"tiuia" 2ifuTt.'tt1ir Laiiy.
'flu. Oltl '.t)i.,; 't.rectjcJ.
1'y lhe Au nor . CH ;)". tin. k.
ldlanoU. (;.) v'rt.
Mn. Etniou: Lt n rid. to tho res
cue; I mi"; to t'if? recM of tlx oliticil
campaign sii, Thc Old Ivmtudy
Babe." 1 conic to th Teni': to frcJ it
from tint corrupiiens th..t twin ti bo
gatuei ir.g mi.und ii, ri woul 1 in lime
become a tinitof it s rfniTi".l of in
the minds of ray, uul.m th-ai advn
titiom Kfi r.Moi: . t -;J b- trn nway liy
the b-oid n ;ic who kaows with w!it
panoply t'.i Mion v c hi brain bprang
forth. It. in written in tUe same measure
f NHlic ii;y, tut irt to a not con
finite it a iaro.lv 0:1 Nllie Gray. It
refers to tb re '.'tro found at that
tinv; in the politic.! f.-!d, and ventun
some prcdictioii n te the future, which
predictions were all T-'riiiul.
Below is the t-eog in ivs correct appa
rel, form and frtrocture; and na sung by
the Indunola Giro Club, l. Chapman, T.
L. Dilley, John D. In Merrill Iti-
fjallH. Thi)rnH !!, Ilnry S. Graham
ad J. CiiMju Jle Clarice.
THE OLD KENTUCKY BABE,
la a green and feitlle vailey
On the ol'l Kriiiecty ute.
Tears ago there it bom a i.rerious babe ;
flow lie's grown te '..tuie.
And lid's nix feet t.:'t or -nor ;
And he's '-ailed by the rwoib' "iloaost Abo."
cuuiv.v.
Then Hurrah for r.,mr 1 be !
for the Old KfLtuy Saho !
For we're .-obitf to iv.u'r.r b-m ire-idu'. this fi'.I.
Ie will mvIpk our uj'ry ba:i:.
On Hs old accustomed '.r ick.
Just imtiisv: 1j Uk'-I tos-whii: 1 l mju!. j
Oncln-i c;ti;v;.s iO-J i; Sii'n n
In the Siuit: illlm.-!.
And he made lhe l.iiilr HUiit very torn ;
Tor his sham sqiattfr ttoctiine
'd decided by the b. is.
To bo but a twad-J a borj.
f CHOKocs, thn Uurra.li, etc.
Of unfriendly lobulation.
Dug. declaim at r'retpett.
Thfii at Orleans lie ;t for i-lanters lighlt'.
Behind the Drcd mj.i duciidou.
And thegeit KruU-ial Cumt.
Ou his belly like a coward next he fights.
cnououi (lur Hits versa.)
Then a jrroan for little Steve !
,Mon bis doctrine can blieve ;
To the South for aid nil vainly he will call ;
Ah ! little he'll n-joictf .
When he hems th tcaplia voice,
Making Abe to be our president tiis fall .
ctiououa, then hunah. etc.
The Mass MJAitlnirtU v .. . Urvtfaer J. Q. Adams, president of the Uiud of
Yi btcrilay wj hi id the inucri adver- Ejyle, is in tho city today
tisi'd u-uB4 meeting ut Weeping Water, A decree ws rendered in dutrict couit
and hut n fmall crowd comparatively yerterday quieting title to u piece cf
fncukini; were present. Tiie attitude of
the coruiniirHion'.Ta w cussed and di
cuHHcd hy sonic of the speaker. The
followhiu resolutions were adopted nnd
Hunt to the cointnicHionerit which explains
t!i o)j ct anl doings of I lie meeting.
To th-5 : Honorable Hoard of County
Commissioner?,
UE.NTi.EMhN: At your session of Dec.
10tb, you orllcially deriiled to pj.'t pone
the calling of a npecinl election for a
pcriol of forty days, helieving tins to be
1:11 unreasonable length of time to dtluy
and defeat the will of three-fifths of the
votca of Cass county; tlwcforo,
lie it rt-soloed: That it is tin; sense of
the majority of the people .vs.mlled at
a public meeting held at Weepiut; Water
Iec. UGth, called lor the purpose of
taking into coiiVi.leridion the wets of the
cotnuiia.Moueri at their meeting of Dec.
