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Must Be Sold By April 1st. Whoever Wants to Buy Cheap, Come. Now is the Time.
1 thank the Public for their past generous patronage, and will be pleased to see all my old customers and others to avail themselves of this rare opportunity of Cheap Goods.
All those knowing themselves indebted to me must come and
CROYAL Jk
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of pur
ity, strength iioti wliolfHimieufHi. More econo
mical tnu the nrdio;try kind, and cannot be
aoltl in competition witu the multitude of low
tent, shirt weight alum or hopliare powder.
S'.d only in can. I'uVAL Uaki vo Fowdek
CO.. loii Wall .St. N. Y.
(ili'Y OFFICERS.
Mayor,
Clerk.
Treasurer, -attorney,
Engineer,
Police J udtfe,
Marshall,
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K. iU. ! MKT
V K KOX
Jamb Patterson, jk.
- bvkos clabk
- - - A Makolk
- S Cl.IFKOKD
CtDKliK PllMALL
Council men, 1st ward, salihbuky
2nd
3rd
4tSj.
I) M Jon km
1 lK. A SlllPMAX
i M H MUKfllY
1 S W OU-ITON
COS O'CONNOB.
I F MrOALLKN, Prk
t J W Johns n,c
KKXU (iORBKH
t I 11 llAWKSWo
W Johns iN.t'HAlHMA.v
Board Pub. Work
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COUNTY OFFICIOS.
Treasurer.
Deputy ire.narer, -
Olerk.
Deputy Clerk,
Kecorder tf Deeds
Daoutv Un&fdir
D. A. CAMPBELL
- THO. I'llLUlCK
ilKD (.'KITCIIKIKLO
- EXAl'HITCHKlKLD
W. II. PtHl.
John M Lkyda
Clerk Ql lUtrict Cu art.
W. C. SHOWALTKK
Sheriff.
J. C. KlKKKBAK)
Surveyor.
Attorney.
ttapt. ol Pub School.
County Judge.
A. Madou
Allks Bkesou
Maynahi Spikk
c. kussbll
BOABD or UUPKBVISOBS.
A. B. Todd. Ch'tn., - - Plattsmouth
Louis Koltz, - Weeping Water
. A. B. Di -K80N. - K.mwood
GIVIG SOCIliOUiS.
CiAsj LOini- Ub. 1 O. o. F.-Meet
'every Tuesday evemu of each week. All
transient brothers are revpeclfully Invited to
tter;d.
IJLATTMOUni ENCAMPMENT So.3.1.0.
O. KM ineei every alternate Friday In
each month io the MaMouic Hall. Visiting
Brothers are invited to attend.
'lKlO LAtlHit, N. M. A. U. t. leel
A every Ueni:ii Friday evenlun at k. of P.
all. Transient hrother-i are resiiectfully in
tted to attend. F. P. Ilr.wn. Vaster om
Nuan : O B. K- niMler. K reman ; K. M. Steiinker
Overseer; W. 11. Mdler, Fuiaiicler; O. r.
llouseworlh. Kecrder;F. J Munjin. Keceiy
er; win. Crehan. Oiii-ie: Wn.. Luuwi;. luslde
"AJtch : L. OJsen, Outside Watc i.
CAM CAMP NO. 31. MODKKN WoODMFN
' of AntoriuA Moi't-'icond and fourth Mon
day evening at K. of P. hall. All transient
brother are requested to meet with us. L. A,
Nwco:uer. Venerable Tons;;! ; G. K, Nile"
Worthy Adviser ; S. O. Wilde, Banker ; W. .A.
Boeck. Clerk -
PLATTSMOUrH IXDOK XO. 8. A. O. U. W.
Meets every alternate Friday evening at
Bock wood ball at s u'cIock. All transient broth
ers are respectful y invited to attend. L. M.
Larson, M. W. ; F. Boyd. Foreman : S. 1-.
Wilde. Kecorder; laniard Andern'm. vereT.
ii.vrrMtcrM u ge o.b. a. f. a.m.
A Meets ou th Or-t and ihird Mondays of
each mouth at their hall. All transient broth
er. are suily inv it tou-t jv, o,.
