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"JT J'tfiST AND FEAR NOT."
VOL. 15. SO. 15.
P L ATTS MOUTH, XEBKASKA, THURSDAY. APRIL 2. 1896.
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THE DAY'S DOINGS
"What the People In and Around
Plattsmouth Are Doing.
THEY LOOKED FOR A DEAD MAN
Three Men lake a. Midnight Stroll Cp to
Oreapolin and ll-ck .-gii. . It' j'u
Daring Leap From a Paften
gr mlu Other isoten.
About eleven o'clock last Thursday
evening t tit uipht operator at the M.
I depot telephoned into town that a
man had been killed in the cut, north
of the depot, by jumping off the south
bound passenger train. "Bubble"
Tartsch soon organized a searching
party, composed ot Ofiicer Murray,
Bob Cnzier and himself, and started
for the tscene of the terrible accident.
"Bubble" and his comrades com
menced at the M'. I, depot and walked
up the track to Oreapolis, making a
careful search ou either side of the
track tor the mangled remains of the
unfortunate man. Eveiy few minutes
"Bubble' would let outan ear-splitting
w histle. w hich made his companious
think of the old "Katie Tease" ferry
boat, but no answering call was given,
and the foot-sore and weary part) re
turned to town to meditate over their
'damphoolishness" in taking an eight-mil-
jaunt at that hour of the night.
'Bubble" and his comrades have the
satisfaction of knowing, however, that
it was no fault of theirs that the)
didn't have an oppjrtunity of picking
up various pieces of a young man.
for he inspection of a coronor's jury
It wa-the intervening act of Provi
dence alone that prevented this state
Of afLllTS
Johu Llo d, a son of Engineer Joe
Lloyd, of the Burlington, went up to
Jr La Platte Ihuisday on a hunting ex
pedir ion. and the party were return
ing when the M. P train came along.
Young Llovd didu't propose to walk
t town. so. when The tram stopped at
the cr.is-.ing at Oreapolis, he boarded
the blind"' baccate, and soon van
ished from the sight of his friends.
J hti was just beginning to congratu
late himelt n his good luck, wher
tbe -brakey" discovered him and he
jas marched into a passenger coach
t and infoimed that he wouid have U
pay for che luxury of riding. Johi
protested that he was "broke" and th
brakemau was going to appropriate
. he boy's shot gun. whet- he made -.
sudden dash for liberty and jumpe-'
from the flying train. After rollini:
several roc.n, John finally managed t"
8cp h.m-i-lf and proceeded to take hti
inv nt'rv to a-certain how much ot
hi- caret-- hs r-f r Beyond the los
of a few inches of fkin and a severe
sbakii g up. he discovered that he was
uninjured and walked the remainder
of the distance home. Just how he es
caped being kiild is something mi
racul.ns. d John hhuld breathe
fervent pr -vera of i hankf ulness tf e re
mainder t Ms lite that he is still able
to eat three meals a day.
Tounc People Entertained.
A moft enjoyable party was given
last Thur-day at the residence of Mrs.
Peir Walker, in honor of Miss Jessie
1u:z "f Weeping Water, who is visit
ing in the city. Ihe young folks in-
'duliied in dancing and games, alter
which elegant t etreshments, consist
ing ot fruit, punch and a&soited cakes,
were served in the dining room.
Sperry Iluffner won the king prize in
a game called "Idiots' Pleasure "
The following were present: Misses
Lou S:u h. Myrtle Levings. May
Bi: Li 'i- a: he m s. Suxie Thomas,
G' ina I'li-iT). K'ttie Agnew, Ethel
Dii ion, E-u Ruffner, E izibeth
, Waoth, Delia Wells. Olga Martin,
Maude Mauzv. Louise Martin, Jessie
Mutz. Cora and CUra Walker, and
Messrs Gerald and Clyde Drew, Ray
Wiles, Chas. Patterson, Bert Sbryock,
Frank Davi-, L-une Thomas, Sperry
BufTner, Percy Agnew , Cal and Bon
Atwood. Ca?-pr 'J hygef-on, Demroie
Hyat. Albert Frirke. Roy Dodge and
Emmons Richey
Itur liii;nn'ii New Line.
