ifitttti si n a rmnnc I WEEKLY 0 IILEj rJxail RIAL. "BE JUST AND FEAR NOT." VOL. 13. I0. 40. I'LITTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 18U4. $1.00,7 Our Choice for United States Senator W. J. BRYAN. Follow the Crowd and You'll Come to Us FOR THE CROWD II IS TXrit3n. S likLis Season. 9 V ) I WlfflATT AIR IS WW ft Are you going to let the opportunity of a life We have our complete Fall Stock now in, and you might as well buy your entire Winter outfit now and secure that many more chances on the Buggy. SOMEBODY JS GOING TO GET IT OCTOBER 1st, And YOU may be the lucky one. For once in your, life, Clothing is cheap enough to please you. MORGAN, The Leading Clothier, PflattfemoTmitfln, Neib. CLOSING OF THE FAIR Friday Witnesses the Conclusion of a Successful Meeting. CYCLISTS BEAT THE HORSES. Lfe Alliitoua Hitherto Invincible Running Team Are Twice Iteaten Ily Four Krly IliryrliKtA Various Other Matter. The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the (.'ass county Fair association cam to an end in this city Friday, and th verdict of the several thous and people who atteuded the fair dur ing the four days of the meeting is al most universal that never has the as sociation afforded a better, entertain ment than at the fair'of "94. The dis plays in the several departments were nearly up to standard in spite of the adverse condition of crops, while as to the speed department the association fairly outdid itself and gave the people the best racing program ever had at a Cass county fair. On the whole, the imeeting was a big success, the only re rgret beinir that the attendance was hardly in keeping with the extra efforts made by the association to please and entertain the crowd. The receipts will imore than pay the expenses, bHt the ifair, nevertheless, deserved a better jeward. Thursday's crowd was the largest of any. but it was no more than the ex cellence of the racing program de served. The victory of Louie Todd's Ailerton colt struck a popular cord, and the special match to beat 2:30, which was won by the pacer, Captain l'aine,was a highly interesting feature. The one contest, however, which con stituted the principal feature was the five-mile race between Lee Allison's Tunningteam and Bicyclists llolloway, irime3. Miller and Holmes. Last year this same team came out vic torious in four different races being pitted against a single rider. This time, however, the wheelmen were to relay each other every half mile, the .result being that the team had to con tend with a fresh wheelman at every lap. The cyclists took the start and kept it throughout, but on the last lap the team came up strongly and made an exciting finish. llolloway,, the cyclist who made the final lap, was under the wire about fifty yards in ad vance. The summary of the day's racing as follows: 2:50 tkot. is Firuiin 1 1 Tablet .2 2 2 Wampum 3 Time 2:5-5, 2:51, 2:541. fiTKCIAL 11 ACE TO BEAT 2:30. Captain Fame Davenant " 3 .1 Time 2:3-55,2:29. NOVELTY RUNNING, TIIKEK-FOUKT11S MILE. Lizzie Leader 1 1 1 Gray Dick " - Ked Dick ..2 3 3 Time 24 3 5, 52 2-5. 1 :2C 2-5. girls' Bicycle race, half mile. Blanch Sullivan 1 " " r pwiiiiifaii ii nit, uvimji tre unto him unto whtora honor is dur, and Mr. Travis' recoril is oe that the peopie of this count. neetrnot be Emma Eikenbary 2 Time 1:57. BICYCLE VS. nORSE, FIVE MILES. Bicyclists 1 Team 2 Time 13:42. The crowd on Friday was large, and it deserved to be, for a better speed program for a single day was never seen on the local track. The free-for-all trot brought a held of good horses and a royal battle ensued, Superin tendent finally landing rhxt place. The free-for-all pace was rather tame, Captain Paine taking the first two heats, with ease, in slow time. In the third heat Paine's driver let him travel as he chose, and he covered the mile in 2:21. There were many who caught the time as low as 2:20. It was the fastest mile ever made in the county, and on a good track and without yes terday's wind, l'aine's mile would have been as good as 2:15. The program was concluded with another five-mile race between Allison's team and the relay bicyclists. This time the 'cyclists were llolloway, Grimes, Tom Fatter- son and Holmes. "Allison was out to win and he drove his team at a much faster clip than on Thursday. The wheelmen, however, also