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About Plattsmouth weekly herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1882-1892 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1891)
A Letter. From Saturday's Daily, Editou llKni.D: Sorno weks ago I promised to give you an account of wh.it I was doing for ihe sufferers in the drouth Btricken region. Before I filled tho bx cs the freight rates went up. I cilk'Ci d $1 to pay freight and puid the b;-.l nre myself. I collected about COO pounds of clothing and other things und wmb then' taken sick and Mr. Todd kindly took charge and sent the boxfs. I saw by last evening's Hkkald that Mr. Todd had given you a letter I or publication which ho received from Litchfield, Neb., stating they had re ceived goods, which I had sent to tin sufferers. That is all right, but I don't claim all t lie credit. The ladies that I Called on were most all willing and nnx idus to give, although most f them id contributed before. They all, however, found something to send to the unfortu nates and a great deal of good, warm clothing wai gathered up. I cannot give tbc names of the donors, but I will name a few of the articles. There were four good bed comforters, twelve good clonks and wraps and other articles too numer ous to mention, all clean nnd in good condition. The clothing was mostly for women and children. Mrs. Austin sent twelye pounds of dried fruit, aud with her help we made quite a number of good new garments lor women, and there were at least twelve pairs of good shoes and stockings. And, last but not least was medicn; Mr. Fricke gave at least three dozen bottles of erood family ' medicine, some of which he put up es pecially for the sufferers. The druggist at Warrick's old stand gave five bottles. I haye heard from good authority that they cinnot get medicines or doctors out there as the people have no money to pay for either. Mks. M. M. Kicir.vnosoN . County Court. Petition for appointment of Richard T. Powell administrator with will an nexed of estate of W. B. Reynold?, de ceased, Prayer of petition granted. James Irving vs B. L. Miller et al. Continued until Feb. 17, at 10 a. in. Judge Sullivan for plaintiff, Dwyer and Clark for defendants. Capital National Bank, of Lincoln vs F. M. Striplin et al. Judgment by de fault for $300.25. Representative Gale of Brown county, who introduced the resolution Wednes day to recognize Governor Buyd, today received the following threatening letter . Omaha. Feb. 5. To Ttaitor.- Look: to those who have preceded you in his tory. Is gold worth more than one hoi. orablo opiaion amonf: one's fello'-'s? These that sell are the laughing stock of the buyers. And those that one betra s look with 6Corn and contempt on him who forfeits his right to manhood. II y ery traitor should be without family, so tiiat his deeds may not fall upon them and cause a stigma to be attached to their characters. Omaha's gold secured the votes for Boyd and it looks as though its money would endeavor to foster him as governor of the people, but it will be the means of making our cause stronger in the future." Independent. To this was attatched the . following postscript: There is hemp be i n raised in Ne braska that I believe will be put to gowd use in the near future." Mr. Gale said iu commenting on this letter, "My opinion is that a coward who dares not acknow ledge his own words is too contemptible te notice." In tht house today 10,000 copies of Governor Boyd's message were ordered printed in English. Free Delivery. For the year ending February 3 rd, 1891 there were issued by the Nebraska City pest office 2,515 money orders. For the 6ame poriod there were issued by ,$h Piatt mHth post office 2,730 money . order or 215 more orders issued by the Vfice f this city than that of Nebraska City. It will be borne in mind that Ne braaka City, has the free delivery aysUm There daesn't seem to be any good raa- u for the post office department discrim inating against thifc city in the matter of postal service. If Nebraska City is en titled to the free delivery seryice the fig wres will bear us out in saying that this city is more than equally entitled to it. Two messages in one week. Is there any wonder the legislaturh wanted recesi for a few days? Nebraska City is about to inaugurate a sidewalk revolution. Every dilapidat ed walk is to be displaced by fine broad ones, weile Jmany extensions