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VOL. 13.30.42. PLA.TTSJIOUTH, NEHKASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1894, $1.00 iFiSJfLW
Our Choice for United States Senator W. J. BRYAN.
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THAT ELMWOOD FAIR
A Decided Credit to That Hustling
Town In Western Cass.
DUTTON'S DEFENSE WEAKENS.
The More That the Facta are Elecited
the More Meannes Uoea Ulit Partisan
Aotitn Dlsclone Various Other
Item, of Interest.
Tlie Elmwood fair, as an exhibit of
farm, garden, orchard and household
productions, has this year been a pro
nounced success. The attendance was
only fair and not up to the merits of
the affair by any means, but this fact
was probably accounted for because of
the partial crop failure throughout the
county.
The exhibitof farm products was re
markable, both for quality and for the
great number f exhibits in every line.
There were some forty-four lots of
corn shown fitly ears to each lot and
while it was far above what might be
expected, was, of course, not equal to
last year's product. In wheat, oats,
.barley and grass seeds there were fine
exhibits and plenty of competition.
The root crop exhibit was also good
and very suprising. Tne fruit ex
hibit, however, was the best of all and
merited special praise. There were
apples, plums and grapes in great
variety. In apples alone there were
over t wenty-tive lots on exhibition and
in qn ility equal to the best ever seen
in any county or season. The Jona
than, lien Davis, pearmain, jennetin.
maiden blush and romanite ex
hibits were worthy of special men
tion The fruit display was drawn
from the eastern as well as the central
part of the county Messrs. Dean,
Ilesser, and Church. U. of Hock Bluffs
prec'nct, having contributed to swell
the quantity.
The ladies of the vicinity took a very
active part in promoting the success
of the fair and the exhibits of
needle work, both in the ornamental
and useful lines, were far greater in
variety and number displayed than
ever was shown at the county fair.
Several hundred samples of canned
an4 preserved fruits were also on ex
hibition. The farm animal and fowl exhibits
were very good and in plentiful number
showing a line display of horses,
mules, cattle, sheep, hogs. and poultry.
In fact in every line of progress and
energy from the farmers' standpoint
the exhibits were most creditable to
Cass county, and especially a compli
ment to the energy and enterprise of
the town of EI in wood, which brought
about the exhibition If took much
work and good management, and well
repaid the effort. If the farmers about
this city could have seen the fair it
would have been a good thing by way
of stirring up : generous rivalry.
I Weaker Than Ever
The contemptible trick of County
Commissioner Dutton iu refusing the
use of the district court room for the
recent Holcomb meeting will not
down, despite the silly attempts of the
News to excuse the commissioner.
The News puts great stress upon the
fact that the P. E. O. ladies, who had
engaged Waterman hall for the same
night of the Holcomb meeting, offered
to give up the hall and postpone their
entertainment. This is all true, but
here the News stops and fails to tell
all the story. The offer of the I E.
O. ladies was made the day previous to
the meeting. At that time the com
mittee had not received positive
knowledge that Mr. Holcomb would be
here. Telephonic communication was
had with Omaha and Lincoln, but
nothing absolutely definite could be
heard, so the committee did not feel
disposed to interfere with the enter
tainment, and accordingly notified the
ladies to that effect. The day follow
ing, however, positive knowledge was
received that Mr. Holcomb would be
here. Then the committee endeavored
to secure Waterman hall, but the
ladies had proceeded with their ar
rangements and the hall could not be
secured. Itockwood hall was engaged
for the D. of II. banquet that night
and no recourse was then left the com
mittee but to seek out the county com
roissioners and ask the use of thecourt
room. The entire facts were pre
eented to the commissioners and the
committee had every reason to believe
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unto
unto him
whtoni honor is duo,
that their request would be granted, as
the coutt house, in addition to being a
public structure, bad on two former
occasions been the scene of political
meetings. Any fair-minded man
would have readily conceded to the
people the right to use and occupy
their own building, but here was a
chance for the board to take a mean
partiaan advantage, and Commission
ers Dutton and Hayes were equal to
the task. Commissioner Young beiDg
the only member of the board to favor
the request. The News can endeavor
to explain from now until the day of
doom, but Mr. Dutton was guilty of a
dirty partisan trick, and when the
ballots are counted this fall be will
have found that the voters of this
commissioner's district have no use
for a bigoted county official.
Into the Waste Banket.
