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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY MAKCII 10,1010
VOL. XLVI NO. :i
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Some Interesting Reading
Regarding Past
Histofy.
f SOME TOWNS THAT
ARE NOW EXTINCT.
Nebraska Towns That Were Once
On the Map, But Now Forgotten.
(From Wednesday's Daily)
Were one of those of the pioneers of
Nebraska who settled here in the
early fifties and went on led on by
the lure of gold to Pike's Pea or
California to return and a.sk the fellow
pioneers who stayed to show him
Dryden or Iron Muff or Santillo or
Ilaxelton or Plattford or any other of
half a dozen towns laid otlt on paper
where could he locate them.
Edward L. Sayre of the Douglas
County Pioneer's society has mapped
out these towns in one of three maps
na8 mflJe anu" showed to the Pion-
'Jr vera at their reunion on Washington's
X birthday. '
Earliest of the maps was that of
Douglas county defined by Acting
Ciovernor Coming's election procla
mation on November 29, 1856. It
bounded Douglas county on the east
by the Missouri river, on the south
by the Platte, on the 'west by the
Llkhorn and on the north by the
Washington county line,- which ran
a mile north of Omaha. In March,
1S55 the legislature moved the north
line of Douglas to a point three miles
north of Florence. In 1857 Sarpy
county wa3 created out of Douglas
and the north line of Douglas moved
jbtill further into Washington county
j .iv ivuiim tuuuui a at a lilt
l(,kcn and the west boundry out
to the Platte river. That is the county
as it stands to this day.
Ravenous is the Missouri while
the reputation of the sand-bar filled
Platte has been gentle. But the map
shows that the Platte has devoured
the site of one town, Plattford, which
stood in what is now Sarpy county,
about a mile northwest of South Bend,
Cass county, and toward the south
bend of the Platte.
Iron Bluffs was an ambitious plat
ting, on the Elkhorn river in the ter
ritorial days. Only Iron Bluff school
now marks the spot four or five
miles south of Waterloo.
Thriving corn fields grow over the
site of Chicago, two miles north of
Iron Bluff.
Orient is only a forgotten dream
of townsite boomers.
Due north of Salt Creek and across
MEAT IS HIGHER
.
All farm products are higher, but not a single thing
in our store today, except one number in automobile
coats, is one cent higher than a year ago, or two years
ago, and the same good qualily prevails. Perhaps you
don't believe this', you hear so much about prices going
up that you think you have to pay more for men's wear
ables. It's true prices have gone np on many things,
but we doubt if you can find where you are paying more
for men's clothing, you surely don't need to if you.
come here. We have bought in advance of the iigjH
prices and you can buy men's and boys' wearables here
as cheap as you ever did as long as the present stock lasts.
C. E. Wescotfs Sons
The Home of Satisfaction.
1
in Douglas county was the Santee
Land Claim and Ferry com any
tract of about 2,500 acres. It is
still farm land.
Santillo was an aspiring hamlet
in the extreme northwest corner
of Douglas county. Mercer, a flag
station for cattle yards on the Union
Pacific, has succeeded Santillo.
Another embryo city, now dead
and gone, is Hazelton, then situated
on the line between Douglas and
Sarpy county. Pigs worth $9.50
per hundred pounds and wheat fetch
ing $1 a bushel are raised where once
the men who platted it hoped to see
skyscrapers.
Old La Platte, at the junction of
the Missouri and the Platte, has
been swallowed up by the Missouri.
New La Platte is three miles west
and is a small station.
Some of Omaha's swellest subur
ban homes lie in Pcteropaulowski,
but the owners do not know it by that
name. It was filed in 1S57 and now
is cut up in additions to Omaha on
the west. The Russian name and iis
giver have been forgotten.
Saratoga flickered out when the
capital was located at Omaha. There
is a suspicion that some of the found
ers of Saratoga were interested in
this outcome, for they filed on more
than the government allowed for n
townsitc. Saratoga was north of
Nicholas street and south of what
is now Wirt and east 2Gth street.
