OA1A11A DAILX 1808.
I CURRENT NEWS OF INTEREST. . . FROM IOWA.
I COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Mt.NOIl MU.VriO.Y.
. . . .
Cooper , FIre Ins , C Pe rl , tel. 372.
The Girls' Industrial school Is In need of
tnoro tccchcr * .
flood work la what you will have nt the
Dluff City Laundry.
C S Scrogglns nnd wlfo left for Ml.
Pula kl , 111 , jcptcrday.
1M McManlglll was reported to be In a
dlng condition last pvcnlng.
iMlBS Lulu Iltidlo left jcstcrday for All
taints' school , at Sioux Falls , S. D.
Wo want jou to feel that your package li
very welcome at our place , and ovcry effort
will bo made to plcaso > ou at the Eagle
Laundry , 724 Bway.
Thomas S Illnes , the man adjudged Insane
by Iho commlfielonem of Insanlly , has "liccn
lakcn lo Mount Plensant by Sheriff Morgan ,
who returned jestcrdoy.
On Thtirsdiy evening the regular weekly
social of I'dgewood Union church was held
nt the McCrao farmhouse , flvo miles east of
the city. There wtro clghtflvo persona
present
The Board of County Supervisors yester
day awarded the conlract for burying the
dead to Undcrtal-tr Charles Lunkley for the
ensuing ) car. The price was fixed at $6 $ for
each case.
Mary Hnglchart died jestcrday morning at
8 o'clock dt Die homo of her parents In Hn/el
Doll lonnnhlp. Her age was 9 > ears and C
imeittin , and the oiuse of death was con-
Bumpllonv Scrvlcei will be licjd from Ihe
residence Sunday morning al 11 o'clock and
from SI. Petcr' Catholic church In this city
at 1-30 p. in. Interment In the Catholic
cemetery.
C. B. Vlnvl Co. , Tomato icmcdy ; consulta
tion free Ofllco hours , 9 to 12 and 2 to C
Health book furnished. 320-327-323 Mcrrlam
block.
N. Y. Plumbing comp nr. TP ! . 230.
\iiNUi-rs IMurrrloii'n Pcdtlon ,
Mrs. Nelllo Moudo Upshaw , who was mad
defendant In a divorce suit by a petition Ih'i '
vvao fllc l hi 'ho district court hero a fov
days ago , made lier answer > csterday. Th
suit was begun by Chirks IMgerton and li
alleged as ground for hie divorce that Nelll
had left him and was living in mliiltory wit
n man named Upshaw , who was at the Urn
and 11 now a resident of Lincoln , Neb. 1
the original petition the allegation Is mid
that the IMgertcns were married In Ihlo clly
Tlio defendant makes n general denial to n
of 110 allegallons and flloi n mosl rcmarkabl
answer. She sajs her reil IMIIIO Is now Ncl
He Maude Upshaw , "for on or about the
diy at , 1SU , who was married to Georg
W Upshaw In Council Bluffs. Her real na
true name then was Nellie Maud
nison , for on or about Februar
14 , 1SS1 , she was married to on
J. Klson , at or near nilliigham , 111. " In
Ihu concluding paragraphs of her answer sh
declares that oho would not Jiuve answcrci
the petition of Ihe plalnllff "but for the fac
that ono John Limit , n lawjcr of Councl
Bluffs and attorney for the plaintiff , callei
upon her at her homo In Lincoln on or abou
the 2Sth day of December , nnd by Ihrcals am
force compelled her lo sign cerlaln paper
under Iho name of N'elllu IMgerton , and tha
she did not then know , and does nol no\
knew , Iho meaning of Iho papers she slgnei
under Ihrcals and compulsion. " She nsk
Iho court to relieve her from any binding
force or from any agreement or ncktiowl
cdgmcnt she has made by signing Iho pa
pcrs under Ihrcat of violence. The answe
vvns acknowledged by a Lincoln nolarj1. A
search of Iho marriage records for Iho las
ten jcars to discover the dale of the mnr
rlago with Upshaw shows It to have oc
currcd May G , 1S9G. His ago Is given as 50
years and his residence as Council Illuffs
nnd hers as 29nnd her homo In Lincoln
She signed Iho marriage record ns Mrs. Nel
Ho Mnudo Klson. No record of Iho allegoi
marriage lo ndgcrton , from which ho Is su
Ing for freedom , can be found.
Wnlrr IIIIU
Discounted 5 per cent , If paid on or before
January 10th. Office open Saturday and Mon
day evenings.
Dies from .
