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PLATTSMOUTH HERALD
"HEW TO THE -LUSTE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY WILL."
VOL. XXIX. N0..V2
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91 M) A YEAH.
F. HERRMANN,
517 MAIN STREET.
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Special
Veil vies.
40 inch All Wool Henriettes. Silk
Finish, Colors and Mack, 30c yd.,
regular 03c quality.
45 inch Whip Cords nil New Spring
Shades at $1.00 a yard, regular
$1.23 quality.
30 inch Black Silk Gloria only $1.00
a yard.
43 inch Black Crepons in Fancy and
Striped Weaves, only 73c yard
regular $1.00 good.-.
In Black Dress Goods we are show
ing a very attractive line of Hen
riettes, Serges, Glorias, Whip
Cords, Crepons, Nuns Veilings,
Flannels, Broad Cloths, Silk
Warps, Ktc, Ktc.
Silk Persian Shawls only $3.00, these
Shawls cost inorei to import them
than what we ask for them.
Full lines of Black Wool and Silk
Fringed Cashmere Shawls from
$1.30 to $8.00.
We are showing a very pretty line
of Curtain materials in Swiss,
Scrinim, Madras, Brussels Net,
suitahle for long or sash gurtains.
mounted on best Spring Roller.
New Spring Goods Arriving on
every train.
BIG
BARGAIN.
F. HERRMANN,
B17 MAIN STREET-
xTWENTY THOUSAND D0LLflR8tx
- - WORTH OF - -
BOOTS and SHOES
WILL BE SOLD AT A
CTRJBAT CA.SII MEl)UTIOAT
Hy Consolidating our two Stocks in one we Cut down our Expenses
half mid buy our Goods in Urge Quantities, same as Whole
sale dealers, and in that way can give yon
Lower Trices than ever before.
REPAIRING NEATLY AND PROMPTLY DONE.
SHERWOOD & BOECK.
Or. SYDNEY RING-IK, Professor of Medicine at Univerity College, London,
Author of the Standard "Hancioook of Therapeutic," m-tuallv writei at follows:
"From tlu carof ill umtlysf u Vrt. Attkikui nail nttiors, I am satisfied that
VAft! HOUTEfJ'S COCOA ,
Is In no wny injurious to ln-ulni, nml i hut it Is decldi'illy mure uutrltious than
otlnr Coeoiwi. It is ct'i talnlv 'Tare" iuuI liihly (liK"Htilile. Th nuotiitlons in er-tiilnHdvfrtiH-in"'ii:-
(from Trade rivals) from my tk on Thoriipeutiesare quite
wi-loii.linic. bii.I i-Btinot .Msil,i: ni!y t. Van .Hot! is Cocoa."
V'f fait' rrll-rtmn mi VAN IToh'. kn's oco i in Hint rffectuaUv rtptllfd. and tlif rrry
nithoritu eifnl ! iniurr il. i. ihrrl'i jirn'uri'wf lo g"' it a w haniifomr Irthmanial. B
GASS COUNTY DISGRACED
A Letter From the Prisoners
in the Jail.
TWO PRISONERS CHOKED.
Condemns the Sheriff For Brutal
Treatment and Poor Food
The Sheriff Is Interviewed
The following- article was re.
ccived through the mails V wines
day morning and thinking that
perhaps it was wholly untrue, we
sent a reporter to interview the
sheriff and get the fact as near as
possible. The following is all that
could be gleaned.
"Good morning Mr. Tighe, is
there a man by the name of Jas.
Morrison confined here," asked the
reporter.
"Yes. thers is."
Could I see him a few moments.
"I guess likely, are you a rela
tion of his."
"No sir, just a matter of busi
ness." "What d' ye what to see him for,
and who are your" the sheriff
asked.
"I am a Heram reporter sir;
some kicks have been made at the
oflice, and I was sent clown to see
how much truth there was in it."
"Well there ain't any in it "
"How can you tell? I ha v n't told
you what it was yet."
"Well, I know there ain't what
ever it is. What is the kick now'r"
"This man Morrison claims that
he and another inmate were chock
ed and beaten."
"Well, he gave some slack to the
deputy, and I guess he did choke
him a little."
"Can I see the man? still presist
ed the reporter. V
"I'd rather not, go and see the
county attorney, he will tell you all
about it. If you'ragoin' to wield
th' kudgel fer these drunken bums,
yer not th' man I tuck y'u fer."
"Yes," replied the reporter, "but
understand me, Mr. Tighe if nil is
well, an investigation will hurt no
body." "I hain't no sympathy with 'em
d n 'em. Look a here, I guess
the officers of this country have a
little authority left."
"That is very true sir, but officers
sometimes exceed their authority."
"'Veil they hain't in this case,
d u 'em, they didn't get half
enough."
"They kick also on their food,
and say that the place is not clean."
"It's a d n lie from begining to
end, and if you'r goin' round to in
vestigate fer these bums you'l be
on yer feet most of the time."
"Good day Mr. Tighe," and with
that he went to the county attorney
but found he knew nothing of the
affair.