reduced their time and on the finish won with about the same margin as the day before. Their time 13:12i was over a minute faster than that made by Condon, the Omaha rider, in lastyear's raceagainst Allison's team, in which Condon lost The '-pick-ups" were slow in two in stances, and considerable time was therebv lost.' Otherwise the time would have been below the thiiteen minute mark. Following is a summary of the day's racing: free-for-all tkot. Superintendent 2 Frank 1 1 Eli 3 Davenant 4 Time 2:32, 2:29!, 2:31, 2:27i. FREE-FOR-ALL PACE. Captain Paine 1 Little Tell 2 Little Ben 3 1 o 3 Time 2:49,2:41, 2:21. GIRLS' BICYCLE KACE, HALF MILE. Emma Eikenbary 1 Blanch Sullivan 2 Time 2:05J. RUNNING KACE, HALF MILE. Lizzie Leader 1 1 (iray Dick 2 2 lied Dick 3 3 Time :57, :55. BICYCLE VS. nORSE.FIVE MILES. Bicyclists 1 Team 2 Time 13:12i. Democratic County Committee Meeting:. The democratic central committee of Cass county is hereby called to meet at Union Wednesday, October3d, 1894. All the members are requested to be present. CnAs. Grimes, Chairman. Mrs. Osta Bird, of Union, who seeks a divorce from her husband a Bird who took wings and flew away some time since was in attendance at court Tuesday. Her sister, Mrs. Web ster, accompanied her. C. L. Graves, esq., of Union, who, by the way. we are clad to note, has taken charge of the Ledger again, came up Tuesday on court business. -pTtmwtTpauoir ancrsrcBr headache f manentiy cure- asd piles prevent j " --utoc j- -i- a eweis; especj auamea ro m .'a o - K0HWS TTD GASES WILL GO OYER. Lindsay-Griswold Prosecutions Con tinued Until the January Term. MR. NICKLES GETS THE CALF- The Jury Decides That He I the Itlght fnl Ownrr Of th Dinputrd Animal Peter Uanrahan Demise Various Oilier Note. The Continuance Granted. District court opened at the court house Monday for the regular fall term, Judge Chapman presiding. The docket includes some twabundred and twenty cases, and a rather long term, is anticipated lasting probably over! into November. The day was spent , in calliDg the docket and assigning) cases for trial, after which an adjourn- j merit va3 taken until Tuesday. j Judge Chapman has granted the continuance asked for by the defend ants in the two criminal prosecutions of the state vs. Jas. Lindsay and Sandy Griswold. This will take the cases oer until the January term of court. The continuance will probably enable the state to secure further testimony against the defendants and will thus render a conviction more certain. The defense, in the meantime, will not be asleep, and altogether the trial of the two cases promises to be of more than ordinary interest. Nick ten Get the Cair. It took the jury in the calf suit of Nickles vs. Young six hours Tuesday night to reach an agreement. The verdict was then sealed and the jury discharged. Next morning the verdict was opened in district court and the result was in Nickles' favor. The costs in the suit will easily reach $250, while the value of the calf at the time the dispute had its origin, was less than one-tenth of that sum. It is not thought that Mr. Young will take an appeal. It is understood that the lo cal butchers are after Mr. Nickles to secure the animal for Christmas meat, and the butcher who bids the highest will get a prize. A $300 beef is quite a variety and the public would indulge in a big scramble for some of its meat. Heath of Peter Uanrahan, Jr. Peter Uanrahan, jr., aged twenty- six years, departed from this life Fri day morning at the home of his parents in the Fourth ward, after a two weeks' illness with typhoid pneu monia. Deceased was a blacksmith, having learned Ms trade in the B. & M. shops in this city, where be has labored for the past several years. He was a young man of good habits, was thoroughly honest and had many firm friends who will unite in extending their sincerest sympathy to the be reaved family. The funeral services were held at the Catholic church Sun day afternoon, being largely attended attesting the esteem in whichhs was held in the city and vicinitv. The procession was led to the cemetery by the city band, the members of the A O. II. and fire department, in uniform. forming, a guard of honor. cattTe atTen cents per Bead. If those who wish to have such work done will address me at Rock Bluffs. Neb., they UDOD AIBdDHJTT MJE& IBAMCGAIIKS? time, of