IT IS NOW MAYOR BUTLER
The
New City Officials
Now In Charge.
Are
THE COMMITTEES ANNNUXCEll.
W. D. Jones, Murphy and Petersen
Get the Chairmanship of the
Three Important Com
mltte s. Other
Notes-
The city council met in regular
session last night at the council
chamber. Present Mayor Richey,
Clerk Fox, Councilman Salisbury,
Gutsche, Miner, Petersen, Murphy,
W, D. Jones I. M. Jones, Larsen.
and Dove, Browne coining in a few
minutes before the new council
were sworn in.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
A petition was read asking that
Granite street, between Fifth and
Sixth, and Fourth street 'between
Main and Pearl be graded so that
the Leiderkranz society woud hare
engress and egress to their proper
ty. On motion the prayer of the
petitioners was granted.
A number of the citizens peti
tioned the mayor' and council for a
.side walk on the south side of Gran
it ebetween Third and Fourth streets
and it was granted.
A petition was also read asking
for a sidewalk on the west
side of Fourth street in front ot the
Weckbach lot and also the abate
ment of the sewer at the same place
as it was declared a nuisance.
Granted.
A petition was read asking for the
construction of a sidewalk at the in
tersection of Twelfth and Grannite
to Maiden Lane. On motion the
prayer of petitioner was granted.
Another petition asking for the
grading of Main street between
Seventh and Eighth by theporperty
holders to lot line, was read and on
motion referred to the commitee on
streets, alleys and bridges.
The finance committee reported
favorable on the following bills:
J M Wroth, hand work $ 4 51
Kitdow Uroe, hand work 2 (JO
Jeo Poisal.team work 4i 00
J Stull. team work 21 ( )
John Koth, liaud work 2 SO
i ieo Poisa 11 salary 17 3
J C ChainlM.'rs, nozzleman 2 50
Modest Iliatt, hand work 1 50
Frank Ilitt, nozzleman 2 50
All Lee, same 2 50
Frank Moruan. expense? 41 23
C has Wheeler, team work 10 30
C A Miller, sclary 15 63
John Doyle, nozzleman 2 50
M McCool, hand work 9 00
Kobt Carnes, same 7 50
K Johnson, same 11 80
John Jenna, same 11 f)
V Cole, special police 2 CO
V Biskel team work f0 40
The mayor and council next ap
proved the bonds of the new of
ficers and Ihey were immediatelj'
sworn in by Mayor Richey.
The last act of Mayor Richey was
to publtcly thank the old council
for the many courtesies extended to
him during his term of ofiice, after
which he stepped down and out.
Mayor Butler called the council
to order and on motion a vote of
thanks was tendered the old
officers for the faithful performance
of their dut-. Mayor Butler then
delivered a short speech on the
future prosperity of the ciiy, say
ing that he was in favor of public
improvements io a certaia extent
ana aiso recoiiimenaea the paving
Sixth street, between Vine and
Pearl, at an early date.
The clerk then called the
roll of the new council, result
ing in W. D. Jones, Longenhagen,
L). M. Jones, Spies, Murphy, Steim
ker, Petersen, Lake, Minor and
Graves being present.
Mayor JJutler then announced his
standing committees, which are as
follows:
Finance W. D.Jones, A.J. Graves
and F. II. Steimker.
Judicial y M. B. Murphy, F. II.
Steimker and II. Spies.
Fire and Water Joseph Lake, A.
J. Graves and J. C. Petersen.
Claims J. L. Mnor, D. M. Jone?
and G. II. Longenhagen.
License I). Spies, Joseph Lake
:nd J. L. Minor.
Streets, Allejs and Bridges J. C.
Petersen, M. B. Murphy and D. M.
Jones.
Police D. M. Jones, M. B. Murphy
and W. D. Jones.
Gas and Lighting A. J. Graves,
G. II. Longenhagen and J. C. Peter-
Ben.
Hospital G. II. Longenhagen," J.
