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TI1E DAILY IlEIlAhD, rLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY. OOTOHKK 14, 1SS7. ljc piattsmouti) Dailn Ucralti K1TOTT3 BBO Publishers & Proprietors. A SI I sary SJonliJ, tu II ork wood ltiii!lintf. Great discount sale at Bu-ck fc Bird Hairs. Call ami get u discount bill. This morning at court :i divorce was granted in the case of Owens vs Owens. The young ladies of the M. E. church and Sunday school, will give a sociable on next Friday envening, Oct. 21, at the home of Miss Lou Kichcy. Dr. N. Spauldinj Smith whose par lors are at the Perkins House, removed from Mrs Mary E. Laffain two large scalp tumors this morning. Remember the Milk Maid Carnival at Fitzgerald's hall to-night. The pro gramme will commence .'it eight o'clock, dancing at ten. Admission including dance tickets $1. General admission 15c. Court opened this morning with Judge Chapman on the bench. Judge Allen 15. Field arrived on the Lincoln train and proceeded to the court house where he relieved Judge Chapman No important business was up for the day. John II. Ames of Lincoln, who appears to have charge of the Lincoln cable railway line is preparing, instead, to erect an electric railway after the pat tern of those in New York City, and intends to lay double track. There will be a meeting of the Plattsmoutli prohibition club at the house of F. F. Badgley, coiner of 8th and Mar ble streets, on Saturday evening Oct. 15, at 8 o'clock. All prohibitionists are in vited to attend. Wm. A. Tiffany, Sec. Cen. Committee. J. W. Bullis a farmer living four miles southwest of town, lost four stacks of wheat valued at a little mora than 200,00 by fire, Sunday night. It is sup posed t have been the work of incen diaries. Republican. Leave orders for wood with John Tutt at Bennett's grocery store. 8t f This afternoon just before 2 o'clock clouds of smoke were seen rolling up in the direction of Pacific Junction. At first it was thought the town must be in flames, but a telegram from there stated the fire was west of the junction and was probably burning gras. as there were no buildings in that direction. Mrs. J. F. Johnson has recently re turned from St. Louis where she purchas ed the finest lot of hats, bonnets, ribbons and other millinery that could be found there. Wc have taken a personal look at them and pronounce them superior to anything of the sort ever brought to Plattsmouth. Mrs. Johnson desires her lady patrons to call and see these beau tiful goods before the nicest of them are sold. The state convention of the sup porters of the home of the friendless at Lincoln,- closed yesterday. For the coming year Mrs. R. C. Morley was elected president; Mrs. C. N. Poole, Tc cumseh, recording secretary Miss P. T. Elliot corresponding secretary; Mrs. J. D. Parish financial secretary, and Mrs. Louis Ilelmer was elected treasurer. A board of directors of seven members was elected and the meeting adjourned till April after adopting resolutions of grat itude to the railroads and people of Lin coln. Compromising Rates. During the republican state convention at Lincoln last week it was learned that the railroads had made overtures to the state board of transportatson for a com promise of the move to force a one-third reduction in rates all over Nebraska. Yesterday representatives of the Union Pacific, Burlington and Elkhorn roads assembled at the capital and are holding star chamber sessions with the board. Court Notes. In the case of Elizabeth J. Etter v.. Richey, et al Judge Chapman handed down his opinion to-day, holding that there was error in the record of the county court in striking the appeal bond from the files of lower court. Cause re manded with orders to bestow the same. In the appeal case between the same parties the case was submitted on the motion of Riehey et al to dismiss the ap peal. In the two cases of Bickett vs Hofer, one en error and one on appeal, both cass were argued and submitted. Before Judge FLld"thc First National bank" vs. "Porter" et al, was argued on a demurrer to the petition. Mr. Covell for Porter