuccctl Nupgoll Ntiggctl Buy Big Nuegot baking powder. ! )2 ) oz. J5 cents. Wanted Iron tn'iidoM at the O don Iron works , Council Ululfg. Good wages. Mntinwa ns u family resort cannot bo oat. loOpooplo in this city uao gas stoves Tlio G.isOo. puts 'om in at coat. Will Onminrnt ttio flrnnml * . A number of ofllcials of the Northwestern Railway company were In the city Saturday , nnd ns a result of their visit n number of im provements will bo made that were not planned for nt first. When the company first projected its now local depot nn ex penditure of about $30.000 wns planned for. Since then the amount to bo laid out has been shitted upward from tlmo to time until now it will require an expenditure of nearly fOJDto complete all tbo Improvements that nro contemplated. It has bjoti decided to fence In the grounds and sow down with grass seed nil that Is not occupied by tracks or in other ways actually used In the company's business This will glvo n Inr o grass platen the east sldo of the depot , on the ground now occupied by the passenger and freight depots , nnd a corresponding spending ono on the west between the depot - pot nnd tlio Buhrer lots. On the east sldo a line fountain will bo p > it In , .so that the depot grounds will bo among the prettiest In the west. Tbo other roads centering In the Bluff A could reap n lurgo harvest of gratitude from the citizens If thov would pattern after the Northwestern In this respect. "Lito to boJ and eany to rise will shorten the roail to your homo In the sktos. But early to bed and "Llttlo Eirlv llliur. " tlio pill that makes life loiia'iir aud bottora nd wiser. The Royal .Tap.incso troupe are still nt Manawa drawing bigger crowds every night. They will change their -ogi-am every evening. Everybody delighted. D.ilbcy'a band in attendance. Concert at Manawa every nig nt this week. The Manawa btth houses located nt the boat houses , west of the hotel , have boon leased nnd opened for the season by Harry Brown. Best bathing accom modations at tlio lake. STIM. , flltKATHK CUTS At the lloston Store Clrnrlnp ; Sale , Council HluIV-i. All our light wool plaids , stripes and mixtures tluit sold for 50 and 58c , during sale for ! llo. ! Full line of badford cords in plain and fancy weaves , also camels' hair serges and Scotch chevrons that sold for 7oc nnd 8Sc , during sale for 62c. } Full line of cotolo uni , bedford surds , crepons , ? .ig xag jncqutirds , etc. , that sold for $1.00 and $1.2-5 , during sale for 72Jc. Balance of our all wool challies'iii light and dark , during stile for 30c. $15.00 dress p.ittorn for $7.50. 810.00 dross pattern for $ .5.50. China silk in liguros that sold for GJC and 7oc during sale for 474c. BOSTON STORE , FoTiiHRixuiiAM , Win nrA w fc Co. Council BlulTs , la. It's awfully nice and cool at Manawu. Geo. Davis , druggist , opposite Ogden. Ogawa at Manawa. The Harrison & Bell comedians gave their first performances of "Llttlo Tlppott" yester day at the Farnam Street theater , and a critical estimate must award the new play the triumph of an exceedingly promising in auguration. Indeed , it is quite within bounds to any that It scored agreathit andthntit has every needed quality for a pronounced aud con tinued success. There were crudities , as waste to bo expected in initial performances , but the performances demonstrate. ! tbat the drama is exceptionally strong in the comedy element , which is not only worked up natu rally into effective climuxos. but is sustained in a crescendo action until the last fnll of the curtain. The play is prc&cnted by nn excel lent coranany , every role being interpreted by a capable artist and no pan Doing sllehtcd. "Little Tippett" is an adaptation by Harry nnd Edward Paulton ( themselves tho'authors of several noted theatrical successes ) from the French of Alexander Bisson , ono of th < > most