19th,
1. That.ttic time taken ii altogether
too long to suit th wiahm of the peop'e.
2. That iht necessities of the case
demand mere prompt nnd rupid woik
on your part.
3. That less than onc-haif the time
taken by you would be aufiieieut to con
vince yo .i as to the legality of the peti
tion.
4. We nsk and cl iin tin right to add
names to the petition as fa&t a secured.
5. We condemn the action of the
lind a against onu Throckmorton.
Miss EtTio an 1 Edward Rmdall and
Miss Belle I'oland are spending the holi
days with Mr. Joseph M.ipes and family.
J, W. Paddock a cousin of senator
Puddock residing in Omah hes just been
appointed a government director of the
Union Pacific Railway by pr tident Ilar
li&on. A. P. Lewi?, editor and proprietor of
the Louisville Advertiser, spent X;nas
with his parents in Ashland. Arthur is
making the Advertiser a success. Ash
land Grtzelte.
A lamp was thrown over in Sherwood'
store last night which came near causing
a cor.flugtatior. But prompt action
stopped tho tbiinea before any serious
h in had been done.
Miss Leola C. Carter, eldest daughter
of V). M. Carter, and niece of the Thomas
boys in this county, is to be married soon
to Me. Jfevtcn E. Barkalow, one of
Omaha's wealthiest und most popular
young men.
The Masonic Bll last evening, owii
to the dust and hijrh wind was slimlv
attended, though an unusually good
lime wm had by thoe present. The
supper at the Kiicy was an elegant affair
which went far toward making the even
ing's enjoyment a success.
rIhe telesraph today save, a farmer
Plattsmouth boomers in trying to defeat I earned Ilollowman, living in Mahaska
the will of a large m.ijonty of the eiti- I county, Iowa, today found a solid gold
zens of this county. I ou'nt weighing seventy ounces, on the
6. We believe the petitioners of Cas edge of a small creslc on his farm, and
county uro in cat-neat in this matter, they it is believed a he ivy deposit of thu p re
are not satisfied with the present lcca'ion cious metal will bo found on iuvoatiga
of the county seat, and oever will be tion.
under existing circumstance. Th.- Jeff. L. Stone, the editor and proprie-
matttr will have to be settled right o- or ot Kcarnev county's best paper, the
endless trouble and litigation will bt f;,i,.. T?.oivirpr i Kil.-iriiii m m.p
the rcSU'.t. I ,.r:.,l r.f i;.t tioir n. lin'Thf. fair
7. As a matter of economy to the tax haired bov that looks like his dad. The
payers and thn county at lare, w, as Ukkalu ext-nds conoratulatlons. Mr.
citizens ;f Cass county most emphati- sloe, it will be remembered, was at ore
cully demand that the prayer of these Lime citv editor of the PLATrsMOirr-a
petitioners mnst bo heard without 1111- n.Mv tTui.nt,
BATTLING WITH AN OCTOPUa
A Reunion of Prominent Old Settlers
Christmas d:iy witnrsscd tie happy re
union of the eight cnildrcn of Charles
and Margaret Young at the comfortable
home of Frank Yovng sr., south of this
city. The Youcgs liave been a sturdy
et of pioneers nd rijht well Lave they
done their part toward settling and im
proving our fair state. They came to
Nebraska Territory in 1S3j, having been
lorn in Kentucky and siuce that date
the mot of the family have been resi
dents of Cass county. Tho ci"hfc sons
and daughters of the above nirued coup
le all of whom were present arc na fol
lows: Wm. Younr, aged pevnty-eiht of
Union, Joseph Youug, eged sixty eight
Omaha, L. II. Young, aged sixty-six
Norden Keyapalia county, Frank Younii
r., Murray, aged fifty three, llw, X"nt-.y
Murray aged sevcaty-two, Oma!:a, Mrs.
W. R. Ellington aged f-ixty four, Hock
Bluff?, Mrs. Clcir.a Campbell fifty-eight.