and Mr. llartigan for plaintiff bank. Cause taken under advisement. Before Judge Field in the case of Elizabeth Copeland vs. Isaac O. Copcland for divorce on ground of Copeland's previous marriage and legal wife living. Byron Clark appeared for plaintiff and the marrihge of I. O. and Elizabeth Copc land was declared null and void. PERSONAL. Mrs. II. J. Streight went to Weep ing Water to day. Mrs. D. II. Wheeler of Omaha visited in the city yesterday. Mrs. Kate Oliver returned last even ing from her visit to Omaha. Mrs. Fred Bishop left this morning to visit her sister at Plumb Hollow, la. Mr. M. A. llartigan returned last evening from Lincoln where he has been attending court. Thomas B. Gordon, of Baltimore, c ame in this morning to look after his Plattsmouth real estate. W. P. Keeler, of Anderson, Iowa, who has been attending the K. 1'. assem bly in Omaha, came down to Plattsmouth tliis morning to visit. Judge S. M. Chapman returned this morning from Des Moines where he has been attending the reunion of his old regimeut. He reports having a good time. James Donnelly, of Ilarverd, Nb., left for that place last evening. He was here to attend the wedding of his cousin James II. Donnelly and Miss Alice Herrmann. Mr. C. II. Parmele and Mr. S. II Atwood went to Ashland last evening to load sonic cattle there to-day, Mr. Parmele took his little grand daughter home who has been visiting him for the past week. Tho Hornet's Nest Brlgrade Reunion- The Des Moines papers give about one half of their. pace to an account of the reunion of the famous hornet's nest bri gade. The affair was a grand one, long to be remembered. Our follow towns man. Judge Samuel M. Chapman, was complimcnted by being selected to present on the Dart of the 1 -It Ii remmcut a fine gold headed c ane to the gallant Col. Shaw. Tliis he did in a fine speech which was fittingly responded to by Col. Shaw. Pick out the piect of Real Estate you want and then call for j rice and terms upon Windham & Davi s. Over Bank of Cass Co. lytf. The Sackett-Monroe Wedding One cf those pleasant, happy social , i-i , i .,, i, events which are enjoyed more than any other through the course of life, took place at the residence of W. J. Monroe . ... , . in tins city, on me evening ui oviunu 0th. Handsome invitations had been out for a fortnight announcing the event, and giving S r'clock of aforesaid even ing as the hour. Some time before the hour, the friends began to fill the house, many bringing with them appropriate and beautiful tokens of love and good will for the worthy young couple. , , , , frompiiy at eigut, me ihucs oi me .veddinfr march announced to the as- seml.le.l friends that the moment had , . , . arnveu lor uic ui.uiiaj muiuunj. During the rush that followed the music, I Rev. Geo. Hindley, entered the parlor ,, , , , , - j i ii followed by the bndc and groom, all now rose to their feet, when in a few but impressive words, Mr. E. A. Sackett and Miss Nellie Monroe were pronounced husband and wife, which was follewe'd by a most earnest prayer. After tho cer- enionv. congratulations were in order and more than a hundred persons we should say, shook the hands of the hap py pair and wished them joy. A bountiful supply of coffee, cake and fruit was served, and the party without exception seemed bent on having a jolly -ood social time. 'Quite a number ac- -i A i-uuii-amwu ulluc uu biv,.xx depot where they took the 10:40 St. Louis train for Ohio and Indiana, where they will remain for about a month, visiting relatives and places of interest. Weep ing Water Republican. Hon. H. W. Crady. Scholar and The Statesman, Scholar and True American, set an example worthy of re flection for all True Americans. Healing wounds that no methods except those 1 used by Heaps' Camphorated Arnica Salye which is sola on its merits lor any use that a salve can be used, sso cure, no pay. For sale by the following drug gist. Price 25c per box. W. J. Warrick A Hastings Paper Sold. In yesterday's issue of the Hastings Daily News, a bright and newsy morn ing pap-r just 38 days old we read its valedictory, as far as