successful of living writers of furco and comedy. French plays are apt to be risque , but the Gallic dramatists nro wonderfully clever in the contriving of dramntlu situa tions. In this case the adapters buvo re moved everything objectionably suirgestlvo and produced a play that will pass iho ciuntlet of the most exacting Anglican tost. Tna intricate French complication of situa tion Is there , but the storj is absolutely clean , with not a line to offend American taste. The characters of tbo play are Tippott and Newton , partners In business ; Mrs. Tlpnott nnd Mrs. Newton ; Everard Dunkor , the rich uncle .md doting guardian of Mrs. Tippott ; Georco Gibbs , the butler of the Tippetts , und his wife Geranium , who is the nurbo ; Little Tippott nnd Llttlo Gibbs. two Infants. Tippoll and Newton have both boon di vorced from nn adventuress known as Georglna Brown. Tippott has been es tranged from ills second wlfo , and nt the opening of tbo play has just returned from a year's stav In Buropo and bccomo reconciled with her In a mooting nt his olllcc. During bis nbscinco n BOH lias been born , hut ho is left In ignorance of thnt faot. his wlfo wishing to spring Hie surprise on him when be rciiclics homo. About this time Newton re ceives n letter from Gcorgttm Brown's law yers .staling that he Is tbo father of n son born nftcr their divorce , nnd it is Intimated that the infant is on the way to Ulni and his delivery c.m only bo stopped by the payment of an exorbitant brlba. Newton gi'ts out of the dllxinina by altering thu letter und ad dressing It to Tippott. When , therefore , a nurbo appears nt thu olllco with a baby and the exclamation , "Here ho Is , " Tippett and Nitwton assume that the youngster Is the son of Gcorglna. As a matter of fact , it is thu son of Tippett by his second wilu. Oa the other hand , Mrs. Tippott numbar two , Uncle IJunkurand the Gibbsusknow nothing of the suppositions child of Goorglna Brown , but tbo audience Is the muster of the true situation on both sides. On this foundation is built an intricate play of cross purposes that cannot bo ade quately explained In a tew words , but It come ) 60 thick and fast there is scarcely tlmu between laughs tn take breath. To still further coinpll'-ato matters the Gibbs Infant gets mixed up in thn confusion und is kidnaped by Newton Instead of the Tlpnott b > ibvwliicli husuppojoa Is Gaorglna Brown's offspring. Of course every thing conies out all right In the Until sojne , wlion the faut M dis closed tbat Georglna Brown bud no Luby nnu thnt the letter trom her lawyers wus merely n blackmailing scheme. Last night's performance wont with Quo spirit , and the cnttiuiluitlo audience , not content with an almost continuous laugh and Innumerable burstu of nnplauso , insisted on several curtain calls. The role of Tlppelt was Interpreted by Mr. Charles Botvscr , who treated it In a farcical vein , wtilch wus entirely pcrmUilblo and tborouglv accept able Mr. UUwurd Bill , bunUsomo enough to bo the idol of the uintinou iirl , bus a line stage presence , Is n Mulshed actor and made nu admirable foil for Tlupott In bis Interpretation of Newton. Miss Mabel Bert is a regul biauty and as Mrs , Tippett was an Idiml wife , nil tenderness and dovo- tlon , Mr. Hurr" Allen Is ono of tbo bast old moil of tbo stage , and as Uncle Dunker ho was as good nnd bonlsn nnd meddlesome as the genuine article. Miss Marie Lowes is attractive of fnco aud voluptuous of figure , and portrayed Mrs. Newton with an admir able pluy of varying expression. Mr. Harry Mortrun as Gib B and Mrs. Hurry Blaodgood as Mrs. Giubi worn not wanting In excellence , a'ld the two babies 'em , jiluss , captured the audience on sight. In short , the company proved to bo ono of those organizations in which there U uo atur , but every member is nu urtlat of a high grade of oxcollouce. The