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PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THUIISDAY, JANUARY 2, 18UG.
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WAS NOT GUILTY.
Otto Seidletz Is Discharged by Judge
Ramsey After Trial.
WILL GO TO HIS GRANDPARENTS
"Other Thins That IUt Happened In
And Around the City of ilatt
. mouth In the Lait Twenty-5t-'
' Four Honrs.
He Was Discharged.
Otto Seidletz, the 10-year-old lad,
who was arrested Tuesday, on the
charge of placing obstructions on the
B. & M. track, was tried last Friday
on a charge of incorrigibility, the
other complaint having been with
drawn. The county attorney failed to
make the charge stick, however, aDd
Judge Ramsey released the lad with
the understanding, and on the promise
of his father, Beno Seidletz, that he
would send the boy to his grand
parents, in Saline county. It appeared
from the evidence introduced, that
the boy, while not naturally bad, had
been running with a crowd of tough
boys, older than himself.
Naturalist Klines' Discovery.
A special from La Platte, in Friday
morning's Bee, says: Aside from
studying and Investigating the soils
andeands and fossils of Sarpy and
adjoining counties La Platte's local
amateur scientist, Jasper Blines, will
investigate that branch of insect life
which is known as the periodical
cicada, or the so-called locust. Cer
tain broods of this insect appear in
certain localities every thirteen or
seventeen years. To this naturalist
belongs the honor of having discovered
as late as August 15 a live cicada sep
tendecimin Cass county,. This wa
reported to the late Prof. C. V. Rih
of the National museum, wbo pro
nounced the discovery of a cicada sc
late out of their normal time as a very
noteworthy event. The periodica!
cicada is a perfectly harmless insec
and enjoys the distinction of belong
ing exclusively to the United States,
and f being the longest lived insect
of the world "
M. K. U'ilrien 1 ornd Down.
Last Saturday's State Journal says:
The state fish commission has decid
ed to dispense with the services ol
Supt. M. E O'Brien of the state
hatcheries. This action was taken at
Sidnev by a majority of the commit
sion and toe date set for the change b
January 1."
This action on the part of the com
mission will meet with almost univer
sal disapproval throughout tbe state.
Mr, O'Brien, during his incumbency
has made a record that any man
might feel proud of. In order to re
place him with as good a man, the
commission will be compelled to
send east and get a man, at a much
larger salary, or else put in a man
wholly incompetent.
Wanted to Cut His Throat.
Jailor Denson feels that he has had
a narrow escape, although he did not
learn of it till this morning. Thuis
day afternoon the little lad who has
been confined in the jail for a couple
of days made a proposition to a fellow
prisoner to form a combination and
cut Jack's throat when he came down
with the supper for the prisoners.
The refusal of the fellow-prisoner to
enter into the plot is probably all that
saved Jack's life.
Refused To Consider the Petition.
"A dispatch from Tecumseh to the
World-Herald, says: Judge Babcock
of the district court refused to con
sider an amended petition in the
Bonacum vs. Murphy temporary in
junction case, on the ground that the
document does not contain sufficient
ground for action. Murphy will
therefore continue to bold possession
of the local Catholic church property
and this will probably conclude all
action in tbe matter in the civil
court."
A Pleasant Surprise.
The pleasant surburban home of
Lawyer Beeson was the scene of mirth
and jollity last week. Thursday was
Mrs. Beeson's sixtieth birthday anni
versary, and she was tbe victim of a
very pleasant surprise in .the shape of
a large crowd of old frleDds, wbo
dropped in to spend tbe evening. A
very enjoyalle evening was spent,
after which refreshments were served,
and the assemblage dispersed at a late
hour.
Farm loans made at lowest rates.
T. H. Pollock, over First Kat'l Bank.
The Tear's Mortgage Record.
Register of Deeds Geo. Hay has just
completed the total mortgage record
for Cass county for the year 1895,
which is as follows:
Number of farm mortgages filed 350
Town and city mortgages filed 162
Total - 612
Number of farm mortgages released 353
Town and city mortgages released 159
Total 612
Amount farm mortgages filed I539.0C3.C2
Amount farm and city mortgages filed 77.560.41
Total ...1606,629.43
Amount farm mortgages released.. . . $457,348. 8s
Am' t town and city m't'gs released.... 115,019.84
Total T573.368.84
The record for the past month is as
follows:
Amount farm mortgages filed.. 147.506.60
Town and city mortgages filed 12,661.26
Farm mortgages released 28,334.66
Town and city mortgages released 5.518.80
The number of sheriff and other
deeds in foreclosure is as follows:
Farm, 7 ; town and city, 12; total, 19.
