MIW aALD THK NE'S. Establsbed Nov.&lWL I THE a Eli ALU, Established April 10. iS64. f Consolidated Jan. 1, 1895. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB., NOVEMBER 2L 1897. A OL. VI. NO. 5. News HIkt t i ASSAULTED UD llfl FOR DEAD. Peter Curtis Discovered In a Dying Condition. A TREACHEROUS Lira I'uc-onnrlonn In a. Fanfare for Twi-nty-four Hour I limble to Toll Who lliit Ax.allauta Were llelelved to lie the Work of Trump Other IntereHt In Not vs. Union, Neb. Nov, 19. Special to THE New- Peter Curtis, a young farm baud, was discovered in an un conscious ondition this afternoon in a pasture belonging to Thos. Wolf. His hauls were tied, he was securely trtgired. and there was a deep wound on tho back of his hoi d. He had also b.;en struck in the face, and both eyes ware swelled shut He was brought ti this i ltv. Riid is utill i" an uncon scious condition with nil l! p:os;ect of recovery. The oung in in had been "here Thursday evening and made some small purchases, including a cap and two b xes of shells. He loft heie, as far as cuu be loan ed, afcout H:".t, say ing that he was going out to the home of Thos. Wolf to spend the nitrht. This was the 1 isl s -en of him until late this afternoon. He was discovered by .1- H. IJ.ium, who h.d gone into tiio pan lure after some horses. He immediately got help ard brought tne unconscious ma. here, where two doctors have been working over him since. It is known that ynung Curtis had in the neighborhood of $" when he left here, and bis pookots were empty wheD found. It i- b-lieved that he was followed by tramps, of whom there were several in town, who forced him to wak u: tho little d aw where he was found. and where they beat him into unconsciousness, tied his bands with tlio cord otT hi own hat, gagged him with his own hand kerchief and left him to die. The body had been lying where found fjr naily twenty-four hours, and the exposure has as much to do with the young man's sorious condi tion as the wounds inflicted. Six suspicious characters, who have been hanging around to-vn, h.ive been placed under arrest and will be held until a thorough in vt aiiiation can be made. The sheriff was telephoned zor about 5 o'clock and arrived here a lit tle after 7, and is making a thorough in vesiigaiion. Union, Saturday, N'uv. 20. l'eter Curtis, the voun linn brought to this city yesterday, is still unconscious, with slim prospects of recovery. His parents, who live about six m les south of Ilock UiutTs, arrived las night and are caring for him as we as possible. An inspection of the scene of the at tempted murder shows the tracks o; at least two people, and signs of violent strugg.e. When dis-coverea. his hat was tying beside a pool of blood, about twenty yards from the body, and it is supposed that he partially regainei consciousness some lime yesterday and managed to move that far before he again fainted. A more thorough investigation late today of the pasture whe.e the body was found, was made by the friends of the unfortunate lad, and footprints were discoveied leading out of the pasture which showed a patch on the sole of the right foot. A man was placed under arrest in Nebraska City who wore such a shoe, and will be held uutil the matter can be must thoroughly looked into. John Andrnon Itohhecl of VI 3 Kooni-Mate. John Anderson, an employe of the Burlington shops, who has been board ing at t'10 Ho'el Plattsntouth and rooming with a young man giving the name of Ilooertson, who was working 01 the dump across the river. They retired as usual Saturday mjrht, b it sometime during tho nijrht Riert- son t-ilently aiose. took pocket of Anderson's t silently stole away. Ho h is n t been heard from since and it is presumed that he will not return. room-mate, TROPICAL GREENLAND hy IIik S IKNTIsrs KETCKN FKOM STKAXliK ARCTIC KXI'UIKATION. In the .Milt of it LhikI of Kverlasl lug Ice They Have Iteen Digging t'p i'oMMll I'alma. Ktc. WASni.VOTON, 19.