Blair Nebraska, tuil Mrs. Miry Buster,
fifty six, Sherwrcrt Nebraska. The hus
bands of ths "Yeans" iriris with tl:e
grand clnldreu were as follcvs: S. H.
Buster aud son Willia of Shcrwcod, Al-
fredMurray of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. F.
II. Youn jr. and duuLtcr find son Ma-
William Young daughter Jennie,
Mr. B. W. and E. Vf. Leavitt, aad Miss
ua'.-estary lelay.
Signed: Wai.tkh Cutfoutu,
II. HoI.ENCKCIf,
W. OSP.KNKOI',
I. N WooDFoni,
II. O. Rack,
Committee.
Court Terms For 1C9I.
The order fixing the team of court
for tli-3 year 1801 in the various cotmtiis
in the stccnd judicial district was file;:
with Clerk Showalter yesterlay, and is
as follows.
CAS3 count v.
March 2nd; May 24th; and October
12th,
LANCASTER COUKTV.
February 9cb; September, 21st.
OTOK COUNTY.
March, 23th; June loth; December 7th
SAM-LM.CHAr.MAX,
Allen W. I' ield, S
Ciant Trees.
Andrew Caldwell, special acnt of tin
general Land oliice, appointed to tmke
an investigation sis to giar.t trees (suiuoia
gigantca) in the Stockton and Vusnlh
land districts in California, reparts that
in the Vusalia district thsre is one small
and one large strove of giant tr. ts. The
letter is the Virgin foresv. and contains
over 1.200 "iant scouoias and manv
more small trees. Some live years ago a
co-operative colony located about forty
: il. ivi 1 .1 ,i
t .... i r t tt: 1 cu tries iu mo uciguuoruuuu auu te
J I ...: 1 i .t .- : 1
Sirs. I j. II. and B. E. Ycun- of Norden w
Nebraska. Twcnty-Cvo people ia all.
The county commissioners today are
busy looking over plans for the new
cjurt house. No actiou was taken in
the matter though some very handsome
pi ns were fchowr, all of which were in
side the appropriation. Those present
frcni abroad were architfet?, Ellis, Voss
and Sidney Smith from Omaha; James
Tyler, Win. Gray and O. II. Tlacey, of
L'ncoln and G. E. McDonald, of Geneva,
together with eig;ht or ten contractors
from Omaha a?.td Lincoln.
Safe burglars are evidently al.roa 1 in
Cass county according to tbc following
item in the Wabash News; Last Saturday
night some party or parties cntend the
lumber ofnee of John Murty at Kenwood,
arid bored three holts iu the safe and
knocked the knob oif the combination
l .ck, ths safe was still locked when dis
coyi red, and the indications nre thvy
tailed to make tatrancv, bat the e.-ife is
ruined.
A pp.ragrp.ph is giag t!';e rouuas
abi-.ut f. girl djirg from tiglit lacing.
An editor commenting on the fact says:
"These corsets should be done away
with, and if the girls can't live without
being squeezed ve suppose men could
h found who would sacrifice tlici::
selvcs. As old as we arc, v.'eM rather
devote three hours a day without a
farthing of pay, as a brevet corstt, than
see these yirls dying in that manner.
Ofr.ee hours almost any time."
Difficult Fljbt with n SXontttcr Ilarlnc
Kevin Foot Tentaelea.
Tlireo younjr men ned aVut 13 yeara
bad an exciting encounter with an octo
pus, or devil fish, under tho old wharf
belong ntr to thu Myers Canning com
pany, rt West Seattle. It rcnilttMl in
the frightful creature- bein;j killed after
a fearful stru.le. It wa necessary to
sever completely every o?io of. tho hor
rible creatine's tentai.les from its body
before it pavo up tho Ftrucrjvh'. Tho
Cpdit was witnessed by quite a number
of Ficetators.
The boys were fishing for tomcod from j
the front of the wharf when they no
ticed a considerable commotion in the
water under tho wharf. One of them,
Dick Smith, took a long pole and climbed
under tho wharf, to find out, if possible,
the cause of tho disturbance. He had
cot gone far when in the serai-gloom he
discovered a strange shapo and saw a
pair of small eyes glaring at him. In
his flight lio poked at tho animal with
his pole, but to his horror and amaze
ment it was wrenched from his hand as
easily as though it had been a straw.