of walks will be made. It is said Roy II. Youn-j, a compositor on the Enterprise of Grant, made a re cord f 12,917 em brevier in eight hours Tonng is eighteen . years old and has been, at the printing . bnsihess only two years. member of the senate received a letter from a constituent saying: "D the contest; send a seed and feed." The constituent might have put it in mors diplomatic terms, but he was get ting right to the core of the matter and Ik t Tsroaqnlar most, senators are eon Tenant with. Mieriff Tighe, is out near Eagle today after nn insane woman named Mrs. Mary Holton. The city is full of farmers today, and the business men all seem to have their hands full. Mr. F. A. Murphy, f Cednr Creek, camp down this moi uing to viit iclativts a few duys in this city. F 8. White.lias fhipp'd two cars of products a week for his trade at the feed ftore, for the past six months. County Commissioner A. B. Todd and daughter Lelia will go to Wahoo this evening and sj.end Stind ly with friends in that city. Hi; v. L'uer, pastor of the German Methodist church, went over to Hamburg Iowa, this morning where lie will hold services tomorrow. It is said the independent lenders have now ileeideii to dismiss tin coiiUat pro ceedings againtall republie-in srte offic ers Tuesday next. Th Independents hope to thu gain the favors republican members in the contest against Boyd. Sol. V. Pitcher, County Clerk of Sher ilan Couuty, after looking in on the Jegislatur aud list jninul to the inmigura addrts? of Governor Boyd, yesterday, came clown to the city and is the gues-t of his fatherinlaw Jacob Vallery Sr. Uncle No.h Clemmons, of Rock Bluffs precinct returned hist evening from a three weeks visit with C. W. Curtis, md family of Hampton Hamilton County this state. Mr. Curtis' w is suprised to find on his return that the ground was bare here, for there was a heavy mow fall out there. F. S. Whit-, the ice king, has niw safe ly stored in his ice houses for the use of his many customers during the hot month of next summer, 2000 toLs of the frozen liquid, and his countenance seems to indicate a con rented mind, for it looked for some time that Plattsmouth would be in foi an ice famine the coming summer. Hon. F. E White returned from the capital hist evening, the legislature having taken a recess till next Tuesday. Mr. White i receiving congratulations on every baud for the splendid record he is making ia tha legislature, and the 11lkai.ii is not as blinded by partisan prejudice as not to be willing to bestow ! credit where it is due. The dense fog this morning caused switch engine .No. 21S and road, engine No. 125 to come in contact in the yard? this morning, resulting in the bursting of the water tank of the former engine and painfully crushing the foot of Fire man Hayes, Prompt action of the en gineers in reversing their engines, pre- veiled what might otherwise have been a serious wreck. We are in receipt of a letter from Sid ney Minor Esq., who went from this county a few months since to Fresno county, California, in which lie expresses atisfaction with his new home, sayin? anions other things that he worked all last week in shirt-sleeves, and had not needed an overcoat any time this winter. He also states that very little rain has fallen there this winter. To show the thrift with which the friat trees grow fhoro ha nnolnaorl a mpoenrpir.pnt nf A I . , .. , iL peacn tree iwig oi one Beasou s growiu, which was 14 feet and 7 inches iu length. He also enclosed one of the discomfitures of California life in the way of the skeleton f a large mosquito which he says are annoying at this season f the year. It would be seen from tne pro- portions of his mosquitoship that not only vegetable life takes on a thrifty growth, but also the animal kingdom is not dwarfed by the salubrious climate of California. The Burllngrton's New Line to the Black Hills. The Burlington Route takes pleasure in announcing to the public the comple- tion of its new line to Dead wood, South J Dakota, and the formal opening of same for business. i ma event mams an epoca in me on- tory of .Nebraska, in opening up to the I trade centers of the state and the Mis- ... i . : -rn A t and a country immensely ricn in coal and mineral deposits, whose possibilities for the future promise much for the com mercial and manufacturing prosperity of the state. ine line is Buosianuauy c .instructed i and thoroughly