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About The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1888)
1 jr HI rinsT ye Ait PliATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY i, l.SSS. NlI.MISEi: OH. II I I I I I I I I III I I I I III I I I I IF I III III H(5 V- - f ! y. I Mi i : 1 a J" j 5 Miyor, CkM'k, 'i'l-e.nu.-or. Attorney. Kiuiiif r. I'.i.n: ; Jade, M ushull, Co.! mil. ie 11 ward, 2-nt " J 1 .SIMMON O II Smith J It U'.VIKlftlAN liVKON CUIIK A MAIIOI.K J H MATIII'.WU V IS Mai. Ilk J J V Wwuisacii ( A V V III l it ) I) M .Ii.nks ( W.m Wkisk ) M It Mritritv ( S W IMJ I Te.N ) IC S (!KKi:.-KI d nil. 1 1 I .1 W .l'i ; t- It:":! ! I II lA I I Wl WI.I.I'.J, I KltS .I'MiNS N.Cll MKMAN Hoard I'ub.Woik lo'U.K-l AWK.S WoUTII co ltj'I'y; o kklg j r,s. Treasurer. I ;;!!! y T:c:Uiirer, - CliTK. - l.-.n.v eie:U, rU-rk of Ui-tiict Co irt, Klieriit, Purveyor. Allor.iey. I-vlV t. of l'ui School;, County J ii '.-i-i. 1). A. i:,V.M I'llKI.I. 'i'lllM. I'OI.I.DI'K .1. M lIolUNSON ',!. Ml'-'IIKUHON W. Smowai.tku J. C. KlKKNKAKV A. Maiimlk A I. I.K.N ilKK.S-.N M.IVNMIII SFINK O. UUSdKI.I. I'.OVUII OK rtUTKUVISOItS. !. ;i.r.. Cli'iii.. - Wi-i-iiiiiK Vatt-r A. I".. iol.i, - flilttSlllOlltll A. It. Dl-. KHUN, - Kiuiwood (IIVKZ soGurriJis. 1SS LulMilC r.o. ll'I. I ). ). F. Mi'-ts i-iy t'i' "i!:i.y tivi'iiiiii? of i-iU-!i wcfk. All M:nv:-nt l.intii.-is :ire ivHn-c'tf ally iuviied to ;ii tfinl. mull) LOUCK NO. XI. A. ()- U. W. Sleets -very jtln-i ii.ic ' l-'riii;ty evening at K . of I . ii-ill Tr -iiist.-nt i.rotlii-f-i ar resjH-etf ully n vitiii l"ai;-i..l. K. K. While, Master Work man ; K. A, :n:e. l- oii-fiiaii ; F. J. Morgan, Overetor ; .1. I'.. Morris, lCtconler. ' AS J. (JAM I' N.3.. MODEUN WOODMEN of siteric.i Meets second and fo'irtli Slon -ti :iV evening at K. of 1. hall. Al! transient brtdii.-M are ivnaesteil to meet, with u". I.. A. Ncveo :i-.-r. ener ahlo (loasul ; 'I. !', Vi ihy Adviser ; l. 11. Smith, Kx -Hanker ; W. C. Will.-tta, Clerk. HL VrrSMOUTit I.ODCE no. r. a. o. it. w. i M.v!s every alleniate Friday evening at iroeKvvood hall ill u'elocit . All transient hroth 4 i are resieellul!y invited to attend. .'. A. ;utseh-. SI. W. ; ri. C, :reen. Koreman : S. C Wilde, iit-corder ; S. A. Newcouier. uvursccr. .McCONIHlE POST 45 C. A. R. ' l'.O.STEK. A. X!. Johnson 4.1. S. Tivus J-'. A. ItATHS liKll, Nll-KS AfUlirt 1'AIlT.SiJl!.. ilALo:.- II:)X c si A ft i.ks Kmtn jtKN.I. ilK.MlM.H .1 Ai'.Hi Cilnl; KMAN ( oinmaiider, .Senior Vice " Junior " Adjutant. ti. M. Oliieerof the Uay. (Tiiard Serfjt Major. -tjuarter Master Sert. A! -I'll V WltHSSlT, denting .;aturd.iy evetilsis ?t A,' A. - 4 V .rs.nal jitteation to all Kusiiiess Entrust lo my tare. SOTARV IX OFFICE. Title Examined. Atstartti Compiled, Ia suriiuee Wrlt.'en, i;eal Kstale Sold. JJetter Faeilities for making Farm Loans than Any Otticr Agcacr GENBEAL iNSURMlCE AGENTS llopresor.t the following time tried :ind fire-tested companies: American Central-S'. I.ouis, Assets Commercial Union-KiiKland, " Fire Assoc!atio:i-PMladelihla, Frank! in-r;i!!adelphia, " lloiao-Ne-.v Yoik. " li s. C. of Norl'.i Amerlaa, Phil. " i,iveri:;MJtTo;tl:in & Olobe-liag " Korth I5ri:.;.-.h .S: ;dercantile-Eurf " irie'.i C:ii:!i-Ent"land. " Siniiiilield F. & M.-SyringlUdd, " 51,258,001 2,-yG.3H 4,415.576 3,117,106 7.85T.,!5 i) 8,474.352 6,033,781 3,S7,754 I.245.4GC 3,041.915 Total Asset3, 512.115,774 G'ise Ail tnd sn Paia at tMsAgenc -OF- HOLIDAY GOODS, ALSO Library - Lamps -OF- DMpsBesiosaM Patterns AT THE USUAL. Oheap Prices -AT- SMITH & BLMJfi M L Do ri.Lia mer&Son WE WILL HAVE A Latest by Telegraph. BORROWED AND STOLEN. Weather Probabilities- Washington, Jan. 4, 1:30 a ni. Indi cations for Nebraska: Colder: rain; fol lowed by fair weather, fresh io brisk winds, becoming northerly. Quarantining for Small-Pox. Pout Townsknd, W. T., January 4, T'ie Ho Aid of Health has decided to in stitute a vigorous examination of vessels from sound and coast ports ou account of small pox. A Kansas Meteor. Junction City, Kan., Jan. 4. Word conies from Milfor, a town in