OPERA WOUsE BLOCK
Order Uken for V IL8UN fcltOS.' MIIIRTS.
J. P. 1mm
P
Jmbs rate-
PLATTSMOUTH OPERA HOUSE,1
October 1, 1883 J
For the next Thirty Days I will sell
Mason&Hamlin Organs
To clean up as tine a stock of Organs
lie. Anv one in w.i:it of a fine
m teres t to fall and get my prices.
above time you can get a
MASON &
'Tli Best in
aa low
, or lower, than the so-called cheap Orgaus, for CASH,
ItEXTAL, or TEN-QUARTERLY-PAYMENT plan.
(General Agent.
A.3Z J3. TOJDJD'S
Hardware Emporium
AT SAGE'S OLD STAND, ON LOWElt MAIN STREET.
TTIie HBest JLiiie
66
66 66 66
66
To be found In the City. New j:ood at prices
A
(gJCo sumdl 7Ho
3HLA1BIDWAIHI1B STTflMElE
Warranted to be as good as any wire made. We also
keep in stock a general assortment of HARDWARE, STOVES and
TINWARE, and sell as cheap as any Hardware honee in the country.
C all and see us in the Rockwood Rlock.
2 f
Cass County
WAOEAjN & KIRBY, Propr's.
IPlabtsiraoivfcli.
J1AN U FACT U REUS
IRON FR)Vrs.ntc HQUSE CO UIJMNS.
facilities or heavy work ia Colo mns atxi Castings for Business Houses ara
Miaed in the State.
ACIIINS REPAIRING of all kinds. Onr Machine Shop is fully equipped
all cl f worlt i iron,
oxtnmize N.'raaka manufacturing. Wc duplicate all easterr prices, saving
7?rit n i time.
D.rfiAa bail'iin i" ! Prt of the State shoal. write for our terms of castings
Panics aoUTTTT
OPERA IICUSE
ClaOTIUERft,
AKD
rURMSHER
GENTS'
TOST OFFICE
news Depot,
8TATIOXEKY.
MASON & HAMLIN
IIKNRY F. MILLER and
COST I
as ever were offered to the pub
Organ will find it to their
For the
HAMLIN,
th. World,
CASH, or on
ot (Cook Stoves
(Gasoline Stoves,
TTinware
(General JHTartlware
that defy competlon. Give me a calJ
ME UC TTODIIDBD.
And Tinners' Stod
feTOF ALL KINDS
PGR SALE BY
flxcelsior
ST. LOU IS. MO
Iron Works
OF
ENGINES,
M
PLATT8II0UTH HERALD-
PUBLISHED BT
lie FlatbiBontk Heral PulJlisMim Co.
Telegraphic,
GENERAL NEWS.
Another 'I rain Robbery
on the Saute Fein Kan
sas. The Rate
War Still
bated.
Una-
Labor Notes and Miscellane
ous News.
Dode City, Sept 20. The canuon
..all train on the Atchison, Topeka &
Sauta Fe railroad wi attacked by cow
m.js this morning. The engineer was
killed and the fireman so b idl 7 hurt
that he will die. The conductor was
gliot at several times, but escaped in
jury. The express car was attacked,
uiit tho messenger repulsed them. A
posse of men i now in hot pursuit of
the robbers, and a deperate battle will
n .loubt -nsue when they are over
hauled.
THE LATEST.
Kansas Ciy, Sept. 29.-The Santa
Fe train which was attacked at Cool-
ed'e at two o'clock this niorniusj ar
rived here late tonight. The btateuieut
. k f - 1
of persons differ soHKWiiai irom iue
brief account telegraphed today. L.
C. James, postal clerk, tells the follow
ing stor : The train had stopped at
the station and the conductor had
just signalled to start, when a man
with a drawn revolver climbed on ti e
engine and ordered the engineer to sur
render. A scuffle ensued. Meanwhile
a man opened the door of the express
car, stumbling. As he entered he at
ouce opened Ore on the messenger, who
crouched behind the box. The robber
tired four tinifs. The uiescngvr ri-
turned the fire, when the former re
treated from the car. Just a he fire
man who had left the engine was cross
iug the platform, a robber tired, aud
Fodle, the fiieman, fell, shot senseless
through the neck. Aleauwhile the first
robber, who had been forced backwaid
iiu ttM cnmcer. fell dead, shot through
tiie head
w..i i..f t Ittt Mill llfT
had gone to the door ot the car, ana
witnessed the attack on the express car.
