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NEBRASKA'S BIG FOUR.
Cobb, Richards, ard the Two
j Websters Eldcted.
"X KOSEWATER FOR tOMMITTEF.M.
P iJtebraska's Republican State Con
iventlon Noisy, But Very Har-monloua.--A
Harrison Del
j esation Elected. -Oth-
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. er News Notes
'rom Thursday'" Daily.
At 11:45 yesterday morning Dr.
Mercer, chairman of the state cen
tral committee called the conven-
tiou to order, lie said: Here, mid
way between oceans, is the focal
spot around which revolve our bus
iness and political affairs. Here is
the hub of the universe. What was
ouce the center of our great desert
is now the oasis of the nation. Here
in the oasis is the beautiful, thriv
ing city of Kearney, peerless among
competitors, pushing ever to the
front, and successful in every und
ertaking. It is litting that we
should meet here and compose a
plattform broad enough for all hu
manity. We meet to select the men
. who shall he hp name our nation's
next president. From that nomina
tion until next November he shall
be our king and after that he shall
wear the nation's crown."
As stated in yesterday's HEKAI.D
Brad Slaughter was made tempor
ary chairman and F, D. Simmons
temporary secretary. On motion
the 'temporary organization was
made permanent.
Klgutter of Omaha then threw a
bomb shell into the convention. He
read a lengthy resolution which
asked that Hon. K. Hosewater be
made a national committeeman. A
Cass county man seconded the re
solution on behalf of the delegation.
Three or four geutleman jumped to
their feet. Then half a dozen more
asked recognition, and there was an
exciting time far a few minutes.
Paul Schminke, by sheer force of
voice and insistence, got the flor
' andjwished on behalf of Otoe county
to second the motion. He said: "I
have been in this convention fight
ing prohibition and fighting every
thing. Hut we have to quit this
fighting among ourselves and be
harmonious. If Rosewater is given
the state it i9 all right."
A Lancaster delegate moved as an
amendment that the resolution be
referred to a committee. ' The mo
tiou was lost by a vote of 403 to 1S:J.
John Peters offered a resolution
favoring the renomination of Presi
dent Harrison and dieecting
candidates nominated to del - :v
their attitude towards him. Ti re
was no opposition to the resolution.
On motion the convention pro
ceeded to the election of delegates
to the national convention. A man
by the name ef Orcutt placed the
name of John L. Webster before the
convention. Mr. Webster was called
fcr and responded as follows:
"As I was walking on the street
someone said I was wanted in the
convention. I did not know what
was wanted, but I came. In twenty
years I have known but one party,
the republicnn. For four years a
republican executive and his able
advisers have given us prosperity,
The party endorse the administra
tion, and feel it should be kept in
power.
"When the delegates return from
Minneapolis with the same stand
ard bearer, victory will be ours
With the same administration as
now, prosperity will be ours."
Hon. L. D. Richards was next
placed in nomination by Ross Ham
inoud of Fremont. Mr. Richards
addressed the convention as follows
"It would seem that the extent of
the duties of the delegates to Min
neapolis would be to formulate a
platform for the party, and then to
attend a grand ratification meeting
that should commend the adminis
tralion of Benjamin Harrison and
demand that he should again be
put in power. Other great men
there are in the party whom their
friends would be glad to see made
.president.. Chief among these is
Blaine, but he has eo clearly ex
pressed his declination of thenomi
nation or that it is useless to talk of
him.Theadministratiou of Harrison
has accomplished more for the ma
terial prosperity of our country than
any other in our history. The par
''' ty will place the seal of its approval
''Son it by nominating Harrison and
-"' Morton; and the peophf will put the
' aeal of their approval on it by elect
;nirig them1 again: Gentleman,! if
' t elected delegate, I will vote for Har
" 'rison." "; :
' I f T War-lr if 11 1 . Mo If niimlw
Judge Cbb of Lancaster county,
Col. K. D. . Webster of Hitchcock
county, and.W. IT. Needham of Knox
county were placed in, nomination,
and each one was called upon for a
short speech. They all responded
in a hearty ana rigorous manner
The convention then took a short
rest while some music was fur
nished, after which J. G. Tate was
called upon for a speech. Among
othr things Mr. Tate said he had
been shown a cap with visor and
band of Black Hills tin that it was
proposed to adopt for a Minneapolis
convention can. It was brought
out, and he put it on. "Behold our i
tin," he said. "Protection should
be our watchword. We have a
gold, a silver and a tin plank in our
! platform, and they are strong
I .'iioii.. I. ,,,,( to break. I am triad to
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hear the endorsement of Harrison.
