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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOHEK 1(1, 1883.
NO. 19
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A Public Spirit for Trade
GOING OS AT THE
FLATTSMODTH HERALD-
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The Plattsmontlt Herald PnWisliinj Co.
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one ropy oi,e year 2 00
HeKintei etl t the Pott Off. ev, Plaitciuoutli. an
second class matter.
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Our methods are to interest you in our good clothes. U e le
tiie host is none too -rood, where it can he purchased at a inoder-
rici
English Corkscrew Suits and Overcoats.
Would you enjoy seeing
-oinethilig niev '.
ami examine our
Then
eall. wlien pafing.
Republican State Ticket.
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For PcKents of the University,
M. J. II ULL. ( Loin; Term)
JOHN T. MALLAUEU.(Lon Term)
I. M. Ill ATT. (Short Term)
K. P. HOLMES, (Short Term )
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Children's Department.
i- hardly know how to dex-ribe them, there ar h. many; hut if you
have hut to spend for a child's suit, and S 1 .7 - for an
overcoat, we can Mipjdy your wants.
Undershirts and Drawers
STREET-RAILWAYS IN EUROPE
AND AMERICA.
The following from The Chicwjo
Tribune will douhtles prove interest
ing reading for thoso persons wlm so
readily and heartily, disagree with Mr.
Justice C'ooley of Michigan in his views
WESCOTT'S
BOSS CLOTHING HOUSE
Is lie Place for YOU to Trade.
Is3 oIL33nnL3nL 'UrariLn.itltn.a
Second Judicial District
For Judj:e of the Dlsti iet Court,
8. K POLND.
FOR 75 Cts
Ci.iiio and we will cerve you so well that you will always trade at
So & in m MYEIm s
OPERA HOUSE CLOTHING STORE'
mk Sole Aflrcnfs
' &'A;i-'j-v for
3Burfs Shoes.
Republican Countv Ticket.
For County Clerk,
JOHN W. JENNINCS.
of Plattsmouth.
For County Treasurer,
WM. II, NEWELL,
of PlattMiinuth.
For Sherilf,
J. C. EIKKNBAUY.
of I'lattriiioiith.
For County Judge.
ICALVIX Itl'SSELL,
of Weeping Water.
Pr Superintendent of Schools.
CYRUS ALTON,
of stoe Creek.
For Clerk of the District Court.
ISUM.NERS. HALL,,
of Mt. Pleasant.
For County Surveyor,
lOEOKCE W. FAIRFIEi.U.
of Plattmoutli.
For County Coroner.
PERKY P. G ASS,
of Plattxmnuth.
For Commissioner. Third District.
JOHN CLEMENTS,
-of Stove Creek.
Tiik Omaha Bee mentions the Cass
county democratic ticket in lavish and
confident terms. It is au anti-monopoly
ticket "you know.'"
o
NATHAN J I ATT
1. V. Marthis
eef ,Pork, Mutton and Vea
sum awlahs mat c.,
NacffHtorn to A. IIITT.
HEADQTABTEES OIZ CHOICE
Suirar-Cured Hams, Iacon, Salt Meats of all kinds. Lard
and all other articles kept in a tirst-class meat market.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Iolorna,
The Highest MarketfcPriee Paid lor Hides Wool, Pelts,
Grease, Etc.
o
Fresh Lake Trout and White Fish Every Thursday
Morning.
THE DAYLIGHT STORE!
F nil JLine General Merchandise.
LaVgest Stock and Lowest Prices.
Call and Satisfy Yourself
JOSEPH V WECKBAGHS.
Grace TkieroM
'o old stock to work off. The latest patterns cf
A.ND PROVISIONS. THE HIGHEST MA11KF.T PRTf!TC
PAID FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE.
DREW BUILDING, PL-ATTSMOUTH.
G-X..A.S
FLOUR
Mil. J.' Sterling Morton, t trough
I he Omaha Herald, grow valant and
Wishes to discuss the ecrnnmic nrin-
ciplus of government witn Mr. M. B.
