?ASE BALL BENEFIT.
fho Fats and Loans will Cross
Bats Friday.
TIIEIt NEWS AUOUT TJIK CITY
ork on the Crounds for the New
School Building was Begun
To-day Other Local Hap
penings of Interest.
'lien Klsou went up to Omaha this
ornitigon business.
A. W. White went ui to Omaha
i the two o'clock freight.
C. C. I'armele and J. M. Craig left
J. is afternoon for a business trip
j rough Texas.
The case of Traver vs. the Rock
luffs school directors was tried be
re Judge Archer this afternoon
d taken under advisement until
fturday morning.
J
The plans and specifications for
e new school building will be in
e hands of the board to-night
us morning a force was put to
rk grading for the building and
e work will be pushed as rapidly
possible.
he Fourth of July executive com
ittee will meet at the council
amber to-night to settle up all ac
tints contracted by said commit
and the transaction of sucl
icr business as may come before
A full attendance is earnestly
ired.
he funeral of the late YY. 11
ryocic was me largest ever seen
Louisville. The Douglas county
mbers of the legislature sent
vii a beautiful pillow of flowers
donors being Warren Switzler,
iur Uriggs, George J. Sterns
ff, W. A. Gardner, W. S. Fvlker,
prge Uertrand, J. J. Hreen, J. II
pe, I'at Ford, J. C. Ilrennan.
mas Copek and George Cliris-
herson.
ver since the Fourth the patient
sewife has had a red card hang
out, and has been looking over
lister's unabridged dictionary to
words that she might express
self properly, when C. II. Peter
with his little red wagon tilled
i gasoline, should come around.
arshehas looked in vain, for
Peterson has stayed right by
H. A M. depot, making it very
for those officials. They re
ed a car of oil for him in Omaha
Saturday and have carried it by'
pme other point, but as they pro-
p to have it here by- to-morrow
ning the citizens need not fear
mine.
Fats vs. Leans.
rrangements have been made
i game between the Fats and
is next Friday afternoon at the
park. The proceeds of the game
go to the members of the ball
i. Kverj body should turn out
see the game as it will be worth
price of admission, besides the
eeds go to the ex-leaguers. Fol
g are those from whom the
earns will be selected:
ta Geo. Poisall, Wm. Weber,
McEntee, Ed Oliver, Kelly Fox,
ekenfield, M. B. Murphy, Byron
,W. II. dishing, C. W. Sher
Ed Fitzgerald, A. II. Weck-
ans Frank Morgan, Frank
won, II. X. Dovey, Dr. Hum
W, Dr. Deering, Fred Murphy,
Ilerrnian, G. F. S. Burton, M.
i ffith, J. I. Unruh, R. B. Wind
Mathew Gering.
Installation of Officers.
r lodge So. 4, Degree of Honor,
install officers Thursday eve-
July 7, as fallows:
pt Worthy Sisterof Honor Mrs
Smith.
rthy Sister of Honor Mrs. Val
el.
ler of Honor Mrs. T. T. Hicks.
er of Ceremonies Mrs. F. Ver
a. er Secretary Miss Lettie
er Financier Mrs. D. F
ir.
ier Treasurer Mrs. C. S.
8.
er Usher Miss Annie Adams.
de Watch Miss Eva Smith.
bide Watch Mrs. Val Burkel.
re8h merits will be served after
usiness meeting. All mem
re requested to be present.
democratic papers have
l all talk about the republican
h dollar congress. They have
their own that is now occu
their attention. They have
eased their talk about tin
The facts are, the democratic
has not got much to talk
these days.
Co.
Central Committee Meeting.
...
ine republican county central
lommiucc is called to meet at
Weeping Water on Saturday, July 9,
at 1 o'clock p. in., for the purpose of
calling the cou.ity convention, ap
portioning delegates and the trans-
oviiiju ui such oiner business as
may properly come before it. A
full attendance is earnestly re
quested. OKLAXJK) Tefft,
A. I. TlMiiLI.V, . Chairman.
Secretary.
Go to F. A. Rickerson
cool lemonade.
for good
The M. K. Aid Society will meet to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock at the
church.
i-i i m i'laggie u Kotirne was ap
pointed deputy register of deeds
this afternoon.
h. A. Kickerson, on Mum street
will be glad to furnish you with
candies, pop corn, lemonade, etc.
The Y. I,. R. R. A. will hold a meet
ing at the reading room to-morrow
evening at 7:30. By order of the
president.
