A GREATEST SALE. FOR I'll It KE DAYS ONLY ostfnim toll0 Dont lor.;t: this .s fur three days only You should not miss this sile. A Sale for the benefit of the Public Every Article Guaranteed Ir BENEFITS YOUR POCKET-BOOK. Light KrcN 4omI In Mined or striped worth 10 for 5c if l.OJ Every Article Guaranteed. (ID ftlaek Luvrni Worth 25 fot-2'c pr yd 30 20c " 35 ' 25c 40 ' 30c 30 ' :c YOU CAVNOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS SULK, While I mbmiilrrrtl Hem Mtitt-lied liallt-x Worth 10 for 34 cents per yard. Inilia I.Iik'iih JTiouiiriiiSM. " 15 " 10c 20 " 10c " 30 " 2)c :'" " 35c 40 - :i-)C i; iiK'hfs wiili", worth 7.) for 2. e yd ' ' Sl.ui) " 50c " Worth 1.75 for jl.ou 15 s 10 DON'T FGRGET 10 for 5c. 15 " 10c 20 " lac 25 " L'hc MT " 25c 40 ' :iOc this salk IS-AT - THE Table I.inon Worth 35 for 20c per yd 5o " :i"c " 75 ' 55c " $1.)U " 75c BOSTON 6 T 0 B 1.50 1 .75 2.00 3.1X) 1 3.50 4.)C 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 Embroidery. 15 7c 20 " 10 2.") " 15 50 " 20 50 " 25 " 40 75 " 50 2.50 3.1 ) 5.i ) (.o) 7.00 1.5) 2.) .'-!( 4.'H 4.5) 5.1 x urlainM Worth $1.50 for Sc per pair 2.00 ' 1.0,) 2.;0 " 1,40 3.5() " .ix) 4.50 2.50 O.00 " t.(X) .oo - 5.i X) lo.ix) "Ilk Mitl. silk mitts worth 25 for !') 35 " 20c fx) " 40c 5 " 40c 75 " 50c " .flOO " 75c REMEMBER THIS SALK IS - .A.T - THE BOSTON 8 T 0 ft PLATTSMOUTH NEB ' f . i i ... 1 -it . , ww. vinced of its we are firmly con deini.se before the presidential election on the cycles ol time shall have wheeled around. '.The boy may live to be So, but the poor horse for want of a blan ket in the stable lias to die at 2C. FREE -Get from your dealer free, the A Book. It lias handsome pictures and Valuable information about horses. Two or three dollars for a 5a Horse Elanket will Make your horse worth lucre and eat Las to keep -warm. Ask for EA Fiv3 rilc OA Electric 5A Extra Test Tin; Hi-:kali understands the M. P. depots are to he rather cheap af fairs. They are to be placed on posts, lor a foundation, and will be weather boarded up and down. Had our people known what the company proposed dolny, suit able I Hi i i d i ii y "s would certainly have been erected by the citizens of Plattsmouth and presented them. Plattsmouth has yiveii this com pany everything il lias asked for so tar, and lo note a shade of mode.-tv about asking for more, this late in the deal is certainly s 1 1 rpri si n y to Ion torn Tin stliii Jjn ili) Dr. k R. Livingston and wife came in from Cedar Creek this mommy to spend the day. James Crawford, W. I,. Wells, Georye Matti.-on and C. J. Zarr of South Bend are in the city to-day. AT. 1 O . I .' . . 1 . I . . T I . . i 1 1 . m i n-io, i l nicajro, came m this in. n-niuy and will be the yitest of Perry Walker and family for a lew days. The river is not juite ohiyh here oui seems to ic liiyn enouyli down at Kansas Cdy and Atchison where miici danay. is beiny done by cut tin; oi le.uks and overtlow of chan nels. J. A. e ve- tiii t ! i n i iv t i as. Mavhe the folks ir r i y 1 1 1 y i vi ) vrr ( 1 ! . 1 i COW I III loo' ii n v ! o i 30 other styles at prices to Miit every body. If you can't get them from your dealer., write us. lei" i . ! y tin'.- 111 ' i( i ( v as that Corp n a t ion. L" n 1 1 ss a 1 ! lie reii t -,i.'it is manifested, the oid sipiare-dialiii;- I!. v M. will continue to Iran-act all the bu-inc.-s lor this ci; s-. 0i"'! ill.i nil 13 1. 1 fair t rea tinea been milked thou--! the i icess inns iiy, worth o shorten : ! '. 1 1 : 1 1 es. n.j.l:.l to ei'ii'.u ' at 1 he 'lands oi -sl r left on our tab! cr of boxes of verv He iviiorls tlia.t to-line W.J. lie day a num rasnhen-ie: terda- he ma'b ever had. ua he of raspberries. Jii'i.ae Chapmaii has adjourned di-;riet omrl to S. 1 ! e: u her lUh when die balance of t ! 