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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY JUNE 29 1891
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Absolutely Pure.
A rrt'iiin of t;irt;ir baking jm)W(1it.
Highest of sill in leavening strenth.
Latent IT. S. Government Food Re
port. CASS I .)!)( K. So. no. I.O. O. K. meets ev
ry Tuesday niirht at their hall in Fitzgerald
block. All Odii l-ellow are cordially mviiert
t attend wheu visitl'ii; in t?ie eity.
T- K. Wit 1 1AM". N C.
J. W, I'.KlixiK. Sec.
KNMJHTS OK l'YTIIIAS. Catmint I.m1
No. 4L Meet every Wedne-dny eTeiiinf;
at their hall In I'arniele Craijr hloek. All vim
1 tints knihtt are coidiaHy invited to attend,
(J Marshall. C. C. ; ti Dovey, K. It. S.
YOUNO MKN'S MIKlsTION ASSOCIATION
Waterman hlm-k. Main Street. Rooms
open from 8 ::ui a m to S m; For men only
osel iiteetiiiK every Sunday alternoon at 4
O'elock.
C. A R.
McCouniliie I'oM. No. 45. meets every Satur
day evening at 7 :. in their hall. Kockwood
block.' All visitint: comrades are invited to
iieet with n.
;. F. Nile. Tost Adj.
F. A. Hates. J'oct I'ora,
TTOKNEY A l.AW.
"WINDHAM & DAVIES.
. B. WINJHIAM. JOHN A. DA VIES,
Notary I'uhlic Notary Cubltc
Office over Hank of Caxs County.
PUttsmouth .... Nebrasha
TTORNEY
A. N. SULLIVAN.
Attorney at-I.aw. Will jrivw prompt attention
to all tuiHine-s entrusted to Iiiui. Otllce in
Uciou block, E:it Side, riattcinouth. Neb.
IJUCKER SISTERS.
t'AKKY A FULL LINK OF
yllLLENEKY AND J-RENCH FlOWERS.
NYe also have a lres making denartnietit. Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
SHEkwii'D Stork. Plattsmouth
jCAWSON & PEARCE
Carry a Full Line of
FINE 3I1LLENERY AND CHIL
DRENS CLOTHING.
ALSO FKFSII CUT FL WEKS
ROOM 2. R.LKY B1.0TK. I'HTj MOBTB
-NJEW HARDWARE STORE
S. K. 1 1 ALL Ac SON
Keep all kiiuls of builders hardware on hand
and will supply contract- if on most fav
orable tern s
j TITsT ROOFING :
Spoutinji
and all kinds of tin work promptly
one. Orders from the country Solicited
616 Peas! St.
PLATTSMOUTH. NEB.
J)RVIOLA M. FRENCH
Physician & Surgeox
ni:a with Br. Bhipsn
HOUKS
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10 : 00 to 12 : 00 a. ill. 3 : 00 to 5 : 00 p. Bi.
TZ . SHI JMA.T
9 : 00 to 11 : 00 a, in. 2 ; 00 to 4 : 00 p. m.
Telephone No 12. Plattsmoith Neb
IS THE
L-K-A-D-I-N-G II-O-U-S-K
IN THE CITY FOK
NO'lIO."
FCKNisiiiNt; Goons
LACES
EMHKOI UEKfES
KITCHEN NOVELTIES
J. "tTnwakk OLASSWAKK
ETC- ETC-
The too4li we titter on our s. 10 and l'S cent
counters cannot be duplicated elsewhere
We hare but ote price, and that the
cheapest in.town.
"THE FAIR"
415 TvI-A-IN" STZEJ-.T
JT C. McflKK, M. D.
is LOCATED
Is located at EUrht MileOrove. He has ob
tained the offlce formerly occupied by
?IK. MILLER
"jf1! that dlace andean be found at all hour ex
cept h.Ti professionally out.
En
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Of the New Court House is
Laid With Imposing
Ceremonies
KV TIIKf.ltAMI LOIHjK A. F. . M.
An Interestiny History Given of trie
Affair Together Witha Brief State
ment of the Erly History of
Co"J County ri-l it
Olfi:ers.
T-Iay wit iiesH-l th plantiiii in
appropriate ;ranite of tli corner
stone of the new court house which
we trust will when completed be
come the just pride of every citizen
of Cass Co. But to bejj;iii at the be
riiiiiin, TllK IlKK'ALO has been
favored with a neatly prepared his
tory of Cass county from 1 S7 to
with a history of the officer from
the hands of County Clerk Critch
lield which will be placed in the
strong box over which tbe corner
stone will rest.
