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Allcock's Porous Plastsrs.
All other Porous Plasters.
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10 to 25 por Cont.
On everytliing that has an established
price. We also make bottom prices
on everything in the Drug line.
WILL J. WARRICK.!
$he Qlattsmouth $tthltt 'QqcaU
KNOTTS BIROS.,
Publishers & Proprietors.
CITY BRIEFS.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Mr. M. McElwain is reported very
low from sickness.
The cash receipts of spelling-bee lust
night amounted to $18.35.
Mr. C. Stiles received a copy of
"Lucille" as a prize last night.
Mrs. O. Guthman returned this morn
ing from her visit at Louisville.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Aynsly, of Eng
land, who have been visiting the fauiil
of Dr. John Black, left this morning for
Montana.
The Roman Catholic's of this city
will hold a fair April 2-3. These fair
are nsually well attended and arc a stim
ulous to generosity and promote friend
ship and sociability.
W. J. Ilesser, our popular nursery
man, will have his spring price list out
in a few days. Any one wanting any
thing in his line, should visit his place
before going elsewhere.
Thos. W. Swan and Miss Cora M
Eikenbary were granted license to wed
last evening by Judge Russell. They
will be married this evening at the brides
home about twelve miles south of town.
Mr. Wm. Ilerold celebrated his pearl
wedding today. Thirty years ago he
was married to Mrs. Ilerold, (nee O'Neill).
This lady was married at the home of her
father, James O'Neill, in a house now
standing about three-quarters of a mile
south of town. Justice Carmichael, who
was the first justice of the peace elected
in Cass county, and now f Weeping
Water, performed the marriage ceremony.
At tbafr time there were but sixty vetes
in this county.
. We are glad to state that it is proba
ble, that W. II. Pickens's brother, of
whom mention was made yesterday, is
not seriously injured. Mr. Pickens re
ceived the following telegram last night,
which, although anbiguous through tin
OJimission of a word, signifies that the
injuries are not fatal. "Sacramento,
Cal., W. II. Hickens. Engineer Pickens
injured seriously, though neces
sarily fatal. W. McKinsie, Master Me
chanic, Central Pacific Railroad." Mr.
Pickens received a telegram late this af
ternoon stating that his brother was some
b.tter. He leaves this evening for Sac
ramento, Cal. -
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desirable socad& th&m evea5 betore brosagabtl; 4 4EaS
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pleasure isi showing? yon orar toelt before you make purchas
es.' "We shall endeavor to satisfactorily eoasapete with Eiaaha
lea prices., quality and selections. Sours mesp9y5
WILL
i Frooi Tuesday's Daily.
W. O. Mercer went to Omaha today.
A. Baxter Smith is in Omaha today.
Mrs. Solomon left for Fuirmount, Neb.
today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cox are Omaha
visitors today.
Mr. Jessie L. Root went to Omaha
this morning.
Mrs Welch of Milford, Neb., went to
Omaha today in company with her sister-in-law,
Mrs. W. B. Alexander.
Bird Critchfield, the ever-pleasant and
communicative county clerk, returned
with his wife today from Weeping Water.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Aynsly of England,,
are visiting the family of Dr. Jelm Black.
Mr. and Mrs. Anysly are on their way to
Montana.
The county assessors met this after
noon to decide upon the value to be
placed upon animals, etc., for the nex
assessment in April.
The station agent at Oreapolis re
ports an extraordinary number of ducks
in that vicinity. Now is a good oppor
tunity for hunters to have lots of sport.
The county treasurer and assistants
are busy those days making out tax-sale
certificates. A firm from Iowa having
purchased a large lot of real estate for
taxes of 1886 and previous years.
Miss E. E. Reynolds, sister of T. E.
Reynolds, who has been yisiting her sis
ter, Miss Maggie Reynolds, of Rock
Bluffs, was in the city yesterday and left
this morning for her home at Alexander,
Dakota.
J. E. Atkinson of Waverly, Neb., now
graduating at Omaha medical college
came in the city today with R. R. Liv
ingston. They will lenjoy some hunting
ind return to Omaha' Thursday and re
ceive their diplomas.
As a proof of the salubrity of Platts
mouth's climate is Levi Walker, an old
gent eighty-four years of age, living
three miles south of town, who could
be seen last Saturday with his shotgun
out with the boys shooting ducks.
It would be a chivalrous idea if the
gents around town who wear No. 10
Brogan's, would take a pace of about
sixteen inches when walking over mud
dy sfrect crossings. This would give the
ladies an oppertunity to keep their, twos
and fours dry, by being enabled to step
into the dry spotvacated by the aforesaid
ten.
Blackstone says : "Most gentlemen
of property, at some i eriod or other of
their lives, are ambitious of rqirescnting
sf tour eS &Ea
Paper Ira Use DUE4ry9
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their country in parliament." There is a
tall gentleman of property in Plattsmouth
who is not ambitious to represent this
city at the next election, but we'll bet an
owl's wink to a Pinkerton club that this
Rich gentleman will be the next mayor
of our city.
