I'laitsir , lltUUU ton, Neville ai KNOTTS BROS, Publishers FuUhiliwl evety Thursday, Jaiid dally every "rerilnn except Sunday. H.-KWored at the Flattsmoiitli, Neb. pmt- gt..,.f,t firiiwraii.in thpiiiil Itl 11. ..'H. niaila ae-eoud cla Tate.. fflc eonirr Vlnsatid Fifth .tree,ts. Telephone 38. TKMMK ton WEEKLY, ae copy, one jear, In advance . .... ...tlM ' eopy, one yer. not In advanee J no e copy, nlv mouth!, hi advance IS r 1 c-py, three month. In aavsnee. ... 40 : TEHMH r)K A1H sue sar In advance 16 00 ' , per week, by carrier 1! . trt month ; ")AY, SKFT.4. imi. ; STATECf,.'IVENTION. run electors of llir uid the "l inn," as tin y pictured the ruination ami the star vation and the howling of the wolf at the door of the farmer must have contrasted with the facts; with the field of ripened rain.the niMtc of the corn, the hun of the threslters, the clatter of the machinery worked by the busy hand; or ax they a.ed noon the cattle fattening mm" t1'' hillx and in the valleys the whole earth one bountiful yield y'ri cultural wealth -witnesses set? by the God of all refuting and biajyj in( the wails of the calamity howlern as the screech of dema- KKUci playing tj,in the credulity and supposed, ignorance of the fanning cla.srt. It in no wonder that mi miters of them left dixUMlad and wait! that they ha'l ,',',,n ma'U' Victims of the moot corrupt politi cal machine ever known in this, country and could endure it no longer. The leaders assumed that .1... f .,-, ,...r were iirtioramuses, hut time 11m Minister l'helps w I 1 I I j I I ! I lir.an l.iowthatl.eluMMiafr-'' 1 I I I I M Q l"1 l I A the news will he hailed with .j..,,.. , IJ U U I I I I I ll I l by clry American farmer. j j4 ;( probntle that reciprocal trj ( tions Jwi'.l l"' es.tahy,.,i w rily ciniuiniiia! ctiriai npervr.;: ,,. i.KKtiK t ot far -Si' : t Let thee. ih'mti t t ' nus he con tiiiusIf until Aunt .A shall have ! formed treaties with every 'iniiitry ' ne n-fi Hate of N ia ' , a are reoriented to end dcleilv from their several counties, to meet in convention in the city of Lincoln. Thursday, Sep tember 24, 1801, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of placing hi nomi nation candidates tor one associate justice of the supreme court, and two members id the board of re gents of the state university, and to transact such other business as maybe presented to the convention. THE AJ'IDHTIO.NJIKXT v The several counties are entitled to representation as follows., being based upon the vote cast tor Hon ' Oeo. II Hastings, for attorney-general in 1S'J giving one delegate-at-large to each county, and one for each I'll) votes and the major frac tion thereof: on the globe, (hat can be vautageoiisly. 3$M.Q& ft. OP w one ad- i . I linireatoii. : ei t ied la.-t spring. IICI I'lflll.. Sirs. U !j i S!it buJ been in, ri led but a short time, tin! wua one "f tae ciiy belle. Mr. blmia-r rrt ieil a line uiniuitiieiit to the liii'im iy t'f Ins, ad wile, wlio wtW in-ti-rre'l in her mt tlier'e burial plot. Tin? yijtinu v.. aian's l::tit!ier (h.slik"H SluifTer px -e"i in:;ly, nnd refused ta allow bim to havu his wife's lianie engraved on the (' ft I N r Y - S V It V K V 0 It AMI CIVIL KM.JNKLK nitiitiv i-tiTk lll lie I tti lltl ll to jC) H i L i F (TnEiiiOur " Hl Opsusd upThn - rii.fst. - l'lf,tn at, -, Co icrt - SALOQltT in tiii; city i li nen i n oh-ht nm'K. l'lattsnioiith, Nebras-ka Mm Whrro in iy In1 found choitv wino AMI Ml M-.K JU'StH lil-.KU. I AM) It.VSS' ALIi