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THE DAILY HERALD : I'l.ATiSflwu Tx, ltAt3KA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1 j Evening Herald. . FIS1AL PAPER OF THE CITY. A. 'Kaltebary, DeatWt, Bock wood Bmldiag, Ttlepfcoa Ho. SIS. ' Dr. KlnllL OMm ! fll..'i lira. ttnr Oaol. eaeo Cor. Sixth matt (traaltc, Telephone So. 42. Dm. Car Smith, la Palaleu DratUta, I'aloa Black, orer Frleke'a Drag Store, 1'latUmoiith. CITY CORDIALS. v Mr. G. B. Ketnpstcr is confined to his 'homo with sickness. : The clerks and the Hrowns arc play ing a game of hall this nftcrno6u ' on the base ball fjootftls west of the city. fThfU. O. T. IJ.. a German society ofc.thfscity, will giye a picnic next Sun- 'day at Iloheruian Park, west of the city. Judte Russell granted a licence to wed, today, to Mr. Charles U. Andrews and Miss Gertrude J. Vosburght, both of Center Precinct. Mr. Ro1ert Sherwood has purchased a fine $050 Steinwav piano, which he re ceived Jfrom Max Meyer & Bro., of Om aha, laf-t night. The instrument is one of the finest and would be an ornament to any parlor. Mr. JohnThoiiHon. who has received the contract for grading Main street, is in the city today making arrangements to commence work. The machine which he will use to do the work with will ar rive tomorrow. We are sorrw to learn that Mr. O.A. Annfield, drug clerk in the store of Mr. "Will Warrick, is confined to his room again, caused by trouble from his sore limb. He frequently is similarly attacked, and we trust that he may pull through in a short time. -Mr. Frank Cobble, one of the expressmen of this city, who strained his back rather severely last Saturday while attempting to lift a heavy stone, and who was confined to his home a few days on account of it, is able to be on the streets again and attend to business The following gentlemen were elected officers of the Nebraska Soldiers Association on Thursday at the rennion held at Norfolk: II A. Stopher, presi dent, Elm wood; Jos. Shipley, vice-president, West Point; II. C. McMaken, secre tary and treasurer, Plattsnflmth. Mr. Guy Livingston goes to Omaha this evening to complete arrangements for a special train which is to run to O.nnha in the near future, to ac commodate the employees of the B. & M. here, and the public, who wish to witness th.3 production of the seige of Sebastapol. Reduced rates will be secured. The train will return the same evening. Round trip tickets will be sold on the 7th, 8th and 9th to Columbns Ohio, for $15.40. By securing an extension at Columbus, if parties wish to go east from there, the tickets will be made good for thirty days from date, without extra charge. This is a greatly reduced rate, and parties wishing to go east from there would do well to take advantage of such n rare opportunity. Those who witnessed the great siege of Scbastopol in Omaha last night have expressed considerable satisfaction and say that it was far beyond any person's imagina tion. Considerable excitement is caused at the metropolis on account of it, it being the greatest thing of the kind ever witnessed in the city. Tomorrow the fair, Barn urn's show and the siege of Scbastopol will attract an oyerwhelmirg crowd as these great attractions cannot be seen again soon. The following named gentlemen were appointed at the Norfolk reunion a few days ago as a reunion committee: Gov. John M. Thayer, Lincoln; Dr. R.R. Livingston, Plattsmouth; John Q. Goss, Bellevue; James I. Sbam, Adams; James Callihan, Lvons; J. G. Hesse, North Platte; John M. Buckinan, Humboldt; Fred Bthni, Omaha; N. S. Porter, Ponca; E. A. Dodge, Linwood; Milton Daven port, Pawnee City; Joseph E. Hill, Clar inda, Iowa. A man by the name of Ben Barkman who was apparently pretty well under the influence of liquor yesterday, untied a team of horses which was tied in front of Speck's saloon. Police Fitzpatrick, who was informed of his action, follow ed him He drove along Third street until he was in the vicinity of the shops, there he turned the team around and was about to return when he was arrested. He was placed in jail to await his trial. The officers say that the case against him may not be so severe since he had turned the team around and was about to return, otherwise it would have been a peniten tiary offense. The boy drummers, of this city, who attended the reunion at Norfolk by the request of Commander-in-Chief, Rhea, apparently came to the front and won for themselves the admiration of all. The following paragraph, clipped from the Norfolk Daily 