' f -w--- .-.mi'-''XJLJ V 1-, -rs ,r,timi,i n-i i- i. ijl -ii- w . . . L . - ( 2- 01 4 . . X "f- - - V ATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, -JAN UA It V 3, 1888. XUMIIKU U7. ii' JIM. 111111 I I U I III J I J I II III III W IK III II 1; ' L i l" i If - r Mayor,. Clerk. " -Treamrer, ' ' Attorney, Knglne!', -Fufice Judite, Marshall. Couacilmeu,lt ward. - J D SlMraoM U a 8TH J II Watekmaw llVUOM C'LAUK A MADOUK . J 9 Matukw - W II MalicK ) J V WlCKBACU 1 A W WUIIK t li M JOMica t Wm Wkukk M B Muiiriiv I . W Durro I K 3 liKEL.SW. 2nd 3rd 4lh. 1 P McCallun. I'kbs I J WJ KKKI I 1) 11 I W Johns n.cuaibmaw Boaid Pub. Works liAWKSYVoHTH GOljVV ONKIGKrjS. Treasurer, ' " -Ikepuiy Tieasurer, - I A. Campbell Tiio4. pollock .1. M Kohinhom C,C. McPHBKHUN V. C. SHOW ALTER J. C. ElKkNBABI Clf ik. lpuiy Clerk, Clerk ot Dieliit-t Co-irt, Hheriii. Surveyor. .Attorney. Hunt, of Pub Sertoli. Cuuuty JuJks. A. Madole allen ukeson Maynabu spin k 0. ltUBSLL BOARD OF arjPKKVISOMlt. Louis K..i.TZ,CU in., - Wee-jjtiiK Water A. 15. T(ou. ... Plaitamoutb A. ii. 11 ."KMOM, - - - Kiruwood CIVIC SOCIliTIK.S. ZiASS l.ODCK No. HC. I O. O. f. -Meets 'evei v Tuesday evening of each week. Ali transient brothers are renpectfully loviied to alU-uU. mKlO LOlxlK NO. 84. A. O. U. W.-MeeU e every alreruat Friday evealuu at K. of r, liail. Traunlent brother are respectfully ln vued(u attend. P.E. W bite, Master Wurkiaan ? It. Foreman ; V. J. Morgan. Overseer ; J. E. Mo.ri. Hecorder. i . ua i.ncp'll ill XinilCKV (Vlll)DMEN of America Meets' second and fourth Mon- day evuiiiim' at K. ot P. ball. All transient mother requested to meet with us. .Newco'Hrr, Vftusrable Consul : O. K. MUM, Worthy Adviser ; U. B. Siiiltn, k.x Banker ; W. C. Willetts.Clejli. IlLATrSMOUm I.OUUE SO. i.' A.O. u. w. I Meets every alternate Friday evening at lUu-kwood hall at 8 o'clock. All transient brotb ft aie resrteetfully. Invited to attend. J. A. Sutscla, M- W. ; 3. C, Oreen, Foreman : 3. C. Wilde, ifceurder ; 3. A. Newcomer, overseer. McCONIHIE POST 45 C. A. R KOSTEIC .1. W .likHNSOX. ..Commander. C rt. Tw iss F a. Hat ics (iKO. NlI.KS AliciUSf TAKTSvll... Ualon Dixon CHAIiLES FORD I5K.VJ. II KM I LK J A"H! (iunB'.KMAN. .Senior V'ice Junior Adjutant. .O. M. Utlicerof the Lay. i.uard Sert Major. ..Quarter Mastor Sergt. Al.l ll V Wlll.ilir. Meeting Saturday eveiiio .TU91 .u;ioiu WM. t. BRO WNE, LAW OFFICE. r rsonal attettlun to all Business Entruit to my caie. XOTAHV IX OJFICE Titles litamined. Abstaict Compiled, In- urauee Wntteu, Ileal Estate Sold. Belter Facilities for making Farm Loans than Any Ottier Ageaeyv PlattMiuoutb, - Nebraska. H.E.Palmer&Son GENERAL INSURANCE AGEN1S litpieseiit the following time tried and lire-tested companies: American Central-S-. Louis. Assets Sl.258.00l Commercial Uuiou-EuRland, " 2.5i.3U Fire Assoclation-Pliiladelphla, 4,415.576 Franklin-Philadelphia. " 3.U7.1C6 Home-New York. " 7.55.59 Irs. C . of North America. Phil. 8.474.362 l.lverpool&Londn & Olobe-Eng " 6.639.7S1 North British Mercantile-En " 3,378,751 orUh Union-England. " I.215.4C6 BpriHUeld F. & M.-SpringflelJ. " 3,044.915 Total Assets, 4M15,774 oisgj Ai Pedant PaiiatttoAieM WE WILL HAVE A Fine:-: Line -OF- HOLIDAY GOODS, ALSO Library - Lamps -OF- Uniane Desisins anQ Patteros AT THE USUAL Cheap Prices -AT- JSITY ; ;OFFIGE2S. SMITH & BLACK'S Latest by Telegraph. BOKEOWKO AMD 8TOLKJT. Weather Probabilities Wasuinoton, Jan. 3, 1:30 a ni. Indi cations for Ntbrauks: Wtrraer; fair weather, followed y rain, light to frefch utheruJy wind. Disoharglng Workman. