THE DAILY I1EKALD, PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OOTOKER 13, 1SS7.
)c piatt3mont!) Daily Ucralli
ISLJTO'TTS BBO
Publisher & Proprietors.
A SIlMlmry Dentist, l:i Hoc K
vrood I!iiilt!iii.
Mr. Young litis booked Neil Ilurgess
for Oct. 21.
Lost A black crape cuff this aftcr
noou. Please lave at this office.
Great discount sale at Bn-ck. & Bird
Ball's. Call and got a discount bill.
The pay-car came in last night and
this morning the B. & M. employees re
ceived their pay.
L. I). Bennett 'a doing a -wholesale
business iu New York grapes; he has
handled over 1,000 lbs. during the past
week.
The young ladies of the M. E. church
and Sunday school, will give a sociable
on next Friday envening, Oct. 21, at the
home of Miss Lou Kichey.
In order to clear our large stock of
Kilt Suits, we will sell them at fifty cents
on the dollar for this week only.
S. & S. Mayku.
The state society of the home for the
friendless is in session at Lincoln.
Their reports yesterday were very
encouraging.
Great deduction in the price of
Astrachaii Coats and Vests and Overcoats
at S. & C. Mayer's.
Dr. N. Spalding Smith at the Perkins
House i3 doing an enormous business. I lis
parlors are full from morning to night
and "Bozzarro" is extracing many teeth.
Attention, Ladies!
The ladies of the relief corps will
Villi il mlled meetinir at the G. A. K.
-
hall, to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
Business of importance. All are request
cd to attend.
Court opens to-morrow and us Al
len W. Field received the appointment
to Judge Pound's place, and was duly
qualified a judge of the 2nd judicial
district yesterday, he will probably pre
side.
Scarlet Underwear from 50c upwards.
flmidrvl MWinn Underwear from 50c
upwards at S. fc C. Mayer's.
Miss Mary Blanche Shepherd captur
ed J. P. Younn's special premium of
gold pen and holder, and writing desk for
the best essay written by a girl under 14
years of age. The essay will be found
elsewhere.
The trains were all late again this
morning. Those to Omaha and Lincoln
were four hours late, not arriving here
till this afternoon. The train from Lin
coln was one hour late and the one from
Omaha was one half hour late.
Weather Indications.
For Nebraska: Colder, fair weather,
light to fresh northerly winds.
For Iowa: Colder, fair weather, fresh
to brisk northwesterly winds.
Mr. liudc Daily, of Lucap, Iowa,
who is pretty well known in this sec
tion of the country, has moved his fan i
ly to Nebraska and will reside at Graf
ton. He does not come to this state on
account of the morals of Iowa,but because
lie believes in Nebraska's future. v
Natural Gas
The directors of the Plattsmouth Gas,
Mining and Prospecting Company will
meet at the office of 11. B. Windham
Friday evening at 8 o'clock' Oct 14, 1S87.
The object of the meeting is to trans
act any business that may be deemed
necessary. Important business will prob
ably come before the board and every
member should be present.
J. W. Johnson
Chairman.
rick out the piect of Ileal Estate you
want and then call for j rice and terms
upon Windham & Davi s. Over Bank
of Cass Co. IStf.
Hon. H. W. Grady.
The Statesman, Scholar and . True
American, set an example worthy of re
flection for all True Americans. Healing
wounds that no methods except those
used by Heaps' Camphorated Arnica Salye
which is sold on its merits for any use
that a salve can be used. No cure, no
pay. For sale by the following drug
gist. Price 25c per box.
W. J. Wahrick
This afternoon just before 2 o'clock
clouds of smoke were seen rolling up in
the direction of Pacific Junction. At
first it was thought the town must be in
flames, but a telegram from there stated
the fire was west of the junction and was
probably burning gras. as there were no
buildings in that direction.
