Will PR03RBLY PROVE K MURDER' Peter Curtis' Chances for Recovery Are Not So Good Ltfa HAD TO DRINK RUM OR DIE. John McCormlck Kfpt Busy the VerdiCri Factory Ha Carried In His Body. "He was a man of healthy appear ance, who at no time showed, physic ally or mentally, signe of dissipa tion or excess, yet he kept himself constantly under the influence of ; liquor," said Alden Preston, a trav eling salesman, speaking of a man ! Omaha today. whom be met in Chicago. I saw John McCormick-often at the Le- land House. He had a government BRIEFLY TOLD. Th. Dtrdly Attempt to Tke H Likely ta Tot Saccef Ine Who Committed the Deed H Been Apprehended - Several Clrcom.t-uc. Co to Prove HU Identity TL v.-,,,! n,ault made upon Peter contract for dredging in the lake Curtis, the nineteen-year-old boy near Umou Thursday evening lust, is still an exciting top'.c nil over the county, and news of the poor boy's condition is anxiously sou-ht for. Curtis is .till at the Smith hotel in Union and Irom a conversation today with bis physician, we learn tbat his condition is worse and that but the slightest hope for his recovery is entertained. He lies in a comatose condition and eometiines mutters incoherently, but at no time has full consciousness re turned. The danger of blood clot on in hours drag ents who sit beside him. hopes for re turn to health crow darker, and the end seems not far away. The villain with murdor in hi heart, who committed the assault is now believed to be none other than the man arrested and now held in jj.il at Nebraska City. Sheriff Hoiloway, us soon as he was notified of the aflray, drove imme diately to the scene, and where'the boy had been engaged in a struggle with the jissasr-in, or assassins, a vest outton and a small piece of tobiicco were found, and nearby were discov ered the foot-prints of a man who wore a neculiar natch on his shoe. The i prisoner at Nebraska City has such ii patch on his shoe, he chews tobacco and a button is missing fiocn his vest the one found being exactly like the other buttons on the vest, which goes- to form a strong chain of circumstan tial e vidence, and which will be diffi cult to evade if young Cuitis' wound prove fatal, as they now seem likely I gejj jif to do. trict couit, aud will not likely briop the prisoner here until Curtis has C. A. Marshall, Dentist Aitbaphoros at Gering As Co"s. M.s. Perry Walker was in Omaha today. Chamberlain's Kernels at Gericg & Cs. F.iia Saj?e was a bus:ness visitor in Liccolu on leaal Cass agr.la after a few years at the TTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTIT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTt3 college city. It is not what a m mu'acturer says about his own medicine mat cures patient, hut what th J medicine doe? C. S. Polk is in business today. ' All lovers of iirst-class ciear,suioke Wurl's "Gut Heil" Dr. Elster, Waterman block, for American Fred Eblnger, Agent. Mrs. Thomas Kempster and daughter were passengers for Lincoln today. Crabill, the practical, jeweler, will .1 j& rinir vonr watcQ correcuv auu . f j - promptly. Claim Agent DeLon? of the M. P., is in town today from Atchison, lie and staid a great deal at this hotel. which was conveniently near hi3 work. After 1 had got 60inewbat panders dentistry .... m . I acquainted with him I notea ine losure in the German regularity with which he would go to the bar for a drink. His tipple was always rum, and the drink was a stiff one. After we had got fur ther along in oui acquaintance he told me the reason for his constant drinking. " 'My life depend" on it, he said. 'The rum counteracts the poison of a copper bullet that I carry in my went to Omaha on the noon train. V.. ; ,j imminent n(l S ine WU1. nu .umiuu (u ...