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A VERY PRETTY HOME WEDDING The Marriage of Mr. William Hooter of Louisville and Miss Daisy M. Sher wood of Plattsmouth. LOUISVILLE IS THEIR HOME A Number of Out-of-Town Guests Present to Witness the Happy Event. THE HOME BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED On Sunday afternoon, August 27th, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sherwood on Chicago avenue was the scene of a most brilliant affair. The occasion being the marriage of their daughter. Miss Daisy, tc Mr. William Hoover of Louisville, Neb. The house was handsomely decorat ed for the event, and promptly at the hour designated for the happy event, the bride and groom entered the par lor, attended by Miss Nellie Sherwood, sister of the beide, and Miss Ella1 Hoover, sister of the groom: also, by Mr. Robert Sherwood, jr., brother of the bride, acting as hot man. As the bridal party entered the room they proceeded to an arch of roses and smi lax near a bay w indow, where the cer emony was performed by Canon Uur ges, in a most impressive manner, the ring service being used. The bride was gowned in white cheffon, carrying bride's roses. Miss Nellie Sherwood was gowned in whitedotted sw iss, car rying cream roses, while Miss Hoover wore white silk museline and carried pink roses. The father gave the bride away. Miss Carrie Sherwod acting as ring bearer, while Mrs. L. A. Moore presided at the piano. Immediately after the ceremony, Margaret lone Sherwood was chris tened by Canon Burgess. The little lady is a granddaughter of the father of the bride. After which followed the reception and the serving of an elegant wedding dinner. The happy couple departed on the 4 o'clock M. I. train for Denver, and will be at home to their friends about the tirst of October in Louisville, where the groom has already provided a comfortable home for his bride. Among the out-of-town guests pre sent were Miss Jackson, Beatrice: Miss Brandies, Omaha; Miss Nelson, Pacific Junction; Misses Ella and Helen Hoover, Louisville; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hoover, Louisville; Mr. Slocum, Mur ray; Miss Tuter, Glenwood: Miss Tritsch; Mrs. Thomas Sherwood, Den ver, and several others whose names we were unable to get. The Journal joins the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover in wishing them a happy and prosperous future, and may the bright wings of love for ever hover over them. State Fair News. This is the last call for the Nebraska State Fair at Lincoln, September 4th to Sth. u To attend means a most pleasant outing at a trifling expense; a chance to mingle with and be one of nearly 100,000 people from all parts of the state bent on having a good time: an opportunity to see and to learn in re gard to the resources and the people of the state that which it is not pos sible elsewhereto see and to learn, and the remembrance of which will be recalled with pleasure for months and years to come. Special train service has been pro vided on all railroads and a one fare rate for the round trip. In addition to large hotel accomodations, the citi zens of Lincoln will open their houses to state fair visitors and no one need lack for a room and bed, on reasonable terms, while in attendance at the fair. The entries and exhibits promise to exceed that of any previous fair in the historp or the state. A special feature at the state fair will be an Igorrote village which was one of the greatest attractions at the St. Louis Exposi tion, and visited by more than 1,000. 0C0 people: a tribe of Igorrotes, Head hunting, Dog Eaters Trom the pro vince or Bontoc. Island of Luzon, under charge of Dr. T. K, Hunt. Gov ernor of Hontoc, by special permission of Secretary of War, Hon- W. J. Taft. A stockade seven feet high imme diately north of Agricultural Hall is being constructed for the use of the Igorrote village. There w ill be racing each day of the fair: the fastest horses in the west have entered and will contest for the s..(00 cash oiler in purses. Remember the dates, September 4th to jth. Hits the Nail. A Texas editor hits the right i-pot when he says: ''The sorriest fellow on earth is the fellow who will sit around and cuss his own town. If I lived astride of the north pole, I would call it home and be ready to boost it up. If I could not say anything nice about it, I would say that my ice bill didn't come high. I wouldn't stay in a town I had to cuss not while the world is as bg as it is now." Tentb Wedding Anniversary. Mr and Mrs. John Hobscheidt, living eight miles south of town, cele brated their tenth wedding anniver sary yesterday. At nine o'clock in the morning the Invited guests began to gather at their home and all remained until eight p. m. enjoying the many good tilings prepared for them. Those present from and near l'lattsmouth were Mr. Reichter and Tamily, Mrs Matt Spader, Mrs. M. O'Roarke, Mr. Peter Spader, Frank Raske and John Fassbender and wife There were many more present from the surround ing country. Mr. and Mrs. Hobscheidt are among the best people of Cass county and we join the many friends in wishing them many more such happy occasions. MORE PENSION DECISIONS By the Assistant Secretary of the De partment of the Interior. Hklplkss Minoi:. A child who is an incurable epileptic, having a falling tit once a week on an average, and nervous attacks much oftener, who is vigorous in body, but dull mentally, who is able to attend to his personal wants except when suffering from an