BASE BALL BENEFIT.
The Fats and Leans will Cross
Bats Friday.
OTHEIt NMYS uiill'f TIIK (III
Work on the Grounds tor the New
School Euildintf was B-nun
To d:iy Other Local Hap
DJnintjsof lntret.
Hen F.ls-ou wcnl up to Ottilia this)
morning mi bu.-incs.
A. V. Wliiti- went up ti Omaha
il tin1 two o'clock freight.
C. C. l'.inii'-lc aini J. M. Craig left
this afternoon for a liusiiic.-s trip
through Texas.
The case of T raver vs. the Rock
Hindu ncliool directors wan tried lie
fore Judge Archer this afternoon
and taken under advisement until
Saturday morning.
The plnnss and HpecificatioiiH dr
the new school building will he in
the hands of the board to-night.
This morning a force was put to
work grading for the building ami
the work will he pushed us. rapidly
us possible.
The Fourth of Jit y executive com
mittee will meet at the council
chamber to-night to settle up all ac
counts contracted by said commit
tee and the transaction of such
other business as may come before
it. A full attendance is earnestly
desired.
The funeral of the late W. H.
Shryock was the largest ever seen
in Louisville. The Douglas county
members of the legislature sent
down a beautiful pillow of llowern,
the donors being Warren Switsder,
Arthur Hriggs, George J. SteriiH
dorfT, W. A. (iardner, W. S. Felker,
(ieorge Hertrand, J. J. Hreen, J. H
Huse, Pat Ford, J. C. Itrennan,
Thomas Copek and George Chris
topherson. Kver since the Fourth the patient
housewife has had a red card hang
ing out, and has been looking over
Webster's unabridged dictionary to
find words that she might express
herself properly, when C. II. I'eter
son, with his little red wagon filled
with gasoline, should come around.
So far she has looked in vain, for
Mr. Peterson has stayed right by
the R & M. depot, making it very
hot for those officials. They re
ceived a car of oil for him in Omaha
last Saturday and have carried it by
to some other point, but as they pro
inise to have it here by to-morrow
morning the citizens need not fear
a famine.
Fats vs. Leans.
Arrangements have been made
for a game between the Fats and
Leans next Friday afternoon at the
ball park. The proceeds of the game
will go to the members of the bull
team. Kver body should turn out
and see the game as it will be worth
the price of admission, besides the
proceeds go to the ex leaguers. Fol
lowing are thotw from whom the
two teams will be selected:
Fatu-Geo. Poisall, Win. Weber,
Dave McFntee, Kd Oliver, Kelly Fox,
C. Hrekenfield, M. II. Murphy, Hyron
Clark, W. H. Cashing, C. W. Shen
man, Kd Fitzgerald, A. H. Week
bach. Leans-Frank Morgan, Frank
Dickson, II. . Dovey, Dr. Hum
phrey, Dr. IVering, rrcd Murphy,
Fred Herrmaii. G. F. S. Hurton, M.
X. Griffith, J. I. ruruli, K. 11. Wind
ham, Mathew Gering.
Installation of Officers.
Star lodge No. 4, Degree of Honor,
will install officers Thursday eve
ning, July 7, as f jJlows:
Past Worthy Sister of Honor-Mrs.
D. H. Smith.
Worthy Sister of Honor Mrs. Val
Hurkel.
Sister ot Honor Mrs. T.J. Hicks.
Sister of Ceremonies Mrs. F. Ver
milyea. Sister Secretary-Miss Let tie
Smith.
Sister Financier Mrs. I). F.
Foster.
Sister Treasurer Mrs. C. S.
.Forbes.
Sister I'sher -Miss Annie Adams.
Inside Watch-Miss Kva Smith.
Outside Watch Mrs. Val Hurkel.
Kefreshments will be served after
the business meeting. All mem
berg are requested to be present.
Prohibition Convention.
The prohibition county conven
tion will meet July 15 at Weeping
Water for the purpose ot nominat
ing candidates for county otliees
and delegates to attend the state
convention at Hastings.
H. M. Gaclt,
K. W. Nckless, Chairman.
Secretary.
Central Committee Meeting.
The republican county central
committee is called to meet at
Weeping Water on Saturday, July 9,
at 1 o'clock p. in., for the purpose of
calling the couity convention, ap
portioning delegates and the trans
action of such other business as
may properly come before it. A
full attendance is earnestly re
quested. Okl.ANIM) Tkkkt,
A. L Tinhlin. Chairman.
Secretary.
Go to F. A. Kickerson for good
cool lemonade.
The M. K. A id Society will meet to
morrow afternoon at J o'clock at the
church.
Miss Maggie O'Kourke was ap
pointed deputy register of deer's
this afternoon.
