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WEEKLY JOURNAL. THURSDAY, FEimUAUY 19, 1891. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. 0TI puMmaMtrr at Kork Blurts. Pred PtUr wi , la authorise.! to recvlve and receipt for aub scrltlua to lb Wkkkly JousmaI fdrT. W. rtbryock In authorized to lake sub-c-rtytluna to the M iult Jwmi,m LoulavUle too receipt lot paytueuta on saaie. .MILIUM II TM.I2 TABLE. (.(lINIi WEST Klyer No. I faM-liner No 3 I'tthWiiKr No & I'HHMeiiKer No 7 i'iinwiiKT No V, via Louisville HHHfllT No II. K t: I'mummirlt No Hlub from far. June Leaves 3:: a in &:!." lit V: a in 7:l; a in A: IS p iu h:'t ui 1 1 :Uf a iu H:i a ni (i:.Va iu 5:0.1 i in II :: a ui 7 :l p ui :45 a iu ,10:14 a in KreiKiil No 'At, via Louinvilie Kreiuht No6. f South Omaha iiINJ EAST Flyer No a VaitNeiiKer No 4 Passenger No H 1'itHMMiKer No IU, via Louisville I'mtneuxer No 12 1'axxfiiner No. a, stub to i'ac. Junction, Terminus of No U) at PIhUmuiuiouUi. 8::a m Thursday Uaiiy. Four Mile Creek was bank full of water all of last niht, and the water hal fallen very slightly by this morn ing. Snow was rapidly disappearing from adjacent fields. The county board lias about com pleted its work of examining the plans of Architect Gray for the new court house, and will soon advertise for bids on doing the work. Uev. J. M. Wood of the South Park Tabernacle ".Echoes" in the number just issued annouces a discontinuance of the publication. It has been pub lished monthly for a year. The action of the state senate in shelving the contest resolution caused a good deal of favorable comment on the streets today the universal ver dict being that it was the best day's work done thus far this session. "Ve may now hope for some business,"was a common remark. The snow at Schuyler, which is about a foot deep, has hardly begun to melt so reports Mr. Dunlap, the mail route agent on the Schuyler run. lie said the weather averages 10 to 12 de grees colder there every day than here, and water scarcely dropped from the eaves of the houses yesterday, although it melted here a good deal. Friday's DallT. Geo. Johnson, now of Ilorton, Kas., was married on Tuesday last to Miss Katie McCarty of this city. L. G. Larsen, the third ward coun cilman, has been quite sick of pneumo nia at bis home, on West Granite street, but is reported better today. A number of families, composing thirty-seven persons, will leave 1'ekin 111., on the 24th inst. for this city, to become residents here. I bey are al friends and relatives of prominent German-Americans hereabouts. They will have eight to ten cars of freight. The county clerk's office has Gnallv been moved into the second storv of the Wettenkamp block, where com modious and well-lighted quarters have been obtained. Clerk Cntcbheld says he was not in favor of moving, but the commissioners said he had to, and he concluded he wouldn't be contrary about the matter, so he is now located in a comfortable place, where be won't need to have the gas burning all day. A man who attended' a secret meet ing of county seat boomers at Louisville Saturday evening last reports to The Journal a brief account of its doings He says two men in each precinct were selected to secure signers, and money was raised to pay them for their work. Some difficulty was experienced in securing the men wanted for that work, as good men did not care to engage in it and others were not wanted. The petitions were put in circulation, but were not so readily signed as before. Saturday's Daily. J. M. Grace of South Bend was in the city today. It is said that hereafter skating will not be allowed on the river until the ice has been tested by sending a police man out on it. If it bears up the po liceman with his load of dignity and authority, then all right ; the boys and girls will be out of danger. If he goes down, the ice isn't safe. Nothing so simple and easy has been proposed in a long time. Geo. B. Mann presented the citizens of Plattsmouth with a handsome val entine The Saturday Mirror this morning. The Mirror is an independ ent newspaper, four pages, four col umns to the page, and the first issue shows that George proposes to cater to the ladies in publishing everything of interest in society matters. Mann's Mirror of Plattsmouth will appear every Saturday hereafter to all who pay one dollar per year. A Nebraska City editor makes the astounding charge that the school teachers of that city are afflicted with "atrabilariousness." Now, we have known for some time that the schools of