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rtr. State Historical VOL. NO. XLV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, -NOV. 25, 1929. NO. 85 Old Time Resi dents Celebrate Golden W edding Mr. and Mrs. Will Oliver Observe Event at Family Home With Relatives and Friends Frnm Thursday's Dallv Today marks the fiftieth wedding anniversary of two of the highly esteemed and respect d residents o this community,. Mr. and Mrs. Wil Oliver, who are celebrating the co casion at their r-h a-ant home in the south portion of the city with their relatives and a few of the clost friends of the past years. It was on November 21, 1S79, a the st. Paul's Episcopal cathedora at London. Ontario, that Will Oliver and Miss Mary MeAIeer were uni'ec in the bo'-ds of wedlock, the beauti ful and impres.-ive Episcopal Service being celebrated by the Rev. Thorn Innes. rector of the cathedt ral. This you up: couple alter a few- years spent in the Canadian home de cided to make their future home in the United State? and accordingly in the year 1SS1 came to Nebraska and located here in Plat tsniouth. The first home that Mr. and Mrs. Oliver occupied in this city was the Fitz gerald house that occupied the site of the present U. S. Government building at Fifth and Vine streets Mr. Oliver following his trade as a painter at the local railroad shops Eater Mr. and Mrs. Oliver located on a farm west of Louisville where thev made their home for a number of years and where their industry and ability made their work a success. In the past years they have resided at Plattsmouth and are among: our most loved residents where in their quiet and unasunring way they have made a host of warm friends. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver have reared a splendid family who like the parents are assisting in the developments of the communities where they reside and taking an active part in the af fairs of life in their home commun ities. The children are Mrs. Charles Countryman of Oshkcsh. Nebraska: Will Oliver. Jr., of Louisville; Frank Oliver of Jamesville. Wisconsin, and Mrs. Harry Henton of Louisville and of these all with the exception of Frank Oliver were able to be home today and he will join the family circle here on Thanksgiving day. The Oliver home was very beauti ful today with the floral remem brances that came from the members of the family circle and the old time friends to remind them of the happy day a half century ago when they had plighted their vows of love and which have endured in these years to make a beautiful sunset dream of the closing years as they enjoy the decline of life together. The Journal with the many friends over Cass county will join in wish ing Mr. and Mrs. Oliver many more such happy annive'rsnries in the past and that they may continue to be a part of our community life for many years. DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT From Tl ur'fl.n v Dally Mrs. I). C. Morgan, who is visiting; here from Los Angeled with the old friends, received word today of the death the past week at Los Angeles of Mrs. Wayne Twitchell. for many years a resident of this city and whose many old tir.ie friends here w ill regret very much to learn of her passing. The Twitchell family for a great many years made tbis city their home, Mr. Twitchell being employed here with the Burlington ami dur ing the time that the family resided here Mrs. Twitchell was very active in the work of the First Presbyterian church and a loved and highly es teemed member of the social circles of the community. The deceased lady is survived by the husband and one son. Ralph, ihe family now residing at Los Angeles where they located after leaving Plattsmouth some twenty twenty years ago. Mrs. Twitchell has been in failing health for the past few years and in the past year has largely been an Invalid during the greater part of the time. NEW FIRM FUNCTIONING The Service Chevrolet Co.. of this city which has comprised in the past, Fred Smith and Harry Piatt, has been changed in the past week by the re tirement of Mr. Smith from the firm and the acquisition of Trd Eaton, one of the popular auto salesmen of the city, as a member of the firm with Mr. Piatt. Both Mr. Piatt and Mr. Eaton are well known in the community where they have been more or less actively identified with the automobile game and are clever and geniil gentlemen and able automobile dealers who will be able to give the residents of the community the very best of .service in their new business connection. The business name of the new firm will continue to be the Service Chev rolet Co., as in the past and Messers Piatt and Eaton will remain as the representatives of this popular auto mobile in this community. Read the Journal Want-Ads. PUBLISHES NEW BOOK Mrs. Charles II. Mullen of Oma ha, one of the well known literary women of the state, has just re ceived from the press her new work, "Songs of the Indian Dances" which is a work filled with the most artistic presentation of the story of the In dian spirit and reverance of the beauty of the dance. Mrs. Mullen writes under her name of Cora Phoebe Mullen. Thin gifted lady is well known