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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 18S3.
NO. 107
A Public Spirit for Trade
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Our method are to interest you in our good clot In s. W e be
lieve the bet in none too good, where it can be purchase d ut si moder
at- price.
English Corkscrew Suits and Overcoats.
Would vou enjoy seeing something
and examine our
Children's Department.
We hardly know how to describe them, there ar so many; but it you
have but $2.00 to spend for a child's suit, and 1.75 for an
overcoat, we can supply jour wants.
SS3TDTC5IHI
Undershirts and Drawers
FOR 75 Cts.
jxo Seldom Seen.
CVsne and wu will serve you so well that you will always trade at
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OPERA HOUSE
Jonathan Hatt
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eef.Pork. Mutton and Vea
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HIEAZDQ'Cr.A.IRTIEIRS FOB CHOICE
Sugar-Cured Hams, Bacon, Salt Meats of all kinds, Lard Bologna,
and all other articles kept in a first-class meat market.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
The Highest MarketfcPrice Paid lor Hides Wool, Pelts,
Grease, Etc.
Fresh Lake Trout and White Fish Every Thursday
Morning.
THE DAYLIGHT STORE!
Full -Line General Merchandise.
Largest Stock and Lowest Prices.
Call and Satisfy Yourself
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JOSEPH V WECKBAGHS.
Grace Sl Tin
iPresli' G-rooeries
No old stock to work ofT. The latest patterns tf
n.OUi: A.ND PROVISIONS. THE HIGHEST MARKET TRICE
PAID FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE.
DREW BUILDING, PLATTSMOUTH.
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nice? Then call, when passing,
CLOTHING STORE'
urts on
oes.
J. W. Mahthis
Agents
PLATTSMOOTD HERALD.
rtnUHHEU DAILY AND WEEKLY
by -
The Plattsmonth Herald Publishing Co
DAILY, r livered by carrier to saiy part of the
city
Prw-k ..f is
ror Mont a co
IVi- Yisvr .-. 7 00
WEEKLY, by mall.
One copy tlx months 91 00
One copy oue year 2 00
Kegwterea at lite Post UBct, Plattsmouth, as
second class matter.
Republican State Ticket."
Jinle of the Supreme Oriurt,
M. B. KEEME.
For IteKents of the University,
M. J. II L'LL. (Long Term)
JOHN T. MALLALIEU, (Long Term)
J. M. HIATT.(ShortTenn)
E. P. HOLMES, (Short Term)
Second Judicial District-
For Judge of the District Court,
S. B. FOLND.
Republican Countv Ticket.
For County Clerk.
JOHN W.JENNINGS,
of Plattsmouth.
For County Treasurer,
WM.H, NKWELL
of Plattsmouth.
For Sheriff,
J. C. EIKENBARY.
of Plattmouth. .
For County Judge,
ICALVIN RCSSELL.
of Weeping Water.
Ktr Superintendent of Schools,
CYRCS ALTON,
of Stove Creek,
For Clerk of the District Court,
'SUMNER S. HALL,
of Mt. I'leasaiit.
For County Surveyor,
IGEORGE W. FAIRFIELD,
of Plattemouth.
For County Coroner,
FERRY P. G ASS,
of Plattsmouth.
For Commissioner, Third District,
JOHN CLEMENTS,
-of Stove Creek.
For treasurer of Cass county we have
two Williams, and for clerk two Johns
applying.
Our Greenback friends say the
Herald's advice was very pertinent
the other day; but that they most re
spectfully declined the fusion with the
Cass county democracy.
The republicans of Cass county
should bear in mind the fact that Sum
ner Hall, our candidate lor clerk of the
district court, is in every re-peci, de
serving of their united support. We
know some republicans ill be tempt
ed to support Mr. tihowalter on account
of his pleasant, affable manner in dis
charging the duties of his office, and
because they are not personally ac
quainted with Mr. Hall. The Herald
desires to assure all 6iich republicans
that they will find in Mr. Sumner Hall,
a pleasant, accommodating and compe
tent clerk. So far as qualifications and
fitness for this position, Mr. Hall is the
equal, if not the superior of Mr. Slxo
walter in every respect? and there can
be no good reson for republicans voting
against him.
The Omaha Republican is out in a
lengthy article comparing the records
of Messrs. Reese and Savage in their
practice before the supreme court of
Nebraska. This article is called forth
by the attacks made by the Omaha
Herald and Bee upon Mr. Reese's rec
ord as a lawyer. The facts are very
few votes are influenced by this sort of
campaign capital; as a lawyer's record
does not properly depend on the num
ber of cases he may appeal or carry to
the supreme court of the state. How
ever the challenge Jias been made for
the supreme court record of these gen
tlemen as to the amount of business,
and importance of the same, each one
has. had before that tribunal and Mr.
Reese can very well bear the compari
son. The county ticket, placed in the
field by the democracy on Saturday
last, is not a strong one by any means;
when compared with the nominees ot
the republican party.
Mr. Cushing, candidate for treasurer,
is a very exemplary young man teller in
the First National bank.
Mr. John Green, candidate for coun
ty clerk, has resided at Greenwood in
this county for some years past, and
has been engaged in the stock and
grain trade; the rest of the ticket is
composed of gentlemen w !io have re
sided in Cass county for years and who
are probably as well or better known to
our readers than to the Herald.
. If our democratic brethren are satis
fied with this ticket the Herald, cer
tainly, can afford to be to the nomi
nees upon this ticket, we say we pro
pose to treat you fairly gentlemen and
beat you soundly, because you ought to
be beat and we have no hesitancy in
saying we believe the mass of the vo
ters of:-this county will view this mat
ter in the same light that the Herald
does. We are sorry for you gentlemen,
but then you know this is an off year
in Cass county, tor your party, and bet
ter men arc applying.