- INFORMATION AM) fll'IMONX. Press di-p-tlchcs from New VorU an nounce that one Kir appt-a ed in court dressed in black frock cat, yel low waistcoat, striped black and white troupers and patent leather tiiivs, the uppers of which matched the trousers. And yet the dispatches staid his of fense was a mystery. going on an extended holiday trin to some of h'.s dominion? dni-int: the win ter. Private advices indicate thai he has engaged Judge Cunningham it. Scott to run things at St. Petersburg during his absence, bui private, ad vices are sometimes unreliable. Ex. Count Tolstoi, at out whose health disquieting reports rescind this country some time since, h is com pletely recovered. Next spring he intends to undertake a journey of I). C, Nov. tl.T from the Two Smithsonian sceintists, Charles ousers, and as ! Sehuenert and David White, have just returned from the wilds ol West Greenland, bringing back valuable colleciious. In a region of everlasting ice find snow they have been exploring luxuriant tropical forests. Far to the north of the Arctic Circle they have studying a Cora, consisting of palms, tree ferns and other plants, belonging properly to tho neighborhood cf the equator. These fo: ests, however, and land, in Spitsbergen, in Melville Island and in Grinntll Land, where Greely discovered a fossil forest within eight degteea of the pole, the stumps of the trees still standing. The smne flora Las been found on the Aleutian Islands and in the basin of the Yukon, where it is associated with manj veins of impure coal. It seems not unlikely that these coal dept. sits will be draw n upn some day to work the gold mines of the Yukon region. It is very interesting to observe that plants aFsociated with this Alaskan coal are the same as those whose fossil remains are associated with the coal measures of the north and north west United States. It ought to be understood that rone cf the species found fessil in Greenland are living A FARMER HELD IIP BY TWO WOMEN ! mzmmnmmmismsmumm And Is Relieved of Some $600 In Cold Cash. Two Inmate of the Feeble Minded lu st Itute itt Heat rice Escape and IVon ltr Around I'ntil Picket! I'p by the I'olice Politicians of Beatrice Pay a Wager by Giving a Banquet, Hay Springs, Neb., Nov. 21. A bold holdup occurred early this even ing about live miles southwest of here. The bandits were two women and one man, mounted on horses. The victim was Mr. Klinglesmidt, a farmer from Wyoming. He had sold out recently today anywhere in the world; they aieand by wagon was on his way over- represented at present merely oy ai- land to St. Joseph. Mo., with some lied forms. The lurther one goes back in ceolocie times', the lets the tho trees and varied forms of plant piants resemble modern ones. The flora of Greenland today is of an Alpino character. Mora accurately Hie winca compose ingly ancient. In them are exceed- fact. they disap peared from t!iB face of tne earth several million ears ago, and only their fossil remains are found buried in tne strata or the rocks. It was these remains that Messrs. Schuchert and White wont to investigate. They wanted to tiet specimens for the Na- speaking, the plants of the Alps, which are stranded, aj it were, on is lands of cold in the midst of a warm region, resemble those of Greenland. The plants of modern Greenland are dwarf plants mostly. Some of these artic forms have crawled down as far tional Museum, and other objects of a as the coast of Maine, just ts the eider geological nature were in view. Greenland whs once upon a time a tropical country. That is proved absolutely by the remains of au ex tensive tiopicl llora which are found there. Where now a sheet of solid about two duration, in tne j ll course of which he will visit the great ! t-itn and e over a milo thick- covers moun- valley, aud mighty frozen Plenty of siork. In in interview Edward Cudahy. of the Cudahy Packing company of Om aha, asserted thai theio are more cattle and hogs being fed in Nebraska than ever before, says a Lincoln dis patch, lie s:is that next ye:ir more tine cattle and hogs will bo sent out of Nebraska to the Chicago and Omaha markets than the cattle men of the west ever dreiimi d of, aud he makes his calculations from figures which he has received from every ptecinct in the state of Nebraska during the last two months. Mr. Cudaiiy exp-cls h greater in crease in the sheep market of this sjason than in cattle nnd hogs. He estimates that d,MK),00 sheep are be ing fed in Nebraska right now. That is 30.000 above the average. Most of these sheep :vo in large bunches and are being well taken care of. '1 hey sent into Neb aska because the win ters are milder ana tne loss conse quently lighter. Citizenitblp Meeting The Union Citizenship meeting at the Presbyterian chuch last