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About Semi-weekly news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1895-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1894)
THE WEEKLY ERALD. I'LATTSMOITII. XKIiliASKA. APRIL l. 1M. s.r,0 A VLAK. VOL. XXXI. NO. 2. jj Before Buying 4 have just DID YOU SAY GR O CJEZMIBS ? WELL, THEN REMEMBER THAT BENNETT & TUTT Keep constantly on hand the freshest stock of Groceries in the city. AUoQjeonawaro. Glassware, Tinware, Fancy Chinaware, Lamps, Canned and D: ied Fruits. Vegetable and Merts. Also co'it) agents for Washburn's 5 Crosby's Minneapolis Flour FINEST IX THF. MA UK FT. Goods delivered to any part of the city. BENNETT & TUTT. S BABCOCK'S 5 $ Real Estate Loan on Farm or City Property at 7 Per Cent. ? C. H. BABCOCK, 4 -v. ? o- n,.Trs moittii EXCELSIOR Old "Stonewall St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch, Premium Pale and Budweiser Beer, always on Tap. AMERICA'S V FAVORITE V BEVERAGE. OPPOSITE GOOS HOUSE. T. J. THOMAS & SON. DEALERS IN Fresh and GAML AND:POULTRY. Elsewhere come in and see our line of Furniture. We received a large as- 4 sortment of everything in f this line. We know that we are the lowest in price. J J. I. tlnruh. I 4 Agency will ? t 4 t 4 -I NEHKVSKi. A SALOON, 99 Salt Meats Whiskv CHUKCH HOWE HEKE The i. A. H'h Commemorate l.ee's Surrender at Appomattox Court House. ROUSING MBBTING HAD Pointed Stories and Plain Arithmetical Facts the Substance of Comman der Howe's Speech. The White opera houso w is tilled to satiety last Monuay night, the oocass ion being' a camp-fire under tno au spices of tho G. A. 11. and V. R. C. at which the earnest and patriotic veteran Church Howe presided fi his usual impressive and interesting man ner. The house was callod to order by It. XV. Hyers. and the ladies of the W. II. C. surrounded the or gan and sang "Marching through Georgia. ': Attor ney John A. D ivies, in a few well chosen remarks explained the nature of the oecassion, and said that the gentlemin from Nemaha should be welcomed in every possible manner for the cause he advocated was a worthy one indeed. In cone i.sion Mr. Da vies said: "This oecassion is not only a demonstration in memory of tho down fall of that war, but to thoso loyal, in trepid, and honost men, who served it in its darkest days. "There camp-fires are a grand thing and no one is more deserving of such manitistations of our esteem than the old soldiers."' "To the old soldier these camp-fires are like an oasis 111 tho desert." We ex tend to you a grand welcome. In con clusion Mr. Davies paid a grand tribute to the G. A. It. and introduced TTon. Church Howe. Mr. Howe addressed the different organization interested in the occas ion, and proceeded in substance as follows: We ure nere at this camp-tire to do honor the heroic patrot who went forth to light for this glorious fiag. We also this night commemorate tho downfall of Lee. Yet the war is over cannot help i;ut remember how we felt in the time of that cruel war. Yes, the war is a finish but not a conquer. I want to talk with y(U.tonu?ht iiiAd .se.o, if.i . have done your duty since the war. I may allude to matters Mint you may think partisan, but i am here to ac complish 00a end and that is to plead for tho rights of tho old soldier. The old soldier closed the rebellion I say, but there is still war against him es pecially during this administration. This is an open talk with the old sold ier, and to him who does not wish to listen to this kind of speechmaki ng, 1 will say as did tho pteaeher "I will dismiss him before I commence." The party in power, promised us to help the old soldiers and do many great things when they became in power, but why have they not done it? This has been a dark administration, full of contention, humilation and hardships. Especially is this true in the case of the old soldiers. We are not getting our rights. The administration is in a terrible condition, and la: gely run by men who in no way have any sympathy for the old soldier, who preserved this country, and who should by all means b. honored and fairly treated. The condition of this country at the present time is better explained by some ill ustrations in some papers I have here. "Here is one which represents a jack ass hitched to the shaves of the govern ment with Uncle Sam in the same yoke running- down hill at a terrific speed. Then there is written at the bottom. "We are running' away with the gov ernment fo.