2?ews conyeys the idea: "The Plattsmouth drum corps belong to McConnihie Post 45 and is attracting much attention on the reunion grounds. They are the receipients of flattering no tice from all hands. The drummers arc all small boys but they handle the sticks in fine style. Their names are: Guy McMaken, Frank Pine, George Melvin, Wm. Morrow. Thoa. Leach, Chas. Leach, John Leach, Chas. Melvin, Jos. Carrigan. They are proteges of Captain Palmer and Cap. feel justly proud of their perform ance. THE PONTOON BRIOCE. The Largest in the World. "For twelve yearn Nebraska City held a charter from congress for a pontoon bridge. Many efforts were made to in duce engineers to unite with the city in building a bridge, but it seemed their unanimous opinion was that no floating bridge could be constructed upon this river, and steamboatmen and boat build ers said "It never could be done in God's world." One of Col. Stewart's jokes is that one of the oldest steamboat men up on the river, the colored cook upon the steamer Vice President, said:" I have had thirty years' experience on this river (peeling potatoes) and if a pontoon bridge could be thrown across it I would have done it myself." Although this is one of the swiftest places in the swiftest river on the conti nent, engineers who have examined the bridge and met hod of anchoring concede the problem solved and that when the steel wire cables are trebled for the spring foods, the bows iron-clad and the bot toms doubled with oak as they are to be, no serious harm can happen it. The water was only two feet below high water when the bridge was being put in place and many enormous logs and trees passed under the boats. The bridge is removed during the ice season. Although this bridge differs from all other pontoon bridges in many respects. its most important feature is a V shaped draw. The point of the V is down stream and is thrown open, by the current, to permit boats to pass. The current is also made to aid in closing it. On this torrential river it would be al most impossible to close a straight across draw of the size prescribed by the gov eminent. The pontoon bridge crosses the main river (1074 feet). The other arm of the river is crossed by a crib bridge 1050 feet in length. Both bridges were built in twenty-eight days. The roadway of the pontoon bridge is sixteen feet wide with a footway of five and one-half feet wide on one side and three feet wide on the other. Total width twenty-four and one-half feet. The bridge was built by Col. S, N. Stewart, of Marietta, Ohio, (now living in Philadelphia), assisted by Gen. Lyman Banks, of Iowa. Col. Stewart is the in ventor of the system of street nomenela ture used here and unanimously endorsed by our board of trade. He is also the inventor of the river motor, whose intro duction into Austria was made the sub ject of a dispatch from the U. S. consul general at Vienna to our Dept. of state, and was extensively noticed by the press, Col. Stewart claims that all his inven tions are so simple that a child could in vent or a woman dream them, and insists that there is nothing smart about them The aboye article is published in this paper to show how Nebraska City has taken hold of this matter and how, when Plattsmouth had a similar opportunity, let it fall to the ground. A wagon bridge across the Missouri river at this point, is a necessity which no right thinking per son can refute for one minute, and as Mr. Stewait, the builder of pontoon bridges. has been here and offered the strongest inducements, and still offers them, there should be no hesitation on the part of any who are interested in the welfare of the city. So far, "Nebraska City leaves this extremity of tardity away back in the shade. There could be a crowd found in this city, no doubt, who would prove themselves to be chronic kickers if Mr. Stewart would come here and build a bridge for them. Such people should find a secluded spot where a pontoon bridge could not reach, and not hold themsel ves up as an obstacle to push ahead people who are willing to do something for the city and themselves. Several press commendations of the 'World" have been received from the most prominent papers of the country, and from th3 lot we have selected the following. This company will play at the Waterman Opera House Saturday night, September th : " The World' witli iis wealth of magnificent scenery and company of Chicago fa'vorites open ed a week's engagement at Hooley's Theatre last evening. The house was filled to its