Old Boreas came into town yesterday
and incumbered the property of May
Queen with a mantle of snow. May
Queen filed a motion for a new trial
which will probably be decided today.
This case has been on the docket since
Inst October, although Mr. Boreas con
cluded to settle the case a few days since
but came in town and took possession
last Sunday night.
Some interesting deyolopmcnts are
expected as soon as Prof. Patton gets
through with his analysis of the stomach
of "Wes" Baker. The cause of the
delay is on account of the professor pre
ferring to investigate without being
prompted by the supposed cause of death.
The symptoms at the time and before
the boy's death suggest different methr ds
of poisoning, one being that of ordeal
or Calabar bean, a seed now frequently
used by tribes in Africa and other orien
tal countries to deci le the innocence or
guilt of persons on trial. The natural
consequence is death, which puts the
question beyond a doubt.
Of Importance to A:l
There will be a meeting of the "Band
of Hope" Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock
in the M. E. church. All members are
requested to be present. The object of
Hie Band of Ilojie concerns a subject
which is of more vital consequence than
anything that now agitates the public
mind, namely the training of our boy
against the temptations of strong drink.
"As the twig is bent the tree's inclined."
"Take care of the penaies, the pounds
will take care of themselves." Take care
of the boys, the men will take care of
themselves. If you It t them become men
before instilling into their minds the evil
effects of intemperance, it will then be
come too late, for they will have formed
a habit. If you take away the first letter
of that word obit, is still left. Take
away the a and a lit is left. Take way
the 6 and it still remains. This is the
"it" of a curse that m.iy disgrace a fami
ly or break a mother's heart. Look after
your buds of promise so that when they
arrive at manhood they may shed around
them love's celestial beam, cheering and
refreshing all upon their way, brightest
at the closing of their earthly day. Ed
For sale or exchange. A number of
fine pieces of residence property. Apply
to. Windham and Davies. d-w3w. ,
IsargjesfL Mamaffsaajiurers ssi Wall
Best Patterns
coranons
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE.
The Many Ups and Downs of tha
Show Gudiness
The following, although printed in
the Manning, (Iowa) Monitor three years
ag: is interesting reading today :
Some time ago Fred Lockwood, a for
mer barber of this place, thought he
could see his fortune in the show busi
ness. He first started out with u dollar
and a half magic lantern (also seyeral
dollars worth of hangers) and took in
several smull towns in this vicinity. At
Irwiu the boys attempted to ;'gy the pro
prietor but were not siK-ecsst id. Fred
proved too cute for them, lie mistrust
ed the boys had it in for him, so h." told
the doorkeeper to bring his banjo down
to the hotel when he came. Priest, the
Irwin barbor acted in that capacity, and
took the banjo under his arm. While
passing down the street he coulel not re
sist the temptation of fingering the in
strument, and the boys, thinking it was
the showman, let fly several eggs which
proved well directed. Priest was cover
ed from top to bottcm with eixg. wnd
the noble Fred slipped up stairs in the
hotel, stuck his head out of the window
and watched the fun.
At Denh-im the populace were highly
entertained by th-j performance and ban
queted Fred.
At Pruria a new feature was introduc
ed the bcur ar t an account of which
m:iy be found further along.
Xot content witli small tilings, the ever
zealous showman introduced still anoth
er and very novel attraction at Odebolt.
Fie engaged two "coons, ne plus ultra
minstrels" as Fred termed them. A
board was put up and a hole cut therein.
One othe "coons" put his head through
the aperture and the boys were allowed
to throw four soft balls at the lu ad for
five cents, and if they hit it were given a
cigar. The pitcher for the Odebolt
base ball club happened to be present,
inel lie also had a scheme. He slipped
in a hard ball and hit the coon hctwein
the eyes with it. When the darkey be
gan to gain consciousness, he remarked:
".Some one hit dis chile wid a rock."
Fred said lie had only taken in S1.2-")
when this incident occurred ami he
couldn't persuade the ' hite" to perform
any more.
We understand that Fred worked two
days plowing corn to get money to take
him to Carroll, and that he walked from
there to Manning, but ne will not vouch
for the truthTulnt-ss of the report.
Fred lived in Atlantic for a short time
but it seems he was there long enough to
gain a notorious notoriety, as the follow
ing from the Atlantic Telegraph will in
dicate: "Most of the men in Atlantic who get
shaved at barber shops are acquainted
with and will remember Fred Lockwood
the barber who could talk a man's beard
off in ten minutes and comb his hair with
lies that would make Mulhatten surren
der the belt without unbottoning his un
der jr.w. Fred has lcen every where in
he civilized and uncivilized world, (ac
cording to his statements), and run everv
kind of business from a bnrbar shtrp when
the victim had to stand against the wall
while Fred shaved him with a butcher
knife sharpened on the stovepipe, to a
whaling expedition on the Arctic regions.
