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Suddenly Stricken With Pneumonia While Vis
iting Daughter at South Bend, Neb.,
fSrs. Catherine Ann Patterson
Answers Last Summons.
DIED.
Mrs. Catherine Ann Patterson.
Eorn August 23. 1S43, near EI
dersvil'e. Washington county,
Pennsylvania. Died at South
Bend, Cass county. Nebraska,
Friday, April 17, 1908, at 4:10
o'clock p. in., of acute pneumonia;
aged Gl years, 7 months and li)
days.
BRIEF
FE SKETCH.
Mrs. ratti.-i"jn 1.
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cncrally enjoyed
remarkably good health, and although
past life's morid'an, yet was still in
the enjoyment of that great blessing
until within a few hours of her fatal
illness, when s!,
with that c'.:xr-.i
monla.
On Thursday,
well as u:u:-!,
around, ar. I n )
Thursday night,
promptly surnrr..
was suddenly stricken
;l d-'sease acute pneu-
ii.'.th )ua;h not feeling so
VeT. :?he vr.3 up and
a'.:u-:a w;is felt until
v.h.'.j medical aid wa3
:.cd and messages im-
mediate! v sen: t
her hus'oand at their
home near Columbia, Tex.; to her daugh
ter, Mrs. O'Brien, at Soath St. Joseph,
Mo.; to her son, Robert, at San Fran
cisco, Cal. ; and to her son, Samuel at
Alma, Neb.
Promptly came husband and children, j to locate near Columbia, lirazorniacoun
but not in time to soi wife and mother : ty, Texas, where they have since re- ;
still alive. Life'? curtain had suddenly ' sided and where Mr. Patterson owns a j
dropped -the spirit had down before the j large, highly improved farm and stock j
absent loved and loving ones could ar- '. ranch.
rive.
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Miss Catherine Ann Irwin was born j
August 28, 1S45, on her father s tarm j
near Eldersville, or.e- among the oldest i
villages
ss in Washington county, 1 enn-,
sylvania. She was the youngest child j
of a family cf rine children, six boys j
and three girls, and grew from infancy
to womanhood in her native county. i
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Catherine lrwm, wnose nw;ut-ii na;.i
was Catherine Co'.e, belonged to two
families whose early ancestors were
among the first white settlers of one of
the first counties in the United States,
named in honor of General Washington.
WsrriDgo
Tn trie hone of her birth Miss Irwin
grew into girlhood, into" beautiful young
womanhood, and in the same home, on
February 2, 1870, was united in mar- j
riage to Mr. Silas C. Patterson, who
was the youngest child of a family of
fourteen children five boys and ninej
girls. He is a first cousin of the late
Hon. James M. Patterson. The ances
try of Mr. Patterson, like that of his
newly made bride, were among the pio
neer settlers and leading citizens of
yVashington county.
The young couple were born in the
same neighborhood, with only a few
months separating their ages. They
thus grew up together as children, then
into manly young manhood and beauti
ful young womanhood,- then, when each
was about twenty-four years dd, united
at the sacred marriage altar.
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, after their
marriage, remained in Washington
county until in December, 1S70. Many
of the younger generation of western
Pennsylvania at that time and previ
ously, had caught the western fever.
The great possibilities of the west, and
ocTiofinllv those of Nebraska, then a
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maiden state three years old, had at- j
tracted both young and old from the j
eastern sta'er-. Mr. and Mrs. Patter- j
others, had caught this ;
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western fever, and in December, 1S70,
.made the long journey from the old
home in Pennsylvania tc Nebraska, and
spent that winter in the then flourish
ing town of Rock Bluffs, Neb.
The writer recalls with much pleas
ure his first acquaintance with this most
estimable couple during that winter,
when a mutual friendship was formed
that has grown stronger with the pass
age of years. And he is not surprised
to know that wherever Mr. and Mrs.
Patterson mad3 their home, the high
character and genial nature of the hus--iand
and many womanly graces and
charming personality of the wife, at-
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tracted
to them highest confidence and
nd universal fnendsnips.
respect and
On March 1, 1871, Mr. and Mrs. Pat
terson moved to a farm previously owned
and for a number of years occupied by
David Brinson, father of the wife of
former governor and chief justice of
Nebraska, Silas A. Ilolcomb. This f aim
is southwest of Rock Bluffs a few mile f,
near old Three Groves postoffice, and
purchased by Mr. Patterson shortly af
ter arriving in Nebraska, and is new
(May, 190S) owned and occupied by M
Justus Lilly.
