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o T J IM,A7T-MOlTTn WEEKLY il&Knui. rtlDUSDA Y, OOTOBEI: 4, 1S88. ; . I . e , I . j... I N f'.'.' i : t 1 n .1 I Ml 1! I l:. 1 i i ! v - 7 S if 1 M ' I: 4 i i 11 1 V? Allerrro. J 126. 3 - H r.- fc 1 33 CEME AL R. R. t IViNCTON. Fr-ni SuturUay'.s Daily. The iinnoiMicciiu nt of the death of Gcn- v?r.il R. It- Liv'mtun on vesterdav alter AVoon was h sua surprise to ins many friends in Nebraska, and more epi iially " to Ins large circle oi' intimate personal fiiends in iu Plattsmoath city and Cass county. He has been s intiaiately con nected with our community her- for more than a quait r of a c lit my tli.it iiis oudden taking oil se m; lik- a special bereavement to almost every family iu our midst; and n m ?re ek-qm nt tribute,it seems to us, could not be paid a man than the tear st line I faces of hundreds of our citizens who crowded Sixth street last evenintr wli.-n the terrible announcement went forth that he was dying. Men, women and children, all with strained, anxious, tearful faces, silently, and with awe, standing about the hmc of their friend, comrade, and physician cf year?, powerless to do ought save offer their silent prayer for the dying friend and his stricken family. No man in this com munity had more ardent friends and ad mirers than General Livingston. Genial, courteous, brave, a man who worshiped his friends, over-looked tluir faults aud sympathized with their misfotunes, ever ready to help a comrade or a friend; al ways awake to the interests of his home locality, public spirited and gcncrou3 to a fault; a man of commanding presence. splendid address, polished manners and high culture. Why bhould net such a man have hosts of friends, who will miss ud mourn biir. as oue of their blood and bone? Such was Robert Ramsey Livingston, and in bearing thi9 testimony it is not our purpose to make extended mention or to write an formal obituary. We have all lost a true friend; but, to his family, his e!imable wife and loveable family, the sad blow is the swift est and the most cruel. It has been our lot to know somewhat of his family and their home associations; the honest pride he felt in his children and their advance ment. Ilow he planned for the education and establishment of his sons in the grand profession to which he bad devoted his strong manhood and of the groat sat isfaction he took in the results already accomplished in that line To assure the widow and children of the heartfelt symi atby of thi entire community is all r-Q- b r.- f.-zi - - i, mfr , ri 0-0-. I 1 4 12 6 13 1 t 11 j Ujis. -ZZH -! ,38 Jvl feavt-a- jrzc-r-r- r yfe i t -"vvr, m - r. 1 m - - s 1 3 a s 1 iy tj m 1. j 1 -m-m - .B i-l. le-ji i - m i . b.- lj we can do at this dark hour. Finale from Symphony in E i 1 S Copjrteht-KnokeHiros., 1883- G.-nernl Livingston will be bunied on Monday, the funeral ceremonies will commence at Ins residence; from there the body will bo taken to St. Pulse's ehur,-:i, . wherf npprop: i it: ceremonies will be held, and from thence, we are in formed, the Masonic fraternity will con vey the remains to their resting place. AXOTITEn TRIBCTK. Th3 doctor is dead; everyone who reads this will know that it means Doctor R. R. Livingston, every one in this home of his know him and of him, as the Doe tor. And today it may be said that Plaltsmouth has lost cue of her best cit izens, has lost a man who was identi fied with every interest of the city. Nothing for the improvement or better inz of the condition of the city was ever advocated but whai found the Doctor its most earnest advocate. No charitable object was ever attempted but what he was one of tho first to put his shoulder, his money and his influence in the bal lnnco in favor of the same, and in many instances alone and unaided he lifts help ed the needy as no other man in Plaits mouth has ever done. The old soldiers will miss him. lie was ever their friend. Himself a soldier of the noblest type, br.ive. chivalrous and honorable, he believed that no soldier who had fought in defense of his coun try could nk too much of the government or the people whom he had n?kea lus life to protect. Aye, old soldiers will miss him miss him at the camp fires miss him him in the lodge room and miss him everywhere that their interests are at stake. Our citizens will