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L Cal Society VOL. NO. YT.TTT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, DEC. 12, 1927. NO. 89 plattsmoutb Francis Zitka Dies from Effect of Monoxide Gas While Preparing Track in. Closed Garage. Young Man Overcome by Exhaust of Motor. Francis Zitka, seventeen-year-old son of Mrs. Anna Zitka. was over come this morning by monoxide gas from the exhaust of the delivery truck on which he was working at the garage in the rear of the E. A. Lorenz home and when found was in a dying condition and despite all of the efforts made to revive him, the youth failed to respond to the treat ment, the amount of the gas that he had inhaled having caused his death. The boy had come to work as usual this morning and at S o'clock had gone to the garage at the rear of the Lorenz residence, where his delivery truck is stored, stating to the em ployes at the store that he had to put on chains before he started the truck out - on his delivery work, which he has been looking after for the firm of Lorenz Brothers for the past yen.r. About 8:30 the children of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lorenz were prepar ing to start for school and the little boy, Edward, heard the engine of the truck running in the garage and opened the door to see the youth lying partially in the cab of the truck.- The little boy surmising that there was something wrong, ran to the house and notified Mrs. Lorenz. who at once surmised the cause of the trouble and sent the little daugh ter, Emily, to the home of Harry Schulz, a neighbor, who ran to the garage and carried the boy, who was then apparently lifeless, out in- to the open and started the efforts to secure respiration by trying to force the operation of the lungs. j Medical aid was called and Drs. T. P. and J. S. Livingston arrived in a few moments to aid in the attempt to revive the boy. Mr. Schulz had thought that he had been able at the start to partially revive the lad, but the quantity of the gas. InLaled had been too great, and he was ap parently beyond resusitation when found and removed from the build ing. I The garage is a well built and weather proof structure and from all indications, Francis, on entering the building, had started the engine in , the truck to get it warmed up while , he went about the task of putting chains "on the rear tires. He had then either gone to the door of the cab to replace the tools or in his dying mo ments had attempted to shut off the engine, as when found by Mr. Schulz, he was crouched partially in the cab, . his knees resting on the fender and his head lying on his arm, where he had sank in the last moments as the fumes of the poison gas had overcome him. The news of the tragic ending of this splendid lad came as a heart breaking blow to the mother and the , brothers and sisters of this splendid j young man, wno were nouiieu at uure of the death of their loved one, and who hastened to his side only to find that all hope of reviving him had passed, and that Francis was dead. FOE MISS KENY0N Mrs. Alfred Petring entertained at an afternoon bridge party honoring home. 1813 First avenue, Thursday. Miss Kenyon will wed Kalph Petring of Plattsmouth, a brother of Alfred Petring Monday morning at the First Presbyterian church. Mrs. Petring had 20 guests. The prizes at cards were won by Miss Marion von Gillern who won the first prize and Mrs. Ernest Overton, who won the second prize. The guest of honor also re ceived a handsome prize. Out-of-town guests were Mrs. Rob ert Availing and Mr. Lyle Hervey of Plattsmouth; Mrs. Walter Cowden, of Riverton, Iowa, and Miss Florence Petring, of Lincoln. Miss Petring will remain here until after the wed ding. Nebraska City News-Press. CHANGE IN TIME from Saturdays iallv Ike Gilinsky, of the DeLuxe bus line that has its local depot at the Main hotel, has secured permission from the state railway commission to make a change in the running time of hi3 afternoon trip from this city. Heretofore Mr. Gilinsky has left this city at 1:30 in the afternoon for Omaha, but under the new schedule the bus will leave the Main hotel at 1 o'clock in the afternoon for Omaha starting Sunday. The change in running time will make it more convenient for the theatre goers and will also make con nection with the 2 o'clock bus at Omaha for Lincoln and Mr. Gilinsky anticipates that it will be much more convenient for the patrons. A -wide range of prices are repre sented in the Christmas card line at the Bates Bock & Gift shop. Bring in your plate or have the cards print ed with your name. FIRE AT FUNERAL HOME From Thursday's Dallv At noon today sparks for the chim ney at the Sattler Funeral Home at Fourth and A'ine street, caused a small fire to break out on the shingle roof of the building but fortunately was extinguished without any ser ious loss. The fire was first discovered by ; Mrs. Sattler who was in thi living room apartments on the second floor j of the building and who called her son, John, who getting out on the roof was able to beat out the fire by the use of his cap and snow that was Ij'ing on the roof and prevented the fire from gaining a start into the interior of the building. The