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PLATTSMOUTH, NEIiKASKA, THURSDAY, MAKCIl i!I 1007
NLLMUEIi
VOLU3IE XXVII
JOTTINGS FOR THE JOtlY
Short Pararjiot) pei"; '3
For 1Sv i'' ' "" "
Will 4M1I I' llfM-.
A nil wil ii It i-onifs
Tli- hrown Imm-U Im it.
The man who waits for a soft job is
likely to have a hard time.
Frederick Ward says "women should
talk more and longer." Impossible!
'o matter how Marchcomesin it al
ways goes out merged into April fool.
The money that some anglers spend
for bait would keep the family in fish
for a week.
Dark horses never amount to any
thing until they are well into the
limelight.
Few men who are unable to stand
prosperity ever achieve any preat de
cree of success.
A burnt child dreads the fire: but
the man who gets scorched gets a pair
of asbestos gloves and tries it again.
It isn't charitable to condemn a wo
man for loving a poodle dog until you
know what her husband is like.
Incompatible is the mild term to ap
ply to the man who swears while but
toning up the back of his wife's dress.
Buttermilk is not as exhilarating as
booze, but he whc indulges doesn't
have to place wet towels pn his head
the next morning.
Mary had a lit tit' ralf
White as whitest snow.
Whene'er she put her sliirkiiitr on.
Iiiirht in that calf would ro.
Catching her smalltrother, who was
hiding under the sofa, a Plattsmouth
girl yanked him out with the remark,
"It's the little things that tell."
Whenever a man wants to take the
conversation and run away with it,
furnishing most of the talk and all of
Look Out for Them.
The Omaha Bee savs: "A bad
bill of the Buffalo treasury note series
of V.tOl has put in its appearance in
Omaha. Thus far but one of the bills
has been discovered, but there is an
impression that others may have been
put into circulation in this part of the
country recently. The. note in ques
tion was deposited in one of the Om
aha banks, and aside from the Lewis
and Clark portrait on its face, is a
rather dangerous counterfeit. This
note bears the check letter "C" and is
numbered 17'.120. These notes lirst
appeared in November, 1!0.", and quite
a number of them were circulated in
this vicinity. The stipple and figure
work is very good, but the fraudulent
character of the note can best be dis
tinguished by the Lewis and Clark
portraits on the face, which are
crude."
BASKET BALL AT NEB. CITY
the basket ball
Saturday night,
went down in de-
A Birthday.
Dr. Cook of Plattsmouth, rseo., ana
m it . 1L I f . 1
The Turners Team 01 nansmouin m
Their Waterloo Saturday Night.
The Nebraska City News gives the
following account of
contest in that city
In which our boys
feat:
"Saturday evening the Turners bas
ket ball team of Plattsmouth came to
this city and met their Waterloo at
the hands or the Nebraska City Ath
letic association team by a score of
25 to 15.
"The Plattsmouth team was com
posed of good, strung men and were
heavier than the JNeorasKa uu, auu
.i t Than ari nil COOd
very pnyeu swni um.
players and playeu me game wen.
"There was a large crowd present
and it was the most interesting ana
exciting game of the season. There
was something doing all of the time
The New Duck Law.
Considerable criticism is heard of
the new game law recently passed
with the emergency clause and now
n operation.
Under it the buying and selling of
ucks is forbidden. It is the under
standing of those wbo claim to know
its provisions that the man who can
go out and kill his own game can have
duck dinners, and suppers, and break
fasts if he wishes, but that, unless
some hunter gives him one, no one
who does not kill ducks can ever hope
to get one.
Of course the restrictions applies to
carriers. It is unlawful now for res
taurants to carry ducks upon the bill
of fare. It is claimed that some of
them do it, simply because it is not
known that such a law passed and
went into immediate effect.
THE PLATTSMOUTH SCHOOLS
niS IWin urouucr, "nu.uw " , . , coomort rn ,o in
Maivorn. and Merchant C II. Cook of ana an oi iue .""
Main. celebrated the twins' birth good
day last Sunday at the home or lr.