miss him. His pa tients will miss him. His very presence in the sick room was an antidote to ill ness. Bright, cheery and hopeful, full of life and vitality, as soon as he entered the 6ick room he made one feel better, and all had faith in him in his pro fession. The children will miss him, many, many little ones. lie alwaj-s had a bright, happy smile, a how-dye-do, and a pat on the head, for them; and while he may have passed men on the street at times without the formality of salutation, he never forgot the little ones. He used to say in reply to a querry, ''They are my friends, I waut their confidence. Blunt, outspoken and candid, every one knew him ami admired him for his candor, and the news of his death was Jlat. CyltX SIDUS, Op. 85. I a -f -1 2--i s 1 ! 1 FIXE. 1 3 13 3 4 ' the utmost feeling. Strong men, talking I rxn l lir. ;.,irnnp ml 1 I !1 bilS'.IieSS. SDokc V f IJ iii'-. ' ' ' ' ' v ' ' a his decease with tear? in their eyes aud emotion in their voins. Surely the loss of no man in our midst would b-i felt to the extent of tha death of General R. R. Livingston. The Yellow Fever. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 30. An official bulletin of the state board of health will be issued tomorrow declaring continued belief in the existence of yellow fever and warning refuges not to return until a proclamation from the same source, to be made hereafter, when the danger may be considered past. Dkcatur, Ala., Sept. 30. Mr. and ! Mrs. Robert Inman both died last uight. So far as cm be learned there arc fifteen cases now under treatment litre. .Tacksosvim-E, Fla.. Sept. 30. -The new oa.-,es number seventy-nine, of which thiitetn eases were white. There were six deaths. Total number cases, 2.620; total deaths, Sol. There are twenty-five cases at Feruamiina. Harrison Polo Raising- AlNSWOHTH, Neb.. Sept. 29. The cam paign was opened in Crown county by the raising of a llai rrson and Morton pole this afternoon, and a rousing meet ingjat this place this evening. The speak ing was held in the Osborn opera house, which was filled to its full capacity. The speakers were M. B. Malloy of Long ! Pine, P. D, MeAndrews, C. F. Boyd and E. Gould of Aiusworth. Buttons' cornet band furnished music for the occasion. This morning two citizens met at the corner of Vine and Third streets, by mere accident, a few minutes after 7 o'clock. The first stopped in crossing the street to observe the busy body of men construct ing the main sewer beyond the piles of granite to b'e used in paving: the rattle and ooise from the boiler shops could be heard and everything seemed to have a business air, and as citizen No. 2 came up, No. 1 remarked " That looks like business down that way." No. 2, "Yes, it is indeed; Plattstnouth is a busy town." No. 1, " Im am convinced of that fact; this is a lively place." No. 2 "I think Plattsm uth will make a great citv: she is rapidly progressing that way. and the two citizens parted, but their words shall exist together until they are fully verified. I ; received bv all clashes of citizens with ten. ten. - 1 1 1 1 "3 1 3? 5: -fr- MQCAKT. S4 rc- j A r ie"aisn ueea. From Monthly's Daily. Late Saturday afternoon the remains of Thomas Sullivan, a brakeman on the C. 1. & 11, were found horribly mangled on the track between the Platte river and La Platte station. From subsequent du velopenients it seems probable that he was pushed from n moving train, on which he was breaking, by one Robert Smith, at one time an employe of the road. Smith boarded the train at Par-die Junction. He (irt tried to ride on the engine, but this the engineer would not permit, and he ciimbed on to some other part of the train When the train stop ped at Oreapolis he was fo.md concealed in a box car. Hi was put off, but whin the train staited up he jumped on again and the conductor, Norton, sent Sullivan to tell him he must cither get elf or ! w a puss Smith claimed to have a right to ride as lie was an ex-employe- of li.e roa 1. Sullivan was seen to uo to where Smith was and they tin n st.;:t( ii together fr the caboose. Crossing from the too of the b;sx car on which thev then were, to one loadtd with lumber, thev sat down n the edge. This was the last seen of Sullivan till his remains were nicked up after the flyer h id dis covered them, and run over them too. It