The Avoca Department
News Item Gathered Each Week by
Ice cream sundaes at Copes' drug
store.
W. M. Kear has purchased Eugene
gtiitts" auto.
'John Knoi was a visitor at Om
aba last week.
E. C. Nutzman is having his resi
dence painted.
The ball team received their new
suits Saturday.
W, I. Smoots was at Auburn on
business Saturday.
August Thiele was a Nebraska
City visitor Monday.
Samuel Johnson was a Weeping
Water visitor Wednesday. '
Mrs. A. B. Churchill of Bethany,
is visiting friends In Avoca.
' The Avoca base ball vteam will
open the season next week.
Vilas Sheldon and B. F. Moore
were over from Nehawka Tuesday.
' Dale Mead, of Talmage. was visit
ing friends in town the first of the
week.
Chris Christiansen is painting his
Alvo
Abel Prouty returned from Oseola,
last Friday.
Paul Froley of Lincoln came in
Friday on No. 17 to visit his daugh
ter, Mrs. C. C. Bucknell and family.
He returned home Tuesday.
Mrs. J. L. Sarles, mother of Mrs.
Vincent of Superior, is visiting her
this week.
Mrs. Fred Prouty returned from
Lincoln on No. 18 Friday.
Mrs. Belle Bennett and daughter
Mrs. Orizilla Foreman, returned
from Lincoln Friday where they had
been to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Ida Allen, who was recently killed by
a train.
Mrs. Polly Ryan's grand-daughter,
Mrs. Jackson ana her husband from
Havelock are visiting her this week.
Charles Ayers and family returned
from Lincoln Friday where they had
been doing trading and visiting.
Mrs. S. M. Prouty who has been
in a hospital at Lincoln for several
weeks, returned home Friday.
Miss Grace Foreman came home
from University Place Friday to visit
her parents.
Verle Linch spent Saturday and
Sunday with his folks.
Bert Kitzel visited his mother Sat
urday and Sunday, returning to his
studies at Lincoln business college
Sunday evening.
Sam Jordan came in Saturday even
ing from Omaha where he works, to
spend Sunday with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cashner enter
tained last Sunday In honor of their
guests, Mr. and Mrs. William Cash
ner of Sidney, Ohio, the following
families: Walter Jordan and fam
ily, Jesse Stone and family and Sam
Cashner, Jr., and family of Univer
sity Place.
The high winds of late caused con
siderable trouble to telephone serv
ice, most of which has been straight
ened out.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Stone and son
LaVerne were in Lincoln on business
the latter part of last week.
Carol Brown of University Place
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. P. Foreman, Sr., last Sunday.
Dale Boyles of Lincoln spent Sat
urday and Sunday with his parents.
Harry Linch of Lincoln spent Sun
day with his uncle, James Foreman
and family. .
J. H. Stroemer went to Omaha on
business Monday. 1 ' :
IF
Fencing is the question you are about to consider. Whether
it be Field, Poultry or Garden it is necessary that you get just
what is best adapted for your purpose and to give the best results.
If you think of getting poultry fence, let us show you poultry fence
that is about three times as heavy as the ordinary Diamond Mesh
fence and at very little additional cost. This fence is heavy
enough to turn stock if necessary, and will turn smaller chickens
than the Diamond Mesh. New car of fence will be here in a few
days, so in order to be sure to have what you want at the time you
want it, let us set it around your yard.
J)IM
HARDWARE!
a Special Reporter for This Department of the Semi-Weekly Journa
barn with Sherwln Williams barn
paint.
Mrs. W. A. Hollenberger was at
Lincoln several days last week visit
ing relatives.
Joe Sherfey and wife are the hap
py parents of a baby boy born on
Monday, April 25.
Miss Young of Weeping Water
was the guest of Miss Clara Mar
quardt over Sunday.
Mrs. Jake Spencer living west of
town was hurt quite badly Wednes
day in a runaway accident.
J. H. Schmidt and family arrived
home Thursday evening and have
gone to housekeeping in the August
Thiele residence.
John McFarland moved his build
ing used as a feed store, down town
Wednesday which makes it much
more convenient.
