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TilK DAILY HERALD: PLAlTSMQUTiL iEliitASKA, WHNE36aY, JAJiUAll
ne Evening Herald.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.
A. Kllbrjr. IeUl Kockwood Bmldlaff,
Telrphoa . 35.
Ir. Wllkrnt, leotlt, I'aloa Blork.
CITY CORDIALS.
Attend the revival services at the M.
E. church tonight.
Married ly Jtev. Geo. 1$. Murray at
hi residence in Murray, on Jan. 21, 18'J,
Mr. Kobcrt Shrader to Miss Jennie Wolf.
One pony engine and crew were laid
off from wrvicc in the B. & M. yards here
list ni-'ht on accouut of the slack, of
busines-j.
Regular meeting of the W. C. T. U.
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the
home of Mrs. S. A. Duvi. on Pearl street.
A good attendance is desired.
The attendance at the union revival
meetings being held in the MethodUt
church ha thus far this week been large,
and the interest is sarely increasing.
.Mis Exii C'ritchfield, who was called
home to Weeping Water a few days ago
on account of the sickness of her mother,
returned to the tity this moruing as her
mother has improved considerable.
The bill given at Fitzgerald's Hall
last night was well attended, several
visitors from a distance being present.
The ball was under the auspices of the
.St. Luke's Guild, and proved to be o
very enjoyable event.
The ilinor vs. Holloway case which
has been before the county court for
.some time, came up again yesterday
morning for hearing. As the jury hung
after a long siege of argument, the case
oas continued until the 13th of next
month.
The icemen have found an ice field
in the vicinity of the pump houao and
arcjhauling today in large quantities.
The ice is fully a foot thick and as good
as can be found anywhere. The ice
men are now brightening up.
A good portion of the business
houses situated ou lower Main street were
about left in diirkuens last night owing
Jo some defect in the gas pipes. For
some time several of the merchants were
quite uneasy because they had no lamps
in their possession and they expected
every minute to be left in darkness.
Judge Xewell returned from Kear
ney this morning where he has been can
vassing for the company in which he is
interested, for the coming season. He
informed us that the company has never
yet introduced their material into that
country, but he was appaic-nMy much
pleased with the success he met with dur
ing his trip.
Jules S. Murray, advance agent for
W.-J. Fleming's ''Around the wold in
SO days'' is in the city today miking ar
rangements for the coming of the com
pany on the 20th. The same company
- was snowed in here lat winter during
the blizzard ami failed to get arouDcl
the world in 80 days.
Sheriff Eikenbary, was in Council
Bluffs yesterday investigating the work
done by the two forgers. Dunn aud VYil
son. The sheriff secured a first-class si 1
ver watch belontrinir to Duun's father
which he had pawned for a trivial sum.
The sheriff informed the chief of p dice
that they had captured the two fellows,
this being the cause of his visit to the
city today.
Chief of Police Lucas, . of Counci1
Bluffs, came to the city this morning to
secure Wilson, who is now in prison here
charged with forgery. The police at
Council Bluffs have good proof that he
is the man who forged the notes on the
two banks. It is also lelieyed that Dunn
had something to do with tha handling
of the same notes. Wilson has conseuteii
to return with the chief tonight without
a requisition.
. Occasionally an" item appears in the
Journal which would lead a person who
was not posted to believe that that paper
has a special correspondent stationed at
Lincoln. Every other day a lengthy Lin
coln letter appears under a manufactured
: bead 'Sijch as '"Our Lincoln Letter," and
'Special to the Journal," which would
, leave eric under the impression that the
Journal was really enterprising enough
to pay a special correspondent for his
services. Nearly every day they come
at and solicit subscriptions on account
of their Lincoln letter. The Lincoln let
ter is all right, we admit, but whafs the
" me of waiting on the tardy motions of
the Journal when a person can read the
same letter in the morning lire. Every
one will admit that C. Whopper is a
champion iu his line, but wh it's the us
in trying to deceive people who kn 'w as
well whLre he gets his Liucoln letter as
he does.