1 e e ; 11 i t v bu-d- oi. He went es- the largest pick he in-- over 1 IO. ) 1 j ua rt s ii" - - wiil be t a kj 1 t !o .' ebrask a Ci 1 ! 1 : i I el .se 11 ; t i ; e ' , ii'.ii a even i ii'.''. m-.:-r:i e 1 1 hi a 13 and term Lt'vire of Honor .-tar 01 Aeliraska bod-e, thirty- eiht inembers. Octree of Honor A. (). V. W., was instituted by Gutsche, district deputy, last niiliT. The officers for the ensuing term are: .lrs. I). i. Ivbersol,-, Pat Worthv Sister of Honor- I t - Kr:....- Hoyd, Worthv Sister of Honor; T-irs. I). H. Smith. Sister of Honor; Mrs. -M. '. T raver, Sister of 1 Vj-enion ies; .Aliss Heile 'e ru 1 i i -a . lister Secre tary; Mrs. C. S. l-'oThes, Sister Trea surer; .Mrs. (;,,,rt-e I.. I'renti-' e..iiei. 1 lit' iOdLjewiIl n alternate .Honda)- even in C W. lodre room. ice cream and cakf after lode close-! .-. I'jeti.-ani social tune w el .v. ) is the first lode.- in this or-an i.ed in i he co 1 u '( re . d a v s had. lei re rved uer.i i T ! 1 : s e e r Pl.il' - e.-i. . 1 As predicted bj 1 ' ! a t i .-1 ; 1 ( u 1 1 ; 1 .- i,. proved v i c ! o rio 1 1 i 1 : 1 ' in V i y ii ra IP) C! ARC Tim BEST. 100 style-:, price to Miit nil. WX. AYKKS A- So.ns, 1'niLAHtl.i-liIA, bulJ by all deuit-rs. Tin-: IIi:r.ld takes pi nc k 1 10 wlcde; in u' rei'eipt of -lie'.t o! .inerican mini'd . nieriea 11 made tin plate The resolutions of the Pleasant Hill alliance, endorsing the cour.-e of Seniator Thomas. have raised iv quite a commotion in the alliance 'household. The Cottonwood alli ance went out of its way to stab the (Senator, and now that he receives a cordial home endorsement from the fraternity, the Cottonwood mem bers must certaiidv feel somewh.it diairriiied. I mi Hkkai.h, at the timie, charficteri.ed the attack as jueriie and uncalled lor, ami now :hat it has reac ted 071 the heads of .he senator's malefactors, we have io tears to shed. The alliance in .his count- has shown a spiiil of toward its opponents earl v dis- ..I .. 1 ! 1 . . . . e . . . 1 ti 01 uiion unless iiune is a cnaiiLTe tL&h the maiiai;i iiK'iil. The editor of A";'liis paper has no use for the jj lle'ed principles of ine ilemocratic arty, yet we are wiiline" that all should be allowed to asure 111 1 L'enuine tin am ! '0111 tin lor Co. of Philadelphia. trs to be an excellent article, one that republicans mav Tin i I !:.:a;.1)'s .-11 en :!. was 1 11 irin-4- hale and :i look of sat is- to warn Have ;s M irrow and 1 11 n-e r T; jntolerance iiiat win oriti''' a oout its f emocrat 1 : ve and 14T0W rich, tinder a om vjputlican government. Not s : j 'i til some of nir alliance neii;h N. iV G. It app. and is well teel promt oi. iiie bloviatm Bryan, who. by some inscrutable will of Pro idence has been foisted oMo this district as congressman, will have to yet out a new sjeech, now. after so positivel teiliny Hu people last fall that there was no tin in America, ami that there would not be a sheet made in the next ten years. He denounced, with a yreat flourish of elocutionary antics, the claims of republicans as jo the future of the tin industries of tlie I mted States; and now. w ithin 1 year, he is convicted of prevari cation, or hypocrisy, or iiiexeu.-able iynorance. IS CUBA TOO NEAR FOR SAFETY? Cuba so nearly touches our shores and is so manifestly of our own yeoy-raphical system, that no American statesman may leave its immediate future out of his earnest, if not anxious, consideration. Any maritime power thatshould occupy wt' . .....11 .. .i-i 1 ei 11 enum ii ,11111V 1 naKe a MA ' : 1 1 : -i . 1 . e ferred ca:n!i; lowa Sai 1 1 rda hearty and u e.irin I a v. t i o n 1 ! . : 1 i one;-; .