B. hi. Hendricks has been elected
principal of the schools at Herman,
Neb. Mr. Hendricks is a man well
qualified for the responsible posi
tion he has been selected to fill.
Frank Metier was arrested this
morning at the instance of his wife
and was examined by the insanity
board. He was discharged as the
board decided he was all right.
Miss Gertrude Hilton entertained
a number of her friends last evening
in a handsome manner. Games
of different kinds were played and
refreshments served during the
evening.
Miss Luella Mathews, who has
been teaching at Alvo, Nebraska,
closed a very successful term last
Friday. She returned to this city
yesterday, accompanied by her
cousin, Elmer Roose, who will visit
in the city a short time.-
George F. Collins of Firth, Neb.,
superintendent of the agricultural
exhibit, was in the city to-day con
ferring with the Cass county agri
cultural society regarding an ex
hibit being sent from this county to
the world's fair.
There is a man going about this
town securing subscribers for the
News by false accusationo against
The IIekald. In his conversation
with a gentleman this morning he
said: "Oh, that IlEKALl)! I would
like to take it and make a news
paper out of it if I had the money.'
We would like to intoriii the wiry
gentleman that it takes brains as
well as money to run a newspaper,
and if the brainy gent would put
fotth a little ot his oluptuous
knowledge on the News he might,
by and by, when the birds quit
singing ana the cuckoos cease
cooing, make a paper out or tiiat.
The gentleman may be a news
paper man, but ins appearance is
decidedly against him. An article
voluntarily written by him for this
paper suitably reached the waste
basket. Grant him all the money
in trie country ana ne coma not
make a newspaper out of the
Herald or any other paper.
Weather-Crop Bulletin.
The weather as observed at Bos-
well Observatory, Doane College,
Crete, for the week ending July 5:
The weather the past week has
been cool, the temperature averag
ing from four to six degrees below
the normal, with about an average
mount of sunshine.
The rainfall during the past week
has been more than an inch and
exceeded the normal in Custer,
Hamilton, Butler, Otoe, Saline, Jef
ferson and Pawnee counties. Else
where in the eastern part of the
state the rainfall has generally ex
ceeded half an inch. In the western
part of the state little or no rain
fell.
Corn has grown well the past
week, considering the cool weather,
but is still backward and in need of
warm weather. Kye ana winter
wheat harvest has begun in the
southern part of the state.
ACCIDENT INSURANCE,
T. II. PoLLOCK, Agent.
A. Clark went to Omaha to-day.
Mrs. Dave Miller is on the sick
list.
Charles Fleck went out to Lincoln
this morning.
A. Clark went up to Omaha this
morning on business.
F. A. Rickerson is the place for
nicely seasoned pop corn.
oeorge x . eiamann was an
Omaha passenger this morning on
No. 5.
Allow me to add my tribute to the
fticacy of holy's Cream Balm. I was
suffering from a severe attack of in
fluenza and catarrh and was induced
to try your remedy. The result was
marvelous. I could hardlv articu
late, arid in less than twentv-four
hours the catarrhal symptoms and
ray nourseneps disappeared and I
was able to sing a heavv role in
Grand Opera with voice unimpared.
strongly recommend it to all sing
ers. Wm. II. Hamilton, leading
basso ot the c u. Hess Grand Opera
Professor McClelland left this
morning for Seward to visit friends
for a few days.
Judson Reynolds of Agency City,
Iowa, is in the city, the guest of C.
II. Parmele and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Eads de
parted this morning for their home
in Alliance, after a short visit with
relatives in this city. Miss Georgia
Oliver accompanied them home
and will visit in Alliance a couple
of months.
List of Letters
Remaining unclaimed in the post-
office at Plattsmouth:
Anderson, Selina Ayers, V F
Ackley, Koljcrt Uu.-hee. E A
Usiley, Gua ReveniKe, Sam
Brown, Frank It Cliumbers, Venulu
Conroy, Jonn Foster, J C
Farnsworth, Mrs A E Flora, C F
Field, Una
Hoover, J W
Long, Mr John
Howland, Frank
Johnson, Vlli
Meyer. J II
Ma;ri Count
Mitchell, Francis
Miles, Tom
Xewmauti, C C
Pretchard, W S
Koper, L II
Scha fer, Fred
McCulloch, Mandie
Otfawa, T
Koth, Henry
Soenson, Hnldu
Selshinsky, Geo
Wheelock, Jack
Wncka, Ida
Fred, Thomas
Persons
ailing for any of the
above will
please ask for "adver-
Used" mail
II. J. Stkeight,
An ' ucauny Monster.