Wm. Hay. HcorotATX;
SJkBKASKA CHAI'TEK. NO. 3. K. A. M
a MeeLs second and fourth Tuesday of earh
month at Ma--onV Hall. Trauscit ut brothers
are Invited to meet wU s. & Whii p
Wm. SerretHry. (
"ffT. ZION C1MA DAlt. NO. 5. K. T.
ill Meet first and third Wednesday night of
each month at Mason's hall. Visiting brothers
are cordially Invited to meet with us.
WH.llAV8.Ket. F. E. WH1TK.E. C.
t ASS COD SCIl. N littt, KOYAL AKOANUM
V 'neetsne second and-fourth Mondays of
month at Auum; !U,
J, C. Mi nob. Secretary.
XATTSrVIOUTM BOARD OF TRADE
President : wlnd"x,
1st Vice President-... .A. . loaa
2nd Vice President m Neville
Treasurer K. Outhraau
DlBKiTOUS.
J C Klchev.- F. E. White. J C. Patterson,
J. A. Conner, B. El-on, C. W. Shennan, F. tlor-
or. J. V. eckbach.
McCONlHI POST 45 C. A. R.
KOSTKK.
M A. Dickson ..Commander.
BENJ HfXFLK .Senior V ice
S.CABRIOAN Junior AAMl,nt
lino. Silks A J i,'
A. SHI PM AN ',rK-
f tJ.CuBria Ft Chaplain
jfeetloir Saturday evening
NATURAL GAS DISCOVERED.
Citizens of Dannebrog, Nebraska
Feel Jubilant.
Natural Gas Found.
Damnebrog, Neb. Feb. 28. The
natural gas discovery just made public
has created intense interest. Large
crowds gather every evening to see the
lighted gns. It burns with a steady,
lustrous flame that has every appearance
of real gas. The fact that the gas rises
from the bottom of the creek, led to its
discovery. It has been noticed for several
winter seasons that there are three or four
places where the ice cannot form and the
water is kept in continual motion by the
bubbles that rise from the bottom. A
cuiious schoolboy, having heard his
father talk of gas and oil, one day
touched a lighted match to one of these
bubbles. A fizzing sound and a faint
flame was the result. Subsequently Mr.
C. C. Rasmusten made a test by placing
a tub, bottom side up, over the largest of
the holes and letting it rest for a while
so as to gather a quantity of the gas. He
then made a small hole in the vessel and
applied a lighted match. A sharp ex
plosion hoisted the tub into the air. It
was now determined to make a thorough
investigation, and yesterday at noon a
number of the citizens went to the
place equipped with a tub, through the
bottom of which had been fitted a one
eighth inch tube furnished with a faucet.
The tub was placed in an inverted
position in the water, where the open
place is and held dewn by weights so as
to accumulate and hold the gas. At 7
o'clock in the evening .the people gath
ered to witness the test, and the citizens
of Dannebrog had the gratification of
seeing a part of their town lit up by
natural gas. The flame was regulated by
the faucet all the way from a roaring
blaze leaping two feet in the air to a nice
steady jet four inches high. The exhibi
tion lasted several minutes. Steps are
being taken for a more thorough investi
gation. That there is natural gas in
large quantities, is now firmly believed.
An exhibition on a more extensiyc scale
will be made tomorrow night.
Eminent Whistlers Meet.
Mrs. Alice. J. Shaw, the whistling
prima donna, and her company appeared
at the opera house before a good audi
ence. An additional number was furn
ished by Thomas F. Browne, the local
whistler, who, by the way, Maj. Pond,
Mrs. Shaw's manager, asserted would be
"knocked out." Nothing of tho kind
happened, however, and Mr. Ilrowne's
peculiar style of whistling compared very
favorably with Mrs. Shaw's-
Mrs. Shaw rendered Araiti's familiar
-II Back). and was warmly encored, to
which she gracefully responded. Mr.
Browne received an ovation when he ap
peared. He whistled "The Forest Fairy,"
and responded to an encore with a med
ley of operatic selections, and on being
recalled gave "Kathleen Mavourneen."
Mrs. Shaw's volume of tone is somewhat
superior to Mr. Browne's, nor notes are
peculiarly sweet and birdlike, and at the
same time are qmte penetrating. Ilr
trslis andru3 were alj good, nJ the
expression and execution were excellent.