EXPLODED! WHAT NEXT?
It is with rejiiet that we prick the
citizen bauble in the Journal and let
the venom out, as the citizen who
writes this democratic attack upon the
Board of Cass County Cooimissioneis,
and Mr. Allen Recson, is noted for his
narrow gauged, political views; one
who always hangs his political scalps
in some mare's nest manufactured out
of his own suspicious ' imagination.
We say we very much dislike to prick
UiU bauble, for we recognize the fact
that in it is contained th entire demo
cratic stock in trade, capital,' for the
local campaign now upon us in Cass
county.
That when this mare's testis invaded
and its contents displayed, the nonde
script ticket put in the field the other
day at Louisville, by the democracy of
Cass county, will find itself in the
embarrassing position of having to
stand before the voters of the county
upon its own merits. W hen the men
of Ptraw are blown awav, and Mr.
William II. Cushing is placcJ side by
side with William II. Newell, ar.d
John Green with John Jennings, and
Silas Patterson with Crawford Eikeu-
bary, and Mike Archer with Calvin
Russell, it is not by any means a di Hi-
cult task to tell what the judgment of
Cass county's yeomanry will be -and
as we wished to see oun democratic
brethren run this camnaifn with some
rnnitnJ tn lianlr mnn wi will hp I
lieved, when we ay, that to us it seems
ike cruelty to animals to even have to
state the naked facts in regard to the
Cass county commissioners in the re
tention of Mr. Allen Becsou to attend
to certain litigation of the county, let
alone the still more unpleasant were
it necessary task, of speaking in vin
dication of the action of these fiscal
agents of the county, by saying, that
their action in the delicate and confi
dential matter of employing counsel
to defend the county's rights in court
should of right and necessity be gov
erned more by the standing and ability
of the counsel than by the odd cents
embraced in the fee that he proposes
to charge for his services. It is evident
that in the battery of interrogation
points turned upon our commissioners
this latter point is all the point that
"Citizen" sees in this matter, namely:
that one lawyer would do the work for
$149.50J and another for $150.00, and
auoher still higher and so on. Yet
when the truth is tula the case which
exists in Mr. "Citizens imagination
against the Board of Commissioners
does not contain even this poor ele
mqnt of fault finding.
The facts are, the Board of Commis
sioners of Cass county have never em
ployed Mr. Beeson at the agreed price
of $400.00, but on the contrary rejected
Mr. Beesen's bid along witU other
bids to that Board. In order to learn
the truth in regard to this matter, on
Saturday we visited Mr. Beeson in his
office and a couple of the commission
ers at the court house and learned
from these gentlemen that all there is
in this matter is the Bimple fact that
during the Mar term of our court.
1883, the Board employed Mr. Beeson
to look after and take charge of, cer
tain unfinished litigation, then pending
in the Supreme anU. District
Courts of the State; that Mr.
Beeson attended to this business
and the commissioners paid him
therefor the fee as charged by "Citizen,"
and that no regular employment of Mr.
Beeson has been made by the county
for $100 or any other price. The coun
ty now has pending against it some
suits in the District court which Mr.
Beeson has been directed to defend,
and present his usual and customary
charge against the count' in that class
of cases.
Also we v ere informed by Mr. Bee
son that if tha conditional b-.ds, re
ferred to, of Messrs. Sullivan k, Wool
ey and Hon. R. B. Windham are exam
ined iu the light of the present amount
and condition of business low pend
ing in the courts in which Cass county
is defendant, that they would probably
amount to more than the bid of 400
made in round numbers by himself and
which was rejected by the agents of the
county.
As neither Mr. Beeson nor members
of the board of the Cass county com
missioners are running for office, the
illiiess of this attack upon these gen
tlemen becomes more and more appar
ent. No matter what Mr. Citi
zen's opinion may be in regard to the
relative merits or demerits of the sev
eral members of the Cass county bar,
not he, but the board of commission
ers are responsible for the employment,
of what in their estimation may be fit
and competent counsel, to look after
the affairs of the county, and of neces
sity if they are honest men and com
petent officials they will have to
exercise a certain proper discretion
in the employment --Of such counsel.
They should employ this counsel just
as the ordinary, careful and prudent
citizen would do in looking after his
own private affairs. So far as the va
rious members of the cass couuty bar
are concerned, it is not our purpose to
criticise or l'avoiably mention any one
to the disadvantage of another; our
long and pleasant intercourse witl
these trentleiiieu, has taught u that
they aro all cood lawyers and fair-
minded gentlemen.
Ulno has a vicious habit ot going
democratic occasionally, except iu the
years when a President is to be chosen.
and then ate is always found on the
right s!d3 of the contest. Ten years
ag last Tuesday Ohio elected a demo
cratic candidate for Governor by 817
majority. The next year the demo
cratic plurality for Secretary of State
was 17,"02. In 1875, the republicans
elected their candidate for Governor
by 2,549 plurality, and in 1870 their
candidate for Secretary of State by
about 200 additional plurality. In
1877 the democratic I'lnfality was 22,
520; in 1878, republican by 3.104! iu
1879, republican J.y 17,127; iu 1880, re
publican by 19,00.0; In 1881, republican
oyji.w; in mov, uemocraue ty iu,
115. In the Presidential years tlm re
publican plurality was some 2'000
greater for the Presidential electors
than for State ofiicers. The lesson of
these figures is that Ohio is a rcpubli
can state whenever there is a full vote
and a square tight mado on national is
sues. Chicago Journal.
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Jen'l Supt
A C. Dawrs,
Gen'l Puss. Aasiit.
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HENRY BGECK
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Invite all to call and examine my
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rens
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(JttQICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
Fancy rands of
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Queensware,- Glassware, Lamps,
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