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SATURDAY, AUGUST 22. 1891.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
The republican electors of the
state of Nebraska are requested to
Bend delegates from their several
counties, to meet in convention in
the city of Lincoln, Thursday, Sep
tember 24, 18U1, at 10 o'clock a. m.,
for the purpose of placing' in nomi
nation candidates for one associate
justice of the supreme court, and
two members of the board of re
gents of the state university, and to
transact such other business as
maybe presented to the convention.
THE APPORTIONMENT
The several counties are entitled
t representation us follows, being
basl upon the vote cast for Hon
Geo. II. Hastings, for attorney-general
in 18.K), giving one delegate-at-large
to each county, and one for
each l.0 votes and the major frac
tion thereof:
rOUSTIF.
Adams
Arthur ..
Antelope
Banner
Boyd
Blaine
Boone
DEI.
OOVNTIKS.
.lollIIHOU
Keaniey
Keya Faha
IKI..
. - 7
;
3
.U
l
:
Keith 1!
Kimball 2
Knox. ft
Lancaster "M
Li coin ti
Logan "
liup "
Madison
.Mcl't.erson 2
Merriok fi
Nance 4
Nwmaha !
Nuckolls t
... l
.... 2
r
box Butte 6
Brown 4
Buffalo 1
Butler.
Burt
Cans 1
Cedar 4
unase 3
Cheyenne S
Cherry &)
Clay ItH
Otoe !
Pawnee !
Perkina : 3
Pierce 3
Phelps 4
Platte 4
Polk 5
Ked Willovr
Kichardson 11
Kock 3
Colfax 4
Cuming
Caster VI
Dakota 4
Dawen
I IW-OU
leuel 3j
Dixon 4
Doriife 1
Saline J 4
Douglas.
Dundy
Sarpy 4
saunrtere
Scott's Bluff '2
Seward 11
Fillmore 8
Franklin 5
Frontier 5,
Furnas 5'
Sheridan t
Sherman 3
Sioux '2
Stanton 3
iae 1
tiarfield
flosper 2
Thayer
Urant
1 nomas -
Oreely 2;
Thureton 4
Mail
Hamilton
Harlan 4
Vallev 4
Washington . . ,. T
Wayne 4
Haye 3!
ebuter
Hitchcock 4
Holt x
Howard 4
Hooker 2
Jefferson it
Wheeler '2
York 12
Total 545
No vote returned.
It is recomended that no proxies
be addmitted to the convention.
and that the delegates present be
authorized to cast the full vote of
the delegation.
It is further recomended that the
state central committee select the
temporary organization of the con
vention.
John C. Watson,
WALT.M. Seely, Chairman.
Secretary.
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
The county convention is called
for September 19th, 1S91 at Louis
ville. The primaries are to be held on
the 12th day of September.
The basis of representation is
based on the vote cast for attorney
general at the last state election,
one delegate for every fifteen votes
and major fraction thereof, and one
at large from each ward and pre
cinct. Liberty and Rock Bluffs precinct
was given their usual vote as no
fair basis of appointment could be
had on the division.
Below will be found the place and
time of holding the primaries and
number of delegates entitled to rep
representation.
PttETIJiCT, TIM BAND PLACK DEI.
Salt Creek pre. at 7 p in. Greenwood 7
houth Bend at 1 p in South B-rid 4
lou!sville. at 7 p in Hasseniier hall 7
Fitrht Mile irove 3 to 4 p m Hill ncliool hse .. 7
Plattsmouth pre 3pm Tavlor school house .. 7
Ureeuwood 7 p m town hall 3
Kim wood 7 i ii- f- -u'rf school houe 7
Center. 3 p in. 51 v ecliool house 6
lit PleasHiit. p m ' ; ilmre school houst 5
Kock elfN.4ini Murray -chool hou-e 8
Tipton, 5 p in Tidba.l & Fullers ofiice Eagle.. 6
Stove Creek. 7 p in i A K h-tll Elm wood 9
W W pre. 1 to 3 p m Caca'ts school houe. .. 5
A voc. 3 p in Center school house ti
Liberty. 3 p m Uion nrlinol houe 11
PPATTSMOl'TH CI TV
lt ward, council chamber 8
2d wa'd school liou-e 8
3rd ward, lttcheys lumber ofiice 11
Uh ward. Wettehicamp block 9
5ih ward rchool house 4
WKKl'IXO WATKKCiTV
J-.t ward. 5 to 8. school house 5
j'ti ward. 0 to council chamber fi
3rd ward. 6 to f-2 m, Tidball it Kullersorfice. . i
total number ol delegates .... 152
Plattsmouth City primaries or
dered to be open at 12 o'clock m and
continue open until 7 p. m.