Leave orders for wood with John
Tutt at Bennett's grocery store. St f
Mrs. J- Johnson has recently re
turned from St. Louis where she purchas
ed the finest lot of hats, bonnets, ribbons
and other millinery that could be found
there. We have taken a personal look at
them and pronounce them superior to
anything of the sort eyer brought to
Plattsmouth. Mrs. Johnson desires her
lady patrons to call and see these beau
tiful goods before the nicest of them arc
sold.
Ladles' Glaze Dongola button
shoes $2, worth $2 SO T- H Phil
Ips'.
THE STORY, OF A CAT.
An Essay Written by Miss Mary
Blanche Shepherd, Aged 14.
The following "Story of a Cat" was
wait ten by Miss Mary Blanche Shepherd,
aged 14 years, and was entered at the
county fair to compete for J, P. Yosng's
special premium. It was declaim! the
best by the Judges and was awarded the
prize.
"Here we are two little maltese kittens
in such a cosy little place, I wish we knew
where we were dont you?"
"Yes, let us ask mother jvhen she comes
r a t 1
in, licre sue comes now. Jioiner, wneie
are we? It is such a lovely place here,
so warm and comfortable."
"Why children you are in a deep cellar
window. But I have some sad news to
tell you. Our mistress when going down
the cellar steps, heard you quarreling
and looked around and! saw you here
and riow they arc going to take us away
I heard thcrn say, and put us iu a closet
that is standing near the house. That is
the penalty for quarreling. I suppose
they are doing it for our good though
They think we are not comfortable here,
and I am sure we shall not be comfort
able there, it is such a little cramped up
place and just where the dogs can find
ui and keep me busy all day and night
watching to see that they don't come near
you. Oh dear! I shan't have a minute's
peacel I shall be in terror all the time I
am eatintr mv meals, and since I can't
go to remind them that I have not had
any they will forget all about me that
reminds me I have not had any milk to-
night."
"We are so sorry mother, but they
won't move before the niormntr, it is so
late now, and can't you carry us off some
place in the night and hide us?"
"I might be able to if the dogs are not
around.".
"You had belter go and get your sup-
ner hadn't vim mother or they will clear
all away."
"Yes I will no now. Oh! but I hear
csi
some oue coming. Oh dear! I am nearly
starved too, but hurry let me wash you
and make you look as nice as I can, and
now children I want you to be as quiet
as possible.aud not make me feel ashamed
of you."
"We will mother."
"It is the litllo boy and girl, their
names are Bertie and Laura."
"They have gone, hayeu't they mother?"
"Yes, dears."
"I heard them say they would leave us
here till morning."
"Did they guess I will go now and
get my supper if there are no more inter
ruptions. Now be good children while
I am gone, won't you? and maybe I will
bring home some good news, good bye,
for the present."
"Mother is so good isn't she? She is
always thinking about our pleasure, why
here she conies now, she hasn't been very
long."
"Babies, on my way buck, I stopped
and looked at the closet, it isn't bad at all.
I am going to try it . anyway. Now you
must not talk any more babies, it is time
you were asleep long ago, so good night.
"This place is very comfortable, Moth
er." "I think so, and if you will promise to
settle down and be contented with this
same place, I will tell you my history."
"Oh, Mother! how good you are! in
deed we will be satisfied."
"Well, the first thing lean remember
is, Hived with a very kind mistress, my
Mother, and four little brothers, but as
soon as they were old enough, they ran
away, they were not so fond of their dear
old Mother as I was. I would not have
left her for anything, and I did not un
til I was compelled-to. They would
often return home ns thin as skeletons,
saying, they were not half fed where they
were, but as soon as they had had a
good substantial meal they would skip
off again. But after I got old enough to
look aftcrjmyseif, and catch mice (for
that is the principal thing a cat has to
do,) they gave my poor old Mother
away."
"Oh Mother! I hope our mistress will
will not do that."
"I hope not darlings, but we cannot
always expcct4to keep together as we are
sure to be scattered some day or other,
that is the reason I dislike to have you
quarrel so. Well my old mistress was a
dressmaker, and she hadn't much time
to look after me, so I was left to be taken
care of by a little girl, who yery often
forgot to feed me, but my worst terror of
all was they had a great big New Found
land dog."
