COUNCIL
MEETING
The Shortest Session of the
Year Held Mon
day Night.
WILL HAVE MANY NEW
WALKS AND CROSSINGS
Decide to Prohibit Autos From
Business Streets During
the Parade.
The shortest council meeting' of
thij year wan held Monday night in
the tropical heated chamber of the
city da la an 1 it was a relieved crowd
of sweat bedraggled council men,
citizens and reporters that filed down
the steps of the building after a
meeting of exactly one hours duration.
There is no danger of lengthy sessions
as long as the thermometer has such
u rising inclination, its the meeting,
room resembles a preparatory school
for hades dining the warm nights.
Tho breeze maker that once adorned
the ceiling of the place has now been
removed and the hot air now stands
in tho room as a calm settles on the
South Sea Islands.
Two oj the honorable councilmen's
chairs were vacant, but the men who
were present made up in misery at
least, for what was lacking in the ab
sence of the two. Following the read
ing and adoption of the minutes of
the previous meeting, a petition was
read from tho Red Men, Missouri
Tribe, No. OD, asking tho honorable
body that they be given the permission
of using the streets of the city from
Second to Seventh andjrom Pearl
to Vine for their bi carnival and Fourth
of July celebration. They agreeing
to replace any paving removed and to
arrange the concessions in such a man
ner as to leave a ten foot passage way
for traffic. The order desired the use
of the streets from July 2 to 9, inclu
sive. An amendment was proposed
for the resolution by one of the coun
cilmen, giving the mayor the power
to B.'c the locating of the shows, but
as such an amendment might lay the
city ualile to any damage snts that
might arise from any cause, it was
lost and the original petition carried
through unaltered.
The Ked Men representative agreed
on the part of his order to furnish four
extra police during the full week of fes
tivities, but asked they be given a
special police or two for the Fourth.
This was more than satisfactory to
the council and the Red Men police,
as named by the representative will
be Joseph Iibcrshall, John McNerlan.
William (Iravclt and lierl Thomas.
A report from the Streets, Alleys
an I Brilges committee showed thai
they had carefully gone over the plans
for the new brick paving with the ciiy
attorney and found them satisfactory
and agreeable in every particular and
the chairman of the committee made
the motion, wlii -h was canied, that
the plans he a lopt; d mid bids be in
vited by cation for the classes of
work A ami H, these elates being the
two with cement base, the only dif
ference in the two laying in the thick
ness of the base. Class V was not under
consideration as it provided for a
brick base, whiL: the original reso
lution of the b nly was for a pavement
of cem 'lit foundation.
Tue cha'rman of the police commit
tee, after consulting I ho city attorney,
made t'le report that it was against
the city ordinances to raise the salary
of a policeman while in ofliee, as was
moved at the last meeting in the case
of chief of police. It was shown,
however, that- Mr. Haincy was but a
temporarily appointed ull'tcer and there
fore would not be affected by the or
dinance. It is very probable the boost
in his salary will be secured. Hy
Mr. Kurtz, of the cemetery commit
tee, it was stated that a couple more
days of work would put the city grave
yard in a very respectable condition.
The work on the drives having been
finished some time ago.
Under the title of new business,
a motion was introduced bv Mr.
Newman, prohibiting the driving of
automobiles on the business stcrets dur
ing tli hours of the liig Fourth of
July parade ami authorizing the ap
pointment of two special Ipolice for
the day of the celebration.
As much of the paving material
now being used on the streets ami paid
for by the city fathers, is not being
properly accounted for by reports that
show the exact location where the
repairs arc installed, it was voted,
on the motion of Mr. Dwyor, that
special order forms be printed to
accompany every order for matorial
These blanks must show where the
repairs aro eto be used and bear the 0
K. of the co ecru from which the goods
arc purchased. At a recent ecession
of tho council, it was ordered that each
repair order must be located in de
tail, but this did not seem to cover the
ground specifically, and Monday eve
ning's action was necessitated.
There was but a small amount of
repairs ordered in the dilTcrcnt wards
but a considerable number of side
walk resolutions were passed. A crossi
ng in the First ward on Seventh street
was ordered repaired, as was one in
the Second ward at Ninth and Locust.
