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VOL. 13. 20. 14. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1894. $1.00 F?S2iJS&5v.
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li AVE LOCK HAPPKNINGS.
Prom the Times.
Mrs. Thomas Bibby is in PlattB
mouth. Airs. C. A. Printz is visiting friends
in Omaha.
Arthur Neff has gene ta Nebraska
City on a visit.
Timekeeper Holmes went to PlattB
moutb today.
John Wright is off duty nursing a
mashed finger.
J.I). Young has been off duty on
the sick list this week.
Mrs C. A. Rankin and children are
in Plattsmoutb visiting.
Mrs. J. . Hudson and daughter are
visiting friends in PlattBmoutb.
Miss Ella Gilson. sister-in-law of
Chief McGuire, is in Plattsmoutb
visiting.
Gu9 II vers is on the accident list
with a sptained elbow and has gone to
his home in Plattsmouth.
George Prentiss is laid up with a
painful accident. The bone of his left
leg is dislocated at the ankle.
The daughter of Mrs. Langston in
"West Havelock, has been reported to
the board of health is being ill with
scarlet fever and the premises are
quarantined.
On Monday Harry CooMdge passed
the thirty-fourth milestone of his life
andi his friends gathered as a surprise
in the evening to cheer him on bis way
and this they did to perfection. So
pleasantly did the evening pass that
it was 1:30 in the morning before
the guests returned to their homes.
A letter was picked up ou the street
Tuesday afternoon, by a young man
about town, which was written by a
young lady who lives in Plattsmouth.
but who is temporarily residing in
Havelock. to her chum in this city.
The letter consists of seventeen pages
of ' gush." and was never intended to
be read by anyone but the party to
whom it was addressed. However, it
was passed around among all the
"town boys" and quite freely com
mented on. The younglady should be
more careful of ber correspondence in
the future, as there is a heavy penalty
for pending such stuff through the
mails.
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THE COUNTY BRIDGES
The Becent Letting of the Bridg
Contract to be Resisted.
A PAIS OF NEW INDUSTRIES
One in Prospect, the Other Aiiurfd-Mur-
derer Carieton Han Been Captured--Society
Item from La Platte
Other Items of Interest.
Wants the Bridge Contract bet Aaide.
The county commissioners are soon
ti he served with a notice demanding
tiiat tbey set aside the bridging con
tract winch was let the fore part of the
month to J.K Sbeelv & Co., of Lin
coin at $3.85 per foot. The demand
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to be made on behalf of II. A. Booth
of this city. Booth had intended to file
a bid for the work, and in fact had
one prepared to present to the
board, but when informed that
a certified check was required to ac
company the bid, he apparently let the
matter go by default. Just on what
grounds it is expected to set aside the
contract is not as yet known, but it is
understood that if the commissioners
give an adverse ruling, the case wil
be taken to the district -ourt. Byron
Clark is Booth's attorney.
A New Cigar Factory.
Messrs. Wm. Weber and Fred
Kroehler have decided to open a cigar
manufacturing establishment in the
second floor of the Weber building
and will be in running order next
week. Both members of the firm are
men of large experience, beirg prac
tical workmen in this line of industry.
Mr. Weber having been employed by
Julius Pepperberg for a number of
years, and Mr. Kroehler for many
years owning and operating a factory
here, being one of the pioneers in the
business in the west.
The establishment of this factory
will give employmet to a number of
men, and will cause the cigar-makirg
industry to take front rank in Platts
mouth's industries. The Journal
trusts that Messrs Weher & Kroehler
will meet with the greatest success in
their enterprise.
May Remove to Plattmouth.
Messrs. Henry R Gering and Stephen
Buzzell were at Waverly Friday af
tcrnoon looking over the plant of the
plow and cultivator factory. The pro-
nrietors of this factory are seeking a
new location and will visit Platts
mouth in the near future, when they
will be ready to hear any propositions
our citizens care to make, looking to
the location of the factory in Platts
moutb.
It is their intention to increase the
plant by the addition of a foundry.
and when in running order will furnish
employment for fifty skilled mechanics
during ten months of the year.
Plattsmouth needs just such an in
stitution and it behooves our citizens
to get together and go after it in a
manner that will get it.
Fremont Jail Breaker Nabbed.
