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Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

Cur New Loan and Improvement Go
Investigation into the matter con.
vinoes US that one OF the most equita.
Bile, reasonable and feasible plans Of
building houses Is that proposed and
In operation by the Mercantile Loan,
Trust and Improvement company of
this city. BY investing In shares In
this institution, which is backed by
some of our best and most reliable
business men, it becomes possible and
comparatively easy for a man of mod.
crate means to secure q comfortable
home for himself and family. In tax.
ing q certain number of shares, at a
certain monthly payment, In a few
years q man can W house
OF his own for about the sans as
he pays monthly for rent. We
believe the Mercantile Loan and Trust
company, by organizing and opening
up for business, having filed a long
felt want In Council Bluffs. Their
plans and systnm of loans will bear
the most careful scrutiny and exam.
nation, and we have no hesitancy in
pronouncipg them reasonable and
equitable, and backed by gentlemen
Of honor and integrity. As the com
pspy exists 1t becomes at once an In
s%titution of v.lue and credit to our
city and thos, who desire homes.
Their president is T. A. Kirkland;
vice president, Judge Peake; Sec
rotary, 1. r. Berry; treasurer, Col.
Beebe, and their office is In the base.
ment of Shugart's and McMahon's
new block, oorner First avenue and
Pearl stree. ian27-ly
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
booming our Wholesale men with half.

booming our wholesale men with half.
page advertisements.
Heretofore Council Bluffs reposed
in innocent calm, and for all that the
NonIar Ill or Globe wei did no OF Z
west Ct the Missouri would know there
was such a place.
Now the PEOPLE of the west, even Sc
far out az ID sadwood, and the Yellow.
stone Park receive daily information
In regard to tho business of our lead
| z firms, what they are doing, and
tho inducements they offer to buyers.
Such a "foreign" paper as this
should he run out Of Council Bluffs
instantly, and no man who has any re.
gard for this city will subscribe or ad-
vertise in IL.
Thon It's manager; nc is ga svind.
ler."
Why years ago ne came here and
illustrated our town in a publication
that had 10, COO circulation, and he
actually told HIS subscribers a very
complimentary story about us Of the
Bluffs. True, we merely paid him q
dollar for the magazine for a year
with ar advertisement thrown In.
Not n man paid o cent for the cuts
excepting himself. There was no pat
ronagc hero for tho advertising pages,
although a branch office was main
tanned by him until the e1peness ex
ceedeo the income. He paid a hun.
dred cents on the dollar to all Of his
creditors, just at he Ia doing now, but
then of course he is a swindler,
swindler Is q good word.
The Bee aud It's managers are here
in Council Dlufs, and they will re.
main 30 long az the people continue to
pour IN advertising until the biggest
advertisements offered are refused for
lack of space.
While the Office is thronged with
subscribers who say that "THE BEE is
the only live paper In Council Bluffs
and we can't do without it," there Ia
scarcely q doubt but that the pap. r
and It's manager will remain, hence the
m"rning and evening howlers will pro.
ceed to howl, a continuous and ex-
hsustiDg howl. "Foreign" "swindi-
ing" wild ass of the prsiries," etc. ,
etc. These are good howls, very
good. Don't get tired but use them
constantly. Come, come, wake up,
you have not howled any for two
weeks.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
Z N THUGS
They Put In Some Miscellaneous
Work and Acquire Some PIunoer.

Col. Daily woke up yesterday morn
ing to find a revolver In his apartment
with a man behind it exhorting him
to surrender his stamps, Mr.. Daily
was not In that kind Of a penitential
mood and made a fly at the sggressor,
who seized a suit Of clothes and dashed
off into the darkness. This thing Of
being waited on at the somewhat
previous hour Of 4 q. N. by q gentle-
manly visitor who runs off into the
DARKNESS with your pantsloons, Is apt
to shock the syetom, and be.
aides, it doesn't pay. A much better
plan would be to open a Law eff ;e and
be genteel in managing tho business.
MORE CLOTHES STEALING
The house Of MIR. David Gray was
also called on, earlier in the evening,
and the rooms occupied by two lodg.
gone through with. Several suits
of clothes, jewelry and ti!verware
were stolen. The thieves were heard
when in the rooms, but were supposed
TO be the occupants themselves having
a social talk. 1t was cheeky, but sue.
c%essful.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
From the Deaf ana Dunn.

