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MA f Vl. P. NUMIJHIU i ( I Y. f X . f ROYAL irsll "V XJ Absolutely Pure. Tliit powder never varies. A marvel of ,iu -Ity, Kirenn' li anil wliolesotiOMiCss, More eco nomical than tlie ordinary kiiuls.itmt -;tnliot be olilin coiiipc!il ion with the intiltil iltlu of low tent, short weinht alma or j)li'isili;it- powders. Sold o ily In c U.S. KoVAL. iiAKIvU l'OWUKll Co..lotiVall ist. New York. :tl8 GOljSTY OFFIG15rvS. Treasurer. Deimty treasurer, - Clerk. - - Deputy Clerk, Hecorder of li;eds Deputy Koeorder Clerk of District Co art, Sherllf, Surveyor. Attorney. Bupt. of tul. ScIiooIk. County J u.ttre. l)l)AKDOF8UPEKVISOK3. riattsmouth D. A. Campiiki.l Tiom. I'oi.i.ork lIKD i ' HIT' II FI KLU Ex a Chi ichki ki.d W. II. Fool " Join m Lkyda W. ( SllOWALTKK J. C. ElKKNHAH A.. M adulk AI-I.KN llKK8'N M A Y N A II I S i-I N K C. KUSSKLIi A. B. Todi. Louis Koltx, Ch'm., A. B. Dl'KSON, Weeping Water Kimwood GIVIG SOGIH3r.MS. CI ASS J.ODUK No. Hfi, I O. O. F. -Meets -'every Tuenday eveiiins of each week. All transient brothers are. respectfully Invited to attend. 11LATTMOUTH ENCAMPMENT No 3. I. O - .O F.. meeiB every alternate rnuay . - . : ii.ii t iuit each month in the Masonic Hull llrotheis are Invited to attend. in Visiting millO LOIH5E NO. 81. A. O. V. W. Meets every ulrernat Friday evening at K. of 1. hall. Trausient brotlieri are respeeiniuy in vited to attend. F..I. Morgan, Master Workman ; it. 8. Harstow, Foreman ; Frank Brown. Over seer ; I. Kowen, Guide; George Hoiiaworth. Kecorder; H. J. Johnson. Financier; Vah. Smith, Receiver ; M. Maybrifcht. Fast M. W. ; Jack Daugheity, Inside Guard. ilASS CAMP NO. 332. MODERN WOODMEN V of America Meets second and fourth Mon -d ay evenini? at K. of 1 hall. All transient brother are requested to meet, with w. K. A. Nwco ner. Venerable Consul j G. K, ue. Worthy dviser ; D. B. Smith, Ex-Banker ; W. C. Willetts, Clerk. 1JL.YTTSMOU TH LODGE NO. 8, A. O. V. W Meets every alternate Friday evening at Rock wood hall at 8 o'cIock. All transient broth ers are respectfully Invited io attend. L. a. Larson, M. W. ; F. lloyd. Foreman: S. C. Wilde. Recorder ; Leonard Anderson. Overseer. McCONIHIE POSJ 45 G. A. R. HOSTlOw J. W. Johxson Co:nniauder. C. S. Twis.s Senior ice F. a.Batks Junior " . . Gko. Nilks Adji,AaJ' II35NUV STKKIUHT iV,""' Malon Dtxo.v oillcerof the uay. Charles Foitn " l:uiiri1 Anderson Fkv Sergt Major. jAooiMiOBB'.KMAX.. .. Quarter Mast er Sergt. L. C. Cuktis Tost Chaplain Meeting Saturday eveuiuji PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. tax iatiir v s. Attornev at Law. Office J over Peter Merire's store. north side of M tin bntweo th aud 6th street. Ma! HA wTRJAN. Lawyer, KitzjreraUl s Bloc"--. Fl utsinoiilh, Nebraska. Prompt and earerul attention to a general law practice TaJV OFFICE. rrs,-nal attention to all BuineB Entiu-t-to my care. XOTARY IX OKP1CE. Titles Examined. Alwtaicts Compiled, In surance Written. Real L.-tat- Sold. Better Facilities for making Farm Loans than JLay Oeiicc Agency. IMattsma-.it 5t, - Xebraska. B. B. Wivpham, Joh.v A. Da vies. Notary FaKie. Notary Public. 1V1 HUAM & O.VVI F.!, Attorneys - at - Law. OEce over Bank of Cass County. Plattsmouto, - - Nebraska, A Nw Bank Organlz: tfojik, Neb. April 11. Artie! corporation for Jlcad'i state ha.:. filed with the countj clerk " with an authorized capital 20 per cent of which is The incorporators are Mead, D. T. Moore, S. 1 Grifffcu, J. V. Oardner,Lltvi. and L. L. Mcllvain. A two-stor;,, will be erected bj the company ut i corner of Grant avenue and Sixth' street a saon as brick can be procurnd. . A Desperate Encounter in Which Three. Men Arc Killed. Oklahoma, I. T., April H- A courier from Shawneetown brings word of a des ecrate fight between oflicers and desper adoes. Three colored horse thieves were being pursued ly a deputy United States marshal and three Indian police. "When the negroes were hard pressed they halted and a pitched battle with Winchesters en sued. Two of the negroes and two of the Indian police were killed, and the marshal was badly wounded. Tailors on a Striko Montgomery, Ala., April 10. Th tailors' union of this city went on a strike today. They all quit work this morning and tonight the strike was officially eleclar- d by Secretary Ryan, of the union. The trouble originated in the fact that Alex ander Rice anel Lilienthal & Gassenhei- mcr, merchant tailors, have several non union men in their employ. The unon men demanded the discharge of the non union tailors. The firms refused to ac cede to their demands and the union or- elered a strike against them. The union men have quit work and some of them have left the city tonight to seek work elsewhere. The