Sms', April 12 the Burlington
roa.i w i.l oprii for unfile its new line
via Alton, rurmii.g trains of its St.
L,uif division over this route. By the
use of ibis new- line the Burlirgton
will be able to avoid the St. Louis
tunnel, which i. now used hb a means
of entrance to St Louis On tbesame
iay the Burlington will begin running
a mm fiing local train from Beards
town into St. Louis, returning in the
afternoon. Bee.
A Timely War nine
From the PapUlJon Timet.
Every man in Nebraska who carries
insurance in the Modern Woodmen,
the A.O. U. W. or kindred fraternal
societies should be on guard against
the machinations of the old-line life
companies, w hose political agents are
already planning to elect a legislatuie
next fall that will forbid the mutual
companies to do business in Nebraska.
It is early to begin talking about legis
lative candidates, but the insurance
lobby is ahead) organizing, and it is
high time for the people to begin look
ing out for their interests. The cheap
est rate per $1,000 that any reliable
old-line life company offers is about
?30 for an applicant aged thirty-five
years, but the Woodmen and Work
men, both sale and soudq organiza
tions, furnish insurance to a man of
like age for about 15 per $1,000. No
wonder the old-liners want to drive
out the mutuals. The same story
holds good in fire insurance. The
German Farmers' Mutual here in
Sarpy county furnishes insurance at
about one-tenth the rate charged by
the old-line concerns, and it is a safe
and sound company, too. What a pic
nic the old-liners would have in Ne
braska if only they could elect a legis
lature that would cripple or drive out
the mutuals ? The insurance combine
has abundant capital with which to
push its schemes, and the Times urges
the common people of the state to
wake up now and begin talking and
voting against the combine.
In District Court.
State of Nebraska vs. Commercial
Bank of eeping Water. Set for
trial on report ot receiver, April S.
Pettibone & Nixon vs. Heuland.et
ai. r-iainun nas uu .nrn to me
brief, and defendant until April 6 to
reply.
Seaman vs. Carter, et al. . Contin
ued until April 3.
Wolfe vs. Hicks, et aL. Court finds
ssues in favor of plaintiff in the sum
of $667.50, with interest. Decree of
foreclosure entered.
Krohl vs. Reed, et al. Ordered that
sheriff make deed to lands sold under
rder ot confirmation.
In the case of Hubert Lyons vs. Jtate
Bank of Murdock, a verdict was given
the plaintiff, and the motion to vaca'e
the order appointing a receiver wa
overruled.
Court was then adjourned until
April 6th.
Bold the Lhw Constitutional.
Judge B. S. Ramsey held a special
session of the district court in this citj
Saturday afternoon and after hearing
a numbpr of motions, approving sev
eral sales and making a number of
foreclosures, he handed down a decision
u the cae vf the park commissiorerf
against the city council, wherein the
constitutionality of tbe law creating
the park commissioners was question
ed. The judge, held that the law wa-
constitutional, tbe appointment of the
commiastonerg legal and that the citT
council would have to rocognize them
as legal officers of the city. Nebraska
City News.
Brought In Am Inaane Man.
Sheriff ilolloway went out to Eagle
Tuesday and brought Fred Trunk
enbolz, an insane man, to this city on
the noon train, and he was placed in
jail. He will be given a hearing be-
ore tbe commissioners on insanity
Friday. Trunkenbolz is apparently
about fitty-five years of age, and does
not appear to be very violent.
The liorse Disappeared.
Levi Patton called at the sheriff's
office Tuesday and reported that his
horse and saddle bad been stolen Sun
day evening. He said that the animal
had been tied on Main street that
evening, and. at about nine o'clock.
when he was ready to go home he
found that tbe horse, saddle and all,
bad vanished Levi was at first in
clined to regard tbe matter as a joke.
but after looking around and waiting
for a counle of davs. be became
alarmed and notified the officials. To-
dav the horse was located, about
twelve miies om in the country, aud
was returned to Levi. It is not known
whether tbe animal was stolen and
ridden out there, or mertly strayed
away from town.