getting an AUOCNI) THE CUUKT ROOMS. DISTRICT COURT. Because of the defendant's default, Judge Chapman gave the plaintiff in the suit of Osta E. Bird vs. Jno. W. Bird, a decree of divorce in district court Tuesday. The jury in the case of Mrs. Carter vs. Jamison, in which the plaintiff sued to recover $200 alleged to be due her for housekeeper's services, found for the plaintiff in district court yester day for $94.92. The suit of Carter vs. Jamison was on trial in district court Wednesday and was finally submitted to a jury at about three o'clock, in the afternoon. The replevin case of Winger vs.Tigbe, ex-sheriff, growing out of the Foster Seacrest failure at Eagle, was then taken up for trial. Jas. Wilson and Frank Johnson, the two bums who entered a bouse at Louisville on Friday last and purloined a coat and pair of pants, are occupying quarters in the county jail, having been bound over to the district court bv a Louisville justice. It is under stood that the men will plead guilty on their trial and ask the court to be merciful in the matter of a sentence. CC-NTY COURT. Ida May Christianson has failed to reform. Some six weeks ago her parents caused her arrest and sought to have her sent to the girls' reform school at Geneva. They afterwards repented and the girl was taken back on probation. rne gin s laeas oi morality were of such an extremely bad nature that she failed to change her manners and methods in the slightest particular, and as a conse quence her parents again caused her arrest. County Judge Ramsey has the matter under advisement. aw m.,.i an it m Wriaanv of Union were attending court TB? Mma 5' day. John S. Green, the Greenwood mer chant, was in town attending court Monday. Elmer Eikenbary, Frank Wiles and Gus Hyers will act as bailiffs during the term of district court which con vened Monday. Mrs. Jno. Olson was taken before the insane commission Monday and adjudged insane. The woman's loss of reason, according to the best ac counts, was a case of too much hus band. Ben Ilempel, janitor at the court house, has secured quite a curiosity in the shape of a mammoth tumble weed, which grew in the western part of the state. It measures fifteen feet in circumference, and constitutes a val uable addition to the list of curios in the court house museum. Lawer Matt Gering, counsel for murderer Harry Hill, says that Hill's case will come up for argument before the state supreme court on Wednes day of next week. Attorney General Hastings and County Attorney Travis will make the argument for the state and Mr. Gering for the pris oner. A decision is expected in about amonth. Targe number of'jr eto were near the'srossing ff&i&jjfc of ti e acci dentrx Mc Wjft a wldow and elegant Top-Buggy actually I Smith and Bli Citrons. The maddest man in town the other day was well, we'll call him Smith, just to keep peace in the family. Smith went to a certain local grocery store and asked of a green clerk the price of the three small watermelons out in the front of the store. In reality the watermelons were citrons. but the clerk didn't know the differ ence any more than Smith, so a price was quoted and Smith carted them off to the bosom of his family. Now Mrs. Smith in the early part of her wedded life had sewed up the tail pockets in her husband's coat, thinking they were rips in the lining, and for this offense she was subjected to an incessant guy ing. Here was a chance to get the laugh on Smith. She knew a citron when she saw it, even if she had been somewhat lacking in knowledge during past years as to man's coat-tail pockets, so she proceeded to roast Smith on his citron escapade until he was fairly sick. Smith bore it manfully through out the meal, when be suddenly re membered that the giocery clerk was as much to blame as himself. He hastily chucked the citrons in a basket and made a bee-line for the grocery store. Here he wanted his money back, and when the proprietor commenced to argue the matter. Smith lost his temper and threatened to sue the pro prietor for obtaining money under false pretenses and to annihilate the clerk in the bargain. The grocer was not looking for trouble, so he took back the citrons and refunded Smith his money. This was several days ago, but Mrs. Smith is still getting in "full time" at guying Smith on bis citron deal. Shot Off