-v. .v c f - , luc ui niu i . - i riiv hv for the oar- shot me nve years ago. i was uue rooDS, ana tiruuun s ia:i:ous ice oemu of a party ot Americans prospecting at Smith & Parme:e s, I'laitsaioum for minerals in a wini region mat M jame3 Nichol, near Rock we uaU euteiTU agauisi me huvilo Biff. who has bjen verv low, is now Of menus wuo Knew me country. The Indians of that region were fighters and were bound that no white man should settle or work in their country. They had hrenrms, and for bullets used copper nuggets that they found in the beds of the streams and hammered out round When they jumped us, three of our party of seven got away, 1 carrying this bullet in my back. " 'There was no doctor in thecoma trv where we were that 1 could trust to extract the bullet, but the wound healed after a fashion. Be fore 1 got back to New York, which I reached as soon as I could, 1 had suffered a great deal from copper Doisonine. but had made the discov ery that rum was an antidote to the gain Gering & Co. are offering on tab verdigris that constantly was form- lets. Your choice of any Ubiety n theii ing in my body aud that I could be window for 5 cents comtortable as long as l Kept my- xow is Vne tjme to buy splendid 11111 111 11117- llliutil. a iirr . r i t, tl.m in . , . t -l 1 he sheriff ts very buy in dis- h t , ... , . , , .. k j ------ . I cneao l hi i t-uee 8 auu cauiino vised me not to risk the operation Quaiities and price? ui uaviug txie outlet tAiratiou, us reported in a fa.r way lor teeovc-ry We ttill sell lead pencils at 1 cent each, and the very best matches at 1 cent per lox of 200. Geing & Co, A union prayer meeting will be heid at the home of M. V. Gibson on Friday evening, to wh.ch all are cordially invited. Dr. Wilkinson. SL-ecialist eye. ear nose and throat,wili be at Dr. Livings ton's office, Plattsmouth, Monday, No vemher Small nill, hafo pill, best pill, De W.U's Little Early U sers cure bil: ojsie-s, constipation, sU'k headache F. G. Fi lcke & Co, Have you seen the wonderful bar WAN a '".iiiiiii iiiiiiii iiiiKiMiiniii ii mi ii ! w ttMMM uiiiiii mmu Ulillli I Ea..j. u a JiorcLound Syrup does"the work and does it well. It cures coughs and eolda Id a dwy. Its heal- ng, ioolbiojr at-d qaiwtiag. 21. acd ole Wurl Bros. "Gut Heii' istakiDf the lead as a choice 5-cent cigar. It la made of the finest American tobacco grown from Havanna seed, and ful.y deserves the high rank it has ta Ken. If you have net tried this cigar do so at once and you win be convinced of its superiority. Warning: Person who suffer from coughs and colds should heed the waniogs of danger and save them selves suffering and fatal results by us ing One Minute Cough Cur It is an infallible remedy for coughs, colds, croup and all throat and lung troubles. F. G. Fricke & Co. J. M. Thirswent, of Grosbeck, Tex., says that when he has a spell of in digestion, and feels bad and sluggist, be takes two of DeWitt's Little Eariy Risers at night, and be is all right the next morning. Many thousands of others do the same tbing. Do you.' F. G. Fricke & Co. (Special notices under thla head will be Chargeu for at th rate of H cent per word eachlmertloo.) BOABD1SO. WASTED A few boarders at the corner of Sixth and Granite st3. Mrs. G. V. Osborn. MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED Active, sober and trustworthy man to travel through this section. Salary $50 a month, payable weekly, and expenses; splendid opportunity. Address SHErF company, lo2U Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Fa. WANTED Wood wi'l be taken on subscrip tion at the News oce. CHARGED WITH MURDER. Rev. A. E. I1U J. C. Berry, one of the best known nitl7anj tit ti ! M f t.-atiflp4 trin.t he cured himself of the worst kind of , a minister of the same name died Morrison to Answer for Wife's Death. TOPKKA. Kan.. Nov. 23 The To- peka police have arrested Rev. A. B. Morrison, a minister of Panhandle, Tex., and are holding him on suspi cion of murder until the sheriff oan arrive from Panhand.o and take him home for trial. For several months Morrison had been engaged to Mis. Whittlesey of Toi eka, whose family is prominent here, and they were to be married here during the holidays. From the information the police have received it is supposed that Mor rison is the same persou, as the v-ife & new uouub Jim icluvcu. g jCy ISJ n COMPL6TE Drv Goods. Dress M HnnHc and Nntinns fjy Lin eoF .w , p ley Blankets, Woolen rj M Underwear, and evcryLmn uauctny rnunu in a iirsiJict;& jj Dry Goods store will be found at fsl JL. IB. Jgenberrror's 1 7 ' VEz Lower ATnin Street. 