L. Minor and Joseph Lake.
Cemetery F. II. Steimker, W. D.
Jones and H. Spies.
The appliations for a permit to
run a saloon for another year were
read and referred to the license
committee, after which the council
adjourned to meet Wednesday eten-
ing-
Ecnoes.From the Diamond.
There is a bright, shining crown
awaiting he' that will invent a
patent ky clearer. THE 1 1 EKALD
itself will print his name on its
front page in large, black display
type. Nay, it will go further. It
will start a subscription list after
the manner of the cyclone list and
it will send its reporlorial Htaff and
its editorial ntatf and its "devi.'" to
the far corners of the earth to
search out wealth to make the in
ventor a power in the land. For it
is many moons since we have gazed
on a ball game and we are thirsty
and hungry after one. We long to
hear once more the merry cry of the
umpire: "Three balls," "Four balls;
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
Reports Received From Twenty
f lv Counties out of Fifty.
The Nebraska weather service in
co-operation with the IT. S. depart
ment of agriculture, weather
bureau, central ofiice, Roswell ob
servatory, Doane college, Crete.
Weather-crop bulletin No. 3, for the
w ek ending Friday, April 22.1892.
Reports received from seventy-six
observers in fifty counties. This
week has been a continuati jn of the
cloudy and rainy weather of the
past week; little progress has been
made in farm work which is now
from two to three weeks late. The
temperature has been much below
take your base," and the wild roar j the normal and there have been
r . ft ...' a - 1 t
generally uui two sunsmne uays.
of the populace thereat. And
toward the close of the game we
delight to join the crowd and aid
them to tear the umpire body from
soul and strew his remains over the
fair earth. But, alas! we fear it can
never was. lo-uay the sun lias niu
him behind a gray, opaque mass of
vapor and he refuses to shine and
the mud deepens. To-morrow
Baker's "freaks" were to be here but
from present indications nothing
will be done as base ball is a game
that cannot be played on the water,
The windows of several of the
business houses are decorated with
the new lithograph ads of the
.a . 111
L'ames, ana tnev re use me Dan
team winners.
The minstrel show is being
pushed for all it's worth and it's a
sure go. Duncan Clark's company
robbed Reinhackel of some of his
most ancient gags and he is sad
and dejected in consequence. He
says if a good show had done it he
wouldn't kick but, under the circuin
stances, he is "fo'ced
Patterson and Kennedy, the song
and dance team, are a whole show
in themselves. Don't miss 'em
Al Perrine got a letter the other
day addressed after tLia manner:
MR. ALPERKINE,
: Plattsjiouth, Xeb. :
Tallow Pot on the li. & !., :
: Nebraska Slate League Pitcher :
: and All-around Han. :
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Maupin is said to have tele
graphed Anson last night that
whoever sent him the ace of spades
to represent his color is a prevari
cator.
The Aged Beauties (?).
If anybody attended Duncan
Clark's female minsirels last nijrht
with the expectations of witnessing
an immoral show they must have
been disappointed. There were
quite a number of ladies in the
house and there was certainly
nothing about the show to keep
them away, and less to draw them
out In fact, there was no reason
able excuse for anybody to go to
this show. It is not a good show
and it is not bad enough to be
good. It is absolutely harmless and
without a redeeming feature,
About the rawest part of the per
formance was the attempt of two of
the bluffs in the outfit to sing a
parody on that grand old hymn,
' Comrades." When Felix McGlen
non wrote that popular melody he
little dreamed the depths to which
it would descend. After the doors
were opened and the crowd got out
Hos-d's Sarsaparilla was m great
demand to eradicate "that tired
feeling."
Fare thee well! Duncan and thy
coterie of dazzling beauties, and if it
is ever your pleasure and the peo
pie's misfortune of this city to meet
again do not fail to bring along
those mosquito bar uniforms.
"Wanted the Earth."