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 2. There u much suppressed feeling among employes of the Gould Southwestern railroad sygtem here and at othir points along, the line, because of an order to at ouce reduce the working forces to 10 per oent. The offi cials claim the reduction is the result of the dull season and will not list longer than March 1. The men claim the reduc tion is not jua titled by the labor situation on the system and is resorted to as .a-substitute for cutting wages. Fourteen hun dred men will be left without work. The National Cam In Cuba. Jacksonville. Fla., Jan. 3. The Cub ans are rapidly becoming fascinated by the national game. An agent of a rlfa-' anu ase-lall association U here now negotiating a challenge to the Jackson ville club to go to Havana and play a series of three games ' for $1,000 a side during Holy Week. As an additional inducement the agetf offers to give them free admission to the bull tights while they are there. The challanga will pro bably be accepted and tlie'games played this month. ftflrs, Hanoock'c Chances. Washington, D. C, Jap. 3. The ru mor is still floating about to the effect that Mrs. Oen. Hancock is to be the suc cessor of Postmaster Conger, of Washing ton. The post office officials deny that the m&tter has been settled, although the admission is made tUt iff9- Hancock may proye a formidable candidate. Post master General Vilas is especially reticent about it, and only says in answer to a query concernipg the truth f the rumor, "The public will be promptly informed whenever the appointment is made." A Newspaper Change. St. JosEfrn, Mo., Jan. 3.- The Daily Heraldol Sunday morning announced the retirement of Mr. John P. Strong from the management of that paper. He has sold his interest to local capitalists and wealthy St. f,ouisans. The sale was made Saturday, November 5, but not an nounced until Sunday. W. E. Shepherd, business manager of the Herald under the old management, will be the new manager, and George G. Smith editor-in chief. Both have been with the paper for years. There will be know change in the editorial or working force of the paper, which will remain republican in politics, as before. New Coal Field In Kanzas. Atchison, Rap., Jan, 3.Further par ticulars of Saturday's big coal discovery at Doniphan, a small town five miles north of Atchison, received here to-day, fully confirm yesterday' reports and in dicate that the quality and extent of the find is larger and better than was first supposed. The coal was struck at a depth of 000 feet, aud U ia the opinion of a prominent geologist on the ground that the vein dips to the south towards Atchison. An informal meeting of sev eral capitalists was held here late last evening to plan for the construction of a new special branch railroad direct from Atchison to Doniphau. The excitement over this discovery, owing to the fact that it is the first coal ever discovered in paying quantities in such close proximity of this city, is great. The Result of a Protracted Spree. Denveh, Col., January J. Qeorge I. Hubbard committed suicide Sunday morning. He had charge of the buggy department of the W. J. Jiusey Imple ment Company, and was a man well known and generally liked in the city. He was on a spree daring holiday week and despondency and remorse is supposed to have been the cause of -the suicide. His wife anticipated his intentions aud secreted his revplyer; fe located the weapon however, and when his'wife step ped out of doors for a moment Sunday he locked her out and ran up stairs with the weapon iu-hts hand. His wife saw this move through the stained glass of the front door. .Rushing arouud: the house she gained n entrance at the rtaj duor, but before fche reached tier hus7 