Neither mail carriers nor auto
drivers ever heard of Dryden. Yet
it was laid out for a large city eight
miles west of Omaha and is now a
prosperous farm.
Only two of all these towns of
blasted hopes had any geographical
advantages or strategic locations. When
one new settler commented upon
this somebody asked him what stream
runs where Lincoln is located to give
it water, drainage and access by boat.
World-Herald.
Had a Bad Fall.
While descending the stairway yest
erday at the Masonic home - Mrs.
Vandercook of the Home had the mis
fortune to fall and suffer a fracture
of one of the small bones of her right
K'g. Although only a simple fracture
the injury is very painful and rather
severe for Mrs. Vandercook, as she
is a lady of about 70 years of age.
The doctor could not get to sec her
for about two hours after the occur
rence and by the time thai he arrived
the limb was quite badly swollen.
The fracture was set however with
some difficulty and it is hoped that
there will be no serious consequences
and that she will soon be about again.
Roy Mayfield one of the leading
lights of the B. & M. Brass foundry
is wearing an ecstatic smile today as
a result of the visit of the stork at his
home accompanied by a twelve pound
feminine addition to his family. It
was not known at first just what was
the cause of the strange gurgling
noises that the young man was emit
ting, but upon inquiry the real truth
developed. Both mother and daughter
arc doing nicely.
DIED AT
CEDAR CREEK.
Well Known Young Woman, lor
mer Resident ol this City Passes
Away 'at her home In the
country.
(From Monday'B Dally)
Died: At the home of her father,
John Thierolf, near Cedar Creek,
aged tenty-two years, Miss Elizabeth
Thierolf, death resulting, last evening
from tuberculosis of the bones, fol
lowing an operation.
Word was received here this morn
ing by telephone of the death at her
home near Cedar Creek, of Miss
Lizzie Thierolf, a former resident
of this place and a young lady who
was well known and loved by many
friends here.
Death took place last evening
after an illness of sonic duration
and following an operation performed
upon her for tuberculosis of the
bones. Owing to the serious nature
of the malady, no hope was held
out to the relatives of the deceased
and her life was disparrd of for some
time previous to her demise last night.
The deceased was well known in this
city where she made her home for
several years and where some of
her relatives still reside. She was a
daughter of John Thierolf, and cousin
of Philip Thierolf of this city.
In speaking of the death of this
girl too much cannot be said in her
favor, and in recognition of the beauti
ful traits of character that she dis
played through out her life in this
community. Be it said at least that
all who knew her were her friends
and that there are a host of them who
will mourn bci demise.
Arrangements have been made to
have the funeral take place from
the home near Cedar Creek, at two
o'clock , on Wednesday, iuternicnt to
be made in' Waldradt cemetery., near
there.
The William Grew Company.
Nell Gwynne, a picturesque play
of love and rcmance in old England
during the reign of Charles II, will
be the dramatic treat offered by the
William Gicw Players who return to
the Parmclc Theatre next Friday,
March 11.
Many dramatizations have been
made from the story of Nell Gwynne,
but no play holds the hearts interest
r.f the people, , as docs the simple
but vivid story of thepoor little orange
girl, told in the version used by the
Grew Players. The story of Nell
Gwynne is too well known to need
repeating here, but a brief description
may siffice to recall the stoiy to those
who have forgotten it.
King Charles II has fallen madly
in love with a poor little orange girl
he meets by accident as lie is about
to enter the Dnuy Lane Thcatic.
He is deeply impressed by her talents
at mimicry and immediately elevates
her from her lowly station to that
of the reigning favoiite of England.
Nell secretly loves Sir Roger Fairfax,
a young cavalier who has been sent
ence! to banishment on suspicion
of having revealed secret affairs of
state. At a critical moment Nell
impersonated Lord Jcffcry, Chief Just
ice of England, and saves Fairfax.
Miss Pet tea will be seen as Nell,
and Mr. Grew will have the interest
ing role of Charles II. All the others
menibeis of the Grew Company will
appeal in the cast.