Next November we shall have the
greatest love feast ever known, with
Harrison in the centre and Blaine
by hitn." ,
Mr. Tate's speech provoked great
enthusiasm throughout.
The roll call on delegates was
asked for. Mr. Needham's name
was then withdrawn, and he asked
to be made an alternate. The roll
call was without particular incident
and the final result was evident. At
its close an old man created a great
uproar by asking that Rosewater be
made to mount the platform and
state his position. After much
shouting for and against, it was an
nounced that Rosewater was in Om
aha. The roll call resulted as follows:
John I.. Webster '
Ci.linwl K. II. Webster
L. I). Kiilnird
Imlire Aimtsa Cobb I".'
V. 11 Streeter 3"
J. I.. Keck
It was moved that Streeter, Keck
and Needham be made alternates
by acclamation. Jessie Gaudy very
adroitly amended by adding ti e
name of G. K. Tarbox of Galloway
and he went through with the rest,
Several resolutions were intro
duced. The First was in favor of
the encouragement of the beet su
gar industry which was unanimous
lv adopted. Another resolution
was also presented indorsing Sen
Paddock's course in working for
agricultural classes and reconi
mended that he be re-elected. The
resolution went through without
touching the high places.
After extending the citizens of
Kearney a vote of thanks the con
ventiou adjourned.
Papers and Periodicals.
You will find the following pa-'
persand periodicals at the reading
room:
Plattsmouth Daily liEK.I.n. (Do
nated.)
flattsmouth Daily Journal. (Do
nated.)
Omaha Daily Bee.
Omaha Daily World-Herald. (Do
nated.)
Lincoln Daily call. (Donated.)
Chicago Daily Herald.
...ttsmouth Weekly Hekald.
i:ated.)
niaha Excelsior.
T..e Woman's Tribune. (Donated.)
San Francisco Kxuminer. (Do
nated.)
The New Republic. (Donated.)
St. Louis Base Ball News. (Do
nated.)
Scientific American. (Donated.)
Also The Youth's Companion,
Puck, Tudge, Harpers Magazine,
Harper's Weekly, Cosmopolitan, St
Nicholas and Century
Also a number of good reference
books, including a complete set of
Chambers' Encyclopedia.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all who desire totake advantage of
above. Rooms over Bennett & Tutt's
store. Hours from 2 p. in. to 'r.'M p.
in. and from 7 to 10 p. m.
Burglars at Elmwood.
Burglars got in their work at Elm
wood Wednesday.evening. The bil-
lard hall owned by the McGuire
Brothers was entered during last
night and considerable goods taken.
Considerable damage was done to
the house. The burglars effected an
entrance by smashing the window
in the rear of the building. They
took about twenty-five pounds of to.
bacco, several hundred cigars and
quile a lot of temperance drinks,
some of which was found scattered
along the road west of town for
several miles.
From Friday' Daily.
John Corbet from Nehuwka was
in the city to-day.
Jonn Becker and County Treasur
er L. C. Eikhoff leave to night for a
trip through Oklahoma territory.
This morning a young man
stepped into Bert McElwain'a jew
elry store on Main street and got
his watch which he had left thereto
be repaired. After paying for it he
had fifty cents left and Bert, in a
joking way, asked him if he would
give him fifty cents for a watch he
held iu his hand. The fellow took
the watch and looked at it, threw
down the fifty cents and walked
out As the watch belongs to one
of his customers and is worth
about $15, Bert has been wondering
all day how he could get it back
The last heard of the watch it had
been disposed of to a third party for
$1 and he was asking fifty cents for
his bargain, but intimated that if
Bert would set up the cigars he
could have his watch back fer the
fifty cents he had received.
TRAINS TO BE STARTED.
The M. P. Will Have Trains
Running Next Week.
PLA1 OM U III ON THE MAIN LINE.
The Time Card Is Arranged so That
Traln9 Will Stop In This City
Twenty Minutes for Dln-ner--Other
Nt ws of
Importance.
From Friday's Dully.
The M P. to the Front.
TiiK IlEKALO has been reliably
informed that the Missouri Pacific
will commence running through
trains from Omaha to St. Louis
next week and that all passenger
trains will stop in Plattsmouth
twenty minutes for dinner, and if
proper arrangements can be made
with one or more parties to rim a
first-class eating house the road
will build a hotel near the depot
to accommodate the traveling
public.