Botlou of too play never halts , und uot only is there comodv In the situations , Uut the lines nro bright nnd full \ > f''wit ' nnd ropurtoo. "Llttlo Tippott" is' ift'Undoubted , fo. U will bo repeated at "ino1 Fnrnam street theater until Wednesday1 oronlr.g. DoWltt's Sarsapnrliid'ionnsoi the blooJ , Increases the appollto bud tones up the sys tem. It has bonollttcd Ih'any people wtio have suffered from blobJ UUordcrs. It will holpyou. _ _ t | Wanted nt the ofll'vq ' , of THE OMAHA BKT : . conies ol the TUB > UVBNINO HUB April 25. i . jinoiryiiit iff .1 n'niiti.rour ; Henry McCarty I. < > < 111 * l.lln In the Mls- tionrl lit rtiittsmoiitli. * PIATTSMOUTH Nob. , July ill. [ Special Tel egram to Tun BRK. | Henry McCarty , n boy 15 years old , was drowned in tlio Missouri river today. Too boy wns in swimming with companions at Hocky Potut , just below thu city , and swam lee far out In the river. Ho was causht In the current nnd borne Into the whirlpool around Iho piers of the B. & M. bridge. Ills companions made dcsparuto ef forts to save him. Ho was the son of Con McCurty , n well-lsnowti railroad man. Tlw bojy nus not been recovered. Developments show that the Waterman opera bouse was insured for $ ; 3,000 instead of $1UUO ! ) as at first reported. Nothlntr further ns to the origin of the lire has been discov ered. ered.Another Another heavy rainstorm visited this sec tion this evening. A terrille amount of water fell , but no material damage wus done. In thu country the ruin assured an already good crop. Itc-d Willow County's Harvest. MiCooK , Nob. , July ai.-Special [ to THIS BniHod | Willow county will bo heard from again this year , and her crops .will bo second to none In the state , and In fact tbo challenge is open to Iho. world. The acreage of wheat , oats nnd rye Is double that ot last year , and about one-third moro of barley. The grain is ncarlv all safely cut nnd In the stack nnd shock. The vltld will exceed that of last year , as the heads of the grain nro larcer and the berry bolter. John Hallleld , ono of the largest farmers hero , picked several beads of wheat at ran dom from his field near this citv nnd found over sixty plump grainy on each head. All farmers report the prospective yield ns grout ns last year. Corn in this county was made by the four rains which hnvo fallen" In the past two weeks. Over four Inches of rain has fallen In Kcd Willow county within the pust ten davs. Corn Is well advanced , nearly nil of It beIng - Ing In tbo tassel nnd nn some the cars are commencing to appear. A. C. Modlc , John Whlttakor and several other farmers In this city 1 ist week reported their gralu all har vested and their corn earing. Hon. Ben Clayton secretary of the notianal farmers congress , whose homo Is at Macedonia , la. , was In this part of tbo state recently looking nfter severnl farms ho has here , and in nn Inter view said the pjoplti of Iowa and Illinois never saw such crops as the Republican val ley nnd especially this county has this year. Ho said he never saw as many bundles of wheat on the ground und never saw a tlncr quality. The corn , ho says. Is far nncad of either Iowa or Illinois , and Is moro ttian satlslicd with bis small holding of Nebraska farms. Ho predicts a heavy Immigration f roc * the cast this year. \ \ > st Point Ncnx. WEST POINT , Neb. , July 31. [ Special to Tnc Br.n.j Last Friday the wife of J. D. Young died at Her homo , seven miles cast of town , from spinal trouble. She was past 50 years of ago. She will ha buried under tbo auspices of the Swedish Lutheran church. Since Water ComuiUbioner Hucfllin Issued the order limiting tbo use of the city water for sprinkling purposes to certain hours , the reservoir does not get exhausted as fre quently ns formerly. For nearly four weeks the pumps were kept wonting without a minute's Intermission and thu supply