By this time people had cime out of
ths train, and the robbers had disai
pe ired. Ouly a lew persons witnessed
the shooting. . S. Peterson, the mes
senger who resides uere, to.d about the
same story as James, lie declined to
sa. how much money was on the ex
press car. Everybody seemed dazed
by 1 he shooting, ami it wa3 Souvi time
b ore pursuit w-s organized. Oue
t ieory 01 the affair l robbers
had a -complices, further uowu the
track, and 1 hat their intention
was to run the train a short dis'ance
and stop her, but us the assailants were
s uuewh-.it uuder the influence of liquor,
tie plau miscarried. Two strangers
were seen ubout the platform before
the train arrived As a curious coinci
dence it is related that a train was at
tacked a few miles west of Cooledge,
across the line In Colorado, just one
year ao tonight, aud Wells, Fargo &
Co.'s ex re-is safa robbed.
SETTLED BY ARBITRATION.
Chicago, Sept.
the newspaper compositors
time ago
tho eny
made a demand upon the proprieto. .
tor an iucrease of 5 cents per 1,000 ems
for compos tion. The proprietors re
f used, aud the matter was referred to a
board of arbitrators consisting of Judge
John O Rogers, Judge Lambert Tree
and United States commissioner Henry
W. King. The board made the follow
ing decision today : The undersigned
to whom said matter has been submit
ted for arbitration by the agreement of
both partis, having carefully consid
ered the arguments and statements of
f -ts filed by the respective partu s
are of the opinion that there should not
tpr ren be anv modification in the
calj of wag?.-, anct therdore no
ward.
THE RATE WAR.
Chicago. Sept. 29. No change oc
CU rtd today in the passenger ra'e war
betwreu Chicago and Ohio river points
an i intermediate places, but an au
n uncen.eut made tonight seems to in
d rate an intention on the part of the
roa Is to m ike it tend toward freight
r te. It is as follows: '-The Chicago
& Eastern Illinois railroad has with
drawn their bills of lading from the
Ohi river pool office, and on and alter
October 1, will issue their own bil 8 of
I tding for the southern Dispatch ih.e
Apt lications for rates and information
should be made at the office of W. D.
Jrcot , genet al vgent." There is noth
iug more definite than this about (the
matter.
SENTENCED.
Pittsburg, Sept. 28 John D. Mord-
a. R. M. Gery. and Albert Crusal,
m mbr of a band ot highway robbers
wh nave worked Maryland. West Vir
ginia, and Western Peuiisylvnia, ex-
nMvely, were sentenced today to
iweuty jears each in the peniten iary
WK5T ashore. ,
Boston, Sty 1. S3, 1 bo ahip
UauU- i
ess from Boaton, went ashore cant or
New London yesterday and h a total
wreck. The crew was saved. She had
a miscellaneous cargo, which was in
sured for 7,000. The vessel also wafc
insured.
T1IK VERDICT.
Stratford. Conn. Sept. 2. The coro
ner's jury In the cuse of itose Clark
Ampler,' rendered a verdict today as
follows: "We find that said Uose Am
bler came to her death at the hands of
some person or persons to the jury uu-
icnown, but from Wm. Lewis couitcc
tions with her in the pust, and fro-Ji his
testimony and his conduct since her
death, and from the evidence, we think
u3i:iciou ooints toward hi in." Lewis
f
is uot yet arrested.
YELLOW FEVER.
San Francisco, fcept. 2U. The steam
er Newl-r arrived this morning from
Li i.a mas and Mazatlan, brought five
cases of yeilow fever. The steamer was
quarantined. The city is jjreatly ex
cited.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Washington September 20. The ad
just meut of salaries of Postmasters of
the Presidential class has jus been
completed by thePostoffice Department
and the salaries as adjusted will begin
Mondav uoxt. The readjustment af
tects the salaries ot 2,17(5 Oitmaster
Fort v-f our ofiices have i 1 added to
tiie Presidential list, and twenty-livo
Presidential oflkes have been reduced
to the fourth clans, leaving tho number
ot Pres dential postofBces on Oc.'ober
lHt.ut 2.117. with eala ies amounting
&3.7olUJ00. Kverv country is included
in the readjustment. The changes :u
gome of the large offices are noted be
low:
Names of Present
Office. Salary.
Chicago $4 000
St. Louis 4.000
Cincinnati 4,000
San Frncisco. . . . 4,000
Omaha 3,000
Detroit 3.800
Louisville 3,500
Memphis 3,000
The following statement,
Salary as
Adjusted.