night was well attended, the seats being all occupied aud a number of extra seats also filled. Dr. Baird nJ Rev. Campbell both delivered interest ng addresses. Dr. Baird appealed for more Christian fellowship and a g re iter interest in the church and church work among business men. Rev. Campbell also urged the busi . ness m-n of the city to greater inter est in the work of the church, and im pressed upon h.s hearers the advis cities of the Oid and New wor.ds ap parently, therefore, planning to v;su this country. It is also sii J that, he has finished two s:.ort novels drawn from Ihe life of tho Russian siris'o- cracv and from that of tin ue is mlrv. The success of the republi'-a?) ticket in Thurston county shows the salutary effect of having the Indians u-ider proper mlluem es. X he new agent there is a republican. Fremont Tribune. s Some of the grand flJ bulwarks of tho oM.-timo democniev, who have been true to the tattered ensign of the partv through all its trials and tribulations, have at - st d - i ted. and have gone over in a s'uamef iced way, to the new democracy, which is fot a democracy at all, says Wa t Mnso:i. The name is all that it has. and that was stolon. The old line democrats h;ite to be called anything but demo crats, and hence they go over to the enemy, but they wi 1 not stay there tig, Ithey believe in sound money, as the.s'certairt.y d. they muHsoone. or later join the republican partv. which is the only organization that champions the great cause. The old line democrats have always had great contempt for the newer democrats, and, if they herd with them, they must naturally foel a contempt for themselves. it is said that tne cznrof Kus-i i is "We have all heard,"' writes a citi zen of Kearne3' to The Jom-nil, ' of the era"' published all around in the eastern papers of the fellov in Ne braska who lost a three hundred dol lar diamond shin stud gather-in 2 corn. But coming down th-3 street today I siw, in an old ramshackle wagon jro- ing out to some farmer's home, a beau tiful, all-brass bedstead, bought. I sup pose, all on account of the famir.u in India." State Journal. The News meniir n- w th rere. that Uncle Tom will not bo here S u- urday evening, as previously nr.- i nouoced, the date having been can celed. However, the in inaer chee our drooping spirits by iissinii.g us that the company will be hi re some time next month. The Cinderella in exery home isiLe mother, and the prime will never come t rescue her, f r the reason that she made . a mistake at the bc sinning of the story hy marrvintj the man she supposed to bo on.-. l-ls.. Thrashiug the Blind .ii-s. This recipe for t:erpetual motion comes from California Take a mur derer. Mix with one goid ciiminal lawyer. Convict murdeier. Pats sentence of death. Api;e-il io supreme court. Get a remittitur, writ" of re plevin, order to show probable cause. ouster le main, callar-and-liamos, or some etuer. leg ! padhn k on the eher- iff to prevent h.u.giu-. Arue it to a finish. Have day of execution set again. Take anotiii-r i.p,;tal. Get another dofuuny Jrom the supreme rivers called glaciers. maKe their way to the sea and batch icebergs, theie wan in earlier days a vei dure-ciad wildeincss of luxuriant vegetatioti. Together with the palms and tree ftjrns, 'here were trees related to the giant sequoias of our own westcoisl; aiso, representatives of the "gingko,'r the sacred tree of Japai. , arid of the Eucalyptus famiy, wo cii today is rcsttioleJ to Australia. Climbing vn es f -stooned the trunks of these in. naichs of au ancient forest with diuperus of foliage, while close to the ground grew tho-e curious dwarl trees called "cycads,' somewhat re sembtirg pa'tnsin miniature, in the inid.-t of a tangled undergrowth of ferns and other Ilowetless plants that cai p.