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OFFICE No. 112, South Sixth Street
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PL ATTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1903.
Number 8.
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HON. J. D. PATTERSON.
A Former Citizen of Cass County and
a Nebraska Pioneer Dead.
J. It. I'attirsnn, whose death
nccurrrdat FapilliMii, Tuesday, Febru
ary 10, I'.nKI, was a pioneer citizen of
(.'asscounly, anl in the early history
of the county took a very active part
Its educational alTairs. He huilt the
Naoma institute at Rock lilulTs, at
which point lie at one time resided.
He was a cousin of Hon. J. M Patter
son of this city. Tin following ac
count of his career through life was
taken from that excellent journal, the
1 'a pi 1 1 ion Times, of last week:
"The people of Fapilion had realized
for some time that their friend and
fellow citizen, .1. I. Patterson, was
failing fast and would .soon Ijc gone
from their midst forever, ami yet
when the announcement was made
early Tuesday afternoon that the end
had come, it hardly seemed posslhle.
Mr. Patterson had In-en feeble for
years and suffered more than anyone
hut himself knew. His trouble was a
disease of the lunirs, which Imthered
him from the time he was a young
man, and during the winter months
was most severe. When he was a
young man loved ones predicted time
and time again that he would not live
through the winter, but by leing care
ful and receiving good treatment he
liore up year after year. As he grew
older his trouble became more and
more severe, and of late years many
were unable to understand how he
could ptssibly do the work that he
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was doing, but lie would not give up
as long as any strength was left him
and even until almost the last he was
up and walked about the house and
yard. Just a short time before he
passed away lie stated to members of
the family who were present that he
was feeling letter than he had for
several days. The change come suciuen
lv'. He went to sleep about one o'clock
and a few minutes later the heart was
stilled. Mr. Patterson had a great
career. The history of his life is
Interesting and instructive. He en
dured many a hardship that most men
would not think of going through. He
fought nobly through all for a position
in life, and while in many things he
tailed, yet in many others he met suc
cess. He has lert a record and a name
at which none can point the linger of
scorn.
"Surviving the deceased are his
widow, three sons, Albert T. of the
state of Washington, Horace of Omaha
and William of (iietna; and four
daughters, Mr?. Lulu Nickerson of
Gretna, Mrs. Nellie Speedie of Benson,
Mrs. Anna Fase and Miss May of
la pillion.
1 he memory of J. I. Patterson will
always cling to those who knew him,
especially to the older residents of the
county, and the sympathy of all goes
out to the loved ones whose heads are
bowed low with grief and whose hearts
aehe with sorrow.
"At 1 o'clock this afternoon brief
services were conducted at the house,
Kev. II C. Etfeldt and Her. William
Nicholl officiating. At two o'clock
the remains were carried to the Ger
man Methodist church, where services
were held, after which interment was
Ui3.de In the Schaab cemetery.
"The court house was draped and
closed at 12 o'che! and the county
officials attended the funeral and paid
their last respects to the memory of
t'lelr honored fellow citizen.
J'jseph IMven Patterson was born in
Armstrong county, Pa., March 27, 1935,
and soon thereafter his father moved
back to his old home at Patterson's
Mills. Later the family moved to
Illinois, and soon after they arrived
fhpre Mr. Iattersou went to Chicago
ftr supplier and died on the way home
His wife was left with tbree small
children, Joseph I., w.)oarold be
ing the eldest. She moved to La
Porte. Ind., where she taught school
for a living, but as she had pour health
and it was hard for her to take care of
the children, Samuel Patterson,
Joseph's uncle, offered to take him to
raise. So in 14I he was taken back to
Pennsylvania and never saw his
f,t,lhcr enin ci Ue lived. with his
uivt.t ahiV family eight years, the
last four years of the time bejng spent
caring for sheep on one of his uncle's
farms in Virginia. One of his cousins
Ji ad charge of the place and he was
juite severe, and in 1852 after a
terrible Inating with a rope plowline
which left the marks on Joseph's back
for many months, he ran away. He
hid in the woods by day and walked at
night, hungry and footsore, until he
at last reached Lynchburg Va. He
wanted to lie a printer, but as he was
without friends or recommendations,
he stood a poor show of gcttinga place
in an otllce. However, after working
a couple of months at whatever he
could find to do, he was received in
the office of the Lynchburg Virginian,
where lie soon became a general favor
ite, and for the tirst time since he
parted with his mother the world be
gan to look bright to him. After a
short time he left the printing oflice
and hired out to an Ohio man for
whom he worked driving sheep and
hogs many times to Philadelphia,
Pa., and Cumljcrland, Md., trudging
back alone nearly four hundred miles
on foot to Ohio. He attended school
at Ilopedale, Ohio, several years, work
ing his way through. Then he taugli
school in Harrison and Jefferson coun
ties and attended the normal school at
Ilopedale alternately for some time.