Jamra Mackaben , a well known old shoe
maker , was found dead jestcrday forenoon
Ho was engaged In assisting tils son In de
livering n load of brick from S. C. Bcsloy's
brickyards lo Iho Terminal Railway company
for shipment lo Soulh Omaha. The car was
located on Avcnuo I ) nnd Elghtccnlh slrcc
and the falhcr and son had each delivered n
load. The son unloaded his wagon first am
drove away , leaving the elder man to finlsl
his work alone. Whin ho returned ho founc
him lying on the brick pile dead. Ho was
supposed to bo In the best of health and hai
not been heard complaining of any Ill-fcellnf
during the morning. An examination ehowc < :
that death was duo to apoplexy The de
ceased was known almost altogether outside
of his family as "Sinister. " He leaves his
wlfo and seven children. Ito was G3 yenre
of ago and has been a resident of the city
for many jears , highly respected by all ol
lib friends.
Hoffmayr's fancy patent flour makes the
bent and most bread. Ask jour grocer for It.
Hurt liy li Klclr.
L A. J. Sage , a farmer ot Hazel Dell tonn-
ship , was fearfully Injured In the face by
i the Ictck ot a intilo yesterday. The man hail
brought a load of produce to town and was In
the hay market -when the accident occurrcil.
31 oUB In the act of hitching up his own
team , which was standing near to a team of
inulcH ownc < ! hy William Moss , n. Crescent
township farmer. Whllo Sago was bending
over to hitch ono of the tugs of his harness
the mule planted Ills hoof squarely In the
man's face. The animal had Just been newly
shot and tha calks of the shoo Inflicted deep
vomuls. Sago's nose was npllt and ono portion
tion ot It almost torn from his face. Ono too
calk entered the face Just beneath the right
cyo and tha probability Is that the eye will
bo destrojcd. Several of the 'bones ' of the
face were also broken by the blow.
Wnlrr IIIIU
Discounted 5 per cent , If piltl oa or before
January 10th. Olflco open Saturday and Mon
day ovoalngs.
. \MHiiiiltoil nml HriitfMi.
Carl Lpffert , anrmer living In Hazel
Tel ) | lownshlp , was assaulted and dangerously
beaten by thrco men whom ho encountered
on the 1 Ighwny 'whllo ' returning homo from
Council Illuffs on Thursday evening. The
trouble arose over n dispute as to the right
of way of the respective vehicles. Ho was
knocked off his wagon nndwas left SCIIBO-
li'ss and bleeding -tho.roadside. . Yester
day ho recovered and during the evening
two farmers named Johnson and 1'aul wcro
arrested at Crescent City , charged -with Iho
assault. A tclcphonu message last night
from the village stated < thnt the men were
taken before the Injured farmer , but ho
was unable to Identify them.
What do the
* Children
f Drink ?
Don't plvo thorn ton , or coffco.
Hnvo you Uiecl tlio iinvv food drink
called GHAIN.O ? It Is dollclotia
nnd nourishing imd tukcti the jilimo
of coffee.
'Iho moro Ornln-O yon give the
clilldiun the iiioio health you distri
bute through their Bjstenw.
Qraii\-O \ is imulo of pure grains , ami
wlieu properly prepared tastes like
{ ho choice graded ol cofTco but costs
nbout 4 us much. All ijrocm boll
it. ICu. urnl ! > Qc.
TryGrain = 0 ! \
iDslit that yqurgrocerglres you QHAIN-O 7
Accept no liultMlou. m
'Wrt
k
CIVES ASSESSORS POINTERS
Oounty Auditor Mattbowj Lectures the Lot
on Listing Property ,
NEW LAW EXPOUNDED IN ALL ITS DETAILS
Many ClintiKon from ( lie Old i\iiInlncMl
mill YnrlniiN lli > iiilrriuciiN | ( Mmlu
Clour ( u I lie TnuiiNlilli'H
OlltclilU. ,
The county assessors from the twenty-
eight townships In Iho county held a meet
ing In the county court house jestcrday In
compliance \\lth the requirements of the new
code , for the purpose ! of hoxlng the new roxe-
nuo law explained to them. County Auditor
Matthews was the expounder , and ho deliv
ered a t'peech of three hours' duration , not
counting tbo numerous Interruptions from
assessors who were unable to grasp the lull
meaning of the exposition of the law as made
by the auditor. The meeting proved to bo
no pleasure excursion for the atscssors , for
they were given some xcry hard leswns to
learn The new revenue law Is a compli
cated thing to the average assessor and has
placed dutlcA upon him that make his ofllco
one of much moro responsibility and Involv
ing moro hard work than the old law under
which the assessments wore made. Under
the old law the assessor was only obliged to
keep me book and that tvas designed to bo
as simpleas possible. The now law requires
the keeping of a regular set of books and
the filling out of numerous blanks. It re
quires each arscssor to swcai well property
owner ho assesses and leaves htm none of
the extraordinary and autocratic powers In
fixing land values cmd personal property that
irado him a feared and respected Individual
under the old law. After being placed under
the most so'emn oath tl at the legislators
could devise , th" tnxpajcr Is obliged to glvo
In detail all of his real estate property. A
duplicate of this must bo made out on the
epot and given to the assessed and ho Is
required to sign both sheets. When the real
estate Is properly entered the victim Is given
a blank upon which he must enter all of his
personal property In thn shape ot monejs
and ciedlta , giving actual amounts end
values At the end of thle blink he cn-
coii'iters another solemn oath which must
bo subscribed to.
