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4 rLATTSMOtJTH WEEKLY HERALD, TIlUnSDAY, JUNE 0, 18S7 gttc Hhttsuwuth Qfcchln fpuM. KISTOTTS BROS., Publishers &. Proprietors. BILL NYE HEARS THE BANJOS. Novel Contest In Chickering Hall Which Made HJm Weep. New York World. No man ever attended a banjo contest in the right spirit without going away a better man. Nothing softeua my stony and obdurate heurt like the low, sud and yet mellow plunk of tho flat-chested banjo. I have ol ten paused in the gloaming, while at tho south, to watch the colored people as they picked their cotton and their banjos. Tue tournament last even ing in Chickering ball was a free-for-all, catch-as-catcb-can contest for prizes and championship. The audience was not great, but choice. The first gentleman to appear on the stage promptly at 8M0 was a colored man whose name I could not learn. lie moved the piano a little to the starboard and then went away. He receiyed an ovation, but did not re turn. J Ic was the janitor. The judges then took their places and Mr. Itenben E. Brooks throttled his ban jo and sailed in. lie was a general fav orite throughout. Mr. Brooks can pull more kinds of plunk out of a banjo than any one I ever herd, and I have been a yreat twangcr of the banjo and the lyre myself. Mr. Brooks was encored over and over again, but he could only respond once owing to the great length of the pro gramme. And yet I would have been glad to sit there and listen to the soft se ductive music all night. MastcrjBertie Aldrich drew No. 2, and followed Mr. Brooks. lie broke a string and retired, but finished his second round in good order. lie was succeeded by Mr. Scott who toyed with his banjo for a few moments with great zeal. His expression was kind and good and gestures were fust-rate. He marked time with his foot, punctuating his plunks in a very impressive way. For one, I am not ashamed to say that when Mr. Scott closed my eyes were wet. He is a large, strong man, and could easily pick the biggest banjo that ever greAV. Mr. Henry M. Denton Avas fourth on the list and won considerable applause. Mr. "William C. Dore was number five. He played a quick piece, during which he jerked a large mass of merriment out of his instrument. His play wa3 melo dious and his expression calm. The aud ience applauded vociferously and $32 worth of flowers followed him off the stage, one design being thatjof an adult bonjo. He responded to the encore w ith a symposium from Mozart's "Bohemian Girl," if I am not grossly mistaken. Whether it was that or something else, does not matter, it is very gentle, sooth ing and as picturesque as a summer sail by moonlight down past tho Balustrades ot the Hudson. Mr. Emerson, who was down as a con testant, withdrew. The reason is not known. Mr. Horace Weston, however, more than made up any breaks in the program by volunteering, though not in the tour ney business, to give a number of choice selections. He plays very skill fully with out manuecript, and succeeded in enter taining the audience for half an hour. And still it has been claimed that the colored man could neyer attain any de gree of refinement. Mr Brooks by request, good naturedly gave another number, and Mi's. Dore gave "Home, Sweet Home" while the jury was out. The judges, Messrs. Winslow, Weed, Wr'ght and Walker, then announced the following awards: First prize, $100 and gold medal, Mr. Brooks; second prize, $73 and silver medal, Mr. Denton; third prize, $30, Mr. Dore; fourth prize, $23, Mr, Scott, and Birtie Aldrich, of Brook lin, fifth prize. The audiedes seemed happy all even ing, and I hope it is not assuming too much to say that some day, with the on ward march of improvement, there will be a banjo in every home and that the air will be blue with banjo contests. Saved his Life. Mr. D. I. Wilcoxon, of Horse Cave, Ky., says he was, for many years, badly afflcted with Phthisic, also Diabetes; the pains were almost unendurable and would sometimes almost throw him into convulsions. He tried Electric bitters and got relief from first bottle and after taking six bottles, was entirely cured, and has gained in flesh eighteen pounds. Says he positively believes he would have died, had it not been for the relief afforded by Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by F. G. Fricke & Co. (6) A woman who, six years ago, knew nothing of business, now makes the only blankets in the country that can compete with those of the famous Mission Mills, in California. She has a small mill run by water-power up in Vermont, and she ex perimented in her own kitchen mixing the dyes until she got the exact shades. Her blankets now can hardly be distin guished from those of the Mission Mills, and her little mill is kept running