Reese, our next Supreme Judge. Af
ter such a laborious tus6i as thi-j for
midable statesman Jias ? ad over in
iova, why not sit still ai 1 enjov the
fruits of his victory (?). Col. Savage
and J udge leee are both quiet, retir
tug gentleinen; of peacabie disposi
tions running tor u non partisan clHce,
one on the Republican, and one on the
democratic ticket; and as neither of
these gentlemen have apprared in the
arena with a chip on hi- shoulder, it
does seem a Utile uonaet ical lor this
rtim-uiouopoiist giant 1 attempt to
provoke either ot these goutleraen into
such a useless and ill-titm-J discussion;
at any rate, we here potest against
Judge Reese, who has j .oh laborious
work ahead of him, as Supreme Judge,
from heedlessly rushing iito the ring
to get "chawed up," wh-n there is no
necessity for it.
Very recently, we heard an anec
dote related by a good lawyer of his
experience in the trial of a cause be
fore the eccentric Judge Caslin, which
if applied properly to this valient chal
lenge from the warrior from Arbor j
Springs will furnish a good and suffi
cient reason whv Mr. Keesa should
not accept the same. Said the Attor
ney, "l was trying a case where a young
attorney was pitted against me, wht,
by his manner and in fact language,
informed Judge Gaslin he was going
to see that the case was tried for all
there was in it, and on scientific prin
ciples, and all due exceptions to ruling9
made against him properly saved."
The young man was inexperienced and
green, a fact which the old Judge at
once discovered. Consequsntly, when
the trial was in progress he would inva
riably interpose the same objection to
each question propounded, by the at
torney who was relating the anecdote,
the principal part of which was that
the question was leading; repeatedly
the old Judge, with a twinkle in his
eye, would turn upon our friend and
roar out "you know that question is
leading, withdraw it and put it in
proper form. I'll have you understand
sirl we are trying this case on scien
tific principles, Sir!"
Finally, when th esise reached the
other side and the fresh oung lawyer
as examining his witnesses, our
friend thought he would try the name
tactic to see what effect it would have
on His Honor. WI object for the rea
son that the question is leading," aung
out the lawyer, which brought the old
mm bolt upright with fire in his eyes
and the exclamation, "Now look here.
( r you going to make a
d fool of yourself, oo ?"
We rit!ier guess Judge Reese
has
recently expressed in uu aU' article
upon the regulation of corporate pro
fits by the slate, published in the North
American Review for September.
It appears that Street Railways and
like corporations manage to get along
und amaa wetdtli iu France hih! Ger
many minus the exclusive franchises 1 time.
granted them iu this free to free good
country.
A few weeks ago The Tribune gave
its readers the detnils of the agreement
which exists in Paris between thetnuu-
icipujity and the gas company, whereby
the latter, in consideration 01 its fran
chise and the use of the streets, is re
quired to light the public buildings lice
of cost,' pay a certain percentnge Into
the Public Treasury, divide its profits
over and above a ceitaiu amount with
the city, and surrender its rights and
plant at the teriuinution of its contract
upon certain fixed terms. Tnls arrang
ment yields the city a large revenue
und yet- the gas company makes a hand
some profit on its capital by charging a
much lower rate to consumers than the
average rate in American cities. At
tention was directed to this statement
for the purpose of showing how flag -rantly
municipal interests in the Unit
ed States' are neglected by the trustees
who are chosen by the people, and use
their power for individual profit of
further political preferment in place of
public frugality. The same fact is
pointedly illustrated by a contrast be
tween tha street railway' svstem of
American cities and that of European
cities.
The most important information
developed at the meeting of the Amer
ican Sireet-Railway Association held
in this city during the last week was
contributed in Mr. Herman Kreissman,
tormeriy American Consul at Berlin,
and now a resident of that city and an
owner 01 street-raiiwav stock. His
s'atemcnt .hovs that the construction
ofstreetrailways-ia Berlin, is regulated
by the municipal authorities; tliat tlio
corporations are required to pave the
streets they occupy and keep them in
repairjthat asphalt and granite are used
chiefly for the pavements; that a 6 per
cent tax is exacted on gross receipts up
to $1,000,000 and 1i per cent 011 re
ceipts in exctss o: that amount: aud
that the companies are permitted to
carry on each car only as many persons
as there are seats, with four additional
on the front platform and five on the
rear platform. It has been tho jeht
that the provision limiting the number
01 j'uasengeis 10 me; se;iiw!g capacity
or the car would be a great hardship
10 me public as wen as. t tie companies
in the rapidly growing cities of the
Lulled States; btit Berlin is a Citv of
nearly 1,200,000, inhabitants, aud dur-
iug many years grew as rapidly as
Chicago, and the. requirement of seats
for pattsengers in the street cars does
not seem to have been represented by
either the companies or the public, The
enormous revenue obtained uy the mu
nicipality irom the street railway fran
chises may be appreciated from the
statement of a single company in which
Mr. Kreissman is interested. Its gross
receipts last year were $1,(500,000, and
it paid to the municipality ?6o,000 tax
thereon 5 per cent on $1,000,000 and
H Per cent on $000,000. '1 he only ap
parent advautage ot the American sjs
tern is, that passengar8 are carried in
most ot the cities at the uuitorm rate
of 5 cents, whereas in Berlin the fare
is regulated bv the distanee, two and a
half, cents being charged for one and a
quarter miles. But the average charge
seems to be lower than that made by
the American street railways, for C0."
