REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
The republican electors of the
state of Nebraska are requested to
send delegates from their s-everal
counties, to meet in convention in
the city of Lincoln, Thursday, Sep
tember lit, l.v.U, at 10 o'clock a. in.,
for the purpose of placing in nomi
nation candidates for one associate
justice of the supreme, court, and
iwo mcinuers 01 me ooaru 01 re
gents of the state universit', and to
transact such other business
maybe presented to the convention
THE APPORTIONMENT
The several counties are entitled
to representation as follows, being
based upon the vote cast for Hon
Geo. II. Hastings, for attorney-gen
eral in Ih'.Mj, giving one delegate-at
large to each county, and one for
each 1.10 votes and the major frac
tion thereof:
COlINTIF.s.
DKL.IeorMTlKS.
. 11 Joluisou
1 Kearney
Adams.
Arthur.
-- 7
6
Antelope 6
Banner 3
Keya 'ah,i 3
Keith 2
Royd 1
Kimball 2
Blaine 2
Knox.
Boone
'.ancaster M
Li -coin 6
Box Butte (
Brown 4
Buffalo lti
Loau 2
Loup 2
Butler
.Madison 6
Burt H
Mel, erson 2
Cass 14
Cedar... 4
Merrick 5
yance 4
Chase 3
NVmaha 9
Cheyenne 5
Cherry 5
Clay io
Colfax 4
Cuming 7
Cuwter l
Dakota 4
Nuckolls (
Otoe
I'awnee 9
Perkins 3
fierce 3
Phelps 4
Platte 4
Dawes 7
Polk
I iweou 7 lied Willow
Deuel a I Kiehardson 11
Dixon tHlipck.. .
Dodjie 11 Saline 14
Douglas & Sarpy.. . .:.
Dundy 3 Sauiulerx ...
Fillmore 9 Scott's Bluff
Fraukhn 5 Seward 10
Frontier 5
Furnas 5
heiidan t
Sherman 3
Sicux 2
Stanton 3
Oarfleld
Gosper
Orant
Thayer
Thomas
Greely 1 2
Thurston 4
Vallev 4
itall. . 8
Hamilton 8
Harlan 4
Washington
Wayue .'. . .
Hayes 3
Webster 7
Hitchcock 4
Holt 8
Howard 4
Hooker 2
Jefferson 9
Wheeler 2
York 12
Total 545
Xo vote returned.
it is recomended that no proxies
be addmitted to the convention,
and that the delegates present be
authorized to cast the full vote of
the delegation.
It is further recomended that the
state central committee select the
temporary organization of the con
vention. John C. Watson,
W'ALT.M. Seely, Chairman.
Secretary.
Messrs. Oliver & Ramge, our en.
terprising Main street meat market
men, Have an exhibition at their
shop, several stalks of corn that
beat anything on record, as far as
we have been able to ascertain
from the numerous exchanges that
reach this office. The longest stalk
measures 14 feet and the shortest 12;
both are well eared and full' devel
oped. Mr. Kamge informs us they
are fair specimens of the field, from
which they were taken, consisting
of to acres. We shall claim the
belt for Cass county on corn raising
untilwe hear of something better.
Hank of Cass County and Myrcn
Raapka took possession this morn
ing at 9 o'clock of Philip Kraus'
store, by virtue of a chattle mort
gage amount to $1300. Since the
above step was taken, other cred
itors became alarmed, and claims
to the amount of $300 more have
been filed to date.
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" "It Might Have Been"
This morning there occurred what
might have been a serious accident.
The team driven by Mr Smith was
drawing a load of coal up Main
r ireet when Dr. Hall drove by, his
buggy wheel catching the tongue
of Mr. Smith's wagon, breaking it
off close up to the place of attach
ment, causing the team to become
frightened and run. However a
halt was soon called and no other
damage resulted. Had the team
been allowed to proceed there would
undoubtedly have been a "smash
up" there being no means of steering
the wagon. Things were fixed up
lutid still the work goes on. Dr
Hall's buggy came near being
turned over. Caution should be
taken to prevent such accidents.