- God's sake stop us." And another picture shows a rebel on top of Uncle Sam. Ho has him down that is the truth, and still another picture represents a fast moving- train, the train of this administration with Grover seated in tho cab of the pon derous engine, with hands on the throttle. The train is going through an immense snow drift, and proment politicians are in front of the engine waving engineer Grover to stOD lest he should run the train of administration over an awful precipice a short distance a head. But Grover is color blind, and does not he3d their warning's, a short time and the train is wrecked. These three comic illustrations ex plain the condition of the country much better than I could in words. But why are not all you soldiers G. A. R's. Why dont you come ojt and show yourselves? All of you You should not hesitate to claim your rights. They belong- to you why not have them? CimiMilos it is a grand thing to baloug to the G. A. R. ami wear the button. Do vou Know that it is an emblem of Iovalty? This is true. When the old army vt?rin visits Europe he is honored by all, rog ir.iles of his financial worlb. If you went l the fair you saw it the Same way there. He was protected y all. Tlx" best wn hi at the fair. When New York dedicated the beauti ful Gettesbtirg monument, the service;-were-the most appropriate nml impress ive. General Greene made an excellent addrnsx. and said among other thiug! that he knew whereof ho spoke, that he had served with some of tho very old soldier to whom ho was speaking, and that ho was thankful that he w; s a G. A. II., etc. Governor Flower with tears in his eyes, said ho wished he could say that but you seo ever one cannot. It is an honor to bo a G. A. 'R. Kings and millionaires would likt'Lo pososs that liilw and wear th button, but they can't do it. and even the president of tno United States can't do it. Applause. You should by all means consolidate, for the, great army of veterans is rapidly diminish ing. When you die you want the old soldier to bury you. ' When wo come to count our ballot. now, lot us stand up nnd have them counted just tho same as we were counted from Y1 to '(". The ladies of the W. ft. C. deserve the highest praise, we could not do with out them, they have dono more for the old soldier than lie has done tor himself. They seek the home of 1 he afl'icted soldier and give him aid. Thoy can make lt)0 go farther than we on n that many thousand. The W. It. ('. is not composed wholly of the wires and daughters of thoG. A. II. but of very loya' women, the mothers from 'til to 'ii-r worked and wept, for th.e who wera fighting for thoii country, and thousands of them were dissa pointed in ever snelng their loved onvs again. Tno brave boys from the north were foremost in the hearts of these dear patriotic women. Let the loyal christian women of today show this same felling, show the old com rades that you have not forgotten them. It is onlj- a short time until the old soldiers will swell the army on the other short;. Encourage the Sons of Veterans, and the daughters, keep alive this patrotic feeling. Tell the children about tiiis blood-shed. Tell them what it was for, and teach them ic: ho Sk. TV-!: Va V.ixA it the blood of thousands of the most loyal men of our country. When I was in Chicago I saw an irishman sitting in front of the great building ovet which waved the Irish flag. As I ap proached fat waved his hat and yelled 'Hurrah for old Ireland.' A man sitting near, who was evidently an Englishman, retorted. "Hurrah foi h I." 'Well" said fat "I am glad to see every man yell for his own country." "When the soldier enlisted in the army to fight tho great rebellion the promise of a pension was a definate item in the contract, they were all to have a pension who could show an honorable discharge. Now why did they not cot it? There is lots of talk about pensions, f eople can b found on the streets talking about the matter who are only tinhorn politicians, nnd claim that the pension business is ruining the country, you must con sider how the pension roll is haudlad, and then think whether or not it is a detriment to the country. In the first place it is not a direct tax as any one knows. We havo 60,000,000 people here, and 150,000,000 dollars to pay out for pensions this leaves even though it was a tax only about $2 a piece for each person to pay to go toward sup porting the Union soldier and we ought to havo it. We should stand up and demand our rights regardless, that the p esent adminstration says they will run things to suit themselves. And the merchants of this place must con sider what tho pension business doe9 for them. It helps the country gener- I all v over '2k millions of dollars comes m to the states of Kansas and Nebraska alone each year. This money is no sooner received than it is expendad. Had it not been for the soldiers pensions during the lats financial stringency, tho panic