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About Semi-weekly news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1895-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1896)
ffE ERAJLB THE NEWS. Establshed Not.5,1891. ' OonRolMa! T t isun THE 11 EH ALU. Established April 10. iSM. fUn80Haated Jan. 1.1895. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB., DECEMBER 23, 189G. VOL. V. NO. 29. Semi TPTi EKTL1T LOST II PORTION OF HIS Ml ERR. Guy McMaken Has a Narrow Es cape From a Serious Accident. gmmmmmmrmmmmmmwwmmwmmmnmm m ro mwmm? wmimmmwmmmmwmmmmmmmmjmm While Oat After the Festive Cottou Tail Hi Shot lion Is Accldently Discharged and the Contents Passed Through the ' Clothing and His Right Kr Other In teresting Kews Items. Yesterday being quite a "likely' day. Id the estimation of Guy Mc Makeo, for slaying game, and having heard of the prowess of bis father in that line while in the Black Hills re cently, he and a companion thought to go out and try their Iuck. They had walked several miles, having been on the track of a wolf, when Guy became weary and set his gun dowu by bis side, a la soldier, and took a rest. He was carrying a Spencer pump gun tud they are very easily discharged, Kand the gun being cock ed when he went to raise it up the trigger caught on a bush and the contents of the gun went whizzing along nis 6iae. ine shot passed through all of his clothing and went so close as to even burn the skin and passed up through the ear and the rim of his hat. The upper part of his ear was quite badly cut, it requiring several stitches to drees the wound. After this experience he did not look any further for the wolf, but went home where the services of Dr Cook soon fixed the young huntsman out all right. It was a narrow escape for him. If the charge had been a quarter of an inch closer it would have caused in slant death. In the future he will probably use great care to prevent a repetition of this unpleasant experi ence. WAS A RARE TREAT. Ottuuiwas Quartet at the I'resbjterlan Church Highly Enjoyed. The Ottumwa quartet of Chicago gave their concert at the Presbyterian church Saturday evening and quite a good crowd was in attendance, but not - ' i .1 . They were without a doubt the best company of singers Plattsmouth peo ple ever had the pleasure of hearing. That the audience was highly pleased with them was evidenced by the fact lhat after each number tney were called back, and the program as dis tributed ia the audience was only half as long as the one rendered. Miss Ora Lavoo Haynes, a young lady of rare elocutionary ability, is with the company and recited several selections, and no less enthusiasm was demonstrated by the audience in her renditions than those of the singers'. Ia an extra number at the closa Miss Haynes participated and she seemed to be quite as much at home in that sphere as in her elocutionary per formances. Miss Haynes has a bright future before her. The concert was given for the bene fit of the Presbyterian choir and quite a neat sum was realized. Should the "Ottumwas" ever visit this city again it would not require very much advertising to get them a good crowd. They went from here to Council Bluffs, where they will sing tonight. Were Nicely Entertained. Mr, and Mrs. W. L. Pickett enter taided a party of their young married f tends at their pleasant home on Vine street last evening. Their guest, Miss Odell, favored the com pany with music, while social converse and high five made short the evening hours. Elaborate refreshments were served on a table resplendent with hand painted china and handsome glass and silver ware. The table decorations were roses, and the viands were all that could be desired. The guests wera delighted with the charming hospitality of the hostess, and report an evening of rare social enjoyment. Were Married Today. Judge Archer withdrew his objec tions this morning and his daughter was at once-united in marriage with Jack Britton, Judge Spurlock offi ciating. It was rather short notice, but the bride and groom walked out of the court house together as happy as clams. Robert Lyons returned the first of the week from his prospecting tour in the Big Horn mountains and may go to Chicago before returning there. He arrived here wearing three woolen shirts and a heavy ulster. The out nnir tnr hia rai dinar pronortv is very promising and he is more than satis fied with it. Havelock Times. Meeting of the Iepositors. The depositors of the Citizens Bank met today, but nothing special was done. The indications for the pay ment of a good dividend at an early date are quite flattering. It will be shown when the Bank is finally wound op that its affairs have been managed . with ajgnal ability and