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About The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1892)
ANOIiI! L03T BONANZA. in f I'lffi.rn iti Arizona to Slioir ..M IVu Hum I'uuui). N of !ist l:iiir-H of fabuIo'H r;L.i.i county are nli;j. . iin I i: r.jght be truth . g. M.-rnHy l.it'.iii jil. Th' r.i t.-U of Uk in ! y tin? hour, pfl:4 Imtu -llOV?l !:; i.i ri:i.'lrii.iiti..n of .1 r-!'ictantlv reci ii'iy by ahji.-t j-'i- McxifHiis. lis were MTIir.l nil l-a-t t!; I'Irnty T!i.-1. v.-talili li:i:ii! r. v fully a.l J.-.;. 'M tirm-r-i :: JiM'l a f-v Jrl f-'l i t i l ; - .!: with t-i.i-v; ii-.'.:- m-Uf-4 .t tiu-ir p I-r:i:ii:r..itf.l In!i:t;i an That fli- j in j..m in- !t in" . ' 1.. .1- 1: '-. .. 1:1 in- liim pa-I t:;j many r-i.!;ua:ii: already -MVt-ri'J I'u-Jy , rify, y-t tJ:- investiga tion f th- ; :!.;.t ch.ii.ce Lai n vi a!i .1 has mMohi piv.. 1 i:;i.ur i;iy mhv..-.,-ful. Olil sii-ra.'.t n-s f.ivi-n-il with tiiM.le uy of f-ii;..ri. s. u-l ru h- Mnel:i;g fiirnncfM that iiav-::.nt returned t Xh dii.iy d.-.-tiny :Al matt, r, ;ilc of iriilu-trh s .!,-. in a-tiv-(:n-nitiuti that history and v u alMtrigi.ial tr.i.li:.. ;i fa.il to mention. Some i f tli.- tr('oit:o:is t-M sound lilce fairy tiibn. v.ml .iit h..v v r t-keptu-al. aaiK.t I.nt it i:m- l: rj.ly inter .-ted i'i th-ir recital. As a sample, of the highly plausible, wi ll authenticat d aud ex tremely reductive narratives, on.; re lated l.y Charles ). JJrown, of this city, may l received witli interest. 'Sjieaking of old mines,"' said Mr. lirown. "I have upent a good leal of tiuio ami money in hunting up clews. ami (mo mine was actually found, and I can go to it any time. Out in the Silver liell country I can take you to a mountain no full of tunnels and shafts that, if they were in good condition, you could travel through all day long and not reavh the end. "A number of old timers have visited it, and, judging from the vast work done there so Ions ago, they concluded that a great mine of some kind had ex isted there, which had likely been work ed ont. .Many times has it been located, and though its walls, roof and floor we:e carefully scanned and sampled, the re sult, while showing some gold, was dis couraging, assays showing from a trace up to several dollars jier ton. "Many years ago I talked with an old Fapago Indian, with whom I was on very friendly terms, having often ex tended him little favors, aliout the gold and silver mines. In a burst of confi dence he told me that a great many years ago, when he was a very small boy, the Indians at San Xavier del Due made weekly trips to a very rich gold mine. On Saturday night they returned with the products of their toil. The rriest in charge of the mission kept a small table in front of the altar, covered with a white cloth, upon which the pious toilers placed their metallic offer ings to the church. "This table was often covered with golden nuggets, varying in size from a pea to one's list, and it was a rich sight. After the usual service the priest would descend, and as he picked up each precious piece he would proclaim the name of the donor and afterward world call them forward to receive the special blessing of heaven. On the following Monday they would again take up their march in a northwesterly direction for the mines, aud for a very long time this was related, until the priests were driven ont of the country, when thy abatuloned mining entirety. "The old Indian had one time gone with the miners, who followed a well lieaten trail toward the Silver Bell coun try, and lie saw them take ont the gold, lie agreed to show me the place, and out of curiosity I sent a man with hira one day. They went ont to the old mine I have spoken of in the Silver Bell country, and when they reached a cer tain guk-h the Indian iointed to the top of the mountain and said he wonld find a shaft there, covered with cat claw bushes, out of which the most gold was taken. I he man found everything just as the old Indian told him, but long dis use had filled up the shaft until it was nearly full. On returning, the old Indian could not be found, lie had gone ahead and was not met for several days. lie then said he did not dare to show the mine to the white ieople, and protested that he did not show it for fear the Great Spirit would take his life. lie said the white man had found it, but he did not show it. "I visited the mine afterward, but the work necessary to clean out the shaft was too great arl too expensive to undertake, and it has nver been touched." Arizona Enterprise. MEXICAN LEGEND. A ;;Mitevi Mry .f hii Illusive Valler til f.olti In i:MtT Arizona. 