The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19??, June 13, 1889, Image 2
THK DAlLV IIEHaLI) i I'LATTSMOUTtt, NKtiftABKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, The PlattsnjoutDailyJIerald. KNOTTS DECS., Publishers & Proprietors. THK 1 I. ATTS MOUTH HKKAI.I) It published every cvntii? except Sunday and W?wkly very Thursday morning. Regis tered at the pontotllce, Piattminit'lh. Nelir., hR Mroii(l-tl.isi matter. Oiilce eoruer of Vine and Fifth streets. Telephone No. 38. TKMMS run DAI LV. n copy one )e:ir In advance, by mall. Ono eopy per month, ly earlier One copy per week, by earlier $(! no W) 15 THKMS rOK WKKKLY. ftne oony one year. In ailvanee $1 BO Onocopyalx months. In auvauce . 75 B.&. M. Time Table ;oin! wf.st. N.. 1 m. a No. r. No. 7 Selinjler) . 1) (.K . t:. to Omaha) :oim; KAar. -.(T, a in :it p in 7 :(H a in 7 :mi p III i :0i i lu 3 :!! p in In :-'l a in 7 P in :ii( a in i :'A a lit No. 2 No. I No. - No. x ( Arr. Schuyler) . .. No. ID(K. C.) All train run daily by v. avof Omaha, except Noh. 7 and H which run to and Iroui Schuyler daily except Sunday. Arrival and Doparture of the Malls. A V. HI V K AT l' STO I V ICK. No. r. From the K st , -- 7 a. m. No. :" P- 111 No ! " " South (K.; ) i; :!" p. in. No. 10 " " Wfi-t " :":'- "'. No, 4 in a. in. No. ; ' -M v- "' liri'AKT Kiio.M MSTUKUCK. N. r. Coinir Went r. :!. m. No. :t " " 5 :.Tip. in. No. 7 " " (Schuyler) :..; p.m. n.. in K:ist ( K. C) '.'" a. In. X" 4 ; l' a- l No. G ' " UyiOp. III- Ma'l should be deposited llfteen minute be fore i lie above lime to iiiciire dispatch. A oit.Ni) jury wit iiiip:uu-llel in Chica go yesterday in the Cornin inunler case. The patriotic heads of Denver have planned to celebrate the Fourth of July three days July 3, t and 5. This will be Denver's greatest day and nun of national reputation tire expected from every state. On xkxt Wednesday evening the Omaha Bee will celebrate its eighteenth anniversary at the opening of the Bee I nil il rrr mi Eighteenth and Farnam. -- 0 Distinguished newspaper men will be there from all parts of the Union. Sot TiiEiiN enterprise is not altogether unheard of, and especially when it speaks with the force it has in Connecticut, lle cently the contract for building 4,".00 feet of fence on the new Harvard bridge was let to a firm at Dalton, On., which was able to underbid competitors at Boston, Cheimford, Providence and other Eastern cities. Tomohhow, June 14, is the one hun dred and thirteenth anniversary of the adoption of the stars and stripes as the national colors of the American Union. Several eastern cities will celt brate the lay with a grand display of Hags from public and private buildings. It would be very appropriate for Plattfinouth to follow suit. A coMiuxK is reported between the American and British salt producers to run prices up. In speaking of this the Globe Democrat "says: "This simplifies the work for the republicans in congress. A stroke of the pen, figuratively speak ing, will put salt on the free list, and the republicans stand ready to make that stroke." Tin: casualty record is kept up in high order by the telegraphic report in this morning's papers. At (irinnell, Iowa, a city disastrously affected by a cycloiw? in lsi, burned yesterday with a loss of $C00,00o. The roof of a mine in Wilkes barrc, Pa., which had been extensively excavated under thut city collapsed and cracked the earth open in the heart of the city, from which gas escapes in grea' quantity; and by this accident eight hun dred men are thrown out of employment. A Sunday school excursion train in Iie land wis wrecked and fifty children are reported killed and many wounded. The report recently gained consider able credence that Justice Miller, of the United States Supreme court, was about to resign his seat in that high tribunal, but has been denied by that gentleman himself. Justice Miller is th; oldest member of the supreme bench in service, although not in years. In lSlo he was born and in lr 02 he was iut upon the Supreme IJjneh. Justice Field, who was appointed a year latter than Miller, was born in the same year with him. The oldest member of the Court in years is Justice Bradley, who wts born in 1813. For three years pact fil ler has been entitled to full pay for life on resignation, but although his health lias been failing, he still clings to his post. His service on tho Supicr.