He is still the same Fred lie used to be,
but he has gone out ot the barber busi
ness and has been running a little magic
lantern show in towns along the North
western road. A few evening ago he
showed in a town where the man and the
bear that were in Atlanta this spring,
were showing on the street. Fred
thought it would be a good idea to hire
the man to give a little performance on
tLe stage in connection with his own
show. He accordingly agreed with the
bear keeper to give a few minutes enter
tainment on the stage with the bear as a
kind of a wind up to his own perform
ance. Tii-; man and the bear appeared al
the back entrance, promptly at the time
appointed. Of course several boys slip
ped in to the house with the bear. Fred
went on the stage and was saying to the
audience. "Ladi-.'s and Gentlemen:
Thanking you for your kind attention
and liberal patronage, we will jjbw close
our evening's entertainment with "
when his remarks were cut short by a
terrifiic growl and the bear walked out of
the wing n his hind feet, clawing the air
and gnashing his teeth. Some of the
boys had put turpentine on the beat
while Fred was talking. For about a
minute it looked as though there were
ten or twelve bears and fifteen or twent
Freds tearing round and round that stage
and the air was filled with shrieks and
growls, and tables and chairs and flying
scenery and mngic lanterns, and the audi
ence thought it was part of the show and
they cheered and whistled and stamped
and laughed till the tears ran down their
cheeks, until Fred suddenly flew off the
stags and shot out of the front door
shouting "bear! bear!" Then it dawned
upon the audience that it was a real live
bear and th.; showman's pari in the per
formance was not voluntary. Before
any further damage was done every liv
ing thing except the bear and his keeper
was out of the hall. The keeper finally
quieted the animal and got out of town
without being lynched.
Fred told Frank Conibiethat, taken al
together, it was the most exciting and
interesting entertainment he ever gave,
and added that he would not give an
other such a one for five hundred dol
lars, and even at that price he would
not send out an agent to hunt up en
gr.gements. The next morning the owner of the
hall wanted Frel to pay for broken fur
niture, etc., and said under the circum
stances he would throw off half. Fred
grasped the generous mnnager.by the
hand and said "all right; if you'll throw
of half, I'll throw 'of the ether half.
Let's have something."
Genuine cheerfulness is an almost cer
tain index of an hones heart. Dyspepsia
anel genuine cheerfulness never go hand
in hand, but Warner's Log Cabin Hops
and Buehu Remedy will insure you good
digestion, the certain index of genuine
cheerfulness snd the honest heart.
Read
page.
Warrick's big ad. on this
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We will renaint Your building wit;
anyothcr material you may sslect.
It will cover more surface, last
longer and look Letter than any
other paint or Lead and oil.We also
have the agency for the beat Kal
somino on the market. Price 8cts
per pound.
WILL J. WARRICK.
THE SPELLING SCHOOL-
Bein, Begin. 1 he Mystic
Spelt
Prepare."
From Wednesday's Dahy. .
The most interesting, instructive and
amusing event of the season took place
last night at Rockwood ha'l. ,The ocas
siou was an old-fashioned spelling shool
for ths benefit of the Young Ladies'
Reaeling Room Association.1
The auelience was composed of about
150 persons, chiefly ladies, whose dress
aueT refinement of manners quickly im
pressed the stranger with their social
statues among tke elite of this city.
Sides were called and fifty-two ladies
and gentlemen responded, whose epger
features seemed to denote
"II bv chanr e sm-c- ed, know, I am not so stu-
piil ir fo iiard.
Not to t?e praise or fame' deserved teward,"
Mr. M. D. Polk was selected
captain
of one side and Mrs. M. A
Hartigan the
other.
Mr. Geo. R. Chatburn calleel off the
worels to be spelled.
The first round was received I y the
word "fennel," it being spelled with on
n. After a long contest a difficult med
ical term puzzled a lady and the only
one remaining on the field of glory was
Mr. L. C. Stiles, who was proclaiuieel
victor by correctly spelling "losceles."
A few of the worels that done the most
injury were: "Abrirlgnent, witty, tippet,
vellum, cassia, thimble, receipt anel halle
lujah." The referee made an error in deciding
against a gentleman on the word "bazar."
The reason was that some time ago the
referee had been in the habit of using
that particular word three or four times
a day for a number of years, and it was
by common usage always tpelt in the
other form given in "Webster," namely,
"Bazaar." It was also spelt with two
a's in the text book from which the word
was reael.
The ladies and gentlemen who con
tested are especially worthy of credit fcr
the intelligence displayeel also their
cheerful manner in submitting to the de
cisions against them. We have attendad
a gooel many spelling-bees but never was
present at one that cqtialeel the knowl
edge exhibited in rcgnrd to spelling like
that of last night, although in the hurry
a few words were spelt wrong and not
noticed.
All parties who grow corn, tomatoes
peas and beans, in this vicinity and Cass
couuty, who are desirous of selling tha
same must notify, at once, Fred Gorder
tecretary of the Platttmouth Canning Co)
in this city. w2t '
Let there be covenants d
fween vs.' 18?in7c'&tearel
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