$0,000
(i.OOO
5.000
5,000
3,300
3,700
3,C00
3,300
showing
the gross revenues of the Postoffice de
partment for the laKt two fiscal years,
has been prepared bv the Sixth auditor
T he gross earnings for the year ending
June 30. 1883, were $44,827,474; year
ending .Tune 30, 1882, 841.2K5.3l7; in
cnase for 188U, S3.562.157. Stamps
sold in 1883, $42,923,561 ; in 1832, $39
533,317; increase for 1883, $ 3,390,244.
S.araps sold for the quarter ending June
30, 1883, $20,582,212, being an increase
over the same period last year of $693,
000. Bonds presented for redemption un
der the first call to noon today amount
ed to $21,737,850. It is estimated at
' UIO LI VilOUJ V UCUOl lUi'-lil iUUI. HiO IO
I 1 - . . . L 1 J - t
duclion of the public debt for Septem
ber will he $15,000,000.
II. B. Hay worth, of Quincy, 111, is
appointed superintendent of public
b tildin. at that point.
Vital (Juestioas!
Ask the most eminent physician
Of any scnool, hai is the Lest tl.ing
in the world lor quieting and allaying
ad irritation of tiie nerves and curing
all tortus ot uervo'JS complainis, giving
natural, childlike refreshing sleep al
ways? Ana they will tell you unhesitatingly
"some :orni of Hoped"
CHAPTER I.
Ask any or all ol tue uiobI omineut
phyMcians:
"What is the best and only remedy
that can he relied on to cure all diseases
ot tiie kidneys anil urinary organs; auch
aa Blight's disease, diabe;es, retention
or inability to retain urine, and all the
diseases and ailment peculiar to Wo-
u"
And they will tell you explicitly and
emphatically "Buchu.
Ak the same physicians
hat is the moat reliable and sui-eat
cure for all liver diseases or dy.-pepsia;
Coutipxtion, indigestion, biliousness,
malaria) fever, ague, &c.,w and they will
tell you:
Muudrake! or Dandelion !"
IlenC?- wi"-n these remedies are com
bined with oiCrrs cquauy valuable
Aud compounded mio Hop Bittrrs,
such a wonder. ul and mystenous cura
tive power is developed W01CI is so
varied in its operations that no disease
or ill health cau possibly exist or resist
1 s power, and yet it is
Harmless tor the most frail woman,
weakest, invalid or smallest child to
use.
CHAPTER II.
"Patients
"Almost dead or nearly dyiner"
For years, and giv-u up b physici
ans of Brighl's and other kidney dis
eases, liver complaints, severe coughs
called consumption, have been cured.
Women gone neariy crazy I
1 rom agony 01 neuralgia, nervous
ness wakefulness and various diseases
peculiar to women.
People drawn out of shape from ex
cruciating pangs of Rheumatism.
Inflammatory and chronic, or suffer
ing from scrofula!
Erysipelas I
Salt rheum, blood poisoning, dyspe
psia, indigestion, and in fact almost
all diseases frail
Nature is heir to
Have been cured hy Hop Bitters,
proof of which Can be found in every
neighborhood in the known world.
St Louis Fair.
The Mo. Fac. Rjr. will sell excursion
tickets LoirviIie to St Louis and re
turn Fair week at $ 13.75 silo of ;kts
to coQimfUce S"pt 30. nni continues
10 and including Oct. 6 1833 good re
turning on or before Oc' 8.
During the wek visitors may witness
at niglit 'Vriled Frophets Street Pa
gut." The most extensive d-splay
of Fire Worka ever seen ia America,"
and numerous 01 her daszMn? attre
tiond, all of whicn surpaga In manifl
ceoce and splendor aujthinwr ot the
kind ever before witnessed. For Tick
ets or information cill on or address J.
P E.lis Local Tkt. Ajrf. Louisvilie
Xeb. J7yd2Jwtf
Lnrcfbt stock of w ill n:iner .it the
Jowctt priced t Wvm4' l$tU
BANKS.
jonjr Kitzqkkalp, a. w. m i.ai;jii.in
Ileitdent. Caiiler.
FI8T NATIONAU
OF t LATTS5tt)UTn. MiBlUSKA,
O.Irst!e very best liifl'.ltles tor tit- prompt
transaction of leKitluiat
BANKING BUSINESS.
Blocks, Uiinils. t,old. (iovtroiiirni anil Lca
etl and luttriust allowed on tliuc rtlH-cal-K.
Urnlt drawn. uvallable In any
part ot Die I' ulled Slat en and all
the principal tuwiin ot
Kuro).
