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Mayor,
Clerk,
Tre.muer.
Attorney,
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Couiiciliiien.lst ward,
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Treasurer.
l.?uuty Tre.nurer, -
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Deputy Clerk.
It-eonlrr ol Dt'eds
Oupiiiv Ueejiler
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Surveyor. -Attorney.
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County J uiltte.
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Weeping Wter
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SOCIli'TIKS.
(1AS.H l.OlXirf No. IDi. I . O. K. -Meets
'every Tuesday evening of eaeh week. All
transient brothers are revpectlully iuvited to
attend.
rPIMO I.OIMiK NO. M. A. O. U. W. Meets
every iiliernati Friday evening at K. of 1.
ball. Transient brother ar respeetfully In
vited to alleml. F. E. White, Matter Workman ;
K. , atte. Foreman ; F. J. Morgan, Overseer ;
J. E. .Morris. Keeorder.
ilASS CAM!' NO, 332, MODKItX WOODMKN
of America Meets second and fourth Mon
day evening at K. of I, ball. All transient
brothers are requested to meet, with ii. I,. A.
Keweuiier, Venerable Consul;'!. K, Nile,
Worthy Adviser ; I, 1$. Smith, Ex-Banker ; W.
C. Willetts, Clerk.
LILATTSMOUTII LODCE NO. 8. A. O. U. W.
Meet.- every alternate Friday evening at
ICockwood hall at H o'clock. All transient broth
ers are respectfully Iuvited to attend. J. A.
Ciitseh M. W. ; 8. C, Oreeu, Eoreman : S. C.
Wilde. Keeorder; 8. A. Newcomer. Overseer.
McCONIHIE POST AS C. A. R-
KOSTER.
J. XV. Johnson Commander,
C. S. Twiss Senior Vice
F. a. Katks Junior
tiro. Milks Adjutant,
Al liUST TAKTHOll Q. M.
Mai.on Dixon oillcerof the Day.
'h ui.i-.s Fokij " " Ouard
Hk.v.i. IIk.mim.ic Sergt Major.
.1 a:oh ;.kB'.k.m an. . ..tiuarter Master Serjjt.
Ai.i ii v Vjti;nT. fost Chaplain
Meeting Saturday evening
H.E.Palmer&Son
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENTS
Represent the following time
tried and fire-tested companies:
American Central-S". Louis, Assets $1.258.ool
Commercial Union-England, " 2.596.314
Fire Association-Philadelphia, 4.415.576
Franklin-rhiladelphia, " 3.117.1(6
Home-New York. " 7.835.5(9
I rs. C . of North America, Phil. " 8,474.362
j.iv-rpool&Loudon& Olobe-Eni; " 0.639.781
North British & Mercantile-En " 3,578,754
orwieli truion-j:iigIand. " l45.4C6
Spiiniileld F. & M,-Spriusneld, " 3,044.910
Total Assets, $12,115,774
0133? At tp.a and Paid at tliisAgenc
W 1.1,. BROWNE,
1 rsonal attention to all Cuslnses Entrust
to my care.
XOTAKY IX OKFICK.
Title Examined. Abstaicts Compiled, In
surance Written, l:eal Estate Sold.
Iietter Facilitia-s for making Farm Loans than
Any Other Ageucr
llalti(iiiouth,
Nebraska.
WE WILL HAVE A
Fine:-: Line
-OF-
HOLIDAY GOODS,
ALSO
Library - Lamps
-OF-
Uaiane Designs anflPatterns
AT THE USUAL
Cheap Prices
AT-
SMITH & BLACK'S.
Latest by Telegraph.
BOUUOWKO AMD- BTOLXJr.
Knowldg Bttr Than Strikes.
Philadelpoia, Jan. 5. Mrs. Leonora
M. Harrjr, general investigator of the
Knights of Labor, has issued a circular
letter to the feinalsa of the order, wher
ever found. It deals with the subject
f the condition of the workiug women
and girls, ud strongly Advocates the ex
penditure of uiouej for education, in
stead of strikes.
