The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19??, May 02, 1891, Image 4
. t A Iteitiiii;; Wolf. It is not often th.it a v.'i'lf story is toM in a way tnhiiow 1 1 1 cow.inily n;ittireof I'.e aiiim al. I'r this n-aon tlie fwilo-.v-in. a-coiuit, fjiveji by li"; aiitlmr of ' l'werity-sev-n Years in Canadi WeM.'" his its own value ani interest: My wih-'.s youngest sister hail a p''t 1 1 1 tii.it him Ij.i 1 brought upfront a btuih, and to wliicli sin; was much ;it t.n iii il. One afternoon sin; was j;iini; il.wn t tin spring for a pitcher of w.t-ti-r, wIk'U she nav a larn; lo. as sh Ihrnccht. worrying her sheep, upon which rim piekcd up ;i l.ire slick ami struck Ihehe.-tst two or three .' trukes with all her strength, tliiiM compelling liini to drop hi prey. 'i'his, however, lie did very reluctantly, liiritin his head at t he same time, ami riiouiliic his teeth with a l!!'.-t diabolic;;! f ii.ii 1. SIkj saw at once when ho' t'aeel lier, by his pricked ars, hih l--k Ihhii-s, loiii;. buhy tail and annt figure, that her antagonist was a wolf. Nothing daunted, hho a-aiu bravely attacked liilll, for hj seemeil (leteriililieil, in spite of lier valiant opposition, to have her pet lamb, which he attain attacked. She lxthlly Ix-at iiim olF the second time, following him down the creek, 1 lirashiitg Iiim and calling for ail with all her milit, when, fortunately, one of her hrot her.--, attracted ly her cries, ran down wit h t In; do.s and his K'ui. Ihit he was ! Lit.; for ;i sliut, for when t he wolf saw the reinforcement ho scamp ered oti" with all his speed. A Kival of I Ik- I'uiiioiih Miasliuri; Cluck. Tlie mo.-t womlerful clock is on exiii li'lio.iin the parochial school buiMintj entmect -d with St. Paul's German Lu th ran church in .lanesville. Wis. 'i'h'; t i;n piece is divided into four part s v;ei iraphi-al, a.-i ronoinical, mu sical and numerical. A little hell strikes very miiiu'e. Tin tir.-t quarter hour represents childhood; the second, youth: tin; third, mid-lie aj;e, and tin; fourth. hi aife. As t !. clock si rikes the hours a irrespoialiiitj mini her of apostles make their appearance, from one to twelve. Ahovo them slands .h . us blesshig them. The twelve si'ns of the zodiac arc rep resented. At and PJ o'clock a sexton riicjsa hell.. -in old man kneels in prayer, tin; cock crows and theorem is played. There are tour dials on each side of the lock, siiowin; the cars on one sid'.; and the leap vears on tl.i; oiiier. At midnight heathen ods make their appearance, .and sceta s in tlie lite of Jesus are represented at noonday. The four seasons are n presented by appro priate figures, as are the moon's phases. Tin; clock was built by .Mr. ?.Iartin, a millwright, of Schwarzv. aid. Baden, and is said to exceed in ii!renuitv anv oth-r clock ever exhibited m tho United States. Jeweler's Weekly. An Old Uullt-t. !3ob Loekhart dropped in to renew his subscription. i have something m my msid" poc ket which 1 want to show you," he said, and ;:fier searching for a few seconds Dob produced the half of a larjje round leaden ball. "I was sawing up a fat liijhtwood loqr. end you will see where Die saw passed through the center of the bullet. Well, I got to thinking afterward how old this ballet must be. Tho log was fat heart pine two feet thick. Evidently tho bullet was shot into tho tree when small or else it could not have pierced to tho center, and the tree was evidently 1m) years old when it fell to the gromuL It may have laid there K0 years or more. You know fat pine never decays. I am satisfied that old man Ponce do Leon, on his tonr through this country, must have fired a fancy shot at a skulking savage, and plugged the tree instead of the In dian. You see it's a round ball, and as it is so large I judge it to fce of Spanish make." Dob is quite an antiquarian, you know. Atlanta Journal. Oil I'oikIs in tlie foilf. Between the month of the Mississippi liver and Galveston, ten or fifteen miles south of Sabine Pass, is a spot in the