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4 ".wtfff IL, I ini JUr WEEKLY HERALD: PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MAY 1, 1890 "I don't want a flour sieve, but a carriage lap duster that won't let the dust through- Show me a Duster." 5A Lap Dusters OVxalf Worts, ruunu. 5A Ironsides Sheet RxvsrSuE! U Btbi. &A Clipper Fly Nets "jEssr IqaaltoLaathar at HU th Ooii. 100 other style of 3a Horse Sheets and Fly Nets, at prices to suit everybody. For ale by all dealers. If you can't get them, write ua. ARE THE STRONGEST. ONE GENUINE WITH OUT TH C BfA LABEL UnfM br Wv. Atke8 Hons. Phlliula.. who iyo tUe lamoua I lor: nrand Hater Ukanki-ti The Greenwood Gazette comes to us this week under the management of Mr. Elliott, as one i)f the best local papers in the county. The democrats allowed the sugar trust to fix the sugar schedules of the Mills )ill to suit itself. The republicans, however, are under no obligations to that or any other "combine," and will do none of them any favors. Ex. Col. A C Frye was the happy re cipicnt yesterday of $1,800 from the hands of Uncle Sam, as back pay on acoount of pension. We know of no one that better deseryes a lift from the government or one that would appreciate it more than Andy can. D. M. Jones was by four different per sons, heard to say good morning to Mayor Richey today. This cannot be truthfully denied, therefore it is evident to a shrewd (?) far-seeing (?) man that a most foul conspiracy is being hatched, that will be a standing menace to the good government of this city. The bill just favorably reported to the U. S. Senate from the committee on privileges and elections to provide for and supervise congressional elections, is a severe blow at southern methods. The debates when the bill com s up for con sideration in the house will stir up the old fire caters, whose honah sah, must not be questioned, in red hot vigorous old antibellum style. The Oreoron Republicans must be cy largely from Indiana; they held their convention two weeks ago and nominat ed candidates for congress, governor and other state offices. The campaign ought to get so hot by July that the boiling point would no longer be a comparison If they could see how neatly we polish off the enemy down here on twenty-four hours notice, they might change their tactics . Rates for money on call in the leading financial centers of the country are much lower than they were balf a dozen years ago, and interest rates for time loans in the west and south have been materially lessened in the interval. These facts ought to covince even the bumptious statesmen who either do not understand the treasury statmcnts, or who refuse to believe them, that money is growing more plentiful ins'ead of scarcer. ex 'TuK only effect which the Australian ballot woald iiaye in Oregon, whose re publicans demand it, would be to increase the republican majority, wbi "h is already sufficient! v laree for practical purposes - r ;-j The place for the Australian ballot, if it could be suplementea oy some honest method of counting the ballots, however. is the southern states a region, it is scarcely necessary to say, which will never have it until the republicans be come strong enough to provide it. Globe Democrat. The baseless tirade of the Journal against councilman D. M. Jones, will not win any encomiums for that paper. The simple fact thatlongan:! faithful service liad entitled Mr, Jones to some recogni tion by Mayor Richey, and that a well deserved appointment wa9 given him, should be no reason for maligning the second ward alderman, one of whose good qualities, is that, of minding his own business, a trait that is evidently lacking in the vicinity of h.e Sherwood iasemeBt 5A BLANKETS MONEY AND BUSINESS. New York Tribune. lliisini-HS tacts continue uncomfortably conflicting On one sub: i-t Mccumuhit ing evidence tln.t the volume of trade is greater than ever; on tin- other much to jm ity bi li.-f that n in.- of the largest in ilustri".- have trouble ahead. Oy r pro duction of imu, witli prices already t.o low tor many produces, docs not Hop the boiling of more furnaces, and one firm of contractors informs 'The Iron Age" of eight more furnaces building and elevi n others for which estimates have becii submitted, lint in all the territory east of Chicago, according to "The Engineering News," forty-nine miles of railroad track have been laid since January I, against seyenty-three in the first quarter of lust year, and the es timate of construction is 1.000 miles for this year, against 1,184 last year. The coal output to April 5 has been ,02,il21 tons, against 7,oJ2.2l4 last year, and prices have nevertheless been demoralized by accumulating stocks In wool a bet ter tone is jbserved at Roston, but not here or at Philadelphia, and the quantity of cotton taken by northern spinners is more than 20 per cent below last year's lor April thus