Funeral of Orrin C. Smith.
From the Hurlington evening train
which was thirty minutes late, was
held the funeral of Orrin C. Smith of
Ilavelock, who died at that place Sat
urday night. The funeral was con
ducted by the local lodge of the Odd
Fellows by request of the lodge at
Ilavelock, of which Mr. Smith was a
member. The procession marched to
the cemetery headed by the members
of the order on foot, and followed by
the carriages of relatives and friends,
many of whom came from Ilavelock.
The ceremony was the regular one
used by the order, and is very solemn
and impressive, John Cory acting the
capacity of Noble Grand and Rev. A.
L. Zink that of Chaplain. Those pres
ent from out of town in attendance
were: Eugene Smith and wife, Ray
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OUR showing in this class of floods is un
doubtedly the best in town. We anti
cipated the great demand for this popular
style and bought our entire spring line in
knickerbockers. This gives you a selection
that is complete with all the new handsome
plaids and checks.
Price $4. to $8.
Base ball outfits with boys' suits for cash.
G, E. Wescoff s Sons
Smith, wife and Harry, and Clyde
Smith, son of the deceased, and Ma
belle, a married daughter living at
(iulde Rock, Neb., Jesse B. Strode and
wife, Postmaster Hyers, Mr. Prince,
Samuel Ilinkle, George Hawkins and
wife, John Gleeson, Albert Brutsky,
Joseph Messersmith, George Bates,
John, jr. and Wm. Bignall. The pall
bearers were L. G. Larson, J. P. Slat
tler, George N. Dodge, P. C. Peterson,
V. M. Mullis and L. G. Patton, mem
bers of the I. O. O. F. lodge.
The Kraft Clothing Co. easily seems
to be the place to buy clothing.
When you wisn a cigar that is worth
the money, call for the "Acorn." All
dealers.
The Kraft Clothing Co. certainly
lead in style, quality and price.
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and Children's
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We just received seventy-five Boys' Knee Pant
Suits which we purchased at about 75c on the $1
from the manufacturer, it being late in the season.
You can purchase these boys' suits while they last
at less than wholesale price. Come in took them
over for we can. in buying in the numerous quan
tities for our twelve stores, save you money.
FOR MEN
$7.00 to 525.00
FOR YOUNG MEN
$5.00 to $18.00
FOR BOYS AND CHILDREN
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Badly Hurt in Barb Wire.
W. II. Warner, who resides north
west of town, had some colts in pas
ture at Mike Hausladen's and two of
them sustained great damage last
night. It seems as though they be
came frightened at somethingand run
through a wire fence, cutt ing one on
i the neck in such a way as to mark It
for life, even it should recover, which
is very doubtful. The other one re
ceived a severe cut on one foreleg,
and while severe is not so dangerous
as the other one.
A Family Reunion.
At the home of Cuas. Dasher at Ore
apolis a family reunion was held the
other day at which there were four gen
erations were represented. Mr. Far
rier, who is the grand parent of Mr.
Dasher, who represented the first and
eldest of them all, then came Mr.
Dasher's mother, himself and his
children, John Likewise and children
were there as well, and many others of
the family. In all there were thirty-
seven present, and a general good
time was had. A picture of the entire
number present was taken, which was
true to life.
Will Give a Banquet.
The Cass County Bar Association
have made arrangments to give a
banquet in honor of one of its mem
bers, C. S. Polk, on next Monday even
ing, the 27th of May. Mr. Polk will
depart about June 1st to his future
home at Boise, Idaho, and the ban
quet is given in his honor and as a
mark of the friendship in which the
members of the bar hold him.
The banquet will be given at the
church, by the Ladies Auxiliar of the
Presbyterian church to all members
of the bar, their wives, Judge Jessen
and the court reporter. The program
will consist of toasts, speeches, remi
niscencs; and a general good time is
expected. One of the features of the
occasion will be the taking by the
court reporter the proceedings, and
making them a matter cf record in
the district court, and the furnishing
them for publication.
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FIFTY YEARS IN NEBRASKA
Old Settlers Gather at the Home of Col. H. G.
McMaken to Celebrate the Event,
A VERY LARGE NUMBER IN ATTENDANCE
Everybody Went Home Congratulating Mr. Mc
Maiden on the Successful Occasion.
At thd hospitable home of Col. H.
C. McMaken occurred yesterday an
event long to be remembered in the
celebration of the semi-centinnial of
the settling of Cass county and the
founding of the city of Plattsmouth.
Welcoming the Pioneers.
Uncle Henry has long cherished
the idea of calling together the old
settlers and pioneers those who
have had a part and parcel in the
making of the country surrouding
Plattsmouth and the town itself in
its inception, which we all now love
to call our home. It required of
him a great deal of expense and
outlay of effort and work to pre
pare for this facilitous accasion.
Neither care, labor or expense was
spared by Mr.. McMaken to make
this the grand success that it was.
A month or more ago the invitations
were sent out which called together
the people'who were to talk over the
old times when they put forth their
best efforts to make a home in the
wild and unsettled west.
