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PLATToMOUTil TSXEjlL.1 xitLr., xWltsUAY MAT 31, l8eS.
S. Sc 0 3
The continued
leaves us with a
Clothing than we care for at this
season of the year. W e have de
cided to push the
will move the entire stock in a very
short time, as we must havemoney.
Men's Hiivy Jilue Suits (Colors wsirnmted) reduced to S 0.00
Man's All Wool Cheviot SuiU reduce
Joys' Gotten Worsted Suits
Jioys' Union Cassinier Suits
lioojV All Wool Suits $G and upwards.
Sample Hats worth 3.00 and $3.50 sold for one-half.
Underwear For 25, 50 and
douhle the price.
WE
BOUND TO CLOSE THEM OUT !
And the Public shall have the benefit of the same. Call and examine
them in the
Opera House Building
Ed
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-Extend a cordial invitation to all
LIJNK :-: OF :-: GOODS
For the spring and summer trade. We take pride in showing a handsome line of
Dress Goods, White Goods,
Hamburg and Swiss Embroideries,
Buttson, iress Trimming, Shawls Jerseys
Hosiery, rtibToons, Etc.
A FIKSS-CLASS LINE
"ft
Are you aware that we carry a complete line of
MENS, LADIES and CHILDRENS SHOES.
We carry as large a stock as is carried in the city to which we
INVITE - YOUR - ATTENTION.
It will pay you to look through our line of
Glass and Queensware,
Dinner and Giiambsr Sets
We have a large and well selected stock of
Plain - and - Decorated - "Ware,
Of the best French and English makes.
- A."3rOSI.
cold, wet weather
larger Stock of
prices down that
i to . 10.00
2.50
5.00
75 cents each, sold elsewhere at
ARE
to come and look through their-
.
ghe Qhttsmottlh J eehln r,M
KNOTTS BROS.,
Publishers & Proprietors.
CITY BRIEFS.
From Tuesday' Dally.
I). M. Jones went to Omaha this morn
ing n business.
Sheriff Eikenhary is in Greenwood to
day on business.
J. O. Richey went to Omaha on busi
ness this morning.
County Clerk Critchficld and family
will decorate in Weeping Water tomor
row. las. Miller, of Stove Creek precinct,
interviewed the county clerk today with
his Assessment book.
Messrs. Sherman, Ray, Kath, Malta,
Garrison, Webel and Trayser left this
morning for Chicago.
I. S. Saunders, of Salt Creek precinct,
is in the city today to turn over his as
sessment book to the county clerk.
Frnnk Cramer, assessor for South Bend
precinct, was in the city today to turn
over his book to County Clerk Oritehtield.
Robert Balance, formerly foreman of
the round house of this place arrived in
the city this morning and is shaking
hands with old friends.
II II. Claybom, formerly an old typo
of this office, but more recently of Be
atrice, is in the city visiting with Mr.
John Tutt. Mr. Claybom made this office
a pleasant call.
Head the ad. of the Hill Standard
Book Co., of Chicago, in another column.
D. J. Kimball presented the county
clerk with eight wolf scalps today and
received his bounty on the same.
The base ball boys are having a neat
fence put around their ball grounds and
propose to have some fine ball playing
done this summer. We are glad to see
such enterprise displayed among the boys
and hopeJhat they may have both plea
sure and profit thereby.
Jacob Lemon, of Greenwood, has
been over in Iowa the past week and re
turned yesterday with two span ol as fine
horses at we ever saw, one pair are sorrel
and the other a beautiful gray, they arc
all three year olds. They were at Jones'
livery barn today and every bedy that
saw them were heard to say "what beau
ties," "I would like to own one of those
teams.'" Mr. Lemon is justly proud of
them.
Last night at the meeting of the
council Mr. Murphy made a motion that
a special committee be appointed to in
vestigate the cost of a lot and building
for a new city hall and immediate action
be taken in this matter of building a
council chamber, hose house and city
jail combined. This motion met with
a hearty approval from every member of
the council and we are glad to see such
earnestness manifested in this mutter.