We CHIP from The Baby Hawkeye, a
diminutive sheet published by the
student at the Iowa institute for the
deaf and dumb. 1t is lively, though
little:
Superintendent Rogers has a lot of
bottles In which he proposes to put
specimens of grains and metals. He
will ask the larger boys to fill the
bottles with common things, viz.
corn, oats, wheat, rye and other com.
mon things. He has written to the
secre' airy of the Iowa State Agrlcultu-
raj society for specimens of seeds of
Iowa. We expect that we will have a
good natural history department.
Mr.. @. A, Wenstrand is glad to Quit
his duty as bows supervisor. His
whole time is Occupied In clerkipg for
Supt. Rogers. AS he is a good book.
keeper he has control of our books and
library.
A new chandelier Is to be placed
in our chapel this week. We
will now have a better light during
the sessions of the debating socle.
ties, etc.
In another paragraph there is such a
depth of psthos expressed, with such
ininitude Of simplicity that the city
editor wiped his eyes after reading Il.
We have read Whittier's SIN School
long, long ago, when our own
childish treble used to quaver at the
'I'm sorry that / spelt the word,
1 hate to go above you;
Beoause-the brown eyes lower fell
Because, yon see Il love you"
But the pathetic tenderness of the
poet cannot commence TO rival
the exquisitely turned tearfulness and
directneas of these few lines:
"Some pupils have been put into
higher classes, and Others have been
put into lower CLASSES, according to
their standing In examination"
Is Genesis or the poems of Ossian
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
DIR. West, Dentist, Ia Pearl street.
Political Fashions.

The spring style of politics in Coun-
ell Bluffs IL democratic colors for the
pants, with whisky rings to varigate
the garment, and y gamblers ring be-
tween the rings.
This contrasts finely with a republi-
can vest and dress coat of tho silk
stocking prohibition variety.
A railroad brass collar Is also ex.
tenslvsly worn and will have quite a
run during the season.
The overalls now being introduced
by the working men have a bright and
very attractive appearance. They are
not SO well ornamented as the demo-
cratic garment, but smack less of the
'~psnitentlary. The overcoat Is the In.
dependent all wool snti'fogy pro-
gressiye pattern, and promises to be
the most popular Of ali.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
Kick Them Out. Kick Them Out.

Kick Them Out. Kick Them Out.
No, the Nonpariel 10 not foreign. 4"
The Globe is not foreign" The en-
tire circulation Of these two papers
outside of Council Bluffs will not
amount to 800 copies, and hence they
cannot In any sense be called ~"foreign."
They have absolutely no circulation
west Of the river, hence they are es.
~sentially "home" papers. OF curse
Council Bluffs does not want any Neb.
raska trade. Sho wants no ~"foreign"
money. She only needs the traffic
Des Moines and Chicago leave. Coun.
Gil Bluffs is content to fight the last
two named rivals and not compete
with Omaha for western trade. Coun.
Gil Bluffs Is willing to continue her
efforts to reverse the laws of trade,
trying to find customers who will send
west for their Wholesale supplies.
THE BEE Ia of no use in this city.
Her advertising patrons are swindled.
No doubt of that.
Council Bluffs Is bothered with wes-
tern customers since THE BEE has been
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
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w. S. Ives, Of Davenport, is at the
Pacific.
Mrs. j. s. Long, of Highland, Ia, Is at
the Pacific.
i. j. DART, of Chicago, was in town
yesterday.
r.. II. Dougan, of Cleveland, is at the
Ogden house.
H. @. Lamb, is at the Ogden, from
Dennison, Ia.
A. b. Seate, Of Walnut was at dinner in
the city yesterday.
VIM. Hall, of Des Moines, was at the
Pacific yesterday.
II. II. Half, wife and child of st. Paul,
are at the Pacific.
V. Farnsworth, of Boone, was at the
Ogden yesterday.
r.. f. Trevelick, of Detroit, Mich, wa,
at dinner at the Pacific.
+. l.. Goodwin, of Malvern, Ia, regis
tered at the Ogden yesterday.
II. +. Dick tucked an Ogden house nap.
kin under his chin yesterday.
Sheriff Middleton. of Logan, Harrison
county, stopped at the Ogden yesterday.
Q. II. Gray, of Jefferson, Ia, mingled
his feet with Council Bluffs mud yester'
day.
b. +. Stevenson and G. T. Poster, Of
Hancock, ate dinner at the Ogden yester'
day.
a. j. Earring, superintendent of the
Iowa division of the O., M. & st. p. II.
r., was at dinner at the Pacific yester.
day. j
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