Hastings is con cerned. The editor and proprietor states in the first three lines the entire newspaper outfit has been sold and will be moved from the city. Since the edi- tor is an escentiai part ot a newspaper outfit, it. look's likn b- l.jul l.en inelnrlprl in the sell, in this case. Now if it is a fact that an editor gets sold when he starts a third daily paper in Hastings, it is so much against her. The editor winds up his valedictory by stating that it is not with regret that he leaves his position. The Daily Xeics was an excellent four- page paper and was indeed a credit to Hastings, and in its loss Hastings looses a valuable advertisement. The out-come of the sold plant will be awaited with interest. VALUABLE SHELLS. ARRIVAL OF A CARGO OF 3,600 POUNDS OF PEARLS. A Keporter'H Chut with a Largo Im porter anil Manufacturer Danger of Gathering Slielln i'actorlen Whoro Tearl Work U Turned Out. A cargo of alout 30,000 pounds of pearl from tho riiilipi-iiio 1,1 uids arrived in tins city recently, and it will, no doubt, soon be converted into artistic shapes for tho adorn ment of fashionable mansions. One of the latest affectations of tho wealthy is the addi tion to their household gods of artistically executed sea and landscaiw paintings in oil uixm mother of pearl shells. It is doubtful if one of the hundreds who jmrcluiso thein, or Ave out of tho thousands who uilmire them in the bliow windows on Broadway or elsewhere. have the remotest idea that nature formed theso shells lor any other purpose than to be used in this style of adornment. A larfre importer of shells and a manufac turer of pearl goods, in conversation with a reporter, expressed astonishment ut the pro found ignoranco of so many persons in re gard to the different localities from which pearl shell come, and the hundred and one purjose3 for which they ciro used. "How many kinds are there used m your businessf" asked the reporter. TUE VAIUOL'S KINDS. "The shells -which possess a commercial value are known to the trade as the Manila, ruslr.yinn, isomoay, jaiian, just xnuiu. Trocus, Chinese snail, black and red ear, and Panama. Several of these species are pearl Injuring shell, and are only obtained by pro fessional divers ut, the imminent risk ot" their lives. Many of these bivalves are very heavy. weighing sometimes eight or ten pounds. 1 he moment the native gets one ashore he forces it open, and, carefully removing the living inhabitant, carefully searches for any pearl it may contain. Not only the shell, at and about its hinge, but the meat or fish within is thoroughly examined, lest tho pearl might be secreted, as is f requently tho case, in the body. This examination over, the shells are laid aside to dry, having first been thoroughly cleaned. The finest shell for manufacturing purposes comes from tho Philippine islands and is called the Manila. It ranges in prico from sixty to seventy -fivo cents a pound, and is used for making dress and shirt buttons, pLstol stocks, cuff buttons, parusol and um- brella handles, pen handles, studs, and scores of other articles. A thin veneering is also made of it, which is worth 512 a pound, and is used for inlaying tho covers cf albums and fancy cabinet work. These veneerings are fairly dazzling with rainbow hues, ana when lightly polished are exceedingly beautifuL When we have got all these articles out ot the shell there is very little of the shell re- maininir. Is there any difficulty or danger attending the gathering of these shells?" "I should rather say there was. 1 here is one species of shell shaped like an ear, called t.l silver and red ear. in the sides of which are small holes, and through these, by means of long suckers, the fish fastens himself to a IOCS. v lieu Hie uuo iiuo uicwi ucuuj i uu nativeg dowiamo'ug the rocks nIui watchiusr their opportunity, catch hold of the upper shell which the shellfish keeps ouen. Unless he succeeds in tho first instance . - in pulling it from its resting place the animal will close its shell in a second, and the man's fingers will be held there in a vise like grip. In that case the unfortunate pearl gatherer will have to stand up to his knees in water unless he cuts off, his imprisoned fingers, for the shell cannot bo pried open, nor can three suckers from the rock. The shell is so hard --- i iair iimrivi crrnnnm mill n u - . , .1 - . t A. ..il II . 