Otoe's pride were in a mighty bad condition, and the rod-wielders fight ing among themselves, but we never expected this. If this charge is proven untrue the school marms ought to boy cott the wizen-faced rascal who has so mercilessly attacked them. At a meeting of the directors of the Plattsmouth Brick and Terra Cotta Manufacturing company last evening the following officers were elected: J. G Richey, president: W. J. White, vice president; T. II. Pollock, secretary and treasury; F. D. Lehnhoff, superin tendent. During the year 1890 the company has manufactured 2,000,000 brick have 400.000 on Jhand and has expended for I;ilxr about $11. (MM). A itatisfactoi y uividtnd was declared. The company is quite well enough satisfied with its condition and will not publish an aiinu ! statement. Monday's Dmlljr . II. E. Pankonin, the Ixniisville mer chant, was in town today. D. K. Barr, Esq.. of Weeping Water was a Plattsmouth visitor today. County Attorney Travis came in from Weeping Water this morning. A telegram was received last night from Boston announcing the death of the father of James Pettee of this city. J. A. Linahan. a prospective court house bidder of Omaha, was in town today, examining the plans and speci fications of the new building to be erected for Cass' courts. John Irwin ran up against the law of Hock Bluffs prohibiting the disturbing of peace and as a consequence is lying in the Plattsmouth jail. He was brought here Saturday. M. McVay, the St. Joe stuck buyer, shipped out a car load of mules and horses for the south last night. He will le back here to buy more stock this week or next, and will also visit Union and Weeping Water. Most of the coal sheds and other Missouri Pacific fixtures at Weeping Water will liktly be moved to Union soon. The company is putting in their large water supplies here now and work on the new line will commence again in four or five weeks. Union ledger. A new law firm has been organized in Plattsmouth, and it is composed of three of the most popular ami well read young lawyers in the city I). O. Dwyer, Tom Walling and Guy Living ston. They will open a new ollice trie first of the month, and as they are all as energetic as they are popular they will make some of 'the older members of the profession get out early iu the morning. It is reported that a desperate fisti cuff fight occurred the other day at Elmwood over the county seat petition lasting three hours. John Taylor, a sou of A. B. Taylor of this vicinity, was one of the parties. The exchange copies of the Echo were not sent to the newspapers of Plattsmouth for some reason last week so that no account came through that channel. The re port is that three men on one side and six on the other were engaged in the encounter for three hours, and that the three men came off victors, although terribly pummeled. Tuesday's Daily. W. I). Jones is the possessor of a pair of fine Norman carriage horses which he recently purchased at Weeping Water and of which he is very proud. Chas. Duke, son of Elbert Duke, of Omaha is charged with having forged his father's name to a check for $9.50, and come to this city. He was not ar rested. Many of the business houses along Main street were nicely decorated with flags and bunting today, in honor of the city's visitors. A general decora tion is desirable. It is reported that Col. T. S. Clark son of Omaha, department commander, will not be able to be present at the department meeting owing to the severe illness of his daughter at Den ver. The directors of the Livingston Loan & Building asociation will hold their regular meeting Thursday, Feb. 19, at council chamber. Parties de siring a loan or an investment that will return 17 per cent should be on hand. See our annual statement. The funeral of Grandma Erwin will occur from the depot when the Schuyler train arrives, at 9:45, tomorrow. The services will be' held at Louisville in the morning before the train leaves. The body will be deposited in Oak Hill cemetery. All the friends are invited. The badges made for presentation to the delegates to the coming Grand Army encampment have been com pleted and are certain to attract atten tion. The local committee take much pride in them for the reason that they are a home production, so far as the printing, painting and preparation are concerned. The badges are made of light-colored fine satin ribbon, the printing being on gold sizing with the words: "Delegate 14th annual en campment department of Nebraska G. A. R., Ptattsmouth, Feb. 18 and 19, 