far. Wheat and corn are moving largely, exports from Atlantic ports lor two weeks of April haying been equal to 2,'00.000 bushels wheat, 11. ur included, against l,.rjO0,O0iJ last year, ami .", 700,000 b-shels corn, against ::.yOC),000 last year. Hut receipts of cotton for the month thus far are 40,000 bales and exports 75.000 bab s less th in for the same time in 1S80. The chief cause of present or prospect ive disturbance in tin: great industries is the strike for eight hours, which has al ready arrested building operations to a great extent in many cities and towns, ami Mr. Gompcrit, president of the Amer ican federation of labor, publicly de clared that the organization "will not scatter its forces; trade by trade, city by city, town by town, it will move all along over the whole industrial field." In Chicago the men out of work because out on strike are said to number 20 000, and as many more arj exp.ctcd to strike at Hostou. At the same time strikes are threatened by railroad hads at Pitts burg and some other points. The num ber of workers involved by strikes in little over half of April is more than 40 000, and last year for the whole month it was not half as great. A- the agitation spreads, it becomes increasingly clear that it offers this alternative either a permanent and large increase in the cost of producing things, and consequently in the cost of living, or a serious loss by the interruption of a prolonged struggle. Yet the business in prospect is enor mous. At the principal cities the ex change last week were 12 per cent l.irger than for the previous year. Earnings re ported by "The Financial Chronicle" on eighty six roads the first and thitty-two the second week in April show an increase over last year of 11.02 per cent. The east bound tonnage continues the largest ever recorded for the season, while late shipments from Chicago also much ex ceed last year's. Receipts of wheat at western poin's in April have been o0 per cent over last year's, and of corn 7,200 000 bushels, against 2,000,0o0. Imports are also heavy, exceeding last year's for three weeks at New York by 22 3 per cent. Rut exports appear to be decrcas ing sharply; in two weeks, from New York the loss has beeu 1S.8 per cent, about half in cotton. Monetary diffi culties have less prominence The gov -eminent has taken in $ 1,300, 0o0 more than it has paid out, but the banks have nevertheless gained over $500,000 from the interior, and cheaper money abroad appears to revive the demand for Ameri can securities. TROUBLE AHEAD. LouinvlUe (Neb.) Courier Journal This journal does not desire to kick any paper into notoriety; but when our rights are infringed upon, the fur will rty. A Snow Storm. Parties coming in from Denver Friday afternoon on the flyer, say that one of worst snow storms of the winter was wing in Denver, and that at Akron early yesterday morning, the snow was twenty inches deep on the level. While the storm was a blindiug one the snow was qute wet and would probably do but little damage. A New Bank. Union is to have a new bank, promi nent parties in this city having already begun the preliminary w-rk necessary for the organization of an institution of that kind. The lots are already owned by parties here who will erect a good brick banking room, within the precincts of our thrifty neighbor. The names of paities interested will be giyen as soon as everything is arrrnged for. The quality of the blood depends much upon good or bad digestion and assimilation. To make the blood rich in life and strength-giving constituents nap Dr. J. II. McLean's Sarsauanlla. It will nourish the properties of the blood from -which the elements of vitality are drawn. IMF'ORTANT TO ALL WHO INSURE. Stop the Firo Waste. Continued from '! Inn -l.i) . I There ui(; malty c-ium-k of (ire small and I gr--at, many ot whic h are mere or b ss preventable and we may give attention to this subject in detail hen-alt r, hut t In most formidable of the fire fiends, the "Moral llazird," will have our attention at this time. The "Moral Ili.trd 'in insurance par lance des inates t he risk the public has t bear of designing mid unset upulous persons setting fire, to their insured piop erty and thereby fraiidently ami crimi nally plundering the insurance treasury, and often thereby burning adjoining property, whether insured or not. It should be understood that under ordinary circumstances, fraud losses an no greater in fire insurance than in other lines of business. Nevertheless, under our present law there is every inducement for this kind of criminal speculation. Such crimes are hard to prove, and as the insurance companies seldom have the assistance of the people in bringing sus pected incendiaries to justice, we suppose the companies naturally feel that if tin public allow their prejudices to shield such criminals and the people are willing to be taxed to Cover such losses the companies