'Ih'.- story i f the famous treasure cf t'.i'j M;..,re l"0;o" is an old one. It ('iiies fioin tim Aztecs of Mexico. Sorne wh.ro in soul in astern Arizona there is a sinall vailey, alMit five miles long uml tvo ini.i s wide, walled in by tower ing luotinlaii:.-. The sides are so precip itin tln-t it is iniposMole to climb down tii-:i. aii l there is only one entrance, thn.nh ca v. which U carefully hid- t.-.i by Izjiii.u v. who guard the treasure for the set oml ciiiiingof Montezuma. It is said that even among them the entrance i. niy known to the three most iiged men, ami is never communicated except v h. ti. on the death of one, it is necessary to give the knowledge mto the keeping t,t another. The valley itself, though surrounded by inhospitable rocks, is a paradise. W-.t..l-..1 1.,- I T I A, .......... i,,,, .-n.-.iiii wjlicil LOW'S through it, iUs.il is covered with flowers and In-autif ul tre-f. through the branches of which Hit bright lined birds. Theoulj' reptiles seeM j,rw the gold snakes, with their glittering greenish yellow scak-s. Stretching across the valley from one side to tli; oiher is a ledge of pure gold, its masses of virgin metal glcpiniug and glistening in the sunlight. It is said to In; five feet, ten f. et, fifty feet, 100 feet wide. Thy gold lies in it in great veins ami nuggets, imbedded in clear quartz, the sharp angles of which glitter in the sunlight like gigantic diamonds. Across the ledge the stream flows, formi little waterfall, below which the nug gttsof gold can be seen in the water and out. Gold in the ledge, gold in the scales of snakes, gold in the stream, gold in the birds gold, gold, gold, gold is the refrain of the golden story. The fearful precipices which surround the place, the strange ceremonies and horrid banquets which have served to keep the secret safe, the tribe of Aztecs. living only to preserve for their mys terious ruler this treasure house of na ture, have all aided in giving to the story its strange interest. Small won der is it that the pulse should quicken and the eye grow bright as you hear the tale from the lips of men who more than half believe it. The lonely desert sur rounding 3 0U, with the tall cacti look ing like ghosts in the half moonlight; the long drawn melancholy of the coy ote's howl, the prosjiector's fire of grease wood, the men with their rough cloth ing and quaint language, all vanish as you listen, and in imagination you are transported to the wonderful valley in which is the "Madre d'Oro," the "Moth er of Gold." Nor are they content to tell the story as an Indian legend. They cite instances of white men who have seen the place, who have descended into the valley in some way and returned with all the gold they could carry. The location of the A Hawk KUlrU by a Hallway Englae. To railway officials it is a well known fact tliat the engines of high speed ex presses kill sir.ill aud largo heavy flyyig birds, such as partridges and grouse, in great quantities, sometimes carrying their bodies long distances. A few months ago the writer was shown by a locomotive superintendent of o::e of the principal northern lines a dead bird which, strange to say, though a verv rapid flier, had met its doom through ! the agency of the iron horse. This bird j was a sparrow hawk, and it is now stuffed and may be seen in the Carlton J road Wird school museum. Kentish I Town. j The driver of thy train relates that he ! was traveling between sixty and seventy j miles an hour near Melton, when iust on tho point of entering a long tunnel lie observed fluttering in front of the en gine some object which ho at first mis took for a rag, but when on leaving the tunnel he went forward ho discovered, to his astonishment, that it was a spar row hawk which had become entangled between the handrail and smoke bos of the engine, and was held there firmly by the pressure of the wind. It was not quite dead when taken ont of this curious deathtrap, though one eye had been destroyed. There is nodoubht that it met its death accidentally, as a hawk can fly quicker than the fastest trains travel so the drivers say, who often observe them flying low down in the hedgerow and keeping up with the train till some unwary small bird, frightened by the noise, flies out of the fence, when the hawk pounces on it and devours it. Strand Magazine. I'LACKS OF WORSHIP. j Catiiolk .