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HKRALI. btiiUihd April 16. ISM Co"olldt1 Jn- 1895
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOISHH 14, 11K)!
VOL. XLVI NO. 52
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In the Past.
There are gome very interesting itt nis i
tucked away in numerous old boxes : yesterday in St. Paul's German Lvan
in the oilice of the News-Herald and : gelical church in this city. The morn-
mm time to time we expect to re-pub- j
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lish them for the benefit of our readers. .
Tliey will be of epe i:d interest to old I
settler, and of considerable interest to
those who have not een in Cass county
long enough to be classed among the
pioneers. Here is something from the
riattsmouth Daily Herald
bet 3, 18ii9:
of Decern-
Ilailrands at .powerful -k1-wi the de- J ton, .l.laho and Montana, and has or
velopmenc of country Mid in the con- j ganized seven new churches, told of
centration of capital. They hold a pre-! his work. In the evening Gen. Rcpke
pondering influence over favorable lo
calities milder climate, superior soil, di
rectness ot route ai!U slower tnoroujrh-
fare. ' Without the aid of railroads.
lichardton, Nemaha, I'awnce, Johnson j
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mot above, all other localities in the
State. Brownviile. when all towns were j
gave promise if becoming the metrcpo- i
lisr.f th- StHle. ( Imal.a. aided bv tho !
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her by many thou.-a,.d,, Nebraska City I
standing tremolingiy second, as h-r
prospective railroads were considered
more or less certain, and for a long
time Rrownville held the position of the
third town in size and cornmercitl im
portance. No-, the U. & M. being
completed to the river, comes to the aid
of Plattsmouth, and we reluctantly
yield our place to that growing city.
Brownviile Advertiser.
Fire meeting.
The city lire men nut in the city
cou::ciI chamber luetday evening and
the meeting was called to older by
President Weaver, who presided. Joe
Libershal and Oliver Kdinonds were
given a life certificate of honorary
membership. The committee appointed
ikfviook alter the recent street carnival
wi ie discharged. The $10, won for the
hub and hub race, was used to pay the
expenses of the fire department for the
contests and the remaining $1 was
given to the Chief, Anton II. Koubek,
who invited the boys to Ivl. Mason's
store and set up the cigprs. The com
mittee appointed to consult the city
council in regard to building a new
hor.e house on west Main street re
ported that they had visited that hon
orable body and was informed that
they were shy on cash at the present
time, so the matter was laid over for
the present.
The next regular meeting will be on
NovcmbT D, at 7::!) p. m.
Charles Troop and Will Adams visited
the .stockyards in South Omaha Tues
day.
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The Home of
Satisfaction.
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Harvest Feast.
The annual Harvest Feast was held
ihg sermon and the initiation of the
new pastor, Rev. Mr. Steger, was by
Rev. J. F. Langhorst, formerly pastor
of the church but now pastor of a
church in Nebraska City. In the after
noon Rev. F. H. Freund, another for
mer pastor of the church but now in
charge of the missionary work of the
northwest, including Oregon, Wahing-
Devall, a nephew of Paul Kruger, who
lost l'ourj sons in the South African
war, gav a glowing account of the
war and of ths country.
Arfuavfienrf Letter Llt
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Remaining uncalled for in the post
ofli at Plattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 11,
Ladies; Dicbel
Mis8 Katherilie,
Miss Cordelia, Fair,
Merill, Mrs. J. W.
Ratle, Mrs. Pearl, Ross, Mrs. Scott.
Gentlemen; Blunt, R. D .Rerg. Hugo,
Campbell, Arthur C, Crisman, G. A.,
Cunnins, August, Edward, R.', Finder,
Otto, E.'.zelindo, Biondi, Frink, F. C,
Hixon, C. VV., Kislik, Frank, Lee, J.
A., Lloyd, Joe, McDonald, Fred, Alorn
ing, Charlie, Satterlee, L. G., Sillger,
Amil, Sitzman, Frank, Wagner, John
Henry, Weir, Fred L.
These letters will be sent to tho dead
letter oiT.ce October 25, 190!), if not
delivered before. In calling for the
above please say "advertised" giving
date of list.. C. H. Smith, P. M.