ought to be satisfied. We do not, say that the companies are content with the present status of affairs, we think the companies are exercising their best efforts ami are anxious to avoid squander ing the peoples premiums on fraud losses. We know the most of t he companies have placed themselves on the safe side of the valued policy question by pr-.testing against the enactment of such laws, and thirefore they have reason to be satisfied to let the law take its course-si long as, the "dancers pay the fiddler," or proper ly speaking, so long as the people pay for the losses from fust to last, There are many arguments advanced in favor of such a law, but unfortunately they are based almost wholly on theory, but it will be our purpose to arrive as closely as possible at the results of the practical workings of such laws. Tim state department of the different states where such laws are in force uniformally report an increase of losses in a marked degree. We have selected Ohio as a fair repre sentative of the average, Texas and Mis souri will no doubt in time make a worse showing than that of Ohio, owing to the difference in education and morals in favor of the state first named. St. Louis alone is reported as having suffered double the loss in 18S0 as compared with lxs;S. IJ'-low we present a detailed list of fire insurance lossess in Ohio for a period of seven years before the valued policy laws took effect. Year Kisks Written. Losses, is;! :;oo,ou4 nr.;. i,47s.:i:,7 1 S75 .'(0 H.534 ,! ;J 1 ,425.74s 2:C415.1I5 1.54:,;04 1877 2:i:S.020 072 1, .'.17 11 1 1S7S 207.24.i,412 1,:i!Ki,!i04 IS7D 25U,:4.i;09 1 205,477 isso 2!Nj.l"4,in: i,:wr.4!ii 2 055.70 J.S72 0,SS2,!M5 Annual Fire Insurance losses in Ohio for a period of seven years after the pass ago of tin; valued policy law Year lii.-ks Written Losses IhsI .Sol. 701. 721 2,(X,SS:i 1552 MM 872 2S 2.."i.5 S51 1553 402.7:ili..'i;il 2,355,077 1SSI 405.554, SEIS 3,507.81s 1SS5 3S,!ISS,3.M 2.714.45.5 18Si; 4O5.434.50S 3,021. ' 1SS7 4S!.0!I."),92I 3.020,421 2 803 444.533 l!),fllJ,47 It would seem by these comparisons that the fire lost in Ohio for the seven years following the passage of the valued policy law was about double the loss of the seyen years preceding that time. To this must be added the loss of pro perty burned not covered by insurance, which is usually from forty to fifty per cent of he total fire loss. Nearly a Fire. Friday night Chas. Harris' little girl, age nin years, went up stairs carrying a small hand lamp which she set on astand, the cover to which she attempted to straighten thereby upsetting and break ing the lamp. The oil took fire and blazed up vigorously but Charley being near by soon extingushed the names with out any serious results; in Mr. Ilaris' hurry to get up stairs he knocked over the large lamp which fortunatly went out else a conflagration would have been inevitable. People can't be to c.ireful with co il oil. Mr. Streight, the postmaster, has just received instruction from Washington to count eyery piece of mat er, weigh every article and give the amount of postage for the seven days ending May 12th. 1800 The work of the office has increased in the ordinary run of business to such an extent that three men are compelled to put in about fifteen hours a day and yet the government does not pay as much as it did when one man performed the work alone. The department at Washington should be m re liberal in regard, to rents and office expenses as well as the pay ment of decent salaries. Antill, the caterer, keeps on hand the beet ice cream to be found in the city. From the Street Corner. I was riding on the cars the other da, I have rode on the cars a good manv times during the last fifty, or seventy live yca-s. It occured to me that it was a long time since I had seen a conductor smile. lb-always punches tickets us if it were a vi ry serious biisini-ss. He never knows any body while punching ticket, from the b-irgage csr to the rear end of he sleeper. Sometimes I have noticed that he knows som body on his wav back. It used to be said "as sober as a judge." "us b-iiy faced as a deacon." but nowa days it would be mote forceful to say "as sober as a railroad man." "as long faced as a conductor" Nearly all l-usine.sv in the .iti,-r ;,rt of this nine teenth cenl ury has coin'.