There is nothing a city the size of Platts
moulh needs more than such a building
and we bono that the matter will be
, .
pushed until a building of this kind is
secured and the city be saved of paying
rent for halls and such other expenses as
this would save. The building and
everything complete n?ed not cost over
ten thousand dollars, and this would give
a building which the city need not be
ashamed of. Why not build a city hall
at once?
From Monday's Daily,
Mrs. O. M. Streight left this morning
for a few weeks yisit with relatives, at
Lamont, Iowa.
Lemuel Knotts, of Council Bluffs, ar
rived in the city Saturday night to visit
with relatives.
Capt. Foley of Omaha, was in the city
yesterday the guest of Capt. Donneyhey
of the Pinkerton force.
Miss Lizzie Hunter, of Grafton, Neb.,
arrived this morning on a visit to her
aunt, Mrs. Rebecca Knotts.
Mrs. Alexander, mother of Rev. Alex
ander, went to Omaha this morning to
visit with a son in that city.
J. B. rettce, editor and proprietor of
the Valley Enterprise hi Valley, Neb., is
1 in liu? city today renewing old acquitt
ances.
Permission to wed was issued this
morning by County Judge Rijsse'd to L.
I. Peterson and Emma S. Gustofen, both
of this county.
Mr. Sherwood is fixing up bin store
and making the necessary arrangements
for Mr. Gar.lt to move his stork of jewel
ry in with him.
- Frank Carruth is arranging his store
for Hf- Ponnelly, late of the firm of F.
Hermann & Co., Id 4ut in a new stock of
gents furnishing goods.
Mr. Frederick Rosenbrook, of Fre
mont, Nebraska, and Miss Auri'la B.
Thraiher, of t'iatjjsnioutl. were united in
marriage, by Rev, J, T. Raird, May 27th,
1339, at the home of the bride.
John Marshall, who haa for the past nine
months been conuccted with The Herald,
leaves this evening for Council Bluffs.
Mr. MajiLfcJJ is aji exemplary young imin
and a good prime ti.d 77? heartily wish
him buccess wherever he goes.
j-Wo have been informed by persons
in a position io know, ahat at least two
thirds of the corn planted during the
first part of the month Tvijl have to be
replanted. This is due to the cold wet
weather rotting the corn before it could
sprout. It leaves many of the farmers in
a rather bad shape as they are late with
their crops any way and bow to be com
pelled to replant what they have already
planted makes it much worse and in
fact looks a little discouraging.
The Kansas City trains were consid
erably delayed yesterday on account of
large washouts on each side of St. Jose ph,
caused by the heavy rains of Inst Satur
day. We are informed that about two
miles of track is washed out on this side
of St. Joseph and about 2.000 feet on the
other side. The trains from Kansas City
are run around by Crest on, Iowa, and up
on the main line of the C. B. & Q. to Pa
cific Junction, making quite around about
roid and delaying the trains for several
hours.
We have received a pamwhlet from
the Wabash and Western Railroad Co.
announcing the Twenty-fifth National
festival of the North American Su-nger-bund
to be held in 6t. Louis June 1:5th
to Kith. $."0,000 have been guaranteed
by the people of St. Louis for the enter
tainment of those who will be in attend
ance at this grandest of all musical gath
erings. The best musical talent of
North America will be in attendance
and any lover of good music can hardly
afford to miss this meeting of the great
est of musicians. The Wabash fc Western
Railroad will sell ticket at one fare for
the round trip.
We are in receipt of a souvenir of
the National Democratic convention at
St. Louis June 5th, containing portraits
of distinguished. Democratic statesmen
and Cleveland, both living and dead, is
sued by the passenger department of the
Wabash and AVestern railroad. The por
traits are all good, but it is rather a mys
tery to us why they wanted to put in por
traits of the dead, well knowing that the
St. Louis convention would be the funeral
of the entire Democratic party and that
thereafter all distinguished Democratic
statesmen would be classed among the
dead. The Wabash and Western railroad
will sell tickets to the National Demo
cratic funeral at one fare for the round
trip. This will perhaps be the largest
funeral ever held in the United States and
all who desire to have the honor attend
ing such a funeral should avail them
selves of this excellent opportunity.
From Saturday's Daily.
