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About The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1891)
1 V e t ' .' . .' fT Poor Children. . ,;mi the free kindergarten ' - if ty-fonrth street received a . .I- in chanty on Tlmuksgiviug . . al.t (. tl.ese children are of poo'i, , " sou of tlu-m even destitute. Wt two,M;..wThiink.givinjr day ' :'"',,:ilk tothetn in a kindly , . .. 4 tile y .1 purpoMi and Hpint of ,f liityLui nurtured the idea :" twas f' ;t day, and that they to .li,lve 'Wta dinner in th , Jl. Tl:u t achtu'' told them that ; conid l,et manifest tholr thankful- for the Mea-inim thev enjoyed by contributing nie huh, K'ift lo w.-.ke otners, poorer than them-lves, huppy. There was no orbing that the- children should give, hut merely the su.-stiou.' On 'lhunkH-iving day an autumn festi val wan tiehi at the tree kindersnrten, and one of iU most interesting and burn tiful f-mnres whs the offering bf pifn for the" poor by these poor, children. They ui arched in procession around a W-e table and deposited their liul toliriis, r ' One very small boy bron'ht a bi;r re Bpp!". another a small p.tper of candy a'ul! another a much worn picture book, and a fourth laid a Ret of jack-stone on the taLl.!. But it was tho offering of a p'Xirly cljld and pale faced little prl that touched the hearts of the observe moat keenly, ' She modestly pl;u ed upon the tabla Rint;le Fprig of geranium, wniib nadoiiritle lieen plucked from a care fvly nurtured home plant There were rther more pretention and Valuable Kin, and all were gathered up and dis tributed among the poor patient in tht various city hospitals. New York Times. Tha AlHsatnr Flayad 'Pnunm. An alligator that played 'oasiim came near doing damage to some youe;r nien near Millen Monday, Van Tyler, of this pl.ice, together with Messrs. Apple white and DeLojirh. of Millen, had been out to theriverhunting. They had killed 'gator alxmt seven feet long, and putting hira in the wagon were bringing him to the town. Van, who was fitting near the middle of the wagon, began to triumph over his fallen enemy. by con temptuously kicking him in the aid Then a thing happened that wan done no quick the hoys can't explain it. There wan a rush, a ennp, a yell, and Van went out the wagon head foremost, ami lenv ing a a souvenir a part of his pants hanging on the gatr s teeth. The other boys woke np to the im portance of hamy action, but DeLoarh took a little too mnch time in getting ready for an old fashioned head fore- imwt dive into a sand bed, hence he stnvk the ground minus a shoe heel, which his 'gatorship gratefully swal lowed and slyly 'wunk' his eye as if he enjoyed a lively time himself. The boys rallied from their stampede, and advancing with guns put an end to their foe, Wayneslwro (Ua.) True Chi le n. Bread for tha Rnxlaii, Mr. Sqnill (looking over the paper The Russian army is almost in a state of mutiny because the soldiers have to eat wheat bread. Mrs. Squills (a famous housekeeper That's too bad. I suppose it's because they don't know how to fix it. Von most writ to the crar this very day and tell him. Mr. Squills (starting) Eh? Mrs. Squills Yes, tell him that he ninst Is sure to furnish the fanny with good butter: g t print butter if possible; it's often as iow as lifly cents and never over a dollar a pound. Then, on baking days, wlieu the bread is frth. tell the soldiers Id ;.r 1 1 the butter on thick ami it will - d-licious. The following dav. wli'-n it is a litlle dry, give each soldier a bowl of rich cream and Ml him to crumb it in. I'm sure they'll lil:e it. New York We-k!y. Kleeator. Hetponalbla. Jnde Holmes, of tlie snpreme court, has di-cided in the cae of Gertrude P. Sheffield against Horatio U. l'arker and j Francis J. l'arker, that the defendants, execubirs of the e.