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About Semi-weekly news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1895-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1897)
GMRCEUOR MM8 An Interesting Discourse Before a Large Audience. In Which He Ul the We.t Great Credit For to. Ielopaient of Oar Public School Sy.tein t lo. of Ora tory WU1 Great Keforuin-Other w. ote. The Presbyterian church was crowded to the doora last night with an interested audience which had gathered to her Chancellor McLean on "New Americanism." Tne chan cellor is always interesting, and last night proved especially so on this sub ject. He showed distinctly the differ ence between Jingo-ism and Ameri canism, and found much of which every true American can justly feel proud. He claimed credit for Amer iciand especially tie great north west territory for the establishment and dvelopment of our public school system which was the crowning work of the century. While the chan cellor saw much in municipal politics that is corrupt and many evils crowing out of the abuse of corporation power; he had an abiding confidence that the intelli gence of a people which had righted so many wrongs would also be able to correct these abuses, and the closing years of the present century would witness the best type of Ameri can manhood and womanhood that this couotry has produced. The audience wis de ighled with the address, and accorded thechan cellt r a cordial reception at its close. A FEW COURT ITEMS The Stull Case Js Le-idel In Favor of liintrict No. 28. In the Stull case, which was tried yesterday and concluded this morning, the defendant was found by the judge to be indebted to the school district in the sum of $102.59, the full amount asked for, and judgment for that amount rendered. The case will be appealed. Mrs. Charles Haight, wife of the prisoner confined in jail here, is an in valid and has been confined in St. Joseph hospital, Omaha, for several months. She is in destitute circum stances and friends have provided her with clothes and money to attend her husband's trial next wceek. Mr. Keltnerof Nehawka was in the city yesterday looking up a suitable place for her to stop while here. The case of Celia V. Shryock vs. the Masonic Accident association, which id on trial in the Unilea States court at Omaha, will be given to the jury this afternoon, and it is believed that a verdict for the plaintiff will be allowed. A PLEASANT AFTERNOON- Mr. IVarlman Entertained the lierman Frauenvrrr in Most Acceptably. The German ,Frauenverein was de lightfully entertained by Mrs. I. Hear. man yesterday afternoon at her comfortable home on Main street. Be side the members the visitors present were Mesdames H. Spies, t'.G. Fricke, Geo. Hay, W. C. Tippens, J. Pepper berg, J. C. Peterson aud daughter, Alice. A lovely luncheon was served and with social conversation the after noon quickly passed. The guests speak in highest terms of the hospi tality of Mrs. Pealman, who left nothing undone that would add to their pleasure. Tbanlmglving, The vory mention of which calls up memories of turkey, mince meat, pies and sweet cider, will soon be here. The turkey we may not have, but we will have the cider and mince meat, as well as a full supply of fresh nuts, candies, raisins, dates and figs and other fruits, nil of which aie necessary to complete a first-class Thanksgiving dinner. Bennett & Tctt. Store at 1'anama Uurglarlzecl. Sheriff Holloway received the fol lowing self-explanatory telegram this morning from Panama, Neb., signed by A. F. Hitchcock: "Store burgUr ized last night. Simmons knives, scissors, spectacles, two watches. Par ties had a top buggy and white-faced horse." It is supposed that the guilty parties are headed thi way and may attempt to cro--s the river at this point. Will Krect a New Office Building. J. M. Craig moved the office build ing off hid Main street lots last even ing onto his other lots on Pearl street, and this morning he begun excavating for a new building which be expets to have completed by January 1. He will bave two complete suites of offices with all the modern conveniences and they are already rented. Dr. Cook will occupy one and Dr. Cummins the other. What do the Children UrlnkT Don't give them tea or coffee. Have 3'ou tried the new. food drink called GHAIN-O? It is delicious