OKNKKAL HISTORY OK PK'OC K EI l N JS
OF CASS COUNTY, 1."7 TO IS.")'.).
Copy of the firxt pnjceetlinjrf" of
i-oiuily commissioners, vol. 1, p. 1:
PLATTSMOUTH. Jan. 5, 1S.77.
On this fifth tlay of January, is.")7.
(it beinjr the first Monday in Janit
arj') the county comiiiissioiiers -Robert
J. Palmer, Jacob Vallery
and W. I. (iaov met at the office
of the probate judye of Cass
county, N. T.
1. The con nt 3- propert- Jeinjf
considerel. a transfer of Lot No. S,
in Hlock No. in Plattsmouth.
Neb., belonjriiifr to Cass count'. N.
T., was rejected by them for want of
attthoritr in grantor. (It will be
remembered that this is the lot up
on which the new court house is
beinii- erected -WKITEK.)
2. The following claims airainst
tlie count3- were allowed as flow
viz:
1. A B Smith, servicee as clerk of
election ? 1
2. TIioh Patterson, services as grand
juror 9 At)
2. Thos Patterson, services as clerk f
left ion 1 50
3. Abraham Town: r, services as irrand
juror 0 40
3. Abraham Towner, servicen as cl ik
efelecMon 1 -r
4. W H Shafer, services as grand juror. . 8 20
.. Thomas B Aslih-v. services as grand
juror witness 3 C9
6. Mathias Tysn. services as petit
juror 3 70
7. Locating road from Nebraska City to
Platte river 1.-.7 Ui
. Territori-il road from Nebraska City
to Pl.,te river TC 00
On motion the commissioners
adjourned to the first Monday of
JYbruar3- next.
J as. K. Porter,
Dept. Clerk of Comm'rs.
Cop- of third session of commis
sioner vol.1, p. f). Office of count'
clerk of Cass count-, N. T.
Jacob Vallerj' ami Kobert Palmer,
commissioners of the count', met
on Monda'. the ninth da' of March,
A. I. 1S37, pursuant to the call of
the county clerk, to consider the
propriety of constructing county
buildings, and received a proposal
from L. G. Jeffries to build and
furnish a court house for the con
sideration of thirty lots in Platts
mouth, belonging to Cass county,
N. T.
Court then adjourned to meet at
1 o'clock.
After again considering the pro
position of L. G. Jeffries, agreed to
accept the same and signed articles
for a court house to be built,
furnished and completed by the
first da- of December. A. D. 18."i7.
Cop' of sixth session of commis
sioners vol. 1, p. 13.
Clerk's Office, Aug. 17, 1S.T7.
County commissioners met in
special session. Present, Jacob
Vallery and W. D. Gage.
(After the general routine of busi
ness as appears on record the fol
lowing levy was made, being the
first lev3' made in Cass county
June 25, 1S9L County Clerk.)
"It is ordered that a tax be levied
for various purposes as follows:
"Territorial. 3 mills on the dollar.
"County, 6 mills on the dollar.
"School, 1 mill on the dollar.
"Road, 1 mill on the dollar.
"Resolved. That we. the county
commissioners of Cass county, do
hereby order and appropriate so
many of the lots in the city of
Plattsmouth (belonging to the
count of Cass) as may be necessary
to build a temporary Court house
in the city of Plattsmouth, Cass
county, N. T., of the following di
mensions, to-wit: fourty-four feet
long by twenty-four feet wide. m-o
storie high, the lower story to be
divided into four rooms, with a hall
in the center, the upper story to ln
all in one for a court room and
other purposes all to be com
pleted this summer.
And we do hereby appoint and
authorize Jacob Vallery to procure
the aid and assistance of a compet
ent draftmati to make a draft and
plan for said house and to advertise
the same to be let on next Saturday
it which lime the commissioners
have agreed to meet again.
The court then adjourned till next
Sat urday, 22nd inst. at l o'clock
a. in. J. N. Wish, .
clerk commissioners.
Seventh session of commissioners,
vol. 1, p. in.
We find the following: "It is
hereby ordered that Jacob Valley
be and is h.'leby authorized to" pro
cure a room suitable for the diiler
ent county officers, for which the
county has to provide. lie is also
authorized to procure for each of
said oflicers one table and desk (or
bookcase) not to cost more than
twenty dollors each, also to procure
one dozen chairs for the use of said
offices.
