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PLATTS.MOUTII, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1887.
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Surveyor. - -
Att-'rucy.
Su jt. of l"nb School,
Coiuity Ja lue.
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iiS: I.ODfiB No. H(J. 1 O. O. I-'. Meets
VfV.'iy Yneilay evemiii? of esch w. ek. All
tr.ii eif'i.t brothers ate ri'iixlfully invited to
atlti.il.
npiilO I.ODCK N. 81. A. O. H. W. Meets
evorv .tlturii;U l-'rlilay eveniu at K. of I .
li.ill. Tr.oi.sieut lr;lir-i ar rvsp'tiully 111
viiclt:!ltenJ. 1". K. White, Master Workman ;
U. A, 'arte. Foreman ; F.J Morgan. Overseer ;
J. li. M.ris. KccorUer.
vvss cam f xo.as. modeux wooomen
J ar a merit! i Meets seco'xl Hiulltiurtli Mon
day v eiiin at K. of l hail. All transient
brother- are requested to meet with u.. I,. A.
Noweo ;ter, Vener i!h; Consul ; i. '". Nile.
WcrM.y V.lvier; I), It. Smith, Ex Cuiker ; W.
C. Will -r..',. Clerk.
151. vrrsMouru i.oixie n r. a.o. v. w.
A M every alternate Krbluy ev,;iilntr at
lfoekwtc. I hall at SoVIim'. All rransient hrol It
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Outsell", M. W. ; S. C. Ore i:!rem;tu : S. C.
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fatsiies, Clocks, Jewelry
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HOLIDAY GOODS,
ALSO
Library Lamps
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IlcpivsJiit the following titne-tri-j'l
firc-tested companies:
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Fire A.oolaMoj-PbiladeliiUJa, " 4.45.fT5
Frank! In -HiilK'.eliliii. . " ?,H7,1C
lIor.ie-X.-v York. " 7,Ti.U9
1-5. C . . f Vorlh Atr.e lei. Phil. " 8.KI
Llvrpnl&Londjn & OIot)e-Ena " 6.6-W.Tfit
Nr:h i r.tish . Mercaatlle-En 3,i:8,7M
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B?r:a;:-MUF. & M.-Spriasaeld, " 3.011.9-3
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HOUHOvVKI AM STOI.KN.
THE CHEROJCEE COUNCIL.
TIi& Senate Without a Quorum-
Taiii.i-:ii.ii, I. T., I).'ccnur 1. Tlie
Hcnat.? nut t.)-d.iy at 2 o'clock, ami no
quorum leinj prc.-snt Senator Sanders
moved to adj Mini till Monday mornintr
at '. oVlofk. Tiii.s turn of tlie national
adjourning over till Monday was caused
ly President Hawkins lh-hig sununoned
to Fort Saiitl. in th JJoudinott-Stono
murder c;Me, thus leaving the. nntionlls
wit! only five senator, ju.st the same
number the Do wings li-ive, a d they did
not wish to take the chances on an evn
contest over the counting of the returns.
The Downirgs are indignant over the
action of the nat:oivth who without a
quorum, adjourned over till Monday,
while the constitution says plainly tint a
smaller number thin a quorum cm ad
journ from day to day until a quorum is
cifjcted.
Juhn K. (Jjurd, a prominent Downing
man, paid this evening with much vehem
ence; "The n -it ion ds, comprising a ma
jority of the sen ite, are either the mo.-t
ignorant or most abandoned of politicans.
Tli3 constitution either means sonn thing
or nothing. If this minority adjourned
the senate to-day until Monday in spite
of the provisions of tlie constitution to
the contrary, why 11113' they not ndjourne
it sine die, and thus defeat any effort of
counting tlie votes for chief. This is
revolution pure and pimple, &ik1 this, to
me, look3 like a conspiracy to force
Dennis JJushyhead :.n;t!i..r year on the
Cherokee peolpe. He projuiscs lo run the
Government by having the nssi.-tance of
tli 3 executive sjcretiFy."
ARifi3DOF!r'3 T ZIAL.