-.-i. J'aur Church,' "ak. between I friflll hi. U Hxtll. Father Cuiliev. I'HNtnr Sfrvhreg : Vhs nt s ana to :.to a. JJ. Sunday Mthool at 2 :30. wiru tn nodictlon. CnmsTiAN. Corner L.M-ust and Eighth !Sts Services im riiiim i-iid evenlsj;. Hder A (iil'owny paster. Sunday iSclioul ioa. m. Ei'is- ni-Ai.. St Luke's liureli. comer Tnlrd fciid iie?. Kev II 1!. Fui- HHtor. Ser vices : it A. m. a d 7 :3o t u . Minday School ' Ht 1 :30 v. m. kh.man .V KTii"ijsi.v .uner Sixth St aft i.i:iliit- Krk. HlI1. I'ii-for. S.I T.ces : Jl A. Jl. and 7 :.' I". M. S'njii iy lic-le ol 10 :3i A. SI. I'll I.M1V TM: I a . -ci vices ii. i.ew chinch, c-r in r Sixth uni! liiiM'itc Mi-, ltev. J . T. Laird, t'j'Mor. sui.(i;i -m" eel a; y ; 1 i each in t . at 11 a. tii.ii'jd k )i in. 'I h . K. s. '. 1. of tl.it church in. eti every Sahhath eveiiii.M at 7 :1." in the liaselnei t of t he cliiicrh. All arc invited to attend tiiche ii.eetinK-i. FllisT M PTiioi'isr. Sixl h St.. hetueii Main atid Pearl. i:ev. I.. F. Hi it t . 1. l. naxti.r. Service- : 11 a. SI.. S :(ni p. m Sund.t School 9 ::soa m. i'rayer ineetii-n Wednesday even ing. (if k.Man I'i:-si:vtkkian . Corner Main and Ninth. Kev. U itte, past' r. Services usual hours. Sunday j chool ; :3n a. ji. SVKKilsn I (M;i(KH'llii.AU-(Iranile, be tween Fifth and sixth. Coi.oirr.n 15 ai'tist. Mt. Olive, i'ak. between Jenlh and Eleventh llev. A. ltorwell, pas tor. Services 11 a. in. and 7 :.'i0 p. m. l'rajer iiieetiiii: Wednesday eveniuu. O lip- r M ,r'V.,5t 5rMrtaix(lbcn7ii7Wf3!ks YouKii Mkn's CiiKiKTiAf Association l;oonis in W atcrinan block. Main street. Gos pel meet ini;. for men only, every Suwday af ternoon at 4 o'clock. Kionii1 open week days from H:.M) a. in., i d y : 30 p. i.i. South I'ark Tabkknaclk. Rev. J. M. Wuod, Pastor. Services : Sunday School, '. r.i. : Preaching. 11a. in. and 8 p. mi.; prayer meeting Tuesday ninht ; clioir prac tice Friday night. All are welcome. Why rtirds Migrate. Why some birds which could pick up T T DXTsT N" X)d among us all the year around I J Plattsmouth, food should leave when food is nlentifnl while others with similar ways life remain, is still a mystery. It i3 easy to understand that a species which prevs on iresh water nsh and on frogs should seek other quarters when the ponds are frozen and the frogs buried in the claj But it is not quite so clpar why the swallow and the flycatcher leave a re gion where there is perpetual summer and winged food in abundance, u risk a long journey over sea and land, only to find a great scarcity of the same kind of food. And it is equally puz zling that the seed and fruit eaters who since October have been fattening among the gardens of Algeria and Egypt, ' should suddenly, in March or April, be seized with such an inordinate craving for a change of diet as to fly 3.000 miles on the rhnnna nf niVt.nr the short commons of an English spring. CaPitai Paid in Always has on band a full stock of FLOUR AND FKED, Corn, Bran, Shorts Oats and Baled Hay for sale as low as the lowest and delivered to any part of the cit'. CORNER SIXTH AND VINE Nebraska VV. II. CUSHING, President, J. AV. Johnson, Vice-President -ooOT H EOOo- fLATTSMOUTH NKKHAbKA House Furnishing Emporium. Y 7C 7"JiEKE you can get your house furnished from V V kitchen to parlor and at easy tearnis. I han die the world renown Haywood baby carriages, also the latest improved lieliable Process Gasoline etove Call and be convinced. Xo trouble to show goods I. Pearleman OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE $30,000 spot is always in a dangerous Indian country. I have been told twice that it was in the Chircahua mountains. It is always said to have been found merely by accident by men who were either hunting or prospecting for ledges, about the only two occupations which will make unscientific men climb the moun tains. It can only be seen from the up per end after the morning mists in the valley have cleared away. Then, as one stands on the rugged peaks and looks down, he sees the great ledge spanning tho valley below him, the virgin meta! glittering in the sunlight, aud he knows that he has before him the place of which he has heard so much and dreamed so often. Interview in Washington