epileptic seizure, and can perform some remunerative labor, but not nearly sufficient to afford him a sup port, is "permanently helpless" in the contemplation of the law, and the pension on his account should be con tinued. Ski: vu k Dishonorable Discharge. Soldier having been dishonorably dis charged from the service during the war of the rebellion his w idow has no title to pension under the act of May !, 11)00. Di:( la i: tion. len.son under old law may commence from date of filing an informal declaration when the in formality is cured by the .subsequent tiling of a formal declaration. Fi:ai i oi: M i st a K k. Reimburse ment. lhe government can not with hold the pension granted under the act of June 27, 1!H, to reimburse itself for moneys erroneously paid as pension under the general law when such pension w as not procured through fraud or mistake, but was allowed as the result of an erroneous judgment on the evidence. Dkatii Caisk Link or Duty. Where it is shown that a soldier was sound at enlistment, and died in regi mental hospital of disease, the exact character and nature of which disease is not shown, the testimony relative thereto being conflicting, it will be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that he died of disease contracted in the service and line of duty. SHERIFF McBRIDE" ALERT By His Usual Indomitable Energy He Cap tures a Horse Thief at Nebraska City. Sheriff Page of Geneva, Neb., was here Saturday on the lookout for a horse thief. He was in secret con ference with Sheriff McBride for some time Saturday afternoon. He was given a full description of the property After gathering all the information necessary, Sheriff McBride and the Geneva sheriff proceeded to Nebraska City. The thief had some friends in or near Union, and they stopped there first, thinking possibly he might have halted to see them, A little after noon today Deputy Sheriff Tutt received a message to the effect that they had both the thief and the property and that they would arrive here sometime this even ing. The thief's name is Raker and he is a young man. Give our excellent Sheriff a chance and he will bag his game every time. Sheriff McBride's record for capturing thieves will compare with that of any sheriff in Nebraska, notwithstanding some prejudiced people will not give proper credit for same. He does not mind the little curs who delight in snapping at his heels, but proceeds with his duties just the same as though they did not bark. Cornpliments the Journal. The following is simply one of the many letters we receive nearly every day, and being from one of lhe lady teachers, and one who so highly ap preciates our efforts in giving the peo ple of Cass county an up-to-date paper, that we give it place in our columus: Elmuood, Nei;., Aug. '2, '05. The Plattsmouth Journal, Platts mouth, Neb. Gentlemen: Please lind enclosed a postoffice money order to pay for one year's subscription to the Plattsmouth Journal, to begin the next issue. I am a teacher of Cass county. My school is in district ill. I have seen several copies of 3'our paper and think every loyal teacher or Cass county should have access to the l'lattsmouth Journal. Yours respectfully, Myktle B. Fentiman, Elmwoocl, Neb. Funeral This Afternoon. The funeral of Mrs. J. P. Clintberg was held at the residence this after noon at 2 o'clock, and the services were conducted by Rev. J. E. Iloulgate, pastor of the M. E. church. Inter ment was made in Oak Hill cemetery. Deceased was born in Stockholm, Sweden. A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT Henry Snyder, an old gentleman about 75 years of age, met with an ac dent about two o'clock Saturday after noon which may prove fatal. Mr. Sny der, it seems, came to town early in the morning and about nine o'clock ac cidently fell and hurt himself. He was taken to the home of William Brant ner, who occupies rooms in the Union block, w here he was placed on a lounge. Sometime near the hour mentioned above, iie took a notion to come down stairs, where he remained a short time and started back. When he had gain ed the top of the stairway, it is pre sumed he thought he had got into the wrong place. He turned around as to decend, and took one step when lie fell head-long to the bottom. When he was picKed up and carried upstairs to the room from whence he came he was found to be entirely unconscious, in which condition he has remained with but very little change, which has been slightly for the better. Mr. Snyder makes his home with his son-in-law, Conrad Vallery, five miles west of l'lattsmouth, and very seldom comes to town. Being in his dotage, he is one of those who generally pre fers to remain at home. The latest reports are to the effect that he is resting easier, and while slight hopes are entertained for his re covery, his age is against that result, lie is an old citizen of the county and the father of Andy Snyder, one of the finest young men in Cass county. He is also father of Mrs. Conrad Vallery, both of whom are attending him. The Journal hopes to be able to report the old gentleman much improved in to morrow's issue. CAN THEY GET ALONG? Counties May be Able to Avoid Great Em barrassment From Railroad Tax Suit. The Lincoln News is responsible for the statement that State Treasurer Montisen dees not believe that the railway tax suits will result in so much embarrassment for the counties as had been anticipated. In many of the counties the offer of the railways to pay what they thought was justly due was accepted