-tate of the late Judge Joel l'arker, will not be allowed in their accounts as executors the sum of $10,0k). expended in the purchase of stock In a mortgage company, which, since the purchase, has gone uito liquidation. The executors invested in the stock at par, and at the time it was paying 7 per cent, dividends. After the purchase it stop ped paying dividends, and haa gone out of bumne. Boston Traveller. The Mae and the 11 rata. Before Judge Utley William Crowley, nf Leicester, waa charged with assanlting bis wife, Johanna Crowley. He knocked her down, she says, and kicked ber. She freed herself from him and ran Into th street He followed. She managed to break away for the third time and tried iti make her escape. Crowley started in the chase, bnt was held back by the firm grip of a dog's teeth npon his trousers. The household pet had grown tired of the household disturbance. Worcester 0lnm .) Gazette. aal aad Carp. A 700 ponnd seal was captnred alive off Fort Point the other day, and was purchased by the Spring Valley Water company and placed in their Lake Mer ced reservoir. The company already have thirteen seals that are nseful In de stroying the carp that abonnd there In such numbers as frequently to fill the outlet pipe. The big seal will be a great belp in reducing the number of fisb In the reservoir. San Francisco Call. A tobacco dealer in New Raven, whose trade In the main is with thj Yale boys, says that the sale of cigarette Is falling off. Three yea.-t ago he sold 300,000 package of one brvid; last year he sold 200,000 package of all brand. He now ells fifty pipes where be formerly sold A chain shot was dug op the other day In a stns t in Seattle. Wash. It is npposed to lie one of t liemlwlles thrown from the puns of the United States sloop Decatur at the tune of the Indian en gagement that occurred Ihere in ! em lr, ISii. Ills IW.rall, Nlppad by M 4aai,ia. Dr. Wendlingercame in town from np the Richmond and Alleghany railro .d with a dead snake that wits a regular kToiister. It was fifteen feet long and as large iu proportion, and w;w evidently au anaconda which bad prob ibly ev caped from wjiub of the many tr-vviijiy ten cent shows which have lately fio qneiiUrd this part of tJ-a worhL Hit miakesbip was left at the tnfv of Mr. tins E. P' laware, where a number ol pi opie g:.e, in silent awe upon tne on- Ceau'd gigantl: reptile. ll w killed at Lonaiue, on the Rich mond iind AiUliany railroad, alxmt oil milts fitin Kk hinond, by Mr. Lane,s'u tioii.forviii.vi on tile road. It is state ! that 'it 'crawled out of the woods and silently upproaclied from behind a negrc -m,-MMO was working ner th trad:. .It seized the overalls which the iiegrc had on in iu mouth and began chewing' on them. Some one called to the negro j tohxjk behind him, and as he did so ):t saw the snake and fell over paralyz- 1 with fear. Mr. Lane then seized au a j and killed the creature. Whether the reptile intended to get a firmer hold on the negro's clothing and then throwing him, and after crushing' him to jelly eating him, or whether it was a tame snake that approached t i i e boy ouly with friendly intent will nevci be known. An engineer of the road sav that he saw the monster about two ye.ii -ago and reported the fact. Richmond Times. Kavrit hf a Mlstop. William Southard is a workman Kingati's. Sunclay. while walking lndianasilis. he was bitten by a 1 '. which was evidently mail. Hekilledti.t dog after a long chase. Then he exam hied his wounded hand and found thai the bite was discoloring it and that th' Uiemlier was swelling badly. Itocbu advised ii i in to seek a madstone, ar,.l Monday he went to Whitestown, bmt county, near which Moses Nease, a farmer, lives. Nease is a generous unv who has a madstone of great local fan." Southard applied to him, and ii back i:i this city satisfied that be is safe from danger. The stone, a square, white,. sn.. -substance, was applied. It stuc k fir,' 1 for nearly nine hours, falling ofT .;, full of green poison. The ftore- , cleaned in boiling milk, which 1 i. preen from the effect of the poin ti . traded from the wound by the vt .i. The stone stnek dp in the swollen f. drew the muscles and leaders into sir. i . knotty cords and "did its work" vi-.'oi . The owner of the stone is a philanthi-e pist. anil h is owned the stone for ceii tions. It Is part, be says, of a Virgim-i stone owned by an uncle and brok ., into several parts, so as to be of m-rvii e in many parts of the country. Indian apolia News. Kalilaanak Pale aad Bis I'at Cmm. Rattlesnake I'ete haa ha1 a pet coon for the past three years that was as full of tricks as an egg is of meat One of of these tricks was to throw back the three bolts on his cage, let the other ani mals out and go visiting. His favorite a 7-7 " -re u : would hide in the cellar and chase tb women when they entered. On one oc casion he entered the dining room and frightened the girls so they climlx-d on the table. He kept guard for nearly a half hour, when the girls cried for help. He performed his last trick at snppct time Friday, when he chased one of the girls np the cellar stairs and caught bet dress in his teeth. She drew his head through the door, slammed thedoorshut and held him there until one of theothei girls brought a cleaver and split his he.el open. The body weighed twenty-seven pounds, and the hide will be stuffed. Oil City Derrick. Slola II ol stoia. "It was the cold, your honor, and I did not mean to steal," ald 1 nomas O'Neil at the Tomb. He was charged by William A. Tompkins with stealing a sieve irom tne propeller i'eekskiil. j C(.,vj illU, Ma()rl kim.hip. Lord and The prisoner, who is longshoreman. Lady Onslow, Sir Waiter and Lady But wandered out Sunday night and went1 ,.r, ,,d other friends visited the Ngatia ahoard the IVekskilL The only thing ol in:1 tril- i,.;.r ,".,, value which he saw was a small stove valued at eight dollars, with a nice, warm fire in it He took it and was an-KMted. but failed to explain when Officer McCarthy of the Leonard street station found him carrying it up Canal street New York Advertiser. r.arlhqaakM la IS01. The record of earthquake shocks kept at the Smithsonian institution in Wash ington ahows that there have been more of them this year thus far than there wer in any previous year of recent times. There have been numerous slight shocks In many parts of the country, and there have been heavier shocks In South America, Asia, Africa and the islands of the TaciSc, When the earthquake record of the world for the year lb'Ol ll made up at the end of December it will be long and elaborate. Yankee Blade. A very yonng married couple, perhaps the youngest in the country, have their abode in Sterling. Conn. They are Mr. and Mrs. C. Fen net, who have been mar ried five months. His age 1 fourteen years and seven months, and she is nine months older than he. A new explosive called terrorite ha been Invented. It Is a gelatinous com pound, the ingredients being a secret. It is said to be safe to handle, very pow erful and can be fired In shells The fruit and potato crop of Califor nla are so great that a large percentage of them will not be brought to market owing to the price being so low that it will be unprofitable. A French engineer has asked permis sion to blow np the famous rocks known a the "Iron Oate" of the Danube with a new exploaiv h ha invented called forti. While the West Indian sponges bring lit the wholesale market as low a pries as twenty cents, tne finest Turkey varif ti a;e often sol 1 a hik'h ss ei-ht dol lars. ilni the r.lr on th. ttallmrnTpw. ' Ah organization has fi.rmid a plan whereby any one in New Yvrk ti.ay i.