Weckbach Bt-opni!
The numerous friends and former
patrons of that old reliable and pop
ular grocer, Mr. Henry Weckbach will
be gratified to learn that he is at
present busily engaged in unpacking
and placing on tbe shelves one of the
largest and most magnificant stocks of
staple and fancy groceries, ever seen
in tbe city.
Mr. Weckbach has been restless and
discontented since disposing of his
former business here and recently re
solved to re-embark. He accordingly
rented the elegant store room in the
Waterman block which he has now
nearly filled to overflowing, and when
he will be highly pleased to gee his
triends and the public in general, on
nnd after Saturday next.
Pleasant Dinner Party.
Miss Minnie Lehnhoff, of College
Hill, entertained a number of friends
xl her home, at dinner, last Monday
evening, in honor of her sister, Mrs
Julia JLehnboff-Frampton, and her
brother Mr. H. J. Lehnhoff, both oi
Lincoln. The evening was spent ver
uleasantly in music and conversation
Dinner was served at six o'clock to
tbe following invited guests: Dr. and
Mis. Richard Lord, Mr. and Mrs. II.
E. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dick
son, MissE. V. E. Feterson and Mr
M. N Drake.
The Women's Club Receive.
The members of the Womens' clut
kept open house yesterday at theii
pleasant, home-like rooms in Union
block. The ladies had everything ar
ranged in a most artistic manner, and
tbe decorations were beautiful. Tbe
reception was for the benefit of the
'men folks" and a goodly number of
gentlemen were very pleasantly enter
tained. Dainty refreshments, consist
ing of coffee and cake, were served to
all, and those who missed the treat
were very unfortunate.
Two Toqnr People Killed.
B. & M. train No. 3 ran into and
killed Charles Vanbuskirk and Maude
Bond on a crossing three miles east of
Benkleman, Neb., early Saturday
morning. They were aged 25 and 16
years, respectively, and, with a party
of young folks, were returning from a
surprise party. Both were killed in
stantly and badly mangled, while tbr
buggy was a complete wreck and one
horse fatally injured.
A very interesting little book of
school statistics has just been received
by County Superintendent Farley,
from the state superintendent, H. R.
Corbett. It is very complete and some
of the statistics one of interest to the
general public. Following are a feu
of them: Terchers employed, 9,473;
average salary of teachers, $41 37;
total enrollment of pupils, 273.052;
value of school property $8,570,882.23;
teacher's wages, $2,693,372 21. Cost of
education per pupil, $24 28.
Ex-State Auditor Tom Benton was
in town Saturday, a witness in the case
of the B. & M. R railway, vs. the city.
It is understood that be testified that
be, as a member of the state equaliza
tion board assessed tbe B. & M. rail
way lumber yard, in their shop yard
here, as a part of the material on the
right of way of that road. Just why
that should be done it would be ditfi
cult to imagine.
During 1895 tbe Dodge county sol
diers' relief association assisted tbiity
old soldiers and their families to the
amount of $907.71.
Visitors to Plattsmouth should stop
for dinner at Sahl's Bakery, where
they can get a good lunch forl5c. 50
For farm loans, Bee J. M. Ley da
Reliable abstracts also furnished.
THE DAY'S DOINGS
"What People Are Doing and Saying
Around the Town.
A HOG DOCTOR'S EXPERIENCE.
llniili" -XT..1 1 rvl. mnH A SI Will IlflTA A
Ulspute Over the Value of the For
mer's Services A 1'leasaut,
Country Party Motes.
An Unsuccessful Doe Doctor.
AccordiDgto A. S. Will, '-Buck''
Neligh is not very successful as a hog
doctor. It seems that some time ago
Mr. Neliah undertook the job of cur
ing a number of hogs for Mr. Will, for
which the latter gentleman was to pay
a certain sum. "Buck" used some
thirty-eight pounds of medicine on the
hogs, but the result wassomewhat dis
astrous to the porkers, at least, so Mr.