The compensation of the assessors Is partly
fixed by the board ot supervisors. The law-
allows $2 a dny for a reasonable tlmo in
which the assessor must assess the township
allotted to him , and It Is the duty of the
hoard to approximately fix this time. This
will be done at the meeting today. It Is
tacitly understood that the time allotment
will approach closelj to thirty dajs for many
of the smaller townships and sixty ifor the
larger ones. Until the assessors become cc-
cuslomed to the blanks and HID manner of
making Iho enlrles in Ihe books Ihey will
get along rather slowly with their work
Next > ear It will bo thedutj of Iho assessors
lo make complelo relurns of all farm sla-
llsllcs. Including crop reports , and this will
add a number of additional Wanks lo Ihe list
Ihey ore now rcqulied lo look aflcr.
The assessors w ere allow cd by law ? 3 each
and mileage for the trouble of coming to
Council Bluffs jestcrday cad taking their
first lesson In assessing. It Is believed lhat
the new law will calch i great many tax-
shirkers who have had no trouble la evading
their obligations in the past.
\Viitcr llllln
Discounted ! 5 per cent , If paid on or before
January 10th. Office open Saturday and Mon
day evenings.
WKU IX Tim COIJ.NTY JAIL.
bin-rift MorKim'N llolirilcrs Miilcc flic
llcst of the Mdililloil.
The countj- Jail has been a scene of great
acllvlly during the last week. It has been
undergoing a complele renovallon from lop
lo bollom , wllh the result that Iho Inlerlor
of the Jail now presenls an appearance that
Is as tu-ar homelike as could bo expected.
Sheriff Mo"gan's family of boarders has not
been as luigo during the last few months as
Is , usual. Yesterday there were Jusl twenty-
one prisoners In the Jail , with cno woman in
Iho lot. The man with the longest time be
fore him Is Harry Helser , v.lio was sentenced
; o ore year for shooting "Cyclone" McCal-
mant. Ho Is expecting a pardon fiom Iho
governor , but If he docs not receive It ho
will retrain I" Jail until October , 29.
Ilemorley Fuller was Indicted under the
now habitual criminal acl , but as Iherc was
no case against him l.o was allowed lo plead
guilty lo simple larceny for his last theft ,
which was Iho stealing of a set of harness
'rom William Groimveg. Ho was sentenced
o six months. His tlmo will bo up Juno 20.
Wesley Green will bo released o Januaty
21. Ho was given ninety days for obtaining
money under false preteoscs by circulating
a bogus petition for aid.
James Franklin and J. L. Saxton will
ireathe tiio air of freedom next Friday. They
wont do.vn for sixty days for stealing gloves
rom Bell's store.
A week from today Pets Kgan and KImer
iViatt will walk oul. Pclo stole an overcoat
rom the Kansas City house and got thirty
days. Elmci was giveci nineteen days for
striking C. M. Trcphagen.
Two moro men will released on January
9. They are T. J. Cady and George Law-
ronco. Cady got on a drunk with a thlily-
day attachment. Lawrence found tbo same
{ hid of a dose hitched to tlio ncckyokc hu
stele from Pat Guonoudo.
George Harris and IM Hogcrs took up their
abode with the sheriff yesterday. Judge Me-
Ice gave them thirty days for utoallng shoes
rom the Knowles company.
Four moro state prisoners liava boon "bound
over to the grand Jury. They nro Rlla Clark ,
charged with stealing $117 from a stranger
rom Missouri ; John Conrad , the dajlight
ilghwayman who was captured by the llro-
non of the Loner Broadway hose house ;
George Hopkins , accused of stealing an over
coat from Bono's store , and William Barnes ,
ho man recently bound over on the charge
of larceny of hogs from Hobert KIrlavood.
There are six United States prisoners , all
nil ono of whom are bootleggers. The ex
ception Is H. N. Whlttlcsey. C. C. Carter
las been In the Jail a year for bootlegging.
lo is 111 not be released until next April.
Murray Alexander nnd Dan Fields each got
our months and a $250 line at the last ses
sion of the federal court. Their time will bo
up 'March ' 2 , George Bcsancon and C. II ,
; .islrup are held awaiting the action of Iho
edcrnl giand Jury.
Al iMorgan , son Of the sheriff , Is the Jailer.
'a lives with his wlfo and little daughter In
bo Jail.
Como to the Candy Kitchen today and get
our supplies at the Methodist market ,
Mr * . .Suit/mini ItflrnlN.
Mrs. Saltzman lias relented. The two
cases of assault In Justice 'Burko's ' court
mvo been dismissed nt lier request and by
icr paving the costs. As prosecuting wlt-
iesn she has also naked that the bonds
mdcr which ho was placed to keep the peace
10 reduced. The Justice cut the amount down
rom $1,000 to $200which was furnished by
f , Marcus , and Saltzman vas released , The
ttachmcnt proceedings sued out by Mrs.
aUzman against her husband have also
cen dismissed , and eba has signified her In-
enlloiv of rivalling1 Cier ppllcallon for
Ivorco and living again 'with ' [ Moses.