John Dillon yesterday afternoon
and evening at the performance at
Dohany's opera house captured a
portion of the center of -ie hemi
sphere in the vast audience that
greeted him. The performances
were of a nature that pleased every
one present, and from the applause
that he received he must have felt
gratified with his reception. There
is but one John Dillon and he has
never been successfully imitated.
The play is lively, with sufficient
plot to make it interesting, and is
brim full of fun f-oni beginning to
end. If John Dillon visits our city
again it will be a cold day if the
flies light on him and the people
fail to turn c.it and give him a
buzzing reception. Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
John Dillon will appear at the
Waterman next Friday nigh
Judge Ramsey to-day issued mar
riage licenses to Herman C. KupKe
and Miss Louis Stohlman, both of
Louisville; also to John H. Hall and
Miss Sarah McCaig, both of Wa
bash. Miss McCaig is the only sis
ter of the McCaig boys living near
Wabash.
t!
Wh v will vou cough when Sto
lon's cure will give immediate re-f
Prof. Maupin and George Vass
are engaged in an exciting game of
checkers this afternoon with the
honors about evenly divided. The
last report Maupin was one game
ahead of his opponent.
Wanted Some good dotton rags
sunshine
The precipitation over the eastern
half of Nebraska averaged some
what above an inch which is more
than double the normal amount;
the excess was still greater west
ward where in some areas it exceed
ed two inches; a fall of three to four
inches of snow was quite general
throughout the northern part of the
state on Tuesday night. The sow
ing of small grain has progressed
very little; a very little plowing for
corn has been done; the early sown
is up and doing well; there is an
increased acreage of wheat and the
prospects for small grain generally
are good in spite of the cold wet
weather.
REPORT BY COUNTIES.
Adams Season wet, cold and
backward but no damage except on
low ground.
Antelope All farm work sus
pended throughout the week; warm
weather needed else oats are liable
to rot.
Buffalo Oats not all in.
Butler Considerable ground un
der water; small grain not at all
sown and some sown and not
covered.
Cass Rain, snow and hail during
the week; considerable grain yet to
be sown.
Cedar Not twenty-four hours of
sunshine during the week; wheat
and oats are not injured by the cold.
Custer- -Most small grain sown;
to wet to plow for corn, winter grain
looking well.
Chase Small grain sown and
coming up; prospect for winter
wheat never better.
Clay Crop conditions unfavor
able, sleet and snow on the night of
the nineteenth.
c-oitax small aram all sown du
not properly covered, more small
grain sown than usual.
Cherry Over two inches of snow
on Tuesday night.
Cumming Oats half sown; no
plowing for corn yet,
Dawes Snow storm tor four days
more on the ground than for seven
years.
Dawson Too wet to blow for
corn.
Dodge No damage done from
rain except on low ground
Dundy Rain and snow all the
week.
Filmore Farm work two weeks
I 'hind, earlj' oats coming up and
looking well; plowing for corn be
gun.
Franklin Farm work delayed;
much planting trees reported
Furnas Fall grain and alfalfa
looking-well; spring grain about
sown and doing well.
Gage All farm work delayed on
account of continued rain,
Hamilton Week dull and cold
ground and too sticky for farm work,
Harlan Rainfall about normal,
Hays Fall grain doing well but
some spring grain not properly cov
ered.
Hitchcock Wheat already sown
looks well but too wet to finish seed
ing.
Holt Seeding about half fin
ished.
Jefferson Fall grain reported as
in the best condition for the past
twelve yea'-s.
Kearney The cold weather has
not harmdd the small grain.
Knox Snow and slush prevent
ing farm work.
Lancaster Ground in bad shape
to prepare for corn; wheat and oats
doing nicety.
Lincoln Very little farm work
done on account of wet weather.
Logan Seeding nearly done;
acreage five times that of last year
in this county.
Madison Cloudy nearly all the
time.
Merrick Bottom lands flooded;
more water than for twenty j'ears;
farm work about at a standstill.
Nemaha Oats are being mud
died in.
Nuckols Acreage of winter wheat
a third larger than last year; few
oats sown.