-icd the densely wooded areas. Tlie tiiidi;;LT of tho Oldest, hardvvooc p itiit yet kuoii in the world was pei- iiaos two most latoiesting discovery of the expedition. It was a species of pjplar, and the tree giew dur.n the ej.oea already described, when Greeuiani was covered with tropica; forests. Jl his was tho early part of liii.t age which geologials call: Ihe cretaceous that is to say, not less in a!i probability than d,Ub0,0u0 years ao. Tho later cretaceous llora of the Noursuak region, as proved by the fessils, must have emoraced many hardwood trees which were of the same generation as tbi so which flour ished at the same period along the east coast of North America from Cup3 Cod southward and a. "wind into the gulf slates. They included rep resentatives of the tulip tree, the pop lar, the iLiunoiia, tho willow, the eucaly plus uud the sassafras. Appar ently, at that time the c.imate of Greenland wus much like that of tne gulf states toaay. AU tho tjviueuco seems to poitt lo the conuiusiun that climates all over the world in that ancient epoch were pretty much tho same. The same plants grew content poraiu ously in ireenlai.d and in California, in Spitz bergen and in Virgina. 'ihere was a uniformity of vegetation in all parts jtii i n cai iu. iuuuu) eaii sj ju-v why this was, tiiough teyeral tb.eor.e-! have been udvunced to account for ii. Oub theory is that the atmosphere those diiVo was heavily charged wild watery vajo.', so that warmth was readiiy distributed through it, and the sun's rays did not have a chance to strike the earth uninterrupted, mak ing differences iii climate by' the de gree of their slant. " In the course 'of lime the atmosphere thinned grad ually, and then' there came to be climatic variations marking a series of zones around the globe. Eventually arrived tho tertiary epoch, which was the last great geological period before that in which we Jive, which is the quaternary. It was at the beginning of tnat age that iiiamtiiai- lirst made their appearance eu ttieeaitu, so far as known. No tetiK.iiis of teritiary mammals, how- I ever, have Oeea uncovered in Grten ; ;-i.u, thjumi the mammoth, the maslo i u '. v. u j v rliinocorou and olmr duck is occasionally teen as far south as Cape Cod. They consist cf mosses, a few ferns, birches, two or three species of wil.ows, etc. The expedi tion found poppte-i, crowberrfea and blueberries in Greenland. The rocks aud hillsides were bare of vegetation, except in wet places along stre tmsand on sunny and protected terraces. A purple flower, related to the primrose, foi nis patches in boggy -Places thai can bo seen for mil s . '.. THORN TRIAL WILL BEGIN TODAY. Wit li ens Not a Hereto State Will Have a fore Summoned. New York, Nov. 21. Martin Thorn will tomorrow be placed on trial for the second time for the murder of Guldensuppe. Thorn nnl Mrs. Nack will both sippear on the stand. An important witness not subpoenaed in the ti:st trial will ba Constantino Keehn, a barber, who vorkt.d bi side Thorn fo- nearly a year. Upon ii ? testimony the state will base his arge m -nt that it was Thorn and not Mrs. Nack who planned and committed the crime. Thorn's testimony will be equal to a plea of being tin nccs-ory after the fact. His part of the mur der, he will decHre, was merely to r.id Mrs. Nack in disposing of tho ghastly remains and protecting her by silence, claiming that the woman did-iH murder.. $0(10 on his person. He first encount ered two woman riding horseback. Both had veils over their faces, but did not look suspicious. To his sur prise, tin order was given of hands np with four revolvers pointed at him. He obeyed without any attempt at re- sistince. 1'iesently he received a blow from behind, causinsr him to fall from the wagon. He was then beaten into insen&ioiiity hy a man who was in hiding behind a haystack close by. When Mr. Klinglesmidt regained his senst 8 the money was missing, and he saw the lobbers riding at great speed in a westeilv direction. Fount! Wandering the Streets. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 22. Three low grade inmates of '.he institute for feeble minded were found wandering about the city late Inst night by the police and were taken caie of at the police station until this morning. when they were returned to the insti tution. The management is being severely ci iticised for allowing such a thing to occur. The boys would Vrobabiy have r.erished had they not ween laKeo in. une ol tho ooys is from Omaha. 