A clever forger cashed a bogus check
for 850 at Mayer Bros." clothing store
in Lincoln recenth. Several other
Lincoln firms were victimized by the
same forger, who baB "worked" vari
ous Nebraska towns. He is reported
to be under arrest at St. Joe. Mayer
Bros, are well-known here, having
operated a clothing store in this city
for a number of years.
Ask your grocer for that excellent
brand of flourHeiseraPlan-gifter." j
MORTGAGE RECORD
a Verv Creditable Showing For the
Month of Xarch.
WILL REPRESENT THIS CITY.
Ml( Koaa Wiuternteeu Ieclared the Win
ner In the I. elainatory Content,
aud Will Keprenent the City
Schoolaat Pawnee City.
Mortgage Kecord For March.
The mortgage record for Cass county
for the month of March, as compiled
in Register of Deeds Hay's office, is as
follows:
Farm mortgages Filed, ?9S,077; re
leased, $62,840 55. Town and city
mortgages Filed, $1.S07; released.
$12,6S040.
It will be seen from the above fig
ures that the town and city mortgage
record is an excellent one, and the fact
that the amount of mortgages released
exceed those hied nearly $9,000, is a
very creditable showing. Considering
the fact that it is in the month of
March that the transfer of mortgaged
farm property generally occurs, and
that the amount of the mortgages
filed is always uuusuaUy large in that
month, the record for March this year
is a verv creditable one.
The chattel mortgages filed at the
county clerk s olbce, tor March,
amounts to S9.S9S 37. w hile those re -
leaned amounted to StO 30G 32.
Mia Wiuterntet-ii Ihe Winner,
Miss Rosa Wintersteen was declared
the winner in the declamatory con
test at the high school Tuesday after
noon, and that young lady will re
present the Plattsmouth schools at the
district contest, to be held in Pawnee
City on April 10. Five contestants were
entered, as follows: Rosa Winter
steen, Anna Pollock, Jessie Foxwell,
Jessie Oldham and John Robbins.
Iiss Wintersteen"? r enditrrn ot "AUw-
Reubensiein Plajed" is said to have
been very good, and she will undoubt
edly represent this city with credit at
the coming contest. The judge were
Messrs. R B Windham, D. O. Dwyer
and J. M. Robertson, while County
Superintendent Farley acted as re
feree. Iucidentally, it might be remarked
that the winner in the ccntest at Ash
land last week had for her subject.
'How Reubensteeu Played," and the
Plattouiouth and Ashland representa
tives will probably have an opportuni-
tv to test their merits on the same re
citation at the district contest.
Two New ItutlntRK Finns.
Frank Sn)der of Omaha has pur
chased the Plattsmouth Bottling com
pany's plant, formerly operated by
Wm Weber, and will at once take
charge of that institution. Mr. Snyder
is a first-class pop manufacturer, and
will undoubtedly make a financial sue-
cess of his venture. The firm name
will be Snyder & Co.
Messrs John and Charley Miller
(not-' Whitey"), will open up a restaur-1
ant in the Anheuser-Busch building,
one door east of the Casino saloon,
They went up to Omaha last Monday
to purchase a complete stock of the
necessary articles for operating a first-
class restaurant, and expect to be
ready for business in a couple of dayB.
A.Prompt Insurance Company.
Plattsmouth, Nebr., Mar. 19, 1896.
T. II. Pollock, agent of tbe Home Fire
Insurance company.
Dear Sir: 1 desire to express my
thanks to the Home Fire insurance
compan;of New York, to P.W. Plank, i
the adiustor. and to vourself. for the !
prompt and satisfactory settlement of
tbe insurance on my barn and con
tents,
iueuipua-u..ru "u.anuiu.
mi ii . v, rt. .
day March 19th, you hand me a draft
for $2,650,which settlement 1 regaid as
perfect!) fair aud honorable.