-,;t the World's fair, paying their expenses ou tne installment puu. , A membership fee of five dollars" charged to pay the running expense' ol the sx'iety. Tlie remaining javue-u;-are in installmenta of, say, one dollar a week for fifty-five weeks. To provide against loss of the people's savings by accident or fraud, all uioui-), 3 di-'pe-sittsj are turned over to the Nev. York Security and Trust company. Un der the deed of trust tlie society gets n mmey from the Trust company unt.i the members have been given their ticket and coupons providing for their transsjrtation and board. Kach mem ber then signs a receipt, and on presenta tion of a Dumber of these to the Trust company it releases a Cunt-jondiiig amount of money. The btuetits, to be furnished at any time after the ois-miig of the World's Columbian exposition, ou fifteen days' notice, np to twenty davs preceding its closing, are: I A r;t cla-ss railway ticket from a I designated point to Chicago and return. Transfer in Chicago for wlf and usual allowame of baggage from station to hotel or lodgings ami return. Seven days' hotel accommodations in Chicago. Six admission tickets to the Columbian exsitioii. Dinner at a restaurant on the grounds for six days. An accident insurance ticket in a re liable company for fifteen days, com tneuciug on date of departure from home, paying !.i00 in case of death by accident, or $b" er week in case of acci dental injury. New Yoik Worl'L Qner Plirn'imamin at Kaa. Captain J. Rols-n, commander of the Lloyd steamer Neckar, has written to the (Jerinan marine observatory iu Bre men that when be was off Kakota. on Sept. I, at 9 p. in., the sea suddenly lie came an even milk white luminous color, winch at times seemed to flame up from the depths of the water, bke the in creased glow of an electric lamp when the current prows too strong. No Isdtoiii was fonnd wh-n the lead was snnk, and at 10 p. m. the sharp edge between the bright ami the dark water was reached. After twenty-five minutes quite bright water again apjieared, and after II p. 111. it decreased. The next night the phenomenon was nliserved to Iss still more intense, but after tiiat it was not again met witli The ap-araiice had nothing in common with tiie usual pho-phoresceuce of the ea. During its presence the horizon was everywhere distinctly visible, except where at various changing poinU on the horizon the light seemed to shine bright ly, at which time a thin haze seemed to lie on the water. London News. Why Coffaa Is Adultaratad. The main reaxon for the adulteration of coffee is that there is not enongb of it to go around. Mocha now sells at the highest price ever known, which is about 25. retita a rmtiml in Inrrra iinnnlitiMi f,.r the green bean. Pure .lava sells for 23 cents a pound and pure Rio for MJ cents a pound. These are very high prices and the supply of the best grades is limited. The temptations to adultera tion are now therefore at the highest Some low grade Brazil coffee was recent ly sold at 11 cents a pound, and, when that comes to be doctoral by the grind ers, the coffee part of the product will wtjiaall. There ts a vide uiffTenee pound and 10 cents. between ?" cents It is a difference between the best and the pisirest, and generally represents the difference between the pnrw article and the adulterated. New Yotk Sun. A Mauri Hun. Tlie youngest son of the earl and eouiitesnof Onslow received as one of his names tn baptism the M.ioi! title of "Huia," Iu compliment to the laud of his birth. The child has just been re Zealand metropolis. The hereditary Chief of this iri'oe luhU- j B.-.3C3 With .!.' child, the women accompanying the ceremony with a plaintive lullaby. All the chiefs then came forward and cast their offerings at the child's feet worked Uax, greenstones, carved boxes, etc. Manchester (Eng.) Tune. Th f'ltr Won't Pay for lb Trnuaara. There was quite an audible smile in the board of aldermen when a communi cation was received from Omuc Milton C. Monte, asking for five dollars damages for a pair of pant while arresting a prisoner. Alderman Watson moved that the claim be allowed, but Alderman Ar nold Jumped np and remarked Jhat he thought that the policemen earned salary enough to pay for their own pants, and moved that th reqneet be refused. A iiiintite later he withdrew his motion, but