"J. I). Patterson in his boyhoood
days and up to the time when he com
menced teaching had been in perfect
health and had not known a sick day,
but after he began teaching his health
gave out, so in 1855 he came to Iowa
and after teaching a couple terms in
the public school at Kirkville, he
started an academy there. He always
felt proud of that institution and his
work there, but his health failed
again. His brother. Moses, whom lie
had not seen since lie was parted from
his mother, came to Kirkville and was
one of his students. Moses' health
.vas also poor, so as a last resort they
decided to go west They left Kirks-
viile on foot and trudged across Iowa,
then an almost unbroken prairie, sleep-
ng on the ground, making their own
coffee and buying bread at the little
settlements they would find every few
Jays along their route. They crossed
the Missouri river at Omaha, which
was then a very small place, and
camped that night in Dyson Hollow
in this county. The following morn-
ng they went to work for Joe Dyson,
helping him burn lime, which was
sold in llellevue then a flourishing
town. When they left there they
went down the Missouri river to Fort
Leavenworth. They stopped at Rock
Bluffs and visited an uncle, Thomas
Patterson, and supplied themselves
with amunition and then . started out
on foot across the plains. They led
a wildlife among the wild animals and
Indians, and more than once came
near being killed by panthers,
buffalos or Indians.
The early days of J. D. Patterson's
life was crowded with incidents like
the above and to tell of all he went
through would make a book. In 1901
he wrote a brief history of his life, a
copy of which was given to each of his
daughters. The love of money was
never Mr. Patterson's besetting sin
and as many of the positions he held
were quite remunerative he spent
thousands of dollars assisting his
poorer neighbors to pre-empt their
homes.
"Mr. Patterson was personally ac
quainted with many of the men who
figured prominently in the early
history of the 'west. One of these
men being Old John Brown, about
whom a song was written and is suug
by school boys and girls throughout
the nation. Horace Greeley shared
Mr. Patterson's room with him two
days while on bis famous trip across
the continent in a stage. Charles
Sumner was also his guest at one time.
It was after several years of a wild
career throught the western country
that Mr. Patterson was in 1858 ap
pointed clerk of the United State-;
district court at Manhattan and Junc
tion City, Kan. This office he held
until IStJI. During part of the time
he was in Manhattan he was post
master and city clerk. While in this
city he was married to Clara J. Thomp
son. He joined the Masonic lodge jn
Manhattan and was a member of that
order more than forty years. In 18:i8
he was appointed United States vice
consul to Southern Brazil and held the
position two years. While In Brazil
his wife died on the seventh anni
versary of their weddqg. jTe was
left with one son 4n4 two small babes,
twins, the latter dying shortly after
the death of their mother. After the
death of his wife he traveled over the
empire a great deal and did some im
portant work as engineer for the
Brazilian government. He was after
wards married to Donna Maria de
Miranda Gibson, who now survives
him. After his second marriage he
and his wife returned to this country
and came to Ilock Bluffs, Neb., where
he had ureyigusly tjeen, and. taught
the public school for some time. Later
he erected a building and founded a
school of his own called Naomi Insti
tute. He was successful and the
school flourished beyond bis expecta
tions, until one day fire broke out and
be lost all. Since then he was handi
capped by poor health. He came to
this county in 1ST4 and when well
enough worked as farmer, teacher.
superintendent and surveyor. He
closed .he history of his life in Au
gust 1901, by writing this, sentence
"My strength and spirits are exhausted
now, and I can only wait with what
patience I may for the closing scene."
"During his busy life Mr. Patterson
held fourteen different official positions
being in earlier years county surveyor
of this county and later county superin
tendent. While the majority of his
positions were city and county offices,
yet aside from the government ap
pointments mentioned above he was
in 188'J United States deputy surveyor
for Nebraska. During his life Mr.
Patterson was employed or held
positions at different times in sixteen
different towns. He first came to
Papillion in 1874 and resided here un
til 1885, when he went to Fremont,
later to Portal and then returned to
Papillion in 191 and remained here
continuonsly till his death. He was
county surveyor of this county when
he died. In all he taught fifty-four
terms in fifteen different schools and
instructed over 2,000 different pupils.
"His work for this county was most
valuable and he has left many things
in the way of maps of Sarpy county
and county records that will always be
highly prized by those who possess
them."
The scratch of a pin may canse the
loss of a limb or even death when
blood poisoning results from the injury.
All danger of this may be avoided,
however, by promptly applying Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. It is an anti
septic and quick healing liniment for
cuts, bruises and burns. For sale by
all druggists.
Do You Really Think So?
They've made a wireless telegrapli,
A horseless carriage, too,
And there's no way of telling what
The mind of man can do.
