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Of any Cass County Paper.
Til
Nebraska City is already figuring
on the spring election, and expects to
have four mayoralty candidates in the
field.
Goveuxok Griggs of New Jertey,
iLi&.iid. will bo Attorney General
McKenna's successor. Gritrg maybe
all right, but lew people ever neara vi
him outride bis own stale.
How does the calamity press like
the advance in wages given by George
Gould to his 50,000 emp oyesV The
McKinley times we promised is strik
in somebody every day, and only
those who live by deluding the people
can help noticing the general im
provement every wheie.
Nebraska hasn't a monopoly on
boodlinsr otKcials, ex-Premier Crirpi,
the Italian statesman, is snid to hiive
secured $2,000,090 by crooked methods
which broke two of the leading banks
in Rome. His wife, it seems, was
worsa than himself in conducting the
schemes which proved so successful.
If Biily Bryan will continue his
stumping tour and advertise to give
half the gate receips for wiping out
the national debt, he would accom
plish more real good than he can show
to his credit with all of the yeais t!ial
he has lived put together. Billy's
winsome smile is good, but his gate
receipts are betier.
A. J. WHAHTON,one of Omaha's best
lawyers, is said to be slated for the
office of United States district attorney
to succeed A. J. Sawyer, whose term
of office expires in April next. Mr,
Wharton is capable and deseiving.
We shall in company with republicans
generally be glad to see him noini
nated for this important poiition.
Foit the year ending May 31, '96,
England purchased $3:21,000 north of
American bicycles, and for the year
ending May 31, :l7, the enormous sum
o4 $2,082,000 was paid to manufactur
ers in this country for bicycles by Eng
lish r!ders. The growtn of the busi
ness is indeed phenomenal, and fi-ee
trade theories get a pretty hard jolt
thereby.
TnE fellows who were jubilant over
the defeat of tbe invincible Mark
Hanna, have taken to the woods siitce
it has been ascertained by canvass of
the members of the Ohio legislature
that Mark will have a majority of
fifteen on joint ballot. This was the
off year when Ohio usually goes demo
cratic, but your Unc'a Mark was too
important a man to be thrown over
board .
SPEAKING of the Haight case, re
cently tried here, the Weeping A'a
ter Republican 6ays: "It is verdicts
like this that causes lynching to be
fashionable in some localities." The
attorneys for Haight saw fit to criti
cise The News through the Journal,
because it expressed an opinion not
flattering to them, and suggested that
the jury had made a mistake. It will
be seen tbe Republican is far more
caustic in the view the unprejudiced
editor of that paper takes of the
case.
It is stated by those who have an
opportunity of knowing, that McComb.
who is wanted badly here on a charge
of shooting with intent to kill, is here
in this county in hiding. Assistance
of criminals in avoiding officers of
the law is altogether too common in
this county, and if persons rendering
such assistance were properly pun
ished, it would be no more than right.
It is certain that if McComb is cap
tured in this county, and it c .n be
shown that any person assisted in hid
ing him from the officers, such per
sons will be severely punished.
RETURN OF PROSPERITY.
Speaking of the return of prosperity,
or tbe advent of McKinley times, as
republicans designate it, the Lincoln
Call says:
"Quito recently the firm of Jones &
McLaughlin, Pittsburg iron workers,
increased the wages of their men 10
per centthus restoring tbe old rates.
This is one of the number of instances
of increased wages which have been
reported recently from establisb
ments which were compelled to make
cuts during the depression. The total
improvement in this respect undoubt
edly means a very considerable differ
ence in the amount paid for wages at
present from that of the early summer.
"The new tariff has caused a rise
in wages by reopening the mills and
the shop3, creating a demand for more
workers, thus giving the railroads
more freight to haul and increasing
business in all lines. It would be
difficult to find a railroad man who
voted for McKinley last year, re
gardless of politics, who would not,
under similar circumstances, do the
same thing over again.
"Another Pittsburg firm employing
3,5C0 men has decided to grant to
its workers an increase of 10 per
cent in wages. The action is entirely
voluntary. It seems to indicate that
th revival of business is not the myh
pictured by Calamity Howling Tio-
bles aud hi pop compatriots. From
Michigan corner more good news.