The teachers of the Avoca school
entertained the board of education
and their better halves at the home
of Mrs. P. Nutzman Friday evening.
Mrs. W. E. Casey and Mrs. J. E.
Casey went to Murdock the first of
the week.
W. E. Casey visited his folks in
South Omaha the latter part of last
week.
Mrs. Eugene Schroff went to Om
aha on No. 18' Monday.
Alfred Stroemer.' returned home
Monday on No. 11 from llarneston,
Neb., where he has spent the past
few months.
Ed. Parsell came down from Lin
coln Tuesday noon.
Mrs. Frank Uptegrove and son
went to Raymond to visit her sister
last Saturday.
Mrs. C. C. Bucknell and children
went to Lincoln Tuesday evening to
visit relatives.
Mrs. C. R. Jordan and daughter,
Miss Emma Jordan, were passengers
for Lincoln on the freight Tuesday.
Samuel Cashner and his brother,
Wm. Cashner, went to Omaha on
No. 18 Tuesday returning home Wed
nesday on No. 17.
Mrs. H. A. Bailey and daughter,
Ruth, went to Omaha Tuesday on
No. 18, returning on No. 17 Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. J. E. Parsell went to Lincoln
Tuesday evening to visit her son,
Ray Parsell and wife.
Agent George Brown of the Rock
Island, went to Fairbury Friday even
ing, returning Saturday on No. 18.
Train Derailed.
A number of Cass county people
were very much discomoded last
evening by the Missouri Pacific train
being derailed at Nebraska City. The
derailment did not injure any pas
sengers and did not amount to much
besides delaying travel on the road
although the engine tank, baggage
and express car, mail, smoker and
day coach were all off the rails. The
accident happened Just as the' train
was entering Nebraska City and af
ter it had reduced speed. The pas
sengers were jolted up some and it
took some three or four hours to get
another engine for the train and get
cars back on the rails. The train ar
rived here after 10 o'clock p. m., be
ing more than four hours late. Col.
M. A. Bates of the Journal, and
several other Plattsmouth people at
Murray secured overland transporta
tion after learning of the disaster.
Never can tell when you'll mask a
finger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or
scald. Be prepared. Dr. Thomas'
Eclectic Oil Instantly relieves the
pain quickly cures the wound.
HEATING!
Full Measure
It is not the rule to find
paints put up full meas
ure. Most of them are put
up in short Pleasure the
cans are small and not full.
But every can and pail of
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINT
is always
V
Full Measure
It means that you get
what you pay for full
measure every time.
Honest paint honest in
quality and quantity
pays best. You're always
sure to get it in
The
Sherwin-Williams
Paint
ASK FOR
OHA E. COPES the Druggist
Mot and Dry.
Today has been a regular broiler
after the sharp winter weather of
several days since. The thermometer
at several places in the city reached
the abnormal temperature of 93 and
96 above zero something most un
usual for this time of year and
really uncomfortable. There is lit
tle prospect for a change In the
weather held out by the weather
bureau and the rain which has been
so fervently hoped for is still out of
sight. The weather may this after
noon discloses the temperature to be
high in all parts of the country and
the rainfall very, very light, consist
ing of light showers which are little
more than sprinkles at widely sep
arated points. Farmers are reported
as getting discouraged over the con
tinued dry weather and to becoming
uneasy over the continued drouth.
Small grain throughout this section
is in peril and rain within the next
few days will be necessary to save any
of It. Plowing is also held back by
lack of moisture.
Chris Iske and wife are spending
the day In Omaha, having been pas
sengers this morning for that city.
Such Citizens Welcome.
The Journal acknowledges t very
pleasant call this morning from Mr.
J. W. Hayne, who recently sold his
Missouri river bottom farm on the
east side and removed to this city.
He hns purchased the William Slater
place In the south part of the city and
Hge the other believes that no well
regulated family can get along with
out the Journal. Mr. Hayne is an
old friend of the publisher, having
been a patron of ours while publish
ing a paper at Pacific Junction, and
was one of the up-to-date farmers
of Mills county. Such acquisitions
to Plattsmouth always receive the
glad hand.