John Wichelow, one of the men who
escaped from the Dodge county jail in
company with Murderer Carieton on
Sunday night, was captured at the
county jail in Lincoln last Wednes
day, where he had called to see a com
rade who was confined there. Wichelow
tells an interesting story in connection
with the escape of himself and Carle
ton. He says be furnished the saws
with which the bars were cut, bavins
concealed them in his necktie, and
that it took them two days to get out.
After the men got on the roof tbey
tied a blanket around the lightningrcd
and slid to the ground. Tbey separated
when all were safely down, the mur
dere and another man going in one
direction and Wichelow and his friend
Blake in another. Blakeand Wichelow
also separated when they bad got
about ten miles out of town. Wichelow
says be walked all the way to Lincoln
to see his friend in jail. In telling his
story Wichelow says that themurderer, ,
Carieton, did not seem to be very
anxious to try to escape, but consented
after a while.
Murderer Carieton Baa Been Captored.
Charles C. Carieton, the convicted
murderer who escaped from the Dodge
county jail on last Sunday night, was
captured last Friday afternoon near
Gretna, in Sarpy county. Sheriff Mil
liken, of Dodge county, learned that
Carieton had relatives living in Sarpy
county, al&o that a team of ponies be
longing to Carieton were mipsing from
his father's farm. He proceeded to
Papillion and in company with the
sheriff of Sarpy county visited Carle-
ton's relatives, with the result of dis
covering Carieton bid under a bed in
the house or Jeff Garrett, near Gretna.
lie was returned to tbe Dodge county
jail last night and a close watch will
be kept on him hereafter.
The Law And the Gospel."
Attorney A. L. Timbliu, of Weeping
Water, writes to County J udge Itamsey
and incloses a petition in tbe case of B.
A. Gibson vs. Charles Philpot, request
ing the judge to cause a summons to
be issued and returned "according to
law aud the gospel. ,: The county
judge has written Mr. Timblin as i'ol
lows:
"Not having read up in the gospel
during recent j ears, aiid having been
instructed in my youth that there w ere
tour gospels, to-wit: the gospel ac
cording toM. Matthew, the gospel ae
cording to St. Luke, the gospel accord
ing to St. Mark, and the gospel accol d-
inj to 5t. John. 1 should like to have
roj inform me under w hich gospel you
would like to have this summons re
turned Furthermore, I seriously
doubt if our most excellent shenri is
sufficiently informed as to be able to
make return according to the gospel."
Still I ndrcidrd
If Billy Annin, the Lincoln Journal
correspondent at Washington, is to be
believed, tbe Plattsmouth postmaster
ship contest lacks considerable of be
ing decided, as the following from
Annin will testify: "It is rumored
that the Pawnee City and Plattsmouth
postofDces are again held up and that
tbe fighting factions may be compelled
to select a third man in each case. The
situation is a complicated one, and
both the postmaster-general and the
president are somewhat bewildered to
know what to do with the matter. It
was confidently asserted early last
week that Mr. Brvan'a men were to be
nt once named, but something inter
fered and blocked the wheels. Just
who or what it was nobody seemB to
know, and Mr. Bryan least of all."
'Sasslety' at La Platte
Papillion Times: Society circles in
La Platte are all upset over an occur
rence at a dancing party last Saturday
night. It seems Miss Laura Moore,
one of the belles of the village, had
been accused of circulating evil reports
about the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. X. Upjjhn, and also about Miss
Duncan, a member of the Upjohn
household. Mrs. Upjohn aud Miss
Moore were assigned places in the
same set at the Saturday night danc
ing party, and when once face to face
with the one who bad been accused of
slandering her child, Mrs. Upjohn lost
her temper completely, and in a mo
ment of passion slapped Miss Moore in
the face.
Does Nt Mean a New Trial.
The issuing of a stay of execution in
the case of Murderer Harrv Hill does
not necessarily mean that Hill will be
given a new trial. J lie issuing or. a
stay of execution is mandatory on the
supreme court when a case is appealed
to that court on error and the judges
are unable to review and decide the
case before the date fixed for the ex
ecution. In this cae the judges will
not reach the case before September,
and then if they so decide Hill will be
given a new trial. But if they decide
otherwise the date of execution will
be again fixed, from which there can
be no appeal, and Hill will pay the
aw's penalty.