'l'lii > Oalliollo l-'nlr.
The Catholic fair opens at Hando's dancing
cadcmy In the Odd Fellow's building this
venlng. Great attractions every evening ,
dmlsalon only 10 cents. The fair will cou-
nuo until Saturday evening , January 15.
Von n u I'cojilr'H Alliance.
The annual convention of the Young Pco-
lo'a alliance of the Council Bluffs district
f the German Evangelical association con-
cued at tlio church , ou tbo corner ol Glen
avenue and Pierce street , last evening. A
large number of delegates arc attending the
meetings , which will last until Monday
evening. Only Iho preliminary work was
done last evening. The opening address was
made by the president of the district , J. H.
Banlrufflncd. Addresses of wclcomo and re
sponses were made and the services con
cluded by a sermon by Olcv. D. Mchl of
Omaha.
Sliiininn < ltmrlct
Mrs. O. W. Johnston , Mrs. C. W. Martin
I M. Treynor nd J. H. Sims , nselsted by
Miss Bowman and St. Francis Xavlcr'a choir ,
hold a concert at the St. Francis church
Sunday afternoon , January 9.
iMnrrlrme MQCIINO Hocnril.
Mnrrlnpe licenses were Issued yesterday
to Iho following named persons ;
Name and Address. Age.
C. K. Goodchlld , Chicago . T
Mlnnlo 13. Pnllon , Council Bluffs . 20
Jnmcs A. Wilson , St. Joseph , Mo. . . ( V
Mra. Anna Knnpp , SI. Joseph , Mo . 33
itni'oit'r "ON 'run IOWA. SCHOOLS
Ilciuiirluililo 1'roKrcNH UntieIn I'nlnt
\iiiuliL-rs nml Other I'l'ittnrcH.
DCS MOINIJS , la. , Jan. 7. ( Special )
Henry Sabln , retiring superintendent of pub
lic Instruction In Iowa , has filed the twenty-
eighth biennial report of his office wllh Iho
governor. H Is cow In Iho hnads of Ihe
printer nnd will not bo given to the public
for several weeks. In speaking of the growth
of Iowa schools Mr. Sibln sajs :
"In the first ten jears of her stalehooO
Iowa built over 1,300 school houses , valued
at $2flG,000 ; 2,151 ungraded schools were es-
labllshed. Tw only-five hundred teachers
were cmplojed , moro than one-half of whom
were men. . . Male teachers wore paid $14.50
and women $825 per mouth. In 1806 Ihero
were 5,900 schools with 9,313 teachers , of
which about 28 per cent were males. The
salary paid men had Increased to $34 per
month and of females to $24. The average
school jcar was only five months. During
that jear 212,000 pupils were enrolled.
"In the next decade , Including 1S70 , the
schools Increased lo 9,859 , or nearly 75 per
cenl Thcro were 19,000 employed as teach
ers , of whom over one-lhlrd were men.
There wcro 399,000 pupils enrolled and Ihe
school jcarwo. . ? lenglhencd lo six nnd one-
half months The reports for 1SS9 show 14-
829 schools , wllh an average jrar of over
eevoD monlhs. They emplojcd 24,700 leach-
crs , not quite one-fourth of whom wcro men.
Four hundred nnd eighty-one thousand pupils
were on Iho rolls , as nllcndlng some part of
the school jear , which was over seven months
In durallon.
"Tlio reports for 1897 arc mot jet tabulated.
We avail ourselves of Ihe figures of lb9C.
In lhat year there wcro 28,121 leathers cm-
plojed , of whom 5,714 were males. The av-
crago monthly compensallon paid men was
$38.28 , and Ihe women $3223 per month. The
school jcar was raided to eight monlhs. Flf.
leen million eight hundred and slljseven
Ihousand four hundied and twenty-five dollars
lars represents the value of 13,680 school
buildings. Of the 720,175 persons of school
age , 543OCi2 were enrolled In the schools
The cntlro amount paid for school purposes
was $8,317,873. These figures are sufficient
to show the growth of the schools in point
of numbers and ccsl. In macy olher respects
their growth has bccni still more remark
able. "
Comparing Iowa with neighboring states In
the north central group , to which she natur
ally belongs , .Mr. Saliln finds In his report
thai ID poli't of average monthly salary of
teachers , Iowa Is Ihe lowest but one os re
gards females , aoid the lowest as regards
males. In the number of buildings Iowa
leads , and In the value of school property It
Is fifth. Iowa Is third In total revenue for
school purposes , and In the amount raised
from local laxcs. Iowa , Kansas and. South
Dakota are the only states which levy no
state tax for schools. Iowa stands well up
la every respect , except the eolaries of teach.
ers. Mr. Sabln sajs : "When it Is learned
that In Iowa the average length of Ihe echool
jcar Is only eight monlhs , so lhat In many
places It Is seven monlhs or leoa , nnd that
iracy teachers are employed at much less
than the average salarjwo caraol wonder
that our schools do not accomplish all that
we desire of them. "
.SHOOTS IMS WIFU AND FLUHS.