The people residing along Palmetto
creek, South Carolina, as well as those
for miles back in the "slashes," are
highly excited over the appearance of a
strange and uncouth creature in that
vicinity. The beast is described as be
ing a creature that far outdoes the night
mare ideas oi tne mytnoiogista. It is
equally at home in the water, on the
land or among the tall trees of the
neighborhood, where it has been most
frequently seen. The general contour
of the head reminds one of some gigantic
serpent with this exception: The "snout"
terminates in a bulbus, monkey faced
knot, which much resembles the physi
ognomy of some gigantic ape. From
the neck down, with the exception of
some fin shaped flippers, which extend
tf rom the arms to the waist, the creature
resembles a man, only that the toes and
fingers are armed with claws from two
to six inches long.
Tracks made by the beast in the soft
mud around Hennis lake have been
taken to Donner's Grove, where they are
kept on exhibition in a druggist's show
case. Ihose who have seen the horrid
thing face to face say that it is a full
nine feet in height, which could hardly
be believed only for the fact that the
tracks mentioned above are within a
small fraction of fifteen inches in length.
Fishermen who surprised the monstei
sitting silently on a mass of driftwood
declared that its back looked like an al
ligator's, and that it had a caudal ter
mination a yard long, which forked like
the tail of a fish. St. Louis Republic.
Little Short of Murder.
The neighbors around a certain corner
of Ash street were alarmed on Monday
night by low moans issuing from a close
ly curtained carriage that stood on the
corner. A driver sat upon the seat.
One of the neighbors came out and ap
proached the team to ask what was the
matter. Before he reached the corner
the driver caught sight of him, and
whipping up the horses drove rapidly
off. Ihe folks were doubly alarmed,
and after a good deal of exciting talk
asked a policeman to call at the house on
the corner and ascertain who was hurt,
or if any mystery was in the moans. He
talked with an excited woman who
came to the door, and also with a man
who wiped his eyes with a handkerchief,
while the neighbors stood across the
street in suspicious silence. The officer
came over the 6treet and told them that
the old family dog, the hero of dozens
and dozens of fights and of 28 years, had
been earned off to die by a bullet. The
dog evidently understood his fate, for
he began to moan and moan as soon as
they took him from the house. Lewis-
ton Journal.
Eskimo for the World's Fair.
Two well known Swedish scientists.
3IM. Bjorling and Kallstemuis, arrived
at St. John s, Newfoundland, yesterday.
rm - . -
xney are commissioned by tne geo
graphical and geological societies of
Stockholm to explore the shores of
Smith's sound, in the Arctic regions, to
collect specimens of the flora and fauna
of the district and to take astronomical
observations. They will hire a schooner
in St. John s for their voyage, from
which they expect to return in Septem
ber. Information has been received
that a party of Americans is coming to
explore Labrador and visit the Great
falls, which were discovered last year.
Another American party leaves here
soon in order to transport for the World'o
fair at Chicago three villages of different
tribes of Eskimos, with all their be
longings, and also a village of Indians
inhabiting the mountainous districts in
the interior of Labrador. Newfound
land Cor. Pall Mall Gazette.
A Ball of Fire on a Housetop.
During a severe electrical storm this
evening the Crescent oil rennery was
struck by lightning and caught fire, but
the blaze was extinguished without
much damage. The house of Ferdinand
Kreiner was struck by a ball of electric
fire, which exploded with tremendous
force. A fire alarm was turned in, but
the electrical display burned itself out
without even setting fire to the house.
Eyewitnesses say it was the most re
markable sight they ever witnessed. An
enormous electric globe of fire lodged
aerainst the peak of the house, where ii
hung, burning and spitting flashes of
fire until exhausted. Every inmate of
the place was more or less severely
shocked, the air being heavily charged.
All watches and clocks on the premises
were stopped and other electrical phe
nomena occurred. Bradford Cor. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The Inspection of Milk.
It has been proposed, and in some
parts of the country the law already
provides, that the entire milk supplying
business snail be open at all times to
inspection. Such inspection should in
clude examination into the condition and
situation of wells in relation to all sur
rounding buildings, their proximity to
standing water or pools containing or
ganic matter, the condition of barns as
to warmth and cleanliness, the kind.
condition and healthfulness of the cows
from which milk is obtained and the
nature of the food given to them.