Indications are that the price of
all breadstuffs will be greatly en
hanced next year, as Europe will be
'..impelled to draw largely on the
Amertcan product, owing to the de
ficiency in production in those
countries whence Europe's support
chiefly comes. It is estimated by
good authorities that America will
be called upon for 248,000,000 bushels
of wheat, and probably more. It
appears that next year is to be an
"inning" for the farmer, and there
is no reason why he should not
h.ive his turn. In the event of a
good crop, however, and good
prices, it will be a bad year for these
oily-tongued demagogues that ex
pect to attain distinction through
the instrumentality of the inde
pendent party.
Mrs. A. N. Sullivan with two little
daughters will visit 111 umaiia ior a
few days.
Now is the time to get a saddle at
your own price atKeefer's. tf
Base Ball Notes.
Aft-r all, riattsmouth, Fremont
and Hastings appear to be the only
live towns in the state. They are
all hustlers and all have good ball
teams.
Nebraska City's crack team septus
to have faded like the due before
the morning sun. The jor old
town can't afford a ball club it
seems,
We want to inform the dear pub
lie that if the team wins a majorit
of their irames. their return will
witness blue-fire and brimstone
The town will be theirs.
At Fremont Thursday the home
team defeated Missouri Valley by
to 5. Adams, our old second base
man, managed to run in a few er
rors but not enough to loose the
game,
Hastings, defeated Kearney at
Hastings by the score ef 10 to 4
Conners, who pitched the second
game for Blair here, pitched for
Hastings and seems to have done
good work.
At Beatrice yesterday the Lincoln
Giants defeated the home club by
the score of 10 to . hrom all ac
counts we imagine that the visitors
had to light the crowd and um
pire to win but they did it.
It looks now as if the Lincoln
Giants will disband after to-mor
row's game at Lincoln. They have
played tine ball but Lincoln is too
small a town to keep up a western
association team and a crack ama
teur team.
And, by way of remark, we will
say riglit here that xapp and
Creighton have come as near being
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ball playrers, as anybody our local
team has had this year. Our peo
ple realize this and they wont for
get it.
The team will probably be made
up as iollows: c reign ton and
Maupin, catchers; Yapp and Sam
Patterson, pitchers; Dunn, lirst
base; John Patterson, second base;
Miller, third base; Tom Patterson,
short; Clyde, left field; Schulhoif,
center field; Perrine, right field.
It is an aggregation of talent sec
ond to none in the state and ought
to be a winner.
The B. & M's. start on their trip to
the Black Hills to-morrow morning
at 9:25. They have made arrange-
nents to play ten games, all of
them with strong clubs. If they
win six of the ten the' will do them
selves great honor. They play in
Lincoln with the Lincoln Giants to
morrow and will make a great ef
fort to redeem themselves from the
gnominy of their three defeats.
They will present Yapp and Creigh
tou as a battery probably, and it
oes without saying that, so far as
battery work is concerned, they
will be in it.
Ji. A. stopner or hlinwoou, is
njoying a pleasure trip up in Can
ada and he writes back that Ne
braska knows nothing about kickers
against the McKinley bill. He says
the Canadians up there go wild in
denouncing the bill as being
ruinous to their trade. What is
ruinous to foreign trade is advan
tageous to American trade. This
is what the McKinley bill is for.
It protects American products
against free importation of foreign
campetition of pauper made goods
Accidents on the B. A M.
A freight train struck a hand car
near Louisville this morning, de
molishing the car, and breaking the
leg of the foreman, Joseph Galtzic,
Aside from this no one was
seriously hurt.
This morning as the Schuyler
train was pulling out of Ashland
at 8:30 Mr. H. C. Henry, who was
walking on the track, apparently
not aware of the approaching train,
was struck and instantly killed.
Mr. Moore, the engineer in charge,
says that.there was a construction
train on the uiaintrack near Schuy
ler road, and in all robabilit3r Mr.
Henry thought the noise was from
the construction train. We are in
formed by Mr. Hackney that Mr.
Henry has been in the employ of
the B. & M. for about 15 years
and is very highly esteemed by all
who know him. Mr. Henr3 leaves
a large family wife and seven
children, who-will bare the sym
pathy of all.
The B. & M.road has authorized
its agents to sell round trip,
tickets, on the certificate plan to all
points in Neb. and adjoining states,
to those wishing to attend the state
fairs, driving park associations,
ane industrial exhibits.
We are under obligations to Mr
Kli Sampson for a basket of line
apples from his farm near Kock
Bluffs. Mr. Sampson has some trees
on his farm of the pound pipiu;the
apples are a winter variety and
they are now as large around as a
saucer.