1891." In the center of each badge is a neatly executed oil-painting repre senting, on most of them, some camp or battle scene, done in colors, with sprays of grass or flowers for a border. The work was done by Mrs. E.E. Hil ton, wife of Engineer Hilton, who had already attained considerable repute as a scenery and animal painter, and The Journal hazards nothing in pre dicting for her present work much favorable comment. Wednesdays Dally. Representative Decker of Thayer county was in the city today, a guest oi uon. Jr . x. wnne. Do you know Pat Rooney? What Rooney, the father of little Annie? Yes, he is coming to entertain us next Monday night at the opera house. Deputy Sheriff John Tighe went to Lincoln yesterday, conveying Mrs. Holton of Eagle and jrrearicn JrrunK- bolle, adjudged insane, to the asylum. Dr. J. M. Waterman of Hay Springs, coroner of Sheridan county, is attend ing the Grand Army encampment and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Kamsey. Chaplain Diffenbacher, of the house of representatives, accompanied by hi3 wife, are attending the Grand Army encampment and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Uainsey. M AKKIKD At the residence of J udge Ramsey, by that official, February 18. 1891, at 2 p. in., Mr. George Osborne and Miss Charlotta Gattonwere united in the holy bonds of wedlock. Mrs. I. N. Cassell, wife of the mayor of Aurora, and Mrs. T. E. Wheeler, president of the Relief Corps of Broken Bow. are stopping w ith the family of ye Journal man during the conven tion time. Ira Lec was brought all the way from Greenwood to the county jail this morning by Special Constable Farmer, on a charge of drunkenness and for contempt of court, to serve out a sentence of $27 fines and costs. The Schuyler train brought in from Ashland, Walnut and other points this mornimr 150 veterans and members of the Relief Corps. The single passenger coach was so crowded that many had to stand on the platform all the way down. A cutting affray occurred at Glen wood last Saturday that may prove fatal. The superintendent of the ar tesian well resented some foul remarks made by a town tough by a well aimed blow of his fist, when the latter drew a knife which he held open in his pocket and stabbed him several times in the Ride and below the lungs. The touuh was arrested and in any uveut will probably go over the road. It. S. Iraper Iteplles fo Col. Savajje. Shipper D. S. Diaper of this citv in reply to Col. E. P. Savage's answer to Mr. Draper's interview with a World Herald on Feb. 13, in reference to the relative merits of the American Live Stock Commission company (of which Mr. Draper is a member) and the South Ouniha Board of Exchange (of which Col. Savage is a member; is as follows: Not wishing to enter into an ex tended newspaper controversy with Col. Savage or anybody else upon the affairs oi the sale of live slock at South Omaha I only intend in this communication to state a few points to what Col. Savage said in regard to the interview with me published in Fri day's World-Herald. In the first place, Col. Savage misconstrues the meaning of my remarks as I believe to cover up the true condition of affairs as they exist. I don't believe, nor do I want the people of the state to understand, that I, as a member of the American Live Stock Commission company, am find ing fault with the Union Stock Yards company. I believe that company is doing all in its power to build up a trade with the people and to deal hon estly with them. This company is the base and to it is deserving the credit of whatever success the South Omaha market has had with respect to the trade of Nebraska. Col. Savage evidently wants, as evidenced by his answer to my inter view, that to the commission firms of the board of exchange is due the credit. He evidently thinks that he can make the shipper believe it, too But I think that he will find, when the people arrive at a conclusion, that he has made a miscalculation. He will find that in the investigation, which he claims to be desirous of having made, will show the stock yards com pany not to blame, and that the firms organized as a board of trade are the guilty ones. They notify buyeis and salesmen to cease operations unless they comply with their rules and regulations. I call this institution a trust, or combina tion of men, to take from the pockets of the shippers what is rightfully their dues and place it in their own pockets. In answer to Col. Savage's statement in regard to profits, I have to say: The gross