and nour ishing and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the child ren the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when pro perly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee but costs about i as much. All grocers sell it. 15c and 25c. To Delinquent Tax Payers. Plattsmoctm, Nov., 17, 1897. All parties that are in arrears on their real estate tax are requested to make a settlement at once, as after the first day of December all such real estate will be sold. Board will be in session from the first day of December for the purpose of confirming such sales. A. R. ElKENUARY, County Treasurer. BRIEFLY TOLD. C. A. Marshall, Dentist. For fire insurance see Thrasher. The best line of cigars at Gering & Co's. Mrs. John Sebulbof was in Omaha today. Mr. aud Mrs. John Fight we e in Omaha foday. A splendid lead pencil ouly teat tiering & Co's. A handsome line of wall paper at Gering & Co's. All lovers of first-class cigars.smoke Wurl's "Gut Heil" Dr. Elster. Waterman block, for painless dentistry. Three cak s of fine toilet soap only 10c at Gering & Co's. J. J. Reitter of Eagle was in town on business yesterday. Charley Beeson was an Omaha pas senger this afternoon. Wm. Loughridge,the Murray black smith, was in the city today. Chancellor McLean returned to his home in Lincoln this morning. Dick Streight went up to South Bend this morning on business. Frank Worden left for Lincoln this mo-ning for a visit with friends. Butcher knives.skinning knives and hog scrapers at Coates' hardware. County Clerk Robertson was eilled to Louisville this" afternoon on busi ness. Colonel Clement of the Elmwood Leader-Echo, is in town on business today. "She" arrived on the noon train, to gether with a large amount of special scenery. A nine-pound boy arrived at the home of Sheldon Gorham yesterday morning. Crabill, the practical jeweler, will repair your watch correctly and promptly. Miss Mattie Cat-mack went to Om aha this afternoon to visit her sister for a few days. We sell spectacles, no lit no sale, you run no risk buying your spectacles of Gering & Co. Mrs. J. G. Richey and bister went to Omaha this afternoon to hear James Whitcomb Riley. District court adjourned this after noon at 2 o'clock until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Miss Mattie Rupley returned this morning from an extended visit with relatives at Rockport. 111. St. Mary's Guild will give a Doll Carnival and oyster supper a! White's hall on Thursday, December 16. William Pailing left for Greenwood this morning for visit with his son, Walter, who is in business there. Stop that coughing by taking Ger ing & Co's Svrup of Tar and Wild Cherry compound, only 25c a bottle. Miss Street has been appointed us leader of tbe Presbj'ierian choir in the place of Miss Swearingen, resigned. Miss Mabel Orr of Denver will ar rive in the city this eveningfor a visit with her aunt, Mrs. J. C. Petersen and family. Dr. Planck, the Omaha druggist. who bad charge of Mr. Hedbloom's store for a short time, is in town to day on business. Small pill, safe pill, best pill, De Witt's Little Early Risers cure bili ousness, constipation, sick headache. F. G. Fricke & Co, Now is the time to buy splendid styles of Mason & Hamlin organs cheap. Call at Pettee's and examine qualities and prices. Claus Brekenfeld, the Cedar Creek miller, has the foundation in at Louis ville for the new miil and the carpen ters will begin Monday. Hedbloom. the druggist, is re stocking and getting a large amount of now goods. He will give great bargains in everything. Bennett & Tutt will have olives, chow-chow, sweet and sour pickles in bulk, also fresh, celery, lettuce and parsley for Thanksgiving. If you want to keep up with the times, call at Pettee's and select some of the new songs of which he has a quantity of the best selected. The winter styles for trousers will remain the same, though the coats will be worn longer, except where a man is able to buy a new one. Today seems to be what the old timers cull a weather breeder and bodes no good for the morrow as 'tis too warm for the time of year. Ballard's Snow Liniment will cure lame back, sqre throat, wounds, sprains, bruises, cuts, old sores. La dies, it will cure your backache. Have you ever tried canned sauer kraut, clam chowder, baked beans in tomatoe sauce? If not, get