On this farm the young couple com
menced their new western home-life,
and here they remained and prospered
for thirteen years, until 1884, when they
sold out, removing to Springne.d, Sarpy
county, Neb. Here they resided until
1S87, when they again sold out and re- ;
moved to South Bend, Noo.
At this place they resided for tweive
years, or until 1890, when Mr. Patte: - I
son for a time retired from active bus:-
ness pursuits at South Bend and the
family removed to Lincoln, Neb.
Remove to Columbia. Texas
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After residing in Lincoln for about
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Texas as a iarming and stock raising
country, induced Mr. and Mrs. Patter-
con to leave their home in that city and ;
The country around Columbia, while :
rich in productiveness, was somewhat
sparsely settled. The settlers and ranch-
withtheir large farmsand ranches,
necessari!y Hved miles from each other,
. true reDresentatives of
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that hospitality, neighborly kindness
and congeniality which so distinguish
the first settlers of a new country.
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, in their new
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Texas home, soon attracted many
friends among these ranchmen and their
I estimable families, most of whom had
j come from eastern and southern states,
The kind heart, womanly graces and
most genial nature of Mrs. Patterson
soon made everybody her friend; and
for the estimable wives and daughters
rf these ranchmen she soon formed
i strong attachments and in whose con
genial society she found a partial com
pensation for the absence of her own
children. But the more than usual com
forts, conveniences and attractions of
ranch life, with the love and indulgence
of husband, together with the society of
most congenial neighbors and friends
could not. take the place of mother's
love for her children, all of whom lived
many miles distant from the new home
in Texas. Frequently Mrs. Patterson
visited them, and it was during a visit
with her youngest daughter, Mrs. Long
at South Bend, that the last summons
so unexpectedly, so suddenly and so pa
thetically, called her to finals home and
rest.
Family.
Four children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Patterson, two sons and two daugh
ters, who were most tenderly and care
fully reared to useful manhood and wo
manhoodthe pride of father and
mother.
All are now living, the eldest, Flor
ence May, married to Mr. Martin E.
O'Brien, and resides at South St. Joe,
Missouri.
Samuel M. resides at Alma, Harlan
county, Nebraska. j
Robert C. resides at San Francisco,
California.
Eula P., married to Mr. Harry P.
Long, and resides at South Bend. Cass
county, Nebraska.
Funeral Services.
Funeral services were held at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry P.
Long, at South Bend, Neb., on Tuesday,
April 21, 1908, at 3 o'clock p. m.
A large concourse of relatives and
friends from Cass and Sarpy counties,
and elsewhere, attended to pay fitting
tribute of love and respect to the mem
ory of a valued friend and neighbor, and
one who was so universally respected.
Services were conducted by Rev. Jack
son of the Methodist Episcopal church
of University Place, Lincoln, Neb., who
delivered an eloquent and instructive
discourse on the beautiful life and char
acter of deceased.
Flowers, vine and rose in profuse
quantities from relatives and many
friends mutely attested the love and
high esteem for her who had been so
cuddenly called up higher.
Deceased had, a number of years ago,
expressed a wish that her last resting
placj be in Wyuka cemetery at Lincoln,
Nebraska. Thi3 wish of the loved one
was sacred to husband and children and
I by them as sacredly observed.
j After the close of the funeral services
at the home of Mrs. Long, the funeral
, cortege moved to the depot at South
j Bend, whence the flower covered casket,
accompanied by a large number of rela-
tives ar.d friends, was conveyed lo Lin
j Toln, Neb,
,ected frQm amQng pioneer seUlers fl
ld fr.;ends of deceagd and her fami
and
consisted of Messrs. Samuel Long, Frank
Cremer. M. W. Deming, T. W. Foun
tain, W. D. Hill and T. J. Fountain.
At Lincoln a number of friends met
the train at the depot, from which the
casket was taken direct to that beauti
ful city of the dead Wyuka cemetery,
where the closing exercises were held,
the pall bearers at Lincoln being Messrs.
G. H. McCain, Thomas Constant, E. B.
Ransom and Frank McCain.
Here in a final home, selected by de
ceased some years before her demise;
surrounded by stricken husband and
children and sorrowing relatives and
fr5endg. here the Ioved wife and mother
th(J first to fce taken from thc family
c-rcle was tenderly piaccd in final rest;
and bereath mute testimonials of love
and h5ghest esteem-flowers, wreath
and verdure) she quietlv, peacefully
in the djwn of anothgr and chane
,
Card of Tll2nks.