utmost with the elite of Chi cago, including our ablest and most se vere clitics, to witness this popular pro duct of J. Z. Little's gifted pen, which has found such favor amonu our theatre sioere. What makes the 'World' so pop ular and long lived ? is naturally asked. In reply we will say, because there is a purity iii the whole conception of the piece, which at once aims at the hearts of the audience, and the details, situa tions, and dialogue have that naturalness and pleasing air of originality. It also possesses more scenic features than any play ever written. Its raft scene has been admired throughout Europe, Aus tralia and America, and when it comes back to Chicags again after four years' absence, it is as realistic and mystifying as before, as is the panorama scene, the revolving scene and sinking el.ip. and all the other popular mechanical devises. The 'World' has been produced in Chi cago thirty-seven weeks and the public's verdict of approval is manifested in the largest house of the season on this the opening of its thirty-eighth, after an ab sence of four years. J. Z. Little is as pleasing as ever in the dual rule. Chi cago Herald. PERSONALS. Judge Newell left for Greenwood this morning. Mr. Will Shryock, of Louisville, was in the city today. Mr. W. J. Agnew is attending the Omaha fair today. Mr. J. C. Eikenbary is attending the Omaha fair today. Mr. Thos, Murphy is attending the Omaha fair today. Mr. H. C. Ritchie is in Omaha today attending the fair. Mrs. J. A. Shaffer was an Omaha pas senger this morning. Mr. W. B. Porter was a passenger to Omaha this morning. Mr. II. E. Whiting was a passenger to Omaha this morning. Mrs. Bessie Smith .was a passenger to Omaha this morning. Mr. O. M.. Streight is attending the Omaha xjjosit'on today. Mr. Chas. Parmele is attending tihe Omaha exposition today. Misses OllielJones and Maggie O'Rourk are spending a few days in Omaha. Mrs. Addie Thompson, who has been visiting at Ashland, has returned home. Capt. Palmer and son, George, visited Omaha last night and took in the siege of Sebastopol. Mr. Jerry Farthing went to Omaha this morning. He will visit Grand Island before returning. Mr. S. L. Thomas, accompanied by his mother and son, left for Omaha this morning to attend the fair. Mr. C. M. Hands, general traveling agent for Max Meyer & Bro., Omaha, was in the city yesterday on business. Miss Kate Hemple and sister, Mrs. Hewitt, who is visiting in this city, left for Omaha this morning to attend, the fair. Miss Zoe Moon, of Ashland, who has been visiting her friend, Miss Mary Skiles. of this city for some time, returned home last evening. Mr. Henry Brugmann, agent for the New York Staat Zeitung, a prominent German paper of that city, is in town to day on a canvass. Mr. R. F. Dean, who is an officer at the Omaha exposition, left yesterday morning to take his position, where he will remain until the fair ends. Mr. F. W. Jackson, who has been to Burlington, la., for some time attenciiug an encampment of his regiment, returned to this city this morning. t Mr. and Mrs. Anson, who have been the guests of Mr. B. Loverin and wife, of this city, for some time, returned, to their home at Omaha last night. t Mrs. N. A. Leist and daughter, of Mil waukee, who have been the guests of Mrs. R. Troop for some time, leave on the flyer this afternoon for their home. . Rev. Baird, of the Presbyterian church here, left this morning for Table Rock, Neb., where he goes to attend a meeting of the Presbytry which will be held there this evening. Mr. Alva Thompson, of Macomb, vis ited Mr. S. G. Ruggins, of this city, oyer Sunday. He left for the east Monday, and signified his intention of returning to this city to locate. Mr. J. W. Jennings, a former popular resident of this city, who is now connect ed with the Guarantee Investment Co. of Atchison, Kas., was in the city yesterday visiting his family and many friends here. Mrs. Z. Draper and daughter, of Hast ings, who have been east on a visit to friends in Illinois, and arc now on their way home, stopped off here to visit with she family of Mr. H. Boeck for a few days. Read this Notice- The members and friends of the Y. M. C. A. of this city are particularly re quested to meet at the Presbyterian church this evening at 8 o'clock to meet Mr. Bothwell, the newly appointed genr eral secretary, and to tender him a hearty welcome. For Sale. I offer for sale for thirty days, at low figures, iny residence property, Cor. 6th and Dey streets House of 8 rooms in thorough repairs, good stable, large cis tern and city water, four lots filled with fruit and shrubbery and commanding a fine view of the river, 300 bearing grape vines. If taken soon will sell at 1800. Part time if desired. tf. Mrs. J. A. Buell. Wood for Sale. Leave orders with J. D. Tutr, at Ben nett & Tutt's store. tf. - Sherwin & Williams' mixed paints, the best in the market, at Fricke & Co's. drug store. 