a can at Bennett & Tutt's. They are all nice. Ivyersoll's catarrh cure is guaran teed to cure catarrh and hay fever, only 50c, at Gering & Co's. Try it and if not satisfactory, money will be returned. Tomorrow evening the Bohemian Workmen ball and drawing comes off at Sokol hall. Do not fail to attend if you want to have a good time. Everybody cordially invited. Patronize home industry by smok ing home cigars. Gering & Co. 6ell, Pepperberg's Buds. Wurl's Gut Heil, Spies' Exquioitos, Stamn'd Diamond King, and other home cigars. The Mozirt club will hold an open meeting at the home of Mrs. El son Friday evening, November 19. All members and their friends invited. Subject, "Wagner and His Music." Ther9 is no need of little children beiner tortured by scald head, eczema and skin eruptions. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve gives instant relief and cures permently. F. G. Ft icke & Co. You can't afford to -isk your life by allowing a cold to develop into pneu monia or consumption. Instant relief and a certain cure are afforded by One Minute Couh Cure. F. G. Fricke & Co. Disfigurement for life by burns or scalds may be avoided by using De Wilt's Witch Hazol S.tive, the great remedy for piles and for all kinds of sores and skin troubles. F. G. Fricke & Co. If you have bee-i wise and bought the genuine Beckwith Round Oak,you will smile when the blizzards of the coming winter whistle around your home. See the name on the leg. w. W. Coates &. Co. Btilard's Snow Liniment is the most penetrating liniment in the world. It cures pain and inflamma tion of all kinds quicker than any other known remedy. Price, 50c Every bottle guitranteed. From this dat until after the chrysanthemum show, November 23, a fee of 10 cents will be charged any one visiting my chrysanthemum house. Piocoeastogo to St. Mary's guild of the Episcopal church. L. A. Moore. The W. M. B. society of tho M. E. Sunday school will give another of its interesting parties in the rooms in Union block. You are invited to at tend. Don't forget tho date. Monday evening, November 22. Admission 10 cents. Abendunterhaltung und Theater in der Turnhalle Sountag den 21 ten Nov. 1897. Abends 8 Uhr. Zur auffuehrung kommt, "Die Berliner Bummler." Ein vortreftliches pro gram. Alle Deutschen siixl freund licbst eingeladen. "Dad" Purdy is reported much worse again, this last bad spell hav ing lasted nearly a week. D .d, how ever, has been known to rally when things looked very bad for him, and it wouldn't be a bit surprising to see him down town again next week. Buckwheat cakes tire just the thing now in eve.-y wt-ll regulated house hold C. Heisel h s a big stock of New York silver hull buckwheat. which he is grinding into a superior article of flour that cin't bo surpassed in any market. Remember to call tor Heisel's. Mrs. Isabel Richey was otie of those wbo went to Omaha this afternoon to hear James Whitcomb Riley, the Uoosier poet, this evening. Mrs. Ricbey possesses a letter from Air. Riley in wnich he praises her poems very highly. Wurl Bros. "Gut Hoil" is taking the lead :s a choice 5 cent cigar. It is maue of the finest American tobacco grown f oru Havanna seed, aud fully deserves the high rank it has taken. If you have not tried this cigar do so at once aud you wiil bo convinced of its superiority. Warning: Feisons who suffer from coughs and colds should heed the wanings of danger and save them selves suffering and fatal result- by us ing O ie Minute Cough Cure It is an infallible remedy for coughs, colds, croup and all throat and lung troubles. F. G. Fricke Xs Co. J. M. Thirswent, of Grosbeck, Tex., says that when he has a spell of in digestion, and feels bad and sluggist, he takes two of DeWitt's Little Early Risers at night, and he is all right tbe next morning. Many thousands of others do the same thing. Do you? F. G. Fricke & Co. Charles Johnson and wife of Denver, who have been visiting in Burlington, stopped off here this morning on their way home, for a visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are well known hore, having resided here for years, Mr. Johnson being one of tho oldest engineers in tho employ of tho Bur lington company. C. Heisel's flouring- mill in this city is one of tbe most ci mplete in tho state. Every grain of whesit goes through a SYbtem of fans and screens so that it is thoroughly clean, then it is washed with steam before it is ground into flour. The flour goes through three seperta sots of rollers and travels a fraction of a mile through elevators before it is finished and ready to be sacked for market L'nion "Citizenship" Meeting. Arrangements have been made for a union "Citizenship" meeting at the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening, Nov. 21, participated in by Christian. Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations. This meeting wiil be something new to the people of Plattsmouth and deserving the hearty supDOit of every loyal citizen. The meeting will not be con fined to Any one speaker, "but the ministerial talent of the city will contribute. Ice Running at Pierre. Pierue, J3. D., Nov. 18. Ice has been running in the river here today, making crossing with small boats dan gerous. The ferry boat will belaid up tomorrow unless warmer weather continues. This will stop cattle ship ments until tbe ice is strong enough to cross on. For Bargains In household goods, either new or second-hand, call on Chris Wohlfarth, next door to Asher Clark's on Lower Main street. All kinds of house fur nishings bought, sold or exchanged. A fine line of stoves on hand, now very cheap. Call jn. Mast Settle. Everyone knowing himself indebted to Dr. W. A. Humphrey, is requested to call at once and settle. TO Cl'RK A COLO lJi O.NK IA V Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. ICELAND'S ALTHING. A Picture of tho Parliament House, With tbe Legislature In Session. A deep hush fell upon the stran gers' galleiy aa the clerk of the low er house rose to read the record. The viking blood within ma began to leap as I caught here and there a word that has not been used in our common English tongue since it was tricked out in Norman frippery by the Bastard eight centuries ago. It was the parliament house in Rei kiavik, and the althing was in ses sion. As the president seized a pen to sign the record I glanced diffi dently at my companions. For the lack of a grille, the women sat to the left of the gallery, as in church. and the men to the right. There were a fishwife from the quay, one or two farmers daughters in town for a day's shopping and others ob viously present, as in another place. to hear their relatives declaim. The men represented on their side the same range of interests and included also the captain of the Iceland bri gade of tbe Salvation Army, a Dan ish lieutenant, a -French bagman and an official of the house. In a corner sat another Englishman, a young artist from the potteries. Aa the president rose the door noisily opened and there trooped in, as if to auother place, a couple of half shod youngsters from the Latin school. Tbe senate house is square and lofty, with a decorated ceiling, and around the walls hang portraits in oil of famous althing men. The benches are in a horseshoe, and each of tbe 24 members has his ap pointed place, with a couple of ink pots and a spittoon. Out of his six and eightp"uce a day (and traveling expenses) he can readily afford a well filled snufl horn, and the regu larity wherewith some of the con script fathers laid a train of gun powder along the gulley between the index and the thumb was a sight fur Russell, C. J., himself. The session lasts for a couple of months only, and some of the al thing men have traveled for weeks to fulfill their duties. The Danish mail steamer makes one of its voy ages a sort of parliamentary train. Starting trom Reythaf jorthi, on the east coast, it circles the island north ward and picks up the senators from tionl to titird. Some of them come in on saddleback, driving before them a loug train of pack ponies and remounts. The senators repre sent the strongest elements in the public life of Iceland farmers, law yers, niei chants, divisional magis trates and the like. There is also an upper house, tilled half by election from the lower and half by the king. The president wore no uniform to denote his rank a frock coat mid way in smartness between Oom Paul and the colonial secretary, sur mounted by a cravat that might have cost a krone. As he read, in a robust viking note, from the orders of the day, the Danish governor strolled in, gold laced and epaulet ed, sat at tbe desk reserved for him, lifted the lid to fetch out his papers, glanced