Spring is coming, gentle Annie, and
Annie will go into the house, cleaning
business. She will have the walls
decorated, the ceilings calcimined, and
the doors and windows will be 10.
splendent with fresh paint. All this
brings to mind the fact that a stylish
assortment of wall paper, a skilled
manipulation of paints and a careful
workman are essentials to the pro.
pramme. Fol all these Mr.. Peter G.
Miller, Is and 20 North Main street,
is famous. We know whereof we
speak.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
money for the Unmarrtsd.

One. of the most solid and substantial
institutions in this country IL the Mar.
riage Fund Ind Mutual Trust Association,
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They are organ.
lied under the laws OF Iowa, and their of.
icers and directors are among the leading
and most prominent business men Of Cedar
Rapids. Every unmarried person should
have u certiicate in this association.
It is u splendid Investment, as safe as q
government bond. You can just as well
have q good sun of money to commence
married life on az not. A large number OF
members have been paid off, receiving over
300 per cent'on their investment. Write
for circulars fully detailing the plan, which
IL the finest known. Do not postpone it.
Good agents wanted. Mention where you
saw this notice. f5.3m,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
For the Reform School.

A little boy with 3 tear. stained face
sat inside the bar of the police court
yesterday morning az we entered. The
reporter sat down to a desk and was
busy writing out his notes when pres.
emily Judge Aylesworth entered and
the gentleman in black sitting by the
lad, who proved to be Sheriff Middle.
ton OF Harrison county, drew from his
pocket a bunch of papers, endorsed as
the reporter observed at a glance,
Estate Of Iowa VS.. Mark Williams"
and handed them to his honor, remark.
ing that up his way they wanted him
to bring down this boy-with a ges.
ture toward him-to pass the prepare
torsy examination to the reform school
and IL possible to be matrlculated as a
student in the institution. The Judge
glanced over the papers and then look
ing across at the fearful outcast asked
kindly:
"How long have you been up where
you were brought fromP'
"Bout three monts," answered the
lad, rubbing his eyes till they were
scarlet with his rough sleeve.
"Where were you before2"
"Dunlap.
"How long were you there2'
"Bout two years." The tears were
beginning to come very fast.
"Why didn't you stay therel"
''Cause l didn't like the man I war
with; he abused me
"Do you know where you were
born2"
SIN New York City near Central
Market, Broadway"
"Are your parents dead?"
"YeE, sir, they both died at Utica,
was put In the orphan 'sylum and
shipped out west?'
"Ycu are how old?"
Fifteen, goin' ON sixteen
ibid you ever steal anything be-
fore2"
mo, Dir, never, in a very choked
voice.
"What made you steal thia tlme?"
II wanted q sled. l hadn't got
none, andI didn't have anything to
slide down hill with long with the
rest of the boys"
The miserable little fellow gave
clear away, and aobbed in answer to
tho query ''Dont you want to 90 to
the reform achoolY" 'fNo, I don't want
to. I'd stay with the man l was with
and behave, l would"
Mr.. Mckinney, the gentleman re.
ferred to, at whose place the wait has
been for three months, came forward
and said he conldn't do any more for
him; he had been sending him to
school and he had been expelled for
bad conduct, and his latest sc.ion In
stealing so cents from a brother at his
house and running away to Omaha
made 1t quito out OF the question to
work any more for his reclamation.
The boy listened With bowed head, the
tears raining on the dusty floor and hi,
whole frame shaking with anguish
They'll take good caro- Of you at
the reform school," said the Judge az
he turned to have the necessary papers
made out.
II don't want to go there" pleaded
the boy, 81 don't want to be sent to
that place"
"Well, l presume he has done az
we'll as o boy with his surroundings
could be expected to do" remarked
the court, and proceeded to business.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

more simple and primitivel Further
on we find a pithy apothegm as fol-
lows:
"a mute turns a deaf ear to fiat.
terry"
The get up of the little sheet 10
good, and we always welcome it
warmly.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

We notice the Marriage Fund, Mutual
Trust Association. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
highly spoken Of in many of the leading
papers Of the state. money for the I'm
married" heads their advertisement in
another colu mn OF this paper. f5.3m
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
COUNCIL BLUFFS SPECIAL
NOTICES..