Clulf of Mexico which is commonly called "The Oil Ponds" by the captains of the small craft which ply in that vicinity. There is no land within fifteen miles; but even in the wildest weather the water at this sjot is comparatively calm, owing to the thick covering of oil, which apparently rises from the bed of the Gulf, which is here about fifteen to eighteen feet beneath the surface. Tl lis strange refuge is well known to sailors who run on the small vessels trading between Cal casien. Orange. Sabine. Beaumont and Galveston. When through stress of weather they fail to make harlnjr else where they run for "Tlie Oil Ponds," let go anchor and ride the gale in safety, this curious spot furnishing a good illus tration of the effect of "oil upon a trou bled sea." St. Louis Republic. Tbr Silver Dollar "M." There is a popular idea prevalent that the minute letter "M" to be seen at the base of the head of Liberty on the face of the present issue of silver dollars Ktands for "Mint." and is an evidence of the genuineness of the coin bearing it. This i a. mistake. The "M" stands for 31 organ, George T. Morgan, who is tho originator of the design. Upon the same side there is another "M," also the initial of the designer. This is to be found in the waving locks of the fair goddess, and is so cleverly concealed in the lines of tho design that it can only le ..tn after a long scrutiny. A prom iueut mint official, in speaking of this otiier initial, said that he had had it shown to him scores of times, but coulJ never fiud it unassisted. Philadelphia JieconL No r"oiili for Science A well known scientist sat iu a Che-t-aiut street hotel watching the throngs pass by, when a gentleman entered and said: "Mr. Blank, can you give any scien tific reason why women walk pigeon toed?" "My dear sir," replied the professor, in impressive tones, "women and science nave nothing to do with each other." Philadelphia Press. (JOLD DUG OUT UY HAND. DISCOVERY OF BREYFOGLE'S MINE BY A PROSPECTOR. Many I.ivc Have I :-t-IxihI in (lie Search for tin- II intoric Trcanii re Jol:l Is I iiuiiiI 'I here on tlie Surface in Lumps Like I'liont In i I'imIiI lug. Tin-re is not a miner or old settler in the southern part of California who is not familiar with the story of thefamous Ureyfoglo mine. It ranks with tlie Gun sight, tho Pegleg and the Lost Cabin legends. Like them it lias cost dozens of lives, and so unsuccessful and fatal have been the many expeditions made in search of the mine that it has come to lc regarded by many as a myth. Briefly, for tho information of those who have never heard tho tah', the stoiy goes that away back iu tho early tit ties a party, in which was a man named Breyfogle, set out for California by way of the southern Utah road, a route which lay through the southern portions of Utah and Nevada, skirted Death valley, traversed the Mojave desert and finally terminated in either the San Bernardino or Los Angeles valley. Breyfogle was something of a miner in his way, and while prospecting in a wild and forbidding region ho found a place win -re he could literally dig great nuggets tit gold out of the decomposed quartz or cement, as he ailed it, with his knife. As he described the place, there was a largo deposit of an exceed ingly rich character enough to make the whole party wealthy. lie returned to camp, but t he travelers were short of provisions and water, the Indians wen; troublesome and there was no time to waste in mining. They pushed on toward their destina tion, but between tin; Indians and thirst only a few of them overreached civiliza tion. Breyfogle told his story, exhlbteil the nuggets he had dug out and careful ly preserved, and then spent the rest of his lib; in a fruitless search for tin; do posit. Others who heard the story fol lowed his example, and for upward of forty years the Breyfogle mine has been a veritable will-o'-the-wisp, luring men to destruction in the terrible deserts f southeastern California and southwest ern Nevada. A IXC