round for an attendant, who is also the curator of the museum, to bring him an agenda and took stock nonchalantly of the house. The horseshoe still divided its in terest between snuffing, following the text of the reader and glancing through the newspaper, which con tained intelligence brought north by the mail. Except for size and giandeur, the scene most vividly recalled to my memory was the Glasgow city council chamber. New York Post. Vitriol Instead of Bullets. A great revolution in warfare will be erlected if anything comes of the new French rifle which discharges vitriol instead of bullets. Heroes do not fear death, but naturally shrink from disfigurement. The Duke of Wellington, we are told in the Latin Grammar (comic), would "walk among the cannon balls, him not caring one blow," but even the great duke would hardly have exhibited the same indifference to rifles squirt ing vitriol. No decent looking sol dier will be got to face them. They will have to be approached back ward. This will entail a new sys tem of drill. Think of a whole regi ment charging backward! If both forces aro possessed of this novel weapon, the spectacle will be doubly entertaining. Our ideas will not only be transformed, but inverted. When our warriors return, says James Jayn, they will no longer ex hibit with pride the wounds they have received in front quite the re verse. The more behind the better. San Francisco Argonaut. After a Cheap Article. "It goes to show how avarice will overreach itself, " remarked the man who is always pointing a moral. "Mr. Gripper has just wasted his money without realizing it." "In what manner?" "His doctor told him he needed a little mountain air. He wouldn't think of so expensive a trip, so he went to a show that included a Tyrolean warbler. " Washington ?tr Bollard's Saow Liniment cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Sick Headache, Sore Throat. Cuts, Sprains Bruises, Old Sores, Corns, and all pain and infiamation. The must penetrating Liniment in tbe world. Try it, 6oc. Cass Comity Dairy. U F. Dein has again taken charge of the Cas County Dairy and will be pleased to serve his old customers and also others desiring pure miltc. He will also furnish cream and butter milk when desired. Your patronage is solicited. I WANTS i amililiiiii mm iuimiiimi iiiiimiiii nu3 (Special notices under this head will be ohargea for at the rate of H cent per word each insertion.) LOST AND rOCND. LOST A boy's cape tor overcoat. The finder will please leave at The News ctfice or Ooates' hardware store. OST A pair of eyeglasses. The finder will be t rewarded by leaving at News office. LOST A black, hand satchel containing a black pocketbook. The finder will be re warded by leaving same at Weckbach's store. BOARDING. w ANTED A few boarders at the corner of Sixth and Granite sts. Mrs. G. W. Osborn BUSCEIXANEOU8. WANTED Active, sober and trustworthy man to travel through this section. Salary S50 a month, payable weekly, and expenses: splendid opportunity. Address SHEFH company, 1UB0 Uhestnut street, Philadelphia, fa. w ANTED Wood will be taken on subscrip tion at tne news omce. UNCLE TOM UP-TO-DATE. NOT TUB UNCLE TOM OF THIS OOOO OLD DAIS OF 56. This la the story of Uncle Tom's Cabin up to date, according to the Topeka Capital. The primitive fashioned hut built by the lamented Mrs. Stowe has been remodeled by the modern playwrignt. Uncle Tom is now found to be living in a nineteenth century flat, with ele vator, electric light and hot and co'd water. Bowery slang of the present day is the staple medium of exchange. But that is correct in the successful pro duction. Tbe thrilling tragedy of tbe original is transferred to a farcical horse play in the revised edition. Enter Eliza. What a change time has wrought! No longer is she the beautiful octaroon of Uncle Tom's Cabin. In this Uncle Tom's Double Breasted Mansion on the Square ver sion she is shockingly tall and bony, with a face like an evaporated apricot Her costume is a splend.d failure of b'ue calico, garnished with a bandana aud toga as red as a scarlet fever sign Mashed close againt her cadaver ous bosom she carries a wad of rags supposed to eu velop the form of little) Harry. Harry should have been able to walk. He was seven years old when Uncle Tom's Cabin was pub lished in 186. "Me chee-ild, me chee-ild," aays