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IF D E8 6e ISM Far sd Wetter 6 still continues and the people of this vicinity are still securing BIG BARGAINS, selected from a strictly up-to-date line of goods, only slightly damaged by water. UE CANNOT QUOTE you prices, but will take this method of extending you aspe cial invitation to call and ex amine the line, get prices and be your own judge, and we are confident that you will buy. There are still many GENUINE BARGAINS left in this immense line of Dry Goods, Notions and Furnish ings. Mr. Wurl's stock was one of the best in the city, and every article is being placed on sale, and at prices that would not pay the first cost of the raw material. This is certainly the greatest bargain offering in the history of Plattsmouth. Some arti cles are not damaged a particle but the price is cut as was never done before. In fact we are almost giving you some thing for nothing. Remember that this stock cannot last long, and the early buyer will secure the choicest bargains. First Door East of the Court House i 1 THIS LARGE LINE OF remains unbroken and just be ing placed in shape for the sac rifice, many articles remain in their original packages, and are not damaged at all, but will be sold at prices that will surprise you. Come in and examine the goods, and if not just as we tell you, leave them on our hands, for someone will want them at the prices we have placed on them. Again let us impress upon your mind that these goods and prices will not last long, so come now, in order to get good goods at your own price. PLATTSRflOUTH, NEBRASKA. H. M. Soenniehsen Returns H. M. Soenniehsen who has been out at Hugo Colorado, in company with Wm.' Walforth, where they hoth".- ha'd lands returned home last evening. Mel choir reports the country in fine condi tion with crops in adundance wherever any is tried to be raised. They brought back some samples of the grain raised there and we examined the wheat, oats, rye and barley, as they are in the sheaf and they present a fine appearance. The samples was brought from the field ad joining where the land owned by Mel choir is, and his land should produce the same. Land is selling from eight to thirty dollars per acre, the raw lands going from eight to sixteen, while any kind of improved lands are worth twenty-five to thirty dollars. ' Nominate a Ticket. The prohibitionists of Lincoln yester day selected candidates for various state offices after discussing the primary law , in an informal way. J. D. Graves of Peru was named for supreme judge and Samuel Lichty of Falls City was named as the aspirant for railroad commis sioner. Emil Boostrom of Stromsburg and J. H. Von Stein of Beatrice were suggest ed for regents. J. L. Claflin was made chairman of the state central committee and H. T. Sutton was made secretary. They Expect It The periodical Missouri Pacific wreck occurred at this place last Wednesday evening An engine and a string of cars were coming down from the upper yards and an engine and caboose were back ing up on the same track, and they collided on the trestle just east of the coal chutes. The caboose and a box car were badly demolished, and the tender of one of the engines was dam aged to some extent. Weeping Water Herald. Britt-Nelson Fight. Auditorium Rink, San Francisco, Cal., July 31 Jimmy Britt was given the de cision tonight over Battling Nelson, af ter twenty rounds of the most furious fighting seen on the coast for a long time, and before one of the largest crowds. Britt outpointed the Battler from the first and several times had him nearly gone. Only the gong saved the Dane in the last round from being knocked out. Nelson was the favorite in the betting ring, the odds placed on him being 10 to 6. For Sale 160 acres of good farm land in Dundy county, Neb. ; or I will trade this for city property in Platts mouth. Address Box 474, Plattsmouth, Neb. Candidate for Commissioner Charles R. Jordan, of Alvo, files his intention of becominer a candidate for ;cpunty.,commissioner for the Third 'dis trict, subject to the ratification of the democratic party at the primary to be held on September 3rd. Mr. Jordan is an excetionally strong man for the position, having property interests of his own which guarantees the best thought and action in the looking after the funds and business of the county. Mr. Jordan has been a resident of the county for a number of years and well knows the -needs f the people. The interest that he would have in the welfare would be more than local, it would be county wide, and the inte rests of every taxpayer would be as keenly looked after as though each one was doing it for himself. For Clerk of District Court C. E. Metzger this morning filed his intention of becoming a candidate for the- position of clerk of the district courts subject to the ratification of the demo cratic party at the primary to be held September 3. Mr. Metzger is a young man of energy and enterprise and has a fine educacion with those qualities of character which well qualifies him for the position. Much lee Remains Last Sunday there was a delightful gathering of friends, neighbors and rel atives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Haynie