baud's side he had placed the revolver tp his temple and pulled the trigger, fie 'was 30 years of age and had ' been mar ried five years. He owned considerable property and had a life insurance of f 10,000, ' ' . A War Steamer Sunk. London, Jan. 3. The Hritish ironclad Hercules touched a reef off Ferrol.pain, to-day. and knocked a hole -in her side. All efforts fo. stop the leak failed, and the ship with difficulty reached the ha), bor trf 'FirroTf, where ahe-is gradually sinking- The Czar JJtemembars the Pope. Home, Jun. 3. The czar sent a letteV to the pope, on the occaaiou of his lvolj ucss' jubilee, cougrAtulating him Upon his fifty years of priesthood, and express ing the hope that better relations might exist between the Greek Catholic chur h of Russia and the- Catholic church of Rome. . 'Vt. . . - gussla'e Armies. Vienna, Jan. Frtidenblatt denies on authentic information that the movel ment of Russian troops and army materii al on the frontier continues. The latest news shows that the recent reports con cerning the movement Teferl'ed mainly to the displacement ufftctcd "vjthin the frontier provinces ,,... .rVi ' , ' ' J ' ."Tha' Great Lick Telescope. San' jose, Cal. 8. The great objective or 36-inch lens of ths Lick observatory telescope vm3; fully mounted yestefday afternovjn. As - soon .ns" observation '" is made the photographic. n).en will be mounteds ad experHnentaf' photographs taken tq determine the work required to finish the telescc pe. TAD LINCOLN S THEATRE. How the Child' -Happiness AVas Sadly ' - Marred The President' Keproof. Iu one pi hc Vaoapt fPQiuf jf fhs ' Houso Tad had fitted up, with tho aid of thi servants, a miniature theatre. The little fel low had rare skill and good taste in such ' mutters, and after long and. patient etfort the : work " was completed. T here, was th stj'e the orchestra, tha curtains , the parquet, and aM tho paraphernalia pertaining to what he called H real theatre, and Tad was in a delirium vf childish j,y. About bis, time, just after the' revi6W of Burnside's division of the Army of the Potomac, a certain photographer came to the executive mansion to nl&ke some stereoscopic studies of the president's uffloe for a Mr. Carpenter, an artist of reputation (the same gentleman who painted Mr. Lincoln's portrait) ,-wbo had been much about the house. Mr. Carpenter and tho photographer appeared ut tho same time. The artists told Mr. Lincoln that they must bavo a dark closet in which to develop their pictures. There was such a closet at tached to the room which Tad had appropri ated for his theatre, and it could not bo reached without passing through that room. With Mr. Lincoln's iermission the artists took possession of the "theatre," and they had fc&ken several pictures before "Tad" discovered the trespass upon his premises. Wtien he took in the situation there was an uproar. Their occupancy of his "theatre," without his consent, was an offense that stirred his wrath nt &rx instant Mom. Th& little fellow declared indignantly ' that "ho would not submit to any such impudence. He locked the door and carried off the key. The artists hunted him up, and coaxed, re monstrated, begged, but all in vain. The young theatre manager. In a fjomd tif pasr slon, blamed Carpenter with the whole out rage. He declared that they should rfeither use bis room nor go into it to get their in struments and chemicals. "to one," ?aiC(' be, "has any business in my room, unless in vited by me, and I never invited you." litre was a pretty kettle of fish. Tad was mtir of the situation. Finally Mr. Lincoln was appealed to. Tad was called and Mr. Lincoln said tA him sternly: 