000.000 passengers were carried for
1,600,000, which is at the rate of two
and two-thirds cents per passenger.
Mr. Kreissman added that "If Berlin
roads had the freedom enjoyed by those
in this country their income would be
much greater." Undoubtedly ; but he
did not pretend that the Berlin com
panies do not make a fair .interest on
the capital invested, and, indeed, if that
were the case, no street railways would
be constructed iu that city.'
The conditions imposed upon the
street railway companies in Berlin may
be assumed to represent the terms upon
which similar franchises are granted in
o:her cities. It is certain that exclu
sive privileges and valuable grants are
not issued in any European city
without reserving some share of the
profits to the municipality, thereby in
creasing its revenues for the maintain- 1
auce of the police and fir departments,
sanitary precautions, etc., and at the
same time reducing the rates of indi
vidual taxation. Iu this city.however,
the municipal authorities voted away
streetrailway franchises for twenty-five
years without consideration, and re
cently renewed the same upon condi
tion that each car shall pay a license of
$50 a year, which is 60 modified by a
schedule of thirteen round trips a day
that the tax will yield an insignificant
revenue to the city. There is no re
quirement that the companies shall
pave or repair the streets outside their
own tracks, nor of any other contribu
tion to the public treasury or the pub
lic comfort at all commeusurate with
the valuable and exclusive privileges
enjoyed by them. American cities are
governed in the interest of the corpor
ations and the saloons not in the in
terest of the people.
Olir t-Vst'Ul ot doillij bll'UH'S:?
will please you. L'ery article if
marked iu plain tirurOH and sole'
on its own merits. 2o inonke)
Liz, no jewing, no liumluig;, no
auction floods, 110 rhoddv floods :
you get your money's worth every
Hie latest styles ami best
btainable with money are
in toCk, ana we will never be un
dersold by any house, either large
or -.mall, and ou will always find
us anxious to -e-rw your interests
. 1.1
1 in a manner to o-am vour t-olnl
custom. Come aud sec Ur.
C. E. WESCOTT.
THE 1X)SS CLOT II IKK,
liockwood nio
MI
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The Xff-t, The Het, The AIo-.t Complete and
JHJY IF ABC TTIirilE CJIOSAJPJBMT.
Our Big Mew Stock
Came lor
Lar";:iin
Ik Frai Lie
1 est J., -yi C.B
Safest. Best and Most ReiiaWc
LINE IN THE WEST.
Magnificent D ning Cars.
Elegant Day Coaches " ',
2 St Louis Trains Daily,
2 Omaha Trains Daily,
2 Kansas City Trains Daily
3 Ate .. ison Trains Daily,'
1 or
Hunter.-, ui. livery Department.
JPrlce thsit GptlierK Will
Critical and eeoiiomieal bwer this In uCreut Opportunity 'find
the C.lorious LVsult u'iH uiofe than Please Y,,. . J:, i,M.nber " eVerv
pureliupe you make, ot 11
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its ie:i-on sha
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iL MOlfiLZ IBJBlM &HlXJXII
Our assortment i-; immense, and it is
A Hard Crowd "We Cannot Please.
Ouu Low and One Price System is
TH?i.TD C33553"IEfl
1 wo .Trains
St Paul, Minneapolis, Siour Citj
t 1 If.'l Yiii'.. Vlt i
Pullman Sleeping Cars,
Eetween Kansas City and St. Paul
WITHOUT; CHANGE
All trains run cd tirue.eonnecting for all point.
East West, North & South
. 'J lekets tor sale at all resular ticket oftieec,
nforinatinn retfanliiiii rate, time, &c. clieer-
luiiy Riven uy ;ijaressm
A C. Dawks,
Ueu'l Pass. AcaDt.