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To the friends who so kindly extended
,
and gave their sympathy and assistance
during the sudden illness and death of a
j dearly loved wife and mother, we ten
' der our heartfelt and grateful thanks,
and trust in the hope, that they and
each one may long be spared a like af
fliction, loss and bereavement.
Silas C. Patterson,
Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. O'Brien,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Long,
Samuel ju. Patterson,
Rodert C. Patterson.
South Bend, Neb., April 23, 1203.
Kespiia!
The little seven year old son of Mr.
and Mrs Frank Stanley, Gibson, who
! has been sick for the past few days,
with some intestinal obstruction, and
who has been in an unconscious condi
tion for the past two days, was taken
; to the hospital at Omaha this morning,
j for treatment. It was the intention to
j get him in the St. Joseph hospital if
possible, but it would not be known
J whether it would be . possible or not
; until thev had eotten to Omaha. The
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siCKness oi me uiue Doy nas pruveiacu
Mr. Stanley from takincr a trip to the
southwest to where he had intended
starting yesterday. It is hoped Gibson
may improve and soon be well again.
In District Court.
District court convened Monday, and
the first case to come up was the man
damus matter from Louisville, which
occupied the entire day. Elmer E.
Thomas of Omaha, appeared for the
plaintiffs and A. L. Tidd and Judge
Sullivan for the defendants. Both
parties were given five days to file
briefs.
In the matter of Elta J. McAllister
vs. Wm. J. McAllister, the former was
granted a divorce on the charge of non
support. The parties are from Eagle.
William Deles Dernier, of Elmwood,
was attorney for plaintiff.
Country Club Meet.
The Fairview woman's Country Club
met at the pleasant home of Mrs. Philip
Tritsch recently and during their busi
ness session elected Mrs. Spangler,
president; Mrs. Tritsch, vice-president;
j Mrs. Pankonin, secretary, and Mrs. H.
Horn, treasurer. They then adjourned
for a social time and to listen to the
! Fairview quartet which furnished sev
! eral selections on this occasion.
St. Mary's Guild Elect Officers.
Tuesday at the home of her par
ents, Miss Violet Dodge entertained
the members of the St. Mary's Guild
of the Episcopal church, at a business
meetiner. The special object of the
meeting being the election of officers
for the present year. The officers
elected were: Mrs. Eva Reese, presi
dent; Mrs. W. L. Pickett, vice presi
dent; Mrs. H. S. Austin, secretary; and
Mrs. Carl Fricke, treasurer. A very en-
joyable afternoon was had.
SLEEPS IN THE
SILENT CITY
The Last -Sad Rites Said Over The
Mortal Remains of G. J Jones
Tuesday afternoon at the Christian
church the funeral services were held
which were the last honors paid the
memory of one who has made this city
his dwelling place for more than a third
of a century.' Mr. Jones has lived in
the city for over thirty-five years, and
worked in the Burlington shops for
some thirty-three years, and with the
going out of his lite, goes the life of
one whom all who have known him have
learned to love and respect. The last
few weeks of his life, while the suffer
er has been patient, were filled with
pain for him and the course of the dis
ease was watched with apprehension
by the friends who surrounded his bed
side, endeavoring to do some service
which would lighten his sufferings or
make more peaceful his last moments.
The sermon was delivered by the Rsv.
H. D. Thomas of the Christian church,
and music rendered by the choir of the
church, and interment made at Oak
Hill cemetery. In the recitation of the
life of this man, Rev. Thomas called
attention of the people to the patience
of the sufferer during the last hours, as
well as the kindly disposition during
his whole life, and his earnest desire to
do a good deed whenever it was in his
power.
DEATH OF ESRS. ELS2
5ETH PATTEfiSOn
Passes Away at the Homo of
Efer Daughter faear Qrd,
Nebraska.