Cook in Plattsmouth. There seems
to be a fellowship among these Cook
brothers that is pleasant to contem
plate. We can easily imagine that
t.hft details of the dinner were
class iudintr from the
that Attorney Cook made. The fami
lies of the brothers here went along to
fnrm and no substitutes were
used during the game, ine siar
player of the Plattsmouth team was
Wilklns and he played snappy ban an
of the time.
"In the first half the Nebraska City
. i i
bovs were in good shape ana piayeu
few remarks gooa oau anu every wiui uj
a sure one, it being no irouDie ior
them to throw the ball into the bas-
first-
help celebrate. Malvern
Southwest Iowan.
(Iowa)
Bills Signed by the Governor.
Governor Sheldon has signea me
Gibson employers' liability bill, senate
file No. 5, which passed both houses or
the legislature by practically unani
mous vote. It applies to railway
trainmen only. Senate nie .o. o.
memorializing congress to enact a law
which will prevent railroads and oth
er frrnnrntinns takimr suits mio me
the appreciation, he needs boring for federal courts for the purpose ofen-
an exaggeratea ego. ioininir taxes levied by the state and
There is a revival in the fashion of local governments, has also been sign-
l i
ending Easter cards. It would seem ed by the governor. Governor nei-
.. . , . M vm 11-1 ai I - i v-. i3va4 liic ctonatnrp to
aS 11 tlie CUSLOm annual auauuuucu 1 (uu nils a.isu amcu mo
some ten years ago was about to be as I senate file No. 151, allowing joint
rvnnniar n ever it was. teachers' institutes to be neia oy iwu
I
, fi!,nhar nnr-L. or aiore counties.
eller's favorite hymns is "On Jordan's
Stormy Banks I Stand." And that's
nnp nlace where Standard Oil can't
calm the troubled waters.
A woman who is expected to praise
her neighbor's hat must feel like the
man who is called on to ask the bless
ing at the table right after cutting a
gash in his thumb with a can opener
Whpn a bov irets the idea in his
head that he is "real smart" he can
go some, but a shrewd observer has
noticed that when a girl gets the idea
Oie is "cute" she can make that boy
look like a wilted parsnip.
It is told of a Plattsmouth girl that
she describes a kiss to her timid but
tickled beau, tbusly: "It seems like a
Imprisonment for Cattle Men.
Sentences were passed in federal
. A. 1 A. .
cfinrt. Mnndav morning on rsarweLt
Richards, WTill Comstock, Charles C.
Jamieson and Aquilia uripien, wnu
were convicted of conspiracy to de
fraud the government in lands. The
sentences are: Kicnaras, nne oi
and one year in Douglas county jan
Comstock, fine of $1,500 and one year
in Douerlas county jail. Jamieson,
fine of $500 and eight months in Doug
las county jail. Triplett, tine of $500
and eight months in Douglas county
jail
ket and score. The Plattsmoum ooys
got the ball to their goal several times
but seemed to be unable to score, ine
first half the score was 12 to 5 in favor
of Nebraska City.
Tbe second half of the game the
Plattsmouth team whipped up ana
did some brilliant playing and for a
time hd the Nebraska City team tied
onthesvare, but the crowd cheered
the homBboys and they took a fresh
reef in their sails and won at an easy
narp hv a score of 25 to 13. Wade Minor
of Plattsmouth was referee, and Prof.
G. E. Martin was umpire.
The Nebraska City team was Otto
Schneider, Harry Schroeder, Clyde
McCormick, William ITomeyer and
Fred schroeder. with William Elsen-
mann as substitute.
The Plattsmouth team was E
Wurl, Fred Mann, Charles wiiKms,
navid White and C. A. Rawls, with
Edward Fricke as substitute.
"After the game the W. O. W. drill
team gave a dance which was largely
attended and to which the visiting
team were guests."
The return game will be played at
Coates' ball in this city on k nday
night, March 22. After the game
dance will be given in honor of the
visitors, and our boys will endeavor to
return the hospitalities so lavishly ex
tended bv the Nebraska City team
and their friends.
Purchases Barber Shop.