NOTICE Special advertisements, sue
Lost, Found, To Loan, For Sale, To Rent,
Wants, Boarding, ETC., will be inserted In this
column at the ow rate Of TEN CENTS e
LINE fer the fret insertion and FIVE CENTS
PER LINE for each subsequent insertion.
Leave adv ertisements at our office, Nc. 7
Pearl Street, near Broadway.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

Constipation, liver and kidney dis
eases are cured by Browns Iron Bit,
terra, which enrlches the blood, and
strengthens the whole system.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

See the fine lot of Linen and Cot
ton Dress Lawns, at Hardness, circuit
e. Co.'s. ct
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

II You are not married, write the Mar.
riage Fund and Mutual Trust Associa.
tion, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for circulars
explaining the plan. f5.Sm.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

Young man or woman, If you want big
money for a small amount, insure in the
Marriage Fund and Mutual Trust Associ.
alton, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. f5.3m.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

The Horsford Almanac and Cook
Book
mailed free on application TO the Rum
ford Chemical Works, Providence,
x. /.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

Mental depression, weakness Of the
muscular system, general ~ill-health,
benefited by using Browns Iron
Bitters.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

Ohm, }cREsroN HOUSE. G ao,si' s - : M sIs% s,s' S..
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
DIRECTORY. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA,

UEN0 a, IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
~ WV 10 Main Street ard II Pearl Street
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-23

George w. Amiss, convicted OF killing
Burner and adiudged imprisonment of
four years in the penitentiary, Yesterday
occupied cell at the First station adioin-
ing that in which Bouldin-Boulin was con-
fined. For prudential reasons he was re-
moved from Staunton Immediately after
the verdict was rendered, and as soon as
the papers in the case reach here IRON
Staunton will be taken to the penitentiary.
Amiss seems TO be about twenty-eight
wears Of his age. He is quite tall, and has
reddish hair and moustache, and an eX-
preston rather indicative OF good nature
than otherwise. A reporter asked him up
and down yesterday, "What do you think
of the verdict OF the iuryi" AmisS an
swered, "With the evidence before them, |
suppose they did as well as they could"
Asked il he meant to demand new trial,
he said that he had not heard anything
about IL at ALL He said in response to an
other question that he had been well treated
by the officers over him, and that he had
Lad a good time coming down to Rich
mond.
He takes his meals regularly, and seems
in fair spirits.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-23
LOCAL MATTERS.
Council Committee Work.

SAFETY OF PUBLIC BUILD1NGs-slTb foH rAO-
PER CEMETERY AND OTHER PURPOSES IN
THE COUNTY, &C.-cHAFFIN INvEsTlGA-
TON.
A resolution was recently adopted by
the City Council appointing committee
whose duty it shall be to visit the diller-
ent public buildings OF the city, churches,
and places OF public amusement; make an
examination of their means OF egress, ana
make such recommendations IN relation 10
the same as they may deem consistent with
the safety OF the public. The committee
is constituted rs follows Captain Andrew
Pizzini, chairman, and Messrs. Gunn,
Hughes, Rankin, Pleasants, Chief-of-Fire-
Department George w. Taylor. Chief-oI-
Police John Poe, City-Engineer w. f..
Cutshaw; b. r. August, secretary. Mon
day night at ! O'Clock the committee. ac-
companied by Mr. Edward Cohen, OF the
Fire Committee, visited the Richmond
Theatre, and spent an hour in examining
This building, after which they visited
Singer Hall. They met again Thursday
evening and continued their examination OF
places of amusement.
The Board OF Aldermen some weeks ago
adopted resolution looking to the pur-
chase OF the Haynes property. in Henrlco
county, for a pauper burying-ground and
other purposes. When the proposition
reached the Common Council 1t failed to
get the necessary two-thirds vote, and a
resolution was adopted in lieu thereof, and
afterwards concurred in by the Board OF
Aldermen, appointing committee to con-
fer with the authorities OF lienrico county
in relation to the subject. The committee
has been appointed, as follows: John A.
Curtis, chairman. and Messrs. Thomas K.
Campbell, John III. Adams, George ii. Bur-
well. and DR.. Robert &. Cabell. The secre-
tarv of the committee has addressed acom-
munication to the Judge of llenrlco county
Court informing him that the committee
will meet the authorities OF the county ut
such time and place as the Judge may
name.
The committee appointed to investigate
the Chaflin charges met at the City Hall on
wednesday evening at O'Clock to receive
the statement OF the book-keeper who has
been making an examination OF accounts
i'm the Auditors office. They examined
the same and instructed the chairman TO
sum up their conclusions in the shape OF
report, embodying testimony taken in the
case.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-23
of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty 10 Animals.