-.c Bench has now extended over twenty eeven years, a period which has beta ex ceeded in duration by but eight of the forty-three persons who have been mem bers of that tribunal. These in the order of their appointment, were Bushrod Washington, John Marshall, William Johnson, Joseph Story, John McLean, .Tame M. Wayne, 1 Soger B. Taney and John Cat roc. The service of Marshall, tvbo was Chief Justice, and Story was the longest, each lasting about thirty four years. . Tiik Conemaujjh valley flood in credited with the following state of af fuira in the Ulobe Democrat: "There is one spot in Knoxville, near Somerset btreet, where the wave played a prank which must hayc made it laugh if it had any appreciation of humor. It didn't dash the houses to pieces, or roll them over, or move them half a mile or more. Hut it gathered them up gently from their foundations and put them down so close together that there isn't room to go among them. YY hen the people came back from high ground, or down from he roof after the subsidence, they found their doors jam up against their pcigli bor's walls. There were windows which looked into other windows, and windows which didn't look anywhere. Some peo ple in stepping out of their front doors found thein.selye.s at their neighbor's back doors. It was like a dream in which one finds things all askew and keeps tn ing to do somthi::g which he can't do." Plattsmoutii, in the grand rush to the front line in big enterprises and institu tions, ought not to forget to hayc nil things up to the standard . This means sidewalks. On lower Main street the lat half bl ck on the north side and the greater part of the block on the south side the sidewalks now vainly attempt ing to do service could, if able to talk, tell of days wheu the steamboats landed passengers a block farther east, and would mention the fact that they fringed the business houses of the town. Those days and buildings are past, now, but the sidewalks are not The walks there are not in respectable condition, and yet it is their duty to introduce every stran ger to the Star Citv of Nebraska. (And a stranger ought not to be aston ished if he sets a car load of r stars be fore he gets past them.) Main street has generally had full twenty-foot side walks laid, and as a duty to pedestri ans, the traveling public and for the good of tho town, "lower Main strett should be lnvught up to the standard. IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS. A Traveling Man Creates Creat Ex citementin the Empire House Independence, Iowa, Oct. 14, 188S. Rheumatic Syrup Co,, Jac7:son, Mich Gents: Your Mr. Brooks came here tonight and registered as agent for Ilib bard's Rheumatic Syrup, and as he did so it awakened in mc an interest never before realized in a guest at my house. You will not wonder at it when I tell you the story. For years I have been greatly afflicted with inflammatory rheu matism, the pain and soreness of the joints at times being almost unbearable; coulel move about only with the aitl of crutches. In additiou to this my stomach became badly diseased, and neuralgia set in, which threatened to end my day. A traveling man stopping with me gave quit a history of your Syrup, and the peculiarities of its combination, which induced me to try it. 1 havo taken six bottles and no act in my life affords me greater satisfaction than m writing you I am a well man. It will be a pleasure for me to answer any comnuinlcaiioas, for believe it to be the best remedy ever formulated, A. S. Bowr.i:v, Pioprietor, Empire House, lnilepender.ee, Iowa, fold by F. G. Frickk & Co. A. Qneer PocKetbook. A bright, proud, very pretty young- lady, with a portion of a bologna sausage, clasped tightly in her globed left hand, created some nuiet amusement in a U alnut Mill car luurs- lav afternoon. She hail run out of Ca vacua's v.