Young Smith gavo a frightened yell
and climbed to tho top of tho wharf to
give tho alarm. Several boys, arming
themselves with poles and spades,
climbed down under tho wharf to inves
tigate this tnarino monster and if pos
sible capture it.
After the eyes of tha beys had become
accustomed to tin- cV.;-m they beheld to
their wonder and m:-, that the creat
ure with which th; i . 1 to deal was a
huge devil L'sh, i:;.-:.iu the water into
foam with its merciless arms, which
were spread out for a distance of about
seven fret in every direction.
The boys attacked the creature with
poles and spades. One boy made a strike
at the animal, cutting it slightly with a
spade. Tho infuriated creature seized
the spado in its grasp and threw it far
out among tho piles.
Tlie Cght continued for some time, the
ar.imul seizing everything that was
thrnst at him. Several times one of the
boys narrowly missed being caught and
drawn beneath tho surface by the mon
ster of the deep.
At length, by a nnited pull at several
poles which tho octopus lias seized in his
blind rage, he was drawn from the
water, bnt even then ho kept Tin the fight
with unabated fury, striking viciously
t everything withm reach.
One after another tho tentacles were
spvered from tho frightfully misshapen
body. Even after the last arm had been
fevered tho animal' did not give up the
tight, and when any one approached it.
glared at tbtiii and caused ics body to
quiver in a manner that induced a thrfll
of fear to run over the beholder, even
with a knowledgo that it was harmless
Tho devil fish was final! v dispatched
with a spade. The arms were carried
away by tho several bovs who had sever
ed them as trophies of thii fight, but the
body rc-mained 011 tho ground and was
viewed hy many people daring the re
mainder of the afternoon. Sc-atiio Press.
Klle-n Terry'a ChlUMaoo'j.
When Ellen Terry wai a littla girl
about 11 v.;ara of a?e liho belonged to
I Mrs. Charles Kcarr.i company at tiio
PriGcers SJ10 was one evening acting
?uck in the "Midsummer Niglit'a
Dream,' nnd had to come up tliroii 'i
the olago lioor 0:1 a tr;:p dcor. s-. .nding
on a mushroom. The tra; d.o:- v.vis
shut too soon, .?nd one of h'T f t v :i
can
it. She t creamed with p..ii, an.1
hi r sister Mate, then acting TiLmia, r:;n
to her ati.l threw lier ari.is r.ni.i.l her.
Still the i-hPi continued to f:rf i':i aud
Mrs. Charles Hc-n seeing wii.it was
wrong, i-ai'i'i on i..i stage an slruei:
with her h.:tl for the t::i: tiuor to be-
opined. Tho man naturally dusUhk:
the tigi:al. i.nd yhut it tighter, and the
child's jjcrea::::; redoubled. Mrs. Kean
whispered to kcr:
"Be a bravo f,irl, Nellie, und finish
vonr part, and 3 011 shall play in 'King
John."
The trap door was by this time opened,
but th'.: littlo girl's too was broken. She
finished her sp.'eu'n, however, tiiotighshe
fainted when fjiegotoff tho stage. Later
jn she played the part of Prince Arthur.
Another time, in the same company,
she had to play one of the angels in
"C.itlierino of Arragon'a Vi:ioii." To
cive the appe:;ranc3 of distance the larg
angel camo first, and they graduated
in size until tho end, and Ellen Teny,
being thu smallest actress, was placed at
th top of tho row. Whether tho height
she was from the ground made her sick
is not known, but she evinced her feel
ings in tho moot tangible manner, prov
ing most unpleasantly to the othot
'.ingcls" ljeneath her (who remonstrated
wW.) her afterward) that, however spirit
a ! Ler appearance might be, she was
suo-.j'-et as any mortal to tho ills that
fi-sh is heir to. London Tit-Bits.
PwOfcSSIO 4 AL C All 08.
r. l LIVINOHImN K. I'.