hardly kent un to the consumption. The now walls will fill the bill. Tbo attendance attlho institute is on tbo incroaso. If tbo nura'bcr "swells in the next four weeks as during tuo Ust low days there will bo tbo largest enrollment on rec ord in Cuming county. Nearly ' . .00 are re corded already and there'uro many others who will bo hero as the last two weeks draw near. Coriul Improvements. Cozin , Nob. , Julv 31. [ Spcial to THE BEE. ] The addition to the Commercial hotel of this placets being pushed , the brick work being already completed. When finished tbo capacity of the noaso will bo about doubled. The postofllco will be In its now quarters next week. The now oQlco building is a line two-story brick and un ornament to the town. Postmaster Samuel Atkinson de serves praise for bis enterprise in providing so substantial and elegant a buildiug. His confidence in republican success this fall is evidenced by this act. IVrlcnm County I'roflpi-ctH. MAIIUID , Nisb. , July 31. [ Spncial to THE Bm : . | Wlion it Is taken into consideration that there is an increase in the nrca of culti vated land in Perkins county of at least -1U percent in excess of the acreage of IS'Jl ' , which was our banner year as to yield , some idea can be formed of the immense amount of products which will bo uurlictcd at Mad rid the coming full and winter. It Is impos sible to get sufficient help. Tbo result Is that but Ilttlu stacking is being or can uo done. Most of them vast fields of grain will bo threshed from the shock. u Long Tramp. Nob. , July 31. [ Special Tele gram to THIS BKE. ] Mr. nud Mrs. John Howard , who are walking ag.ilnst tlmo from Seattle , Wiish. , to Chicago , passed through this city today. The trump Is made on a wager of $ .1,01)3 ) between San Francisco nnd Seattle parties , and tbo conditions of the wilder nru tUut Howard shall trundle a wheelbarrow and register ut telegraph olliccs alung the route and accomplish the journey In 177 aud u fraction days , Kootpulx nt hiuitli MouvClly. * SOUTH Sioux CITV , Nob. , July 31. [ Special to Till ! DISK. ] Footpads hold up Louis Jeep , a prominent business mini of Ibis city , lust night about' ) o'clock and relieved him of a silver watch and ? iJ. The Sioux City police hive two mon under arrest answering Un description ot the rob bers. They were captured ui they camoover thu Cblc go , St. Paul , Minneapolis ft Omaha bridgo. They nad weapons , mas us , gugs , etc. , fiO In coin but no watch. Tbuy ore be ing hold for requisition , Nuecotl Nuggotl'&uBOt ' ! Buy Big ' Nugget baking powder.1 'M 01. "j cent's. I'lro ut'nti Paul. Sr. PAUL , Nob. , July ! . [ Special Telegram - gram to THE BIK. ] At-Tl5 : this morning n lire broke out iu a frauie , building adjoining the Shulda brluk block ! Before an alarm was sounded the budding was a mass of Humes , und the lire compunv could only hope to save property more , valuable adjoining , Their effort * were successful , und not u del lar's worth of stock was destroyed except the small stock of mlllinury gauds In iho adjoin ing building. Insurance , * 1,1)25. ) When woau , weary and worn out , Hood's Sursuparilla Is just tiiOMncdldno to rustoro your strength und glvo you a good apputliu. \Vorkol lSurKlitr at Talinagu. TAI.MAOK , Nob. , July 81 , [ Special Tele gram to THu BKE.J Th < J store of Toin Pott- hurst & Co. , and tbo saloon of A. C. Butz were broken into last night by burglars. At the store J-0.8J and lome other Ilttlu tblugu amounting to about ? I'J woru taken , und at thu Duloou about $15. lo\Vltt's Sarsaparllta destroys sueb. pot sons us vcrofula , skin dUuasej , oczjuu , ruou- mutUm. Us timely use savtt many Itlun lliU'n 1,0ul Mritlo I.oglon. Ui.ui : HILL , Neb. , July 31. [ Special to TUB BEE. ] J. B. Hurtwoll of Hastings organized Blua Hill council No , 1 of the Loyul Myatli ) Legion in this place Friday