would have been one of dreadful intensity indeed. And yet, thev are trying to reduce, and cut of the peusiou list, and when we come to find who is pension eomraisioner the supreme court of the pension depart ment, we are not suprised. It is Hoke Smith of Atlanta Georgia. A former rebei officer. We should no loneer ' siug "Marching through Georgia,"' ! but let us sing "Georgia is marching through us." Hoke Smith is in for a four years term and no more thank God. Laughter. During that time he wilt do the pens 'oners as much harm as he possi bly can. He is a rebel in every sense of the wo d, and edits a democratic piper at Atlanta. You've beard of that place havo you not? Recently he came out in one editorial and railed on Gau Bn CattW in n crul manner. "Tli-'re was a tr.unp who went to the bause of an all.L"-'i ncvoVnt old 1 idy and asked fr sum. -thing t .-.it. She gave him a touirh pieienif iir.'nd with tli.- remark. "It i not for my nak'. or for your snke, but for his .tke that I give you this.' Tli.- tramp looked at tho dry bread, and tlien said: "Madame, not for your sake nor for my ake or for his sake, but for Christ's i.kf. put some butter on ii. Thi is the way with the old soldier, we wiwii a little butter on our bread and not the Iry bronil alone, forwe" think wo des erve it. App"uiise "When I think of Lincoln, Grant, Logan. Sherman, and others who are Jead and gout) and thou think' how this adminstration in treating the old ao.dier 1 wish they could i.-ome back airain. But this stato of all'ai i s will only last till next November. The Confederate states should have nothing to 'do with the pension business, they do not contribute anything toward it, they draw out more than they pay in. When Hoke Smith took charge of the pension ollice there were llL',000 application for pensions on the rol'. The first act was to ignore these appli cition and suspend 12,M pensioners who no doubt wi re worthy and needed it. The whole administration has ig nored the pensioners. When tho whole country was piying tribute to the sacred dead, Cleveland went fishing. Soldiers do not steep n your arms wake up and fight for your ritrhts just a you did from Nil to "'"). We regret, but for lacu of space, w could publish this speech in full, as the principal .letnils we have in our possession. "Here Mr. Howe paid much prnie to the V . It. C. the daugthor of veterans and sons of veterans. Mr. Howe earnestly implored all old sol diers to do their best, now as in a few years the old soldiers would be a thing of the past. He said that the death of old solliers last y-ir would appro ximate 17,o()0. Mo'l.-rn I..K-.H lri.vt-r - m ir- We wiil read from section eleven of the book of laws; where it says: " n the first Tuesday in April, of cn-li year, there shall be a city election for the purpose of elec-tintr rulers over us." tir others aim sistei-v-, we hnv "just held such an election, and have select ed our rulers: now brothers and sisters let us kneel in prayer for Ih.-ir bone lit and edification. O, mighty ruler, . honorable mayor of our fair city, hear our humble p-Mi-tions, aiid answer them we pray Ihee. We are thy humble supporters, and have voted (or you early and late, and therefore, O blessed rule." of this neck of the woods: we come to thee with the assurance that you will stay with u through thick and thin. (), Mr. Newell, O honoi-rtbio mayor and most worthy judge, thou judget our every action, and knoweth the wants and privations oT us poor devil, we come now beseaching thee to ap point us as chief of police. O. most worthy, we feel positive that we can bag- more bums than any other, :md it is certainly your duty to see that srood men aro appointed. O, most igh, give us what we ask. and we will be thy slaves; and judge, if the posi tion of chief has been promised, give us street commissioner, or commis sioner in most any capacity. We ask these these things of thee, believing, to the botton of our souls thnt our sup plications will be answered, We know that several others are trying to sup plant us, but, O, mighty ruler, we know also that thou can"st t-!! a good man when thou see't him. With this we leave it with thee, firmly believing that a chief of io'ice will be appointed. Amen. Let u-t sing the first two si;m.-ts of No. 201. Iaih; sweet Hon r of I'r.iy r. 1 (), ii.i'ihty man, rule thou In peace. ' And make us sill eh ef of police: And when you cross to t'other bourm-. Wivl clo.e your eye- and weep nnd nn rtt. Pence be unto tlieu. O klnz, Ariso and make us anything That brings in soup nnd ham :iini f fj. For 1 his your humble servant le; s. Arise and sing without further read ing. Brother foisal will you v lease st.