prompt action of the family resulted in the saving of a great deal of loss as, the blaze fanned by the north wind would soon have grown very dangerous, had it not been promptly extinguished. Jury Holds for the City in Bank Bond Case Today Verdict Rendered Just After the Noon Hour for City and Against Bondsmen. From Thursday's Lall The case of the City of Plattsmouth vc Fred Buerstetta. receiver of the First National bank, et al., was on trial all day yesterday and up to 11 o'clock this morning when it wa3 submitted to the jury and which at the reconvening of the court at 1:30 returned a verdict for the plaintiff, the City of Plattsmouth. in the sum cf $9,S04.G3. with interest from January 1927. This suit was one that the city commenced against the bondsmen of the First National bank, which bond wes accepted by the city on February 8. 1926. to replace a surety bond that had been previously supplied by the bank but which they request ed be substituted by the personal bonds signed by the property own ers who were made defendants in the present action. The bond was for the sura of $15,000 to cover the city deposits that might be made from time to time by the city treas urer in this bank. The city had on the 14th of December 192C, when the bank was placed in the handsVoS the federal banking department and later a receiver, the sum of $9, S04.63. The fact that the bank held the funds of the city was not contested by the receiver of the bank and the receiver of the defunct bank was dropped from the defendants as the bank entered judgment, while the bondsmen of the bank opposed the attempt to assess the liability for the city deposits against them. One of the grounds offered by the defense was that the bond that they had signed had been merely to replace the surety bond which was to have expired in March 1926, and not a bond that was to continue on inde finitely until otherwise changed. NAMED AS STATE CHAIRMAN Mrs. J. S. Livingston of this city, one of the very active leaders in the work of the Daughters of the Amer-j ican Revolution in the state, has : been designated by the state regent as the chairman of the committee on Revolutionary relics, one of the im portant committees of the society. This committee has charge of the lo cating and conservation of relics that pertain to the revolutionary war per iod and which the society desires be preserved for the future generations as a valuable record of the past and as a historic record for the future j Mrs. Livingston has devoted a' great deal of work to the research efforts of the D. A. R. and with her committee will have the work of see ing that these relics are placed in the custody of private or public institu tions, where they can be made avail able for the future generations. CHARLES COOK IMPROVING From Thursday's IralTf The reports from the Immanuel hospital in Omaha stat that Charles E. Cook, of this city who is at the hospital recovering from the effects of an operation is doing very nicely and feels very much improved. His change for the better is very encour aging to his family and friends for his permanent recovery and with his improvement he has grown to feel in his former jovial mood and to look forward to returning home relieved of his long illness. UNDERGOES AN OPERATION 'rum Thursday's T"aliv George Price, of Chicago, who was here a short time ago to visit friends and also to see his brother, who was operated on at the hospital In Omaha, for an attack of appendicitis, had no sooner returned home to Chicago than he was taken sick and was hur hied to the hospital where he was operated on for appendicitis. The young man is doing nicely and which will be most pleasing news to his many friends in this city. . Glee Clubs En tertain Public at Parmele Theatre Clever Musical Comedy "Pickles," Is Presented by Glee Clubs of ' High School. From Saturday's Iahy Last evening the Parmele theatre was filled with a delighted audience to witness the offering of the musi cal comedy, "Pickles," which was presented by the glee clubs of the high Bchool under the direction of Miss Ruth Lindsay, musical super visor of the city schools. The young people taking part in the play can feel well justified pride in the splendid manner that their high class entertainment was given and which demonstrated the great strides that musical training has made in the city schools and en abling a cast of some seventy persons to be st-tn in this clever comedy. The story selected for the winter offering of the high school was a story filled with beautiful musical numbers and clever and snappy lyrics and a production that gave a large number of the principals an equally strong part. The scene of the musical comedy was laid in the city of Vienna when the carnival time makes the city un usually merry and in the story of the play the adventures of a party of touring Americans, the antics of the great American advertising special ist and the dark deeds of the gypsies kept the interest of the audience at the highest. The spirit of romance was held in the musical comedy by the love affairs of several of the cast and the restoration of a long lost child to its mother after many years. The principals of the . production were well cast in their respective roles and each very cleverly carried out their part of the musical comedy and the splendid voices of the young pe pie was a real revelation to the audience and shows a wonderful array of musical talent that will be heard from in later years. The chorus of the musical comedy wes :n? of the best that can be gathered in any school in the state and made a wonderful feature of the offering last evening with the sixty young people that took part in this portion of the evening enter tainment. The comedy of the production was largely carried by Herbert Patterson as "J. Jennison Jones," the adver tising specialist who was boosting the "Pennington Pickles," the young man being in evidence throughout the rlay and adding spice to the many clever situations that develop ed in the course of the presentation. Edward Patterson as "Captain Kin ski." was seconded by his faithful detectives, "Bumski" and "Rumski," in which Charles Howard and Oliver Schneider appeared and added to the fun of the evening. Charles New-as-k as the proprietor of the inn made a splendid character actor and his appearance was the scene for added entertainment for the aud ience. One of the main characters of the musical comedy was "Ilona," the gypsy girl and in which Miss Jean j Caldwell was seen in a number of i very clever dancing numbers an ' also in several of the solo selections of the musical comedy. Miss Margaret Engelkemeier as "June Pennington." an American heiress and Miss Ruth Janda as "Lady Vivian Delancey," an English widow in search of her lost child had a large part in the solo selections of the comedy and in which their clear and beautiful voices added a great deal to the production. Edgar Wes cott as "Arthur Crefont," a young artist and George Caldwell as "Jones H. Pennington," the pickle king had a large part of the male solo work of the musical comedy and showed wonderful talent in the finished man ner in which their offerings were given. The role of the gypsy king, "Jigo" was presented by John Nel son, whose strong bass voice added to the musical settings of the play and his stage presence made a real kingly figure of the ruler of the gypsies. Mr. Nelson was called into the play at the last moment owing ; to the fact that Bernard Galloway, cast for that role had been forced to go to the hospital, and Mr. Nelson carried the part in fine shape. The interest of the conspiracy of the deep dyed villian of the detective depart ment was aided and abeted by Miss Margaret Shallenberger as "Louisa," waitress at the inn and who was in duced to pose as the long lost child of Lady Delancey, only to be foiled in the last act of the play, i The features of the musical comedy was added to by the orchestra ar ranged for the occasion and compos ed of Mrs. DeWitt Smith, piano, Har vey Johnson, violin, W. R. Holly, violin, John Bissing. violin, Cyril Kalina. clarinet, L. D. Hiatt, clari net, Mrs. Elbert Wiles, flute, B. E "Woodward, cornet, Clarence Ledge way, trombone, Peter Gradoville, sousaphone, with Miss Ruth Lindsay as the director. The members of the chorus were the following: Viennese Maidens. Tourists and Gypsies Marjorie Arn, Beatrice Arn, Alice Bulin, Gladys Bushnell, Max ine Cloidt, Laura Grassman, Ona Graves. Elizabeth Katt, Jean ITayes, Leona Hudson, Pauline Kief, Teresa Libershal, Catherine 'IcClusky, Isa belle Marshall, Gcrmaine Mason, Constance Rea, Eula Reed, Vestetta Robertson, Mildred Schulz, Marie Sperry, Mary Swatek, Dorothy Todd, Mary Ellen Vallery, Gretchen War ner, Florence Wiles. Viennese Men. Turists and Gyp sies Robert Bestor. Donald Born, large Number of the Old Friends in Eugene Bushnell Hishel Dew, Rich-, Attendance at last Services ard Friedrich. Ralph Gansemer, Wil-, , bur Hall, Jack Hatt. Ralph Hiner, Held There Yesterday. Jilbert Hirz. Virgil Hutton. NobU. ' Kiser, Joe Knoflicek. Lyle Lawton, From Friday's Daily Lawrence Leonard, Ira Mumm. Wil- The funeral services of the late Ham Nelson. Donald Rainey, George Andy Thomsen were held yesterday Sayles, Claire Shallenberger, Rich- afternoon at the Glendale church, the ard Spangler. Thomas Svoboda, house of wprship in the community George Thacker, Linville Wiles, where for the past eighteen years Clement Woster. the deceased had made his home. A Waiters James Begley, Francis very large number of the old friends Yelick, Garland McCleary. and neighbors were present to offer Miss Lindsay, the music super- their sympathy to the bereaved fam vifor, is deserving of a great deal ily and to share the loss that has of praise for the splendid manner in come to them. which she has arranged the operetta The services were in charge of the and for the drilling and training of Rev. H. G. McClusky, pastor of the the young people who took part in First Presbyterian church, who spoke the entertainment. of the life of the departed and his Getting Plans for Fitting Reception for Santa Glaus T i Jolly Old Gentleman Will Arrive at 1C:15 Over the. Burlington on S?tuiday. Prom Saturday's in. The local committees that have been in touch with Santa Claus since his arrival in this territory from his home in the far north regions, have decided on their first plans for the