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About Plattsmouth weekly herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1882-1892 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1890)
ifin a i .a T V '.V V VOL XXVI. NO. ft cass ."oi; 'KJiUASKA, I If A K !AY. XOVEM1JKR L7. 1890 $l.i10 A V HAH In 4 The Leading ONE Asks The Public V To Call on him and Examine his and. TflTxater' ClotSaisig. i Hats Cans, Trucks, o JOE will show you the county and for less money by his competitors.! The Largest Line of WINTER WRAPS AND FURS Ever Shown in This cm. PLUSH SACQUES Our Plush Sacques are made up of the rery best plushes and the Loops of the eal skin. The prices are lower than ever and we are showing extraordinary Talues at $20, $25, $30, $35, $37.50, $40 f Ladies plush walking sacques at $15, $29, $25; $35 and $45. In soma of these qualities we -are showing the NEW BRONZE PLUSH. CLOTH GARMENTS The latest novelties and at way down figures Fall lBC - Misses and Chil One Boor east of First BERRMAI PLATTSMOUTH, Itisk Q PRICE Clothier Large and Complete Stock of Satchels and : largest and finbst stockin thee than inferior goods are sold dren's New Markets, Cloaks, and Jackets cheaper than ever. FUUS FURS FURS Muffs in CoDey Silver Hare Oppos urn Racoon Immitation Seal Wool Seal Astraean Lynx Beaver Mon key Ladies and Misses Capet in Coney Tiger Hare Astracan Immitation and Wool Seals. And a full line of Dry Goods, Notions, Etc. National Bank. fin HERRMAM, ! I 1 ! I V x ill ') i'vi,'V' Court Htm'-. A i 1 . p;.'vl:: juuilant. The Court House Bond Contest Case Deciciutt by the Supreme Court in F.ivor or Plattsmouth. The proposition to bond Cass county in the Miiii of :SU,O0!J was submitted to a vote in June, IX8'.I, mid on a total vote of nearly 0.000 wus curried by a majori ty of 203. L. O. Todd and others nt once brought an action in the District Court contest ing the election on the ground of fraud ulent voting here and sought to have the vote of Plattsmnuth thrown out. Judge Broady was brought here and tried the case, with which ll are more or lees familiar, deciding that our vote was bad on account of irregularities and fraud. The case was then appealed to the Supreme Court, where it has been r ending for scvcial months until yester- ? day, when Justie Maxwell, with the? unanimous consent of the coin t, reversed j the decision of Judg'.; Broady, and dis missal the i.-ii.'e. The fillowiia; is the sylahus of the opinion: 1 lii order to e.-tabli-h the fact thut illcgsd votes were: cast at an election in a ' sieeiiw-il vntinc mi rii.it t.ronf must h; ' ol'i'ert-d by one i.r more v.itm-t.-i s having aetual knowledge of such fact that per sons who vel''i)..r legal Voters did act ually Vot-J at r-Ufll ion, ::5ld HlCil wilmss or vitnessit r.nt des-ignatc t-ueh ; illegal vok'rs. VS litre the proof merely tends to thow that th ' witnesses do not j know all thf; legal voters in the precinct, j and therefore fail.- to designate certain voters as illegal, it is insutlieii nt to au thorize the n ie::tioa of such votes as il- eg,. In conte.-t!ng nn election in court die allegations of the petition and proof must correspond. In other words, the plaintiff must set fortli in his petition the narucs of the pvis''iis wliosu votes are claimed to be illegal in order that issue may be taken thtnou. If fiich tames are unknown at the time of bringing the action the contestant nlttrwards should obtain permission of court to amend his petition, giving a list of the names of voters claimcel to be illegal, and it is the duty of the court to designate from the evidence the particular persons who have yoted unlawfully. 3. Where ballots have been cast in the mode provided by law, the presump tion cannct be overtunud by vague, in definite and uncertain testimony. In its opinion the court says further: 'If the proof in this case was held sufficiet to ar nul the election it would be possible on vague, indefinite charges to annul any election held in the state. This cannot be permitted. Elections can only be annulled for sufficientcauses which are open and apparent to all and susceptible to all of specific proof. The judge in the case at bar confesses that ho does not know from the evidence what illegal votes were cast. It was his duty, however, to have found what particular persons, if any, voted illegally, specify ing the names, based upon the testimony. Upon the whole case it is apparent that the proof is not sufficient to warrant the judgment annulling the election." UnPaid Taxes. The county commissioners have had Divid Miller Esq. employed on the rec ords looking up the state taxes on per sonalty that have not been collected from 1830 up to and including 18S7. The in tentien of the commissioners is to have the state give us credit for the amount which is due the state and which it is unfair for us to advance or haye stand ing against us. The investigation snows that there is quite a large amount of money lost to the c -unty in these worth less accounts as the table below shows only the state taxes; the yaluations how ever are given that the amount of tax shirking that has been done can be seen: Valuation. State Tax. 1SS0 576.225 SS04 90 1SSI 41 4G7 2C9 73 1882 31,721 202 32 18S3 61,631 493 01 1S84 52.084 416 67 1885 65,448 597 47 1&6 81,996 735 90 18S7 78,782 670 76 Making a total on valuations of $ 491,- 383 and a credit to the county on state tax in the sum of $3,680.89. The Equitable Life Insurance compa ny of New York is going to erect a mil lion dollar building in Omaha. Carry tho News toBi oady Cui v i! .