care. rtftittti of Mra. Hull . Mrs. W. Y. Hull, after months of patient suffering, departed this life at 10:30 yesterday morning. The funeral will take place from the family VeiIdence on Wintersteen hill at 10 a. m. Tuesday, December 22. An obitu ary notice of the deceased will be printed tomorrow. THE AST f X-fiWlAB YOU SHOULD DO YOUR CHRISTMAS BUYING WHER THERE IS A FULL STOCK. DOVEY'S HAVE Car ad very iijesie: .omjelc specials: 52 S: Special. No. 1. We are agent for the Missel Gold Medal carpet sweeper; regular price 23 E $3.50; we will have them on sale this week for $2.50. No. 2. We will have on sale for just 2 r this week our stock of Gent's Mufflers, prices cut in two; any muffler at half price. No. 3. 3 r Ladies' $1 Kid Gloves go for 75c. No. 4. We have a counter full of Men's Slippers, always 5 E an acceptable gift, from 59c up. 53 Ladies' Shopping Bags, Purses, Chatalaine Sags, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Lace Collerettes, Etc j EE -SELEGHNT PHRKSOLS JaITH DRESDEN HANDLES, SILK MITTENS 53 Beautiful Chenille and Tapestry Curtains and Table spreads, 99c and up. Full line of Rugs. Don't forget our Grocery depart- 2 gr ment, where a nice line of Queensware and fancy Novelties in China and Lamps are displayed. 5 ...ljLiiarTY of fjkm:sm: nuts, candies... 53 G. DOVEY LEADING -DRY ERCHANTSl HE WAS A SMOOTH THIEF. Dick Edwards Recognized At the Peniten tiary As An Old Offender. Deputy Sheriff Holloway took Dick Edwards, the convicted horse thief, to the penitentiary yesterday to begin serving out his sentence. He bad no sooner arrived at the pen than the officers smiled as they re cognized an old offender who had al ready served a term in that institu tion. Mr. Holloway at once enquired about the fellow's history and learned that his name was not Dick Edwards but was Edward Dickey and that ho bad served out a two years sentence for stealing' a team up in Washington county. Had more been known of the fellows record he would have no doubt gotten a longer sentence here. How ever there are two more charges against him, and as soon as he does penance for his Cass county thievery be will be taken up on the others, which will doubtless give him ten or twelve more years in the pen. He may stay there long enough to lose his admiration for other peoples horses and be able to settle down to hard work. ficance has been applied to a fortified high road. In aDDroachiner the "trocha." the first impediment encountered consists of a barbed wire fence, three and one half feet in height. Behind this are the posts of the sentinels, made of pal metto leaves. Forty yards back of these extends a ditch, three feet deep and four wide. This is protected by a rampart of trunks of palmetto trees. About another forty yards beyond this obstruction the barracks of the sol diers are erected of logs and other building material, and covered with roofs of straw. The wall of stone and earth runs all along the roadway. Trees standing near it are ascended by winding stairs and afford places of observation over a wide extent of territory. The mili tary stations are never separated by a larger distance than that of half of a mile. The trocha, thus fortified, presents not only a very available van tage ground, but also a monument of Spanish perseverance and endurance, being constructed under the burning sun of the tropics by the troop that garrison it, about 15,000 men. President Home Again. Washington, Dec. 20. The presi dent returned to the white house at S o'clock this morning and attended church a little later with Mrs. Cleve land. He appeared much benefited by his outing and brought back num erous ducks which he had shot, to be distributed among the members of his cabinet and his personal friends. Secretary Thurber called to see him and spent some time telling him of events that had occurred during his absence, but no official business was taken up, and it is not believed that the president feels called upon to add anything to the Cuban controversy at present. During the day Secretary Olney made his appearance at the executive mausion and had a brief consultation with the president, aud while there is no official guarantee for the asser tion, it is not to be questioned that their conversation teferred almost solely to the latest phase in the Cuban situation. The Trocha. The word trocha is of suh frequent occurrence in dispatches and news from Havana that it set ins likely in time to become incorporated into the English speech, says the Baltimore Sun. An explanation having been asked of the term, which is pronounced trotsha with the accent on the first syllable, it may be stated that orig inally it denotes a footpath, pathway, or sometimes, a short cut. During tho