Just In a Few Days.
It won't be long now before we will
have the handsome new stock of
Gents Furnishings, Clothing, Hats,
Caps, etc., ready for sale. We arc
working day and night marking the
goods down and arranging them on
the shelves to the best advantage
and in a few days the people of Platts
mouth and vicinity will witness such
a value giving sales they never heard
of before. This will be a sale pvrn.
ordinary of high class goods, and
consists oi the Mayer Clothing- Coni
panys stock and that means the
most select stock ever shown in the
City of Omaha. We bouirht ih
stock for u song and nroimse to dis
pose of it at ruinously low prices.
The place where this great sale will
the place of course, Fangers De
partment Store, the place where you
always gtt the best of everything at
prices to suit the purchaser. Watch
for our announcement. I
ANOTHER PLAN FOR
TESTING SEED CORN
Secretary Mellor of State Board
ol Agriculture Makes
Suggestions
Never has the germinating power
of seed corn been of more importance
to the Nebraska farmer than it is at
the present time. A resume of the
instructions given by W. R. Mellor
in his reading article to the Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture Farmers'
Clubs is as follows:
In order to test the quality of your
seed corn make a germinating box,
of any size you may find most con
venient for your especial needs, from
two to four inches deep, iu which
place about one inch of well packed
sawdust on which lay a piece of good
muslin 'or canton flannel marked nto
squares two inches in size, numbered
from one up. Make a careful selec
tion of the type of each ear of corn
which fierms to conform with your
ideal of standard; lay and number
Hie ea s, beginning at one.. Take ear
No 1 in your hand and with the
point of a pocket knife leniove a
kemal from the ear at about our inch
from the butt. Give the ear a quarter
turn eilhei to the right or 1o the
left and lemrve the second kernal
from the center of the ear. Make
another quarter turn and remove the
third kernal about 1 1-2 inches from
the tip of the ear. Holding the car
in the Banie position, remove kernal
No 0 about an inch from the butt of
the ear. Make another quarter turn
and take the fifth kernal from near
the center of the ear, another quarter
turn and take the sixth kernal from
about 1 1-2 inches from the tip of the
ear.
The ear has now been turned
around and two kcrnals taken from
near the. butt, .two from near the
center, and two from near the tip.
If the work has been well done each
set of two kcrnals has been removed
from exactly' opposite sides of the car.
Take the six kernals of corn ex
tracted from car No 1 which has
been laid down, germ side up, the
side of the kernal containing the germ
is toward the tip of the ear, and care
must be taken not to injure the germ
in handling; place them tip and germ
side up in square No. 1, take th'e
kernal that the cars are numbered
and arranged bo that you will know
positvely out of which ear each six
kcrnals were taken.
After your squares are filled, take
a piece of muslin or canton flannel
about the size of the inside of your
box and lay it carefully over the
kcrnals, so as not to disturb their
original position, thoroughly wet the
sawdust and cloth, then over the top
spread another piece of muslin or
canton flannel, which should be much
wider than the box so that when the
balenee of the box is filled with saw
dust the edges of the upper cloth can
be folded back over the saw dust which
is teoroly pressed down and satu
aated with water. If rhis is done
when you desire to examine the
seed you can commence at one end
and roll the upper cloth wiih saw
dust so that same will not disturb
the grains of corn under the second
cloth.
If sawdust is not to be had easily,
folded canton flannel thoroughly sat
urated with water above and below,
and covered with a pane of glass will
be found a good substitute.
Place the germinating box at a
place where the temperature is from
65 to 85 degrees F. The temperature
such as is found near the stove in an
ordinary country home very nearly
approaches these conditions. It is
important that the temperature should
not fall below 55 degrees so as not to
affect the reliability of the test. The
kcrnals should begin to germinate
freely about the third or fourtk day,
but the counting should not be done
before the 7th or Sth day, when
the stems should be from one to one
and one-half inches in length. This
is the piirt of the testing in which
your good judgement is required.