- i,(ms both f.!r;iinl m ar, T' ll) li- i;- (,-is ai.il (l:u-l:teic : A- we lii-ar tin- moai s that i mv iiound I'l.iin tin; wiiilii'rf Wfetii-ijj Water. The IhuhIs w t-i e roiifetMeil by a man ; His liai;:e is I.. (. 1 (.ln, V.'Iki li:it!i n;il beallli and of v.e kltll, '1 Ixiiiuli :i Mn'iT to bis Cixl . He cliewt'il bis ' i i n i ;iral niiook bis liair .Mist like a blliy gimt ; lie t-w ere t lie bond were all a fraud Causfil by tlie iJao vote. J'ollanl, SbebJon. Keed and Kace, With Kusto, all eried fraud : While les-cr lilits ealled for their right. And aid L. ;. aiilaud. Tliey Mad employed one of their men--Ti e Weepirg Water bully : Vho doth poness the l)aj;i type, His name is E. II. Vo,lev. He, as leader of the defunct league, For laurels did anpire : And every witness that was called ; He claimed was a boundless liar. For many days the contest raeil. They called In men of note : They tried in vain to prove by them. Who wrongfully did vote. Judce Broady sat upon his bench, With eyes lixed on the witness ; With predjudiee in his heart, Which made him doubt their fitness. It inijjht have been a boodle case We cannot guess the cause ; Though it does seem, he had a dream Of some new fancied laws. He dirt presume that all were liars. And with presumption did decide, That every witness wiio was called. Undoubtedly had lied. With his presumptions, he presumed To j;ive a :-tale decision : And all he i'i fr.im honest hearts, was silence and Ut n-aoii. The supreme court, uiipivj .-(i.ve'.l and f i ir. Showed D'uaily was a H and ; Ami wliilt; the tioii'iled w. iters weep. We'll tl:e:a, heartily jipplaiel. Siearry ihe news to Uroady aiHi'iiac, To W ;(! V. ' " i lis: n ;:;.d 1 odd : A:ni tell the loni; haired guai chewer, ToteaicU and find his God. We'll bury you in silence in Use still of night . Neath the Weeping Water towers ; VVii i not a bugle sound, or tear of remorse. Except the midnight t bowers. Tlii'teloomy toL-s. o'e- thy little burg. Since tee hour of thy defeat. Will chuege thy boasted luture. To a lonely owls' retreat, J. C. 15, A Roaring Farce. Twenty PhUtsniouth braves, duly dec orated with the insignia of their rank, boldly marched cut to Xehawka last night to capture the cannon, which the soulless vandals who inhabit that village once stole from the honest, unsuspecting yeomanry of this model city. We -have agreed to not mention any names and will particulnize as littl as possible. The warlike gentleman who resides in the Second ward, whom everybody knows as Colonel Kroehlcr, seemed to be one of the leaders; Fred was in good form and thirsted for blood. One of hi assistants Was Guy Livingston, of the Sons of Veterans, a young man of pug nacious qualities who also desired a taste of conflict where the rattle of musketry kept time to the rat, tat, tan, of the kettle drum. The cavalcade in wagons started for the fray and arrived at Nehawka be fore midnight. The boys detoured, and felt of the enemy, takiDg great qare that they should nut be ambushed. They finally located the cannon in a cellar, which they invaded, .cd brought out on the sidewalk. The town was now thor oughly alarmed, the fire bell was rung, shot guns were fired, and the entire pop ulace, frantic over the invasion, rushed into the street?. . Our brave3 seem to haye been unable to stand the shock of battle, and early showed that nice dis cernment -which is so much admired in the weaker party when they are opposed by the strong and invincible. To make a long story short, the boys flew to their wagons and hurried to Plattsmeuth for reinforcements, leaving the gun in charge of the fearless champions, Kroehler and Livingston. The defenders uid not last long however, when a lank, lean, huagrv looking Missourian told the 6ilent watchers they could just have rive minutes to "git." Fred began to hustlr. It was too warm, so the two struck out for Union, about nine miles down the track, where they arrived footsore and weary; they then hired a team and came in about noon today, all having con cluded that the cannon was dangerous on" account of ae. and that we did aot want it anyway. Organ Recital. Mr. Marshall, who is setting up tha pipe organ for the ladles of the Presby terian church, will have it completed this week. The opening will taka place Tuesday evening, Dec 2. Prof. Butler, organist of Dean Gardner's church in Omaha, will sing a solo in connection with whichtbe beet talent of the city, will appear. Everybody ia cordially invited. Iff. . A v 7 V V.D A Ils1' i l SELLS CLOTHING iuid FURNISHING GUM STOCK IS .OOMPLZTE! m AL,& DEPARTMENTS, .A-lsTD if You Can't Get Satisfied and Suited at Its Timo to Quit and go to School WE LEAD THE TOWN IN LOW PRICES DO NOT LET THE FACT ESCAPE YOU. IT DOJES To buy Tr.