clay-p dayT and night to fill heary orders. - I Cleveland And Tho C. A. R. inc veteran "department paupers ' arc requested to attend the National Encamp ment at Ht. Louis in the interest of the Ccveland boom. A committee from that place, out looking for freaks t'ie other day, went to Washington and invited the president to honor the city with his presence on the occasion of the assembling of this body of representa tives Union soldiers. Of course he prom ised to go; the affair had probably been arranged by Lamout before the matter was publicly announced. When he goes to St. Lonis the other part of the program will be to have the Grand Army march in review before Cleveland, and then the boom will be ripe enough to pick. It will be an inspiring sight. Comfortably sitting in the shade will be a man who was hale and hearty during the eventful year3 of war, who had no ties of business or family to prevent him enrolling among the defenders of his country, but who voluntarily remained at home. In front of him in the sun will march scarred, worn, fast ageing men who were of Clevc land a years during the same period, but who turned from business, pleasure, the pursuit of wealth, the dalliances of love, A . 1 1 . A 1 f . il . 1 1 io uo uaiue jor ineir country, wiiiie no was consorting with its enemies. lie will be sleek with good livinr, shining in goodly raiment, happy in successful am bition, achieved by the votes of the men against whose assult the marching col umns before him stood in battle line, They will bear past him hideous scars, inflicted by the missels aimed by his as sociates. He will step lightly to his place; they will limp slowly by him dragging limbs maimed by marches he avoided and tortured by wounds he was careful to shun. He will be president of the United States; they, the ..dependent paupers" to whom he refused the pittance of an ac knowlcdgemcnt from a treasury overflow ing wun ncnes. it win ue an inspiring sight to behold the men that went with Sherman to the sea, that aligned with Grant and Sheridan on the Potomac, that floated to deadly victory with Farragut and Porter, that climbed Mission Ridge, that staryed in Andersonville, and led the bloodhounds' chase through the swamps of the Carolinas, marching in honoring procession before the man that had no part in the strurp;le when it was in progress, and no word of cheer, no token of gratitude for the victors when it was ended. It will be an inspir ing sight to behold the representatives of the loyal soldiery of the union doing the homage of a procession past a grand stand occupied by a reviewing officer whose principle official utterance have been sneers at their wounded comrades and taunts of those fortunate enough to have come out of that struggle unhurt. Recall your invitation, gentlemen of the committee. The scars were honor ably obtained; they should not be poluted by marcinng ueneatn tne shadow ot sucn a platform. The flag would drop in a breeze that blew on it from such an occu pant. The veterans of the grand army are not accustomed to such reviewing of ficers. The men that were reviewed by Grant at Washington, and Sherman at Des Moines, marcked before their leaders and co-victors. The same men cannot be humiliated at St. Louis by being paraded before their revilcr. Their route step is too real, too dearly learned to be broken by a halt in front of a catiff that contem plated the war for the union a thousand miles from a battle field and whose only connection with field or staf, rank or file is the opportunity that has come to him by a freik of corrupt politics to insult them with impunity. These warriors are not the class to be reviewed by carpet knights. There is one place where the humblest soldier of the union was great er than Mr. Cleveland can eyerbe, on the battle line. The man that reviles him cannot be made his plaything. Cjrital. Astonishing Success. It is the duty of every person who has used Boschee's German Syrup to let its wonderful qualities be known to their friends in curing Consumption, severe Coughs, Croup, Asthma, Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and lung diseases. No person can use it without immediate re lief. Three doses will relieve any case, and we consider it the duty of all Drug gists to recommend it to the poor, dying consumptive, at least to try one bottle, as 80,000 dozen bottles were sold last year, and no one- case where it failed was re ported. Such a medicine as the German syrup cannot be too widely known. Ask your druggist about it. Sample bot tles to try, sold at 10 cents. Regular size, 75 cents. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers, in the United States and Canada. , (2) Mate Stanborn, the well-known writer and newspaper correspondent, is a niece of Daniel Webster. The quality of the blood depends much upon good or bad digestion and assimulation; to make the blood rich in life and strength giving constituents, use Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier; it will nourish the properties of the blood from which the elements of vitality are drawn. 8-m3 Mrs. Langtry is to spend most the of the summer in the l osemite valley. Washington Letter. From Our Regular Corresponded Washington, May :30th, 1S87. The great national drill which has ab sorbed all Washington and its many visi tors during the past week, draws to dose today. The drill has been a splen did spectacle notwithstanding the disad vantages it nas encountered irom rain and cyclones. The greater portion of each day has been beautiful, the soldiers have marched well and drilled well and puraucu wen ana iookcu wen in their variously designed, and in many instances gorgeous uniforms has been a grand gath ering of them from thirty-one different states, and they represent the flower of the country's militia. They have had a good time together and the drill will prove of great advantage to the citizen soldiery in many respects. The camp has been quite a magnet to the people of Washington and to the strangers here. It has been visited daily by people of both sexes and of all ages and sizes and colors and conditions, who were curious to see how time was passed in t lie city of tents. The camp was astir at an early hour each morning, aub the companies who were to participate in the competitive drills each day always retired early, to a man, on the evening previous, and the guards were kept on duty all night with strict orders to arrest any comrade who should attempt to leave quarters. Such strict dicipline was un necessary however, as every man felt anxious to be in good condition and took special pride in the approaching contests. But all night long many of the soldier boys were prowling around plaving all sorts of pranks on their companions, ut terly ignoring all military rules and de fying the guards. College songs and popular airs iormeu a part ot their pas time, and merry shouts of laughter dis turbed the otherwice peaceful slumber of the silent soldiers, and rang out clear on the evening air a long bistance from the camp ground. The liveliest interest has centered in the contest of the infantry companies which were drilling for the $5,000 prize On Wednesday, one of the field days of the drill, the drill of the celebrated Lo- mox Rifles, of Mobile, was expected to be the eyent of the day. This is called the crack organization of the south and it was thought it would take the shine off of everything as it had done in the past. It was a very handsome company of men in snow white duck pants, dark blue coats, light blue helmets with white plumes waving and white gloves. Their drilling began and a rare exhibition it was. They first stacked arms and then went through a number of evolutions with wonderful accuracy and precision. In the manual they were as good as any who had drilled up to that time, and in fixing bayonets they were almost perfect In laying down and firing which they did excellently two of their number met with the unfortunate accident of loosing helmets which their captain, of course, replaced on their heads. The captain,too, failed to lie donw with his company and stood immediately in front of it while the firing was going on, both of which were considered gross errors by military critics and will be scored against them. In all of the double-quick movements the Alabama boys were finely drilled, and their firing was like one shot except in one instance when the explosiong were nor simultaneous. But an unexpected treat was in store for the audience in the drilling of two companies from Texas, the Belknap Ri fles and the Sanantouio Rifles, who have talked very modestly of themselves since they have been here. They had not been on the ground fiye minutes until it was seen that they were "dark horses" for first place. Before they had half finished the program handed their captain by the judges they bad made many partisans, and like the Toledo Cadets who drilled on the day before, they were applauded to the echo. An Opportunity to Learn. A displeased correspondent of the New York World, wrote to that paper, and asked it to answer, if it could, "what un patented American industry is a monopo ly in this country?" To this question the World replied: If our correspondent is really skeptical on the subject, we advise him to go into Pennsylvania, buy some oil territory and set himself up as an independent pro ducer, refiner and shipper of oil. He will very soon acquire knowledge enough to satisfy him as to the esistence of one monopoly. If