merchant tailors say they will not elischargc their non-union men, who have served them long and faithful Lui rnoer lan THE OLD RELIABLE. H. A. -WATERMAN k Wholesale nd Retail Dealer to PINE LUMBER Shingles, Lath, Sash, Doors.Bimds. Can supply every demand of the trade Call and get terms. Fourth street In Rear of Opera House. An Apache Prisoner Decamps. Mobile, Ala., April 11. Since the Apache prisoners have been located on the Government reservation at Mount Vernon Barracks they have been allowed a great eleal of freedom. The limits have been pointed out to them, inside of which they camp out as best suits their inclination. They rarely stay in one place longer than a week. An officer superin tends the encampment, and inspects it elaily, but there is no guard except at the barricks'gate, placed ,kthcre to prevent their entrance. The whole world is open to them in all other directions, and they are frequently at the railroael station, a maile and a half away. It was consid ered that this restraint would be suffic ient. It is now learned, however, that day before yesterday Louie, one of the Indians, left at night for the far JWtst, taking an Indian maiden with him. A mounted troop is in pursuit, but so far the redskin has eluded them. The Morocco Trouble Washixgtox, April 10. Commander McCalla, of the United States steamer Enterprise, has made a long report of the secretary of the navy on the difficulty with Morocco. After stating the general situation as already publisheel, the com mander says, while he has no desire to pass upon the questisn of the equity of the protection system involved in the elispute, he is of the opinion that the rights of the United States are very clear under the treaties, and that they shoulel be upheld so long as the provisions of the treaties are not mo.liSeel. While the Moorish officials should not be held to the strictest accountability for violation of conventional rules adopted by more highlv civilized nations, it is well to uu durstand that the oriental character is quick to take advantage of the meaning of such rules and to accept as right a point which might occasionally be yield ed. Consul Lewis has, McCalla says, in the interest of concilliation and from the highest motives, yielded at times when he was clearly supported by existing treaties and miirht with propriety have insisted upon the rights they accorded. These same rights, it would appear, very often have not been questioned when the proteges of any other nation have been under ronsideration. "In short." the commander says, "the rights of the Unit ed States have been denied U3, sli-Wthe same rights under the same corHmIons hare been freely accorded to other pow ers represented." He says the United States government is at a disatlvantage on account of the fact that, while all other nowers. parties to tb convention of 1880 are represented by ministers rest tlent, congress only provides for a consu for the United States. The commander thinks if the position could be raised to a diplomatic one we should go far to wards preventing questions which fre quently arise now. car ti j. i.,- tu.-....i:l . ...t 0:50 this morning.. The deed was done "by an "American bulldbg" st-lf-actiug revolver, 38 calibre. ' The) wounel was below the nipple ef the left breast. The clothing around the wound was burnt and torn, in a manner to indicate that the revolver must have been held elosa to the body at the time of shooting. The corpse was discovered in a lower room, facing wifct, in the center of the ni"W building going up for Mr. Uallou, in the west part of town, lying on some shavings, by the workmen employed on the building, about seven o'clock this morning. The workmen thought it was a tramp asleep, and informed Mr. Chas. Harris, the contractor, who thereupon gave the supposed tramp two or ihree kicks to arouse him, but finding that of no avail turned the man over, when he identified Mr. Stowe, a corpse, shot through the heart. The smoking revolver lay a short distance from the prostrate body. Mr. Harris immeeliately came to town and notifieel the coroner, who with a jury straightway returned totheBallou build- ng. After a careful examination of wit nesses the jury and coroner went to the home of the heart-broken widow anel four children, now left elesolate. Mrs. Stowe said that she diel not know that he had left the house this morning until her little b"y came running to her anil said : Mamma, I can't find papa anywhere !" The next thing she heard, was, that her husband was eleael. After the body had been turneel over on its back, it appeareel like a person in a calm, trancpiil train of thought. The eyes and mouth were partly open, the features pale, with a dreamy expression. The