Tho Alibi Business G2i3 its Daath
Clow:
Sioix City, la., Dec. .0 Yesterday
was one of tlie nitst imp-ortant days of
the rial of John Aivnsdorf for tiie mur
der of tiie Hjv. George C. Haddock. A
large number of witness were ct mined
contradicting and impeaching the main
witnesses for the defense. T'ae climax
was reached when the lion. IJyron reb
ser of Dubuque, United States revenue
collector, took the. stand and testified
that from about 10 o'clock until the fatal
shot was fired on tae night of the mur
der, he was in Shepherd's saloon. and
restaurant. That he got hissupp3r there
and that'Arensdorf was not there. The
evidence was positive. The importance
of this evidence consists of the fact that
Shepherd's saloon is the place that Artns
dorf locates himself at the moment of the
murder and some time before, and is a
fatal point of the alibi;
A Clash of Races
Memphis, Tenn., December 1. A reign
of terror prevails in Cat Id.md, ia Crit
tenden county, Ark., some twenty eight
miles below Memphis, 0:1 the Mississippi
river. Martin Thomas and Joe Ilarulett,
two residents of that neighborhood, arriv
ed in Memphis this evening and brought
intelligence of an affray which occurucd
this morning between whites and negroes
which result -d in the killing of two ne
groes and the wouuding of several others.
The origin of the affray grew out of the
arrest of two negroes, who, it is alleged,
insulted some white ladies yesterday.
They wore to be tried this morning be
fore a negro justice of the peace. Their
act had aroused the indignation of the
whites, and about a dozen each of both
races nut t'ds forenoon at the preliminary
investigation.
As to who started the row nothing can
be learned, but in the shooting that fol
lowed botli the negroes under arrest were
killed au-.l two or thiee others of their
friends wounded. The negroes fled, but
after arming themselves prepared to rer
turn to the scene 01 the contact. liH-y
fired at Thomas and IL;mlett, who were
in a skiff, and when last seen they were
going in the direction of where their
companions had been killed. The ne
groes of Cat Inland outnumber tlie whites
ten to on?, and serious trouble is auticir
pnted. It is impossible to get fuller de
tails to-night.
Tho Reynolds County tno. Robbery.
Piedmont, Mo., Dec. 1. The robbery of
the Treasurer's safe at Ce'nterville, ltey
nolds County, proves to be less than first
repoiUd. The amount is about $0000.
There is n clue- to the safj blowers yet.
One was a t ill man with a -b.id soar on
the left side of his face, and dirk com
plexion. The cth-r wis a small man.
Both men w.-re hanging around the town
for two or three days Ik fore the robherv.
lieynolds County los?s nothing by the
theft, as the principal part of tlie stolen
money wa? kept in the Tfcisu.'er'a safe
f.ir accommodation.
A RESIGNATION AT LAST
Tho President's Message Received
by the Deputies in Profound
Silence.
I'Aitis, Dec. 1. The president's resig
nation was received in the chambers at
1 :' 1 this afternoon. The deputies re
ceived the message with profound
silence. Floquet read a letter from the
president of the senate summoning a
congress of the two chambers of Mar
seilles for tlii purpose of electing a new
president. The sitting was closed with
cries of "Vive la repub'.que." The text of
Grevy's messa re of resignation was as
follows: "So long ts I h.ii I only to con
tend with tiie difficulties in my pith, the
attacks of the press, tlu assentation of
men whom the public voice called
to my side, and the increasing impossi
bility to form a ministry, I struggled on
and remained where duty bade me, but
the moment when publ c opinion bettir
informed marked a change which gave
me hope oLforming a government, the
senate and chamber of deputies voted a
double resolution, which, under the form
of adjournment to fix an hour to await
the president's promised message, is' tan
tamount to summoning the president to
resign. It would be my duty and right
to rc-ist little uiul.ir the circumstances in
which we are placed between the execu
tive and parliament, but it might entail
evil consequences. Wisdom and patriot
ism command me to yield."
A number of the members of the two
chambers held a session in the palais
liourhon this afternoon for the purpose
of balloting for president prepa'ntory to
an election by congress at Versailles to
morrow. The result of the ballot was in
fivorof Da Freyc'net.
HOPE FOR THE IMMURED.
The Supreme Court Crantsa ulo
in tho Lincoln Case
Washington, Dec. 2. It is unfair to say
that Lambeitson received a half surprise
this morning when Chief Justice Waite
announced in open court that his appli
cation for leave, made yesterday, to file
his application for a hearing on behilf
of the numbers of the common council
of Lincoln had been granted, at least
such must have been his feeling if he
was sincere in his expressions and actions
yesterday, indicative of his ideas. His
brief was undoubtedly quite as strong as
it could be made, it having passed
through the hands of Marquette, Popple
ton and other attorneys, who are gener
ally supposed to possess the ability to
discover the strong and the weak points
in a controversy. The talk between
Lanibertson and the chief justice and
justice Miller this morning, after the s.n
nouncenient of the decision, was upon
the point of the time when the rule
should be made returnable. The court
had fixed Dec. 19, but Lambeitson in
sisted that he could procure an answer
and issue to be made up earlier, and the
court fixed Dec. 12 for a hearing on the
merit of the rule, being granted for
leave to file the petitions. The matter of
release on bail on a habeus corpus was
incidentally discussed, and the opinion
seems to prevail that some way of release
will be found without the coming here
of the members.