DIta. LIVINGSTON & CUMMINS
P&jsic ans and Mmm
nice No.
i- if 1
K-".tlr
Cli. M .10
Telrpbone M
el. ;e-'i-e t T. I ivirie t-'n 4'J.
1 1 .-.i.,.m: It. (.'miliums, CSu.
Suryeyorh
( IVJL iC'."'.INK.E:iaiii st'KVtYoi:
E. E. HILTON.
t!mte aud v'"' of "Itw-ik fin ul.ed and
Ollicj in Martin Block.
PLATTItUOUTM " ' JLBBABatA
County Surveyor
-AMD-CIVIL
EKCIK&ZER.
Ul orders left with County Clerk, will
receive prompt attention.
OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE
Tho Ciinofie to Rule.
Lord Wolseley bclievoc; that the Clii-
ne:( are the coming race, and that they
v.-i 1 1 overrun the world tho moment
eral or lawgiver ari.ses anions
For ."00 v-ears tho Chinese have
some of whom Lad not aeen each other
for over twenty years were gathered
round the festal board and partook of a
splendid dinner. The nioeting was an
ixceodhi .7 i.L&&nt "a:?, thu host i-nd
hostess taking great cara to look after
the wants and comfotU of their guests.
The entire family of eight, wtvo ia the
city yesterday getting a picture of the
group, and we believe the state could
not produce eight brothers and sisters
whose combined ages would equal that
f this family w hich is 515 years. The
Herald hopes they may all live to have
many more happy rc-nnioaa.
A Break at the Power House.
Last night about G:30 the stores using
electricity for lighting purposes were
uddenly enveloped in darkness and the
neverfailing gas had to supply the
demand for ligbt. The trouble was
caused by the breaking of the engine
crank on the tuaiu shaft which runs the
governor. Four men went immediately
ta work and tore the other engine up,
ecured the crank and by the industrious
use of a file hart everything in running
rder again, and the lights all going be
fore cine o'clock. It was a bad break
and seems surp iaing that it could be
fixed so soon.
Wayne Stennett, a prominent citizen
of Stennett, Iowa, was ia the city last
ight, the guest of J. M. Johns and
f imily.
L. C. Erven, an old time Plattsmouth-
ian, visited his father-in-lw, Mr. Nelson
Jean yesterday. lie returned to Omaha
this morning.
The colony-it is asserted, cumbers about
six hundred members aad has recently
engrafted the Bellamy idea as its leading
County Court.
Letters of administration granted to
Theodore Stirkjohana administrator estate-
of Theis Stirkjcdiann, decased.
James S. Mathews vs estate Maria E.
r.ttrac'iou. There is danger, the agent Jonf.? deceased. Continued by consent
beiieyer;, that these people 5f unmok:tec; -j uv.til Jan. S, Ifc'Ol, 10 u. m.
will soon destroy thij ir.ot woi.dcrful
and " perfect body of gignntea in th
world. In a table giving the number
and size of the frees in the groves yi?itcu
only thooe of 45 feot in circumference
and more, measured 3 feet from th
ground, are classed as giants. Of these
2,075 were found. Forty-four are over
80 feet in circumference and several are
more than 100 feet. One is 103 feet in
circumference or mote than thirty-five in
diameter. Secretary Noblo has request
ed the secretary of war to station a com
pany of cavalry in the Tequsia national
park and another in Yosemite park to
prevent depredations on the mammoth
tree groves. It 13 stated that the so
called Bellamy colonists, who have in
part perfected title to the lands on
which these trees stand, have expressed
a purpose to hold their claims in spite of
all opposition.
The snow storm yesterday was one of
the most general ever known and extend
ed fiom Maine on the Atlantic coast to
the most southern points of Virginia.
The thermometer at Bangor Maine regis
tered twenty-five degrees below zero.
The snow storm seemed to extend as far
west as Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. The
Paciffic coast was also lashed with a fu
rious storm. Nebraska still continues the
leading competitor with Florida as a
sunmer reaort.
In the t.vit'.tr of I!-; l.'.st wid aud tes
taraent of W. B. R.-ynoldi, deceased.
Hearing on probate of same, &n:l will
admitted.
