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About Plattsmouth weekly herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1882-1892 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1888)
rLATTSMOimi Wk nztzt,,, mUKSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1888. n in VUvClr Are offering special reduction in price on all clashes of SOGUillUiliER COS! EMBEOIDERED Chambray RobesandChahies. We have placed in Ferries Good-Sense Corsets In Ladies,' Mines', and Childrens' sizes. We - Would - Call - Special - Attention To a fine line of Misses, Chiidrens & Ladies Also a nice Mens Button, Bal In good Very Reasonable Rates. On Infant's Outfits and Ladies' Muslin Underwear ON "We will pay special attention ibov THEY INCLUDE Infants' Robes and Slips, Embroideries, Cloaks, Blankets, Flannels And a Full Line of Ladles' Underwear ! uesday & Wednesday G-reat Closing- Ona.t CARPET INCLUDING- Hugs, Mats, Oil Cloths, Curtain Poles, Fixtures and Window Shades- "We do not wish to pack or ship any goods to Fairmont, Neb., Sept ember 1st, and we are willing to oiler you such bargains that packing and shipping will be unnecessary. 3DO - ITOT . DELilT I "When we "O you will be left to the mercy of high-priced dealers. Again we say, Do Not Delay ! SOLOWiOKti & SVSA7HAW, Ulaln Street, LINJp stock a line of- line of and Congress Shoes quality at VEY & 6. to the above lines Monday, 3M k89 llattsiiioutIi 2Seb 8 ft 9 h B fnfc s a ? ran s- nonn iUOl IJG UIUOUU. KNOTTS BIROS-, Publishers & Proprietors. CITY BRIEFS. From Wednrsday'8 Daily. Sir. W. Keefer is in Omaha today on business. Mr. S. F. Thomas is in Omuba today on business. Mr. T. Mitchell ;s spending the day in the metropolis. Mrs. Elias Sage was a passenger to Omaha this morning. Miss Emma Myers, of Omaha, is visit ing friends in the city. Mr. Jerry Farthing went to Lincoln this morning on business. Mr. C. C. McPherson went to Omaha this morning on business. Mrs. Sid Wheeler left this morning for Nebraska City on a short visit. Rev. A. Ilirt, pastor of the German Methodist church, is in Lincoln today. Mr. Peter Merges and brother are spending the day seeing the sights in Omaha. Mr. Thos. Pollock left for Ottumwa, la., where he has gone to spend a shoit Vacation. Mr. B. K. Windham, brother of It. B. Windham, of this city, came in from Glenwood this morning. Mr. Wm. Orborn, who has been spend ing a few days in Lincoln on business, returned home last evening. Misses Barbara Gering and Celia Sever in have gone to Omaha where they will spend a few days visiting friends. Miss Maria Ritchie, of St. Joe, who has been the guest of Mr. Harry Ritchie and family for the past few days, return ed home this morning. Miss Mattie Keeves, of Oceola, la., ar rived in the city this morning and will remain for a short time as the guest nf Mrs. M. W. Morgan. Mr. Chas. Wcckbach, of Lincoln, soe of Mr. Jos. V. Wcckbach, of this city ar rived last night, being called here on ac count of the 6ickness of his sister, Miss Tillie Weckbacli. Mrs. Frank Carruth, of Plattsmouth. Nebraska,accompanied by her son, Glenn, and the baby; and Mrs. Lydia B. Foster. of Denver, arrived in camp last Friday, and are the guests of Osmer Aikine and wife. White Pine (Colo.) Cone. Everybody wait for SamMacFlinn's, Barnum's greatest ten cent show on earth, which will exhibit in Plattsmouth next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 13, 14 and 15. Remember the location opposite the B. & M. freight office. Mr. George Moore, a young man who has been in the employ of the B. & M. at their machine shops for a few months and who gained for himself a host of friends during his stay.tookhis departure this morning on the flyer for Denver. where he goes to fine his future home. Behold Mr. John Minor as Uncle John. A dispatch was received yester day by him from Mr. Al. Dorrington, oi Chadron, stating that he has an addition to his family by the arrival of a little girl. If pa Dorrington would spend a day iu Plattsmouth, the cigar makers would rejoice and set up the cigars to the town boys after a day of prosperity. Mr. E. I'. Gardner, the deaf and dumb soldier of whom we made mention yesterday, was takeu care of by his com rades in the G. A. R. while in the city yesterday, and last night they sent him to Sandwich, 111. The man has been very unfortunate, having received serious injuries while out west from a boiler ex plosion which has about totally disabled him. Mr. Clint Wilson, who was connected with this paper for some time as local re porter, and who has been in Des Moines and Superior City siace severing his con nection here, arrived in the city last evening. He will make a round of the city canvassing for the paper, and we trust the citizens will recognize our ef forts to publish a good daily by extend ing a little patronage for which we will be grateful. He will also make a tour over the county. A single page in an issue of the Century taken for advertising purposes costs $300; in Harper's, $ 400; in other magazines, from $300 down to $100. A yearly advertisement in one column of the Chicago Tribune costs $36,000; in the New York Tribune, $27,534 for the lowest and 83,000 for the highest; in the New York Herald, $33,302 for the lowest and $333,000 for the highest priced columns, and yet these papers are never at a los for advertising to fill their columns. Evert Eaton, a boy apout 17 years of age, who is employed in the B. & M. coach shop, was badly used up this morn ing by a fall. He was standing on a ladder and waa engaged in tacking a canvass on the top of a coach when, in some way ,he missed his stepnd fell to the ground, breaking his right arm im mediately above the wrist and riceiving a bad cut, about an inch long, on his face-to the left side of h"i3 nose. lie is a sou of Mr. Thede Eaton, . j The greatest 10 cent show on earth will arrive in the city next Monday and exhibit three days, the 13th, 14th and 15th. Do nut fail to see it. A correspondent furnishes the fol lowing piece of information for the adies: Onj of the nicest pieces of laun dresses gave me this fragment of her cx- crience in reference to starching thirts. She has noticed that the bosoms never blister if she starches them on the right side, but if they are wrong side out then they are apt to do so. She pours the mixed starch into boiling water instead of pouring boiling water on the starch, and in this way never uses more starch than necessary, as the simple starch and water can be saved. The following item, clipped from the White Pine (Colo.) Cone, speaks favorably of one of Plattsmouth's young sports, Glenn Carruth, son of our esteem ed citizen, Mr. Frank Carruth, who is visiting in Colorado with his mother. He has gained for himself quite an ex tensive reputation as a rifle shot, and from all reports is doing excellent work among the mountains: Master Glenn Carruth is having a fine tinia in the mountains. He has a burro, gun and fishing tackle, and puts in time riding, hunting and fishing. Glenn has captured considerable game and is quite an expert trout fisherman. Mr. Jos. Tubbs, who is employed by the B. & M. as wiper on engine No. 58, was severely injured this morning by a fall. He had thrown a switch on the bridge in the vicinity of the coal sheds, and as the engine had passed the switch, lie turned to look after it and took a misstep, falling from the uridge into the water, a distance of about twenty-five feet, striking against some cross pieces at the bottom of the bridge on which he struck his head and left shoulder. No bones were broken but his face and head were badly marked, the bruise causing concussion of the brain. It is thought he has received in ternal injuries under the left shoulder blade. Drs. Livingston attended him. Quite an amusing exhibition was af forded a large cowd of spectators who were standing at the depot this morning waiting for the arrival of the trains. Messrs. Miller and Woodard had in their charge a couple of colored boys from Weeping Water who were on their way to the reform school at Kearney. When they arrived in the city the bovs were al lowed to come out on the platform. They evidently never saw a river before, for when they had an opportunity one of them started for the riyer as though he intended to swim it. The dept-sheriff, Mr. Woodard, was afforded considerable exercise by chasing one of the little fel lows around the depot. He was not a little pleased to think he was obliged to make an exhibition of himself in this way and said that he wished he had tied the little coons to the seats in the car. From Tuesday's Daily. Where was Mat Gering at Weeping Water when the lights went out ? Died Iu Plattsmouth, Neb., Monday eyening, Aug. 6th, 1888, Paul, infant son of Stephen D. and Anna S. Smith, age one month. Four carloads of paving stones and two carloads of curbing stone was re ceived in the city yesterday and it is ex pected the work on the streets will scon be commenced. Judge Russell issued a marriage li cense today to Fred Stock and Miss I Ian na Dettman and also issued a license and married Mr. Martin Kinney and Miss Mary Anderson at the Goos House this afternoon. Mr. E. P. Gardner, a veteran deaf and dumb soldier, arrived in this city this morning and was attacked by a stroke of apoplexy soon after his arrival. The grand army fraternity have taken charge of the unfortunate man. Mr. Jerry Farthing who is frequently seen driving a spirited horse before a sulky through several of the principal streets, met with what was termed a close call to a serious accident, a couple of days ago. He occupied the same rig we speak of and was moving along the road running south from Chicago avenue at rather a rapid pace, when the horse suddenly became frightened at an object in the road and shied off of the road in to the ditch, pulling Jerry and the sulky after it. Jerry succeeded in regaining his feet before the horse could move and got full control of the animal before any great damage was done. Tommie Hart, a boy about fourteen or fifteen years of age had his hand bad ly smashed this morning while assisting on the sewer work. A truck had been loaded A-ith dirt from the sewer and was run to the end of the track to dump the dirt out, and when the truck reached the desired spot, the boy placed a stick against one of the hind wheels to keep it from running back. When the stick was placed he did not pull his hand away soon enough and it was caught under the stick, holding it there until the