Sheriff Quinton departed this
morning for the county, going out
on the M. P. train.
3
PLUMBING!
CLEAN IP TIE
ALLEYS Al OIICE
A Narrow Escape ThU Morning
From Fire Caused From Trash
in Alleyway.
A narrow escape from a disastrous
conflagration was had this morning
when the lumber sheds of John Wa
terman caught on fire and threatened
the destruction of his lumber yard
and many adjoining buildings. Quick
work by members of the Journal
force alone prevented the fire getting
a big start and probably destroying
a large amount of property. The
fire was discovered by several gen
tlemen who happened to be looklug
out of some of the back windows of
several of the business houses along
Main street and an alarm was turn
ed In. Mr. Waterman, the owner of
the property, was at his office some
two hundred feet from the scene of
the blaze and was notified. He hur
ruled there and was pouring water
on the fire when he was joined by
George B. Mann, Frank H. Smith
and Edgar Steinhauer of the Jour
nal force and they quickly put out
the flames. It is supposed the fire
originated from a smouldering trash
fire set on a vacant lot across the
alley from the sheds although there
is a theory that a match thrown by
some smoker from a passing wagon
may have ignited the trash and paper
scattered along the base of the sheds.
The fire on the vacant lot was burn
ing there yesterday but the wind
springing up may have blow sparks
from It into the trash. The loss Is
nominal.
This (ire should serve to emphaslzo
the warning which the city authori
ties and the tire department has been
giving the people In the business cen
ter about the trash and waste In
the alleys. It was due directly to
the trash accumulated about the
sheds and In the alley that this fire
started. The ' necssity for cleaning
up the business center of the city
was never greater than now and to
prevent fire loss it should be done
at once. The long continued dry
weather has made the fire hazard
very great and every possible precau
tion should be taken against It. The
alleys should be cleaned up and fires
should be watched very carefully.
Read the pain formula on the box
of Pink Pain Tablets. Then ask your
doctor If there la a better one. Pain
means congestion blood presure is
somewhere. Dr. Snoop's Pink Pai
Tablets check head pains, womanly
pains, pain anywhere. Try one, and
see! 20 for 2.rc. Sold by all dealers
;iiid to (Jet Back.
Frank H. Johnson and wife are
visiting in the city with the parents
of the former and other relatives,
having come in last Tuesday night
from their home at St. Augustine,
Fla. They were glad to get back
on Nebraska soil again and do not
express themselves very enthusiast!
cally over the climate of that part
of the world. They will make a
visit of some days in the city. Mr.
Johnson is In the employ of the
Florida East Coast Railroad com
pany, the line which has recently con
cluded the construction of the long,
concrete line across the Florida keys
to Key West. This is one of 'the en
gineering wonders of the world and
Mr. Johnson pronounces It a marvel
in Its line.
The old fashioned way of dosing
a weak stomach, or stimulating the
Heart or Kidneys Is all wrong. Dr
Shoop first pointed out this error
This is why his prescription Dr
Snoop's Restrative la directed en
tlrely to the cause of these aliments
the weak inside or controlling ner
ves. It Isn't so difficult, says Dr.
Shoop, to strengthen a weak Stomach,
Heart or Kidneys, If one goes at It
correctly. Each Inside organ has its
! controlling or inside nerve. When
ithese nerves fall, then those organs
must surely fail. These vital truth
are leading druggists everywhere to
dispense and recommend Dr. Snoop's
Restorative. Test it a few days, and
see! Improvement will promptly and
surely follow. Sold by all dealers.
Don't let the baby suffer from
eczema, Bores or any Itching of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives Instant
relief, cures quickly. Perfectly safe
for children. All druggists sell It.
Weeping Water Flour.
Don't you know that the Weeping
Water flour la the best seller on the
market. It is always guaranteed to
be O. K. Never fails. Ask for It.
Andy Smith of Cedar Creek, was
In the city yesterday on business, and
while here colled on the Journal
and enrolled his name for the old
reliable. Andy realizes that he has
done without the county news about
long enough.
