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The Plattsmouth Herald. THURSDAY, KKHKUAKY 4, WJi J. I Farthing wan in Iouisville to-day. Bird Critchficld is in Klmwood to day on tiiiHiiii'HH. II. C. McMaken was in Omaha to day on Imihiim-hh. Judge Ramsey is reported on the sick lift to-day. Attorney A. J. Graves wan in Lin coln to-day on legal business. Miss IMioetne Robbins is reported to be a good deal better to-day. Millinery ami dressmaking at Tucker Sisters', in Sherwood block. John Schiappagasse was an Omaha passenger this morning on No. 5. F. S. White, deputy oil inspector, I was in Omaha on official duty to-day Dr. IS. W. Cook reports a boy baby at the residence of Charles Mitchell, ! in South Park. Chief of Police Tom r-ry is un alih t be on dutv to day, on ac count of sickness. Mrs. Sam Patterson and PIiss Mattie Smith were Omaha passen gers this morning. Judge Archer is on the sick list, but was able to be at his office this afternoon for a short time. The funeral of the little child of Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Barr occurred this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Dick Kivett, formerly of this city but now of Lincoln, was in the city last niirht. returninir home this morning. KiriMii.in Al Perrme came in trom Lincoln last night. He looks none the worse for his experience Tues day night. . W. II. Cushing.ex-county treasur- rer, was in Lincoln yesterday and made litial settlement with State Auditor Denton. Mrs. R. Koberts. of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, mother of Mrs. A. F Groom of this citv. arrived in this city last night for a short visit. The board of insanity yesterday adjudged W. W. Drummond insane, and he will be removed to Lincoln as soon as arrangements can be made. Mrs. Fl. W. Groom, who has been visiting with her son, Mr. A. F. Groom of this city, left for her home in Des Moines. Iowa, this morning. F. II. Thompson, representing the Excelsior Library Bureau of Chicago, is in the city to-day, with a view of establishing a library in this city. Mr. Ward, an emnlove in the B. & M. shops, is confined to his room with an attack of the grippe. Mr Ward lives on Third street, just back of the City hotel. Frank Carruth, a well known ,and enterprising capitalist of Platts mouth, was in the city yesterday en route home from McCook, whither 'hp had been to look after the electric light plant at McCook, of which he is president. Lincoln Journal. Hon. S. M. Kirkpatrick, of Nehawka, was in the city over night, the guest of S. A. Davis, re turning home this morning on the Missouri Pacific. Mr. Kirkpatrick was one of the framers of the 6tate -ontitution and has also been a prominent factor in Nebraska poli tics. R. C. Hines, a painter employed in the B. & M. shops, met with a very painful accident about 5 o'clock last evenincr. Wrhile work ing on the side of a car, he fell from the step ladder to the floor, falling on his right arm and severely rraininir his wrist He is now carry"? n's arm n a sling. Contributions of Corn fr Russia. (7 Nebraska's famine donations of corn for-"the famine stricken dis- a will be sent out a win oe eem oui tricts of Russia from Omaha shortly in two special trains. The portion contributed in the southern part of the state will be ternrated bv the business men of Lincoln. Mr. Ludden, manager, and the (rnvprnor's reoresentatvie in the collection of donations, is desirous hat Omaha should have an oppor tunity to decorate properly the cars donated north of the platte, all of which will be in the yards here in two or three days. It has been suggested that the merchants will contribute muslins and that the painters of the city jwould gladly do the sign work. Anyone willing to assist in this ; matter as above contemplated win ' -kindly notify the secretary of the j foard of trade at once. Mr. A. if. 1 Jiicholas has agreed to superintend -v, wnrk of decorating tne cars u ihe material and work necessary is j ontributed.-Omaha Bee. Militia Force of the United States. The adjutant-general has submit ted to the senate an abstract of the militia force of the United States, organized according to the latest returns received at the office of the adjutant-general for the year 1891. Following is the abstract: The grand aggregate shows that in the state militia of the various states and territories there are: Generals, 90; generals' stalf, 1,248; regimental field and staff, 1.8'JO; com panies, 5,654; total, 8,897. Non-com-! missioned officers, 19,830; musicians, ! 4,020! privates, 70,324; total. 