Secretary of State Allen Thursday
morning handed down the following
opinion as to the legality of the rump
democratic ticket sought to be placed
on the election ballot:
On the 27th day of September, 1894,
there was tiled in my office what pur
ports to be a certificate of Dominations
made as is alleged by the state demo
cratic convention held in the city of
Omaha on the "6th and 27th of said
month. This certificate is signed by
Euclid Martin as chairman, and 8. M.
Smyser as secretary of said convention
Against this certificate a protest is
signed by C. J. buiy the, chairman of
the democratic state central committee
aDd L. V. Edwards, chairman of the
Lancaster county democratic central
committee, in which it is claimed that
the alleged nomination of 1. D. fetur
devaut. for the office of governor, and
others named was not named by any
convention, regularly constituted ana
assembled in the manner set out in
chapter 24 of the session laws of Ne
braska. lSai. "an act to promote tne
independence of voters at public elec
tions, to enforce the secretary of the
ballot and to provide for the printing
and distribution of ballots at public
expense.
From the undisputed statements set
out and sworn to in the protest, it ap
pears that Euclic Martin was chairman
of the democratic state central com
mittee foi the last two years aDd that
his office as such terminated at 9:35
p. tn. on the 2tfib of September last;
that during bis term of office as such
chairman he regularly issued a public
call for a democratic convention to as
semble on the 26th day of September,
1394, at 2 p. iu. at the city of Omaha,
for the purpose ot mailing nominations
for governor and other slate officers.
It also appears that the convention not
only did assemble at the time and
place named, but that said Martin
called said convention to order and
otherwise participated in the proceed
ings, and recognized sucu convention
which proceeded to and put in nomina
tion Silas A. Holcomb lor the office of
governor. J . N. Gaffin for the office of
lieutenant governor, and other nom
inees for the various state offices, spec
ified in the call issued as before stated
by said Euclid Martin, and after
transacting other business incident to
such conventions adjourned.
From all that appears before me
there was but one call for a democratic
convention, and under that call but
one regularly constituted convention
s u ill as is contemplated by the stat
utes can in my opinion be assembled,
and tiom the undisputed facts before
me the one which was called to order
by Chairman Martin and presided over
by Willis D. Oldham, and which nom
inated Silas A. Holcomb, was thatcon-
vention.
It is not for me to inquire into the
politics of the nominees put forward
by that convention; that is a matter
wholly with the convention.
Concluding that but one convention
could be held under the call referred
to, I am satisfied that the one which
nominated Silas A. Holcomb for gov
ernor was the one which was regularly
held and I therefore must decline to
place the nominees in the certificate
presented and which is signed by Mar
tin on the efficial ballot.
The hearing of the protect filed
Tuesday by Martin takes place next
Monday, but in view of this decision
by th secretary of state its fate is
already sealed. The Martin men will
therefore be compelled to get their
ticket on by petition.
1.1st of Letters
Remaining uncalled for m the post
office at Plattsmouth Oct. 10, for week
ending Oct. 4, 1894:
Beal. Petri Couglilin. William
Conklln, J S Moore, Mis. X. D.
Monday. Laura Jones. William
Palln, James Paul, John
Ramsel, August.
Persons calling for any of the above
letters or parcels will please say "ad
vertised." W. K. Fox, P. M.
F. G. Fricke & Co.: recommend
Johnson's Magnetic Oil for rheuma
tism, neuralgia, sprains, bruises, lame
back. It quickly relieves pain.
A musicale will be given Oct. 23rd
for the benefit of the public library.
- TminTpaiioirancrBiCK"neaaacBepYr -
txianontly cure'iK and piles prevents
SWIPED THE JEWELRY
Burglars Make a Fat Haul Down
at Nehawka.
THAT IOWA CUUTING AFFAIR.
Ben Lincoln, the Injured Man, Is Not
Seriously Injured Tom Kobb the
Name of the Fellow Who Plied
the Knife.
llurglary at Nehawka.
Lester Stone's drug store at Nehawa
was entered by burglars Thursday night
and jewelry to the value of over $300
was stolen. An entrance was effected
via the rear door, one of the panels
being bored full of holes and then
knocked through from the outside
The stolen goods consisted of watches,
chaius and rings. There are no clues
as to the identity of the burglars, al
though it is known that they tied to
ward Union, as one of the stolen rines
was found on the Missouri Pacific
track between Nehawka and Union.
A reward of $50 is offered for the cap
ture of the thieves and return of the
stolen property.
That low Cutting Affair.