J, BAKNAKIt.
(ieii'l Supt
HENRY BCECK
DEALER IN
FURNITURE
SAFES, CtfAiRF.
KTC, ETC., ETC.
Of All Descriptions.!
METALLIC BURIAL CASES
f all sizes, ready made and sold cheap for cash,
MY FINE HE ARSE
for our competitor.--, but a e.reat opportunit v lor vu. We have
far the Largest, Newest and PLbT fetoek of Men' Youths JJovf
children's ?:'..:
MATS A.ar AF,
and
ever shown in
goods.
PlatNmonth. Visitors Weleon
ie. Xo trouble r l
lo w
1
IS NOW BEADY FOB SERVICE.
With many thanks for past patronage.
Invite all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
OO'S
Ctflmi
License Notice.
Notice is hereby given, that the un
dersigned has made application and
filed his petition with the County Com
missioners of Cass coiuty Nebraska,
for license to sell malt, spirituous aud
vinous liquors at his place of business
in South Lend, Cass county, Nebraska,
and that the same will come before the
toohiih an appreciation of the high Commias,0,ers for a103 at the io-
to enter the hustings with' the aristo -
cxatio ttpcstle trotu Ax bar Opxius.
' David CabpentEiC
South Bend, Oct. 8d, 1883.
BEST IN THE MARKET.
Made OXLYof Vegetable Oil
andPui-e Jicet TaHow.
To induce housekeepers to eive this Soap
a trial. WITH EACH BAR
WE GIVE A FINE
TABLE NAPKIN
This olfcr i ; mado for a short time only
and should bt. taken advantage of at OXCE.
We WARRANT this Soap to do more wash
ins with gre&'.er ease than any soap In the
market. Ic Las no EQUAL for use in hard
and cold water.
. YO'JR GROCER HAS IT.
G.AWrisley&Co.
OZLnTIE-IPIRXOIE CLOTHIER
B ake's XewPuildin, Opjiosite City Hotel.
JUST 3E?LE:03ESI"7 JhlJL
A FINE LOT OF
MACKEREL, LAPIiADORE IIEIiPJNG, TROUT, AV1LD YAh
CODFISH, Aso h choice lot of .
Xi2OXTS ".1TI3 ORAN CES.
We have a fine stock vt
Fancy rands of
MINNESOTA, KANSAS AND MIS30URI FI OUR.
1 have in toe a fine line of
Queehsware, Glassware, Lamps,
&c. AH our goodi are ne d frJi.-
Will Exchange lor Conntry Produce. Linseed Oil Meal Always on Ml
Next door to Court House, Plattsxnouthf Neb,
Ud2wsa M Bi MURPHY & CO.
Uanvfiacturrs of Standard (juuttlr
M. O'CONNOR.
Atlthe down-town saloon.
CPrOSITE THE PERKlNSjnOUSE,
Keeps a complete meof
I 3J 35S SI,
Liquors,
AND CIGARS, BOTTLED BEER,
ALE AND PORTER,
gRUG'S OMAHA BEEE
and Uie best brands of Kentucky
wbUKle.
I. JUdl.1 rrae o Attr Wv
offer til IJtlrft Xbt1tmm in
HEED PVTATOEM. Com ft.i.
Ihe lirt CoiUrttem ot Vesvljiblu.
TrwKKED. EvrvtlinUtstr
' iT"'1- lWA,
SEEDS
Flower. Om BnTr MK CD. Evrr-jliln U tst47
EASTWARD
Dally Express Trains tor Omvba. Chicago.
Kan.af City. Rt. Iouis. and all points East.
Through Cara via Peoria to Indanapoli. Ele
Itaut Pullman Palace Cam and dy coaches on
all tbiotmb trains, aud Dining cars east of fials
souri riVer-
WZSTWARD Q S
epaiiy Kxpres trains for Denver eonneetin
nion Depot for all points in Colorado, Ctab
California and the entire Wet. TlieadvVntoi
tbi line gives the traveler a New Kout to th
eberei1 9CCDery aad wtage, uaualed
Through Tickets at the Lowest Kates are on tale at ail lhe lmrrta.nt f mt.. a v . .
wpi be checked to destlnetion Any information m T to rites. SmS "V 1m tkw SfTO
cberfuiiy fnilaaei uau avp&Jarwo to any at or to r Mme tw UT 1