Dr. shlptnan'a Kesidence Bnrned
Tbe residence of Dr. Shipman, at
Fourteenth and Locust steeets, was
nearly destroyed by fire at 10:30
o'clock Tuesday morning. The origin
of the fire is not positively known, but
it is supposed to have caught from a
chimney, .the lire department res
ponded promptly to the alarm and
soon hadtno streams playing on the
flames. The strong wind which was
blowing at tbe time made tbe fire very
difficult to get under control. The loss
s estimated at $2,000, with an insur
ance or 51.400, in the Western of
Toronto A portion of the furniture
was saved in a damaged condition.
Brltc Suit for Damages.
T. J. Marshall, of Lincoln, has com
menced an action in the district court
of Cass county against the C, B. & Q.
railway company to recover the sum of
$10,000 damages. Marshall was for
merly a mail clerk running between
Lincoln and Seneca, on a branch line
of the B. & M., and was injured in a
wreck at Germantown, a smalltown
west of Lincoln. The injuries were
received over a year ago, and Marshall
has ever since been incapacitated for
duty.
An operation or injections of car
bolic acid are extremely dangerous.
Try Japanese Pile Cure. Positively
guaranteed rncaeacco.
YERY SLEEK SHAYER
Barber Esterberg Departs Withou
Settling His Accounts.
THEY SHOCKED OMAHA SOCIETY
Two Omaha Younr Men FIcht For
Tonne Lady's Favor Matthew's En
dorsements are Famous Secretary
Morton Gets Sarcastic
A Sleek Tonsoriallst.
Gas bsterberg is tbe name of an
elongated artist who, for flevera
months past, has plied the scissors and
rtzor at the Hotel Riley barber shop
Some time last fall bis wife packed up
her chattels and left, and some two
weeks ago when Esterberg displayed
a ring which he wished to raffle off at
fifty cents a chance, claiming it was
tbe former property of his wife, bis
acquaintances w ere inclined to believe
his " story. He claimed that be
originally paid $20 for the ring in Den
ver, and as he wanted to get only
$15 out of it on the rattle, be met with
fair success in disposingof tbe chances
The real fact was that he bought the
ring of Arch Coleman, the jeweler, for
$10 and had not paid one cent thereon.
Thursday the jeweler beard that he
was going to Omaha, and fearing
treachery, made the sleek tonsorialist
give up the ring. Esterberg. however,
still bad $13 in raffle money, and be
left on Thursday's 9:15 B. & M. train
with it in his pocket. It is understood
that he is on his way to San Francisco.
It has developed that he left several
unpaid debts about the town, one of
which was due to Clothier C. E. Wes-
cott for a suit of clothes.
Fighting For a School Girl's Favor.
The spectacle of the son of the dean
of Trinity cathedral ending up holy
week by fighting with gloves in a six
teen-foot ring for the smiles of a
school girl has shocked Omaha Easter
devotees. Irving Gardner, son of Dean
Gardner, and Harry Colpetzer, son of
a millionaire lumberman, fought
twenty round the other night, the for
mer being knocked out. Tbey quar
reled over a well-known Omaha
beauty, and agreed to settle it under
(Jueensberry ruies. The principals.
their secondB, time keeper, and the
professor of physical culture who
acted as referee went to the billard
hall in the Colpetzer mansion, under
guise of having a friendly game with
the cues, the other night. In the bil
liard room a sixteen-foot ring was
marked off, the gloves were put on.
time was called, and Gardner and
Colpetzer shook hands. Tbe battle was
long and evenly contested. In the
nineteenth Colpetzer rushed Gardner
into the corner and swung on his ear.
This dazed tbe latter, and be was only
saved by the call of time. The twen
tieth and last round was a fierce one.
Colpetzer reached his rival's nose and
received a stinging blow on tbe mouth
in return. There was a clinch, a break
away, and another rush, and Gardner
was. knocked down by an upper-cut on
the chin. He failed to respond when
time was called, and was counted out.
The matter of dispute was finally and
forever settled by this contest. Omaha
society is greatly shocked over the
affair.
Matthew's Endorsements Are Famous.
The World-Herald says: "The pro
cedure necessary to obtain "the best
choice" for a federal office has always
been a problem. But it seems to be
generally conceded in this day that tbe
"extensively signed petition? is just
about the most unsafe method.