right foot was crossed over the left, the right hanel partly open lay- ng near the right side, the left hand lay ng in an easy position, clencheel on the breast near the wound. There was harel- y any indications of death, only a dark, torn, burnt spot, about two inches in di ameter on the left breast. The blood from the wounel flowed inwarelly. "a sea of troubles." So far as we have been able to glean nformation coucerning the cause of death, it is stateel that Mr. Chas. Stowe came to this city about last July and invested in the property on which he resideel, buying the same of Ballou Bros, through the agency of Chas. Harris. The property had to be paid for in monthly payments hard-earned money, off a farm in Iowa down first, in part payment. Stowe could not keep up with the legal requirements of the contract, through un forseen circumstances, and the contract was annulled last fall. Since then Stowe has paid for the rent, monthly. Everytime poor Stowe turned in any direction to better his prospects, the hand of fate gave him a slap in the face and knocked him back in the lap of ad versity. At six o'clock thi3 morning Mr. L. C. Mercer met Stowe on the road near the jratc of the Catholic cemetery, going in the direction of the Ballou property. Mercer asked, "Where arc you going so early in the morning ?" He replied, "to Taylor's, and I'll be back by 9 o'clock." It is supposed he then went direct and committed the rash act. A few months ago Mr. Stowe accepted the position of- agent for the Jewell Nursery firm, of Lake City, Minnesota. He canvasseel this city for orders and all through the county. When ho . took a $1 order he would add a "0" and make it read $10, and so on with other figures. In addition to this he would send in or ders on fictitious names, for different sums. From Plattsaiouth alone he sent in forty-ona orders, containing names of persons who never had any existence in this city. Then the company woulel for ward percentage or commission of 15 per cent on the same. The company esti mates their loss at $500. Mr. L. W. Holmes, who represents the company, was in the city yesterday inves tigating the matter, and in the evening was on a street car going out to Mercer yille to question a Mrs. Pitt regarding an order she gave atowe for !f 10 worth of nursery stock, and which Stowe had altered to read $20. Mr. Holmes ex plained matters to Mr. Pitt, and also told L. C. Mercer, who was on the car, that he would like to hire Mr. Stowe to work for him, giving an assumed name The object was to set to see Stowe. . ..ere was a Lju .... i to see him. .It is suppe. 'ng he was about to be arrsted, l.e . veil to undertake tho courso we are . ievett to record. If he had not taken that ruTi fcti-p all might have been righted as regards his defalcation?, as the firm had no idea 'of arresting him if ho could have squared his accounts. All they wanted, was to be saved the loss of shipping goods to per sons who never existed. The jury brought in a verelict that "Mr. Chas. L. Stove came to his deatli by a bullet wound inflicted by his own- band." The following letter rx; I..::: pretty clearly: Lake Citt, Mikn, April 0, 1888. L. W Holmls, Esq., Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dear Sir: We want you to go to Plattsinouth, rcb., and hunt up some orders taken bv J. C. Stowe. He has re ported $1,800.00 sales anel we have rea son to think that lie has forged nianv of them and that others are lictictiou, in fact they are "set up." Please wire us on receipt of this if you cannot go. We waut you to quietly investigate tho mat ter, aud as you aie an old tree man, you will catch uu quickly. Ave will senel the orders to the Cass Countv Bank at Platts- mouth, by express, with the request that' they wait a day for your coming. We want to know if the orders are straight, and you know how to get at this. Mr. Stowe lives in Plaltsmouth, and we want the investigation made very quietly, so that he may not be alarmed aud fly. Stowe wireel us a few days ago that he would start for Lake City Friday, so he may be oa the way. Ihis you will be able to find out. You can ascertain it the partit s named in the orders liye at Plattsmouth. and then you can try to canvass them for goods" so as to find if they have bought. Tnke your plate book with you. Then go to the postoffice, see the postmaster, anel finel out if the par ties whose address is given as Platts mouth. get their mail there. When you have learned anything crooked about an order, make a statement in writing of what you learn, and attach t it the or der, with date and your signature. We ask this so that we will have no trouble if we have to go oyer the grounel again to get evidence, and we will know where to