1 that it is next to impossible to smash it. There tne poor xeiiow is neia m agony un u the tido rises, when, unless he frees himself b chopping off his finger ends and leavin them for tho animal to dine on, he is sure to ooarowueu.. PEARL MANUFACTURING. .,,,. ti,ulu hav k, ti.nT.o.fcW searched for pearls, they are cleansed and packed in cases of about two hundred pounds each, and shipped to England, France, or this couu'try Grt ingenufty and long exiJeri. ence are required to become an expert in pearl shell working. When a manufacturer receives an order for a lot of cuff buttons ho is sometimes obliged to overhaul dozens of cases in order to obtain those of the required thickness, and then not more than three or four buttons can be drilled out of the heaviest shell. But then nothing goes to waste, for small buttons and other articles are made from the thinner parts, and then, by means of a circular saw, the 'scrap' is cut for inlay ing or veneering. Pistol stocks require the very heaviest shell. A pearl worker in this city, having some time ago received an order from an army ouicer ior a pearl handled re- yolver, was obliged to overhaul nearly a whole ship load before he could find two shells of the required thickness. He received ftlOO for that pistol stock. 1 "The business of pearl manufacturing is comparatively new in this country, and the profits are so large that there i3 a tendency to monopolize the industry. In consequence all sorts of devices are resorted to in order to ob tain the advantage. Borne time ago a large house in this city bought a cargo tff pearl shells to arrive at 70 cents a pound. While the vessel was in transit the market fell about 40 cents. It was a lucky thing for the house that the vessel foundered off the Cape of Good Hope, for the concern would certainly have foundered had the ship come safely to port. Manufacturers here prefer waiting for Jots cf pea,-! shells to arrive at this port direct from the fisheries, instead of ordering from London, knowing that the shells are assorted there and the choicest picked out for the English and French markets. There are several large manufactories of pearl work in Newark, Philadelphia, Germantown, and in this city, and since the establishment of this industry here the importation of pearl but tons from England has greatly fallen off." Kew York Commercial Advertiser. Mezirau Waterspouts A dispatch from the City of Mexico says that recent serious damage done by wash outs on tho northern section of the Mexican Central road was due to waterspout3 bursting on the track, and that it i3 a curious fact that waterspouts seem to be attracted by the iron track and teleeranh wires. Recently in build inz the Guadulaiara branch of the Mexican I Central railway, it has been noticed by engi neers that as fast as the construction advances rain follows, and they hold that this is due to the large quantity of steel rails on flat cars, which are carried forward as fast as the work of construction permits. The most noti'iable fact is that the country is dry in advance of tho construction trains and also behind them for many miles. Rains beat down, as de- scribed, in bucketfuls just where tho steel rails are, but only in circles a few miles in diameter. Rochester Democrat. In the Swisa Hotels. The fashionable Swiss hotels now have American bars, presided over by handsoma Swiss girls in native dress. This is said to I account for the withdrawal of Englib patronage. . . Tho prohibitionists have placed the following ticket in the field; For Justice of tli Supremo Court, E. H. ABBOT. l'.eKeiitx of the .Stale I'll vert-ily, REV. J. D. .NEWELL. REV. II. S. HILTON. District. .Jilile Seoomi .ImlicUl Di.ttlUt. ADA C. BITTEN HEN DER, L. C. HUMPHREY. Cass County Ticket- l"or Tie;ts;iivrt H. 3!. OAL'LT. For i'lTk, SAMUEL CARLYLE. For HeciTdcr, SAMUEL L. DUNHAM. For Supeiiuleinieiit of l'u'die instruction, E. A. LAKE. For si: iji ill, J. C. COLEMAN. For Jiul) e, P. i CASS. Kor Clerk f Ditri.