-ith scvernl parcels in her hand just in time to cateh a car. rantiag. sao accepted a seat tendered her by ft creat bis iellow, m ho, hap- nenins to look down, saw the piece of bologna in her hand, and had considerable of a time preventing an explosion. Then tho conductor passe.1 through tue car. nen ne anpi oacuea the young lady the packages were dropped in her "lap and tho right hand reached toward tho left, her eves unconsciously following. A deep blush spread over her face as she dropped the bologna. Springing up she asked the conductor to stop the car, ana shcaiigutea. The bi x fellow laughed heartier than ever. In her hurry to catch the car, while in Ca- vairna's, after making some purchases, she nastily picked up what she thought was her nurse. It proved to Iks a piece of bologna sausage lying on the counter, and, never r-laiichi!? at it. she hurried The fire Hashed out of htr eyes when die returned to Cavagna's for her purse, but nor a word of reproach was uttered. Tno purse was there awaiting her, and, taking it, she was soon seated in another car, riding toward ber boms, Cincinnati Enquirer. rtituiiieit I l Texas. Tho need cf material for serviceable pave ments is ono very widely felt. In many cities asphalt um brought from the famous pitch lake of Trinidad has been used, being mixed with a Pertain amount of calcareous matter and heated to :uh a point that it wculd harden on cooling. The uatund ndxture of limestone and bitumen found in ttie deposit of Val-do-Travers, of which the French have so fresiy and successfully availed themselves in tiie"coiistuftion of their pavements, is thus imitated. The result U p. pavement that rGS'sts tho action of air and water for u pou sidcrable lougtb ot time. A very important liscoverv has been made m Texas. In Col. J. L. Tait's trip to the southwt of that atato he picked up a small piece of dark Lluo limestone which, on examination, was found to be impregnated with bitumen in almost exactly the same proportion as tue ai- do-Travcrs product, and it was fin-tber found that the quautity available was equai to any demand that may tu iso. In addition to this, maav deposits of bituminous sands or shales occur which yield 10 per ceut., md sometimes a larger amount, or tatumea. liav York Commercial Advertiser. DIVING FOR SPONGES. A BUSINESS WHICH IS BOTH PROFIT ABLE AND PERILOUS. Th Fluent Cjooil Coihb from Mediterra nean YViter Cibi antl Key Went Fur iiIhIi a Cheaper Crade-Uow They Are. Gathered, Aborted ami Sold. Sponges are divided into two classes. The first is that stylo which iierambulates on two logs and works the horny handed son of toil for a quarter of which class tho less said tho better. The other is tho style which grows in sub marine neighborhoods, and comes into the companionship of clean jieople only when in vited to do so. This latter is much tho more respectable and valuable class. Sponged are found only in a few localities on tho earth's surface, and tho supply does not nearly equal the demand. A very few men havo it in their power to corner the sjiongo market, but they have never done it yet, and can bo depended on not to, for tho reason that they already have as much of the world as they caro to use. There is no mercantile business known in which sales are so certain with so little effort on tho part of the dealer; where overstocking and dull mar kets are so rarely known, or where the profits'acquired aro so very generous. THE DIVERS' WORK. The best singes ure found in the Grecian archipelago, in water as shallow m some cases as forty feet, and ranging from that to depths below any known soundings. The deeper tho water the finer and more expen sive is the product found. Tho Grecian goods aro known as silk sponges, and grade in price from $3 to $100 a pound, a range which is accounted for by the