Talmas Chosen Chaplain.
New Yokk, Jan. 6. The Key. Dr. Tal
niage has been chosen to succeed Henry
Ward Beecher ns chaplain of the thirteen
th regiment of Brooklyn. In his letter
tendering the appointment Col. David
E. Austin writes that it way his hope that
the successor of Mr. Beecher should be
one well acquainted with him and who
eutartained broad views so that those of
all creeds, such ns are found in a regi
inenty of soldiers, might with consistency
fight under tiie banner ot his faith.
Klllsd at a Railroad Crossing.
Vicksbcro, Miss., January Wed
nesday evening, while one of the trains
of the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad
was passing tle Cherry street crossing in
this city, it knocked down and run over
a young man named William Aiken,
injuring 'him to such an extent that
he died in a short timo, A little over
a year ago his younger brother was run
over and badly.injured at the same place,
for which a suit was instituted by his
mother against the Mann Boudoir Car
Company for heavy damages.
Ml ssourl Treasury Report-
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 6. The re
port of the transactions of the State
Treasury of Missouri for the month end
ing December 31 4 1887, shows the fol
lowing :
Balance on hand December 1. 1887,
$23.97,547; receipts during Decem
ber, $81,722, 876; disbursements dnring
December, $58,571,805; balance on hand
January 1, 1888, $47,098,618. Theearn
ings of the state prison during the mouth
were $14,409. 88, and the 'disbursements
were alike total.
Charged with Forgery
Carvi. III., January 6. Deputy Unit
ed States Marshal Schnieder Wednesday
arrested James A. Williams, Postmaster
at School Post office, in this county, and
will take bis prisoner to Springfield to
night to answer to a charge of taking
from the mail a letter belonging to Jacob
Sturm, a pensioner, and by forging the
name of Sturm, who is himself unable
to write, receiving and collecting a pen
sion check belonging to Sturm. Wil
liams claims that Sturm was owing him.
and that what he did was by the authori
ty of Sturm.
Coming Tariff Debates.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 5. Senator
Reagan is getting ready for his turn 111
the tariff debate. As soon as Senator
Sherman began talking yesterday the
Texan walked over to the republican side,
took a seat just behind the speaker and
listened intently, making occasional jott
ings on a sheet of paper. Mr. Yoorhees
instead of waiting until to-morrow, as he
promised to do, essayed "the greatest ef
fort of his life" immediately upon the
conclusion of Mr. Sherman's speech. Mr.
Reagan and other democratic statesmen
will endeavor to begin where Mr. Voorheefl
left off.
HUGS AND KISSES.
A $1000,000 Breach of Promise
Suit-What the Testimony
Developed.
New York, Jan. 0, The trial of the
case of Miss Clara Campboll, daughter of
a once well known millionaire iron deal
er of Irontown, Ohio, who is suing
Charles Arbuckle, of this city, the mil
lionaire coffee merchant, for $100,000
damages for breach of promise, cam'
up in the supreme court Wednesday.
Mr. Arbuckle, in the course of his testi
mony, said he met the lady first in the
spting of 1882; that he promised to mar
ry her on her asking him, which he
claims she did. He gave her presents
but she went awav In the spring, and he
never saw her again. Witness smd that
subsequent to 1882 things were said and
done by plaintiff to which he objected,
Miss Campbell, in her testimony, said
she was 39 years old. She denied that
she proposed to Arbuckle, and related
her story at some length. Letters from
Arbuckle were producer), whjch were
full of "HV and "JV which Miss
Campbell said meant hugs and kisses.
THB NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A Petition in Favor of Prohibition
Presen:ed by Piatt In
the Senate.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 5, The
president's message concerning the right-of-way
for railroad purposes through
various railroad reservations, also relat
ing totrespasses on Indian lands, and to
timber trespasses, was presented and re
ferred to the cotntuitte on Indian affairs
in the senate today.
Among the petitions presented was
one by Piatt, in favor of prohibition of
the liquor traffic in the District of, Col
umbia, one by Blair in favor of a nation
al prohibitory constitutional amendment,
one by Hoar against the admission of
Utah so long as its legal powers are in
the hands of the Mormon priesthood, and
also several in favor of the Blair educa
tional bill.