'ifio., now; and unlock the dope" The offended lioy went off to his mother's room, muttering a posi tive refusal to obey his father's command. On bearing pf the child's disobedience Mr. Lincoln soon bad the key, and "the theatre-' was again inyaded by the artists. Boon after this Mr. Lincoln said to Carpenter, half apologetically; "Tad is a peculiar child. He was violently excited when I went tq him for the key., f said, tq him, Tad, dp you know that you are making youx father very un happy? You are causing a deaj of f -guide.' Ho burst nto tears and gave up the key. I had not he jtieart tq say much to him in the way of reproof, for the little man certainly thought his fights had been shamefully dis regarded." The distress which, this unlucky affair brpugbf. upqn his little pet caused Mr. IJacoln more concern than anything else connected with it. Ward H. Lamon. A Frightened Sfcsmerizcr. One evening I selected a young man whom I thought to be good material'on which to practice. It took aTtrifle longer than custom ary to get him well under headway, but finally his senses yielded and I pongratulated myself (ipon haying hit upon a good pafiebt: Eagerly I followed" his course over vast arid plains and scorching 'deserts,- through trop ical climes and pplar sea, over precipitous mountains, thfugh the plouds iq a balloon, under the sea in a" diving bell, in groat caves of untold beauty and through, halls of golden finish iq fact, where he "did not lead me would be far more easily told.- At last (for W8 weary Qf Qur rumiuatiunji tUj tiiuu catuo for releasing him from" my control and -once more allowing him to return to terra firm a. I told him as much, but he refused to come. I insisted that we hod carried the perform ance far enough. He came not, J beggtxj, rpplered and reasoned with him, and finally shdok him, and. ye, ba failed to ; 'revive,"-nor di4 he until a bucketful of pure cold water was dashed in his face by one who bad ben, an attentive witness, his is the last timo I ever attempted tQ mesmerize "an one, and I "think during the jimQ fi)y disciple refused .to" return to tb and pf thji living (at pay. earnest request, too) on ago passed over my head. The expe rience was too much for me; so much so that I believe-1 never again shall YecoVor'f i om the scare sufficiently te attempt a similar Ex hibition of my power ia this line. Kansas pity Times. " i-:r ' '' ii '; I ' n:r.- i ut l:.-.Sn: r.l .l'i : I'll - itVr ow.i;: 'UlilJ ll.iWll til-.' Ill: .( . un l o. !. i (. i.ml t'tii ; ; u ;,'.I k'-.J ii., wvariu? L.iir; Jj.;;1i suit, leu i.jfiiU-H-at; r .Mr. in in- iq.pt-uif l ui '.Ivphi .'iti'ito-V', "! witV the air of a inliliaitTr mit .lowii In ml tMut. "iio bus u. Krn.tit income, but ho is always on baud ut riiyh )Tie. t-ntei taiiiinc-nts," said n gMitKm'iii-Av.h.i nr-fiij.iVrl a M;,t next t a JfWJt t nl.i:ot far from the lato comer. ' . "How dues ho 'do it f' '.'He is a good fellow and as tur asVconumy oeShe is a gcuius Jf there yy in;i lfk his economy woulL,jit( aviiif l.ini any thing, because the profession 'vibiiM l.e too crowded. He ucnpk-s u 3 !?eaf, but paid only irl.5o fur it It cCst him $1 t.x c.me in and he pidl heud usher fifty cents for tLe ,WSlegeof occupying, a scut tho rapacious .ficrot--speculator could not tlispose of. Ten minutes afte the curtain goes up the sjqtj. jijher hn4ws pretty Inuc h' tho empty seats thut wilj not bo occupied." AVhcn the 'genius? gave him fifty cents for a beat ho loado'ccri tain of a rebate in caso a late .comer shouU claim it. Ihe rebute is twenty-five cents or 50 jjer cent., no pi- " , Concerts. Why, his knul iJjei-"uav iJ l. t. them. Ho dresses well,. and