The money, coming so promptly, is of
great benefit to me in replacing my
barn, horses, farm machinery, etc.
I have faith in the Home Fire in
surance company or JNew lorK and
recommend the company to my neigh
bors and friends or any one wanting
honest, reliable insurance.
I have let the contract for a new
barn and as soon as it is completed I
want you to write a policy in the same
company covering my house, barn and
contents.
You are at liberty to publish this let
ter if you desire. Yours Truly,
14-3t Nicholas Halmes.
Would i niupet With Uncle bam.
Frank Burns is a Nebraska farmer
j who is said to have beenarying to com
pete with Uncle Sam in tbe manu
facture of coiu of the realm. He lives
at Ilivertou, and, not having an over
abundant crop the past season, con
ceived the idea of making his own
money by the aid of moulds. After he
bar! made a good supply, he went to
town and approached several parties,
proposing a partnership, in which he
was to furnish coins and the parties to
pass them One of the men '"squealed"
and Marshal White, in company with
Assistant United States District At
torney Rush, took Burns before a jus
tice of the peace at Riverton, where he
confessed. In lieu of $500 bonds he
has been brought to Omaha to await
trial. It is believed a gang of counter
feiters may have put Burns up to his
job by impressing him with the idea
that the government would pay do at
tention to a few bad coins floating
about in such an out-of-the-way place.
Burns refuses to tell who taught him
bow to tnnke his moulds. Bee.
A Dangerous Practice.
Railroad men have some strange
things to look after in their every day
life. One of the Burlington's con
ductors reported au incident yester
day which shows something of what
they must watch. A short distance
booth of Gibson the embankment is
cut down on one side. On the top of
this enbankment is a tree. The tree
Hs so constructed that an overhanging
limb offers an excellent advantage for
J a swing. The ubiquitous boy, ever on
the lookout for such snaps, attached a
rope to this limb and made a swing.
A few days ago an engineer of a pass
ing tram happened to glance back, and
as he did so, he saw a boy swinging
out. ( ver the train, his feet barely
missing the tops of the swiftly passing
cars. The boys of the neighborhood
congrega'e thre and take turns in
swinging over passing trains. The
question that is puzzling the railroad
men is whether or not the company
would be responsible if the rope hap-
nt t break or one; of the boys
miscalculated and got killed. Lin
coin Journal.
Iturned the Letter.
James Sbaw,:i good-appearingyoung
man, who has been cari) ing mail from
the depot to the postoffice at Muriay,
was brought to this city Tuesday
charged with a crime which is
serious in its
when committing
he was doing
It seems that
nature; but he
it did not know
anything wrong,
a letter was
I dropped in the box at the depot, said
! box being put there for the conveni
j ence of the patrons, and he carried the
j letter in question to the postoffice.
J The letter was unaddrrssed but had
a return address printed on the corner
j of the envelope. The postmistress re
! fused to accept the letter but rejected
!' it and then Shaw took it and cast it
j into tlj
stove. For destroying this
letter Shaw was arres;ed and as he
' admitted he was guilty was bound over
i 1,1 B,,Ui " uW- a luclc WM "u
j crime intended it is thought Shaw will
' escape witn a ugnt sentence. e-
orasha i .ewa.
j predet Perkins rurchaie.
t Assistant General Manacrer Loomis
of the B. & M. said Tuesday that he
was surprised to learn of the purchase
of the Humeston & Shenandoah road
; by President Perkins of the Burling
j ton He explained that the purchase
j meant m great change in the Burling
j ton's system, as close relations had
j always existed between the two roads,
j The new addition to the Burlington's
j system extends from numeston to
' Shenandoah, a distance of 113 miles
! through the southern central portion
of Iowa. It runs east and west and is
parallel to the B'irlington's main line.
It crosses the Creston and Villisca
branches and connects with tbe Red
Oak and Chariton branches of the
Burlington. Mr. Loomis said that it
was in good condition, and as it ran
through a good section of the country
he bad no doubt but that the addition
would prove to be a valuable one for
j the Burlington Bee.