We print the following, verbatim
and if all is well it will not hurt, if
not, it may do some good:
1'LATTSMOUTH. To the editor of
Tub IlEKALf) Dear sir: I would
ask that through kindness and hu
manity you would publish in your
paper wha't is barbarous and out
rageous in a civilized community.
There is seven men in the county
jail who are suffering through the
neglience and meaness of the
sheriff. The filth and virment are
beyond all pretenses tocivilization
and the edibles are unendurable,
there not being euough to keep
soul and bady together. The bill
of fare is always the same three
times a day on week days, and
twice on Sunday, it being made up
of bread in great quantities and
one-half cup of what is meant for
tea. At dinner some meals we re
ceive one n ioe potato.
There are rive men being held
here without any legal process nor
even a pretense at justice whatever,
simply because they know we have
not the means with which to defend
our rights. I arrived here on March
7th, and was met at the depot by an
officer of the law, who inquired of
me where I was going. I told li i tat,
and lie told tne I had better go to
the jail and stop over night, as I
had not the means with which to
get a bed. I came here and during
the night two men who were con
fined in jail escaped. The next
morning the sheriff locked live of
us in the cage, after which we were
taken to the district attorney's oflice
and examined. From there the
sheriff took myself and a man
named Coldice to an Isolated room
in the top lloor of the court house
and locked us in witli a man whom
I have since learned was his broth
er, a deputy sheriff, and another
oflicer, where we were beaten and
choked until black in the face, my
neck being so badly torn that I hail
to get medicine from the doctor and
when I protested against such
treatment the officer placed a revol
ver at my head and told tne if I
made any resistauce or outcry lie
would kill me.
I kindly ask you to publish this
in the name of Immunity, that it
may reach the ears of some good
honest Christian citizen or citizens
who will cause an investigaf'on.
Hoping to hear irom this soon, I
am, Kespect fully,
JAS. Mokkisox.
(The iititk'rsiKned lire mimes of inmate)
ClIAS. Cor.DIC K,
I'. P. DliN'KMOUK.S,
Geo. McPheksox,
P. II. SllOKT,
Ned Smith,
J. W. KOI'KK.
We ought to be satisfied with this
weather, we get it in all stages of
preservation.
Last Monday we were invited out
to superintend the starting of Mr.
C. Heisel's flouring mill on Wash
ington avenue, and was shown all
over the structure by the genial
agent of Bernard & Lee Manufac
turing company who has furnished
the mill throughout. The expert
took particular interest in trying to
drill into us some idea of the intri
cate machinery and the serpentine
winding of the wheat in its strug
gle to become flour. It is a very
neat little mill and well furnished
and is scheduled to grind forty bar
rel of flour daily. It is furnished
with six pairs of latest improved
flour rolls, two pair of rolls for
corn and feed, the latest improved
"Cyclone" dust collector, a double
wind belt purifier nod Barnard &
Lee's new plansifter; similar to a
mommoth hand sieve, of about a
thousand pounds in weight, which
is shaken by heavy machinery,
deBcribmg a circle of four inches,
and is used to separate the flour, in
place of the old fashioned cloth
bolt. We see no reason why Mr.
Heisel cannot make a No. 1. grade
of flour as the mill is furnished
with the very best. Mr. L. Doering
will wear the tooth pick and feel of
the flour as it comes out of the
burr.
The mail Wednesday morning
brought in a neat wedding card
announcing the marriage of Mr.
Henry F. Chapin and Miss Fanny
A. Brown, of York. The wedding
took place Tuesday morning, the
twenty -first. The Hekald joins
with your friends in wishing you
joy and happiness.
REPUBLICANS HAVE MET
And Nominated a Lot of Cood
Candidates
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Every Man On the Ticket Is Worthy
of Your Support-Polk ana
Davli Will Be Easily
Elected.
The republican primaries were
held Saturday night and delegates
selected to represent the several
wards at the city convention which
met at S o'clock at K'ockwood Hall,
and resulted in the following
nominations.
The aldermanic nominations
were:
First ward-C. H. Smith.
Second ward-K. B. Windham.
Third ward -J. M. Bridge.
Fourth Ward Washington Smith
Fifth ward S. C. Green.
Mr. Byron Clark, chairman of the
central committee, called the con
vention to order shortly after 8
o'clock ami business commenced in
earnest.
The first thing in order was the
election of a permanent chairman
and secretary; which resulted in
Mr. Geo Spurlock as chairman and
Mr. C. S. Green, secretary.
The credentials of the members
were read by the secretary and as
there were no contests, they were
accepted by the convention.
Then came the nomination of two
members of the school board and
the followiiignames were debated:
S. A. Davis, Win. Ballauce, C. S.
Polk and Walter Thomas. Mr. Hal
lance withdrew from the contest,
and all would have went on quietly
had it not been for Mr. Polk who,
in a neat little speech, loudly lam
ented the fact that he had no
children to entitle him to a seat on
the board, but stated positively
that he would have them by the
time the city election rolled
around.