WIIITK LAltKL, always on hand. (tone. Su wisthiiitf to have trouble they will realize that they are mis-'with her. Shaffer Lus uot iiihistml npiu taken, and will Imd their schemes douiRsV), exposeil anil their machine broken by their would-be-dupes. North I'latte rribune. nal'NTIKi. AdaniH Arthur Anli-lulie Htiiin-r H.iyil Bluim- U'HIIII.... ... rt. Hutf . .. ltmwii Hi.n.ii'i Itu'lar Mart l'Hr ToaA t.'heyi-ulie .. Thi-rrT ... I'Uy ' Colin (NlllilliK . rso-r I,kkta lt' I) i'ii... . Deuel Pll.MI P-Hlite ... . Ptsuirlai IXimly rillmore.... Knuiklin ... Kroiiliisr... Kunia.. . I AT' farAHil MT limit ft wly .. Hall - Hamilton... Harlan Have .. .. HiK'hcnct.. Holt Howard.... H'ViUlT ... , elfrHon . . . liri. li ni sriK. . J i i,liliii"iiu . . . i herin-y .. .. K-y a Paha I, Keith ... 1 i K i iii li.lll kli.il ,"i , hiii-jhIst .... .. I.I ruin lllinali i liiip Matloll Mi-eiiHisioli. .. Mem'k anre ....... ; N.'liirtlia . . . , NiH'kuil utiie ijt'awiie' . iriiim ileri-f JPhell 4: Platte .. T'Polk .. ; iird will" .. S HlrlulllxlU .. h Km k ..II Malllii- M 'arpy. i.. M KINLEY b VERSATILITY. When Major McKinley was nomi nated for governor of Ohio bv the republicans, one of the leading dem ocratic papers of the country de clared that he would he defeated be cause he had no versatility and was simply a man with a hobby who hail made protection his pet theory to the utter exclusion of knowledge on all other subjects. The idea conveyed was that he was mil well pialihed for an executive ollice. When the democrats made the grievous mistake of putting a free and unlimited silver coinage plank in their platform, (iovernor C amp bell and democratic newspapers were disposed to make light of it and declare that the I'm. in re jiie tnni would be sunk in the back ground in Ohio by the tarilf issue, ami that in any event Major Me Kinley was not competent to dis cuss the silver ipiest ion and make it an issue. These flighty prophets must have felt exceedingly small in their own eyes when lliry lend Major Mc Kin ley's speech in opening his cam paign ou Saturday night last. New York I'ress. Keeetitly a distinct sliadow of tho bte Mra. Shaffer appeared ou the tombstone. It grew uutil the shadow beenuie lift) eize. The mother was wroth, ami tia! the monument maker rub the stone down with pumice, but they could tint euace liie shadow. At lii'ht night the hnp4 has a uim h resemhlam e to man's furui us a woman i, but by a con tinued guze one weiiig to hh a womnu'n seiuiprohle. with baus ami with the hair done up at the back of the bean The inn k an 1 chin shuw plainly, as i ti-i the shoui'l' rn, and there is a warl alsmt the neck. The features ure iii- tinct, atnl Is ar a remarkable resemblanre tn the dMil wtf. The shallow is eiu'ht inches widt? and fourteen inches liijjh. mid is in the middle of the stone. leu duta C'oi. Chicago Tribune. No Excuse far not having a Home ot rour Own. Put What you are paying out for Rent into a home. I 7 per cent money for persons wishing to build in South Park. Look to the Future ana invest now in South Pork. 'iHE opportunity of a LIF TIME. .. :i Sniinilsr. n v ?iiil'. BiulT 'i . IS svrl I" .. .heiilan .. S Slii-nnaii .' 3 sum 'I .. si ii tun :i .. i Tliayr .. TrrnniH .. "i Thiir.iiiD .. a Vuli.T .... M WanlilllKtull .. 4i Wayne , . : " eli.ler .... . ... I -Wheeler . Yoik .. 4 Total ... 't ... 4 ... 