in this city where she has frequently visited at the home of her niece, Mrs. T. H. Pates and is also known here by her activities in the Daughters of the American Revolution, being one of the prom inent and active members of the Omaha chapter. Preparing for Opening of the Fun Festival American Legicn Is Getting Set for the Opening Date on Next Monday Evening From Thursday's Dally The American Legion post of the city held their combined November and December meeting last evening at the community building as th holidays will cause the regular De cember meeting to be held up and the one last evening cared for the two months. The session was filled with rou tine matters and hurried that the more important feature wonc cn the decorative features were arranged far as possible for the Elks din ner-dance of tonight and then the final decorations for the Fall Fun Festival will be completed on Fri day evening. The decorative features this year will be much better than heretofore and the various booths will be ar ranged more artistically through the efforts of Chairman W. R. Holly ar.d the members of the working crew. An entertainment program of un usual merit is being prepared and one feature of which will be the ju- j venile night at which there will be presented a number of the local youngsters who have musical and dancing talent, of which this city has a large number, more than the aver age community of this size. At the close of the meeting last evening the members were invitea o enjoy a fine repast prepared by the "chow" committe, composed of Frank Rebal. Don Seivers, Ralph Pettit and Jack Tower and the only fret of the committee was that there was not a larger showing of the membership present at the meet- ng. LOCAL PEOPLE FEATURED Of all the wealth of material avail able in the field of comic opera probably no one opera has been pre sented more often or met with wider and mor sincere success than the famous "Opera Twins" Gilbert At Sul- icans "Mikado." Scarcely a day passes but we hear parts of it via the radio. Many of our elder bro thers and sisters or even our parents recall with due pride and gusto how Ithey sang the role of "Poah Bah" or "Yum Yum" or "Ko Ko" or "Nan ki Poe." It is a very cleverly conceived satire occidental satire on oriental custom3. It is filled with charming music, comedy and truly humorous situations. The Michado is being presented Nov. 29, 1929 at Peru State Teachers College auditorium at 8:00 p. m. G. Holt Steck.director of the vocal department is directing the produc tion. Mr. Steck is peculiarly fitted for his task, having sung the role of Ko Ko with the Tanley Opera Co. of Chicago for 4 years. Plattsmouth should feel proud of three of her young people who are in the cast Bernard Galloway sings in the picked chorus, and Margaret Engelkemcier sings the role of "Yum Yum" and Leona Hudson the role of "Katisha." It is selrom that a freshman gains recognition in a ma jor college function but In the cast of nine principles two are freshman and Miss Hudson is one of them. Miss Engelkemeier singing the leading role of "Yum Yum" is well known both in Peru and Plattsmouth music circles and as Mr. Steck told a representative he has never found a more reliable v or more dependable young artist. He wishes to extend to all friends In Plattsmouth a very cordial invitation to attend this per formance. REACHING WINTERY CONDITION From Thursday's Dally Today registered the coldest of the season so far, the mercury fall ing to 11 degrees above zero at 8 o'clock at the Burlington station and bringing with it a chilling breeze and snowfall that made the continuation of the bad road con The fall of the snow may mark a continuation of the bad read con ditions as the continued bad weather for practically the last few weeks has not permitted very much im provement in the streets or highways. Police Judge Charles Graves Enjoys Birthday Head of the City Court Passes His Sixty-Eighth Anniversary Tells of Old Times. From Saturday's DaTJy Police Judge Charles L. Graves i today observing the passing of hi sixty-eighth birthday and with th exception of a few years this period of time has been passed in Cass coun ty. teaming or tne anniversary o the genial Judge, the representative of the Journal called at the city hall to interview the court whose titian tresses bear little of the marks of his age. Judge Graves acknowledged his anniversary and also that he was a native of Iowa, having been born at Hillsdale, across the river in Mills county, where his parents, William W. and Mahalah Graves settled at an early day and resided for a time before they came on west to Ne braska and Cass county which was to be their home for many years. The judge was asked of some of the old time incidents and friends of the past while Judge Graves was a resi dent at the town of Old Rock Bluffs and under the spirit of long ago the court finally yielded and started to talk over the old times and friends that he had known many years ago "Well. Frank, since you have asked me, I don't mind telling you that I am the youngest of a family of twelve children, of whom six are now living, my oldest sister passed away