Lawrence Scull vs Frank O'Nei'
Continued by consent until Juu. 7, lo'Jl,
at 10 a. ru.
License to wed issund to Mr. Christen
Rasmussen and MioS Meress Mik kelson.
both of Weeping Water.
Letters as 3IetapIior9.
Soma curious examples of tho uco of
letters as metaphors may be found ia the
works of Lightfoot and Wntsteia. We
often hear of a person haviug a "stigma
upon him." A stigma was formerly the j
branding iron used by tho Greeks for
marking their criniinalci. Ii was in
shapo not nnliko a small figure five
and was usually applied upon tho fore
head, check or back of ILo hand, whore
it would not fail to bo noticed. The
Hebrews are said to havo used t heir final
letter, tan, for a similar purpose (see
Er.ek. i:r, J). In the Talmud it is fa
bled that the Book of Deuteronomy came
and prostrated itself before God and
s:.:id:
"O Lord of tho universe, thou hast
written ia mo iay law, but if a testa
ment is defective in r--:no parts it is de
fective in all. Behold, Solomon endeav
ors to root tho letter job out of me.
Neither shall h-j multiply wives" (see
Talmud, Sanhed., x.v, 2. -Bihlo Deut.
rvii, 17). "Then," says the Tal
mud, "the holy blessed God answer?;!.
'Solomon and a thousand such as he i
shall perish, but the least letter shall not
perish out of thea." St. Louis Republic.
great gr
them.
been ruled, by "the simple method of
having all tho more active, capable and
progressive heads shorn off by the Tar
tar?:." No one of worj than average in
trllige?ice i: permitted to exist, and th'
government is on one sido an organized
system of rar.sriacre. When Commission
er Leh wa3 asked whether it was true
that ho had beheaded (50,000 men in three
V'-nrs, iiis answer was, "Oh, surely more
t tiaii that. ' Somo day, however, a new
Chinese Moses will arise and resist.
The people, who ars quite fearless,
will then, Lord Wolseley thinks, adont
the profession of arms, hurl themselves
on Russia and sweep over her, India and
the continent of Europe. The English,
the Americans and ths Australians will
havo to rally for a desperate conflict.
probably in western Asia, which will be
a veritable battle of Armageddon. Such
prophecies are, of course, of small prac
tical use, bnt we agree that a very little
might "t the Chinese moving, and that
her millions, once let lrxs, cor.U no
ore be stopped thau a stream of Iiva.
Led Wolseley is all for keeping on good
ter-ns with the Chinese and so are we.
but at the same tims wo do not forget
that tlr? Iloiriati cmpTovs who tried to
conciliate the G-oths fared no better than
thos3 who deued them. Omatu Worid
Ilerald. Nfw IecoratIvo Prorrtn.
A new process by which artistic design-,
cr.n be photographed on papr, cot
ton cloth, velvet and other fabrics is be
coming mo -craze 1:1 I'-O'gi.i.ou, as an
iaay c:i;i ny lis i::c:m: ::
fabric and print upon it v.
her own tast' and i.i w:t
leaves will serve i:::-ter.d f
ency for tho in-:Kia'jt'"c,n of n
At a recent ineetirgof the 1
society (England) a wc-1! Lno
rarhor printc-:.! diu.jivnt leaf jiatterri!
rr-:i c::; -'i',::it parts of a i.ivc? of win
c-ottori clot;-!.
J Wm. L. BROWN.
Personal atteiitluu to all btntne eutruite
""'"Sohhyi. op irf
Tillfts examined. A bstraeti eonii'ited, lnur
wnt writ ten. real e sold,
hettertarilltie-i lor nutkiu Farm Lnau tbaa
ANY OTHER AGENCY
PLATTSMOUrii KBUiSKA
TTORNKY
A. N.
SULLIVAN.
Attorney at-Law. will rIyu prompt attention
to all ulfir m nt.ruit'( V htm. Olnco in
Oalon btocic, Kant Side. Hattiimouth, Neh.
TTOUNEY A J.AW.
WINDHAM & DAVIES.
&. E. WI N nil AM. JOHN A. DAV1R3.
Notary I'ublic otiiry t'ublle
Cffif ver Lank of Cas County.