reception for the patron of the Yule- tide, by announcing definitely that Santa will be here on Saturday, De- cember 17th. The arrival of Santa will be at 10:15 Saturday morning when he will arrive over the Burlington from the north and will be met at the Burlington station ny tne cniidren and by. them be escorted to the Am erican Legion community building on Vine street whf.ti the formal re ception will be held and where Santa will be able to meet the youngsters of the city. At the community build ing there will be the welcome of the city and county given and the visi tor from the northland be made wel come by the children of the com munity. There will be remembrances for all of the children from Santa Claus and which he will give as his calling cards to the little folks who will find printed on the ticket the name of the store where the ticket may be re deemed. The committee are sending out let ters to all of the schools of Cass county to have the children person ally invited to come here on next Saturday morning and enjoy the op portunity of seeing Santa Claus and receiving the treat from him which will be provided from the local stores. Remember the date will be next Saturday morning. December 17th at 10:15 and a real Santa will gie his message to the Cass county boys and girls. The children who wish to write Santa Claus may do so by sending the letter in care of the Ad club, Platts - mouth. JURY FINDS FOR DEFENDANT rrnm Frldnv' T"1tv The time of the district court was occupied yesterday afternoon in hearing the case of Oliver C. Dovcy vs. Myrtle . Gillispie et al., in which the plaintiff sought the col lection of a note for $2,000, which lection of a note tor $z,uuu, wnicn the plaintiff alleged had been pur- chased from George O. Dovey, then cashier of the First National bank The defendants contended that the note was given by the defendants to reduce the indebtedness of W. F. Gillispie within the bonds of the amount prescribed by the federal banking laws, that the defendants received no consideration for the note and that it was not collectable. After hearing the evidence in the case the jury was sent out to de liberate on the issues in the case and returned a verdict findinir for the d fendants. Myrtle I. Gillispie and Wil- Ham F. Gillispie and assessing the costs of the action against the plain tiff. RECEIVES PLEASANT NEWS From Friday' T"nilv This morning a message was re ceived here by T. B. Bates announc ing the fact that he was again hon ored with being a grandfather, a fine six pound daughter, who has been christned Roberta Kirk, havine- ar rived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milford B. Bates, at Los Angeles on Wednesday. All concerned are do ing nicely and the good news proves most pleasing to the relatives and friends in this city. The cards of the Christmas season j -i . .t, u onnir now on display at the Bates Book & Gift shop are beautiful in design and those who call early can have the opportunity of selecting the best of the stock. Funeral Service of Andy Thomsen Held at Glendale services to the community in which he lived and to the members of the ami!y he held the blessed promise of the reunion where the ties severed here will again be reunited. During the services, Mrs. E. H. Wescott gave two of the songs of comfort and hope, "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" and "He Holds the Key," Mr. Wescott serving as accompanist. At the conclusion of the service, !I ".Lto.GleSl! the mortal remains were consigned to the last long resting place, the pall bearers being chosen from among the i old friends, and were J. P. Schroeder, 1 J. W. Keil, James Johnson, Philip Fornoff, Adam Meisinger and A. O Ault. Andy Thomsen was born in Schles wte-Holstein. then a province of! Germany, in September, 1867, but! wnen an infant of three months his parents removed to the United States' an(j his lifetime has been spent in j tnj3 country. j Wr Thomsen, in his younger days had a wonierful experience in travel . over the xjnited States and in his' iri1irnpv1np. that filled the snace of some eighteen years, he had the op portunity of viewing practically all parts of the country, an ' also In the northland. where he spent some jtime in the Klondike and in the mountain regions. Since his coming to Cedar Creek, Mr. Thomsen has married and has devoted his life to his home and family and his business affairs until in the last few months, when ill health made necessary the ceasing of active work, and since which time he has been gradually failing until death came to still his suffering. Those attending the services from distant points were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomsen, Fremont; Banhard Thomsen, daughter, Mary. Bruns wick; Mr. and Mrs. Deitel, Fremont; Mr. and Mrs. Will Moore, Lincoln. MANY ENJOY CONTEST ! From Friday's Daliy j Last evening was Charleston night at the Parmele theatre ard in order to witness the pleasing event in which a large number of the young people of the city were entered, the i theatre was filled to its capacity by the friends of the contestants and the general public to see the progress , of the contest. 