We'll soon be eating henless eggs,
And drinking cowless milk,
And wearing clothes of sheepless wool,
Or, mayhap, wormless silk.
How would you like a treeless peach,
Or a piece of hogless pork?
I'd be content if they'd invent
A kind of workless work.
They'll yet make wireless telephones,
Or, maybe, noiseless noise,
And I'm afraid, if they keep on,
They'll yet make dadless boj-s.
The Jury Disagree.
The Nebraska City News says: The
jury in the case of the state vs. John
A. Wood, charged with assaulting the
fourteen-year-old grandaughter of Mr
and Mrs. Williamson, which went out
Thursday afternoon, came in late
yesterday afternoon and stated to
Judge Jessen that they could not
agree as to a verdict. They had been
out over twenty-four hours and after
considering the matter, the judge de
cided that there was but one thing to
do and that was to discharge the jury,
which he did." A late issue of the
News stated that he was out on the
old bond, and that it is extremely
doubtful that the case will ever come
up in court again.
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The Plattsmouth Telephone company is prepared to supply the
farmers of Cass county with telephones at reasonable rates.
The Plattsmouth Telephone company is strictly A HOME COM
PANY, every dollar of the stock of this company being owned by Cass
county people, and every dollar of its earnings is kept in the county and
not sent to Boston, as are the earnings of our competitor.
The Plattsmouth Telephone company will be pleased to accommo
date any citizen of Cass county who wishes to become a stockholder in
this company, but has no stock to sell to Eastern speculators.
We have Exchanges and Toll Stations ;n every town in Cass county
so that there is not a section of the county that cannot be reached by
the Independent Telephone.
We have seven Exchanges in our county, and a great many farmers
are now supplied with Plattsmouth Independent telephones. We in
tend to build farm lines out of every town in Cass county, and expect
to install 500 farm telephones in the county the coming summer, be
sides building several Exchanges.
The Plattsmouth Telephone company has been doing business in
Cass county for four years; the "Bell" Telephone company has been do
ing business in Cass county for twenty-five years, yet the Plattsmouth
company has now six times as many telephones in the county as the
"Bell" company have.
The Plattsmouth Independent Telephone company has brought
the rates for telephone service dow n to where all can afford to have
a telephone in their residence or place of business, and these are the
reasons why the Independent telephone has been so well supported by
the people in our county.
Against the strong opposition the "Bell" company made against us
we have succeeded in establishing our connections in South Omaha
and have our toll line connections w ith 200 cities and towns.
Cass county does not need two telephone systems. We are able and
anxious to furnish telephones to every citizen in the county, so get in
the band wagon and stay with your home company and subscribe for a
telephone from the Independent company, who have placed six times
as many telephones in Cass county in four years as the "Bell" Tele
phone company have in twenty-five years.
Our solicitor will call on you for a contract, so wait for him.
The Plattsmouth Telephone Company,
Plattsmouth, .... Nebraska.
A BIG TIME.
The Three Local Lodges A. 0. U.
W. Hold Joint Initiation Cere
monies. On Friday night, February 13th.
the three local lodges of the A. O. U.
W., Germaina lodge No. 81, Platts
mouth lodge No. 8, and Trio lodge No.
84, enjoyed a big time at their lodge
room on Chicago avenue, the occasion
being the initiation of thirty-five ap
plicants for membership. Large dele
gatiops were present from several ad
joining towns, the largest number,
however, coming from Union and Mur
ray, who materially assisted in the
exercises. The high officials present
were H. II. Warin l- Past 1 and
Recorder, of Omaha; Ed. fariott, of
Peru, and Q. J. VanPyke, Past Qrand
Master Workman, of Omaha.
The exercises, outside of the
initatlons, consisted of short addresses,
pertaining to the growth and the wel
fare of the order in general, by visit
ing brothers.
During the past year the member
ship of the different lodges in Platts
mouth has greatly Increased, and no
order is in a more flourishing condition.
Including those taken in Friday night.,
the membership jri ihjs'city exceeds
five hundred.
Several weeks ago, Mr. F.J. Morgan,
Plattsmouth's leading clothier, who is
also an enthusiastic Workman, offered
an overcoat to the member who suc
ceeded in obtaining the largest num
ber of applicants for initationat this
meeting, and Fred Denson was the
lucky man.
The A. O. U. W. order is the oldest
of its character in the United States.
It U as solid as the Bock or C.ibralter,
and one of the best insurance fratem
Itfes ju tht; wqrld. It js such an
ordqr every youqg .married man
should join.
Physical Culture Free.
Attila, the man who developed San
dow, and who is recognized as the
master of modern athletics, has been
engaged to write a series of articles on
physical culture for the Police
Gazette, New York City, which will
appear every week. His lessons will
be illustrated with poses by John
Beiling, the recent winner of the
physical culture championship and
holder of the $500 diamond medal.