Marriage license was issued today to
Fred Rosenbrook of Fremont, Neb., and
Miss Aurilla Bell Thrasher of this city.
- Last night the police found a crowd
of men on the streets and on investi
gation found that they were gathered
around a man who had been knocked
senseless. Picking the man up to take
him home he let his cane fall to the
ground and some one picked it up and
ran up behind the police and struck the
wounded man on the head with the po
liceman's cane. The policeman attempt
ed to arrest the slugger, but could not
leave his wounded man long enough to
catch him and before the other pobce
could get there the villiau had got away
and could not be found.
One of the school ma'ams of the
high school yesterday after closing the
long and tedious exercises there which
fell to her lot, thinking her authoritati ve
opportunities would be at an end for
some time, resolved to make a last grand
effort to close up the day with a little
sport, and endeavoring to gratif the
high spirit which she was then endowed
with, succeeded. But unfortunately for
her, she selected a wrong object for her
amusement a deer belonging to a medi
pa gentleman in the city which had
not been accustomed to the pats and
slaps of a school ma'am. She succeeded
in gently tapping the little fellow a few
timed which was quite agreeable to the
deer, but when she thought that would be
her last opportunity to slap, she was
not contented in being so lenieqt with it
and drepptid op the full power of
school teacher. This the deer, not being
accustomed to, could not tolerate, which
the teacher soon understood judging by
the swift move she made down street
followed bvMr. deer screaming for "dear
Kfe."
Prof. Drummond of the high school,
entered our office this morning appear
inr to be in a somewhat excited condi
tion as though he had been closely pur
sued by some unknown persons. Upon
being questioned by us, he explained
that he had not yet fully recoved from
a shock which he had unexpectedly re
ceived yesterday at his school room, ex
plaining that he thought he had good,
substantialevidenee for a case'of "assault
and battery." To satisfy our curiosity
we endeavored to pry into the nature of
hi case, but we could obtain no infor
mation from itim farther than that he
could "picture a frame of guilt" on the
party who had committed the assault
$ad battery, and said that he intended to
push the case f.p the frill extent of the
law, and in this way prove himself a
"teacher." He extends his sincere thanks
to the teacher of the high school for the
manner in which they conducted them
selves. The life-size cravon picture of
his little girl was the cause of the whole
.iroupe.
$10,000 private funds to loan on farms
at straight eight per cent,
w4 W. S. Wise.
A TERRIBLE OUTRAGE-
Police Find tho Window of a Bank
Open and are Afraid to Make
an Investigation.
Call for the Pinkerton to Help
Catch the Intruder.
From Saturday' Dally.
Great excitement prevailed among the
city police this morning about 8 o'clock
when one of them on his regular beat
fonnd the window of the Cass County
Bank open, and thinking th'-re- must be
?om? one robbing the bank, he summon
ed the rest of the police to his assUtaiuv.
all stood around at a safe distance
waiting for the burglars to appear. But
lie failed to appear in a reasonable time
and it was decided to invade upon him
and sent a man down to the yards after
the Pinkerton police who came up to as
sist in capturing the supposed terrible
bank robbers. On the arrival of the Pink
erton force it was decided to send for
Mr. Patterson, cashier of the bank, but
as none of the city police were brave
enough to go alone they concluded to
dispense with that arrangement and pro
ceeded to put one of the police in at the
window to make the investigation. But
when he got in he was afraid to make
the search and one of the Pinkeitons had
to get in with his lantern to help make
it. The search was make but no burg
lars were found and the police dispersed
feeling glad that there had been no one
found to scare them out of their wits.
But while they were yet gathered round
the bank a strange gentleman came along
and of course after such great excitement
as had just been gone through with, a
s'ranger at that hour of the night was n
very suspicious character, and he was
hailed on the streets to give an account
of himself which ho did by saying he had
been to see his best girl which certainly
accounted for the lateness of the hour
of his passing along the street, otherwise
he would have been pulled, we suppose,
for attempting to rob the bank. But. to
return to the subject, it seems an outrage
to a city of eight thousand inhabitants
to have a police force that are afraid to
attempt to arrest a supposed bank robber
Suppose the Pinkerton men had not been
here, we suppose they would have walked
off without attempting to find out wheth
er anyone was in the bank or not. Sucl
cowardice is an outrage and if such work
as this is going to be done it would be
well to fire the whole outfit and hire some
ten year old boys, as we doubt if there is
a boy in the city of that age who would
have thought of being afraid of making
such an attempt. Fire these fellows and
get men who are not afraid to make an
arrest and not have our city disgraced
any more by such a display of cowardice
Front Thursday's Daily.