Otoe No sunshine for fire days;
very little farm work done.
Pawnee Week cloudy and cold
with a great amount of rain.
Platte Winter wheat and rye
looking well; work two weeks late.
Rock Some wheat up, but on the
low lands rotting in the ground;
four inches of snow on 20tb.
TO ATSrY G-ESNTXjEMAN?
In Cass C0-a.x1.t37"
Who can write the most words on a
new U. S. Postal Card t
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ONE - PRICE - CLOTHIER
Will Give the Following Prizes on July 4th:
1. A Nice Spring Suit.
2. A Nice Leather Satchel.
3 Two Nice Shirts.
Every word must be written with pen and ink.
Every word must be readable with the naked eye,
And must be written in sensible sentences.
Send all Postal Cards to
JOE, The One Price Clothier, Plattsmouth, Neb
No more Postal Cards accepted after July 3, '1892.
Only one Postal Card received from one and the same person.
JOE, the Popular Clothier,
done; little wheat sown; nearly all
oats; season three weeks late.
Seward Much grain sown and
not covered and some under water.
Sherman Grain has sprouted and
is coming up nicely.
Stanton--Seeding about three
fourths done but at a standstill now
from wet weather.
Valley Small grain nearly all in
and that sown early is up and look
ing well.
Thayer Grain and graSa growing
slowly.
Washingtion Farm work lhree
weeks late; wheat acreage ten per
cent less than last year, oats aver
age. Webster Warm cfear weather
needed for crops.
Wheeler About one-half the oat4
and barley sown; wheat upnicel'
and in good condition.
York--Wet weather has retarded
sowing which may prove injurious,
Goomvix D. Swezey,
G. A. LOVELAND, Director.
Weather Bureau Assistant.
PERSONAL.
Tenthr Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Palmer cele
brated their tenth wedding anni-
versary at tneir nome on ionn
Fourth street last evening by invit
intr in a number of their Yiends.
High five reigned supreme during
the evening. Re csh meats were
served that were heartily enjoyed
by those present. Judge Vanatta
and Mrs. G. L. Dovey won the king
prizes and A. W. White and Mrs. S.
P. Vanatta were the recipents of the
booby prizes. Following is a list of
those in attendance: Mr. and Mrs,
S. P. Vanatta, Mr. and Mrs. A. W,
White, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Fox, Mr.
and Mrs. H. N. Dovey, Mrs. James
Chase, Mrs.JG. E. Dovey, Mrs. McCoy,
Mrs. Carrigan, Miss Mamie Vivian,
Miss Eva Heath, Miss Carrie Adams,
Otis Dovey, O. C. Dovey and Robt.
K n a pp.
According to the census of 1890,
Chicago takes rank, by virtue of her
population ot l,w,oo peopie, as tne
eighth largest city on the globe.
Most of us desire, at one time or
another, to visit a city in which so
man v oersons hna nomes, ana,
when we do, we can find no better
line than the "Burlington Joute."
Three fast and comfortable trains
daily. For further information ad
dress the agent of the company at
this place, or write to J. Francis,
General Passemrer and Ticket
Agent, Omaha, Nebraska.
Rail-Road Pain Cure has no equal
as a Pain Killer. Use for all bodily
pa iti s and soreness. Guaranteed
- v-. 1 -v IT C
by Brown uarren ana j. n- ony.
Ask Will Streight about that ex
press package.
O. A. Brown was all Omaha pas
senger this morning.
Miss Luta IBurgess returned to
Omaha this morning.
P. J. Hansen went up to Omaha
this morning on business.
Frank Palmer went up to Lincoln
today to resume his run.
Fred Shroeder, the Cedar Creek
miller is in he city today.
Byron Clark went to Omaha this
morning oil legal business.
Mrs Stephen Buzzell is suffering
with.inflamatory rheumatism.
A. N. Sullivan went out to the
State capitol today on business.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Hawks worth and
Mrs. E, W. Cook were passen gera
this morning. ,
C. C. Parmele and J. M. Craiag ar
rived home last eveningfrom their
trip through the western part o ,ihc
state.