-isli :it :tny JVico, lint it That is what 7m f t $ h jr. FIRST-CLASS GOODS, LOW PRICES. Iin'iert B'::!eil"ii r ilcut4 E iidcrwc.-ir " Ii i 1 tl re ! l"n e r we a i Tol)y;ixaiiM FaMcitiater.-' Hosiery 'a rns ISsryr :!js vitnIi irt.- Overalls Tin v:s re Sioux- ZIr:tv;n-e 'arM'ii t e r 1':ils ISiiKketH loth-H Tjiiit'N ISird Vns- s Bird l;e 1 1 Presents suitable for everybody--I he ip lor Casliat The police force are arranging for a full dress bull, to be given some time be, fore the holidays. k For turkeys, ducks, chickens and oys ttrs go to the City Meat Market, 414 Main i-treet. tf IIatt & Otto, Prop. License to wed was issued ycstcnlay to John-Edwin Uarwick, aged 28. and Miss Lillian Evelyn White, aged 20, both of this city. i Messrs. Holmes & llinkle, the enter prising liverymen, have moved into their new birn at the corner of Sixth and Vine street?, where they will continue to do an extensive business in their line. Mr. David Ilawksworth is having a lirj;e and well arranged conservatory built for Mrs. Ilawksworth, who is the possessor of many rare and beautiful plants, at their pleasant home, corner of Fifth and Vine streets. Jim Walker says the next time Judge Sullivan, M. li. Murphy, M. D, Polk et al go down to Nehawka to steal a can non he wants them to be men enough to get it and not fool the people thnt way any more. S. & C. Mayer are making the most determined i ffort of their lives this sea son in supplying everybody in what they need in clothing and furnishing goods. They bought their goods at such prices thai is bound to make it a snccess. Call and examine their goods. tf There will be services at the colored Baptist church conducted by Rev. Bos well and Rev. January of Omaha at 11 o'clock aud alo at 7.30 in the eveneng. Rev. Boswell hopes that the colored people who have 60 much reason to be thankful to the Almighty formany bless ings will turn out and render homage to The Most High. The P. E. O. meeting that was to meet at Mrs. Atwooi'9 Friday is postponed to Daccuiber 5th. By order of President. AUCTION SALE. There will be an auction sale of the balance of the Weckbach stock Decem ber 10th 1S90. Everything must be sold regardless of prices- w2t Frisk Gcthmaw, Administrator. IP v,. 9 GOODS. T not pay locs jny to buy r ,..(! guuLs cheap you can lo :it A H4 tut iojiery f'lioto A I IIIII1H Aiitsrrn(ili .VlbuniM Kcr;ii AllxiniM Seiioo! ilr.cM Nlales 'l'ji lr (iii'N 1 h lor JIy.-4 (iloyos mm mil PERSONAL. Jacob Vallery jr is in Omaha today. Geo. XV. Vss went to Omaha today on business. Alf "White; n .turned home this morning from Chicago. Sam Brynn the Ashland flur mnn i in town today. Sam ShumakiT made a business trip to Chariton, Iowa todny. Mrs Chas 1'oediker returm-fl today from a weeks visit with her brother at Glenwood. City attorney Polk is attending to le gal business before the supreme court at Lincoln today. Mrs. James Walker, of Murray, and Mrs. Jani'.-s M. Patterson were Omaha visitors this morning. Mrs. Geo. W. Fairfield returned to her Cheyenne county home this morning by the w-ay of the Union Pacific Mrs. J. L. Root will join her husband in Lincoln today and will then go with him to Beatrice where they will ppend Thanksgiving with Mr. Reots father and mother who are residents of that city. Robert J. Vas-s and wife, of Hutchin son, Kansas, are in the city visiting reJa tivea. Mr. Vans is here at this time for the purpose of taking treatment of Dr. Mansfield, of Ashland for catarrh he be ing a great sufferer frem that malady. Deputy Sheriff Tighe and Sam Arch er went to Lincoln today after Wm. Con nors and John Cox. the Elmwood hog tnieves thut have been serving a i-enteece in the Lancaster county jail which ex pires today. To Nervous Debilitated Men. If you will send us your address, we will mail you our illustrated pamphlet eaplaininli all about Dr. Dye's celebrated Electro-Valtiac Belt and appliances, and their charming i fleets upon the nervious debilitated system, and bow they will quickly res'are you to vitror and man hood. Pamphlet free. If yon re that afflicted we will send you a belt and ap pliances on atrial. Volthc Bar Ca. Marshall, Nich-. Miss Grant is now prepared to ire lessons on the piano. She can Le found at 811 Locnt street, next door to the Christian chnrch. dtf Additional Local on Fourth Pag:. a