concert UHSJft, Jass taate.riarto paiM& fn fiotlse. , Tiicniarei fef concerts lrcun absjplutelt' cluim "fullf paidhuasev - .. Y ; M-Vtitii fushK.jutbfft. reotaiqanu heiafi-e4 quently'-smwiWitri aiady. He orders for. ouo arid recedes; alinosi enough for three.. "The-youhg- wwnia'n does not know ho has ordered for-.oue, because ho writes the order. Vhon he goes alone he orders only one or iwo dishes. His greatest trouble is wliwn neces- sity forces him to ride in a. cab, and "the wai-. Luniks uwji-im uown to rojfuiur siiCd Prices is (Kirr.ethj'ricr tlrat should bo tmulai by the average citiisen,'wlvo )ermit 'c4ib to fleeco him. BoutounicK3 i'ghdVc6rk& bouquets ho easily buys at half nrk:e does that by vjdrumming' for the house hs purchases from. His clothing is bou ght On the same plan as tiro : flowers, and often Ah. tailor is happy, to make-surof 5$pm wnt.- r"-? 'oevt n n.wvif Known fact that tailor rnaL thQ-DulcmftinV.i 1 uer cent, on many ofyf cuOfncis. but they uo uui oj on-tu-goas, no matter bow cheap they pretend to be. You rarclv heaj- f one of his kind acting as groomsman at a wedding, becauso bo would be requirwl to. uuy a nanusomo present. If you ever did know of one acting in that capacity, you may rest assured that tho present v.'as purchased by the bridegj-flom.!' New." York' Mail and" Express. " How Novelist I'mvcett AVorks, A pile of manuscript lay on Jbg desk before bim. tho larger part of tho new novel, "A Man's Will," which Mr. Fawcett is just com pleting. It was written with a lead pencil on sheets of ordinary unsized white paper; the handwriting is clear- and bold. The manur script at a casual glance appeared fresh ant) clean, with HQt ft spigle woid crossed out and with no interlineations. "Do you not rewrite sometimes?" I asked. "Well, I do not exactly rewrite; I write over. I always use a lead pencil, and then I go over my wonk with a good eraser, rubbing out words and sentences I wish toChangQ and. putting into their places emendations or adr ditipns. Ypq sj it leaves the manuscript clean and legible; bxit if you look closely vu can pick out tho corrected bits. YcSj I aim to do a regular amount of work paoh day. I used tq iji-psular-. and believe I could write better at night and all that sort of thing, but the only way one really accom plishes much is by system and industry. I write three" or four hoiirs each day( uualls in tho afternoon, and Uo abuut a thotisaa words; that is my limit. Ten of these pages n taking np onb of the sheets of manuscript, "I wish I felt I could make it oidy thiee or four hundred words j I would Lo better satis fied, I thiftk, though a thousand is not a very" iVf (i t n mnniif T Koi-n . . -. . t, u w. ' v i tumw, wi ll I L U three or four thousand words a dav. but X cannot afford to do that kind of .wta'k now.'" : "Do you plan out your novels entirety be. f org putting pen to paper i" 4tNp hardly that, rl have a general idea or plan for the book, but I do not arrange the succession pf the chapters and incidents be forehand. Indeed, most of. my novels have very little plot; thq main thing is tho devel opment of the relatiuri of he character with out much compliuatiuii of incident.." The events ef tho sUiry are often suggested as tho work grows under-mf-in. I keep full notes of ideas .and characters, tbat I think will' l.t useful. This bopk-said Mr, Fawcett, show, ing me. a leqt,hj coveiid iioUbook, 'Tvo. u?ed so, lpiig that Ipad t have it rebound recently, f jQt d.o.Wn everything here; bits of charA9trdeserij-ioi!4 of social happen ings, schemes for tttorius, personal trial, of friends and. ftqqa;uta.iiOfc.:,, even." John ii. yUiUtpa in New' York