-o e .'.!;;. l e 1 1 Jeri' 't;'e!- I : ; 1 1 the ei uej- scoaped. "The I-'oolisi, si" is the name a Nebraska City band of youine; iadies luive taken, who celebrate e n oiners PirtlHlays. The foolish aj)jarent when ratin--,irthIa s 5art of it will hi 1 1 ley con t i u ue eek ader tiiey are twenty-tivi I-. has Se-.-.. 1 carried i;o tile iiri.e.- ie;:irk v.:- 1 1 ve turn r each ti i'. ,; members. : 1 ' i . 1 i .- idol! IV. ay: 1 1 .-.'. 1 Prof. Hum cellent wor their reei shows. fi: ; I S f o 1 1 o s-v s ; Si c i el " 1 ' III e ii; 1 1 ! J-'re 1 r. ! Ii: ' A 1. 1 . eP-s m 1 i1 ill! mm n 1 11 s ; n ' i : i ; ' o i ero.v !.:. t ra i : 1 i in :)! I le nt I"" wor.v coiii l..es were (ii. Plaits sively buted O'c a tut ft 'Le,t Uu. IsL fUuj of rvdvy ISO 1 Utajlrnt anr.ofo -a r ()' (J. u(tr.' ;c n o vl as aS. f l.o hi ' csi ,7 tciss I,- re mo 1 u. bo; -Til th d. s; h. Carl 1 Sam ml v M'lei.a. :! all ar-uad iauni. Plaits Patterson. Paul Win!. e vapora- ne expects iias aye iias seveml 1 1 -., n 1 s-. ,. d quarts of raspberries this year and thiukiny the" outlook for a yood markc-t yas rather slim he has sent so .ew 1 urii tor a patent lor oy uie aid ot which I I.. .,,e iiis entire crop. I-.vaporated raspberries of Platts mouih's own yrowth ouylit to be pretty line and will certainly strike tile top of the market. Harry Johnson was buildiuyside- :llL liul'ii- .... .1. .. r ' ' 111 ine avenue lor K'obert Sherwood and had his seven r eiyht-year-old boy with him. Ine ottle fellow in moviny around made a misstep ami tumbled into a ' wnicn. tortunately, was full enouyli of water for the excited lather to reach the boy when he bobbed up to the stt'rface. and was rescued without sulferiny seri ous injury. Our base b. !h -1: :ird. 1 11 ri icrs mouth; i 'iatls-Plalts-i'latts- Piatts i k wi- i i e r, r. sliot Plaits Plans -, Pre 1 ipVirs. If you don't swallow the if 'ioioiiary sub-treasury scheme and ,lidorsethe hmy ayo exploded fiat i jyoney theories you are at once set I j.nvn as an enemy of the farmer. id 110 'lords of censure and con- lunation are too severe to be ied ayainst you. There are tliink- men in the alliance, men of Sliest convictions, who refuse to ar tiieir alleyiance to tne re- iiblican party. Thev say the al- 'nice was not. and should never been made, a secret political ition. and they will not knee or hearken to the matids of the rinyleaders who ' to control their votes; hence ; jrswea 1 l 111 !i,,;l Mmce I live 1 HI 'irfl the it .1 re is lrontile ;if onee T?i'rtif t,i ' town of Wabash, the hot-bed of X i alliance, republican members J jtve been insulted, ami must cither ( Vt out or they will be put out; as call it, in the interest of har- 7Knyi And the same thiny is true fit 11 neiiiiy every iiiiiauce in ine J $tny. Oriyinally, the order ,-JTrht have been . productive of ',fcIi food. Its j)rinciples before uarried the relict of the old jj:iiback party were ood, but tin li) divorce proceedings are inst maKe a ( i.AL Si ,m of the Gulf of Mexico; for Cape San Antonio, its western ex tremity, is separated from Cape Catoche. on the coast of Yucatan, by little more than one hundred miles of seaway, while Cape Hicacos is only a hundred miles distant from Florida, the laryer part of the distance beiny filled bj' the Bahama banks and islet s. Thus, man ifestly, this yreat island dominates not only the Gulf of Mexico, but all the approaches thereto. Moreover, it lies broadside to the track of our commerce iv water with Mexico. Hid is of still yreater importance to the trade of the chief part of our cotton-prodiiciny states, not only with Kurope, but with the North Atlantic seaboard. Its capital cit3" is only seven hours distawt bv teaiu from Key West, less than sixty hours from the mouth of the Mississippi River, and but sixty-six hours by rail and water via Tampa. Florida, from the city of Washing ton. -Gen. Thomas Jordan in July Forum.