Collection made & promptly remitted.
ilighfst marlret price" paid for County War
rants. State ai-d County IJoude.
DIRECTORS :
John Fltzperaul
A.
K.
K. Touzalin.
C ('uhIiIiik.
o. E. IJovt-y, r.
A. W Mcbauifhlln.
K. Wlilte.
WEEPING WATER
WEEPING WATER.
E. L. HEED, Tresident.
NEIi.
IJ. A. GIBSON, Vice-rresident.
R. S. WILKINSON. Cashier
A General Banttng Easiness Transacted.
OBI'ONITH
Received, and Interest allowed on Time Certl
Ucatrn.
IMtAFTM
Drnwn available In any part of the Unite
States and U1 the principal cities of Europe.
Agents for the celebrated
Hamta lie Bf PleamerS.
m m
B21Ilfe CaSS COUHtV
mm WWMM
Cotner Mala and Sixth Streets.
XTTSISZEOTJ-Tia: NEB
) JOHN BLACK. President, I
t J. M. ATTlUiON, Cashier. (
Transits a Rfiimrfll PSanlfintr P.nsinfiss.
UlIGHEST CASH i'HICE
Paid or County and City Wai .-ants.
COLliKCriO.l JIAIIKj
and promptly remitted for.
DIRECCTORS :
.Tol r. Black, J. M. Patt rson, C.Jrarn el
F. K. Guthmann. J Morrlcsey. A. B.
mir.il. Find 'Jor-ltir.
ARNICA PREPARATIONS
cneiuistry has discovered noiemedy sjiperio'
to rnica f healins external erupflons. Pn t"-r-I
v prepared and combined, it na no equal as a
tollec preparation.
flra Tbe liiKbest condrn-
11 satiouol arnica. Will
fij Bpeediiy cure char-
sK
medy for cuts, burns, bruises
of the skin, -whether
encej or tho use of J
Will cure pimples O'
..h-4 skin ooUt uixl 1
Klu uin. A lamily remedy
a .u sores. Fitl AN
ARNICA
TOILET SOAF
rellcritruUy i-r-
ttnit-d. laaiiiy liicii-
Icuted. Al solute -
lv cure. Keens the
ck'n fr mi chappla? an t imparts to it life nni
n healthy cow. Unriv: lied for cleaninc thi
s -n p and eraaicatinj dandruff. Tho moet per
dct toilet soap iu the world. fKllt xa cents.
Shaving Soap
A mftlicated article
of mm merit. I re-
litalH A.nor9 iux? and
.lAKKSlSHIYINO Dl 1 LK.Hi.
nd rseil by Ijeadin Burbers, wl o iiay of it,
"Without parallel as a shaving soap." liich in
lather and lasting. Keeps the five and neck free
I om piiuplea. tr xa vu. lor u iarie caie.
TOOTH SOAP
Is without question
the most pent ct cr
tele ever proluced
it not onlv cleans
es the t eth thorounhlv, I ut tbn combin:-tior
irivea t the bre.Lh a sweet, delioat odor. Itg
taste is deliehtfu- Price. 5c s liox
All druggists se 1 the aboye articles, or wa will
mail tnem, postpaid, . u revet oi pnu.
C. H. STRONG & CO.,
Sole Proprietors and Manfrs., Cnicagc
WILL J. WARRICK,
AGENT,
IT.ATTS1IOUTH, - - - NiBKAfiKA.
ROBERT DONNELLY'S
AIrD
BLACKSMITH
SHOP,
Wagou, Buggy, Machine and Plow re
pairing, and gerteral jobbing
I ax uow prepired to do all kinds of repairing
of lana and other machinery, as taere
b a good lathe in my shop.
PETER RAO EN,
The old Reliable Waon Make?
tias taken charge or the T.j?on SBop.
Ho Is V7cl! known as a
NO . WORKMAN.
w Wffi nt HnirKli made t
- Urilt-r ...
mew.
ARNICA
AREA
I nrt r v4 LS
! rn w
cp -l pi mi
,1 3 t-J lh C.
0 3 g y 5
" Soft
a s w rn r1 r e
si! 3 211
H I 0
0 s LJ 9-
Onparal
el led Attrac
FALL & WINTER GOODS
EMBRACING AN KI.KGANT VA1MKTV OF
M 11
Bp
AXI)
Dress Goods. Dress Goods.