Last night Jos. McFarland one of
the striking switchmen after becoming
intoxicated went down to the switch
yards and attempted to jump on engine
G9 and missing his foothold and catch
ing with Ins hands lie was dragged about
sevenry-nve icct. Jie tnen made anoinr r
effort and got upon the foot board and
rode up to the first switch shanty north
of the depot where he said he had an
order from head quarters for the boys all
to quit work. The boys seeing his con
dition and fearing he would get hurt in
the yards pursuaded him off up town
where they got some cf the boys to t;ikc
care of him.
From Friday's Daily.
The constable of Avoca arrived in
town this morning with two nun who
were arrested at that place for assiut on
the station agent, by throwing rocks at
him and other depredation. The men
were given ten days apiece in the county
jail.
A perfect representation of Sherman's
march to the sea is the title of a cartoon
that culminates the north end of the depot
It seems to us that the city authorities
should look into this matter and have
the author of it arrested for the circula
tion of obscene literature. Its a perfect
picture of the editor of the Journal.
On the night of the 23 inst. some
tramps assaulted a brakeman on the M.
P., oetween Avoca and Weeping Water
and knocked the brakeman of the top of
a car with a rock. The brakeman was
picked up next morning for dead but at
last reports it is thought he will.recover.
The purpetrators of the deed have not yet
been herd of.
In 1872 Frank Carruth issued some
$3 advertising checks on wlr'ch was
printed; Any one buying five or more
dollars worth of goods at once were en
titled to a discount of 5 per cent. The
other day he received one of these checks
with a letter, from a lady in Indiana ask
ing him to redeem the check. We think
it nothing more than right that Mr. Car
ruth should redeem the check, by send
ing the lady the three dollars.
Hon. Thos. E. Hill, author of "Hill s
Manual of Social and Business Forms,"
has just issued another book entitled,
"Hill's Album of B'ography and Art."
It is an elegant and valuable book, aud is
one that every family should haye. The
book is sold on the installment plan so
that evarybody can get one and not miss
what it" costs.
Now is your chance if vou wish a
good'watcfi send us thirty subscribers to
the Herald.
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Considerable Business Transacted
at Last Night's Mooting.
Council met last night at usual hour,
members nil present. Minutes of previ
ous meetings read, corrected and ap
proved. Communications were read from a firm
offering to furnish .supplies for the lire
and water departments, C V. Sherman
asking what would be required inn
bond foi a bid on city printing and from
Roscwater k Christy of Omaha, offering
to superintend tin consli uctioii of the
sewer and pavements. Tiny becoming
k sponsible for the whole wolk and in
Mitlllg ii to be good, for ( percent of tLo
cost of eonsti in tioii j, rice. This matter
was discussed as to the price and ability
to perfoim the work of engineering and
surveying.
A communication was next read from
John Y. Marshall, inking a deed for lot
101 in cemetery which he had paid for
several years ago but failed to get u deed.
On motion these communications were
all placed on file except the last which
was referred to committee on cemetery.
Accounts against the city being next
in order, a number w ere read and refi rred
to finance committee, There: In ing no
reports of city ollieeis the finance com
mittee next repotted a number of claims
against the city and they were on motion
allowed and c ity clerk ordered to draw
warn. tits for the same.
The license' committee icport favorably
on the petition of Getting iV Co., asking
for a dauggi.sts permit and on motion
their bond was approved, and clerk and
mayor ordered to issue the permit.
The fire and water committee recom
mend that o'OO feet of new hose bo
bought with other supplies for the liru
company. The matter was discussed as
to the need of the supplies and finally
placed on file for future n (Terence.
It vas moved and carried that the fire
and watt r committee- be required to move;
hose house to the corner of Main and
7th streets. The fire and water commit
tee having been previously instructed to
look up locations in e:.ch ward for hose
house ask further time for their work.
