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About The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1891)
"1 mple instrument fr the protection of t work on th rilw-p . -.-r, Sir William Arrol, was " -J -pply hi miml to this matter in wiBwiiiem-. Uf tue ,inmerous f)(Uliitie, IJitb have JatWy oc nrrnl among that ! of railway servant ln England. M 'wruwent consist of a steel Bprinf ""lret(l ith a PortablaaWtricbat t;Ty.i,l Wlbya -oil of wire two or ' l;"u 'r' (i ywUa long. When tht vr1t52 h:ia bell! lui'.U .1 li,fr twSi - .'i.i' j' i:, iw M vil i ) itm.-r "Sliif the rail ami u!m.,t fhmh irtii tile buiturr U junol to the tit wnrknifn "f where lion bf.r-r v ! t lip iji wire, atuicu u length. unwound to tiie necensarv W ht-n ft train cornea along the spring- U d-l.rMuu.il 1W t)u flun.nM tU. u-l aa th-y pajis over and two metallic but Vma, one on the under side of the uprins and the other on tins upj.r side of the )le plat. are brought into contact and complete an electrio circuit supplied from the buttery, rintfng the bell at the lattery and thus waruira the workmeu f the approaching train. The instrn inents are to be kept at the signal boxe along the line to ns to lie readily avail able by the workmeu. Sir William Arrol does not intend to patent the invention, iiw sole desire is to render the surface r.nru lif.. . I .1 - i 4i.ii o mo a im uanerons one ana lie pvesall railway companies permission to manafactnre a many as they please. Cliicuyo INewa, Us Cum In China. The Pekin U.izette contains a enrions memorial from the viceroy of Canton re apecting 102 7i-ceutiuieter guns manu factured by Krnppon the order of Chang Oiibtun;?, tiie late viceroy of the prov ince. The viceroy says the guns are axcellent in every respect, bnt they do aot snit the fortifications for which they were intended. The damp climate of tliw rirnviruvu am tl.a wljitu nu "which at auything and everything," would destroy them; the district is so hilly that they conld not le moved, the coast is composed of wet sand, in which the wheels would get fixed immediately; tue Snn nr? long for the embankment a which they were to be placed and onld not bo turned around; there are no ioraes in the proviuca to drag them, and If there were there U do forage for them; finally, the horsea in the adjacent prov inces are so small that if they were im ported they could not drag soch heavy tons. The obstacle being so nnmerons and insurmountable, the memnrinliat auks that he may be allowed to transfer the guns to his brother, Li Hung Chang, for use in the north, payment to be made tor them wbn he can. Should be re ceive any money from bis brother on this account, the memorialist proinii to report the fact The emperor author izes this course to be fallowed. Death Aluxa !lr aal Drain Itolaw. Oinging for her life to a ronjfh benrn while a flying express train thundered and swayed above her head! Swinging ln midair, with death above and Mow ker, nntil almott exhausted by fatigue from the terrible strain I Ihia v.ia the iiire predicament in which V.isa NuruhOidham, of Nabhville, was placed, and it was only due to ber ool judgment aud calm presence of ndud that the waa saved from dea'h. la attempting to cross the railrti trestle which extends from Cedar tr -t lo beyond Line, she warnn down by an xpre train, tue engineer of which, Dickson, was trying to enter the Uuion Vpot on time and had been rnuning oc Bsnally fast fur some minutes. Bhe was coiupellrd to ht herself down on tho ouUide of the track and hang on until sue waa rescued. llemphia Appeal Avalanche. ' Kpt Jtoojt In the Parlor lUra. One of our well known school teachers and her mother met with ouitv a ra. eeutly, an 1 