equipped, the object be- ing to afford a service that is first class in every particular, and ia keeping with other through linos of the Burlington System. I It is the shortest and quickest line from Missouri River cities and principal points in Nebraska to Deadwood, Hot bpnngs, Custer and Hill City, South Dakota, Mer- ina and Newcastle. Wyomine. and all - - - j points in the Black Hills I a Through trains are run daily with Pull- man Sleeping Cars from Omaha and Lincoln to Deadwood without change. I in making connection at Liacola and Oma- j framed a tariff bill, bat congress ad ha with all trains of the Barlington I journed before . final action could be Route to and from all point East, West I and South. I x w mioun appiy 19 any 13 .1 I . ' i I Barlington gentf ot to j J. JrBA3tCls (Hn'l Fsss'r Agt., (.branch, with the probabilities deciiedly I J Turbe is no money in the Arkansas i treasury to pay the members of the leg- isiature; but they should be willing, in the interest of the democratic party, to wait for their pay until the ptate can realize upon the assets turned over 13 the defaulting treasury. A man by th name of Cameron, who was appointed to a place in the treasury department under the Cleveland admin istration, and was afterward discharged by Mr. Mituniag on account of his bad reputation, which the New York Tribune exposed, has j:ist received a judgment agiiinnt til i tpaper for G cents. A dispatch irom lexas announcfs that a quarrel over a calf of the value of G has resulted in the death of both dis putants, one being shot by the other and the second falling under the fire of the deputy sheriff who undertook to am st him. Tuere is one thing to be said of tit is affair it WH3 as clean a job as we have eyer heard pf. At the latest ac count? the can (ot the value of SO) was doing as well as could be expected. The commissioner of pensions denies the charge made by ill the democratic and anti-soldier sheets that the pension list is going to greatly increase this coming year. He cstim ttes that the ''firtt payments will be $10,000,01)0 less than last year aud says tht the effect of the act of June 27 will be to decrease tbc cost of tensions instead of increasing it. II:: says that the prediction of a deficien cy iu next year's appropriations on ac count of the pension law will not be re alized. The effect of the law according to his calculations is to equalize the pensions and not to liicrearc the aggregate. Liu- coin .Journal. Thk hill in the legislature, providing that ail unimproved land adjoining im proved farms or lots shall be listed for purpose of taxation at the sam figure as i he improved iand, would have one good effect if it should become a law. It would lead to t: " i' ". v",v"nt of a large amount of wild .ai.vt Oj k.- pr. .-cut owners or its sale to persons who would im prove u with iisultinir lanre rnatcnal l.'-uefit to the state. The amount of such land in the s'ate two years ago was greater than the amount of the im proved la::d,and it is probably notanyless ut present. At first glance the proposi tion is likely to appear not exactly just, but why should the owner of unimproved lamis ue allowed to proht Irom its .p prtcia'ion by reasow of the improve ment of contiguous property without puyii.g for the benefit? Why should the enterprising citizen who cultivates his farm or builds cn his property be re quired to pay more relatively in tnxa tion than the man who expends no capi- tal improvements and simply holds his land for speculation or for an in crease in value contingent upon the in vestments and enterprise of his neigh bors? There are many cognent reasons in support of the proposed measure. Omaha Bee. THE TARIFF AND THE NEXT CON- CRESS. Globe Democrat. The republicans who are taking the view that the tariff in any event can not ba changed within the next two year forget one or two essential facts in the situation. In the senate the party will have a lead of perhaps half a dozen in the Fiftysecond congress. There is a possibility that it may be a little below this figure. In any ease, however, the republicans will have a majority of that hodr. Tint this maiorltv nn nnt Ko 6trictly depended on to assert itself on all partisan questions. It is well known that meat of tht northwester republic- ana in both branches of congress voted I for the McKiley law under a Bert of I mental protest. In the case of soma f these