The committeo on Indian affairs re
ported bills to provide for the compul
sory education of Indian children and in
relation to marriage between white men
and Indian women. Calendar.
Among the bills introdnccd were the
following:
By Hoar To provide for the world's
exposition at the national capital in 1882,
and thereafter a permanent exposition of
the three Americas, in honor of the anni
versary of the discovery of Amereca.
Referred to a select committee on cen
tennial celebrations.
By Dawes To establish a postal tele
graph system.
By Piatt For formation and admis
sion into the union of the state of north
Dakota.
After some routine business Mitchell
called up the joint resolution introduced
by him for the appointment of acommis
si on to select a site for a naval station on
the Pacific coast north of the 42nd paral
lei of north latitude, and addressed tlx
senate in advocacy of it.
In the House.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 5. Upon the
assembling of the house today Speaker
Carlisle announced the committees ap
pointed for this session of Congress, after
which an adjournment was taken till
Monday.
Weather Probabilities.
Washington, Jan. 6, 1 : 30 a. m. In
dications for Nebraska: Colder; fair
weather; fresh to brisk northerly winds.
Plattsmouth Markets.
FURNISHED BY W. II. NEWELL & CO.
January 6, 1888
Wheat No. 2, 55.
" " 3 50.
Corn, 2 36.
Oats, 2 25.
Rye, 2 50.
Barley, 50.
Hogs, $5.
Cattle, $3.004.00.
KrMtnttona MOm About sutciettnaicfca.
As to the cuMedness of the rattlesiiaKe, i
would like to correct a very common error.
These otherwise dangerous reptiles always
give warning, and never bite unless roughly
trod upon or incautiously caught with the
hand. On a cold, rainy or damp day, when
partially torpid, they givo no alarm, and will
not bite under any circumstances. A man
may take them up and fold them around
his neck without harm, The same may Lm
done at other times, but the performer must
be extremely cautious. He may touch any
part of the snake's body, except the tail or
rattles. The rattler has a well known but
unwritten law "Thou shalt not suffer any
man to touch thy tail or thy rattles, pn, pain
of death to tba offender." Observing this
law, an expert may handle one of these rep
tile monsters almost any time with absolute
impunity. It is needless to say, however,
that I do not recommend 6uch performance
as on every day exercise. Even an unloaded
gun will sometimes go off unexpectedly. J.
W, Scott in Philadelphia Press.,
Wealth In Personal Property.
The most striking feature in modern
wealth is the rapid increase in personal prop
erty. In old times this was hardly knowu.
Now, however, we have a class of capitalists
whose preference is for personal property.
Jay Gould has 180,000,000 thus invested, and
(ha Vn4erbilt ?3t4t 15 Pf thl-icg th.at a.rn!Unt
Russeil Sage's millions are in the same shape,
and the record might almost be indefinitely
extended. Those who become interested in
personal wealth avoid real estate, because of
its inevitable vexations. They prefer to have
their property in shape that will yield divi
dends without the trouble of paying taxes and
punning after r-et)ts. Of cpu'rse they run, the
risk of defalcation and other contingencies
of loss, but they find compensating ad
vantages, The YanderbiJ," f9T J11!
haya wealth enough to own houses, but
what a burden such an estate would be to
men who are accustomed to receive dividend
checks without any greater labor than
writing their names. Troy Times.
Cppeioded jft riskfe
Ixtrd iyons is a great authority in all matr
ters of etiquette, and on pne occasion, some
years pacf, was consqlted. by the Prnp
Wales on he possibility of his royal high
ness' fighting a duel, the princess having been
grossly insulted. Lord Lyons pointed out
rather bluntly the fact that such a combat
would be unequal, for that the adversary
could only defend hjniself , any attack upon
the person of tha beir apparent ponstiiutiiipj
high treason." -tfhV prince "acted on" this
advice, and concluded to let tho matter grop.