Mail and Express. The JspvVfse .Persimmon. Many of tho gaislens cf Sacramento are t present ulecof&ted. with Japaneso if rsimmon trees loaded down with ripea iifriirt. Jhp leaves of these tree tft y iiqv-.all offj ,' leaving tlie. branches and 'fruiffalrmb.'aTid presenting st terjrjpretty iglit. TliQ :Jj5anc:so who recently visited fjacraniento t-poke very laudatory of tlib fruit, .clawing it as the finest in that cini.ire- and stated that it would corno ta- l ".greatly. apwecJatt-d by tlie AmericoB-4- people vviien peuer tt&fn. -.no jpec lirpucej.'very. young, and comc'1:-?fy-j largs! specimens of the fruit arc to l setf 44 for useful presenTpj-embraciiiy; fcilk ; iliiillci,'.' lye and TioS 1KUU f "--feiilk Jiaudtietx-liieJ. Toilet Setis',. Albuiii-.v -Tidix.-, l.a.ble . ' ; -.:.m :'u ,," .... . .- - " Scarfs, I lamiueilMt 'iii'ass 'Whisk. liroQin Caj-x-v' 1im.; tMi.tl. t . Vender, lhe.,Artlst. - ! El it ii Vedder, whose workJ i, some tirwes spoken of as the best imagiqati'e art of modem times, has ,a ,brbw and eyes jike thoie'of Hawthorne, though thii artist is (Sir, .y-liile flio roma'nec-r d dark: The forehead i3 broad and vlqghtfu!. theroyesnre intelligent," fiank and fiud5, h'jf'tiisi luoyth and chili arc thoseCif" ery nia t ter off act tfl"a. Boston Du2et. Th.ero ir a rtrcmj "lioness, between a chronic invaHi 'ia 'a cracked china dih, which is handk-d soarefuily that it outlasts many asouqd. v,"Uqle one, which- by a singl ldvevtauce. is dashed to atoms. B. Marie JIullOT. " - " . . - - . - A social ttiilosoijiiei' t&i-asoes tiia iI.-v"m- ttjg piimary suokJ d5ks will to sutx.iieti j With tviJa v.'l iters iriiLca.1 of -Tirin" fr.r. ' I ENTI0N, a! : Sale: ." t. ' . .. ' ' V l'y thi' Ihy ((mils JOSEPH V. Fox tlie netl Twfciitv Days vc bave . ' . ' ' Sti'ick of . - roiii' ta 1 1 dar 1 prices,- liicli were . .... prices.. nil i liufce giious chii:i: AT ere Clqals; Imported New Markets, -Astraehaix rind Plush Yvri;ap.s. f re al;( oiler - set WOOL Alsa Ij iuch Tricots at 75 coti at 45c, worth 75 worth Thee 31 Tir:A. v' ' PI afct SITl 0 1 L til this ver.r. Ladies arc invited lo the lte?t'liai - .3 .. . .. " -bv : " . . PlaittsixioutliJ XTSI JlzJI mEj ' 1 Great Salos cnibiiu ACbxTS'Ar?.' MOsrxia, osxBiiiri We are determined to elwe out in 30 days our- asrortir.ent will Lc vitv ami as'thiS" s:i'e- i3 Of"c.-i:ill v to -discount Tiiiv' amide Lot h'ale fill - ;y.t t 1601 . Pairs Slaughter, sale on ihese Cioods to Cl - and tof closeoul rjnicLlv, irrcat rduction have Leon marie.- . " - ' . . - . TWB.:H'U"NDR.BD COMFORT'S;' "... .;i,-jladi Gents' itiid Cliil.lieii's"" .. . UNMWEAR SALLE, :.TFiXty ..jDozen- Pieces. . .. ' A"stoi.iihing. values will le ofleretl in- ib'v. ' ... thtt next. Two "Weeks. For Holiday, ift.s, Headfj.liartt rs lon since Kslablisli- Stand Gvp-aiid . fancy Goods.. Arr, .Insiiettioii. Ik lye-' snectfuTly Solicited', '" ;, ' - : , " - . i:S0taMOM;& : .... Wiits; Frjoat Dry PLATT3H0UTH, - LADIES ! o oaks, s B Kiiiii.riiiin of WEC Vli.ft riiiineil-to olll r cur Iinnienae dunce ,.?A'.V per cent, ell' in ni la.- t vcarn t oi 1 the- latlL-t .l Ice in - inl pi.i C-i ill till A5TRACHAUS SI a t i 1..- L.( i inch :tll wool Ti i- iiv l!;e 'i ii-'e? oiicn il to . . J 1 ies. ; ill !i'i".i e 1 he rnh take!? ; i i i i 'V.. '1 - Keb. wcsKza mtStm Las JLa awJatg sciss) sj 1 in () iiin- Ql. WEGKMMCM Tslisses' and ('liililrcii; .our I'niirc louud the. Hoc.l: oj'(loai. with-liic-t coiiiiilele in the i.ntrod need 1'ur rivalry we inarantct. record v jier cenl. bf Slgtxi- t mildj: v - . - . :Thc '?eat;i ha-? l('eti Dcua'rtmeiil fot - ;NA "Gcod c Hoiisra,; ; . ..HEBRASKAv- TH "t i : il V !4 .' " ... . r-'.'