A meeting was held at the Exchange
Hotel last night to receive the report OF the
committee appointed two weeks ago TO
draft n constitution and bylaws and nomi-
nate officers for the Society for the Preven-
ton OF Cruelty to Animals. The meeting
was well attended, and, on motion OF Mr..
c. II. Harvey, Mr.. George Watt was called
TO preside and Ii. Theo. Ellyson requested
TO act as secretary.
The committee reported a constitution
and bylaws. which were adopted, and the
following officers were then elected:
Rev. J. G.. Armstrong, president: George
Watt, w. w. Parker, John Dunlop, Il.
Percy Hawes, w. +. Tanner, Philip HaX-
all, j. l.. Darlington, w. II. Williams. DR..
J. q. Beattie, n. V. Randolph, c. Nj. Boil
ton. and DIR. C.. w. L. Brock, vice-presi-
dents: III. Theodore EllysOn, secretary :;
and w. NJ, Woodward, treasurer.
DIR. Armstrong returned thanks for the
homer conferred upon him and promised to
do all i'm his power to aid the Society In It's
noble work.
John Dunlop, j. f. Lay. j. l.. CARING
ton. DR.. George b. Steel, and I. Roberts
Baker were appointed committee to OBJ
tain charter for the Society.
DIR. w. W. Parker, +. Courtney Jen-
kins. c. II. Harvey, n. Montgomery, and
Oliver Mountcastle were announced as
committee to arrange for holding a public
mass-meeting for the furtherance OF the
objects OF the Society.
Ii was also announced that any person
desirous of becoming member OF the So
cietv can do so by paying one dollar either
70 Il. NJ. Woodward or ii. I. Ellyson, see
retary, at the Dispatch Office. ,,
The Society then adjourned, subject TO
the call Of the president.
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MANCHESTER AND VICINITY.

BriefS.-Two bclligerent citizens were
arranged before Mayor Taylor yesterday
morning and fined $3.50 each for lighting.
The city is as usual very peaceful, and
these cases were the only ones OF the sort
during the week.
The City School Board viii meet next
Tuesday, and il quorum assemblies will
make arrangements Tor further school nc
commodation.
1t is now positively stated that Bishop
John c. Granbery, OF the Methodist Church,
will preach in this city the ensuing Sab
bath. He has not before held service here
since his elevation.
Several marriages OF well-known and
popular young citizens will occur at an
early date. The income from licenses de-
rived by the clerk OF the City Court is ra-
ther distinguished. as a general thing, for
continuity rather than pondcrosity.
Among the soldiers OF the First Virginia
regiment who paraded yesterday in honor
OF Washington's birthday were n number
OF citizens OF this place. who are accounted,
and Justly, worthy members and accom-
pliShed soldiers.
The question OF a ience-law Is beng
earnestly discussed by the voters OF the
Bermuda Hundred precinct, in Chester
field county. The country round about
that revived por, Of trade has OF late
greatly increased in population and re-
sources, aud the fence-law becomes n ques-
ton OF importance in consequence.
One span Of the southern end OF the Pc
tersburg railroad bridge has nearly been
filed in with earth. The burnt bridge
had nineteen spans. Thenew when built
will only have sixteen, in consequence OF
proposed fills at either end.
The sale OF the old Dominion Granite
Company's quarry, mentioned as taking
place to-day, has been postponed until
March the 9th, when the sale will be con-
Quoted by Messrs. Sampson Il Adamson.
sIIccessors To John =. SamnsOn.