Married Saturday Erening.
Saturday evening, at the newly
furnished home of the groom, near
the fair grounds. Mr Ludovig Gustave
Schlieske and Mrs. Anna Emily
Louise Wilde weie united in marriage,
Justice Archer officiating. The Cere
mony was witnessed by a large num
ber of gusests, and a very enjoyable
time is re orted. A sumptuous wedding
feast was spread and dancing and other
social amusements indulged in until
midnight.
Advertise in The Journal.
I T O T T J E1 A Tl "lTE1 I
J-iilYlli A lNUYHiLi.
The Trunkenbolz Insanity Examina
tion Proves Interesting.
A STRAIGHTFORWARD STORY
; Mr Trunkenbol
z Lncover the lanilly
Skeleton, Which Keads Like Ko
raance Other Local Happen
ings Around Town.
Looks Like Spite Work.
Fred Trunkenbolz, the Eagle farmer
whom Sheriff Holloway brought in
yesterday, charged with insanity, was
having a hearing before the insane
commissioners this afternoon. The
affair looks very much like a clear
piece of spite work against the
old man, terminating from a fam
ily squabble involving some land.
Mr. Trunkenbolz is the owner of con
siderable property, and, it seems, was
sent to the asylum several years ago,
but was released shortly afterwards,
as he appeared as rational as any man
When he returned home from the asy
lum he discovered that, during his con
finement there, all of his property had
been conveyed to his wife and a son,
without his knowledge or consent. He
consulted a Lincoln attorney about
the matter, and was advised to en
deavor to get his wife to re-convey the
titles to him. This he was unsuccess
ful in doing, and numerous quarrels
followed. The other day a brother-in-law
of Mr. Trunkenbolz's came to his
house and accused him of being crazy,
and said that his wife would not live
with him any more. This angered the
old gentleman, and he proceeded to
chastise his brother-in-law in tbe most
approved style. Soon the neighbors
started the story that Mr. Trunken
bolz was insane, and his arrest fol
lowed. Mr. Trunkenbolz, when placed on
the stand, told a plain, straightfor
ward story, which certainly did not
indicate any insanity, aud' the charge
was probably made to get him out of
the way. An attorney from Lincoln
was looking after Mr. Trunkenbolz's
interests in the case, which is still in
progress as The Journal goes to
press.
Since bringing Mr. Trunkenbolz
here. Sheriff Ilolloway has allowed
him almost entire freedom, as he
manifested no signs of insanity, but,
on the contrary, appeared to be an in
offensive and generous-hearted old
German farmer.
Former Cass County Man Suicides.
J. M. Patterson has received a copy
of the Los Angles (Cal.) Express, con
taining an account of the suicide of
Wm. Mertens, who formerly resided
on a farm near this city, and is well
known by a number of people here.
Mr. Mertens, who was about seventy
years of age, was sent out to Los
Angles, a month or so ago, by relatives
at Yutan, Neb., in the hope of bene
fitting his health. It was noticed some
time ago that he showed signs of men
tal derangement, and he has been care
fully watched, as he had several times
attempted suicide by jumping into a
deep pond. Wednesday morning,
March25, Mr. Mertens and a friend
named Newman, with whom be
was stopping, were driving along
a nign embankment near tne
pond, when Mertens jumped out of
the buggy saying he bad lost his spec
tacles, and commenced an apparent
search for them. When he was about
fifty feet away from Mr. Newman he
suddenly started down the steep em
bankment to the pond below. Mr.
Newman then suspected the man's
purpose and ran back to catch him, but
was too late. When within two feet
of him Mertens plunged headlong into
tbe water, and was drowned. Mr.
Newman succeeded in grabbing bold
of Mertens' coat as he jumped, but the
man slipped out of the coat and
jumped into the pond, not coming to
the surface once. The body was re
covreed a few hours afterwards.
Buchanan-Uickey Wedding.