101,821; j aggregate, 110,718. Number of men available for military duty unorgan ized, 8,567,258. Following are the reports of seve ral southern and western states: Colorado Commissioned officers, 91; non-commissioned officers, 155; musicians, 05; private, 511; to al, I 7 1 ; aggregate, 8Z. Illinois Commissioned officers, 32S; non-coin missioned officers, 675; musicians, 227; private, 4,159; total, 3,061; aggregate, 4,389; number of men available for military duty, j unorganized. 550,1 XX) Indiana Commissioned officers, ISO; non-commissioned officers, 445; musician-, 148; private, l.CSl; total, 2,203; aggregate, 2,459; number of men available for military duty, unorganized, 478,608. Kan-as Commissioned officers, 153; non commissioned officers, 312; musician, 48; private, 1,271; total, 1.031; aggregate, 2,782; number of i men available for military duty, j unorganized, 330,000. j Missouri Commissioned officers, j 170; non-commissioned officers, 344; j musicians, 127; privates, 1,610; total, j 2,212; aggregate. 2387; number of available men unorganized 350,(XX) Nebraska Commissioned of ficers, ! ); iioii-comm issioncd of ficers, 222; musicians, 75; privates, 080; total 983; aggregate. 1,073; num ber of men available, unorganized, 125.CC:). South DaVota Commissioned of ficers, 118; non-commissioned of ficers, 250; musicians, 21; privates, 9C8- total. 1.239: a irirreira te. 1.358; number of men available, unorgan ized, 290,247. Tennessee Commissioned of ficers, 118: non-commissioned of ficers, 250; musicians, 21; privates, 908: total, 1,230: atrirreirate, 1,357; number of men available, unorgan ized, 290.246. Texas Commissioned officers, 295; non-commissioned officers, 653; musicians, 127; privates, 2293; total 3,073; aggregate, 1,369; number of men available, unorganized, 300.000. New Mexico Commissioned of ficers, 60; non-commissioned of ficers, 116; privates, 410; total, 526; aggregate, 506; number of men available, unorganized, 25.0C0. Oklahoma None. A Cold Night. "Below Zero" came unheralded and many were of the opinion that another snide show had struck the town, but the peals of genuine laughter that went up all over the opera house last night attested to the merits of the company that pre sented the piece. It was a "hum mer" from start to finish, and while it was a play without a plot, yet the entertainment afforded more real amusement than any show that has appeared at the opera house for many a day. Charles Sweet, as the tramp, fairly took the house by storm, while "Miss Delia Jackson won many admirers by her beauti ful songs. Mellie Hayden is an all around actress, and aside from the part she played in the piece, made sweet music with glasses. Charles P. Morrison, who was a joint star J with Ollie Redpath last year, is managing the combination and is a deserving fellow who handles his parts with becoming tact and a pro ficiency second to none. "Below Zero" is worthy of a big house in any town. Parsons (Kas.) Sun. "Below Zero" will be at the Water man Saturday, February 6. Usual prices prevailing. Fire at Cedar Creek. Last night a fire broke out in Cedar Creek, burning the B. & M. i depot to the ground. It is sup- j i... posed that the fire was caused by a defective flue. No. 28, a freight train, passed through Cedar Creek about thirty minutes before the alarm was given, but did not notice any signs of fire. The buildingand all that was in it was lost, except a few books belonging to the com pany, wnicii were taken lroin the building. Lest a Thumb and Finger. About 1 o'clock last night while Steve Gilmore, a switchman, was making a coupling in the B. & M. yards at this place, he caught hie ieft hand between the bumpers, crushing it so it was found neces- 8ary to amputate the thumb and fjr8t finger. Mr. Gilmore has only been employed in the yards here but a short time, although he is an railroad man For abstracts ot utxe at reason able rates, go to J. M. Leyda, Union block- tf HE WAS CAME. Mad Bet on Cinder end Cmmn Oat A tio. 1. Ue stood in the Grand Central sta tion fanning himself with his hat, and the cinders on his bald head looked like pepper on a hard-boiled egg. Every square inch of his short fat per son was begrimed and dirty, relate the N. I. lrtbune. "S'pose I look like a Digger Indian just dug," he remarked, putting hi head into the window at the bureau of information, and letting his imitation leather valise drop on the floor with a thud. "Oh, well a little juggeil, perhaps," responded the clerk, politely. "No jag around me," said the dirty tourist indignantly. "I only got in ten minutes ago." "So?" "Yes. Haven't washed senee we left Couneil bluffs. Would you be lieve it?" "Oh, yes." "We had a gay time, I tell yer." "How's that?" inquired the clerk. "Well, you see, a feller from South Dakota ojened the winder just in front of me, a while after we had started, and the cinders eome in like it was a Montana hailstorm. I didn't want to 'pear dieobligin', so I stood it for three hours, and then I leaned over to the South Dakota feller, and sa3s I, 'Little dusty, ain't it?' 