uigbt. The council ( tarts out with u mem- bornblp of thirty-one. Do Witt' * Sarsaparilia is rcllanlc SUMK Ji/.v o4 .vcir/i Mr. Astor's Income equals a regular How of $7.88 iv nil nu to. This is probably the reason why ho never learned to ro- clto "over tlio'littl to the poorhouso. ' ' Charls A. Dana. Prick is the name of n bright , honlty Pittsburg boy who was ono week old last Fridny night. Ho is the bon of Henry C. Prick , general man ager of the Carnegie iron and Htuol mills. Mr. Cleveland has withdrawn two members of hla family from politics und the people will aces his hlulT and go him ono holler in Jho fall. With three out the Democratic sldo of the game will bo retired. Ex-Senator Ingalls Is now in Vonnn , whence ho will go to Rome and then back to Berlin , where ho has already made a brief stay. Ho will return homo by wiiy of Pu is and London about Sep tember 1. Harrison Breodlovo of Carson , Nov. , IB seventy years old and iimusos him self with nursing the brand now twin babies with which his good wlfo has just presented him. Mrs Breodlovo is sweet 03. General Patrick A. Collins , having returned all the way from liuropo with the cVaritablo purpose of seconding tlio nomination of his dear friend Grover , is now nboiit to return to Carlsbab in search of health. William Ijatns , who died in UnlUmoro a few d'iys ago in his 80th year , was ono of the first blacksmiths omplovod by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad He had boon selected with three other vetriin blacksmiths to go to the World's fair at Chicago with the Baltimore and Ohio's exhibit. Louis G. Brenan , the inventor of the famous $550 , 000 lorpuUo , has been creat ed a companion of the bath ot Queen Victoria. Mr. Bronun is by birth an Irishman , hut spent much of his life in Aiistrnlia. Ho was offered SSoO.OOO for his torpedo by Russia , but preferred to sell it to England. During u run of ill-luck at baccara not long ago ox-King Milan , who ia no toriously superstitious , attributed his tosses to tlio evil Inlluoneo of a lady seat ed just behind him. Turning to her in a passion the exiled monarch Bald "Will you have the kindness to change your place ? I am losing because you are behind me. " "But ! was not behind you when you lost your throne , " was the reply , and the convors.itioa wont no further. "Mark Twain" wa born in Missouri , IIowols in Ohio , Bert Harto in Albany , N. Y. , Aldrich in Now Ilninpshiro , Richard Watson Gilder in New Jersey , Richard Henry Stoddard in Massachu setts , Julian Hawthorne in Boston , and Henry James "in Now England. " Amolio Rives and Thomas Nelson -Pago are Vir ginians , and .Tool Chandler Harris is a Georgian. There is plenty of room in a great many states , it seems , for literary genius to bo born. Sick headache ? Bcccham's Pills will re lieve. AVonmlrd at ( ii-ttjsliiirg. He was plainly a vetorau , says the Washington Star , and ho looked with interest several times ataman who hold his handkerchief to the side of his face. After a while lie said : "Toothaoho. mister ? " "No ; wounded. " "Whoro'd it happen ? " "Gettysburg. " "You don't say BO ! Keeps coming open , does it , ' ' " " It hasn't shown cap'n'r" "Yes. any sign of healing yet. " "You don't say sol Bullet , wasn't it , major ? " "No ; cut. " "That's bad. I tell you , colonel , those sabers leave a mighty nasty place nine times of ton. " "No doubt of it. " I s'poso you got your pension for that long didn't ? " "No. " ago , you , general ' 'You ought to have n pension sure. " "Well , " replied the mnn with the handkerchief - kerchief , "I haven't had time to apply for it yet. You see I only trot this wound yesterday , when I happened to bo in Gettysburg on business , and had a bar ber shave r'.o ii : u hurry. " NngROt ! Nusgctl NuRKOtl Buy Bit ? Nugget baking powder. ! ioz. . 