Star. Perhaps it wiH be found that immi gration is natural to all birds, and is greater or less as circumstances may determine. Every animal shifts its quar ters according to the plentifulness or scarcity of food. Even our residents move up and down the country at dif- ierent periods of the year, living in the lowlands in the winter and in the up- lanus in tne summer, and it is well known that all winter there is a con tinual drifting of the birds from the Con tinent to our islands, according to the weather. London Standard. F K Guthman. J W Johnson. E 8 Greusel, nenry niKenoary, m v Morgan. J A Connor. W Wettenkanip, W II Cushing A general banNing- business trans acted. Interest allowed on de- posites. F Q Qo WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HANI) A Full and Complete line of pIRST NATIONAL : BANK OF FLATTSMOUTn. NEBRASKA American I'crfnmes. "It does not follow nowadays," said the druggist, "thsit because a toilet per fume is made in France it is superior in quality to one of American preparation. Such was formerly the case, but the art of making fine perfumes has been car ried to such perfection of late years ii our own country that not more than one eighth as much of the French prepara tions is sold in the United States today as was sold a few years ago. Nearly $3,000,000 worth of home distilled tier- tumes are made in N ew 1 ork alone ever- j-ear. Chicago manufacturers put one-half as much on the market, and there are extensive perfumery manufac tories in Boston, Philadelphia, San Fran cisco, SL Louis and other large places. New York Evening Sun. True Courtesy. On one occasion Robert Browning's son had hired a room in a neighboring house, in order to exhibit his pictures there, and during the temporary absence of the artist, Mr. Browning was doing the honors to a room full of fashionable friends. He was standing near the door when an unannounced visitor made her ap pearance, and of course he shook hands with her, greeting her as he had the other arrivals. "Oh, I beg your pardon," she exclaim ed, "but, please, sir, I'm the cook. Mr. Barrett asked me to come and his pictures." "And I am very glad to see you," re turned Mr. Browning, with ready courtesy. "Take my arm, and I will .-how you round." Temple Bar. aiodern AVItchcraft. In divers villages in Pennsylvania, some of them in the Dunkard settle ments, are women who are supposed to be witches. Some are shrewd enough not to apply their arts for strangers, but to those whom they know, as stated in a newspaper article some years ago, they will sell charms to ward off lightning from buildings, dry up the wells of the enemies of applicants, force cows to give bloody milk, cause sickness in the family, destroy beauty, separate man and wif e and reunite estranged lovers. Dr. Buckley in Centurv. A Chine Oirl's Kail. On Nov. 2S, 1380, a schoolgirl named Ng A Soo fell from the roof of a four storied house, a distance of sixty or rev enty feet. Her ukull was fractured in several places and the right parietal em inence was deeply impressed. Enough to kill anybody, one would say, or at the best, to induce lifelong idiocy! Not a bitofit! In exactly six weeks Ng A Soo left !he hospital, "seemingly" says the clinifr.l report, "in no way the worse for her f.-.ictured skull." London Hospital. Occjisinnally the English viper will attempt to engulf too large an animal, and Mr. Bell found one on Poole heath the skin of whoso neck had thus been borstal in several places. A Kemarkable Grovth. Wonderful things happen in Ireland as well as else where, if the following can be vouched for, which is not likely. It is related that a gentleman in Ireland, on cutting open a potato at dinner, found in the center a half sovereign, around which the vegetable had grown. Though discolored, it was in a good state of preservation, and is now a prettv ornament to a watch chain. Philadel phia Ledger. A Hard Question. Doctor My goodness! This won't do. You don't eat enough. Sick Boy You don't want me to eat, do you? Doctor Indeed I do. Sick Boy (angrily) Then why in th' name o' sense did you tell me to take a big dose o' cod liver oil before every meair wxxi jNews. Had Been There. Maiden Oistening to Mendelssohn's "Wedding March") I don't see why they have the clashing of the cymbals. Young Mrs. Benedict Why, as a sym bol of the clashing which are to follow, of jxrarse.Kate Field's Washington. Two