"Oh Mother."
"And I tried to make friends with him,
so he would not hurt me but he wouldn't,
and twice he nearly killed me."
"Oh dear."
"One day a little boy brought two
pet mice to the house, I didn't know
they were pets though. I thought it'
was my place to kill them, so I caught
one, and was just going to squeeze it
when my mistress screamed at me and it
frightened me so I let it go, and then,
Oh dear! I heard her say she would have
to get rid of me, and that nearly broke
my heart,, because if I was half fed by
the little girl I loved that home very
much. The next day a little girl came
for mc and she carried mc uway in her
arms and I was frightened half out of my
wits by a neighboring dog, who chnsed
me ut) a tree. Keally lie frightened me
bo I think it hurt my intellect, and the
carried me through the town and we met
so many dogs that it nearly scut me crazy.
tried to get away two or threo times,
but the little girl would slap mo and
then I would scratch h r, and wo would
have regular tussels. After she hud .fin
ished her errands, she started on her way
home and she had to go by the riyer, and
I thought surely she was going to
drown me und it f lightened me so I
took a fit rigid in her arms, audi am
sure I should have died if a very kind
gentleman had not met us and rubbed
me until I got better. Then he told the
little girl to take me home and give me
some sulphur and milk. I did not like
it but I took it because I was afraid I
might have another lit. The little boy
and girl treated me very nicely and I
got to love them mom ai.d more, and I
would not have left them for anything,
and they never had any cause to whip
m?i for months und they never said a
cross word to me but I know I tried my
best to please them, but one day I went
over to a neighbor's to see n kttten, and
she was naughty and asked me if my
mistress had any little birds and I said
yes she hnd two, and one of them sang
beautifully, it puts n.o to sleep every
day, aud it asked me if I ever ate any
and of course I said no, and she
said to catch one some day when no one
was watching, and eat it and see what
it tasted like. " I thought it dreadful at
the time, but my curiosity got the better
of me, one day when no one was in the
room I sprang up into the cage and
caught the little singer. I thought it
would taste the nicest because it sang so
beautifully. I just caught it when my
mistress' mother heard the noise and
came rushing iu and tried to catch me.
but I ran away, they felt dreadfully and
so did I. I never came near the house
all that day and night, bvt when my
muster saw it. it was his bird, he cried
most dreadfully. I came home next day,
to tell them the best way I could, how
sorrv T felt, and thev gave me a good
sound beating, u-g-h it hurt me so!
thought they had broken every lono in
my Itody! I can imagine I feel the aching
and smarting in my body now. Then I
went away and never came near the
house all that night but next morning
they saw how sorry I felt, and they gave
me something to eat and smothered me.
Now you hear them whispering that they
are going to get rid of me and keep one
of you in my place. I hope you will
take this as a lesson, and not kill the
beautiful little innocent birds but just
catch the naughty mice that destroy
everything.
The Case Dismissed-
Tha preliminary hearing of Isaac
Macafield. William Strothers and Thomas
Kobinson, the three negroes accused o f
haviny fired the B. & M. bridge, was
finished before Jnstice Brown yesterday
evening. The result was as we anticipated
in yesterday's number, an acquittal.
These men, as the testimony clearly
showed, were all on the train which so
narrowly escaped the fatal plunge, and
were put off by the conductor while the
train was stopping at the scene of the
fire becaus they had not the means to
pay their fares. Our theory that a tie
was lighted by a coal of fire dropped by
the engine which drew the evening freight
st-ems'the only plausible one, and the
testimony of the witnesses corroborate it
in this, that the fire began in the midde
of the bridge. It was at least shown that
these three men were not the guilty
parties. Lincoln Democrat.
Nebraska Good Templars.
The Good Templars of Nebraska are
now in session at Lincoln. Tuesday
evening was the formal opening, and was
devoted to a grand reception with music.