John OloCimaii of llcilforil , In. , Mur
der * 1II Wife.
BEDFORD , la. , Jan. 7. ( Special Tele
gram , ) John McCowan has ended a life's
tragedy In murder. He shot his wlfo dead
and fled. Ills trail Is blind , but there Is a
chance that he may bo overtaken , since word
has been tent to all localities In the Im
mediate neighborhood , nnd ho Is so well
known that his detecllon seems cerlaln.
.McCowan has been a resident of Bedford
for many years , being one of the town's
earliest seniors. Ho has been highly re-
spcclod here , and al present holds the office
of Justice of the peace. About two weeks
ago ho partedl from his wife. It being the
third tlmo they serrated. Tttlco has the
couple been divorced , and three times mar
ried. The cxuct nature of Iho trouble Is not
at present understood. Incompatibility ecems
the main feature of the disagreement bo-
Iwecn husband and wife. About two weeks
ago the Ihird separation occurred , and the
husband seems to have decided to cod Iho
malter for all tlmo tonight. He went to
the house this evening about 8 o'clock and on
being admitted , drew a revolver and began
firing at his wife. Four ehols look effect
In Iho body and head of the woman , three
of tiio wounds being each of a falal mlure.
As soon as lie had satisfied himself lhat the
woman woa dead , MeCouan fled In tbo dark
ness , and ut midnight no trnco of him has
been discovered. It Is thought ho has gene
overland to Bed Oak In hope of catching
a Iraki on tno Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy
road and thus escaping.
The couple had four children , who wore
living with the mother at the family Lome.
JtiiiiKe 1'lnilcr.
DUBUQUC , la. , Jan. 7. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Dr. Nicholas Bray has Invented a
range f cider which , by the variations of a
switch from the left of two parallel lines ,
whoa both right parallel line and the switch
are pointed al Iho same object , determines
Iho distance on sea or land. The govern
ment has ordered Instruments ifor UEO In
ciavlgallon , naval warfare and light house
service.
.Motion.
DUBUQUD , la. , Jan. 7. ( Special Telc-
gmm ) A perpetual motion machine , In
vented by a mechanic 22 jears old , has teen
In operation nt Wndena , Fajetto county ,
since Tuesday last. It bears eight balls , each
weighing lliree-elghlhs of a pound , and has
reached a epeed of 120 revolutions per inla-
ule.
Tor Sail- Only liy JOII.V JM.NUCH , 13
Uulii St. , Council lIluUi. _
REPUBLICANS'-1 ' , HOLD CAUCUS
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Agrco on ThsirCandidates ( ( for Honso
Officers ,
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FUNK , FOR SPEAKER , BY ACCLAMATION
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DHS MOINE3 , Jan. 7. ( Special Telegram )
The house caucus was held tills evening ,
opening at 7.30. J. II. Funk of Hanlln
county NBS nominated for speaker by accla
mation. The caucus was quiet and har
monious. firty-Dlglit of the Bl\ty-two retire-
ntcUhcfl being present. The only rlpyle
was occasioned by the Ititroductlon of a reso
lution by Hay of Poneshlck to rcduco the
number of cmplojcs of the house. Ho pro-
poscrt to cut oft ono Journal clerk , two as
sistant door keepers , four pages nml twchc
committee clerks. In presenting the resolu
tion ho1 urged that this was the recommenda
tion which had been made last winter by
the Investigated and retrenchment com-
in H too. or which Mr , Punk nas chairman ,
Ho urged that the recommendation of that
committee ought not to bo discredited In this
caucus. Several others followed , all declar
ing that they Indorsed Mr. llny'n sentiment ,
but urging the Impracticability of action on
tbo matter at this time. Neltert of Linn
declared that cliecso paring was not needed ;
thcro was roil reform to bo effected , but
ho did not believe It needed bo begun this
way. The result was the almost unanimous
adoption of n substitute which fixed the
employes just as they had been at the last
session. There were only a few ballots takfii
and none of the contests wcro closo. For
.loor keepers mid Janitors the candidates were
numerous. FollowIIIK arc the nominations :
Speaker. J. II. Funk of Hardln ; chief clerk ,
James D. Uowen of Polk ; first assistant clerk ,
C H. Benedict of Shelby ; second nsalstant
cleik , C. n. Graves of Mitchell ; enrolling
cleric , Mrs. Mollie Heist of Wapello ; Jourtiil
clerk , H. C. Lounsberry of Marshall ; as
sistant Journal clerk , n. K. Wltnilo of Hum-
joldt ; fllo clerk , n. P. Armstrong of Madison ,
assistant postmistress , R. Clara Wcnolo of
Jecatur ; bill clerk. II. L Frush of Jefferson ,
ecrgcant-at-arms , C. C. Ulgbee of Iowa ; chlof
leer keeper , James A. Gllmoie of Gutlulo ;
assistant door keepers , Wesley Spain of Polk ,
3 P. Thomas of Warren , A. N. McKay of
Wlr.ncshlek , II. Johnson of Osceola , r. G
Stlllwell of Allamakce , P. M. Hart of Duller ,
Thad W. Maxon of Cedar , A. W. Parsons of
3lou\ ; Janitors , P. D. Brown of Woodbury ,
Vathan Mlddleton of Hamilton , Thomas Uus-
sey of Scott and Peter Holmes of Polk.