Mr. John (Juick anil family are
receiving a visit from a lady friend
who arrived on No. 8 last evening.
IT WAS A GREAT SCHEME.
But Lack of Capital Ireventel the fit
veiitor front Making a fortune.
My friend B. isn't rich. It isn't likely
that he ever will bo rich. But he firmly
believes that he would have been u vert
rich man by this time if he had only bef n
able to command a little capital a few
years ago.
When he conceived the great schema
which ought to have realized a fortune
for him he was-a clerk in a gas .works.
ft wasn't one of your new f angled works
where they make gas out of water.
and heaven knows what besides, but one
of the old fashioned, honest sort in which
gas was extracted from coal and nothing
else. Everybody is supposed to know,
and of course doesn't know, that one of
the chief impurities of the crude gafl,
after it is expelled from the coal by the
fierce heat of the retorts, is sulphur.
This sulphur, or the larger portion of it,
is got rid of by passing the gas through
a series of boxes called purifiers filled
with lime. When the lime has absorbed
all the sulphur that it is capable of hold
ing it is removed and fresh lime is sub
stituted . The 6ulphur saturated lime
emits a verg pungent and disagreeable
odor, especially when the cover is first
lifted from the box and the lime, being
hot, throws off clouds of steam
Some doctors have a notion, whether
well or ill founded I don't pretend to
know, that this hot, foul smelling vapor
is a capital remedy for whooping cough.
At all events lots of mothers believe
them, and when whooping cough is prev
alent bring their afflicted little ones to
the nearest gas works to inhale it. It was
when several suffering youngsters were
snuffing up the vapor and the odor
around one of the purifying boxes where
he worked that the inspiration seized
him. It was nothing less than to take
this foul lime, bottle it up, give it a high
sounding name and sell it as a specific
for whooping cough, offering a reward
of $o00 for any case that it couldn't cure
and all that sort of thing.
"Jeewhittaker!" he exclaimed, enthu
siastically, when expounding the scheme
to me. "Just think of the dead loads of
money that is in it! The lime doesn't
cost anything; the company pays to have
it carted away. I can make a contract
with them to do the carting and make
some money out of it. Then all the ex
pense I will be put to will be for bottles.
laoeis ana advertising. At nrtv cents a
bottle it is bound to go like hot cakes
There is always more or less whooping
cougn arounu, 'it is an ill wind that
blows nobody good.' If I am not a rich
man inside of twelve months my name
isn't B."
He invested fifty dollars the sum total
of his accumulated savings in bottles.
Then he sought the assistance of capital
ists.
That is where he struck a snag.
He found their lack of faith was propor
tionate to the extent of their resources.
His name is still B. ; he still has the bot-
ties, but not even he beginning of a for
tune yet.
But it was a big seheme, and he was
very proud of having hatched it and de-
lights to talk about the millions that are
still in it for somebody with faith and
capital. New York Herald.
Shooting Guns at Night.
Illuminated night sights are now in
use on the guns of many of the British
warshina. The front siffht consists rf a
nal rrrpen e-lasa. nnintriTi hpriPnth whioh
X O 0 - f "XT 1 -
is piacea a sman incandescent lamp. 1
The rear sight is similar in principle, ex
cept that instead of the cone there is a
metal crossbar with a V notch in the
middle.
There is a polished under surface to
this 6ight from which light that first
passes through ruby glass is reflected
In sighting the pale green point of light
which constitutes the forward sight is
brought to the bottom of the V notch in
the rear sight and the line 6f the ruby
light is brought into coincidence with
it. The electric current for each gun is
supplied by a battery of two elements,
so arranged that the action may be
stopped by turning the battery upside
down. Philadelphia Record.
The Effect of Travel.
It is impossible to compare nations aa
if they were individuals. Each nation
hast, so tct RrtAftV. prawn nn in an ar.mns- I
phere of its own. We must recognize
the peculiarities of other people as neces-
sary features of them, and by no means
as characteristics meant to esrcit lansrh-
t.er in the resf. of th world. When first I
I traveled abroad I was much amused
by the way the common German eats
with bis knife. But habit and a meas
ure of experience have toned down these
feelings until they hardly exist in me.
And nowadays I am as much at home
with the long haired woodman of a Sar
dinian forest, in his grimy little hut, as
in my own English den among my booka
and pictures. Ail the lear noun a.