2 S Also a Full Line of Standard and Fancy g Groceries, Queensware and n M Stoneware. M fjj We pay no rents, or expensive clerk hire and give our customers the bene- p H fit of Low prices. ! suddenly at Panhandle, Tex., October 8, under circumstances which pointed to murder. Morrison admitted to Chief Steele ; that he wad from Panhandle, but said Call and See For Yourself. piles by us:ng a few boxes of De Witt's Witch H.izel Salve. He bad been troubled with piles lor over thlity wars and had used macv different L'inHw nf f .-! 1 1 mi iiirns hilt DrtW itt.' .th..-th-t..n.iii.rir v,Jhedid not know how the chargetf will verify this staterrent if wishes to write him. F. G. Co. Si J! pjMpppMpMlpMMMiMTflilj H U H. m 1 1 rl c. r roiili Ha m a ( n n.crin.4t him. pik "unless it was tne outgrowth of criti cism that was heaped upon him on ac count of his wife's death. I At the Whittlesey home the family Jrtcob Fredrick Huber was horn in objected to allowing reporters to see Germany July 17, 1S18, and died No- i Miss Whittlesey. One of the brothers vomber 13, lifc7. at 6 o'clock a. m. , explained that OllirUAKT. passed to the heieafter, and he will . 1)0is01lin,, wouid be verv lia- then be brought hero and arraigned fcle tQ follow it jj;0 j stin carry the on the charge of as brutal a murder as was committed on old man Akeson a few years ago, for which crime Harrt Hill was hung and bis partner, Ben well, is now serving penance in the s'.a.e penitentiary. THE HAIOHT TKUL 11 EG UN. Couutr Attorney Graves Present the Case to tbe Jury. The trial of Charles Haight, charged with the murder of his uncle at Avoca last May, was begun at 1:30 today The jury was socured yesterday, and the witnesses all arrived on the noon train, to that nothing now is likely to prevent a speedy nen-ing ot Ahe case County Attorney Graves mtde the oneniuff statement to the jury in a concise manner, g v'ng a brief history of the crime; showing how or the fatal day in May tue irione h:id provoked a quarrel with his une'e, an old man, and how the former h d struck the latter over the head with a plane, which produced concussion of the hrain, and caused death a few days af copper bullet in my body and take this remedy for itH bad effects. " 'How much rum (should you guess tnat l aruiK in a uay ana Bennett & Tutt will have olives. chow-cbow. sweet and sour pickles in bulk, also fresh celery, lettuce and parsley for Thanksgiving. Otto Wurl was an Omaha visitor last evening, and remained over with every day 1 A quart? Two quarts! his brother Pau', who has a fine po- Try again. Double that. .Never less sition with the Uiiion Pacihc. than a gallon of Santa Cruz, Ja Holdege'i new special car was run out of the shops this mornintr and was taken taUmabH on iNo. IV and re turned on 20 for a trial run. If you want to keep up with the that comes up means 20 cents in my pocket, to 1 can a fiord to drink some. It's time for me to take my medicine again.' " New York Sun. maica, or isew ingiana ram, ac cording as I find one or another the best brand to be found at tho place where I chance to be. A pretty jtiff allowance of grog to work on, you'd think, but it just keeps me tins s, call at Pettee's and select, some right. Those dredges out in the lako of the new songs of which he has a are mine and everj scoopful of mud quantity of the best selected. Hive you ever tried canned SMuer kraut, clam chowder, baked beans in torn tU'e sauce? If not, get a can at Bennett & 1 utt's. They are all nice. Ball iru's llorehound Syrup is the best known remedy for Consumption, Colds, and all Throat and Chest Troubles. Every uottle is guaranteed 2o and 50c. Henry Clay L?ffer, a prominent at torney oi Haipv county, Wi.s lu town today on legul business, and renewed old university school day memories with the editor. You can't cure consumption, but you can vi-id it and cure every other form of throatdung or trouble by the use of One Minute Couirh Cura. F. G. Fricke & Co. How to