John P. Kuhney, who for many
Take His Word For It
While the local banker Is not always years has been engaged in conducting
infallible in his judgment, it can be - barber shop in this city, has sold his
moonlight trip on a box of chocoalates ut down 33 a pretty sure thing that establishment in the Riley block to
down a stream or lemonaae io an ice there would be millions less hara earn- Charles Terhune, of Manchester, Okla
cream resiivai. e aaiu, uwu. ed money squanaerea every year n uu j,ne (jeai was ciosea Jionaay ior
and they clinched. outside investments were made except consideration of $400. Mr. Kuhney
A Plattsmouth woman said to her on his reccomendatlon. If you have a and son Floyd will remain in the shop
husband: "I've just been reading an bonanza mining enterprise ana ii. is. su UQtil next week when tne new pro-
article on electricity, George, and it ghaky financially, that your banker prietor will take charge. Floyd con
-,,rc KofnrA inntr we shall be able to wouldn't Dut bis money into it, it will tinnintr with the work, while his
Auvcau w.iu.w .-n - I - - I
tret pretty well everything we wani be a pretty sate mingiusLeersujr i. father will prooaoiy enaeavor w re
bviust touching a button." "You'll . cuperate his health in the west. Mr
. . . I Narrow ucaoe r rwiii i . . . , , n
never be able to get anytnmg mat . . e t thp Kuhney nas noi aeciaea wnere ue wn
wav" replied her husband. "Wbynot. I . ::;n locate, but hi. friends trust that he
driv to Glen wood with fish seined
from the Missouri river. Friday Mr.
Smothers had a narrow escape from
drowning. He was holding the shore
end of a huge seine while his partner
George?" "Because, nothing on earm
would ever make you touch a button;
look at my shirt."
will not remove from
the state,
this section of
Report of the Same for the Month Ending
March 8th, 1907.
The following is the report of the
cny schools ror tne monm enumg
March S, 190":
TVaolior Meml"rs!iii Attendanco Tunl'm'ss PC
St rk-kland .... nil 155 n. . .'.Hi.5
Cole - i ir-
Keiin'ly M 0 MJ-
Maru-ns 4ii 42 1 '
iravcs 42 40 0 !4.i
Freosc 45 42 o
Vight 41 as 1 2.5
Towle -tl -
Monran.. 4i 0... ..5.5
Trosham i XI 3 "".St
Helsel 35 X 1 !KU
Mason 32 2!t 1.
Wilson 37 3.! 6 -7.!t
Kanka 4f. 42 0 !2.ii
Hawkswortli . 40 X (
Raird 45 42 1
Whali'ii...
Whistler..
Smith
Tart soli...
Harwick
Hanson ...
Totals
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43...
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43. .
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INCREASE BUREAU'S POWER
Thp pnrollment to date is 1154: last
year 1174. The lower average attend
ance and membership is accounted for
largely by thejprevalence of contagious
diseases which have detained at home
whole families.
The first week in April will be our
regular spring vacation.
We trust our friends will keep the
dates of our coming art exhibit in
mind and leave that week free for the
pupils to have every chance to earn a
picture for every room in the city
school. Thisexhibit will be practically
without expense outside of hall rent
and advertising. The entire receipt
will be used to purchase pictures for
the various rooms. We are planning
a good program for each evening and
for musical numbers for each after
noon. The season tickets will be but
fifty cents this will give every patron
three entertainments and six oppor
tunities to see the pictures. We are
planning an exhibit of regular school
work at the same time and place.
RmDmhpr.t.hp. dates ADril 25, 26
Bill Which Will Incidentally Help DonDes-
paln, Passes the Senate.
A special from Lincoln to the World-
Ilerald, under dateof March isth, say:
"Amended so as to apply only to cor
porations "in which the public
is interested," the bill to Increase the
- . . 1 L r ...
powers oi me laoor uurcau a.ui iu
create a soft berth for Don Despair),
chief of the Norris Hrown press
bureau, was recommended for passage
by the .senate this afternoon. The
feat was not accomplished without a
brisk and lively contest, however. The
bill, S. V. No. .iSi, by Aldrich of Hut-
ler, changes the name of the iaooi
bureau so as to designate it as a bureau
of commerce and industrial statistics.