Klattamonth - Nebraeha
Bsnka.
Cor Maiu and Fifth street.
Paid up capital
Surplus
OFFICERS
$51004
lb OO0
C. 11. Frne:e
Kred (im-'ier
J. 41. PHttersuD
itJt rViAersou, Jr.
Tie-iidenl
Vlco l'reiitilant
Cajsheir
Atit Cail;ltr
DIRECTORS
0. H. Prmelft. J. M. I'Mterson. Kieil (Jorder.
h. 11. Smlili. It. It. Windham, li. . uanisey auu
Jas I'jittcrsou Jr.
. GENES AL jJAKSlKC BUSIDES3
T a ANSA TED
AflRoants Holietted. Interest allowed on time
deposit tuifl iirnmpt att' ntioncivn to all bu-
kueas emruueu 10 us caie.
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with various develo&.-rs bv arniv-
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Want Another Judge.
State Jc.r;
At the last meeting of the Lancaster
county bar association a committee com
prising Messrs. II. II. Willson, M. B.
Reese, A. S. Tibbctts, C. L. Hall, C. M.
Parker, W. J. Bryan and A. W. Scott
was appointed to bring before the legis
lature the neceEsity of an increase of the
number of judges in the Second judicial
district from two to three. The com
mittee has authorized Judge Reese to
draft a bill which shall provide for the
same number of judges as at present in
ether districts, leaving it open for amend
ment in relation to such districts as may
favor an increase. It is deemed certain
that Omaha will move for an increase,
and will move that the number of judg
es in that district shall be increased from
four to eight. The coming session ia
not deemed likely to be a very favorable
one for such a measure, but every tffort
will be made to sec nre an increase f
the number of judges in this district, is
the bar association contends that theie
is aa imperative demand for it.
now Animals Die.
That beasts and birds go aside fror
their comrades to suiter tno extreme-
trials of death i3 a pithetic fact not gen
erally known. "Whales como ashore
when they fed ill, go that tka wares may j
dash out the liTo C.it U fnc.t ehbina
awcy deliberr.ro eases oZ suicide, you
will say. boi::ctir;c:;, r.o doubt, their
friends desert them. The healthy ones
feci that the comr.sionshin of an
enfeebled individual is a porciblc
source of danger. Or it may bo that
me- s:g:.Tj 01 ceat.-i is mioieraoi? to mem,
just as it has been to many human
races. Whatever tho explanation, the I
fact remains tnat m tne animal world,
as a rule, creatures go away and die by
themselves; the denkre-ns of the water
commit what might be called suicide by
leaving tneir owa elements tor one m
which they cannot exist. St. Louis Re
public
ly with
ecries of
uei-ig-.i-s m v-:r;er-:'.: yd c-ok i'3 upon one
pk'Vi of doth. The colors at pr:;ent ob-
tain.ioio by U:o uso of devel
process a-e rel, orange, purple and raa-
ro' .i. f'.- mixing the rurcle and orange
:a uasali Taciorv kind of au
Ju'et-n is H.aid to h ive bf-en
D : vd.-.p'.'ra to yi-.d-l bkics and
1 this process havo vet to be
di-v;'!eper
is
o.
1
v.-.-rli-irr.
-New Y;;rk Commercial Ad-
VI:y CtMti. r"a.'.es IXavo I'otir I'.
Do j-c:i know why four "IV are use
to mark the hoar of four on clocks
and v.-atekeo instead r.f the us
iioiUi.ii ni:?:icrai "i .- jiiie irauit'on
among deck au 1 watchmakers is that
iu the roar 1370 the first clock similar
to those now in .use was mado in
France for Charles V, surnamed the
Wise. The king could not deny that
the clock was an excdlent timekeeper;
but as he wishei to find fault with
something, and so ;iro up to hi ; na-re,
ha- icsiUnl that four was irxr.rreetly
marked, and that four "IV should be
substituted for "IV." The makers could
not convince him of his error, which hag
New Use for Ola Hose. I been perpetuated aa the king 3 mistake
While dredging on the oyster beds through all tho succeeding years. New
near iNew London. Conn., an ovstemian iorE Ledger.
brought up something which at first
siarht looked liko a lifeVss spa s-rr.Pnt nn9l Twelve Uaya Bbld.
coveted with immense scales, but on ex- England made the change from the
animation it turned out to be a strip of m cr "ulian calendar to the Gregorian
hose seven feet long and throe inches in iu 17'!32- At tbat iod the original thir-
diameter. comnletelv hidden bv tho bi- teca states were British colonies, and as
valves, which had become fastened to it.