under an order from the federal court reserving all rights. In some of them, the offers of the cor porations were rejected, notwithstand ing the order, but the offer to pay a portion of the amount considered due still stands, according to the informa tion received by the treasurer. Mr. Mortensen believes that the counties will have no difficulty in securing all the money needed since there is an acti ve demand for w arrants, and the mere fact that a portion of the taxes levied is in question w ill not in terfere with the issuance of warrants to the amount of the estimates made. The credit of the counties is good and the demand for investments will main tain these warrants at par. Should the suit go against the counties, the warrants could still be paid, so that the county finance need not be greatly embarrassed at present. The taxes of the railway companies are due December 1, just as are other personal taxes. If they are not paid, then, they become delinquent and the penalty begins to run, and in February the property of the corporations is subject to restraint. It is supposed that the Union Pacific and the Bur lington will secure injunctions before December 1, restraining the collection of the taxes in order that they may be consistent in their stand that they are subjected to excessive. burdens. There is considerable speculation as to the time the taxes will be in litiga tion. It may be three years until the supreme court of the United States can finally pass on the matter, it is said. There are present indications that the corporations desire to make test cases and will proceed very delib erately. It is believed that there is a general understanding between some of the larger companies that this liti gation furnishes an opportunity to test validity of the stock and bond theory of railway taxation, enunciated thirty years ago by Justice Miller of the supreme court. At that time they had not learned to inflate stock and bond issues to such an extent and had but little reason to complain that . tangible values were not used as the basis of assessment since in depressed condition of the stock and bond mar ket then prevailing the value of the securities would be less than the vis ible property. It is pointed out that conditions have changed to a very great extent and the issuance of stocks and bonds has absorbed not only the present tangible value, but represents a neavy capitalization oi the iuture value of the property and to sustain it the freight rates are made high enough to make dividend payments possible. Although the suits will affect the state treasury to a considerable extent, they will not cause embarrassment, despite the fact that the floating debt is above the 32,000,000 mark. It is be lieved that the railways will adopt the same policy this year as they did last year and will offer a considerable per centage of the taxes to avoid creating too much antagonism on the part of the tax payers at large. Death at Weeping Water. A special from Weeping Water, un der date of August 27, says: "Amos Wart died last night at his home In Riverside addition, aged 77 years and months. He was born in Lycoming county. Pennsylvania, February 2S, 125, came to Ohio and then to Ne braska, settling here about twenty five years ago. His aged wife is also confined to her bed, and but little hope is entertained of her recovery. He leaves this aged wife, one sister and a number of grown children, who will keenly feel their loss. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock !n the M. E. church." AT THE McMAKEN HOME A Fine Reception Tendered Friends in Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Guy D. McMaken. Last Saturday evening from the hours of 7:30 to 9:00 a reception was held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Guy D. McMaken, given by II. C. McMaken and daughter, Mrs. Reese, at their home in the west part of town. Quite a number of friends and relatives were invited. The beautiful lawn in front of the house was decorated with tlags and some three or four dozen Chinese lanterns were hanging on wires, and with the many flowers and varities of shruberyof which Mr. McMaken takes such great delight in growing, the old homestead certainly presented a very delightful appearance. Many tables and chairs were scattered here and there for the comfort of the guests. Ice cream and cake were served and the overflowing punch bowl was placed to one side of the law n and all were asked to help themselves. One is certainly made welcome when they visit the McMaken home. The sur roundings certainly denote this fact, and every effort is exerted to make one feel that the occasion was planned for the enjoyment of the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Guy McMaken departed on the midnight Missouri Pacific train for Atchinson, Kansas, for a short visit among relatives and friends. Especially for Young Ladies. If a young girl stumbles over a bot tle, she will not marry for a year. If she steps on a cat's tail the result is the same. It is unlucky for two people, born on the same day of the month, to marry. It is an omen of marriage to drop a milk pan. It foretells e&ily marriage to rub shoulders with a bride. When a girl shakes hands with three men in succession, on entering a room, it is a sign of early marriage. When the canary belonging to a maiden lady has an even number of feathers in its tail, it is a sign that she will marry during its life. To fall upstairs, is a sign you will not be married for