Under it the commissioner and his as
sistants are given power to examine
into the business, books of corpora
tions and their methods of doing busi
ness. The salary incidently is increas
ed to $1,800. Root of Cass, Clarke cr
Adams, King of Polk and Hums of
Lancaster opposed the bill and favor
ed an amendment offered at a previous
session to exempt banks, building and
innn nssnHations and insurance com
panies. Burns of Lancaster insisted
that the authority proposed to be vest
ed in the commission was too great
and that it could be used to great ad
vantage for purposes other than con
templated on tbe face of the bill. Ptoot
thought that the commission should
not be permitted to pry into the busi
ness of concerns necessarily doing a
private business and not in conflict
with the public welfare. At the con
clusion of the argument King's amend
ment to make the bill apply only to
corporations, "in which the public is
interested" was adopted and the bill
ordered passed." Don must be taken
care of my the leaders of. the Norris
Brown gang. Jle done too much dirty
work last fall and knows to much of
tbe ."inside work" of the gang to turn
him loose. They are compelled to
Death at Weeping Water.
A special from Weeping Water s:iys:
John II. Davis, an old citizen of ('ass
county, died Friday night after an
illness of several weeks due to a gen
eral breaking ('own in health. Ilr
was years old, an old soldier and a
highly respected and inllucntial citi
zen. The funeral will be hold from
the Methodist Episcopal church at 2
o'clock Monday, March IS."
A Delightful Surprise.
When Charlie Peterson, who is
working in the Burlington shops in
Havelock, came home Saturday own
ing to spend Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. .J . C. Petersen, Ik- and
his friend, Raymond Ilinkle, of Have
lock, were delightfully surprised to be
recived at the door by a number of his
friends. The affair which had been
planned by Mrs. Petersen was an en
tire success, and after realizing that,
the surprise was on them, Charlie ami
his young friend joined in the social
time which was had playing games of
various kinds, dancing and refresh
ments, which were served at the con
clusion of several very enjoyable hours.
Those invited to participate in the
occasion were, Misses Ilellen Chap
man, Loretto Scottcn, Helen Klein,
May Larson, Katie Shields, Alma
Larson, Ethel Ballance, Zetta Brown,
Mary Kunsman, Violet Dodge, Edna
Peterson, and Messrs John Chapman,
Ray McKinney, Ed Scotten, .Noel
Rawls, and Alvin Ramge, Raymond
Hinkle, Albert Shafer, and J.C. Peter
sen, jr., or JiaveiocK.
TWO CELEBRATIONS IN ONE
Mrs. Kate Oliver Celebrates Sixty-tignm
Birthday at Home on St. Patrick's Day.
Sunday, (St. Patrick's day in the
morning, ) March 17,, was a day that
was looked forward to with much
pleasure by Mrs. Kate Oliver and her
children, as it was by the sons or
Erin's Isle. At the Oliver home on
thp corner of V ine and Third si reels,
take care of him, or his tongue might kw0 ceiebrations in one occurred
be loosened at both ends.
and 2"
E. L. Rouse.
The New Federal Judge.
Judges Munger and Munger of the was out rowing in the river with the
federal court have adopted the fol- other end. The current in the river
t Hn, to notice: was running quite fierce that day and
"Hereafter all applications for mo- the seine pulled so hard that Smothers condition,
tions or ord'ers, arising in tbedivi- was dragged into the river One of ter of gra
uons "J tt.c r.r,H the roDes eot tangled about his leg in and unless
t.,- xTf.fw.i.- will be nresented such a manner that he
to and heard by Judge T. C. Munger tricate himself for several minutes,
at Lincoln; all Applications for orders The seine pulled him oat into the
a",L: the divisions of stream a hundred feet, when he grasp-
Omaha, Norfolk, Chadron, and North ed a cake of ice running in the river
Platte will be presented to, and heard and pulled himself upon it he managed
by Judge W. II. Munger, at Omaha, to get his leg out of the water and d
ll case ot sickness or absence from the entangle the rope. Smothers hen
in cse oi f.hocuiinM. swam back to the shore. William
S ivMitonrini motions in the Henry laughs at the incident as tho it plete report will appear later.-Unlon
S uionSned to such judge willbe were an everyday affair and his icy Ledger.
aivibiuu , . bath assomething in keeping with his .......