The ciiy clerk was ordered to notify
the Missouri Pacific to cut a batch of
weeds which are appearing as a nui
sance on their lots. This is the lirst
active step taken by the city against
the weed trouble, however, it is not
liable to be the last until the rank
growths are felled in several different
sections of the city.
About the most important action
taken on city improvements was to
order the laying of a permanent five
foot walk on Third street from Main
street to the Uurlington shops. It
will make a great improvement in
that locality and will be
welcomed by the hundreds of shop
worjkers. A nine foot cement alley
crossing was ordered on Fifth street
by the Trillcty and Martin property
and also a perm ineiit crossing on Sixth
and Granite. Grading was ordered
done on Granite street between
Fourth and Fifth.
Mr. Neiiinan had a bad grievance
against tiiccouneilinen for not accept
ing his-invitation to take a trip down
t j his favorite A street to look at a
dangerous place in the road that has
existetl for many mouths, 'lie has
made many requests that the city law
makers size up the conditions for them
selves in order that they might be
better prepared for the ordering of the
new work which is absolutely neces
sary there for the preservancc of
life and limb. The good city dads will
try to find time to niakc the journey in
the very near future. Just before the
close of the meeting, a motion was
made by Mr. Gravett, asking that Mr.
James Alt be given permission to make
use of some of the city's refuse lum
ber in the construction of his section
of the new river road. Permission
was readily given by the body and
the last leg of the ferry road will be
rapidly put into fine shape to corres
pond to the grade recently made by
the Commercial clunb.
There was but a comparitivcly
small list of bills allowed.
C. B. &. Q 2.(10
W. P. Ilishel 42 .00
F. M. Kiehey 151. 70
John Harkins 21.00
Phil Harrison 21.00
Charles Skumtnahorn 211.30
James Ilebal 24.00
John Waterman 4. 40
Joseph Chapman ;. 5.20
H- ! Ames :.;()
William Hassler 11.23
James Winn () ,st)
A.T.Alfred b20
Charles Kcnncr 12.00
A. J. Hunter o.()()
Henry Jess 4.00
George Hillings s.75
Fred Hice s.fiO
Dan Hice jj.OO
John Mauer (',.;()
Ike Cummins l.()()
Aug. Pein 15 .00
Nelson Powers 400
W. 11. Gardener H 00
Al.O'Ncil 12. so
M. F. Manspeaker 1 .00
1 1 1
isen uainey 2S.00
A. F. Alford f, 011
Hans Uolhman 17 20
, F. Stroud & Co Nil. 00
Claims committee....
Cass county, prisoners board. . '.) 00
Kloppand Part let t 0.50
Notice to Pay Up.
To the Ladies and Gentlemen: I
lave purchased a business in Omaha an
anil expect soon to move to that city
to make my future home, and as there
is considerable money outstanding on
my books I would like to get all these
matters srtaightened up before I
go away, I shall leave about July 4,
and at that time will place all niy busi
ness in the hands of an attorney,
who will take charge of the rcmainine
stock here and also attend to my col
lections in tins vicinity. If those who
know they arc indebted to me will
kindly call and settle on or before
that date it will be greatly appre
ciated. M. Faneer
Slight repairs were made the first
of the week on the west wall of the
Purlington depot, where the cement
had slightly crumbled from bctwenn
the brick.J A man was kept busy a large
portion of the day, scraping out the
old cement and filling in the spaces with
a red mortar.
Sheriff Quinton started out Tuesday
for Kearney, taking with him Karl
Morris, the Union lad, who was
sentenced to the reform school at that
city. The youth was carefully watched
as ho was determined uevcr to enter
the school. Ho made no attempt at
ef cape while being taken to the place,
probably for there reason that he was
given no chance to make a break for
liberty.
In the Limelight
W riters Whose Works Are
Being Talked About.