A resolution was then reael and adopted
transferring the funds in the- spe cial oc
cupation tax fund to other funds.
Next was an ordinance for raising
funds to pay the city indebtedness ancl
other current expenses. On moth n the
rules were suspended and the ordinance
reael a se cond and third time placed on
its final passage ami passed unanimously.
The ordinance provides for the. raising
of a fund of thirty mills on the valuation
of the city for all purpose s exce pt fe-r
schools which will be levied by the;
school board.
Next was s resolution asking the city
attorney to prepare an ordinance requir
ing the City Gas Co. and City Water
Works Co. to make all conne ct ions and
changes in pipes that would be necessary
for the preper construction (,f the sewer
and pavement, districts: resolution adopt
ed by the unanimous vote of the council.
Bids for city printing be ing next jn
order, the biel and bonds of Knotts Bros,
was reael and referred to committee on
printing, also communication of (. A
Sherman, peer ignorant miss. asking
what would be required in a bond ae
companying a bid for city printing.
It was then moved and carried Miat a
special committee of four be nppoi. te el
to ascertain the cost of a lot anel build
ing for a council chamber, fire appai at us
and c ity jail
The c-ity attorney then submitted his
elcflsie,!) (,n the- Pontoon bridge' qilistiotl
wtiicn was that the city could ne,t p gaily
vote bonds for improve nut. ts entire ly
outside of the citv limits.
On motion boml of M. W. Morgan,
trcct commissioner, was read and '"ap
pro veil.
There be ing no fui thrr business corn-
cil adjeiurncd.
Cur Honored Dead.
The following is a list of our soldier
dead, lying in Oak Hill cemetery :
Lieut. Col. W. I). McCord, 1st Neb. Inf.
John brown, Co. A 1st Neb. Cav.
John A. Kamscy, "
" " " Inf.
H 2nel Neb. Cav.
and Co.
illtam Irish. Co.
A 1st Neb. Inf.
" " " Cuv.
William Tucker, "
Charles Woltott, "
Frederick Lucning " " " "
John R Wilson " " " "
Mrs. Kate E. Donevan, Mafn 1st Neb. Inf
Charles K. MeMakcn, Co II 2nd Neb. Cav.
David Archer, " " "
James Marshall, " " "
Alfred Juhnsou. " " "
Marshal MeElwain, " " " " "
Peter Beaver, " " " "
Jacob Coffman, " L " " "
Daniel Carr, " C 37 m. jnf.
r. II. Ware, " K 17 " "
obert L. Carr, " C 17 " "
Capt. John O'Roukc-.Bafy L 1st 111 Lt.Art.
Pete-r Vallery, California Inf.
Capt. Thomas Chapman. " Cav.
Benjamin Landis, Cei. K 2nel " "
Geo. W. Ceswalt,
John P. Calhoun,
Henry Lister,
(.'harks Guthman,
Samuel J. Lykes,
John Rocuey,
James Murphy,
Thomas S. Wales,
John L. Brown,
J. S. Newlanel,
J. Newt. Hayes,
" II " Ind. "
" II 77th Pcnn. Inf.
" H 20th Mo.
" II 3rd. '
" C Cth. " "
Ce). A 2nd Iowa Cav.
" K 1st Colo. "
" D :Jrl "
" i: t2nd Ohio Inf.
" I 81st " "
D. W. McKinnem "
Frank Loncsdale. U. S. Navv.
Richard Reesr, Co. A 1st Penn. IdL and
Mexican war.
Thomas O'Connor, Mexican war.
John Kildow. " "
John Dorritv, Co. G 10th III. Iuf.
The Fast Stock Train-
Fiom Tues.lay's Daily.
The fast stock train of the IJ. it 1M
passed through here yesterday, having
made the entire distance of nearly GOO
miles in 25 hours. It must also be.
remembered that more than 300 miles of
this road has been in use less than one
year, and would of course be in poor
condition to run fast trains over.
'The tater bug has in of golft.
i Ue foe-fly wing of fcaii.e.
The S?ub t has no witj at ail.
- But ho get there just the aariie.''
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