Building and Loan Meeting.
The stockholders of the JJvingston
Loin and Budding Association are here
by n itifieJ to m?et at tire oHee of Skin
ner and Ritchie, Jan ''th, at S P. M. for
the purpose of adopting by-laws and the
transaction of such other business asi
.may properly come before the meeting
By order of the president.
W. If- Miller, S.c'y.
OUR LINCOLN LETTER
Notes From the Capital as Seen By Our
Special Correspondent.
THE HOUSE RUSHING BUSINESS
Plattsmouth and Lincoln Water
Systems Compared Items of '
Interestto This Locality.
An interesting Letter.
Lincoln, Jani'2, 1880.
Editor Herald: While glancing
over one of last week's Journals we
noticed an attempt of the editor of the
Journal to make it appear that County
Comiuisssouer Todd had been alone in
recommending the abolition of county
attorney as at present provided by our
laws. As it happened, your scribe le-
ported that meeting for the benefit of
the commissioners and can show by the
record that commissioners from other
counties than Cass reflected very severely
on the usefulness of the county attorney
as at present elected.
The attempt of a small majority of the
senators to hold the senate in session on
.Saturday proved a failure. A short ses
sion was held Saturday, just long enough
to entitle the senators to five dollars
apiece. Monday morning found only a
few of those who clamored for a Satur
day's session on hand. The real work of
the sonate is about to commence, i. e., to
look over and revise the work of the
house.
The house is pushing along as rapidly
as any legislative body of its nature can
Im expected to progress; it has passed
house rolls is and 11) amending the pro
cedure u actions of replevin, whereby
tho defendant is perused to retain pos
session of the property replevied uppn
executing a good and sufficient bond to
the sheriff for the return of the property
if it shall be adjourned on the final trial
that the right of possession yas in the
plaintiff. This is an excellent move, as,
iu most instances, the defendant can use
and keep the property at loss loss than
the sheriff or plaintiff, while tho security
4iven under the bond makes the officer
or plaintiff safe without compelling him
to care for and keep property until the
termination of a tedious lawsuit. The
question of damages to tho defendant
resulting from detention of property is
also out of the question under this bill.
The house has also had under considera
tion au important measure, house roll No.
4, empowering city and county treasurers,
whenever they have an aiuoutU tc exceed
one thousand dollars, to the credit of any
inking fund for the redemption of bonds
issued by their city, county r precinct,
to mvest such amount in United States,
city, town, precinct or scUqqI district
bonds, flueh investment to be made after
public notice has been given for tweuty
days by advertising in .some newspaper
of general publication and circulation in
such county. A measure similar to this
would in the past have been of great
benefit to the citizens of Cass county.
House roll So. :j has been passed by the
house and now waits the &ctiou cf the
senate, it provides tor the escheating of
lands held by non-resident aliens to the
state upon the death af their owner, and
forbids any such aliens to hereafter
acquire title la any land within the state;
there is one exception to Jhebillin favor
f railroad companies that requires some
intendment in order to make it useful to
i majority of the citizens of our state.
House roll No. 17 is of the greatest im
portance to the citizens of Plattsmouth
and other county scats situated In coun
ties where a small portion of the residents
persistently right all efforts to erect suit
able buildings for the preservation of
county records and a decent place to hold
district and county comb This bill per
mits cities of the second clas, having
more than five thousand inhabitants to'
vote bonds to aid In constructing, build
ing, erecting, repairing and furnishing
county court homes, when so authorized
by a two thirds vote of the legal voters
of Mjcii city. House roll No. 22 author
izing the expenditure of nineteen hun
dred and fifty dollars matriculation and
diploma fees, now in the hands of the
state treasurer, for books for tle use of
the University library has pisseit the
house.