- To anxious correspondent: No sir' it is not true that the biy send off yiven the Omaha chief of police bp the Nebraska City Press was a return for favors received by the editor of that Journal while 'seeing Omaha recently. He was simply, recognizing- true merit. ball nine came he.m,. from Nebraska City yesterday with their feathers droopiny. While they defeated the Misoitrians Saturday on a score of 0 to 3. thev were compietelv shut out i, ..... me plaved Sn'iuPn- nfi..r,, j ... iv 1 111M11, Liie score standmy :i to o, j,, favor 0f Nebraska City. The full Platts mouth nine was not present or the result would have been different. The commissioners finally tle cided on usiny the Kansas City pressed brick for the outside walls of the court house, and a carload arrived tins mommy. The bouis vdle brick, made wholly in tin'.- eiiinf- 'i-. ....... : "j' .'- c-njieiior in every wav 10 ine ivansas Lity or St. Louis orieK, out the local company re .u.i.o 10 enter into a bond to furnish the required number, as me nave out lew on hand. The teachers'normal opened up at u eepiny U ater yesterday under very favorable auspices. A splen did line of instructors have been enyayed and a profitable season of work is promised the attendants. fhirt-dive teachers were present esterda- morniny to beyin in the work, and as many more are ex pected to-day. The Plattsmouth teachers will find this an excellent opportunity to briyhten up for the Auyust examinations. sc.'i aid. mouth; t mouth; fo u r ; h . II. ' ', mouth; hfih. land Wuri mouth; sixth. Henrc Z Platlsmoiith. Pole vnultiny. jmitiuy ti hiyh jumpiny Paul W'r.rl; mouth, first, lanil Wuri, mouth, second; Walter Pre maut, th :rd. Foot K';:;.'iny - I-'irst. Toe Pfeil Sioux City; ,-econd. I.'mil Wuri. Plattsmouth; third. Otto Neider weiser, Omaha; fourth. Otto Kreps, Sioux City. Boys' (Mass- Alfred Midler. Fre mont, fir.-t; Isaac Sickel, i-remont. and Albert Na.-t, Omaha, second; ('has. Schwartz. J-incohi; Karl I lei Is.' Sioux City; and !:to W uri. Platts niouth. third; lid ward C.rotle, Oma- 11a, lourm; lien nana, fiemont. and Otto Wittman. bincoln fifth; Fdward I laschen bury, Lincoln, sixth. ift't a a Of M( (,!( f cj' yrj,(( ., I'- (JLiUt 1 .2 ;.'. cjtjs. .1 ) ; The .Mi, itions The copper box which was placed in the corner stone was 7t in wide at the top and la inches lony. while at the bottom it was o-4 wide 14 inches lony and o inches deep. It was made by Messers Weidman & Hreckenfield, and if the buildiny should be bombarded and demol ished by hostile Iowa or Missouri tribes a hundred years from now the copper box will" be found to con tain much valuable history of this county. The Short Line. souri Pacific's cut-off be tween I "niou and Gilmore has been completed, but nothiny has been done as 3-et toward rumiiny train over it. Superintendent Dickinson went over the road Saturday, am "in leeommeiniiovieiieraii a 11a yer Clark that a stub train be run over the road for a couple of mouths un til the roael bed yets solid, before ptittiny any bevy trains on it. Jlns new road of twentv-ebdit miles shortens the distance between Kansas City and Omaha about twenty-one miles, and will be usee entirely tor throuyh freiyht and passenyer trains as soon as it is in condition for heavy trains, which will be about two months from this time. The project of runniny the Mis souri Pacific trains into 'the Tenth street depot lias been talked of for some time but nothiny definite has been decided on. It is probable that this