IJfe Despaired Of.
A message was received today by
Mrs. M. Illatt from Havelock stating
that her slstcm, Mrs. C. M. Holmes
who suffered a stroke of paralysis
recently, was seriously ill and that
her life was despaired of. Mrs. Illatt
will leave for Havelock In the morn
ing. The many friends of Mrs. Hol
mes In this city wil be sincerely sorry
to learn of her desperate condition
and hope that the report is exag
gerated and that she can toon- be
pronunced well on the way to recov
ery. J. C. Petersen Visits the Big Or.
chards at Nehawka .
J. C. Petersen departed this morn
ing for Havelock and Lincoln where
he will spend several days. Mr.' Pet
ersen goes to those places to witness
his son Charles, take the third de
gree in masonry something In which
he takes great pride and in which he
la deeply interested. Mn Petersen re
turned yesterday from the large or
chard on the Pollard property at Ne
hawka and he brings a most discour
aging report In the condition of the
fruit crop at that point. Former Con
gressman Pollard had recently pur
chased a large and expensive spray
ing apparatus for his fruit trees
and, in company with Mr. Petersen,
he yesterday started to use it but
soon abandoned the effort as he found
that the crop which was left would
not repay him for the expense and
trouble. The apples aro practically
a total failure in' that orchard ac
cording to Mr. IVtresen, the freeze
having destroyed them. Cherries are
also a total loss as is peaches. There
will bo some plums and tliero will
be late strawberries according to Mr.
Petersen's observation upon his own
trees and vines at his largo orchard
and strawberry patch southwest of
the city. The outlook in every way
is pronounced by him to be most
discouraging to fruit-growers and he
states that Mr. Pollard takes a simi
lar view of the situation.
A BARGAIN A five room cottage
with large grounds, covered with
fruit on' monthly payments. Pos
session at once.
Windham Investment & Lonn Co.
C. B. 8. Buggy Pole & Neck Yoke.
The C. B. S. buggy pole and neck
yoke is the best there is just out.
Insist on getting one. Manspeaker
sells the poles and the hardware
stores sell the neck yokes
For Sale.
Two registered Scotch brad bnlls, one
and two years old. Seven miles west
of Platismouth. Chas. Peacock.
Short Locals
A. W. Meisinger Is spending the
day in Omaha, having been called
to that city on business matters this
morning.
August Thiele, a well known citi
zen of Avoca, will depart Sunduyfor
Germany where he will make a visit
of some three months with relative
and friends.
Johnny Eagan,. brother of Patrick
Eagan of this city, and a former
Plattsmouth boy, now located In
South Omaha, came in this morning
from that city to Bpend several days
in the city and meet old friends.
R. B. Jameson, precinct assessor
for Weeping Water precinct, is the
first assessor to make his returns for
this year. His trip to this city men
tion of which Is made in another
place was for the purpose of deliver
ing his returns to the county asses
sor. P. E. Wheeler and wife who have
been Btopping in the city for several
days, departed this morning for Om
aha from which city they expect to
move on west visiting a number of
points and going dear through to the
Pacific coast. . ,
' J. C. Rlchey who has been spend
ing several days in Omaha with his
wife at a hospital there, returned
home last evening. Mrs. Richey con
tinues to Improve and Is now quite a
bit better than when she was taken
to that Institution. She la expected
to be able to return home some time
in the near future and it Is believed
that she will advance rapaldly to
ward recovery.
C. C. Tucker, a well known resi
dent from near Murray, is In the
city today In company with several
friends from that locality, looking
after business. The gentleman paid
the Journal office a pleasant visit
and looked over the marvels of the
operation of the Linotype and the
other up-to-date machinery of the
Journal plant. While here Mr. Tuck
er renewed his subscription to the
Journal and changed its address
from the Murray route to that of
Nehawka. The party returned to
their homes this afternoon.
in
BUTTER MEN IN
RATE FIGHT
Small Dealers Ask Lower Rates
w" on Shipments.
WANT SAME AS MIXED GOODS.