a novel though coatly one it was. luey nan saved soma money dur ing the ennimer, and had placed it for sie keeping in the parlor stove, tbia atove being nnnvd. of course, during the 4roiumcr. With the coming of the oi l atmpa Cre was lighted, tne money for ty 4w. f .. uru . - " """ w "o uru lutt purse was thought or.lt lad been en tirely constimeiL The ladies lost fifty dollars. Tiiey had ued the stove be fore for a saving place, but everything tad tnraed out we.L Lawrence Amer ican. A Carlnu Orange Tre. IL IL JlcClure has produced a enrioa Ity in the shape of an orange tree, which in all probability ia wt exceeded by nyth!p; cf its kind ia this cr any ctber mntry. Mr. McClnre calls it Lis World'a Fair Tree," and intends, if fossiUe, to place it on exhibition at Chicago. Tha trea 4 with CO Jess than thirty-one different varieties of itrus fruits, inclnding lemons, shad docks and most of tht fine varietira of ranges. The buds on the tree are only two year old, yet many of them art aTUlting. Apopka (Fla.) Advertlaer. To win a bet of f 1 ,000, Baron Paul lie fide, a young French nobleman, shipped as a common sailor on tha ed bur steamer Koordlaud during her last trip Tom Antwerp to New York. Ha rava a . 1 1 . t . , aaa uuuu a irj It BgaiB lor KI IIDM the sum, as he waa very aevwaly worked aJnrtng tha voyage. . Tha new Maxim flyiog mactilna will ba propelled by light screw making tJiQO revolutions per mluuta. Iu u Muding rxjwer wiij be a kit 110 feet long by 40 ftt wide. The motive power -wui oa a petroleum condensing engine Five centnry plant, all in bloom, is the InU ri .ting and very rare sight now to be so-n ia Lc Ang?la In the (fardo f the Church of Onr Lady of All Angela. They are aaid to be growing about a foot day. A gentleman at East man, Oa., a day two ago oa opnnlng a frelgtat far dis covered a ben batching a nt of ejrRa whlrb tha bJ laid during a long rail .foad journey from asotuor ttat Radio) Kagllah faahlaaa Daa't Ga. The recent refusal to sanction with the customary prompt enthusiasm sev eral of the most radical chu nip- in the regime that have been made of late years by London swells hra had a decidedly discomtlting effect upon our Knglh-h cousins. Their confidence of leudursliip has received naturally a severe shock in consequence. From all acomnta the London swell mob is parsing through a period of exjierimentaliMii. As a rennlt men'a f;tbhious abroad have not beeu ao unsettled in fifty years. The heavy swells continue groping simlvily alter the elusive inuovaiiou. For their independence at this time, therefore, AmtiiVauj haye cause fur wlf Cu.natyUuun the more particularly so on uraiant of the very uivcrg"t charactefof aouie,of the foieign uilra spexmlationi. Advanced copies of the coats, lud they been tried suddenly on the New York public, would have creat ed almost a riot in the street. The Eng lish swell, be it known, c:in drem him self np us his fancy dictates and the yeomanry makes no ontcry. Now tuat we have thrown ciflf the shackles of Muvinh emulation and blithe ly accept or reject what we want, or what does not appeal to the sense of the fitness of things, the KniilUb foishiou framer will come down from his oraru htr eminence and in the future po.