Mr. Funk was presented to the caucus and
spoke briefly. Ho willed attention to the
act that the democrats 1'avo a larger mnn-
) er of members In the present house than
n jcars ; that great responsibility rests on
ho rcnubllean members : that tlio rraiihllmn
jarty In a largo measure Is on tilal and Its
course In this assembly will determine much
as to Its future protocols In the state.
Cmitrnct for n Jlnllrntul Ili-ldno.
'MUSCArriNE ' , la , , Jan. 7. ( Special ) The
promoters of thoMuscatine North & South
railway have let the contract for the building
of the steel caisson bridge to span the Iowa
Ivor at Wapello1 to the Mirfjourl Valley
3rldgo and Iron Works of Leavcnw orth ,
Can. , the conlract price being $45,000. About
one mile of grad'ng Is finished on the now
road , work on which , will bo begun and
pushed with all possible alacrity early In the
spring , at which time the building of the
jrldge will commence In earnest. It Is not
Ikely that any excmatlons for the bridge
will be attcmplcd .untll the Ice goes out.
PolxonliiR- fuse at DciilHon.
DENISO.V , la. , Jan. 7. ( Special. ) Five of
nine persons > wlio parlook of the evening
meal at Ihe homo of Willis Wiggins yoster-
lay v.cro made violently 111 , supposedly as
the result of callng roast chicken. The
chicken had been roisleil for dinner nml nil
had parlaken heartily of the meat nt that
time , but It was not until nftcr It was eaten
In the evcnlnn that Its 111 effect ensued. The
fowls had been purchased nllvo and killed
nnd dressed at the house. iMIss llobcrtson
ate most heartily of the cold meat and she
was the most severely affected About nn
hour after the jnenl she was seized with
violent nausea , which continued nil nlghl
long. Immediately Ihe olherswere taken 111
nnd a doctor hastily summoned. All had the
greatest feelings of nausea , accompanied
with Violent pains In the head.
IOMII Pnrni
The Oscpola County Farmers' Institute has
arranged for sessions nt Slbley , Ashton ,
Ochejedan and Mevln.
O. H. Ljoo of Itockford has a shorthorn
cow 17 jcars old which has iccenlly given
him her fifteenth calf. These calves have
brought an average of $75 each at 12 months
of ago.
J. W. Bellamy of Knoxvlllo shipped 1,100
head of fat sheep to market , the last of a
balch of 4,000 ho purchased In Oclobcr. Ho
permitted them to harvest tils corn and kill
the weeds and his profit was ticarly $2 a
head.
head.Mills
Mills county raised last jear : Winter
wheat , 10,900 bushels , an average of sixteen
bushels per acre ; spring whcnt , 217,399
bushels , an average of thirteen bushels per
aero ; com , 2,401,880 bushels , an average of
thirty bushels per acre.
At n stockholders' meeting of the Shelby
District Agricultural association the follow
ing offlcciB were elected for Ihe coming jcar
President , W. H. Moore ; vice president , M.
V. Best ; secrclary , II. L. ci > drr ; assistant
secretary , Hey Linn ; treasurer , G. H. Hlaik ;
privileges , J. A. Cook ; speed , H. Smith.
During 1S97 the Tabor & Northern railway
bandied from Tabcr 129 loaded cars , 174 cars
of which were catlle , 15S cars hogs , five cars
sheep , flfly-lhreo corn , Iwenty cars wheat ,
eight cars oats , two cais hay , seven cars
apples , two cars wood. The small amount
of corn shipped from the station Is occounled
for by Ihe largo shipment of live stock.
State Vctcrlmry Surgeon Gibson will nsk
Iho coming legislature fcr help to stamp out
the plague of tuberculosis , which has created
such havoc among the calllo herds of Iowa
during Iho past two jears. Ho will ask thai
ho be given power lo Inspect any suspected
calllo thai may como under his notice , that
ho bo given power to quarantine an ) danger
ous animals , and lhat ho bo aulhcrlzcd to
kill any cattle which he has found to bo
affected with tuberculosis.
Town Pri'KK r < tiiMiipi < ,
Burlington Hnwkevo : Florida has had an
other close call from Jack Frost. Iowa , with
Its hardy fruit , Is Iho stircsl mono ) maker.