earnings of his aggregation amounts to $50,066.28 yearly, and that in proportion to the time expended from day to day this profit is an ex horbitant one and virtual robbery of shippers. Col. Savage says that I and other alliance people have not struck the right trail and that he will gladly ex plain to those interested, upon applica tion, just how the matter stands. Now if he can make the promised explana tion and it will hold water, even by the most liberal construction, I will cease to complain. But if this is not done, I shall claim damages for the injury done me and shall endeavor to pursuade buyers not to trade there, and to send their stock to some place where they can receive fair treatment. D. S. Draper. Plattsmouth, Feb. 16, 1891. Dr. Marshall, DENTIST, will be at bis office on and after March 14th. Winter Building in Nebraska. There is one line of railway building going on in Nebraska this winter. The Missouri Pacific is erecting water tanks on its short cut, via this city, between Union and Omaha. Gen eral Manager Clark does not care to risk spoiling the track with heavy en gines until it has had time to settle af ter frost leaves it. Engineer Lewis says it will not be open before May. C. L. Bailey of Elmwood received rough usage last week from a colt. He was leading the creature in the stable when the door blew against the colt and back it went, hauling Chancey over the straw pile, across the frozen alley and landed his head against the wheel of a wagon. The fool colt got away, but not until it had prepared a patient for the doctor. Tine JouRNALffice has Been sup plied with copies oA all the bins thus far prinVd for theMegislatureV Any of our ciraens who vish to seeVhem can do so bV calling atvhe office, uader Sherwood's Hack From Town. Old frlenl alius lit the best. Halest-likc and heartiest; K no wed us first, and don't allow We're so blauie much better now ! They was standln' at the bant When wegrttel "the klvvcred kyars', And lit out fer town, to make Money and that old mistake! We thought that the world we went Into I eat "The Settlement," And the friends 'at we'd make there Would leat any anywhere ! And they do- fer Unit's their biz: They best all the friends they is 'C'ept the raal old friends like you At stayed home, like I'd ort to! W'y of all the pood things yit I ain't hliet of, Ik to quit Business, and git buck to sheer These old t'oiuforts waitlu' here These old friends ; and these old hands 'At a fel!er understands; These old winter nights, and old Young folks chased in out the cold ! Sing "Hard Times'll conieagMii No More?" and neighbors all jine in ! Here's a feller come from town Wants that air old fiddle down From the chlinbley ! (iit the floor Cleared fer one cowtillion more! It's poke the kitchen Are, says he. And shake a friendly kg with me! James VVhitfoinb Kiley, in Century. COUNTY COVKT. T1IK WEEK'S DOCKKT. John Balke, et al., vs. John Iloeck ler. Suit on account. Hearing set for Feb. 17 at 10 a. m. Hearing of final settlement of ac counts of Levi G. Todd, guardian of Elbert J. Latta, minor, and $l,!)o.l'J was found due minor and on lull pay ment a decree of discharge was entered. W. A. Mauer vs. Soennichsen & Schirk. Suit on account. Trial to court. John Husche vs Bank of Commerce, et al. Suit in replevin. Judgment for right of possession of pioperty given defendeut, S. B. McLaren, and value thereof fixed at $!M). W. A. Mauer vs. Sornnichseii & Schirk. uit on account. Judgment for plaintiff, and c edit allowed there on of $50. The court Saturday considered the petition for the appointment of C. S. Tabor as administrator of the estate of Lydia Tabor, deceased. James Irving vs. B. L. Miller. Con tinued by consent until Feb. 21, at 10 a. m. Allen Stultz vs. Robert Phillips. Suit for conversion. Hearing Feb. at 10 a. in. Hearing on claims against the estate of Elizabeth Hathaway, deceased. License to wed issued to Elmer Brown and Miss Maggie Leibert, both of Elmwood, and Otto Schaht and Miss Margaret Schomaker, both of Cass county. Joseph Balk, by his friends, Peter Balke and Peter Balke vs. John Hoeck ler. Settled and dismissed. Whoe Stock Was It? In Sunday's Chicago Herald, was an illustrated article of two columns in length giving the recollections of several old-timers on the adjustment of claims against' railroad companies for the mixture or loss of stock shipped to market, and the following paragraph is in reference to a case from this city: A curious claim against the C, B. & Q. company grew out of a mixture of hogs