While the farmers are complaining
bitterly it id not on. account of hard
times. Such a market hi.s been fouad
for their produce tbit railroads can
not eupp.y cirs to haul it. One
branch cf an important trunk line
was quite recently 4X)cars in arrears.
Furniture factories in the state are
overwhelmed with orders they cannot
fill."
CANADA ASKS TOO MUCH.
Stale uepurlmeni officials are aid
to have practically reached the con-
c uion that there will be no agree
ment with Canada on theseaiing ques
tion, tays the Bee, owing to the de
mand of tbe Cantidian au' norit.es that
the settlement of this question must
depend upon the adjustment of the
several other matters which the mem
bers of the Canadian government pre
sented for consideration, chief among
them being a reciprocity treaty. The
view t iken at Washington appears to
be that the rec iprocity proposal tub
milted by Premier Laurier would be a
prepoi-tei ous agreement for the United
States, as it would open our. markets
to the agricultural products of Canada
without any compensating benefits to
American producers.
There is nothing surprising in this
view. It is perfectly obvious that any
reciprocity arrangement acceotable to
C.iniida mu.-.t be disadvantageous to
our agricultural producers unless we
can get cc-ncr-ssions for our m inufac
turerswii i.ii would offset this diud
vun'age it i- useless to talk about re
ciprocity. As to the sealing question,
it seems evident that at last t.ur gov
ernment will be compelled to find a
solution in some euoh drastic policy as
was proposed r-y Mr. Dingley in the
last congress. The utterly selQsh at
titude of Cinada in this matter, in
which it has the support of the
Britisli government, cannot be indefi-
nate'.y tolerated and a summary end
ing of tberconti overly by removing
the caute would be in the inlertst of
peace.
The middle-of-the-road populists
propose to name their presidential
ticket next year. That will at least
stop the repetition of the Bryan-Tom
Watson joke.
INFORMATION AM) il' I N ION.
The pecp'e who have always ex
pressed a deire to sleigh ride on the
Fourth of Ju!y had no right to kick
today.
Much surprise has been expressed!
at the keen sense frr business shown
in the letters of George" E.iot, quoted
in Mr. Oliphaiit's b;ok about the
backwoods. But it turns out that tbe
letters were really dictated by George
Henry Lowes, whi wps an aole busi
ness man, and lootttd niter her affairs
so closely that, in spite of the compar
atively tmall bulk of her work she left
a large fortune behind her, ali of it
earned by her pen Ourirg a career of
saventy-ouo years.
iNenraskud Indian summer was
rudely broken the other day by a big
suow storm, Lut she is getting back to
old lines again, and the snow is going
today like buckwheat cakes and ma
pie syrup before a hungry boy. The
sua is shining as bright and warm as
a May day, and the breeze as balmy.
and soft as a breath from the tropics
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A new commandment is abroad in
the land, says an exchange: "Thou
shalt not hear an unkind story so long
as thou hast hot Is to turn on or hands
to cover thine ears. '' If all those who
peddle unkind words were treated in
this manner, the peddler would have
to go out of business and kind people
wouid get a rest.
James Fanning was appointed post
master tf Moriches, L I., June 19,
1815. At i ts death in 1827 his son.
James Matthew Famine, succeeded
him in the office aud held it for ha f a
century. Then it passed to bis
oephew (and the first postmaster's
erandson), Edmund Halinck, the pres
ent incumbent. The building that
was the postoffice in 1815 is the post
office today, , tiefore that 3 ear letters
were deposited in a box nailed to a
tree, and were collected by a stage
driver.
The retiring aldermen of New York
and B.o-"klri are working indus
triously these days. Brooklyn's board
j itumed through trolley, g s nd other
franchises valutd at $lo,CU0.000, and
approved contracts ioereasiog ihe
city debt $800,000 The courts have.
however, forestalled the completion
of the deals. New York aldermen
promptly followed the example by
granting to a surface road a franchise
in perpetuity to six miles of streets.
It is likely that this deal will le
stopped by the courts, as the charter
of Greater New York exprrssly pro
hibits such grants.