Eliza, "where shall I find a hiding place for you?" "Why don't you send the kid to the Missouri Stale university?" yelled Phineas Fletcher, the Quaker, aa he pranced before tho footlignts, flourish ing a huge bowie knife. "Oh, rats!" said Eva, as she floated in with a gait like a katydid. "Why in the hotel don't you cross on the floating ice?" Eliza dashed out of the back door with such haste that the atmosphere made a sound like a dry goods clerk tearing off a yard of mus in. ''There she blows!" exclaimed Marks, as he waded into the trouble from the noith wing. "Stop the hack, or I'll chop you up a la Luetgert," ie plied the Quaker as he made a paf-s at Mark's bolar plexls with his bowie knife. "Dat guy Maks alius was too fresh," observed Topsey, he stepped to the front of the stage and began to murder a popular song. Then the scene changed. Phineas Fletcher and George Harris are dis covered gossiping about the Yale Harvard foot-ball game. It was a rocky scene among the mountains of Ohio. Enter Marks. "You better come off the perch," he said as he saw George Harris climbing upon a bar rel to make a speech. 'Aw, what is that to you Harris. "I will now give you an imitation of the Cherry sisters. Marks started to run, but he was caught in the strong breath of Phineas Fletcher. Fletoher executed a Nelson half-hook, and turned Marks wrong 6ide up, and the round closed amid great applause, Fletcher beating a tattoo on the se t of Murks' trous ers. In the last act Uncle Tom died. It was tbe best thing he could do under the circumstances. Uncle Tom's Cabin always has drawn welLand it always will. Hamlet may go to the wall and Othello may fall to pieces under the wiles of la go, but Uncle Tom's Cabin will go on forever. William Foxwell was an Omaha pas senger this morning. Subscribe for The Semi-Weeklt News-Herald il oer year. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Reading Rooms and Dispensary, Drew Building, Plattsmonth, Neb. Open from 10 a. m. to S p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m . Service each Sunday, 11 a. m. T A Fancy.. Crockery.. A splendid hnr received; slso the most complete an ..cant line of Plain and Decorated whinaware ever brought to the city may be found at the store of GLfRK, First Door East of Court House 9 i The Best in Groceries eries. New Goods LING OF Underwear, and everything usually found in a first-class Dry Goods store will be found at Lower Mnin Strac t . Also a Full Line of Standard and Fancy Groceries, Queensware and Stoneware." We pay no rents, or expensive clerk hire and give our customers the bene fit of Low prices. Call and See m m mm I SPECIAL. 500 PAIRS JUST RECEIVED All sizes, all Solid. Well M;tde Shoes, with NO PAl'KK, which will go AT LESS than m-trtufiictnrers' prices. We well not hint' but Shoes, GOOD SHOES, nnd give our whole undivided attention to SHOES, and by so doing we study QUALITY' hence your pocketbook. We don't have to give you pencils to induce you to buy our Shoes. We make the PRICE RIGHT.which makes the pencil giv ing scheme a very small and insignificant misleading incluoonx'n t . Call and see the BARGAINS partially dL-played on our counter.- and you will be made happy. Opeu every evening till we t tired. No more 8 o'clock closing. ROBERT SHERWOOD FOOT MILLINER. Fancy Groceries. Choice Canned Goods. These are White's Grocery Store (THE OLD RELIABLE.) A select stock of Dry Goods in the arrived. If you want the best for your F. S. WHITE, Upper Main Street. Plattsmouth, Neb. W. Vi ( Mil STILL IN BUSINESS. BEST rig for 'tVoddings, Fun rals or Pleasure Parties, etc. Hack order attended to promntiy. Terms reasonable. Cash preferred. Call'anU go, rates. Telephone 7(5. N. B. W. D. Jones auctioneer ell kinds of goods ant furtn atowk disposed of Z 1 Just Received. Dry Goods, Dress Goods, and Notion s Blankets, Woolen For Yourself. SALE shoes Plattsmouth, Neb. S Leaders at latest styles for Fall and Wintoi u-t money give us a trial. D. JONES... Cass County's 1 Oldest : Liveryman, 618 MAIN STREET, A Brilliant Sight... Is affor Jed everyone who looks through our fetcck of Cut G!as, Silverware .-nd fine Jewelry. You can't think of anything in the Jew elry line you can't get here. If you cpn, let us know and we'll g t it on f hort notice. SNYDER & CO., Jewelers 1 Opticians Cor. Sixth and Main Sts.