A dispatch from Nebraska City to
the World-Herald, says: "Last night
at 7:30 Judge Eaton united in mar
riage William S. Hickey of this place
and Miss Ella Buchanan of Platts
mouth. Both young people are quite
well known in this part of the state.
They left for the south last night on a
two weeks' wedding trip, after which
they will return to this 'city to make
their future home."
Miss Buchanan is not known in this
city; at least, a number of inquiries
failed to locate such a person, or any
of her kin.
NKBKlSIiA HAPPENINGS.
D. Reed of Harrisburg tried to
break an ugly horee, but broke his own
collar bone instead.
Bloomington has but one municipal
ticket in the field, and isn't making
any fight on the license question.
Thirty acres of sugar beefs will be
put in this eeason on the farm of the
state industrial school at Kearney.
J. M. Barber of Bloomington has
two hundred acres of alfalfa and is
preparing to sow another sixty acres
of this valuable crop.
Fruit raisers of Johnson county are
preparing to set out new orchards this
spring. Fruit trees have suffered
greatly in the past three years.
North Platte is threatened with a
third daily paper. The populists think
of making tbe Era dance along at the
front of the procession.
John Reimcrs of Grand Island is
feeding 400 head of cattle at the sugar
factory and COO head at Albion. Later
in the season he expects to make a
shipment to Europe of 500 head,
selected from both herds.
Lesa Townley, a nine-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. H. Town
ley, was run over and instantly killed
by a motor car at Lincoln yesterday
morning. The child's mother wit
nessed the frightful accident, and is
protrated with grief.
Don't Think Its Fair.
The Otoe county republicans evi
dently don't think they have been
treated exactly right by the Cass
countyites, judging from tbe following
items:
"The republicans of Lancaster and
Cass counties have joined hands, polit
ically, and the remainder of this con
gressional district can go to the dickens
so far as they are concerned as they
have a majority of the votes."
Nebraska City News.
"Judging from appearances it seems
that there is a political tie-up between
Cassand Lancaster counties. Tbe
tie-up may bold good on the district
delegation but Cass and Lancaster are
not entitled to all the delegates to the
national republican convention."
Nebraska City Press.
Democratic County Convention Called.
The democratic county central com
mute met on Saturday at Police
Judge Archer's office, and on motion
the county convention was called to
meet a Union April 15, at one o'clock,
the primaries to meet on Saturday
evening, April 11th, at eight o'clock
The representation was based on
the vote cast last fall for Judge Ram
sey and to be at the rate of one dele
gate for every forty votes and major
fraction thereof and one delegate at
large for each precinct or ward. The
county convention to elect twenty-one
delegates each to the congressional
district and state convention to be
held at Lincoln April 22, 1S9G.
Those Burlington Land Cases.
General Manderson has sent circu
lars to the landholders on the lands
claimed by the government, and which
the government is endeavoring to
secure from the railroad, stating that
he would act as their attorney in the
suits, and that the Burlington would
pay the expenses. General Mander
son is of the opinion that the cases
will never come to trial, as he says
that the government has no case what
ever and that it cannot hope to win.
He thinks that the interior depart
ment will decide before many days to
discontinue the suits and that they
will be dismissed. World-Herald.
New Wash Goods
Just arrived at Wm. Herold cS: Son's.
Might as well attempt to "paint the
lilly or gild refined gold," as describe
them. Come in and see them.
"When you talk about there being a
better state than Nebraska," says an
excbange,"every potato winks it's eye,
every cabbage shakes it's head, every
beet gets red in the face, every onion
stronger,eveiy oat field is shocked, the
rye strokes it's beard, the corn pricks
up it's ears, and every foot of ground
kicks."
New spring Capes, Jackets, ready
made overskirts, Wrappers, etc. We
have robbed the sewing machine of
one-half its terror by tbe low prices
offered in this department.
Wm. IIekold & Son.
Mrs. Mark White of Eagle is visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stadel
man, in this city.
Highest cash prices paid for chick
ens and eggs by E. W. Black
White's store.