According to the Drovers' Journal
the valuation of stock received at the
yards at South Omaha for tbe year
ending November 30 was the largest
in the history of the yards, amounting
to $42,893,510, divided as follows:
Cattle, $25,245,360; hogs, $15,241,480;
sheep, $2,174,500, horses and mules,
$232,120. November feeders ship
ments reached 1,163 cars, as against
700 cars out in November a year ago;
a total of 32.983 shipped and 6,071
driven out. making a grand total of
39,054 cattle out against 19,362 head a
year ago.
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A novel system of rura free deliv
ery of milk has come into use down at
Great Bend, Kas. It is worked in con
nection with the creamery business
at that point. Seven routes have been
established nd sixty raaiii:e :i en
joying the service a', a nonvrwi: -
The milk-hauler distributes the mail
da.ly on his rtturn trip nrd reads the
postal cards for his reward.
The sun kissed the snow drifts today
and the wai-uith of his love trat.s
formed them into crystal rivulets,
which sparkled and chattered in a
wild race to hide in toe bosom cf the
river, away fiom his strength and
power.
Dr. Nansen relates thutduring their
long absence from civilization in the
Artie regions he and his party had
their sense of smell so sharpened that
when they met Jackson on Franz Josef
laud they could easily detect the
smell of soap which he had used in
washing himself. This acutenes was
further noticable when the explorers
went to Jackson's cabin on the island,
where it seemed as if they could tell
all that the hut contained from their
sense of smell alone. In a few days
the acuteness wore off. Nansen rea
sons fiom this exparience that in a
wild state, men probably crew as
keen in their sense of smell as. ani
mals. The police court annex is a small
room near the police court furnished
with wood and stoveiand a few chairs.
The room is used to house tramps of a
night, thus preventing much crime
arid pilfering. The room is occupied
every night, one night recently seven
teen men slep there, everyme of whom
looked like he hhd not seen water for
months. Eicb town has a tramp
headquarters similar to this one and
as so n as the foot pads enter a town
at night, they quickly fhunt up their
free lodging house. The next morn
iner they are fired out of town or the
officers attempt to get rid of them by
starting them oul - At the present
not one tramp in a thousand would
take a steady job if be could et it,
they are peripatetic dend beats.
A Queer (?) Medicine.
There is a medicine whose proprie
tors co not claim to have discovered
some hitherto unknown ingredient, or
that it is a cure-nil. This honest med
icine only claims to cure certain dis
eases, and that its ingredients are
recognized by the most skilled phy
sicians as beiig the best for Kidi.ey
and Bladder uise:isps. It is Fo-ey's
Kidnev Cure. Smith & Pai mele.
lor Kent
2i0 acre farm. Abuirt 125 :eres in
cultivation. A 10 acre bearing peach
and apple orchard, the balance in
pasture. A go d stoi-k we 1 i.nd ;two
spring-4. Will rent the whole at $2.75
per acre for one or more yiais.
Joseph SHEUA.Rock Biuff, Neb.
Or. Marshall, OrauuHte DentUt.
Dr. Marshall, fine gold work.
Dr. Marshall, gold and porcelain
crowns.
Dr. Marshall, crown and br idge wor k
Dr. Marshall, teeth without plates.
Dr. Marshall, all kinds of fillings.
Dr. Marshall, all kinds of platen.
Dr. Mar-shall, perfect fitting plates.
Dr. Marshall, all work warranted.
All the latest aooliances tor firs'.,
class dental work.
I'ljmotli Korku.
Some choice, full-blooded 1'lymoth
Rock Roosters for sale 50 cent each.
Address Mrs. L. H. Young, Nehiwka.
.! IS ALI,,
In Thee, O God, I rest in peace;
Thy care forme doth never cease.
For Thou art love. In thee I dwell.
Thou art all heaven. There is no hell
Thou art all good; there is no sin
All good without; all good within.
Thou art all truth. Error denned
Is naught but dreams, called mortal mind.
Thou art all life death hath no place.
For thou dost fill infinite space.
Thou art all light eternal day.
Kevealing Truth to be the way;
Dispelling mortal dreams called nizht.
And making manifest thy might.
Thou art all power. Ail power is love.