Enjoy Visit.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bradlield were
visiting the family of Judge W. 11.
Newell, an uncle of Mrs. Bradlield, in
this city over Sunday, departing for
their home in Veedersburg, Ind., Mon
day morning. They have been away
from home two months and have vis
ited the Yellowstone Park, the big ex
position in Seattle, and other cities
along the Pacific coast.
From a Foreign Shore.
Miss Juliette Atwood, who has been
visiting in Germany, France and
Switzerland, arrived in New York City
last Saturday and is visiting her
brothers there for a few weeks before
coming home.
Miss Dora Frieke, who has been en
joying a visit in Germany with friends
for more than one year, departed from
Hamburg one week ago on the Kiser
Wihelm and arrived in New York City
Tuesday afternoon. Miss Fricke is ex
pected to arrive in this city over the
Burlington Friday morning.
THAT QUESTION
HAS IT BEEN SETTLED FOR THE WINTER? IF
NOT NOW'S THE TIME TO HAVE US GF.T liUSY.
BAYLOR
COAL 2000 MAN
The Journal Opens
Its Mud Battery
Loaded to the Muzzle With Misrepresenta
tion it Fires its First Volley
at Sheriff Quinton.
The campaign between the republi
can and democratic candidates up to a
week ago had progressed fiinely and
had been free from mud slinging nnd
misrepresentation. The candidates on
both sides were acknowledged to be
clean men and good citizens. Every
body was congratulating themselves
that at last we were to have a political
battle which would be free from ani
mosities and which would end with
both Bides feeling that friendship had
not been severed because of methods
used w hich would not bear the light of
investigation. j
However it seems that such is not to I
be the case. Sheriff Quinton, who is
I known all over Cass county as an hon
! est official, an exempliary citizen and a
! man who can be trusted at all times,
1 failed to make his quarterly reports,
and this gave a chance for the Journal,
aided and abetted by the democratic
chairman of the county central com
mittee, to open up a campaign which
on the face of it shows how little they
know the feelings of the people of the
county.
We do not propose to give anything
but the facts in the ca.e and will there
fore give the record, first giving be
low the article published in the Even
ing Journal of last Saturday:
WHY HAS SHERIFF
NOT FILED REPORT.
An
Accountant Employed to Investi
gate Books and Learn the
Reason if Possible.
There has been so much said about
the law which compels county officials
to make quarterly reports to the county
commissioners, and why the comniis
sionere ordered Sheriff Quinton to make
out his several quarterly reports, that
we print below the resolution which
was presented to the board, which no
doubt was the reason for that body's
action in the matter:
STATE OF NEBRASKA,
County of Cass, ss.
Whereas, Carroll D. Quinton is the
dfily elected, qualified and acting sheriff
of the County of Cass and State of Ne
braska, and lias been such ever since
the Cth day of April, lt)()7; and,
Whereas, There was a law duly
passed by the legislature of the state
of Nebraska, in the year 191)7, and ap
proved by the governor of the statu
and in full force and effect from and
after the tith day of April, 11)07, rela
tive to the fees of the office of sheritr
in this state and the making of qua L
terly reports of all fees earned and
colected, which contained the following
proviso, towit:
Provided, further, That the sheriff
shall, on the first Tuesday in January,
April, July and October of each year,
make a report to tha board of county
commissioners or supervisors under
oath showing the different items of
fees except mileage collected or earn
ed, from whom, ut what time and for
what service, mid the total amount of
fees collected or earned by such officer
since the last report and also the
amount collected or earned for the cur
rent year, and he shall then pay all
fees earned , to the county treaserer;
and
Whereas, The provisions of the por
tion of said law quoted above have not
been complied with by said Carroll D.
Quinton; there,
Be it Resolved, by the board of
countv commissioners of the Countv of
Cass, in the State of Nebraska, in ses -
s , i ww o n oay oi weiuimr,
& lovviuuuhii) iiv.oi tiiuv t v- tvi vun nil
employ an expert accountant to care-
fully examine and check the records of
the several courts of this county, the
fee book of the said sheriff and other
records showing any and all fees earned .
or collected by said sheriff, and all bills
and receipts rendered by said sheriff
to the board of county commissioners
of this county for any and all services
performed by said sheriff since the
taking elTect of the law above quoted
and referred to and that said expert
accountant report his findings to this
board immediately after making the
same.