a year. If a lady calls while you are sweep ing, she will not be married that year. It is unlucky for a bride to see her marriage license before the ceremony. If two brothers marry two sisters, one of the couple will quarrel. It is unlucky for a bride to let any man see her while dressing for the mar riage. It is unlucky for a bride to glance at a mirror after dressing, unless she has one glove off. It means bad luck for a wedding par ty to meet, on the way to church, any of the following persons or animals: A woman, a cross-eyed man, a blind per son, a policeman, a priest, a lawyer, a dog, a lizard, a snake. But it is lucky to see a ladder. It is unlucky for a wedding party to meet a funeral. The only way to kill a, hoodoo is to go through it. If it snows on a wedding day, it is a sign of a happy marriage. A broken lamp chimney in the bridal chamber, is an omen of broken mar riage vows. His Share of Accidents. Alvin, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stull, who resides on the Platte river bottom north of the city, thinks he is having more than his share of trouble recently. Last Friday he chopped off a partion of the fore finger of his left hand. Dr. E. W. Cook dressed the injured member and he returned home feeling fine, and while playing with a broken glass fruit jar, sat down on it hard, and the broken glass cut a very bad gasn, wnicu the doctor sewed up. Mr. and Mrs. Stull were in the city today with the boy, and after an examination, Dr. Cook pronounced the wound as healing nicely, but the boy finds it very con venient to lie instead of sit down. Funeral of Henry Snyder. The funeral of Henry Snyder occur red Wednesday at 2 o'clock from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alice White. The remains were taken to the United Brethren church south of town, where the services were con ducted by the pastor, Rev. T. K. Service. After which interment was made inTtbe Horning cemetery, p.nd the remains laid away beside those of his wife. A large circle of friends from both city and country attended. The Dall bearers were J. V . John son, W. D. Jones. A. W. Atwood, Andy Taylor, A. W. White and John Fite. All of whom have been inti mately acquainted with the deceased for many years. ALWAYS ON THEJLOOKOUT Sheriff McBride Succeeds in Nabbing An other Fleerer From Justice. LEFT HERE NEAR A YEAR AGO Charged With Running Away With Some Mortgaged Property. WAS CAPTURED AT WYMORE, NEBRASKA For nearly one year Sheriff McBride has made a desperate effort to locate one Edward Carpenter, charged with mortgaging two horses to Abram L. Brown of Mt. Pleasant precinct, and then running away with the property. At last the fellow has been captured at Wymore, Neb. From the day the warrant was plac ed in his hands, Sheriff McBride has never ceased his efforts capture Car penter, and at last those efforts have been awarded with success, and by this time tomorrow the much sought for gentleman will be gazing through the bars of the Cass county jail. Sheriff McBride has traced Carpen ter almost from one end of the state to the other and back again, 'and. several times he thought sure he had his man. He has gone to numerous points to identify the party captured, only to find that the wrong man had been ar rested, and still he has never let upon his search. Mac has been indefatig able in his efforts to bring criminals to justice, and should be accorded the credit that is honestly due an ener getic and faithful official. Here is a man who went and mort gaged two horses to a man, whom he intended to defraud. When lie mort gaged the property he intended toskip the country, and will now have to suf fer the consequences. He has had a hard time keeping out of Mac's way, and has at last reached the inevitable a term in the penitentiary. An Enjoyable Event. A surprise party was given Friday night, September 2.3, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. White, near Rock Bluffs, in honor of their grand-daughters, the Misses Ann and Margarette Hiatt, of Sidney, Iowa. Music was furnished by Mrs. John W. Hendricks and Miss Hiatt, and social games were indulged in until a late hour, when delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. Sam G. Smith and Mrs. Mark White. Among those present were: Misses Nanna Rouse, Lotta Foote, Mollie Sei vers, Hester Gilmore, Nettie Smith, Ora and Winnie Hutcheson, Buelah Sans, Margaretta and Ann Hiatt. Messrs. Cecil and Claire Thomas, Ed. McCulloch, Will Ranard, Tom, Willie, Ray and Earl Smith, John Marquette; Mr. and Mrs. John II. Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sans, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Mark White and Mrs. Sam G. Smith. Advertising Did It. The Western Publisher gives the ex perience of a merchant who had two stores in small towns only a few miles apart. He put a bargain counter in each store containing the same articles at the same prices. In the newspaper of one village he advertised his special sale counters. In one month in the village where he did not advertise he sold $984 worth of goods. In the other store where he did advertise he sold the same goods) amounting to $1,724. In commenting on the result of the experiment the merchant says: "Peo ple who got the paper would pass by one store and drive four miles to the other one for what they could have gotten at the same price in my store at their doors, but they did not know it. A Large Order. Mr. Jos. Triner, the well-known manufacturer of Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine, shipped