republicans the protest took a mors prBuouuctu uiu prcucai suape. xnt I law nas certainty made no proselyte in any part of the west since it went into ... . i .no..t;nn Tf - j to say tnat tne economic idea which the J act represents is distinctively weaker I throughout this portion of the countrv than it was six or eight months ago I Even the most extreme champions of the I I I measure win now, we presume, concede I that it was a blunder, and that it Was almost wholly responsible for th disas- ter which the party met last November at the polls. And very few of them can imagine that sentiment has changed in their direction since the election. If a moderate and conservative meas - ure of the tariff revsion comes from the house in the next congress it is likely to j a pass the senate, unless that bodv DreDarea - 4. measure of its own. in which case the matter will go to the conference commit- tee. In 1888, when the democrats were I control of the house. th FanatA I taken on the question. In 1893 the senate, in all Drobabilitv. will taka?th r m same course. . a inrin dui will be pre- . . - . , pared in the upper as well a th lower I An agreement on some kind of a meas ure is likely lo b had in conference. A presidential veto may come, but if the bill proposes no radical or dangerous charges in the existing law th chances, at this distance from the event, sevm to be i faycr of its obtaining ti.o requisite two thirds vote to override the txecu- tive disapproval. The devotion to pro tection anion? western republicans is as I strong as ever, but it is to the protection j with which the party was identified un til recent years. They favor the protec tiou whicn affords a reasonable amount ! of advantage to the home producer, but they oppose nnd will strike down the sort which builds up monopolies and trusts uiid levies a needless and opprci-s ive tribute on the masses of the commu nity. wt. . ine county cemmissioners were gaged yesterday and today iu rev isinc the court house plans. A. B. Todd took a little lay-off from commissioners duties today and is tran sacting business in Omaha. Senator Thomas, returned from Lin coln this morning to remain at home during the recess of legislature. H. C. Mackcn, has completed his con tract of filling the B. & M. ice house and is now shipping to Council Bluffs and St. Joe. The ice harvest has proyed much 'more satisfactory ;at this point than was anticipated a few weeks ago. Happy Hoosiers. Win. Timraons, l'ost master of Idaville, ind.. write : " Electric lilt ters has done more for ine tliaii all other nietliclues combined, for that had feel'iig ai'iMiiK from Kidney a:ii Liver trouble." John Leslie, farmer and Moekiiian, of wamt" llac nays : "Find Kleetnc Hitter to be the best Kidney and L'ver medicine, maue me feel like a new man." J. W. Gardner hardware merchant, same town, pays : "Klee tric I'.ilter.s is just the thing: for a man who fs all run down and don't care whether he lives or dies ; he found new ftrength, good appetite and felt just like he hid a new lease on life Onlv Mc, a bottle at F. G. Fricke & Co's Drug Store, 2 Cupid vs. Clothes. When Elizabeth held tho fort in Eng land, and Sir Walter Raleigh used to go about with clothes on that if he had got h-.rd up he could have gone an his uncle's and put them up for thou sands of pounds, not to mention a cer tain pair of shoes of his which were said to be worth G.OOO crowns, then it be caino the fashion for a man who was in love to iK'gl. ci his apparel, as if ho were too much occupied to bother about such triilew. There was one mark in particular his :;a ixid Wt-ru not to be tied. So that when aa Elizabethaa uudo walked down the M:;I1 with taei-e useful appendages hanging on behind him it was equiva lent to crying th:it his heart was gone. Here wo have Shalcespeara ia "A3 You Like It" put dug these words into the mouth of fair lio. r.ind, "T hero is none ef my unelo'a inark.s upon you; he iavht ine how to know a man in love. iieii your no:-.e soouid be ungarted, your bo:met unhanded, your sleeves un buttoned, your she' s untied, and every thing about you denoting a careless des olation." Clothier and Furnisher. TIio IVrsonsil Pronoun in Conversation. Tho inordinate employment of the po5.