We duii't cure to make an' coin-
. 1
ments on our hue m IIiih .it"jart
nicnt, for we know the lailies are
much better judges than we are,
though our best endeavors were
used to get the latest styles and
the handsomest materials in the
market, and we left nothing un
done to lind for the ladies a line
of goods inferi'-r to none to be
found, and at juices that will tell
all we can handle this Fall.
In Plain. Iirocadc
The Newest Shades, Cheaper than ever BsforR.
Hr.OiOFV In this deiaitment we
llliulOljoller a collection ofLa-i
j-es, Gt.lh ,U1J Children' goods'
which for variety and cheapness
has ntver been equalled.
TTnflnTiTTTnnTt The largest assort
UllUDl W 0Q1. nient ever opened
here. We have the best ni iki s,
and cheaper than ever before. An
excellent Ladies' White Merino
suit for $1.00. Ladies' Scarlet all
wool at $2.7f a suit.
CLOAKS,
ISussinn Circulars, I'aletos, etc.,
The Latest, The
Styles ever shown here;
Cafpets, Mattings and Oil Cloths,
I I ' (J
On these Goods
H
(HORN
HEADQUARTERS FOR
ALE, WINES, BEER AND CIGARS,
Old Kentucky Whiskies,
IMPORTED WINES,
MUim'S EXTRA DRY CHAMPAGNE,
NATIVE WINES,
ST- LOUIS PEER.
rug: s umana seer
Always on tlraiiig'Ii
iL F"IBJI3 IiIME of CI3-iLHS
ALWAYS IN STOCK, AT
THE
Fitzgerald Block
BUHLi N GTO N 1 . OUTE
-.Chicago, Ou.iir2c n it c . uiitc-y - 'road.)
II
COINC EAST AND WEST.
desrant Day Coacbeo, Parlor C5ar- with RocHa
hn Ciiair (seats free). hmoUn' Cars. nin K
voivim Chairs. Pullman Palaco sLutnin? Can and
(the famous C. B. & C. Dioin? ara run diiiy to and
from Cnicagn Kansas Cs ty. Caicaro & i ouncil
Eluffa. Chicairo & tea Moines, t'hicaso. St. Ju
sts ph. Atchiaon & Topeka. Only through line be
lwn Caicaeo. Lincoln A Denrer. Throuirh cars
between Iadmnanolis &. Council RiuTa via ilecria.
I Ail connectioDS malo in Union Denou: It ia
Iknown aa the grant TUROUGU CAB LIN'.
m Finest Equipped Railroad in the
jr. J. POrTEK. Jd Vice-Prea't and OenT SlasatT.
I li...
lions.
mm,
Blank ts abd Comfortables.
We are able to give 3011 bottom
prices on these good.-. Our ftoek
is large and new, and you will
have no trouble in making a se
lection, Yarns.
Our stock of Varus comprises
everything in Western and CJer
111,111 knitting; also, full lines of
(icrinautowiiH, Saxonies, etc,
aii Pl'iisfe
and Fancv Fitbrinues.
Pfrflpn We rarrv nil iln-had-
UUIDulD. ing brand , fr.,m the
best to the cheapen!, and imike the
prices right with ou
The best 5c Corset
Sole agents b-r Hall's
every time,
in the city.
Ilrjilih and
.Nursing Coisets. Waniei's
I lip I)
ana ilioiiison s uiove rittmir.
Ladies Moslin IMerwear-
In tins line we carry nothing
but made from the best muslin,
and finest t) iii:in:i)''H. Full line.
DOLMANS,
Best, The tfolftiest
jiriccs ranging from 5 to
wc are Headquarters
00110
Mi)
FRED. HERMANN,
One Door East of Fir&t National Hank.
SALOON
ELKHORN
PLA'ITSMOUTII, NEK.
wm
1 v-r;
I GOING NORTH AMD SOUTH
- f Solid Trains of Eksrant Day Coacbea and Pull
- lrnaa HUaoi bioepir.g Cars ane run doily to and
i rem at istm. via t:anniD&L vtuocY. jolcua.
Durlinston. Cxlnx fcaoMnand Alrtert Lr-a to t.i
I"aul and Miuneapolix: lrlorCani witii Keclininrj
Lnairs to ana rrombl. ixnu ami I'ooi ia u&u to-
ana troin st ixxiis eu.l ottuniwa Duly onH
cbange of cars between bt. Iouis anl
Aioinex. Iowa, Uncoin, ltraka. and iofT,
coioraao.
It U uxJvcrsaJlaJiattted to be It
World far all Classes of Travel- I
PEECHVAL LOW1XL. Gn. I'asa Af t. Chicago.
. . i. . . , . -. mi