-e with ameliorated depotitiu in tliu li'ht of guide, philosopher and friend. I inn aware that the sentiments above ft forth would have been regarded a few yeira ;; m rank heresy, but they veri fy the aphorimn of Brer Kahhit that "the world do move." Clothier and Furuiahcr. An liiffffiluii rrlMaar. It is seldom that a convict tarns the hours of hi enforced confinement to such good purpose as au Inmate of a Maryland prison. His term of imprisonment is thirteen years, on a conviction of hone stealing, of which he iuxUu he was in noceut. By working overtime he has earned such sums of money as to enable him to purchase books, of which bis cell contains over SUO. A short time ago, when electric light wires were being placed in the prison, he became inter ested in electricity and bought some standard works on the subject. The re sult was the couHtructiou of half a dozen different electrical appliances, including a bnrglar alarm, which he has just com pleted for the bedroom of the warden of the prison. Another result of his industry is a lock which is to arranged that hammering on ; it drives the bolts deeper iuto their fas tening, lie exhibited a model of this - lock to the Warden, who was in tilenawl I with it that it waa at once adopted for j use in the prison. Castings for the locks were made in the prison foundry, a lathe was set np in the prisoner's ceil and he was relieved of all other taxi: so that his en' ire time could be devoted to the man ufacture of his locks, with which in a short time all the dormitories of the prison will be provided. Cxcbauga. Agalnat tba laaarauwa Cuaapanj. A merchant who waa a member of a mutnul accident insurance association wna killed, v. L:le hnnting for recreation, from an accidental shot. The associa tion provided for the payment of sums ranging from 3,000 to TM, according to the occupation of the member. Mer chants' certificates call for f i.OOO; but the company paid the beneficianea of the man in anestioa only $.'AX), on the strength of a provinioa that any member receiving an injury while engaged tem porarily in another occupation more hnrardons than the one given ln his cer tificate, he shall be entitled only to su:u sum us provided for in the occupation in in which ba ia engaged at the time of Injury. The Illinois supreme court held that the beneficiaries were entitled to the whole fi.OoO, aa tha word "occupation" in the bylaw baa reference to trado, cation or profession, anil does not pre clude a member from the performance of nets which are 'imply incidents con nected wiih the daily life of men in all pursuits. St. Louis Globe-Democrat Amuaametil fur tha Ilalijr. Mr. Wsldrige surprised Ids baby Bun &y nighl, iia tiido'i intend to surpnii it; be intended to amuse. He bad been to church, aud on reaching home drew his revolver from bis pocket to put it away. Baby reached for tho we.ipon. If baby wanted it, baby mnst have it, so p:ipa took out the cartridges every one of tuein and then to show b (!iy bow to Ojierate the toy, he pullel the trigger. That was where the baby was surprised! It would eurpriis any baby to us iu ppa duvCt t.i COOa atOVe Oil ai tjuiul bunday eight with an unloaded revolver, when the cook stove waa quietly pursu ing iu vocation and digesting hard wood at tha nts cf aa armful aa tour. Myrtle Toint West Oregonlaa i It Was Bat. Some wretch, who evidently dellkhU to tea mankind sweltering in fenpira tion, playsd a rascally practical joke on about two hundred paasengrri who were In tha waiting room of tba Butea Inland ferry. Fur eotnt reason, tha arrival of the long expucted boat waa delayed; tha crowd was therefore large, and as the night wsj intensely warm, tha atmos phere ia that clue room was not only enervating, bnt distressing. Tba weather wae nnanlmoaidy voted to be tha warm est of the teaaon hot enough to parboil a Hottentot It waa tiiea discovered that tha Torkiah bath torn pera tore bad been eaosed by a practical joker, wbo bad unfeelingly turned on the ataaia heat - Yankee Blada. Tba rotate with tka Ira Haak, J. T. Choate, E)., thowed ns thla morning a veritable curiosity taken from tha ground by hit father while digging