8 Will You Come In and inspect the best selected stock of Silverware in the city before you buy? We know you will not regret it if you do. Every piece is new and of the latest design. We also carry a fine stock of everything to be found in a first class Jewelry establishment. There is no possible chance of getting old and undesirable goods, as every thing is up to date. Every piece of goods and every repair fully guaranteed. You run no risks. Watch repairing a specialty. JOHN T. COLEflAN, the JEWELER. m m m m m u m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m 8 THE LEADERS IN THE GROCERY TRADE ARE- Warm Weathrr Fur 1'axtureH. FkeMoxt, Neb., Nov. 21. The warm weather of the last mouth fol lowing the Octot er rains has bene fitted pastut es considerably. Iu some places the b' ue trrass started up the aine as in tho tprirtr The number t she") ted in the vicinity exceeds that ol any pievious season. It is es timated that over 8(1,000 sheep will be Utened on Dediie county corn and bay this winter. The number of cat tle being fed is difficuU. to estimate. but fiom the catt!e feeding mortgages tiled it is probable 20 per cent over the iiuini.t r ,"eu last year. A. H. WECKBACH & CO. MYNAIil) ITEMS. The M. P. pay-car visited this p ace Sunday morning. W. Ii. Murray and J. 1-1 Morgan bought and shipped four cars of apples ttiis fall. The elevator at this place has been sold. Charles Henjren will run it herea f ter. Corn is vieldintr from thirty to forty bushels per acre around here ome of the farmers ara done husiiing eoru. 'J he United Brethren folks are hav ing their church building repaired in the way of a new root and some p'.astering. W. A. Swearingen, our agent and postmaster, has moved his family to Plittsmouth. where their little son will go to school. Mynard will corlainly be a peace able community berealter we now nave a justice of the peace and a con stable. If any of the boys get into a scrap, W. F. Gi'iispie will escort them before his honor. Justice Porter. . , . . . . r. rTIM l-'V carry the largest mid ino.-t corapioio line in oass county. 4. crj- it new. TLo v i,nv e .s:i fo.- our -ri ods and crive their custo- i . 1 1 . . ... . - 1 : . . t mors ttie imviltllRSa 01 spec.ai 11 .ii.uums. eiuupieie. 11110 tit inuiiou t;wwu3 il vavs in stool:. Tho only place in t ie city where you can get all kinds of esh Cheese, ( all and see us. ItaiMjiiet Ht Ileal ric e. Ukatkick, Neb., Nov. 21. The sec ond annual banquet and exchange of ourtesics, which about 100 republi cans and democrats agreed upon as a wager upon the election, was held bj- ncui last night at tho Paddock hotel. where covers were laid for nearly the full memb irship of the ci ub. An ex- eilent menu was served. The speech- making continued until late. W. W. Duncan acted as toast master. A, H. WECKBACH & ., Waterman Blk. A Short Talk.. ...Is all we expect to make. . Just want to mention the f apt that we have just received a beautiful line of Sterling Silver Novelties. All other lines are complete and prices were never lower. It's a pleasure for us to show sroods. You are welcome. Watch repairing a specialty. Witter Supply Nearly Ex haunted Foist Scott, Kan., Nov. 21. Save for one r two artesian wells this city is without water. The continued ef forts of twenty men, who for two dajs and ni-jhls have been dynamiting the Marmatoa river bed for water to sup ply the city, have failed, and last night the water company's pump house began drawing wind and the entire city supply was shut off. This condition is unprecedented, and un less the men who are still at work with dynamite and powder can bring water down from four miles above in a short time man3' mills and factories will bo forced to shut down The rainfall for the last month or so has been to light to afford relief B. A. M' EL WAIN, THE JEWELER. Zuckueiler & Lutz court. Fight that to a standstill. Re peat the process hs o-ten as desired, and if the people don't hang the law yer, and the murdeiv r doesn't die of old age power can lie generated in un limited quantities for an unlimited liui - Chicago Journal. Uucklen'ff Acnua J-i.i.e. The best s tlv.i in trie world 'or cu: burns, sores, ulcers, suit rheum, fe- that were vir sores, tetter, ch.n nea h .n.i- i-!u!