south of Glenwood in Lyons township, consisting of Al Haynie and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bucking ham, James Sergent and family, Mrs. Homery and family, Zack Buckingham,. Misses Josie and Emma Johnson and Nellie Shannon. There were 23 in all, and they were all served ice cream froz en with some of the hail that fell just three weeks before. Al Haynie furnish ed music for the entertainment on the ' graphophone. Everybody seemed to have a good time. j The above coming from the Mills Coun j ty Tribune is a recitation of what has j been proven a positive fact. Al Haynie I refered to is a brother of Mrs. Bennet Christwieser, and was a visitor at the Christweiser home Wednesday. Will Watch the Game I Chief of Police Joseph Fitzgerald de parted this afternoon for u lysses where he will be present at the game of ball to be played between Ulysses and Beav er Crossing tomorrow, in which Willie Fitzgerald, his son, will catch and Carl Graves will pitch The boys write that this team is the hardest one they have played against. After the game Joe will come to Omaha where he has some business to look after. Official Market Report The following is today's markets furn ished by, the Cass County Commission company, A. H.: Smith, Coates block : Open. Hisrli. Low. Close Wheat Sept !3 il? !lSi Det- X, !5H May 100 101! 100 101 Corn Sept MH H : :X Iec iitH :) May 31 :25i . MX M? Oats Sept WX Wli WU MX Dec. i0 M WS 0 May ....H-'-X 43X Hi Liverpool opened lower on wheat and closed unchanged. Corn i higher. Chicago, cars wheat 145, corn 168, oats 58. No rain reported over corn belt forecast fair and warmer. Wheat opened i to higher and had a further advance of 2 but was unable to hold it and gradu ally sagged off to & lower than yester day, but rallied near the close and showed a gain of Jc for the day. Wheat is a scalping affair and can be sold on advances and bought on fair de clines with profitable results. Corn opened strong, December and May ranging J to f cents higher and advanced J cent over yesterdays, close the last sales being at the top prices for the day. The growing crop is in ex cellent condition and promises to be at least an average one. There is a fair cash demand and eievators are holding back for higher prices , but when they try to market their corn, it will surely cause a sharp decline. Sell corn on the bnlges. Oats are still the leading attraction and recorded another advance of nearly a cent. There is no telling how high these oats may go before the big hold ers begin to let go. They are a danger ous proposition and should be labeled "handle with care." Silver City Young Lady Dies Suddenly. Miss Maud Moore, aged 18 years, died very unexpectedly last Thursday after noon at her home in Silver City of peri tonitis. She was first taken sick on Tuesday morning with severe bowel and stomach trouble. She received relief and for a time her recovery looked fav orable. But it appearer that the shock was to much for her system and she rapidly grew worse. But few had heard of her illness and the news of her death was a shock to the entire community. She was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Moore and was a very sweet and lovable young woman. Her sudden and untimely death is very sad. The funeral was held on Saturday af ternoon at the Methodist church of which she was a member. In the ab sence of the pastor Rev. Moser the ser vices were conducted by Rev. Bollinger of Malvern. There was a large attend ance at the funeral, particularly of the "young people with whom she was very popular. Glenwood Tribune. Want to be Showed They were all from Missouri, and had to be showed so they took the train for Watson, Mo. , this morning and will have a time at the Tennessee Reunion now being held in the little Missouri town. Mrs. J. C. York, and four sons Russel, Don, Hank and Jesse, and daughters, Misses Kate and Ferris York, and Mrs. John Brady, and sons, Jesse Brady Eugene Brady, and danghter, Ona Brady formed the crowed which will do their best to make the reunion a grand success. Nominee for Assessor H. M. Soenniehsen filed papers with the county clerk this morning which an nounced his intention of becoming a candidate for nomination for the position of county assessor, subject to the rati fication of the democrat party at the primary to be held September 3d. He is in every way fitted for the position which he aspires to fill. He is a first class accountant, a good judge of values, is absolutely honest, would under all circumstances be impartial as between parties or portions of the county. He has made for himself a competency in his business by being indiscriminatingly honest in all his transactions. M. Archer departed for Omaha this morning where he will attend the fun eral of a little great grand child, the son of Mrs. Grace Brown, which passed away Tuesday of cholera infantum. From Republican Source The only democrat represented in our column of announcements is W. E. Ros encrans, who asks for your support for re-election to the office of county clerk. He has filled the office very acceptably, and has not lost any of his popularity. Weeping Water Herald. Surething we never had a more oblig ing and competent