whole weight of the truck audits contents came onto it. His knuckles and fingers were badly smashed, and it is expected the band will be badly deformed. From Monday's Daily. The democrats were wise in omitting the prohibition plank from their plat form. An emigrant wagon passed through the city westward bound yesterday and labeled: "Harnson and Morton or bust." We hope they don't "bust." The editor of the Journal says there wasn't a drunken man in Weeping Water last Saturday night during t lie democrat ic rally there. Wonder how he knows t We acknowledge the receipt of a complimentary ticket to the Seventh An nual fair of the Gage County Agricultur al Society, to be held at Beatrice, Neb., on Sept. 4th to 7th inclusive. A good Samaritan passed the way where a democrat had fallen from his ass and lay upon the road apparently in deep trouble with a sore head and minus a pant leg. The good Samaritan, who was a republican, lifted him from the miry clay and after bandaging the bruis ed limb and bathing the swell ed head, sent him on his way rejoicing to the land of the republicans Plattsmouth. lie informed the good man that he had at tended a grand rally the night before. Saturday afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock, Clarence Forbes, a boy about 10 years of age, son of Mr. Chas. Forbes, met with a very painful and ugly acci dent. He had jumped on a farmer's wa gon, as the famcrs were driving out Chi cago ayenue on their return home. In some way the boy fell from the wagon and was run over, the wheel in some mys terious way tearing the lower half of his right ear from his head. It is not known by anyone whether one of the wheels passed over his head or not, but some sup pose it did as his skull is slightly fractur ed and his scalp badly cut. Dr. Schild knecht was sent for and arrived as soon as possible. The piece of the ear which was torn off was sewed on immediately, and at the last examination the doctor thought the ear would be all right after healing up. The boy cannot give any information as to how the accident oc curred or how he fell from the wagon. Although badly injured about the head and shoulders, it is thought he will speedily recover. The democratic rally which was held at Weeping Water last Saturday night was reported by trie participants to have been a errand success. A dozen or so different reports were heard from the democrats who attended as to the num ber, from five hundred to one thousand being given. Six bands had been em ployed to "fill up," and all the demo crats in the state from far and near as sembled to hear the death sentence passed on the erring lepublicans. We believe that some of them could see four or five men where only one stood and that may account for the swelled report. The Plattsmouth delegation moved slowly away from the city Saturday afternoon, keeping time with the funeral marches which the band played for them. No in formation can be secured from any of the delgation as to what time they returned, all we have heard so far was: "A high time six bands there more fun than I ever had before in my life the largest crowd ever seen in town fiue speaking and a grand rally." "Well, what time did you get home?" They reply invariably: "Don't know, I got home, though." From Saturday's Daily. Mr. Dave Woodard, deputy sheriff of Weeping Water, arrived in the city thL morning. Miss Frankie Duke, daughter of E. T. Duke, of Omaha, is in the city visiting Miss Ella White. Mr. C. M. McElroy, postmaster of Fair field, is in the city, the guest of his father-in-law, Mr. T II. Pollock. Mr. O. II. Ballou and family arrived in the city last night from Omaha, and they are now living in his new residence west of the city. Mr. L. R. Tyson, a lightening mail clerk in the U. P. mail service, was in the city yesterday calling on some old friends of his here. Mr. Merges and daughter, Miss Flor ence, are expected to arrive this after noon on the flyer from Portland, Ore. They will visit Mr. Peter Merges and wife of this city. Judge Russell, this afternoon ap pointed J. T. Marshall administrator of the estate of Alexander Johnson deceased, of Weeping Water precinct. The following gentlemen were in stalled in office at the meeting of En campment No. 3, I. O. O. F. last night: Sol Levi, C. P.; James P. Antill, S. W.; L. Davis, J. W.; J. C. Eikenbary, II. P. Mrs. Twiss, who went to Omaha a few days ago to have her eye doctered, had an operation performed yesterday which proved to be very painful but she has came through all right. The doctor has been successful in his treatment. Mr. Lou. Craig, a young man who was for a long time in the employ of the B. & M. here in their paint shop, is at present working in Lincoln and has gain ed for himself a wide reputation at that place as a first-class painter. He has se cured the contract of painting all their street cars, Mr. Geo. Boeck who was so serious ly injured the other day by falling from a windmill, is not expected to recover for several months it he recovers at all. Besides having two broken bribs and be ing injured internally he received a deep gash on the side of his head extending from his mouth to bis ear, Wonder what the democrat took the band with them for since there has been no