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PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. OCTOHKK 21. 1898.
VOL. VI. NO. 1)3.
THE NKWH. EnUblMifd Not.MWI. 'consolidated Jan. 1,1805.
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Gering & Co..
Hare an Eleyant new line of
Wall Paper, in all the late pat
terns. It will pay you to go
where you have a bij line to se
lect from one that' new.
GERING & CO.
Carry a stock of awfully cheap
Blank Hooks. They have the
best Writing Tablet in the city
for 5 cents.
GERING & CO.
Are the only people in Platts
mouth who carry an assortment
of Lowney's unrivaled Chocolates
and Allegretti's Creams and Choc
olate confectioner'.
GERING & CO.
Have a Compound Syrup of Tar
and Wild Cherry that ought to be
in every household, to cure bad
colds and lung- trouble before seri
ous complications arise from de
lay. Many a doctor bill might be
saved if you kept our Tar and
Wild Cherry Compound in the
house.
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Gering & Co.,
Druggists and Stationers,
North Side Main Street, f
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New Millinery
store
MRS. O. F. UTTERBACK
Has opened a select line of Millinery in the basement of the
Bank of Cass County Building, consisting of
Latest Styles in Hats & Bonnets
RIBBONS. ORNAMENTS AND TRIMMINGS
The nicest line of velvets, in all the late shades, suitable
for dress trimming, to be found in the city. Our prices are
low, and with an expert trimmer, we hope to merit a fair
share of your trade. Please call and inspect our stock before
purchasing. We can save you money.
MRS. O. F. UTTERBACK,
UNDER BANK OF CASS COUNTY.
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FOR FINE FOOTWEAR
There is no place like
Joe FETZE
The best class of goods to be found in
Omaha are here at from $1 to $2 cheaper
per pair. We make a specialty of High
Grade Shoes in the Latest Styles. We are
glad to have you come in and see our stock
WHETHER YOU BUY OR NOT.
An Immense Line of FALL and WINTER SHOES in,
that will suit all classes of purcasers.
We paid the CASH and will give vou the
benefit of heavy DISCOU NT.
COME IN AND SEE US...
joe; fetzer,
"413 T faTrT Street, - Plattsmouth, Neb.
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LARGEST CIRCULATION
Ol any Cass County Paper.
f'KOl'LK who have heard Mr. Mts-
erve poak ay that he is very dreary.
He means well but he is no olocution-
it. and he has the general appearance
of am. ii repealing the multiplication
table in his bleep. It has been sur
ceHted by leading reformers that his
entertainments would bo more enjoya
ble if he would hire the Cherry sisters
to go along with him, or engntrs a
pair of Japanese acrobats. Even a
little tin horn spiritualism would lend
zest to the meetings he gets up. Lin
coln News.
The banking bill which G. Fred
Williams devoted most of his time
opposing may not bo a good measure,
we are uot prepared to say, but trie
fact that it is patterned after the
Canadian law which has siood the
test and which is universally extoled
by our neighbors, would lead us to be
lieve that Mr. Williams' deductions are
not necessarily correct. If it is half
as pernicious a measure as he says it
is no republican congress will ever
u'ace it on the statute books. The
judgment of a man, however, who
was converted to the free silver fallacy
in the twinkling of an eye is not
valued very highly at thefee head
quarters.
Williams' vile, slanderous state
ments concerning the president will
gain the fusion ticket uo votes this
fall. Just at present we know of no
Nebraskan so small and narrow mind
ed as to admit a belief that McKinley
had failed in his duty to the country.
its soldiers pr its flag, nor until this
sleek, well groomed ag itator addressed
himself to his audience at Plattsmouth
last night, has anyone in Cass county
dared to suggest that the president
had so manipulated the prosecution
of the war as to enrich his friends at
the expense of the national treasury.
Gooree Fred Williams overshot his
mark last niarht he had better listen
ed while Uuriah-Iieep-t'orter des
canted upon his own honesty and abil
ity, and the prodigies he and his fel
lows have been performing arouDd the
state institutions.