The address of welcome was made by
Mr. A. G, Wolfenbarger, and was an ex
ceedingly interesting review of the his
tory of the order. Having the smallest
of beginnings, it lias, because of the prin
ciples which it advocates, become the
largest temperance organization on the
globe. Its ritual is printed in twelve
different languages aud it has in good
standing over 000,000 members. The
history of the order in Nebraska was also
carefully reviewed, and the work yet to
be accomplished suggested. Upon clos
ing his remarks Mr. Wolfenbarger re
ferred in a few very touching remarks to
the death of the Grand Templar.
TI12 first regular Fession of the Grand
Lodge was held yesterday morning.
DOM NELLY HERRMANN.
James H- Donnelly and Alice Herr
mann Join Hands and Hearts.
One of the leading society events of
the season occurred last evening. It
was a quiet but none the less enjoyable
wedding and was celebrated at the home
of Mr. Fred Herrmann, on north Sixth
street.
The contracting parties were two of
Plattsraouth's brightest society stars, be
ing Mr. James II.Donnelly and Miss Alice
Herrmann. In the ceremony which oc
curred at 7:30, they were assisted by Mr.
Chas. C. Parmele and Miss Ilattie Ful
mer, and Dr. T. P. Livingston and Miss
Julia Herrmann, with Miss Anna Living
ston as pianist. Rev. J. T. Baird, of the
Presbyterian church officiated. After
the ceremony the guests took carriages
and were driven to the Staddleman House
where an elegant and sumptuous wedding
feast was spread and it was fully
appreciated by all who were present.
Supper being over, the guests again re
turned to the scene of the
wedding and spent an evening long to
be remembered for its niany enjoyable
features.
There were present only the mo9t inti
mate friends of the ceuple. At 12 o'clock
they returned to their homes, leaving
their congratulations and best wishes
with the bride and groom. The presents
wire numerous, handsome and useful.
All the young ladies who areexpect
ing to take part in the Milk Maid Carni
val are requested to be at Fitzgerald hall
Friday at 3:30 p. in., for the purpose of
getting their number in the march and
the admittance tickets.
The following is the programme for
the Milk Maid Carnival at Fitzgerald
hall Friday evening Oct. 11:
Sonfj and chorus. ' When Kittin was Milking
thu Cow ," Miss Annie Murphy an! Milkmaids.
Holo, "Little M;.id Milking her ('',"
Miss Kit SL' cl'henl.
Heading, I'r.f. lirummond .
Solo Milkmaid MarriaK' souk
Mi.-s Julia Oliver
Music tWee Club.
Solo '. Shame upon you Kobin,"
Minn l"la Wl-.ite.
' Kitty Clyde," Tillie Weekbach.
Duet Cheerfulness,"
Mr. I). A. Campbell and Maud I'.arnes.
Holo "liring Hack my Loved One t me.'-
Mil Julia Oliver.
Music U'-1 flub.
Milk Maid .March,
Song and chorus Mi,k ':ll,ls
Miss Annie Kussell and Milkmaid.
Holo Mr- Kifreiibroadt
Admission r.nd dance tickets $1.00,
general admission 15 cents.
PERSONAL.
J. P. Young wns in Omaha to-day
Win. Short, of Manlv. was in the
city to-day-
ATr G IV Madison of South Bend
was in the city to-day.
Mrs. I). A. Campbell and Miss Paul
spent the day in Omaha.
W. B. Shryork. of Louisville, made
a flying visit to Plattsmouth to-day.
Frank Ste.ver. the foreman of the
water works, spent yesterday in Omaha.
J. C. Wiswcll, of Lincoln, wns in the
city to-day looking at Plattsmouth real
estate.
New Departure.
W tlio miHersi'n. d drn ""lists of
Plattsmouth do hereby announce to our
patrons and friends that we can heartily
endorse and recommend the following
remedies of the Quaker Medicine! Com
pany: Balyeat'sFig Tonic, Dr. Watson's
New Specific Cough Cure, a:ul Heap's
Arnica Salve, for the reasons that we
know what they contain, ami are the re
sults of science applied practically.
Wii.i. J. War kick.
-OF-
CLOTHING'
AND-
Furnishing Goods
AltmVIXG DAILY AT
2J
All the newest and latest Styles for Fall
and Winter in nu n's and boys' wear.