the request was not granted. Hav erhill (Maes.) Gazette. A Haa That l-ars Ooldaa Kf(a. There is danger of a breaking ont of the gold fever in West Btockbridge. A thoroughbred hen np there laid a few dnys airo an egif with a shell that fairly glittered with tiny specks of gold. If the place where the hen found the metal can be found there is a pirty already or ganized to seek paying dirt. Newbury port (Mass.) News. Th Whipping Irvad. Mias 8usie Gardner, teacher in the Pale school, near Koachdale, Ind., whip ped Albert Coonkrit'ht, an nnrnly pnpil, and his mother prosecuted the teacher for assault The defendant was tried by jury and acquitted, the jury holding the punishment well deserved. Exchang Tha Raaard at Vlrloa. Rev. Dr. Primrose Tin afraid there has been little joy in the present festive season for you, my good woman. aim. AlcOinnls Jrue fur yex, sorr. Me son In the pinitenchery wuz the only one of tlie family to hev tnrkey fer Thanksgiving. Life. V. TO CLOSE B CJYJEGKS OVKlGOilTS &m SUITS, rOH IvtEN AND 230"VS FOK LESS MOXKY THAN EVER HEARD OF HE FORE Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, etc. It will Wlio will fcliow you better iiihIxb, quality nml fur less buy wept oi Chicago. A CHILD CAN IiUV AS CHEAP AS TOE Has Can.l3T Olio E'rico, NO TROUIILK TO SHOW GOOD OPERA HOUSE L-bRNER, PLATTSMOUTH. We have hoM Ely's Cream Halm about three yen re, and have re commended it iihc in more tlinn a hundred ppeiiiil canes of Catarrh. The unatiiiiiouH ntipwer to our in (juirit'H i,"It's tlie l,i-rt remedy tliut I liave ever luted." Our experience i, thet where jinrtiea continued its iie, it never fail to cure. J. II. Montgomery, A Co., DruK'1!1! !--cornti, Iowa. When I lc;in lining Ely'a Crenin Hnltu my CHt;nrh wna eo liml I had headache tlie whole time and ilia chnrgrd a larre iinioiint of filthy matter. That haH ulmoet entirely diMarienred iind have not had head ache Hciciice.-J. Soinini'rM,St)idiney, Conn. A Million Friends A friend in need in a fried indeed, and not Ichh than one million peo ple have found juot euch a friend iu l)r. Kind's New Discovery for con euiiiption, coutjha. and colds. II yi,u never have lined thin ureal coutjli medicine, one trial willcon vim c you that it Ii:ih wonderful cur utive powere in all dieeaHee of the throat t lieet and luiiH. Kach hot (! ia guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will he refunded 1 mil lioltle tree at t.ii. hrijike A Co's !r"attri. I-iirie bottles .Vic and 11.(11. OeaervlnsT Praa We dcairc to any to the citizens, that for yenra we have been eelling Dr. Kind's New Diecovery for Con euintition. Dr. Kin if' a New Life Tills Hue klen a Arnica Slave and Electric Dittern, antl hare n?-ver handled remedies that eell ae well, or that have (riven mich universiil autiefac tion. We do not heaitate to guar antd them every time, and we Ktand ready to refund the nurchaae price, it eiitie.iliH tory rCMiiltsdo uot follow there there uae. Theee remdies have won there jfrnat popularity purely on therr merits F. (. Fricke it Co DruKietH. Holiday Ftataa. The II. AM. will eell round trip ticketa on Dec. 21, " and 31 to ata tiona not over 2aI miles distant at rates an follows: In Ncbrattka South Dakota and Wyoming one and one-third fare. In Colorado and Kansaa one fare. In Helling from u point in Kan ens or Colorado to a point in Ne hrneka or vice vcrea. agents will line rate of fare and a third for the en tire distance regardless of rate up plying in the dillerent states- tf , ACureforParalsl. Frank CorncliiiH, of Turcell, Ind. Ter., enys: -. induced Mr. 1'inaon, whoee wife had paralysis in the face to buy M bottle of Chamberlain's Tain Halm. To their pre at euprise before the txittle had all been ueed she was a great denl better. Her face had heen drawn to one Hide out the 1'ain Halm relieved all pain and Horeneaa. and the mouth dHHtinicd its n ii tu nil ahapc." 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