5N al
is
nil history there
no more pic
turesque and ro
mantic tlKure than
Daniel Iioone, ex
plorer, hunter nml
Indian fighter, and,
although he has been
dead nearly a cen
tury, bis appeal re
mains as potent as
ever. He la describ
ed anew In "Daniel
Boone and the W li
ny II. Addlngton
11. a. nnucE.
derness Itond,"
Bruce (the Macmillun company), ami
the old story loses none of Its charm
In Mr. Bruce's tellljiK. Aliliotih
the hero or many battles and single
encounters. Boone was a gentle and
kindly character. No net of cruelly Is
recorded npilnst liliu. nml he seems to
have inspired uttachiueiit in all wlm
knew hlni. He was a roiiiisylvanlan
by birth. Ills father was h Devon
shire Englishman and his mother 11
Welsh wotria 11. (junkers and follower,
of William I'enn. who came to Amer
ica to eujoy religious freedom.
A book of infinite charm ami thai
Is as Inspiring ns It is readalile lias
Just come from the pen of Marion liar
land, a niiine (hut is a household id
throughout the country. "Marlon liar
land's Autobiography" Is Its lllle, ami
one of the Interesting stories in Hie
volume throws unexpected llu'ht upon
the more human
side of (Jeorge
Washington. The
author's great
uncle a One old
Kevolutionary relic,
whose nlckuntno in
tho army was "Old
Solid Colutnn"
Used Indignantly to
deny the story that
Washington never
smiled during the
eight years' strug
gle. "Not a word
of truth in It." he
MARION IIAnt.A.vn.
would say. "1 was with I1I111 at Valley
Forge, and nobody tiled harder to
keep up the spirits of the men. I reeol
lect particularly one bitter cold day
when a dozen or so of the oilieers
were mousing themselves and trying
to get warm by leaping high up In the
air mid trying to clap their heels to
gethor twice before they struck the
ground. General Greene tried tho font
but fell, and Washington fairly ueiti
bis sides with laughter."
Much has boon said and written
about the works of Thomas Hardy,
the famous uovellst. who recently cole
bratod his seventieth birthday. Ian
very llitle Is generally known of the
iiullior himself. Ho Is said to be a
most diuicuit ma a
to approach, unit
the story is toiii
how a pertinacious
A in e r t c a 11 auto
graph seeker who
Visited Max Gate
in a niiest fur an
addition to his col
lection was almost
overcome by the
shock when I he fa
it...
V.&jr -reived Ills visitor
most graciously nnd
presented him Willi
THOMAS IIAItlJY.
several autograph copies of his best
known viirk-jj
One of MpJIardy's eccentricities Is
Ids habit of invariably wearing two
waistcoats, in severe weather. It is
said, tho famous author has boco
known to don ns many os four, but
even on tho hottest summer day he
sticks to his two. '
As part of a national movement to
extend the Intluonee of humane teach
ing the American Humane Education
society is about to establish traveling
libraries In (tUTerent parts of the coun
try. The books will bo sent, for the
most part, into tho rural districts and
will be circulated, principally through
local school boards,
entirely without
charge to the read
ers, the custodian,
of course, being
held responsible to
the society for their
proper use. The
book 8 have been
cnosen oy a com-
mittee composed of
mi. 1'ivaiutut vt
the society, Dr.
Francis 11. Itowley
of Boston; Dr. Al
bert Lcllhigwell of
New York, Miss
6Ewell roan.
Sarsb .1. I'ddy of Iihodo Island and
Mrs. Mary F. Lowell of Pennsylvania.
The list of books, thirty iu all, includes
Dr. John Browu's "Unb nud Ills
Friends;" "Jonathan and David." by
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; "Mule Broth
er to the Bear," by Dr. William J.
Long; "A Boy 1 Know," by Lau
rence Hutton; "Wild Animals I Have
Known," by Ernest Thompson Set on;
"Concerning Cats," by Helen M. Wins
low, and "Horses Nine," by Sewed
Ford.
The committee will form branch or
ganizations In many states, which will
work against the warlike spirit and
careless and wanton cruelty to ani
mals and will set forces in inotlou to
tho end Hint public schools shall give
compulsory education regarding such
subjects.
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A CORNER IN
ANCESTORS
By FRv.'JCIS COWLES
Family
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ICojijrighi by Mctluio ByuillcUtc)
There have been Hills in England
for ages. Tho first man who bore the
name got it because he lived on a hill
and the medieval form of the word
was Atte, signifying on or of a hill.
There were also other early forms of
the name in England. The Hills of
Sattlngton, Staffordshire, are descend
ed from a man of Worcester named
DeMone or DeMont. They retained
the French form of the name until
tho fifteenth century, when they
adopted an Anglicized form, Hyll. And
the Hills of Hawstone are descended
from Hugh de la Hulle.