the north east corner of this county that a meteor fell about 8:30 o'lock Monday evening. The county was illuminated for miles about and hundreds of people have been going to the spot where it fell. It is almost buried in a mammoth hole creat ed by the terrific fall. The Presrevatlon of Curios! t es. Washington, D C, January 4 The American Association for the Advance ment of Science at its last meeting adopt ed unanimously a resolution reccom niending to Congress that steps be taken for the preservation of pome of the re markable archaeological curisoities of the West, and it is probable that the subject will be laid before the proper commit tees of Congross during the present ses sion. For the present nothing more is contemplated than the passing of an act reserving designated spots perhaps no more than half a dozen from appropri ation and settlement under the land laws, thus in a way stamping them as Gov ernment property. A Flooded Coal Mine. Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 4. The leading coal mine at Altoona, oh the eastern edge of this countyis flooded with four feet of water to the extent of about eleven acres. Friday evening at 5 o'clock the miners in the west end came to a fault in the coal vein. The superintendent be lieved that only a foot further in good coal would again be found. The miners drove the entry twelve feet through sand and soft strata, in which was found drift wood. Suddenly water began to pour through an opening and has been filling in ever since at the rate of 10,000 gallons per hour. The miners hastily retreated and all escaped. The gupcriptendent thinks the old shaft will be abnndoned and work begun on a new one. The ac cident throws one hundred out of em ployment. The Altoona Mining com pany purchased the mine last September. Senator Hearst's Pension Bill. Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. Senator Hearst has prepared and will introduce soon after the reassembling of congress a bill to increase the pensions of the sol di ers of the war of 1812 from $8 to $25 per month- In support of the bill the senator will submit statistics collected by him, showing that while the number of veterans of that war is only 10G9, the number of widows of loldiers of 1812 is 11,831. This is accounted for on the theory that the veterans, after the war had ended and when they had patsed the meridian of life, married young women, hence the large number of surviving widows. In. 1873 the pensions paid to veterans of 1812 amounted to $2,000, 000 while for the current year it will reach only $ 103,000, In five years, at that rate of mortality, but few of them will be alive, and Senator Hearst thinks that as the number is so small, and as it includes only broken-down old soldiers, the pension ought to be increased. The New Texas Member. Washington, D. C, January 4. Among the most conspicuous personages at the White House reception was Con gressman Martin of Texas, who only six short weeka ago blew out gas at Willard's Hotel. He was on hand earlier than his fellow members and was the first of the law makers to wish the President and Mrs. Cleveland a happy new year. He iuterveiwed the Cabinet officials a few monients, but later mingled with diplo matic functionaries with a Texas abandon that was as refreshing as it was notice able. He had enjoyed a recent hair cut and a shave, and with his snowy shirt-front, dazzling peck-tic and suit of conventional black, a !a prince Albert, his appearance was exceptionally fash ionable. Since coming to Washington his style has improved very materially, and it my be said of him, in counectiou with the Jfew Year's reception at the White House, that he did hirpfrelf proud and reflected unlimited credit on the ! great state of Texas. A TALL SHAFT. A Proposition to Eroct a Clartt Gran ite Shaft to the Memory of the Haymarket Heroes- Chicago, Jan. 4. Much interest has been excited here by the latest suggestion regarding the proposed inouuuuul to thu memory of the police slain at the Hay market riot. Edwin Lee I'rown, a prom