Sen ite file No. 7 as originally proposed
woul I have taken a judge out of. the
Second judicial district, but thanks to
the vigilence of the senators from Otoe
and C is?, this objectionable feature was
amended so as to leaye two judges, as at
present' 1 in the Second district. Senate
tile N . 8(3, introduced by Polk, of Cass,
is a meritorious bill, and should be passed;
it provides that assaults with intent to do
great l o lily haiii, (siicl; as the assault
on Wile Black) shall be deeincd a fel
ony an I be punished, on conviction of
the osnlv, by imprisonment iu the
pener.entiary not less than six months
nor more than tw J year?. 4 s the. law
now stands, assault and battery is uH
that can be made of the most brutal at
tack. Therj is no record of any person
convict ;d in this district for assault -with
intent to kill, the next grade of offenses
against the person.
Last night ic Bo'iannan's hall wo cotic-
ed J. K. Pollock, formerly of Plattsmouth,
take the honors in the amateur's hour
dash,beating all competitors three-fourths
of a mile, making seventeen and three
fourths miles in an hour.
Speaking of Lincoln and Plattsmou'h
reminds usj Lincoln's water works c:m
not compare with the Plattsmouth system.
Last night at the little blaze on L street
there was not sufficient pressure to throw
a stream of water sixty feet, and that
with the combined efforts of all the pres
sures HlQwn tq the Lincoln fire depart
ment, stand pipe, direct pressure and steam
engine,
A correspondent of the Ute was inter
viewing representatives on the floor of
the house as to what they thougnt of the
articles published in the Bee on " Prohi
bition in Iowa. We can rely on it Rose
water will hot publish all the opinions
as giyen to his pencil &hovc.
Yesterday we shook hands with C. M.
Wead, of Plattsmouth, and shortly after
wards noticed that the articles of incor
poration of the Livingston Loan and
Building Association, of Plattsmouth,
had been filed in the office of the secretary
of state, amount of authorized capital,
five hundred thousand dollars; incorpor
ators, C. M. Wead and J. II. Waterman.
We also noticed p. A. Campbell and
Ami Todd, of Plattsmouth, and II. D.
Travis, of Weeping . Water, around the
capitol.
Transient.
If you consult your own interests JCJ
will buy your foot-wear of Merges. tf
Died.
On Thursday the 17th inst., at the
home of Mrs. Drost iu IJock Bluffs pre
cinct, Mrs. Ina Haneardied, aged twenty
three years. She was buried on Sunday
the 20th, iu the Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Mrs. Hanear was the only child of Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Cable, and leaves an in
fant boy sixteen days old. ,
Try Merger fgryour winters footwear.
To The Public
Having purchased the interest of J. V.
Egenberger iu the grocery business of
Egenberger & Troop. I shall from this
time on be found at the old stand in the
opera house block, and shall at all times
be j;lad to meet and wait on my many
old friends iu Plasmouth and vicinity.
" -." If KHIU Hepel,
- Our firm solicits all the old business
and as many new customers as may favor
fib with their patronage.
yours Resectfully,
2t . TjltyQE- JJempel.
The City Meat Market is the b t place
to buy fresh meats, pork chops, poultry
and game of all kinds. tf
HERRMANN 'B
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Prior to Invoicing Feb. First Vie Will Give
SPECIAL LOW PRICES!
Ill Order to Clear Up Our Odds and Ends
in our Different Departments.
S;pecisul IE3a,rgra,i:r2LS lira.
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ONE DOOR EAST FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
PERSONALS.
Mr. O. Guthman of Louisville is in the
city.
Mrs. John Duke, of Omaha, arrived
ia the city this morning.
V. O. English, B. & M. trainmaster,
was in the city last night.
The Misses Kemball of Omaha, are the
guests of Mrs. Geo. Doyey.
Mn Fred Murphy of Cedar Creek came
to the city last night to attend the ball.
Mr. Cliff Shepherd, of Lincoln, at
tended the ball at Fitzgerald's hall last
night.
Major Wheeler came from Omaha by
the flyer yesterday afternoon and returned
last night.
Mr. John McArthur, of the firm of
McArthur Bros., Lincoln, attended the
ball last night.
Dr. Ggok and O. M. Streight drove to
Nehawka this morning, tho doctor being
summoned there on professional business.