Further particulars in regard to the
cutiing affair which happened over on
the Iowa bottoms opposite this city on
Wednesday, mention of which was ex
clusively made in Thursday's Jour
nal, are that the victim of the cut
ting, Ben Lincoln, will recover. The
gash in his abdomen, however, was a
deep one and will trouble him forsome
time. Tom Robb, a young fellow about
nineteen years old, used the knife. It
appears that Itobb had leased a tract
of land from Lincoln and planted it in
onions. Robbclaimed to have detected
Lincoln in stealing his onions. This
story reached Lincoln's ears and when
he met Robb he provoked a quarrel
and hit the young man over the head
with a club. Robb immediately
whipped out his knife and planted it
in Lincoln's abdomen, with results
above stated. The general opinion is
that Robb acted in self-defense, aod,
as yet, he has not been arrested.
Greenwood People Kejoice.
The following from Greenwood, this
county. appears in Tuesday's Lincoln
Journal:
'The people here are greatly inter
ested in the case of L. G. Parker vs.
John Green & Son, which was decided
by Judge Chapman in the district
court at Plattsmouth last week. The
trouble began last spring, when Mr.
Parker, who is pastor of the M. E.
church, questioned a bill presented by
the firm of Phil Green & Co. Mrs.
John Green, who is a member of this
firm, withdrew from the church in
consequedce of the dispute, and the
pastor announced from the pulpit that
she had ''stolen" $17 from him by tak
ing church money and turning it over
to the firm instead of to him. Then all
sorts of trouble ensued. The son of
Mrs. Green, P. B. Green, and the
pastor engaged in a fightin the streets
of Grenwood and the young man was
arrested, charged with stabbing the
clergyman. He was convicted of a
misdemeanor, not of a felony. The
case was carried up to the district
court and Judge Chapman, after re
viewing evidence, rebuked both sides
and dismissed the case. This, it is
stated, throws the costs, amounting to
nearly $200 upon Mr. Parker. At the
same time an action to preserve the
peace brought against John Green
was thrown out by the judge. The
matter has caused much ill-feeling in
the community, and the people will re
joice if this decision brings the discus
sion of it to a close."
Commonweal Kelly Brutally lfeaten.
A dispatch from San Francisco says:
"General Kelly, the leader of the in
dustrial army which left here last sum
mer and went to Washington, while
addressing a crowd Saturday evening
in Oakland was ordered by Officer
Scanlan to desist. Kelly refused,
whereupon Scanlan took him into cus
tody and the two marched off. They
had not gone far when Scanlan sud
denly began clubbing Kelly and frac
tured bis skull. A crowd of several
hundred men marched to the city ball
and demanded that Scanlan be placed
under arrest. The authorities quickly
granted the demand, thereby prevent
ing probable violence. Kelly's condi
tion is serious."
TcattT at Ten cenTsfper ITead. iFThose
I who wish to have such work done will
An Omaha Real Estate Story.
The Chicago Record tells a story of a
man who went into Omaha one day
and wanted to trade his farm for some
city lots. "All right," replied the
real estate agent. "Get into my buggy
and I'll drive you out to see some of
the finest residence sights in the world
water, sewers, paved streeta, cement
sidewalks, electric light, shade trees,
and all that sort of thing," and away
they drove four or five miles into the
country. The real estate agent expa
tiated upon the beauty of the surround
ings, the value of the improvements
made and projected, the convenience
of the location, the ease and speed
with which people who lived there
could reach town, and the certainty of
an active demand for such lots in the
immediate future. Then, when he
was breathless, he turned to his com
panion and asked:
"Where's your farm?"
"We passed it coming out here,"
was the reply. "It's about two miles
nearer town."
A Ileauty Show.
One of the amusing things that took
place at the Elmwood fair was the
award of the premium to the hand
somest lady at the fair. Some twenty
ladies entered for the prize some
young, some middle-aged and some
quite elderly and they all were in
dead earnest as to their claims. The
management wanted the editor of The
Journal to act as the judge, but as
there were no lite insurance agents on
the ground he respectfully declined in
favor of Capt. Dave McCaig, who ac
cepted and performed the duty with
great satisfaction. He requested all
the competitors to array themselves
with entry cards, and had them form
in line and march before him. He
then examined each one to observe the
different styles of beauty under which
they claimed precedence, and after
great deliberation awarded the prize
to Mrs. Joseph Mullin a very hand
some lady of mature years and his
judgment was accepted as eminently
sound. There was no kicking among
the fair but less fortunate ones at
least, none was observable.
Card of Thanks.
To the many friends who rendered
such kind assistance during the trials
attendant to the illness and death of
my departed wife, I can but feebly ex
press my appreciation. The remem
brance of their countless expressions
of sympathy will ever be cherished.