Nose Ornaments of Barbarians.
The ornaments put through the walla
of the nose vary greatly. There may be
but one perforation in each wall or there
may be several-. In New Zealand flowers,
in New Guinea a boar's tusk, in the Solo
mon islands a crab's claw, in New Britain
thorns, 6et upright, are the objects thus
worn. These are all original and primi
tive; after the natives come in contact
with whites, these give place to metal J
lection is a rather pretty nose ornament
from New Guinea. It is V shaped, and p
the arms fit by stud shanks, one into each
wall of the nose. Professor Frederick
Starr in Popular Science Monthly.
A a Estimate of Woman's Value.
A voanii Scotchman was once halting
betwixt two loves, one possessed of
beauty and the other of a cow. In de
spair of arriving at a decision he' applied
for advice to a canny compatriot, who
delivered himself thus, ".Marry tne lass
that has the coo, for there's no the deef-
erence o' a coo's value in any twa weem-1
in in Christendom." San Francisco Ar
gonaut. A Good Opinion of Himself.
Snodgrass (after Snively finishes a fish
story) Well, I like a liar.
Snivel v You ecotistl. New York
Enoch.
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Centos lo Offer ths Opr
innityfor Investment.
No Excuse for not having a
Home ot Your Own.
Put What you are paying out
for Rent into a home.
7 Per cent money for persons j
wishing to build in South
Park.
Look to the Future
anc invest now in
South Park.
1HE OPPORTUNITY OF A
LIFE TIME.
Among other re.'isons
why it is
better to invest in South Park than
elsewhere in the city, are these:
Property is more saleable u 3 011
wish to sell, more rentable if you
wish to rent; if looking for an in
crease in value, no other part of the
city will compare with it in prospect
The 5th ward composed largely of
South Park, less than three years
ago could hardljr muster up a vote
at the last general election the vote
was 139 and all were not polled. It i
has been less than two years since
the city invited us into the corpor-
ate limits, yet we have over one hun-
dred newly built house ond others
in process of construction, owned.
with few exceptions, by the parties
now living in them.
This part of the city has a store
water mains, electric arc lights,
!ltlH sri10oI nriveledires aiu
1 new criurcn euince jiisi cictuu-
of which the whole city is proud.
Plattsmouth's steady growth for
five years past almost doubling its
population; the advance stand it
has taken
regarding public im
provements, the certainty of a new
$80,000 court house; the completion
of the great Missouri Pacific rail
way into this city, giving us anoth
er great trunk line and competing
market; the constant increasing
pay roll of the C. B. & Q. shops, to
gether with many other well known
reaaons assure a steady and perma
nent advance in realty, which will
,;
doubtless effect South Park more
favorably than any other portion of
Plattsmouth.
With a view to the encouragement
of a still greater growth of this part
Gf the city, we will continue to sell
lots 011 monthly payments, furnish
m oney with which to erect houses
will exchange lots for other im
proved citj- property or for desir
able improved or unimproved lands
It is not so much the speculator
as the permanent resident that we
wish
to purchase this disirable
Property, uut 01 over iom 1 x PreS-
t owners of South Park
property none are speculators
hence there are no fictitous values
and lots are selling at about the
price they were immediatly
after
it was platted a strong argument
why the present is a most desirable
time for investments. Much addi
tional information regarding South '
Park may be had by calHng at my
office on Main street over Bank of
Cass County.
E. B. WINDHAH.
SO
C. MAYKS
C O V N f V - H V II V V. Y O li
AMI)
CIVIL ENGINEER
All order left with the county clerk villi he
lronitiy attended to.
OKKICK IN COl'KT HOUSE,
Plattsmouth, - - Nebraska
P)PW?
j
ULIUS PKPPERBKRG.
MANUFACTIHK OF AND
urn dies ale mm retail
DEALER IN THE
CHOICEST BRANDS ()K CIGARS
FULL. LINK Or
TOBACCO AND SMOKEx S ARTICLES
always in stock
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Plattsmouth,
Nebrassa
PAW?
IRST : NATIONAL : HANK
OF PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASKA
Paid 1111 canital SSO.OdO.nr.
SuiplU?..... lO.OOO.WI
Jflers the very beet facilities for the prorap
transaction 01 agminate
iianking Business
rttockc bonds, gold, government and local e-
(uriti. hniiL'ht 4,nd sold. Deposit receiver
mil inrrtsf. allowed on the certificate
Drafts drawn, avutlaMf in any part of the
nited states ana an me principal iwwun u
Europe.