F. A. Kickerson, on Main street1
will be glad to furnish you with
candies, pop corn, lemonade, etc.
The Y. L. U. R. A. will hold a meet
ing at the reading room to-morrow
evening at 7:.'. My order of the
president.
M. K. Hendricks has been elected
principal of the schools at Herman,
Neb. Mr. Hendricks is a man well
qualified for the responsible posi
tion he has been selected to fill.
Frank Mr tier was arrested this
morning at the instance of his wife
and was examined by the insanity
board. He was discharged as the
board decided he was all right. .
Miss Gertrude Hilton entertained
n number of herfriendslast evening
in a handsome manner. Games
of different kinds were played and
refreshments served during the
evening.
Miss Luella Mathews, who has
been teaching at Alvo, Nebraska,
closed a very successful term last
Friday. She returned to this city
yesterday, accompanied by her
cousin, Kliner Koose, who will visit
in the city a short time.
George F. Collins of Firth, Neb.,
superintendent of the agricultural
exhibit, was in the city to-day con
ferring with the Cass county agri
cultural society regarding an ex
hibit being sent from this county to
the world's fair.
There is a man going about this
town securing subscribers for the
News by false accusationo against
TtlK HekALD. In his conversation
with a gentleman this morning he
said: "Oh, that IlF.KALDl I would
like to take it and make a news
paper out of it if I had the money."
We would like to inform the wiry
gentleman that it takes brains as
well as money to run a newspaper,
and if the brainy gent would put
foith a little ot his voluptuous
knowledge on the News he might,
by and by, when the birds quit
singing and the cuckoos cease
cooing, make a paper out of that.
The gentleman may be a news
paper man, but his appearance is
decidedly against him. An article
voluntarily written by him for this
paper suitably reached the waste
basket. Grant him all the money
in the country and he could not
make a newspaper out of the
Hkkald or any other paper.
Weather-Crop Bulletin.
The weather as observed at Mos
well Observatory, Doane College,
Crete, for the week ending July 5:
The weather the past week has
been cool, the temperature averag
ing from four to six degrees below
the normal, with about an average
amount of sunshine.
The rainfall during the past week
has been more than an inch and
exceeded the normal in Custer,
Hamilton, Hutler, Otoe, Saline, Jef.
ferson and Pawnee counties. Klse-
where in the eastern part of the
state the rainfall ha generally ex
ceeded half an inch. In the western
pari oi tne state lime or no ram
fell.
Corn has grown well the past
week, considering the cool weather,
but is still backward and in need of
warm weather. Rye and winter
wheat harvest has begun in the
southern part of the state.
A CC 1 1)H. tTnSI'kTac E,
T. H. PoLI.oc k. Agent.
A. Clark went to Omaha to day.
Mrs. Dave Miller is on the sick
list.
Charles Fleck went out to Lincoln
this morning.
A. C lark went up to Omaha this
morning on business.
F. A. Kickerson is the place for
nicety seasoned pop corn.
"""m eio.maun was an
Omaha passenger this morning on
No..-).
Allow me to add mv tribute to ilm
efficacy of Kly'sCreani Malm. I was
suuei tug ironi a severe attack of in
tlueiua and catarrh and was induced
to try your remedy. The result was
marvelous. I could hardly articu
late, and in less than twenty-four
iiuim s uic cinarrnai symptoms and
my hoarseness disappeared and I
was able to sing a heavy role in
Grand Opera with voice unimpared.
I stronclv recommend
ers. m. H. Hamilton, leading
uica.. u. ness oranu Upera
Professor McClelland left this
morning for Seward to visit friends
for a few days.
Jttdson Reynolds of Agency City,
Iowa, is in the city, the guest of C.
H. Parinele and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles I). Eads de
parted this morning for their home
in Alliance, after a short visit with
relatives in this city. Miss Georgia
Oliver accompanied them home
and will visit in Alliance a. couple
of months.
List of Letters
Remaining unclaimed in the post
office at Pl.tttsmouth:
Anderson, Selnui
Arkley, Koliert
lMlcy, (;ns
Itrown, I'nmk It
County, Jcmii
A vers, V K
lliislice, K A
beverage, Sam
Cliiinitiers, Venn!. i
Foster, J C
Kurnswortli, Mrs A E I'loru.C V
I ielil, I'nii Mow kind, Trunk
Hoover, J W Joliiisoii, I'.li
l,m, Mrs jolm Meyer. J II
Mitchell, l-'riincis Mari Count
Miles, Tom McCnllocli, Mumlie
Newiiiiiiiii, C C Ouiiwii.T
I'reH hard, W S Roth, Henry
kupcr, I. II SoetiHon, 1 1 11 1 it n
Schiller, Kred Selshinsky, (ieo
Fred, Thoiims Wheelmk, Jack
Wiirkii, Ida
Persons calling for any of the
above will please ask for "adver
tised'' mail. II. J. Stkeioht,
An ' ni'Klinjr .Mounter.