8-tf. A man can furnish his house more com pletely from the furniture store of H. Boeck than at any place in town. Child's high sandals, only 25 cents a pair, at Merges'. Plenty of feed, flour, graham and meal at Heisel's mill, tf Everything necessary for furnishing a Louse can be purchased at II. Boeck's. Light tnmmcr shoes for your little girls, 25 cents only, at Merges'. 1 UC IIUCP1 1CUIWlMIJ BCIO IU11 UC IVUUU I at H. Boeck's. 1 NEGRO SUPERSTITION. AFRICAN FETICHISM SOFTENED BY CONTACT WITH CIVILIZATION. Charaaa Worn for Protection Against th EtII One The Belief In Witches and "Cunjur KIccars Signs Portending Death Various Ludicrous Notions. The contact of the African with a mighty civilization modified and softened his fetich ism, and today bis superstition is of a differ ent fiber. He is a firm believer in a personal devil, and accepts him with all time honored stage properties horns, tail, cloven foot and red hot pitchfork. For protection against this awful one the negro wore the greatest number of charms. To ward off his familiars the witches, every negro nailed to his cabin door a horseshoe. This charm, however, bad no power unless it bad been accidentally found. The "white folks at de big house" were often presented with one of these Tritcb defiers, and if they failed to use it, the giver, pityingly and surreptitiously, nailed it some where on "marster's" premises. Old negro nurses teach their charges that the tangles which after a night's sleep are apt to appear in the hair etra knots tied by witches, and everybody in the southern states is familiar with the darkies' belief that witches ride horses and mules in the dead of night, exhausting their strength. To ward off the approach of any of the foul sisterhood silver dimes and five cent pieces with a hole in them, strung on a cord and suspended from the neck, are unrivaled. Odds and ends of bones sunng together, and blessed by a Voudoo priestess, constitute a Grigri, which is a marvelous foil against the Evil One. In southern Louisiana there are large numbers of negroes who believe that certain other negroes have commerced with Satan, receiving from him a liberal endow ment of his diabolio powers. These are known as "cunjur niggers," who can 'hou doo" you. To incur the ill will of one of them is a grievous misfortuna As every negro, even the most debased, is sure of salvation, and speaks with confidence of his place in heaven, where he will "set at de same table ez de white folks," it is not strange that he revels in signs portending death. His heaven, like the Mussulman's, is one of sensual delights, and corpses and fun erals are to him a great joy. To put a black pin into a child's dress, to tryon any one's mourning garments, to open an umbrella in the house, to break a looking glass, to carry a spade through tfcie house, are all signs of death. To drive a nail after dark, except in making a. coffin, will bring death; and any man so unfortunate as to bury three wives will bury six. A spider seen in the morning brings good luck; at noon, disappointment; and in the evening, bad luck. If accidentally a garment be put on wrong side out, and if it be worn that way until noon, and then turned, the wearer will have good luck. To given knife or scissors to a friend is to sever friendship, except, indeed, a bent pin be given in return, which averts the impending rupture. The Roman Catholic negroes of southern Louisiana will not cut a banana crosswise, because through its center runs a dark streak, which if cut transversely presents the appearance of a cross. To avoid this sacrilege the fruit must be broken. They accept the Bible literally, and as they receive it in most grotesque form from their "preachers," it is little wonder that their con ception of things spiritual is distorted. With out a pang of conscience they will eat the chickens from a neighbor's henroost, the pigs from his pen, the melons from his "patch," but cannot be induced to commit the unpar donable sin of eating a dove. If a black cat enters your house you will receive money; an itching palm denotes the same thing, while an itching