The day was all that could be de
sired, and the home of Col. McMa
ken and family an ideal place for
the holding of such reunion. The
guests began to arrive in the early
part of the morning and were im
mediately made "at home." When
dinner time arrived it dawned upon
those present, of which there were
a hundred at that time, the exten
sive preparations that had been
made for their happiness and com
fort on the occasion.
A Sumptuous Dinner.
A sumptuous dinner was served,
and everybody given all they could
eat. After which music, stories,
reminiscenses of early days, social
conversation, handshaking and the
genial laugh. The music was fur
nished by a glee club led by Mrs. E.
H. Wescott, and composed of the
following members: Misses Etha
Crabill, Blanche Murray, Helen
Dovey, Carrie Becker, Zelma Tuey,
Ethel Smith, Gertrude Porter, Belle
Tavlor and Mrs. Charles Freeze.
Those Who Registered.
There were one hundred and one
that registered as being old settlers,
which are as follows, giving names
with the dates of coming: S. L.
Thomas, 1850; Mrs. William Her
old and Ben Decker, 1853; John G.
Hansen, Thomas Wiles, L. B.
Brown, Wm. Gilmour and Mrs. J.
Kearns, 1854; F. M. Young, A. E.
Kirpatrick, Isaac Cummings, Fred
Patterson, L. W. Patterson, Mrs.
Henry Boeck.F. S. White, Mrs. L.
G. Todd and D. A. Young, 1855;
Mrs. Ida P. Bestor, Mrs. Emma
White, Mrs. Curtice Moore, J. N.
Wise, C. Heisel, Mrs. E. R. Todd,
Mrs. Kate Oliver, J. R. Vallery, J.
W. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. I. S.
White,- Mary J. Taylor, James W.
Polen, Mrs. Wm. Morrow, R. Gil
mour, S. C. Ritael, Henry Boeck,
George Fairfield, M.Archer, W. D.
Hill, J. W. Amick, Issac Pollard
and Mrs. Fred Stull, 1856; Mrs. G.
M. Wiley, John S. Duke, T. V.
Fontiner, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Taylor, A. P.
Kempton, R. P. Kennedy, J. W.
Johnson, P. P. Gass, J. R. Barr,
J. W. Fowler, W. A. Taylor, Xick
Halmes, E. R. Todd, Mrs. H. J.
Streight, Mrs. J. C. Cummins,
W. J. White, Mrs. Jacob Horn,
Mrs. V. V. Leonard, Mrs. A. C.
Holschuh and H. C. McMaken,
1857;! Mrs. Alta Kennedy, A. M.
Holmes, and Mrs. Mary J. Johnson,
1858; Henry Lehnhoff, Mrs. Benj.
Hempel, F. R. Guthman, Mrs.
Jennie Wells and Mrs! S. E. McEl
wain, 1859; I. F. Bates, 1860; Mrs.
Agnes Sampson Chapman, 1861;
H. J. Streight, M. Hiatt and W. C
Hiatt, 1862; Minnie A. Cole, Mrs.
J. X. Wise, Mrs. E. G. Dovey and
P. E. Ruffner, 1863; Mrs. R. R
Livingston and J. T. Baird, 1S64;
Mrs. D. A. Young, Mrs. Kathryn
Hill and W. J.White, 1S65; Mrs
F. M. Young, jr., 1868; Herman
Bestor, 1869; and those registering
where no dates were given were
Mrs. W. G. Gilmour, Mrs. Alta II.
Dan, Minnie Bates and Mrs. O. Da
masch.
Went Away Without Registering.
A great many went away and did
not get to register, which would
have swelled the attendance. Mrs
Wm. Herold said that when they
first came to Nebraska the society
consisted of Indians and Mormons,
and that the latter were the least
desirable of the two. She also tells
of a double wedding which her
father, Judge James O'Neil per
formed, where the bride rode be
hind the groom on horseback. One
couple of the double wedding being
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wehrbcin
Thos. Wiles tells of the first wed
ding to his knowledge, and gives
the circumstances as follows: It
occurred in a school house located
where Perrr Cass's residence now
stands. Miss Mary Stockton was
the teacher and Mr. Wiles, a little
tad then, was playing out in front
of the school house, when Joe Brown
came along and asked Tommy if he
would go in and tell Miss Mary
Garrison tocome out. Tommy slip
ped in and told her, she telling him
to go to the window on the outside.
He done so, and she passed out a
valise, which he took out to the
road, and in a moment out came
Mary, and she and Joe skipped for
Missouri and got married.
The First School.
The first school taught was in a
little school house somewhere in the
neighborhood of where Mr. Bajeck's
brick house now stands, and was
presided over by Miss Ward. The
first term of district court was held
in the school house which was
mentioned as standing where Mr.
Gass' house now is, the judge oc
cuping the school house and the
grand jury which was in session as
well, had to meet out in the brush.
The first law suit had at Kino
sha, as related by I. S. White, was
one where in M. Archer and O. M.