A good many early settlers in this
country bore the name of Hill, and it
is rather dimcult to tell which of them
has here first. This honor is claimed,
however, by the family of John Hill
of Guilford, Conn. Although the first
recorded date of his presence in this
country Is 1654, when he was a resi
dent of Guilford, he may have been In
this country for a good many years
before he settled there. Anyway,
whether or not another man of his
name preceded him to America," John
of Guilford established an interesting
family.
This goodman Hill came from
Northamptonshire, England. Before
1637 he was a freeman of Guilford.
He was a small planter and a thrifty
and prosperous citizen of the commu
nity. He was twice married and left
five children, John, James , Hannah,
Elizabeth nnd Sarah.
One of the most Interesting mem
bers of this' family was Samuel, son of
John of the second generation and
grandson of the first John.
Samuel was a man of great activity.
He was a landholder, and he served
as town clerk, as clerk of the probate
court, and from 1725 to his death in
1752 he was a Judge. Whatever lie
did he did with thoroughness and en
ergy, nnd to this day we sometimes
say, "He works like Sam Hill." or "I'll
have to hurry like Sam Hill."
Another of the eorly Hills In this
country was John, of Dorchester.
Mass. He was probably a landholder
there as early as 1633, two decades
earlier than the first definite date of
John of Guilford. John of Dorchester
is first mentioned in 1633-4, when "It
Is agreed that ihe great lotts from
Mr. HoFsltcr's to John Hill's tow(ard)
Naponeet in brendth, and eight score
In length shall bo forthwith enclosed
by a good sufficient pnle." He was
born about 1602 nnd t is supposed
that be came from Chard, Somerset
shire, England. In that place there
was a family named Hill, In which, in
1C28, a John is mentioned ns being of
tige, but as yet unmarried. Five years
kiter the records state that this John
had "removed," and It is supposed
from this that he was the immigrant
to Dorchester, Mass.
He was married in Ireland to Su
sanna Armstrong. Their son, Teton,
born in 1751, was a captain in the rev
olutionary war when he wos only 25
years old. He wos in Col. James Clin
ton's regiment and took part in the
defense of Fort Montgomery in 1777,
when It was attacked by Clinton.
The big branch of the Hill family in
the south was founded by Col. Edward
Hill of "Shirley," Charles City coun
ty, Va.
Ills son, Col. Edward the second,
was as prominent as his father, lie,
too, was a member of burgesses. From
1697 to 1700, when ho died, ho was
Judge of the admiralty court for Vir
ginia and North Carolina.
The late Nathaniel P. Hill, United
States senator from Colorado, a pub
lie man of some note, wos descended
from Nathaniel HIM of Mwuarsklll,
IN. Y. He was born in the north of
Ireland in 1705 and 25 years later
came to America. Flo settled on the
western frontier of the Scotch-Irish
settlements then already established
west of tho Hudson river.
I Of course a family of this size was
well represented in the revolution
iTliere was ono colonel of tho name,
;the captain abovfe mentioned, 11 lieu
jtenants and many non-commissioned
.officers. And the number of privates
who served their country In that war
lima vttrv InrirA.
i The atrms of the Illlla of Virginia
are blazoned: A lion passant, with ttie
Wrest. A deurt llon.
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ICMAEL MiLB
House Furniture and Undertaking Parlor
Carpets, Rugs and
Linoleums
South Sixth Street
Plattsmouth, Nebr.
MICHAEL HILD, JOHN
Funeral Directors and
COAL
Phone 22 when you're out of
of Coal. Prompt attention is
given large or small orders.
. V. Eggenberger
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to farmers looking for new lands upon which to estahlith new homes under
most favorable conditions, but appeals to the business man, professional
man, mine operator and manufacturer in new towns that arc springing
up and where raw material in plenty can he handled nt a profit.
The business opportunities consist of locations for new banks,
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Workmen Needed: All kinds of labor is in great demand, and tho high
est possible wages arc paid: enrpenters get from fo$4 to SO per day, farm la
borers from $30 to $50 per month; there is not an idle man in the Iiasin.
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