The above is the article appearing in
the Journal. The inference taken from
it is that the board of county commis
sioners adopted the resolution and ap
pointed an accountant to investigate
the matter.
The record on file in the office of the
county clerk of Cass county shows this:
A resolution was this day received
requesting tho sheriff, to file his quar-
I terly reports according to law and the
j board instructed him to file all quar-
I tprlu rpimrta nn nr linfnvo niivt mcml'ir
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meeting of the board.
The facts in the matter as far as the
resolution is concerned is that the reso
lution was found with other papers in
the box containing the papers which
come before the board. When the mat
ter came up there were several demo
crats present, among them the chair
man of the democratic county central
committee, but none of them had
enough confidence in the resolution to
sign it. They were a great deal in the
position of the man who did not want
to go to war but he wa3 patriotic
enough to be anxious that all of his
wife's relatives should go.
With a resolution before the board
which no one would father, or even
mother, the board simply requested the
sheriff to file his reports by the next
meeting, which he said he would do,
and even offered to allow anyone to look
over his books who was not satisfied
with them.
However, the democratic chairman
saw his opportunity, and he forthwith
hired J. II. Donnelly to go over Sheriff
Quinton's books and see what he could
find. The Journal fell into the 6cheme
gladly, and knowing that it would be
expected to mislead the people, a posi
tion which it could ably fill, proceeded
to open up its mud batteries and pub
lished the account above, adroitly word
ing it so that the people would be de
ceived into the belief that Sheriff Quin
ton s affairs were in such shape that
the county board looked with suspicion
upon mm
To show just how much ground they
had to stand upon, Sheriff Ouinton has
agreed to have his books looked into by
an expert accountant, but asks that the
books of all county officers be treated
the same, fie does not relish the idea
of being picked out as a mark, but
thinks that if an investigation is start
ed that it should be thorough and corn-
j pk-te.
Thm. haa hvvn mM in th tU.
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1 tu,L' ot Snonff W" since this mat-
ter came up which would have any ten-
dency to make any person think that
he was dishonest. In fact, no one be
lieves that he is. Investigation will
show that in not making his report he
has technically broken the law. That
is all there is to it.
The enemies of the sherifl, however,
are mt backward in taking advantage
of a technicality to ruin him if they
can a. ul defeat him for the office he is
aspiring to be re-elected to. The ques-
! tion k are the friends of the sheriff
; going to stand for this kind of a deal.
, Another question to be considered
eu is,
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accountant finds that the books
heriff are all right, is he going
oi tne
to make that report before election or
will the men who hired him withhold
that report until too late to vindicate
the sheriff. In other words, is this a
political scheme to defeat Sheriff Quin
ton by unfair methods, or is it a square
deal. If it is a square deal, why could
not the democratic committee and the
Journal waited until the next meeting
of the board, which convenes October
19, and seen what action the sheriff
would take.
Is it the intention of the democratic
committee to be fair with Sht rilf Quin
ton, or do they intend to let the Journal
continue its bushwhacking methods?
Does the Journal consider t hat the
sheriff's office is of such importance to
its financial future that it is willing to
destroy the reputation of a public offi
cial? If tin. is to be a fair and square cam-
paign, conducted upon fair and square
methods, would t not be better to wait
till a man is found guilty before you
seek to ruin him, insteadof ruining him
first and investigating him afterwurda?
"Whom tho Gods destroy they first
make mud," is a saying that might be
applied in the case of the Journal, for
it looks to any fair minded citizen that
it' must certainly be very mad or it
would not resort to such rotten and
flimsy campaign balderdash.
Delightfully Entertained.
Miss Helen Travis most delightfully
entertained the High School Faculty,
consisting of Principal Benj. Harrison,
Miss Allison G. Johnston, Miss Pearl
Nichols, Miss Genevieve Howard, Miss
Blanche Horning and Superintendent
and Mrs. J. W. Gamble at her home
in this city on Friday evening at six
o'clock dinner. A splendid dinner was
served and the evening spent in social
conversation. Miss Travis and her
mother are exceptional hostesses and
despite tho fact that they were com
pelled to go home in the rain, all the
teachers would willingly be compelled
to do the same again under like circutn
tanc es.