D. C. Crosser.
Uncle Jacob Vallery, one of the
straightest or straight-backed demo
crats, prefers Holcomb to Tom Majors.
All true democrats do the same.
That Missing Minister
Nothing has yet been heard of Bur
nett Allen, the missing man from
Plattsmouth. Mrs. Allen, the mother,
tells us she is as ignorant of his where
abouts as anyone, and her grief is
great. Elmwood Echo.
That gangof democrats who are
striving their very best to elect Tom
Majors and the entire republican
ticket have received another set-back.
Secretary of State Allen Monday de
cided that he could not sustain the
protest filed by Euclid Martin against
the placiog of the free silver demo
cratic ticket on the official ballot. The
secretary also settled another question
which had been brought up by the
protest of the "rump" outfit. The
secretary announced it as his intention
to certify to county clerks the name of
Silas Holcomb as a democratic nomi
nee and also as a populist nominee for
governor, and to do the same with
other candidates so situated, thus put
ting their names twice on the ballot.
He further stated that be felt it his
duty to certify the name of W.J.Bryan
as a candidate for United States sen
ator. Take Off the Horns.
The undersigned is now ready, with
a good portable chute and tools, to re
move the useless weapons of horned
cattle at ten cents per head. If those
who wish to have such work done will
address me at Rock Bluffs, Neb., they
will be promptly answered.
42-4 S. L. Furlong.
For Sale 3,000 Bushels of Corn.
I will be in Plattsmouth Oct. 15th.
Anybody wanting to buy corn can Bee
me there and then.
Henry Engelkemeier.
If you have sour stomaeh and feel
bilious, aLd your head aches; take a
Japanese Liver Pellet; it will relieve
you. Sold by Fricke & Co.
large number of in'p&fo 'I
so were near
est tt: nrci-
AKOCKD THIS COCKT BOOMS.
district court.
Because of the illness of Judge
Chapman district court was adjourned
Monday morning until the first of next
week, when the judge hopes to be able
to resume his duties.
The regular jurors who have servedin
district court since the commencement
of the term two weeks ago, were called
into court Saturday and dismissed.
All other civil cases on the docket will
be beard and decided by the court.
The case of the state vs. II. Street
weiserand Wm. Habberman, on trial
Friday in district court, was dis
missed by order of the court. It
appears that the state's most impor
tant witness failed to testify the same
as he did in the lower court, and on
motion of the attorney for the defend
ants. Judge Chapman instructed the
jury to return a verdict of not guilty
before leaving the box.
The criminal docket was called in
district court Friday and the following
cases, on motion of the prosecution,
were ordered dismissed: State vs. Gus
Henricb, state vs. Mel Jean, state vs.
Phil Green, state vs. Chas. Blake and
state vs. Frank Wannamaker. Fred
W. Ruhge.the Avoca saloon keeper,
against whom the grand jury returned
two indictments for selling liquor on
Sundays, appeared and entered a plea
of gu.lty, the court fining him
$25 and charging him with the court
costs. The Becond indictment was
dismissed.
COUNTY COURT.
Final settlement was had in county
court Wednesday in the estate of
Jos. Amick, deceased.
County Judge Ramsey and Adminis
trator S. A. Davis were perfecting a
final settlement in the estate of the
late Carolina Engel today.
License to wed was issued in county
court today to Mr. Wm. Walker and
Miss Sarah Miller. Both parties re
side at Berlin, Otoe county.
License to wed was issued by County
Judge Ramsey Tuesday to Mr. Chas.
W. Kraft and Miss Minnie Roelofsz.
Both parties reside in Elmwood, Mr.
Kraft being agent for the M. P. rail
way at that point.
JUSTICE ARCHER'S COURT.
In the Stack-Hicks feud, wherein
the Hicks sought to have the Stack
family punished for assault, the case
being on trial in Justice Archer's court
on Saturday, the jury decided for the
accused.
COURT ROOM NOTES.
Ex-Sheriff William Tighe came in
from his farm in Center precinct
Wednesday to attend to business mat
ters at the courthouse.
Sheriff Eikenbary journeyed to
Kansas City last night to bring back
the man who stole a team aod horse
from the Jones livery barn some time
last spring. Deputy Sheriff Hyers
went to Lincoln to get the requisi
tion papers und the sheriff will be
back home with the horse thief by
Saturday.
Farm for Sale.