clerk and deputy than those who now have charge of af fairs at the county clerk's office. Bad Burn Quickly Healed. "I am so delighted with what Cham berlain's Salve has done for me that I feel bound to write and tell you so," says Mrs. Robert Mytton, 457 John St., Hamilton, Ontario. "My little daughter had a bad burn on the knee. I applied to Chamberlain's Salve and it healed beautifully." This salve allays the pain of the burn almost instantly. It is for sale by F. G. Fricke and A. T. Fried. FRESH GOODS AT FLOOD PRICES 25c Wash Goods for 12Jc, at Coates Dry Goods Co. to do during with Souix City at the end of the to smile a little Western League Games At Omaha yesterday was played one of the finest game of ball which hashap pend for many a moon, between Omaha and DesMoines, it taking the tenth in ning to arrive at a desision. During the first nine innings neither were able to see the home plate, and in the tenth the prohibitionists got one momentry glance at it; while Omaha have no idea what it looks like. The batteries were, Omaha, Regan and Gonding, DesMoines, Miller, Edminson and Yeager. Runs, Omaha 0 DesMoins 1. At Pueblo. The game betwee Pueblo and Souix City,' was a puzzel as to what was to be the outcome, and was a matter of ex periment as to what most of the " game, two runs ahead at the sixth inning, she had but she got her smile in too soon, for at the end. Pueblo had a run to her cred it over the Iowa people, and was the winners. Batteries, Pueblo, Jackson, Smith and Drill. Souix City, Bressler and J. Sheehan. At Denver. With the Lincoln team . the Denvers had to divide honors yesterday, two games were played in the first, Lincoln got in her work in the early part of the game and thus held the lead until the end of the game, and evening up for the way they treated the day before. Batteries. Denver, R. Adrm3, Doll and Zalusky, Lincoln, Sulivan and McKay. Runs, Lincoln 10 Denver 3. The second game Denver turned the tables on the Nebraskans and beat them 6 to 4. Batteries second game. Denver, C. Adams and McDonnough, Lincoln Zack hart, Jones and Zinran. Standing of the Clubs Won Lost Omaha 60 39. Lincoln 53 42 Des Moines 48 40 Denver 44 46 Pueblo 36 43 Sioux City 37 57 Had a Narrow Escape. Reading of the sad death which be fell Mrs. Louisa G. Nake and daughter, Nellie, formerly living in Plattsmouth reminds me of an incident I experienced on the Atlantic ocean in the spring of 1849, while coming to America from Germany. Late one dark night, while on the upper deck looking at the ocean I heard a loud noise and all at once saw a large ship with all sails set passing close by our vessel. Had she struck ua over 350 human beings would have been sent to the bottom of the ocean, the writer of this being one of them. We had a narrow escape. Conrad Schlatkr. Shot Two - Policemen Chief of Police Joseph Fitzgerald re cieved a telephone message from Coun cil Bluffs this afternoon to be on the lookout for a desperado, who was des cribed as a man of mediom build, wear ing a dark mustacshe, has dark com paction, had a dark suit of cloths black derby hat, clothes probably had been torn from crawling through barb wire fences, and the police think him wounded. The police of Council Bluffs were noti fied that a suspicious character was in the neighborhood of the bridge on First street, where officer Richardson found him and called on him to surrender but instead he opened fire and shot the pol iceman down; then he ran north where Geo. Wilson attempted to intercept his, and when he called upon him to stop, another duel between these two wherein officer Wilson was also shot very badly and he thinks the desperado was also shot but he got away. Announcements for County Offices. Pet. .606 .558 .546 .489 .400 .394 Are Mixing Medicine Today Four republican candidates for office, or rather for nomination, made a trip to Weeping Water this morning, where they will mixsome medicine for the ;ick of the republican party. That it is done at Weeping Water may be a very good thing, for there is liable to be cause for some one weeping when he has put up his good money to get his name on the ticket and then finds there is not enough places to go around. The republican central committee of the county has an official sitting at Weeping Water today and there are in attendance from here George L. Farley, A. J. Beeson, A. L. Tidd and J. M. Robertson. Three Dollars Invariably in Advance. For County Assessor. I hereby announce that I am a candi date for the office of County Assessor, subject to the will of the democratic electors as expressed at the primary election to be held September 3, 1907. H. M. SOENNICHSEN. For Clerk of the District Court. I hereby announce that I am a candi date for. the office of Clerk of the Dis trict Court, subject to the will of the democratic electors as expressed at the primary election to be held September 3, 1907. C. E. Metzger. For Commission Third District. I hereby announce that I am a candi date for the office of Commissioner Third District, subject to the will of the democratic electors as expressed at the primary election to be held September 3, 1907. C. R. Jordan. Mrs. Art Baker of Murray, was a vis itor in the city today.