By actual count there wero over 1,000
oysters on that piece of hose. Philadel
phia Ledger.
Slrlos.
Siriu.3 shining with far greater luster
than any other star, it was natural tbat
astronomers should havo regarded thin
as being the nearest ef all the "fixed''
Etars, but recent investigation on the dis- I
tancea of the 6tars has shown that the
mearest to us is Alpha Centauri, a star be- !
longing to the southern LatituJ. though
it is probable that Siriu ia about fourth
oa tfc tie iu the rder cf ehjaUnce. Hx-rar4f.
the new system went into operation at
that time throughout England's Ameri
can dependencies it haa been iu effect
from the beginning of the United States
government. Russia still clings to the
Julian calendar. That is to say, Dec. 7
in this country ia Nov. 2o in Russia.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A Terrible Fomibility.
Aunt Julia Well, Flossie, what do
you think of your little brother?
Flossie (who is the happy possessor of
a phonographic doll) I haven't heard
heard him say a word yet, and I bhouldn't
be surprised if he'd lost his cv under out.
Xfera.
The Citizens
BANK
rkATTSMui'TR - rTJiiJiAHKA
Cayltal stock pnirt ia ?5' 0 0
Authorized Cntiifa', S!CO,000.
omafJiB
fF.iKK CAi'lt!;!?-. .M'S. a.
Pr-sv'at.
VltM-I'ifsl-i vt
w. u. ct;:;:no. C:i'.tiiftr.
or.'itoror.'-i
Fr.u!r ;&"-v,b T. A. Cortcr, Y. J'".. Cntlj.Tn?
j. V. in:v,wa. Uf.'.tZj' H'J ck, John C'iCeote
W. J. M-rrism, Vtr.i. VVi'teccainp, W.
II. OiiSiic.
r.'aTsa::ts a penr-r-il bruiktr.ft bt:Klr:esJ. All
who have anv bsekln bnsmfs i tiachatt
ar' irvited tt call. No matter iiow
larcf or Frriall Uic tra'action. It
Kill receive o'if.:arcf ul :ilt-i:tion
i.ud we prf'tnisc always cour
teous tr-atuieiit.
Lsues ce.itilieates of e'eposits bearing Internet
Buii fcud aella ezcbjir. eonaty and
city sureties.
First ITatiora;!
BANK
rLATTSMOUTU. KEUnASXA
OtTcrs the very bel fae'-'ities for tho ptomp'
?rune::ti'j!i i li'Mtiraato
Fte!iJ.bond, pold. fruvi rnn;f-nt and local e-
?uriti;. bo::.:t.t so!.J. lJepo-'slu rwiv-d
fend ineret a;hiw-l ni tins cemncarea
IDrnft" draw.i. .ivaililite in n.nv part 01 tl;a
IT'iiU'd Slates and 1.11 t!i-j principal towns of
Kurope.
COI.LKCTIONS -y.XCK AW rilOMrTtV RKMIT-
Tl'D.
ftiliebt ma-ke 1 v '." pild f ir Cotiiity War-
ranis, Ciat USUI tUfAIlL UUIiUC.J
di::ectoks
.fa'iT Fif. 'friid r. IIvrhFwort.h
Ji-'j 11. C'.lik F. E. While
deortre K. Dovey
John Firrj.'.rl. . Wangh.
PERKINS - HOUSE,
217, 219, 221 and 223 Main St,
lattsmouth, - Nebraska.
E. H. E023, Proprietor,
lh Perkina kaa beea thoronRkly
nenoyated from top to bottom and U
now one of the beet hotels in the state.
Boarders will W taken by the week at
f,A,t aad p.
GOOD BAR COUHECTED
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