25 cents. Auburn Itounloii , A district reunion of soldiers in the southeastern counties of Nebraska will bo held on the fair grounds at Auburn , August 10-10. President WiUon K Majors and Secretary David Campbell promise a royal good time toall comers. "Wo expect to have 100 tents which can bo pitched on tlio fair grounds , where good water is plentiful. Theo will bo plenty of good restaurants on the ground where you can got good meals for 25 cents each. Those who wish to do their own cooking will Una supplies on tlio ground ut very low rates. Fire wood free. There will bo a free dinner on the second day , 17th. Everything possible will bo done to mnko it pleasant for all who attend. " Disease never successfully attacks tbo sy om with pure blojJ. IJj Witt's Sir upirllla traakos pure , new blood and onriobe * blood AKII'J UP 1'KliTUIllf.ir. Domestic. The Colorado Coal and lion company nnd the Colorado I'uel company of Denver have been rmiMilld , tcil. Toils of the new nlckul armor plates on the lletblubuiii. I'.i , piuvlnv grounds , h ivo plven most satisfactory results. The Idaho miners Kiilltv of contempt nf court In disobeying an Injunction have boon liold In bonds of f liJO : each. North Dakota lias ( iiiiirantlnod ncnlnst Manitoba on account of thu onldumJu ot Himillpnv now r.uliu' In that province. Herbert Sliulc , thu Maori and ox-prbo Hk'liier , has uloucd with the ilauihtor of HUlioi ) gncazy of Halt L iKe City , U. T. l.arco niiinboirtof m-oplu from the ilronth- Htr.cUen Huutloniuf northern Me.\lco are HockIng - Ing Into HI I'uMi , Tex. Tholr condition is ox- tifinu y pitiful. Cholera Is dls ippoarlns from Persia. A uycl'uiu In Valencia did much danuiRC to that place and the surrounding country , The Kiiirllsh have Installed a new king In Ijihtorn Crabo anil abolished human sac rifice * . A prominent Italian navil enelncor has been arrested ut Toulon and expelled fiotn Franco. Mr. Gladstone. BO advices from London say. Isranldly ruKalnlns hla wonted health and streiiKth. Kadlcal conspirators nro allozod to have been responsible for the Into mniderous as sault on piominunl Japanese olllululs , UoWHt'sSursapiirlllacioan'soj iho bloo.l NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. Yanllla Of perfect purity. Loinon Of great strength. Orange Almond Economy In their uoo Rose etc. Flavor as dollaatoly and Uolloiouoly ao the fro oh fruit. 7.V AVUVST. r > itlf ' llomn J The echo of n whispered word , A Moetlni : endcnoo low anil sweet , I roili as the HOIIZS the itrt ams re pu.it , I * tilnt us the croon ot nesting bird , A deeper nrure In the sky , Holds ilcamlng ; pay wlthuro-n and gold , Closed uings thaldrontnit half unfo.d , A BUinmcr paiscs slowly by , A broith of siulncss seuroolv cauiht , A minor notu lu nell the stialn , A bliMsom bowed by fullln f r iin , tlold strands with sllvorsubtly wrought. O , rare , tlnfathnmrd Aueust davs , Itlcli with the glurles nf the past , What will youhrlng IM forth at last ? \VhatlurksticneathyourhuvoilngKa70 ? Nugijotl NtiRpotl lluy Hlg Nugiot bnkli.p . powder , 112 oz. - , " > cents. Mr. L. ItJlamlcn , Of AURii9t.it Jtc. , says : "I do not remember \\hcn I began to take Hood's Sarsaparllla ; It was several years ngo , and I have found It does me a gteat deal ofJKood In my declining ye.us , I am 01 Years 2 months nnd 20 days old , nnd my health Is per fectly good. 1 have munches or pains about mo. flood's Sarsapariila regulates my bowels , stimulates my npnotlto , and lu'l | > H me to M TI > Mi-ll , 1 doubt If a liiepnlutlon ever was made so well suited to iho wants of nlil i > rn | > lr. I , . 