The ticoiilc residins alomr Palmetto
creek, Stmt li Carolina, us well as those
fur miles back in tlio "(slashes, are
highly excited over the appearance of a
strange ami uncouth creature in that
vicinity. The beast is described as be
ing a creature that far on tn test ho night
mare ideas of the- mythologies. It is
equally at home in tho water, on the
land or anions the. tall trees of the
ueighliorhuod, where it has leen most
frequently seen. Tho general contour
of the head reminds oue of some gigantic,
serpent with this exception: Tho "snout"
terminates in a bulbus, monkey faced
knot, which much resembles the physi
ognomy of some gigantic ape. From
the neck down, with the exception of
some fin shaped flippers, which extend
from the anus to the waist, the creature
resembles a man, only thut the toes and
fingers are armed with claws from two
to six inches long.
Tracks made by the beast in the soft
mud around Ilennis lake have been
taken to Donner's Grove, where they are
kept on exhibition in a druggist's show
case. Those who have seen the horrid
thing face to face say that it is a full
nine feet in height, which conld hardly
be believed only for the fact that the
tracks mentioned above are within a
small fraction of fifteen inches in length.
Fishermen who surprised the monstei
sitting silently on a mass of driftwood
declared that its back looked like an al
ligator's, and that it had a caudal ter
mination a yard long, which forked like
the tail of a fish. St. Louis Republic.
I.lttle Short of Murder.
The neighbors around a certain corner
of Ash street were alarmed on Monday
night by low moans issuing from a close
ly curtained carriage that stood on the
corner. A driver sat upon the seat.
One of the neighbors came out and ap
proached the team to ask what was the
matter. Before he reached the corner
the driver caught sight of hiin, and
whipping up tho horses drove rapidly
on. ine loins were doubly alarmed,
and after a good deal of exciting talk
asked a policeman to call at the house on
the corner and ascertain who was hurt,
or if any mystery was in the moans. He
talked with an excited woman who
came to the door, and also with a man
who wiped his eyes with a handkerchief,
while the neighbors stood across the
street in suspicions silence. The officer
came over the street und told them that
the old family dog, the hero of dozens
and dozens of fights and of US years, had
been carried off to die by a bullet. The
dog evidently understood his fate, for
he began to moan and moan as soon as
they took him from the house. Lewis
ton Journal.
rklnioii for the Worlil'i Klr.
Two well known Swedish scientists.
MM. Djovlitig and Kallstemuis, arrived
at St. John's, Newfoundland, yesterday.
They are commissioned by the geo
graphical and geological societies of
Stockholm to explore tho shores of
Smith's sound, in the Arctic regions, t
collect specimens of tho flora and fauna
of the district and to take astronomical
observations. They will hire a schooner
in St. John's for their voyage, from
which they expect to return in Septem
ber. Information has been received
that a party of Americans is coining to
explore Labrador and visit the Great
falls, which were discovered last year.
Another American party leaves hero
soon in order to transport for the World'a
fair at Chicago three villages of different
trilies of Eskimos, with all their be
longings, and also a village of Indians
inhabiting the mountainous districts in
the interior of Labrador. Newfound
land Cor. Pall Mall Gazette.
A Hull of l ire on a HounHnp.
During a severe electrical storm this
evening the Crescent oil refinery was
struck by lightning and caught fire, but
tho blaze was extinguished without
much damage. The house of Ferdinand
Kreiner wits struck by a ball of electric
fire, which exploded with tremendous
force. A fire alarm was turned in, but
the electrical display burned itself out
without even setting fire to tho house
Eyewitnesses say it was tho most re
markable sight they ever witnessed. An
enormous electric glolio of fire lodged
against the peak of the house, where L
hung, burning and spitting flashes of
fire until exhausted. Every inmate of
the place was more or less severely
shocked, the air being heavily charged.
All watches and clocks on the premises
were stopped and other electrical phe
nomena occurred. Bradford Cor. Pitts
lurtf Dispatch.
The Inspection of Milk.
It has been proposed, and in some
parts of the country the law already
provides, thut the entire milk supplying
business shall be open at all times to
inspection. Such inspection should in
clude examination into the condition and
situation of wells in relation to all sur
rounding buildings, their proximity to
standing water or jkkiIs containing or
ganic matter, the condition of barns as
to warmth and cleanliness, the kind,
condition and healthfulness of the cown
from which milk is obtained and the
nature of the food given to them.