music net to the red bandana and it would never do for tlietn to play the "Star Hpangled Bauer V The only music we heard before they took their departure was something utter the stylo of Dixie and a few funeral man lies. Messrs. Clans Iirckcnfehl ami George Wcidman have purchased the hardware business of Mr. J. 11. Cox ami will take possession about the first of next month. Mr. Cox, we are sorry to learn, has made up his mind to leave the city, amlitis his intention to go to Denver, thoitly. We are sorry to lose siu h a valuable citizen as Mr. Cox, but we wish him and his family every success in their future home. With his prosperity while here, he ban assisted the city to a considerable extent, and has always gained for himself among the Plattsmouth people an honorable re putation. When they leave the city, we extend to them our best wishes and also in behalf of many of the citizens, n fond farewell. Messrs. Brekeufeld and Weid man, who are to be the new firm, are both good business men, and the old customers of Mr. Cox should certaily stay by them, and we feel quite confident they will do what is riht. From Thursday' Daily. Miss Tillio Wcckbach. daughter of Mr. Jos. V. Wcckbach, is lying very sick at present with gastric fever. Sherman of the Plattsmouth Journal has been styled the editor of the rebel sheet. A short time sinca he published in his paper the following lines: We'll vie onr none n the star and ntrle, Hurrah for the red bandana. Eagle. Mr. Maliek and deputy-sheriff Miller accompanied by John McClcllar.d, the insane man, went to Liucoln last night. They will hand him over to the authorities there. He was very uneasy while in the car before the train pulled out and was swearing and throwing his arms around in an excited manner. No cause can be given for his insanity. Some think business caused it while others believe, because he is incessantly talking on religion, that that is partially the cause. He sleeps very little and generally walks around at night at all honrs. During the last three weeks ha has been more uneasy than he was known to be before and his condition does not improve. Our patrons who read the weekly IIkhai.d speak favorably of the quality of music which we publish in each issue. The weekly circulation has increased con siderable on account of it. The music alone is worth the small amount which is charged for the yearly subscription to the weekly, and besides it, the paper contains every news item which is afloat. The pa per is worthy of a trial and we feel confi dent that entire satisfaction would be tho result. Every effort is also being made on the daily to push it to the front. It is encouraging to hear daily that the pa per is improving and that if the people want the news, they now look for the IIkkai.o. Let all assist us in whatever way they may and we promise faithfully to still improve with what encouragement we receive. Mr. Philip Treateh, a well-to-do far mer and known extensively' in this vicin ity, who lives about tight miles nor'h west of the city, near Concord, met with a very painful accident yesterday after noon which he is not apt to recover from immediately. He and his boy were en gaged in loading wheat on a wagon, Mr. Treateh placing it on the wagon as it was thrown to him. The horses became frightened in some way and started to run away. As the lines had been thrown on the ground beside the horses, he was unable to stop them while he remained on the wagon. He jumped to the ground, and as he weighs about 205 pounds, could not drop easily on his feet, and badly sprained both ankles and injured several small bones in his limbs. He now thinks he would make too heavy an athlete. Mr. Phil Harrison, one of our jolly transfer men, expressed himself this morning in a way that influenced the re porter to believe that he was gratified to know, more than ever before, that he still possesses his natural equilibrium, although he states he narrowly escaped a shock which might have broken several bones for him. Yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, he backed his wagon to some freight cars standing on what is known as the town track, at the foot of Main street, for the purpose of unloading salt. He had succeeded in getting about eleven barrels into his wagon and was about ready to go in the car and roll out another, when suddenly he found him self flying through the air. When he re covered himself enough to know that he was still uninjured, he looked to find his wagon ditributed in several pieces by the side of the track, and the mules, which were attached to the wagon, struggling to pull away part of it. His location was changed so quickly that he could not tell how it was done. The accident was caused by a train of cars coining against the stationaiy ones with such ter riffic force that it sent them down the track for the distance of about two blocks. The cars which came in from the south side of the yard were uncoupled and kicked in by the engine before it reached the switch. s there were no brakes on some of the cars, they could not be stop ped soon enough to prevent the collision and it is a great wonder that they were not smashed. Mr. Harrison drives around town today with a littlo wagon painted green,