- to lie sciious business'. A man that can vole :tnd won't vote ought to be made to vote The ballot is not a plaything. The voter is an officer entrusted by his fellow citizens with important, responsibilities. His official title is "elector." He ought to be called by his offiei d title more than he is and it would help to rid agreat many minds of the mischievous fallacy that they are not citiz in of this great Republic because they cannot vol". They might just as well say they are not citi zens, because they are not allowed to try cases as judges, If a judge does not at tend to his duties as judge, we impeach him. Ifane'ector does not attend to his duty as an elector he ought to be punished. All are cMizcns but all are no' electors. It would not be wise to in ike every citizen an eh-cior any more than it would in; wise to make every citizen a goyernor. The office of elector is not an inborn right any nior - than the office of senator is an inborn right liut after one has secured the right to be a senator, duties are inyolved, So when on -. has received the right to be an elector duties are involved, and one of the chief duties is that of voting, and if he won't vote he ought to Ik; made to vote. If he won't vote he ought to be an outcast from society, frowned upon. It don't seem to me to be good taste to a Idress a man as Doctor without adding his name any more than it would be. to address him as Mister, without adding his name. There seems to be an idea prevailing among attorneys that when they are em ployed by criminals, that it is their duty to get them acquited by any means fair or foul, This is evidently a demoralized view to take of ones duty as an attorney. It is not honorable. Such an attorney is a bad citiz -n. His d ty to his client,! his criminal client, goes ::o further than to see to it that he has a fair trial and is not unjustly or unduly punished. When an attorney undertakes the job of clear ing his client, his criminal client, hi; has undertaken the job of turning loose upon his neighbors and his fellow- citiz-ns a bad man, a criminal that oti-ht to be in the penitentiary, We punish the man that sows Canada thistles and the attor ney that turns loose upon the homes of a j state or nation, a criminal, ought to be punished. Attorneys ought to plead more justice and l-'ss law. We have too many catpaw attorneys. Abraham Lincoln was not one of them. A flywheel can be driven so fast but when it gets beyond that rkte of speed it will fly to pieces. "This is a fast age. Tin world is going faster and faster, Much ot it has to be driven by lightning now. I wonder how much faster it can go with out flying to pieces? It seems to me thnt this increasing rate of speed must result in a catastrnphy. There is no nicer accomplishm -nt for a young manor woman, than that of being a good letter writi r. it win improve conversation. It will help to make them good obsorvrs. I want my boys and girls to be good letter writers. I don't care so much for the pi.-tno, or for paint ing, but I want them to be good letter writers. It is a rare accomplishment, but that is in its favor rath, r than against it. P Nt ttz. Special Now is your time to buy pood and cheap flour at Phillip Kraus'. Quality and price can't be beat. Union items. Corn planting is all the rage heie nt plYSellt. Ex-County Judge A. N. Sullivan was in town Friday on Missouri Pacific busi ness. Are we going to have a IVank? most assuredly we need one. The Ledger man says he v. as trying to write a few "biilliant editorial " while icicles played t a g up ami down (here he Usi s tin- pronoun )"oiir" bad iinl f 'nth' r says he indulged m a fcb.-ike. lirst class. We feel soirv for him and lie will le- able by next pll hi i i l-g (I : to "finish h.s brilliant editorial" which we await to see. Sister. Mrs. (Jrant. of F'dls City, ha- been the guest of Mrs. .Ino. Ch.il fant for I he last week. The Farmers Alianee rul'io' is to b held next Saturday eyening May 3rd Come. Miss Nellie Ciialfantis visiting in Falls City at present, Mrs. Dr. (. M. Wiley arivrd her Y eilucs-lav from a lilteen days visit in Kansas. Mi-ses Nellie and Abbie Ileardsley of Weeping Water, passed through here on Thursday for Nebraska City to visit friends. On last Monday Mr. O. F. lb ffner. of NebraskirCity, passed through here with forty-eight hi ad f fine imported sta! lions, they were going to Lincoln J. K. Keithly and wile, of the Weeping Water Republican, passed through Ii'tc Sunday for Nebraska City. Joseph Austin is buying 1 i ye stock with Josh. Lynn. Arch. Holmes, of Rock HI tiffs, precinct was in town Wednesday with fat. hogs. Miss Ella Stotler returned home from your tow n last Sunday, where she has been yisitii.g a brother. Messers Howard 6c Lattin. of S': na doah, Iowa, dc'ivered fruit trees here last Wednesday to the f-injiers from their extensive nursery, at -henaudoah. I. S. High School Notes. A much needed improvement has been made in regard to the dinner room; foriw-rly Miss Herry's room was used as a dinner room and pupils had to pass through Miss Kearney's room to get to the dinner room, which was a great in convenience to both of these teachers; now, an empty room has been fitted up to be used as a dinner :nd detention room. The - interest of the pupils lagged somewhat during the few warm days we had, but as the inevitable examinati n looms up in the distance, the pupils show a renewed interest. Arbor Day was ushered in dark and gloomy but by 10:30 the weather had cleared up somewhat and a few minutes after the bell for dismissal had rung, the High School grounds were alive with several hundred children many of them laden with shrubs and trees to be planted. Prof. Drummond sup'-rint nded the planting of trees, itc. Two rows of shade trees have been planted along the main walk fiom Un gate t" the building which will n.ld much both to comfort and beauty. Four of our teachers spent Saturday in Omaha. Miss Humphrey will probably not be one of the ti achers next year as she ha been offered abetter position in tin schools at Wymore. Miss Carrie Holloway returned Sunday eve from a short visit in Omaha. List of Letters Remaining unclaimed, in the po-totficc at Plattsiuouth. Neb.. April -,3. 