MEXICO-
A Famous Smuggler Executed.
Brownsville, Tex., Dec. 1. Advices
received to-day from Mier, Mexico, state
that Marine! o Iese-nc.es, the famous
smuggler, was shot day before yesterday
morning, between Aguas Calltnies and
Puente Deluguja, State of Nuevo Ieon,
by the cayalry who were taking him to
Montgomery, liesendes was the most
successful aud largest smuggler on the
border. He was tall, slim and firm-looking,
of good family, and btrt SG years. Of
qge. He has taken thousauds of dollars'
worth of goods to the interior of Mexico,
and never had been captured, and had
acquired a comfortable fortune from his
traffic. His friends, made the most tre
mendous efforts to save him, but unsuc
cessfully. His body was recovered by
friends who followed the escort to see if
he got through safely.
His capture was made in ft pecu iar
manner. His wife was confined at his
ranch Cli arco Eclcondido. on"- the Mexi
can side, of th2 river. The event had
be n expected by the authorities, and a
spy, one of It -sondes own in:n. was set
qii the hou-e of Reseudes, who, until a
few days ago, was in Brownsville, and
went in disguise tq pay her a visit and
his eapture vfa3 an easy, matter. The of
fense for which he was arrested was the
; killing of three ciufom guards in a fight
t recently irt the mountains, where lie smc
' cessfiilly carried off his convoy in the
' face of a superior force.
NEW Y0KK STREET SCENES
CHILDREN AMUSING THEMSELVES
AND OTHERS ON SUNDAY.
Juvenilo I'u 11 011 the l'iper Kml of Ian
liuttttn iKlnntl A Novel J ntertuiiiua-iit.
The I'lro I'ony and ltog Curt.
Tho Gout.
Sunday is a great day for tho children of
New York who are not given to its close ob
servance as a time of rest. Paradise park
end tho streets of tho more thickly iopulated
parts of the city are alivo with them, but if
you want to see children having fun in the
wildest sense j-ou must go to the upper end of
Manhattan Island, where they have more
room to disort themselves. Tho small boys
in the neighborhood of One Uun!r-d and
Twenty-seventh street and Eighth avenue
havo a spirited Slurring club. Two of them
wero matched to light to a finish last Sunduy,
and a crowd was on hand to Bee the sights.
It was gamy encounter. As the light pro
gressed a friend of one of tho combatants
said:
"Hold on; dat ain't Vordin' to de (Queens
berry rulesl''
Tl.o referee declared that it was, tho com
plainant called him u liar, and the referee
proceeded to liek him. The combatants then
turned their attention from their own fight
to help along tho skirmish between the referee
and his enemy. A general riot ami several
bloody noses was tho result, and a man had
to come in and quell the disturbance.
A block north of the scene of this diversion
well dressed boys were playing marbles, which
game is just now regaining its former popu
larity with the boys of tho metropolis. Some
girls who had been contemptuously debarred
from the game went aside uud consoled them
selves by playing jackstones. This game, too,
ended iu a war. One girl had on n new hood.
Another, who still wore her cummer hat,
criticised tho hood in an Uncomplimentary
manner, whereupon the owner of the hood,
said:
"I know what ailu jTou. Your ma hain't
got money enough to buy you a hood, so
there!"
The majority of the players took sides with
tho wearer of tho summer hat, and the purse
proud possessor of the hood was boyeotted
aud went home in tears.
A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.
Probably the most exciting and novel en
tertainment was that in which some boys
were participating near tho corner of One
Hundred and Twenty -sixth street and St.
Nicholas avenue, where a high mess of rocks
is being blasted. A big derrick, worked by
hand, stands alongside tho rock. Tho boys
attached the tackle to a flat rock, one of their
number took his seat on it, and then they
hauled him high ia air and swung the der
rick around rapidly. It was so great fun
that each boy clamored for his turn to ride
0:1 tho derrick, and begged to bo allowed to
remain up in the air for a longer period, but
his comrades dropped Lim to the ground
very suddenly, and there was no appeal from
their action.
A vacant lot nearly opposite the derrick
contains a shanty, a goat shod, and usuall)' a
demure goat. Some young lads use the lot
every Sunday as a football ground. They
were kicking tho ball about with great gloe
when tho goal camo out of tho shed and Mrs.