Beginning with the first of the
month all through freight trains
will be run over this route. With
the running of all these trains
through Plattsmouth and with a
proper eating house, the business
of our city will increase and this
city will have such a boom as it
never had before, for the town
shows off to excellent advantage
from the Missouri Pacific depot and
anyone passing inrougii our lair
city, although stopping only
twenty minutes for dinner, cannot
help but admire it, and even if they
themselves do not return and stop
off some time, they will speak of the
beautiful town among the hills,
which will cause others to stop and
look at our advantages and invest
their capital among us. The
spring lias been wet aim coiu anu
consequently very backward, but
every nice day we have had we have
seen men out all over the city fixing
up the fences and repairing the
houses, so that with all the back
wardness of spring it makes no
difference in what direction you
may go you will see houses freshly
painted and improvements of all
kinds going on, which all goes to
show that this town is going for
ward and that its citizens are pros
perous. There are very few vacant
residences in the town, and there is
not one first-class house empty. In
fact, as soon as a good house is
known to be vacant there are half a
dozen applicants for it, and the in
dications point strongly to the fact
that the B. A M. will build that
long-looked-for depot this summer.
So with all these improvements
and the complete opening of the
Missouri Pacific road this town is
bound to take a rapid stride to the
front this summer.
Cold In or Near Plattsmouth.
THE Hekald published a few days
ago nn article in relation to a num
ber of miners prospecting for coal
in Livingston Heights, and while
they were looking over the ground
they discovered gold, and that there
were several miners from the west
expected here every day. The hek- j
aLd also branded the report as a
fake and has never thought of the
matter since until last night when
the following communication was
received:
PLATTsiouTH,NEii.,April'J8-Edi
tor Hekald: I see an article in
THE HEKALD about finding gold in
Livingston Heights, which claimed
it to be a fake. I say this: That I
have had some experience in Gulch
mining; that in the summer of 1S))2
I was engaged in gulch mining in
Russell's gulch, near Central City,
Colorado, and I make this statement
that I can find gold in the Platte
river sand from its mouth to where
it leaves the mountains. And as we
are ia the gold belt, I have been in
possession of the knowledge for
three years past that there is gold
in my stone quarry, as I have ex
amined it myself and have had it
tested, the question is whether it
can be found in paying quantities
or not. But there Is certainly float
gold at certain depths all over this
country, and I believe there is plenty
of coal if we go deep enough. I
think we have a surfact strata at
my spring in the bluffs of the Mis
souri river. James V. Thomas.
In Society's Whirl.
A pleuHant evening wan tspent at
the residence of Mr. and Mra. H. X.
Dover Tat night. The party was
given in honor of Minn Heath and
Mioa AtkinB. The evenitig wai
npent in dancing and playing high
live, after which refreshment were
served. Thoae present were: Mr.
and Mra. W. K.k Fox, Mrs. G. K.
Dotey, Mrs. Frank Palmer, Minces
Janet Livingston Mia and Eda
Gerinff, Verna Leonard, Anna Cole
man, Edna Adams. . Helps, and
Messrs. Robert Knasp, Charles
Murphy, Will Clements and Arch
Coleman.
The honors thrust on Councilman
Gorder show that his work in the
council is appreciated. Tia true he
has been kept on water now for three
years, or will be at the expiration of
the present term, but when it is
noted that the water and finance
committees require the most work
and good management, it is a com
pliment if to serve as chairman.
This will make his second term as
president of the council. Hie at
tendance of the members has been
generally good although some have
been neglectful and as a whole the
retired board can well feel proud of
the manner in which they managed
city affairs. Weeping Water Repub
lican.
The street commissioner is mak
ing some needed repairs on Wash
ington Avenue. It is now the in
tention to raise the avenue eighteen
inches higher than it formerly was,
the whole length. The dirt is taken
from the hill south and the city pro
poses to open Eigth street.
The Weeping Water Eagle says:
From what we deem to be a reliable
source, the information comes that
a new democratic paper will in ike
its appearance in this city soon. It
mav be the long telt want that is
coming, or it may be an expensive
piece of luxury for someone that
wants an organ to indulge in. Time
will reveal which one it is.
Thumb Mashed.
Last evening J. W. Perkins, a
switchman iu the 11. tV M. yards,
while making a coupling had the
thumb on his lett hand mashed. It
was a narrow escape from losing
his whole hand. Dr. Cuinniiiif.
dressed the wounded hand.
Threatened by a Mob.
This morning's Bee contains the
following in relation to hhler
Hampton. Whether it is the Elder
Hampton that formerly belonged
here will be left with the reader to
judge. The despatch was dated nt
Valparaiso, Nebraska:
Tuesday morning P. E. Poe,
photographer, left town suddenly
on account as is alleged of his at
tentions to the wife of a railroad man
living here. Poe is a married man
and has been here about nine
months, his wife, who is an invalid
remaining with her parents at Ray
uiond.