KY KTHIKH. George Montgomery, an experienced miner well known in the Wood river re gion of Idaho, was on a prospecting trip in the region to the southeastward of Death valley. It should be premised that tho old Utah road after leaving San Bernardino city turns through theCajon pass and then strikes off in a northeast erly direction across the Mo.iave desert, passing Besting Springs, the Kingston mountains and then traversing the Pahr ump valley. This valley lies just on tlie boundary line between California and Nevada and has a general northwest erly and southeasterly course, the Kings ton mountains lying to the west and the Pahrump range to tho east. While prospecting in the mountains last named and at the upper end of the valley Montgomery made a discovery which bears every indication of being the long sought Breyfogle mine, or at least one exactly similar. But the loca tion answers to that given by Breyfogle, while the gold has been found just as he said so plentiful that it could be dug out in nuggets with a knife. One ledge located by Montgomery is eight feet wide, and has been trace! by its outcroppings for a distance of 0,000 feet. In the decomposed surface rock the gold is found almost like plums in a pudding. Pieces of quartz picked out are from a quarter to half bright yellow gold, while with a hand mortar the lucky discoverer pounded out in a short time a yeast powder can full of nuggets of various sizes. All along the ledge free gold is found in quantities that as tonish the oldest prospectors and which seem scarcely credible. After making several locations Mont gomery spead the news of his discovery, the result being that some thirty or forty miners are at work in the valley. Mont gomery himself packed ip as large a quantity of the richest specimens as he could carry and made his way across the desert to Daggett, the nearest railroad point, 1G0 miles away. From there he came to San Francisco. FORTUNES FOR MANY. To the question whether he was look ing for capital or a purchaser, Mr. 3Iont gomery returns an emphatic negative. The mines, he -ays, are the richest he ever saw, and he is satisfied that he can realize a fortune by working them. There ought to be plenty of placer gold in the gulches leading from the ledges that have been discovered, but no effort has leen made to find an3. All the miners yet in the camp are busy on the quartz claims they have located. On one claim taken up by Montgomery a cross cut has been pushed for twenty feet across the vein without striking the hanging wall, and it is free milling ore all the w;.y. Besides the deposits of gold, some rich silver veins have been found, assays from which run over a hundred ounces to the ton. Lead and copper also abound, but at present gold is tlie sole object of search. There is plenty of mesquite wood for fuel in the valley within three or four miles of the newly discovered camp, while in the mountains, fifteen miles away, are forests which afford abun dance of timltering material. Water can be had at a moderate depth in Pahrump valley, while at Ash Meadows, fifteen miles away, are streams which could le utilized for power. In any event the Breyfogle mystery seems to have been solved, and perhaps this fact will give another stimulus to the search for the Gunsight and the Peg leg mines. San Francisco Letter. Doesn't Pessimism Pay? She It's disgusting to see people so demonstrative in public places. Who's that man across the street who kisses his wife and baby on the doorstep when he leaves every morning? He That's Dodson, who writes cyn ical paragraphs on matrimony. Epoch. I'rlnro Napolcon'w I'oiiipeiun Muimioit. hen the part Prince Napoleon might have taken in French politics ceases to be co.i.ra. te 1 with th ; part ho actually did t;:I:; h ; v. iil bo remembered for quite a dm- : ". lit :,.c!:i',vr:i;ci;t. in a strange part of Pari, he br.lit a very curious man; ion, and collected a briiliant circle of friends to witin ss a singular enter tainment. Tin; circumstance, once no torious, is now almost forgotten. Thirty five years ago the prince went Pompeii mad. it was the l'a.iiiionabh; craz-.; of the day. Artists, authors, dilettanti they ail took it; hut the prince alone had l'uinls and purposed to lvahz.; his wiid project. Jf he could build a house just like one of those old Pompeian mansion:;, if he could furni.