11. HAMLI-.N , Klin Slicut , Augnstn , Me. , Sept. 20 , 181)1. ) HOOD'S PILLS nro a mild. Rcntlo , eafo and cfllcleut catlmrtlc. Alvrajrs rallabla. Anew nnl Complete Trcnt-nont , conilstlng of Suppositories. Ointment In lUpiuloi , nlio In liar mid I'llls : n 1'uslllvo euro tar Interim. Intornil blind or Uleodlnultclilni ; . Qirontc , llvoontor I tor. ) II- Urr 1'llci. T.ils Itetuolr hni novur bdon known to fall , tl per four li for * i ; aontby mill. Why aiilTt'rfroin lliln torrtblo tllsoito whan 11 wMttin KU iruntoi ) In uoslllvely Kl'en wltliii ooxmorrofiinil the money If nolcurt'U Sund stamp fur free .amplo. ( hi irnlltoo tsucd by Kuliu AC < i. , Drust'l'I" , Sola Afunt , corner i > nnJ Dotiiclas tlruoli , Uumba. Nub. * ? : < S 'fS I n f ) T\ Eye & Ear ( M aal Siicil Best fnell ties , npparitns andUoiioliai forsuecossfu tro ttmentof j vorv form of dlsoasu reiitilrln : ii.udloat'or Biir.'lu.tl troatmunt. M beds for patlonts , boird anJ attondanas. , Host aecomoJatioiH In the woac. „ Write for clrciiLin on doforniltnis anl braces , trmses , club foot , o irvatnrosof solnj. uilob.tuiniiM , eineor.oatirrh , bronoh'tls ' , In- halajlon.c | octrlclty. piralysla , oullouay , kid- no v.b , alder , eye. car. skin an 1 Wool and alt Burdlualopuratlons. DISEASES OF WOMEN Women I''KEi : . Wo h.ivolntoly adJod a lyln- In ( lop trttnont fur women durinir conllnoaiont. ftrlotly pr.vite.i Unlv Kollablo Medical lu- btitutomakln ? a Hneulilty o. , i U IV AT H D I S li AS E3 3 All H oed Illsutsas successfully troatol. bynhliltlo I'olsou lomovcd train the eyMtem without nuiroiiry. Now itostoratlvo L'rout * nicnt for Loss of VI PAI , I'OWtilt. I'orsonu un able to visa ui m.iv ho troatud at home by corrosnon once. All communications cnnll- ucntlal .Mo.liolnos or Instruments sotit t > y ma I orovpros ? , soouruly packed , no in ires to 1ml ciitiioontonlsor sunder. Ono penon il In- tcry ow pruferro I. Call anJ consult us or son J liNlory of your ciiae , and wo will son J In plain wrnpuor. our ' ' "KB : Unon I'rlvitn. ROOK Tf ) MEN , . . v.peoui | or Nervous l n- cases , Imnotency. Syphilis. Qlout uuJ Varljo- oe'e , with finest nn flsu Ur.iccs , Appliances fur I'efornillloi ft Trusoi. Only nnniifaetory Intliu We tot Itat'Uitil- ITX.IW/.I lAUK-t , T It U a > ! ; ; , , ICLUUl'itltl UA. TJiKlt /\S J.MHI til. t a. Omalia Medical anl Surglul luslitute , 26th and Broadway , Ooanoll BluSi Ton minutes' rl lo from eenter ot Omah i on OinuhaandOjuiull Ululfi oloutrlo motor llnu. SPECIAL NOTICES COUNCIL BLUFFS. TOOK tUNT The ilnoltltiEou I'lrH armnm A iinil Klishth street formerly occupied by M. 11 Smith ! It room * . 2 Imtli rooms and nil modern Improvements ) coml stable nnd out bulldlnitij-eiittiu per month. I * II. ahoufo. 11' YOU have anything for silo or tr.ido see h. II. Bhutto , llroadwixr and Main atrtiot. all pins of the . li II. Shoafo , llro.ulway nnd Main. \\7 ANTKn-Eastcrn Nebraska landt In ox- clmtimi for Oounoll ItluiTi property. K , IL Slioafu. llro > ! iway nnd M Uu strait , _ rPlli : UKIOKST MAlHIAlN-Doublo rosl- J-ilcnco lot , No. m : ; outh Klrst straot , 80 foot front ! hostluo.itlon nnd host bar.-at n In t ho city if ukou at onoo. Day & Clou. ; u Ion l stroot. l/tAUM and oily loins nt lowest rates. -L' lto.il ost.ito for sulo. nwolllni ; nn I business rontils. .Money lo.tnod for looiil Inventor * . Uniguo & Towlo. ! 3 > I'oarl street. FOR SAIjK On small payments , fruit and Kiirdon laiU noir Council lllnfTi 12. U. Ehuafo. llro.vliT ly and .Main street , I HAMS Albion Holler mills on lloono river. Nub. ; Ilium water luwor In the state developing iss horsa power water oiltlro year ) dally capacity , lliu btrrnls : nmchlncrr ami nrjurtcii tncos ooniplolu In every detail. Uoo.l frame residence ; R norusut laii't. tltlo ncrfoot ; price , $ ir > , wni will take tinlinprovul otistam Nebraska luuil. K. 11. Shuafo. . , . , SAl.K low.i farms In I'ottawnttamla and adjoining counties. 11 II , Hhoafo. [ roil SAM ; Hotels an I restaurants In" Iowa J-1 nnd Nebraska , doln ? prnllltulc business nnd well looiitod ; will ttiku 1 mil In purl trade ! write for details. K. 11. Slioafe. FOUSAI.K A first class sto-k of general moichindlso with KoolwlU ; prloo fMWJj will t u ko u DQil land iiiuxeh.in.