potatoea on hla place. It waa a heel iron from a lady'i boot, throoj;h tba en ter hole of which bail grown a potato. Tha Iron waa nearly la tba renter, and on each tide waa a growth nearly Large eoou rh to hid the iron, which formed niataiiio collar aronnl tha orator of it -Anmburjr Qas, Jiisrb3cra Is' sir. Growth of f'ebraaka Tonni. The following' table taken from the olliciiil report of the census return for 181 au-J !0, how the tieiiiendoua l u- mnilc and the relative MniHliiiff f the chief citien: H.'Ui lo a u a a 10W.NH lt0 1 "mahs I44( I t LI r in s iM i a He ini ... 13 nx 4 tin- I V 1 ! j ft tr I IIV .. ll fM 1 S PIMmoulll S 1 Kisn.ey ('. t I S ' h t'lnxlni a t f!r-.i'- KM.. : '.hi l' iv. ilium S.M7 It Y-Tk ... i m i i elmi tiu'... .i l.U in ii li i n.tte :i ii 6 14 ell Ik I'-" I"- F-;" !! .. . ! H- I'I'l-K .... V 0- I I Om h SO'li j I iiii'iiln .... IJixu IS b. ill'... 4 la 4 ll;.r-e' 4 KS 6 ri lie lit .... a 01.1 crnert l.'.l.. Jtvi ? Hii-liliu" ... I Si 7 5 Hi Hi I' f .... 1 447 l 'en 1 I il 10 Klali) .... I ;i I I i k I w vi Hliliii-ir... l..'ii n l it., k ... . 5 7 14 V itli I Ian ' 1-3 Tol ill 0.152 Tntal 591 '44 I It will be oImtvc1 ihut prent ini have been u n e; nnno hov -ever linveiiliude reiiti r etriden thiin otherH. licntricc it will he observed h;m rien from the eighth to the . third place in the lint, lhi-tintf hast com up from the eevenlli to . t'e four.ii. Keurney hni4 conic u, from th tenth to the hovciiiIi place. v -k nearly trchle.4 her population, holding her forni.-r juMitin:', ti.e Ivventh place. It will nho le o'nervel that I'lattMiiioutli falla It on the fourth to the eixih pi. ice. vi'e ure iinu'ile to account for tliW hut we l e.ievc that with 1' e ! proper exertion of Of people there in little tloimi that hIh will namniie the iionition I n'twunf the other towiiit to which eh riiihtfully entitled. A hwcll Ititalua Kltnamaks For s?veral years there has lxen a ool ored shoemaker on School stn-et. lit has owned his little shun, which is hi? ; riioUti iof uoollt lour Jietpir toaiaud lit ' withont noticeable discomfort, lie is a I good looking young fellow, and there isn't anything remarkable about him at first light. He has a Very good trade for a mall place, and ins income is sufficient ! to enable him to live comfortably. If you go into hi shop any time of the day between 7 o'clock in the morning mid 5 o'clock iu theafiernoon you will find hiin tented on a little stool with a leather apron on. Ilis sleeves will be rolled np, and he will ba t gging away for dear hie. If yon go into the place at 8 o'clock and wait a few minutes, you will pres ently behold as novel a spectacle as may be witnessed in the city anywhere. You will see that a gorgeous light overcoat hat been hanging on a lug in the wall in a corner of the shop, and that a pair of flashing patent leather shoes hnve been re;ring iu the same corner 011 the floor, and tiiat uear by a big silver knouoea walking stick haa been stand ing, while 011 a little shelf has been rest ing a glojy silk hat. When this young mans work is done in the eveuing La doffs his leather apron and attires bim aelf in his swell apparel. He may be seen 011 Washington street in the neighborhood of the Adams Honse an hour later, silk hat, patent leathers, spring overcoat, silver knobbed cane and all He K'e to hi shop iu this dress in the morning and leaves it similarly gar mented in the evening. He moves in the swellet colored tocietyof the citr. and is looked ou by hi acquaintance as a person of quality. Yet he makes no tiirguue of ins bnsineFs. Doston Cor. EL Louis Ulobe-Democrat. A Rival f tba Voaatalt. In the vast Sierra wilderness far to the southward of the famous Yosemite val ley there ia a yet grander valley of the same kind. It Is sitnated on the South Fork of King 1 river, above the moat ex tensive grnv.