T hat Cal,iD' The -ident happened just
xilUhxi W P Warner has signified above the Plattsmouth bridge at a
WaTS enuoa of stationing a deputy point known as the "rip-rap-Glen-
-vi t. Lincoln, and mat ne win wuuu viuiuu.
probably name Deputy Marshal
Moore, formerly of Otoe county, for
this place Lincoln Journal.
Death from Paralysis.
Jacob Ruhman, residing a few miles
southeast of town, suffered a stroke
of paralysis Tuesday evening from
which he now lies In a very critical
and his recovery is a mat-
grave aouDt. ne is neipiess
a change for better comes
his death may occur at any moment.
The stroke came upon him suddenly
while he was out doing the chores,
but fortunately he was found soon af
terward and carried into the house.
Later At 4:30 yesterday evening,
after The Ledger forms were on the
press a telephone message announced
Mr. Ruhman's death. A more com-
Now and Then.
Nowadays when Johnny is bad at
school, the teacher takes down her
book and gives him a bad mark. Next
t.i. .ii...nHr. tlie .eves flay Johnoy.is worse than ever. Fifty
liver and kidneys. -Exercise ana xioi- cuw.,
Jurt RwkyMounUin Tea will make wood sprout, made about two dozen
lister """ex . , k ks arouna hls re legs, and
vnn wen ana ucauuiui. , . ,
Tablets. Gering & Co. I Johnny never repeated the offense.
The winds of March have no terror
to the user of DeWitt's Carbolized
Witch Ilazel Salve. It quickly heals
chapped and cracked skin. Good too,
for boils and burns, and undoubtedly
the best relief for Piles. Sold here by
F. G. Fricke & Co.
Little globules of sunshine that
drive the clouds away. DeWitt's Lit
tle Early Risers will scatter the gloom
of sick headaches and ' bill lousness.
They do not gripe or sicken. Hecom
mended and sold here by F. G. Fricke
&Co.
Mail Order Houses.
Did you ever stop and think what
Cass county would be if all did their
buying, (for they could net do their
selling,) through the mail order
houses? The Southwestern Banker
sums up an answer to the question in
this way:
"We would like to see one county of
one of the states of the great south
west settled entirely by the mailorder
Deoole. and see what would happen.
The stores would stand it as long as
they could and then move away. The
banks would close their doors. The
newspapers would have to quit. The
hotels would go out of business, the
mechanics move away, schools and
nhnmhae riwinriip- sidewaiKS CO LU
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wreck, buildings become vacant, un
painted and dilapidated, strangers
t!to nn lnnk and flee. Isn't that
Drecisely what would happen if an en
tire county were populated with peo
ple who bought everything abroad?
Who would buy a farm so located that
he couldn't drive to some sort of a
town? A sane man would not take
rh land nt. anv nrice. Be a friend
UlUbtl w j
t r wniir town. Mr. Farmer, and it will
be a friend to you."
Early Peach Blossoms.
John Kopia, tbe West Main street
merchant, received a box haturaay
by mail from Stevens county, Kansas,
containing a twig from a peach tree
which was full of blossoms. John is
the oossessor of 1G0 acres which join
the farm upon which there is an or
chard of 00 acres, most of which is in
peaches, from which was plucked this
twig. John claims this to be a fine
friil r. cnuntrv. and the oackage he re-
c.Pivpd is evidence of this fact. Land
in this section of Kansas can be pur
chased for ten, fifteen and twenty
dollars ner acre, and seems to be the
proper place for the farmer who is un
able to buy a farm in Cass county.
Suspends Publication.
A special from Ashland says. "J. B.
LaCbapelle, editor of the Ashiand
Journal, suspended his publication
this week, owing to inability to make
satisfactory financial arrangements
for the purchase of a new plant. The
suspension is only temporary, and Mr.