George Fued Williams' speech
developed the fact that the orator of
the evening is a blatherskite with the
instinct of a demagogue. The festive
Fred evidently gauged his audience
with those furnished him from the
slums of Boston. No one listening to
that speech could say just what George
Fred proposes should be done on the
money question. The sacred ratio of
sixteen to one was not mentioned nor
can one say wb.etb.8r George
Fred proposes that either gold or sil
ver, or both, shall be coined, nor did
ne sav he was in favor of the green
back, the silver certificates or treas-
urv notes. Assuming that the electors
of Nebraska'' are in entire ignorance
concerning the provisions of House
Roll 50, the speakers most patroniz
ingly informed his audience that a
ereat crime was about to be perpe
trated, whereby all the cash of the
country would be swallowed up and
bankers alone would control the
money of the country. This startling
fact, the speaker admitted, was not
generally known that not even the
members of the democratic state and
national committees had appreciated
the force and effect of the proposed
measure, but that it had remained for
the speaker to carry this light
throughout the country, and give the
popocrats a war cry around which
they could rally for victory this fall.
The wily Bostonian patted the popu
lists and free silver republicans on the
back when opening his speech and
most effusively congratulated himself
tbat the populists had quickened the
conscience of his party, but at the
close of his speech he predicted that
if his views were properly considered
and consistently followed all offices
would be filled with democrats for the
coming twenty five years. Just where
the pops would come in he did not ex
plain. It will will require little ora
tory from Back Bay or other men to
convince the populists of Cass county
that if any offices are to be filled as a
result of the three-ringed circus, that
democrats will fill them at the expense
of populist voters as has been the case
heretofore.
Box Butte county held another
county seat election and Allianc has
won by a majority of 399 votes. Hem
ingford gives up, and the city of Alli
ance will toon put on county seat airs.
The feeling as usual between the two
towns was bitter, and several wordy
encounters are reported.
Special Notice.
On account of the exposition the M.
P. will make a round trip rate of fifty
ceaU on Ootober 21, 25 and 28.
POINTS ON PORTER.
Js iliuiz'.ng ths grt aviu of
the pop dsinitratios Portsr did sot
mention tke 115,000 appropriated j
the legislators tor the Lloine of tho
Friendless aisd withheld by the board
of which Portor is a member.
Porter arrogates to tho popocrats
all benefits accruing from u general
and sweeping reduction in tho co.-t
of printing largo orders of job work,
where tne Mergenthaler machine can
be used to advantage.
Porter claims the republican ad
ministration should bo charged with
tho money deposited under the nopo
cratic law with state depositaries, and
lost or tied up by failures of such
banks.
Porter claims the popocrats should
bo credited with tho payment of over
$:j(i0,000 state warrants called by Bart
ley, and paid with money turned over
to Meserve.
Porter did ot explain last evening,
as he did to his western audiences two
years eince, "that a pass is a bribe and
no man receiving tut-h favors from a
railroad is entitled to the confidence
of the people."
A tiaine Supper.
The day had been gloomy and
threatening and the evening closed in
cold, with flurries of snow sporting in
the air. In the parlors of Mrs. C b.
Johnson's delightful home, light and
heat predominated, whilst the premo
nition of good cheer and fun perme
ated the perfumed atmosphere. Grace
fully reclining upon the divans and
ottomans scattered around the parlor,
the members of the Chinook Croquet
club indulged in blithesome remi
niscences ) nd speculated mentally up
on the character of the "wager sup
per" that was to bo paid that evening.
It was the oft postponed "game" sup
per forfeited by the defeated hill
champions Mrs. C. S. Johnson and
G. F. S. Burton that had gathered
together tho expert exponents of the
game of croquet, and a delicious thrill
of expectancy agitated the minds of
the guests Suddenly the mediaeval
tapestry before the entrance of the
dining room was withdrawn and the
anxiously-awaited time for supper was
announced. , Tho dining 'table was
most artistically arranged and dec
orated, and, as the guest3 took their
seats an exclamation of wonderment
burst from their lips. The menu was
eagerly devoured (ocularly, of course)
and then a babel of toneues was let
loose. This was the menu:
Oyster Croquet
Swell Pudding Aqua Pura
String
Freeze Out Block Balls
Piscatorial Idol of Art
Oysters, too ! ! !