COLLECTIONS MADF AND PROMPTLY REMIT
TED.
Htghest market price paid for County War
rants, state am iummy uouub.
DIRECTOUS
John Fitzgerald D. Hawkswortb
Sam Waugh. F. E. While
George E. Dovey
lohn Fitzgerald . Waugh.
President Oati er.
JHE CITIZENS BANK.
PXATTSMO0TH - NEBRASKA
Jayltal stock paid in $5" 0 t
Authorized Capital, $100,000.
OFFICERS
'RANK CAKKUTH. JOS. A. CONNOK,
President. Vlce-Pres; lei i
w. H. UUSHINCh Cafbier.
DIRECTORS
rank Carruth J. A. Connor, K. K. Guthmant
J. W. Johnson, Henry Boeck. John O'Keefe
W T). Mfrriam, Win. Wetencamp. W.
H. Cushlng.
transacts:! general banking BDS1NES
ssues certificates of deposits bearing interest
Buys and sells exchange, county ana
city 1 ( u
B
ANK OF CASS COUNTY
Cor Main and Fifth street.
Paid up capital $50 000
Surplus 26 ".000
a. H. Parnele President
Fred Gorder Vice President
J. M. Patterson Casheir
T. M. Patterson, Aest Casbier
DIRECTORS
A. B. Smith, K. B. Windham, B. S, Kamsey and
T. M.Pattersoa
A. GENERAL BANZ1NC BUSIHESS
TRANSATED
Accounts solicited. Interest allowed on time
deposits and prompt attentiongiveu to all bus
iness entrusted to its care.
SIXTH STREET
i,T
F. II. KLLKNBAUM, Prop
The best of fresh meat always found
in this market. Also fresh
Kggs and Butter.
Wild game of all kinds kept in their
season.
m
EAT MARKET!
JJlUCKER SISTERS.
CARRY A FULL LINE OF
yVilLLENERY AND J-RENCH LOWERS.
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We also have a dress niakiug departmeiit. Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
Sherwood Store. Plattsmouth
AWSON & PEARCE
Carry a Full Line of
FINE MILLEXERY'AND CHIL
DREN S CLOTHING.
ALSO FliESII CUT FLOWEKS
ROOM 2, R. LEV BLOCK,
PL4TT3I0CTB
A.
19HILIP THEIROLF
HnnOpenwl upThe
FireBt. ('learnst, - Co-ust
SALOON
IN THE CITY
Where may be found choice wines
liquors and cigars.
ANIIEUSKR BUSCH J JEER.
AND
IJASS' ALE WHITE LABEL,
always on linnd,
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CORNER OK MAIN AN'K'FOUKTIl ST.
P"PP"?
'DMONDS & ROFT.
THK riONKKH MKRCHABI Of
2sTT:R,:R,-A.ir
Carry a full stock of general mer
chandise whibh the Bell
very close. Highest
price paid for
all kinds of farm pro
duce. Generous treatment &
fair dealing is the sncret of success
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CI IAS. L. ROOT,
NOTARY
MUKttAV
KKBKA8KA
IJCKWEILER & LUTZ,
(Successors to)
SOENNICIISEN & SCHIRK.
The Washington Avenue
O n O G E n S
AND-
Provision Merchants.
Headquarters for
FLOUR AND FEED
We pay no rent and sell for CASH.
You don'tjpay any bills for dead bee
when you buy of this firm.
The best SOFT COAL always n
Hand.
DONT FORGET
AT THE
i OOZEZCnTIEIES 5
THE LEADING
GROC-ER
HAS THE MOST
COMPLETE
STOCK IN THE CITY.
EVERYTHING - FRESH - AND - IN - SEASON
ATTENTION FARMERS
I want your Poultry. Krrp-s. nut
ter and your farm produce of all
kinds, I will pay you the highest
cash price as I -am buying lor a
firn in Lincoln.
B. PETERSEN.'
THK LEADING GROCER
Plattsmouth v.i,l.
p J. II:A:X:S:E:N
DEALER IN
STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES, v
GLASS AND
QUEENSWARE
FIodf i Feefl a Suecialt
iHtronarre d tho Tuble 'Solicited. 5
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