in 1926 at the age of 88, and my oldest brother, Alex, will celebrate his 89th birthday next Tuesday at his home in Murray. Our mother passed away ten years ago at the age of 99. The ages of the six now living total 465 years or an average age of 78 years. Our parents brought us to Cass coun ty in 1864 and located in a small house in this city on the corner near the alfalfa mill and near the old county jail, and later the family mov ed to Rock Bluffs, where my first "schooling" was at the knee of Miss Rannie Towner, now Mrs. Rannie Tishue and living in Seward, and my limited education was finished under the direction of the late Judge B. S. Ramsey. The later years in "Old Rock Bluffs" were full of Inter est and much pleasure for we young men, where I played baseball with Jim and Tom Patterson, Mark White, my brother, Shered, Chet Smith. Lon Lacy, George Smith. Wyatt Hutch eson, Tap Lacy, Jeff Lewis and others, when we often had as our opponents Will Vivian. Charley Duke. Morris O'Rourke. Whitey Miller, Kelly Fox and others of the Plattsmouth team with Charley Warren, a barber, as the principal "rooter" for the Platts mouth boys. It was only a short time later that I first met my musical friend, Eddie Schulhof, who was then trying (successfully) to blow discords from an old alto horn in the B. & M. band here in Plattsmouth. Ah, those were the good old time, aug mented later by my acquaintance with many Plattsmouth people while reading law in the office of the late Allen Beeson, Sr., and Judge A. N. Sullivan whose office was then (1886) in the old Union Block. My financial worries were then overcome (in part at least) by teaching the school at Eight Mile Grove, where I had among my pupils and best friends Major Hall. Hurd Minford, Colonel Jenkins and Ran Minford, as well as pupils from the families of the late Peter Perry, Joe Lloyd, Ross Morrow and others. One year in Kearney, Neb., (but not in the refrom school) was followed by my return to "Old Cass" and locating at Union, now one of the best towns in the county, which I saw grow from a little "tank town" to the flourishing little city it now is. "The county seat had attractions, both business and social, and about two years ago Attorney A. L. Tidd and myself entered into a verbal agreement after ten minutes talk, whereby I share office with him, and that little arrangement has never since been mentioned by either, and evidently it has proven satisfactory to both." OUR LADY LAWYER From Friday's Dally This morning the visitors at the county court had the privilege o hearing Mrs. D. O. Dwyer, who is studying for the legal profession, try a case in the court that covered a claim in a case from Union over an auto. Mrs. Dwyer handled the case very ably and with calmness and poise as she carried on the examina tion of witnesses and argued the var ious technical questions that arose and this in view of being pitted against one of the most astute mem bers of the local bar, W. A. Robert son. While Mrs. Dwyer has assisted her distinguished husband on many occasions in trial this is the first time that she has been in the court in her own case and from her show ing, the male members of the bar had best beware of this feminine follower of Blackstone in the trial of cases. WM. DELES DERNIER DIES From Friday"s Dally A message received here tlii.5 morning at 11 o'clock announced that William Deles Dernier, one ol the most prominent residents of tl.e county, had died at his home in Klmwood. Mr. Dernier ha long Letn a mem ber of the Ca:s county bar and one of the active leaders of the republi can party in the state and county for many years and his acquaintanceship over the county was very large. $he deceased is survived by widow and six children, one preceding the father in death. the at. n Plattsmouth Young People Wed in Omaha Kiss Viola Taylor and Mr. Charle Goodman of This City Are Joined in Wedlock From Friday's Ijaiiy The marriage of two of the v.-el known voung people of this city. Miss Viola Taylor and Mr. Charles Goodman, occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Omaha. The wedding ceremony occurr at the residence of the Rev. Chants Bready. pastor of the First Metho dist church and the impressive double ring service was used in the uniting of the lives and hearts of these estimable young people. The attendants were Miss Edith Johnson and Mr. Arnid Johnson close friends of the briday couple. The bride wore a very charniint. gown of dark blue crepe fashioned on princess lines with hat and sho o match and carried an arm oouquet of the bride roses. Miss Johiuon wore a gown of brown chiffon which was most becoming. The proem a- est man were attired in dark blue suits. Following the wedding ceremony a delightful wedding dinner v.-a served at the home of Miss Mildred Maxwell and at which the member; or f the bridal partywe'e the puests. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman will con- inue to make their home in this city fter the enjoyment of a short honey moon. The bride is one of the popular oung ladies of this city where she as made her home in the past two ears and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor, the father being he superintendent of the Lyman- Richey company at this place. She s a graduate of the Louisville high chool. in which city she spent her irlhood days and where she has a ery large circle of friends who will earn with pleasure ot her new ound happiness. The groom is one of the well known young men of the city and held in the highest esteem by a very largo circle of friends in this community where he has rown to manhood and is now engaged in the management of the New Way Castle restaurant. Banquet Will Feature Poultry Show Activities December Happy Hundred Will Make Poultry Show a Feature of Program and Feast The December dinner of the II?.pny Hundred which will nrobnbly be helj on Wednesday, Docrr.'.ber 11th. will bring with it the atmosphere of the poultry industry of this part of Ne braska, it being held during the time of the Tri-County Poultry show which will be hold December 10th to 13th inclusive. The program will be largely de voted to giving th,1 residents of the city the- opportunity of meeting the visiting exhibitois, the superinten dents and officers of the show and association that is sronsoring it and learning scmethinf, of this large and growing factor of Nebraska wealth poulti y. The place of the supper will be an no'.inrcci later but it will no doubt be at one ji Ihc local rhtiiciKs as t lie l.e.v.on ommunity building will be u'.'Mipied Ly the show itself, btit the church p;tri rs are able to care fcr the crowd that will not doubt wish to attend tl.e event and enjoy the opportunity ot meeting our visi Tors among whom will be our nble and genial county agent, D. D. Wain scott of Weeping Water who has taken over this important work in Cass county. VERY HAPPY OCCASION From Friday's Dalty The members of the McGiure fam ily in this city received a message last evening announcing that a fine seven pound son had arrived to share the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Backer at Osmond, Nebraska. The little son was born at the hospital at Sioux City and with the mother is doing very nicely. Mrs. Becker was formerly Miss Mary McGuire of this city, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char les McGuire. Elks and Friends Enjoy Fine Din ner and Dance Large Attendance at Legion Build ing Where Social Evening Pro vided Much Pleasure. From Fridays r.-any The Plattsmouth Elks have in the past presented many very fine social events in the past but none more pleasant than that which was given last evening at the American Legion Community building anil which left with the large number attending, the one thought, of an evening of the rarest enjoyment. The committee having charge o the event is to be congratulated on the event and the arrangements which gave everyone some form of entertainment whether in the dance cards or the sitting in at the various entertaining features. The evening opened with the din ner which was prepared and served by the American Legion Auxiliary ladies in the manner that they have delighted many other dinner parties in the past with the most exquisite of menus and unexcelled service. The menu served was as follows: Fruit Cocktail Breaded Pork Cutlet Au Gratin Potatoes Buttered Carrots and Peas Golden Glow Salad Cranberries Celery - Olives - Pickles Preserves Hot Buttered Rolls Coffee Apple Pie a la mode The tables were decorated in the purple and white of the Elks with large bouquets of the stately chrys anthemums added a pleasing note to the decorative plan During the dinner the "Varsity Five," local youthful musicians gave a very pleasing musical program, the orchestra being under the direc tion of Charles Nowacek. In the toast -list and entertain ment Judge James T. Begley pre sided as toastmaster and made genial and clever choice for this position and in calling on various ones for short remarks. The entertainment of the evening provided one of the clever young lady entertainers of Omaha as a fea ture together with one of the talented little Misses of Plattsmouth in songs and dances, Flora Ann Hartman of Omaha appearing in several songs and dances in her clever and entranc- ng manner as well as adding several saxophone numbers to the program, he popular melodies of the day being used in this part of the entertain ment. One of the big hits of the evening was the acrobatic dancing of little Loretta Jacqueline Distell, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Distell, this little lady winning a great ovation for her clever ana original dancing showings in the new and dif ficult acrobatic dances. The little artist is much better than many finished performers and was a real hit of the evening. In the songs and dances Charles Nowacek served as the accompanist for both of the little ladles. Mrs. James T. Begley was heard in the charming "Good Bye" by Tosti, in her usual delightful manner and with the accompaniment being given by Mrs. Robert Reed at the piano. The close of the evening was spent in dancing to me music oi oimeon Harrold and his melody boys and so entrancing was the strains of the hot colored orchestra that there were ery few that remained off the floor when the music was going. The