-AND-
NO mU BUSINESS.
Dr C. A- Marshall
Preservation of natural teeth a epeialty.
Teeth extracted without pain Inj utc of Laughing
G'ct.
All work warranted. Prices reasonable.
FlTZOERALD Kl.OCK, PLATTSMOUTH, N E II.
INSURANCE AGENTS.
Represent the following time
tried and fire-tested companies:
American Central-SC Louis, Assets SI, 258,001
Commercial Union-England, " 2.r-9.ai4
Fire Association-PL iladeU-hia, " 4,415,576
Franklin-Philadeli-hia, " 3.117.KG
nome-New Yoik. " T.i-rs.tfD
Irs. C. of North Ameiiea. Phil. " 8.474.3G2
LtverpnolKI.or.doii & Globe-Eng " C.G39.7S1
North British & Mercantile-En " 3,378,754
Norwich Union-EDgiamJ. " I.243.4G6
Springfield V. & M, -Springfield, " 3.044.W5
Total Assets, S12.115.774
esses AijcsteflrnfiPaiflattlusAiGncy
AND
Ob s
H.E.Palmer&Son
AT
BOECK & BIRDSALL o.
"W3H
Sixteen
lousand
'OF'
Lust year, und il low prices will
Will Hell
thi.s
LOOK AT THE (J It HAT CUTS IN I'KICLS AVE AliE OITEKINft
von. . ,
Ladies' Good Crain Button Shoe fer 1.00, fonncily Mld for l.T-,5; Lndi
Heavy Grain Uiitlon Sh.ie. the bot wear for :? 1 . 1 i.i.ily for "'r; 1 dnn b"j
Milwaukee Grain ISutton Sho.-, $2.00, form, ilv sold lo;'J..:0: We are flei inr nil
our SLr,0 line of sliois for rt'OO: f.adii.-.'
(Joat for .'VJ.'O. formerly s:;.off. jM-n
Men's JJest Whole Stoc k Kip Knots for :;",,,..r(, formerly sold
Whole Stork Kip Uoot for only if. .(!( formerly :?1.0;
solid, for only ii'.oC. formerly !?:.(): M'.n'y
formerly .oO.
We also have ereat many other "ea
that, it will pay you to call and examine
selling cheaper than any other denier.
If
Jonathan JIatt
YwmKfmmKET.
rOHK PACKERS and DioAM
PORK, MBTT0N AND VEAL.
THE BEST THE MAltKET AFFOMUS ALWAYS ON IIAI).
Suqar Cured Meals, Hams, Bscon, Lard, &c.f &c
ot our own make.
The best brands
WHOLESALE
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J jjt rac2vad a large inoice of
Ua4Jes fin kid anai goat button
shoes at S2 a pair, g aranteed
equal to any c O shce in the
marked at T. H. Phillips.'.
-Every one buying a dollars worth of
goods and over will rective a chance on
an elegant sewing machine to be drawn
Christmas Eve.
Pkteji JIehofa
Ira up imiPW
1 1 Rfl nj
urn
nmwi i
Herrmann
SOLD
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good-
we
intend to Fell in or
veur
i' - 'iic Gl.i.i- l)oi:"ola button tnl iainif.
:ivy l!nts for only it I. ',
foimaly i?'J.vn;
for :r!."5; Mms run
Men's Calf Hoot, find
Fine lr:ss niton
Shoe fo.r only !fl,V&
- h" b:. rutins in ( hildn ifs, Mls'-cs and boys'
our oods ami
be convinced that wo are
J. W. Mauthis.
1 . V. S . It..
cm
- xs in liLTTEIt AND EGGS.
of OYSTEWS, in cans and bulk, ai
AND EETA1L.
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$ w !
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ft- rr
15
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5 V
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GENUINE :-: SINGER
vith high arm and vibrating shuttle,
sold raone. liEay payments or cash
P. J. BICKNELL,
Man lger Plattomouth Eranc
Dollars
Worth
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