Escaped an Awful Fate.
Mr. H. Haggins of Melbourne, Fla
writes, "My doctor told me I had
Consumption and nothing could be
done for me. I was given up to die.
The offer of a free trial bottle of Dr
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion, induced me to try it. Results
were startling. I am now on the road
to reoovery. It surely saved my life."
This great cure is guaranteed for all
throat and lung diseases by F. G.
Fricke & Co., druggists. Price 50c and
$1.00. Trial bottles free.
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makes a specialty of all kinds
of Tinwork, such as Roofing,
it Guttering, etc.. and all work
guaranteed. Call and get
prices before contracting
work.
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8 It would be business suicide for us to misrepresent our merchandise.
Better or equally as good as the best "for less money" is what we have
1 to offer
M Costly engravings and well-made, alluring ads. compossed by high-priced
if experts are catchey, but good, honest clothing is what the people want
Do You Know Where to Find It?
Our stock is replete with such garments, carefully selected, and our spring
8 goods is arriving daily
By the way we have a few heavy mitts and gloves left on our hands,
J wouldn't you like to have them on yours?
S Besides we have some overcoats and suits we would be glad to bid good-
bye if you can use them and at almost your own price
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Monthly Combination Sales.
Tlie large attendance at tbe sale of
tbe livery stock of A. W. Magowan
last Saturday demonstrated to a dead
moral certainly that people will come
to a city at such sales when they won't
go elsewhere.
Why not organize a company heie to
inaugurate a series of monthly sales,
and if it pansout as well as it does in
many county seat towns in Iowa and
Missouri, keep it up. What say our
business men to making au effort in
this direction? Let us have a starter,
say about the first Friday and Satur
day in April. If a farmer has a horse
or mule he desires to sell, or a few
bead of cattle be desires to dispose of,
it will not cost much for him to bring
them here, even if he fails to get what
he wants forthem. Headquarters can
be established at one of the livery
barns. An auctioner can be employed,
or two of them for that matter, if
necessary, to be paid a per cent of
tbe profits derived from tbe sale. Jt
will prove a good thing for Platts
mouth, and at the same time afford
the farmers an opportunity to dispose
of their surplus stock, without going
to the expense of having a sale him
self. Let us agitate the question.
To Double Up.
Judge IXtuglass issued marriage per
mits to the following parties last
Tuesday: Lodge L. Caygill, aged 22,
of Wabash, and Miss Myrtle li. Waltz,
aged 18, of El in wood; Torence W.
Fleming, of Nehawka, and Miss Lena
L. Hutchins, of Weeping Water;
Thomas R. Hazel wood, aged 2.'J, and
Myrtle Worden, aged 21, both of
Plattsmouth; Hugh I). Stanley, aged
27, and Anna E. Miller, aged 21, both
of riattsmouth; also John M. Meis
ingerand Miss Mary Macin.of Platts
mouth. We presume the judge came
to the conclusion about the time lie
was issuing the fifth license that
matrimony was on the boom, which it
no doubt is in Cass county at the
present time.
For Sale!
Four desirable bouses, located in
the best part of the city of Platts
mouth. Well improved and in ex
cellent repair. These houses have al
ways been occupied at a very fair
rental. A bargain if sold soon, as I
desire to locate elsewhere
Jamks II. He BOLD.
Better than Gold.
"I was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and nervous
debility," writes F. J. Green, of Lan
caster. N. H. "No remedy helped
me until I begair using Electric Uit
ters, which did me more good than
all the medcines I ever used. They
have also kept my wife in excellent
health for years. She Fays Electric
Bitters are just splendid for female
troubles; that they are a grand tonic
and invigorator for weak, run down
women. No other medicine can take
its place in our family." Try them.
Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by
F. G. Fricke & Co.
"Exquisites" is the popular cigar,
and a most elegant smoker. Made only
by Herman Spies.
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is one of the popular styles for
men of taste. It is one of the
many designs shown in our assortment
JEWELRY FOR MEN IS SHOWN
in great variety.
The beauty and workman
ship of these things for
masculine wear is not even sur
passed by the dainty things
for ladies. There is an ele
gance and richness about them
that makes the prices surpris
ingly low.
SNYDER Sc O.,
JEW&LERSAND OPTICIANS.
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Laxative Bromo-Quicine tw.
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i Parmele Theatre!
MISS ROSE: Cos"HI-IM'
W whose great vocal power, regal stage presence, elaborate costumes and know
ledge of the most intricate details insure a fine performance of
"The Second
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Queens Catherine and Elizabeth, of England, and Mary Stuart, of
Scotland.
Mrs. Tanqueiray!"
0 Among her impersonations in her past distinguished career are the notorious
Mrs. Ebbsmith, Countess Stephanie DeMohrivart, Countess Zicka, 4
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