'Mebbe,' says he. 'Would you mind shuttin' down that winder fer a spell?' says I, as perlite as you please. 'I find it very annoy in'.' 'I would mind,' says he, 'and if I can stand it, I'll bet you can.' 'Well, if it's a bet, you say.' says I, 'I'm in it. I don't le- no South Dakota feller bluff me. I'll bet you $oJ, even money, you'll weaken on that open window before I do.' "He looked surprised, but he says, It's a go.' "We put up the money with the con ductor, and he snuggled up to his win der, and I behind, takin' the dust sor ter second hand. At the end of the lirst twenty-four hours we wasn't purty for a cent, and I see'd the other feller was smiirmin' a jrood deal. So when the train stopped fer dinner sneaKeu out 10 me engineer am gave nun niy iosl len-oouar uui, am says i, winKin : -vnen you start up tne engine it 11 be a pertickler favor to me if vou won't screen baek them cin ders; let 'em flicker for two or three hours; just buzz out every cinder you've got. ' "My coal.' says he, a winkin' back, 'is terrible soft and muddy to-day.' "Well, sir, the next three hours was awful. I never seo'd such smoke and coal dust anywhere. The way that engine snorted and blowed and them cinders rattled and pattered most seared the passengers off the train. It actually seemed as though the screen business had busted clean out of the smokestack and let the coal blow through in chunks. The dirt was so thick on my face you could have wrote mjr name on it, but that feller from South Dakota he caught them cinders right in the neck. He was almost buried. There was cinders in his hair, cinders in his mustache; they worked down inside his collar; into his vest pockets. And when he started to brace up on a chew, blamed if he didn't bite more cinders than tobatker. About then it came up to rain, and for an hour that feller from South Dakota looked like he was di Jged up from a mud-pond. When the rain stopped and he ws wipin'down the mud.along come a red-hot cinder as big as a pea ana lit on his beard, the brakeman behind him put out the fire, but just then the train stopped and that feller riz up and says he: 'I weaken, take the cash,' and he walked right off the train. Then all the passengers con- fratulated me. They said I was dirty ut game." An Ancient El Dorado. On the identical spot where King Solomon procured "golddust, peacocks and monkeys," a syndicate with $5, 000,000 capital stock issued and a ten stamp mill erected, has just pounded out $55,000. Mount Ophir.of scriptural renown, is close by. The old rocks, which were too low-grade for King Solomon's reduction processes, are being ground up and they average half an ounce to the ton. This gold field of Solomon's, which has been idle all of the centuries until now, is on the Malay Peninsula. The people who have gone in to develop it have had to cut seven miles of road through the jungle ana clear sixty miles of nver. They are just beginning to realize on j their investment. j The Company with the big capital j has a concession on twenty square miles of this gold field. The formation j is black slate. A shaft sunk 10J feet i on the lode has uncovered enough ore ; to keep the mill going a year. The ore will yield two ounces to the ton. In one place on the concession there is a hill 25 ) feet high and half a mile long. The Company has tunnelled in to this hill about half-way from the bottom and found ore ranging from seven penny-weights to seven ounces ; ?' S01"- Jhe ref varieu3 in width j 2 to 9 feet. Even the loose rocks ' scattered about on the hillside yield , , . , . . , half an ounce of gold to the ton. The i ful1 choral and orchestral accompa Superinterident said to the American ! niment. Patriotic and other music, Consul recently: "I did not think there a dedicatory oration, a pageant of was anything of this kind so extensive symbolical floats representing the in the world. herever vou try vou find gold." Raub is the modern name of the ancient El Dorado. W'iimitiytoii Letter. Smells Good and Frightens Moths. A delightful mixture for perfuming clothes that are iacked awav, ana which is said to keep out moths also, ! is made asjollows: round to a pow der one ounce of cloves, carraway seeds, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, and Tonquin beans respectively, and as much orris root as will equal the weight of the other ingredients put to gether. Little bags of muslin should be filled with the mixture and placed among the garments. A Ijonj? Hole. The Icelander believes that the earth has an opening though it from pole to pole. l:MAMM0TH - WAX - IDT TM33 CQJE.DJEIR. JOE WANTS YOU TO GUESS HOW LONG THE CANDLE WILL BURN, IT WILL COST YOU NOTHING TO GUESS. I! NO MORE GUESSES ACCEPTED AFTER