Hla Hat. Phil Kraus, the former Plattsmouth merchant, but now the keeper of a grocery store in South Omaha, had an experience with a bold burglar the other night. Phil and his family live I the night in question Phil was awak- 8 lure Ubiuw. auu uastuj uuuucu uia trousers, procured his trusty shot-gun and tiptoed down to the rear of the store. In the meantime the buglar had heard Phil's war-like preparations and was coming out of the back win dow when Phil arrived on the scene. The burglar made a dash for liberty and Phil pulled up his shot-gun and let fly a shot at the flying thief. The fellow yelled, but kept on running, and after Phir had recovered from the shock of firing the gun, made a search and found that be shot off the burglar's hat. It was full of holes, but the burglar was unhurt. Nothing was missing from the store. A High Price On Wounded Affection. Miss Lillian Jackson, a young lady living in Columbus, was- awarded a judgment Tuesday in the district court of Platte county for $10,000 against Robert E. Wilsher, travelling salesman for a St. Joseph, Mo., house. Wilsher is well known in central Ne braska. Miss Jackson claims Wilsher promised to marry her in January, 1391, and sent her to school to educate her, frequently visiting her in the meantime. Last November be broke the engagement and has since refused to notice her. The jury was out only five minutes. Wilsher will appeal. TheJourxl needs all the money that is its due on subscrip- Mnnanri astir AtSal .11 . OMAHA CONVENTION. Nebraska Democrats Meet at Omaha and Nominate a Ticket. HIS SLEEP WAS NEARLY FATAL A Drunken Fisherman From Bethlehem Goes to Sleep on the II. AM. Track ICut la Fortunately Discov ered by a Switchman. The State Convention. The democratic state convention, with almost every county represented, met in Omaha yesterday and nomina ted a ticket. A platform recognizing the necessity of an immediate restora tion of the free ane unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present ratio of 16 to I, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth, was adopted bp a large majority vote. W. J. Bryan was nominated by the unanimous vote of every delegate for U. S. senator. The ticket nomin ated was as follows: For Governor.. Silas A. Holcohb For Lieutenant Governor Jas. O. Gaptix For Secretary of State S. I. Ellick For Stata Treasurer G. A. Lcikart For State Auditor J. C. Daiilmah For Attorney General D. B. Caret For Supt. Pub. Instruction W. A. Jones ForComm'r Pub. Lands S. G. Kent Of the above named candidates El- lick, Luikart and Dahlman are demo crats the others had been placed on the populist state ticket at their state convention in August. On the making of these nominations a part ef the ad ministration wing left the hall and put up a ticket of their own. It was a small affair, and its members were out of humor because they could not con trol the convention. A Drunken Fisherman's Escape. Harrison McCord, a fisherman, who lives over at Bethlehem, just across the river in Iowa, had an exceedingly narrow escape from being cut to pieces down in the local B.& M. yards Friday night. For years past Harrison has been in the habit of coming to Platts mouth for the purpose of contracting a "jag." He was in town Friday and when he started for home after dark be was in possession of an ex ceeding load of liquor, which made navigation a matter of some difficulty. In going toward the big B. & M. bridge from whence he intended to cross the river, he fell across the railroad track, and so drunk was he that he soon fell asleep. A main line freight was due to pass over the track in a short time.but shortly previous to that time a yard ngine happened up the track near where McCord was asleep on the rails. The engine was moving slowly and the headlight enabled a switchman to dis cover the fisherman lying across the rails. The engine was immediately stopped and McCord was dragged off the rails. Within the past two years no less than two of Bethlehem's citi zens have been injured in that imme diate vicinity, one of the men dying in less than an hour. Both men were under the influence of liquor at the time. McCord should consider himself fortunate in not becoming the third victim, for certainly bis escape was very narrow. Machinery of theses "manufacture in the world. Jhelr "PloMPi'ffW'l 171