sola signifies that you will travel. Should your right ear burn, then some oue is talking in your favor; but if it be the left, the tongue is evilly en treating you, and you must immediately wish that its owner may bite it Should you succeed in spitting in your right ear, you silence your enemy. If a knife, fork or scissors in falling sticks up in the floor, pre pare for visitors; also if a Ucck cock crows three times in succession at the back door. The possession of a frizzly hen means good luck to the owner, while two frizzly hens de note a measure of prosperity which rouses the jealousy of "ole Satan." There is a ludicrous belief that to step over the outstretched legs o any one will stop his further growth. But the evil spell will work backward, for by stepping back over the legs they resume their suspended work of de velopment No work in garden or field can be done with out regard to lunar phases. An old auntie in my family would never make Boap except in the full of the moon, and then the soap must be stirred only one way. Her soap stick, of rare virtues and great age, was believed to have certain occult powers, which made it popular among the soap making sisters. Ask a negro man why he wears a brass ring in one ear, and he tells you it will cure sore eyes. Chills and fever are cured by swallowing cobweb pills, and the pain from any insect bite is instantly removed by rub bing the puncture with three lands of grass. What folly to endure warts when by rubbing them with a piece of stolen fat bacon, and then burying it secretly, the warts will dis appear in a few days. So, too, why weary the flesh with looking for a lost article when you need only to throw something away to find the thing mislaid 1 Your mind, however, must be fixed upon the thing lost to succeed, so that here one of the elements of the faith cure seems to come in. Any lady who throws away the combings after dressing her hair will suffer with headache, for the birds weave this hair into their nests. The young generation of negroes, who are now skimming over the contents of a multi tude of text books with high sounding names, are in bond to the same superstitions which enchain their fathers. Not all of the mental and moral philosophy set down in the books with which they are burdened can break the thrall cast by the witch and the "cunjur man," while the study of the higher mathe matics has not yet developed that reasoning faculty which exorcises the incarnate devil with all his gallimaufry of evil spirit into the limbo of unbelief. --Harper's Bazar. Satan'a Legal Right. A London correspondent writes from Fin land that a property holder in one of the interior towns of the province left a will be queathing all his possessions to the deviL Thodead man's family protested that the will was void, but the Finnish lawyers were disinclined to interfere with the rights of so formidable a personage as the new legatee, and, the correspondent adds, the devil has become, by legal right at least, a Finnish landowner. New York Tribune. When you are buying kid gloves remember that there is such a thing as price that U too cheap. It is best to pay a good price and get the good gloves that go with it. Ex amine the stitching to find places where the thread has broken through the leather, stretch the seams, and if the thread pulls away, leaving a white spot, don't get the gloves. The leather should stretch easily to make a good fit and to wear well. We are now Showing a new and Attractive Line of PALL AND WINTER GOODS Our Line of Fall Dress Goods is the Largest and Most Complete Stock in the City, and we are showing all the new x Colorings in Dress Flannels, Broadcloths, Hanriettes. Beiges, Serges, at Prices not to be duplicated. 38 inch 40 inch GO cents per 52 inch 85 cents per 54 inch These goods 40 inch 40 inch 75 cents per All Wool Suitings, Solid Colors and Mixtures, only 45c. yd. All-Wool Broadcloths, Solid Colors and Mixtures, only yard. All-Wool Broadcloths, Solid Colors and Mixtures, only yard. French Broadcloths, Twilled Baclc, at $1.00 a yard, sold last season at $2.00. All-Wool Serges in all the popular shades; only P5c. yrd. French Henriette Cloth, in all the popular shades, only yard. Dress Trillins mill Buttons ! The Largest and Finest Line we have ever shown comprising everything in the Latest Novelties in Gimps. Passementeries, Braids, Etc., Also Full Lines of Foragers, Ornaments and Loops. Our STOCK OF BUTTONS Comprise everything in Plain and Fancy Crochets, Plain and Bullet