FEBRUARV 14 Tle Gctdle Will he Lifted Fehvuvy 1 5 End oss your Guess Together with Tour Name and it will be Published February 15. AR3Y RfilAKl CAR CUESS. World's Fair Notes. The "Columbian Catholic Con gress" will be held at Chicaco at the time of the exposition, begin uing, as is now planned, on Sep tember 5, and continuing five days i Jt is expected that fully five thou sand delegates from dioceses in the Unted States alone will be present and that the number from Euro pean countries will be very large and will include many noted digni taries of the church. It is hoped that Pope Leo XIII himself, will accept an invitation to be present, and to open the congress. It is be lieved that the gathering will be the greatest and most representa tive in the history of the church The progress and standing of the Catholic church in America and throughout the world, and the social and economic questions em braced in the pope's recent encyc lical will be presented and dis cussed. The ceremonies attending the dedication of the exposition build ings, October 11, 12 and 13, 1892, are to be very elaborate and impressive The committee having the matter in hand will devote $300,000 to that Dumose. It is expected that the president of the United Stales and his cabinet, many of the senators and congressmen and governors of the states, numerous representa tives of foreign governments, and 10,000 militia and several thousand regulars will be present. A dedi cation ode and marches, written for "Procession of the Centuries," and magnificent displays of fireworks will be among the chief features of the program. People on the streets last night were treated to a foot race between Officer Fitzpatiick and a "bum, , down Main street. The fellow found Johnny gaining on him, and he turned south on Fifth street, down the alley, and made his escape. The fellow was looking for Offier McGuire, saying he was going to "do him up." Work on the Missouri Pacific bridge over the Platte has been suspended for the present on ac count of the river having raised so high that the workmen cannot con tinue their work. ' J o J 0 E AC. MAYES COUNTY -SURVEYOR AMD CIVIL ENGINEER All orders left with the county clerk will be promptly attended to. OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE, Plattsmouth, - - Nebraska MEAT MARKET SIXTH STREET F. H. ELLENBAUM, Prop. The best of fresh meat always found in this market. Also fresh Egga and Butter. Wild game of all kinds kept in their season. Meat SIXTH STREET MARKET Attention! Attention!! All persons having books in their possession, taken either from the Y. M. C. A. rooms or the Y. L. R. R A. room, will please return at once to ). if. Young's store. b D;sso'ut:on No-" Ce. The firm of Weidman & Breken feld is lbs day dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Weidman re tiring and Mr. Brekenfeld continu ing the business. All persons kpowng themselves indebted to the firm will call and settle at the old stand. Geo. P. Weidmann, C. BREK.Oii?iSI.D. February 4, 1S02. Why will you coue-h when Shi Jon s cure win give immediate re lief. Price 10 cts., 50 cts. and $1 For sale by F. G. Fricke & Cc The Factoryville Roller Mills' new process buck wheat flour "takes the cake." There is no better made. Ask your grocer for it. All live grocers keep it, if they do not they will order it for you. d &w6t 1. Si. WAR.NE, Union, Neb. Circulating Library. The Y. L. R. R. A. are placing their books in J. P. Young's store for the purpose of establishing a circulating library. They expect to add a large installment ot books at o ice. Anyone purchasing a yearly or quarterly ticket will have the Crivilege of adding the name of one ook to the list, which will be purchased in the new installment. The intention is to keep the new and popular books in circulation. Yearly tickets, $1.00; quarterly, 50 cents; monthly, 2o cents; and 10 cents a volume. 6 CANDLE IIHEBOW. JOE Will Give THE FOLLOWING PRIZES To the first nearest guess, A NICE OVERCOAT To the second, A TRUNK. To the Third, A PLUSH CAP, TIMOTHY CLARK. DEALER IN COAL WOOD o TERMS CASHo Ytrda and Office 404 South Third Street. Telephone it. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. jCJR. A. SALISBURY : D-E-N-T-I-S-T :- GOLD AND PORCELAIN CROWNS. Dr. 8teinways anaesthetic for the palnleaa ex traction of teetb. Fine Gold Work a Specialty. Bockwood Block Plattsmouth, Net). GOLD AND PORCELAIN CROWNS Bridge work and fine gold work a SPECIALTY. DR. STEINAUS LOCAL as well as other as estneticsKiTen lot tne painless extraction of teeth. C. A. MARSHALL, - Fitzgerald Bloci Lumber Yard THE OLD RELIABLE. H. A. WATERMAN & P i i Shingles, Lath, 8ash, Doors, Blinds Can supply everw demand of the city. Call and get terms. Fourth street in rear of opera house. LUMBER v