Rolls were the defendants and a
fruit tree agent the plaintiff, suing
them for trees sold which they said
were dead: in'order to avoid cost,
Mr. Archer confessed judgment for
the amount asked. Mr. Rolls stood
trial and asked for a jury, and a
man by the name of Hobson, A. B.
Taylor and I. S. White were im
panelled and the trail proceeded,
there being only one witness which
was A. B. Taylor, a member of the
jury. The fruit tree agent lost his
case.
F. M. Young, jr., was exhibit
ing a copy of the Cass County Sen-
tinal published at Rock Bluffs,
bearing date of January 1, 1847, in
which many reasons were given for
traders coming to Rock Bluffs to
trade, one of which was that it was
going to be the terminus of the
Burlington and Missouri river rail
road. We clipped the following
article from the paper: "Big Po
tato. R. S. Doom, Esq., of this
place, presented us a potato weigh
ing four and one-half pounds. Now
talk about your big 'taters" they
are no where. Nebraska can beat
the world for big crops."
Just before the crowd began to
disperse, V. V. Leonard came and
everybody had their picture taken,
and afterwards a crowd of the old
est citizens were grouped together
and they were taken.
All were delighted with the after
noon's entertainment and the re
freshing of jtheir memory of the
tlays which have gone to help make
the history of the great state of Ne
braska. On departing all went and
gave a hearty handshake to the
host, saying that they had had a
fine time, and to express the feel
ing of those present, we will quote
what J. W. Amick said: "I would
not have this day blotted from my
memory and life for any amount of
money; I was a little backward
about coming, fearing that there
would not be any one that I would
know, but when I did come and saw
what I have, nothing would take
it from me.
Julius Pepperberg, while he said
that he was not the first settler or
pioneer, he declared he was the first
man to make a cigar in Cass coun
ty, and as an evidence of good faith
presented all with a good cigar,
some of whom smoked theirs while
others preserved them as a memen
to of the occasion.
The Absent Ones.
Those of the friends of the Mc
Makens who were not able to be
prrsent at the reunion were Ed
McMaken and family, who live at
Sheridan, Wyoming, and a sister
ofH. C. McMaken, Mrs. Judge
Sprague of Buffalo Gay, South Da
kota. The houses of both II. C.
and Joe McMaken, which stand
side by side in the same lot, were
elaborately decorated with flags and
bunting, while ice cream tables
were set under the trees on the
lawn and at which all were invited
to partake of the good things there
and of which all availed themselves.
Miss Graves Resigns.
The citizens of 1'iattsmouth ami es
pecially the city schools, will regret to
learn that they will lose one of their
ablest and must successful teachers,
Miss Josphine E. (J raves. Miss (I raves
has just been elected principal of the
Wayne schools at Wayne, Nebraska,
at a handsome salary. Although
unanimously elected by our school
board for the coming school year, Hhe
with held acceptance, pending deci
sion of the Wayne board. Miss Graves
has especially qualified herself for
work in the school room, having grad
uated from the Fremont Normal and
holds a state certificate. Besides, she
is a master of elocution as the people
of Plattsmouth will readily attest.
The Journal with her many friend3,
while regretting the loss of her valu
able services as one of our teachers,
congratulate Miss Graves and likewise
the city of Wayne in securing such an
able and successful teacher.
A Good Position.
It will be good news to the friends
of W. C. Wiley to know that he is lo
coated near Fayette, Idaho, where he
has a position with a company whose
business is the conducting of a sheep
ranch. He and his wife have charge
of the commissary department, his
duties alone being the receiving and
disposing of the supplies which are
forwarded from his place. Mr. Wiley
is to be in readiness to serve meals for
what of the company may cause to
come their way, which sometimes is
from from twelve to fifteen in a bunch
at any time they come.
Will Speak Here.
Pilgrim J. F. Rutherford, represent
ing the Alleghany Bible and Tract
society, who are publishers of the
series of books known as the Dawn
series, and also the Zion's Watch
Tower, will speak in this city on the
eight of June. Mr. Rutherford repre
sents a religious society, who have no
particular name, but whose creed
they claim is "The Present Truth."
Had Their Time.
W. O. Gardner and Ilenry Pease
came over from Pacific Junction this
morning to have a time. They got
drunk and had their time. The po
lice gathered them in, and Judge Ar
cher assessed them 85 and trimmings,
amounting to 8S each, and as we go to
press they were trying to raise the
money to please the police justice and
settle the bill.
Modern Woodmen Working.
The M. W. A. camp No. 2:5.J were do
ing buisness last night for certain.
They Initiated nine candidates, and
afterwards held a smoker at which
many lively stories were related, and
a general good time enjoyed. Those
who were made members were on for
short talks and were the following:
W. It. Clements, Dick Osborn, Ray
Travis, John Chapman, Joe Roepka
and John Roepka, and were among
those who took the royal beneSt de
gree. That work glove at the Kraft Clo
thing Co. i3 the best for wear we ever
saw.