Silk Tailor Buttons, Jets, Fancy Metals and Pearls. Feather Trimmings, all shades, only 40 cents yard, worth 50. Silrs guiclcL Pl-a.sli.es I Plushes in all Colorings, such as Tabac, Mahogany, Moss, Olive, Gold, Saphire, Navy, Si own, Cardinal, Wine, Black, only 31.00 a yard; same goods sold last season at $1.25. Surah Silks in all shades only 90 cents a yard, worth $1.00. Black Silks at $1.00, 1 25, $1.50, $1.75, 51.85 and $2.00ayard, all good values. OUE DOOR EAST FIRST NATIONAL BANK. A CARD Having this day sold my stock of Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, etc., to Messrs. Brekenteld & Weid- inan, I would respectfnlly and car nestly ask that all those in my debt come forward promptly and settle their accounts; as it will be neces sary for me to close up my business as speedily as possible before en gaging in other pursuits. I also take this occasion to thank the public, both in the city and county, for the very liberal patronage giv en me during the time I have been engaged in business here, and hope the same will be extended to my successors. JAO. R. COX. docU-w3m BAD BLOOD. There is not one thinsr that outs A man or woman at such disadvantage before tne m una as a vinatca state of the blood Your ambition 13 gone. Your courage has failed. Your vitality has left you. Your languid sten and lisflpss no tions show that vou need a nowerful in yitjorator, one bottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker will nut new life in a worn out svstem. and if it dnen not u wm cost you nothing. O. P. Smith & Co., Druggists. Miss Nadia 8chlater. dress maker. Orders taken at the home of Mrs. TM Fitzgerald.corner Fourth and Locust Sta., and Mrs. Schulhoff, Pearl street, block tn ana ytn. diw. Colic, Diarrhoea and summer com neurits are dangerous at this season of the venr and the only way to guard against these diseases is 10 nave a bottle of some reli able remedy. Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam is a POSITIVE RELIEF in all these disa greeable cases and ia pleasant to take. It will cost you only 33 cents. O. P. Smith & Co., Druggists. Dont go to Omaha when you want to get your beautiful parlor" and bed room sets but go to Henry Boeck's fur niture emporium where you can get every thi ng in the furniture line that will go to make your home beautiful and comfort able; and above all you can get it cheap. Remember that he who sells most can sell cheapest. - When your skin is yellow. When your skin is dark and grer.py. When your skin is rough and coarse. When your skin is inflamed and red. When your skiu is full of blotches. When your skin is full of pimples you need a good blood medicine that can be relied upon. Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker Is warranted as a positive cure for all of the above, so you cannot possibly run any risk when yoo get a bot tle of tbla wonderful medicine. For sale by O. P. Smith & Co. J mm Dr. C- A. Marshall. Resident JOcnUst. Preservation of the Natural Teeth a Specialty. Auestlietics given for Pain less Filling ou Exth action of- Teeth. Artificial teeth made on Gold, Silver, Rubber or Celluloid Plates, and inserted as soon as teeth are extracted when de sired. All work warranted. Prices reasonable. FlTZOKRALIt'M Bcr.CIl PLVrTHMOUTir, Kill WE. Ir. . H R Q W N Ef Personal attention to all Business Entrust to my care. XOTAItY IX OFFICE. Titles Examined. Altstarctn Compiled In surance Written, Peal Estate hold. ' Better Facilities for making Farm Loans than Any Qtiier Agency. Plattgmouth, - ba DRS. CAVE & SMITH, "Painless Dentists." The only Dentixtain the West controline ttiia I,fT.fy8te,S!fExtrac,i,1B8"' Filling Teetl without Pain, tmr anaesthetic U en tirely tree from CHLOROFORM OR ETHER AND IS ABSOLUTELY Harmless Ta 'Alt. Teeh extracted and artificial teeth Inserted nxt day if desired . The preservat ion o ?the natural teeth a specialty. GOLD CROWNS, GOLD CAPS, BRIDGE WORI. The very finest. Office in Union Mock, over K.B. Windham. John a. Davi Notary Public. Notary Public. W1SUHAM4DAVIK8. Attorneys - at - IaT7-. Office over Bank of Cak Countv. r Plattsmoutii, - - Nkcras- B. A M. Time Table. No. 1. 5 :10 a. m. No. 3. 7 .-Mln. fn GOINO FAST. No, 2.-4 :25 p. m. 0.4. 10:30 a. in. No. 0 7 :15 p. m. No. 10. 9 :45 a. m. No. 5.-7 -so a. m. ro. 7.-7 -AH p. III. No. 9. 0 :17 n. m. No. ll-fl ;27 p. 111. daily Wpt Sunday. too., ecnuj ha . . P?ciflc Junction t. . No. Id U a stub from Pacific Junction at l II. Boeck's fair' r-- t , edged to be th? f In the city. '. V '-