Will claims. lie says that since the
"doctor" commenced treating his
hogs, more have died than before.
However, an action was commenced
before Justice Haines, entitled Am
brose E. H. Ne'igh vs. A. S. Will, in
which the former sues for $143 for ser
vices in curing the latter's hoes. A
motion for a change of venue was en
tered, and tbe case will come up for
trial in Justice Archer's court.
"Down On the Farm."
The hospitable home of Mr. Thomas
Sullivan, south of this city, was the
sene of a most enjoyable gathering
Saturday evening, when his charming
laughter. Miss Mamie, entertained a
number of her Plattsmouth friends in
honor of her guest, Miss Karstens, of
Nebraska City. Dancing was the
chief entertainment, each oung lady
and gentleman being furnished with a
1 inty and unique program, the front
bearing tbe iuscrip.ion "Down on the
Farm." At midnight a delicious
luncheon was served, two local society
men doing the honors as waiters, in
which capacity they acquitted them
selves in a manner which would indi
cate that they were not new at the
ousiness. Those present were Misses
Lulu Leist, Mabel Swearingen.
Florence White, Mabel Britt, Anna
Sullivan, Jessie Oldham, A lice Murraj,
Mabel TJnruh, Messr. Chaa. Sullivan,
ilenry Weidman,John Coleman, Lee
Atwood. Gus Hyers, Henry Snyder,
ir. Will Elster, Henry Goos, Hal
lohnson, George Tartsche and Mr.
Waggner, Grafton, Neb.
Says It's Not So.
A rumor waa in circulation on the
streets today to tbe effect that Master
Mechanic Helps and Foreman Steim
er, of the B, & M. shops here, had a
little fistic encounter last Saturday.
A Journal reporter called on Mr.
Helps last Monday to learn the facts,
and that gentleman emphatically
denied any knowledge of such an oc
currence. He said that none but the
friendliest feeling existed between
himself and the several foremen under
him, and that there was absolutely no
grounds for the rumor. He admits
that there was a dispute between a
couple of the employes in the black
smith shop last Sa urday, but said it
didn't amount to much and bad been
satisfactorily settled. And thus a
good news item was spoiled.
Some Railway Changes.
The Omaha Bee train via Weeping
Water over the M.P. has been discon
tinued, but the stub train from Union
to Plattsmouth, connecting with the
train from Lincoln will be continued,
The Journal, is informed, and will
return to Union at 4 o'clock as usual.
There were wise ones who predicted
last summer when that train was es
tablished that it was only a part of the
scheme set on foot to re-elect Judge
Chapman, and would be discontinued
soon after election, but such has not
been the case, it is now discontinued
so far as the run from Omaha to Union
is concerned, because the Bee has
made other arrangements forthe deliv
ery of itj papers, but tbe company has
found that the Plattsmouth run pays
expenses, so it will be kept up, not
withstanding. A "brakeman's time-table" has it
that the yard engine at Nebraska City
with Yardmaster Atwell as conductor
and bis crew, will be run to Nehawka
every morning, where the switching
for the quarries will be done, in time
to run down to Union for the Lincoln
train, and will bring tbe stub train
through to Plattsmouth, returning, as
usual, at four o'clock. At all events
Conductor Dugay has been laid off
and Atwell brought the train through
Monday. I
IIAVKLOUK 1TKMM.
From tbo Lincoln Call.
Ed Ballance, we regret to say, is in
capacitated for work by reason of a
sore eye. ,
The regulation Saturday nightcrowd
for Plattsmouth didn't break the rec
ord last night.
Engine 176 was yesterday sent to
Lincoln for service. Next week Noa.
329, 81 and 2G6 will go the same way.
Superintendent of Motive Power
Hawksworth and son, Fred, were iu
Havelock yesterday. The shop boys
are glad to see Mr. Hawksworth, and
only Wish that his visits were more
numerous.
The lied Men received their new
$178 paraphernalia a few days ago.
Beyond a doubt, the boys have one of
the finest "goats" in the state, and
are now in a position to please the
tastes of the most fastidious.
A boom both in labor and capital is
promised Havelock early in the spring.
Twenty-four new houses have alread
been contracted for. Besides th st
contracts, the addition to the school is
to be figured in. It is stated that the
Lancaster Land company will plant
GOO trees along Touzulin avenue.