Narrow Escapes. Twice in his experience has John B. Obermeyer, of Chicago, owed his life to the practice of carrying papers in his in side pocket. The first time was on a battlefield in the war of the rebellion. Then the muster roll of his company of the Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers stopped a musket ball fired at random from the enemy's lines. The second time was on Monday, when a bullet from a 33-caliber revolver, fired only six feet distant, and aimed deliberately at his breast, failed to penetrate an en velope filled with bank bills and a pass- oooK in ms inside vest pocket. After this second event Mr. Ober meyer, it is said, looked coolly at the would be assassin, and called him a coward, and invited him to shoot a sec ond time, but the latter stood for a moment irresolute, then, with his hand trembling, laid his revolver on the desk and surrendered to the police. Phila delphia Ledger. Soda Water Not So Much in Demand. An up town dry goods store last sum mer tried the exjieriment of giving soda water to its patrons free. An enormous fountain, well equipped for service, was placed in the back part of the store and on each hot day half a dozen attendants were kept busy serving a clamorous, thirsty and never diminishing crowd. One day upward of 7,000 glasses of soda water were drawn from that free foun tain. This year the firm charges three cents a glass for its soda water, and as a result tne patronage has fallen off to a remarkable extent. On two very hot days a fortnight ago, although the large store was well filled with customers, the soda fountain was at no time overworked. New York Times. faid up capital .. ScrplUH ..$50,000.00 .. 10,000.09 r the ery Oeot facilities lor the promp Banking Business dtocke, bonds, gold, government and local e ;uritiee bought and sold. Deposits receiv--! na interest allowed on the certificate oralis arawu, available in any part of the unuea Btatee ana ail the principal tewna of curope. TOIXECTIOjrs MADE AND PROMPTLY BKM IT- TED. Highest n.rker price pid for County War rants, State ana County bends. DIRECTORS John Fitzgerald D. Hawks worth Sam Waugh, F. S. White (.eorge E. Dovey iobn Fitzgerald, S. Waugh. President Orrle- HENRY BOECK The Leading FURNITURE DEALER AND Drugs, Medicines, Paints, and Oils. DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES AND PURE LIQUORS Prescriptions Carefully ( 'itifriui)2 t ;1 all Hom. TRY THE tf;E:f:il:L - &tfo - Worb JELdveitisin CJNDERTAKR. Constantly keeps on hand everythin you need to furnish your house. The Preacher's Industrious Hen. The Congregational minister in New ington thinks he has the champion hen of the place. She began laying in Feb ruary, immediately after he first owned her. She kept this up until she went to sitting and hatched out a brood the first part of April. About a week ago she was allowed to run at large with her brood, but returned to the coop during the day and laid an egg, brooding her chickens at night. This she continues to do, laying her egg daily and still car ing for her chicks. Hartford (Conn.) Times. The coffee crop of Brazil has beeu so large that the railroads of one of the provinces have for weeks been blocked, every available car being in service, freight depots being crowded and fur ther receipts of coffee being declined. COKKER SIXTH AND MAIN STKEET Plattsmouth Neb Lumber Yard Major Kenard is constantly improv ing his dirigible balloon, and he has now announced that he has invented a motor of seventy horse power weighing only 430 kilograms. Melbourne is just emerging from the overwhelming effects of a land boom. All trades are stagnant and the unem ployed are clamoring for work. THE OLD RELIABLE. A. PINF LUMBER ! Shingles, Lath, Sash. Doors, Blinds Can supply ererw demand of the city. Call and get terms. Fourth Etreet in rear of opera hM. A. B KNOTS 601 Cor Fifth and Vine St. PLATTSMOUTH - NEBRASKA lexican Mustang Liniment. A Cure for the Ailments of Man and Beast A long-tesied pain reliever. Its use is almost universal by the Housewife, the Farmer the Stock Raiser, and by erery one requiring aa effective liniment. No other application compares with it in efficacy. i as weii-icnown remedy nas stood the test of generations. No medicine chest is complete without a bottle Liniment. Occasions arise for its use almost every day. All druggists and dealers have it. years, almost Of MtTSTAMQ