All power below, around. above;
Thou art ail-wise for thou art Mind;
Thou art one Spirit, uncontined;
One Faiher. Holy Ghost and Son
Infinite God, thou three art one.
In me they Being is expressed;
In Thee I live. Thou art ray rest;
Thou art my life. Thou art my soul;
Thou art my health, I know I'm whole;
Thou art my strength, I cannot fall;
Thou art my God, yea. thou art all.
Robert J. Vass.
; Restocked
Complete..
We have Enlirely Re-stocked our i
Drug Store and are ready for winter trade. J
l We have just received New Medicines, 4
I New Wall Paper, New Perfumery, New j
J Line of Stationary and a Complete Line I
f of New Druggist Sundries. We will sell
J Belqvv Popular Prices and Gaurantee the t
9 Goods. Our Prescription Line is Com- a
J plete. All late Remedies always on hand. J
a We give Special Bargains in Fine Soap.
J We are here to stay.
f so as to permit us to
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MAIN STREET.
AflDE GOOD HIS ESCAPE.
SMOOTH WORK OF STATE PENI
TENTIARY CONVICT.
Cat Ills Way Through a Thick Cement
Wall With Crude Tools, Taking
Three Months Tlm.
Cyrus B. Miller, a convictlnthe
stale penitefctiary, disappeared from
his steel cell in 1894. says the Lincoln
Call. The doors ere locked, as
when he was placed in the cell the
night before. Not a single clue as to
the means of his escape could bo dis
covered. The mystery was cleared up recent'y
when MiUer was captured in Minne
sota, after three year9 of iiberty. He
at first refused to disclose to tbe peni
tentiary authorities how he made his
escape, but when threatened with
irons in his cage if he did not corfesf",
be told his story, which tbe officers
easily verified.
Miller was confined in the lower of
throe tiers of cells, the top cell reach
ing to the third floor of the building.
One wall of the cage rests against the
granite of the outer wall of the prison.
This wall has a space in its center
twelve inches wide, which is filled
with brick. On the opposite side of
the brick is another wall of granite
This wall is, in fact, two walls of
granite, with this brick interior
placed between the stone for the pur
pose of abso- biug the moisture aud
rendering the prison more com
fortable. Mi lor bad heard through a priso
ner who bad worked on tbe cell house
of this peculiar construction. The
pr isoner related it as an explanation
why the stone walls were not always
wet. Milier set to work to make an
entrance into the brick partitions.
This was the wo' k of two months, as
the cement in the first granite wall
had to be dug out with very crude
tools. Ho used a small piece of wire,
an old knife and other small bits of
iron, which he hud picked up f om
time to lime in the yards of the
prison.
j After many days of patient labor
Miller was able to remove a large stone
and reach the loose b.-iuk. He found
tue maler i;il as his emp tnion had de-
scr ibed. It could be easily removed,
and was so loosely piled in that when
picUed to one fide much room could be
foitid between the two tr nitrite walls.
Miller removed the b ick one at a
time, carrying ther.i into iho yard of
j the pi ison. lie a abl to dispose of
huioneaday, so carefully was he of
attracting the attention of the prison
gu;irca.
Finally, he had an opening large
enough between the two walls to per
mit him to stand up comfortably
Then he concluded to put his plan
of escape into effect, lie hud been
saving from his small food allowance
for days, in order that he should not
starve while working his way to the
top of t he walls between the granite
sides. One night be took his food.
pushed the largo stone that he had re
moved through the hole into the par
tition and crawled in after it. Then
he took particles of cement, which he
had saved while excavatiog the stone,
mixed water with it, covered the sides
of the big stone with the substance
and pushed i. b:.ck to its place. It
fitted so neatly and fo ' carefully had
Miller removed all s gns of the work
that by rooj-nirg, when the cement
had hardened, no trace of the work
remained.
Miller remainei in the partition
three days, slowly working his way
toward the top. Several times he al
most smothered, as the b ick would
fall over him. He packed it beneath
his feet and climbed upward, and at
last reached the too. Then be easily
reached the ground. While the au
thorities were searching for him he
Wf-s in the w tils, and at the end of the
thir d day his escape was easily m ide
fr rn tho immediate vicinity of the
prison.