Inspectors should be at liberty to con
demn as unfit for milking any cows suf
fering from chronic diseases that might
be conveyed to man by the use of their
milk. Youth's Companion.
Turtle Kggs.
Turtle eggs are an acquired taste with
most people, although they are not so
with bears. They have a rough, yellow
yolk and a white like any other eggs,
but you can cook them for a year and
the white part will remain liquid. No
tice a curious dimple in the side of each
one. If you squeeze it out the dimple
appears on the other side, and you can
never get hold of a turtle egg which
hasn't got a dimple in it. Interview ia
Washington Star.
Oil for Heavy Machinery.
For lubricating the journals of heavy
machinery, either rape oil or sperm oil
is the best to use in mixture with min
eral oil, as they have the least effect on
brass and iron, which two metals gen
erally constitute the bearing surfaces of
an engine. Age of Steel.
Out of Date.
Housewif e Marie, these fowls are de
cidedly too tough again, you cannot
have put them into the stewpan early
enough!
Cook Right you are, mum; they
should have been put in three years agol
Paris Figaro.
Harvard Examinations.
Harvard university is spreading her
net over a very wide extent of territory
this year. It is announced that examina
tions for admission to that institution
are to be held simultaneously in no less
than twenty-five places, including Eng
land. Germany and Japan. It looks as
if Harvard wanted the earth and was in
a fair way to get a large section of it.
Boston Herald.
Fatally Shocked by a Hanging.
Lee Ennis, a young colored woman of
Huntsville, Tex., who witnessed tne
hanging of Alf White on Saturday,
fainted when the drop fell and died late
that night from the effects of the shock.
Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Miniature boars' tusks and the shells
so much affected by gypsies are both of
verv ancient oriein. What they signify
can be easily found out by any one who
cares to inquire.
PRIZES AWARDED.
Joe Klein, the Popular Clothier,
Distributes Prizes in the
Postal Card Contest.
The following prizes were given in the
postal card contest:
First prize, a nice spring suit, LriR.
Sawyer, South Bend, 7,690 words.
Second prize, a leather satchel, H. C.
Schmidt, Plattsmouth, 6,087 words.
Third prize, two nice shirts, 0. A. Kin
namon, Plattsmouth, 5,666 words.
Look out ior new ad.
B. A. McELWAIN
Carries an Elegant .Stock
OF
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Watches and .
Clocks.
Everything kept that goes
to constitute . a first-class
jewely store is kept in his
stock. Repairing done by
first-class workmen and sat
isfaction guaranteed or mon
ey refunded.
B. A. McELWAIN,
First door south of
Post Office,
Plattsmouth,
Neb.
v jThese'tiny Capsules are superior
tv Tllnm cf . fVmaihn. 'V
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Cubebs ; and Injections. T.TiS
They cure in 48 hoars the V J
same diseases without anyincoBv
VCT ten ce. SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS
For Sate Two desirable resi
dence lots in Orchard Hill addition
to Plattsmouth, within a block of
the Missouri Pacific depot. For
particulars call on or address The
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EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE
CO., OF N, Y.
T. II. Pollock, Agent,
Don't Tbacco Spit Your Life
Away."
Is the startling, truthful title of a
little book iust received, telling- all
about Notobac, the wonderful,
harmless, economical, guaranteed
cure for the tobacco habit in every
form. Tobacco users who want to
quit and can't, by mentioning The
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The Place to Buy
Hardware
IS A.X
G. BREKENFELD'S
WHERE YOU WILL FIHD
STOVES,
RANGES,
TINWARE,
GARDEN TOOLS
GASOLINE
STOVES,
BUILDERS'
HARDWARE,
PAD-LOCKS,
DOOR-LOCKS,
LADIES' PEN
KNIVES, ETC.
o
NEW PROCESS
"QUICK
MEAL
99
GASOLINE STOVE
I wish to specially recommend.
, , It is absolutely safe.
GOODS SOLD ON THE INSTALL
menfplan as cheap as for cash.
on easy monthly payments. Come
in and examine my anti-rust tin
ware which is warranted not to rust
for one year. If at any time you
want anything new that we do not
happen to have in stock we can get
jt for you on two days' notice.
C. DBE.KEKFI3ILri
Maln-St.. Plattsmouth