inent member of the Citizens' association, says in an interview to-day that the pl-in is to buy a mammoth rough shaft of gmite now lying at the quarries near Rockland, Me., and fashion it into the tallest ohlisk in the world. The tallest ol.li.sk now ex tant is the one at the lateral), in Home. It is 10.1 high and weighs 510 tons. The one in New York is sixty-nino and a half feet high, weighing 22 1 tons. The pro posed oblisk would be 115 feet high, not counting a sub-structure thirty-five feet in height. Its weight would be G50 tons. The cost of transporting here by way of the St. Lawrence river and the great lakes and placing it in position would be not less than $100,000. It is thought efforts will be made to carry the idea out. Reducing the Missouri Pacific Force. Parsons, Kan., Jan. 4. Twenty men were discharged from the Missouri Paci fic machine shops here labt Saturday nignt. This lias been dona on the last day of the year every year since the Mis souri, Kansas and Texas became a part of the Gould systtm. It is said that they discharge enough to rcduco the pay roll 10 per cent. There were several men dis charged who stood by the company during the great strike here two years ago. Bought an Old Bonanza. City of Mexico, Jan. 4. St. Louis and Chicago people have bought the famous Santa Aima silver mine in Senora. The property being flooded waa abandoned m 1812. Since that efforts have been made to pump out the water, but all operations were abandoned ou account of hostile Indians. The new owners have sunk a shaft and expect soon to reach a point directly underneath where the rich est ore was taken out in ancient times. If a rich deposit is struck the mine will be thoroughly pumped out. The Red River Controversy Washington, Jan. 4. The president has issued the following proclamation: Whereas, The title to all that terri tory lying between the north and south forks of the Red river and the 100th de gree of longitude and the jurisdiction oyer the 6ame is vested in the United States, it being part of tho Indian terri tory, as shown by turveys and investiga tions made on behalf of the United States, which territory the state of Texas also claims title to and jurisdiction over; and, Whereas, Said conflicting claims grow out of a controversy existing be tween the United States and state of Tex as as to the point where the 100th degree of longitude crosses the Red river as described in the treaty of February 22, 1819, between the United States and Spain, fixing the boundary line between the two countries; npdj Whereas, The commissioner appoint ed on the part of the United States un der act of January 31, 1885, authorizing the appointment of a commission by the president to mark boundary lines be tween a portion of the Indian terriioi-y and the state of Texas, in connection with a similar commission to be appoint ed by the state of Texas, have, by their report, determined that the south fork is the true Red river designated in the treaty, the commissioners appuiuted on tho part of said state refusing to coucur in said report. Now, therefore, I, Grovcr Cleveland, president of the United States, do here by admonish and warn all persons, whether claiming to act as officers of the county of Green in the state of Texas or otherwise, against selling or disposing of or attempting to sell or dispose of any of said lands, or from exercising or attempt ing to exercise any authority over said land, and I also warn and ndrnonish all persons against purchasing any part of said territory from any person or persons whomsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto sot pjy hand and. caused the 6cal of the United States to be aflixod. Done at the city of Washington this 30th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1887, and ot the Independence of the United States the one hunlreiT and twelfth. GlOVftR Ci.evelanp, By the presid? at, T. $'. Bayard, s; ct e tary. Dr. Black's Rheumatic Cure has cured more cases of Rheumatism in the last ten years in this city and county than any and al other medicines put together. For sale by Smith & Black. SOME TRICKS OF TRADE. A Muut C'liOiier Tells Soinn t.f litem About Ills Own lluslneh.s. "How iks the weather affect yo-.ir Ii.i-i-nessf" nail a roiortt-r to uu uptown iu:-!' -r. "In a fjreat many ways, l.ut of all u.