Broke Into a Car.
Three tramps broke ;into a box
car ir the yards this afternoon. The
car wa sealed and they broke the
the inside and
fastened th e door. The police were
notified and Officer Filzpatrick went
down and ha i to break the door off
to get in. TIi ey evidently thought
the car was 1c aded with fruit, but
instead it was It aded with furniture.
One of them hac a car Pin in hia
hand and anotl ier had a knife'
Thev were verv el w about giving
them up, but Johm lie finally landed
them in the city bastile. It is a
penitentiary offense to break a seal
on a car and they wi 11 probably be
bound over to the nex 1 term o thc
district court.
The funeral of Fath r Hay8 wil1
take place to-morrow
from the Presbyterian
2 o'clock.
BURUNOTOX & MISSOURI Rl VER R.yt
V TIME TABLE, y
OF DAILY PASSENGER TKAINS
' cW
GOING EAST
No. 2 6: 17 P. M,
AO. 4 10 :34 a. TL.
No. 8 7 ;44 p. m
No. 10 9 : 45 a. m
No, 12 Vi :' a. di
GOING VEST
Not,. ...... ,,8 ;45 a. 19.
No. i 3 'AH D. liW
No. 6,.... . ... :00 a. in.-
No. 7 0 :V a. Di.
No. 9 6:25 p.m.
no, 91 7 :15 a. rn.
hushnell's extra leaves for Omaha about two
o'clock for Omaha aud will accommodate pas
sengers. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
TIME CARD.
No. 384 Accomodation Leaves..
No. 383 ' arrives..
Trains daily except Fuiiday.
.10:53 a. in,
. 4 ;00 p. in.
The L. L. A. debating club meets
at the home of Mont Streight thi.
evening.
I feel it my duty to say a few
words in regard to Ely's Cream
Balm, and I do so entirely without
solicitation. I have used it mor
or less half a year, and have found
it to be most admirable. I have
euffered from catarrh of the worst
kind ever since I was a little boy
and I never hoped for cure, but
Cream Balm seems to do even that.
Many of my acquaintances have
used it witu excellnnt results.
Oscar Ostum, 45 Warren Ave., Chi
cago 111.
Some Foolish Poopla
allow a cough to run until itgett
beyond the reach of medicine. They
say, "Oh, it will wear away," but in
most cases it wears them away.
Could they be induced to try the
successful Kemp's Balsam, which
is sold on a positive guarantee to
cure, they would see the excenenx
effect after takintr the first dosrt
Price 50c and $1. Trial size free. At
all druggiets.
afternoon
church at
Wall Paper
AXO
House Paint
Is what you want next anc
this line as in all others we a.
Headquarters. When you wan
either of these call in and see
us before buying.
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Cood Looks.
Good looks are more 4han
fekin
deep, deqending upon a healthA
condition of all the vital orgarif.,
If the Liver be inactive you have'
a Bilious Look, if your stomach
be affeeted you have a Dyspeptic
Look aud if bour Kidneys be effected
yov will have a Pinched Look. So
curs good health and you will have
good looks, Electric Bitters is the
great alterctive and Tonic acts
directly on those vital organs.
Cures Pimples, Blotches, Boils an4
(rives a good complexion. Sold at
F. G. Fricke & Co's Drugstore, 6f j
per botue:
Hot Springs. Arte. Carlsbad of
America. t
On April 6th, 7th and 8th the M. ,
P. wilf sell round trip tickets to Hot ,
Springs, Ark at one lowest fit'r;
class fare, good returning until f ; i
June 10th, on account of govern-' :
ment sale of lots and meH"? (J
of the Southern Central TurnveK
Association. Call at office for pai
ticulars.
Vtf. Price 10 eta., au cts. ana
Saunders One half the seeding
der.
BROWN it BARRETT.
For Bale by F. G. nce & lo u
ithis office.
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