4 No vote returned. It is recomended that no proxies L"f addrriitted t'i the cm vent ion. and that the delegates present be authorised to cast the full vote of the delegation. It is further recomended that the Mate central committee select the temporary organization of the con vention. John ('. WAT9ox, V.'AT-.M. SKELV. Chairman. Secretarv. THE COUNTY CONVENTION The county convention is called for September Kth. KH at Imis ville. The primaries are to he held on the X'Mi day of September. The basis of representation is baoed on the vote c.axl for alioriiey jeneral at the last Mite election mie delegate for every H'teen vote and major fraction thereof, and one at large from each ward and pre cinct Liberty and kock Hlutia precinct was giTen their iiausl vote aa no fciir basis of nppointuient could be h.ed on the division. Bldovr will be found the place and little f Ji.ddiug the j-riiii.H ii e wild number of delegates entitled to rej representation. rasrimT,Tias ri Ai uru Klf Crw pre si T p ei. flreeiiwooil teiulli lienit .1 t i in south K ml IMCHvllle. hi 7 p in ll:i.Henl-r hall . .. .. Kmhl Mile l. rove .1 tn 4 t in Hill i'IiihiI he I' ttlliinoulh fire ;l til 1. Inf e- hool linll-e , efli,,, T , in to n lull y nil's, iii.'f Tp it; c .r'le .I'hu'il liim-e ( enlw. .1 c ,li SU ! V .i-hiiol lionw .llli'-o- hi ', ir -''hitp .ihool hoiiK . i I' IT . 4 li "I V.li:ev i IiimiI h ul e. . I .is.in. s m Tlilha'l Knlh r othee K.iirle TK democratic orators in Iowa are asking v. ly M.ij'r M Kinley did not put a reciprocity clause in his bill with England, France and Cermauy instead of those little, no account states in outli and central America':' Of course. The same ones used to ask why the republic ans do not protect with a tarilf, Pennsylvania against Massachu setts, and Nebraska against Iowa. Their ipieelions expose their ignor ance of the first principles of the American system. No aswer is needed. The man who doesn't know why without telling, couldn't comprehend the subject under any circumstance.- Slate Journal. Ifanaliaii IJeroi.ui. On July 1 1. during a terrific gale at Kawathae, three canoes, containing thir teen meu and a buy, were blown oet to s-a Learning of the calamity, a sloop owner of that place put his line crafl lit the di.-ponal of any on who would go to the rescue, and a native eail'T raist-d a vuhiuteer crew of five and started. One of Una ntimlsir, a boy, wa lan;d by ropes half way tip the mainuiiuit to keep a lookout, which he did for hours in the fare of the gale. It was near sunsiet when the lost men were found out at sea c'liiigiiiK desjierately to their frail emits, and were rescued and brought back. Great credit is due ths native sailors, and particularly to the boy oo the loukinit, whose tsositlon In the cold and wet was a difficult and painful one to maintain fur so long a time. It was he who righted the canoes, of which two were found, the other having drifted in shore early in the day wun us exhausted owner, who gave the Marin. San t ran cisv.o Chronicle. CduiNkL Calvin Hkk k pro-post-a to jump into the breach and hold Governor Campbell out. The New York Advertiser says: Iff .,iulff Meii,. l,a,xrt li,,t. self on the stump he will invite emharassing tpiestious from the working people of Ohio as to the why and wherefore of the trouhle among hia miners in Tennessee, as well as the more recent unhappiness of his men on the Lake Kne and Western Railroad. 11 Senator Hrice and the campaign committer think of these things. The real truth is that Hrice will depend aa usual upon his rlier book. It a more potent weapon than his mouth. . ll J ..... 