he desires to extend his search for information, let him then buy some coal lands and undertake to mine and ship to market this article of universal use. He has a perfect right to do it "Compe tition is the life of business." Let our doubting friend try to compete with the combination that absolutely controls the production of coal and arbitrarily fixes its price. He will come out a wiser and poorer man. There are many other cases that could be cited, but they are matters of common knowledge. The tendency of the times ia towards gigantic combinations of cap ital in different lines of business for the purpose of abolishing competition and controlling the market. Their success effectually prohibits individual enterprise and leaves the public at their mercy. If the correspondent wants further in formation let him come west come to Nebraska, and gaze upon the workings of both patented and unpatented monop oly industries. We can show him where railroad companies not only own coal mines but where they fix a price that it beyond all reason and make the same price within 100 miles of the mines the same as they charge 400 miles farther east. We can show him where unpat ented lime is owned and handled exclu sively by one railroad company and ped dled all over the state at the same price distance making no difference. Wo can show him where salt from great salt works is sold in tho same manner. We can show him how unpatented dealers get special inducements, and how out rageous freights are charged on unpatent ed railroads. We can show him unpatented members of the legislature unpatented because there is no idea in them to patent who nre controlled and monopolized by shys ters and sinners of the railrouge stamp. We could show him "unpatented Amer ican industries which are monopolies," by reason of the aggressions of great cor porations, until his eyes would water and he would gasp for breath. Come west, young man, and grow up with the country and while growing up earn the ways of the world as they are here presented. Omaha lit. Outing for June. The contents of Outing for the month of June is yaried and attractive. The sports of the summer season, as is only natural, are the prominent features. The only serisil now running regularly is the marvellous record of Thomas Stev en's unparalleled journey. In his install ment this month the narration carries the reader through the wilds of Khorassan, with many a diverting incident of ad venture. The cuts that illustrate the text are forcible and correct in costume and native color, and are from the pen of the well-known English artiBts, J. and G. Temple, whose familiarity with Eastern dress and costoms are brought into good account. Mr. James Ricalton's account of his unique experiences amid the Laps and Russians of the North, is highly enter taming, and the touches of the author's quaint jocularities and the naivete of his comments of the men and manners he encountered, have much in them to com' mend. Kelly has contributed some clev er outline sketches that aptly illustrate the most prominent incidents. A short episode in the history of the trial races to choose a competitor against the Canadian challenger for the Ameri ca's Cup, when the Ilildegarde, Mis chief, Grade, and Pocahontas vied for the honor of doing battle against the ill starred A talanta, will be interesting to yachtsmen. In the decline of life, infirmities be set us to which our youth and maturity were strangers, our kidneys and liver are subject to derangement, but nothing equals Dr. J. II. McLean's Liver and Kid ney Balm as a regulator of these organs 8-m3 Burlington has a printer, E. May, sr. who is eighty-four years of age, has never been sick and feels as full of life today as be did fifty years ago. Fifty-three years of his life was spent in a printing office. If you suffer pricking pains on mov ing the eyes, or cannot bear bright light, and find your sight weak and failing, you should promptly use Dr. J. II. 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Herbert Hunt the defendant In the above cause will take notice that on the lsih day of May, A.. l. 17, Lescie Hunt, plaint ff. herein filed her petition in the District Court of Cast county. Nebraska, against eaid defendant, the object and prayer of which is to obtain a di vorce from defendant on the grounds of willful absence of defendant for more than two year and for failure to support plaintiff and &lo f raying for the care, cuntoday and control of he two children ft Plaintiff and defendant ou are required to answer said petition on or before the 27th day of June. A. D., 1K67, or default w ill b entered against you and ludce ment rendered as prayed. Plattemouth, May, 18th, A. D. imt. By S. p: Vakatta, her AitT "