1X10, for the week endoig April. 2i'J. I!i0: Carter. Mr Mali! " Conk. Cilarli-s Clialli rty. P.-cie l-'rix-il. .Mi- s.-m Cliini, Wm ;.;-rad. ."oh! Horn. Ia-i- Jb-tins l-Vank Hooker, C K Jolnix. m. M r Sa'all Kearney. May l.outy, .J h MdH-iial l. M'S Win .1 Martin Joseph MorriMin .1 McLaali'ii. i iniiia .Marler Mi-s Alice Yet-r-o"( Miss I.ilihie Smith. II i Th in:is M W TigH. .I..lin Wtloirtr. Nc n Persons calling for the above letters will please say "advertised." Hkxkv J. Stukioiit, P. M. t Cottonwood Itoms. Weather quite cool and dry. Farmers planting corn or very busy preparing f r that pleaMircabh- employ ment. M. L. Ruby is yery sick; caused by an abcess in his lungs. Little Maiy and .liminie Ji nsmi h ive the mumps. Franl V'orice is gaining very slowly. Mrs. Fry of I'latUmoulh spent a few lays last week with herdaugh cr Mrs. M t rt 'II Ituby. Mrs. Etcln-r of Ila.-tings la. is visiting 'icr sisti r, Mrs Win. Mat'. Miss Nannie Price jM again at the hi 1 m of school affairs at Cottonwood. She was accompanied on her return by :ier sister. Miss Fannie, who is now teaching in d i A rict ! 1 . Miss Minnie Draper spent. Thursday with Elmira Ven-ird. Mrs. Hiilh-y's temperance lecture nt he (Jroye Church Wednesday night vnu very interesting but perhaps would have been more profitable to the cause if more of tin- voters had b-en preset. t.. Mr. .1 Munny is in the western part f the state on business Mr. D. S. Draper hns bought L',00 bic-hels of corn of Mr. Lee. We bear that one of our young men lias again intend the mat i imonial boat. If so he has tin- best wishes of Cottonwood's two old batchelois. Rock Bluff. Amos C is found a ib-n of six young wolves a few days ago. Mrs. 1 1 -nry C.d kin went to Plattsiuouth again lat week to have a surgical opera tion performed for caries of the hip. A Piohibition Amendment League w as organized hire a week ago last Saturday night. S. L. Furlong was elected Pres ident ami O. M. Craves Secretary. Mrs. Howard Allen has been in Plat tsiuouth for about two weeks taking care if Miss Elizabeth Hend rickwm, who has een very sick and not expected to live, but at this writing she i-i thought to be some better. The fir.-t detachment of Oeorge Hen driekson's herd left here last M n lay for die h . rding grounds near Valparaiso in Saunders county. The main part of the herd will leave fore part of May. Mrs. L. E. IJ.diey, of New York State, lectured at the Methodist church last Tuesday night. Her subject wasthe con stitutional amendmet. She handled the ubject with great force uid convinced the most of those who hear i her, that she knew well what she was talking about. Win. Hill, who lives near Kenosha, h id a narrow escape from a fatal acc ident last w eek He and his son Wesley wen; chopping near together, when Wesiey'sax caught a limb in such a manner as to direct ttye bladeof his ax into his Fat her's head, but the blow proved to be so wabbling that it only caused a scalp wound two or three inches long. Docter Reynolds was called and dressed the wound and Mr. Hill is around ag-ii.-i all right. D une Rumor says there is to b,; fvo weddings in the near furt.ire. The one attracting the most attent'oii is that of a healthy bachlor, w ho 1 as been raised here to the age of about twenty eight years, and untiil a very recent date we have never heard him charged with being guilty of .-ver cutting sln-'-ps eyes at any girl. And it was generally accepted as a well grounded fact, that Will was cut out for a confirmed bachelor. Hut alas! he has been '"lassoed" by the "lariat" of mutual attraction. Farewell Will., remember the d-.ys f yore. You will not be traveling in single haiii'-ss any mote. Ti Sua v Kit, County Court. Par.konin v Hymn lb-.- et al suit on promissory note give for a span of mules on" of which died. Mr. R ed didn't want to pay for a d-nd mnle lift. -en or twenty witnesses were suhpocnicd and a warm tria' was in progress t bis after noon. IJ -esori , li ot a:. pear for plantiff E. H. Wooley A: H. Clark for defendants. Mrs. R dkes appeared before the court C'-is morning and by her attorneys Hecs on fc Root asked for an allowance on account of her posthumous child, the matter is to be argued Thursday. r.