1 - . ... . ! A 1, l The audience was tne juage ci me I winner and by their applause gave j the decision as to the dancer that jmost thoroughly came up to the ideas of the audience regarding the Charleston. The first prize was awarded to Paul Vandervoort, the second to Miss Helen Jane West, and the third to Miss Betty Bulin. The dancers being cn eTfcntinnallv irnod led the man- " ' .f"" tn fh(l of the theatre to offer the fourth prize and which was to Miss Wilma Hart. The entrants were all very pleas ing and showed real cleverness in their work and certainly gave the large audience a real treat in addi tion to the fine show that was offer ed. Those who took part in the con test were: Anna May Sandin, Max Novinski, Wilma Hart, Paul Vander voort, Rosemarie Burcham, Helen Jane West, ''Gertrude Vallery. Vera Champlin. Winifred Rainey, Mildred Elledge, Betty Bulin, Dora Elledge. ! e management or tne ineaire are Panmug anumer ui tu,c vy. tests in the near future and at which another opportunity will be offered the young people of the city to do their stuff in the Charleston. The management of the Parmele wishes to thank all those who took part in the contest and also an nounce that on next Friday there will be held the regular amateur night at the Parmele when anyone that wishes to present an act of any kind will be given the opportunity. SHOWS SOME rMPR0VT.MF.NT From Saturday's Pallv Mrs. Thomas Svoboda, who was taken ill last Sunday, is showing much Improvement and is now able to be up and around again and while she is not as yet entirely over the effectg of the iIlnesg It jg thouRht that sbe will be able soon to shake off the effects of, the illness. ; Journal Want Ads bring results. CELE3SATES EIRTZDAY From Friday's Dailv Yesterday at the meeting of the ladies aid society of the Methodist church, the occasion was made very pleasant by the fact that the occasion was also the eightieth birthday anni versary of Mrs. Martha Chriswisser, one of the faithful and long time members of the society. The friends in the society gave Mrs. Chriswisser a very pleasant surprise when the meeting was turned into a birthday party and the guest of honor tender ed the congratulations of the many ladies in attendance. The time was spent in games that were arranged by Mrs. H. E. Sortor and Mrs. W. L. Heinrich end which added to the fun and interest of the meeting. At a suitable hour dainty refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mes dames A. S. Christ. Otto Keck, F. R. Gobe'.man and William Baird. Fire Threatens Destruction of Wolff Building Overheated Furnace Causes Destruc tion of Partition in Building Now Used as Warehouse From Thiirpdnv's rsn''v This morning shortly after six o'clock the building formerly occu pied by John F. Wolff as a garage and now used as a warehouse by the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power com pany, located at the alleyway be tween Main and Pearl streets on South 5th street, was found to be on fire. The residents of that part of the city saw the smoke rolling from the building and blaze leaping up in the rear portion of the structure and at once the alarm was given and a prompt response by the fire depart ment saved the building and held the loss to a very low figure. The fire had apparently started from the overheated furnace that had caught the side of a wooden par tition adjoining the furnace, where the greater part of the fire was con fined. The frame of the shelving used for storing bolts and other ma terial, was entirely consumed and the top and cushions of the Ford deliv ery truck of the company were also burned, although the rubber tires on the truck showed but slight evidence of the heat they were subjected to, and the gasoline tank did not ex plode or catch fire. Through the prompt work of the fire department, the fire was con fined to a small area in the building and the loss will be small as only the partitions were badly burned and a small part of the timbers of the roof near the seat of the fire. The 'smoke rolled from the build ing in dense clouds and the firemen showed the greatest of courage in defying suffocation as they made their way into the building and placed the stream of water on the blaze, extinguishing the flames with a small loss. The building had just recently been taken over by the light and power company as a warehouse and was filled with a large stock of valu able material used in their line work and wiring, and which was not dam aged to any extent as far as could be ascertained. The building was covered by in surance and as the loss to the struc ture is not great, there will be.no loss to the owner of the building and very little to the light and power com pany aside from the damage to their Ford truck. OPEN NEW MARKET From Saturday's Uallv Today the new business establish ment of Mullen & Sons meat market No. 2, opened at Missouri Valley, Iowa, by Mr. Frank Mullen of this city. This market will be conducted along the lines of the very successfl Sanitary market in this city and with the policy of the best of meat and prices and excellent service that has made the market very popular. Later Edward Mullen and his grandfather, E. H. Krug. formerly of Shubert will go to Missouri Val ley where they will take over the management of the market and Mr. Mullen return to look after the mar ket in this city. The people of Missouri Valley are to be congratulated on having the market established by a business man as active as Mr. Mullen and which will assure them of the very best of service. ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE From Saturday f. ratlv Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Guy Long entertained very pleasantly at their home two tables of the young people of the city and in the play ing of this fascinating game of bridge a great deal of pleasure was derived. The ladies prize for the high score was awarded to Mrs. Walter Reed while Richard Beverage received the gentleman's prize. At an appropriate hour an oyster stew was provided the guests that they all enjoyed to the utmost. Journal Want Ads bring results. Railroads are Large Taxpayers in Cass County Burlington Tops the Railroad Taxes with $47,268.60 and Missouri Pacific Second in List. The railroads of the country each year contribute great sums for tax ation in the various states and coun ties through which the lines of the carrier systems pass, and in this connection it is well to mention that the railroads pay a very large sum of money each year into the coffers of Cass county to help keep the wheels of the county and city governments operating. The lines of the Burlington and Missouri Facifie are the greatest tax payers in this county and cover a large area and in addition to their respective right of way, the shops and terminals of the Burlington in this city add to the amount that this great railroad system contributes to Cass county each year. The Burlington has paid over to County Treasurer John E. Turner, the sum of $47. 268. CO in taxes, while the Missouri Pacific is second with $33,995.66 and the Rock Island third with $9,116.32. The Burlington has lines operat ing from Ashland east through the northern line of Cass county to Plattsmouth and to the Platte river, with important sidings and trackage at Louisville, and the coach shops in this city on the valuation of which they are assessed the above sum as their contribution to the taxes or the county, as well as the industrial life of the communiy, and which is one of the great factors in the develop ment of the state in the years past, when the B. & M.. as it was then known, was first built into the state, as one of the pioneer railroads of the middle west. The Missouri Pacific has trackage extending from the Otoe county line through to the Platte along the east ern boundary of the county as well as the line across the central portion jof the county from Avoca to Iiouis "ville and the Lincoln branch from Union west to Eagle, but has no large shops located in the county, and their largest terminal point is at Union. The Rock Island has the shortest mileage of any of the railroads in the county,, as it crosses the north western portion of the county from Alvo to South Bend on the Omaha Lincoln line. The railroads that contribute so much to the upkeep of the state, county and city governments are cer tainly deserving of support from the residents of the various communities, as they aid in bearing a very large share of the tax burden that other wise would be placed on the shoul ders of the individual taxpayer. DECIDE RICHARDSON CASE The jury in the case of Charles F. Richardson vs. C. Lawrence Stull, which was out since the case w:is given to them at 5 o'clock last night, returned a verdict this morning at the reconvening of court, in whi'h they found for the plaintiff in the sum of $559, which with the interest on the judgment will place the total amount to be recovered by the plain tiff at the sum of $S01.42. This case is one in which the plaintiff sought damages alleged to have occurred when the plaintiff, who was a tenant of the defendant, was compelled to give up the land on which he had a crop of corn. The land that was farmed by Richardson was a part of the Stull land on the Platte bottom north of this city. The case was tried here two years ago and at that time Mr. Richardson was given judgment for $200. but on appeal to the supreme court by the defendant the case was ordered back for a new trial and with the result that the amount of recovery has been increased. DOING VERY FINE From Friday's Dally The reports from the St. Joph hospital in Omaha states that Georce Swatek, who i3 there taking treat ment prior to an operation for ap pendicitis, is doing very fine and his condition is puch as to give the brightest hopes of his being in sbape in a few days for the removal of hi appendix. The abcess that was farm ed as the result of the iuflumati"n cf the appendix has gone down tr.d it is hoped that this will be c liminated so that it will be possible to have the appendix removed in the next few days. RETURNS rROM HO" PIT Vi.m Thiimlav s DaUv Yesterday afternoon Bernard G 1 loway, who has just recovered f- tr the effects of an operation at th" h's pital in Omaha, was able to r-t' tp home to this city. The young mm has had a sr'endid recovery nnJ Is in the best of shape, ad f I ; r- find with permanent relief from his trouble that made necessary the oper ation. 4j