As a sequel to I'oe's escapade
witli the railroadman s wue, r.uie
. . . a ' t Kl I
Hampton was charged with iinnior
alconduct.Runiorsspreadanda mob
gathered last night about 11 o'clock
going to the house where Hampton
was staying, called him out and
with cries of "a rope," "hang him,!
the elder was made to promise that
he would leave town on the first
morning train. The mob then dis
persed. Public opinion is divided on
the question of the innocence or
guilt of the minister, some advising
him to stay and prove his inno
cence. ' The elder made many
friends and some enemies here by
his bold and and fearless manner
of speaking in the pulpit during
about six weeks of protracted meet
ings which he held the past winter.
He is but 128 years old and impresses
nil 'who hear hitn with the depth of
his knowledge of the Scriptures and
manner of explaining it.
A Pleasant Surprise.
A pleasant surprise was tendered
Mrs. A. II. Dray at the family resi
deuce on the comerof Fourth and
Rock streets last night, the occasion
heinir the .TOth birthday of Mrs.
Dray.
At 8:30 the ladies arrived in calico
dresses, paper bonnets and white
aprons, with the gentlemen in the
rear. A very pleasant time was
spent in innocent games and music
second to none in quality, by the If,
& M. band. At 11:30 the guests were
called together and were treated to
a delicious supper.
Mrs. Dray was the recipient of
many valuable presents among
which was a handsome rocking
chair.
At midnight the company dis
persed rejoicing over the enjoyable
time had and wishing Mrs. .Dray
many happy returns of the occasion.
Amomr those present were:
Messrs. and Mesdames A. II. Week
bach, Thomas Hodgson, Jacob Kep
pel, son and daughter, I. Pearlman,
A. Adams, J. K. Hutchison, George
McCarrigan and daughter, Henry
Gabelmanu, John Bignall, W. J
Williams, Levi Golding, Mat Schle
gel and daughter, Dodge;
Mesdames Wheaton, A. Hayes, J. W.
Campbell, Blake, Allis, Pine, A. II
Dray, Jr., and family, of Graf,
Nebraska; Misses Graptine, Annie
Adams, Cora Schlegel, Mattie Car.
mack. Nellie Carmack. Fannie
Adams, Claru Heroldr Maggie Saf-
ford, Eva Smith, Lettie Smith, Elma
Schmidtmann; ' Messrs. - Morrie
Criesman, Will' Smith George
Smith, Harry Cox, EdParmctcr, N.
G. Cook, Fred Schlegel, J. W. Ran
denbush, Frank Pine, Thomas
Shephard of Illinois, Dr. Golding,
John J. Adams, Archie Adams,
Cuthbert Ayre, R. Green, Will Allis,
William Brantner.
The baud consisted of the follow
ing members: A. H. Dray, Sr.
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FRED GORDER W SON,
IIAVK A VDU'Y I.AKGK STOCK OF
Harness - and - Buggies.
AND A fUIX LINK OF FA KM MACHINERY, SUCH A8
HOOSIER SEEDERS. PLOWS. H1RR0WS. ETC.
WE CARRY THE TWO LEADING CULTIVATORS
NEW -DEPARTURE TONGUELESS,
ANU UADUEIt UiDING CULTIVATORS
They also curry a full Jine of Implements at
their house in Weeping Waiter.
Fred Gorder 1 Bon.
IMnlt siiioutli, -
Henry Donat, TIioiiiuh Muhoney,
J. P. Dmy, Harry J. Dray, Otto
Herold, Wr. S. Dray of Savannah
Missouri; Walt Williams, Tom
Hart, Ed SclinlholT, Sherman Saye,
and A. II. Dray, Jr., of Graf, Ne-
briiskn.
District Court.
The following cases were dis
posed of by Judge Chapman in dis
trict court to-day:
A motion for a new trial in the
case ot Harris vs. uarruin was
overruled.
The case of Gauer vs. Emerson
Heuedict et nl was dismissed at
plaintiff's cost.
The First National bank vs. Mil
ton D. Polk et al was dismissed and
the costs assessed to plaintiff;
A. E. Alexander vs. William Shaf
fer. Judgment rendered iu favor
of defendant on demurrer.
If. A. Gibson vs. Peter A. Arm
strong. Defendant has until Satur
day, May 14, to answer.
II. A. Waterman & Son vs. A. O.
Cline. Foreclosure and order of
sale.