A FLOOD VICTIM TURNED UP.
At the time of the Johnstown flood
there lived in the city a young man
named James Springer, who was em
ployed by the Cambria Iron Com
pany, lie was never seen after the
Hood and his friends, thinking he
t :
had been drowned, packed up his
clothes and sent them to his mother
in Alliance, Ohio. A dispatch from
that city says, that the mother has
received letters and and papers that
thoroughly established the fact
that her son was among the living.
The letters were from James, and
he tells a strange story of the cause
that led to disappear. It seems that
the boy escaped, but he was so
dazed by the events that befell in
with a number of negroes who took
hi in to Marvland. where, a few
-
weeks later, he shipped as a sailor.
The young fellow says he hardly
knewwhat he was doing, nor what
impelled him to leave. He had
shipped for the West Indies, and
had traveled all over the world
but recently returned to the United
States. Trouble of a serious nature
had been brewingon him before the
Hood, and it is supposed that, un
nerved by the terrible destruc
tion of the water his mind became
unbalanced and was the cause of
his sudden disappearance.
TAXES IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA
The English statesman or politi
cian generally tells the truth when
he compares British and American
conditions; it is the American free
trader who resorts to falsehood and
prates about the "taxes that burden
the industry of this country."
The American Economist quotes
as follows from a recent letter
which Dr. G. B. Badenoch, a well
known worker in British politics,
recently addressed to the Kentish
Mercury:
"The rates and taxes which we
have to pay everj- year amount to
180,0X,000 ($900,000,000). For every
100 worth of home production we
have to pay, to meet this enormous
yearly sum. 12, while the people of
America pajr no more than ii on
the same amount. This arises from
the duty which they exact on
foreign goods sent from England
and other countries."
Dr. Badenoch sees wiiat "tree
trade" does; it makes the British
pay very nearly two and a half
times as much in direct taxes as
the American has to pay. But this
is not all; Dr. Badenoch continues:
"Besides this let us reflect upon
the words of John Morey in his
address to the Amalgamated Engi
neers at Newcastle ten years ago.
It is an awful fact really not short
of awful that in Great Britain, with
all its. wealth and power, 4.1 per
cent, which is very nearly one-half,
of all the persons who reach the
s-ge of sixty years, are or have been
paupers. Also as Dr. Rhodes said
in his address to the Social Science
Congress, held at Leeds in Septem
ber, 1890, there are in England to
day a sufficient number of paupers
to form a procession in four deep
and 100 miles long. Their cost in
poor relief for the last year was no
less than 8,440,821, or Gs ($l..i0) per
head to tne entire population."
Thanks to protection, which cre
a demand for American labor, we
are not in the sad condition of a
nation whose tax for the relief
of paupers amounts to
$1.50 on every man, woman and
child in its domain.
What the English free trader
says is the best contradiction that
can be given to what the American
free trader says of the effects of pro
tection upon the industries of this re
public. I AM one of those that believe that
these men from your shops, these
farmers remote from money centres
have the largest interest from all
the people of the world in having a
dollar that is worth 100 cents every
day in the year, and only such. If
by any chance we should fall into
a condition where one dollar is not
so good as another, I venture the
assertion that the poorer dollar
will do its first errand in paying
some poor laborer for his work.
Therefore, in the conduct of our
public affairs, I feel pledged for one
that all the influences of the gov
ernment should be on the side of
giving the people only good money
and just as much of all that kind
as we can get. Benjamin Harrison.