"Frank Lawler's famous 50,000 sig
nature petition, backed by a long party
service, did not "bring the fruit." In
our own state we have a Bimilar illus
tration, perhaps not as much national
interest, but quite as forcible. Mat
thew Gering, tbe young Cass county
lawyer, who, in the way of samples of
rock-ribbed democracy, is said to be
a pocket edition of Andrew Jackson
Gering secured the endorsement of
nearly every man, woman and child in
Nebraska. He wanted to be district
attorney and he obtained letters from
every judge in the state, from nearly
all of the county officials, from a ma
jority of the members of the legisla-
ture' from tne members of congress
from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, South
Dakota and Wyoming. He took in
yoming.
nearly every man who had ever held as
important office. Then he reached out
for men of national acquaintance. He
began with Vice-President Stevenson,
and before he finished he very nearly
secured a majority of the United
States senators.
"In Washington "Gering's creden
tials" have become famous. Tbey are
conceded to be tbe best and most re
markable aggregation of complimen
tary remarks ever presented in behalf
of an applicant for office. But it is all
sweetness wasted on tbe desert air.
Mr. Gering is not in it."
The Secretary's Sarcasm.
Secretary Morton has written an
unique letter to Edward Peterson of
Dayton, la., who applied to him by
mail for the position of chief Russian
thistle exterminator for the Btate of
Iowa. Replying to Peteison, the sec
retary says:
' It is impossible immediately to
comply with your request, because tbe
Hansbrongh bill, appropriating $1,000,-
000 for the weeding of Iowa, the Da
aotas and other thistle lntected sec
tions in tbe northwest has not yet
became a law. Several amendments
to the bill are contemplated, among
tbem an appropriation for the destruc
tion of the cockle burr and rattlesnakes
which secrete themselves in all kinds
of grass. The government will prob
ably, in its munificence and tender
care of its children also distribute in
original packages antidotes for tbe
snake bites.
'It is, in tbe judgment of some good
citizens who are inclined to this sort
of paternalism, only fair that tbe bill
should be also amended so as to permit
each farmer to draw directly upon the
public treasury for each day's work in
the extermination of weeds upon his
or any other farm. Possibly, however.
before this is rounded on In its perfec
tion it will provide a patent method
of plowing with preambles, planting
with resolutions and gathering and
garnering by legislative enactment all
crops known to the larmers or the
United States. The tillage of land
bv legislation is onlv a matter of time
must thank you for the patriotic
frankness with which you remark.
referring to thistles: 'They are spread
ine fast, but we do not want to kill
them oat before tbe government is
readv to pay ns for the work, or send
something to kill them for us. '
"Nothing conld better demon trate
vonrpecnliar fitness and adaption for
the position of chief Russian thistlp
exterminator for the northwest."
Burlington Earnings In '93.
The Burlington railway is one of
the first to make a complete statement
of its earnings during tbe past year.
Tbe statement is as follows:
Grog earnings from operating in
1-M3 131.042,966.56
Gross earnings from operaUng in
1SH2 33.UUZ.3W3.W5
Expenses and charrea In IMS gsa.7ao.12
Expenses and cbarees in 18W3 2a.t2.607.B
Net earnings in 84
Net earnings In 1 3,339.886.0b
Whole amount of stocks and
bonds 204.56.100 On
Funded debt ta.51tt.90U.00
The total number of miles operated
was 5.597.71-00. During the year 39i
miles of road were built. Tbe con
struction account for the year was
2,277,694 44. The cost of equipment
was $1,240,992.90. Out of the net
earnings were paid dividends of $3,-
960252,50, leaving a surplus of $15,-
044,36.
Awful Accident to a Child.
The Strong hotel at Nehawka was
the scene of an awful accident Satur
day night. While Miss Myrtle White
was cleaning up the kitchen of tbe
hotel she left a can of concentrated lye
within reachjof little Nat Strong, who
is about three years old. The little
fellow reached to take it from a shelf
just above bis bead. The can was
overturned, emptying its contents in
the boy's face. One of his eyes was
burned severely, but the other was only
slightly injured. Before medical aid
could reach bim the lye had burned
around his right eye, reaching almost
to the pupil. It is hoped bis eyes may
be saved, but tbe chances for one of
them are not very favorable.
Carieton Makes Another Dash.
A dispatch from Fremont reads as
follows: Tbe prisoner, Deshane, who
escaped from jail and was recaptured
in Sarpy connty with Carieton, again
escaped yesterday afternoon, and bis
absence was not discovered until be
was gone about half aa hour. Carle-
ton was about to follow bim, but was
detected as he was passing through the
roof that had not yet been repaired.