Julius Nelson will wed Miss Portly
of Plattsmouth on the first day of the
new year, and m:iny lips are smacking
in an icipation of the good Havanac
that will go around. Julius is one of
llavelock's most popular young men,
and the prettily furnished house that
he has in waiting for his bride attests
of his integrity and sobriety. The
good wishes of all tbe friends of the
happy pair will be with them in their
newjole.
The new engine, No. 9, was lifted on
wheels yesterday, and will be in good
shaptj for service sometime during
this week. The new engine is a beaut
in every respect, and presents a m;tg
nificent display of mechanical skill.
The shop employes are justly proud of
their late production, and, taking No.
9 as a sample, the Call recommends
that the provisions for making engines
;tt Ilavehiek be enlarged, as the com
pany would cert.'.inly be benefited bj
so doing.
Hoorer Munt Hang1.
TI'C, jiry in the case against Claud
II. Hoover, charged with the murder
of Councilman-elect Sam Duliois, of
Omaha, on the evening of December
13 last, on Sunday returned with a
verdict of murder in the first degree,
inflicting the death penalty. This has
been a remarkably short trial jusi
sixteen das from the time of the
crime until the conviction of the
murderer, and is another example of
"speedy justice in Nebraska." .
The editor of the Buffalo County
Journal, lleuben W. Reese, was
brought to the penitentiary yesterday,
a here he will serve a term of tour
years and cogitate upon the efforts lie
made to extract money from the
treasury of Buffalo county without go
ing throush the formality of earnii .c
it. lleuben, it seems, published a I in
of old unclaimed county warrants. and
as he had access to them succeeded in
extracting quite a number. He then
placed au old defective seal upon it
and had little difficulty in cashing
these warrants. In order to do this,
however, he cashed the order and it is
said he raised the warrants in a num
ber of instances and in all realized
something like $1500 on the deal.
Frank Sandberg, another prisoner was
also brought to the pen from the same
county for burglary. lie will serve
eightaen months. Lincoln Call.
An accident befell a Nebraska
farmer on the Burlington railroad yes
terday. Passenger train No. 2, which
leaves Lincoln at 2:15 p. m. was speed
ing along just east of Havelock, when
it struck a farmer's team at a wagon
crossing. The farmer had lost one
line and was pulling vigorously on tbe
other, the result being that he pulled
the team crosswajs in the road with
one horse standing on the rail. Engi
neer Duffy applied the air, but it was
to no purpose and the locomotive
struck the nearest horse and cut it out
of the harness much as a clever
operates on a cheese. Tbe other horse,
driver and buggy were left unmolested.
The horse struck was knocked some
thirty feet and instantly killed. The
name of the farmer could net be
learned. Lincoln Journal.
Forestry in the United States has a
powerful and practical friend in Mr.
George Vanderbilt, and he will find
more glory in the North Carolina
woods than in the purchase of half a
dozen foreign princes, with their
dilapidated palaces thrown in. Ne
braska City Press.
THREE DECISIONS.
Judge Chapman Disposes of Three
Important Cases.
SMITH CAN'T DAM THE PLATTE
rif Court Mays llMt ?.Ir. Juiitli Jlada it
3Iituko In Tryiujj tf Ifaiti ilia
I'iatte Klver Oiher I.ocil
News of Interest.
Court Sews.
In district court Tuesday morning,
decisions in three cases that have been
under advisement for some time were
handed down.
That of the Water Works Co., vs. A.
B. Smith, in which the plaintiff sought
to restrain Mr. Smith from damming
the inside channel of the Platte, near
Swallow Hill, in such a manner as to
cut off their supply of water, was de
cided in favor of the plaintiff.
The case of G order, Weckbach,
Guthman and Davis, vs. Jos. Connor,
et al., commonly known as the "can
ning factory case," was also decided
in favOr of the plain ;iffs. This was
an action on the part of the plaintiff
to enforce the payment of assessments
on canning factory stock, held by the
defendants.
The case of Mrs. Anna Goos vs.
Hans Goos et al., was decided in favor
of Mrs. G003.
e indeed!