Sixteenth session of commission
ers. Vol. 1, page .'W.
April 2, l.sns - County commis
sioners met pursuant to call of
county clerk on Tuesday April 20th,
lNfiO; present Jacob Vallery, William
Young and Iv R. Davis. (Among
other thits we find the following)
"The commissioners then took
into consideration the propriety of
erecting a court house at the ex
pense of thirty-four lots of the
county being those already entered
ami an additional amount of two
thousand dollars subscription to be
made up by the citizens of Platts
mouth. After considering the matter at
some length, it was ordered that the
county clerk be authorized to get
one hundred notices printed and to
cireualte the same for the reception
of proposals and drafts and speci
fications for said building.
A court house was then began by
one F. R. Dertiardiu, upon the court
louse square, and built during the
year 1S.1S, and at the July session
18.")S. we find the following entry in
Vol- 1, Page 4o. "The foundation
wall being completed according to
contract of the new court house the
contractor, K. R. Hernardin, asks for
deeds for certain lots in accordance
with the commissioners." (It here
sets up the lots.)
It will be remembered that the
said court house was completed to
the first story and then was swept
away by a wind storm and it was
not rebuilt. Tlio records show (Vol
1, Page 2S1) that bids were received
for the cleaning up of the ruins of
the court house that was built, Au
gust 1st. 1SG1.
The county officers during the
several years previous to 1M4 had
their offices in different rooms about
the city of Plattsmouth. and anoth
er move towards getting a court
house was made in 18ti3 as follows:
March term, 1SG3.
vol. 1, p, 420. - The hoard deeming
the county records and other valu
able papers and books, belonging
to the county, in imminent danger
of being destroyed by fire, in con
sequence of the exposed condition of
the building now occupied by the
several county officers; and having
on hand a considerable amount of
county and territorial funds, belong
ing to the court house fund, in
structed the county clerk to ad
vertise for proposal for the erection
of a building for county offices and
court room, on lot 8 in bl'k No. 30,
Plattsmouth, City; as per plans and
specifications of the same on file in
the county clerk's office; the kind
of pay to be one-third cash, one
third territorrial, and one-third
county warrants court then ad
journed till to-morrow
L. G. Todd,
Ch'm Co. Com.
B.' Spuklock,
County Cashier
Vol. 1, p. 435 May term A. D. 1891:
Commissioners met in regular ses
sion, present L. G. Todd, Jacob
Vallery and Win, L- Thompson,
commissioners, when the following
was done to-wit:
The first business of the session
was the consideration of the con
tract for building the court house.
The article of agreement drawn
by J. N. Wise was presented and af
ter careful examination by the
board and the contractor (K. R. Her
nardin) was signed by both parties
to the contract and filed in the
clerk's office. The contractor then
presented his bond which was ap
proved by the board and filed with
the county clerk, which concluded
the contract.
Thus was began the second court
house that was built in Cass county
and the latter was erected upon the
present court house ground and
was a structure 2t0Oft. with a story
above which was used as a court
room, and two rooms beneath which
wtre tised interchangeably part of
the many years, from lMi4 to the
present time for treasurer's and
county judges office. and some
years for sheriff, register of deeds
and clerks office.
At the October term of commis
sioners lH'ii, Daniel II. Wheeler
came before the board in behalf of
the A. H. & A. M. and I. O. O. K.
lodges of Plattsmouth City and
made a proposition to the board
that the said lodges, in consider
ation of the use of the upper floor,
or court room of the new court
house for lodge purposes, they
would finish, complete and fix'up in
good shape for court purposes,
the entire upper lloor of said court
house. This proposition was ac
cepted by the board and the same
lodges used the rooms for several
years for lodge meetings.
On March 5, 1SSO, the citizens of
Plattsmouth, made a proposition
to the county commissioners to
erect a court house free of cost to
the county. The following is a copy
of the proposition:
To the Hoard of County Commis
sioners, of Cass County:
"The undersigned, a committee
having in charge the proposition
lo erect a public building and do
nate the same free of charge to
the county of Cass for court house
purposes having raised a large
amount of money by subscription
for the purpose of building and
completing said structure are in
structed to submit to your honora
ble board the proposition.
Will the county commissioners
of the county of Cass, accept said
building free .of cost to the county
for court house and county office
purposes when the same is com
plete d.
Fra.VK CARRI'TII. j
H. M. RiciiKY. : c
II. N. Dovey. j"-',u-Jos.
Wkckhacii. i
Same was refused; Mr. Todd vot
ing "for" and Messrs. Koltz and
Clements "against" accepting the
the building.