present unpleasantness its signi- Kesolntiong of Condolence. The following resolutions were adopted at the last meeting of Trio lodge No. 84, A. O. U. W. Whekkas, It . has pleased the Al mighty to call our esteemed citizen Mil es W. Morgan to his Heavenly home. We the members of Trio Lodge No. 81 A. O. U. W. desire to express our heart felt sympathy with the widow and our brothers F. J. and D. C. Morgan. Therefore, be it Resolved, That this resolution be spread upon the minutes of our Lodge and published in the city papers, and a copy of the same be sent to the bereaved family. F. H. Steimkek, E. W. Fitt, C. S. Four.ES, Committee. A Music Clnb. Tbe Mozart club held a very inter esting meeting last Monday evening at the home of Miss Beulah Elson. The current topic department was very ably conducted by Miss Ciara Street. Tbe musical history lesson was given by Miss Cagney which was very much enjoyed by all present. It being the meeting of tho musical department, the following program, prepared by tbe leader of tho depart ment. Miss Kauble, was given: Piano "Last Hope" Godard c -c, i M'ss 'Ka Hajeck- Song -Slumber Long ' New comb Miss Clara Street. Pian "Chant du Voyagier's I'aderewski Myrtle Keefer. Song" M ignon" Lvnes May me Sullivan Accompanist.Miss Kessler. Take Notice. We are now prepared for t iking in horses and colts for pasturing by tho month. Wm. and A. A. Wktenkami. THE CUBAN QUESTION. MiHSouri Senator Looks For Declaration of War. Washington, Dec. 20. Senator Vest believes that tho result of tho ac knowledgement of Cuba's independ ence will be war with Spain and the acquisition of tho island by the United States. ''The situation is serious,'' he said. "Spain will naturally construe the adoption of the resolution as a declara tion of war, although that is not exactly strictly true. We can recognize the iudependance of Cuba without committing ourselves to pro tect and sustain the new government. It will not ba necessary for the United States to send troops to uphold the government we propose to recognize, and we assume no responsibility in ad dition to what we have. I realize that it will bo more difficult under the new conditions for us to maintain our neutrality in dealing with Spain. There are persons ready to invest their capital in Cuba, and they will not hesitate to sell tho Cubans arms and supplies, which they are now res tricted from doing under our neutrality laws." Proceeding to speak of tho strength, of public sympathy with Cubit, the senator said: "Tbe people of the United States are naturally bravo, courageous and sympathetic. Cuba lies at our very door and the reports of murders, butcheries and suffering, whether exaggerated or not, have so inflamed our people that they demand fair play for tho people on that island. Secretary Otney, whom everyone recognizes as an able lawyer and a statesman, naturally prefers to resort to diplomacy in dealing with tho question. All the American people are not statesmen, and -their sympa thies having been aroused, they take the groind that the Cub.tns have tbe same right to fight for their indepen dence that we had. Public sentiment is irresistible when it takes th3 form of organizing recruiting strtions all over the country, and those who are not actuated by patriotic motives will not bo slow to take advantage of the mwrcenary considerations that na turally enter into the case." Take off the Horns. The undersigrned is now ready with a good portable chute and tools, to re move the weapons of horned cattle at ten cents per head. It never gets too cold to dehorn cattle. Any time after fly-time, until the first week in April is tho right time. After that it is too late. If those who wish to have such work done will address me at liock Bluffs Neb., they will be promptly answered. S. L. Fuklonu. Wanted So acres improved land within reasonable distance of I'latts mouth. Inquire of M. S. Briggs, P. O. Box J07. Legal Notice. In the district court of Cass county. Nebraska. In the matter of the estate of David YY. Miller. de ceased. This cause came on for hearing upon the peti tion of Mason E. Miller, administrator of the es tate of David V. Miller, deceased, praying for a license to sell the south half of lot rive in the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of sec tion twenty, township twelve, range nine, east of the ith 1. M., containing live acres and the south half of the southeast quarter and the south twenty acres of the north half of tiie southeast quarter of section thirty-three, township twelve, range nine, east of the Hth I. M., containing one hundred acres, or a sufficient amount to realize the sum of fourteen hundred and hfty-niiie dol lars and the costs of administering said estate