A well improved farm of 160 acres,
situated 2 i miles west of Mynard, six
miles southwest of Plattsmouth aud
six miles northwest of Murray. Has a
good nine room house, also a tenant
house, good barn with hay mow, single
roof shed sixty feet long, hog house,
feed lots, double corn crib with a
capacity of 4,500 bushels, good bear
ing orchard also 500 young apple trees,
two wells and cistern, windmill, cellar,
cave, etc.. All surrounded with a
3-strand wire fence. One of the most
desirable farms in Cass county. In
quire of or address
Will T. Richardson,
d-3t-w-tf Mynard, Neb.
J. E. Leyda, of Lincoln, was ad
mitted to the bar of Cass county last
week. He stood a good examination,
and will in a short time enter the law
school at the state university, where
he expects to .take a full course. After
being admitted to the bar a student
can enter the law department of the
university without taking the exami
nation. Weeping Water Republican.
County commissioner George Young
rose above partisan lines when he cast
his vote to allow Mayor Weir and Gov.
Holcomb the use of the district court
room, the other two fellows are of the
yellow dog stripe, as their actions
plainly indicate. Weeping Water
Eagle.
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SLUGGED IN THE DARK
Ehece Walker Tells of Being Way
laid By an Unknown Footpad.
ROBBERY WAS HIS MOTIVE.
Bat Barking: Dogs Scare the Culprit Away
and Rhece's Wealth Is Undisturbed
Death Of the Aged Mrs.
Hedland Other Notes.
Rhece Walker, son of Perry Walker,
one of Cass county's best known
farmers, was the victim of a dastardly
assault last night at the hands of an
unknown foot-pad. Rhece lives out
on his father's farm, two miles south
west of town, and last evening shortly
after supper be came to town on horse
back to look after a deal pertaining to
the sale of some apples. He started
home at about eight o'clock, and when
he reached the turn in the long lane
which leads down to the Walker farm
house, a man jumped out from among
the dense trees wh'ch grow on both
sides of the lane and accosted Rhece
with a "hello." Rhece replied and the
stranger's actions immediately aroused
his suspicion, but before he bad time
to hurry up his horse, he received a
terriffic blow across the forehead,
which knocked him completely sense
less, and he dropped to the ground
like so much lead. Here be lay for
several hours, and it was almost one
o'clock when he came to bis senses and
found that be had received a bad cut
across the forehead, from which the
blood had flown almost in torrents.
He then made his way down the lane
to the farm house and aroused the in
mates, who at once sent to town for a
physician. Dr.Schildknecht answered
the call and found that Rhece had re
ceived a deep gash across the left eye
brow, which allowed the lid. to drop
and expose the eyeball. The arch
bone in his nose was also fractured
and his face and forehead were badly
swollen. In addition to being ex
tremely painful, his wounds will most
likely disfigure him for life.
Rhece was unable to get a good look
at his assailant, as the entire transac
tion occurred almost in the twinkling
of an eye. He is a popular young man
and has no enemies, and it is surmised
that the brute's object was to rob his
victim. In this, however, the fellow's
scheme was a failure. Rhece had a
few dollars in his pocket and carried a
gold watch, but they were not taken.
It is thought that the barking of the
dogs scared the robber away, as the
people in the house claim to have heard
a sudden commotion among the dogs
about the time which Rhece says he
was slugged. The weapon, presuma
bly, was a big sharp-edged club, the
edge cutting open the eyebrow and the
body of the club doing the damage to
his nose. Ic was certainly an out
rageous affair, and the general public
will hope for the culprit's capture and
punishment.
Later The authorities took occa
sion to investigate as to Rhece's ex
perience today, and finally arrived at
the conclusion that Rhece was playing
possum in short, he was much like
the man "from Brazil where the nuts
come from." It seems cruel to rob
Rhece of his laurels as a hero, but the
real situation, according to the officers,
is that Rhece was an attendant at a
dance in Billingstown last night, and
got into a knock-down-and-drag-out
fight with Al Harkins, a well-known
tough, who is regularly called into
police court for his numerous pugilistic
demonstrations. Rhece got the worst
of the fight and patched up a "foot
pad" story as the best way out of the
difficulty. Chief of Police Dunn has
warrants calling for the arrest of both
men.
nemorrhage Of the Langs.
The aged mother of Andrew Hed
lund, who lives on South Tenth street,
departed from this life early this
morning. The aged lady was taken
with a violent coughing spell at about
5 o'clock while in bed. She roused up
and was suddenly taken with a violent
hemorrhage of the lungs, the loss of
blood being so severe that she lived
only a few moments. Dr. Schield
knecht was hastily summoned, but on
his arrival the old lady was cold in
death. The deceased was seventy-two
years of age and has been quite feeble
for several years past. Funeral ar
rangements have not yet been made.
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