She has one advantage over Mr. Browne,
and that is her musical tralnin.;. but the
Litter overcomes tliat by lii natural
ability. In the lower register Mr.
Browne excels Mrs. Shaw, particularly
in the flute or piccolo intonation. His
range is about three octaves, and his exe
cution of the high notes was brilliant
He possesses one Btrong feature whicli
Mrs. Shaw lacks, and that is lnspeculiar
double 'ionguuig'pVingiiel4 Republi
can.
A MUsoqrl Girl,
A gentleman out ridhiS O'-i e8
sido the other day witnessed a rare ex
hibition of 6pirit in a young lady well
known la society circles. Shy was out
calling in her father's carriage tehind
one of the fastest private teams in the
city. Her coachman was of the old
French type, which considered itself
greater than the king when driving.his
royal highness. " .
Tlio young Jady prdered the. patxiags
stopped 'at a "certain," " number,"' and.
handed the coachman a card tq present
at the door. He objected to going ojv
such aa undignified, mission. 8he Or
dered, and he replied that he was not a
settle by April 1st, as all my accounts will be placed in the collector's
S3SS?318Sl-
messenger rxy; wnereujxn mo young
lady grew suddenly two inches in stat
ure and with a dignity that even a
coachman might have envied she or
dered him to give her the reins and get
out of the carriage. Ho 6aw that every
lino in her face indicated business and
abdicated his throne. With greater ease
than many men can boast sho sat upon
tho back seat of the open carriage and
drove home at a 2:40 gait. Kansas City
Times.
State 'Weather Bureaus.
Professor Nipher's recommendation of
state weather service, as supplementary,
to tho national signal service, is calling
attention and general discussion to it.
That ourservico is incomplete at present
is evident. The chief damage done to
our crops is not by the great storms that
destroy shipping and wreck buildings,
but by storms quite local in origin and
in range. The general service can only
refer to these in general terms ag local
storms "in northern Illinois," or "in
western New York," or "along the gulf ;"
but a state service would have for its
special work to forecast these less ex
tended and localized disturbances and
announce them to the agriculturists..
Professor Nipher reminds us that in 1893
tho telephone will bo publio property,
and can bo used by 6uch a etato service
to communicate with every farm.
"Hello! John Smith! Get up and get in
your hay! A shower will be there in
three-quarters of an hour." Such is
science. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A Higli Singer.
The lark ascends until it looks no larger
than a midge, and can with difficulty be
seen by the unaided eye, and yet every
note will be clearly audible to persons
who aro fully half a mile-from the nest
over which the bird utters its 6ong.
Moreover, it never ceases to sing for a
moment, a feat which seems wonderful
to us human beings, who find that a song
of six or seven minutes in length, though
interspersed with rests and pauses, is
more than trying. Even a practiced pub
lic Bpeaker, thougli he can, pause at the
end of each sentence, finds the applause
of tho audienco a very welcome relief.
Moreover, the singer and speaker need to
use no exertion save exercising their
voices. Yet the bird will pour out a con
tinuous song of nearly twenty minutes
in length, and all the time lias to sup
port itself in the air by tho constant use
of its wings. The Naturalist.
Old Put. Outdone.
Mr. Crumpton, who lives in tho Arkan
sas flats, seven miles south of Quanal,
had an inkling that something was going
wrong around his place, and detennined
to seek out the trespasser. Going a short
distance from his house, he entered a
cave, and in tho darkness was confronted
with a pair of fierce, glaring eyes and
rumbling growls. Whipping out his re
volver ho shot at his mark, when a
bcream was uttered and suddenly an
enormojis panther sprang upon hjin,
knocking him some feet backward, when
a hand to hand fight ensued. After a
fierce struggle and being violently
scratched' in the faco, Mr. C. finally suc
ceeded in- firing the fatal shot which
etretched his game out. The animal was
dragged from the cave and measured
over nino feet. Carter Eagle.
-Law as n Judge Defines at.
An interesting case of trial for. atr
tempted bigamy was .summarily disposed
of by Judge Ridley in tho criminal court.