I. Pearlman vs. Catharine Week
bach et al. D. O. Dwyer appointed
truardian ad litem of minor
children.
First National bank of Platts
mouth vs. the Methodist Fpiscopal
church of Weeping Water. Judg.
ment on' demurrer in favor of
plaintiff.
W. O. Taylor vs. John Burns et al.
Sale confirmed and deed ordered
to purchaser.
In the Winch divorce case Judge
Chapman has granted a decree of
divorce but as yet has not settled
the financial partot it.
John Terryberry brought iu four
teen wolf scalps to-day to the coun
ty clerk. Mr. Terryberry has sold
$00 worth of scalps this week. t
The county clerk's oflice in the
new court house is now ready fof
occupancy, ihe county onicers
a'l expect to be located in their new
quarters next week.
While trying to turn around on
Sixth street in front of the M. Jv
church this forenoon the gray team
of W. D. Jones sank down eo deep
In the mud that one horse fell down
and the other one fell on top of it
The team was unhitched and they
regained their feet, but no harm
was done either to the team or
harness.
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Real Estate Transfers.
Following are tl e real estate
transfers for the past week as com
piled by Polk Pros., abstracter
and publishers of the Daily Record:
K A Dun-ll iinilwifetoj Knlnlit.eS
tifw( 2M2-0-W it $3,0(10 00
JuxtiiH l.illlf et ul lo C MotiT, lot
i, I.Ik tl, Creek-ref (I. Ki'imrU'i!
ukiiIii to correct t'rnir 475
L t AILerset nl to Centum K h T
cliiircli.lotull la.lilk'AI. EiiKle-wii 1 00
limtii Lillteetul tC Metzwr, lot - .
2. Iilkll-ref.l 4
K K Krwln nml wife to O WCliirk,
lot 111, treeiiwooi-wl W
(1 WCliirk iitnl wife to Win M Mur
ruy anil wife, mime (lexcw (I... . W0 00
WmTiclietoHNfiilison.letMStoM,
Keeil h Add to Weeping Wuter..-. w
K Burr nml wife to I S Credit, w,la
of n wK lliuiilithiofwwVi ll K-wcl M
Jiminli t'llne rt nl to J K Burr, W of
MW'4 311 (( c i
V A Tiivlor mill wife to.N S oril
Htroni, lot ll.l, 1(111 in villi- wu JJ W
Jolin t lliihcr imil wifi'tomiiiie, lot
llli 1(7, 1.0II1SVI11U-W 11 u "
Kred Bellows nml wife to JimieH
I li,le, w'a of He! uml f't ul nw"
!W, iif'4 of nw)( uml nw)4 of tie1
X II 11-I c il 1 "
EriieMt Niitziiiiin nml wife to K
.Miller, e4 lot 7, lilk 13, A vocu-w il V w
A Tetft to Mnry Wilkinson, blk 1,
Avocu wl iw w
(j Nichols to h A Hk-kHon, lots t
to S, block Klmwo.l-w il -W W
I A DuvIch to A Ii Knottx.lot 23, blk
i, Ori-liunl Hill Add to I'liitts-w tl 30 00
A HTodd et nl to C II i'armelu, lot
I, zy 12-14 ref u w
Siiimiel Ryan mid wife to L Hnave-
ly. n4 of uw7. It, n!n of bw7 ll-NMM.uw w
II M Wxetli nnd wife to Frank Mor-
Xin, lotn 1 to 3, blk 4 Townnend
dl to Fluttumouth-w U 0)0 01)
M. M. Pratt, special agent of Un
peoples Fire Insurance Company of
Manchester, N. IL, is in the city to
day. Mr. Pratt appointed A. J.
Graves of this city agent for hn
company.
W.J. Hesser, the popular llorist,
received by mail last night a young
crocodile from Florida. Mr. Hesser
said that the present was one lu
had been wanting for some time,
but he is at a loss to know who the
dotior was.
Rev. Buckner writes THE HehALU
that he and his wife will be in
Omaha attending the May confer
ence May 10, 11 and 12, and that
they would be pleased to meet their
Plattsmouth friends during their"
stay in Omaha.
This afternoon a little before 4
o'clock. J. D. Thierolf drove out o
W. D. Jones' livery barn on Maiu
street, and, turning east, coming;
down the hill, he ran over the littlei
3-year-old child of , Charley Fry.
breaking its collar bone. Dr. Liv
ingston attended the little sufferer,
Mr. and Mra. A. II. Drayi Jr., of
Grof, Neb., are in the city visiting;
relatives.
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