event was without doubt one of the outstanding social features of he fall and winter season. CASS COUNTY WOMAN DIES Mrs. Catherine S. Latrom, a pio neer resident or Lass county uieu hursday omrning at the home of her sister, Mrs. George W. King. 141 South ifterr.th street, Havelock, where she has made her home for he past three months. She had lived in Cass county for fifty-six years, and spent most of hat time at Eagle where her hus band, who died over a year ago ran a arc! ware store. She had also lived at Palmyra. She is survived by one son. William J. of Lincoln; a sister, Mrs. George W. King of Havelock; two brothers, Edward Ax of Lincoln, and Frank Ax of Crab Orchard. There are three grandchildren and one grand child. The body is at Castle, Roper & Matthews, at Lincoln. RECEIVES SENTENCE From Fridav'a Daily Yesterday afternoon Fay Rhnten, who was arrested several days ago, was arraigned on the charge of lar- eny, he having taken a number of batteries belonging to the Merritt Co., from the sand and gravel pits north of the city. The defendant entered a plea of guilty and re ceived an Indeterminate sentence of from one to two years In the state penitentiary. REFRIGERATOR CAR BURNED From Friday's Daily Lust evening the fire department ' was called to the yards of the Burl- ; ingtcn Refrigerator Express Co., 1 where a refrigerator car was reported ; to be on fire and the blaze was ex- j tinguished without a great deal of , damage and confining the fire to the ! one car. The fire evidently originated in the haircloth insolation of the car and may have been smouldering ' far some time until it gained head- ! way sufficient to catch some of the : wood of the car and was detected by the night watchman of the Burling ton wno gave trie alarm. It is ; thought that perhaps the insolation was c aught by sparks that may have lit there? while welding work was be ing done in the car. Wrecked Car Near Union CreateS 3tirt ! j DSSCX Coach Found on Highway By Grading Gang, But Occu pants Made Getaway From Thursday s Dairy Yesterday the grading gang of . . - V : , I . T T 1 - IT I . . T - . : ! i ; : ... out,-..... lenueni. engageu in some roau wovk along the K. T. highway one mile "l" " u, lusy murmu work, discovered a wrecked Essex coach bearing a Kansas license which had during the night crashed into the road grader that had been left along the roadway, the driver of the car evidently ignoring the lanterns that had been placed on the grader by the workmen when they had ceased work for the night. The car was found to be rather liberallv sprinkled with blood and also some whiskey was found in the car and the superintendent of the grading force came into Plattsmolth and notified the office of Sheriff Bert Reed. Sheriff Reed being absent at the time at Louisville, Constable Tom Svoboda drove down to the scene of the accident and discovered the car and the facts above stated as to its condition and on returning left word for the workmen to keep track of the car. Last evening on the request of Sheriff Reed one of the Union gar ages sent a truck out to haul in the car and it was found that the car had been already taken by a truck whose driver claimed to repre sent the owners of the car and it .vas taken on into Syracuse to be repaired. It was learned by the authorities later that the parties in the car were not seriously injured in the accident and had made their way on to Omaha Wednesday morning through the aid ef a passing motorist. ENJOY GOLDEN WEDDING From Friday's Dan The golden wedding anniversary at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Oliver in the southwest part of the city yesterday, was enjoyed by a group of the relatives and friends in visiting and greeting this estim- able couple on their happy anniver sary A large number of gifts and beautiful flowers were received and as well a purse cf gold presented to , the time of the arrest and that Kelly the guest of honor. j was not drunk as was claimed. One of the most personal of the After bearing the evidence Judge gifts received was the present of two j Duxbury gave his decision that Lir.d woolen blankets which were given by . say would have to receive a sentence the children of Mr. and Mrs. Char- Jcf thirty days in the county jp.il and les Countryman and grandchildren pay the costs in the case as being of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver. These blan- guilty of the assault. The defendant kets were made from the wool of . will appeal the case to a higher sheep that had been raised by the ; court, he stated, in order to finish Countryman family, the wool sheared 'up his grading work and accordingly off and made into the blankets cs- j the court set the amount of the bond pecially for the grandparents. ! at 00. In the afternoon fine refreshments j added to the pleasures of the oc- I casion for all concerned. Those who ! enjoyed the event were: Mr. and Mrs. Rex loung, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Vnlintr fro O M '1 T.owtrvTl Afro C! f"V Whit" and daughter. Annis Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Leeslev. Green- wood: Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Ramge, Mr. and