The postmaster general has au
thorized a pneumatic tube com
pany to put in an experimental
plant at its own cost for distribut
ing mail through Philadelphia. In
London and other English cities
the method has been tried and
adopted by the postal authorities
In St. Louis the postmaster has se
cured permission of the department
to try the experiment of sending
mail to the sub stations by electric
car. This isn't quite so rapid as the
pneumatic tube, but it is believed
that it will discount the present ser.
vice o mail wagons.
ITXCLE SAM will proceed in a
business-like way to feed Europe
and keep her people from starving.
Russia prohibits the exportation of
rye, and other large exporting na
tions are inventing methods to
keep a good supply of grain at
home. Xie United States -alone
seems to be overflowing with
everything that is good under the
sun.
TRICKS FOR PET BIRDS.
They May He Taught to DrW l?p Water ;
When They Are Thlrgty. j
There -are uiulonbteilly some lady j
readers that have a pet bird they would '
like to teach some pretty tricks but do
not know how to go to work to do it.
An easy trick to teach a canary, gold- j
finch or bisk in is to make them draw up
a bucket of water when they wish to j
drink. '
It is a very taking- performance, and ,
when a bird is once taught to do it nice- '
ly he is alwa3'8 sure of an interested
audience when he is about to take a
drink. The illustration shows how to
arrang-e the cage for this trick.
Any cage with woxlen frame can easi
ly be ma'le over for the purpose. Con
struct a bay window out of a few strips
of wood and pieces of wire and fasten
it on one end of the cage, first removing
the wires from that end of the cage so
that bay window and cage will be all
in one room, so to speak. Cut a half
inch round hole, or larger, in the bot
tom of the bay window and fix a small
perch in front of it as shown. A wood
en bucket should be used. It can easily
be made by taking a piece of hard
wood and boring a hole into the end
about half an inch deep and then whit
tling it down thin so as to form a wood
en thimble. Ordinary metal thimbles
can be used, but unless they are of sil
ver or gold the metal corrodes in the
water and makes it unhealthy for
the bird to drink. Wood is best and
is easily formed. For a bale to the
bucket use a piece of silver wire, pro
curable at any jewelry store.
For a permanent chain one of the
same material is not very expensive
and can be found in styles fine and light
enough for the purpose at a very small
cost. Twine can be used in its place at
first, but the bird is quite easil3r tangled
up in it as it slides back after he has
drank.
Now hang a small cup directly under
neath the hole in the bay window as
THE BAY WLNDOW THE CAo.
j WELL.
shown, by a couple of small, brass
chains, or strings and the arrangement
is complete.
The bird to be trained should be put
into the cage and allowed to become
thoroughly accustomed to it before his
education is attempted. Place a drink
ing cup in the bay window, so he will
become accustomed to going there for a
drink. After he seems at home in his
new quarters hang the cup underneath
the bay window, but up so near it that
the bird can reach down and through
the hole and drink. In a day or two
lower it a little and place the bucket in
the well with just enough string at
tached to it to allow it to fall into the
water and fill.
The bird, if he has ordinary intelli
gence, will soon see what it is for and
will use it, although his first attempts
will be failures, and he will doubtless
have to work hard for a drink, lie
should be carefully watched, and if he
makes too bad work of it he should be
taken out and another bird tried.
Some birds can never be taught any
thing. But if the little fellow seems to com
prehend matters, and the majority will,
lower the bucket a little from time to
time, as his education progresses, until
he is obliged to draw it up nearly a
foot.
It is best to have the hole in the bay
window a little larger than the bucket
and then put a wire across it so the
latter cannot come up through. It
will probably be found that the bird
will gradually become a thorough
trick bird and will be playing all sorts
of tricks, such as pulling the bucket up
in such a way as to make it stick at the
top and thus keep a supply of water on
hand. It is astonishing what intelli
gence the little fellows will show in
working the affair.
The writer had a siskin once that
would look down carefully through
the hole and see if the bucket was
caught half way down, as it sometimes
would be, before he drew it up. If so
he would proceed to shake the chain
with his bill until the bucket dropped
into the water and was filled. Then
up it would come with surprising rap
idity. The bird accomplishes the feat by
pulling up a length of the chain with
his bill and then holding it with his
foot. Then he takes another hold with
his bill, and so on until the bucket
reaches him. This he holds by his foot
until his thirst is appeased, and as he
jumps off down goes the bucket into
the welL
The goldfinch and siskin are more
easily taught and seem to do the trick
a little better than the canary. N. Y.