7 n III It A ll il ill r. i III mill V 'V (ire. I to l i hi I'm" a ' m IiimiI linn e Av trn .1 i III Center m l I hoilie L'ferly.J PHI I "I"" 'I'll'"'' hon-e ri'ri-ii'i tn i itv lt i'1. eliini'll elimnher 2,1 w;,T-rt 41-lnsil h'MI-e li,1 i.ril, i:'he-i liimlier nilli-e till nl. Well. n.i aii ( hlu U fvii miu il n'h-eil li'Mi"- werei ii uski n V lt ?ir.1 ' . v iiiHil h"ii.e "t,,l', ! to eoiini-U el'.iiiilier .. j,il,i.l r, io"iiii,'li'ii',l 1 sullei.onii-e :i T.iMl llllllllierilf lleieKilti-l 1 '-' riattamoiith City primaries or dered to be open at 1.' o'clock ill and continue open until "i p. The Hon. A. W. Thurmun is an entlinsiHst, Me says: "Wait till Campbell ucls at Mr Kit ley. TS;t is jusl what the people are doing, They are patiently waiting with the hope that Goxernor Campbell w ill soon 'jt able to meet his antagonist and rcpiy to McKinley 's blows ni free trade and free silver. If then' is any thing calculated to throw doubt upon the Governor's willing ni-M to slaiul up in a eijn.ire tight it is the blotf of his friends and managers. If Campbell is'Npiickcr than chain lightning," as Thiiruiaii says the people would like 1m see him ou the stump. I' Lll'S rhl'I'KKHKh'G. masckactchu or a s is imai.r.K in ths CHOICKST HKANDS OK CIGAKSJ , - i i ria l, i.i s or y TOBACCO AND SMOKERS ARTICLES always in stock (IlKHKKDK UI ASI)"FllLKTH sr. J. J PiPPk5 -t ; 1v l7.riU7.1lQTZM THE LEADING GROCER t'lattsmouth, Nebrassa 1KST : NATIONAL : HANK HAS THE MOST COMPLETE . STOCK IN THE CITY, EVERiTrliKj FRCH - AN!) - IN - SEWN OF PLATTMMOUTII. NKBHAKKA tvsarel III,iiO.( ATTENTION KAKMKkr) Surplu turitle. Ism. 'hi imd olil. Iieislli reeiv-i ..... ,,...., .ii.,u.,,l mi the eertllVraisi Drfuiilraii. avallahls lit any part il ihr Unlle4 Stale, ai'il all Ihe iirnn'ial lwn O' lumpe I'erllt) of Hi Sll.fi Many are the dangers of the rtieet. A ynuiiK man rtej.je-d into the Union Leaxue club one night Iat week bleed in) profusely at the ear. lie had aeaiclied in vain for six different doctor, and filially went to the club, hoping ioibly to find ona there. Hik hurt was ro-ivi;d on Fifth avenue near Forty fifth street Just aaatai(e paaMid he sii4 hi com paniou heard a sharp explosion aud aw iuoa come from under the wheel. Then the young man felt a sting on tiie ear, and putting up his baud found that be was bleeding 1I blood had soaked two handkerchiefs before the flow was checked. A cartridge or larKe sercns- sion cap had probably been diops-d in the street and a piece of the metal bad struck the young man when the whet! exploded the charge. New York Cor. Rochester 1'osL oi,i.iutions nana asis fBoir-ri.Y Brr- 'at(smuth l r.is. HlKliesI nis'ket "h'" pM tor County War- mum, maie u. , ....-. UIKKL'TMKM John K'.Wral! D- 1lakortb Mala Wau.li. K. K. Whlis (,eorK K. Potrey w lobu Fius"s'ni. ITealileut Cl 'tW 11K CITI7.KNS HANK. fLATTDMOUTH MJBrUHRA Jsyllsl stock paid lo .fsl Authoriissd Capital, 1100,000. TlIK Yokiima Kepuhlic, Washing ton, has been testing some of tin J I potato field in that productive It j land, and say a the y ir. ill be OKI I Imi-Ih I to the acre. An acre was - dug in a choice field which y ielded l.ivm bushels. People should not sutler for food in Washington. Mimes la tlirrrut. Jieteph Davis has a fnilio'ii c'ueirr tree on his farm four mile north of Nevada. It is of the early Richmond variety, it is about twenty years old, measures thirty-two feet through the branches and fourteen inches