idmost limitless variety in texture, size and shaiio. To just what king dom a sponge belongs there seems to be no settled opinion. Mr. Lindner, manager for tho Chicago company, when seen by a re porter, stated that the formation known to tho trade as sponges is the product of myriads of small insects that gather tho floating particles found in the ocean and build the fungus like growth, much as coral reels are built, attaching it to any substance they find a rock or tho sunken timber of a long wrecked vessel. Tho Grecian government controls all tho Mediterranean spongo fields, and leases to tho firms engaged in tho business such tracts of water as aro agreed on. Tho boundaries of these leased waters are fixed by floating buoys, and no lease is made for more than ono year. Tho dealer hires his sailors and divers, who man the clumsy little sail boats 'and proceed to their employer's grounds. Here the cap tain in charge emplovs the water glass, scan ning the bottom of tho sea in search of ...... . . - i i i sponges. hen no nnus a promising ucu uo directs tho divers. Iheso men aro mainly natives, and work entirely naked. Each boat is provided with a number of stones weighing about fif t y ixnmds, to each of which is attached a coil of fine ropo. The diver takes up ono of these stones, poises himself on the gunwale of the boat, inhales a heavy draft of air and plunges head downward into tho water, holding tho rock ahead of him at ami's length. As he reaches the Dottoni ho drops tho stone, which is hauled up into the boat by the roie. Tho diver gropes about until he can find tho sponges, which ho puts in a netting sack sw'uut' to his waist. Sometimes he does not find any, and then, after creeping about until his lungs warn him it Is time po return to the surface, he springs upward, and, beating both hands and feet, struggles into the arr. Tho long holding of breath soon leaves its mark in shattered health, and no diver can follow thi business more than A Very few- years. However, he makes money while he is at it, often earning from 100 to $200 a week an amount which ho fiuds dmiculty in spending on the barren hills and scattered villages of the archipelago. For the lower deeps divers m armor are employed, who are not so plentiful as the wages ot-red might warrant, and who exact almost: any remu neration they want. Ono trilling objection to tho pursuit of spongo diving is tho frequent visits of sharks. Nearly a hundred men aro lost every year Li Mediterranean waters, chiefly by tho vora cious sharks, although a few of the divers not in armor are occasionally drowned. PfiEPARJNti FOR 1HK MARKET. When enough Bpongc-s are gathered to fill tho boat the crew proceeds to tho shore, where the goods are spread out for inspec tion by tho officers of the government, and tho rate of tho lease is fixed by tho quantity of sjxuiges securod. A field which 3-ields nothing o the merchant costs him nothing but his tmio 111 searching it. Aflev the gov ernment dues are paid tho sponges are assort ed carefully by experienced men, and are then strung w ith a needle and twine and hun in the sun on a row of low stakes to dry. Hy draulic pressure is then employed in packing the goods. When ready for shipment the bales rtwpiiiblo compressed cotton, excepting that thev are enveloped iu coarse lotlu The range in quality of these Mediterranean sponges is very great. row and then, 111 very deep water, a small, close fibered sponge is found, very light in color, and when dry nearly tho size of an orange. These command a price as high as ?o0 a pound. Tho West India sponge is cheaper in price because poorer in quality. The fishing there is done by poles gxolusiyely, the sponges being found in water not more than forty feet deep, They are known as sheepswool, grass, velvet, reef and yellow sponges. The first mentioned is the finest, and is quoted at from $2 to $3 a pound, velvet at about $1, and grass sponges as low as ten cents a pound. The quantity imported into America amounts to $1,000,000 iu value annually. Key West, Fla., varies her cigar making with a sponge fishing ii.