Miss Elizabeth Wells was born near
Middletown, Washington county, Penn
sylvania, July 23, 1S14, where she li ed
until she was 22 years of age. At the
age of 16 she was united in marriage
with Thomas Patterson, the wedding
occurring on February 10, 1831. Of this
union twenty children were born, of
which there were three sets of twins,
all of which have preceded their mother
to the other world except four who are
Narcissus Frazee, living near Concordia,
Kan. ; L. W. Patterson of Narka, Kan. ;
Mrs. John Pocock of Ord, this state, at
whose home Mrs. Patterson died, and
Fred Patterson of Reck Biuffs, this
county. In 1835, with her husband and
children, they removed to Hempen,
Putnam county, Illinois, and at this
place lived until they came to this state
and this county, arriving at and cross
ing the Missouri river at the old town
site of Kenosha, where they lived dur
ing the remainder of the life of Mr.
Patterson, who died March 24, 1379.
Mrs. Patterson, and children, continued
there until 1S88, when she went to live
with her daughter, Mrs. John Pocock,
then residing near Peru in Nemaha
county, remaining there until 1895, when
with them she removed to near Fuller-
ton, in Nance county, and lived there
until November 24, 1901, when they
moved to the place near Ord, where
Mrs. Patterson died from a stroke of
paralysis last Sunday evening. The re
mains were brought to this place Monday
evening, arriving on the late Burling
ton train, and was taken to Rock Bluffs
this morning, the funeral occurring at
that place Tuesday, the pastor of
the Christian church delivering the
funeral oration, and interment being
made at the Rock Bluffs cemetery. Mrs.
Patterson was a life long member of
the Presbyterian church, in which faith
she died.
The Stork Visits South Omaha.
This time he was gracious to the
household of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Scheile, and his present was in the
shape of a bouncing big boy. Mrs.
Weber, Mrs. Schhile's mother, returned
and tells of the folks all doing nicely,
and especially Frank, whom the inci
dent has left so he cannot get his face
straight for the faintest suspicion of a
smile continues to hang around his
mouth. While at Plattsmouth, Grand
pa Wm. Weber, wears a handsome
smile, so pronounced and emphasized
that one almost thinks it a sly bit of
laughter.
Not All Killed Yet.
Yesterday our old friend, W. D. Jones,
brought to this office a twig which he
clipped from one of hi i peach trees, and
what buds were on it were all O. K.,
and a few of the peaches had already
formed. This does not appear to us as
though the peach crop was so very badly
injured. "Peaches and cream, I golly,"
.yet.
"V IPiygSES" EF
FECTS GSIASBA
Elevators Close All Over the Stale Stagnation
in the Grain Business Causes the
Shutting Down of Houses.
The Lincoln News is resposible for
the fo'lowing article on the state of af
fairs in Nebraska. That paper of last
evening says:
"A number of line house elevators in
different parts of Nebraska, chiefly in
the south central and western sections
have lately been closed, and the cause
is declared by grain dealers to be an
unprecedented stagnation in cereal
movements. Several firms have shut
down their elevators at certain towns
because of slack business, as stated by
their managers at headquarters in this
city. The slim receipts are attributed
mainly to crop failures in various lo
calities last year and to the fact that
farmers are holding what grain they
have left on hand now until the next
crops are assured.
"Cereal shipments are never made
in large volume at this time of year,
but line house grain men say that they
are not now getting 50 per cent of the
average receipts at the majority of
stations, and that a few are furnishing
much less than that. Where elevators
have been closed, it is generally where
two or three of them are located in the
same town and business is not large
enough to go around. If present con
ditions continue any length of time
more houses will be closed, as the deal
ers say the expense of keeping them
open is not justified. Those which are
shut will probably reopen about July 1,
when the new wheat crop comes on.
For the time being, however, the watch
word is: "Cut down expenses and
economize wherever possible."
"Half a dozen elevators belonging to
the Central Granaries company in Ne
braska and Kansas, out of sixty houses
owned by that firm, are idle at the pre
sent time. The one at Wilsonville sus
pended operations January 1 and has
been inactive ever since. At Ravenna,
the plant was closed two months ago,
at Ansley two weeks ago and at Ansel
mo on May 1. The Tamora elevator
has also been out of commission for
twe months. One has been closed at
Bird City, Kas., and another will be at
McDonald, Kas. At three or four other
poinst where two men have been em
ployed, one is now doing all the work.
"There is very little business at any
BOQUETS FOR THE
GOVERNOR'S PARTY
Now in the Land of Flowers
and Orange Groves.
Los Angeles, May 1st.
Dear Colonel:
Too busy eight-seeing to write much.