-h it classically, put in the right b;'i;uzej and statuettes, himself dress like an old ltoman and get his friends to do the same weii, ho actually reduced the dream to a fact. In tin; avenue Montaigne, at that time perilously near the Hal Mabille, the pal ace was reared o:i the true Pompeian lines. Gerome painted the decorations tiomer chanting his ballads, and nymphs that represented the Odyssey and Iliad. Everything was classic and was Greek, but tlie Bonaparte blood flowed iu the veins of the owner. Prince Napoleon f.et up busts and stat ues of his family all round tho atrium Napoleon and Josephine and Marie Louise, Luci'-n, Charles, Louis and J-j-rome; they all had their place in this classic apart meat. And here, before the emp: n-r and empress, a French play was acted in classic costume Favart, Bro han and Theophile Gautior being tho company, and (Jot and ihnilo Augier among tho audience. Boston Herald. JW::l.ii:g ?roii'v "Look at that ieiiov.-,"' the window. "Who;"' I mnrun-d. rail;. ;uid the man in "That young feiio la:i'":ir.g cmtr.id;.' the rail." "Weil, what, of ilV" "Don't you it., lie; that five dollar bill ! he is holding in his baud':"' j "YY.-. Well?" 1 "He's been flourishing it around for j five minutes. Bought two fifty cent i seats in the gallery just ii v. Gave me ! a t.'n dollar bill. 1 gave him four silv r i dollars and that live. Be: n ail this tiiua j pulling the; four into his pocket." "Weil, he had to unbutton his over coat, ihnt taKos tii"c. "Yes, but it doesn't take five minutes. Besides, ho could have put the live dol lars into his ve. t pocket in no time. But he didn't, lie holds it out in plain view." "Suppose he does. Uasn't he a right to:" "Of course. But don't you get oa to the racket';" "No. What is it;" "Girl." "Girl:" "Yes. That's tho girl standing over there in the corner. She's watching him. He's just drawn his week's pay, ten dol lars, and is taking her to see the show. When they came in he flashed the ten dollars, and dazzled her with it a while before he got into line. Now he's let ting lier get a good look at the five dol lars before he sinks it. It's a giv:-.t scheme. No other iellow can steal that girl now. lie's got her solid. And the long green did it.:' Chicago Post. Cobbler Sprajjue's I'rugal 'Wife. Ten thousand dollars in gold and greenbacks has been found secreted in an old table in the residence of John Spragne, a shoemaker, of Wilmington, Del. The rnoney represents his deceased wife's savings for thirty-nine years. On Jan. 7 Mrs. Mary Sprague, wife of the cobbler, dropped dead, a victim of heart disease, in a drug store. The couple came to Wilmington from England thirty-one years ago. The husband is about sixty years of age, while the wifo was nearly fifty-nine -ears old when she died. They were frugal and industrious, and duriug their thirty-nine years of married life the husband weekly gave the wife a certain sum of money for her use. He never questioned what she did with the surplus, but supposed it was regularly put in bank. When Mrs. Spragne died search was made for the bankbook supposed to exist, but to no avail. The house was ransacked also, but no money was found. Finally Mrs. McGinley, a neighbor, sug gested, as she had had a dream to that effect, that possibly the treasure might be secreted in an antique table, and this article of furniture was examined. Tightly wedged in an inside corner of the table were found a bag of gold and a roll of greenbacks, which, being counted, amounted to $10.000. 