Inspectors should be at liberty to con
demn as unfit for milking any cows suf
fering from chronic diseases that might
be conveyed to man by tho use of their
milk. Youth's Companion.
Turtle y.ffgn.
Turtle eggs are an acquired taste with
most jteonle, although they are not so
with bears. They have a rough, yellow
yolk and a white like any other eggs,
but you can cook them for a year and
the white part will remain liquid. No
tice a curious dimple in the side of each
one. If you squeeze it out the dimple
appears on the other side, and you can
never get hoid of a turtle egg which
hasn't got a dimple in it Interview ia
Washington Star.
Oil for Heavy Mm lilncry.
For lubricating the journals of heavy
machinery, either rape oil or sperm oil
is the liest to use in mixture with min
eral oil, as they have tho least effect on
brass and iron, which two metals gen
erally constitute the bearing surfaces of
tin engine. Age of Steel,
Out of Date.
Housewife Marie, these fowls are de
ridedly too tough again, you cannot
have put them into tho stewpan early
enough!
Cook Right you are, mum; they
should have been put in three years ugoi
Faris Figaro.
Ilurvnnl KxuiiiliintloiiH.
Harvard university is spreading her
net over a very wide extent of territory
this year. It is announced that examina
tions for admission to that institution
are to be held simultaneously in no less
than twenty-five places, including Eng
land. Germany and Japan. It looks as
if Harvard wanted the earth and was in
a fair way to get a large section of it.
Boston Herald.
t'atnlly Shacked hjr IIhiikIiii;.
Lee Ennis, a young colored woman of
Hnntsville, Tex., who witnessed the
hanging of Alf White on Saturday,
fainted when the drop fell and died late
that night from the effects of the shock.
Cor. St. Louis GlolH'-Democrat.
Miniature boars' tusks and the shells
so much affected by gypsies are both of
ery ancient origin. What they signify
can be easily found out by any one who
cares to inquire.
PRIZESJWARDED.
Joe Klein, the Popular Clothier,
Distributes Prizes in the
Postal Card Contest.
The following prizes were given in the
postal curd coiitiBt:
First prize, a nice spring suit, L. It.
Sawyer, South Demi, 7,tH5 w. rds.
Second prize, a leather satchel, 11. C.
Schmidt, l'lattsniouth, fj,0S7 words.
Third prize, two nice shirts, C. A. Kin
nainon, I'lattsinonth, 5,000 words.
Look out tor new ad.
B. A. McELWAIN
Carries an Elegant Stock
OF
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Watches and
Clocks.
Everything kept that goes
to constitute a first-class
jewely store is kept in his
stock. Repairing done by
first-class workmen and sat
isfaction guaranteed or mon
ey refunded.
B. A. McELWAIN,
First door south of
1'ot-t mice,
PLATTSNorTH,
N'EH.
These tiny Capsules are superior
to Balsam r of Copaiba, AT
Ctiliebs and Injections, (ffffll
They euro in 48 hours tho vJ
samo diseases without anyincon.
TCnlcncc. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS!
F()K SALE Two desirable resi
dence lotn in Orchard Hill addition
to l'lattstiiouth, within a block of
the Missouri I'acitic depot. For
particulars call on or address TllK
IlEKAI.n office.
KQUITAHLK l.IFli IXSTKAXCK
CO., OF X, Y.
T. II. Pollock, Agent,
Don't Tebacco Spit Your Life
Awav."
Is the etartling, truthful title of a
little book just received, telling all
about Xotobac, the wonderful,
harmless, economical, guaranteed
cure for the tobacco habit in every
form. Tobacco users who want to
(piit and inn't, by mentioning The
HEKALD can get the book mailed
free. Address the Sterling Remedy
Co., box Hti'i, Indiana Mineral
Springf, Ind.
The Place to Buy
hardware
IS AT
G. BREKENFELD'S
WHERE YOU WILL FIND
A.
STOVES, c
IlAiNGES,
TIN WAKE,
GARDEN TOOLS
GASOLTNE j
STOVES,
KU1LDERS'
HARDWARE,
TAD-LOCKS,
DOOR-LOCKS,
LADIES' PEN
KNIVES, ETC
NEW PROCESS
"QUICK-
MEAL'
GASOLINE STOVE
wish to specially recommend,
It is absolutely pule.
GOODS SOLI) OX TIIK IXSTAI.
nient plan as cheap as for cai
on easy monthly payments. Con
in and examine my anti-rust i
ware which is warranted not tor
for one year. If at any time y
want anything new that wed;
t .. . .
nappen to nave in stock we.cJ
it for you on two days' notice.,
C. KIIEKENFEI
421 Maln-St, Plattsmouth
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