It is rumored that The Journal will
ioon be temoved from this city. Cass
County Tribune. The editor of the
Tribune should try not to worry him
self any more than he can help. The
Journal will not be,removed from
this city near as 60on as he will be
in ca-se hostilities between this country
and England break out, as a certain
;lub in this city, composed of patriotic
young men, have passed a resolution
to the effect that immediately
upon the declaration of war, they will
m irch upon the aforesaid gentleman
m a body, cut his suspenders and al
low him to go hence to that country
for which he so soulfully yearns.
Ho Got Wet.
Joe Julius received a lesson Mon
day that may bo of service to him.
While skating over some thin ice, he
went through, and only by catching on
the edge of the ice and holding on till
assistance arrived, was he saved from
timely death.
The report in an evening paper of
yesterday as to the narrow escape of
John Sherman, one of TnE Journal
carrier boys was as an exngeration, as
lie broke through in shallow water,
and was in no danger whatever.
Ilrins in Your Wood.
Wood will be taken at this oClce in
piyment of accounts due the Weekly
Journal.
Leave your orders f or job work with
The Journal, an artistic job guaranteed.
$1 5,000 ! $15,000 I $1 5,000 !
WORTH OF - - -
Manufactured for the Western Trade
and bought for Spot. Cash Prices by
Fall Overcoats,
Boy's
$2.00.
$2.50.
Children's Suits
Worsted Pants,
$1.00.
$1.90.. I
Men's Gloves,
35c.
Men's Wool Hats
" 35c.
Our stock is the largest and best selected
stock ever brought to Cass county,
AT BED-ROCK PRICES.
ELSOlsT, Casli Clothier,
. Opposite Court House, Plattsmouth, Neb. '
PERSONAL, POLITICAL AND PERTINENT.
The Atlanta exposition ha3 closed
after a session open to visitors of 100
days.- It has been a great success,
and has shown what the south can do
when thoroughly aroused.
The Omaha Bee of last Tuesday
sajs that steps are being taken to se
cure the shortening of the sentence of
Chas. C'u minings, the murderer of Jud
Vance.
t. T XT . t m . A
asuiugiou. u. Li., ou iueauar
i last, Chaplain Couden, of the house,
delivered a fitting prayer for the clos
ing day of the past year. "Let party
contentions be buried." he said, ''and
let our motto be 'one flag, one country,
one God forever.' With malice tow
ard none, and charity for all, let our
nation stand as an example to all the
world, with the word 'justice' written
on her brow."
Several towns and cities in Oregon
and Washington have lately obtained
an excellent and adequuate water sup
ply in an inexpensive manner by the
use of wooden pipes. The pipes are
made trom common pine logs, ten
inches in diameter, hollowed out with
a six-inch bore. It is claimed that the
wooden pipes last as long as iron
pipes. One town has a line of pipes
seven miles long that, with all con
nections, cost but $2,000. Nebraska
City News.
The Lincoln News says: "The sad
news reaches us from auburn that our
ideal fanner, tbe Hon. Church Howe,
is no more, and that in his stead there
is nothing but a cruel, hard-hearted
man of affairs a banker.. For years
this department has held up Farmer
Howe as a model for all aspiring agri
culturists, but now it is left in a posi
tion to hold up that which is not. As
a farmer, Mr. Howe was greatly hon
ore'd. His fellow tillers of the soil
were wont to insist that he don his
Sunday jeans and broadcloth tie and
come up to represent them whenever
the legislature convened here, but now
that he ha3 basely "deserted the farm
for the charms of a life inside the
walls of a bank, we are fain impelled
to turn the lamejl j icture of Farmer
Howe to the wall of memory and do
the Rachel act again."
The Havelock correspondent of the
Lincoln Journal says that Editor
Baughman of the Havelock Times
embraced the Christian faith on Sun
day evening and became a member of
the local'M. E. church. Mr. Baugh
man was formerly a minister of the
gospel, but seemingly fell by the way
side when be took to editing a news
paper. He has the best wishes of the
church going people of Havelock in his
new determination."
Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, widow of
General Anderson of Fort Sumpter
fame, has the flag which her husband
planted over that fortification locked
in a fireproof vault in her bouse in
Washington. She expects eventually
to present it to the. government.
THE .CASH
.CLOTHIER.
Suit
Business Suits
$5.00.
I
MEN'S SHIRTS
50c.
Men's Shoes,
$1.00.
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