4 or. Philadelphia Record. The TaMenu. The palmiest day of the tableau enter tainment has ratner gone by. Sacred and prof a lie history, ancient and modern customs have been faithfully worked for varieties in tableau representation and their freshness has pretty well departed. An entertainment of pretty and pictu resque scenes, unvaried by action or movement, is a somewhat mild form of amusement. For obvious reasons this kind of entertainment has had a lung run of favor. Tableaux, representee! by good folks that they all know, are some thing that the strictest church pet-pie can look upon without a feeling of sin. and a great deal of money for g' causes has been realized in this way. They flourish best in home scil and re sented by home talent and beauty, and not a little have they owed to tlu- good natured puffs of amiable editors and the family pride which loves to see Sis on the stage iu a fancy costume, looking as pretty as a peachblow vast1. Springfield Homestead. ricaaant, but Cusjfo. "Wouldn't it he nice if some of the pleasant things said about persons after they are dead could only be said wh'le they were still alive? It would cheer their dying hours." "Yes, it would be nice, but it would hardly be safe." "Why not?" "They might recover." New York Recorder. c I M I . !f ii 11 JJ If Do not The Goods Mandamused. Jiulg-e Chapman heard the peti tion of Prof. h';ikcstr:iw last even ing;, represented by County Attor ney Morgan of Otoe, asking: for a writ of mandamus against Supt. Parmele of the blind asylum, who refuses to bow to the authority of Governor Boyd and will not i;ivc up his office to his successor, Mr. Kakeslrnw. Judge Chapmu n grant ed the writ, giving Mr. P. until Monday noon to vacate. The "Little Tycoon" opera com pany will come in thts evening on the llycr. It is a troupe of unusual merit and will give the best operatic entertainment of the season at the opera house to-night. There are forty people in the company, every one of them artists of unusual ability. Count T Court. License to wed issued to Mr. Charley S. Hart and Miss Olive 11. McGee, both of Klmwood. Hearing on petition for appoint ment of A. C. Adams, administrator "de bonus non" of estate of Josiah Keefer, deceased. Praer of peti tion granted. Hearing final settlement estate of Clarence G. hTemming, deceased. Accounts allowed and decree ac cordingly. Citizens Hank vs. T. H. Stokes et ol. Suit on note. Trial. May 11. 10 a. m. A Husband's Mistake. Husbands too often permit wives, arid parents their children, to sutler from headache, dizziness, neuralgia sleeplessness, fits, nervousnessness, when by the use of Dr. Miles Re storative Nervine such serious re sults could easily be prevented. Druggists everywhere say it gives universal satisfaction and has an immense sale. Wood worth & Co.. of Koit YVnvuc, Inch; Snow x Co.. of Syracuse. X. Y.; J. C. Wolf.Hillsdale, M ich.; and hundreds of others say: "It is the greates seller they ever knew." It contains no opiates. Trial boitles and line book on Nervous diseases, free at F. G. Fricke A: Co's No farmer or stockman can afford to be without llallar's liarb Wire Lininienl. Animals supposed to be permantly injured and u-eless, have been made valuable by its timel3' use. We are so well pleased with its results that we heartily recommend it to our customers. For sale by all druggists. 2 Mr. JIaller. a noted pharmacist of 25 years experience. al.-' a mem ber of the state board t.l pharmacy, compounded that perfect cure for coughs, and colds, Haller Sure Cure Cough Svrup. We warrant every bottle. Fr 6ale by all druggista. 2 SPB LOTHIHE U 1 IS. 11 FURNISHING GOODS II ATS, ARRIVING EVERY TUB I.KADIXG OXK PRICK CLOTIIIBK. -o bay until you have scon und MAMMOTH STOCK AND PRICES. IT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. finest ntoek ol' Spring- Clothing, Furni-iinj and Hats you ever s-en in Plattsmouth . -O- OIPIEIR,- HOUSE z jyrarassi AT TH E CHURCHES TO MOKROW CAT hoi If . St . i'aiii's lnirrii. 