at Plattsmouth. Two carloads of hogs, consisting of separate consign ments, were unloaded at this point to be fed. The pesky animals, while be ing driven toward the pens, darted off at a tangent and became inextricably mixed. They were sorted out as well as the stockmen's knowledge would permit and then hauled to Chicago, where they were sold. Both shippers put in a claim for damages; one of them had figures to show that his weights ran short, and the other pre tended not to have any. The company could not afford to fight the case, so paid each one what he claimed. Of course if one was short the other must have had an excess weight, but this the road was not able to prove, and so the shippers had much the best of the settlement, while the company knew positively that it was being robbed without being able to prevent it in the least. Wiley Black, a local shipper, said in reference to the subject: "I don't know who this refers to, but I have had a number of experiences in that line. About three years ago 1 put two hogs in the B. & M. stockyards at night. During the night a carload of hogs arrived here from Ashland, con signed to South Omaha. The hogs were unloaded in the same yards and the fact that mine were in the same yard was unknown to the unloaders. In the morning the hogs were re-loaded and mine went in with them, so I put in a claim, but the company claimed that although the number of swine overran the consignment by two, that two were dead and insinuated that those dead porkers were mine. I hap pened to have proof that the two dead hogs were in the car when it arrived at Plattsmouth. That fact secured my claim recognition, but I only got fifty cents on the dollar." A Strange Farmer or Queer Editor? J. II. Dalgren, a prosperous farmer who lives eleven miles southwest of Stromsbur, had his house destroyed by fire a few days ago. Omaha Bee. Now, a farmer, prosperous or other wise, who woum nave nis nouse ae stroyed by fire, ought to be kicked by all the other members of the family. Strayed Four year old mare, weight about 900 pounds, from my place, two miles south of Murray. It H. G. Todd. vvli ili l.tyI aLLi. ; he "llltl ii !U:ir. ' ! llll llillll-l rlMIl MniKlitil Hi Ilif Illllil.nl1llf" lirsivj4M, durttiU Wagons, Buggies AND CARRIAGES. . And all work in wood and iron, new or repair, tit also does every variety of BLACKSMITIIINO HOUSE SHOEING. He has Id stock the latest noveltly Id shoe the Nsver-sllp"hore-sboe, which Is worthy the In spection and trial of all owners of horses. Call and see blm at the old stand, on .Fifth street between Main and Vine Plattsmouth, - Neb. J. H. HELFRIOH, DEALKK IK Organs, Pianos, j.IVI Musical .Merchandise. Headquarters, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Grassonbacher & Scholer, THE N I2W BLACKSMITHS, WAGON-MAKERS, tor. Washington ave and Eight k-st. All Work in Wood and Iron. llor-e.swof hi u Sprclalty, At the ciM-iijx'.st rates, and all v.iii l iintfd. Sawliling Done on the Shortcut Notice PARABLE & SON .iiiw this liiy i ncl a Llr.i) and Pesd Stable : : .. ::. .:. -. - - . I : t -tri-i-v -.tiitli of .ti.iin. :u.'. . I . it it.i , . I . 1 1 - . ; . i. ii. . i.i i' i. i t- - - J . : N K-. i'l.. . i: : : i. ..iV -.jx y ;n Tut, ci r. t if ..v Inn. .m l "!! Ih"l; ill in i-t fi"i', . :un. r "oiitfiiii! .,tmu -iTiyii ur. .H.III c f.htf.iuiiTf. S J COFPMAX J B SMILEY, O IT BABBITT LEE TKL'ITT S, J- Coffman, Smiley & Co., LIVE STOCK Commission Merchants, ROOM 26, EXCHANGE BUILDING, UNloN - HTOCK - YAKDK CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. South Omaha, Nebraska BYRON CLARK, Attorney at Law PLATTSMOUTH, 2TEB. Offica second floor of Dovey Block B B. WINDHAM JOHN A.DAVIE", Votary Public Notary PnblM WMirnajLM Jt djl ties, Attorneys at Law. Offloa ever Bank oi Oass County, . PLATTSMOUTH. .... NEBRASKA A. N. SULLIVAN, Attorney at Law. Plattsmouth, PTeto. Orvloa: Second Floor at trntae. si.b a-.. ranoe on the East al da. T7. T7. DRTTMEIOITD. Attorney at Law, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. JrncK Second floor Sherwood block. ALFRED DOLGE'S. FELT SLIPPERS SOLD BY ROBERT SHERWOOD . Corner Main and Fifth streets. wvrk for us, by Ann ftr Aaetin, cut. nheardoinrwll. Why not oar ttn4 rini r m month. Too undo ib work ud Jf at honi m hrrr too ar. rinripr. ar ailr eaminff from $h M f Ptdr- All Woabow fom bow nd trt ma. Can mnrk. in par timm or all the'tim. hir mowf for work ers, f allara aoknown amoBf Um. vFW mrtii wonderful. Fartidi lara frit. H.HAUetttftE C.tBox 0tJFortl-fMU