Mrs. Bovd Porter, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Godwin. Mrs. Charles Coir.ryman of Oshkosh. Mr. and Mrs. Will Oliver. Jr., and fam- ily and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ilenton and family of Louisville. ENJOY COSTUME PARTY ; Mariana Schomaker with a wagon The members of the Christian En- ' decorated in pink and white. The deavor society of the Presbyterian gifts were found and put in the church held a very pleasant social wagon, then taken to the parlor and meeting on Wednesday evening at the ' opened. Fellowship room of the church and j Everyone enjoyed the dainty and which proved a most delightful oc- ! delicious refreshments prepared by casion for the young people of the the hostess, society. The members came arrayed , ' in the gowns and frocks of other days tttt T,Tn,T TT, . , TT Tr and some most interesting revivals BURLINGTON HEADS PASS THRU of the old time demands of Dame I Fashion was found in the array of From Thursday Dally costumes. 1 Yesterday afternoon p. special train The evening was spent in the play- ! carrying President Williamson of ing of games of all kinds and at the Burlington, Vice-President E. P. which a great deal of enjoyment was Bracken, General Manager Ed Flynn derived by all of the members of the arid Curtis James, the largest in Jolly party until a late hour when dividual stockholder of the Burling the serving of refreshments brought tor and widely known railroad lead the most enjoyable occasion to a er passed through this city for Chi close. cago. The party have been on the i far western lines of the railroad on Christinas cards this year are the i0 of inspection and on their way ...... back to Chicago, made short stops at most attractive in many seasons. Call Denver, Omaha and Lincoln. at the Bates Book and Gift Shop to inspect the new line. Phone your news to the Journal. Assault Charge Preferred Against Grading Boss W. G. Lindsay Receives Sentence of Thirty Days in Jail for At tacking T. B. Kelly From Friday's DaJTy Late yesterday afternoon Sheriff Bert Reed received a call from the farm rf John Rutherford north of this city stating that a man named Kelly was there and claimed to have , been assaulted by a companion of ; the name of Lindsay and that the ' man Kelly was in bad shapp. The sheriff and deputies drove out to the place and found Kelly in the barn at the Rutherford farm and the head land face of the man was a mass of 1 blood as the result of wounds on his The ir-jured man was brought on into the city and taken to the office of Dr. R. P. Westover where the injuries were dressed and it was tound that they were very severe and the man had suffered a great deal from the loss of blood. He gave his name as T. P. Kelly and that his assailant as W. G. Lindsay, the boss I of the grading gang that is working . on tne new road to the Missouri j rjver bridge I The man 'Limlmy was arre.sted a ,hort time later by Sheriff Reed and Chief of Police Joe Libershal as he was preparing to take a taxi down to his camp and was taken to the icity jail and locked up for the night while Kelly was taken to the coun ty jail to remain for the night. This morning the case heard in the county court before Judge a. II. Duxbury and the statement of the witnesses taken. According to Kel ly, he and Lindsay had gone to Oma ha in the Kelly car and on their return they had driven home by the old road across the Platte bottom and ran into a mud hole and which angered Lindsay, who was drinking heavily, and Lindsay had then start ed to beat up Kelly with an auto Jack which inflicted the painful wounds on his head. Mr. Lindsay was also called upon to give his story and stated that he had Kelly take him to Omaha to secure some repairs for a tractor and that they had started home about 3:30 in the afternoon and when out in Sarpy county had picked up a man named "Blackie" and who had a bottle of "Dago Red" as Mr. Lind say stated. He claimed that Kelly and the mysterious "Blackie" had gotten into an argument several , times on the way from Omaha here . and thp n;irt!pS had drank censider- , ablt( the witness taking a few drinks ! to heIp keep (he otiier3 from getting too much and to expedite their re turn to the grading camp where Mr. Lindsay stated he wished to get the repairs made on his tractor. When the car had stuck In the mud, Mr. Lindsay said that he had urged that . they push it uot but that there had ; been an argument between Kelly land "Blackie" and that the witness ; had then gone on to the Rutherford ! house to telephone for a taxi to come j out after him, and at that time Kelly was all right. Several of the officers called. stat- ed that Lindsay was intoxicated at SHOWER FOR BRIDE 70 BE ! Tuesday afternoon at the home of Charles Heebner at Nehawka, Mis3 Im Heebner entertained twenty-nine ladles at a miscellaneous shower in bonor of Miss Mildred Fleming of this .city. i The bride to be received many ', beautiful gifts which were hidden in groups about the house and she found , them beside ringing alarm clocks, The first alarm clock was found , beside a door and there were two little girls, Kathleen Markland and