-.rt the hymn? Wsrrr Works Miisl Wuier. The city council will hold an :;i iourned meeliug on Thursday evening, to confer with Mr. (.'has. K. Eddy, of Boston, and Mr. H. M. 1. inner, of Rochester, New Hampshire. Both gentlemen are connected in nn oificial capacity with our water w.-:-ks com pany. Mr. Palmer came in Tuesday evening, and will remain three or four days. He is a very pleasant gentle man, and will make it his duty to see that the water works give full satis faction in the future. Fo your early and late seed pota toes, cull on Bennett A: TuU's. I't'ii-.M III' Niit.l. We are thankful to dincovcr that accoidii.y t the atiouiicutnect of card o it-esteemed friend (). A. Mrown, lift delerii.iiie.l to break tho monotony of eHihaey. and wed one of I 'lattsniouth' fair ami most cultured daughters, Minn Anna Coleinau. May tho bubllme happiness which ilin racicriei the ..vent make t heir lifejouoof pireiiinl sunshine i- Till-: HkkaI.ms -mm cure wish. O.i r s 1 1 i y. In the i-ue of next week we will start t lie story "At Lore Command, " which wai so rudely broken into by our recent (ire. At it lui boon so long since tho lir and fearing that fouia of our reioiers miht have lot the thread of the store and as only a small part of it i. Jul been run, we have concluded to commence all over again and start It from the first chapter. It is a good and instructive story and wo do not want our readers to nuts any part of it. f 'l A WAV. Ce.lric, the infant won of Mr. aud Mrs. .1. W. Hendeo, age six mouths, died iast Saturday afternoon and wat buried Monday. Ttie Httio Innocent one bad been sick only a short time with pneumonia and sutTering a re lapse it was taken from the tender care of its parents. Itov. Baird con ducted tho funeral ceremonies. Mr. and Mrs. Ilondee are nearly heart brok'.-n over their bereavement, and have tho sympathies of a hot of lov ing friends. l;(irinn K K'hiny. .Juny of our represenati ve youue, men take great plousiiro in riding their elegant safety .. But there was a kick when the assessor appeared and taxed these expensive machines. Well they are certainty very enviable property, and many people would be thankful to pay taxes on one or iuor, If they onlv could own one. Will tf Kelt-iiM.-.l. I'M. Kouisoii and Oswcll Schubart, who have been confined in tho county jail for about seventy-five days, for stealing liquor from a I !. - M. car, will be released tomorrow. They have behaved well during their confinement. and Jailor .lack Densen has given them out d.oor liberties fr sometime. - llui 'nil it ion. v Tiik Hki:m"s prospect for u prema in the newspaper field in Caw county are more Mattering than evor before. While we do not wish to toot our own horn, we feel no delicacy in asserting that we have the best equip ped newspaper plant in this part of I he country. Moreover, we have the edge over our contemporaries in circu lation, and every intelligent person well Knows that circulation in what counts. After all our strenuous effort to raise TliK IIkkalp once more, and considering the amount we have in vested in new type, fixtures and ap paratus, wo don't hesitaW to ask for your patronage. .1 .1 UK'i. Last Saturday night two rural gentleman who t-ore the cogneman of Franlc Carl and H. Salmon came to town and proceeded to load up. Finally they became to jaggy, and at a consequence boisterous, and both wore promptly jugged, and released Mon day mo -ning after coughing up S.30 each. If ir r Inlay Miiiiit-r. Several gentleman from this city in cluding .loe Kline, B. C Kerr, Ben llempel, visited the home of Mike Meisinger last Sunday , to do honor to a bounteous dinner in observation of Mr. Meisengers' o'.th birthday. A host of friends were present, and all e.nioved a mo3t excellent time. Marneil. At the oridos parents, April Glh. Mr. Adam Byerly, and Miss Mary J. Marshall, all of Cass county. (n Tuesday April, 10th. At the home of Judge Archer, Win. f) lugh tery and Mi.-s .Jennie Cilfeather all of fiattmouth. Attention. Mr. L. Bauer, the proprietor of the Imperial fo .-trait Stunio aiplomatic of the World's Columbian Kxposition, will locate here the 1 "th in the Itoek wo'.d block, over Bennet -ft Tuft's gro cery. He is a gentleman, and will do all kinds of portraiture and framing to order at very reasonable prices. Don't fail to see him in the Hock wood Mix-k. If you want a watch, clocK or jewel ry tho best good- at lowest prices ston at. my store. Having much the the largest stock in that line, ana buy ing at tho lowest .rices, I am enabled to offer low price-. O. H. Snyder, f lattsmoutb. Neb. Bennett -V Tutt have just received a largo consignment of tine raackeral, white fish, Columbian river salt salmon and herring. Thev go cheap for etih. I l(