Charles Ready is a negro. Upon- an nir
dictment of bigamy he was. brought into
court the other day to answer ft charge
of attempting to commit bigamy by
using a bogus license. The facts were
fully established, but tho judge gave a
verdict of not guilty. "There can be no
bigamy or attempt at bigamy," he said,
"unless the license is genuine." He
therefore dismissed the -case. Ready
was held, ia custody, however, as "it is
understood he has actually married sev
eral women and is 6till subject to indict
ment for bigamy. Nashville Arnerican.
A Kpvelisf at Home.
Miss Braddon, whose novels have made
her famiiiar to every American, ia a taMt
active minded woman of 53, with gray
hair and a ruddy complexion. She is
the daughter of a solicitor and has a
country house in the heart of the New
Forest. She is an expert horsewoman,
writes three novels a year and is married
to' her publisher. San Francisco rgp,
naut. - - "
The untiring zeal of the women of New
Orleans is making that city foremost in
the list of art centers." With all their
other enterprises these ladies have found
time to successfully boom a project for a
museum of art to be erected there.
CLOTH MADE FROM WOOD.
Method of Reducing the Hoards to a State
of Isolated Flbem
Mitscherlich has npj!iJ C.:C L";;ulplii-s
process for reducing wood to the pro
duction of a fiber from wood which can
be spun.
Thin boards or laths free from knots,
but of any desired width, are cut into
strips in the direction parallel with the
grain, and are then boiled in a b"' r con
taining a solution of sulphurous acid or
bisulphite. This boiling effects disinte
gration without requiring that the strips
of boards Khali be reduced to very small
pieces. After boiling the wood, it is
dried in the open air or in specially con
structed drying rooms. By thus drying
the product, the fiber, which is originally
very weak and tends to break at the
slightest 6train, becomes comparatively
strong and does not resume it3 very
breakable condition on the addition of
water. The operations are carried out as
follows:
The damp masses on the frame are
transferred to a traveling endless cloth,
which leads them t ft pair of rollers,
which may be plain or provided with
corrugations in the direction of their
length, tho ribs of the one roller be
ing made to gear into tho re
cesses of the other one, where
by they effect ft simultaneous strong
bending and squeezing of the masses.
The cutting of the material in passing
through the corrugated rollers is
avoided by causing the endless cloth
to pass over the lower roller and
by placing a canvas covering around
the upper roller. The pressed masses
fall from these rollers on to a second
endless cloth, which conveys theru
to a second pair of rollers, from which
they are convoyed to a third pair, and so
on, they being preferably pressed in this
way six times. By continued treat
ment of tho wood the fibers become at
length 60 pliable and Isolated from each
other that they can be employed directly
for coarse filaments,
For obtaining a perfect isolation of the
fibers, however, without material de
terioration, these operations alone are
not suitable, and their special purpose is
to loosen tho fibers in the transverse di
rection, 60 that In the following opera
tion a thin, long fiber may be obtained.
For this purpose the boiled and pressed
masses are completely dried. After dry
ing they are combed in the ' direction
parallel with the fibers by means of de
vices provided with pins or teeth, in a
manner similar to the operations for
combing flax, cotton, etc., but with the
difference that tho pins or teeth of the
apparatus must be made very 6trong.
The separation of the extractable matter
from tho fiber produced by boiling the
guins and soluble organic matter can be
effected at any time. It is, however,
preferably effected after the fiber has
been spun into threads, etc. Scientific
American.
A Madman's Ingenuity.
John B. Leoni. a young sculptor,
whoso parents aro supposed to reside in
Jersey City, who for some time has been
an inmato of an asylum, escapeJ from
Ids keepers some time ago and wandered
to Burlington, N. J., where a lively in
terest was taken in him. He was founc
roaming aimlessly around tho streets,
and, pending the reui of inquiries as
to his identity, was placed in tho city
jail.
Shortly after his incarceration Leoni
obtained possession of a piece of soap
and proceeded to astonish the jailers.