0;'.!t. I"'t ctii lOitn ihi: Six!,,. i-';iiifi' ii'iii'j, I'asioi. StlMi-is: i.is ,il & ,11(1 in ::;i A. -M. MiTxhiy Sfiiool nl 2 ::;0, wi ii bcoeUictiot.. Christian. ('iiiiiit Locust and Kilitli sis S.ei vices moniiii.' ai:d evening, lilder J. K lieed, pastor. Suiiduy-Krliuol 10 A. 31. Episcopal. St Luke's Church, comer Third said Vine. Jtev. 11 I!. pastor. Ser vices : 11 A. M. a:d 7 :'M l: M. iSuiiduy School at ! : 1-. M. Gkkman" Mktiiohtst. Corner Sixth St. and Granite. Kev. lint. I'astor. Services : 11 A.M. and 7 :30 i M. Sunday School 10 :'M A. M. KKSisvTEisiAN. Services in new church. cor- atner Sixth and Cranile sis. Kev.J. T. liaird, pastor. Sunday-sclfool at 'J ; Preaching at 11 a. in, and s p. m, Futsr Mktiioimst. Sixth St.. betwr-ii Main and IVarl. Jtev. J. I M liuckncr. pastor. Service- : 11 . l., S :00 r. 51. Sunday School 9 :.TJ a. 31. 1'raytr mcetir Wednesday eveu inj;. Gk 1 1 3i an PKusnYTEi:iAN. Corner Main and Ninth. Kl'V. Witte, paster. Services : usual hours. Sunday school U :o0 A. M. Swr.i-.msJi i:on:kfo.tionau Granite, be tween l'ifth aud Sixth. Cor.OHF.n lI.vi'TisT. Mt. Olive, Oak. between Tenth and Eleventh. Ki-v. A. Hoswell, pas tor. Services 11 a. in. and 7 :'M i. in. l'raycr ineetinu Wednesday evenii.;;. Yiu'.m; Mk.Vs Chki-iia.v Association" Kokiiis ill airman bluck, M;iin street. Gos pel ineetin;.'. lor me:i only, every Sunday af tcriionii at 4 oV'-iek. :Uoi:.s open wee!; days iroin s:: a. m., to i : m p. m. Sot Til l'AKiv T.MIKirNACLB. Itev. .1. M. ood, 1 ustor. Services: Sunday School. 10 a. in.: i'reachin. 11a. m. und 8 p. m. ; prayer meeting Tuesday nihr ; choir prac ucd Klidrtv nilit. All are welcome. FrkkMi-sionakx Ch L"i:cn. Granite Street hot v. ecu fth and U(h, Key. C, A. Falls pastor Sunday School Sunday forenoon at 10 o'c-ioek, services at 11 o'clock,. Sunday ev euii'.ir Vour'4 peoples nifitiiii: at 7 o'clock M'rviees at s. l''i-siav evening vounj; peo ples nieatin m 3 : Thursday, herv'icest at. 8 p, m. All swcd-Ji are cordially nivlted. Catarrh in New England. Fly's Cream Halm gives satisfac tion to everyone using it for catarrhal trouble.-.-K. Mellor, druggist, Worcester, Mass. I believe Kly's Cream Halm is the best article for catarrh ever offered the public- -Hush V Co., druggists, Worcester, Mass. An article ol real merit. C. I'. A b leu, druggist, Springfield, Mass. Those who use it speak highly of it. Geo. A. Hill, druggist, S-pring-iicld, Mas. Cream Halm has given satisfac tory results. W. I. Draper, druggist. Springfield, Mass. Georye Vaw Is getting in a big stock of spring and summer goods. His novelties in breast pins and jewelry are well worth looking at. Call in and look at his new goods. Brown A: Uarrett. successors to Wildman & Fuller, hae an endless variety of wall paper and borders all new colors and designs. wtf Pansies' Yes! In bloom, of the most gorgeous colors. They will con tinue to bloom all summer, too, ami Cm be selected at Moore's Green House for from 4) to 50 cents per dozen. dtf For Sale. A good farm one-fourth mile fiom the town of Murrny, on the M. P. It. Ii. Plenty of timber and water. Good orchard. 350 bearing trees. Plaftemouth, Neb, Feb, 9tb, 1S01. wtf It. W. Uteim. D AY n : CI n inspected -ore 19.-ETERSEI7 & LARSON' I If li I.EAD1NC, GROCERS HAVE THE HOST COMPLETE STOCK IN THE CITY. EYEEi TKIKG - FREEH - AUD - IN - E ATTENTION' FARMERS We want your Poultry, Kgga, Hut ter and your farm produce of all kinds, we will pay you the highest cash price as we are buying for a firn in Lincoln. Petersen & Larson THK LEADING GKOCKRS Plattsmouth - - Nebraska. The Citizens BANK PLATTSMOUTH - NEBRASKA Oayltal stock paid In S5") 0 o Authorized Capital, SIOO.OOO. orKicnEs f&AXK CAKKUTli. JOK. A. CONKOK President. Viee-PiHM,, W. H. CUSHIXtt. Cashier. w- Jon"On, HeDry BRck,.lohn O'Keefe W. D. Mtihara. Wia. Weteneamp.'V.'. H. Cashing. . TEAKSACTSIA GESERAL BAKilNS BDSlNES MUHScoatllleAtcscl iJeoMts Wrlnin. buvH auu ,e!:, nblK'?Vfr reet ..it ..-,..!":' "-"J,J'il ia Crry fujj Llneof FINE MILLESEliY AND CIIfL.1 DR ENS CLOTHING. ALSO FKESn CUT KLOWKK8 KOOM2.K.r.UKTC. PL4TT-OCT. ' -im,lK,xi- iMh.. visa.