No Sell-ery Fireworks
Shell Game
Hot Stuff and Whitewash
The Rubber
The "oyster croquet" consisted of a
diminutive bivalve, most temptingly
cuisined, but the condiments used
were the hottest of the hot, and, as
the guests tasted the delicacy, an in
stantaneous indrawing of the breath
was occasioned and the glass of aqua
pura grabbed with more expedition
than elegance. Swell pudding (dried
apples on a string) was next ginger
ly tackled and each guest considered
the spread a very swell affair. To re
lieve the blisters upon each tongue a
dish of "freexe out" (ice c -earn) was
served and the "Block Balls" passed
around. The latter were oranges
whose contents, contrary to all expec
tations, proved to be sweet meats, a
motto and a verte appropriate to the
idiosyncrasies of each guest. During
the discussion of the "interior" as it
were, the Piscatorial Idol of wit was
ushered into the center of the table.
This piece-de-resistance waa an im
mense china bowl filled to the brim
with a turbulent sea, upon wnose agi
tated bosom sailed a solitary bivalve
flying a flag of distress. Then each
guest seized a minature fishing rod and
begau angling for the succulent deli
cacy, and the futile attempts to land
the delusive morsel evoked unbounded
merriment. Mrs. Guild and Byron
Clark joined forces but failed to make
a eaten, while Colonel How, Mrs.
Clark and Mrs. Twitchell nearly fell
into the sea thenieeive. Wayne
Twitchell in casting a fly caught Colo
nel Ilo-v's left ear and landed it. In
the midst of the piscatorial excitement
real oyster stews was served with fire
works (crackers), after which the
shell game comprising three roasted
spring chickens was carved aDd
served. Each chicken patriotically
displayed the 6tar spangled banner,
and were immediately christened
Dewey, Sampson and Schley while
Mrs. Clark contended they appeared
to be Hobson'a choice. Coffee, cream
and homemade candy interpreted ihe
remainder of the bill of fare, and the
sumptuous repast was brought to a
fitting climax by Colonel Charles How
being smitten with lockjaw during an
effort to chew rubber confectionery
aad deliver a post-prandial speech.
Mrs. Burton executed an oratorical
gyration, which was most felicitously
responded to by Mrs. C. S. Johnson.
Aa is usual at such gatherings, each
guest depurted for home, eventually.
Nebraska Day,
The Missouri Pacific will sell round
trip tickets to Omaha on the lTth, ISth
aDd 19th of October for 45c, on account
of Nebraska day.
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ON FAXili DBlilBB liUODS
Wc haw placed on our omitvrs;t h'-.y: lot of l'ti! an ! WinUr Div - Coods
Below Cost to Close Out Oui.-k. II. re a iv ;t l w of our Prices:
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ALL WOOL NOV !!L I 1 1. S i Oi:M LP Pi L .'. :
NOW 35c.
ALL WOOL NOV PL I I K.s !' MLV VM I T. I O
N )Y 2'c.
FANCY WOOL NOVLLTY 1 I ! K -S COOOS
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This is the Cireatest Oportunity you.h:tve this Season to buy a t;oo 1 Fall or
Winter Dress at a Remarkable Low Price on account of the hi Advance in all
Woolen Goods. We haw on Display ly far the Finest Ime of Dress Coods
Kwr brought to the City, comprising all the Newest Novelties in
BLACK CKFPONS, from 50c to lXs j.er yard, SATIN BICKBICKS,
HENRIETTAS, SERGICS, BIMLLTANTINES, PCJPLJNS, VICNE-
TIANS, SUITINGS, COVERTS AND BROAD CLOTHS. NEW
Plaids, Latest Designs. All the latest designs in Colored Dress Goods at the
. . Lowest rnces . .