Poo!?.??, ita owner, camo to tho door of her
shanty. The goat gazed with disapproval on
tho bounding ball, then leveled its horns and
went cut to meet it. The encounter was not
conducive to tho goat's peace- of mind, and it
cs :yed another attack. Tho boys by com
coa consent made tho goat the goal of the
gtmio and pelted it with the big ball until it
was knocked over on its side, and Hrs. Doo
lan rushed among them to rescue it and bare
ly escaped being Lit herself.
At or.e point near the end of old Broadway,
where tho houses ere poor and the pcoplo
likewise, some lads were playing horse. They
ringed up cn old coap box on wheels into
something like a fire engine, A boy at a dis
tant point pounded on a tin pan as a mimic
alarni of fire, sJnd the portable soap box
drawn by fleet footed boys quickly respondeL
One of the horses lost his shoe and a j'oung
ster, whose father is a blacksmith, took him
aside, took bis foot between his legs, after the
manner pf a. smith shoeing a horse, and ham
mered the shoe back into place,
PONT AND DQO CART.
While the soap box brigade were waiting
at tho roadside, a dandyish little boy from one
of tho mansions on tho boulevard came along
driving a pretty black pony hitched to a dog
cart. Instantly the poor boys, whose 6oac
box looked more mean than ever Ijeside the
handsome dog cart, greeted the driver with
6uch; ""VVhi'fl-d ye git Ue meat wagon V
"Oh, take cle plug pony awajr." The boy
quickly turned his steed about and drove
away to escape the criticisms of the lire
brigade. Ho found, however, that ho had
jumped out pf ho frying pan into tho fire,
ne turned down cat the broad boulevard near
One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, and ran
into a crowd of boys who' were playing
hockey, which some have called pedestrian
polo. They fairly filled up the street Mid
were knocking tho ball hitLvr- ud j-on with
great energy. Jn one of it3 flights it hit the
por.y, which reared, turned, sharply about,
and nearly threw the lad from his seat. Ig
tried to drive in on opposite djreet.ivri, tmly
to encounter another pf the gangs cf hockey
playprs that virtually tak possession of the
boulevard on Sunday, and ho was compelled
th take a cross street and a roundabout way
home.
Just leforf ypu reach Manhattan street on
the boulevard you pass some old shanties.
There is "at least one goat to each shanty.
Two boys crept into the chanty vill?igu r-nd
lassoed a goat of the color a dirty clocf
mat. They led i avvcy despite its protest,
rigged up a bridle, put an Improvised bit in
its mouth, and whipped it into a canter.
They drove it up and dqwa the street, and
then in a moment; cf unwisdom born of too
much fun they galloped it near its residence,
1'hey were driving it to beat all previous
records when there was a yell from among
the humble huts, and a yerv large and mus
cular woman dashed tuitong the drivers and
retaineiw f the. goat and scattered blows on
their heads as she yelled:
Ah, ha, ye young spalpeens Oive caught
ye now. . Now pi know why me goat keeps
so poor all the while.' Ye've been driven him
$0 death widout nie knowledge. Take that,
gjiO. that, ye young devils f
The race was declared off, and the ex
hausted goat was tahen borne New York
Cor. tjavenpah News.
TiK miYIJQliT STOflE
A fnll line of
mm - JACKETS
FROM $2. TO ijUO.
JOS. V. WECKB Ch'S
DAYLIGHT STORK.
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Gran
Of our first
20 GEEAT SPECIAL SALES - 20
- Opening Monday
ilk Velvets and Velveteens
Fifty pieces Silk Velvets, all shades, at $1.00 per yard, former
price 1.50 per yard. Twenty-five pieces Silk Tlus-li at $1.25 per dy,
former prices l.la to $2.50 your choice at $1.25. Twenty-five
p'eces Velveteens at 35c, 50c and 75c, formerly 50c, &5c and 1.25.
FURAH SILK, GROSS GRAINED SEE, SHK HOIBA.
Ten pieces such silks at 75 cent3 and 85 cents, worth $1.00 and.
$1.25. Twenty-five pieces gross-grained silks at 75 cents and 82
cents, worth $1 and 1.35- Moira silks at 1.32. worth 1.75.
"As the Prices indicated above are JJemarkably
Low, the goods having" been purchased at a sacrifice sale,
we are 'willing to share the benefits with yon, do not delay.
SOLOMON
White From
PLATTSMOUTH,
flies
FROM s?:! TO $.10.
FIJOM TO $1L
IN A Lb STVLKS.
Rich Allele am Fur rinuai',
ruo.M ;. to .y.r,.
series of
Morning Nov. 7.
& NATHAN,
Dry Goods House,
NEBRASKA.
Stan -
Inauguration