a car load of this preparation to New York last week. This is certainly the best proof of the popularity of Mr. Triner's specialty which is rapidly finding new friends in every nationality. It is in deed a perfectly reliable remedy in all diseases of the stomach and of the blood, which does good to everybody and harms none. Whoever is in need of strength and of a good appetite, cannot find a better remedy than Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine. It will make the stomach strong: it will purify and renew the blood: it will increase the muscular power: it will pacify and strengthen the nerves: it will keep you in perfect health and prolong your life. Ladies, pale and weak, troubled with constant headache, should use nothing else. It should be in every household, being the best family remedy. At drug stores. Jos. Triner, manufacturer, 799 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, 111. If you are a judge of a good smoke, try the "Acorns" 5 cent cigar and you will smoke no other. Because They are Democrats. The follow ing are the names of some of the prominent farmers south of Louisville, who are deprived of free mail delivery because they are demo crats: John I). Ferguson, Peter and Henry Vogel, Clias. Lau, August Krecklow and a numberof other grand, gqpd families. It seems strange that public servants of the people will stoop so low as to wreak vengeance upon sucii men, because they disagree with them in politics. But it seeir.s this Is the case. These farmers live in one of the best sections of the coun ty, the roads to their farms are in ex cellent condition, and there Is noother excuse for depriving them of the priv ilege granted other farmers, than that they are democrats. CROPS IN THE SOUTHWEST Corn Needs Nothing More Now Than Warn Weather to Ripen It. . Reports from the crop department of the state university are to the effect that the 'past week was warm with maximum temperatures atxjve IX) degrees on several days, and but one cool day. The daily mean tem perature averaged ." degrees above the normal. Scattered showers occurred with rainfalls exceeding 1 inch at a few places and exceeding 1-2 inch in a considerable portion of the southern part f the state. In the northern counties the showers were lighter and more scattered. Haying progressed rapidly and more than half the heavy crop is now se cured in good condition. The third crop of alfalfa is a good one and is be ing cut. The showers generally did not interfere with or retard threshing Fall plowing has progressed well and is now well advanced and some have finished. A little ryeand some winter wheat have been sown. Corn has ad vanced towards maturity rapidly, and now has nearly reached normal condi tions for the season of the year. Some early corn is dented. With normal weather the bulk of the corn will be safe from danger of damage by frost by September lth, while as usual, some late corn will need until October 1st to mature. The following is a report of crop conditions in south eastern counties of the state: Butler Corn in roasting ears and maturing rapidly, some fields damaged 15 to 25 per cent by late storm; rather dry for plowing. Cass Some early corn ripening, all corn advancing rapidly; pastures much improved, stock doing well. Clay Pastu res and wild hay good; plowing for wheat well advanced; coru maturing nicely, early corn too hard for roasting ear. Fillmore Oats and wheat about all stacked; some threshing from shock; corn maturing slowly, will be excellent crop. Gage Oats yielding better than ex pected; prairie hay being cut: pastures good: corn extra fine and will be heavy crop. Hamilton Pastures good; much grass not cut; plowing well advanced; corn damaged in places by storm but generally in fine condition. Jefferson Haying progressing fast; plowing nearly done, ground in splen did condition: wheat and oats in stack damaged some by wind and rain. Johnson Fall plowing about fin ished; pastures and all vegetation im proved. Lancaster Corn looks fine and will be tig crop, corn ripening but needs more dry weather: oats in stack, some damaged. Nemaha Pastures improved byre cent rain; wild bay being made, fair crop; conditions excellent for corn. Nuckolls Threshing progressing with grain in poor condition for rapid work; some oats spoiled; corn doing well: potatoes good. Otoe Rather poor week for cutting prairie hay; corn maturing well, ears well filled and promises large crop. Pawnee -Pastu resand meadows good plowing for fall grain progressing . well; earlycorn beginning to harden; corn in excellent condition. Polk Plowing progressing rapidly; corn blown down some but not injured to any great extent: early corn dented. Richardson Fall plowing about fin ished: potatoes being dug; corn is ex cellent, early planted past roasting ears. Saline Plowing well advanced; threshing delayed some by rain; corn eared nicely and doing well: prairie hay very heavy crop: potatoes good. Saunders Plowing more than half done: some rye sown: pastures im proved: potatoes light crop: threshing progressing rapidly; corn doing well. Seward Threshing and plow ing de layed by rain; corn about 10 days late but growing fast and very promising. Thayer Fall plowing progressing rapidly, many have finished; corn do ing finely; potatoes good crop; pastures improved; wheat damaged some in shock. York Threshing delayed by rain; corn doing well, early corn beginning to dent; plowing well advanced. Dr. Elster, Dentist, Waterman Block,