Keep Crackers. Complaints are frequently heard that crackers bought at grocery stores are soggy and stale tasting, even when comparatively fresh. The fault is in the way they are kent. Crackers demand a warm. terward. Uenng, oi counsel lor me Jry place, and they should not be prisoner, gave the defendant s side of 8toieij near 0ji su or other strom tne story in an effort to excuse the Umelling goods. Gieat care should crime. I K PYArcisod hv irreicprn in this re- The jurors, in whose hands ttie late I Bpect. The cracker trade is one of of the prisoner now rests, are Ira the most important fentiirfis of a bearle. Will livers, Phil lnieroti, J Keneral grocery business, and it W. Grasm tn, rrank Kauble, J. I should be taken care of. Crackers Thrasher, James BrakerJI.G. Robine, j ehould be purchased in small quan- or this city; and Arthur sullivan, I titin that thtv will not h-c Charles Vogler, U. II. Frans and tjme to get Ktale before being sold. Grant Creamer, of tbe couuty. Thev should be kept, as stated, in warm, dry place, and customers Graves, alt the witnesses were ex- I should be ad vised to place them in the oven a few minutes before using This will restore their crispness, c'uded from tbe court room during the trial of the case until after their testi mony had been given. The prisoner, a slight built light complcclioued man with light brown hair, gray eyes, and round face, does not look like a man who would take human life without cause, but it is W. G. Sanders of the Herbert Bas Relief company, St. Loui9, has sold the exclusive right to make the won derful Bus-Relief photographs to W. J. K-on. They at e beauties. Patronize home industry by smok- even though they have become damp ing home cigars. Gering & Co. soil, and soggy. Pepperberg's Buds. Wurl's Gut Heil, All the :aie in the world, how- I Spies Exquisitos, Slamn's Diamond ever, will not build up a cracker King, and other home cigars. trade if the crackers are not pure and fresh and well made. Be care- s.iid he has a temper which he made J f ul in buying to get the best the no effort to control. His little daugh market affords; then push the trade ter, aged eleven or twelve, sits be- for all there is in it. One lot of side him an interested spectator of all I stale, poorly made crackers will do that takes place. The wife is here, more harm than one cap overcome but being an invalid, she is not able to spend any time in the court room From the large number tf witnesses subpoenaed, it is doubtful if the case will be finished before Saturday even ing. as no court will be held on Thurs day. The case does not interest the public as tria s of this class generally do,and so far the court room at no time has been more than h iif full. in six months. Mercantile Journal. IHatrlct Court .Notes. Nearly all the doctors in Weeping Water, Union, Nehawka, Avoca and Plattsmouth have been sunpoenaed as witnesses today in the Haignt case. After the jury was cmpanneled to try tbe Haight case Judge Ramsey excused tbe ba ance of the panel unti Monday morning, and most of the jurors co excused returned home. The jurors from each precinct in the county are here in attendance at cnu-t, ani we do not remember to have seen a more representative crowd of Cass county's best people. C County Dairy. R. F. Dean has again taken charge of the Cass County Dairy and will be pleased to serve his old customers and also others desiring pure inilK. He will also furnish crenm -n.nd butter milk when desired. Your 'patronage io solicited. - Mast Settle. Everyone knowing himself indebted to Dr. W. A. Humohrey, is requested to cali at once and settle. Pi vet's ew Odor Golden Daisy Is sweet, isGued and lasting. Did as He Was Told. "Will you keep an eye on my horse, my son, while 1 step in and get a drink? "Yes, sir." Stranger goes in, gets his drink. comes out and finds his horse miss ing. "Where is my horse, boyl" "He's run'd away, sir." "Didn't I tell you to take care oi him, you young scampi" "No, sir. You told me to keep I sores and skin troubles. my eye on him, and 1 did till he got & Co P. J. Coates arrived in town today with a car load of household goods. He also brought with him from Blair a good driving horse to take the place of the gray on the delivery wagon. There is no need of little children bain? tortured by scald bead, eczema and bkin eruptions. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve gives instant relief ana cures permently. F. G. Fricke & Co. You cau't afford to -isk your life by allowing a cold to develop into pneu monia or consumption. In-tart relief and a certain cure are afforded by One Minute Coujjh Cure. F. G. Fricke & Co. Disfigurement for life bv burns o- scalds may be avoided by u-ing De Witt's Witch Hazol Salve, the great remedy for piles and for all kinds of F. G. Fricke clear out of sight." Pick Ale Up. Excessive. "You ought to see Mrs. Kay refill's house. She keeps it so clean you could eat off any of the floors. " "Huh! She keeps it so clean thai her husband has to eat off the top of the wardrobe or out in the shed five or six weeks every summer. Chicago MVihnns To Delinquent Tax I ayers. PLATTSMOUTH, Nov., 17, 1897. All parties that are in arrears on their real estate tax a e requested to make W. P. Miller of Chicago, represent ing the great tobacco house of Freid man & Co.. came in yesterday and mingled business with pleasure by visiting his old schoolmates, the Wurl boys, Louis Ottnatt, the painter and deco rator, began work today on tbe main floor of the court bouse, which will be painted and fixed up befitting a court of justice located in tbe best county in the stale. Ballnrd's Horehound Syrup is not a mixture of stomach destroying drugs. aged sevent3r-nine years.three months. and twenty-seven days. He was mar ried in 1838. emigrated to the United States in 1842, locating at G.eenviile. O. There he resided until 18G9, when with his family he came to Nebraska, purchasing 400 acres of land. De- eeasea was the founder of L niisvitle. Remains were laid to rejt in the church yard of the German Evange lical church seven miles aoutnwestof Louisville by the 9ide of his wife, who preceded him eleven yoars ago. Ho leaves six children two sons and four daughters to mourn their loss. lie was a faithful Christian from early boyTood, and loved to schoolmate in ago. Morrison was their Illinois twenty years Uope For Nebraska. Cleveland Leader. Next y car Il-yan's state will get a good shaking up which ought to offset the effect of tho gieat defalcation of its former republican treasurer who was found to have been about V00,000 short when he vacated his office. In tbe recent campaign his t?reat crime hung on the republicans of Ne braska with crushing- weight, and it probably prevented the state from getting into line with South Dakota and Kansas, its neighbors which have! 21 mm i SPECIAL SALE VA; ''I GflOOL SHOES repudiated BryanUm at last. Next read and i-tudy tho works of God. He . year the effect of tins defalcation will . 1 -; . I f v. . . .J . . . : r . i u.. u..4 ' . j . i . . - i ; i uavo worn away, anu mere wiusureijf was a kind father, a dutiful husband. and a good neighbor and citizen. For tire insurance see Thrasher. Thanksgiving Dinner Headquarters. A. H. Week bach & Co., among scores of other pood things eatabie. have the following to select from in m iking :ip your Thau ksgin s; dinner: Lettuce, radishes, celery, erauber berries, figs, dates, oranges, lemons, ana they have the following varieties of cheese: Imported and Domestic Swias. Roquefort, Edam, Pineapple, Sago, Brick, Li m burger, Neufsehutel, New Yoi k Cream, Wisconsin, Cream, And other good tbinga too numerous to mention. Remember, at A. H. Weckbach & Co. Were Badly Used tp, Two of the sorriest looking engines that ever came to the Havelook shops, says the Times, were brought in from be less disposition to hold the republi- o in party responsible for tbe fall of one of its members, even tnou;h man iu high office. In I8'J8 Nebraska is to feel the stimulating fore of a great exposition. Omaha is to do for tho west what At lanta and Nashville have done for the south. A irr. ad display is lube made f the natural and duve oped wealth uf the vast region beyond the Mis-Is sippi. In connection wiih an exposi tion which ought to p; ov one of the most interesting yet hi id in the United States there will ho n.any meetings of nolnble organizations, philanthropic, commercial, indus trial, religious, educational and many other kinds. Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected f om other parts of the eojniry, or, at least, from oaar-by states. Ail this is bouud to make a lively and stirring summer in Omaha and in Nebraska generally. Such influences are always bad for Bryanism. They ouffht to insure the overthrow of the silerites in Bryan's state. 500 PAIRS JUST RECEIVED All s'zs, a'l Solid. Well MadoShoe, with NO PAPER. wh:c'i will !20 AT LESS than mtin ufaetnrers' price. We sell nothing rut Shop-, GOOD SHOES, and give our whole undivided attention to SHOES, and by sj doing we study QUALITY hem e ynir poeketbook. We don't have to give you pencils to induce you to buy our Shoes. We make the PRICE RIGHT.which makes the pe-m ii giv ing scheme a very small and insignificant misleading inu ueeiner t . Call and fee tne BARGAINS partially displayed on our counter and you will oa male h'ippy. Open every evening tilt wo gi t ;ir l. No more 8 oV.eck closing. I ROBERT SHERWOOD 1 FOOT MILLINER. Plattsmouth, Neb. 3 M - - Fancy Groceries. Choice Canned Goods. TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAT Lincoln on tne local freight Thursday ! Take Laxative Bromo QuinlneTablets. All druggists refund the money if it morning. Oua was 1M, as could be told by the nunb?r on the tender, but the other haa about everything, in cluding the number, torn from it. They were in a high line wreck. Diamond Dyes at- Gering & Co'a. failj U cure. 26e. Postponed. The Ladies' Missionary fco-.-iety. to have met Fiidav of this week, bas been postponed until further notice. These are Leaders at White's Grocery Store (THE OLD RELIABLE.) real a settlement at onoe, as after the but i3a scientifically prepared remedy thit cures coughs and colds and all other lunjr troubles Its action is quick, prompt and positive. '25c. and 50c. Peter Perry, oneofCiss county's. first day of December all such estate will be sold. Board will be in cession from the first day of December for the purpose of confirming such sales. A. R. El KEN BAR Y, County Treasurer. PI vet's Perfect Purple Pansey Perfume The latest fad. At all druggists. best citizens, has left the farm for a time and gone to University Place to educate his children. The NWg hopes to chronicle bis return to old 1 0 J Restocked Complete.. We have Entirely Re-stocked our Drug Store and are ready for winter trade. We have just received New Medicines, New Wall Paper, New Perfumery, New Line of Stationary and a Complete Line of New Druggist Sundries. We will sell Below Popular Prices and Gaurantee the Goods. Our Prescription Line is Com ple. All late Remedies always on hand. We give Special Bargains in Fine Soap. We are here to stay. We buy our goods so as to permit us to give Good Bargains. 4 4 t i t A select stock of Dry Goods in the latest styles for Pall a'nl Wintoi just arrived. If you want the b st for your money give us a trhi'. F. S. WHITE, Upper Main Street. Plattsmouth. Neb. tiedbloom Pharmacy, W. D. JONES. Cass Cnmi-'s ttlSI Oldest : Liveryman, 618 MAIN STREET, STILL IN BUSINESS. BEST ri-s f..p Woddiags, Funerals or Pleasure Parties, e'c. H ick oidc--attenvied to promptly. Terms reasonable. Cash preferred. Cailmo gi-- rates. Telephone 76. W. B. W. D. Jones auctioneer all kinds of good ariri f-, k disponed of 'Am l a y 1 1 iiiSSl '2& .v MAIN STREET. A Thanksgiving Engagement Is t-uro to follow many of the Thanks giving feants bpent with your sweetheart while reveling in love music and luxur ious feasting. Aft-r she has saU the thrilling -"yen," eomo around and ex amine our bupcrb st'.ck of engagement rings. We have a d izzling array of ail kinds of precious stones set in beautiful designs and ejects, and when "Vho" knows it is from Snyder's it will bs doubly prized. SNYDER & CO., Jewelers and Opticians, Cor. Sixth and Main Sts.