The names weie then balloted
and resulted as follows:
S. A. Havis-LU
Walter Thomas-11.
C. S. Polk K.
Messrs Polk and Davis were de
clared nominees for school board.
The central committee was than
erganized as follows:
First ward Geo Spurlock.
Second ward 'r. H. Pollock.
Third ward B. C. Kerr.
Fourth ward Walter Thomas.
Fifth ward A. J. Graves.
Mr. James Pollock was elected
chairman of the committee.
Convention adjourned.
Mr. (He Koinan and Miss Carrie
Simonds were married, Saturday
evening, at the parsonage. Kev.
Burgess officiating.
Democratic Convention.
The democrats held a pow-wow
in Police Judge Archer's office
Saturday night and placed in nom
ination Kev. II. B. Burgess and Mr.
John Sattler for the school board.
Fred Herrmann was chosen chair
man and Geo. LehnhofT as secre
tary. Friday night their council
man's convention resulted as fob
lows: First ward, Win. D. Jones;
Second ward, Chaa. D. Grimes; third
ward, Chas. L. Hempel; Fourth
ward, Fred D. I,f!jtihofiFifth ward,
P. II. Mahoney.
Mr. Geo. N. Waldreadt and Miss
Kmma K Inhelder were united in
the holy bonds of matrimony, at
the home of the bride in Cedar
Creek, Wednesday. Kev. G. X. May.
field officiating.
Last Thursday night a large
audience of enthusiastic listeners
greeted the performers in the high
school declamatory contest. The
lirst honors were carried off by
Miss Flizabeth Jaquette, who will
represent the Plattsmouth high
school, at Ashland, in the coming
district contest. Her markings were
ninety-three ami two-thirds. Tin-
honors of the dramatic class were
captured by Nettie Waybright, with
a rating of ninety-one and two
thirds, the prize being $2.."5(l in gold.
The gold piece for the humorous
class was won by Miss Rose Hyers,
raiing eightynme. Miss Maud
Mau.y was victorious in the orator
ical class, winning the gold piece
hy a marking of eighty-two and
two-thirds. The entertainment was
highly apireciated by the audience.
A conirdence man who calls him
self L. W. Uopr is now lying in
the county jail. Be was arrested
last week while attempting to pass
some forged checks upon some of
our business men. He claimed to
be a stockman from South Omaha,
and was out of money, but was
loaded to the "guards" with checks
given out by a cattle company in
South Omaha which never existed.
The charge lodged against him was
obtaining money under false pre
lenses, for as he company was
never in existence, it could not be
forgery. He was tried Tuesday,
sentenced Wednesday, and will
shortly be on his way to Lincoln,
where he will sojourn for the next
four years. Cass county is a hum
mer when it comes to dealing with
criminals.
A switchman in the B. & M. yards
by the name of Martin Hatick,
came very near losinghis life while
coupling cars one day last week.
The engine was backing down to
couple onto eight cars standing on
the side track. Hauck, in trying to
get the pin out, which had stuck
fast, sleped in front of the couplar;
the breakmau loosed the brake on
the eight cars and tliey came
slowly down the track and caught
H auck just above the hips: he was
terribly squeezed and yelled lustily
for held, which attracted the atten
tion of the enineer and the engine
was quickly reversed and run
away. Hauck says if it had not
been for the snow on the track he
would have been literally cut in
two. Dr. Livingston attended him
and he will be abble to go back to
work again in a few days.
List ot Letters
The following letter list remain
ing in the post oflice for the past
week ending March 21, 1SSM:
Ausworth, Ijiura Benson, C. J.
Carlson, CO. Chainberliii, Ward
Clemmous, Mc- Flower, Mauley
(Ginnis) Fund, William
McGuire, Tom Oliver, Mrs. Geo.
Shubert. Herman Stevers, Will
Tomazeuski, B Watson, C. K.
Persons calling for the above will
please say "advertised."
H. J. Sthkight, P. M.
Save Money.
Buy a good, heavy, hand made,
team farm harness for $'25.00. We
have the largest and best assorted
line of ladies iind gents saddles of
all kinds that has ever been on dis
play in Cass county, and at prices,
to meet the times. Also have a very
large stock of heavy and light
harness of all kinds and prices.
We will guarantee everything as
represented or money refunded.
Look out for next week's paper, we
are going to offer you some eye
openers.
K E K K K K Ac SC 11 M 1 1 T M A X X .
Don't forget to send us the News
we "hanker" after it.
23 p. aaemsree
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Tirqe and Tide will wait for no Mai
Neither do tle Foiling Bargains.
265 Suits for Children (new) 250 Suits for Men (new
Coat, Pant and Vest, $2 to $3 Coat, Pant and Vest, $5 to $8
240 Suits for Boys (new)
Coat, Pant and Vest, $3 to $5
OUR STOCK OF HATS AND GAPS, SHIRTS AND NECKWEAR
AIE NOW OX DISPLAY AT
ELSOITS The CASH Clothier.
V W - ill
JuIJUUl
ELSON, the Cash Clothier,
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Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
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