-s and forest of the gl.n.t aunola and beneath the thadows of th" bighit mountains in the range, where the canyons are deepest and the snow laden peak are crowded iuot closely together. It is called the Big Kin' liiver canyon or King's River Yoseimm and is n-jiched by way of Visalia, tiie peareit point on the HoutliTn I'lieifi." railroad, from which the distance is fiwiifc forty -uVo iuiiisa, or by iue Ke.n aar;;e pa-1- from tha east tide of iu range. It is nbont ten miles long, half a mile wide and the stupendous rock of pur plish gray granite that form the walls are from 2..'i00 to 6.OU0 feet in height, tvnile the depth of the valley l-lmv liie genend turfae sjf the mountain muss from which it lias been carved is consid ar ilily tn.re than a c:!!e. Thn Jt nj pears th:;t this new Yew tnito ia longti and deeper, and lies inilKddcd In grandu monntain than the well known Yosem ite of tho Merced. Their general char rtora, however, are wonderfully aliio aud they bear tha same relationship to the fountain of the ancient glacier abova the ux John Mulr in Century. How Aaclant TlultiUra Unlit, Tba bnildora of Babel bnilt welL Tra dition relate that it was only a confa aion of tongue that checked their aspi ration. There can be no donbt that tha foundation of tha celebrated tower that wa designed by iu architect to reach "heaven" were of tha broadest and heav iest sort; let n say vast wull of tha snout solid granite, bound and knit to gether by that most excellent inoluble cement that 1 one of the lost aru t- modern constructionists. Yet if latter day engineer be not bopelewly in error with concern to the conclusions they Lava drawn aa respocU ancient tia eonryfroia the rnlnaof ancient struc tures, am-hfit builder counted only on the law of gravitation, which they know In nn empiric wny, for tho r.ifi ty tf tha works they wrought Tho projector of the Nag-on-Wat. whose wall and nsif might have hi ltrel a 8u 1'eter' and a Kt. Paul's and still havo had room for a btihilng hke the Iuitable in Brondwiy within it vast inclosurea, would never dream of setting hi masons to lx-in the liying of bis walla say nt aUiiit fitly foot from th ground. Harper VYvekl. T(T7 IS O J Jlk and to let yo can be bought. HAS THE LARGEST AND DE3T STOCK In his line in Caps County. You wi 1 not lie able to buy cheaper WcL Chi cngd when yon tnke qtinlity nnil ju ice in cnnMilcration, Only buy i tho be-t inakeg and latest novel tie in CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS t II ATS, CATS ETC. And if yon are looking for a n-liaiilo phiee to tra'le give JOE a tri!r OPERA HOUSE CORNER, PLATTSMOUTH. P LACKS OF WORSHIP. Catholic-M. Paul's Churrh, k. Iictirwi K Hi li and Mxlli. Kailii r 1 a ut-jr, I'n.ii.r Uriinii V im at iiu in jn a. m. bulidaj bdiiml si 1 Ju. l a (kmhIicIIoi.. C1miTIAX.-4 .1nn lrnal anil FU'lilh Kla. hrnlc-aipM.riilnifH.il i-fiiiKK fc'l'l J. U. krrU, pailur, huliila) IVIimil la. at. KPI1.1 r.PAU-Kt I.ukr's I hurrli. roller Tnlrd lid V hi'. Kr? M II. Puriiraa m-lr. Ivt lm MlAal a i I 3ur M. eumla) Ikliuul ii:r. m. Gshsmn MKTnnmsT m Hltlh Bt sail liiHinf. !(. Kin. i'utinr. Krtrr:IH.s. and 7 M r. H. nmny :n h.Hil In JO A M. PnrnVTiMiA. rilr In 1 rln'irh.eT iifi lialli aid (.rKHiir ir. lu r J l.llr . la-lur. Mn il.w 1 !;.'; 1 rraclilnt al ll s.m.a'id sp m. 'I U V K. e. :. K 1.1 h' hiiidi m- m r?tiy eaiihnili rvruti r al T -IS in ilir l-aw nir'i i thrri nnb. All ie lUllt-d tu S.I-. lu lllrtc- rrlll.ia. Piiii-t MTnoniT flxih "t.. rtwlll Main and IV rl. Vv I. K. Hiltl l. II. im-lor. hrrvlrra : 11 A.M. I ul r. M Mi 1 it it m-IhmiI :.m A M. I'lijri r Hit f l ( M rUiirailur rrru K. (jri-MAN ra'SHTTrBia". Tortr Miln suit Sniili. I.