Independent Shipper, Will Demand
That They Be Given Same Rates
That Are Granted Centralized Con
cernt, Who Have Petitioned Inter,
state Commission for a Reduction.
Omaha, April 28. When the central
ized butter shippers of Omaha pe
titioned the Interstate commerce com
mission for a reduction in the rates
on carloads of the product to Chicago
and New York they unconsciously
stirred up a hornet's nest among thu
independent creameries and Uutter
makers in Nebraska. The smaller con
cerns have filed a petition with the
Interstate commerce commission ask
ing that there be a reduction of rates
on butter lu less than carloads, the
same as the rates which now obtaJn on
butter, eggs and poultry mixed In car
loads. From the present outlook there will
be a merry war between the railroads
and the butterniakers, and to make
mutters interesting the large concerns
of Nebraska will have a battle with
the smaller manufacturers. The his
fight will bo between the largo ami
snuill creameries.
A short time ago the larger butter
nmkers and creameries, known as the
"centrallzers," asked for a reduction
In the tariff rate on-butler in carload
lots, Including those shipments which
wero mixed with epiKS nnd poultry.
They claimed that when compared
with the rates given the shippers of
dressed meats the cost of shipping
butter and eggs east was abnormally
high. The railroads didn't agree and
the matter was taken up with the In
terstate commerce coiuinlis.slon.
First Case Still Pending.
The case is still pending, but the
smaller dealers have been busy mak
ing other things besides butter. They
claim the big concerns must either
give way to the rallrouds and drop the
first petition for reduced rates, or al
low the concessions to the Independ
ent shippers. At present the railroad
which handles most of the butter traf
fic from the different parts of the state
to Omaha rehllls butter, eggs and poul
try shipped from outside towns when
reshlpped In carloads from central
points like Omaha, South Omaha and
Lincoln.
The petition signed' by the independ
ent shippers does not seem to be di
rected against the differential on less
than carloads of butter as compared
with the carload rate on straight car
loads of the product, but the objection
able point Is the mixing, which, it is
claimed, Is In the nature of a special
privilege to the "centrallzers."
MRS. LEAVITT TO WED
Daughter of W. J. Bryan to Become
Wife of British Officer.
Lincoln, Neb., April 28. t hen read
the dispatch announcing the engage
ment of his daughter, Ruth Bryan, who
was formerly Mrs. W. H. I.eavltt, to
Lieutenant Altham Owen of the Brit
ish army, Mr. Bryan said the announce
ment was correct. He said his daugh
ter will be married ut Palrvlew on
Tuesday next. The wedding will be a
quiet one In the presence of but a few
friends. Further plans Mr. Bryan
would not disclose. It is said that Mis.
Leavilt met her fiance In Colorado last
summer. He Is twenty-six years of age.
Laborer! Continue Work.
South Omaha, April 28. The threat
ened general walkout at the packing
plants here did not materialize, in ac
cordance with the decree of a mass
meeting. Armour reports that there
are still seventy men out at the plant,
the same as the day before. E. A.
Cudahy said that some beef luggers
were out at his plant, making a total
of eighty men now on a strike.
Boy Crushed by Wagon.
Alliance, Neb., April 28. Asher
Grand staff, the four-year-old sou of
William Grandstaff of to city, was
run over and killed by a sand wagon
here. The child was climbing up the
rear wheel of the wagon when the
driver, F. Anderson, started and could
not stop before the boy was so badly
crushed' that he died in few minutes.
Mr. Fried' Funeral.
Oakland, Neb., April 28. The funer
al of County Treasurer Victor L. Fried,
will be held tomorrow afternoon at hi
home, conducted by Oakland lodge of
Masons. Interment will he In the Oak
land cemetery.
- York Episcopalian Plan Hospital,
York, Neb., April 28. The Rev.
liana C. Colgrove, paBtor of the Epis
copal church of York, Is submitting a
plan for a new hospital in York, to bo
modeled after the Clarkson hospital
In Omaha.
Delegates Reach Columbus.
Columbus, Neb., April 28. The first
session of the two-days' convention of
the State Association of Nebraska
Commercial clubs was held with rep
resentative, here from Iweuty-sln
towns.