Yve call special attention to our elegant li'n- of Silk i'u 1) cs- Ti imim n;. Nw 15 n i I -i from
per yard up. Parasols, wc ou'.-r Succi-il ll.i i --i ti s m i i ), l .:!"., .;! r l.7.", ? , ;o"l t-t
to clo.se. New bine of Outing Flamich, .". Louiii I). on l n i-l-( : li.-i new i.iaVei'ii! for Drehsing
Sacques, &c.,) 10c. Flannel.-, for Wrappers. 7c. iU-sl 'J'lali y .f P. in-, i .clifling S I M i 'S( N at 5 c
ALL DEPARTMENTS MOW COMPLETE
CARPETS On Oct. 4 we will have our -i.'W iiu ; of ( a. p.-U ready for i.!j. . I on. ; . eoii:il, of
our large business in this dcpar.ni-iil l.-t.-t .spring we iiave. put in a . ' "1 aiv-r s!..-U im- f ill and
will coinpri.se an elegant line of Moq.icils, A xminsiers, Yeiveis, II: !-, an, I Ingrains at ry L)W
Pricesi SllOH DFl'l'. Free. Tabl,-ts !.! IVu.-i!, with all S ho-.l : iio ... We an, h-tvinv a sp -ial
sale of Latlius' Slippers at r,0:- anl T.re. Our ie-v !in.-. o! tine, li-Lr.it ! I '.! 1 II mil S-we.j Oli i 1.1 reus -m
Shoes just rec.jivjJ. WllAPPKltS Ti.5 i.ir..-U He- i:. ti.; -i y. New t le.s i: Fl inneleit..-,,, Per
calcs, Calicos, &C. Visit our tiricery ri oi-.-ot , i:i.,;-.-i-L th- Fii.rsi. iiipl.iy of b:-n.p w. !'v
ever fcliown in the city at prices fro in 1. "' to $ii. -
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THFR A ntrin,o- vour tarnisv, Lfrv xeec savo u j.j. m.
BEVARE that you are not BAMBOOZLED ;;n and
buy your Shoes at the Old Reliable Regular Shoo Store.
THE TIME IS NEAR when we will have wet, sloppy
weather and that's what tests a shoe, so be careful y ;u don't
get 'em with paper insoles and counters or they will surely g
collapse. Take our advice, Set us help you select you shoo
and you will come out winner. ifi
WE'VE GOT 'EM! What? Why, SCHOOL SHOES,
of course GOOD AND STRONG at 95c, $1.00, $1.10, ti
$1.25, $1.35 and $1.50. In all shapes, styles and varieties of j
leather and warranted to be SOLID LEATHER throughout
and sewed up FREE OF CHARGE should they ever rip. iti
We have a CUROSITY in shape of a. SEAMLESS SHOE
for YOUTH'S, BOYS and MEN which can NEVER RIP. SEE pi,
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REPAIRING.
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MILLINER
HER WOOD
Plattsmouth Coal Yard! furniture harvey holloway
AND UN DERTAKI NO uo,iUt,UUI
"'.':. 13 u 11 dev.
STCYliS, RANGES.
IS THE PLACE TO BUY
HARD COAL,
CANON CITY,
SOFT COAL
ALL GRADES Or WOOD.
Hay, Corn, Oats and all Kiuds of Feed
Constantly on lianil.
EGENBERGcR 0 TROOP,
THIRD AND MAIN-STS.
' C'.inrra':ts tai.-.-r. !t t;.c ;r.rct:on ol Kc-ald-.-ncea
i L&rns an l a.iv k!;. '. ,,-f can-ent-.-r work, in any
! part of the cuuy. ' ' ou or aJdrcss....
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Our stuck !s coraylets In ail i!r:t-3 and e j 11 I , .r ' C TlflTTp
!ri vita our friends to look It over. iOWiii
t leaver to please you. Call and see us.
(auriccasors to L.. .ty ro?ck.)
pr.ATTSMOTTTH NEIsJ
F. K. GUTilMANIJ, Prep.
ivates ZA anil SI.50Der Day
Centrally Located and Com
fortably Furnib'aed.
.ihaHASKA