Mr. C. II. Smith, who is now employed
on the Omaha and Council Bluffs cable
line as a conductor, arrived in the city
by the flyer yesterday afternoon to viait
with his family here during the kal lance
of the week.
Mozart Academy of Music.
Crowded jn every part was the Mozart
last night to witness the spectrcular play
of "Around the World in Eighty Days."
Spectacular is an attractive term, and in
tiiis instance was richly deserved, for the
stage settings were &11 picturesque and
characteristic, giving a good idea of the
scenes and adventures a person, would
experience in such a rapid journey, to be
undertaken at all hazards within a limited
space of time. There is more ia tho play
than mere spectacle for there is tome
really fine dramatization. Take, for ia
stance, Phineas Fogg, the cool, deter
mined Englishman, who undertakes to
win his bet. Mr. W. G. Fleming if the
faithful impersonation of that character
always csoj and self-possessed. Then
there is Mr. James f. Fleming, Who, as
John Arcibald, the American, truthfully
typifies his countrymen, with their reck
less brayery, generosity and gallantry
and Mr. Arnold Wolfred as Passe Par
tout. Fogg's servant, was very comic.
The march of the Amazons ehowed a
precLIoc drill which always brings
rounds'of 'applause.
This piece will be presented again to
night and at the matinee and evening to
morrow, and it is believed that a play of
such interest, merit and display will un
doubtedly dragr crowded houses Rich
mond tyfrig. 'ffo?. F.' "
Will appear at the' Waterman Tuesday
Jan. 29. , :
Sale
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Inl UVJ UYJ
Cleaimmce Sale I
.At a Great Reduction in our Complete Line of
He will give you "CASH" Trices that will dety Compe
tition for
THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS
In order to make room for Spring Goods,
Men's Arctics for 85 Cents.
Other warm goods in same proportion.
MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING
Pone at a Lpw Price.
W. A. EGK & CI
THE ASTRONOMERS; ASTONISHED !
It Is Believed the Earth Will be Des
troyed Within the Next Six
lyforjths.
THE CHINESE IN CONVULSIONS
They
Believe the Earth Will
Burned into Ashes.
Be
Tremendous Comet In the Heavens
' A terrible ball ef fire haa recently been
discovered in tho Heavens, and ia said to
be approaching the Earth at the rate of
one hundred and wyeamUiion mfce. pej
pej
day. Astronomers are somewhat alarmed
as to the direction in which it is centered,
and tell as that if it does not change its
course, it will surely be the destruction
of the earth. It is estimated to be twelve
times larger than the great planet Jupi
ter, which is the largest planet of the
niyerse. Astronomers tell us it will
soon he f isiQI to ihe "peppjd pf tins con
tinent. . It can be easily observed by the
people of China and it is said that the
Chinese by close observation have dis
covered upon the tail of the great comet
printed in roman letters
Gaorre W. Van. the only tcleotlfle Jeweler
ravldlnc la nattamoutn.
Citizens, I am yours Fraternally,
Gbokob W. Vass,
tf. Astreuouier ud Jeweler.
V b-.;i: :ftT, ,.;. ,
Timothy Clark. Coal sad Wood. South
rJ street. Telephone-13.
Wtgaf cheap r-r;..,
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Dr. C- A. Marshall.
Resident Dentist.
Preservation of the Natural Teeth a
Specialty. Auesthetics given for Pain
less Filling on Extraction of Tekth.
A"nl teeth made on Cold. Silvi-r,
"bp f'"ulold J1 rted
j sired.
I All work warranted. Prices reasonable.
, Kitzoera li'h Block Platthmouth. Nb
H. C. SCHMIDT,
(COUNTY SCKVKVOK.)
Civil Engineer.
Surveyor and Draftsman
Plana, Specifications and Estimates, Mu
nicipal Work, Maps Ac
PLATTSMOUTH, - . NEB
January 21st.
Vup.iRte orcerg f0r Cubinrts will
prlated for t2.0U perozen for &.j air,
vuuer uauery. All, having ticket
are requested to use them at once. d-St
Bring your job work to tho IIeralo