Yesterday at 11:30 a. m. we arrived at
San Bernardino. There was a large
two bushel basket of beautiful roses
presented to Governor Sheldon and they
were divided among the party, giving
each of us a beautiful boquet which
was nnr first realization that we were
in a tropical country and the land of
flowers.
From there we were taken to Red
land, where we stopped for two hours
and were driven through the beautiful
park called Smiley Heights and from
there we boarded the train and were
hauled to Riverside, where we were
taken on a 10 mile auto ride through the
orange groves and parks of that town.
Of all the beauty one could find in nature
he surely could find it in these two
towns. Smiley Heights were planned
and decorated by Mr. Smiley and the
land adjoining by other men as artistic
and enthusiastic as he and they have
made these hills and the valley adjoin
ing a perfect paradise of driveways,
decorated by flowers and shrubbery of
1,000 different varieties. At both these
places we saw thousands of acres of
orange grove3 in tracts of five, ten and
fifteen acres and along the road on both
sides was a mound of flowers, roses,
palm trees and numerous other tropical
trees and these with the orange groves,
loaded with oranges for a background.
of the stations," said a representative
of the Central Granaries company to
The News. "What the precise cause
is, we do not know, receipts were cut
off short when the panic came on last
fall, and we have not got it back yet.
One week in March was a good one,but
the rest of the time noLmurli grain has
been offered."
The Jacques Grain company, which
has a dozen elevators, reports one clos
ed today at Sargent, while one at Ar
cadia another at Farwell have been idle
for some timp. At Greeley Center the
firm is letting its lumber yard force run
the elevator on the side.
No houses have boon closed by thc
Lincoln Grain company, out of eleven
which it controls, but at Milligan the
agent's pay has been reduced from $.'?)
to $50 per month and at Verona from
$50 to $0, the men bcii:;r allow cd to use
part of their time vi ran: other way to
earn additional incojr.'.'. if this year'n
crops are good, they will be back on
full time and full y.:rj abrut July 1.
The company reports only one carload
of grain shipped from Verona this year
where it f-hould have had .,'0 to 10K.
The situation is not ;o i ad anywhere
ck;c, but wherever corn was hurt by
drouth last year the receipts are light,
though the wheat movement keepr. up
fairly well.
Two of the Foster Grain company's-',
eight elevators are closed, one of the.se
being at Huntler, Harlan county, and
the other at P"unk, F'help.s county.
Both of these, however, were shut
down last fall because of crop failure:)
in the country around them. The em
ployes were taken care of in each case
by being transferred to elevators else
where. The company's elevator say it
could have kept both elevators open
without losing money but it thought
better to close them. Unless the crop
are short this year, no others will be
shut down.
The IIa3'es-Eames house, whieli has;
eighteen elevators, may close some of
those located in the western part of the
state, but is running all of them at pre
sent. Like the other firms, its receipts
have been much below normal.
The Barber, Ewart, Wright-Leet and
other firms are still operating all their
lin3 houses, though their managers
claim some could be closed without
much loss of business.
made one of the prettiest pictures one
ever laid eyes on. Coming through the
valleys we could see the farmers some
putting up hay and others picking
oranges or rather having them picked
bvr J aps.
We arrived at Los Angeles at 9 p. m.
April 30th and found our old Cass
county friends, Mr. and Mrs. Clark,
Mr. and Mrs. Elson, Mr. and Mrs.
Houseworth.Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry,
and Mr. Wiley Black waiting to greet
and welcome us to this place.
Will tell you something of this place
in my next we were given a reception
tonight by the Commercial club and to
morrow we are to picnic at Long Beach.
Yours truly,
Frank E. Schlater.
Will Rough It for Health.
Frank Svoboda departed Wednesday
for Hay Springs, in the western por
tion of the state, where he will take an
outing, sleeping out of doors, and will
probably stay for a good portion of the
summer. This he is doing for his
health, and having tried the same at
Lawrence for a few weeks and finding
it beneficial, he by the advice of a
specialist at Omaha, will Fpend the
summer in trying in this way to regain
his health. While on his way he will
stop at Creighton and visit George
Kohnke, who is living on the farm of
George H. Horn near that place.
Letter List.
The following is th? list of letters re
maining in the Plattsmouth postoffice
on May 4, 1908, uncalled for. Parties
inquiring for same will please say "ad ver
tised." Lee Taylor, John Carlson, John
Girth, David Garber, Gust Kuene, G.
Kelso, Frank Johnson, J. E. Morris,
Daniel Parker, Floyd Vickery.
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