This was the last attempt to build
a court house in Cass county until
a petition was presented to the
commissioners at their regular
meeting in May. 1889, asking that
they call a special election to vote
bonds to the amount of $SO,0C0.
On May 9. 1889 a special election
was ordered called to be held June
8. 189. The result of the election
was as follows:
For bonds 3.078 votes.
Agiiiiist bonds. . .2.87.")
Heing a majority in favor of bonds
of 208 votes.
The election was contested by the
citizens of the western part of the
county and a trial was had during
the month of November 1889, in the
district court of Cass county before
Judge Hroady of Heatrice, Nebraska
The contestants were represented
by K. if. Wooley, of Weeping Water
and the contestees were represent
ed by A N. Sullivan, Hyron Clark,
J. H. Strode and County Attorney
Mafliew Gering. It was the largest
case of the kind ever known in the
history of Nebraska and lasted over
nine days. Over 75 wituessss were
examined and after taking the case
under advisement for several days
Judge Hroady set the election aside
thus defeating the validity of the
bonds.
An appeal was takeu by the
county commissioners from the
decision given by Judge Hroad, to
the supreme court of Nebraska and
the case was reversed by the su
preme court of November 25th A.
D. 1891, which made the bonds good
when issued,
The commissioners therefore is
sued and put upon the market 80
bonds of $1000' each due in 20
3ears.
The bonds were sold at par value
in January 1891, and proceeded to
advertise for bids for the building
of a court house.
The contract for the arcitectural
work was let to Wm. Gray of Lincoln
Nebraska who completed his work
for the said building to the satisfac
tion of the board. The contract for
the building was let to O. J. King,
of Omaha, Nebraska, he being one
of nine competitors for the work,
for $V7.910.
The first earth was broken for
said building about the first day of
April. 1891 and at the present time.
(June, 25. 1891) the first story is
nearly completed.
Thus endeth the brief history of
how Cass county, which was organ
ized in Jan, 1857 and now with a
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S P EC
- AT THIS
IN 0RDE3, TO REDUCE OUR STOCK OF
EMBROIDERED - FL0XJUCI1TGS,
WK IIAVi;
Deep Cut
One lot of Klouneings at I'e
worth dulle
One lot of white Floimcinir at
S2.0"; pattern worth 00.
One lot of white cream and
Flouiu-iiigs reduced to ;J.20. A
pattern of this lot comprises goods
ALL OF OUR FANCY PLUSH ORNAMENT
REDUCED TO 5 CENTS EACH.
F. HERRMANN
HARDWARE
FOB
Having purchased the U. V. Mathew's in
terest in the firm of J W, Hendee& Co, J now
propose to stay in PlattsnSouth and sell hard
ware
FOR -CASH - ONLY
At prices- that are within the reach of all. Kverything in our sloe
gain. Look over our list and see if you cannot find some
thing you need.
- -00O00
4500 Ibis cut nails, 'Ac per lb to close
75ct grass scythe for 55c ts
Step ladders from 0 cts up
Tinware at reduced prices
Hrooms. 15 to 25c ts
Chopping bowls, 19 to 3tcts
Bushel corn baskets, 19cts
Leather back all bristle horse brushes. 75c.
Leather back all bristle horse brushes, 40c.
Cook stoves at cost to close.
ooOoo
Other articles too numerous to mention at correspondingly lowjpricesj
Come and see us. Remember we sell to everybody alike.
NOT - ONE - CENT - ON - TIME.
J W HEN DEE
SPECIAL
IS OUR COMPLETE STOCK OF
Ladies, Misses, Boys, Childrens
and Infants Summer Goods.
THEY AfcE Ait V IRST GLASS
AND OF THE VERY LATEST STYLE.
ARGAIR9S
CALL AND. BE
I A
SALE .
L. I
M A I ) K A
in Prices
worth up to ijUJ.oO a pattern.
One lot of white ami black
Klouneings reduced to 5. Go. A
pattern some ojomls in this lot for
merly sold at 10.00 a pattern.
All our patterns contain yds.
of material.
ONLY
S
k a bar
2O0 doz carpet tacks, Ic per
Best clothes wringer made,
f"0 cent spades for cts.
0 ct handsaws for(i5cts
Churns, SOcts to irl'00
Wash bonrds, 19cts
pa pel
$2.10
SALE
FOR ALL
CONVINCED.
Kfp
CASH