-u. 1 * . II , jjheiifo. FOlt SAI.n Stookof millinery ami notions , with sloro and IUturns ; prlco Jl.IUJ ; will rado for land. K. U. Hlioafe. I7IOK S All K 8) acres nf 15001 Und and now - * - coltiKo. with fouraaros land In Warnors- vlllo , Nub. : all modern liniirovumonts : will uvclmiilu for a pluiuant cult mo free of In- runibranfe In Counoll HlulTs or Omaha. 1C. II. Shuafo. SAljR Ono of thu tirl.'htUHt an-I most des rahlo homos In thu elty , on 4th uvu I mnilctn in all rospmas. .Must sull , and will Baerillco. Addroaa It 1C , Hop olllcc. 171OU SAIC8)aoro ) ranch In Cherry Co. JNub. . Good hay land , Hploiulld raiiKO for cattle. Nice coltaKO , stable and out Ijulld- IIISH In coed repair , plenty wator. Uest land In the county : wilt Hull cheap. Write for do- tallb. i : . II. Slmafo. OK SAMOI { TRAllE-KeiUurint nnd H'lloon at Manawa ; ROOI ! biislnuss nt all SOISOIH ; coed bulldliu and Iniprovoiiionts. A snap for n llvo man. li 11. She ifo , OX AOHKS of Iand34 ! tulles trom uliy limits i-JJ at fSlpor aero , on main road. Would make a line fruit farm. Johnston & Van Patten. LOST A Columbia b cyelo. A reward will lo paid for Its return to J. D. R McOeo. BICYUI , ! ' . KIOI.KN. A Koolioster. one and one-half Inch cushion tiro. No. 1'Jia stolen Satnnliiy morning from front ot McFurlan Carriagerninnany. ti5 reward for return of nhcel to W. If. Ijiirln . Mcrrlain bloek. FOU SAIiR Good U-rooin duolllnp ncnr II. 1 * . transfer. I'rlco S.,0.0. . Will take horsca tind eattlo In part uuy. II II Shoafc. TilOK SALn-Creamery , well located In No- - ibraska. . dolni ; BO < H | liuslncss. Will take nartni'r or bull entire business ut a bargain. K. II. Sheiife. 131011 SAIjE Kloetrlo llslit plant In llvo No- - 1hraskit eltv , well oiUllpi ] ) > d and dolni ; KOOI ! business. I'rleo $7UJO : will irulu for land. A bnap for rllit ( nmn. K. II. Shcafu. \\TANTKD Hardwiiro stool ; In south- TV western Iowa for'spot easli. I , . II. blieufo. CITIZENS STATfi BANK Cf Council Ululi Capital stcoV . fSl.HOOO ! ) burpluaauilPronts . . SOOUlt Net Capital on I Surplus Dlreetun-J. I ) . iCd uu.lJi'M. ' 12. I , ri-iafirl. ? ' . > Glpnaun. U. K. Ilirt , I. A. . Mlllir , J. V , illna'iuii andCliarloi U. llnnnan. Trans let lonoral binlr- IngbUBinoss. Lurxoj' oapltkl nuJsurpluot any bunk lu ioutliwoitern In.va. INTEREST ON TIME ] DEPOSITS COUNCIL BLUFF3 m\l mM11 \ All kln'lsnf ' Dyeing nn 1 CloanliK ilnno In tha hl'.hest style of the art. Fulod and Kt.tlnuJ fabrics made to lo.ik as t-ooil its new Work promptly done and dollvorol in all p.trta of iho country , Sen. I for urlco list. 0. A. MAOIIAN. - - I'ltOl'KICTOH. Ulilliroadwiy. Noir Vortlrvoitjra UotiNJir. llc-ufifj. lo.v.c Kf 'illinilorf ' Attorneys ntlaw Pnio- ft. OdUHQLlj lCO | | , , tilu Htlito a,1j , fi-dcal courts. Uoonm : i. 4 and & licnro block. Counell llluila , la. SISSOIT'S AHTI-KICKING STRAP. Greatest duvleo knnwii for onueatlni ; nnd < ontrollln the horso. ll'tirrit'ituil to provonl and liuruhorseHunil culls from kK-klni : . bueklnro.ir iu , backln/ , running ; , ittiinhllnir , turn- lir. . fall ii- . lu.'glnir , brunklng HhaflH , ulnok ro in : Is easy nn their inoutlu : m/oi not Intjrforu with their tr ivo liig. und makoi. Ilium ) orfi'otly 8afo fora rhlld to drive. It Is Invaluable In britiiKliitf mid drlvin.co'.ts , young horses and btulilonu. and can bu used on track , road and horses ut nil times. SISSON'S ADJUSTABLE SAFJEa'Y HALTER Warranted to bu the l > i t hultor in uzUtenou iin-1 t prevent und euro linltur pulleru : to bruHk a colt to lead In ten tulnuuu ; loliundl u Htalllon , nnd to break u. balky lionte. ( or sale only by i'Hk t ltn/'Jli. , iiuniTuI ugent and inuuufauiurcr ufUao litMiueM undduulurln till turf foods , its llroadwtty , Council lilulfn , lu.