will not be done until the new depot is completed. Omaha Hee. The notorious Neal is to hany. The supreme court has sealed his doom and fixed the 0th day of Octo ber as the day of execution. Neal it will be remembered is the notori ous murderer of Mr. and Mrs.Jones, two okl people who lived alone on a farm near South Omaha. Neal's real name has never been discover ed; now since he is to die a felon maj-be he will tell who be is. Mr.Jud Knotts and dauyhter of Murray, Town, came in last eveniny from the west and are yaests of Mr. Knotts nephew, A. Ii. Knotts of the Herald Mr. K. has been over York and some of the western counties. He says the wheat crop will be phe nomenal in that country and that lia u'in.iialij f f -1 1 1 it'l...- . .- . iiv . . . . , j w& iiuv in mat efr I estimated at thirtv-flve bushels perl rounn owuiy intetiny. The members of the followiny special committees are called to meet at the office of the county judye at o'clock p. m. sharp Wed nesday eveniny July 1st: Finance Committee F. Moryan Geo. Weidman and k W. H ers. Committee on Speakers A. N. Sullivan, A. B. Knotts, C. W. Sher man and K'. B. Windham. Committee" on Grounds W. H. Pickens. Geo. Poisall and F. M. Kichey. Committee on Decoration D. . Smith. Yal Burkel. O. A. Brown, Mrs- J. N. Wise . Mrs. C. Parmele and Mrs. J. P. Yotiny. Committee on Invitations. Print ing- and Proyrams Iv. B- Windham. K. White. Sam Wauyh and O. II. Ballon- Committee on Fireworks . P. Youny, Tom Patterson and D. C. McKntee. Committee on Music Fred Lelui off. James Pettee, James Pollock, II. Youdy, Carl Hoeiny and John Lttt7.. Committee' on Amusements H. N. Dovey. 11. Hons. C. Breckenlield, .-. Moryan and U . H. Short. Keception Committee--J. M. Pat terson, bred Herman. . Cushiny, IJ. Klson Wm. Neville. J. C. Cum mins,!. A. Gutsche. J. C. Petersen, D. M. Lewis, and I). Hawksworth. Committee on Transportation F. K. White-, Byron Clark, A. N. Sulli van and A. B. Todd. M. B. Ml rpjiv, Chairman Committee on Genral A rra nyemen ts. They are he has rho and thinks i ;rcen apples c' cramiis and ; yoiny to nd then d ia rrhea and di W.J. Hesser will harvest T.iUXf quarts of raspberries this season. His blackberrv eroo will In- ej ually larye. Catarrh cureh health ami sweet breath secured, by Shi Job's catarrh remedy. Price .de. Nam injector free. Iiy '; Fricke A: Co. Wli An Ohio lady was so friyhtened by a snake that her ylossy black hair turned white as snow." It was soon returned to its, oryaninnl color by Hall s Hair K'ewner. JOSEPH SKERA. For 27 years Joseph Shera, of Kock Blulfs has been enyayed in the business of se 1 i n y yenera 1 mer chandise at that jlace, and fo-da' he carries a larie and eoinrl.- stock ff yroceries and yeneral mer chandise which he can sell cheaper than any competetors for the fob hjwiny yood reasons. He pays no city taxes. He pays no house reht. He, with his family attend to liis business. His farm furm'slUs all his needs and more too. Conse quently it is hard to undersell him. He keeps constantly on hand a larye supply of flour and meal. He is alive, and a let live man. Commissioner Loder and wife acre and no one thouyht thefiyures' came in this morniny to attend the too high after seeiny it. orner stone 1 ayiny. E.strayed Notice. Notice is hereby yiven that the undersiyned has taken up at his pasture west of Ciillom one white horse, branded on left shoulder; weiyhs about 0f0 pound, with heavy ' fetlocks. The horse is in yood con dition and had a small rope tied about its neck. The owner can ob tain the property, by showiny own ership and payiny c ha rye at the residence of Wm Gilmore 3 mile south of Plattsmouth or of C. 1 Creamer one mile from Cullom.wyL-.