Kcokuk Gale City. The farmers who neg
lected to husk their corn In the fall , when
the weather was pleasant , are now evening
no thing by Jibing Iho icemen who neg-
locled lo harvest their crop during llic re
cent cold weather. Both arc suffeiers by
reason of their dllatoriness and neither me
entitled to sympathy.
Davenport Domocral : It li expected that
the specl.il legislative committee which for
several months past has been looking In upon
all the state Institutions and asking ques-
tlons > without end will bo ready with Its re
port ono week from Saturday. The commlt-
tee claims lo have taken some 3,000 pages
of typewilllcn evidence. If Iho committee
has deno Its duty , as It probably has. It
has learned a great deal worth knowing.
Atlanllc Telegraph : The woman suffrag
ists of this state arc making an actlvo can
\a $ i of the stale wllh u petition to the Icgis-
Intnro , asking It to submit the question lo
Iho valors. And al Iho same llmo an associa-
llon of women In Illinois has sent oul a
circular lellor opposing woman suffrage wllh
seemingly ns much earnestness as the puf-
fraglsls. It Is a strange thing that the
strongest opposition lo Ihe movement should
come from their own sex , but It has over
been found that women receive less Bjm-
palhy from their own sex than from men.
Firellccord for n Iluy.
PADUCA1I , Ky. , Jan. 7. Fire destroyed
the Itehkopf & Sons collar factory this morn ,
tag , entailing n less of $50,000 , with only
$4,000 of Insurance. Charles Dillon , a flro-
man , was caught under falling walls and
fatally Injured. File Chief Woods and Wil
liam Krauss , buporlntcndcnt of the factory ,
were alto Injured , though not seriously
The fire broke out In the buildlag In which
the straw wed la lining ( ho collars was
stored.
ronTV-rm : ici.o.Mnicniis itr.n n.\ .
SltnnUnti n ( Hit UNO n In Much lin-
liriMcil ii to I'ooil.
SRATTtiB. Wiuli. , Jan 7. Forty-five Klon-
dIKcrs arrived hero today on the etramcr
City of Seattle , bringing mix Ices from Duwson
| up to December 7. J. M. Kepticr , John Durko
j and "French Curie ) " DeLorgo left Diwson on
] that data and came ihrough in record making
, time , reaching Scitllo cxaclly ono month
| after their rtart. The trip was without spe
cial Incident other than the usual hardship
of such a Journey.
" \Vo pissed between two nnd three hundred
men on our way oul , " said Mr. Kcpner.
"IMrllcv ? will bo coming lo every < hy now.
The fcituitlon nt Dnwson Is practically un
changed. The food supply U better than It
was two months ago t account of the people -
plo leaving. "
Dcl.orgo In an Interview said"I cannot
eay exactly how much dust was brought out.
I think It will run over $100.000 and proba
bly reach $150,000. I know ono man who
brought out between $10,000 and $20,000 In
dust. In drafts there was more money repre
sented. One man alone has n draft for
$100,000 , nnd others I know have Inrgo drnfts.
Perhaps Iho drafts will aggregate$260.000. .
There was nothing new In Iho wny of strikes
rcporlcd when we lefl > Mtnc6 opened were
worked and the output next spring will bo n
big ono. "
JJOCTOIl SHOT I V \\UM\\ ,
lie Will 1)1.n nil IIU AKNiitlmit Kill *
II < ! < If.
Jin.MPHIS , Tcnn. , Jan. 7. A deplorable
tragedy occurred In the outskirts of Memphis
this afternoon , Dr. Shop A. Hogcrs , pro
fessor of anatomy at Iho Memphis Modlccl
college , cx-prcsldent of the Hoard of Health
and ono of the most piomlnent physicians
of this city , was shot by Mrs. Mary Sand-
brink , n widow , and tonight , llc.s In a djlng
condition at St. Joseph's hospital. Aflci
shooting Dr. Hogcrs the woman turned the
revolver to her breast nnd sent a bullet
through her heart. The cause of the tragedy
Is veiled In deepest mystery.
\iiolhrr Vlnii ( lornVronir. .
Colo. , Jnn. 7.-Speclal ( Tclc-
) C. S. Hooks , foimerly n U.iptlsl
pioncher nt Stcelo City , Neb. , vvns today
sentenced lo four inonllis liv 1'uelilo county
Jail for unlawfully living with Mary John
son , formerly ono oC his Hock In Nebraska.
Cliiirllnble women hero Hcruioil a Miispen-
Flon In Mlbs Johnson'M c.i o and will rottiin
her lo her home. Hooks Is Iho s.ima
preacher who was inriod and fe.ilhoied In
a Kansas town /or similar aols.
Mi ON ciilcnuri' \ < -\\N lor l.Ilid.