Herald.
Tretty Silk Petticoat.
A pretty way to make a silk petticoat
is to have the foundation of glace silk
that shows red and black; a very long
skirt is not needed, and it should fit the
figure closely. Then arrange to go on
it a flounce that is half a yard deep,
making it of alternate rows of red rib
bon and black lace insertion, and fin
ishing it with a frill of black lace. Sew
it on the foundation, and then conceal
the sewing by a box plaiting of red rib
bon, which is at once decorative and,
useful. In blue and black, lavender
and black, brown and black, pink and'
black, yellow and black, or any of the
colors fancied for silk underwear, such.
petticoat could be prettily developed.
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SOUlW park
Miotics to Offer tlis Opor
tQDiiyfor Inrestment.
No Excuse for not having a
Home ot Your Own.
Put What you are paying out
for Rent into a home.
7 per cent money for persons
wishing to build in South
Park.
Look to the Future
anc invest now in
South Park.
HIE OPPORTUNITY OF A
LIFE TIME.
Among other reasons whr it is
better to invest in South Park than
elsewhere in the city, are these:
Property is more saleable if you
wish to sell, more rentable if you
wish to rent; if looking for an in
crease in value, no other part of the
city will compare with it in prospect
The 5th ward composed largel' of
South Park, less than three years
ago could hardly muster up a vote
at the last general election the vote
was 139 and all were not polled. It
has been less than two j'ears since
the city invited us into the corpor
ate limits, yet we have over one hun
dred newly built house ond others
in process of construction, owned,
with few exceptions, by the parties
now living in them.
This part of the city has a store
water mains, electric arc lights,
church and school priveledges and
a new church edifice just erected
of which the whole city is proud.
Plattsmouth's steady growth for
five years past almost doubling its
population; the advance stand it
has taken regarding public im
provements, the certainty of a new
$80,000 court house; the completion
of the great Missouri Pacific rail
way into this city, giving us anoth
er great trunk line and competing
market; the constant increasing
pay roll of the C. B. & Q. shops, to
gether with many other well known
reasons, assure a steady and perma
nent advance in realty, which will
doubtless effect South Park more
favorably than any other portion of
Plattsmouth.
With a view to the encouragement
of a still greater growth of this part
of the city, we will continue to sell
lots on monthly payments, furnish
money with which to erect houses
will exchange lots for other mi.
proved city property or for desir
able improved or unimproved lands
It is not so much the speculator
as the permanent resident that we
wish to purchase this disirable
property. Out of over EIGHTY pres
ent owners of South Park
property tone are speculators
hence there are no fictitous values
and lots are selling at about the
price they were immediatly after
it was platted a strong argument
whj- the present is a most desirable
time for investments. Much addi
tional information regarding South
Park may be had by calling at my
office on Main street over Bank of
Cass County.
R. B. WINDHAM.
Y7
C. MAYES
COUNTY - SUKVEVOR
AM 1
I
CIVIL ENGINEER 1
All orders left with tbe county clerk will he
Iproinptiy attended to. ,
OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE,
Plattsmouth. - - Nebraska
ULIUS PEPPERBEKG.
J
MANUKACTl'ltK OK AND
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRALEIt IN THK.
CHOICEST BRANDS OF CIGARS
FULL LINK OK
TOBACCO AND SMOKEa's ARTICLES
always in stock
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Plattsmouth,
Nebrassa
IRST : NATIONAL : BANK
OF FLATT8MOUTH. NEBRASKA
Paid up capital ...
Surplus
fW),(Hn.oo
I0.0ii0.09
Otters the very tet facilities for the protnp
transaction of lUjitiiuate
Banking Business
srnpko. hnndi. eold. Koverument and local e-
iiririuu Imni'lit. mid sold. Denosits receivvu
ji.-i intPi-fuf. allowed on the certificate
Drafts drawn, available in any part of the
UDited States and an tne principal iwwuo
Burope.
0OM.KCTION8 MADE AND PKOMPTLV HEM IT
TED.
Behest market price ptd for County War.
rants, 8tate ana County bonds.