-: '- d cypress of - . s ;je oiigii:g to that epecu in . y bave existed tLere. The expedi tion found ihe region sibout Noursoi k very r chin the lemainsol tertiary t:es a., d oilier pbnas. lnaddition to the willow, lu.io t.ee, poplar, sassa fras and mi;-oolia, there were chest nut trees, oaks, hickories, birches j beeches, other common kinds of hard ' woo l tre s ol modern lyp.s, including neariy related ta the cuii- Jn l.'i"o ui 100 souioern stales blains, corns, nrd ;ll skin and positively cures ii - required. Ii is tua anted to eiv at ilitvof a more libeml mtmnafe of . perfect satisfaction or mor ey relunoed. the home merchants and less running ! CO,?5.CDt3 pt r bX- For eale bv to Omaha to purchase goods. I 'TiCKe. There Col. Thrasher treaaury surplus $500 on taxes for ou of bia clients. added to the county today by paying in TO Cl'BiB A ltH.l) IN ONE IJAY Take Laxative ltromo Quit. inn Tablets All druggists refund tre money if i fulls ta cure. 25c. crupt ons, oicio aiso tever-ii species of or no cav 1 palms, soma of which belonged to the genu-. Flaboiiaria, which now survives i i tropical and subtropical countries. O." c iurse, the Greenland cliu.ate had ue.'umj much cooler by this time, ; oat palms grow in ".r.titudes where thero are light frosts now and the.i.' j An arctic tertiary flora has been I found all around the world in Ice- IJerldes Agaiunt Shryoek. Accident insurance cannot bp re cover-ted in cases where people die 'rom an attack of heart disease, su perindueed by an accident, il being held that accident is the causo of death. Such w..s tho rulintr of Jude Mu-.iger of the federal court in tho case of Ceiia V. Shryoek against the National Accident association of Iowa. This was the contention of the de fense in tho case the time of the accident, StiryceK was suffe: ing from heart trouble. Il lur ther showed that the accident iu which he nru -ed w is sucn a one & would not ordinarily cause death, al though it might have aggravated the heart trouble so that death resulted. Therefore tho contention was made that under its contract it could not be held liable. Jadije Mur.ger ir.liaiaied that ho wouiu hold with this position. The plaintiff's attorneys therefore le (juesied and were gt anted leave to I withdraw a juror on account of'aui-! pri-e and thus end the ease in order' that they inijrht secure a continuance. Bee. Uerman Theatre. The Turners gave an entertainment at their hall on Washington avenue last evenir.g . There was a good pro gram, the chief features of which wei c a debate on the recent coal miners' si-ike in Pennsylvania, Louis Oituot. Paul Gerinir, Fred Kbinger, partici pating, and a burlesque entitled "The lierlin Hoboes." Oitnot, Ebinger and two otheis taking the several parts. There was a large attendance, and ti;e Continuetodoaleadingbusinessin Fancy and Staple Groceries. Because they carry an immense stock, buy for cash and sell at . c x. owne.sof the artesian wens are sen- low prices. Everything good to eat ot oebi ing their water and at the shutdown Quality. Call and try US. Vl 111 O A HI pii'f; rK.-Ji.waQav tcaiotu the price. I.uetgert Case I'onin I'p Today Chicago, Nov. 21. The Lue case will be called for a second trial at 10 o clock tomorrow morning in Judge Horton's cout t. The ttate will announce its readines to goon with the trial at once, but it is very probable that Attorney Phalen for the defense twill -icL f . i -j nnnttnirmna tit a n n.i showed that at , , . . . ... of venue. Mr. Pnalen is still examining ihe lo g re-ord in the case and desires :i.o: e time to prepare for the tri.il He ii. s not yet decided uron nis as -a h e 11 t he case and may decide to conduct the d-ifsnse alone. fl Corner of Sixth and Pearl Streets, Plattsmouth, Heb. No! it is Foley's Honey Arretiteil fin Suspiiion. Nkihiask a City, Neb., Nov. 21. A ina'i who is suspected of bein? one of the assailants of l'eter Curtis was ar rested by Chief Faume last night. Two p-icketkni ves were found on his person. These were taken to Union and shown to the boy's parents and s me of his : ssociales, but no one i-nid identify them. No other evi dence of guilt attaches to the mac, who htn the appearanea of beinj a barinlts- tramp. Otoe County Wheat Average. Nkhuaska City, Neb., Nov. 21. The acreage of the fall wheat in Oto-i county is nearjy flouti'e th. t of last je r. The plnnt is in splendid condi tion. Good progress has been made in corn huskiuy. The yield is fully up to estimates on the crops of Nebraska given recent y io the Bee. program was much present. enjoyed by tiiosa j Subscribe for per week. The News 15 cents not claimed that and Tar will cure P.r TxTRTTiv.PTTnNr or Asthma in ad- vanced stages, it holds out no such false hopes, but does truthfully claim to always give comfort and relief in the very worst cases and in the early stages to effect a cure. F.- Site bv SMI Til .S: PA 1M FJAl. est for the Money he News-Herald ti PER