If the six kernals from one square
in the germinating box shows six!
good healthy sprouts, the ear from
which they were taken should be
taken fc.r seed. If one of the six
kernals Tills to germinate, or gives
even a weak root or stem, the ear
which it represents- will be more
profitably used for feed than seed, as
under the most favorable condition
the stalk from samo will be cither
barren or produce only a nubbin.
Use only those ears for seed from
which every kernal responds with a
good, healthy sprout.
After the selection of cars showing
perfect germination is made, care
fully shell one inch from the butt and
tip and use the balance of the corn
from the ear for seed. It is desir
able that the seed be shelled bv ham
and screened if convenient, in order
to secure more uniform results in
planting.
FIREMEN WILL GO
OUT ON BIG STRIKE.
Fllty Western Railroads to Be
Effected by the Decision.
Unless the railroads make additional
concessions to their firemen and en
gineers the men w ill go out on a strike
on about fifty railroads in the west.
This is the result of a vote taken
by the men recently on fifty roads
covering the western section of the
country. According to the announce
ment a trifle over SO percent of the
men voted to take such action.
Miniature Riot at Greenwood.
Some of the gay set at Greenwood
got into an altercation on Saturday
night last as a result of imbibing at
the well-known fount that cheers and
inebriates as well and as a conse
quence County Attorney Ramsey
was compelled to prefer charges against
Sam Thomas the same being drunk
enness, Lewis Doalby, assault and
battery on one Paul l'earman, and
Noah B. ' Swackcr, the last named
being haled before the bar of justice
on three counts, drunkenness, assault
and battery on the person of Mar
shall Jerome J. Andius, and csist
ing an officer '.nftd-abusive language.
These gentlemen engaged iu a
street brawl on Saturday night dis
turbing the peace and quiet of the
otherwise orderly village and the
inhabitants of the said hamlet were
outraged at this unseemly outburst
of crime. The guilty parties attempted
to go before the magistrate of their
own place and rectify their outrag
eous conduct, but the higher powers
had already been invoked and the law
must take it's course. The crime
wrung debauchcrs will probably . be
brought to trial some time during
the present term of court.
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MISSOURI
PACIFIC
Head End Collision Near
Murray Very Near
Serio
us'
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS
MEET ON THE TRACK
Traffic Delayed for Several Hours
and Passengers Fojced to
Take Burlington
(From Wednesday's Dally)
The Missouri Pacific came in for
little might moro run of hard
luck this morning about four thirty
when regular freight Pso. 150 going
south collided with an extra freight
going in the opposite direction. The
result of this novel and interesting
attempt of two trains trying to pass
on the samo track was anything
but satisfactory, as the contending
engines were badly scratched up and
five cars of No. 150 were turned over.
No one was injured, but the cab of
the engine on the extra was torn off
and traffic delayed this morning,
so that those who had counted upon
going to Omaha on the early morning
train were disappointed, and had to
come up here and take the Burlington.
Little damage was done to the trains,
and the great Monotony deserves
some mention for it's persistent and
indomitable attempt to accomplish
the impossible. No instance is on
record of any train being able to pass
another going in the opposite direction
on the same track with out great
wear and tear on the furniture, but
it is" expected that if we continue
to ride on this road when necessity
compels, that some of us will some
day see it accomplished. The track
was cleared this morning in time to
let No. 104 go south at 10:25.
Notice: if you wish to exchange
your property for other property no
matter what it is, list it with the
Windham Incestmcnt & Loan Co.
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be Pleased With
Our Special Clothes
THAT WE NOW 11 WE
rcatfy for you to wear; you'll like the
ntyle in them, the smart new
weaves and colors, the extra good
tailoring. A fine new lot of our
Hart Schaffner & Marx
good clothes is now ready for your
choosing; and if we can get you into
them early we'll promise that you'll
be one of the best dressed men of the
town. They're strictly all wool ; the
kind of clothes that gentlemen want.
Such clothes as these are an in
spiration to better work; they make a
man worth more to himself and to
the town.
Come in soon and look them over;
and pick out yours.
Suits $10 up to
Stetson Hats
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