- dustrv. from which nearly oou,oou worth 01 sponges are taken each year. The volume of the business increases yearly, as sponges are put to a greater variety of uses as time goes by, and this in spite of tho fact that tho price has steadily inci&ascd for the past ten yeaxs. Goods that could be bought for Sl.23 a pound in 1S70 will bring $2.75 today. A bad feature of tho business is that tho American people demand a light colored sponge, which in very few cases is a natural color. To satisfy this desire strong acids are used to bleach the goods, the effect being very injurious not dy to the sponge, pu to tha human skin upon which it is' after ward used. In Europo sponges are used in their natural color, but the general public in America is not yet educated up to the proper understanding of this matter. ' Another unpleasant fact, akin to this, 1st that hundreds of sponges used at hospitals aro bought up by street laiurs alter their days of usefulness there are ended, subjected to a chemical treatment supposed to clean them, bleached or dyed to suit tho fancy or tho vender, and then loaded into baskets and offered for ealo pn tho streets. "vThether thev are purged P all impurity is a question. Certainly the best spoaga u tho cheapest oni In tho long run, and the best can only bo secured by paying an equivalent price. Chi cago Herald. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. 84. bo. 05. 20. 2. 45. 4. 71. 88. 87. 71. 8. 30. 18. 09. ai. 01. 22. 13. 25. 08. 5. 20. 74. 82. 70. 31. 10. 57. 17. 55. 101. 25. 0G. 73. 102. 104. 80. 21. 91. 78. 22. 28. 81. 35 38. 44. 09. 04. 90. 97. 44. 9(5. 108. 105. 4. 40. 89. 67. 07. 00. 14. 50. 49. 50. 83. 53. 72. 3. 26. 72. 00. 52. 15. 77. 54. 100. 39. 21. 50. 27. 110. 93. 75. 107. 10. 04. 11. 12. 25. 42. 28. 103. 100. 70. 57. 10. 40. 10. 04. 90. 32. 37. 30. 33. 8. 4T. 0. 7. 43. 34. 102. 8:1. BiuhUos. Bauk of Casa county. . Becson, A. res. " office. Bennett, L. D. store. res. Bonner stables. Brown, W. L. office. res. Ballou, O. II. res. office. B. & M. tel. office. B. & M. round house. Blake, John saloon. Bach, A. grocery. Campbell, D. A. res. Chapman, S. M. res. City hotel. Clark, T. coal office, Clerk district court. Connor, J. A. res. County Clerks office. Covell, Polk & Beeson, office. Cox, J. R, res. Craig, J. M. res. Critchfield, Bird res. Cummins & Son, lumber yard. J. C. farm. Cook, Dr. office. Clark, A. grocery store. Clark, Byron office. Cummins, Dr. Ed., office. District court office. Dovey & Sou, store. Dovey, Mrs. George res. Dr. Marshall, res. Dr. Cook, room. Emmons, J. II. Dr. office and res. First National bank. Fricke, F. Q. & Co., drug store. Gleason, John res. Goos hotel Gyring, II. drug store. ' res. Hadley, dray and express. Herald office. Holmes, C. M., res. Ilatt & Co., meat market. Hem pie & Troop, store. Hall, Dr. J. II., office. res. Holmes, C. M., livery stable. Hall & Craig, agricultural imp. II. C. Schmidt, Surveyor. II. A. Waterman & Son, lumber. Jones, W. D., stable. Journal office. Johnson Bros., hardware store. Joliuson, Mrs. J. F., millinery. Johnson. J. F., res. Klein, Joseph, res. Kraus, P., fruit and confectionerj Livingston, Dr. T. P., office. Livingston, res. Livingston, Dr. R. R., office. Manager Waterman Opera House. McCourt, F., store. McMaken, II. C, rea, Murphy, M. B., store. Murphy, M. B., res. McMaken, ice office. Minor, J. L., res. McVey, saloon. Moore, Ji.A,, res, and floral garden Neville, Wm., res. Olliver & Ramges. meat market Olliver & Ramge slaughter house, Pub. Tel. Station. Palmer . H. E. res Petersen Bros., meatmarket. Petersen, V-t rta Polk, M. D., res. Poor Farm. Patterson, J. M., res. Riddle house. Richey Bros,, lumber, Ritchie, Harry. Schildknecht, Dr. office. Shipman, Dr. A. office. " 44 res. Showalter, W, C. office. Siggins, pr. E- & rw. " 44 office. Sonnichsen & Schirk, grocery. Sel Kinkade papering and p'ting. Streight, O. M. stable. Smith, O. P. drug store. Skinner & Ritchie, abstract and loan office, Sherman, O. W. office. Todd, Am mi res. Troop & Hemple, store. Thomas, J. W. Summit Garden. Water Works, office. Water works, pump house, Waugh, 8. vea. Weber-Wm. saloon. Weckbach & Co., store. Weckbach, J. V., res. Western Union Telegraph office. White, K K., res. Windham, R. B., res. Windham & Davies, law office. Wise, Will, res. Withers, Dr. A. T., res. . Wm. Turner, res. Young, J. P., store. S. Bczzeli Manager. The effect of using Hibburd's Rheuuia tic Syrup is unlike ail piedicints contain ing opiufes or pohens, t being entirely free from them. It cures rheumatism by purifying the blood. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co. The Herald Job Rooms are tlje, mo6t complete in the county. Elson, the Old Reliable Ono Price jjothicr. is the pUce to get Business or rtss suits cheap. tf Io PEARLMAK Liberal, -Mouse - Furnisher. Furniture, Carpets, Bedding, Gold Coin Stoves and Ranges, The Best In Use. Also Ca6oline Stoves. The Most Complete House Furnisher to be found in the. county. I have everything you need to furnish your house from top to bottom. I SEL FOR CASH ON THE AND DELIVER GOODS FREE AUEKT l'OB THK WII1TK HKWISU MAt'lllXK. Please call and examine my stock for yourself before buying. I. PEARLMAN, - Plattsmouth, Neb. SIXTH STUEET, BET. MAIN ANI VINE. PLATTSMODTH HERALD PIIITTS ALLTHE POLITICAL AND 15 CENTS DELIVERED RY TO ANY PART oir, SB rrrn Tulbscrilbe For It. Tub Daily and Weekly Herald is the best Advertising Medium in Cass county, because it reaches the largest number of people. Advertising rate made known on application. If jou have property to rent or sell it will be to your interest to ad vert ide in the Herald. it inriEaia ip-git you. Advertise and THE CITIZENS PijATTSMOlTin, - NEBRASKA. CAPITAL STQOEPAIPIN. - $50,0CC Authorized Capital, f 100,000. OFFICEBS JKANK CARRUTH. JOS. A. CONNOR, President. VUe-Presidem w. h. cusnisa. ctiier. niujccT-oit Frank Carrutb J. A. Connor. Y. It. Gutbmnu J. W. Jobnten. Henry Boeck, John O'Keele, W. D. M.rriain, Wni. Weteccamp. W. U. Cusblng. Transact! m General Bauklne Bulneu. Al who hare any Hanking buaiiiftM to transact are tuvlted to call. N tter h large or email tbe transaction. It wlU rcelTe our careful attention, aud we promise always cour teous treatment, (.sues Cert locates of Deposits bearing Intert-si Buys and sell Foreign Exchange. County and CUy securities. FIRST NATIONAL OF P LATT8MOUTH . NKBKA.SKA.. s- Offers tbe err tMt UolUWss lrb prompt ttaasactlon of legitimate BANKING BUSINESS. sUoeks, Bonds. Gold. GoTernment and Loo 1 Securities Bougbt and Sold, Deposits receive d and Interest allowed on time CerUH - oatos, Drafts drawn.araUabie tu any art of tbe UsWed tate and all tae principal tow us of Euro do. Collection mads Jk promptly rerr.itteti Hlgbsst market prtetl PAM fr County War ttate aad County Bonds. DIRECTORS I John Fitzgerald Jobs K. Clark, . O. Haksworta. 0. WaaKb. r.t. White. jr KiTMUiLi), a. Xisaa rtomdsaU Cashier. INSTALLMENT PLAN NEWS SOCIAL, FOR PER WEEK. CARRIERS OP THE CITY by jljxjl be Convinced Bank of Cass County Cor. Main and Fifth Sts., Plattameutb. PAID UP CAPITAI SURPLUS 550.600 .... 20,900 OFFICERS i C. H. Parmf.i.e KKKU (iOltl)KH .1. M. Pattkrsox .J 8. Patterson, ju . President .Vice President Casliier ... Ass't Cashier DIRKCTORS : C. II. Parmele, J. M. Patterson. Fred Gorder, .B. Smith. It. B. Windham. B. S. Ramsey, J as. Pattersuu jr. A General Baling Business Transacted Accounts Solicited. Interest allowed on time deposits, and i-rompt nttentiou given to all business entrusted to its care. 1 DRESSLER. The 5th St. Merchant Tailoi Keeps a Full Line of Foreign & Domestic Goods. Consult Your Interest by Giving Film a Csl SHERWOOD BLOCK TPlf ttetarjcXTna tlx ,Tr. WI.L. BROWNE, Personal attention to all Business Entrust to my cars. SOTABY IX OFFICE. Titles Examined. Abstarc-ts Compiled, In surance Written, Real Eatate Sold. Better Facilities for making Farm Loans than Any Qt&er Ageocyv Plattumoulb, Xetraka