through the base In it produced twenty-seven gallon of cherries, which sold fur f-V40; last Jeal It piuuucta! liiiily liv- ga!!vns, which sold for $7; this year it produced forty-three gallous, which brought ? BO Mr. Davis say there is more money in ( herns than apple. He ha 'HA) apple trees lu bearing, which are well tilled. He sold his early apples at twenty cent nnW In t!; cTZSiTi. -rVja (Jio.M Mail. Bring- ui Vour Aheep. I'uii n townahip. iu the person of Jud'e White, comes to the front and re lajru lim ftiiluwinu: A utr-ulj black weighing 275 K)und; a 2-year old wether weixhiiitf 2C0 iKiiunla. a March lamb weighing IM psiniids, and a bunch oi March and April lambs averaging 102 milt;. I Tha jndgn Isiiight the wether of V K I'easter, and since he has tvi er hint he lias ibi iiled to luril over to Mr. Fin-tera fine Poland-China sow b-,iir-lit at L;istinan's sale. If Kuiith Scott, of Fubiiis, or Noah Swihhir, of Hoiiml drove, have any sheep, now is tl:e lime to collie forward. Hannibal Mo.)Ib-ra!d Till', farmer delegates to the hide, pendent convention in this city listened to the calamity wails of tlu- imitators of lYtferand Sntklcss Simpson, then iidjoiirned and went home to (father the largest harvest that ever blessed Lincoln county (iilM.KV'iH ItnlKS is (biill his level best in Iowa, hut his chief trouble is that the Iowa corn is crowiiiy; niht and 'lay "impover ish iiii; the State." A KieKNT dispatch aiinoiinces that (iermany has rescinded the prohibitory measure passed for the purpose of deharriiie; American Sheep at Thlrly-lliree Otila Ksrh. There is a Krmt scarcity of money in nil the lower ltio Grande part of Texas There has been bttls rain hi eighteen liuiiitlis, the lanchiueii aro all hi debt - orricBB 'HANK UAKHL'TH, JOB. A. 1,'ONKOa, PrMlilMll. VU-PieHe-l W. R. OUSHlN't. Laakisf. biaaoTvaa iauk HarrulL J. A. Cour.or. K. K. (iulhn aoi I. w.Johnion.HaorTBo-ek.JiibsOKeei W. t. Msrnam. Wm. Weleneamp, W. 8. Ouahluc. rEASSACTSIA GENERAL HUM BOSiSES sue reJllfleaUe ot depo.ltt Iwarlnf lnterl Huvt ana sell. eirhaiiKe. yniiil)f sua Sit .1.1" M B AXK OK CASS COI NTY A'iiioiik other reasons why il 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 ciense in value, no other part of the city will compare with it iuprospet The ."ill ward composed largely o South Park, less than three years iii could hardly muster up a vol it the last general election the vote was IM and all were not polled. It has been less than two years since the citv inviteii us into the corpor ate limits, yet we haveoveroue hun dred newly built house ond others iu 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 privclcdi;es and a new church edilice jusl erected of whit h the whole city is proud. Piaitemoulh's steady growth for live years past almost doubling its population; the advance stand it has taken repirdinif public im provements, the certainty of a new fsrflmil court house; the completion of the Kr,'' Missouri Pacific rail way Into this city, (rivi"sf " anoth er great trunk line and competing market; the constant increasing pay roll of the C. B. 4 J. shops, to. jfether with many other well known leasons, assure a ateady and perma nent advance iu realty, which will doubtless effect South Park more favorably than any other portion of I'lHtlsmoiilh. With a nVirto VietHnurautinrnt uf a ttill jmtlff jrowth nthitjHirt uf tlit rlty, tn trill euutlnn tn H'll lulu oh iwnitli!) pttyimnU, furnish tnuttry with irhih t't trt'i humus will ex ilm'fj' Mi fir otlff lmrwl 'i'u uiirt! or fir (ere imjirowl or unimi'ronil Inwh. It is not so imifh the speculator as the permanent resident that we wish lo purchase this disiruhle properly. Out of over KU.n rv pres. I X'UCK ER SISTERS cut owners of South Park properly none lire speculators i heme there nre no lictitoua values, o- I and lots are selling at about the; I want your Poultry. Kirirs, But ter and your farm produce of nil' I h n,lj I u-,11 ,.