is supposed that Smith. v. lu ap peared to be insolent aud evil tempered threw Sullivan down between the cars. probably taking him by surprise. Strange as it may seem, Sulliyan was not missed by any of the train men, and they knew nothing of his horriblj death till they heard of the finding of his body. Smith was seen to leave the train nt Gibson. As soon as Sullivau's death was known and the facts, as nearly as could be as certained, the Burlington road's detec tives, and the police everywhere, were notified to be ou the lookout for Smith, but as yet he is still at large. He is described as a man standing 5 feet 10 inches, and weighing 180 pounds. He wears a dark brown mustache, has dark brown hair, and was nttired Saturday in dark clothes and a frock coat. His feat were encased in No. 9 shoes, which were somewhat the worse of wear. Sullivan's body was taken to his home in charge of his brother today. . It was so mangleel as. to be past recognition, the head leing severed from the body. The facts seem too horrible to be true, and if he was willfully pu-hed or thrown from the train, as everything seems to point. :r-zLrz34r r - n jSg-J 'h - - ' 5 v , s ?m.?-0 p a 1 j - m-0l 8 3 1 j I j r r 7" ) I J J '""i b-Z-Z- S-Sl-S- i-5-2 j- r. t-jss:yg q-i , ,bj I t.F TT--p 1 j 1 r jLp HR J 1.3 v . L - ! , 11 111 1 1 I r 1 1 " UP : 3 5 . . by this man Smith, it is to be hoped the f latter will be caught and held to answer i for the crime to Use extrem.3 penalty of j : the law. I Died Defending Themsnlyes- j London. Oct. 1. Advices from Zanzi bar say that the Germans murdered at ; Kiluea died while nobly defending them I selves. A German gunboat was present i but was unable to give assistance in the face of the thousands of armed natives ', lining the beach. The corpses of the I murdered Germans were terribly mutiiat- ed. An English gunboat saved the lives j of the Germans at Lindi. The Germans ; escaped from Mikindani half an hour be : fore the arrival of the insurgents, who tireel volleys at them. The entire wealthy community of British Indian subjects at ; Bagomerjo left that place today torror- sU iekcn, owing to a rumor that a descent ; upon the town by natives was imminent. Resolutions Passed by the Sons of j Veterans. ! The following resolutions were passed j bv the Sons of Veterans at their meeting ! held last Saturd iv night. The words of condolence which will appear fro.u the i different lodges cf the city and the citi ! .ens generally, express the sentiments of the people here and the bereavement oc i casione I by the loss of as yahu'Me a citi zen as Dr. R. R. Li ringston: Vv HEKEAS, Almighty God in his inlin ; ete wisdom lias seen tit to removu from ' our midst oue of our most esteemed cili ' zens and physicians, Gen. Robert R. Lsv i ingston, a comrade and c-x commander ! of the Grand Army of the R'-publio, a kind autt loving nusuanu ami inauigenr father, anil Whereas, In his death the city cf Plattstnouth and state of Nebraska has lost one of t'teir most efficient leaders, and WnEKEAS, In his death three of our most esteemed brothers have been bereft of a father's wise and careful guidance and counsil. and Whereas, The community has been greatly shocked at his sudelen demise, therefore be it Resolved. That Capt. II. E. Palmer, Camp S. of V. U. S. A., extend to our worthy brothers and family of the de ceased, our most heartfelt sympathy in this, their great affliction, and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to the family of the de ceased, published in both the daily papers and spread on the records of the camp. Signed E.G. Vaxatta. ) B. A. McElwatn, Com. A. J. DOIIEBTY. J I I j I - 3tf.fcfc - ten. pn Jieptatrvm 'iVi:. BUYING THE BLANKET. Tli'VER. I want a Sa Horse Uiankct. Dealer. This i n't a Ss blanl.et, but it is " just as good. n'nnuft SOLD AGAIN. The "just as good " blanket did nrt last three weeks. ' I5.V1.J.J.J ON THE WAR PATH. Give me rny money back, or a 5a Horse Blanket. 5A Five Mile. El riT Uilci of Wtrp Threads. 5A Boss Stable. Strongest Eon Eltakst 5A Electric. Jtttt th thing for Out-Door Uw. 5A Extra Test. Something New, Very Birosf . 30 other styles Ai pritei to suit vwtrjVtij. For sale by all dealers. Copyrighted i83, by W M. Aybes & Scjcs. Madisox. Wn., Sept. 28, 18S3. 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