DIKKCTORS
John FitzKrald I. Hawkwortb
8am Waugh. F. K. White
tieorge E. Dovey
lohn Fitzgerald. 8. Waugh.
Precident Catr f e,
HE CITIZENS BANK.
PLATTSMOUTH NEBKA8KA
Oayital stock paid iu $V o i
Authorized Capital, SIOO.OOO.
OFFICEHB
KANK 0AKKUTH. JOS. A. CONNOK,
President. Vice-PresMent
W. H. CU8HINO. Cashier.
DIBBOTOBS
rank Carrutb J. A. Connor, F. K. Guthmani
I. W. Johnson. Henry Boeck, John O'Keefe
W. n. Merriara, Wra. Wetencamp, W.
H. Gushing.
rRANSACTSIA GENERAL BANKING BDSiNES
sues certificates of deposits bearing interest
Buvs and sells exchange, county and
City til M 14
B
ANK OK CASS COUNTY
Cor Main and Fifth street.
Paid up capital J50 one
Surplus 25.0O0
OFFICERS
0. H. Parnele President
fred Gorder Vice President
J. M. Patterson Cashelr
L M. Patterson, Asst Cashier
DIRECTORS
0. H. Parmele, J. M. Patterson, Fred Gorder.
A, B. Smith, K. B. Windham, B. S.Kamsey and
r. M.Patterson
A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
TRANSATED
Accounts solicited. Interest allowed on time
deposits and prompt attentlonglven to all bus
iness entrusted to its care.
MEAT MARKET
SIXTH STREET
F. H. ELLENBAUM, Prop.
The best of fresh meat always found
in this market. Also fresh
Egg's and Butter.
Wild game of all kinds kept in their
season.
m
EAT MARKET!
JJJUCKER SISTERS.
CARRY A FULL LIXE OF
AllLLENERY AND JRENCH LOWERS,
-O-
We also have a dress making department. Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
Sherwood Store. Plattsmouth
-jT) AWSON & PEARCE
Carry Full Line or
FINE MILLENARY 'AND CHIL
DRENS CLOTHING.
ALSO FRESH CUT FLOWEKS
BOOM 2, B.LKF BLOCK,
PL4TTM0UTH
jpHILIP ' ...
Ha Opannu
Tic eat, - t'leani'Bt,
SALOON
IN THE CITY-
Where may be found choice winv
liquors and cigars.
ANIIE17SER BUSCII BEER.
AND
BASS' ALE WHITE LABEL,
always on hand.
CORNER OF MAIN AND'FOURTH ST.
i "
'DMONDS & ROOT.
Til R I'lONKKB MKRCHANT OK
zm:tt:r,:r,.a."Y"
Carry a full stock of general mer
chandise whibh the well
very close. Highest
price paid for
all kinds of farm pro
duce. Generous treatment 6c
fair dealing is the sncret of success
-o-
CIIAS. L. ROOT,
ML'KKAY
NOTARY
NKIiltAHK A
I'CKWEILER A LUTZ,
(Successors to)
SO EN NIC 1 1 SEN & SCI I IRK.
The Waphiiigtton Avemm
GROCERS
AM)
Provision Merchants.
Head quarters for
FLOUR AND EKED
We pay no rent and Hell for CASH.
You don'tjjmy any bills for dead beats
when you buy of tins firm.
The beet SOFT COAL always on
Hand.
DONT FORGER
AT THE ' f
5 OOZRIfcTEIES 5
THE LEADING
GROCER
HAS THE MOST
COMPLETE
STOCK IN THE CITY.
EVERYTHING - FRESH - AND - IN - SEASON
ATTENTION FARMERS
I want vour Poultrv. Krrrra. But
ter and your farm produce of all
kinds. I will nav vou the hicrheat
cash price as I am buying tor a
urn in Lincoln.
B. PETERSEN,
THE LEADING GROCER
Plattsmouth - - Nebraska
J. II:A:N:S:E:X
DEALER IN
STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES,
GLASS AND X
QUEENS WARE
Floor fiBfl. Feefl a Specially
atronacre 1 the Puble ISolicited.
OHNSON BUILDINGN Siitb St