With bia finger naila he dexterously be
gan carving the soap and gradually it
assumed human shae.- When through
his labor Leoni had produced a model of
an Alpine huiilsiuaii. The figure, which
is now in possession of Mayor Silpath, L
about seven inches in height. Tho right
arm is outstretched, tho hand encircling
tho neck of a duck, which is as care
fully reproduced as the figure of the
hunter. The left hand hangs by the
side, holding a shotgun. At the feet ol 1
tho hunter lies the figure of -a retriever,
wistfully gazing at the game his master
holds aloft.
: Leoni is 6aid to havo a brother in this
city who is an engraver. New York
"vTould we advise you to marry a
man whom you really and truly lovt
very dearly to reform iiim;" E.thel asks.
Well, yes, if . vpu. luve. him so dearly.
Ehl, we would. But we would advise
you to kill liini first. You won't liave
half tho trouble reforming him after
ward, and he'll make a much better hus
band. A fellow who won't reform for
his sweetheart, Ethel, isn't likely to do
so for his wife; you can bet your en
gagement ring against your dower on
that. Brooklyn Eagle..
hands, and costs added.
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THE POPULAR
ON
E-PRICE
Has left lor the East to buy the Finest, Largest and Cheapest
' - Stock of
Spring and Summer Clothing
Ever Brought (to Cass county. Remember JOE will Buy
Finer Clotlxin.
IKCats cmd. Caps,
Than You Ever Saw in Plattsmouth.
LOOK OUT
GRAND SPRING OPENING
q3J cn
Has not got one dollar's worth of Spring Goods', or old Shelf
Worn Goods. Everything you wiirsee in his store
will be Bran New, of the
LATEST STYLES AND PATTERNS
At Such Low Prices it "Will Astonish Yon.
For "run-down," debilitated and overworked
women. Dr. Piero's Favorite Prescription ia
the best of all restorative tonics. It ia a potent
Bpeoino for all those Chronlo Weaknesses and
useasea peculiar to Women : a powerful, gen
eral as well as uterine, tonic and nervine. It
Imparts vigror and strength to the whole system.
It protnptl j cu res weakness of stomach, nausea.
Indigestion, bloating', weak back, nervous pros
tration, debility and sleeplessness. In either sex.
It is carefully compounded by an experienced
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. Purely vegetable and perfectly
harmless in anv condition of the system.
"ravorno are scrip
tloii " la the only medicine,
for women, sold by drutrrlsts,
under a positive sruar-
a n tee of satisfaction in every case, or price
(SI. 00) refunded. This guarantee has teen
printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully
carried out for many years.
For larfre. Illustrated Treatise on Diseases of
Women (180 pages, with full directions for
home-treatment), send ten oenta in stamps.
Address, World's Dispinsart MxDicAit
ssociatiobt. 663 Main Street. Buffalo. N. T.
C. F. SMITH,
The Boss Tailor
Mala St.. Over Merges' Shoe Store.
lias the best and most complete stock
of samples, both foreign and domestic
woolens that ever came west of Missouri
river. Note these prices: Business suits
from $16 to $35, dress suits, $25 to $45.
pants $4, $5, $0, $6.50 and upwards.
CP" Will guaranteed a fit.
Prices Defy ComDetition.
B.B. Windham, Johjt a. Davies,
Notary Public. Notary Fublic.
I W1XDHASA IIAVIE9,
attorneys - at - Law.
Office over Bank of Cask County.
IPIU.TT3XOUTB, - .NEBRASKA
Eft
CLOTHIER
FOR JOE'S
IS'
.Robert Donnelly's
Wagon and
Blacksmith
Wagons, Buirijie. Machine Quiek'y Kepalred ;
Flow Hliarpeiii and General
Jobbing Done.
Horseshoeing A Specialty
I USE THE '
Horseshoe, whlcn hharpens Itael' as If wears
away. tliie is never any danger of your
HorsH slipping and hurting iiaelf. fall
and cxamlii'- this -lioeniid you will
Have Dootl er, Bext Shoe made.
ROBERT DONNELLY .
SIXTH ST.,
PLATTSMOUTH
Lumber Yard.
THE OLD RELIABLE.
H. I WATERHAH & SOU
Wholesale and Retail Dealer la
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Shingles, Lath, Sash,
Doors.Blind
Can supply every demand of the trade
uau ana get terms, roarta street
In Rear of Opera House.
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