CHICAGO , Jan. 7.-Tho Northwestern Ille-
\ated llallioid company , n corpomtlon en-
K.iged In building an elevated nllwny In
tl. ! < i city h.is bosun nn nrtlon against the
Chicago Dally Nr.vs for alleged llbol , laying
damigcq at $ TiOOCiO. ( The HUlt prows out of
an editorial printed In the Dilly News on
IX i ember 31 ctUIcIsliip the methods of the
projcetois of the. road. The cnti'rpil e Is
one of a. number In which C. T. Ycrltcs Is a
conspicuous person.
AVaIli > Mail rolimillM Sulflilo.
SAN ANTONIO , Tex. , Jan. " . Fr.ink J
Belle ] , an old ic ldcnl and wealthy realty
owner and lumber merchant , committed
milcldo today by s'lootlng htm'clf throuRli
Iho head while In bed. Cause , III health. Ho
worlh at least J5CO.OOO.
Mo i-mviilH of Oci'iui VrwuvlH.
At New Yotk Arrived Palrln , from Ham-
Ijur. , Trave , from Bremen.
At Uv t rpool S illed Cev Ic , for New York.
At Quecnslow n Arrived Utrurla , from
New York , for I lverpaol.
WISE WOMEN.
These Who Hood the First Symp !
toms of Norvous'Dorangoinont.
Special front Mrs. I'lnkhAtn.
A dull , aching pain nt the lower part'
of tlio back niul a sensation of lltila
rills of heat , or chills running down
the spine , nro symptoms of general
womb dornnpctnent. - * >
If thcso symptoms nro not nccompa *
nlecl by Icucor-
rhoon , they arc.
precursors
of that
weakness.
It is worse
than folly
to neglect
thcso symp
toms. Any wo
man of com
mon scuso will
take steps to
cnro herself.
She will realize that
her generative system
is in need of help , nml
that a gootl restorative medicine is
n positive necessity. It must bo n medi
cine with hpcciflo virtues. As n. friend ,
a worn tin friend , let mo advise the use
of Lyilia E Pinkhnm's Vegetable
Compound.
If your case has progressed so that tv
troublesome discharge is already es
tablished , do not delay , take the Veg
etable Compound at once , bo as to tone
up your whole nervous syMom ; you
can get it at any reliable drug store.
You ought also to use a local applica
tion , or else the corrosive dlselmrgo
will sot up an inflammation and hard
ening of the parts. Mrs. 1'inkham's
Sanative Wn&h is put up in packets at
25 cents each. To relieve this painful
condition this Sanative Wash is worth ,
its weight in gold.
MIIS.GKOIIOI . SnnpAnnWatcrvliot ,
N. Y. , says : " I am glad to state that
I am cured from the worst form of female -
male -weakness. I was troubled very
much with leucorrhoua , bearing-down
pains and biickachc. Before Ubiug
Mrs. IMnkham's Remedies it seemed
that I had no .strength at all. I was
fn pain all over. I began to feel better
after taking the first dose of Vegetable
Compound. I have used five bottles ,
and I feel like a new woman. I know
if other suffering women would only
try it , it would help them. "
SPECIAL NOTICES
COUNCIL BLUFFS WANTS.
rnuiT , TAIUI AND
Innils for ealo or rent. Uny & lleta. Sa 1'carl
street.
TO I/JAN Iinni'CKD RATH ON ,
llrst class Improved r.nins nml Insklo cltv
property. Apply to Jus. N. Cassndy , Jr. , 233
Mnln St.
InMructlon * Albln Uu tcr stiMla
333 Droidunj German method
oC Dresden Conservatory ,
Reduced Prices !
King of them all , with the best mantle and chimne/ made *
Burns less e as and makes more light than any other lamp in
- > e market. STEPHAN BROS. , 529 Bway.
Annual
t
s' and Children's
Suits , Overcoats , Trousers.
On January i2th we take our invoice. Cash is easier to invoice than goods. We still Have Some Cloth
ing left and we wish to turn it into cash. As an inducement lor you to buy we will offer you any Suit or
Overcoat in the house at greatly reduced prices :
That ALL WOOL MEN'S SUIT $3.50 will buy it
we sold at . , . $5.00 now.
We have a great Variety of A11 $5.00 will buy anyone
'
Wool Men's Cheviot Suits
that we sold at . . $7.50 one of them now.
We offer you an exceptional is all we ask
bargain in a Men's black All
Wool Tricot we sold at $8.00 for it now.
Everyone remarked concerning .150 $6-50 wil1 purchase
our select line of Men's Fancy . I -
Cheviots that we sold at . $10 one now-
All of our suits that we sold at $12.00 , $15.00 , $16.50 and $18.00 have been reduced in the same proportion
tion as those mentioned above. The prices on our Men's and Boy's Overcoats and Children's Reefers have
been Reduced so low it would pay you to invest now for next winter. We haven't room here to mention
prices.1' 'We ' wish to call the attention of mothers to our Children's department. Here we have made ex.
traordipary reductions in prices , owing to our desire to reduce our stock and make room for the largo
assortment we have already purchased for spring.
The prices are marvelously low.
Mote alt Brothers ,
18 and 20 Main Street. 17 and 19 Pearl Street.