-.fsjivo cu.se in ;t vulgar polecism, and not ii.sea to excess uy tuoso or gentle j breeding. There are both men unci wo- men wno are rorever raiiung aoout "my carriage," "iny house," etc., until they I .sell Oil e hundred bottles demonstrating' What it will do. It disgust their hearers. One is apt to im- agine that fuch persons are the possessors I or newly acquired wealth and its appur tenances, when this small, two lettered tiio v 4. i;.., I vj. Diiio liuui Liiii Hit.u 4iij.rccxx- I mtr trennencj-. ne pronoun "i snoum not oe too often repeated, as it gives too personal and egotistic a turn to conversation, and the frequent recurrence of "I said so and so," and ;I did so and so, reveals a nat ure weighed down with a Bense of its own importance, and caring little about vLit other people are doing or thinking. Jennesa-Miller Magazine People Who Kat Alone. In all thoroughly civilized countries the members of a family and their gnests partake of meals while collected around a central board, but this is not so with the majority or even a fraction of the semi-civilized and barbarous nations. The Mardivian islanders dine alone, re tiring to the most secret parts of the'r huts for the purpose of eating their food, This custom probably arose among them in an early period of their history, for rear Pernaps, tnat another witn equally "L X " . . lJL bjg meal. St. Louis Republic Declaration of War Not NMciurr. I Wars are often engaged in without Europe, and has been so here. The Unit ed States made a pronunciameuto of this when it entered into the contest yth Great Britain in 1818, bnt no such --4.u -vt-,. WlL-JJ. lUCAlW J1 ilX UiO WlVll Oil Uii Lilt? of 18G1-5. In each case the government recognized that a state of war existed and ,ACt accordingly. St. Louis Globe- uemocrat. C!a.n!nA Tntlll'-nf. I Oneof the intelligent dogs lives in Bar Harbor, Me. He was carrying a paper the other day when several canine com- panion3 began to bother him. He put the paper down on the ground, and when dog attempted to tonch it sprang on mm ana Save lum a ti00 shaking. These tactics he repeated several times, till at (ia rwfc craf n.nv Hex t tvV the paper, and then h auickfy picked it tip and walked awav. Keacbec Jour- nal. A "Hallo!" IUIm. One telephone was put in at a small town in - Kansas,' and the owmer of s hooae to rent immediately raised th and called nt a. rmin hlf a. mil k.. .uvu.u. uvu nvu UlCl away, and bon m Wood vessel trying to keep up con veiraatioa over th wire, J. "W. TAYLOR TAY10P iManufactufacturers' Atrents .for i lure and Supplies. VXX-j . ft Um MTS ;.N'V AliM CHAIli. The cliuir de.sk can he attache L-f Vrf W f 1 r --'.-.il t Jl - ri - 1st -VI i t u i t i merits, and so adjtistahle and a-c mi u datin; tliat it can he set ut anj inclination, its changes of position making pen work a delight can he drawn close to the writer or pushed stride out of the way and even lilted of the chair and laid aw.i. Weighs hutfeven pounds. Asareading stand it is alone worth its cost. Its portability is a valuable fe itnre. In summer placed near an open window or on a cool veranda, or even under a tree on the open lawn; in winter, bofore the lire, under the fr.ll Hht of a lanij. It adds wonderfully to a students comfort, ' PRICE SEDUCED IHOII SS.CO TO S4.00 Send lor circular and juice list. TAYLOR & WELLS. w i:;c IK i.lILMNO, O.MVliA, jS'ki;. Wc want agents iu United States to sell our stamptng and writing on linens, etc. Sample secureiy packed, mailed to any address for cents. Large profits to agents. Terms on an- plication. TAYLOR & WELLS, New Vokk Lifk Huildino, Omaha. Nku. Wc want agents in every OUT CRYSTAL INK EKASEIiS Heeds it Ulltl Will bliy it at bight. OllC 10 CCllt bottle will remOVCS blots Ol" figures and Ieaviii"- the nancr Derieetlv clean and readv for immediate A nso. I A New York Lifk Building, DB8R SI EM Q RAND UN This file is not a calender, but a can be recorded and each item, as place at the lront" and stare you in st attention. At the time ol writing letters relative to important matters, dates can be fixed when thes should such letters receive no reply. 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Y .( I H Xr WF .1 s Omaha Xek. record, where all suspense item consecutively dated, will takeitr the face, until such item shall matters will come up again for future attention such mat Insurance Premiums, llenewal Promises to pay, Dr. or Cr.l. p Expiration of time lor appeal; ivi o a iuicj UUJ II1C1JI. of memorandum cards - - will do well to write us. TO THE TRADE, $2.5 Wells, GENERAL AGENTS. AGENTS TTANTCI