- iIih. in r. N-mi't-a u'a' hi'Ui. huiidiijr fclim,! M A. M. . Ifinir 1 ini, hi iATii-At.-irsahe, be larrn Fifth aud hi mil. Cou'iirn Haiht. mi. fillv. 'iV. twlwi-rn li lllll aril l.!-Hilll 'i V. A I'.i-Wl ll, 1 1 . Ii.r. eivlir 11 a. 111. 1 ml J -ju p. in. )i)rr autliMr Udi.a.ii.v vili'W Ji'i'Mi Wr'a Ciihi fiA" AiriAT' In. Ill V nlcrinnll hlix-k. M lll lt. rl dm- r Iiu f..l 11 n nit!) k X h)T lit i-riMH-n al 4 iiYI(M-k. I imimp nitt-u r-k dii)a l.'inii hi a. 111 ,tu p. 111. Bona I'ahk TsariiifAri.r. Itr. .1. M. WjmI, lm;'i.f, fw-itii-.a: auulny hili(d, .'a, in.: I rend h p. II a ni. 111. il s i. 111. 1 (mjfi mraili V 1ur.lh)f nlnlii ; rlmir iir. Uc.i I nd.. iiulit. Alikfi- arlciiiiia. When you po to a ehoe etore your object ianot only to buy alioeM but to procure (or hut you eprnd the bet Hiat your money will buy. I"a than thin will not content you; more thiin thin you cannot, in rea- eon, nk. Our i.irtliodH are na Hlmple na your dcniri H. We do not lift your expectation to the cloud, but we realize thrin whatever they are. We r ill tievrr enrrilice your Interi sta to our and nowhi-re elee can yu pet a fuller nud fairrr riiiivnlcnt f'ir your mony. An enpiTially profitable purcliaee for you is our etc. DOOT3, RHOEO O Jl IVLTEEKlta ' P. SHERWOOD. CC1 Kaia Street elTO Fa o TUC I CAniVP AL'H nil V At r rniftp imu llhuii.u Htu uiili U"t miUL IS WAITING FOR YOU. waiting to show you you know how cheap they TOE- JOE- Docs Yotji Need a clonk this winter? Ifahe v.w ,ua inn niiti i-Auiiiuir nit- i iiiiiirena ciouaa lliut we arc ottering before buj im;. Wo havo Just received from his lull Childrens Sample Cloaks For children G, 8, 10 and li garmcnta in all. JsO TWO ALIKh', on which wi, were given a disccuxt from regular wholesale prici v bo that r.n nt"i nhh tr flirin nr-tnnllv " K r -v i 1 f r- s I i i CALL IX ninl lit u prove the uliow you at the r;:me time our l'IMi bucquea and Jucketa. SECOND SALE OF SAMPLE SHOES Another opportunity to buy ahoea at FACTORY PRICES We take pleasure in Bn ioucinR eurrouiu'iiip towna that we have sample ehoca. Our Micceea with dreda were disappointed becaiiHe onrfraina nun t iniirvn. aiiih iiuc i m nrr ii any iiiinp man tne laet, be iiiir Walter H. Teniiny A Co.,cl UoHton, Maea., full line coiiniHtiiiir ol 'im. dice, Mieeea, C'hildrenH, Men and acriptinna, ,".mnn j mrm is an pmr nt tmyanno Mena twfa, (n whirfe.' we can pive the lieat vulue for your money that you ever "laid eyea on " t Don't thitik that becauae we don't aek binh price for ahoea that thv, hoea are not of any liih cpuality. We have among theae ahoea that art 1 a fine aa any shown in the city, everything rxlrineic ia atripped away t and the ahoea that you buy of ue etanda on their intrinsic worth. Wa (bar ' ai Uie it f value aud liive you the worth of your money . ' jib Si Giii Great HERE'S A FEW OF TtlEM: 25c 25c Children N'nt urnl Wool Col or Miiru ami I'.irvni All Si7.( a. Children nil Wool Shirt & 1 (rawer All hi.CH. WM. HEROLD &. SON. 507 Ihia FIrcst Piattswontb, $t V, nt nnnrn LLULtllLti his new goods 7- Little Qii'l. doea you will make a treat miatako 1 a largo Cloak Manufacture lino of years old, consisting of UI..7J xv -va' - I "1 1 . i trutli of the nliove etntement. ant', ! LINK ol lnlita aiidMiuBt RtcScn' to the people of I'lotteinouth an ' euccccdfd in Kettin; another line o the hint line wim phcuoininal aiulhunV thry came too late to eecure enme of th" ; Hoy a hoea of all kinds and of all da Mm li Mm 39c Tidies Fine M. iiu o S 1 1 k Trimmed ahirt and Drawers. 39c Mena Kitra ''"vy Kibitj drawi-ra T I 2' ML. A