look for it. You can tap enough of these names to test the genuineness of the trders. We look for Stowe here be tween now and Tuesday next. If he is there and it is best to move on him you will write us at once, anel in any event we want you to wire us the result of your investigation, and write us fully at the same time. We think, perhaps, a couple of elays there will cover the ground suffi ciently well to establish the state of things. We have aelvanceel Mr. Stowe between $200 and $300. He is working on commission and we ought to have about $1,300 out of the sale. We will consider it a favor if you can act in this matter at once, as we do not care to be gin to box his orders, until we are advis ed of the manner in which thev are sold. We will, of course, gladly defray your expenses and pay you for your time. Send us bill for the same and we will re mit. Wire us at once on the receipt of this. Respectfully, S. M. Emery, Seci etary. Mr. Stowe has alwas borne the name of a straightforward, honest man, but troubles, over which he had no control, overtook him. He had not one single vice. He was a temperate, industrious God-fearing man, an indulgent husband and loving father. "Judge not, lest ye be juelgeel." Agricultural 3ociety The Cass County Agricultural Society will holel a meeting next Saturday, Apr. 14th, at 2 o'clock p. in., at the County Judge's office in Plattsmouth. The new fairgrounds have been purchased and important business matters will come up for consideration, among whicn will be the advisability of at once moving and holding this year's fair on the new grounds. A full attenelance is desired. F. G order, President, n. C. Ritchis, Secretary. Quarterly Meeting. The M. E, Quarterly meeting at Reck Bluffs wil be held ou Saturday and Sun day, April 21 and 22. Preaching at 2:30 p. m., Saturday the 21st, by Elder Miller, after which will be held the Quarterly Conference. . Sunday, 22nd, Love Feast at 10 a. m., followed by preaching by Elder Miller. All are cordially invited to attend. By order of Rev. Bbanstox, Pastor. Rod Cloud's Street Railway. Run Cloto. Neb.. Anril 10. Red Cloud feels decidedly metropolitan over Vm fa nt. tlvit linr first afreet railwav was commenced today by laying track on Forth avenne. wnn me street railway and Missouri Pacific and uiirh license far the ensuiBg year the prospects aro good for a big lo"m. l ne track win ue com vleted as fast as possible. r, Tlio DpyligK Just after our inventory, we reduce prices to sell the goods rather than to carry over. We are willing to sell our entire Winter Goods at cost. Staples we have a largo quantity and offer them very low. Calicos 3 to 5 cents per yard, making the best standard of them at 20 yards for $1.00. Gingham best dress styles 10 cents per yard. Dress gtoda all kinds at tho very lowest prices, from 5 cents per yard upward. Woolen hose we offer at cost, extra fne. Ladies cafch mcre hose, worth $1.00, now 75 cents, fine heavy wool 40 centSj now 25; child ren's fine ribbed worth 50, now 20. Un der wear must go at low prices, as wo will not keep them over. Our Gents Silver Grey Merino Shirts . ,1........ r., ,,.;c s r,0 now 35. Our Gents Silver grey inariiio shirts anel drawers, extra quality 75 now 50. Our Scarlet all wool shirts and draw era fine quality $1.00 now 75 cents. Our scarlet all wool shirts and draw ers, fine quality $1.25 now 1.00. Our scarlet all-wool shirts and draw ers, tine quality $1.75 now 1,25. O :r scarlet all-wool shirts and draw ers, fine quality $2.00 now 1.40. . Jjlicvs9 - BJiitlc'iMvear, EQUALLY AS CHEAP. Our 25 per cent, discount on cloaks, is still good. We are determined to close out our entire stock an never before has such an opportunity been offered to economical buyers to purchase the best qualities for so little money. Joseph V. Weckbacis. :lt otic As per previous announcement, we had fully determined to discontinue business in Plattsmouth and so advertised accordingly and now, as satisfactory arrangements have been perfected for the continuance ot same under the management of Mr. J. Finley and V.. F. Euff-. nei as book-keeper and cashier, we herewith notify our friends and patrons of our final de cision and kindly solicit a continuance of your kind patronage, so freely extended during the past sixteen years, by the addition of compe tent clerical force. On account of Mr. Solomon leaving the city and by the adoption of the strictly One-Price System, Courteous treatment, and an elegant new Stock 11 Bed-Roek Prices, Yve trust to merit your good will and patron age. VERY" RESFECTF LILLY, Solomon&Nathan ew Photograph Gallery Will be open January 24th, at the . OleD ST3.AT1D OF F. t. CJllUTtf Te All work warranted first-class. WVIE. CUTL IR,.