-a' m:iffiy, foijtfy weuther is the wnr..l. 1 I T, Jll duces our Kales, decreases our ihm-.Ih profit, and increases our Iorsc. It i.e. than tho hot weather of July and Aii-u-l. midsummer weexjK-ct warm weather :u.! prepared for it. We do not overstock, our ice chests usually keep our suj ;! . Kood order. Hut this sort of a day v.eran not defend ourselves uaiust. Tlie d:i:n;. creeps in everywhere and wo cannni i.e. ;. ii out. The meat looks limp un! ra;; d I wastage increases out of all tro;ortiuii to amount of our wiles." "What season of tho year is the Lest the butcher'" "In the eoM winter season. Our i.;- !,: :t : are not so large, but our .sales are KivaU.Y ;:s creased. In the cold weather almost c;;-y iKxly eats meat, bat in tho summer u number of our customers drop out u;l ; dttco their orders. Then, too, there i ! wastage." At this juncture a gentleman entered. purchased a steal;, und af -: 1 ' '. ' t lie butcher poiuul i j i. . block anil continued: 'You see how it is, and wh're the wast-, comes in. Now, in cold weather we I, :i very little of that sort of thin;;. As a i : -.-i of fact, customers who ou stu-h a ilny i.s i hi will pLumblt! over tin omn'it of boi-e -..;!!, ivhe;M'io mercury is below zero, walk o;i KiuiliS with half a pound of it. in lii ii hands." "What l; tho difference in your pn be tweon summer and winter f "About 15 p-c-r cent. We are at no c. p.. u -. for ice, and we have no spoiled meat." "What you do with those sc-raps.'" "Fivo cent Uowcry stews, sausage, cie.," was tho laconic reply. "Every trade is said to have its tii- Us. liow is it in yours P 'Oh, wo have very few, but there are eoi One of tho most commo'i is worked by S.l.in' butchers, on tho spring balance. Occas.:;i el!y you will find a butcher who uuders-.-lis or claims to give overweight. I-7i;.e-t:--.-: !.s of these chaps use a spring balance, u:id tiiey manago to cheat their customers before their very eyes. At the back of the balance, connected with the rod which holds the pl;.e or scale on which the meat is thrown, tin. re is usually a blight projection. Nqw i:im balances 'are generally arranged so that 'J.o dial swings partly around and away fr :n tho customer. The butcher throws the meat on the scale, and then grasps tho balai.-o with his hand in such a way that his lit i.'e finger can press on the projection I have mentioned. IIo swings tho dial around .so the purchaser can look it square in tho fat-e, and presses his finger down on the projection. A well educated Uttla finger can increase t m weight from two ounces to half a pound, u;;d the customer walks away impressed with the idea that he has received overweight, v. h.-n, in reality, hii purchase in several ounces lighter than what he has paid for. New York Press. Stopping a Cutthroat Game. While the alleged big game of baecar.'t was under discussion in a group of public men the other night, D wight Lawrence t-.-H of a game of poker oueo played in a room occupied in the Fifth Avenue hotel, It w -t ia the days when money flowed as freely -. .; the Rev. Joseph Parker professed to Lave noticed here lately. There was no limit o.: the game, but the betting seldom ran above i:100 ou a single raise. Two Albany leg:. lators, a theatrical manager and tho head :' aninsurar.ee company made up tho parcv. Along toward midnight Mr. Lawrence wL-s called out of tho room, and remained r.wii.v lic-arly an hoar. When he returned he was surprised to find checks and paier ret 'retell ing over 10,000 on tho table, und tha tv o legislators "raising" each other $500 at tir.io. Finally one of them wrote out mi agreement to mortgage a farm up in t: it state for 61,000, and threw tho paper ink the "pot." Here D wight stepped forward, gathered J the money, checks and paper on tho tab!., under his baud and declared that the gam nuist stop. They were his guests, he said, a:.