THE YAMEXI RUXXERS.
ADVENTURES OF BICYCLIST STEVENS
IN THE CHINESE EMPIRE.
Saved frouN, Howling City Mob by tho
Services of the Yamenl Itunner Novel
Dlntingulshing Marks An Kxplanatlou.
Trip Through Tu-ho.
Taken all in all my tour through Chiua
was about the toughest bit of exjienenfe on
the whole journey around the world on a
bicycle. Nothing is more certain than that
I fcbould have erished at tho hands of some
howling city mob in the interior except for
the good services of the yameni runners,
under whose protection I travell during the
lust two weeks I was in the country.
The yumeni runners of China correspond
to the zaptiehs of Turkey and the sowars of
Persia, Afghanistan and other central A.siaa
countries. Attached to the government of
every city or district are a certain number of
these yameni runners. Their duty is to carry
dispatches, convey prisoners, protect prop
erty, act as escort ami otherwise obey orders
in the service of the i it"'
TWO WHITK "BULL'S KVES.';
Tho yameni runners wear tho ordinary
Chinese garments with the exception of the
coat, which is embellished with sundry dis
tinguishing apiMHidages. The most prominent
of these, and by which the yameni runner
may readily bo distinguished from other peo
ple as far as can bo seen, are two big white
"bull's eyes," one on his back and tho other
in front. Theso round white patches are
about eighteen inches m diameter and aro
marked with big rod characters which indi
cate tho district the wearer belongs to.
The real object of these large disks of white
is to form a fitting ground work for tbo con
spicuous display of the charactei-s. The Eu
ropean residents of tho treaty ports, how
ever, facetiously call them "bull's eyes," and
account for their adoption as follows:
A Chinese soldier can never, under any
circumstances, hit the bull's eye of a target.
Observing this, and in their egotism believ
ing that what tho celestial warriors couldn't
do tho soldiei-s of no other country could,
tho authorities conceived tho idea of attach
ing bull's eyes, front and rear, to the yameni
runners, so that, in case of war, if tho sol
diers fired at them, they would ls sure to
miss their mark.
Whatever tho explanation, a squad of
yameni runners drawn up in lino present to
tho foreigner a very grotesque and amusing
spectacle. Looking at them front or rear
they present the appearance of a row of hu
man targets, with big, white bull's eyes in
tho center. At the back tho long daugling
cue severs the white disk in half with a black
streak.
AN ESCORT OF RUNNERS.
The first time I was favored with an escort
of yameni runners was at tho city of Ta-ho,
a place of some importance in the province
of Kiang-tsi. The mandarin at Ta-ho sent
an escort of two with me to guide me to the
next city, a day's march distant. This city
was Kin-ngan-foo, and iu its narrow,
crowded streets, by hurrying mo along the
nearest way to the yamen, or official quarter,
the two yameni runners rescued mo from an
infuriated mob, bent on the diabolical pur
pose of burning me alive.
" As I wheeled slowly through tho gate of
tho high brick walJ that surrounded the city
of Ta-ho, trotting along ahead of me was a
6lim young yameni runner, with a short bam
boo spear. He was bareheaded, barefooted
and barelegged. In tho poverty of his ap
parel and tho all around contempt of per
sonal appearance and cleanliness ono could
plainly read tho total absence of individual
ambition.
In striking contrast to him was tho dandi
fied individual who brought up tho rear
about ten paces behind tho bicycle. He like
wise was a yameni runner, but of suerior
rank. Instead of a bamboo spear with a
rusty head, ho carried on oil paper parasol, a
onguc rea article, ornamented with blue
characters . and gold gilt Chinese ladies
golden lilies with tiny feet.
Besides this elaborate article he reioicod
in tho possession of both hat and shoes. As
soon as we got well away from the walls of
Ta-ho, however, ho pulled off theso latter
articles, and giving them to his comrado to
carry, trotted along behind mo in his bare
feet. Golden Days.
A Peculiar- Antipathy.