-l Court," SULIVAN HUTCH INS. For Comity Comii-isiuiicr, WM. TUCKER. For ' iroiii-r, E. W. MURLESS. Ladies' Clazo Dongola button shoes $2, worth S2-50 T- H Phil ips'- -r . In Honorof tho Judges- At a called meeting of the Lancaster county burr association Tuesday evening it was decided to give a banquet in hon or of the retiring Judges Found "and Parker. For the evening L. W. Billings- lcv was elected chairman and C. K. Root secretary. A committee on arrangements D. O. Courtnev, L. W. BHli.igsley ami G. M. Lambertson were given full charge of the matter. It warf decided to invite ladies to the banquet and every guest will be allowed the company of a lady. Mew Departure AVc the unsersigned druggists of Plattsmouth do hereby announce to our patrons and friends that we can heartily endorse and recommend the following remedies of the Quaker Medicine Com pany: Balyeat'sFig Tonic, Dr. Watsons New Specific Cougli Cure, ana iieapt Arnica Salve, 1or Use reasons mat o know what tliov contain, and are the re sults of science applied practically. Y IbL J. V AUUM K. -OF -AND- Furnishing Goods ARRIVING DAILY AT All the newest and latest Styles for Fall and Winter in men's and boys' wear. -AND- NO MSKEY BUSINESS Dr. C. A- Marshal! Preservation of natural teeili a eialty. Teeth extracted uithout jxtin hi u.e of Lauyhinu (ills. All work warranted. Prices reasonable Fitzgkrai.d Block, I'ivi r.s.xoui h.Ne n. . LPalmer C3- E3 ISrS Et A-T-i INSURANCE SCENTS, Represent the following time tried and fire-tested companies: American Central-Sr. I.ohN, Assets $l.2"s,wI Commercial Union-England. 2..r.yfi.:;i 4 Fire Assoclat icu-Pr ilaileipliia, " 4,4 13,570 Franklin-l'liilaileli.hia, " 3,117.1' t Home-New Yorls. " 7,h3j,5f If s. Cc, of Vorth Ameiioa. Fhil. " 8,l71.3r.2 Jjiverpool&Londtin & Gle-ne-Kng " 6,039.781 North British .vJIercantile-tnf; 3.37S.751 Norwich ruion-EnplaiK', " 14.'5,45 Springfield F. & JI, -Springfield, " 3.C4.9?5 Total Assets, ?42.1i3,774 oes3 AfjnstedJiii Puflattliisincy Stacks AND km 3- AT W"JBj Thousand -OTP BOECK Sixteen EOOTS ASID SHOES Lust year, mid il low prices will sell vd, we intend to sell mor this Year. LOOK AT THE (iliF.AT CUTS IN IMIICLS WK AUK OFFEUING Ladies' Good Grain Button Shoe for s' Ieavy Grain Button Shoe, t!i- b.t wear for ly formerly $2.50. Wo nUn have freat manv other "cash" that it will pay you to call and examine our selling cheaper than any other dealer. Jonathan JIatt WMEffiAI Milwaukee Grain Button Shoe. -(;0. i,nun m.I.I loi'nO: We are oiiriii.K'i our 2.50 line of shoes for 00; Ladi: Fin.- Glaze Ih.ngola Button Mid lanipeg Goat for 2.50, foiineilv !?:.0U. M n I caw loots for iml.v L"i0. f'-rmaly Men's Best Whole Stock Kip Boots for s2..".0, fonncilv so Id for Mens bill Whole Stock Kip Boot for only .).fi, foimerlv :?!.' 0; Mm" Calf Boot, nml 2.o0, formerly -V LOO- Men's Fine Dress niton Mioo lo.r oniy f'.- CITY MEAT MARKET. POliK PACKEBS and dkalkhs is BUTTEIt AND KGCS. BEEF, PORK, MUTTON AND VEAL. THE BEST THE MABKET AFFOBUS ALWAYS OX HANI). Sugar Cured Meals, Hams, Bacon, Lard, &c, c- ot our own make. The best brands of (lYSTEBS. in cans and bulk, ak WHOLESALE AX.' BETAIL. III IlilllM Iirun I ' (I r1 J ust recsvarl a larg' inoico or ! Ladies flr.s kid and goat button Moesat2 a pair, tzaranieedj qual to any SO shco in the larked at T-H. Phili ps'. Every-one buvin a dolhii - v.oi th of goods and over v. ill receive a chancu en an elegant eewiDg luaehino to be dru'.vn Chmtmas Eve. Peter Mekgks. Hosiery slOHsOallli J- H sold Dollars Worth 1 .00. formerly sold for 1.7.r; I'"" " l.7.", f n.-ily for r.; J !. bartrains in ( hildnn's, Misses nndboju zihU amt be convinced that we ai J. Maiitiih. MATS & Ca p I. a 3 'J 1 1 1 r ft 8 S . Z 3 I X2TJ" T.TIF. nFTTITR OIVfPTl UjilUlllLj .-. OIJAIt!' Tl .L. , . , vith high arm and vibrating shuttle son mouv. uLH.y j aynu nU or ca,U F. J. BICKNELL, 3Ianager Plattsmouth Erat 02 in Lie ALL o. 0 I Lvov k m f.m m v Dos j i !)! II' '1 7