for the payment of debts and expenses of admin istration of said estate, there not being sufficient personal property to pay said debts and expenses. From the petition I find the peisons interested in said estate are' Mary I. Miller, widow of the deceased. Harvey C. Miller and Louisa Miller, his wife. Mason K. Miller and Gertie L. Miller, his wife, Alice Wood and Charles b. Wood, her husband, aud Cory I). Miller. It is. therefore, ordered by me that the said per sons above named aud all others interested in said estate appear before me at chambers at my office in i'lattsmouth. Neb., on the tith day of February. Iiil7. at 2 o"olock p. in. to show cause why a li cense should not be granted to said administra tor to sell so much ot said real estate as shall be necessary to pay said debts and expenses. That a copy ot this order be published for four succes sive weeks before such hearing in the iiui V eekly News-Herald. Dated at I'lattsmouth, in Cass county, this 21st day of December, IKHi. Basil S. Ramsey, Judge of the District Court. Wanted to Ituy. Eighty acres Improved iaml near I'lattsmouth. T. II. Poli.octk. Death of An Infant. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Hall were coiled upon this morning to mourn tbe loss of their son, Wilber Leroy, aged Gf teen months, after a brief illness with pneumonia. Their piany friends ex tend sincere sympathy to them in there bereavement. The funeral -will take place from tho M. E. church Wednesday at 2 p. m., Ilev. F. A. Campbell officiating. Sheriffs Sale. By virtue of an order of sale issued by George F. House-worth, clerk of the district court, within and for Cass county, Nebraska, and to me di rected. 1 will on the :iOth day ot January A. D.. lrt'7, at II o'clock a. m. of said day, at tho south door of the court house- in the city of I'latts mouth, in said county.sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the following lands and tenements, tow it: Lots numbered seven (71 and eight LJ in block fourteen I H I in South I'ark ad dition to the citv of I'lattsmouth. Cass county, Nebraska, together with the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in ny u ise appertaining. The same being levied upon and -taken as the property of Martha E. Sauter and I'iiillip tauter, defendants, to satisfy a judg ment ot said court recovered by 1 he Livingston Loan and Building Association, plaintiff against said defendants. . . , Plattsmouth. Nebraska. Dec. 23. A. D. 190. Harvey Holloway, Sheriff Cass county, Nebraska. lLerry Gristflpas.. Bang up boomletsfor hubby and brother and the other "feller." There is no pleasure so sweet, so satisfying, as the pleasure of making others happy, and espe cially of doing the right thing by those we love the best. The heart reaches out after those at Christ mas time and would enshrine all within its holy precincts. WES COTT &SON are doing whatthey can to make happy the auspicious event of merry Christmas. Prac tical presents, appreciative ap parel, good gifts something to last and wear and be a continual joy. Warm Gloves and Mittens, with hot, July lining. Night Shirts to make you dream of fairy land. New Neckwear too lovely to describe. Mufflers too sweat for anything. Collars and Cuffs. The latest and best of everything in clothing, all at prices to corres pond with corn at 13 cents per bushel. We shall delight in serv ing you with the best grades, the latest styles, the up-to-date stuff in our line. C. E. WESCOTT SON One Price and No MoitRey Busittess. Sheriffs Sale. I5y virtue of an order ot sale issued by George F. Houseworth. clerk of the district court within and for Cass county, Nebraska, and to me di rected, I will on theS'th day of January, A. D. 1MI7. at 11 o'ciock a. in. of said day at the south door of the court house in the city ot I'latts mouth. in said county, sell at public auction, to cJie highest bidder for cash, the following lands and tenements, to-w it: I 0t number three i3) in Clark's addition to the citv of i'lattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska, to gether with the privileges and appurtenances theieunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. The same being levied upon and taken as the property of Timothy Clark, et al , defendants; to satisfy a judgment of said court recovered by tarah Tliorndyke, plaintiff; against said defend- Bt1i'tattsiuunth, Nebraska. December 22. A. D. lHUfi. Harvey Holloway. Sheriff, Cass county, Nebraska. THE CITY HOTEL, HANS H. GOOS, Proprietor. Best $ i Per Day House in the State Thoroughly cleaned and refurnished. A nice table and pleasant rooms. liar in hotel stocked with pure Liquors and Cigars. Corner Third nnd Main-sts. PLKTTS71IOUTH, NEBRHSK7T. The News. 106 per Wee