AS I was ascending the bridge step3 to tako
train for New York tho other afternoon, 1
noticed just ahead of me a woman leading a
little boy by the hand. The boy, who ap
peared to be about 4 years old. was trying to
hold back and crying bitterly. 4-I don't want
to go on the bridge," ho yelled, while ho
tugged, away to get back to the street It
was with great difficulty that the woman got
himpn the train. When she sat down ho
climbed into her lap and, throwing his arms
around her neck, moaned and cried most
piteously. ' 'I don't want to go on tho bridge,"
he kept repeating all the way over.
I asked tho mother why the boy was aft-aid
to go on the bridge, and. pho replied that
there was only one way to account for it.
l'.Tha boy,1' sbosaJd, ''was born a few months
After tho groat accident on the bridge just
after tho opening in 1883. My husband was
killed in the crush that day. I was with him,
but by some miracle I escaped. Yery early
in life my son evinced great fear of tho
bridge and always pried when crossing it. I
generally use tho ferry, as I hate to mako a
scene, but J am in a hurry today and so came,
over this way. 1 hope ho wilj recover- from.
his fear as he grows, older-, but I am begio'
n.jng to think otherwise. Jle has no idta how
few father- ditl, and no ono has ever spoken
of tho bridge accident in his hearinff."
"Rambler" in Brookn Eagle.
A Pint of Old Buttqi,
'It's wonderful what a man can liuy on
tho street nowadays," said a bachelor
cently. "Vou can" get ever5tUing from a
chroino to a cooked mea), tit fh, Pi
unique largaii that saw uffvml, and
which appealed to my finest f eel rS waLn
whole pint of od 1 and old buttons for five
cents. I made an investment right there
and then, and I wasn't tUe only pae either.
A lesson raji x found n the incident also
au4 it is that a man can pull throujh n
tight place at times if he only exerci-ses a
little original thought, Tho fakir's stock in
trade probhlj didnt cost him more than a
few pennies, aid ho was doing; a big bus-
dobs, wmio Ustcf FbUadehyhto. L'sxlL
ATTENTION
Ore a
ale:
l'y the Dry (Jools ICinjiuri urn of
JOSEPH V.
For the next Twenty. J )ays weluive
Stock of
Cloaks at 20
From Standard prices, which wen; lJ. per cent. .H" front hi.-t year 6
prices. These goods consist of all the latent t-tylec in
Cloaks, Imported New Markets,
Astraehan and Plush Wraps.
AVe also offer special prices in all
WOOL DRESS FLANNELS
SILK AND WOOL ASTR ACEA2TS
Also 45 inch Tricots at 7 So, worth Sl.oo, ;Uid VA inch all wool Tri
cots at 45c, Worth 75. These are the lies', prices offered to
Plattsmouth - Ladies
this yc.ir. Ladies are invited to call hefore the rush takes
the best bargains.
JOS, V, WECKBA
Daylight
Plattsmouth,
Circa! Sale- iu
CLOAKS -
i'or Ladies', Misses' and Children.
We are determined to ch so out on:- Kndru S oek of (.'io;tk, w ith
in 30 davs our assortment wiii 1
city and as this sale is especially
to discount any Sample Lot Sale on
150 Pairs
Slaughter sale on Ihese Goods to
and to close out quickly, great
TWO HUNDRED COMFORTS
Ladies Gents' and Children's
UNDERWEAR SALE,
Fifty Dozen Pieces.
Astonishing values will be offered in this Department for
the next Two Weeks.
For Holiday gifts, Headquarters long since Establish
ed for useful presents, embracing fcilk Mulllers, lace and
bilk Handkerchiefs, Toilet Sets, Albums, Tidies, table
Scarfs, Hammered LSrass "Whisk Broom Casts, Piano Lnd
Stand Covers and fancy Goods. An Inspection is Le
spcctfully Solicited.
SOLOMON & NATHAN,
White From Dry Goods House. .
PLATTSMOUTH,
ADIES !
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choice
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e found the inot complete in tho
introduced for riva'ry we uarantvc
record In per cent.
f Blanket
Close. The season has been mild,
reductions have been made.
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