William Crabill Dead.
William Ezra Crabill, aged four years,
passed away in the home of his Grand
mother Crabill in this city early this
morning with diphtheria. Tho funeral
service at the home this afternoon at
2:30 will be conducted by Rev. W. L.
Austin, pastor of the Methodist church.
Willie and his mother have been vis
iting relatives in this city for Beveral
weeks. W. E. Crabill arrived this
morning from his home in WaKeenay,
Kan., to attend the funeral services and
burial of his son, which will occur here.
Banquet Next.
The annual rally day contest of the
Methodist Episcopal Sunday school was
very spirited. George Hall was the
captain of the winning side, with eighty
members, while Captain James Rishel
only had seventy-five. The seventy-
five will furnish a splendid banquet iir
the basement of the church for the en
tire Sunday school on next Thursday
evening.
The Red Men.
Big Chief Sachem John Cory pre
sided during the big powwow of the
Red Men in their wigwam Friday even
ing. A twenty-two pound catfish and
many other good eatables were served
at the sumptuous banquet. A special
train will carry the tribe to Omaha to
attend the national convention of the
order in Omaha the 19th of this month.
The funeral services over the body of
the child of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Mason were conducted this forenoon
by Rev. Luther Moore.
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Ancient History.
' In an old box containing somo papers
under date of 18&1, we discovered the
following which to say the least was
certainly going some when it comes to
word painting: v
Plattsmouth.
What is more beautiful than Platts
mouth, situated as she is, among valleys
and hills, with tho old Missouri rolling
down in all her splcnor to the east, while
to the north the Platte steals silently
along until she reaches the Big Muddy
to swell her tide? Then again her draws
and ravines running in various direct
ions are pleasing to the eye. Scattered
promiscously hero and there are many
beautiful trees. The hills sloping to
ward all points decked with cottages
and mansions. Let the searcher of
beauty ascend the hill to the high school
building and from there behold the ele
gance of tho surrounding country. Tho
picturesque scenery off to the south
west to be appreciated must bo seen,
especially the past few days while the
trees were hanging with sparkling par
ticles of frost. Then go with us to the
river bank and peer north, south and
cast and behold the grandeur of all
fair nature.
Women's Club.
All roads, at least for the club wo
men, will lead to Lincoln the coming
week, when the Nebraska federation
of Women's clubs will be the guests of
tho local club women there. Several
social features have been planned
which will add to the pleasure of the
visitors.
The first will take place Tuesday
aftej-noon, when tho members of the
Tuesday Review club will assist Mrs.
A. C. Shallenderger In receiving the
state officers, delegates and out-of-town
visitors, at an afternoon tea,
from 4 to 6 o'clock, in the executive
mansion. '
Wednesday a box luncheon will follow
the morning session at the state farm.
In the afternoon the faculty of the
University School of Music will give a
reception in honor of the officers, dele
gates and visitors at the school of
music. In the evening the Lincoln
women's club will giVe a reception in
the temple, following the musicale.
Revival Meetings Closed
Evangelists Wilhite and Tuckerman
closed a series of successful revival
meetings in the large tent Sunday
evening. More than one hundred per
sons went forward to the alter during
the meetings. The evangelists and
Rev. and Mrs. Luther Moore, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Wiles, Captain and Mrs.
Isaac Wiles and Mr. and Mrs. Luke
Wiles departed on the midnight train
for Pittsburg, Pa., to attend the
national convention of the founding of
the Christian church.
Our new high
collar over
coats are cer
tainly going
fast,
the chief reasons are
that were showing such
a largo assortment, and
selling such good coats
at such low prices.
Colors are mostly
light shades in tuns,
grays and greens.
High collar over
cuats at
lfIlr.;$io.5oto$i8
We have a special
line of Hart Schatrner
& Marx overcoats and
cravanetted, that can
be worn either high or
low.
Convertible collar
overcoats
...
$18 to $25.
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