The new watchman, Lee Teele.let tbe
prisoners all into the corridor to ex
ercise, and they took advantage of his
confidence. Sheriff Millike n is almost
desperate and has locked the guards
in, and swears that he will carry the
keys until they realize their duty in
the premises.
Gus Esterberg, the elongated ton
sorialist, who caught several of the
boys last week on a ring raffle fake,
has certainly gone for good. An in
quiry about Omaha, for which place
be first departed, failed to develope
anything as to bis whereabouts and it
is surmised that he boarded a train for
San Francisco tbe afternoon of his de
parture from this city.
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ABOUND THE COURT ROOMS.
COUNTY COURT.
The case of Jas. S. Kirk vs. Jos.
Shera, the latter of Rock Bluffs, was
argued before County Judge Ramsey
Tuesday afternoon and was taken
tinder advisement by tbe court.
Licenses to wed were issued in
county court yesterday to Carl Ander
son and Miss Hattie Dunstan, Mr.
Andrew Morrow and Miss Mattie
Snyder, and Mr. Benjamin F. Hyoth
and Miss Mary Francis.
License to wed was issued in county
court Tuesday to Elmer T. Coolley
and Miss Edith Bowen,both of Omaha,
and Mr. Jas. Gebler and Miss Savan
nah Sack, of Council Bluffs. After
securing permits the two couples ad
journed to the parsonage of Rev. H.
B. Burgess and were duly wedded.
They departed for their homes Tues
day afternoon.
JUSTICE ARCHER'S COURT.
The Standard Oil company have
commenced an action in Judge
Archer's court against W. S. McNeal
& Co., to collect an account amounting
to $32 10 for merchandise sold and de
livered. C. S. Polk is attorney for
plaintiff.
COURT ROOM NOTES.
Sheriff Eikenbary drove out to Wa
bash and Elm wood Monday to serve
some district court papers.
City Attorney Davis journeyed to
Weeping Water Monday to attend the
trial of a civil suit in which he ap
pears as counsel for one of the liti
gants. The Western Union Telegraph com
pany resisted the payment-. of a $150
annual occupation tax assessed by tbe
town of Fremont and took th? matter
to the supreme court. Last week the
court passed on the matter and de
creed that the telegraph company
must whack up.
Great Credit Dae Plattsmouth's D. of ft.
A special from Louisville to tbe
Lincoln Journal pays tbe following
compliment to the Plattsmoutb D.
of R: "The I. O. O. F., assisted by
Fast Noble Grand John Evans of Om
aha and the Rebekab team of Platts
mouth, organized Rebekab lodge No.
95 here Monday night. Great credit
is due the team of Plattsmoutb for
efficiency in their work. It is one of
the best drilled teams in Nebraska.
Thirty-three members were shown
the mysteries of tbe degree, an excel
lent banquet was spread and all seemed
to have a good time. Tbe meeting
closed at 5 o'clock in the morning."
John Gets an Increase.
Late dispatches from Washington
say that an increase of pension has
been granted to John Columbus
Boone, of Plattsmoutb. John has not
yet received official notification and
therefore does not know exactly what
tbe increase will be, but believes that
it will amount to $4 per month, or
from $S to $12.
The damage suit of Oswald Baier of
Nehawka against tbe Missouri Pacific
Railway company has finally been set
tled. Tbe suit was instituted against
tbe company to recover damages for
the death of Mrs. Baier, who was killed
by the cars in Weeping Water over
three years ago. The case has been
appealed by tbe railroad company from
one court to another until it finally
reached the United States supreme
court. In each instance the verdict
was in favor cf Mr. Baier, the supreme
court affirming the decision of the
lower courts. The damages recovered,
including interest, amounted to
$6,213.5S.
Bishop Bonacum and party were at
Louisville Tuesday inspecting tbe
Stout house, located a mile north of
the town, with a view of purchasing it
and locating a Catholic college for
the education of priests. The bishop
said, that for beauty and bealthfulness
of situation it is unsurpassed. "The
prospects seem favorable for its loca
tion. Our report must first go to
Europe to be acted upon by the proper
authorities. We hope to knew de
finitely by May 1. This is a magnifi
cent building location for some educa
tional institution."
Another business men's banquet will
be given at the Hotel Riley on Satur
day night. On this occasion the fair
sex will be allowed representation at
tbe festal board.
Consult Professor Ponder about your
eyes. His glasses cures neaaacne.
Examination free.
For farm loans see J. M. Leyda,
Dovey block, Plattsmouth. 12
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