-&. -., 111., luirlii.ul mam the ery be.l tartlltle, tor the promp " " 7." - cash price as I am buying lor a lim in Lincoln. tran.actlou of lliiltlinate Uiiiiking Business Stwli,tioriiH,ll"l'l.Kovernmei,trdl(srl. DITT17DCL7 M Mil, i. J-J 1 LLil IsJLjll , THK LKADINC, fiKOCKK Nebraska P J. H A N S IvN bKAi.ea in STAPLE AtvD FANCY OliOCElllKS, - (tLASS AM) t St Floor nnfl Fetl a Spially d tho 1'ul'Ic So!ic?tcJ. JOHNSON BUILDINGN SillUllSt Tor Main and Fifth street, rsld upeapilal.. )mpliM , t-'A or . Out I JTTtiKMV A UAW. t3-D"AM 4 DA VIES. a. B. winiian, juii.i a. iniirs, j Nolar I'ul.lle Aoltn rublt . 3 Office over Hank ot Csa County. "I . a OPFIOER8 il II Pnil Kreolilent f red Ooruef vul ... - ,iri I. M. fallefMia fssiieu 1. M. hslleriuo. Amt t'sahiei rz. - ... a 0. H. rsrmeis, j. yi ealtsraon, rrwi uianw, . , ui-irfViV A. H. Smith, It. B. Wlsithsat, H. 8. Kainej sad I BILUHAW. I. M Tsllenoa I tUsrT sl-lw. Will (its ummiit silei.ttos A .naiasna lo all bu.iiieM entru.ted lo hiwi. orriee ta I ULaLftAL B&a&ia1. BUDIOXjiMI UbIo block. Httlide,fltUmoutli,Neb. TRAS3ATED Ateonals ollrtlei. latere! allowed ns tlml tusss sairuaud to its tare. N JbW HAftUWAHb slUHt S. K. HALL & SON ?fTEAT HABKET SIXTH RTKEET V. II. KLLKNBAl'M. Prop. The teat of ffcah meat alvnysfoinid in tins market, aiso iresn I'lin and Butter. Wild gallic of all kinds kept in their season. mm SIXTH srk'KKT frt Meat iiarketi t'AKKV A I I Id. LINK OK WlLtENTHY SO (KtNr.H J-" OW f US. Keep si I kind, ot tmlWtere hardaars ou band and will .opiily e,Mitraei'K. mml Imv olalila leioia TIN HOOFING '; HM'IC snd all kliirt. o tin work ronistly one. iiriler (miu Hi country Sele-Hed. I IIS I'rstl Ht. I'LATTSMUU ril, KB 11. Me also liave a rlrvi makiiitr di-i.Lrtmeiit. Sal ami the farmers have la n unable to jrice they were imiiiedintly after i lifaethui nuaranlerd. rui-e eiioie;h f.ir lloir hi luil iii-;i1. Tlie 1 SlIKk Wi sils SliikK. I 'I. AIT sMi if I II Hiiiiiiyof money was eiiipliaxized re-lit w"" platted a eijoiiR ariiiueiit ('inly at It'iiiia, on t lie Uio Oramle, wliere 'J 7 S Tot mi l healthy slieep, ca.abl of i;r'iw int; four leoiiudH of ojl annual Iv. S'il'1 for tb'rty tliree cents npieee. Cor. New Orleans Times Democrat. Aiiion" the riH i.-nt tuiirtations at 8an Francisco are large quantities of aulphiir of remarkably pure rails from Japan. As soon as projs-r facilities for shipping it are obtained, Japan bi'ls fair to rival Sicily iu tlio sulphur traile. why the presenl is a inoet ilcMiialde time fur investmeiils. Much nddi tiun.il inforuialioii rcaidmi South Park may be had by calling at my ofl'u e on Main street over Batik of Cass County. H. B. WINDHA1I Curry a Full Lin of FINE UIU.KSKUY'.AND CHIL DMiXli CLOTH I $0. AIJU HlKSII Cl'T VWVr.iU aoiM 1, a l v sua a. l'LiTTMOCTB THE BEAUTIFUL (JEHMAN Oleographs (J1VKN Willi ......I. C. tlk ..,,,.11. I . liHii c" VioTiil til (Mj(I nt 'The Fair' arc not "Daubs" but real artist productions. S'C our 10 and -2."i cent counters 1'or DargaliiN V.. V. LSCIIKW f ) I