La Chapelle will resume the publica
tion of his paper as soon as the above this city.
mentioned arrangements have been
made. The fire, which recently de
stroyed bis plant, left him without
means, and though he has been Issu
ing his paper from Omaha since then,
the financial burden was more than
he could stand, not having realized a
cent of insurance from the destruc
tion of his plant.
vpsterdav when her children assem
bled to assist in observing the sixty
eighth birthday anniversary of the
mother, who was born on St. Patrick's
day. During the many years that
Mrs. Oliver has resided in Platts
mouth it has always been customary
to have the children and grand
children home to assist in this event,
which is considered as important by
them as the day is by the wearers of
the green.
At the noon hour a happy company
converged about the festal board, beau
tifully decorated with shamrock and
other bright green decorations, to par.
take of such a sumptuous repast that
is never equalled, by those at other
gatherings. Themomencsat the ta
ble passed almost too rapidly, as also
did the hours of the afternoon, and
tbe evening shadows creeping over the
horizon witnessed the conclusion of
another of those happy birthdays at
the Oliver home. Those to assist in
the occasion were Mrs. Oliver's sister,
Mrs. Anna Miller of Fort Crook, her
daughters, Mrs. Chas Eads and hus
band of South Omaha, Mrs. V. A.
Hallam and husband of Omaha, and
Mrs. D. C Morgan and husband of
Mrs. Oliver was the recipient of
many beautiful presents from her
children and grandchildren.
The Journal congratulates Mn. Ol
iver upon this occasion, and wishes
that it may be her lot to enjoy many
more such happy events, as up the
ladder of time she gradually ascends.
Matthew Midkiff Succumbs.
... -
After a lingering illness oi several
months duration, Matthew Midklff, a
well known and prosperous farmer re
siding several miles south of Murray,
succumbed to the ravages of bone ery
sipelas, Sunday morning about half
past four o'clock.
The Journal, it will be remembered
published an account of an operation
that was performed last Wednesday,
for the removal of a badly diseased
limb. The deceased was about sixty
more nf acrp nnd has been a resident
1 1 ' - e-i
of Cass county for many years.
Burlington Appointments.
W. G. Dugan has been appointed
engineer of maintenance of way (Ne
braska district,) with headquarters at
Lincoln. Mr. Dugan takes the place
made vacant by the promotion of F.
T. Darrow. The appointment was
effective yesterday.
E. E. Grimes, formerly stenographer
and clerk for Division Freight Agent
J. J. Cox, yesterday became traveling
freight agent, vice E. V. Kost, re
signed. Mr. Grimes will take to the
road on Monday.
Carl Nelson, who has been ticket
agent at the Beatrice passenger depot,
has been appointed stenographer and
clerk to Division Freight Agent Cox,
the appointment becoming effective
at once.
Colds
No Cruelty.
The society for the prevention of
cuelty toward animals pro:cutes ev
ery person guilty of brutality. The
animals are therefore well protected.
But, if a man, through ignorance or
negligence, has no mercy with his ow n
body, and especially with his stomach,
there is nobody here to punish him.
The stomach, not being able to stand
the cruel work itisburdened with, fin
ally collapses. Our advice is, to use
Triner's American Elixer of Bitter
Wine as soon as the stomach shows the
first symptoms of weariness by refus
ing to accept food as usually, or as
soon as the body shows weakness. This
remedy will quickly restore the stom
ach to a healthy activity and thus
bring strength to all organs of the
body. Loss of oppetlte, tired-feeling,
nansea, heartburn, laziness of the in
testines, yellowUh or aiudpy complex-
Ion, nervousnesf and indisposition al-
The relief of Coughs and
through laxative influence, originated
with Bee's Laxative Coueh. Svruo con- ways demand Triner's American Elix
toininr Tionow anri Tjir a Miurh svniD ir of Bitter Wine. Every member of
contAinins no oDiates or DOisons. which the family can use it A sworn affi
to ATtonciuoiv niri . Spwim a hnttlft at davit as to its purity has been filed
once, obtain a guarantee coupon, and
If not fully satisfied with results, your
money will be refunded. Sold at Ger
ing & Co's drug store.
with tfie Government under J. S. Ser
ial Number 346. At drugstores. Jo.
Trlner, 799 S. Ashland, Ave., cmcim-.
Ills.