He will serve the remainder of
his sentence in the Minnesota peni
tentiary.
We buy our goods A
give Good Bargains, k
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PliarmaGU
i Seasonable
ft Complete.
'line ol
all -Kinds
'flrctlcs ;
-and
Saridals.for :
Ladles
and
Children.
E.
We Have Just Received
. A Full Line of..
CONSISTING OF
Dinner Sets
Chamber Sets
And a full stock of White and Deco
rated Granite ware. If you need a
Hanging : Lamp,
BOUQUET LAMP,
Or a lamp of any kind, you will find a
large assortment nt our store. Hav
ing pu cbast d all c-f our ware before
tne late advance we can make very
reasonab'e prices.
THE GROCERS.
FIRST-
NATIONAL BANK
OF PLTTSMOTTH. NEB.
PAID UP CAPITAL, - $50,000
Ofters the very beslrlaci'ities for the
prompt transaction of
Legitimate Banking Business.
STOCKS, bonds, aold. lorernmcot and luoa.2
securities oouiibt ana sola, neponn re
ceived and Interest allowed on tne cerrn
.. rirafta nnn. Mrall&Qia In any
part of the C S, and all the principle
towns oi jsuruoo. 'uvuouuuus "
promptly remitted. Highest market
price paid for county warrant, atate
ana oounty uuaun
DIRECTORS:
H. N. Dovey. D. Hawksworth. S. W augh
F. E. White. G. E. Dovey.
Geo. E. Dovey. Pres.. S. Waugh. C ashler.
H. N. Dovey. Asst. Cashier.
Crabill, the practical jeweler, will
repair jour watch ' correctly' " and
promptly.
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argams
For
Articles of
E very-day
Use at Low
Prices...
Good Cotton Blankots $ 48
Outing' Flannels 03
All Wool Dress Flannels, 1 yds
wide; all colors 39
All Wool Dress Flannels, 1 yd
wide 2o
Good warm house slippers 69
Ladies'1 low Overshoes 60
Children's F eece Lined hose, ail
sizes,' per pair 10
Dress Form Corsets o()
'Heavy 'Giant" Calico, for winter
the 10c kind now 07
A'good Calico, just the thing for
comforts 05
Caiico Wrappers 7o
Hannelette Wrappers 1 00
All Wool Ingrain Carpets, yd 50
"Now is the
Time to
Purchase..
Inis
CHLL KND INSPECT THE GOODS
DOVEV
LEADING DRY GOODS MERCHANTS.
PATRONIZE : HOME : INDUSTRIES,
: iTljj
BEST AIR TIGHT
SON THE
21 Inch Steel Air
A Fine Russia Air
24 Inch Steel Air Tight Stove
24'Inch Russia AirTight Stove-
28 Inch Steel Air Tight Stove
28 Inch Russia Air TightStove-
THESE PRICES CAN'T BE BEAT
S. B. HALL & SON,
Sotith Sixth Street, - - Plattsmouth, Neb.
u; 33 -bus a Fina Violin
- ) t J "it Ontflt.
0 buys a Mandoline,
. y t Cirdseye Maple, Mahogany or Rose
wood Finish. Fully guaranteed.
$03 tajs An American
V. J guaranteed to stand.
stnnjjs, in Mahogany or Rose
wood finish.
SEXD I'OK CATALOGUE OP SHEET MUSIC.
SSO buys' a $100 Organ.
Win ball Pianos e Oigans
I
ON EASY PAYMENTS.
J iti little used, for $50, $60, $S0 to $100.
' Write for CatalocoM mad oar
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est for the Money
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Linoleums, j
HQS, I
O'l Cloths.
SON
GET THE BEST...
THE CHEAPEST...
THE ONLY...
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made in the state. Also every tiling- to be
foundin a first-class Hardware Store at
prices which are right.
HEATING STOVE
7iTHRKET-Kr
Tight Stove-
-$4.50
Tight Stove-
-$5.50
-$5.00
-$6.00
-$6.50
-$7.50
IN OMAI1A Oil AN YWHEIIK KLSK.
Guitar,
Steel
term. FACTORY PRICES.
1513 Dcuglas Street, OMAHA, fiEB.
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