-.-bo could not afford to have either one of the- :. ruined, as the loser must be if the cards v.-t : shown. The result of this interference w. ;. that both hands were thrown into the dec': shuffled, and have never sinco been revc-alci by either of the players. Nobody in the-roo:;-kuows to this day which man would lni- won, Neither cf them, however, could l.a . afforded to lose a quarter of tho money they had staked, and the one who mortgaged li.', form afterward declared that, if ho had )o.-.r, the lost bit of property left his mother to live on would have gone. Philadelphia Press. The Telegrapli Correspondent. As a stepping stonf to the higher places i.i executive journalishi, the position of tolegrn ; . corresKndent of a great newspaper sh-m: be in the direct line of promotion. No otiie. training develops all a man's newspaper facn -ties so symmetrically. His news instinct is in constant action; his literary powers an trained and tested daily, The tendem y aiiiong reporters is inoro and more towa: . i special lines of work. When a reporter's strong point is discovered, be it ia the line !' sports, criminal news cr something else, he is assigned almost exclusively to the kind of work for which he seem3 best adapted. This is as it shoidd be, but the resulting experi ence in most eases will develop a man abnor mally ia one direction and leave Uiin lackiii in other respects, Thesa are the days of specialists, and the man who aims to excel in some single line ot newspaper work will probably find abundant reward for a laudable ambition ; but tho aspirant for an active career ia executive newspaper work can get nowhere else n'trnin jng of more value thai a few years' experi ence as telegraph correspondent of a livo newspaper. He is compelled not only to es! t mate the relative value of news of all classes by one stamlard, but by more than one standard. Therein lies tho advantage of hi : training over that of the man at the city edi tor's desk. In serving moro than one pa; n-r he gets a broader training. H. I;. Chamber lain in The Writer, Customer (in grocery store, picking away at tho raisin hox) What are these raisins worth, boyi Boy Fi' cents. Customer Wt, only five cents a fw.md? Boy No ; fi' cents f cr wot you.' re tat, Ne i'ork fcjua, k ! I tli I luii U S ij u l B cj U 5 U 'y lli !ry (!nn.; IAC RT P P ' f '$ IK ? fi? r ?s a p f s ouSLr ft . t? o t. . & M L n , I'V.r Hit' not Twenf y Days v- li:iv: d; i ini i i: il In t,l) - ( . , i m ni u;u it From Stan!nrl )ii--.-', wliit li vrr! ." or c us. 'Y i: I.. L jmr.s j.riccis. Tlu'.-e rr.M.ds i-i.ti- i: 1 id' all l):i- I.tlt l .!!.. hi Cloaks, Imported New Mai i:els, Astrachan and Plush Wraps. ' A al l) (iii'v.T iM SILK AID 'WQOLAmA(MAm A') -15 inch Tricots at 7."( , vii!i Cuts at -1 5c, worth 75. Tiitvn this year. Ladies tac invitnl the he-t atts Great Sales combined in one, Op;-nin;.;' j ctb iae n For J.-adies', .Misses' and Children. We are dc'tcriaiued to -!...-e tit uw Mat ire SN;i: '.' (;'.ai:, v.'ith in CO days our jtSMU'taient v. ii! ! e ioiind ihe lm.-l o:n j.lele in thn oitv u::d t;s this s;t'o is est-e: i:tiiy inti-odiu-ed jor riv;t!ry v;- y lau-aiitt e to discount an' '::a:np!'j Lot tfaie 0:1 iveord I j.-er cent. daiudite:' role on I l:e;e fioods to Close. Th'r :-e:i--.;; ha? been i.tiid, mid tu eluet':it 'juiclciy, ixat rcilir.-ti'!:.- !:uvo !.cn Lmlie.-: Cients' und Children's UNDERWEAR SALE, r liiy uozen i-ieces. Aslonia-lting' values will be oliureu in this Cei.ai't iwt i-l foi the next Two Weehs. "-cr-, z For Holiday Lrifts, Headiinrtei'.s lonf .since 21-(abli.sh-ed for useful presents, embracing hk Chillier.-, biee and Silk Handkerchiefs, rj'oilet Sets, Albmiis, Tidier , table Scarfs, Llanr.viered JUrass T'hisk Brcoin Ca-cs, I'iano rnd Stand Covers, ar.d fancy (Jtjod.s. An Inspection is j;o spect ful ly Sol i :-i t ed. White From Dry Goods House, PLATTSMOUTH, .LADIES! tea O y u kS i U CI b u j - cI,;i t.rici ;- i.'! ',. 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